Internet Monthly Report for June, 2000 1. The IESG approved or recommended the following 30 Protocol Actions during the month of June, 2000: o Congestion Control Principles for publication as a Best Current Practices RFC. o The Cisco SRP MAC Layer Protocol for publication as an Informational RFC. o Benchmarking Methodology for LAN Switching Devices for publication as an Informational RFC. o The Reliable Multicast Design Space for Bulk Data Transfer for publication as an Informational RFC. o 6BONE pTLA and pNLA Formats (pTLA) for publication as an Informational RFC. o Use of the IDEA Encryption Algorithm in CMS for publication as an Informational RFC. o Guide to Administrative Procedures of the Internet Infrastructure for publication as an Informational RFC. o Secure Remote Access with L2TP for publication as an Informational RFC. o Proposal for an MGCP Advanced Audio Package for publication as an Informational RFC. o Conversion of LDAP Schemas to and from SLP Templates for publication as an Informational RFC. o Accounting Attributes and Record Formats for publication as an Informational RFC. o Criteria for Evaluating AAA Protocols for Network Access for publication as an Informational RFC. o TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery for publication as an Informational RFC. o Physical Topology MIB for publication as an Informational RFC. o MIME Directory Profile for LDAP Schema for publication as an Informational RFC. o Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Model and Semantics for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Encoding and Transport for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Managed Objects for Monitoring and Controlling the Frame Relay/ATM PVC Service Interworking Function for publication as a Proposed Standard. o LDAP Control Extension for Server Side Sorting of Search Results for publication as a Proposed Standard. o MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Use of Label Switching on Frame Relay Networks Specification for publication as a Proposed Standard. o LDAP Extensions for Scrolling View Browsing of Search Results for publication as a Proposed Standard. o MADCAP Multicast Scope Nesting State Option for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Key and Sequence Number Extensions to GRE for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Route Refresh Capability for BGP-4 for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Router Renumbering for IPv6 for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Managed Objects for Remote Ping, Traceroute, and Lookup Operations for publication as a Proposed Standard. o SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining (Standard) 2. 17 Last Calls were issued by the IESG during the month of June, 2000: o Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Procedure for Defining New DHCP Options and Message Types for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o HTTP MIME Type Handler Detection for consideration as an Informational RFC. o Overview of the 1998 IAB Routing Workshop for consideration as an Informational RFC. o Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Dynamic Update for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) Signing Authority for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Identifying composite media features for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o The Subnet Selection Option for DHCP for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Use of the CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm in CMS for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o The User Class Option for DHCP for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o The Name Service Search Option for DHCP for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds without Explicit Tunnels for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP) HTTP Supplement for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR) for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o DNS Request and Transaction Signatures ( SIG(0)s ) for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Managed Objects for Common Open Policy Service (COPS) Protocol Clients for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o DHCP Relay Agent Information Option for consideration as a Proposed Standard. 3. One new working group was created Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (beep) o and two working groups were concluded Internetworking Over NBMA (ion) IP Over IEEE 1394 (ip1394) 4. There were 224 Internet-Draft Actions during the month of June, 2000: (dhc) o Authentication for DHCP Messages (dhc) o The User Class Option for DHCP (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Monitoring and Controlling the Frame Relay/ATM PVC Service Interworking Function (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service (none) o DIAMETER Base Protocol (aft) o SOCKS Protocol Version 5 (avt) o Real-Time Transport Protocol Management Information Base (svrloc) o Conversion of LDAP Schemas to and from SLP Templates (ptopomib) o Physical Topology MIB (iab) o The Case for IPv6 (idmr) o Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3 (mpls) o Use of Label Switching on Frame Relay Networks Specification (none) o Common Internet Message Header Fields (run) o How to Advertise Responsibly Using the E-Mail and Newsgroups or- how NOT to $$$$$ MAKE ENEMIES FAST $$$$$ (ldapext) o LDAP Control Extension for Server Side Sorting of Search Results (idmr) o IGMP Multicast Router Discovery (iab) o Architectural Implications of NAT (none) o The application/whoispp-response Content-type (none) o The application/whoispp-query Content-Type (none) o DIAMETER Framework Document (tn3270e) o TN3270E Service Location and Session Balancing (none) o Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 1394 Networks (none) o DIAMETER Mobile IP Extensions (mpls) o LDP Specification (none) o Simple Commerce Messaging Protocol (SCMP)Version 1 Message Specification (mpls) o MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching (pkix) o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time Stamp Protocols (TSP) (isis) o Management Information Base for IS-IS (trade) o Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP) HTTP Supplement (none) o Common Gateway Interface for SIP (iab) o Overview of the 1998 IAB Routing Workshop (mobileip) o Mobile IP Challenge/Response Extensions (tcpimpl) o TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery (ngtrans) o Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds without Explicit Tunnels (ipsec) o IPsec DOI Textual Conventions MIB (ipfc) o Fibre Channel Management Framework Integration MIB (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Encoding and Transport (conneg) o Identifying composite media features (dhc) o The Subnet Selection Option for DHCP (malloc) o MADCAP Multicast Scope Nesting State Option (nasreq) o Criteria for Evaluating Network Access Server Protocols (wrec) o Internet Web Replication and Caching Taxonomy (none) o IGMP-based Multicast Forwarding ('IGMP Proxying') (mpls) o MPLS Support of Differentiated Services (smime) o Use of the IDEA Encryption Algorithm in CMS (ipngwg) o IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol (none) o Group Secure Association Key Management Protocol (ipsec) o Additional ECC Groups For IKE (none) o PKCS5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification v2.0 (adslmib) o Definitions of Extention Managed Objects for ADSL Lines (none) o Tags for the Identification of Languages (malloc) o Multicast Address Allocation Protocol (AAP) (rap) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Common Open Policy Service (COPS) Protocol Clients (none) o Transport Adapter Layer Interface (none) o A rate adaptive shaper for differentiated services (none) o Distributed Core Multicast (DCM): a routing protocol for many small groups with application to mobile IP telephony (dhc) o The Name Service Search Option for DHCP (none) o Simple Phone Control Protocol (SPCP) (none) o Technical Infrastructure for Swedish Directory Access Gateways (TISDAG) (avt) o RTP Payload Format for DV Format Video (iab) o Behavior of and Requirements for Internet Firewalls (none) o A Kerberos Security Model for SNMPv3 (nfsv4) o NFS version 4 (none) o Definition of the DNS GL Resource Record used to encode Geographic Locations (none) o IPv6 multihoming support at site exit routers (none) o IP over MIME (imapext) o INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - SORT EXTENSION (none) o Secure Remote Access with L2TP (none) o Defining the IETF (none) o IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (none) o XML Media Types (rsvp) o RSVP Refresh Overhead Reduction Extensions (sigtran) o Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sigtran) o ISDN Q.921-User Adaptation Layer (none) o DIAMETER Accounting Extension (mpls) o LDP Applicability (ipp) o Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Implementer's Guide (pint) o Management Information Base for the PINT Services Architecture (none) o Attribute List Extension for the Service Location Protocol (dnsop) o Distributing Root or Authorittative Name Servers via Shared Unicast Addresses (none) o LDAP Bulk Update/Replication Protocol (none) o Extended Partial Response Protocol Enhancement to LDAP v3 (avt) o RTP Payload Format for 12-bit DAT, 20- and 24-bit Linear Sampled Audio (xmldsig) o XML-Signature Syntax and Processing (none) o Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security Considerations (idwg) o Intrusion Detection Exchange Format Data Model (mobileip) o Mobile IP Based Micro Mobility Management Protocol in The Third Generation Wireless Network (deltav) o Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (ipngwg) o An Extension of Format for IPv6 Scoped Addresses (ecm) o Congestion Control Principles (none) o Elliptic Curve KEYs and SIGs in the DNS (none) o mSLP - Mesh-enhanced Service Location Protocol (enum) o ENUM Requirements (none) o DIAMETER Implementation Guidelines (none) o Vendor Extensions for Service Location Protocol, Version 2 (none) o Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS (none) o STRUCTURED DATA EXCHANGE FORMAT (SDXF) (none) o LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation (ipcdn) o Management Information Base for DOCSIS Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems for Baseline Privacy Plus (cnrp) o CNRP PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION (none) o Foreign Agent Assisted Hand-off (snmpv3) o Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (snmpv3) o Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (snmpv3) o Management Information Base for the Simple Network Management Protocol (none) o Core MPLS IP VPN Architecture (aaa) o Accounting Attributes and Record Formats (aaa) o Introduction to Accounting Management (none) o The Blocks eXtensible eXchange Protocol Framework (sip) o MIME media types for ISUP and QSIG Objects (dhc) o The Classless Static Route Option for DHCP (l2tpext) o L2TP Header Compression ('L2TPHC') (dnsext) o Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR) (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service Level Definitions (none) o INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - MULTIAPPEND EXTENSION (none) o Link Bundling in MPLS Traffic Engineering (cnrp) o The 'go'URI Scheme for the Common Name Resolution Protocol (none) o CDMA2000 Wireless Data Requirements for AAA (diffserv) o Differentiated Services and Tunnels (dnsext) o DNS Request and Transaction Signatures ( SIG(0)s ) (dnsext) o A DNS RR Type for Lists of Address Prefixes (APL RR) (dhc) o Dynamic host configuration : DHCP reconfigure extension (dnsext) o Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS (mmusic) o Describing session directories in SDP (none) o Generic Registry Registrar Protocol (GRRP) Requirements (iab) o Next Steps for the IP QoS Architecture (rmonmib) o Remote Monitoring MIB Extensions for Differentiated Services (none) o SMTP Service Extension for Slightly Differing Multicast Messages (SLIDE) (none) o Firewall Control Protocol Framework and Requirements (smime) o Use of the RSAES-OAEP Transport Algorithm in CMS (none) o On the Design of Application Protocols (none) o Key and Sequence Number Extensions to GRE (none) o Integration of Resource Management and SIP (ipngwg) o IP Version 6 Scoped Address Architecture (ospf) o OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base (none) o BGP-4 support for Traffic Engineering (none) o L2TP Circuit Emulation Services Extension (megaco) o Megaco Protocol (With erratta folded in) (none) o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Interface (rohc) o RObust Checksum-based header COmpression (ROCCO) (l2tpext) + L2TP Disconnect Cause Information (none) + Comparison of COPS Against AAA Network Access Requirements (none) + COPS Usage for AAA (dhc) o Procedure for Defining New DHCP Options and Message Types (none) + A URN Namespace of Object Identifiers (none) + COPS Over TLS (none) + CMS over COPS (none) + Multilingual domain name divided by characters key (none) + Firewall Control Requirements (none) + GENERAL NETWORK PROTOCOL (GNP) (none) + Enhancing TCP's Loss Recovery Using Early Duplicate Acknowledgment Response (none) + The SELECT Protocol for Rating and Filtering (none) + The Alternative Best-Effort Service < draft-hurley-alternative-best-effort-00.txt> (none) + Ethernet Encapsulation Extensions to Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (none) + Firewall Redundancy Protocol Specification (none) + Multiprotocol Multicast Routing MIB (none) + Protocol Independent Multicast MIB for IP (none) + Calculation of protection paths and proxy interfaces in optical networks using OSPF (none) + Critical Content of Internet Mail (none) + Primary Content of Internet Mail (none) + Mobile IP Agents as DHCP Proxies < draft-glass-mobileip-agent-dhcp-proxy-00.txt> (none) + Comparison of SNMPv3 Against AAA Network Access Requirements (none) + Tunneling Multiplexed Compressed RTP in MPLS (none) + Secure Online Domain Name System (DNS) Dynamic Update (none) + Management Information Base for QoS Extensions for Bridges based on the Differentiated Services Architecture (none) o The Conclusion of the UUCP Mapping Project (none) + The IMXP Presence Service (none) + The IMXP Access Service (none) + The IMXP (none) + OpenLDAP Root Service An experimental LDAP referral service (none) + Open Base Station Transport (OBAST) Requirements (rohc) o Requirements for robust IP/UDP/RTP header compression (iab) + Overview of 2000 IAB Wireless Internetworking Workshop (none) + Framework for the extension of the RADIUS(v2) protocol (none) + Privacy-enhanced Presence Protocol (PePP) (idn) + Comparison of Internationalized Domain Name Proposals (none) + XML DTD for ACAP - ACAP data interchange format (avt) + RTP Payload Format for ITU-T Recommendation G.722.1 (none) + Strawman IMPP Protocol Suite (none) + IN/Internet Interworking in Support of Software Switches (none) + The IMX Architecture Interoperability with America Online's Instant Messaging Services (none) + SIP Extensions for Instant Messaging (none) + A Lightweight Presence Information Format (LPIDF) (none) + A Data Format for Presence Using XML (none) + SIP Extensions for Presence (none) o An Architecture and Protocol for Presence and Instant Messaging (none) + Jabber (none) + IP based Signaling Needs in Radio Access Networks (none) + Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Circuit Interfaces (none) + SIP Extensions for Presence Authorization (none) + An XML Based Format for Watcher Information (none) + An XML Format for Presence Buddy Lists (none) + Support for Multicast over 6to4 Networks (none) + Functional Requirements for Priority Services to Support Critical Communications (none) + LSP hierarchy with MPLS TE (none) + GSM SIM Authentication for Mobile IP (idn) + RACE: Row-based ASCII Compatible Encoding for IDN (rap) + Identity Representation for RSVP (none) + Service Location Protocol Extension Assignments (none) + Mobile IP Regional Paging < draft-haverinen-mobileip-reg-paging-00.txt> (none) + Dynamic Home Addressing in Mobile IP using Transient Tunnels (none) o Integration of Mobile IP and MPLS (none) + Using XML to Exchange SMI Definitions (none) + IEEE 802.1X RADIUS Usage Guidelines (none) + Itinerant Internet Protocol (none) + Multicast Security Policy (none) + Using 31-Bit Prefixes on IPv4 Point-to-Point Links (none) + RVP: A Presence and Instant Messaging Protocol (none) + SCTP as a Transport for SIP (none) + Lightweight Directory Access Protocol v3):Applicability Statement (none) + Mobile Virtual Private Network (none) + TCP Performance over ADSL (none) o The LDAP Caching model (diffserv) + Definition of Differentiated Services Per Domain Behaviors and Rules for their Specification (none) + Extensions to RSVP-TE for MPLS Path Protection (none) + Preparation of text in RFC style (pkix) + Transport Protocols for CMP (ipngwg) + IPv6 multihoming support at site exit routers (none) + SDP media alignment in SIP (none) + Source Only Multicast (none) + MPLS Label Stack Encapsulation in IP (none) + Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC), Protocol Specification (none) + SILC Packet Protocol (none) + SILC Key Exchange and Authentication Protocols (none) + Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 and Fast Handoffs 7. 39 RFCs were published during this period RFC2793 PS (avt) RTP Payload for Text Conversation RFC2804 I (iab) IETF Policy on Wiretapping RFC2809 I (radius) Implementation of L2TP Compulsory Tunneling via RADIUS RFC2815 PS (issll) Integrated Service Mappings on IEEE 802 Networks RFC2816 I (issll) A Framework for Providing Integrated Services Over Shared and Switched IEEE 802 LAN Technologies RFC2818 I (tls) HTTP Over TLS RFC2819 S (rmonmib) Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base RFC2824 I (iptel) Call Processing Language Framework and Requirements RFC2825 I (iab) A Tangled Web:issues of I18N, domain names, and the other Internet protocols RFC2826 I (iab) IAB Technical Comment on the Unique DNS Root RFC2827 B (none) Network Ingress Filtering: Defeating Denial of Service Attacks which employ IP Source Address Spoofing RFC2829 PS (ldapext) Authentication Methods for LDAP RFC2830 PS (ldapext) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Extension for Transport Layer Security RFC2831 PS (none) Using Digest Authentication as a SASL Mechanism RFC2832 I (none) NSI Registry Registrar Protocol (RRP) Version 1.1.0 RFC2833 PS (avt) RTP Payload for DTMF Digits, Telephony Tones and Telephony Signals RFC2837 PS (ipfc) Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fabric Element in Fibre Channel Standard RFC2842 S (idr) Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4 RFC2843 I (ion) Proxy PAR RFC2844 E (ospf) OSPF over ATM and Proxy PAR RFC2845 S (dnsext) Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (TSIG) RFC2846 PS (fax) GSTN address element extensions in e-mail services RFC2847 PS (cat) LIPKEY - A Low Infrastructure Public Key Mechanism Using SPKM RFC2848 PS (pint) The PINT Service Protocol:Extensions to SIP and SDP for IP Access to Telephone Call Services RFC2849 PS (none) The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) - Technical Specification RFC2851 PS (none) Textual Conventions for Internet Network Addresses RFC2852 PS (none) Deliver By SMTP Service Extension RFC2853 PS (cat) Generic Security Service API Version 2 : Java bindings RFC2854 I (none) The 'text/html' Media Type RFC2855 PS (ip1394) DHCP on IEEE 1394 RFC2856 PS (none) Textual Conventions for Additional High Capacity Data Types RFC2857 PS (ipsec) The Use of HMAC-RIPEMD-160-96 within ESP and AH RFC2858 PS (idr) Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4 RFC2859 E (none) A Time Sliding Window Three Colour Marker (TSWTCM) RFC2860 I (iab) Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Technical Work of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority RFC2861 I (tsvwg) TCP Congestion Window Validation RFC2863 DS (ifmib) The Interfaces Group MIB RFC2864 PS (ifmib) The Inverted Stack Table Extension to the Interfaces Group MIB RFC2870 B (dnsop) Root Name Server Operational Requirements