Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Deployment Considerations
RFC 7971

Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 7971, changed title to 'Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Deployment Considerations', changed abstract to 'Many Internet applications are used to access resources such as pieces of information or server processes that are available in several equivalent replicas on different hosts.  This includes, but is not limited to, peer-to-peer file sharing applications.  The goal of Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) is to provide guidance to applications that have to select one or several hosts from a set of candidates capable of providing a desired resource.  This memo discusses deployment-related issues of ALTO.  It addresses different use cases of ALTO such as peer-to-peer file sharing and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and presents corresponding examples.  The document also includes recommendations for network administrators and application designers planning to deploy ALTO, such as recommendations on how to generate ALTO map information.', changed pages to 77, changed standardization level to Informational, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2016-10-06, changed IESG state to RFC Published)