RFC 3234:Middleboxes: Taxonomy and Issues
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... IP router on the datagram path between a source host and destination host. ...
... datagram path between a source host and destination host. In some discussions ...


... "evil". While analysis shows that some types of middlebox come with a host of complications and disadvantages, no useful purpose would be served by simply deprecating them. They have been invented for compelling reasons, and it is instructive to understand those ...
... router, that dynamically assigns a globally unique address to a host that doesn't have one, without that host's knowledge. As a result, the ...
... address to a host that doesn't have one, without that host's knowledge. As a result, the appropriate address field in all packets to and from that host ...
... host's knowledge. As a result, the appropriate address field in all packets to and from that host is translated on the fly. Because NAT ...
... router, that performs NAT between an IPv6 host and an IPv4 network, additionally translating the entire IP header ...
... RFC1928] is a stateful mechanism for authenticated firewall traversal, in which the client host must communicate first with the SOCKS server in the firewall before it is able to traverse the ...
... Schedulers or traffic conditioners (in routers, hosts, or specialist boxes inserted in the data path) may alter the time sequence of packet flow ...
... PDP-10s on the ARPANET and allowed Chaosnet-only hosts to make outgoing connections from Chaosnet onto TCP/IP ...
... transport relay between IPv6-only and IPv4-only hosts is one of the tools of IPv6 transition ...
... filtering firewalls to enforce restrictions on which hosts can talk to the outside world or to kludge around strange IP routing configurations. TLGs are also ...
... independent sessions that at one level appear to involve a single host actually involve multiple hosts, which can have subtle effects. State ...
... sessions that at one level appear to involve a single host actually involve multiple hosts, which can have subtle effects. State created ...
... State created in host A.FOR.EXAMPLE by one session may turn out not to be there when a second session ...
... session may turn out not to be there when a second session apparently to the same host is started, because the DNS server has directed the second session ...



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