IETF Progress Report 01 Sep 2001 to 30 Sep 2001 1) 18 IESG Protocol Actions this period. IETF Guidelines for Conduct (BCP) GLOP Addressing in 233/8 (BCP) Domain Security Services using S/MIME (Experimental) Applicability Statement for Extensions to RSVP for LSP-Tunnels (Informational) A Delay Bound alternative revision of RFC2598 (Informational) Supplemental Information for the New Definition of the EF PHB (Informational) IPv6 multihoming support at site exit routers (Informational) An Overview of the SCTP (Informational) Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1.1 (Informational) The Host-Density Ratio for Address Assignment Efficiency An update on the H ratio (Informational) RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels (Proposed Standard) Reliable Delivery for Syslog (Proposed Standard) Telephony Routing over IP (TRIP) (Proposed Standard) Reuse of CMS Content Encryption Keys (Proposed Standard) An Expedited Forwarding PHB (Proposed Standard) Securing L2TP using IPSEC (Proposed Standard) Definitions of Managed Objects for Scheduling Management Operations (Proposed Standard) Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (Proposed Standard) 2) 6 IESG Last Calls issued to the IETF this period. The 'application/xhtml+xml' Media Type (Informational) Using SOAP in BEEP (Proposed Standard) Definitions of Managed Objects for Circuit to Interface Translation (Proposed Standard) TCP Friendly Rate Control (TFRC):Protocol Specification (Proposed Standard) Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base for High Capacity Networks (Proposed Standard) DHCP Domain Search Option (Proposed Standard) 3) 2 New working group(s) formed this period. Prefix Taxonomy Ongoing Measurement & Inter Networ (ptomaine) IP Flow Information Export (ipfix) 4) 201 new or revised Internet-Drafts this period (o - Revised Internet-Draft; + - New Internet-Draft) WG I-D Title ------ ----------------------------------------------------- (mobileip) o Route Optimization in Mobile IP (idr) o A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4) (none) o Printer MIB v2 (rmonmib) o Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base for High Capacity Networks (krb-wg) o Initial and Pass Through Authentication Using Kerberos V5 and GSS-API (IAKERB) (none) o PGM Reliable Transport Protocol (smime) o Domain Security Services using S/MIME (isis) o Management Information Base for IS-IS (mpls) o RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels (mobileip) o Mobile IP Regional Registration (ipfc) o Fibre Channel Management Framework Integration MIB (fax) o A Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail (adslmib) o Definitions of Extention Managed Objects for ADSL Lines (none) o IETF Meeting Network Infrastructure Lore (none) o Accessing IN services from SIP networks (diffserv) o An Informal Management Model for Diffserv Routers (gsmp) o General Switch Management Protocol V3 (none) o A proposal to apply ECN into Wireless and Mobile Networks (sigtran) o SS7 MTP2-User Adaptation Layer (pilc) o TCP Performance Implications of Network Asymmetry (mobileip) o IP Mobility Support for IPv4, revised (none) o Definitions for talking about directories (deltav) o Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (ipngwg) o Default Address Selection for IPv6 (fax) o Timely Completion for Internet Messaging Services (none) o EAP GSS Authentication Protocol (smime) o Compressed Data Content Type for S/MIME (msdp) o Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) (mpls) o LSP Modification Using CR-LDP (none) o Cisco Systems' Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) (none) o A proposal to add Fast Congestion Notification to IP and Improve TCP Performance in Wireless and Mobile networks (sip) o Reliability of Provisional Responses in SIP (none) o Netnews Administration System (NAS) (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service Level Definitions (l2tpext) o Securing L2TP using IPSEC (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol (IPP): Job and Printer Set Operations (ipsec) o The AES Cipher Algorithms and Their Use With IPsec (snmpconf) o Configuring Networks and Devices with SNMP (idwg) o Intrusion Detection Message Exchange Format Extensible Markup Language (XML) Document Type Definition (none) o IP Mobility and the CDMA Radio Access Network: Applicability Statement for Soft Handoff (none) o Signed Headers in Mail and Netnews (opsarea) o Textual Conventions for Transport Addresses (none) o GENERAL NETWORK PROTOCOL (GNP) (none) o MPLS Label Stack Encapsulation in GRE (idn) o String Profile for Internationalized Host Names (fax) o Internet FAX Gateway Functions (bmwg) o Terminology for Forwarding Information Base (FIB) based Router Performance (stime) o Public-Key Cryptography for the Network Time Protocol Version 2 (none) o Result Code for LDAP Controls (dnsext) o GSS Algorithm for TSIG (GSS-TSIG) (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Circuit to Interface Translation (manet) o Topology Broadcast based on Reverse-Path Forwarding (TBRPF) (isis) o IS-IS Extensions in Support of Generalized MPLS (none) o Supplemental Tones Packages for Megaco/H.248 (none) o An XML format for mail and other messages (mpls) o MPLS LDP Query Message Description (ips) o Fibre Channel Over TCP/IP (FCIP) (fax) o Guideline of optional services for Internet FAX Gateway (mpls) o Signalling Unnumbered Links in CR-LDP (mpls) o Signalling Unnumbered Links in RSVP-TE (none) o GRE Extensions (none) o ATM MGCP Package (none) o Protocol versus Paper Points of View (none) o The MAP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP (dnsext) o Multicast DNS (none) o List of the Current BGP Documents (none) o IMAP4 Binary Content Extension (none) o Traffic Engineering & QoS Methods for IP-, ATM-, & Based Multiservice Networks (none) o DNS URL scheme (sip) o ISUP to SIP Mapping (none) o The 'application/xhtml+xml' Media Type (syslog) o Syslog-Sign Protocol (idr) o BGP support for four-octet AS number space (none) o Megaco/H.248 Basic CAS Packages (none) o MF Tone Generation and Detection Packages (diffserv) o An Expedited Forwarding PHB (spirits) o SPIRITS Protocol Requirements (idwg) o The Intrusion Detection Exchange Protocol (IDXP) (nat) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Network Address Translators (NAT) (iab) o Commentary on Inter-Domain Routing in the Internet (opsarea) o Textual Conventions for Internet Network Addresses (policy) o Policy Core Information Model Extensions (none) o The ARK Persistent Identifier Scheme (none) o .xxx Considered Dangerous (rap) o COPS Over TLS (smime) o Preventing the Million Message Attack on CMS (simple) o SIP Extensions for Presence (none) o Sieve Extension: Relational Tests (none) o Xcast over Ethernet (none) o Framework for Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) (dnsext) o Delegation Signer record in parent (none) o Paging Concept for IP based Networks (none) o Using SOAP in BEEP (none) o The Host-Density Ratio for Address Assignment Efficiency An update on the H ratio (rohc) o Signaling Compression Requirements & Assumptions (seamoby) o General Requirements for a Context Transfer (tls) o TLS Extensions (avt) o RTP Payload Format for MPEG-4 Streams (idn) o Improving ACE using code point reordering v2.0 (none) o Bidirectional Edge Tunnel Handover for IPv6 (none) o IMAP Extension for Conditional STORE operation (none) o Minimum IPv6 Functionality for a Cellular Host (none) o The 'tag' URI scheme and URN namespace (none) o IANA Considerations for IGMP (spirits) o On selection of IN parameters to be carried by the SPIRITS protocol (seamoby) o Issues in candidate access router discovery for seamless IP-level handoffs (none) o A method for doing opportunistic encryption with IKE (none) o LH-DMHA -Last Hop DMHA(Dormant Mode Host Alerting) Protocol (ngtrans) o NGtrans IPv6 DNS operational requirements and roadmap (none) o Internet Protocol, Version 64 (IPv64) Specification (mboned) o GLOP Addressing in 233/8 (l2tpext) o L2TP Tunnel Switching (none) o Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) (rohc) o A Link-Layer Assisted ROHC Profile for IP/UDP/RTP (idn) o AMC-ACE-Z version 0.3.1 (ngtrans) o Shipworm: Tunneling IPv6 over UDP through NATs (sip) o The Refer Method (none) + IP Telephony Routing Protocol (ITRP) (none) + Gateway and Server Discovery Protocol (none) + Gateway and Server Registration Protocol (none) + Using DNS for VPN Discovery (none) + Topology Considerations for IP Telephony MIDCOM Agents (none) o Internet Media Types message/sip and message/sipfrag (none) + A Bi-Directional LSP Tunneling Architecture for MPLS (none) o URIs,URLs, and URNs: Clarifications and Recommendations Report from the joint W3C/IETF URI PLanning Interest Group (none) + A proposal for scalable network-level multihoming (none) + Synthetic CNAME generation as an equivalence tool (ccamp) + Routing Extensions in Support of Generalized MPLS (ccamp) + OSPF Extensions in Support of Generalized MPLS (none) + Direct Access File System (DAFS) (none) + An Abstract Model for HTTP Resource State < draft-baker-http-resource-state-model-00.txt> (none) + VPN Auto discovery - Problem Space (scope),Requirements and Architecture (smime) o Triple-DES and RC2 Key Wrapping (mpls) + Link Bundling in MPLS Traffic Engineering (none) + MPLS label stack encapsulation in Ipv6 (none) + Requirements for Publication of SIP related service data (none) + The Selective Module for The Conversion Between Traditional/Simplified Characters in DNS (none) + Mobile IP Generic Label Distribution Extensions (none) + IPV6 Address Packet Definition and Transition (none) + Service Route Header extension (none) + Localized Mobility Management for Mobile IPv6 in Distributed Manner (none) o A Transient Prefix for Identifying Profiles under Development by the Working Groups of the IETF (dnsop) o IP Addresses that should never appear in the public DNS (none) + IETF Mailing List Conventions (none) + Configuration Hints for Common Mail User Agents (none) + TLS Fast-Track Session Establishment (none) + Midcom Agents and Topology (ppvpn) + Virtual Router Management Information Base Using SMIv2 (none) + TDM Service Specification for Pseudo-Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) (msec) + GSAKMP Light (none) + The 'esl' URI scheme (mpls) + Link Bundling Management Information Base Using SMIv2 (none) + IDN Code Exchange Mapping Structure (none) + Conferencing using SIP (none) + Bounding Longest Match Considered (none) + Interworking Between SIP and MPEG-4 DMIF (none) o IPv6 over Mobile IPv4 (none) + Update to RFC2937: The Name Service Search Option for DHCP (none) + Requirements for RoHC IP/SCTP Robust Header Compression (msec) + Group Security Policy Token (none) + The AES128 CTR Mode of Operation and Its Use With IPsec (none) + The AES128 OCB Mode of Operation and Its Use With IPsec (none) + Conformity Statement of Mobile IPv6 Hierarchical Paging to RFC 3154 (none) + COPS applicability as the MIDCOM protocol (none) + Requirements for the Replacement of AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol (none) + Mobile IPv6 Hierarchical Paging (none) + Multiple-Public-Key (MPK) Certificate Format (none) + PPP EAP MAKE Mutual Authentication Protocol (none) + Dormant Mode Handover Support in Mobile Networks (none) + Quota and Size Properties for DAV Collections (none) + Conformity Statement of Layer-2 aided mobility independent dormant host alerting protocol to RFC 3154 (none) + Layer-2 aided mobility independent dormant host alerting protocol (none) o SMQP: Simple Message Queue Protocol (none) + Applicability of MEGACO to Middlebox Control (mmusic) + Short term NAT requirements for UDP based peer-to-peer applications (none) + Subcodes for BGP Cease Notification Message (none) + MEGACO Middlebox Packages (none) + Requirements for Multi-Area TE (none) + Common Encapsulation CRC Format (none) + TDM Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network (CESoPSN) (isis) + Restart signaling for ISIS (isis) + Point-to-point operation over LAN in link-state routing protocols (avt) + Use of 'RFC-generic' for MPEG-4 Elementary Streams with no SL layer (none) + BGP4+ Peering Using IPv6 Link-local Address < draft-kato-bgp-ipv6-link-local-00.txt> (none) + JavaScript and ECMAScript Media Types (none) + MIPv6 IPCP configuration option for PPP IPv6CP (none) + A URN sub-namespace for language tags (none) + A URN sub-namespace for media feature tags (none) + A URN sub-namespace for message headers (none) o HTTP Authentication: SPNEGO Access Authentication (none) + SONET/SDH Circuit Emulation over Packet (CEP) (ediint) + Compressed Data for EDIINT (none) + Infiniband Subnet Management Agent Management Information Base (none) + PWE3: ATM service description (none) + Security Considerations and Enhancements for 6to4 < draft-savola-ngtrans-6to4-security-00.txt> (smime) + Intended Recipients Attribute for the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) (none) + RTTP: Properties of a real-time protocol (none) + Registration procedures for message headers (none) + Preparation of Internationalized Strings ('stringprep') (dnsext) + Representing IPv6 addresses in DNS (none) + 3pcc using the REFER method 5) 12 RFCs produced between 01 Sep 2001 and 30 Sep 2001 S - Standard; PS - Proposed Standard; DS - Draft Standard; B - Best Current Practices; E - Experimental; I - Informational RFC Status WG Title ------- -- -------- -------------------------------------------------- RFC3125 E (smime) Electronic Signature Policies RFC3160 I (uswg) The Tao of IETF - A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force RFC3168 PS (tsvwg) The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP RFC3169 I (nasreq) Criteria for Evaluating Network Access Server Protocols RFC3170 I (mboned) IP Multicast Applications: Challenges and Solutions RFC3171 B (mboned) IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments RFC3172 B (iab) Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Address and Routing Parametr Area Domain ('ARPA') RFC3173 PS (none) IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) RFC3174 I (none) US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) RFC3175 PS (issll) RSVP Reservations Aggregation RFC3176 I (none) sFlow: Method for Monitoring Traffic in Switched and Routed Networks RFC3180 B (mboned) GLOP Addressing in 233/8 3 Standards Track; 3 BCP; 1 Experimental; 5 Informational