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QUIC-LB: Generating Routable QUIC Connection IDs
draft-ietf-quic-load-balancers-21

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (quic WG)
Expired & archived
Authors Martin Duke , Nick Banks , Christian Huitema
Last updated 2026-02-28 (Latest revision 2025-08-27)
Replaces draft-duke-quic-load-balancers
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Intended RFC status Proposed Standard
Formats
Additional resources Mailing list discussion
Stream WG state WG Document
Associated WG milestone
Sep 2021
QUIC-LB: Generating Routable QUIC Connection IDs to IESG
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IESG IESG state Expired
Consensus boilerplate Yes
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Abstract

QUIC address migration allows clients to change their IP address while maintaining connection state. To reduce the ability of an observer to link two IP addresses, clients and servers use new connection IDs when they communicate via different client addresses. This poses a problem for traditional "layer-4" load balancers that route packets via the IP address and port 4-tuple. This specification provides a standardized means of securely encoding routing information in the server's connection IDs so that a properly configured load balancer can route packets with migrated addresses correctly. As it proposes a structured connection ID format, it also provides a means of connection IDs self-encoding their length to aid some hardware offloads.

Authors

Martin Duke
Nick Banks
Christian Huitema

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