IETF Progress Report 01-APR-03 to 30-APR-03 1) 21 IESG Protocol Actions this period Use of the RSAES-OAEP Transport Algorithm in CMS (Proposed Standard) Enhanced Compressed RTP (CRTP) for links with high delay,packet loss and reordering (Proposed Standard) On the Use of SCTP with IPsec (Proposed Standard) A Presence Event Package for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (Proposed Standard) Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching Extensions for SONET and SDH Control (Proposed Standard) Definitions of Managed Objects for the Optical Interface Type (Proposed Standard) Framework Policy Information Base for Usage Feedback (Informational) An Extensible Markup Language (XML) Based Format for Watcher Information (Proposed Standard) A Watcher Information Event Template-Package for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (Proposed Standard) Netlink as an IP Services Protocol (Informational) IP Header Compression over PPP (Proposed Standard) The AES-XCBC-MAC-96 Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec (Proposed Standard) Definitions of Managed Objects for the SONET/SDH Interface Type (Draft Standard) Wrapping an HMAC key with a Triple-DES Key or an AES Key (Proposed Standard) Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using Performance History Based on 15 Minute Intervals (Draft Standard) A URN Namespace for the Web3D Consortium (Web3D) (Informational) NOPEER community for BGP route scope control (Informational) Signalling of Modem-On-Hold status in Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) (Proposed Standard) A URN Namespace for MACE (Informational) Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM) (Informational) IANA Considerations for RADIUS (Proposed Standard) 2) 12 IESG Last Calls issued to the IETF this period Printer MIB v2 (Proposed Standard) Printer Finishing MIB (Informational) Stream Control Transmission Protocol Management Information Base (Proposed Standard) Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record Types (Proposed Standard) The IETF XML Registry (BCP) Link Management Protocol (LMP) (Proposed Standard) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):Schema for Printer Services (Informational) Using AES Counter Mode With IPsec ESP (Proposed Standard) IANA Charset MIB (Informational) Delegation of 3.F.F.3.IP6.ARPA (BCP) Security Ticket Control Sub-option for the CableLabs Client Configuration Option (Proposed Standard) Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label (Proposed Standard) 3) 6 Working Group(s) concluded this period LDAP Extension (ldapext) Internationalized Domain Name (idn) Next Generation Structure of Management Information (sming) Telnet Security (telsec) Evolution of SNMP (eos) Application Exchange (apex) 4) 257 new or revised Internet-Drafts this period (o - Revised Internet-Draft; + - New Internet-Draft) WG I-D Title ------- ------------------------------------------ (nntpext) o Network News Transport Protocol (ipsec) o IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) (none) o The Java LDAP Application Program Interface (none) o LDAP Proxied Authentication Control (manet) o The Dynamic Source Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (DSR) (usefor) o News Article Format (none) o The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1 (isis) o Management Information Base for IS-IS (manet) o Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (isis) o IS-IS Cryptographic Authentication (ipsec) o IPSec Monitoring MIB (smime) o Examples of S/MIME Messages (secsh) o Generic Message Exchange Authentication For SSH (ipsec) o ISAKMP DOI-Independent Monitoring MIB (ospf) o Management Information Base for OSPFv3 (none) o IP over MIME (none) o LDAP Authorization Identity Request and Response Controls (ipsec) o Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Monitoring MIB (megaco) o Megaco MIB (msdp) o Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) (none) o Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocols (none) o Use of IPsec Transport Mode for Dynamic Routing (ospf) o OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base (mmusic) o Session Description Protocol (SDP) Source Filters (rmonmib) o Transport Performance Metrics MIB (none) o IEEE 802.1X RADIUS Usage Guidelines (fax) o Internet FAX Gateway Functions (manet) o Topology Dissemination Based on Reverse-Path Forwarding (TBRPF) (none) o LDAP & X.500 Component Matching Rules (none) o Dynamic Authorization Extensions to Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) (fax) o Guideline of optional services for Internet FAX Gateway (sigtran) o SS7 MTP2-User Peer-to-Peer Adaptation Layer (none) o ECDSA with XML-Signature Syntax (none) o Multicast in MPLS/BGP VPNs (dnsext) o Linklocal Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) (none) o Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over IP and MPLS Networks (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF) (none) o Domain Name System Uniform Resource Identifiers (msgtrk) o SMTP Service Extension for Message Tracking (msgtrk) o An Extensible Message Format for Message Tracking Responses (syslog) o Syslog-Sign Protocol (disman) o Alarm MIB (aaa) o Diameter Mobile IPv4 Application (ipsec) o On the Use of SCTP with IPsec (ppvpn) o Service requirements for Layer 3 Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks: (ospf) o Prioritized Treatment of Specific OSPF Packets and Congestion Avoidance (rpsec) + Generic Threats to Routing Protocols (avt) o The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (none) o .sex Considered Dangerous (none) + Site Specific Options for DHCP for IPv6 (multi6) o Goals for IPv6 Site-Multihoming Architectures (none) o Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) (ldup) o LDAP Client Update Protocol (mpls) o Definitions of Textual for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Contact Mapping (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Domain Name Mapping (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Host Mapping (none) + iSCSI Implementation Guidelines for Fault Tolerance and Load Balancing using Temporary Redirection (none) o Layer 2 VPNs Over Tunnels (ccamp) o Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching Architecture (none) o An IPv6 Provider-Independent Global Unicast Address Format (none) o Application and Use of the IPv6 Provider Independent Global Unicast Address Format (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Proxy Certificate Profile (none) o Filters for Mobile IPv4 Bindings (NOMADv4) (ipo) o IP over Optical Networks: A Framework (ips) o Definition of Managed Objects for FCIP (rap) o Framework Policy Information Base for Usage Feedback (none) o Diameter Mobile IPv6 Application (disman) o Alarm Reporting Control MIB (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy and Certification Practices Framework (none) o SMQP: Simple Message Queue Protocol (ccamp) o Link Management Protocol Management Information Base (mpls) o Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management Overview (sacred) o Securely Available Credentials Protocol (adslmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Lines (VDSL) (none) o Text string notation for Dial Sequences and GSTN / E.164 addresses (ipsec) o Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol (megaco) o The Megaco/H.248v2 Gateway Control Protocol, version 2 (none) o Designated Mailers Protocol A Way to Identify Hosts Authorized to Send SMTP Traffic (krb-wg) o Encryption and Checksum Specifications for Kerberos 5 (none) o The 'application/soap+xml' media type (tls) o Using OpenPGP keys for TLS authentication (pana) o Problem Statement and Usage Scenarios for PANA (pana) o Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA)Requirements and Terminology (ipoib) o IP encapsulation and address resolution over InfiniBand networks (idr) o AS-wide Unique BGP Identifier for BGP-4 (tls) o The TLS Protocol Version 1.1 (none) o PPVPN Terminology (cdi) o Known CN Request-Routing Mechanisms (none) o Mobile IPv6 Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Requirements (ipv6) o IPv6 Flow Label Specification (magma) o Multicast Source Notification of Interest Protocol (MSNIP) (enum) o The E.164 to URI DDDS Application (ENUM) (ipsec) o IP Authentication Header (pkix) o Policy Requirements for Time-Stamping Authorities (none) o OSPF Link-local Signaling (none) o OSPF Out-of-band LSDB resynchronization (none) o OSPF Restart Signaling (none) o The MUPDATE Distributed Mailbox Database Protocol (none) o Enabling Global Service Attributes in the Service Location Protocol (avt) o RTP Retransmission Payload Format (none) o RADIUS Support For Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) (dhc) o Unused DHCP Option Codes (none) o Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Return Code Usage (none) o IP Version 6 over MAPOS (none) o M3UA SG-SG communication (none) o SIP server IPCP configuration option for PPP (none) + OPES Callout Protocol (OCP) (pkix) o Attribute Certificate Policies extension (ippm) o IPPM metrics registry (none) o Address Allocation for PE-CE links within an RFC2547bis Network (ipsec) o Extended Sequence Number Addendum to IPsec DOI for ISAKMP (none) o URI Fragment Identifiers for the text/plain Media Type (none) o SIEVE Spamtest and Virustest Extensions (none) o Guidelines for MPLS Load Balancing (secsh) o Using DNS to securely publish SSH key fingerprints (mobileip) o Problem Statement: Mobile IPv4 Traversal of VPN Gateways (sipping) o Session Initiation Protocol PSTN Call Flows (sipping) o Session Initiation Protocol Basic Call Flow Examples (seamoby) o Mobility Related Terminology (ccamp) o Tracing Requirements for Generic Tunnels (ieprep) o IP Telephony Requirements for Emergency Telecommunication Service (none) o XML Schema for Media Control (none) o MGCP Redirect and Reset Package (none) + Experience with the BGP-4 Protocol (none) o Virtual Hierarchical LAN Services (simple) o Requirements for Manipulation of Data Elements in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE) Systems (v6ops) o Transition Scenarios for 3GPP Networks (none) o Security Audit and Access Accountability Message Data Definitions for Healthcare Applications (none) o 6bone (IPv6 Testing Address Allocation) Phaseout (none) o OAM Requirements for MPLS Networks (avt) o RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR) (send) o IPv6 Neighbor Discovery trust models and threats (provreg) o Guidelines for Extending the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (pana) o PANA Threat Analysis and security requirements (none) o Link Management Protocol Extensions for Link discovery Using Loss of Light (rohc) o Interoperability of RFC 3095 (sigtran) o Security Considerations for SIGTRAN Protocols (ipr) o Guidelines for Working Groups on Intellectual Property Issues (none) o DCLOR: De-correlated Loss Recovery using SACK option for spurious timeouts (inch) o The Incident Data Exchange Format Data Model and XML Implementation Document Type Definition (xmpp) o XMPP Instant Messaging (none) o Benchmarking Terminology for Protection Performance (ipr) o Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology (ipr) o IETF Rights in Submissions (none) o MPLS VPN Import/Export Verification (smime) o Use of the Camellia Encryption Algorithm in CMS (none) o A Dynamic Protocol for Candidate Access-Router Discovery (none) o Scalable mNAT-PT solution (none) o Delegation of 3.F.F.3.IP6.ARPA (dnsext) o Domain Name System (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification (none) o A DNS RR for simple SMTP sender authentication (iesg) o An IESG charter (ospf) o Authentication/Confidentiality for OSPFv3 (xmpp) o XMPP Core (smime) o Use of the PSS Signature Algorithm in CMS (none) o State Machines for EAP Peer and Authenticator (iab) o The Rise of the Middle and the Future of End to End: Reflections on the Evolution of the Internet Architecture (sipping) o Interworking between SIP and QSIG (none) o Address Management for IKE version 2 (none) o Internationalizing Mail Addresses in Applications (IMAA) (xmpp) o End-to-End Object Encryption in XMPP (xmpp) o Resourceprep: A Stringprep Profile for Resource Identifiers in XMPP (xmpp) o Nodeprep: A Stringprep Profile for Node Identifiers in XMPP (none) + Fast Handover Agent (FHA) for Fast Router Discovery in FMIPv6 (eap) o Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) (none) o IANA Considerations for RADIUS (none) + Preconfigured Binding Management Keys for Mobile IPv6 (none) o Using CMS to Protect Firmware Packages (tewg) + Max Allocation with Reservation Bandwidth Constraint Model for MPLS/DiffServ TE & Performance Comparisons (dhc) o Results from Interoperability Tests of DHCPv6 Implementations (none) o Multi-Level Expedited Forwarding (none) + Network Address Translation and Peer-to-Peer Applications (NATP2P) (none) o Experimental Handoff Extension to RADIUS (fax) o IFAX service of ENUM (mobileip) o Mobile IPv4 Traversal Across IPsec-based VPN Gateways (idr) o BGP-4 Protocol Analysis (none) o Sieve -- Variables Extension (imapext) o IMAP Extension for Conditional STORE operation (ipseckey) o A method for storing IPsec keying material in DNS (none) + Path MTU Support for IPv6-in-IPv4 Tunnels (none) + CHARPREP – Character Equivalency Preparations for IDN (none) + ZONEPREP - Zone Preparations for IDN (none) + EPP Internationalized Domain Name Mapping (none) + Light Weight Access Point Protocol (LWAPP) (ipsec) + IPsec Flow Monitoring MIB Textual Conventions (none) + An Enhanced Multi-Link PPP with low overhead suitable for multiple scalable bandwidth links (none) + Pseudo Wire (PW) Virtual Circuit Connection Verification (VCCV) (none) + Pseudo Wire (PW) OAM Message Mapping (none) + GMPLS and IP/MPLS Interworking Architecture (pana) + Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA) (none) + MPLS and IP PW Payload ID (none) + EAP client-side transport (none) + Constrained VPN route distribution (none) + A Proposal for RSVPv2-NSLP (nsis) + Requirements of a QoS Solution for Mobile IP (none) + Site-Local Requirements (none) + Reliable Multicast Transport Building Block:Tree based ACK (TRACK) Mechanisms (none) + Reliable Multicast Transport Building Block: Tree Auto-Configuration (avt) + RTP payload format for a 64 kbit/s transparent call (none) + Using DNS SRV records to locate whois servers (dhc) + A Guide to Implementing Stateless DHCPv6 Service (none) + Mobile IP version 6 Route Optimization Security Design Background (none) + RSERPOOL Redundancy-model Policy (secsh) + Session Channel Break Extension (none) + Lumas-A Language for Universal Message Abstraction and Specification (none) + BINPIDF - External Object Extension to Presence Information Data Format (none) + Guidelines for Mandating Automated Key Management (none) + SIEVE Include Extension (none) + Requirements for Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Usage and Extensions for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) (none) + Network Throughput and Performance Calculations (none) + ICAP Extensions (none) + Procedures for Renumbering an IPv6 Network without a Flag Day (rohc) + RObust Header Compression (ROHC):Profiles for UDP-Lite (none) + A URN Namespace For The Liberty Alliance Project (none) + The CWC-AES Dual-Use Mode (ipsec) + DHCP over IKE (ipsec) + Using DHCP server/client backend for DHCP over IKE (ipsec) + Using RADIUS backend for DHCP over IKE (sipping) + Session Initiation Protocol Call Control - Conferencing for User Agents (none) + An advanced Mail Transfer Protocol (none) + Ascertech's Billing and Accounting System Exchange (BASE) Protocol (none) o A Practice for Revoking Posting Rights to IETF mailing lists (none) + RSS 2.0 (ospf) + Traffic Engineering Extensions to OSPF version 3 (none) + IPv6 Router Advertisement based DNS Autoconfiguration (mpls) + LDP DoD Graceful Restart (mpls) + Definition of an RRO node-id subobject (mpls) + OAM Requirements for MPLS Networks (mpls) + MPLS Traffic Engineering Soft preemption (dhc) + The Authentication Suboption for the DHCP Relay Agent Option (none) + Sieve -- 'copy' extension (none) + Sieve -- 'editheader' extension (none) + Sieve -- Sequential Execution of Multiple Scripts (none) + The Nortel Networks Ethernet Layer 2 Virtual Private Service Protocol (none) + IPv6 Extensions for DNS Plug and Play (mpls) o Traffic Engineering Link Management Information Base (none) + Telephony Tunneling Protocol (TTP) (none) + Using Recursive Xcast Packets for Multicast Delivery (none) + OSPF Areas Considered Harmful (none) + SIMPLE-XMPP Interworking (none) + The Case for the 'A' Bit in the MPLS and IP PID (none) + Overview of the FEC-CV proposed extension to the Y.1711 protocol (none) + RFC2547bis networks using internal BGP as PE-CE protocol (sipping) + High Level Requirements for Tightly Coupled SIP Conferencing (none) + Mentioning IPR Considerations in Last Calls (none) + EAP IKEv2 Method (EAP-IKEv2) (mmusic) + Session Description Protocol Offer Answer Examples (none) + IPv6 Site Multihoming: Now What? (iab) + A Survey of Authentication Mechanisms (none) + Security Algorithms for IKEv2 (none) + Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) RSVP-TE Signalling in support of Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) (none) + RDMA Protocol Verbs Specification (none) + Load Sharing in Stream Control Transmission Protocol (none) + Network Management Requirements for MPLS MIBs (none) + Technical Considerations for Spam Control Mechanisms 5) 20 RFC produced this period S - Standard; PS - Proposed Standard; DS - Draft Standard; B - Best Current Practices; E - Experimental; I - Informational RFC Stat WG Published Title ------- -- -------- ---------- ----------------------------------------- RFC3474 I (none) APR 03 Documentation of IANA assignments for Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Usage and Extensions for Automatically Switched O RFC3475 I (none) APR 03 Documentation of IANA assignments for Constraint Route Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP) Extensions for Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON) RFC3476 I (none) APR 03 Documentation of IANA Assignments for Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP), and Resource ReSerVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions for Optical RFC3508 I (none) APR 03 H.323 Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Scheme Registration RFC3510 PS (ipp) APR 03 Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: IPP URL Scheme RFC3512 I (snmpconf) APR 03 Configuring Networks and Devices with SNMP RFC3509 I (ospf) APR 03 Alternative Implementations of OSPF Area Border Routers RFC3515 PS (sip) APR 03 The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Refer Method RFC3517 PS (tsvwg) APR 03 A Conservative Selective Acknowledgment (SACK)-based Loss Recovery Algorithm for TCP RFC3513 PS (ipv6) APR 03 IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture RFC3507 I (none) APR 03 Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) RFC3511 I (bmwg) APR 03 Benchmarking Methodology for Firewall Performance RFC3518 PS (pppext) APR 03 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Bridging Control Protocol (BCP) RFC3520 PS (rap) APR 03 Session Authorization Policy Element RFC3521 I (rap) APR 03 Framework for session set-up with Media Authorization RFC3516 PS (none) APR 03 IMAP4 Binary Content Extension RFC3523 I (ieprep) APR 03 Internet Emergency Preparedness (IEPREP)Telephony Topology Terminology RFC3527 PS (dhc) APR 03 Link Selection sub-option for the Relay Agent Information Option for DHCPv4 RFC3524 PS (mmusic) APR 03 Mapping of Media Streams to Resource Reservation Flows RFC3531 I (ipv6) APR 03 A Flexible Method for Managing the Assignment of Bites of an IPv6 Address Block 0 Standards Track; 0 BCP; 0 Experimental; 11 Informational