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... system design for standardisation of these functions,
* to identify additional work that should be done in the IETF and
IRTF.
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The document initially establishes a catalogue of middleboxes, and
cites previous or current IETF work concerning middleboxes, before
proceeding to discussion and conclusions.
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... said that there is an industry standard practice in this area. Some
of the issues are discussed in [WREC] and several new IETF activities
have been proposed in this area.
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... Ongoing work in the IETF and elsewhere ...
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Apart from work cited in references above, current or planned work in
the IETF includes:
MIDCOM ...
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As far as possible, the solutions in these areas being developed in
the IETF and W3C should be sufficiently general to cover all types of
middlebox ...
... Austein made other substantial contributions. Participants in the
MIDTAX BOF at the 50th IETF and on the MIDTAX mailing list, including
Harald Alverstrand, Stanislav Shalunov, Michael Smirnov, Jeff Parker,
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