@techreport{ietf-mif-api-extension-05, number = {draft-ietf-mif-api-extension-05}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mif-api-extension/05/}, author = {Dapeng Liu and Ted Lemon and Yuri Ismailov and Zhen Cao}, title = {{MIF API consideration}}, pagetotal = 17, year = 2014, month = feb, day = 14, abstract = {Hosts may connect to the internet using more than one network API at a time, or to a single network on which service is provided by more than one provider. Existing APIs are inadequate to allow applications to successfully use the network in this environment. This document presents a new abstract API that provides the minimal set of messages required to enable an application to communicate successfully in this environment.}, }