IETF Progress Report 1-May-04 to 31-May-04 1) 21 IESG Protocol Actions this period MIME Type Registrations for 3GPP Multimedia files (Proposed Standard) MPLS VPN Architecture (None) Expressing Fax Capabilities in Internet Protocols (None) CPL: A Language for User Control of Internet Telephony Services (Proposed Standard) Returning Matched Values with LDAPv3 (Proposed Standard) The SPIRITS (Services in PSTN requesting Internet services) Protocol (Proposed Standard) Generic Threats to Routing Protocols (Informational) IGMP/MLD-based Multicast Forwarding ('IGMP/MLD Proxying') (Proposed Standard) IP over InfiniBand(IPoIB) Architecture (Informational) Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS3/E3 Interface Type (Proposed Standard) S/MIME Version 3.1 Message Specification (Proposed Standard) Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging and Presence (Proposed Standard) SIP Authenticated Identity Body (AIB) Format (Proposed Standard) Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core (Proposed Standard) A Transport Independent Bandwidth Modifier for the Session Description Protocol (SDP) (Proposed Standard) Traffic Engineering Link Management Information Base (Proposed Standard) OPES entities and end points communication (Informational) Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA) (Proposed Standard) Mapping the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) to Common Presence and Instant Messaging (CPIM) (Proposed Standard) A 224-bit One-way Hash Function: SHA-224 (Informational) H.350 Directory Services (Informational) 2) 18 IESG Last Calls issued to the IETF this period Fine-Grained Transclusion in the Hypertext Markup Language (None) A Traffic Engineering MIB (Proposed Standard) Definitions of Managed Objects for Network Address Translators (NAT) (Proposed Standard) BGP/MPLS IP VPNs (Proposed Standard) S/MIME Version 3.1 Certificate Handling (Proposed Standard) Registration of mail and MIME header fields (Proposed Standard) Applicability Statement for BGP/MPLS IP VPNs (Informational) IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture (Proposed Standard) The Internet Assigned Number Authority Universal Resource Identifier Parameter Registry for the Session Initiation Protocol (BCP) The Internet Assigned Number Authority Header Field Parameter Registry for the Session Initiation Protocol (BCP) A Uniform Resource Name(URN)Namespace for the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) (Informational) Embedding the Rendezvous Point (RP) Address in an IPv6 Multicast Address (Proposed Standard) SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND) (Proposed Standard) Clarifying when Standards Track Documents may Refer Normatively to Documents at a Lower Level (BCP) Application Aspects of IPv6 Transition (Informational) Reclassifying DHCPv4 Options (Proposed Standard) A model for IETF Process Experiments (BCP) The IESG and RFC Editor documents: Procedures (BCP) 3) 269 new or revised Internet-Drafts this period (o - Revised Internet-Draft; + - New Internet-Draft) WG I-D Title ------- ------------------------------------------ (secsh) o SSH Authentication Protocol (tls) o ECC Cipher Suites For TLS (usefor) o News Article Format and Transmission (isis) o Management Information Base for IS-IS (calsch) o Calendar Access Protocol (CAP) (imapext) o INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - SORT AND THREAD EXTENSION (sip) o Session Timers in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (snmpconf) o Policy Based Management MIB (none) o Alternative Certificate Formats for the PKIX Certificate Management Protocols (none) o SONET/SDH Circuit Emulation Service Over MPLS (CEM) Encapsulation (idmr) o Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol Applicability Statement (none) o Address Prefix Based Outbound Route Filter for BGP-4 (imapext) o IMAP4 LIST Command Extensions (none) o Multicast in MPLS/BGP VPNs (none) + Source Routed MPLS LSP using Domain Wide Label (mmusic) o SDP: Session Description Protocol (ippm) o A One-way Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP) (ldapbis) o LDAP: The Protocol (aaa) o Diameter Mobile IPv4 Application (mmusic) o Connection-Oriented Media Transport in the Session Description Protocol (SDP) (none) o ISATAP Extensions for Mobility, Multihoming and Efficiency Improvement (IEMMEI) (ospf) o Prioritized Treatment of Specific OSPF Packets and Congestion Avoidance (none) o Analysis of the Security of BGP/MPLS IP VPNs (none) + SMTP Client Address Authorization (SMTP-CAA) (none) o Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) (ips) o Finding iSCSI Targets and Name Servers Using SLP (none) o Robust XML Encoding Rules for ASN.1 Types (ldapbis) o Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Syntaxes and Matching Rules (ipsec) o UDP Encapsulation of IPsec Packets (none) o Application and Use of the IPv6 Provider Independent Global Unicast Address Format (dnsext) o DNS Security Introduction and Requirements (l3vpn) o MPLS/BGP Layer 3 Virtual Private Network Management Information Base (l3vpn) o Using BGP as an Auto-Discovery Mechanism for Layer-3 and Layer-2 VPNs (avt) o RTP Payload Format for 3GPP Timed Text (ccamp) o Link Management Protocol Management Information Base (magma) o Considerations for IGMP and MLD Snooping Switches (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Operational Protocols: Certificate Store Access via HTTP (ipoib) o IP over InfiniBand(IPoIB) Architecture (idr) o Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4 (ipv6) o IPv6 Host to Router Load Sharing (none) o The 'application/soap+xml' media type (none) o Reply Posting Guidelines in One to Many Communications (dnsext) o DNSSEC NSEC RDATA Format (smime) o S/MIME Version 3.1 Certificate Handling (none) + RADIUS Error Messages (mpls) o Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels (dnsext) o Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions (msec) o TESLA: Multicast Source Authentication Transform Introduction (none) o An IPv4 Flowlabel Option (none) o Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs) (none) o GVPN Services: Generalized VPN Services using BGP and GMPLS Toolkit (none) o Registration of mail and MIME header fields (bmwg) o Benchmarking Basic OPSF Single Router Control Plane Convergence (ipv6) o IPv6 Node Requirements (ippm) o IPPM metrics registry (isis) o TLV for Experimental Use (l3vpn) o Applicability Statement for BGP/MPLS IP VPNs (none) o JXTA v1.0 Protocols Specification (mpls) o Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label-Controlled ATM and Frame-Relay Management Interface Definition (sipping) o A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Package for Conference State (ipv6) o Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP) (pwe3) o SONET/SDH Circuit Emulation over Packet (CEP) (msec) o HMAC-authenticated Diffie-Hellman for MIKEY (none) o A Base-85 Encoding Suitable for XML (none) o Security Audit and Access Accountability Message XML Data Definitions for Healthcare Applications (none) o National and Local Characters in DNS TLD Names (none) o EAP support in smartcards (avt) o RTP payload Format for H.264 Video (none) o Simple Authentication and Security Layer C API (dnsext) o Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions (v6ops) o Analysis on IPv6 Transition in 3GPP Networks (nsis) o Analysis of Existing Quality of Service Signaling Protocols (sip) o Enhancements for Authenticated Identity Management in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (sip) o SIP Authenticated Identity Body (AIB) Format (seamoby) o Context Transfer Protocol (dnsop) o Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6 DNS (nsis) o NSLP for Quality-of-Service signaling (none) o The RMX DNS RR and method for lightweight SMTP sender authorization (xmpp) o Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core (none) o NSIS Transport Layer Protocol Considerations and Implementation (iab) o IAB Concerns & Recommendations Regarding Internet Research & Evolution (none) o LSP Preemption policies for Diff-Serv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering (none) o Protecting Internet Routing Infrastructure from Outsider CPU Attacks (none) o Certificate Management Service for SIP (none) + Conference Policy Authorization Rules (none) o Procedures for Modifying RSVP (mmusic) o Session Description Protocol Security Descriptions for Media Streams (sipping) o A Framework for Session Initiation Protocol User Agent Profile Delivery (secsh) o SSH Transport Layer Encryption Modes (pana) o Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA) (rohc) o RObust Header Compression (ROHC):Profiles for UDP-Lite (none) + EAP-Double-TLS Authentication Protocol (none) o The Nortel Networks Ethernet Layer 2 Virtual Private Service Protocol (mpls) o Traffic Engineering Link Management Information Base (none) o Routing Policy Specification Language next generation (RPSLng) (imapext) o Internet Message Access Protocol Internationalization (none) o Multicast Listener Discovery Authentication protocol (MLDA) (nfsv4) o RPC Numbering Authority Transfer to IANA (nfsv4) o RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2 (simple) o The Message Session Relay Protocol (l2vpn) o Virtual Private LAN Service (none) o Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (opes) o OPES Callout Protocol Core (aaa) o Diameter Credit-control Application (opes) o OPES entities and end points communication (pana) o PANA enabling IPsec based Access Control (enum) o IANA Registration for ENUMservices email, fax, mms, ems and sms (enum) o IANA Registration for ENUMservices web and ft (v6ops) o Evaluation of Transition Mechanisms for Unmanaged Networks (none) o iSeries Telnet Enhancements (xmpp) o Mapping the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) to Common Presence and Instant Messaging (CPIM) (none) o Two Stage Standardization Approach (none) o End-to-middle security in the Session Initiation Protocol(SIP) (idr) o Experience with the BGP-4 Protocol (none) o BFD for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop) (ipv6) o Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses (idr) o Autonomous System Confederations for BGP (none) o Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Scheme for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) (none) o The XML Enabled Directory: Protocols (sipping) o A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Package for Key Press Stimulus (KPML) (pim) o Anycast-RP using PIM (none) o Elliptic-Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange for the SSH Transport Level Protocol (none) o Requirements for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Exploder Invocation (none) o GSS-APIv2 Extension for Storing Delegated Credentials (sip) o An Event State Publication Extension to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (none) + QoS-NSLP QSpec Template (speechsc) o Media Resource Control Protocol Version 2(MRCPv2) (none) o PRIVATE VLANS: Addressing vlan scalability and security issues in a multi-client environment (dhc) o Vendor-Identifying Vendor Options for DHCPv4 (dhc) o Rapid Commit Option for DHCPv4 (none) o Deflate transmission mode for FTP (none) o Requirements for MPLS over GMPLS-based Optical Networks (MPLS over GMPLS) (rmonmib) o Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Protocol Identifiers for IPv6 and Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) (mip4) o AAA Registration Keys for Mobile IPv4 (v6ops) o IPv6 Enterprise Network Scenarios (none) o PWE3 Congestion Control Framework (none) o Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) Payload and File Storage Formats for the Variable-Rate Multimode Wideband (VMR-WB) Audio Codec (nsis) o A NAT/Firewall NSIS Signaling Layer Protocol (NSLP) (none) o OSPFv2 Wireless Interface Type (none) o Session-Independent Policies for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (none) o The Extended LDAP Data Interchange Format (ELDIF) (v6ops) o Issues with Dual Stack IPv6 on by Default (v6ops) o IPv6 Neighbor Discovery On-Link Assumption Considered Harmful (none) o Filters for Mobile Ad hoc Networks (NOMADHOC) (ipdvb) o Ultra Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) for transmission of IP datagrams over MPEG-2/DVB networks (sipping) o Requirements for End-to-middle Security for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (mip6) o A Management Information Base for Mobile IPv6 (dnsop) o DNSSEC Operational Practices (none) o Partial Document Changes (PATCH Method) for HTTP (none) o Tunneling IPv6 with private IPv4 addresses behind NAT devices (pwe3) o PWE3 Frame Check Sequence Retention (iab) o Writing Protocol Models (none) o Designated Mailers Protocol (ccamp) o Requirements for Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Routing for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) (grow) o BGP MED Considerations (none) o Things MULTI6 Developers should think about (avt) o Registration of the text/red MIME Sub-Type (enum) o Enumservice Registration for Presence Services (hubmib) o Managed Objects for the Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (iab) o Internet Denial of Service Considerations (ccamp) o GMPLS Signaling Procedure For Egress Control (none) o Protocol Extensions for ECRTP over MPLS (none) o Protocol Pilot: Workgroup Chair Followup of AD Evaluation Comments (none) o EAP Method Requirements for Wireless LANs (midcom) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Middlebox Communication (ltans) o Long-term Archive Service Requirements (none) o Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Codepoints (none) o Conveying a Conference Policy Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (none) o Mixmaster Protocol Version 2 (none) + Applying Cryptographically Generated Addresses to BUB (BUB+) (none) o Partial Publication of Presence Information (simple) o User agent capability presence status extension (none) o SMTP Operational Experience in Mixed IPv4/v6 Environments (avt) o RTP Payload Formats for European Telecommunications Standardsv Institute (ETSI) European Standard ES 202 050, ES 202 211, and ES 202 212 Distributed Speech Recognition Encoding (none) o Marking Mail Transfer Agents in reverse DNS with TXT RRs (none) o Extension for EAP Authentication in IKEv2 (none) o Sender Policy Framework (SPF) A Convention to Describe Hosts Authorized to Send SMTP Traffic (none) o OSPFv3 Destination Address Filter (none) o Push Extensions to the IMAP Protocol (P-IMAP) (none) o Authentication Protocol for Mobile IPv6 (none) o Iowa Internet Annoyance Logging Protocol(IIALP) pronounced I'-alp (syslog) o Transmission of syslog messages over UDP (none) o Pilot: Working Group Chair Followup of DISCUSS Comments (smime) o Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) (none) o Terminology for Describing Internet Connectivivy (aaa) o Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes for Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) protocols (tewg) o Requirements for Inter-area MPLS Traffic Engineering (none) o SMTP Service Extension for Inline DSNs (simple) o Indication of Message Composition for Instant Messaging (ccamp) o RSVP-TE Extensions in support of End-to-End GMPLS-based Recovery (none) o H.350 Directory Services (idr) o BGP Route Reflection - An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP (none) + Architecture and Deployment Considerations for Secure Origin BGP (soBGP) (rtgwg) o Calculating IGP Routes Over Traffic Engineering Tunnels (none) + GRSVP-TE signaling extension to move Management created LSP to Control Plane and vice versa. (none) o Applying Cryptographically Generated Addresses to OMIPv6 (OMIPv6+) (mboned) o PIM-SM Multicast Routing Security Issues and Enhancements (none) o User Session Tracking in RADIUS (idr) + Multisession BGP (xcon) + The Conference Policy Control Protocol (CPCP) (none) + The APPLICATION/MBOX Media-Type (none) + Architectural Approaches to Multi-Homing for IPv6 (none) + RBridges: Transparent Routing (none) + Multiple recipient MESSAGE requests in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (none) + Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Locking Protocol (none) + Light Weight Access Point Protocol (LWAPP) (pana) + PANA Framework (simple) + Presence Authorization Rules (none) + Mobile IPv4 Flow Mobility Problem Statement (none) o Secure Mobility Dimensions (none) + Dynamic Authorization Client MIB (tcpm) + F-RTO: An Algorithm for Detecting Spurious Retransmission Timeouts with TCP and SCTP (rpsec) + OSPF Security Vulnerabilities Analysis (none) + ANONsec: Anonymous IPsec to Defend Against Spoofing Attacks (none) + BGP Route Reflection - Implementation Report (none) o DoS vulnerability of TCP by acknowledging not received segments (none) + Automated Updates of DNSSEC Trust Anchors (none) + A Simple Approach to Data Source Authentication for Multicast Security (none) + LDAP: Additional Matching Rules (none) + Nested Nemo Tree Discovery (none) + Repeated Authentication in IKEv2 (none) + Architecture and Deployment Considerations for Secure Origin BGP (soBGP) (none) + Extensions to BGP Transport soBGP Certificates (none) + A Generalized Mechanism for Control of Unwanted Application Communications (none) + Licklider Transmission Protocol (none) + The Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP) (simple) + An Extensible Markup Language (XML) Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) Usage for Manipulating Presence Document Contents (none) + CAPWAP Tunneling Protocol (CTP) (none) + Mobility Agent Identity Extension for Mobile IPv4 (none) + Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) RSVP-TE signaling using Bundled Traffic Engineering (TE) Links (none) + Indicating redirection reasons in SIP (none) + Design Choices When Expanding DNS (none) + Requirements for MIPv4 Mobility Agents Support of Emergency Telecommunication Service (none) + Considerations for Session-specific SIP Session Policies (seamoby) o Instructions for Seamoby Experimental Protocol IANA Allocations (none) + DNS Extension for SRV-Client Address Authorization (SRV-CAA) (none) + Internet Mail Architecture (none) + Privacy Enhanced Local Ethernet Network with Protocol Anonymization (none) + Certificate Revocation Revisited Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (none) + Additional authorization identity syntax for Kerberos-aware Directories (simple) + Relay Extensions for Message Sessions Relay Protocol (MSRP) (none) + Domain-based Email Authentication Using Public-Keys Advertised in the DNS (DomainKeys) (none) + Population Count Extensions to PIM (idr) + Avoid BGP Best Path Transitions from One External to Another (none) + TCP Adaptive User TimeOut (AUTO) Option (pwe3) + Managed Objects for Structure-Agnostic TDM over Packet Network (pwe3) + Managed Objects for TDM over Packet Switched Network (PSN) (none) + Guideline for use of XML with iCalendar elements (none) + Data Content for SIP User Agent Profile Delivery (none) + A TLS Hello Extension for Ticket Based Pre-Shared Keys (none) + Request to Move RFC 1863 to Historic (none) + Stackable Generic Security Service Pseudo-Mechanisms (none) + Stack Aware Architectures for Mobile Ad hoc Networks (none) + Caller ID for E-mail (none) + IP Fast Reroute using tunnels (none) + IP Fast Reroute Framework (none) + Credit-Based Authorization for Mobile IPv6 Early Binding Updates (none) + Credit-Based Authorization for Binding Lifetime Extension (none) + Valuable Antique Documents: A Model for Advancement (none) + EAP lower layer attributes for AAA protocols (none) + ICAR Proposed EArly Review (PEAR) (none) + SIP Conferencing: Sub-conferences and Sidebars (none) + Proposals for a New IETF Standards Track (none) + RADIUS Attributes Extension (none) + Security Threats for the NAT/Firewall NSLP (none) + AYIYA: Anything In Anything (none) + Video Message Message Context (none) + The DISCOVER opcode (none) + A Distributed Web Search Protocol -- Dowser/0.1 4) 22 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 ------- -- -------- ---------- ----------------------------------------- RFC3713 I (none) May 04 A Description of the Camellia Encryption Algorithm RFC3774 I (problem) May 04 IETF Problem Statement RFC3764 S (enum) May 04 enumservice registration for SIP Addresses-of-Record RFC3763 I (ippm) May 04 A One-way Active Measurement Protocol Requirements RFC3762 S (enum) May 04 ENUM Service Registration for H.323 URL RFC3761 S (enum) May 04 The E.164 to URI DDDS Application (ENUM) RFC3756 I (send) May 04 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery trust models and threats RFC3744 S (webdav) May 04 WebDAV Access Control Protocol RFC3749 S (tls) May 04 Transport Layer Security Protocol Compression Methods RFC3780 E (none) May 04 SMIng - Next Generation Structure of Management Information RFC3781 E (none) May 04 SMIng Mappings to SNMP RFC3798 S (none) May 04 Message Disposition Notification RFC3742 E (tsvwg) May 04 Limited Slow-Start for TCP with Large Congestion Windows RFC3758 S (tsvwg) May 04 SCTP Partial Reliability Extension RFC3770 S (pkix) May 04 Certificate Extensions and Attributes Supporting Authentication in PPP and Wireless LAN RFC3778 I (none) May 04 The application/pdf Media Type RFC3783 I (ips) May 04 SCSI Command Ordering Considerations with iSCSI RFC3755 S (dnsext) May 04 Legacy Resolver Compatibility for Delegation Signer RFC3757 S (dnsext) May 04 KEY RR Secure Entry Point Flag RFC3772 S (pppext) May 04 PPP Vendor Protocol RFC3786 I (isis) May 04 Extending the Number of IS-IS LSP Fragments Beyond the 256 Limit RFC3787 I (isis) May 04 Recommendations for Interoperable IP Networks using IS-IS 11 Standards Track; 0 BCP; 3 Experimental; 8 Informational