The Wire Image of a Network Protocol

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 10
Abstract: This document defines the wire image, an abstraction of the information available to an on-path non-participant in a networking protocol. This abstraction is intended to shed light on the implications that increased encryption has for network functions that use the wire image.
Publication Date: 2019-04-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC8546
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8546
Author(s): Brian Trammell
Mirja Kühlewind

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IETF.draft-ietf-quic-invariants-04 — QUIC-INVARIANTS EXTERNAL
IETF.draft-ietf-quic-transport-19 — QUIC EXTERNAL
IETF.draft-thomson-use-it-or-lose-it-03 — USE-IT EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 793 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3168 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7323 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8446 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 8558 [Active*]

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IETF RFC 9293 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9347 [Active*]