The IESG has approved the following document: - 'An Abstract Application Layer Interface to Transport Services' (draft-ietf-taps-interface-26.txt) as Proposed Standard
This document is the product of the Transport Services Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Zaheduzzaman Sarker and Francesca Palombini. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-taps-interface/ Technical Summary This document describes an abstract application programming interface, API, to the transport layer that enables the selection of transport protocols and network paths dynamically at runtime. This API enables faster deployment of new protocols and protocol features without requiring changes to the applications. The specified API follows the Transport Services architecture by providing asynchronous, atomic transmission of messages. It is intended to replace the BSD sockets API as the common interface to the transport layer, in an environment where endpoints could select from multiple interfaces and potential transport protocols. Working Group Summary This document reached broad agreement, with contributions from most active WG members. Document Quality This document specifies and abstract API for the Transport Services reference architecture described in the -arch draft; the proposed API is based on experience gained in one widely deployed production implementation and two open implementations deployed for research purposes, as listed in Appendix C of the -implementation draft. This draft has benefited from broad TSV area review within the WG itself, and has had secdir and artart early review. Personnel The Document Shepherd for this document is Anna Brunstrom. The Responsible Area Director is Zaheduzzaman Sarker. _______________________________________________ Taps mailing list Taps@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/taps