@techreport{kiesel-alto-h12-02, number = {draft-kiesel-alto-h12-02}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kiesel-alto-h12/02/}, author = {Sebastian Kiesel and Martin Stiemerling}, title = {{ALTO H12}}, pagetotal = 22, year = 2010, month = mar, day = 8, abstract = {Many Internet applications are used to access resources, such as pieces of information or server processes, which 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, which have to select one or several hosts from a set of candidates, that are able to provide a desired resource. This memo proposes the Simple ALTO (H12) protocol.}, }