Internet Monthly Report for August, 1999 1. The IESG approved or recommended the following 26 Protocol Actions during the month of August, 1999: o SPKI Certificate Theory for publication as an Experimental Protocol. o SPKI Requirements for publication as an Experimental Protocol. o Authentication Mechanisms for ONC RPC for publication as an Informational RFC. o Providing integrated services over low-bitrate links for publication as an Informational RFC. o Security Model with Tunnel-mode IPsec for NAT Domains for publication as an Informational RFC. o LDAP Control Extension for Simple Paged Results Manipulation for publication as an Informational RFC. o Protocol-independent content negotiation framework for publication as an Informational RFC. o IMAP4 Implementation Recommendations for publication as an Informational RFC. o Requirements for Traffic Engineering Over MPLS for publication as an Informational RFC. o URLs for Telephone Calls for publication as an Informational RFC. o A Memorandum of Understanding for an ICANN Protocol Support Organization for publication as an Informational RFC. o A Proposal for an MOU-Based ICANN Protocol Support Organization for publication as an Informational RFC. o Performance Issues in VC-Merge Capable ATM LSRs for publication as an Informational RFC. o Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Version 1.0 for publication as an Informational RFC. o The KeyNote Trust-Management System for publication as an Informational RFC. o Taxonomy of Communication Requirements for Large-scale Multicast Applications for publication as an Informational RFC. o ECML v1: Field Names for E-Commerce for publication as an Informational RFC. o A Single Rate Three Color Marker for publication as an Informational RFC. o A Two Rate Three Color Marker for publication as an Informational RFC. o The Multi-Class Extension to Multi-Link PPP for publication as a Proposed Standard. o PPP in a real-time oriented HDLC-like framing for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Integrated Services Mappings for Low Speed Networks for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6 for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Virtual Private Networks Identifier for publication as a Proposed Standard. o IPv6 Router Alert Option for publication as a Proposed Standard. 2. Eight Last Calls were issued by the IESG during the month of August, 1999: o Uniform Resource Identifiers for Television Broadcasts for consideration as an Informational RFC. o IPv6 Router Alert Option for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o The Assignment of the Information Field and Protocol Identifier in the Q.2941 Generic Identifier and Q.2957 User-to-user Signaling for the Internet Pr for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Stateless IP/ICMP Translator (SIIT) for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Network Address Translation - Protocol Translation (NAT-PT] for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o UTF-16, an encoding of ISO 10646 for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o PGP authentication for RIPE database updates for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Routing Policy System Security for consideration as a Proposed Standard. 3. Two new working groups were created Secure Network Time Protocol (stime) Border Gateway Multicast Protocol (bgmp) and two working groups closed down: Common Indexing Protocol (find) PacketWay (pktway) 4. There were 176 Internet-Draft Actions during the month of August, 1999: (idmr) o Internet Group Management Protocol MIB (ipngwg) o IPv6 Router Alert Option (svrloc) o Service Location Protocol Modifications for IPv6 (radius) o Implementation of L2TP Compulsory Tunneling via RADIUS (rmonmib) o Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier Macros (radius) o RADIUS Attributes for Tunnel Protocol Support (rtfm) o RTFM Working Group - New Attributes for Traffic Flow Measurement (dhc) o DHCP Relay Agent Information Option (roamops) o The Accounting Data Interchange Format (ADIF) (rtfm) o Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB (http) o HTTP State Management Mechanism (none) o IMAP4 ID extension (none) o DIAMETER Base Protocol (none) o DIAMETER Extensible Authentication Protocol Extensions (none) o DIAMETER User Authentication Extensions (mboned) o Multicast Debugging Handbook (agentx) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP Agents (ip1394) o IPv4 over IEEE 1394 (avt) o An RTP Payload Format for Generic Forward Error Correction (mpls) o Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture (none) o URLs for Telephone Calls (nntpext) o Network News Transport Protocol (none) o Pulse-Per-Second API for UNIX-like Operating Systems, Version 1.0 (none) o INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1 (none) o Telnet Authentication: SRP (rtfm) o Traffic Flow Measurement: Architecture (none) o ISO 7812/7816 Based Card Numbers and the Domain Name System (DNS) (ipsec) o The ISAKMP Configuration Method (pppext) o Layer Two Tunneling Protocol 'L2TP' Management Information Base (pppext) o PPP EAP TLS Authentication Protocol (ospf) o OSPF over ATM and Proxy PAR (none) o Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Schema for the Remote Access Dialin User Service (RADIUS) (idmr) o Domain Wide Multicast Group Membership Reports (mpls) o MPLS Label Stack Encoding (ldapext) o The Java LDAP Application Program Interface (none) o Java LDAP Controls (malloc) o The Multicast Address Set Claim (MASC) Protocol (tcpsat) o Ongoing TCP Research Related to Satellites (radius) o RADIUS Accounting Modifications for Tunnel Protocol Support (pppext) o Securing L2TP using IPSEC (malloc) o The Internet Multicast Address Allocation Architecture (rap) o The COPS (Common Open Policy Service) Protocol (none) o Telnet Data Encryption Option (none) o Telnet Authentication Option (none) o Telnet Authentication: Kerberos Version 5 (none) o Telnet Encryption: DES 64 bit Cipher Feedback (none) o Telnet Encryption: DES 64 bit Output Feedback (none) o Telnet Authentication Using DSA (ipp) o Requirements for IPP Notifications (tn3270e) o 5250 Telnet Enhancements (none) o Hyper Text Caching Protocol (HTCP/0.0) (none) o Telnet Authentication Using KEA and SKIPJACK (rtfm) o SRL: A Language for Describing Traffic Flows and Specifying Actions for Flow Groups (urlreg) o Registration Procedures for URL Scheme Names (idmr) o IGMP Multicast Router Discovery (malloc) o An Abstract API for Multicast Address Allocation (disman) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Remote Ping, Traceroute, and Lookup Operations Using SMIv2 (ip1394) o DHCP on IEEE 1394 (iptel) o A Framework for a Gateway Location Protocol (none) o PGPticket (manet) o Cluster Based Routing Protocol(CBRP) Functional Specification (none) o DIAMETER Mobile IP Extensions (entmib) o Entity MIB using SMIv2 (Version 2) (none) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Service Level Agreements Performance Monitoring (rtfm) o RTFM: Applicability Statement (none) o DIAMETER Proxy Server Extensions (trade) o Internet Open Trading Protocol - IOTP Version 1.0 (none) o Tree-based Reliable Multicast (TRAM) (trade) o Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP) HTTP Supplement (nat) o Security Model with Tunnel-mode IPsec for NAT Domains (mmusic) o Session Announcement Protocol (tls) o Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP/1.1 (mpls) o Constraint-Based LSP Setup using LDP (mobileip) o Mobile IP Regionalized Tunnel Management (none) o Remote Monitoring MIB Extensions for Differentiated Services Enabled Networks (policy) o Policy Framework LDAP Core Schema (svrloc) o Definition of printer:raw-tcp: URLs for use with Service Location (none) o Diffie-Helman Key Change Management Information Base and Textual Convention (malloc) o Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (MADCAP) (tcpimpl) o TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Qualified Certificates (nat) o Realm Specific IP: Protocol Specification (ldup) o LDAP V3 Replication Requirements (ipfc) + Fibre Channel Management Framework Integration MIB (pkix) o Diffie-Hellman Proof-of-Possession Algorithms (trade) o Digital Signatures for the Internet Open Trading Protocol (none) o Internet Transparency (megaco) o MEGACO Protocol (smime) o Incorporation of IDEA encryption algorithm in S/MIME (ipngwg) o IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol (ion) o NHRP Support for Virtual Private Networks (fax) o File Format for Internet Fax (revised) (ipsec) o IKE Extensions Methods (none) o SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS (none) o A Generic Traffic Conditioner (none) o Simple Protocol Application Data Encoding (none) o Schema for Representing CORBA Objects in an LDAP Directory (impp) o A Model for Presence and Instant Messaging (ldapext) o The Java LDAP Application Program Interface Asynchronous Extension (poisson) o IETF Discussion List Charter (trade) o HTTP MIME Type Handler Detection (impp) o Instant Messaging / Presence Protocol Requirements (poisson) o IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Operational Protocols - LDAPv3 (xmldsig) o XML-Signature Requirements (none) o Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol (none) o Internet Relay Chat: Server Protocol (agentx) o Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol (pkix) o Simple Certificate Validation Protocol (SCVP) (none) o Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Version 1.0 (avt) o RTP Interoperability Statement (avt) o RTP Testing Strategies (none) + Specification of the Qualitative Service Type (dnsind) o The Kitchen Sink Resource Record (pint) o The PINT Service Protocol:Extensions to SIP and SDP for IP Access to Telephone Call Services (none) o Telnet Encryption: DES3 64 bit Output Feedback (none) o Telnet Encryption: DES3 64 bit Cipher Feedback (none) o Definition of the DNS GL Resource Record used to encode Geographic Locations (none) o IANA Allocation Policies For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers (none) + Applicability Statement for Extensions to RSVP for LSP-Tunnels (none) + A Simple Solution for IPv6 Multihoming (none) + The SIP ISUP/MIME type (issll) + Usage and Format of the DCLASS Object With RSVP Signaling (none) + Virtual Bridge Tunneling Ethernet Encapsulation in IP (none) + Host Resources MIB (policy) + Policy Framework Core Information Model (none) + SECURITY GLOSSARY (calsch) + Calendar Access Protocol (CAP) (none) + LDAP Extensions for Proxy Connection < draft-vmodi-ldapext-proxy-connect-00.txt> (none) + Uniform Object Locator -- UOL (none) + An Effective way for Enhancement of TCP Performance in Wireless and Mobile Networks (none) + IP over MIME (pkix) + Using HTTP as a Transport Protocol for CMP (svrloc) + The wpad Abstract Service Type < draft-ietf-srvloc-wpad-template-00.txt> (svrloc) + The wpad Abstract Service Type (none) + Telnet Encryption: CAST-128 64 bit Cipher Feedback (none) + Telnet Encryption: CAST-128 64 bit Cipher Feedback (none) + INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - SORT EXTENSION (none) + INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - THREAD EXTENSION (none) + Inter Cache Co-operation, Protocol Extensions (saag) + Cryptographic Algorithms for the IETF (none) + MAPOS 8/16 Protocol Required Extensions (none) + LDP Applicability (none) o The Performance Transparency Protocol (PTP) (ldup) + LDAP Subentry Schema (none) + LDAP Authentication Response Control (none) + Applicability Statement for CR-LDP (none) + ISP Operated Root Name Servers (none) + Applicability Statement for CR-LDP < draft-jamoussi-mpls-crldp-applic-00.txt> (iab) + Overview of 1999 IAB Network Layer Workshop (rps) + RPS IANA Issues (none) + A proposal to add Fast Congestion Notification to IP and Improve TCP Performance in Wireless and Mobile networks (ldapext) + Returning Matched Values with LDAPv3 (gsmp) + GSMP WG response to MSF SCI Requirements (webdav) + WebDAV Bindings (webdav) + WebDAV Redirect Reference Resources (webdav) + WebDAV Ordered Collections Protocol (none) o The Mathematical Reality of IP Addressing in IPv4 Questions the need for Another IP System of Addressing (dnsind) + Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations (ngtrans) + 6BONE Pre-Qualification for Address Prefix Allocation (6PAPA) (none) + Best Current Practice for ISUP to SIP mapping (none) + Double Phase DHCP Configuration (none) + SMI Extensions for Additional High Capacity Data Types (none) + The SIP ISUP/MIME type (ipp) + Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Event Notification Specification (ipp) + Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: IPP Event Notification Change History (none) o Secure Remote Password SASL Mechanism (none) + Secure Remote Password SASL Mechanism (none) + AAA Protocols : Comparison between RADIUS, DIAMETER and COPS. (none) + Secure Remote Access with L2TP (none) + Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Natural Address Mode (none) + An Extension to the Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) Option for TCP (cat) + Using Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman in the SPKM GSS-API (none) + The Rate-Halving Algorithm for TCP Congestion Control (none) + Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Technical Requirements for a non-Repudiation Service (none) + Server-Side Roles in the HTTP 5. 28 RFCs were published during this period RFC2641 I (none) Cabletron's VlanHello Protocol Specification Version 4 RFC2642 I (none) Cabletron's VLS Protocol Specification RFC2643 I (none) Cabletron's SecureFast VLAN Operational Model Version 1.8 RFC2644 B (none) Changing the Default for Directed Broadcasts in Routers RFC2645 PS (none) On-Demand Mail Relay (ODMR) RFC2646 PS (none) The Text/Plain Format Parameter RFC2647 I (bmwg) Benchmarking Terminology for Firewall Performance RFC2648 I (urn) A URN Namespace for IETF Documents RFC2649 E (ldapext) An LDAP Control and Schema for Holding Operation Signatures RFC2650 I (rps) Using RPSL in Practice RFC2651 PS (find) The Architecture of the Common Indexing Protocol (CIP) RFC2652 PS (find) MIME Object Definitions for the Common Indexing Protocol (CIP) RFC2653 PS (find) CIP Transport Protocols RFC2654 E (find) A Tagged Index Object for use in the Common Indexing Protocol RFC2655 E (find) CIP Index Object Format for SOIF Objects RFC2656 E (find) Registration Procedures for SOIF Template Types RFC2657 E (find) LDAPv2 client Vs the Index Mesh RFC2658 PS (none) RTP Payload Format for PureVoice(tm) Audio RFC2661 PS (pppext) Layer Two Tunneling Protocol 'L2TP' RFC2662 PS (adslmib) Definitions of Managed Objects for the ADSL Lines RFC2663 I (nat) IP Network Address Translator (NAT) Terminology and Considerations RFC2664 I (uswg) FYI on Questions and Answers Answers to Commonly asked New Internet User Questions RFC2667 PS (ifmib) IP Tunnel MIB RFC2669 PS (ipcdn) Cable Device Management Information Base for DOCSIS compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems RFC2670 PS (ipcdn) Radio Frequency (RF) Interface Management Information Base for MCNS/DOCSIS compliant RF interfaces RFC2671 PS (dnsind) Extension mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0) RFC2672 PS (dnsind) Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection RFC2673 PS (dnsind) Binary Labels in the Domain Name System RFC2675 PS (ipngwg) IPv6 Jumbograms