{"draft":"draft-stiemerling-midcom-simco-08","doc_id":"RFC4540","title":"NEC's Simple Middlebox Configuration (SIMCO) Protocol Version 3.0","authors":["M. Stiemerling","J. Quittek","C. Cadar"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"67","pub_status":"EXPERIMENTAL","status":"EXPERIMENTAL","source":"INDEPENDENT","abstract":"This document describes a protocol for controlling middleboxes such as\r\nfirewalls and network address translators.  It is a fully compliant\r\nimplementation of the Middlebox Communications (MIDCOM) semantics\r\ndescribed in RFC 3989.  Compared to earlier experimental versions of\r\nthe SIMCO protocol, this version (3.0) uses binary message encodings in\r\norder to reduce resource requirements.  This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.","pub_date":"May 2006","keywords":["midcom"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC8996"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC4540","errata_url":null}