RFC - 3568
Known Content Network (CN) Request-Routing Mechanisms
| Original: | ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3568.txt |
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| Authors: | A. Barbir [Nortel Networks], B. Cain [Storigen Systems], R. Nair [Consultant], O. Spatscheck [AT&T] |
| Date: | July 2003 |
| Category: | Informational |
| Referred by: | 1 RFC |
| Refers to: | 17 RFC |
Status
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
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Abstract
This document presents a summary of Request-Routing techniques that are used to direct client requests to surrogates based on various policies and a possible set of metrics. The document covers techniques that were commonly used in the industry on or before December 2000. In this memo, the term Request-Routing represents techniques that is commonly called content routing or content redirection. In principle, Request-Routing techniques can be classified under: DNS Request-Routing, Transport-layer Request-Routing, and Application-layer Request-Routing.
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