Content Distribution Network Interconnection (CDNI) Problem Statement
RFC 6707
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) B. Niven-Jenkins
Request for Comments: 6707 Velocix (Alcatel-Lucent)
Category: Informational F. Le Faucheur
ISSN: 2070-1721 Cisco
N. Bitar
Verizon
September 2012
Content Distribution Network Interconnection (CDNI) Problem Statement
Abstract
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) provide numerous benefits for
cacheable content: reduced delivery cost, improved quality of
experience for End Users, and increased robustness of delivery. For
these reasons, they are frequently used for large-scale content
delivery. As a result, existing CDN Providers are scaling up their
infrastructure, and many Network Service Providers (NSPs) are
deploying their own CDNs. It is generally desirable that a given
content item can be delivered to an End User regardless of that End
User's location or attachment network. This is the motivation for
interconnecting standalone CDNs so they can interoperate as an open
content delivery infrastructure for the end-to-end delivery of
content from Content Service Providers (CSPs) to End Users. However,
no standards or open specifications currently exist to facilitate
such CDN Interconnection.
The goal of this document is to outline the problem area of CDN
Interconnection for the IETF CDNI (CDN Interconnection) working
group.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6707.
Niven-Jenkins, et al. Informational [Page 1]
RFC 6707 CDN Interconnection Problem Statement September 2012
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Terminology ................................................4
1.2. CDN Background .............................................9
2. CDN Interconnection Use Cases ...................................9
3. CDN Interconnection Model and Problem Area for IETF ............11
4. Scoping the CDNI Problem .......................................15
4.1. CDNI Control Interface ....................................16
4.2. CDNI Request Routing Interface ............................16
4.3. CDNI Metadata Interface ...................................17
4.4. CDNI Logging Interface ....................................17
5. Security Considerations ........................................17
5.1. Security of the CDNI Control Interface ....................18
5.2. Security of the CDNI Request Routing Interface ............18
5.3. Security of the CDNI Metadata Interface ...................19
5.4. Security of the CDNI Logging Interface ....................19
6. Acknowledgements ...............................................19
7. Informative References .........................................20
Appendix A. Design Considerations for Realizing the CDNI
Interfaces ............................................22
A.1. CDNI Control Interface .....................................22
A.2. CDNI Request Routing Interface .............................23
A.3. CDNI Metadata Interface ....................................25
A.4. CDNI Logging Interface .....................................26
Appendix B. Additional Material ...................................27
B.1. Non-Goals for IETF .........................................27
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