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| Network Working Group K. Toyoda, PCC | Network Working Group K. Toyoda, PCC | |||
| Internet Draft D. Crocker, Brandenburg | Internet Draft D. Crocker, Brandenburg | |||
| draft-ietf-fax-faxservice-enum-02 | draft-ietf-fax-faxservice-enum-03 | |||
| Expires: September 2004 March 2004 | Expires: December 2004 June 2004 | |||
| IFAX service of ENUM | IFAX service of ENUM | |||
| STATUS OF THIS MEMO | STATUS OF THIS MEMO | |||
| This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full | This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full | |||
| conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of | conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of | |||
| RFC2026. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the | RFC2026. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the | |||
| Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and | |||
| its working groups. Note that other groups may also | its working groups. Note that other groups may also | |||
| skipping to change at line 61 ¶ | skipping to change at line 61 ¶ | |||
| email address. | email address. | |||
| 1. Functional Specification | 1. Functional Specification | |||
| An IFax client makes an [ENUMbis] DNS query, using the target | An IFax client makes an [ENUMbis] DNS query, using the target | |||
| system's telephone number. The returned NAPTR record | system's telephone number. The returned NAPTR record | |||
| specifies an email address that is to be used for reaching | specifies an email address that is to be used for reaching | |||
| the target system. The email address is then used in | the target system. The email address is then used in | |||
| accordance with "Simple Mode of Facsimile using Internet | accordance with "Simple Mode of Facsimile using Internet | |||
| Mail" [RFC2305] or "Extended Facsimile using Internet | Mail" [RFC2305] or "Extended Facsimile using Internet | |||
| Mail" [RFC2532]. "Full Mode Fax Profile for Internet Mail" | Mail" [RFC2532]. "Full Mode Fax Profile for Internet Mail" [FFPIM] | |||
| is applied when it is approved as an Internet standards-track | is applied when it is approved as an Internet standards-track | |||
| specification. | specification. | |||
| 2. IFax service Registration | 2. IFax service Registration | |||
| Service Name : "E2U+ifax" | Service Name : "E2U+ifax" | |||
| Type: "ifax" | Type: "ifax" | |||
| Subtype: "mailto" | Subtype: "mailto" | |||
| skipping to change at line 92 ¶ | skipping to change at line 92 ¶ | |||
| Author: Kiyoshi Toyoda(toyoda.kiyoshi@jp.panasonic.com) | Author: Kiyoshi Toyoda(toyoda.kiyoshi@jp.panasonic.com) | |||
| Dave Crocker(dcrocker@brandenburg.com) | Dave Crocker(dcrocker@brandenburg.com) | |||
| 3. Security Consideration | 3. Security Consideration | |||
| DNS, as used by ENUM, is a global, distributed database. Thus any | DNS, as used by ENUM, is a global, distributed database. Thus any | |||
| information stored there is visible to anyone anonymously. Whilst | information stored there is visible to anyone anonymously. Whilst | |||
| this is not qualitatively different from publication in a Telephone | this is not qualitatively different from publication in a Telephone | |||
| Directory, it does open the data subject to having "their" | Directory, it does open the data subject to having "their" | |||
| information collected automatically without any indication that this | information collected automatically without any indication that | |||
| has been done or by whom. | this has been done or by whom. | |||
| Such data harvesting by third parties is often used to generate lists | Such data harvesting by third parties is often used to generate | |||
| of targets for unrequested information; in short, they are used to | lists of targets for unrequested information; in short, they are | |||
| address "spam". Publication of a telephone number in ENUM, expecially | used to address "spam". Publication of a telephone number in ENUM, | |||
| when it as an associated Internet Fax service, may be used to send | especially when it is an associated Internet Fax service, may be | |||
| "junk faxes" for example. | used to send "junk faxes" for example. | |||
| In the case of electronic mail, users subscribed to mailing list | In the case of electronic mail, users subscribed to mailing lists | |||
| can have "sacrificial" email accounts. These special-purpose | can have "sacrificial" email accounts. These special-purpose | |||
| addresses help the user to filter out unrequested email that is | addresses help the user to filter out unrequested email that is | |||
| sent to them. This is not so easy with published telephone | sent to them. This is not so easy with published telephone | |||
| numbers. The PSTN E.164 number assignment process is much more | numbers. The PSTN E.164 number assignment process is much more | |||
| involved and less flexible; usually a single E.164 number (or a | involved and less flexible; usually a single E.164 number (or a | |||
| fixed range of numbers) is associated with each PSTN access. Thus | fixed range of numbers) is associated with each PSTN access. Thus | |||
| it is not possible to use a "sacrificial" phone number. | it is not possible to use a "sacrificial" phone number. | |||
| Due to the implications of publishing data on a globally accessible | Due to the implications of publishing data on a globally accessible | |||
| database, as a principle the data subject MUST give their explicit | database, as a principle the data subject MUST give their explicit | |||
| informed consent to data being published in ENUM. | informed consent to data being published in ENUM. | |||
| Internet Fax is based on use of existing Internet mail. Developers and | Internet Fax is based on use of existing Internet mail. Developers | |||
| users should also consider the Security Consideration section in [RFC2305]. | and users should also consider the Security Consideration section | |||
| and [RFC2532]. | in [RFC2305] and [RFC2532]. | |||
| In addition to the specific security considerations given above, the Security | In addition to the specific security considerations given above, | |||
| Consideration section of [ENUMbis] applies to this document. | the Security Consideration section of [ENUMbis] applies to this | |||
| document. | ||||
| 4. Example | 4. Example | |||
| The following is an example of the use of IFax service | The following is an example of the use of IFax service | |||
| in a NAPTR record. | in a NAPTR record. | |||
| $ORIGIN 4.3.2.1.6.7.9.8.6.4.e164.arpa | $ORIGIN 4.3.2.1.6.7.9.8.6.4.e164.arpa | |||
| IN NAPTR 10 10 "u" "E2U+ifax:mailto" "!^.*$!mailto:toyo@ifax.com!" | IN NAPTR 10 10 "u" "E2U+ifax:mailto" | |||
| "!^.*$!mailto:toyo@example.com!" | ||||
| 5. IANA CONSIDERATIONS | 5. IANA CONSIDERATIONS | |||
| This specification creates a DNS NAPTR registration, according to | This specification creates a DNS NAPTR registration, according to | |||
| the terms specified in [ENUMbis] | the terms specified in [ENUMbis] | |||
| The registration details are contained in section 2, | The registration details are contained in section 2, | |||
| "Fax service Registration", above. | "Fax service Registration", above. | |||
| 6. REFERENCES | 6. REFERENCES | |||
| [ENUMbis] Falstrom, P., M. Mealling, "The E.164 to URI | 6.1 NORMATIVE REFERENCES | |||
| DDDS Application", draft-ietf-enum-rfc2916bis-07(work in progress), | [KEYWORDS] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate | |||
| November, 2003 | Requirement Levels", RFC2119, March 1997 | |||
| [ENUMbis] Falstrom, P., M. Mealling, "The E.164 to Uniform | ||||
| Resource Identifiers (URI) Dynamic Delegation Discovery | ||||
| System (DDDS) Application (ENUM)", RFC3761, April 2004 | ||||
| [RFC2305] Toyoda, K., Ohno, H., Murai, J. and D. Wing, "A | [RFC2305] Toyoda, K., Ohno, H., Murai, J. and D. Wing, "A | |||
| Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail", RFC 2305, | Simple Mode of Facsimile Using Internet Mail", RFC 2305, | |||
| March 1998. | March 1998. | |||
| [RFC2532] Masinter, L., D. Wing, "Extended Facsimile Using | [RFC2532] Masinter, L., D. Wing, "Extended Facsimile Using | |||
| Internet Mail", March 1999 | Internet Mail", March 1999 | |||
| [FFPIM] Crocker, D., G. Klyne, L. Masinter, "Full-mode | [FFPIM] Crocker, D., G. Klyne, "Full-mode Fax Profile for | |||
| Fax Profile for Internet Mail", DRAFT-IETF-FAX-FFPIM-02(work in progress), | Internet Mail", DRAFT-IETF-FAX-FFPIM-04(work in progress), | |||
| February, 2004 | June 2004 | |||
| 7. AUTHORS' ADDRESSES | 7. AUTHORS' ADDRESSES | |||
| Kiyoshi Toyoda | Kiyoshi Toyoda | |||
| Network Technology Development Center | Network Technology Development Center | |||
| Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd. | Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd. | |||
| 2-3-8 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8687, Japan | 2-3-8 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8687, Japan | |||
| tel: +81-3-5745-3921 | tel: +81-3-5745-3921 | |||
| fax: +81-3-5434-7156 | fax: +81-3-5434-7156 | |||
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