Internet Monthly Report for April 2001 1. The IESG approved or recommended the following 17 Protocol Actions during the month of April 2001: o A DNS RR Type for Lists of Address Prefixes (APL RR) for publication as an Experimental Protocol. o Applicability Statement for CR-LDP for publication as an Informational RFC. o LDP State Machine for publication as an Informational RFC. o Implementing Company Classification Policy with the S/MIME Security Label for publication as an Informational RFC. o Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting:Protocol Evaluation for publication as an Informational RFC. o Methodology for ATM Benchmarking for publication as an Informational RFC. o LDAP Authentication Password Schema for publication as an Informational RFC. o 3GPP-IETF Standardization Collaboration for publication as an Informational RFC. o On the Design of Application Protocols for publication as an Informational RFC. o A URN Namespace for OASIS oasis for publication as an Informational RFC. o A URN Namespace for XML.org xmlorg for publication as an Informational RFC. o RSVP Reservations Aggregation for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Constraint-Based LSP Setup using LDP for publication as a Proposed Standard. o LSP Modification Using CR-LDP for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Service Location Protocol Modifications for IPv6 for publication as a Proposed Standard. o A More Loss-Tolerant RTP Payload Format for MP3 Audio for publication as a Proposed Standard. o RSA/SHA-1 SIGs and RSA KEYs in the Domain Name System (DNS) for publication as a Proposed Standard. 2. 12 Last Calls were issued by the IESG during the month of April 2001: o IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Allocation for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security Considerations for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail for consideration as a Draft Standard. o Minimal GSTN address format in Internet Mail for consideration as a Draft Standard. o XML-Signature Syntax and Processing for consideration as a Draft Standard. o Definitions for talking about directories for consideration as an Informational RFC. o Password-based Encryption for S/MIME for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o DHCP reconfigure extension for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Remote Monitoring MIB Extensions for Interface Parameters Monitoring for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o PPP Multiplexed for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Supplemental Tones Packages for Megaco/H.248 for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o MIME Security with OpenPGP for consideration as a Proposed Standard. 3. Three working groups were concluded Data Link Switching MIB (dlswmib) SNA DLC Services MIB (snadlc) Detailed Revision/Update of Message Standards (drums) 4. There were 269 Internet-Draft Actions during the month of April 2001: (dhc) o Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) (atommib) o Definitions of Supplemental Managed Objects for ATM Interface (ediint) o Requirements for Inter-operable Internet EDI (ediint) o MIME-based Secure EDI (none) o Securing FTP with TLS (rip) o RIP Version 2 MIB Extension (nntpext) o Network News Transport Protocol (webdav) o WebDAV Access Control Protocol (ediint) o HTTP Transport for Secure EDI (none) o Handle System Overview (usefor) o News Article Format (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time Stamp Protocols (TSP) (isis) o Management Information Base for IS-IS (pppext) o Always On Dynamic ISDN (AODI). (ippm) o A Framework for Defining Empirical Bulk Transfer Capacity Metrics (bmwg) o Terminology for Frame Relay Benchmarking (none) o The VCDIFF Generic Differencing and Compression Data Format (none) o Using Microsoft Word to create Internet Drafts and RFC's (mpls) o MPLS Support of Differentiated Services (cat) o SASL GSSAPI mechanisms (none) o Geographic registration of HTML documents (adslmib) o Definitions of Extention Managed Objects for ADSL Lines (malloc) o Multicast Address Allocation Protocol (AAP) (none) o Transport Adapter Layer Interface (none) o SNMP Payload Compression (avt) o RTP Interoperability Statement (avt) o RTP Testing Strategies (none) o Handle System Namespace and Service Definition (pppext) o Extending PPP over SONET/SDH, with virtual concatenation, high order and low order payloads (none) o IP over MIME (ldup) o LDAP Subentry Schema (none) o Geographic extensions for HTTP transactions (krb-wg) o Kerberos Set/Change Password: Version 2 (issll) o RSVP Reservations Aggregation (mpls) o Applicability Statement for Extensions to RSVP for LSP-Tunnels (dnsop) o Distributing Authorittative Name Servers via Shared Unicast Addresses (disman) o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of Management Scripts (nat) o Framework for interfacing with Network Address Translator (deltav) o Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (none) o Definitions for talking about directories (iptel) o Telephony Routing over IP (TRIP) (fax) o Implementers Guide for Facsimile Using Internet Mail (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile (none) o Multi-Protocol Lambda Switching: Combining MPLS Traffic Engineering Control With Optical Crossconnects (none) o User to User Kerberos Authentication using GSS-API (none) o mSLP - Mesh-enhanced Service Location Protocol (ipsec) o IPsec Flow Monitoring MIB (bmwg) o Terminology for ATM ABR Benchmarking (atommib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for SONET Linear APS Architectures (smime) o Implementing Company Classification Policy with the S/MIME Security Label (smime) o S/MIME Symmetric Key Distribution (isis) o Routing IPv6 with IS-IS (mobileip) o Mobile IP Extensions Rationalization (MIER) (ngtrans) o An IPv6-to-IPv4 transport relay translator (sip) o MIME media types for ISUP and QSIG Objects (idwg) o IAP: Intrusion Alert Protocol (tewg) o A Framework for Internet Traffic Engineering (openpgp) o MIME Security with OpenPGP (none) o Windows 2000 Kerberos Change Password and Set Password Protocols (idn) o Requirements of Internationalized Domain Names (dhc) o DHCP reconfigure extension (sip) o SIP Telephony Call Flow Examples (sigtran) o Stream Control Transmission Protocol Applicability Statement (policy) o Policy Framework QoS Information Model (smime) o Electronic Signature Formats for long term electronic signatures (trade) o Payment API for v1.0 Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP) (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol (IPP):The 'indp' Delivery Method for Event Notifications and Protocol/1.0 (rap) o Structure of Policy Provisioning Information (SPPI) (none) o Whois Export and Exchange Format (none) o The Architecture of End to End Multihoming (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Permanent Identifier (adslmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for HDSL2 and SHDSL Lines (malloc) o Dynamic Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses (none) o GENERAL NETWORK PROTOCOL (GNP) (none) o GSM SIM Authentication and Key Generation for Mobile IP (none) o IEEE 802.1X RADIUS Usage Guidelines (ipngwg) o IPv6 multihoming support at site exit routers (none) o Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC), Protocol Specification (none) o SILC Packet Protocol (none) o SILC Key Exchange and Authentication Protocols (none) o LDAPv3: All Operational Attributes (uswg) o The Tao of IETF - A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force (none) o LDAPv3: Grouping of Related Operations (stime) o Public-Key Cryptography for the Network Time Protocol Version 1 (none) o Extended IP Versions (vpim) o Voice Profile for Internet Mail - version 2 (none) o SONET/SDH Circuit Emulation Service Over MPLS (CEM) Encapsulation (none) o Web Cache Communication Protocol V2.0 (none) o Randomness Requirements for Security (none) o MAPOS/PPP Tunneling mode (smime) o Electronic Signature Policies (policy) o Terminology (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol (IPP): Printer Installation Extension (rmt) o Security Requirements For TRACK (none) o IP over Optical Networks: A Summary of Issues (vpim) o Critical Content of Internet Mail (vpim) o Message Context for Internet Mail (none) o LDAPv3 Transactions (none) o H.323 URL scheme definition (none) o LDAP Extension Style Guide (avt) o RTP payload format and file storage format for AMR and AMR-WB audio (dnsext) o DNS Security Document Roadmap (none) o Guidelines for IPv6 local experiments (none) o Content Language Headers (dnsext) o RSA/SHA-1 SIGs and RSA KEYs in the Domain Name System (DNS) (none) o Bibliographic Protocol Level 1: Link Resolution and Metapage Retrieval (none) o OSPFv2 Metric Auto-Decay (none) o Address Prefix Based Outbound Route Filter for BGP-4 (smime) o Reuse of CMS Content Encryption Keys (dnsext) o Indicating Resolver Support of DNSSEC (idr) o Cooperative Route Filtering Capability for BGP-4 (idn) o Han Ideograph (CJK) for Internationalized Domain Names (none) o Socket API for IPv6 flow label field (none) o Socket API for IPv6 traffic class field (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol (IPP): The 'ippget' Delivery Method for Event Notifications (mpls) o Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) FEC-To-NHLFE (FTN) Management Information Base Using SMIv2 (megaco) o Supplemental Tones Packages for Megaco/H.248 (mobileip) o Hierarchical MIPv6 mobility management (none) o SIP Registration (none) o EtherIP: Tunneling Ethernet Frames in IP Datagrams (none) o Extended Authentication within IKE (XAUTH) (none) o The ISAKMP Configuration Method (none) o Comments to the Unified Memory Space Protocol (none) o Handle System Protocol (ver 2.0) Specification (ips) o Fibre Channel Over TCP/IP (FCIP) (ips) o iSCSI (none) o Lightweight Directory Access Protocol: version differences (none) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Contact Mapping (none) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Domain Name Mapping (none) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Host Mapping (none) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Transport Over TCP (avt) o An RTP Payload Format for Generic FEC with Uneven Level Protection (none) o XML encoding for SMS messages (vpim) o VPIM Addressing (diffserv) o A Delay Bound alternative revision of RFC2598 (none) o International Domain Names and LDAP (none) o COPS Usage for SIP (none) o QoS and AAA Usage with SIP Based IP Communications (none) o 3GPP-IETF Standardization Collaboration (none) o QoS-Aware Handover for Mobile IP: Secondary Home Agent (ips) o iSCSI Requirements and Design Considerations (none) o Network Data Management Protocol Version 4 (none) o The 'application/xhtml+xml' Media Type (mmusic) o The SDP fid attribute (ldapbis) o Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names (none) o An Overview of the SCTP (ips) o iSNS Internet Storage Name Service (rserpool) o Requirements for Reliable Server Pooling (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol (IPP): IPP URL Scheme (none) o LDAP Cancel Extended Operation (none) o Known HTTP Proxy/Caching Problems (none) o User Profile Information Protocol (none) o Benchmarking Methodology for Exterior Routing Convergence (idr) o BGP support for four-octet AS number space (none) o Middle boxes: taxonomy and issues (secsh) o Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the SSH Transport Layer Protocol (disman) o Alarm MIB (none) o Notes from the State-Of-The-Technology: DNSSEC (avt) o An RTP Payload Format for EVRC Speech (impp) o Common Presence and Instant Messaging Message Format (mboned) o Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8 (trade) o Electronic Commerce Modeling Language (ECML):Version 2 Requirements (diffserv) o An Expedited Forwarding PHB (mmusic) o Requirements for Session Description and Capability Negotiation (none) o PPPoE Extensions For Seamless Service Selection (ips) o iFCP - A Protocol for Internet Fibre Channel Storage Networking (provreg) o Generic Registry-Registrar Protocol Requirements (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol (mobileip) o Fast Handovers for Mobile IPv6 (none) o Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1.1 (none) o EAP SIM Authentication (Version 1) (policy) o Policy Core Information Model Extensions (ips) o iSCSI Naming and Discovery Requirements (none) o The ARK Persistent Identifier Scheme (disman) o SNMP Alarms and MIB Module (none) o NAS packages for MGCP (none) o Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) (none) o US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) (none) o Dynamic Security Association Establishment Protcol For IPv6 (none) + Traversal of non-Protocol Aware Firewalls & NATS (none) + IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB)Overview, Issues and Requirements (mboned) o Extended Allocations in 233/8 (none) + IPv6 Site Definition (none) o IPv4 Multicast Best Current Practice (none) + AES Companion Hash Definitions (SHA256, SHA384, SHA512) for OTP (none) + LDAP Intermediate Response (none) + Restart signaling for ISIS (idn) + Internationalized Domain Names and Unique Identifiers/Names (simple) + SIP Extensions for Presence (ldapbis) o IANA Considerations for LDAP (none) + Use of DNS SRV in LDAP Named Subordinate References (impp) + Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps (rserpool) + Architecture for Reliable Server Pooling (none) + Application Defined Permissions for LDAP (ipcdn) + DVB Cable Interactive Network Adapter Device MIB (ipcdn) + DVB Cable Interactive Network Adapter Interface MIB (none) + ISP Selection in Open Access Networks (none) + CHECKING OF MESSAGE INTEGRITY DURING SMTP TRANSACTIONS (tsvwg) + SCTP Unreliable Data Mode Extension (none) + CTFRC(Coupon TFRC)#oAn enhanced version of TFRC Protocol Specification (idmr) + IGMP-based Multicast Forwarding ('IGMP Proxying') (none) + Feature Discovery in LDAP (none) + LDAPv3: All Operational Attributes (none) + METHOD OF ENCODING BINARY DATA (Version I) (none) + Requirements for Discovering Middleboxes (ldapbis) + A Summary of the X.500(3rd edition) User Schema for use with LDAPv3 (none) + Global path recovery enhancement using Notify Reverse LSP (none) + Support for out-of-order responses in HTTP (none) + Differentiated Services on L2TP Sessions (none) + Spurring TCP retransmission upon wireless uplink losses (none) + Sieve Extension: Relational Tests (none) o International Language Bridge (ILB) For Implementing Language Free Services (none) + SMB Filesharing URL Scheme (ngtrans) + IPv6 SMTP operational requirements (none) + Statistically Unique and Cryptographically Verifiable Identifiers and Addresses (none) + Converting LDAP/X.500 Distinguished Names to DNS Domain Names to Support Server Location (aaa) + The DIAMETER API (none) + Object Provisioning Protocol (OPP) (none) + A Method for MPLS LSP Fast-Reroute Using RSVP Detours (none) + Binding Authentication Key Establishment Protocol for Mobile IPv6 (none) + IMAP Extension: Structure (simple) + SIP Extensions for Instant Messaging (pkix) + Certificate Management Messages over CMS (none) + COPS-PR with Meta-Policy Support (mobileip) + Registration Revocation in Mobile IP (ips) + FC Frame Encapsulation (ips) + iSCSI Full Acknowledgement (ips) + Finding iSCSI Targets and Name Servers Using SLP (ips) + Definitions of Managed Objects for iSCSI (none) o Authentication Mechanisms Levels (idn) + DUNCE: A proposal for a Definitely Unencumbered New Compatible [ACE] Encoding (none) o Additional XML Digital Signature URIs (none) + BGP/GMPLS Optical VPNs (none) + Resource Reservation Issues in Cellular Access Networks (none) + Resource Management in Diffserv (RMD) Framework (none) + Resource Management in Diffserv On DemAnd (RODA) PHR (seamoby) + Requirements for an IP Mobile Node Alerting Protocol (none) + Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Operational Protocols - DNS (none) + MPLS Label Stack Authentication methods and algorithms (none) + Megaco/H.248 Enhanced Analog Line Packages (eos) + SNMP Row Operations Extensions (eos) + SNMP Extended Protocol MIB (snmpv3) + Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework (smime) + Cryptographic Message Syntax (mmusic) + Session Description and Capability Negotiation (none) + TCP Framing Header (smime) + Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Algorithms (none) + SS7 TCAP-User Adaptation Layer (TUA) (none) + Dynamic Diffie Hellman based Key Distribution for Mobile IPv6 (xmldsig) + XML-Signature Syntax and Processing (none) + LDAPv3: A Collection of User Schema (none) + LDAPv3: Collective Attributes (none) + RP Relocation Extension to PIM-SM Multicast Routing (none) + FCIP Management MIB (none) + Location of LDAP services using Geo-Political Naming (eos) + SNMP Object Identifier Compression (none) + Conventions for the use of the Session Description Protocol (SDP)for Digital Circuit Connections (none) + Generalized PPP Flow Control Mechanism for Packet Over SONET (POS) Links (none) + MPLS Support of Differentiated Services using E-LSP (none) + SILC Commands (iab) + Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Internet Infrastructure Domain ('ARPA') (none) + Enhanced Mail System Status Codes (rap) + Session Authorization for RSVP (rap) + Framework for session set-up with media authorization (none) + NNI Path Protection Control Plane Issues (none) + RTP Payload Format for Keying-Information Stream (KS) (none) + IPv4 multicast and broadcast over InfiniBand networks (none) + Extensions to the MPLS Traffic Engineering Management Information Base in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching. (rserpool) + Comparison of Protocols for Reliable Server Pooling 5. 18 RFCs were published during this period RFC2821 PS (drums) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol RFC2822 PS (drums) Internet Message Format RFC2919 PS (none) List-Id: A Structured Field and Namespace for the Identification of Mailing Lists RFC2961 PS (rsvp) RSVP Refresh Overhead Reduction Extensions RFC3075 PS (xmldsig) XML-Signature Syntax and Processing RFC3076 I (xmldsig) Canonical XML Version 1.0 RFC3078 I (pppext) Microsoft Point-To-Point Encryption (MPPE) Protocol RFC3086 I (diffserv) Definition of Differentiated Services Per Domain Behaviors and Rules for their Specification RFC3087 I (none) Control of Service Context using SIP Request-URI RFC3088 E (none) OpenLDAP Root Service An experimental LDAP referral service RFC3091 I (none) Pi Digit Generation Protocol RFC3092 I (none) Etymology of 'Foo' RFC3093 I (none) Firewall Enhancement Protocol (FEP) RFC3094 I (none) Tekelec's Transport Adapter Layer Interface RFC3097 PS (rsvp) RSVP Cryptographic Authentication-New Message Type RFC3098 I (run) How to Advertise Responsibly Using the E- Mail and Newsgroups or- how NOT to $$$$$ MAKE ENEMIES FAST $$$$$ RFC3106 I (none) ECML v1.1: Field Specifications for E- Commerce RFC3115 PS(mobileip) Mobile IP Vendor/Organization-Specific Extensions