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        RFC 3304

        Title:      Middlebox Communications (midcom) Protocol
                    Requirements 
        Author(s):  R. P. Swale, P. A. Mart, P. Sijben, S. Brim,
                    M. Shore 
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       August 2002
        Mailbox:    richard.swale@bt.com, paul.sijben@picopoint.com,
                    philip.mart@marconi.com, sbrim@cisco.com,
                    mshore@cisco.com 
        Pages:      9
        Characters: 16187
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-midcom-requirements-05.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3304.txt


This document specifies the requirements that the Middlebox
Communication (midcom) protocol must satisfy in order to meet the
needs of applications wishing to influence the middlebox function.
These requirements were developed with a specific focus on network
address translation and firewall middleboxes. 

This document is a product of the Middlebox Communication Working
Group of the IETF.

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