NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 42nd IETF Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 17-Aug-98
Chair(s):
Marcus Leech <mleech@nortel.ca>
Security Area Director(s):
Jeffrey Schiller <jis@mit.edu>
Marcus Leech <mleech@nortel.ca>
Security Area Advisor:
Jeffrey Schiller <jis@mit.edu>
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Description of Working Group:
The goal of the Authenticated Firewall Traversal Working Group is to specify a protocol to address the issue of application-layer support for firewall traversal. The working group intends to specify a traversal protocol supporting both TCP and UDP applications with a general framework for authentication of the firewall traversal. To promote interoperability, the group will also propose a base authentication technique for use within the general authentication framework.
The output of the group will consist of a standards-track RFC(s) describing the traversal protocol, the base authentication methods and a reference implementation of the protocol, and base authentication methods. The working group will start with the SOCKS system described by David Koblas in his paper presented at the 1992 Usenix Security Symposium.
Goals and Milestones:
Oct 94 |
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Publish sample implementation for UNIX. |
Done |
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Issue Internet-Draft on V5 SOCKS protocol. |
Nov 94 |
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Publish sample implementation for UNIX. |
Done |
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Issue Internet-Draft on SOCKS base authentication methods. |
Dec 94 |
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Submit final draft of SOCKS protocol and authentication methods for RFC. |
Internet-Drafts:
· Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol for SOCKS V5
· SOCKS V5 UDP and Multicast Extensions to Facilitate Multicast Firewall Traversal
· SOCKS V5 Protocol extension for Multiple Firewalls Traversal
Request For Comments:
RFC |
Status |
Title |
RFC1928 |
PS |
SOCKS Protocol Version 5 |
RFC1929 |
PS |
Username/Password Authentication for SOCKS V5 |
RFC1961 |
PS |
GSS-API Authentication Method for SOCKS Version 5 |
None received.
None received.