Abstract :
As long as configuration remains difficult, network administration will be expensive, tedious, and troublesome and users-especially mobile users-will be unable to take full advantage of network services. SLP is an IETF Proposed Standard for enabling network-based service discovery and automatic configuration of clients. It provides for fully decentralized operation and scales from a small, unadministered network up to an enterprise network. The essential function of SLP is service discovery, but it has also been designed to support security extensibility, browsing operations, and operation over IPv6. The article describes SLP´s operation
Keywords :
Internet; configuration management; security of data; telecommunication security; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; IETF Proposed Standard; IP network service discovery; IPv6; Internet; SLP; automatic configuration; browsing; decentralized operation; enterprise network; mobile users; network administration; network-based service discovery; security extensibility; service location protocol; File servers; IP networks; Local area networks; Multicast protocols; Printers; Rivers; Scalability; Standards publication; Sun; Web and internet services;
