{"draft":"draft-williams-exp-tcp-host-id-opt-08","doc_id":"RFC7974","title":"An Experimental TCP Option for Host Identification","authors":["B. Williams","M. Boucadair","D. Wing"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"20","pub_status":"EXPERIMENTAL","status":"EXPERIMENTAL","source":"INDEPENDENT","abstract":"Recent RFCs have discussed issues with host identification in IP\r\naddress-sharing systems, such as address\/prefix-sharing devices and\r\napplication-layer proxies.  Potential solutions for revealing a host\r\nidentifier in shared address deployments have also been discussed.\r\nThis memo describes the design, deployment, and privacy\r\nconsiderations for one such solution in operational use on the\r\nInternet today that uses a TCP option to transmit a host identifier.","pub_date":"October 2016","keywords":["Policy enforcement","Address sharing","NAT","Host reveal","Host-ID"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC7974","errata_url":null}