IANA | Application for Protocol Number

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Application for Protocol Number

We need some documentation on your proposed use of a protocol number.

We are looking for a technical description of how your application interacts with the Internet protocol.

We require enough detail to understand how your application uses the network. Once we have the above information in hand, and understand it, we can assign a protocol number.

We will be willing to discuss signing a mutually agreed form of non-disclosure agreement if you inform us that you consider your product to be proprietary. Any such non-disclosure agreement should be signed before you disclose any proprietary information to us.

We need at least the following information, which is for our internal use, only.

Your Name:
Your E-mail:

What is the protocol that is transmitted over the network?
What message formats are used?
[The sequence of fields in a message. For example, length, opcode, argument, filename, null.]
What message types are used?
[The kinds of messages in the protocol. For example, request, reply, cancel, interrupt.]
What message op codes are used?
[The operation codes in the protocol. For example, read, write, delete, restore.]
What message sequences are used?
[The allowed sequences of messages. For example, a client sends a request and must wait for a reply from the server, except it can send a cancel.]
What functions are performed by this protocol?
Is either broadcast or multicast used?
Yes No
If yes, how and what for?
Please give us a short technical description of this protocol, as well as its intended use and distribution.
Enter a name for the protocol.