Internet Monthly Report for May, 2001 1. The IESG approved or recommended the following 18 Protocol Actions during the month of May, 2001: o Terminology for Frame Relay Benchmarking for publication as an Informational RFC. o Terminology for ATM ABR Benchmarking for publication as an Informational RFC. o Requirements for Configuration Management of IP-based networks for publication as an Informational RFC. o Dormant Mode Host Alerting ('IP Paging') Problem Statement for publication as an Informational RFC. o OSPF Stub Router Advertisement for publication as an Informational RFC. o Requirements for Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys for publication as an Informational RFC. o Performance Enhancing Proxies Intended to Mitigate Link-Related Degradations for publication as an Informational RFC. o RFC1858 is not water-tight for publication as an Informational RFC. o The SPIRITS Architecture for publication as an Informational RFC. o Extended Allocations in 233/8 for publication as an Informational RFC. o An IPv6-to-IPv4 transport relay translator for publication as an Informational RFC. o MPLampS: Electricity over IP (with an MPLS control plane) for publication as an Informational RFC. o The Congestion Manager for publication as a Proposed Standard. o L2TP Disconnect Cause Information for publication as a Proposed Standard. o MIME media types for ISUP and QSIG Objects for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Layer Two Tunnelling Protocol : ATM access network extensions for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Remote Monitoring MIB Extensions for Interface Parameters Monitoring for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Notes from the State-Of-The-Technology: DNSSEC (None) 2. Seven Last Calls were issued by the IESG during the month of May, 2001: o End-to-end Performance Implications of Slow Links for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of Management Scripts for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Reliable Delivery for Syslog for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Telephony Routing over IP (TRIP) for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3 for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol Applicability Statement for consideration as a Proposed Standard. 3. One new working group was created Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge to Edge (pwe3) and three working groups were concluded Service Location Protocol (svrloc) Resource Reservation Setup Protocol (rsvp) Multicast Extensions to OSPF (mospf 4. There were 242 Internet-Draft Actions during the month of May, 2001: (idmr) o Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (ftpext) o Extensions to FTP (none) o Printer MIB v2 (ldapext) o The Java LDAP Application Program Interface (none) o Using the UTF-8 Character Set in the Domain Name System (ipsra) o DHCPv4 Configuration of IPSEC Tunnel Mode (none) o Common Internet Message Header Fields (none) o Printer Finishing MIB (none) o The Java SASL Application Program Interface (idmr) o IGMP Multicast Router Discovery (urn) o Assignment Procedures for the URI Resolution using DNS (mmusic) o A Message Bus for Local Coordiantion (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time Stamp Protocols (TSP) (policy) o Policy Framework LDAP Core Schema (ldup) o LDUP Update Reconciliation Procedures (none) o Appropriate Mailing List Behaviour (cat) o SASL GSSAPI mechanisms (pilc) o End-to-end Performance Implications of Slow Links (pilc) o End-to-end Performance Implications of Links with Errors (pilc) o Performance Enhancing Proxies Intended to Mitigate Link-Related Degradations (krb-wg) o Kerberos Set/Change Password: Version 2 (pilc) o TCP Performance Implications of Network Asymmetry (mboned) o Anycast RP mechanism using PIM and MSDP (mobileip) o Mobile IP Based Micro Mobility Management Protocol in The Third Generation Wireless Network (iptel) o Telephony Routing over IP (TRIP) (megaco) o MEGACO MIB (ipngwg) o Default Address Selection for IPv6 (smime) o Use of ECC Algorithms in CMS (none) o Quick Transaction Protocol - QTP (smime) o Compressed Data Content Type for S/MIME (atommib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for SONET Linear APS Architectures (msdp) o Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) (none) o Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS (smime) o Implementing Company Classification Policy with the S/MIME Security Label (ipcdn) o Management Information Base for DOCSIS Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems for Baseline Privacy Plus (none) o A Protocol for Remotely Managing Sieve Scripts (none) o Netnews Administration System (NAS) (none) o RIC Service Specifications (none) o Simple Resource ReSerVation Protocol (SRSVP) (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service Level Definitions (idn) o Requirements of Internationalized Domain Names (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocols (rap) o Structure of Policy Provisioning Information (SPPI) (snmpconf) o Configuring Networks and Devices with SNMP (mobileip) o Generalized NAI (GNAIE) Extension (none) o ISO/IEC 9798-3 Authentication SASL Mechanism (none) o IPSEC-NAT Compatibility Requirements (none) o Application/w-xxx-forms Media Type (l2tpext) o L2TP Disconnect Cause Information (rap) o Identity Representation for RSVP (none) o SCTP as a Transport for SIP (pkix) o Transport Protocols for CMP (ecm) o The Congestion Manager (fax) o Internet FAX Gateway Functions (none) o Requirements for Configuration Management of IP-based networks (sip) o SIP: Session Initiation Protocol (rap) o Signaled Preemption Priority Policy Element (urn) o A DDDS Database Using The Domain Name System (none) o Definition of Managed Objects for Synthetic Sources for Performance Monitoring algorithms (none) o AAA Requirements for IP Telephony/Multimedia (none) + RFC1858 is not water-tight (idmr) + Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol Applicability Statement (avt) o RTP payload format and file storage format for AMR and AMR-WB audio (none) o Base Encodings (none) o Content Language Headers (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Circuit to Interface Translation (none) o A Description of the Camellia Encryption Algorithm (smime) o Reuse of CMS Content Encryption Keys (none) o MPLampS: Electricity over IP (with an MPLS control plane) (issll) o Capability Negotiation: The RSVP CAP Object (l2tpext) o L2TP Service Type (tls) o Addition of the Camellia Encryption Algorithm to TLS (syslog) o The BSD Syslog Protocol (megaco) o Supplemental Tones Packages for Megaco/H.248 (kink) o Requirements for Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys (none) o Diversion Indication in SIP (mpls) o Fault Tolerance for LDP and CR-LDP (syslog) o Reliable Delivery for Syslog (spirits) o The SPIRITS Architecture (mpls) o Generalized MPLS - Signaling Functional Description (mpls) o MPLS LDP Query Message Description (none) o LDAP & X.500 Component Matching Rules (fax) o Guideline of optional services for Internet FAX Gateway (smime) o Transporting S/MIME Objects in X.400 (smime) o Securing X.400 Content with S/MIME (none) o Shared backup Label Switched Path restoration (sip) o SIP Extensions for Caller Identity and Privacy (urn) o URN Namespace Definition Mechanisms (none) o Role of the Domain Name System (vpim) o High-Level Requirements for Internet Voice Mail (idn) o Internationalized PTR Resource Record (IPTR) (none) o The MAP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP (none) o Mobile IPv6 handoff by Explicit Multicast (aaa) o AAA Transport Issues (none) o IMAP4 Binary Content Extension (none) o Known CDN Request-Routing Mechanisms (mmusic) o SDP: Session Description Protocol (tsvwg) o TCP Friendly Rate Control (TFRC):Protocol Specification (none) o Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS (none) o A Common Spatial Location Dataset (none) o A proposal for the IPv6 Flow Label Specification (mpls) o Generalized MPLS Signaling - CR-LDP Extensions (mpls) o Generalized MPLS Signaling - RSVP-TE Extensions (manet) o Landmark Routing Protocol (LANMAR) for Large Scale Ad Hoc Networks (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF) (sip) o ISUP to SIP Mapping (none) o RTP Payload Format for MPEG-4 Streams (none) o Guidelines for Internet Bibliographic Issues (ips) o iSNS Internet Storage Name Service (rserpool) o Requirements for Reliable Server Pooling (none) o Extending the Number of IS-IS LSP Fragments Beyond the 256 Limit (sigtran) o SS7 MTP3-User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)Management Information Base using SMIv2 (none) o Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Version 1.0bis (none) o Request to Move STD 39 to Historic Status (diffserv) o Per Hop Behavior Identification Codes (idr) o BGP support for four-octet AS number space (secsh) o Storing SSH Host Keys in DNS (none) o IAB/IESG Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations (none) o Diameter Sun Ping Extensions (avt) o An RTP Payload Format for EVRC Speech (seamoby) o Dormant Mode Host Alerting ('IP Paging') Problem Statement (trade) o Electronic Commerce Modeling Language (ECML):Version 2 Requirements (none) o A URN Namespace for Public Identifiers (none) o Goals for Terminal Mode (none) o Protocol for Terminal Mode (none) o 3GPP2-IETF Standardization Collaboration (none) o Root Server Definitions (seamoby) o Problem Description: Reasons For Performing Context Transfers Between Nodes in an IP Access Network (provreg) o Domain Name and Related Definitions (idwg) o The Intrusion Detection Exchange Protocol (IDXP) (ips) o iFCP - A Protocol for Internet Fibre Channel Storage Networking (midcom) o Middlebox Communication Architecture and framework (ldapbis) o The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol (trade) o XML Voucher: Generic Voucher Language (ldapbis) o The LDAP URL Format (iab) o Architectural Requirements for Inter-Domain Routing in the Internet (mobileip) o Low latency Handoffs in Mobile IPv4 (none) o A Framework for Internet Traffic Engineering Measurement (none) o Packet-Optical Escalation Strategies (sming) o SMIng Requirements (none) o Link Bundling Management Information Base Using SMIv2 (none) o Generic Routing Encapsulation over CLNP networks (ngtrans) o Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) (none) o Integrated Services across MPLS domains using CR-LDP signaling (mboned) o IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Allocation (none) o 3GPP2 Requirements for 0-byte ROHC IP/UDP/RTP Header Compression (dnsext) o Parent stores the child's zone KEYs (midcom) o MIDCOM Scenarios (impp) o Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps (apex) o The APEX Access Service (apex) o The Application Exchange Core (apex) o The APEX Presence Service (ips) o FC Frame Encapsulation (seamoby) o Requirements for an IP Mobile Node Alerting Protocol (iab) o Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Internet Infrastructure Domain ('ARPA') (none) o IPv4 multicast and broadcast over InfiniBand networks (none) o Administrative Tags in IS-IS (entmib) + Entity MIB Implementation Checklist (none) + Flaws in RIPv2 packet's authentication (none) o SCTP compatible delivery subsystem (aaa) o Diameter End-2-End Security Extension (none) + Control for requesting DN object class in LDAP (none) + IPv4 and ARP over InfiniBand networks (none) o Local Subnet Mobility Problem Statement (none) + The WCIP Profile (none) + OSPF with digital signature against an insider (none) + Fail over extensions for L2TP (none) + IP Paging Security Requirements (none) + Inappropriate TCP Resets Considered Harmful (none) + IPv6 Test Address Space Reserved for Documentation, Examples and Private Testing (none) + Link-Layer Assisted ROHC Over CDMA2000 (none) + SIP Service Execution Rule Language Framework and Requirements (none) + IP and ARP over InfiniBand(TM) Architecture (none) + Memo iSCSI CRC/Checksum Considerations (none) + Definitions of Managed Objects for ATM Adaptation Layer 2 (none) o LDAP Client Update Protocol (none) + Proposed mechanism for L2TP failover handling (none) + Xcast over Ethernet (eos) + Efficient Transfer of Bulk SNMP Data (none) + A Traffic-Based Method of Detecting Dead IKE Peers (none) + Flaws in packet's authentication of OSPFv2 (secsh) + Storing SSH Host Keys in DNS (none) + Handle System Namespace and Service Definition (none) + Handle System Protocol (ver 2.0) Specification (none) + Handle System Overview (none) + An Architecture for L2VPNs (none) + Guidelines for specifying SCTP-based media transport using SDP (none) + APEX Endpoint Servers (ldup) + LDAP Client Update Protocol (ccamp) + GMPLS Extensions for SONET and SDH Control (ldapext) + Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over UDP/IP (none) + Application Considerations for Midcom Middleboxes (none) + Requirements and framework for ATM network interworking over MPLS (mpls) + Definitions of Textual Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES for Multi-Protocol Label Switching Management (none) + SS7 TCAP-User Adaptation Layer (TUA) (none) + Requirements for Network Based Layer 2 VPN (none) o The APEX Option Party Pack, Part Deux! (none) + The counter-mode and its use with ESP (tsvwg) + Stream Control Transmission Protocol (none) + EAP AKA Authentication (none) + Mobile Internet Service Provider (MISP) Requirements for a Wireless Internet Framework (WIF) (none) + RTCP attribute in SDP (none) + A Technical Introduction to IPv6 (none) + Common Syntax and Coding for Descriptive Location (none) + Interplanetary Internet (IPN): Architectural Definition (ngtrans) + An IPv6/IPv4 Multicast Translator based on IGMP/MLD Proxying (mtp) (none) + Framework for Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) (trade) + Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP)Version 1 Errata (ospf) + OSPF Type 5 to Type 7 Translation (rohc) + Requirements and assumptions for ROHC 0-byte IP/UDP/RTP compression (none) + Spatial Location Payload (none) + Multi-link Subnet Support in IPv6 (none) + Requirements for OAM in MPLS Networks (none) + Ingress Filtering, Site Multihoming, and Source Address Selection (ipngwg) + Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes (none) o The application/ogg Media Type (pwe3) + Requirements for Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) (sip) + Mapping of ISUP Overlap Signalling to SIP (none) + A BGP/GMPLS Solution for Inter-Domain Optical Networking (none) + DHCPv6 Threats (ipo) + Impairments And Other Constraints On Optical Layer Routing (none) + Secret IV and its use with ESP (poisson) + IETF ICANN Protocol Support Organization Appointments Procedures (none) + Hierarchical QoS Link Information Protocol (HQLIP) (tsvwg) + Increasing TCP's Initial Window (none) + Alt-Roots, Alt-TLDs (none) + A definition of a IPv6 Flow Label classifier Specification (dnsext) + Comparison of AAAA and A6 (do we really need A6?) (none) + Alternative Roots and the Virtual Inclusive Root (none) + A Search-based access model for the DNS (ssm) + An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast(SSM) Deployment (dnsext) + Delegation Signer record in parent (none) + UMF - The Universal Message Format (none) + SMTP Service Extension for Priority (provreg) + Extensible Provisioning Protocol Contact Mapping (provreg) + Extensible Provisioning Protocol Domain Name Mapping (provreg) + Extensible Provisioning Protocol Host Mapping (provreg) + Extensible Provisioning Protocol Transport Over TCP (none) + Requirements of a QoS Solution for Mobile IP (none) + IPSec Context Transfer (sacred) + PKI Enrollment Information 5. Eight RFCs were published during this period RFC2800 PS (none) Internet Official Protocol Standards RFC2899 I (none) Request for Comments Summary RFC Numbers 2800-2899 RFC3089 I (ngtrans) A SOCKS-based IPv6/IPv4 Gateway Mechanism RFC3107 PS (mpls) Carrying Label Information in BGP-4 RFC3108 PS (mmusic) Conventions for the use of the Session Description Protocol (SDP)for ATM Bearer Connections RFC3110 PS (dnsext) RSA/SHA-1 SIGs and RSA KEYs in the Domain Name System (DNS) RFC3111 PS (svrloc) Service Location Protocol Modifications for IPv6 RFC3112 I (none) LDAP Authentication Password Schema