{"draft":"draft-ietf-intarea-probe-10","doc_id":"RFC8335","title":"PROBE: A Utility for Probing Interfaces","authors":["R. Bonica","R. Thomas","J. Linkova","C. Lenart","M. Boucadair"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"19","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Internet Area Working Group","abstract":"This document describes a network diagnostic tool called PROBE.\r\nPROBE is similar to PING in that it can be used to query the status\r\nof a probed interface, but it differs from PING in that it does not\r\nrequire bidirectional connectivity between the probing and probed\r\ninterfaces.  Instead, PROBE requires bidirectional connectivity\r\nbetween the probing interface and a proxy interface.  The proxy\r\ninterface can reside on the same node as the probed interface, or it\r\ncan reside on a node to which the probed interface is directly\r\nconnected.  This document updates RFC 4884.","pub_date":"February 2018","keywords":["Ping","ICMP"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC4884"],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC8335","errata_url":null}