{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-pcp-anycast-08",
  "doc_id": "RFC7723",
  "title": "Port Control Protocol (PCP) Anycast Addresses",
  "authors": [
    "S. Kiesel",
    "R. Penno"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "9",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "Port Control Protocol",
  "abstract": "The Port Control Protocol (PCP) anycast addresses enable PCP clients to transmit signaling messages to their closest PCP-aware on-path NAT, firewall, or other middlebox without having to learn the IP address of that middlebox via some external channel.  This document establishes one well-known IPv4 address and one well-known IPv6 address to be used as PCP anycast addresses.",
  "pub_date": "January 2016",
  "keywords": [
    "Port Control Protocol",
    "anycast address",
    "anycast server discovery",
    "Port Control Protocol server discovery",
    "port mapping",
    "NAT control",
    "firewall control"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC7723",
  "errata_url": null
}