Understanding Apple's Back to My Mac (BTMM) Service

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 16
Abstract: This document describes the implementation of Apple Inc.'s Back to My Mac (BTMM) service. BTMM provides network connectivity between devices so that a user can perform file sharing and screen sharing among multiple computers at home, at work, or on the road. The implementation of BTMM addresses the issues of single sign-on authentication, secure data communication, service discovery, and end-to-end connectivity in the face of Network Address Translators (NATs) and mobility of devices. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
Publication Date: 2011-06-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6281
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6281
Author(s): Stuart Cheshire
Zhenkai Zhu
Ryuji Wakikawa
Lixia Zhang

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Cheshire, S., "NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP)" , Work in Progress, April 2008. EXTERNAL
Cheshire, S. and M. Krochmal, "DNS-Based Service Discovery", Work in Progress, February 2011. EXTERNAL
"Guidelines for 64-bit Global Identifier (EUI-64)", < http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/tutorials/ EUI64.html >. EXTERNAL
"Racoon", < http://ipsec-tools.sourceforge.net >. EXTERNAL
"Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Standard Device Control Protocol", < http://www.upnp.org >. EXTERNAL
Sekar, K., "Dynamic DNS Update Leases" , Work in Progress, August 2006. EXTERNAL
Sekar, K., "DNS Long-Lived Queries", Work in Progess, August 2006. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 1918 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4423 [Superseded*]

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IETF RFC 6762 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6763 [Active*]