2.2.6 IPNG (ipngwg)

NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 48th IETF Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 17-Jul-00

Chair(s):

Bob Hinden <hinden@iprg.nokia.com>
Steve Deering <deering@cisco.com>

Internet Area Director(s):

Thomas Narten <narten@raleigh.ibm.com>
Erik Nordmark <nordmark@eng.sun.com>

Internet Area Advisor:

Thomas Narten <narten@raleigh.ibm.com>

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Description of Working Group:

Editor: Bob Hinden (hinden@iprg.nokia.com)

The next generation of the Internet Protocol (IPv6) is intended to support Internet traffic for many years into the future by providing enhancements over the capabilities of the existing IPv4 service. This working group will produce specifications for the core functionality of that service. The working group shall carry out the recommendations of the IPng Area Directors as outlined at the July 1994 IETF and in ``The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol,'' Internet-Draft, (draft-ipng-recommendation-00.txt), September 1994.

The working group shall use the following documents as the basis of its work:

- Simple Internet Protocol Plus (SIPP) Specification (128 bit version)

- SIPP Addressing Architecture

- An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation

- Simple SIPP Transition (SST) Overview

- SIPP Program Interfaces for BSD Systems

- SIPP Security Architecture

- SIPP Authentication Header

- SDRP Routing Header for SIPP-16

- IP Next Generation Overview

- ICMP and IGMP extensions for SIPP

- FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (FOOBAR)

- DNS Extensions to support SIPP

Enhancements to be considered:

- Large Packets: Consider extensions for support of datagrams which are larger than 64K.

- Source Routing: The working group shall consider enhanced source routing capabilities for IPng.

- Tunneling: Complete specification of IPng in IPng tunneling.

- Address format and assignment plan: The working group shall review the details of address structure as specified in [SIPP-16] and shall repair any deficiencies with respect to current or near-term addressing requirements, assuming a fixed, 16-byte size. The specification shall provide a mechanism for supporting multiple additional formats, for possible enhancement to incorporate other popular addressing schemes.

- Routing Structure: In completing the addressing details, the working group shall ensure that routing according to current, CIDR-like schemes can be supported comfortably.

- Autoconfiguration: Coordinate with the IPng Address Autoconfiguration Working Group.

- Transition: The working group shall coordinate with the related transition and conversion efforts (ngtrans, tacit, nosi, etc.) to ensure that the base specification provides the facilities required for the transition from IPv4.

- Security: A set of base documents for IPng security shall be completed. This shall include algorithms for authentication and privacy carried as IPng extension headers and include an initial selection of required encryption and key management algorithms and a facility to support other optional algorithms. The working group should also examine IPng firewall issues and if necessary develop specific firewall frameworks.

- Minimum MTU: Consider a larger minimum MTU.

- Header Compression: Consider ways to abbreviate the IPng header in the contexts of native IPng, multiple IPng packets in a flow, and encapsulated IPng.

- TCP/UDP: The IPng Working Group will specify the procedures for hosts to compute and verify TCP/UDP pseudo-headers. Any other changes to TCP beyond making TCP work with IPng are out of scope of the working group and should be dealt with by a TCPng Working Group.

The IPng Working Group will coordinate with other groups, including Mobile IP, IPng Address Autoconfiguration, OSPF, IS-IS, RIPv2, IDR, Security, Applications, Network Management, IP over ATM, etc.

Goals and Milestones:

Done

  

Submit preliminary IPng core specifications, with required enhancements, as Internet-Drafts.

Done

  

Submit revised core IPng specifications as Internet-Drafts.

Done

  

Submit core IPng specifications to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standards.

Done

  

Submit extended IPng specifications as Internet-Drafts.

Done

  

Submit extended IPng specifications to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standards.

Done

  

Submit revised specifications to IESG based on implementation experience for consideration as Draft Standards.

Done

  

Submit revised IPng specifications as Internet-Drafts.

Done

  

Submit final IPng specifications to IESG for consideration as Standards.

Aug 97

  

Submit revised specifications to IESG for Proposed Standard. Includes Aggregatable Unicast Formats, IPv6 over Ethernet, IPv6 over FDDI, IPv6 over Token Ring, IPv6 over PPP, Header Compression, etc.

Aug 97

  

Submit updated core IPng Specifications to IESG for Draft Standard. Includes: Protocol, Addressing Architecture, Addressing Documents, ICMP, Neighbor Discovery, Address Auto Configuration, DNS, etc.

Jan 98

  

Submit IPng specifications at Proposed Standard to IESG for advancement to Draft Standard.

Jun 98

  

Submit IPng specifications at Draft Standard to IESG for advancement to Standard.

Internet-Drafts:

Request For Comments:

RFC

Status

Title

 

RFC1886

PS

DNS Extensions to support IP version 6

RFC1887

 

An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation

RFC1981

PS

Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6

RFC1888

E

OSI NSAPs and IPv6

RFC2147

PS

TCP and UDP over IPv6 Jumbograms

RFC2292

 

Advanced Sockets API for IPv6

RFC2375

 

IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments

RFC2373

PS

IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture

RFC2374

PS

An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format

RFC2461

DS

Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)

RFC2462

DS

IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration

RFC2463

DS

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification

RFC2464

PS

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks

RFC2460

DS

Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification

RFC2452

PS

IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the Transmission Control Protocol

RFC2454

PS

IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the User Datagram Protocol

RFC2465

PS

Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group

RFC2466

PS

Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 Group

RFC2450

 

Proposed TLA and NLA Assignment Rules

RFC2467

PS

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks

RFC2470

PS

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks

RFC2471

E

IPv6 Testing Address Allocation

RFC2472

PS

IP Version 6 over PPP

RFC2473

PS

Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification

RFC2497

PS

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet Networks

RFC2507

PS

IP Header Compression

RFC2526

PS

Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses

RFC2529

PS

Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels

RFC2553

 

Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6

RFC2675

PS

IPv6 Jumbograms

RFC2710

PS

Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6

RFC2711

PS

IPv6 Router Alert Option

RFC2732

PS

Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's

RFC2874

PS

DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and Renumbering

Current Meeting Report

None received.

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