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Understanding Apple's Back to My Mac (BTMM) Service

Author(s) -

S. Cheshire,

Zhongjie Zhu,

Ryuji Wakikawa,

Luo Zhang

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.17487/rfc6281

Subject(s) - computer science , mac address , service (business) , computer network , authentication (law) , world wide web , service discovery , computer security , web service , business , marketing

This draft describes the implementation of Apple Inc.'s Back to MyMac (BTMM) service. BTMM provides network connectivity between devicesso that a user can perform file sharing and screen sharing amongmultiple computers at home, at work, or on the road. Theimplementation of BTMM addresses the issues of single sign-onauthentication, secure data communication, service discovery and end-to-end connectivity in face of Network Address Translators (NAT) andmobility of devices.

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