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EXPERIMENTAL

Authors:

B. Williams
M. Boucadair
D. Wing

Stream:

INDEPENDENT

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7974

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Abstract

Recent RFCs have discussed issues with host identification in IPaddress-sharing systems, such as address/prefix-sharing devices andapplication-layer proxies. Potential solutions for revealing a hostidentifier in shared address deployments have also been discussed.This memo describes the design, deployment, and privacyconsiderations for one such solution in operational use on theInternet today that uses a TCP option to transmit a host identifier.

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