Internet Monthly Report for January, 1999 1. The IESG approved or recommended the following 26 Protocol Actions during the month of January, 1999: o Media Feature Tag Registration Procedure for publication as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Anti-Spam Recommendations for SMTP MTAs for publication as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocols for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Internet X.509 Certificate Request Message Format for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy and Certification Practices Framework for publication as an Informational RFC. o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Representation of Key Exchange Algorithm (KEA) Keys in Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificates for publication as an Informational RFC. o Base Definitions of Managed Objects for TN3270E Using SMIv2 for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Protocol and Managed Objects for TN3270E Response Time Collection Using SMIv2 (TN3270E-RT-MIB) for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Domain Name System Security Extensions for publication as a Proposed Standard. o DSA KEYs and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS) for publication as a Proposed Standard. o RSA/MD5 KEYs and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS) for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Storing Certificates in the Domain Name System (DNS) for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Storage of Diffie-Hellman Keys in the Domain Name System (DNS) for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Detached Domain Name System (DNS) Information for publication as an Experimental Protocol. o DNS Operational Security Considerations for publication as an Informational RFC. o Definitions of Textual Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES for ATM Management for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Managed Objects for ATM Management for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Accounting Information for ATM Networks for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Managed Objects for Controlling the Collection and Storage of Accounting Information for Connection-Oriented Networks for publication as a Proposed Standard. o SIP: Session Initiation Protocol for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet Networks for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Media Features for Display, Print, and Fax for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels for publication as a Proposed Standard. o A Framework for Inter-Domain Route Aggregation for publication as an Informational RFC. o Known TCP Implementation Problems for publication as an Informational RFC. o NHRP with Mobile NHCs for publication as an Experimental Protocol. 2. 23 Last Calls were issued by the IESG during the month of January, 1999: o The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm for consideration as an Experimental Protocol. o OSI connectionless transport services on top of UDP Applicability Statement for Historic Status for consideration as an Informational RFC. o TCP Congestion Control for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Operational Protocols: FTP and HTTP for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure LDAPv2 Schema for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o A syntax for describing media feature sets for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Cryptographic Message Syntax for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o S/MIME Version 3 Certificate Handling for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o S/MIME Version 3 Message Specification for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Indicating Supported Media Features Using Extensions to DSN and MDN for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Content feature schema for Internet fax for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Extended Facsimile Using Internet Mail for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Deliver By SMTP Service Extension for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o HTTP Extension Framework for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o ILMI-Based Server Discovery for ATMARP for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o ILMI-Based Server Discovery for MARS for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o ILMI-Based Server Discovery for NHRP for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o List-Id: A Structured Field and Namespace for the Identification of Mailing Lists for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Managed Objects for Scheduling Management Operations for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of Management Scripts for consideration as a Proposed Standard. 3. Three new working groups formed this period: Media Gateway Control (megaco) General Switch Management Protocol (gsmp) Network Access Server Requirements (nasreq) 4. There were 126 Internet-Draft Actions during the month of January, 1999: (o - Revised Internet-Draft; + - New Internet-Draft) (drums) o Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocols (ipngwg) o Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service (disman) o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of Management Scripts (drums) o Internet Message Format Standard (printmib) o Printer MIB (mmusic) o SIP: Session Initiation Protocol (ospf) o The OSPF NSSA Option (ipngwg) o Router Renumbering for IPv6 (none) o Sieve: A Mail Filtering Language (disman) o Notification Log MIB (cat) o Encryption using KEA and SKIPJACK (ion) o ILMI-Based Server Discovery for ATMARP (ion) o ILMI-Based Server Discovery for MARS (ngtrans) o Stateless IP/ICMP Translator (SIIT) (bmwg) o Benchmarking Terminology for Firewall Performance (2000) o The Internet and the Millenium Problem (Year 2000) (ion) o ILMI-Based Server Discovery for NHRP (none) o Using TLS with IMAP4, POP3 and ACAP (none) o Japanese Character Encoding Scheme for Internet Messages (none) o Anti-Spam Recommendations for SMTP MTAs (none) o Form-based Device Input and Upload in HTML (ipngwg) o Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6 (conneg) o Media Features for Display, Print, and Fax (ion) o Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Frame Relay Networks Specification (ldapext) o The Java LDAP Application Program Interface (ipsec) o Dynamic configuration of IPSEC VPN host using DHCP (ngtrans) o Network Address Translation - Protocol Translation (NAT-PT] (rap) o The COPS (Common Open Policy Service) Protocol (snmpv3) o User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3) (none) o Cachebusting - cause and prevention (ipfc) o IP and ARP over Fibre Channel (ngtrans) o Assignment of IPv4 Global Addresses to IPv6 Hosts (AIIH) (urlreg) o Registration Procedures for URL Scheme Names (rap) o RSVP Extensions for Policy Control (none) o HTTP Extension Framework (fax) o Extended Facsimile Using Internet Mail (bridge) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering and Virtual LAN Extensions (manet) o The Dynamic Source Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (ion) o NHRP with Mobile NHCs (nfsv4) + NFS Version 2 and Version 3 Security Issues and the NFS Protocol's Use of RPCSEC_GSS and Kerberos V5 (none) o Negotiated Address Reuse (NAR) (ip1394) o DHCP on IEEE 1394 (none) o Schema for Representing Java(tm) Objects in an LDAP Directory (hubmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium Attachment Units (MAUs) using SMIv2 (none) o DIAMETER Framework Document (tn3270e) o TN3270E Service Location and Session Balancing (smime) o Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method (pppext) o Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) over Frame Relay (snmpv3) o Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework (none) o VPP: Virtual Presence Protocol (snmpv3) o View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) (diffserv) o Assured Forwarding PHB Group (dhc) o DHCP Option to Disable Stateless Auto-Configuration in IPv4 Clients (fax) o Indicating Supported Media Features Using Extensions to DSN and MDN (none) o Deliver By SMTP Service Extension (tcpimpl) o TCP Congestion Control (hubmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like Interface Types (snmpv3) o An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks (entmib) o Entity MIB using SMIv2 (Version 2) (snmpv3) o SNMPv3 Applications (none) o INTERNET KERMIT SERVICE (none) o TELNET KERMIT OPTION (webdav) o Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (ipngwg) o Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses (snmpv3) o Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) (dnsind) o A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV) (none) o Notification - An extension to the Post Office Protocol version 3 (dhc) o Automatically Choosing an IP Address in an Ad-Hoc IPv4 Network (fax) o Content feature schema for Internet fax (none) o Secret Handshakes: How to get RFCs published in the IETF (rap) o COPS usage for RSVP (none) o Generic Architecture for Information Availability (none) o Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) (none) o Neda's Efficient Mail Submission and Delivery (EMSD) Protocol Specification Version 1.3 (none) + Digital Signatures for XML (pint) + A Proposal for Internet Call Waiting Service using SIP An Implementation Report (none) o BGP/MPLS VPNs (ngtrans) o Categorizing Translators between IPv4 and IPv6 (none) o RSVP Killer Reservations (mpls) + Constraint-Based LSP Setup using LDP (none) o Requirements for a Protocol between Media Gateway Controller and Media Gateway (Reference Point 'N') (rps) o Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL) (rap) o Signaled Preemption Priority Policy Element (none) o MPLS Traffic Engineering Management Information Base (rap) o Identity Representation for RSVP (isis) + Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for ISIS (none) o Multicast Discovery of DNS Services (none) o MTU discovery using TCP MSS and Discussion on MSS value in SYN reply (none) + GUIDE TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES OF THE INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE (none) o Cabletron's VLS Protocol Specification (manet) + Ad hoc Multicast Routing protocol utilizing Increasing id-numberS (AMRIS) Functional Specification (malloc) o Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (MADCAP) (none) + BGP Extended Communities Attribute (ipsec) + Security Policy System (none) o OSI connectionless transport services on top of UDP Applicability Statement for Historic Status (tcpimpl) + TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery (none) o Analysis of an Equal-Cost Multi-Path Algorithm (none) + Route Refresh Capability for BGP-4 (none) + Additional WebDAV Collection Properties (none) + Documenting Special Use IPv4 Address Blocks (none) + Complex Directory Lookup using Java Based LDAP Query Extension (none) + TFTP Compression and Security Options (isis) + IS-IS HMAC-MD5 Authentication (none) + MIME Security with OpenPGP (OpenPGP/MIME) (none) o Changing the Default for Directed Broadcasts in Routers (isis) + IS-IS Optimized Multipath (ISIS-OMP) (none) + The SecurID(r) SASL Mechanism (none) + PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification, Version 1.1 (none) + 8 bit latin1 characters in HTTP URIs (malloc) + Multicast Address Allocation MIB (none) + Internet and SS7 addressing (none) + External Media Gateway Control Protocol MIB XGCP-MIB (none) + A Simple SCCP Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) (none) + Active Directory Syntaxes (none) + Digest Values for DOM (DOMHASH) (none) + An Overlay Model for Constraint-Based Routing (ngtrans) + Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds without Explicit Tunnels (ipsec) + IPSec Monitoring MIB (isis) + IS-IS over IPv4 (iesg) + Privacy Considerations for the Use of Hardware Serial Numbers in End-to-End Network Protocols (megaco) + Media Gateway Control Protocol Architecture and Requirements (none) + Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (none) + A Suggested Modification to Nagle's Algorithm (hubmib) + Definitions of Object Identifiers for Identifying Ethernet Chip Sets 5. 22 RFCs were published during this period RFC2246 PS (tls) The TLS Protocol Version 1.0 RFC2299 I (none) Summary of RFCs 2200-2299 RFC2399 I (none) Summary of RFCs 2300-2399 RFC2459 PS (pkix) Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile RFC2477 I (roamops) Criteria for Evaluating Roaming Protocols RFC2480 PS (none) Gateways and MIME Security Multiparts RFC2481 I (none) A Proposal to add Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP RFC2482 I (none) Language Tagging in Unicode Plain Text RFC2483 E (urn) URI Resolution Services Necessary for URN Resolution RFC2484 PS (pppext) PPP LCP Internationalization Configuration Option RFC2485 PS (dhc) DHCP Option for The Open Group's User Authentication Protocol RFC2486 PS (roamops) The Network Access Identifier RFC2487 PS (none) SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS RFC2488 B (tcpsat) Enhancing TCP Over Satellite Channels using Standard Mechanisms RFC2489 B (dhc) Procedure for Defining New DHCP Options RFC2490 I (none) A Simulation Model for IP Multicast with RSVP RFC2491 PS (ion) IPv6 over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks RFC2492 PS (ion) IPv6 over ATM Networks RFC2493 PS (atommib) Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using Performance History Based on 15 Minute Intervals RFC2494 PS (trunkmib) Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS0 and DS0 Bundle Interface Type RFC2495 PS (trunkmib) Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS1, E1, DS2 and E2 Interface Types RFC2496 PS (trunkmib) Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS3/E3 Interface Type RFC2497 PS (ipngwg) Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet Networks