Internet Monthly Report for June 2001 1. The IESG approved or recommended the following nine Protocol Actions during the month of June 2001: o End-to-end Performance Implications of Slow Links for publication as a Best Current Practices RFC. o IP Multicast Applications: Challenges and Solutions for publication as an Informational RFC. o The BSD Syslog Protocol for publication as an Informational RFC. o A URN Namespace for Public Identifiers for publication as an Informational RFC. o A Framework for Defining Empirical Bulk Transfer Capacity Metrics for publication as an Informational RFC. o IS-IS Transient Blackhole Avoidance for publication as an Informational RFC. o Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time Stamp Protocols (TSP) for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Indicating Resolver Support of DNSSEC for publication as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of Management Scripts for publication as a Proposed Standard. 2. 10 Last Calls were issued by the IESG during the month of June 2001: o Delegation of IP6.ARPA for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Internet Infrastructure Domain ('ARPA') for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o Use of ECC Algorithms in CMS for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Reuse of CMS Content Encryption Keys for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Domain Security Services using S/MIME for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Policy Framework LDAP Core Schema for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o IGMP Multicast Router Discovery for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Extending PPP over SONET/SDH, with virtual concatenation, high order and low order payloads for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) for consideration as a Proposed Standard. 3) One New working group was formed this period. Geographic Location/Privacy (geopriv) and one working group concluded Endpoint Congestion Management (ecm) 4. There were 274 Internet-Draft Actions during the month of June 2001: (dhc) o Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) (krb-wg) o Extending the GSS Kerberos Mechanism for Initial Kerberos Authentication (IAKERB) (webdav) o WebDAV Access Control Protocol (ldapext) o The Java LDAP Application Program Interface (idmr) o IGMP Multicast Router Discovery (pppext) o PPP Link Balancing Detection (LBD) (ldapext) o Access Control Model for LDAP (none) o The application/smil Media Type (nat) o NAT Friendly Application Design Guidelines (isis) o Optional Checksums in ISIS (none) o BGP Extended Communities Attribute (isis) o IS-IS extensions for Traffic Engineering (ldup) o LDAPv3 Replication Requirements (none) o Traffic Engineering Extensions to OSPF (fax) o Minimal GSTN address format in Internet Mail (fax) o Minimal FAX address format in Internet Mail (pkix) o An Internet Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization (pilc) o End-to-end Performance Implications of Slow Links (pilc) o End-to-end Performance Implications of Links with Errors (none) o Realtime Traffic over Cellular Access Networks (pkix) o Simple Certificate Validation Protocol (SCVP) (megaco) o Megaco/H.248 R2 Package (avt) o RTP Testing Strategies (none) o An Effective way for Enhancement of TCP Performance in Wireless and Mobile Networks (none) o The Performance Transparency Protocol (PTP) (none) o IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (sigtran) o SS7 MTP2-User Adaptation Layer (gsmp) o Definitions of Managed Objects for the General Switch Management Protocol (GSMP) (mobileip) o IP Mobility Support for IPv4, revised (fax) o Content Negotiation for Internet Messaging Services (disman) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Scheduling Management Operations (disman) o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of Management Scripts (iptel) o Telephony Routing over IP (TRIP) (zeroconf) o ZeroConf Requirements (fax) o Timely Completion for Internet Messaging Services (sip) o SIP Caller Preferences and Callee Capabilities (none) o mSLP - Mesh-enhanced Service Location Protocol (none) o Vendor Extensions for Service Location Protocol, Version 2 (cnrp) o Common Name Resolution Protocol (CNRP) (pppext) o PPP Multiplexed (tewg) o A Framework for Internet Traffic Engineering (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service Level Definitions (idn) o Requirements of Internationalized Domain Names (cnrp) o The 'go'URI Scheme for the Common Name Resolution Protocol (dnsext) o DNS Zone Transfer Protocol Clarifications (sip) o SIP Call Flow Examples (avt) o RTP Payload for Comfort Noise (pim) o Bi-directional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM) (sip) o Management Information Base for Session Initiation Protocol (avt) o Tunneling multiplexed Compressed RTP ('TCRTP') (snmpconf) o Policy Based Management MIB (policy) o Information Model for Describing Network Device QoS Mechanisms (sigtran) o SS7 SCCP-User Adaptation Layer (SUA) (malloc) o Dynamic Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses (uswg) o The Tao of IETF - A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force (fax) o Internet FAX Gateway Functions (vpim) o Voice Profile for Internet Mail - version 2 (none) o OSPF as the PE/CE Protocol in BGP/MPLS VPNs (none) o Mobile Networks Support in Mobile IPv6 (none) o Description of Load-Balancing and Communication Protocols Used by GNU Queue (none) o Providing Quality of Service Indication by the BGP-4 Protocol: the QOS_NLRI attribute (none) o Calling Line Identification for Voice Mail Messages (none) o Framework Draft for Networked Appliances Using the Session Initiation Protocol (none) o RFC1858 is not water-tight (vpim) o Message Context for Internet Mail (none) o RADIUS and IPv6 (avt) o RTP payload format and file storage format for AMR and AMR-WB audio (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Circuit to Interface Translation (idn) o Internationalizing Host Names In Applications (IDNA) (none) o A Model for Content Internetworking (ipngwg) o Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6 Multicast Addresses (zeroconf) o Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 link-local addresses (none) o BGP-MPLS VPN extension for IPv6 VPN over an IPv4 infrastructure (ips) o Fibre Channel Over TCP/IP (FCIP) (fax) o Guideline of optional services for Internet FAX Gateway (none) o mFCP - Metro FCP protocol for IP Networking (none) o A COPS client-type for IP traffic engineering (sacred) o Securely Available Credentials - Requirements (poisson) o IETF Code of Conduct (none) o Content Internetworking (CDI)Authentication,Authorization, and Accounting Requirements (none) o MPLS/BGP Virtual Private Network Management Information Base Using SMIv2 (none) o Protocol versus Paper Points of View (vpim) o High-Level Requirements for Internet Voice Mail (sip) o SIP Service Examples (tsvwg) o The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP (vpim) o Toll Quality Voice - 32 kbit/s ADPCM MIME Sub-type Registration (vpim) o Content Duration MIME Header Definition (idn) o Proposal for a determining process of ACE identifier (aaa) o AAA Transport Issues (none) o Requirements and Architecture for Header Stripping and Generation (dnsext) o Redefinition of DNS AD bit (none) o The IANA XML Registry (dnsext) o A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV) (idn) o Differential Unicode Domain Encoding (DUDE) (none) o Lightweight Kerberos Mechanism (manet) o Landmark Routing Protocol (LANMAR) for Large Scale Ad Hoc Networks (manet) o Fisheye State Routing Protocol (FSR) for Ad Hoc Networks (none) o DNS URL scheme (mmusic) o Grouping of m lines in SDP (syslog) o Syslog-Sign Protocol (pppext) o PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Authentication Protocol (none) o Sieve-An extension for providing instant notifications (ngtrans) o Connecting IPv6 Domains across IPv4 Clouds with BGP (ips) o iSNS Internet Storage Name Service (none) o Forwarding MAC Frames over MAPOS (secsh) o SECSH Public Key File Format (none) o Link Management Protocol Management Information Base Using SMIv2 (none) o The DISCOVER opcode (iesg) o IAB/IESG Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites (none) o User Identification on the Internet (avt) o An RTP Payload Format for EVRC Speech (aaa) o Diameter Base Protocol (aaa) o Diameter Mobile IPv4 Application (aaa) o Diameter NASREQ Application (impp) o Common Presence and Instant Messaging Message Format (trade) o Electronic Commerce Modeling Language (ECML):Version 2 Requirements (tewg) o Requirements for support of Diff-Serv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering (spirits) o SPIRITS Protocol Requirements (none) o PPPoE Extensions For Seamless Service Selection (none) o Transmission of IP Packets over Bluetooth Networks (midcom) o Middlebox Communication Architecture and framework (idmr) o IGMPv3 and IGMP Snooping switches (manet) o The Interzone Routing Protocol (IERP) for Ad Hoc Networks (manet) o The Intrazone Routing Protocol (IARP) for Ad Hoc Networks (manet) o The Bordercast Resolution Protocol (BRP) for Ad Hoc Networks (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol (zeroconf) o Zeroconf Multicast Address Allocation Protocol (ZMAAP) (diffserv) o Supplemental Information for the New Definition of the EF PHB (ppvpn) o Service requirements for Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (iporpr) o A Framework for IP over Resilient Packet Rings (none) o Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1.1 (pilc) o TCP over 2.5G and 3G Wireless Networks (rohc) o Requirements for ROHC IP/TCP Header Compression (sming) o SMIng Requirements (dnsext) o Obsoleting IQUERY (midcom) o Middlebox Control (MIDCOM) Protocol Architecture and Requirements (pppext) o PPP over AAL2 (tls) o Using SRP for TLS Authentication (multi6) o Requirements for IP Multihoming Architectures (idn) o AMC-ACE-R version 0.0.0 (mboned) o IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments (ldapbis) o IANA Considerations for LDAP (none) o Feature Discovery in LDAP (none) o LDAPv3: All Operational Attributes (apex) o The APEX Access Service (apex) o The Application Exchange Core (apex) o The APEX Presence Service (ips) o Definitions of Managed Objects for iSCSI (smime) o Cryptographic Message Syntax (eos) o SNMP Row Operations Extensions (none) o LDAPv3: A Collection of User Schema (none) o LDAPv3: Collective Attributes (none) o Location of LDAP services using Geo-Political Naming (none) o The MIME Application/Multiplexed Content-type (none) o Inappropriate TCP Resets Considered Harmful (ccamp) o GMPLS Extensions for SONET and SDH Control (none) o Integrity-Authentication Digest for SCTP (tsvwg) o SCTP Extensions for Dynamic Reconfiguration of IP Addresses and Enforcement of Flow and Message Limits (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Transport Over TCP (none) o The audio/vorbis Media Type (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Contact Mapping (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Domain Name Mapping (provreg) o Extensible Provisioning Protocol Host Mapping (idn) + StepCode- A User Access Oriented IDN Encoding (idn) + AMC-ACE-V version 0.1.0 (idn) + AMC-ACE-W version 0.1.0 (none) + IUA (RFC 3057) Outstanding Issues (tsvwg) + SCTP Sockets Mapping (rserpool) + Aggregate Server Access Protocol (ASAP) (rserpool) + Enpoint Name Resolution Protocol (ENRP) (none) + Paging Concept for IP based Networks (none) + CPL Extensions for Presence (none) + A Scalable and Hybrid IP Network Traffic Engineering Approach (none) + Requirements for an RDMA Protocol (none) + Use of Partial meshed tunnels to achieve forwarding behavior of full meshed tunnels. (aaa) o Diameter CMS Security Application (none) + Context Transfer Framework (none) + SmartTP Smart Transfer Protocol (none) + A Hybrid Authentication Mode for IKE (zeroconf) + An API for the Zeroconf Multicast Address Allocation Protocol (ZMAAP) (none) + QoS (DiffServ) Context Transfer (dhc) + Extensions to DHCP for Roaming Users (apex) o The APEX Option Party Pack, Part Deux! (none) + Requirements for Compression of Signaling Protocol Messages (none) + Triggers and Handles Framework (none) + The Hashed URI (none) + Home Agent Redundancy in Mobile IP (none) + Application of Multiprotocol BGP-4 to IPv4 Multicast Routing (none) + L2TP Session Update Mechanism (none) o The H-Density ratio for address assignment efficiency An update on the H ratio (mobileip) + Requirements of a QoS Solution for Mobile IP (rohc) + Signaling Compression Requirements & Assumptions (none) + Optical Link Interface Requirements (none) + Network Address Translation with Sub-Address(NATS) (none) + Use of PE-PE IPsec in RFC2547 VPNs (none) + EAP Mechanism using TLS and SASL (Version 1) (none) + Incorporating NAT boxes in Mobile IPv4 (none) + A Low-Overhead Mobility Management Protocol in IP Layer (none) + Unique Assignment (Hierarchies) (none) + Explanation of the registry/registrar concept (idn) + Report of the IDN ACE Design Team (none) + Terminology for Router Protocol Testing (none) + Threat analysis of architectures for firewall traversal (none) + Request Header Integrity in SIP and HTTP Digest using Predictive Nonces (none) + The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages (none) + Enhanced Mail System Status Codes (none) + An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications (none) + Scalable Connectionless Tunneling Architecture and Protocols for VPNs (none) + Controlling the redistribution of BGP routes (none) + GMPLS Extensions for Dynamic Trunking (none) + Requirements for IP Flow Export (seamoby) + General Requirements for a Context Transfer Framework (none) + Cellular IP Route Optimization (ldapbis) + Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions (none) + Common Reliable Accounting for Network Element (CRANE) (ipsec) + IPsec-NAT Compatibility Requirements (ipsec) + Negotiation of NAT-Traversal in the IKE (ipsec) + IPsec over NAT Justification for UDP Encapsulation (ipsec) + UDP Encapsulation of IPsec Packets (none) + Storage Type MIB (none) + SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications (none) + Extensions to Mail System Status Codes (idn) o MACE: Modal ASCII Compatible Encoding for IDN (none) + Customization for SLP Service Request and Reply (tls) + TLS Extensions (none) + E.212 number and DNS (avt) + RTP Payload Format for MPEG-4 Streams (none) + An IP Traffic Engineering Policy Information Base (rap) + Cryptographic Authentication for RSVP POLICY_DATA Objects (rap) + Identity Representation for RSVP (none) + Point-to-point operation over LAN in link-state routing protocols (none) + Network topology considerations in the MIDCOM Architectural framework (none) + New TE LSAs to extend OSPF for Traffic Engineering (none) + Voice-Band Data Media Format (rap) + RSVP Extensions for Policy Control (none) + Unicode Transformation Format Seventeen (none) + TLS over SCTP (none) + The Stream Cipher Security Transform (hubmib) + Power Ethernet (DTE Power via MDI) MIB (msec) + Group Key Management Architecture (fax) + SMTP Service Extension for Content Negotiation of Internet Fax (fax) + Fax Processing Status (fax) + Goals for Terminal Mode (fax) + Protocol for Terminal Mode (none) + Optical Channel Concatenation -- Need and Requirements < draft-damle-optical-channel-concatenation-00.txt> (none) + Protection Scheme for Optical Channel Concatenation (bridge) + Definitions of Managed Objects for Source Routing Bridges (bridge) + Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges (none) + Use of PE-PE GRE or IP in RFC2547 VPNs < draft-rekhter-ppvpn-gre-ip-2547-00.txt> (idn) + Evaluation of various ACEs with existing Japanese Domain Names (imapext) + IMAP WINDOW Extension (none) + Security Requirements of IPv6 Anycast (dnsext) + DNSSEC Opt-in for Large Zones (sacred) + Securely Available Credentials - The PDM Protocol (none) + Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) - Application/dicom MIME Sub-type Registration (hubmib) + Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like Interface Types (hubmib) + Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium Attachment Units (MAUs) (none) + DHCP mDNS Enable Option (dnsop) + Rollover of statically configured resolver keys (idn) + ACE using Extended Hex Values (ACE16x) (multi6) + IPv4 Multihoming Motivation, Practices and Limitations (idn) + Traditional and Simplified Chinese Conversion (dhc) + LDAP Schema for DHCP (idn) + Improving ACE using code point reordering v0.9 (none) o Hangeul NAMEPREP considerations version 1.0 (none) + MPLS-based Layer 2 VPNs (none) + Diameter Base Protocol MIB (none) + Requirements for Network Data Management Protocol Version 5 (none) + Architecture and Model for L2 many-to-many VMI Networks (none) + Resource Reservation Issues in Cellular Radio Access Networks (none) + GMPLS Signaling Extension to Control the Conversion between Contiguous and Virtual Concatenation for SONET and SDH. (none) + Evaluation of various ACEs with Hangeul Domain Names (none) + Bidirectional Edge Tunnel Handover for IPv6 (tsvwg) + SCTP Checksum Change 5. 18 RFCs were published during this period RFC3068 PS (ngtrans) An anycast prefix for 6to4 relay routers RFC3109 I (none) Request to Move STD 39 to Historic Status RFC3113 I (none) 3GPP-IETF Standardization Collaboration RFC3116 I (bmwg) Methodology for ATM Benchmarking RFC3118 PS (dhc) Authentication for DHCP Messages RFC3119 PS (avt) A More Loss-Tolerant RTP Payload Format for MP3 Audio RFC3120 I (none) A URN Namespace for XML.org xmlorg RFC3121 I (none) A URN Namespace for OASIS oasis RFC3122 PS (ipngwg) Extensions to IPv6 Neighbor Discovery for Inverse Discovery Specification RFC3123 E (dnsext) A DNS RR Type for Lists of Address Prefixes (APL RR) RFC3124 PS (ecm) The Congestion Manager RFC3128 I (none) Protection Against a Variant of the Tiny Fragment Attack RFC3130 I (none) Notes from the State-Of-The-Technology: DNSSEC RFC3131 I (none) 3GPP2-IETF Standardization Collaboration RFC3132 I (seamoby) Dormant Mode Host Alerting ('IP Paging') Problem Statement RFC3133 I (bmwg) Terminology for Frame Relay Benchmarking RFC3134 I (bmwg) Terminology for ATM ABR Benchmarking RFC3138 I (mboned) Extended Allocations in 233/8