Internet Monthly Report for April, 2000 1. The IESG approved or recommended the following 18 Protocol Actions during the month of April, 2000: o Root Name Server Operational Requirements for publication as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) for publication as a Draft Standard. o The 'text/html' Media Type for publication as an Informational RFC. o RADIUS Extensions for publication as an Informational RFC. o RADIUS Accounting Modifications for Tunnel Protocol Support for publication as an Informational RFC. o RADIUS Accounting for publication as an Informational RFC. o TCP Congestion Window Validation for publication as an Informational RFC. o The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS) for publication as an Informational RFC. o Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Technical Work of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority for publication as an Informational RFC. o A Tangled Web:issues of I18N, domain names, and the other Internet protocols for publication as an Informational RFC. o A Framework for a Gateway Location Protocol for publication as an Informational RFC. o RADIUS Attributes for Tunnel Protocol Support for publication as an Informational RFC. o The Use of HMAC-RIPEMD-160-96 within ESP and AH for publication as a Proposed Standard. o The Inverted Stack Table Extension to the Interfaces Group MIB for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4 for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Textual Conventions for Internet Network Addresses for publication as a Proposed Standard. o RTP Payload Format for Real-Time Pointers for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Textual Conventions for Additional High Capacity Data Types for publication as a Proposed Standard. 2. 18 Last Calls were issued by the IESG during the month of April, 2000: o Use of HTTP State Management for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Congestion Control Principles for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Protocol Complications with the IP Network Address Translator (NAT) for consideration as an Informational RFC. o Network Access Server Requirements Next Generation (NASREQNG)NAS Model for consideration as an Informational RFC. o Network Access Servers Requirements: Extended RADIUS Practices for consideration as an Informational RFC. o HTTP State Management Mechanism for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o The SIP Supported Header for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o VRRP Operation over ATM LAN Emulation for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o XML DTD for Phone Books for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o LDAP Extensions for Scrolling View Browsing of Search Results for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o The Java LDAP Application Program Interface for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o The Java LDAP Application Program Interface Asynchronous Extension for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o MADCAP Multicast Scope Nesting State Option for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Key and Sequence Number Extensions to GRE for consideration as a Proposed Standard. 3. Three working groups were concluded: Mail and Directory Management (madman) Printer MIB (printmib) DAV Searching and Locating (dasl) 4. There were 145 Internet-Draft Actions during the month of April, 2000: (mobileip) o Mobility Support in IPv6 (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service (cat) o Public Key Cryptography for Cross-Realm Authentication in Kerberos (roamops) o The Accounting Data Interchange Format (ADIF) (none) o DIAMETER Base Protocol (ipngwg) o Site prefixes in Neighbor Discovery (none) o Telnet Authentication: SRP (ngtrans) o Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers (ldapext) o LDAP Extensions for Scrolling View Browsing of Search Results (idmr) o Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3 (ipsec) o DHCP Configuration of IPSEC Tunnel Mode (none) o PGM Reliable Transport Protocol (none) o Telnet Authentication Option (none) o Telnet Authentication: Kerberos Version 5 (none) o Telnet Authentication Using DSA (none) o DIAMETER Resource Management Extensions (none) o Telnet Authentication Using KEA and SKIPJACK (ip1394) o DHCP on IEEE 1394 (none) o DIAMETER Framework Document (nat) o Traditional IP Network Address Translator (Traditional NAT) (none) o DIAMETER Mobile IP Extensions (bmwg) o Benchmarking Methodology for LAN Switching Devices (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time Stamp Protocols (TSP) (trade) o Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP) HTTP Supplement (isis) o Optional Checksums in ISIS (iesg) o Use of HTTP State Management (isis) o IS-IS Cryptographic Authentication (conneg) o MIME content types in media feature expressions (conneg) o Indicating media features for MIME content (conneg) o Identifying composite media features (dhc) o The Subnet Selection Option for DHCP (udlr) o A Link Layer Tunneling Mechanism for Unidirectional Links (none) o Load control of real-time traffic (malloc) o MADCAP Multicast Scope Nesting State Option (none) o SNMP over TCP Transport Mapping (none) o Geographic registration of HTML documents (ngtrans) o A SOCKS-based IPv6/IPv4 Gateway Mechanism (mpls) o MPLS Loop Prevention Mechanism (none) o Music Records Markup Language (MuReML) (adslmib) o Definitions of Extention Managed Objects for ADSL Lines (dnsop) o Root Name Server Operational Requirements (dnsop) o Handling of DNS Zone Signing Keys (mpls) o MPLS Label Switch Router Management Information Base Using SMIv2 (none) o A revised media feature set matching algorithm (none) o A rate adaptive shaper for differentiated services (none) o Connectionless Multicast (megaco) o Megaco/H.248 R2 Package (gsmp) o General Switch Management Protocol V3 (ospf) o Management Information Base for OSPFv3 (none) o Textual Conventions for Internet Network Addresses (none) o IP over MIME (none) o Secure Remote Access with L2TP (smime) o Use of the CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm in CMS (ldapext) o Discovering LDAP Services with DNS (none) o Geographic extensions for HTTP transactions (cat) o Kerberos Set/Change Password: Version 2 (sigtran) o Stream Control Transmission Protocol (rsvp) o RSVP Refresh Overhead Reduction Extensions (none) o DIAMETER Accounting Extension (mpls) o Applicability Statement for Extensions to RSVP for LSP-Tunnels (pint) o Management Information Base for the PINT Services Architecture (none) o Orchestrally conducted Traffic ( OCT ) (none) o NAT and other Network 'Intelligence': Clearing Architectural Haze through the use of Fog Lamps (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol(IPP): Notifications over SNMP via Job Monitoring MIB (aaa) o Criteria for Evaluating AAA Protocols for Network Access (sip) o The SIP INFO Method (none) o Congestion Control Principles (none) o LDAPv3 Result Codes: Definitions and Appropriate Use (none) o Guide to TV Broadcast URLs (none) o DIAMETER NASREQ Extensions (none) o DIAMETER Implementation Guidelines (none) o DIAMETER Strong Security Extension (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Monitoring and Controlling the UNI/NNI Multilink Frame Relay Function (atommib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for SONET Linear APS Architectures (ipcdn) o Management Information Base for DOCSIS Cable Modem Termination Systems for Subscriber Management (none) o Performance Evaluation of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in IP Networks (none) o STRUCTURED DATA EXCHANGE FORMAT (SDXF) (ipcdn) o Management Information Base for DOCSIS Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems for Baseline Privacy Plus (snmpv3) o Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (snmpv3) o Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (snmpv3) o Management Information Base for the Simple Network Management Protocol (aaa) o Accounting Attributes and Record Formats (gsmp) o GSMP Packet Encapsulations for ATM, Ethernet and TCP (none) o Telnet Forwarding of X Windows Session Data (idwg) o IAP: Intrusion Alert Protocol (none) o AAA Authorization Application Examples (none) o AAA Authorization Requirements (none) o AAA Authorization Framework (none) o Generic AAA Architecture (l2tpext) o L2TP Header Compression ('L2TPHC') (dnsext) o DNS Security Extension Clarification on Zone Status (dnsext) o Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR) (openpgp) o MIME Security with OpenPGP (sip) o DHCP Option for SIP Servers (dnsext) o DNS Request and Transaction Signatures ( SIG(0)s ) (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol (IPP): Job and Printer Set Operations (none) o Data Distribution Protocol (DDP) (none) o ENUM Service Specific Provisioning: Principles of Operation (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol (IPP): LDAP Schema for Printer Services (none) o On the Design of Application Protocols (snmpconf) o The DiffServ Policy MIB (none) o Mobility Management in a SIP Environment Requirements, Functions and Issues (grip) + Guidelines for Evidence Collection and Archiving (none) + Semantic Model for IPsec Policy Interaction (none) + Referencing ISAN Identifiers with the Local Identifier (lid:) URI Scheme (none) + The ViDe Reference Model for Internet-extensible H.323 Communications (none) + A Framework for Active Probes for Performance Monitoring (none) + AAA Protocols : Comparison between RADIUS, DIAMETER and COPS. (none) + RTCP Reporting Extensions (none) + Requirements for adding Optical Switch Support to GSMP (none) + Selected Object Classes and Attribute Types PKCS 9 v2.0 (none) + Deflate and Deflate-base64:Compression Content-Transfer-Encodings (none) + UMTS all-IP Mobility Management, Call and session control Procedures (rescap) + RESCAP Scenarios (none) + An IPv6-IPv4 Compatibility Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format < draft-templin-ngtrans-v6v4compat-00.txt> (none) + Sieve -- Subaddress Extension (none) + Incorporaion of PGP Certificates into X.509v3 Certificates (policy) + Information Model for Describing Network Device QoS Mechanisms (none) + LDUP Multiple Draft Conflict Resolution (MDCR) (none) + Definitions of Managed Objects for Spatial Reuse Protocol (SRP) (none) + SIP INFO method for DTMF digit transport and collection (ngtrans) + IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels for home to Internet access (none) + SIP-H.323 Interworking Requirements (idwg) + Intrusion Detection Message Exchange Format Extensible Markup Language (XML) Document Type Definition (none) + Megaco/H.248 R1 Package (none) + Considerations on IP Spatial Location Protocol Requirements (none) + Comfortable Service: A New Type of Integrated Services Based on Policed Priority Queuing (iab) o A Tangled Web:issues of I18N, domain names, and the other Internet protocols (none) + Definitions of Managed Objects for Open Provisioning Standard (OPS) in the Loop Access Environment (none) + Administrator Address Attribute (none) + SIP INFO Method for Event Reporting (none) + Flow control extensions to Mobile IP for 3G Wireless Networks (none) + Seamless IP Multicast Receiver Mobility Support (none) + Internet-Telephony Directory for Mapping E.164 to Internet Addresses (none) + Comparison of DIAMETER Against AAA Network Access Requirements (none) + Lightpath attributes and related service definitions (mobileip) + Generalized NAI Extension (GNAIE) (none) + Use of a Semantics Register with WebDAV Properties (none) + Routing Information Exchange in Optical Networks (ngtrans) + Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Standards (none) o The Mini-DHCP Server (none) + ECN Interactions with IP Tunnels (none) + Fixing the iCalendar Registration Process (none) + The Architecture of End to End Multihoming (none) + BASE (Billing- and Accounting-System Exchange-Protocol) Protocol Specification 5. Nine RFCs were published during this period RFC2787 PS (vrrp) Definitions of Managed Objects for the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol using SNMPv2 RFC2788 PS (madman) Network Services Monitoring MIB RFC2789 PS (madman) Mail Monitoring MIB RFC2790 DS (none) Host Resources MIB RFC2794 PS (mobileip)Mobile IP Network Access Identifier Extension for IPv4 RFC2795 I (none) The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS) RFC2796 PS (idr) BGP Route Reflection An alternative to full mesh IBGP RFC2798 I (none) Definition of the inetOrgPerson LDAP Object Class RFC2805 I (megaco) Media Gateway Control Protocol Architecture and Requirements