Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 3499
Category: Informational
 S. Ginoza
ISI
December 2003
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Request for Comments Summary

RFC Numbers 3400-3499

Status of This Memo

This RFC is a slightly annotated list of the 100 RFCs from RFC 3400 through RFC 3499. This is a status report on these RFCs. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright © The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.

Note

Many RFCs, but not all, are Proposed Standards, Draft Standards, or Standards. Since the status of these RFCs may change during the standards processing, we note here only that they are on the standards track. Please see the latest edition of "Internet Official Protocol Standards" for the current state and status of these RFCs. In the following, RFCs on the standards track are marked [STANDARDS TRACK].

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3499 Ginoza Request for Comments Summary

This memo.

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3498 Kuhfeld Mar 2003 Definitions of Managed Objects
for Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Linear Automatic Protection Switching (APS) Architectures

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for
use with network management protocols in TCP/IP based internets. In
particular, it defines objects for managing networks using Synchronous
Optical Network (SONET) linear Automatic Protection Switching (APS)
architectures. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3497 Gharai Mar 2003 RTP Payload Format for
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) 292M Video

This memo specifies an RTP payload format for encapsulating uncompressed
High Definition Television (HDTV) as defined by the Society of Motion
Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) standard, SMPTE 292M. SMPTE is
the main standardizing body in the motion imaging industry and the SMPTE
292M standard defines a bit-serial digital interface for local area HDTV
transport. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3496 Malis Mar 2003 Protocol Extension for Support
of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Service Class-aware Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering

This document specifies a Resource ReSerVation Protocol-Traffic
Engineering (RSVP-TE) signaling extension for support of Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM) Service Class-aware Multiprotocol Label Switching
(MPLS) Traffic Engineering. This memo provides information for the
Internet community.

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3495 Beser Mar 2003 Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) Option for CableLabs Client Configuration

This document defines a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
option that will be used to configure various devices deployed within
CableLabs architectures. Specifically, the document describes DHCP
option content that will be used to configure one class of CableLabs
client device: a PacketCable Media Terminal Adapter (MTA). The option
content defined within this document will be extended as future
CableLabs client devices are developed. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3494 Zeilenga Mar 2003 Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol version 2 (LDAPv2) to Historic Status

This document recommends the retirement of version 2 of the Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol (LDAPv2) and other dependent specifications,
and discusses the reasons for doing so. This document recommends RFC
1777, 1778, 1779, 1781, and 2559 (as well as documents they superseded)
be moved to Historic status. This memo provides information for the
Internet community.

3493 Gilligan Mar 2003 Basic Socket Interface
Extensions for IPv6

The de facto standard Application Program Interface (API) for TCP/IP
applications is the "sockets" interface. Although this API was
developed for Unix in the early 1980s it has also been implemented on a
wide variety of non-Unix systems. TCP/IP applications written using the
sockets API have in the past enjoyed a high degree of portability and we
would like the same portability with IPv6 applications. But changes are
required to the sockets API to support IPv6 and this memo describes
these changes. These include a new socket address structure to carry
IPv6 addresses, new address conversion functions, and some new socket
options. These extensions are designed to provide access to the basic
IPv6 features required by TCP and UDP applications, including
multicasting, while introducing a minimum of change into the system and
providing complete compatibility for existing IPv4 applications.
Additional extensions for advanced IPv6 features (raw sockets and access
to the IPv6 extension headers) are defined in another document. This
memo provides information for the Internet community.

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3492 Costello Mar 2003 Punycode: A Bootstring
encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)

Punycode is a simple and efficient transfer encoding syntax designed for
use with Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA). It
uniquely and reversibly transforms a Unicode string into an ASCII
string. ASCII characters in the Unicode string are represented
literally, and non-ASCII characters are represented by ASCII characters
that are allowed in host name labels (letters, digits, and hyphens).
This document defines a general algorithm called Bootstring that allows
a string of basic code points to uniquely represent any string of code
points drawn from a larger set. Punycode is an instance of Bootstring
that uses particular parameter values specified by this document,
appropriate for IDNA. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3491 Hoffman Mar 2003 Nameprep: A Stringprep Profile
for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)

This document describes how to prepare internationalized domain name
(IDN) labels in order to increase the likelihood that name input and
name comparison work in ways that make sense for typical users
throughout the world. This profile of the stringprep protocol is used
as part of a suite of on-the-wire protocols for internationalizing the
Domain Name System (DNS). [STANDARDS TRACK]

3490 Faltstrom Mar 2003 Internationalizing Domain
Names in Applications (IDNA)

Until now, there has been no standard method for domain names to use
characters outside the ASCII repertoire. This document defines
internationalized domain names (IDNs) and a mechanism called
Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) for handling them
in a standard fashion. IDNs use characters drawn from a large
repertoire (Unicode), but IDNA allows the non-ASCII characters to be
represented using only the ASCII characters already allowed in so-called
host names today. This backward-compatible representation is required
in existing protocols like DNS, so that IDNs can be introduced with no
changes to the existing infrastructure. IDNA is only meant for
processing domain names, not free text. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3489 Rosenberg Mar 2003 STUN - Simple Traversal of
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Through Network Address Translators (NATs)

Simple Traversal of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Through Network Address
Translators (NATs) (STUN) is a lightweight protocol that allows
applications to discover the presence and types of NATs and firewalls
between them and the public Internet. It also provides the ability for
applications to determine the public Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
allocated to them by the NAT. STUN works with many existing NATs, and
does not require any special behavior from them. As a result, it allows
a wide variety of applications to work through existing NAT
infrastructure. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3488 Wu Feb 2003 Cisco Systems Router-port
Group Management Protocol (RGMP)

This document describes the Router-port Group Management Protocol
(RGMP). This protocol was developed by Cisco Systems and is used
between multicast routers and switches to restrict multicast packet
forwarding in switches to those routers where the packets may be needed.

RGMP is designed for backbone switched networks where multiple, high
speed routers are interconnected. This memo provides information for
the Internet community.

3487 Schulzrinne Feb 2003 Requirements for Resource
Priority Mechanisms for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

This document summarizes requirements for prioritizing access to
circuit-switched network, end system and proxy resources for emergency
preparedness communications using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).
This memo provides information for the Internet community.

3486 Camarillo Feb 2003 Compressing the Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP)

This document describes a mechanism to signal that compression is
desired for one or more Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages. It
also states when it is appropriate to send compressed SIP messages to a
SIP entity. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3485 Garcia-Martin Feb 2003 The Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP) and Session Description Protocol (SDP) Static Dictionary for Signaling Compression (SigComp)

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a text-based protocol for
initiating and managing communication sessions. The protocol can be
compressed by using Signaling Compression (SigComp). Similarly, the
Session Description Protocol (SDP) is a text-based protocol intended for
describing multimedia sessions for the purposes of session announcement,
session invitation, and other forms of multimedia session initiation.
This memo defines the SIP/SDP-specific static dictionary that SigComp
may use in order to achieve higher efficiency. The dictionary is
compression algorithm independent. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3484 Draves Feb 2003 Default Address Selection for
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

This document describes two algorithms, for source address selection and
for destination address selection. The algorithms specify default
behavior for all Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) implementations.
They do not override choices made by applications or upper-layer
protocols, nor do they preclude the development of more advanced
mechanisms for address selection. The two algorithms share a common
context, including an optional mechanism for allowing administrators to
provide policy that can override the default behavior. In dual stack
implementations, the destination address selection algorithm can
consider both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses - depending on the available
source addresses, the algorithm might prefer IPv6 addresses over IPv4
addresses, or vice-versa.

All IPv6 nodes, including both hosts and routers, must implement default
address selection as defined in this specification. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3483 Rawlins Mar 2003 Framework for Policy Usage
Feedback for Common Open Policy Service with Policy Provisioning (COPS-PR)

Common Open Policy Services (COPS) Protocol (RFC 2748), defines the
capability of reporting information to the Policy Decision Point (PDP).
The types of report information are success, failure and accounting of
an installed state. This document focuses on the COPS Report Type of
Accounting and the necessary framework for the monitoring and reporting
of usage feedback for an installed state. This memo provides
information for the Internet community.

3482 Foster Feb 2003 Number Portability in the
Global Switched Telephone Network (GSTN): An Overview

This document provides an overview of E.164 telephone number portability
(NP) in the Global Switched Telephone Network (GSTN).

NP is a regulatory imperative seeking to liberalize local telephony
service competition, by enabling end-users to retain telephone numbers
while changing service providers. NP changes the fundamental nature of
a dialed E.164 number from a hierarchical physical routing address to a
virtual address, thereby requiring the transparent translation of the
later to the former. In addition, there are various regulatory
constraints that establish relevant parameters for NP implementation,
most of which are not network technology specific. Consequently, the
implementation of NP behavior consistent with applicable regulatory
constraints, as well as the need for interoperation with the existing
GSTN NP implementations, are relevant topics for numerous areas of IP
telephony works-in-progress with the IETF. This memo provides
information for the Internet community.

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3481 Inamura, Ed. Feb 2003 TCP over Second (2.5G)
and Third (3G) Generation Wireless Networks

This document describes a profile for optimizing TCP to adapt so that it
handles paths including second (2.5G) and third (3G) generation wireless
networks. It describes the relevant characteristics of 2.5G and 3G
networks, and specific features of example deployments of such networks.
It then recommends TCP algorithm choices for nodes known to be starting
or ending on such paths, and it also discusses open issues. The
configuration options recommended in this document are commonly found in
modern TCP stacks, and are widely available standards-track mechanisms
that the community considers safe for use on the general Internet. This
document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet
Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

3480 Kompella Feb 2003 Signalling Unnumbered Links in
CR-LDP (Constraint-Routing Label Distribution Protocol)

Current signalling used by Multi-Protocol Label Switching Traffic
Engineering (MPLS TE) does not provide support for unnumbered links.
This document defines procedures and extensions to Constraint-Routing
Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP), one of the MPLS TE signalling
protocols that are needed in order to support unnumbered links.
[STANDARDS TRACK]

3479 Farrel, Ed. Feb 2003 Fault Tolerance for the Label
Distribution Protocol (LDP)

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) systems will be used in core
networks where system downtime must be kept to an absolute minimum.
Many MPLS Label Switching Routers (LSRs) may, therefore, exploit Fault
Tolerant (FT) hardware or software to provide high availability of the
core networks.

The details of how FT is achieved for the various components of an FT
LSR, including Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), the switching hardware
and TCP, are implementation specific. This document identifies issues
in the LDP specification in RFC 3036, "LDP Specification", that make it
difficult to implement an FT LSR using the current LDP protocols, and
defines enhancements to the LDP specification to ease such FT LSR
implementations.

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The issues and extensions described here are equally applicable to RFC
3212, "Constraint-Based LSP Setup Using LDP" (CR-LDP). [STANDARDS
TRACK]

3478 Leelanivas Feb 2003 Graceful Restart Mechanism for
Label Distribution Protocol

This document describes a mechanism that helps to minimize the negative
effects on MPLS traffic caused by Label Switching Router's (LSR's)
control plane restart, specifically by the restart of its Label
Distribution Protocol (LDP) component, on LSRs that are capable of
preserving the MPLS forwarding component across the restart.

The mechanism described in this document is applicable to all LSRs, both
those with the ability to preserve forwarding state during LDP restart
and those without (although the latter needs to implement only a subset
of the mechanism described in this document). Supporting (a subset of)
the mechanism described here by the LSRs that can not preserve their
MPLS forwarding state across the restart would not reduce the negative
impact on MPLS traffic caused by their control plane restart, but it
would minimize the impact if their neighbor(s) are capable of preserving
the forwarding state across the restart of their control plane and
implement the mechanism described here.

The mechanism makes minimalistic assumptions on what has to be preserved
across restart - the mechanism assumes that only the actual MPLS
forwarding state has to be preserved; the mechanism does not require any
of the LDP-related states to be preserved across the restart.

The procedures described in this document apply to downstream
unsolicited label distribution. Extending these procedures to
downstream on demand label distribution is for further study.
[STANDARDS TRACK]

3477 Kompella Jan 2003 Signalling Unnumbered Links in
Resource ReSerVation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)

Current signalling used by Multi-Protocol Label Switching Traffic
Engineering (MPLS TE) does not provide support for unnumbered links.
This document defines procedures and extensions to Resource ReSerVation
Protocol (RSVP) for Label Switched Path (LSP) Tunnels (RSVP-TE), one of
the MPLS TE signalling protocols, that are needed in order to support
unnumbered links. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3476 Rajagopalan Mar 2003 Documentation of IANA
Assignments for Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP), and Resource ReSerVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions for Optical UNI Signaling

The Optical Interworking Forum (OIF) has defined extensions to the Label
Distribution Protocol (LDP) and the Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP)
for optical User Network Interface (UNI) signaling. These extensions
consist of a set of new data objects and error codes. This document
describes these extensions. This memo provides information for the
Internet community.

3475 Aboul-Magd Mar 2003 Documentation of IANA
assignments for
Constraint-Based LSP setup using LDP (CR-LDP) Extensions for Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON)

Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON) is an architecture, specified
by ITU-T Study Group 15, for the introduction of a control plane for
optical networks. The ASON architecture specifies a set of reference
points that defines the relationship between the ASON architectural
entities. Signaling over interfaces defined in those reference points
can make use of protocols that are defined by the IETF in the context of
Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) work. This document
describes Constraint-Based LSP setup using LDP (CR-LDP) extensions for
signaling over the interfaces defined in the ASON reference points. The
purpose of the document is to request that the IANA assigns code points
necessary for the CR-LDP extensions. The protocol specifications for
the use of the CR-LDP extensions are found in ITU-T documents. This
memo provides information for the Internet community.

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3474 Lin Mar 2003 Documentation of IANA
assignments for Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Usage and Extensions for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)

The Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching (GMPLS) suite of protocol
specifications has been defined to provide support for different
technologies as well as different applications. These include support
for requesting TDM connections based on Synchronous Optical
NETwork/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) as well as Optical
Transport Networks (OTNs).

This document concentrates on the signaling aspects of the GMPLS suite
of protocols, specifically GMPLS signaling using Resource Reservation
Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE). It proposes additional
extensions to these signaling protocols to support the capabilities of
an ASON network.

This document proposes appropriate extensions towards the resolution of
additional requirements identified and communicated by the ITU-T Study
Group 15 in support of ITU's ASON standardization effort. This memo
provides information for the Internet community.

3473 Berger Jan 2003 Generalized Multi-Protocol
Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions

This document describes extensions to Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(MPLS) Resource ReserVation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)
signaling required to support Generalized MPLS. Generalized MPLS
extends the MPLS control plane to encompass time-division (e.g.,
Synchronous Optical Network and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy,
SONET/SDH), wavelength (optical lambdas) and spatial switching (e.g.,
incoming port or fiber to outgoing port or fiber). This document
presents a RSVP-TE specific description of the extensions. A generic
functional description can be found in separate documents. [STANDARDS
TRACK]

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3472 Ashwood-Smith Jan 2003 Generalized Multi-Protocol
Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Constraint-based Routed Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP) Extensions

This document describes extensions to Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(MPLS) Constraint-based Routed Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP)
signaling required to support Generalized MPLS. Generalized MPLS
extends the MPLS control plane to encompass time-division (e.g.,
Synchronous Optical Network and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy,
SONET/SDH), wavelength (optical lambdas) and spatial switching (e.g.,
incoming port or fiber to outgoing port or fiber). This document
presents a CR-LDP specific description of the extensions. A generic
functional description can be found in separate documents. [STANDARDS
TRACK]

3471 Berger Jan 2003 Generalized Multi-Protocol
Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Functional Description

This document describes extensions to Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(MPLS) signaling required to support Generalized MPLS. Generalized MPLS
extends the MPLS control plane to encompass time-division (e.g.,
Synchronous Optical Network and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy,
SONET/SDH), wavelength (optical lambdas) and spatial switching (e.g.,
incoming port or fiber to outgoing port or fiber). This document
presents a functional description of the extensions. Protocol specific
formats and mechanisms, and technology specific details are specified in
separate documents. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3470 Hollenbeck Jan 2003 Guidelines for the Use
of Extensible Markup Language (XML)
within IETF Protocols

The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a framework for structuring
data. While it evolved from Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
-- a markup language primarily focused on structuring documents -- XML
has evolved to be a widely-used mechanism for representing structured
data.

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There are a wide variety of Internet protocols being developed; many
have need for a representation for structured data relevant to their
application. There has been much interest in the use of XML as a
representation method. This document describes basic XML concepts,
analyzes various alternatives in the use of XML, and provides guidelines
for the use of XML within IETF standards-track protocols. This document
specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community,
and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

3469 Sharma, Ed. Feb 2003 Framework for Multi-Protocol
Label Switching (MPLS)-based Recovery

Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) integrates the label swapping
forwarding paradigm with network layer routing. To deliver reliable
service, MPLS requires a set of procedures to provide protection of the
traffic carried on different paths. This requires that the label
switching routers (LSRs) support fault detection, fault notification,
and fault recovery mechanisms, and that MPLS signaling support the
configuration of recovery. With these objectives in mind, this document
specifies a framework for MPLS based recovery. Restart issues are not
included in this framework. This memo provides information for the
Internet community.

3468 Andersson Feb 2003 The Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) Working Group decision on MPLS signaling protocols

This document documents the consensus reached by the Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) Working Group within the IETF to focus its efforts on
"Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)-TE: Extensions to RSVP for Label-
Switched Paths (LSP) Tunnels" (RFC 3209) as the MPLS signalling protocol
for traffic engineering applications and to undertake no new efforts
relating to "Constraint-Based LSP Setup using Label Distribution
Protocol (LDP)" (RFC 3212). The recommendations of section 6 have been
accepted by the IESG. This memo provides information for the Internet
community.

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3467 Klensin Feb 2003 Role of the Domain Name System
(DNS)

This document reviews the original function and purpose of the domain
name system (DNS). It contrasts that history with some of the purposes
for which the DNS has recently been applied and some of the newer
demands being placed upon it or suggested for it. A framework for an
alternative to placing these additional stresses on the DNS is then
outlined. This document and that framework are not a proposed solution,
only a strong suggestion that the time has come to begin thinking more
broadly about the problems we are encountering and possible approaches
to solving them. This memo provides information for the Internet
community.

3466 Day Feb 2003 A Model for Content
Internetworking (CDI)

Content (distribution) internetworking (CDI) is the technology for
interconnecting content networks, sometimes previously called "content
peering" or "CDN peering". A common vocabulary helps the process of
discussing such interconnection and interoperation. This document
introduces content networks and content internetworking, and defines
elements for such a common vocabulary. This memo provides information
for the Internet community.

3465 Allman Feb 2003 TCP Congestion Control with
Appropriate Byte Counting (ABC)

This document proposes a small modification to the way TCP increases its
congestion window. Rather than the traditional method of increasing the
congestion window by a constant amount for each arriving acknowledgment,
the document suggests basing the increase on the number of previously
unacknowledged bytes each ACK covers. This change improves the
performance of TCP, as well as closes a security hole TCP receivers can
use to induce the sender into increasing the sending rate too rapidly.
This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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3464 Moore Jan 2003 An Extensible Message Format
for Delivery Status
Notifications

This memo defines a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
content-type that may be used by a message transfer agent (MTA) or
electronic mail gateway to report the result of an attempt to deliver a
message to one or more recipients. This content-type is intended as a
machine-processable replacement for the various types of delivery status
notifications currently used in Internet electronic mail.

Because many messages are sent between the Internet and other messaging
systems (such as X.400 or the so-called "Local Area Network (LAN)-based"
systems), the Delivery Status Notification (DSN) protocol is designed to
be useful in a multi-protocol messaging environment. To this end, the
protocol described in this memo provides for the carriage of "foreign"
addresses and error codes, in addition to those normally used in
Internet mail. Additional attributes may also be defined to support
"tunneling" of foreign notifications through Internet mail. [STANDARDS
TRACK]

3463 Vaudreuil Jan 2003 Enhanced Mail System Status
Codes

This document defines a set of extended status codes for use within the
mail system for delivery status reports, tracking, and improved
diagnostics. In combination with other information provided in the
Delivery Status Notification (DSN) delivery report, these codes
facilitate media and language independent rendering of message delivery
status. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3462 Vaudreuil Jan 2003 The Multipart/Report Content
Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages

The Multipart/Report Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
content-type is a general "family" or "container" type for electronic
mail reports of any kind. Although this memo defines only the use of
the Multipart/Report content-type with respect to delivery status
reports, mail processing programs will benefit if a single content-type
is used to for all kinds of reports.

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This document is part of a four document set describing the delivery
status report service. This collection includes the Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol (SMTP) extensions to request delivery status reports,
a MIME content for the reporting of delivery reports, an enumeration of
extended status codes, and a multipart container for the delivery
report, the original message, and a human-friendly summary of the
failure. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3461 Moore Jan 2003 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(SMTP) Service Extension for Delivery Status
Notifications (DSNs)

This memo defines an extension to the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(SMTP) service, which allows an SMTP client to specify (a) that Delivery
Status Notifications (DSNs) should be generated under certain
conditions, (b) whether such notifications should return the contents of
the message, and (c) additional information, to be returned with a DSN,
that allows the sender to identify both the recipient(s) for which the
DSN was issued, and the transaction in which the original message was
sent. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3460 Moore Jan 2003 Policy Core Information Model
(PCIM) Extensions

This document specifies a number of changes to the Policy Core
Information Model (PCIM, RFC 3060). Two types of changes are included.
First, several completely new elements are introduced, for example,
classes for header filtering, that extend PCIM into areas that it did
not previously cover. Second, there are cases where elements of PCIM
(for example, policy rule priorities) are deprecated, and replacement
elements are defined (in this case, priorities tied to associations that
refer to policy rules). Both types of changes are done in such a way
that, to the extent possible, interoperability with implementations of
the original PCIM model is preserved. This document updates RFC 3060.
[STANDARDS TRACK]

3459 Burger Jan 2003 Critical Content Multi-purpose
Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Parameter

This document describes the use of a mechanism for identifying body
parts that a sender deems critical in a multi-part Internet mail
message. The mechanism described is a parameter to Content-Disposition,
as described by RFC 3204.

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By knowing what parts of a message the sender deems critical, a content
gateway can intelligently handle multi-part messages when providing
gateway services to systems of lesser capability. Critical content can
help a content gateway to decide what parts to forward. It can indicate
how hard a gateway should try to deliver a body part. It can help the
gateway to pick body parts that are safe to silently delete when a
system of lesser capability receives a message. In addition, critical
content can help the gateway chose the notification strategy for the
receiving system. Likewise, if the sender expects the destination to do
some processing on a body part, critical content allows the sender to
mark body parts that the receiver must process. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3458 Burger Jan 2003 Message Context for Internet
Mail

This memo describes a new RFC 2822 message header, "Message-Context".
This header provides information about the context and presentation
characteristics of a message.

A receiving user agent (UA) may use this information as a hint to
optimally present the message. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3457 Kelly Jan 2003 Requirements for IPsec Remote
Access Scenarios

IPsec offers much promise as a secure remote access mechanism. However,
there are a number of differing remote access scenarios, each having
some shared and some unique requirements. A thorough understanding of
these requirements is necessary in order to effectively evaluate the
suitability of a specific set of mechanisms for any particular remote
access scenario. This document enumerates the requirements for a number
of common remote access scenarios. This memo provides information for
the Internet community.

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3456 Patel Jan 2003 Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCPv4)
Configuration of IPsec Tunnel Mode

This memo explores the requirements for host configuration in IPsec
tunnel mode, and describes how the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCPv4) may be leveraged for configuration. In many remote access
scenarios, a mechanism for making the remote host appear to be present
on the local corporate network is quite useful. This may be
accomplished by assigning the host a "virtual" address from the
corporate network, and then tunneling traffic via IPsec from the host's
ISP-assigned address to the corporate security gateway. In IPv4, DHCP
provides for such remote host configuration. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3455 Garcia-Martin Jan 2003 Private Header (P-Header)
Extensions to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for the 3rd-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)

This document describes a set of private Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP) headers (P-headers) used by the 3rd-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), along with their applicability, which is limited to particular
environments. The P-headers are for a variety of purposes within the
networks that the partners use, including charging and information about
the networks a call traverses. This memo provides information for the
Internet community.

3454 Hoffman Dec 2002 Preparation of
Internationalized Strings ("stringprep")

This document describes a framework for preparing Unicode text strings
in order to increase the likelihood that string input and string
comparison work in ways that make sense for typical users throughout the
world. The stringprep protocol is useful for protocol identifier
values, company and personal names, internationalized domain names, and
other text strings.

This document does not specify how protocols should prepare text
strings. Protocols must create profiles of stringprep in order to fully
specify the processing options. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3453 Luby Dec 2002 The Use of Forward Error
Correction (FEC) in Reliable Multicast

This memo describes the use of Forward Error Correction (FEC) codes to
efficiently provide and/or augment reliability for one-to-many reliable
data transport using IP multicast. One of the key properties of FEC
codes in this context is the ability to use the same packets containing
FEC data to simultaneously repair different packet loss patterns at
multiple receivers. Different classes of FEC codes and some of their
basic properties are described and terminology relevant to implementing
FEC in a reliable multicast protocol is introduced. Examples are
provided of possible abstract formats for packets carrying FEC. This
memo provides information for the Internet community.

3452 Luby Dec 2002 Forward Error Correction (FEC)
Building Block

This document generally describes how to use Forward Error Correction
(FEC) codes to efficiently provide and/or augment reliability for data
transport. The primary focus of this document is the application of FEC
codes to one-to-many reliable data transport using IP multicast. This
document describes what information is needed to identify a specific FEC
code, what information needs to be communicated out-of-band to use the
FEC code, and what information is needed in data packets to identify the
encoding symbols they carry. The procedures for specifying FEC codes
and registering them with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
are also described. This document should be read in conjunction with
and uses the terminology of the companion document titled, "The Use of
Forward Error Correction (FEC) in Reliable Multicast". This memo
defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

3451 Luby Dec 2002 Layered Coding Transport (LCT)
Building Block

Layered Coding Transport (LCT) provides transport level support for
reliable content delivery and stream delivery protocols. LCT is
specifically designed to support protocols using IP multicast, but also
provides support to protocols that use unicast. LCT is compatible with
congestion control that provides multiple rate delivery to receivers and
is also compatible with coding techniques that provide reliable delivery
of content. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community.

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3450 Luby Dec 2002 Asynchronous Layered Coding
(ALC) Protocol Instantiation

This document describes the Asynchronous Layered Coding (ALC) protocol,
a massively scalable reliable content delivery protocol. Asynchronous
Layered Coding combines the Layered Coding Transport (LCT) building
block, a multiple rate congestion control building block and the Forward
Error Correction (FEC) building block to provide congestion controlled
reliable asynchronous delivery of content to an unlimited number of
concurrent receivers from a single sender. This memo defines an
Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

3449 Balakrishnan Dec 2002 TCP Performance Implications
of Network Path Asymmetry

This document describes TCP performance problems that arise because of
asymmetric effects. These problems arise in several access networks,
including bandwidth-asymmetric networks and packet radio subnetworks,
for different underlying reasons. However, the end result on TCP
performance is the same in both cases: performance often degrades
significantly because of imperfection and variability in the ACK
feedback from the receiver to the sender.

The document details several mitigations to these effects, which have
either been proposed or evaluated in the literature, or are currently
deployed in networks. These solutions use a combination of local link-
layer techniques, subnetwork, and end-to-end mechanisms, consisting of:
(i) techniques to manage the channel used for the upstream bottleneck
link carrying the ACKs, typically using header compression or reducing
the frequency of TCP ACKs, (ii) techniques to handle this reduced ACK
frequency to retain the TCP sender's acknowledgment-triggered self-
clocking and (iii) techniques to schedule the data and ACK packets in
the reverse direction to improve performance in the presence of two-way
traffic. Each technique is described, together with known issues, and
recommendations for use. A summary of the recommendations is provided
at the end of the document. This document specifies an Internet Best
Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion
and suggestions for improvements.

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3448 Handley Jan 2003 TCP Friendly Rate Control
(TFRC): Protocol Specification

This document specifies TCP-Friendly Rate Control (TFRC). TFRC is a
congestion control mechanism for unicast flows operating in a best-
effort Internet environment. It is reasonably fair when competing for
bandwidth with TCP flows, but has a much lower variation of throughput
over time compared with TCP, making it more suitable for applications
such as telephony or streaming media where a relatively smooth sending
rate is of importance. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3447 Jonsson Feb 2003 Public-Key Cryptography
Standards (PKCS) #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.1

This memo represents a republication of PKCS #1 v2.1 from RSA
Laboratories' Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) series, and
change control is retained within the PKCS process. The body of this
document is taken directly from the PKCS #1 v2.1 document, with certain
corrections made during the publication process. This memo provides
information for the Internet community.

3446 Kim Jan 2003 Anycast Rendevous Point (RP)
mechanism using Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)

This document describes a mechanism to allow for an arbitrary number of
Rendevous Points (RPs) per group in a single shared-tree Protocol
Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) domain. This memo provides
information for the Internet community.

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3445 Massey Dec 2002 Limiting the Scope of the KEY
Resource Record (RR)

This document limits the Domain Name System (DNS) KEY Resource Record
(RR) to only keys used by the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). The original KEY RR used sub-typing to store both DNSSEC keys
and arbitrary application keys. Storing both DNSSEC and application
keys with the same record type is a mistake. This document removes
application keys from the KEY record by redefining the Protocol Octet
field in the KEY RR Data. As a result of removing application keys, all
but one of the flags in the KEY record become unnecessary and are
redefined. Three existing application key sub-types are changed to
reserved, but the format of the KEY record is not changed. This
document updates RFC 2535. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3444 Pras Jan 2003 On the Difference between
Information Models and Data Models

There has been ongoing confusion about the differences between
Information Models and Data Models for defining managed objects in
network management. This document explains the differences between
these terms by analyzing how existing network management model
specifications (from the IETF and other bodies such as the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) or the Distributed Management Task Force
(DMTF)) fit into the universe of Information Models and Data Models.

This memo documents the main results of the 8th workshop of the Network
Management Research Group (NMRG) of the Internet Research Task Force
(IRTF) hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. This memo provides
information for the Internet community.

3443 Agarwal Jan 2003 Time To Live (TTL) Processing
in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks

This document describes Time To Live (TTL) processing in hierarchical
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks and is motivated by the
need to formalize a TTL-transparent mode of operation for an MPLS
label-switched path. It updates RFC 3032, "MPLS Label Stack Encoding".
TTL processing in both Pipe and Uniform Model hierarchical tunnels are
specified with examples for both "push" and "pop" cases. The document
also complements RFC 3270, "MPLS Support of Differentiated Services" and
ties together the terminology introduced in that document with TTL
processing in hierarchical MPLS networks. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3442 Lemon Dec 2002 The Classless Static Route
Option for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 4

This document defines a new Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
option which is passed from the DHCP Server to the DHCP Client to
configure a list of static routes in the client. The network
destinations in these routes are classless - each routing table entry
includes a subnet mask. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3441 Kumar Jan 03 Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(ATM) Package for the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)

This document describes an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) package for
the Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP). This package includes new
Local Connection Options, ATM-specific events and signals, and ATM
connection parameters. Also included is a description of codec and
profile negotiation. It extends the MGCP that is currently being
deployed in a number of products. Implementers should be aware of
developments in the IETF Megaco Working Group and ITU SG16, which are
currently working on a potential successor to this protocol. This memo
provides information for the Internet community.

3440 Ly Dec 2002 Definitions of Extension
Managed Objects for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for
use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In
particular, it describes additional managed objects used for managing
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) interfaces not covered by the
ADSL Line MIB (RFC 2662). [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3439 Bush Dec 2002 Some Internet Architectural
Guidelines and Philosophy

This document extends RFC 1958 by outlining some of the philosophical
guidelines to which architects and designers of Internet backbone
networks should adhere. We describe the Simplicity Principle, which
states that complexity is the primary mechanism that impedes efficient
scaling, and discuss its implications on the architecture, design and
engineering issues found in large scale Internet backbones. This memo
provides information for the Internet community.

3438 Townsley Dec 2002 Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
(L2TP) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Considerations Update

This document describes updates to the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) considerations for the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
(L2TP). This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for
the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements.

3437 Palter Dec 2002 Layer-Two Tunneling Protocol
Extensions for PPP Link Control Protocol Negotiation

This document defines extensions to the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
(L2TP) for enhanced support of link-specific Point to Point Protocol (PPP) options. PPP endpoints typically have direct access to the common
physical media connecting them and thus have detailed knowledge about
the media that is in use. When the L2TP is used, the two PPP peers are
no longer directly connected over the same physical media. Instead,
L2TP inserts a virtual connection over some or all of the PPP connection
by tunneling PPP frames over a packet switched network such as IP.
Under some conditions, an L2TP endpoint may need to negotiate PPP Link
Control Protocol (LCP) options at a location which may not have access
to all of the media information necessary for proper participation in
the LCP negotiation. This document provides a mechanism for
communicating desired LCP options between L2TP endpoints in advance of
PPP LCP negotiation at the far end of an L2TP tunnel, as well as a
mechanism for communicating the negotiated LCP options back to where the
native PPP link resides. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3436 Jungmaier Dec 2002 Transport Layer Security over
Stream Control Transmission Protocol

This document describes the usage of the Transport Layer Security (TLS)
protocol, as defined in RFC 2246, over the Stream Control Transmission
Protocol (SCTP), as defined in RFC 2960 and RFC 3309.

The user of TLS can take advantage of the features provided by SCTP,
namely the support of multiple streams to avoid head of line blocking
and the support of multi-homing to provide network level fault
tolerance.

Additionally, discussions of extensions of SCTP are also supported,
meaning especially the support of dynamic reconfiguration of IP-
addresses. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3435 Andreasen Jan 03 Media Gateway Control Protocol
(MGCP) Version 1.0

This document describes an application programming interface and a
corresponding protocol (MGCP) which is used between elements of a
decomposed multimedia gateway. The decomposed multimedia gateway
consists of a Call Agent, which contains the call control
"intelligence", and a media gateway which contains the media functions,
e.g., conversion from TDM voice to Voice over IP.

Media gateways contain endpoints on which the Call Agent can create,
modify and delete connections in order to establish and control media
sessions with other multimedia endpoints. Also, the Call Agent can
instruct the endpoints to detect certain events and generate signals.
The endpoints automatically communicate changes in service state to the
Call Agent. Furthermore, the Call Agent can audit endpoints as well as
the connections on endpoints.

The basic and general MGCP protocol is defined in this document, however
most media gateways will need to implement one or more MGCP packages,
which define extensions to the protocol suitable for use with specific
types of media gateways. Such packages are defined in separate
documents. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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3434 Bierman Dec 2002 Remote Monitoring MIB
Extensions for High Capacity Alarms

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for
use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In
particular, it describes managed objects for extending the alarm
thresholding capabilities found in the Remote Monitoring (RMON) MIB (RFC
2819), to provide similar threshold monitoring of objects based on the
Counter64 data type. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3433 Bierman Dec 2002 Entity Sensor Management
Information Base

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for
use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In
particular, it describes managed objects for extending the Entity MIB
(RFC 2737) to provide generalized access to information related to
physical sensors, which are often found in networking equipment (such as
chassis temperature, fan RPM, power supply voltage). [STANDARDS TRACK]

3432 Raisanen Nov 2002 Network performance
measurement with periodic streams

This memo describes a periodic sampling method and relevant metrics for
assessing the performance of IP networks. First, the memo motivates
periodic sampling and addresses the question of its value as an
alternative to the Poisson sampling described in RFC 2330. The benefits
include applicability to active and passive measurements, simulation of
constant bit rate (CBR) traffic (typical of multimedia communication, or
nearly CBR, as found with voice activity detection), and several
instances in which analysis can be simplified. The sampling method
avoids predictability by mandating random start times and finite length
tests. Following descriptions of the sampling method and sample metric
parameters, measurement methods and errors are discussed. Finally, we
give additional information on periodic measurements, including security
considerations. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3431 Segmuller Dec 2002 Sieve Extension: Relational
Tests

This document describes the RELATIONAL extension to the Sieve mail
filtering language defined in RFC 3028. This extension extends existing
conditional tests in Sieve to allow relational operators. In addition
to testing their content, it also allows for testing of the number of
entities in header and envelope fields. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3430 Schoenwaelder Dec 2002 Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Transport Mapping

This memo defines a transport mapping for using the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) over TCP. The transport mapping can be used
with any version of SNMP. This document extends the transport mappings
defined in STD 62, RFC 3417. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol
for the Internet community.

3429 Ohta Nov 2002 Assignment of the 'OAM Alert
Label' forMultiprotocol Label Switching Architecture (MPLS) Operation and Maintenance (OAM) Functions

This document describes the assignment of one of the reserved label
values defined in RFC 3032 (MPLS label stack encoding) to the 'Operation
and Maintenance (OAM) Alert Label' that is used by user-plane
Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture (MPLS) OAM functions for
identification of MPLS OAM packets. This memo provides information for
the Internet community.

3428 Campbell Dec 2002 Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP) Extension for Instant Messaging

Instant Messaging (IM) refers to the transfer of messages between users
in near real-time. These messages are usually, but not required to be,
short. IMs are often used in a conversational mode, that is, the
transfer of messages back and forth is fast enough for participants to
maintain an interactive conversation.

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This document proposes the MESSAGE method, an extension to the Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP) that allows the transfer of Instant Messages.
Since the MESSAGE request is an extension to SIP, it inherits all the
request routing and security features of that protocol. MESSAGE
requests carry the content in the form of MIME body parts. MESSAGE
requests do not themselves initiate a SIP dialog; under normal usage
each Instant Message stands alone, much like pager messages. MESSAGE
requests may be sent in the context of a dialog initiated by some other
SIP request. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3427 Mankin Dec 2002 Change Process for the Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP)

This memo documents a process intended to apply architectural discipline
to the future development of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).
There have been concerns with regards to new SIP proposals.
Specifically, that the addition of new SIP features can be damaging
towards security and/or greatly increase the complexity of the protocol.
The Transport Area directors, along with the SIP and Session Initiation
Proposal Investigation (SIPPING) working group chairs, have provided
suggestions for SIP modifications and extensions. This document
specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community,
and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

3426 Floyd Nov 2002 General Architectural and
Policy Considerations

This document suggests general architectural and policy questions that
the IETF community has to address when working on new standards and
protocols. We note that this document contains questions to be
addressed, as opposed to guidelines or architectural principles to be
followed. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

3425 Lawrence Nov 2002 Obsoleting IQUERY

The IQUERY method of performing inverse DNS lookups, specified in RFC
1035, has not been generally implemented and has usually been
operationally disabled where it has been implemented. Both reflect a
general view in the community that the concept was unwise and that the
widely-used alternate approach of using pointer (PTR) queries and
reverse-mapping records is preferable. Consequently, this document
deprecates the IQUERY operation, declaring it entirely obsolete. This
document updates RFC 1035. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3424 Daigle Nov 2002 IAB Considerations for
UNilateral Self-Address Fixing (UNSAF) Across Network Address Translation

As a result of the nature of Network Address Translation (NAT)
Middleboxes, communicating endpoints that are separated by one or more
NATs do not know how to refer to themselves using addresses that are
valid in the addressing realms of their (current and future) peers.
Various proposals have been made for "UNilateral Self-Address Fixing
(UNSAF)" processes. These are processes whereby some originating
endpoint attempts to determine or fix the address (and port) by which it
is known to another endpoint - e.g., to be able to use address data in
the protocol exchange, or to advertise a public address from which it
will receive connections.

This document outlines the reasons for which these proposals can be
considered at best as short term fixes to specific problems and the
specific issues to be carefully evaluated before creating an UNSAF
proposal. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

3423 Zhang Nov 2002 XACCT's Common Reliable
Accounting for Network Element (CRANE) Protocol Specification Version 1.0

This document defines the Common Reliable Accounting for Network Element
(CRANE) protocol that enables efficient and reliable delivery of any
data, mainly accounting data from Network Elements to any systems, such
as mediation systems and Business Support Systems (BSS)/ Operations
Support Systems (OSS). The protocol is developed to address the
critical needs for exporting high volume of accounting data from NE's
with efficient use of network, storage, and processing resources.

This document specifies the architecture of the protocol and the message
format, which MUST be supported by all CRANE protocol implementations.
This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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3422 Okamoto Nov 2002 Forwarding Media Access
Control (MAC) Frames over Multiple Access Protocol over Synchronous Optical
Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (MAPOS)

This memo describes a method for forwarding media access control (MAC)
frames over Multiple Access Protocol over Synchronous Optical
Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (MAPOS), thus providing a way to
unify MAPOS network environment and MAC-based Local Area Network (LAN)
environment. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

3421 Zhao Nov 2002 Select and Sort Extensions for
the Service Location Protocol (SLP)

This document defines two extensions (Select and Sort) for the Service
Location Protocol (SLP). These extensions allow a User Agent (UA) to
request that the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) entries in a Service
Reply (SrvRply) be limited to the specified number, or be sorted
according to the specified sort key list. Using these two extensions
together can facilitate discovering the best match, such as finding a
service that has the maximum speed or the minimum load. This memo
defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

3420 Sparks Nov 2002 Internet Media Type
message/sipfrag

This document registers the message/sipfrag Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions (MIME) media type. This type is similar to message/sip, but
allows certain subsets of well formed Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
messages to be represented instead of requiring a complete SIP message.
In addition to end-to-end security uses, message/sipfrag is used with
the REFER method to convey information about the status of a referenced
request. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3419 Daniele Dec 2002 Textual Conventions for
Transport Addresses

This document introduces a Management Information Base (MIB) module that
defines textual conventions to represent commonly used transport-layer
addressing information. The definitions are compatible with the concept
of TAddress/TDomain pairs introduced by the Structure of Management
Information version 2 (SMIv2) and support the Internet transport
protocols over IPv4 and IPv6. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3418 Presuhn Dec 2002 Management Information Base
(MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

This document defines managed objects which describe the behavior of a
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) entity. This document
obsoletes RFC 1907, Management Information Base for Version 2 of the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2). [STANDARDS TRACK]

3417 Presuhn Dec 2002 Transport Mappings for
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

This document defines the transport of Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) messages over various protocols. This document
obsoletes RFC 1906. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3416 Presuhn Dec 2002 Version 2 of the Protocol
Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

This document defines version 2 of the protocol operations for the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). It defines the syntax and
elements of procedure for sending, receiving, and processing SNMP PDUs.
This document obsoletes RFC 1905. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3415 Wijnen Dec 2002 View-based Access Control
Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

This document describes the View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for
use in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) architecture. It
defines the Elements of Procedure for controlling access to management
information. This document also includes a Management Information Base
(MIB) for remotely managing the configuration parameters for the View-
based Access Control Model. This document obsoletes RFC 2575.
[STANDARDS TRACK]

3414 Blumenthal Dec 2002 User-based Security Model
(USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)

This document describes the User-based Security Model (USM) for Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 3 for use in the SNMP
architecture. It defines the Elements of Procedure for providing SNMP
message level security. This document also includes a Management
Information Base (MIB) for remotely monitoring/managing the
configuration parameters for this Security Model. This document
obsoletes RFC 2574. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3413 Levi Dec 2002 Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) Applications

This document describes five types of Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) applications which make use of an SNMP engine as described in STD
62, RFC 3411. The types of application described are Command
Generators, Command Responders, Notification Originators, Notification
Receivers, and Proxy Forwarders.

This document also defines Management Information Base (MIB) modules for
specifying targets of management operations, for notification filtering,
and for proxy forwarding. This document obsoletes RFC 2573. [STANDARDS
TRACK]

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3412 Case Dec 2002 Message Processing and
Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

This document describes the Message Processing and Dispatching for
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages within the SNMP
architecture. It defines the procedures for dispatching potentially
multiple versions of SNMP messages to the proper SNMP Message Processing
Models, and for dispatching PDUs to SNMP applications. This document
also describes one Message Processing Model - the SNMPv3 Message
Processing Model. This document obsoletes RFC 2572. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3411 Harrington Dec 2002 An Architecture for Describing
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks

This document describes an architecture for describing Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks. The architecture is
designed to be modular to allow the evolution of the SNMP protocol
standards over time. The major portions of the architecture are an SNMP
engine containing a Message Processing Subsystem, a Security Subsystem
and an Access Control Subsystem, and possibly multiple SNMP applications
which provide specific functional processing of management data. This
document obsoletes RFC 2571. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3410 Case Dec 2002 Introduction and Applicability
Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework

The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the third
version of the Internet-Standard Management Framework, termed the SNMP
version 3 Framework (SNMPv3). This Framework is derived from and builds
upon both the original Internet-Standard Management Framework (SNMPv1)
and the second Internet-Standard Management Framework (SNMPv2).

The architecture is designed to be modular to allow the evolution of the
Framework over time.

The document explains why using SNMPv3 instead of SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 is
strongly recommended. The document also recommends that RFCs 1157,
1441, 1901, 1909 and 1910 be retired by moving them to Historic status.
This document obsoletes RFC 2570. This memo provides information for
the Internet community.

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3409 Svanbro Dec 2002 Lower Layer Guidelines for
Robust RTP/UDP/IP Header Compression

This document describes lower layer guidelines for robust header
compression (ROHC) and the requirements ROHC puts on lower layers. The
purpose of this document is to support the incorporation of robust
header compression algorithms, as specified in the ROHC working group,
into different systems such as those specified by Third Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP), 3GPP Project 2 (3GPP2), European Technical
Standards Institute (ETSI), etc. This document covers only lower layer
guidelines for compression of RTP/UDP/IP and UDP/IP headers as specified
in [RFC3095]. Both general guidelines and guidelines specific for
cellular systems are discussed in this document. This memo provides
information for the Internet community.

3408 Liu Dec 2002 Zero-byte Support for
Bidirectional Reliable Mode (R-mode) in Extended Link-Layer Assisted RObust Header Compression (ROHC) Profile

This document defines an additional mode of the link-layer assisted
RObust Header Compression (ROHC) profile, also known as the zero-byte
profile, beyond the two defined in RFC 3242. Zero-byte header
compression exists in order to prevent the single-octet ROHC header from
pushing a packet voice stream into the next higher fixed packet size for
the radio. It is usable in certain widely deployed older air
interfaces. This document adds the zero-byte operation for ROHC
Bidirectional Reliable mode (R-mode) to the ones specified for
Unidirectional (U-mode) and Bidirectional Optimistic (O-mode) modes of
header compression in RFC 3242. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3407 Andreasen Oct 2002 Session Description Protocol
(SDP) Simple Capability Declaration

This document defines a set of Session Description Protocol (SDP)
attributes that enables SDP to provide a minimal and backwards
compatible capability declaration mechanism. Such capability
declarations can be used as input to a subsequent session negotiation,
which is done by means outside the scope of this document. This
provides a simple and limited solution to the general capability
negotiation problem being addressed by the next generation of SDP, also
known as SDPng. [STANDARDS TRACK]

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3406 Daigle Oct 2002 Uniform Resource Names (URN)
Namespace Definition Mechanisms

This document lays out general definitions of and mechanisms for
establishing Uniform Resource Names (URN) "namespaces". The URN WG has
defined a syntax for URNs in RFC 2141, as well as some proposed
mechanisms for their resolution and use in Internet applications in RFC
3401 and RFC 3405. The whole rests on the concept of individual
"namespaces" within the URN structure. Apart from proof-of-concept
namespaces, the use of existing identifiers in URNs has been discussed
in RFC 2288. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices
for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements.

3405 Mealling Oct 2002 Dynamic Delegation Discovery
System (DDDS) Part Five: URI.ARPA Assignment Procedures

This document is fifth in a series that is completely specified in
"Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The Comprehensive
DDDS" (RFC 3401). It is very important to note that it is impossible to
read and understand any document in this series without reading the
others. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for
the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements.

3404 Mealling Oct 2002 Dynamic Delegation Discovery
System (DDDS) Part Four: The Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Resolution Application

This document describes a specification for taking Uniform Resource
Identifiers (URI) and locating an authoritative server for information
about that URI. The method used to locate that authoritative server is
the Dynamic Delegation Discovery System.

This document is part of a series that is specified in "Dynamic
Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The Comprehensive DDDS"
(RFC 3401). It is very important to note that it is impossible to read
and understand any document in this series without reading the others.
[STANDARDS TRACK]

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3403 Mealling Oct 2002 Dynamic Delegation Discovery
System (DDDS) Part Three: The Domain Name System (DNS) Database

This document describes a Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS)
Database using the Domain Name System (DNS) as a distributed database of
Rules. The Keys are domain-names and the Rules are encoded using the
Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) Resource Record (RR).

Since this document obsoletes RFC 2915, it is the official specification
for the NAPTR DNS Resource Record. It is also part of a series that is
completely specified in "Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part
One: The Comprehensive DDDS" (RFC 3401). It is very important to note
that it is impossible to read and understand any document in this series
without reading the others. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3402 Mealling Oct 2002 Dynamic Delegation Discovery
System (DDDS) Part Two: The Algorithm

This document describes the Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS)
algorithm for applying dynamically retrieved string transformation rules
to an application-unique string. Well-formed transformation rules will
reflect the delegation of management of information associated with the
string. This document is also part of a series that is completely
specified in "Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The
Comprehensive DDDS" (RFC 3401). It is very important to note that it is
impossible to read and understand any document in this series without
reading the others. [STANDARDS TRACK]

3401 Mealling Oct 2002 Dynamic Delegation Discovery
System (DDDS) Part One: The Comprehensive DDDS

This document specifies the exact documents that make up the complete
Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS). DDDS is an abstract
algorithm for applying dynamically retrieved string transformation rules
to an application-unique string. This document along with RFC 3402, RFC
3403 and RFC 3404 obsolete RFC 2168 and RFC 2915, as well as updates RFC
2276 This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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3400 Never Issued

RFC 3400 was never issued.

Security Considerations

Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

Author's Address

Sandy Ginoza
University of Southern California
Information Sciences Institute
4676 Admiralty Way
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