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ALTO Deployment Considerations
draft-ietf-alto-deployments-12

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Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (alto WG)
Authors Martin Stiemerling , Sebastian Kiesel , Stefano Previdi , Michael Scharf
Last updated 2015-12-22 (Latest revision 2015-06-20)
Stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-alto-deployments-12.txt

Abstract

Many Internet applications are used to access resources such as pieces of information or server processes that are available in several equivalent replicas on different hosts. This includes, but is not limited to, peer-to-peer file sharing applications. The goal of Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) is to provide guidance to applications that have to select one or several hosts from a set of candidates, which are able to provide a desired resource. This memo discusses deployment related issues of ALTO. It addresses different use cases of ALTO such as peer-to-peer file sharing and CDNs and presents corresponding examples. The document also includes recommendations for network administrators and application designers planning to deploy ALTO.

Authors

Martin Stiemerling
Sebastian Kiesel
Stefano Previdi
Michael Scharf

(Note: The e-mail addresses provided for the authors of this Internet-Draft may no longer be valid.)