RFC 3734 (rfc3734) - Page 1 of 9
Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Transport Over TCP
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group S. Hollenbeck
Request for Comments: 3734 VeriSign, Inc.
Category: Standards Track March 2004
Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Transport Over TCP
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document describes how an Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)
session is mapped onto a single Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
connection. This mapping requires use of the Transport Layer
Security (TLS) protocol to protect information exchanged between an
EPP client and an EPP server.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Conventions Used In This Document. . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Session Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Message Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Data Unit Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. Transport Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. Internationalization Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. IANA Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8. Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10.1. Normative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10.2. Informative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11. Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hollenbeck Standards Track