{"draft":"draft-zhu-mobileme-doc-05","doc_id":"RFC6281","title":"Understanding Apple's Back to My Mac (BTMM) Service","authors":["S. Cheshire","Z. Zhu","R. Wakikawa","L. Zhang"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"16","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"IETF - NON WORKING GROUP","abstract":"This document describes the implementation of Apple Inc.'s Back to My\r\nMac (BTMM) service.  BTMM provides network connectivity between\r\ndevices so that a user can perform file sharing and screen sharing\r\namong multiple computers at home, at work, or on the road.  The\r\nimplementation of BTMM addresses the issues of single sign-on\r\nauthentication, secure data communication, service discovery, and\r\nend-to-end connectivity in the face of Network Address Translators\r\n(NATs) and mobility of devices.  This document is not an Internet \r\nStandards Track specification; it is published for informational \r\npurposes.","pub_date":"June 2011","keywords":[],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6281","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc6281"}