March 1997 INTERNET MONTHLY REPORTS ------------------------ The purpose of these reports is to communicate to the Internet Research Group the accomplishments, milestones reached, or problems discovered by the participating organizations. Each organization is expected to submit a 1/2 page report on the first business day of the month describing the previous month's activities. These reports should be submitted via network mail to "IMR-ED@ISI.EDU". ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The Internet Monthly Report mailing list is now managed by MajorDomo at ISI.EDU. The announcements of new issues on the Internet Monthly Report are sent to the IETF-Announce list and to this IMR list. Requests to be ADDED or DELETED from the Internet Monthly report list should be sent to "majordomo@isi.edu" with the message body either "subscribe imr" or "unsubscribe imr". 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For example: To: rfc-info@ISI.EDU Subject: getting imrs help: ways_to_get_imrs or URL: http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/imr/ IMR Editor [Page 1] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNET ARCHITECTURE BOARD IAB MESSAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3 INTERNET ENGINEERING REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3 Internet Projects INTERNIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21 Registration Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21 Directory Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21 US Domain Registry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22 MERIT INTERNET ENGINEERING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24 UCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25 IANA REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25 RFC-EDITOR REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26 CALENDAR OF EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27 TERENA List of Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 31 IMR Editor [Page 2] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 INTERNET ARCHITECTURE BOARD The minutes of the IAB back to 1990 are available for anonymous ftp access on host ftp.isi.edu, directory /pub/IAB, or via the IAB World-Wide Web page with URL http://www.iab.org/iab/. Brian Carpenter IAB Chair INTERNET ENGINEERING REPORTS ---------------------------- Internet Monthly Report for March 1. The first IETF meeting 1997 will be held in Memphis, Tennessee from April 7-10, 1997. Our local host is Federal Express. Following Memphis, the IETF returns to Europe for the summer meeting in Munich, Germany from August 11-15, 1997. Our host for this meeting will be Digi/ISOC.DE. The final meeting of the year will be held in the D.C. area, hosted by Newbridge. Once all arrangements have been made, notifications will be sent to the IETF Announcement list. Remember that information on future meetng sites can always be found in the file 0mtg-sites.txt, located on the IETF shadow directories. Of course, this information is provided on the Web. The IETF's URL is: http://www.ietf.org/ 2. The minutes of the IESG teleconferences be found on all the IETF shadow directories in the iesg directory. The following IESG minutes have been added: February 20, 1997 (iesg.97-02-20) March 6, 1997 (iesg.97-03-06) 3. The IESG approved or recommended the following two Protocol Actions during the month of March: o XDR: External Data Representation Standard for publication as a Draft Standard. o Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6 for publication as an Informational RFC. IMR Editor [Page 3] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 4. 19 Last Calls were issued by the IESG during the month of March: o The Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o A MIME body part for ODA for consideration as an Experimental Protocol. o Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Best Current Practice for the Internet White Pages Service for consideration as a Best Current Practices RFC. o The resolution of ISAKMP with Oakley for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o URN Syntax for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o A MIME body part for FAX for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o The Interfaces Group MIB for consideration as a Draft Standard. o IMAP4 IDLE command for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o X.400 image body parts for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Carrying PostScript in X.400 and MIME for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) for consideration as a Proposed Standard. IMR Editor [Page 4] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 o Generic Routing Encapsulation over IPv4 networks for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o MIXER (Mime Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay): Mapping between X.400 and RFC 822/MIME for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining for consideration as a Draft Standard. o Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Message Bodies for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN for consideration as a Proposed Standard. o TCP and UDP over IPv6 Jumbograms for consideration as a Proposed Standard. 5. Five new working groups were created: Telnet TN3270 Enhancements (tn3270e) WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning (webdav) Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls) SNMP Version 3 (snmpv3) 6. There were 322 Internet-Draft Actions during the month of March: (ion) o NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP) (svrloc) o Service Location Protocol (idmr) o IP Multicast Routing MIB (idmr) o Protocol Independent Multicast MIB (idmr) o Core Based Trees (CBT) Multicast -- Protocol Specification -- (cat) o Independent Data Unit Protection Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (IDUP-GSS-API) IMR Editor [Page 5] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (wts) o The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol (dhc) o Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) (pppext) o The PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP) (ion) o NHRP Protocol Applicability Statement (cat) o Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (cat) o Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings (none) o OSPF with Digital Signatures (mmusic) o SDP: Session Description Protocol (none) o Tunneling SSL Through a WWW Proxy (mixer) o MIXER (Mime Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay): Mapping between X.400 and RFC 822/MIME (none) o Common NNTP Extensions (idmr) o Core Based Trees (CBT) Multicast Routing Architecture (cat) o Simple GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism (atommib) o Definitions of Textual Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES for ATM Management (ssh) o Site Security Handbook (idmr) o Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (grip) o Expectations for Security Incident Response (drums) o Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (none) o The META Tag of HTML (madman) o Mail Monitoring MIB (madman) o Network Services Monitoring MIB (ids) o A Common Schema for the Internet White Pages Service IMR Editor [Page 6] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (cat) o Extended Generic Security Service APIs: XGSS-APIs Access control and delegation extensions (ion) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Classical IP and ARP Over ATM Using SMIv2 (http) o PEP: an Extension Mechanism for HTTP (madman) o LDAP/CLDAP/X.500 Directory Services Monitoring MIB (ospf) o OSPF for IPv6 (hubmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium Attachment Units (MAUs) using SMIv2 (pktway) o Proposed Specification for the PacketWay Protocol (none) o RSVP Extensions for IPSEC Data Flows (atommib) o Definitions of Tests for ATM Management (applmib) o Definitions of System-Level Managed Objects for Applications (dhc) o Interaction between DHCP and DNS (none) o The "data" URL scheme (dhc) o An option for FQDNs in DHCP options (wts) o Security Extensions For HTML (dhc) o Extensions for DHCPv6 (dnsind) o Clarifications to the DNS Specification (pkix) o Internet Public Key Infrastructure Part I: X.509 Certificate and CRL Profile (dnssec) o Detached Domain Name System Information (http) o Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP (pppext) o PPP LCP Extensions (ion) o ATM Signalling Support for IP over ATM - UNI 4.0 Update (asid) o Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3) IMR Editor [Page 7] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (asid) o Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions (drums) o Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF (snanau) o Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN (idmr) + Core Based Tree (CBT) Multicast Border Router Specification for Connecting a CBT Stub Region to a DVMRP Backbone (ion) + Transient Neighbors for IPv6 over ATM (avt) o RTP Payload Format for H.263 Video Streams (asid) o vCard MIME Directory Profile (none) o Message Submission and Relay (acap) o ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol (rsvp) o RSVP Extensions for Policy Control (issll) o Providing integrated services over low-bitrate links (pppext) o PPP Vendor Extensions (roamops) o Dialup Roaming Requirements (issll) o IP Integrated Services with RSVP over ATM (urn) o Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name System (issll) o Interoperation of Controlled-Load and Guaranteed-Service with ATM (none) o RTP Payload for Redundant Audio Data (none) + A Common Internet File System (CIFS/1.0) Protocol Preliminary Draft (agentx) o Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1 (asid) o Lightweight Directory Access Protocol: Extensions for Dynamic Directory Services (none) o SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining IMR Editor [Page 8] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (none) o SBM (Subnet Bandwidth Manager): A Proposal for Admission Control over Ethernet (none) o Compression Payload for Use with IP Security (oncrpc) o RPCSEC_GSS Protocol Specification (none) o Dedicated Token Ring Interface MIB (ediint) o Requirements for Inter-operable Internet EDI (asid) o Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names (none) o Dedicated Token Ring Concentrator MIB (stdguide) o Guide for Internet Standards Writers (bmwg) o Benchmarking Terminology for LAN Switching Devices (dhc) o DHCP Options for Service Location Protocol (none) o Ruby in the Hypertext Markup Language (aft) + Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol for SOCKS V5 (ripv2) o RIP Version 2 Carrying Additional Information (pppext) o Layer Two Tunneling Protocol "L2TP" (none) o ST2+ over ATM Protocol Specification - UNI 3.1 Version (issll) o The Multi-Class Extension to Multi-Link PPP (issll) o A Framework for Providing Integrated Services Over Shared and Switched LAN Technologies (none) o EARTH - EAsy IP multicast Routing THrough ATM clouds (none) o IMAP URL Scheme (none) o FTP Extensions for Variable Protocol Specification (none) o MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations (none) o A Mail-Safe Transformation Format of Unicode IMR Editor [Page 9] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (none) o Advanced Sockets API for IPv6 (ediint) o MIME-based Secure EDI (http) o Simple Hit-Metering and Usage-Limiting for HTTP (frnetmib) o Management Information Base for Frame Relay Data Compression (urn) o URN Syntax (none) o Internet Cache Protocol (ICP), version 2 (roamops) o The Network Access Identifier (asid) o Use of Language Codes in LDAPv3 (none) o The Report of the IAB Character Set Workshop held 29 February - 1 March, 1996 (none) o Interoperability Rules for Multicast Routing Protocols (none) o Uniform Resource Locators (URL): Generic Syntax and Semantics (dhc) o The User Class Option for DHCP (bmwg) o Terminology for Cell/Call Benchmarking (ftpext) + MLST Command and Extensions to FTP (ipsec) o The Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP (none) o Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 Domains without Explicit Tunnels (none) o Label Switching: Label Stack Encodings (none) o PF_KEY Key Management API, Version 2 (radius) o Implementation of Mandatory Tunneling via RADIUS (none) o The Kitchen Sink Resource Record (ftpext) o Internationalization of the File Transfer Protocol (ipp) + Requirements for an Internet Printing Protocol (dhc) o An Inter-server Protocol for DHCP IMR Editor [Page 10] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (none) o A Simple IP Security API Extension to BSD Sockets (frnetmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service (ids) o Naming Plan for an Internet Directory Service (disman) o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of Management Scripts (urn) o Requirements and a Framework for URN Resolution Systems (rtfm) o Real Time Flow Measurement Working Group - New Attributes for Traffic Flow Measurement (svrloc) o An API for Service Location (ipsec) o Inline Keying within the ISAKMP Framework. (none) o Architecture of the Resource Reservation Service for the Commercial Internet (cat) o Public Key Cryptography for Cross-Realm Authentication in Kerberos (lsma) o Limitations of Internet Protocol Suite for Distributed Simulation in the Large Multicast Environment (none) + Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (applmib) o Application Management MIB (rps) o Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL) (applmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for WWW Servers (radius) o RADIUS Attributes for Tunnel Protocol Support (none) o LZS Payload Compression Transform for ESP (none) o RMFP: A Reliable Multicast Framing Protocol (none) o Simple Unified Networking (mmusic) o Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) (printmib) o Printer MIB (none) o Securing FTP with TLS IMR Editor [Page 11] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (asid) o Architecture of the WHOIS++ service (find) o A Tagged Index Object for use in the Common Indexing Protocol (bmwg) o A One-way Delay Metric for IPPM (none) o Key Derivation for Authentication, Integrity, and Privacy (avt) o Compressing IP/UDP/RTP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links (tls) o The TLS Protocol Version 1.0 (none) o Selectively Reliable Transport Protocol (bmwg) o Terminology for IP Multicast Benchmarking (mmusic) o SIP: Session Initiation Protocol (none) o Telnet Comport Control Option (harts) o Humanities and Arts: Sharing Center Stage on the Internet (ipngwg) o IP Version 6 over PPP (none) o Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4 (ipsec) + Implementation of Virtual Private Network (VPNs) with IP Security (mboned) o Introduction to IP Multicast Routing (none) o Guidelines and Process for new URL Schemes (none) o The mailto URL scheme (dnsind) o Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE) (radius) o Extensible Authentication Protocol Support in RADIUS (http) o Use and interpretation of HTTP version numbers (otp) o A One-Time Password System (mobileip) o Reverse Tunneling for Mobile IP (calsch) o Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar) IMR Editor [Page 12] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (ipngwg) o Management Information Base for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General Group (ipngwg) o Management Information Base for IP Version 6: UDP and TCP Groups (ipngwg) o Management Information Base for IP Version 6: ICMPv6 Group (none) o Extensions for Distributed Authoring and Versioning on the World Wide Web -- WEBDAV (http) o HTTP Remote Variant Selection Algorithm -- RVSA/1.0 (mboned) o Some Issues for an Inter-domain Multicast Routing Protocol (pppext) + Mobile IPv4 Configuration Option for PPP IPCP (none) o Clearing the Traffic Jam at Internet Servers A Network Layer View Of Network Traffic Consolidation (mixer) o Use of an X.500/LDAP directory to support MIXER address mapping (asid) o LDAP Control Extension for Simple Paged Results Manipulation (roamops) o The Roaming Relationship (REL) Resource Record in the DNS (none) o Distributed Search Management Protocol (none) o Zone KEY RRSet Signing Procedure (roamops) o The Accounting Problem in Roaming (asid) + Lightweight Directory Access Protocol: Schema for Storing RPC Entries in a Directory Service (none) + Extended Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6 (none) + Usage of H.323 on the Internet (none) + Practical Approach to Improving Scalability and Interoperability of SNMP Applications (none) + Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.1q Virtual LAN Bridges IMR Editor [Page 13] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (none) o IMAP4 IDLE command (none) + Encapsulating IP with the Small Computer System Interface (none) + A Proposal for Internet and Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN) Internetworking (none) o Semantics of DNS NXT Resource Records (none) + VIPRE -- Virtual Internet Packet Relay An Encapsulation Architecture for Unidirectional Links (ripv2) + RIP-II MD5 Authentication (cat) + Kerberos Change Password Protocol (none) + APPN Implementer's Workshop Closed Pages Document (rtfm) + Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB (find) + CIP Index Object Format for SOIF Objects (none) + Point-to-point Link Assembly for Simple Multiple Access (PLASMA) (rsvp) + Designing Tunnels for Interoperability with RSVP (none) + Update of Korean Character Encoding for Internet Messages (pppext) + Semi Connected Mode for PPP links (none) + Scalable support for multi-homed multi-provider connectivity (none) + Returning Values from Forms: multipart/form-data (spki) o Simple Public Key Certificate (spki) + SPKI Requirements (run) + DON'T SPEW A Set of Guidelines for Mass Unsolicited Mailings and Postings (fax) + File Format for Internet Fax (http) + Problem with HTTP/1.1 Warning header, and proposed fix (http) + HTTP State Management Mechanism (Rev1) (none) + Reliable Multicast Transport Protocol (http) + The User Agent Hint Response Header IMR Editor [Page 14] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (pkix) + Internet Public Key Infrastructure Part 2: Operational Protocols (rsvp) + Open Outsourcing Policy Service (OOPS) for RSVP (none) + Wildcards in the Accept-Charset Header (radius) o RADIUS Server MIB (aft) + Challenge-Response Authentication Method for SOCKS V5 (rip) + RIP Version 2 MIB Extension (aft) + Secure Sockets Layer for SOCKS Version 5 (ipsec) + HMAC-SHA-1-96 IP Authentication with Replay Prevention (dhc) + Multicast address allocation extensions options (dhc) + Multicast address allocation extensions to the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (asid) + LDAP Multi-master Replication Protocol (none) + IMAP4 ID extension (none) + QoS Path Management with RSVP (ipsec) + HMAC-MD5-96 IP Authentication with Replay Prevention (ftpext) + REST Command and Extensions to FTP (none) + DIAMETER Authentication Extensions (none) + DIAMETER (none) + DIAMETER Extensible Authentication Protocol Support (ipngwg) + Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks (dhc) + DSCP: Dynamic Subnet Configuration Protocol (ipngwg) + Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI Networks (radius) o RADIUS Client MIB (poisson) + IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures IMR Editor [Page 15] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (none) + Internet Public Key Infrastructure: Web-based Certificate and CRL Repository (none) + SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS (none) + Simple Integrated Media Access (SIMA) (none) + Test Cases for HMAC-MD5 and HMAC-SHA-1 (none) + ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF INTERNET SOCIETY (bmwg) + A Packet Loss Metric for IPPM (dhc) + The Server Selection Option for DHCP (dhc) + The Server Identification Option for DHCP (none) + The Use of URLs as Meta-Syntax for Core Mail List Commands and their Transport through Message Header Fields (none) + IMAP4 Implementation Practice (ipngwg) + Synthesis of Routing Goop and AAAA Records in IPv6 (none) + Realizing the Benefits of Virtual LANs by Using IPv6 (none) + Host Reachability Advertisement for IPv6 (none) + Internet Society By-Laws (none) + Header Compression for IPv6 over PPP (none) + Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet (pier) + IP Addresses in Applications (none) + RSVP over ATM Implementation Guidelines (ospf) + The OSPF NSSA Option (none) + HTTP 1.1 as a Transport for the Internet Printing Protocol (qosr) + A Framework for QoS-based Routing in the Internet (none) + S/MIME Message Specification IMR Editor [Page 16] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (none) + S/MIME Certificate Handling (pppext) + Proposal for a PPP Network Layer Entity Selection Protocol (rps) + A strategy for the transition from RIPE-181 to RPSL (none) + RIDE classes (ipngwg) + IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture (none) o QoS Routing Mechanismsand OSPFExtensions (pkix) + Internet Public Key Infrastructure Part IV: Certificate Policy and Certification Practices Framework (cat) + Integrity Protection for the Kerberos Error Message (pppext) + PPP over AAL5 and FUNI (secsh) + SSH Transport Layer Protocol (secsh) + SSH Authentication Protocol (secsh) + Connect (http) + HTTP Connection Management (asid) + The LDAP URL Format (avt) + Real-Time Transport Protocol Management Information Base (asid) + The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters (none) + Internet Printing Protocol/1.0: Security (mboned) + Multicast Debugging Handbook (none) + Age Header Field in HTTP/1.1 (asid) + LDAP-based Routing of SMTP Messages: Approach Used by Netscape (none) + Using TTLs with Administratively Scoped IP Multicast Addresses (roamops) + The Authentication and Authorization Problem in Roaming (none) + Requirements for Unreliable Multicasting of Web Resources IMR Editor [Page 17] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (none) + The Receiver-Initiated Shortcut Path Protocol (RISP) (none) + A Stream Cipher Encryption Algorithm (none) + Implications of the GSE Addressing Scheme to IPv6 Multicast (ngtrans) + A proposal for an IPv6 site database object (none) + Multicast Chat (MCC) Protocol (rps) + Application of Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL) on the Internet (tcpimp) + Known TCP Implementation Problems (none) + CIFS Logon and Pass Through Authentication Preliminary Draft (none) + Physical Topology Terminology (none) + Locating DS Entries by E-mail Address Preliminary Draft (none) + CIFS Printing Specification Preliminary Draft (none) + CIFS Remote Administration Protocol Preliminary Draft (issll) + PPP in a real-time oriented HDLC-like framing (none) + ARIS: Aggregate Route-Based IP Switching (none) + Physical Topology MIB and Discovery Protocol Proposal (none) + ARIS Specification (ipp) + Internet Printing Protocol/1.0: Model and Semantics (aft) + SOCKS Protocol Version 5 (ipp) + Internet Printing Protocol/1.0: Directory Schema (none) + Directory Entries From Email Address (dhc) + Security Architecture for DHCP (none) + Soft State Switching A Proposal to Extend RSVP for Switching RSVP Flows (none) + CIFS/E Browser Protocol Preliminary Draft IMR Editor [Page 18] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (asid) + X.500 Strong Authentication Mechanisms for LDAPv3 (asid) + LDAP-based Routing of SMTP Messages: Approach at Stanford University (mobileip) + Firewall Traversal for Mobile IP: Guidelines for Firewalls and Mobile IP entities (mmusic) + Specification of Security in SAP Using Public Key Algorithms (asid) + A Summary of the X.500(93) User Schema for use with LDAPv3 (urn) o Namespace Identifier Requirements for URN Services (rsvp) + Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) Version 1 Applicability Statement Some Guidelines on Deployment (none) + Compression in IP Security (avt) + RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control (ipngwg) + IPng Analysis of the GSE Proposal (none) + Simple Transaction Security (STS) (pppext) + Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) over AAL5 and FUNI (pppext) + PPP CallBack (none) + ARIS Support for LAN Media Switching (asid) + A Summary of the Pilot X.500 Schema for use in LDAPv3 (ipngwg) + Router Renumbering for IPv6 (none) + Physical Topology Framework (none) + The Use of End System Designators in IPv6 (dnssec) + The DNS Inverse Key Domain (none) + A ``Classy'' Approach to Aggregation for Integrated Services (none) + Locating Native Internet LDAP Servers Preliminary Draft (none) + Interdomain Multicast Routing Support for Integrated Services Networks IMR Editor [Page 19] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 (none) + A Route Setup Mechanism For Multicast Routing (ipsec) + IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) (ipsec) + IP Authentication Header (urn) + URN Resolution Services (calsch) + Real-time Protocol Requirements 7. 17 RFCs were published during this period RFC2099 I (none) Request for Comments Summary RFC Numbers 2000-2099 RFC2106 I (none) Data Link Switching Remote Access Protocol RFC2110 PS (mhtml) MIME E-mail Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML (MHTML) RFC2111 PS (mhtml) Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform Resource Locators RFC2112 PS (mhtml) The MIME Multipart/Related Content-type RFC2114 I (none) Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol RFC2118 I (pppext) Microsoft Point-To-Point Compression (MPPC) Protocol RFC2119 B (none) Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels RFC2120 E (ids) Managing the X.500 Root Naming Context RFC2121 I (ion) Issues affecting MARS Cluster Size RFC2122 PS (none) VEMMI URL Specification RFC2123 I (rtfm) Traffic Flow Measurement: Experiences with NeTraMet RFC2124 I (none) Light-weight Flow Admission Protocol Specification Version 1.0 RFC2125 PS (pppext) The PPP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (BAP) The PPP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BACP) RFC2126 PS (none) ISO Transport Service on top of TCP (ITO) RFC2127 PS (isdnmib) ISDN Management Information Base RFC2128 PS (isdnmib) Dial Control Management Information Base using SMIv2 IMR Editor [Page 20] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 INTERNET PROJECTS ----------------- INTERNIC -------- REGISTRATION SERVICES Current Status March: Email: Phone: 48651 Updates: 193080 Gopher connections: 18222 retrievals: 20580 WAIS connections: 36532 retrievals: 15926 FTP connections: 90868 retrievals: 178451 Telnet: 67372 Http: 12855124 Whois Queries: 17,102,743 Total Registrations: 98581 Rich Landers INTERNIC DIRECTORY AND DATABASE SERVICES The Netfind Seed Database which is used by both Netfind and WebFinder is up to 1.2 million entries in March. The database contains information that relates companies with the domain names they have registered. The information is gathered from various registration databases around the world. The April seed database is currently under construction and should have about 1.3 million entries. The number of entries will fluctuate from time to time since we periodically check the validity of old entries and delete those that are no longer good. In late April we expect our primary server (ds0.internic.net) to move to a new physical location. The server will be out of service for a few days during the move, but our other two production servers (ds1.internic.net and ds2.internic.net) will be available. Up-to-date information on the planned availability of the server can be found in the greeting message when you telnet to the machine. IMR Editor [Page 21] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 As has been mentioned in the past, the best way to access our servers is via the generic name ds.internic.net. This way you avoid attempting to access a machine that is down. A reminder - if you would like to help the Internet community find a resource that you offer, send mail to admin@ds.internic.net and we will send information about listing your resource in the Directory of Directories. If you prefer, you can enter information about your resource in our WWW suggestion form. The form can be reached through our Directory of Directories Web page at: http://ds.internic.net:80/ds/dsdirofdirs.html by Rick Huber THE US DOMAIN REGISTRY The US Domain has an online registration form available at http://www.isi.edu/us-domain. The US Domain administrator no longer makes direct registrations of hosts, and only makes delegations of third or fourth level domain names (such as localities). Some of the processing of the requests to the third level domain name is now automated. In particular, most requests to register names in localities already delegated are automatically forwarded to the administrator of that locality. A new policy has been added regarding the charges for the domain name passed on during delegation. The administrator of the locality has to notify one year in advance before charging for those domains. US DOMAIN ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ==================================== EMAIL/FAX 3282 PHONE 400 ---------------------------- Total Contacts 3682 IMR Editor [Page 22] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 DELEGATIONS 148 FORWARDED REQUESTS: 1326 OTHER US DOMAIN MSGS:2208 --------------------------- Total 3682 OTHER US DOMAIN MESSAGES include referrals to other subdomains or to/from the InterNic, phone calls, modifications, application requests, discussion and clarification of the requests, questions about names, resolving technical problems with zone files and name servers, and whois listings. MAJOR SUBDOMAINS DELEGATED K12 CC TEC STATE LIB MUS GEN DST COG =================================================================== 52 38 34 47 39 26 26 10 6 =================================================================== THIRD LEVEL DELEGATIONS ======================== K12.OK.US. K12 Schools, Oklahoma. DST.MI.US. Districts, Michigan. GEN.MI.US. General Independent Entities, Michigan. MUS.MI.US. Museums, Michigan. COG.MD.US. Councils of Government, Maryland. LOCALITIES ========== We delegated 148 localities in Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Hawii, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Michigan, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Vermont, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and Wyoming this month. We delegated 1 Native Soverign Nations - SUQUAMISH.NSN.US. OTHER US DOMAIN DELEGATIONS THIS MONTH ====================================== CI.BELLFLOWER.CA.US. SACPUBLIC.LIB.CA.US. MANCHESTER.LIB.NH.US. DEVIANT.SAINT-LOUIS.MO.US. SPY.WASHINGTON.DC.US. CI.GILLETT.WI.US. MERRIMACK.LIB.NH.US. SALEM.LIB.NH.US. BEDFORD.LIB.NH.US. DERRY.LIB.NH.US. IMR Editor [Page 23] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 MG.GEN.AK.US. CI.ADDISON.TX.US. STPATRICKS.WASHINGTON.DC.US. TWP.WASHINGTON.NJ.US. CI.ALCOA.TN.US. FOGGY-BOTTOM.WASHINGTON.DC.US. CAPITOL-HILL.WASHINGTON.DC.US. PENNSYLVANIA-AVE.WASHINGTON.DC.US. TOWN.BLOCK-ISLAND.RI.US. CI.VALDESE.NC.US. MIDDLESEX.CC.MA.US. CONEJO.TEC.CA.US. EVMWD.DST.CA.US. CI.SANDSTONE.MN.US. WWW.PLANNING.COG.ID.US. CCCSWA.DST.CA.US. CI.BEAVERTON.OR.US. TIMBO-LONG-LAKE.MN.US. ----------------------------------------------------------- URL: http://www.isi.edu/us-domain/ Shanthi Ranganathan (US-Domain@ISI.EDU) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MERIT INTERNET ENGINEERING -------------------------- This report summarizes March 1997 activities of Merit's Internet Engineering group on behalf of the Routing Arbiter (RA) service and other projects. A reminder for Routing Arbiter Database users: you will get the fastest turnaround for your database updates by sending them to auto-dbm@ra.net, which is machine-processed. Only new Maintainer objects--as well as consulting questions--should go to db- admin@ra.net, which is read by the RADB support staff. Route Server Next Generation (RSng) operations are now up and running at the AADS NAP in Chicago. One Sun Ultra running Solaris and one DEC Alpha running Digital Unix are in production at the site. RSng services went into production at the MAE-East interconnection point in January, and at the Digital Internet Exchange in February. The Route Servers were developed under the NSF-supported Routing Arbiter project, a partnership between Merit and the USC Information Sciences Institute. RSng, a commercial follow-on activity, makes it possible for exchange point operators to purchase Route Server services from Merit. For more information, see: http://www.rsng.net IMR Editor [Page 24] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 The National Science Foundation has awarded Merit and the University of Michigan a three-year follow-on grant for continued development of the Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit. Professor Farnam Jahanian of the U-M Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department is now a Co-PI on the project, along with Craig Labovitz of Merit. MRT, an extensible platform for developing and debugging routing protocols and routing code, now provides IPv6 support for two additional platforms: - WIDE IPv6 (hydrangea 970225, BSD/OS 2.1) - NRL IPv6 (Sep96, NetBSD 1.2) For more information about MRT, see: http://www.merit.edu/~mrt/ Susan R. Harris (srh@merit.edu) UCL ---- Main news is that we have released a new version of the Robust Audio Tool, and that we are close to completign our translatlantic link to the CAIRN. John Crowcroft (j.crowcroft@CS.UCL.AC.UK) IANA REPORT ----------- Here is the IANA March report: Address Resolution Protocol Parameters 2 Cable Address Blocks 5 Character Sets 1 Country Codes 5 Media Types 6 Port Assignments 33 Protocol Assignments 1 SMI Numbers 1 Josh Elliott (iana@isi.edu) IMR Editor [Page 25] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 RFC-EDITOR REPORT ----------------- This is a summary of Request for Comments Editor activity for the month of March, 1997: TIME IN QUEUE DOCUMENTS New* 30 days 60 days 90 days TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Beginning of | month 0 9 12 8 | 29 | New 6 0 0 0 | 6 Processed 2 7 10 0 | 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------ End of month 4 2 2 8 | 16 * New RFCs added to queue throughout the month The Requests for Comments (RFCs) are a series of notes, started in 1969, about the Internet (originally the ARPANET). The notes discuss many aspects of computing and computer communication focusing in networking protocols, procedures, programs, and concepts, but also including meeting notes, opinion, and sometimes humor. The specification documents of the Internet protocol suite, as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and its steering group (the IESG), are published as RFCs. RFCs-to-be are edited by the RFC Editor. RFCs enter the RFC Editor's work queue either by an action of the IESG or by independent submission. Most independent submissions are referred to the IESG to check for overlap with IETF work. The IESG might put a hold on a document to gather more input from its members. The wait for an RFC to be published varies as there can be unforeseen complications (typically editorial matters that need clarification from the author). Documents can be removed from the publication queue if they are found to be insufficient or incorrect or if the IESG asks the author to join work already in progress in the IETF. Mary Kennedy IMR Editor [Page 26] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 CALENDAR -------- Last update 04/01/97 The information below has been submitted to the IETF Secretariat as a means of notifying readers of future events. Readers are requested to send in dates of events that are appropriate for this calendar section. Please send submissions, corrections, etc., to: Please note: The Secretariat does not maintain on-line information for the events listed below. A copy of this calendar is available as follows: VIA FTP ------- IETF Information is available by anonymous FTP from several sites. US East Coast Address: ds.internic.net (198.49.45.10) US West Coast Address: ftp.isi.edu (128.9.0.32) Europe Address: nic.nordu.net (192.36.148.17) Pacific Rim Address: munnari.oz.au (128.250.1.21) Africa Address: ftp.is.co.za (196.4.160.12) cd ietf ls *0mtg* WWW ------- Click on the link for "meetings" and you should find an entry "listing of other Internet related events". ************************************************************************ 1997 ----------- Apr. 2-3 Europia '97 Edinburgh, Scotland Apr. 7-10 EMA'97 Philadelphia, PA Apr. 7-11 38th IETF (host by Fed. Exp) Memphis, TN Apr. 7-11 ANSI X3T11 (Brocade) Palm Springs, CA Apr. 7-11 IEEE INFOCOM '97 Kobe, Japan Apr. 7-12 W3C "Accessibility" 6th Int'l Santa Clara, CA IMR Editor [Page 27] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 Apr. 9-11 ISADS 97 - 3rd Intl Symposium on Autonmous Decentralized Sys. Berlin, Germany Apr. 21-22 1st European Conf on Internet Voting and Rating Vienna, Austria Apr. 22-24 DCI's Internet Expo Chicago, IL Apr. 27-May 2 ATM Forum Chicago, IL Apr. 28-May 2 HPN'97 (High Performance Net) White Plains, NY May 5-9 ANSI X3T10 '97 May 5-9 NATO Workshop Edinburgh, Scotland May 12-15 8th JENC8 Edinburgh, Scotland May 12-16 IFIP/IEEE San Diego, CA May 15-16 TERENA General Assembly Edinburgh, Scotland May 19-21 7th Int'l Workshop on Ntwk & Oper for Digital Audio & Video St. Louis, MO May 21-23 RIPE 27 Dublin May 27-29 IS&N '97 4th Int'l Conf. on Intelligence in Services & Networks Como, Italy May 28-30 ETW'97 IEEE Europen Test Wrkshop Cagliari,Italy May 28-30 Web Developer '97 Chicago, IL Jun. 2-6 IEEE Multimedia Systems '97 Ottawa, CANADA Jun. 3-5 Internet World Mexico '97 Mexico City, Mexico Jun. 8-12 ICC '97 (joint with ENM) Montreal, CANADA Jun. 9-13 OIW (Firm) Jun. 9-13 ANSI X3T11 (host by Boeing) Seattle, WA Jun. 16-18 EEMA'97 Netherlands Jun. 23-25 4th IEEE Wrkshp on the Architecture and Implementation of High Performance Communication Systems (HPCS'97) Sani Beach, Greece Jun. 24-27 INET '97 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jul. 7-11 IEEE 802 '97 Hyatt Regency Maui, Lahaina HI Jul. 14-18 ANSI X3T10 '97 Jul. 14-17 APPN Implementers Workshop San Jose, CA Jul. 17-19 VTIC-97 San Jose CA Jul. 20-25 ATM Forum Montreal, CANADA Jul. 24-25 DMS '97 Vancouver, CANADA Aug. 4-8 ANSI X3T11 (host by Hitachi) Honolulu, HI Aug. 11-15 39th IETF (host by German ISOC) Munich, Germany Aug. 12-14 DCI's Internet Expo Boston, MA Aug. 13-15 IEEE 25th Annual Int'l Computer Software and Application Conference Washington, DC Sep 2-5 1997 Int'l Conference Intelligent Networks and Intelligence in Networks Paris, France Sep. 8-12 ANSI X3T10 '97 Sep. 8-12 OIW (Firm) Sep. 8-14 TELECOM Interactive 97 Geneva, Switzerland Sep. 10-12 IDMS '97 w/ ACM SIGMM, GMD, IEEE Darmstadt, Germany IMR Editor [Page 28] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 Sep. 14-18 ACM SIGCOMM '97 Cannes, French Riviera, France Sep. 21-26 ATM Forum Paris, France Sep. 26-30 3rd ACM/IEEE on Mobile Computing & Networking 1997 (MobiCom'97) Budapest, Hungary Oct. 6-10 ANSI X3T11 (host by FSI) Tucson, AZ Oct. 7-10 COMDEX Internet '97 and Object World '97 Internet Forum Europe (IFE) & Object World Frankfurt (OWF) Frankfurt, Germany Oct. 23-25 ETSI Nice, France Nov. 3-5 Int'l Test Conference 1997 Sheraton Washington Hotel Washington, DC Nov. 3-7 ANSI X3T10 '97 Nov. 3-7 SPIE Int'l Symposium Voice, Video & Data Communications Conf. on Performance & Control of Network System - Special Session on Switching & Traffic Mgmt in High Speed Networks Dallas, TX Nov. 3-7 2nd French/Brazilian Symposium on Distributed System Architectures: Telecommunication Multimedia Architectures Ceara, Brazil Nov. 8-14 ACM MULTIMEDIA '97 Seattle, WA Nov. 10-14 IEEE 802 Plenary Queen Elizabeth, Montreal Nov. 19-21 ICCC'97 Cannes, France Nov. 24-26 PROMSMmNet '97 Multimedia Networking Santiago, Chile Nov. 30-Dec 5 ATM Forum Singapore Dec. 1-3 30th IEEE/ACM Int'l Symposium on Microarchitecture RTC, NC Dec. 1-5 ANSI X3T11 (host by DPT) Orlando, FL Dec. 8-12 40th IETF (tentative) Washington, DC Host by NewBridge Dec. 8-12 OIW (Firm) TELECOM '97 Asia (Venue and Dates to be Determined) 1998 ----------- Jan 6-8 W3C Interest Group Mtg TBA Feb. 8-13 ATM Forum TBA Feb 7-9 DCI'S Internet Expo San Jose, CA Mar. 9-13 IEEE 802 Plenary Irvine, CA Mar. 29-Apr 2 IEEE INFOCOM '98 - Hotel Nikko San Francisco, CA Apr. 3-4 IEEE "OPENARCH '98" San Francisco, CA Apr. 19-24 ATM Forum TBA Apr 20-22 W3C Interest Group Mtg TBA SPRING 1998 TELECOM '97 Africa Midrand, South Africa Jun 16-18 DCI's Internet Expo Chicago, IL IMR Editor [Page 29] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 Jul. 6-10 IEEE 802 Plenary San Diego, CA Jul. 26-31 ATM Forum TBA Aug. 23-29 15th IFIP World. Com. Conf. Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary Sep 1-3 DCI's Internet Expo Boston, MA Oct. 4-9 ATM Forum TBA Oct 20-22 W3C Interest Group Mtg TBA Nov. 9-13 IEEE 802 Plenary Albuquerque, NM Nov. 30-Dec 4 ATM Forum TBA Dec. 6-11 43rd IETF Adelaide, Australia Host: Univ. of Adelaide 1999 ----- Feb 23-25 W3C Interest Group Mtg TBA Jun 4-6 W3C Interest Group Mtg TBA Sep 21-23 W3C Interest Group Mtg TBA Oct. 8-14 TELECOM '99 Geneva, Switzerland IMR Editor [Page 30] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 TERENA CALENDAR --------------- This list of meetings is provided for information. Many of the meetings are closed or by invitation; if in doubt, please contact the chair of the meeting or the TERENA Secretariat. If you have additions/corrections/comments, please mail . ********************************************************************** NAME / DATE LOCATION TERENA General Assembly GA7 15-16 May Edinburgh TERENA Technical Committee 22 January Amsterdam EWOS ---- EWOS Assembly 2, 25-26 February Brussels EWOS Assembly 3, 13-14 May " EWOS Assembly 4, 16-17 September " EWOS Assembly 5, 2-3 December " Workshops 36: 20-24 January Brussels 37: 7-11 April " 38: 16-20 June " 39: 27-31 October " IETF ---- 38, 7-11 April Memphis, Tenn. 39, 11-15 August Munich, Germany ISOC ---- Symposium 10-11 February San Diego, CA IMR Editor [Page 31] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 NATO ---- Workshop 5-9 May Edinburgh RIPE ---- RIPE 26 20-22 January Amsterdam RIPE27 21-23 May Dublin IMR Editor [Page 32] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TERENA CONFERENCES JENC8 - 8th Joint European Networking Conference "Diversity and Integration: The New European Networking Landscape" 12-15 May Edinburgh, Scotland This conference will be the European Forum to get up-to-date information, to debate and assess the new deregulated tele-communication environment in Europe, new leading-edge applications, and the network/internetwork support infrastructure which is currently being developed Subject Areas: * Emerging Network Technologies and Network Engineering * User Support, Training and Education * Security and Management Issues * Information Systems and Distributed Applications * Economic and Political Issues For information please contact the JENC8 Secretariat at: TERENA Secretariat Singel 466-468 1017 AW Amsterdam, The Netherlands tel: +31 20 6391131 fax: +31 20 6393289 email: http://www.terena.nl/jenc8 or JENC8 Local Organization c/o Concorde Services Ltd Unit 5, SECC Glasgow, G3 8YW, Scotland email: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IMR Editor [Page 33] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 OTHER CONFERENCES The Arab World and the Information Society - Regional Symposium --------------------------------------------------------------- 5-9 May Tunis, Tunisia Organized by ITU and UNESCO, in cooperation with the government of Tunisia and in the framework of RAITNET (Regional Arab Information Technology Network) For information see www site: http://www.irsit.rnrt.tn/symposium and/or email Apply for admission by 7 February 1997 to e-mail INET'97 7th Annual Internet Society Conference --------------------------------------- 24-27 June Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The conference will address the traditional and evolving frontiers of the Internet as well as its significant impact on education, commerce and societies throughout the world. -information on INET97, the K-12 workshop, the Tutorials, and the associated Developing Countries Workshop, along with an abstract submission form, can be found on the ISOC web page: http://isoc.org/inet or, for information via e-mail: - for details of submission procedure email - for other information email IMR Editor [Page 35] Internet Monthly Report March 1997 FIRST - Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams 9th Annual Computer Security Incident Handling Workshop ------------------------------------------------------- 23-27 June Marriott Hotel, Bristol, England This annual workshop is part of FIRST's ongoing program of education and raising awareness for its members and others. Paper submission deadline 15 January For information see: http://www.first.org/ FMOODS'97 - Second IFIP Interrnational Workshop on Formal Methods for Open-based Distributed Systems ---------------------------------------------------- 21-23 July Canterbury, United Kingdom Objective is to provide an integrated forum for the presentation of research in several related fields. Paper submission deadline 14 January 1997 For all information: e-mail or web page: http://alethea.u,c.ac.uk/Dept/Computing/Research/NDS/FMOODS/ IDMS'97 European Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services --------------------------------------------------------------- 10-12 September Darmstadt, Germany In cooperation with ACM SIGM, Gesellschaft fuer Informatik, GMD, IEEE Computer Society and VDE ITG. The purpose of this 4th workshop is to provide a forum for the presentation, exploration and discussion of technologies and their advancements in the broad field of interactive distributed multimedia systems. Paper submission due 1 March 1997 For additional information se www: http://www.th-darmstadt.de/idms97 IMR Editor [Page 36]