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draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv4survey-ops-05
Network Working Group                               Philip J. Nesser II
draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv4survey-ops-05.txt       Nesser & Nesser Consulting
Internet Draft                                  Andreas Bergstrom (Ed.)
                                             Ostfold University College
                                                          December 2003
                                                       Expires May 2004

           Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed 
             IETF Operations & Management Area Standards

This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with
all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026.

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Abstract

This document seeks to document all usage of IPv4 addresses in currently
deployed IETF Operations & Management Area documented standards.  In 
order to successfully transition from an all IPv4 Internet to an all 
IPv6 Internet, many interim steps will be taken. One of these steps is 
the evolution of current protocols that have IPv4 dependencies.  It is 
hoped that these protocols (and their implementations) will be 
redesigned to be network address independent, but failing that will at 
least dually support IPv4 and IPv6.  To this end, all Standards (Full, 
Draft, and Proposed) as well as Experimental RFCs will be surveyed and 
any dependencies will be documented.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Document Organisation
3. Full Standards
4. Draft Standards
5. Proposed Standards
6. Experimental RFCs
7. Summary of Results
   7.1 Standards
   7.2 Draft Standards
   7.3 Proposed Standards   7.4 Experimental RFCs
8. Security Consideration
9. Acknowledgements
10. References
11. Authors' Addresses
12. Intellectual Property Statement
13. Full Copyright Statement

1.0 Introduction

This document is part of a document set aiming to document all usage of
IPv4 addresses in IETF standards. In an effort to have the information 
in a manageable form, it has been broken into 7 documents conforming 
to the current IETF areas (Application,  Internet, Management & 
Operations, Routing, Security, Sub-IP and Transport).

For a full introduction, please see the introduction [1].

2.0 Document Organization

The document is organized as described below:

Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 each describe the raw analysis of Full, Draft,
and Proposed Standards, and Experimental RFCs.  Each RFC is discussed in
its turn starting with RFC 1 and ending with (around) RFC 3100.  
The comments for each RFC are "raw" in nature.  That is, each RFC is 
discussed in a vacuum  and problems or issues discussed do not 
"look ahead" to see if the  problems have already been fixed.

Section 7 is an analysis of the data presented in Sections 3, 4, 5, and
6.  It is here that all of the results are considered as a whole and the
problems that have been resolved in later RFCs are correlated.

3.0 Full Standards

Full Internet Standards (most commonly simply referred to as 
"Standards") are fully mature protocol specification that are widely 
implemented and used throughout the Internet.

3.1 RFC 1155 Structure of Management Information

Section 3.2.3.2.  IpAddress defines the following:

   This application-wide type represents a 32-bit internet address.  It
   is represented as an OCTET STRING of length 4, in network byte-order.

There are several instances of the use of this definition in the rest of
the document.

3.2 RFC 1212 Concise MIB definitions

In section 4.1.6 IpAddress is defined as:

          (6)  IpAddress-valued: 4 sub-identifiers, in the familiar
               a.b.c.d notation.

3.3 RFC 1213 Management Information Base

There are far too many instances of IPv4 addresses is this document
to enumerate here.  The particular object groups that are affected
are the IP group, the ICMP group, the TCP group, the UDP group,
and the EGP group.

3.4 RFC 2578 Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)

Section 7.1.5 defines the IpAddress data type:

   The IpAddress type represents a 32-bit internet address.  It is
   represented as an OCTET STRING of length 4, in network byte-order.

   Note that the IpAddress type is a tagged type for historical reasons.
   Network addresses should be represented using an invocation of the
   TEXTUAL-CONVENTION macro.

Note the deprecated status of this type;  see RFC 3291 for details on
the replacement TEXTUAL-CONVENTION definitions.

3.5 RFC 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

3.6 RFC 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

3.7 RFC 2819 Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

3.8 RFC 3411 An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

3.9 RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network
     Management Protocol (SNMP)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

3.10 RFC 3413 SNMP Applications

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

3.11 RFC 3414 User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

3.12 RFC 3415 View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple
     Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

3.13 RFC 3416 Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network
     Management Protocol (SNMP)

Section 4.2.2.1.  Example of Table Traversal and Section 4.2.3.1.
Another Example of Table Traversal both use objects from MIB2 whose
data contains IPv4 addresses.  Other than their use in these example
sections there are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

3.14 RFC 3417 Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network
     Management Protocol (SNMP)

Section 2 Definitions contains the following definition:

        SnmpUDPAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
            DISPLAY-HINT "1d.1d.1d.1d/2d"
            STATUS       current
            DESCRIPTION
                    "Represents a UDP address:

                        octets   contents        encoding
                        1-4     IP-address      network-byte order
                        5-6     UDP-port        network-byte order
                    "
           SYNTAX       OCTET STRING (SIZE (6))

Section 8.1, "Usage Example," also contains examples which uses IPv4
address, but it has no significance in the operation of the
specification.

3.15 RFC 3418 Management Information Base for Version 2 of the Simple
     Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.0 Draft Standards

Draft Standards represent the penultimate standard level in the IETF.
A protocol can only achieve draft standard when there are multiple,
independent, interoperable implementations.  Draft Standards are usually
quite mature and widely used.

4.01 RFC 1493 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.02 RFC 1559 DECnet Phase IV MIB Extensions

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.03 RFC 1657 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fourth
     Version of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-4) using SMIv2

The MIB defined in this RFC deals with objects in a BGP4 based routing
system and therefore contain many objects that are limited by the 
IpAddress 32-bit value defined in MIB2.  Clearly the values of this MIB 
are limited to IPv4 addresses.  No update is needed, although a new MIB 
should be defined for BGP4+ to allow management of IPv6 addresses and 
routes.

4.04 RFC 1658 Definitions of Managed Objects for Character Stream 
Devices using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.05 RFC 1659 Definitions of Managed Objects for RS-232-like Hardware
     Devices using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.06 RFC 1660 Definitions of Managed Objects for Parallel-printer-like
     Hardware Devices using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.07 RFC 1694 Definitions of Managed Objects for SMDS Interfaces using
     SMIv2

This MIB module definition defines the following subtree:

          ipOverSMDS OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { smdsApplications 1 }

          -- Although the objects in this group are read-only, at the
          -- agent's discretion they may be made read-write so that the
          -- management station, when appropriately authorized, may
          -- change the addressing information related to the
          -- configuration of a logical IP subnetwork implemented on
          -- top of SMDS.

          -- This table is necessary to support RFC1209 (IP-over-SMDS)
          -- and gives information on the Group Addresses and ARP
          -- Addresses used in the Logical IP subnetwork.
          -- One SMDS address may be associated with multiple IP
          -- addresses.  One SNI may be associated with multiple LISs.

          ipOverSMDSTable OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      SEQUENCE OF IpOverSMDSEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                 "The table of addressing information relevant to
                 this entity's IP addresses."
              ::= { ipOverSMDS 1 }

          ipOverSMDSEntry OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      IpOverSMDSEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                 "The addressing information for one of this
                 entity's IP addresses."
              INDEX   { ipOverSMDSIndex, ipOverSMDSAddress }
              ::= { ipOverSMDSTable 1 }

          IpOverSMDSEntry ::=
              SEQUENCE {
                 ipOverSMDSIndex       IfIndex,
                 ipOverSMDSAddress     IpAddress,
                 ipOverSMDSHA          SMDSAddress,
                 ipOverSMDSLISGA       SMDSAddress,
                 ipOverSMDSARPReq      SMDSAddress
                 }

          ipOverSMDSIndex OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      IfIndex
              MAX-ACCESS  read-only
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                 "The value of this object identifies the
                 interface for which this entry contains management
                 information. "
              ::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 1 }

          ipOverSMDSAddress OBJECT-TYPE
               SYNTAX      IpAddress
               MAX-ACCESS  read-only
               STATUS      current
               DESCRIPTION
                 "The IP address to which this entry's addressing
                 information pertains."
              ::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 2 }

          ipOverSMDSHA OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      SMDSAddress
              MAX-ACCESS  read-only
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                 "The SMDS Individual address of the IP station."
              ::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 3 }

          ipOverSMDSLISGA OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      SMDSAddress
              MAX-ACCESS  read-only
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                 "The SMDS Group Address that has been configured
                 to identify the SMDS Subscriber-Network Interfaces
                 (SNIs) of all members of the Logical IP Subnetwork
                 (LIS) connected to the network supporting SMDS."
              ::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 4 }

          ipOverSMDSARPReq OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      SMDSAddress
              MAX-ACCESS  read-only
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                 "The SMDS address (individual or group) to which
                 ARP Requests are to be sent."
              ::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 5 }

Although these object definitions are intended for IPv4 addresses, a 
similar MIB can be defined for IPv6 addressing.

4.08 RFC 1724 RIP Version 2 MIB Extension 

As might be expected, this RFC is filled with IPv4 dependencies since
it defines a MIB module for an IPv4-only routing protocol.  A new MIB 
for RIPng is required.

4.09 RFC 1748 IEEE 802.5 MIB using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.10 RFC 1850 OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base

This MIB defines managed objects for OSPFv2 which is a protocol used
to exchange IPv4 routing information.  Since OSPFv2 is limited to IPv4
addresses a new MIB is required to support a new version of OSPF that
is IPv6 aware.

4.11 RFC 2115 Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs
     Using SMIv2

This specification has several examples of how IPv4 addresses might be
mapped to Frame Relay DLCIs.  Other than those examples there are no
IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.12 RFC 2790 Host Resources MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.13 RFC 2863 The Interfaces Group MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification. There is some 
discussion in one object definition about an interface performing a 
self test, but the object itself is IP version independent.

4.14 RFC 3592 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Synchronous Optical
      Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

4.15 RFC 3593 Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using Performance 
     History Based on 15 Minute Intervals.

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

                                                                       

5.0 Proposed Standards

Proposed Standards are introductory level documents.  There are no
requirements for even a single implementation.  In many cases Proposed
are never implemented or advanced in the IETF standards process.  They
therefore are often just proposed ideas that are presented to the 
Internet community.  Sometimes flaws are exposed or they are one of 
many competing solutions to problems.  In these later cases, no 
discussion is presented as it would not serve the purpose of this 
discussion.

5.001 RFC 1239 Reassignment of experimental MIBs to standard MIBs

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.002 RFC 1269 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Border Gateway
      Protocol: Version 3

The use of BGP3 has been deprecated and is not discussed.

5.003 RFC 1285 FDDI Management Information Base

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.004 RFC 1381 SNMP MIB Extension for X.25 LAPB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.005 RFC 1382 SNMP MIB Extension for the X.25 Packet Layer 

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.006 RFC 1414 Identification MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.007 RFC 1418 SNMP over OSI

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.008 RFC 1419 SNMP over AppleTalk

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.009 RFC 1420 SNMP over IPX

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.010 RFC 1461 SNMP MIB extension for Multiprotocol Interconnect
      over X.25

The following objects are defined in Section 4 "Definitions":

          mioxPleLastFailedEnAddr OBJECT-TYPE
                  SYNTAX  OCTET STRING (SIZE(2..128))
                  ACCESS  read-only
                  STATUS  mandatory
                  DESCRIPTION
                          "The last Encapsulated address that failed
                          to find a corresponding X.121 address and
                          caused mioxPleEnAddrToX121LkupFlrs to be
                          incremented.  The first octet of this object
                          contains the encapsulation type, the
                          remaining octets contain the address of that
                          type that failed.  Thus for an IP address,
                          the length will be five octets, the first
                          octet will contain 204 (hex CC), and the
                          last four octets will contain the IP
                          address.  For a snap encapsulation, the
                          first byte would be 128 (hex 80) and the
                          rest of the octet string would have the snap
                          header."
                  ::= { mioxPleEntry 4 }

          mioxPeerEnAddr  OBJECT-TYPE
                  SYNTAX    OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..128))
                  ACCESS  read-write
                  STATUS  mandatory
                  DESCRIPTION
                          "The Encapsulation address of the remote
                          host mapped by this table entry.  A length
                          of zero indicates the remote IP address is
                          unknown or unspecified for use as a PLE
                          default.

                          The first octet of this object contains the
                          encapsulation type, the remaining octets
                          contain an address of that type.  Thus for
                          an IP address, the length will be five
                          octets, the first octet will contain 204
                          (hex CC), and the last four octets will
                          contain the IP address.  For a snap
                          encapsulation, the first byte would be 128
                          (hex 80) and the rest of the octet string
                          would have the snap header."
                  DEFVAL { ''h }
                  ::= { mioxPeerEntry 7 }

       mioxPeerEncType OBJECT-TYPE
                  SYNTAX  INTEGER (0..256)
                  ACCESS  read-write
                  STATUS  mandatory
                  DESCRIPTION
                          "The value of the encapsulation type.  For
                          IP encapsulation this will have a value of
                          204 (hex CC).  For SNAP encapsulated
                          packets, this will have a value of 128 (hex
                          80).  For CLNP, ISO 8473, this will have a
                          value of 129 (hex 81).  For ES-ES, ISO 9542,
                          this will have a value of 130 (hex 82).  A
                          value of 197 (hex C5) identifies the Blacker
                          X.25 encapsulation.  A value of 0,
                          identifies the Null encapsulation.

                          This value can only be written when the
                          mioxPeerStatus object with the same
                          mioxPeerIndex has a value of underCreation.
                          Setting this object to a value of 256
                          deletes the entry.  When deleting an entry,
                          all other entries in the mioxPeerEncTable
                          with the same mioxPeerIndex and with an
                          mioxPeerEncIndex higher then the deleted
                          entry, will all have their mioxPeerEncIndex
                          values decremented by one."
                  ::= { mioxPeerEncEntry 2 }

Updated values of the first byte of these objects can be defined to
support IPv6 addresses.

5.011 RFC 1471 The Definitions of Managed Objects for the Link
      Control Protocol of the Point-to-Point Protocol

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.012 RFC 1472 The Definitions of Managed Objects for the Security
      Protocols of the Point-to-Point Protocol

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.013 RFC 1473 The Definitions of Managed Objects for the IP Network
      Control Protocol of the Point-to-Point Protocol

This MIB module is targeted specifically at IPv4 over PPP.  A new
MIB moduld would need to be defined to support IPv6 over PPP.

5.014 RFC 1474 The Definitions of Managed Objects for the Bridge
      Network Control Protocol of the Point-to-Point Protocol

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.015 RFC 1512 FDDI Management Information Base

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.016 RFC 1513 Token Ring Extensions to the Remote Network
      Monitoring MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.017 RFC 1525 Definitions of Managed Objects for Source Routing
      Bridges

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.018 RFC 1628 UPS Management Information Base

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.019 RFC 1666 Definitions of Managed Objects for SNA NAUs
      using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.020 RFC 1696 Modem Management Information Base (MIB) using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.021 RFC 1697 Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
      Management Information Base (MIB) using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.022 RFC 1742 AppleTalk Management Information Base II

The following OIDs are defined:

         KipEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
              kipNetStart     ATNetworkNumber,
              kipNetEnd       ATNetworkNumber,
              kipNextHop      IpAddress,
              kipHopCount     INTEGER,
              kipBCastAddr    IpAddress,
              kipCore         INTEGER,
              kipType         INTEGER,
              kipState        INTEGER,
              kipShare        INTEGER,
              kipFrom         IpAddress
          }

          kipNextHop OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX IpAddress
              ACCESS read-write
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The IP address of the next hop in the route to this
                  entry's destination network."
              ::= { kipEntry 3 }

          kipBCastAddr OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX IpAddress
              ACCESS read-write
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The form of the IP address used to broadcast on this
                  network."
              ::= { kipEntry 5 }

          kipFrom OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX IpAddress
              ACCESS read-only
              STATUS mandatory
              DESCRIPTION
                  "The IP address from which the routing entry was
                  learned via the AA protocol.  If this entry was not
                  created via the AA protocol, it should contain IP
                  address 0.0.0.0."
              ::= { kipEntry 10 }

5.023 RFC 1747 Definitions of Managed Objects for SNA Data Link
      Control (SDLC) using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.024 RFC 1749 IEEE 802.5 Station Source Routing MIB using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.025 RFC 1759 Printer MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.026 RFC 2006 The Definitions of Managed Objects for IP Mobility
      Support using SMIv2

This document defines a MIB for the Mobile IPv4. Without enumeration,
let it be stated that a new MIB for IPv6 Mobility is required.

5.027 RFC 2011 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the Internet
      Protocol using SMIv2

Approximately 1/3 of the objects defined in this document are
IPv4-dependent.  New objects need to be defined to support IPv6.

5.028 RFC 2012 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the
      Transmission Control Protocol using SMIv2

A number of object definitions in this MIB assumes IPv4 addresses, as 
is noted in the note reproduced below:

IESG Note:

   The IP, UDP, and TCP MIB modules currently support only IPv4.  These
   three modules use the IpAddress type defined as an OCTET STRING of
   length 4 to represent the IPv4 32-bit internet addresses.  (See RFC
   1902, SMI for SNMPv2.)  They do not support the new 128-bit IPv6
   internet addresses.

5.029 RFC 2013 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the User
      Datagram Protocol using SMIv2

A number of OIDs in this MIB assumes IPv4 addresses, as is noted in
the note reproduced below:

IESG Note:

   The IP, UDP, and TCP MIB modules currently support only IPv4.  These
   three modules use the IpAddress type defined as an OCTET STRING of
   length 4 to represent the IPv4 32-bit internet addresses.  (See RFC
   1902, SMI for SNMPv2.)  They do not support the new 128-bit IPv6
   internet addresses.

5.030 RFC 2020 IEEE 802.12 Interface MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.031 RFC 2021 Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base
      Version 2 using SMIv2

The following objects are defined:

addressMapNetworkAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network address for this relation.

        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the
        index.

        For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
        encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
        octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { addressMapEntry 2 }

nlHostAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network address for this nlHostEntry.

        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.

        For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
        encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
        octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { nlHostEntry 2 }

nlMatrixSDSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network source address for this nlMatrixSDEntry.

        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.

        For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
        encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
        octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { nlMatrixSDEntry 2 }

nlMatrixSDDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network destination address for this
        nlMatrixSDEntry.

        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.

        For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
        encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
        octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { nlMatrixSDEntry 3 }

nlMatrixDSSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network source address for this nlMatrixDSEntry.

        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.

        For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
        encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
        octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { nlMatrixDSEntry 2 }

nlMatrixDSDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network destination address for this
        nlMatrixDSEntry.

        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.

        For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
        encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
        octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { nlMatrixDSEntry 3 }

nlMatrixTopNSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network layer address of the source host in this
        conversation.

        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the associated nlMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex.

        For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
        encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
        octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { nlMatrixTopNEntry 3 }

nlMatrixTopNDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network layer address of the destination host in this
        conversation.

        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the associated nlMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex.

        For example, if the nlMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex
        indicates an encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a
        length octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { nlMatrixTopNEntry 4 }

alMatrixTopNSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network layer address of the source host in this
        conversation.
        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the associated alMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex.

        For example, if the alMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex
        indicates an encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a
        length octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { alMatrixTopNEntry 3 }

alMatrixTopNDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS read-only
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The network layer address of the destination host in this
        conversation.

        This is represented as an octet string with
        specific semantics and length as identified
        by the associated alMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex.

        For example, if the alMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex
        indicates an encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a
        length octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
        in network byte order."
    ::= { alMatrixTopNEntry 4 }

trapDestProtocol OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                    ip(1),
                    ipx(2)
                }
    MAX-ACCESS read-create
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The protocol with which to send this trap."
    ::= { trapDestEntry 3 }

trapDestAddress  OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS read-create
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The address to send traps on behalf of this entry.

        If the associated trapDestProtocol object is equal to ip(1),
        the encoding of this object is the same as the snmpUDPAddress
        textual convention in [RFC1906]:
          -- for a SnmpUDPAddress of length 6:
          --
          -- octets   contents        encoding
          --  1-4     IP-address      network-byte order
          --  5-6     UDP-port        network-byte order

        If the associated trapDestProtocol object is equal to ipx(2),
        the encoding of this object is the same as the snmpIPXAddress
        textual convention in [RFC1906]:
          -- for a SnmpIPXAddress of length 12:
          --
          -- octets   contents            encoding
          --  1-4     network-number      network-byte order
          --  5-10    physical-address    network-byte order
          -- 11-12    socket-number       network-byte order

        This object may not be modified if the associated
        trapDestStatus object is equal to active(1)."
    ::= { trapDestEntry 4 }

All of the object definitions above (except trapDestProtocol) mention
only IPv4 addresses but since they use a SYNTAX of OCTET STRING, they 
should work fine for IPv6 addresses.  A new legitimate value of 
trapDestProtocol (i.e. SYNTAX addition of ipv6(3) should make this
specification functional for IPv6.

5.032 RFC 2024 Definitions of Managed Objects for Data Link Switching
      using SMIv2

The following textual conventions are defined:

TAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
       "Denotes a transport service address.
        For dlswTCPDomain, a TAddress is 4 octets long,
        containing the IP-address in network-byte order."
    SYNTAX  OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..255))

-- DLSw over TCP
dlswTCPDomain  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dlswDomains 1 }
-- for an IP address of length 4:
--
-- octets   contents        encoding
--  1-4     IP-address      network-byte order
--
DlswTCPAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    DISPLAY-HINT "1d.1d.1d.1d"
    STATUS       current
    DESCRIPTION
            "Represents the IP address of a DLSw which uses
             TCP as a transport protocol."
    SYNTAX       OCTET STRING (SIZE (4))

Additionally there are many object definitions that use a SYNTAX of 
TAddress within the document.  Interestingly the SYNTAX for TAddress 
is an OCTET string of up to 256 characters.  It could easily 
accommodate a similar hybrid format for IPv6 addresses.

A new OID to enhance functionality for DlswTCPAddress could be added
to support IPv6 addresses.

5.033 RFC 2051 Definitions of Managed Objects for APPC using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.034 RFC 2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB

The MIB module's main conceptual table ipCidrRouteTable uses IPv4
addresses as index objects and is therefore incapable of
representing an IPv6 forwarding information base.  A new
conceptual table needs to be defined to support IPv6 addresses.

5.035 RFC 2108 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Repeater
      Devices using SMIv2 802

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.036 RFC 2127 ISDN Management Information Base using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.037 RFC 2128 Dial Control Management Information Base using
      SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.038 RFC 2206 RSVP Management Information Base using SMIv2

All of the relevant object definitions in this MIB have options for 
both IPv4 and IPv6.  There are no IPv4 dependencies in this 
specification.

5.039 RFC 2213 Integrated Services Management Information
      Base using SMIv2

This MIB is IPv6 aware and therefore there are no IPv4 
dependencies in this specification.

5.040 RFC 2214 Integrated Services Management Information
      Base Guaranteed Service Extensions using SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.041 RFC 2232 Definitions of Managed Objects for DLUR using
      SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.042 RFC 2238 Definitions of Managed Objects for HPR using
      SMIv2

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.043 RFC 2266 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.12
      Repeater Devices

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.044 RFC 2287 Definitions of System-Level Managed Objects for
      Applications

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.045 RFC 2320 Definitions of Managed Objects for Classical IP
      and ARP Over ATM Using SMIv2 (IPOA-MIB)

This MIB is wholly dependent on IPv4.  A new MIB for IPv6 is
required to provide the same functionality.

5.046 RFC 2417 Definitions of Managed Objects for Multicast
      over UNI 3.0/3.1 based ATM Networks

This MIB is wholly dependent on IPv4.  A new MIB for IPv6 is
required to provide the same functionality.

5.047 RFC 2452 IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the
      Transmission Control Protocol

This RFC documents a soon to be obsoleted IPv6 MIB and is not 
considered in this discussion.

5.048 RFC 2454 IP Version 6 Management Information Base for
      the User Datagram Protocol

This RFC documents a soon to be obsoleted IPv6 MIB and is not 
considered in this discussion.

5.049 RFC 2455 Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.050 RFC 2456 Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN TRAPS

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.051 RFC 2457 Definitions of Managed Objects for Extended Border
      Node

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.052 RFC 2465 Management Information Base for IP Version 6:
      Textual Conventions and General Group

This RFC documents a soon to be obsolted IPv6 MIB and is not 
considered in this discussion.

5.053 RFC 2466 Management Information Base for IP Version 6:
      ICMPv6 Group

This RFC documents a soon to be obsoleted IPv6 MIB and is not 
considered in this discussion.

5.054 RFC 2494 Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS0
      and DS0 Bundle Interface Type

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.055 RFC 2495 Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS1, E1,
      DS2 and E2 Interface Types

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.056 RFC 2496 Definitions of Managed Object for the DS3/E3
      Interface Type

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.057 RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.058 RFC 2513 Managed Objects for Controlling the Collection
      and Storage of Accounting Information for Connection-
      Oriented Networks

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.059 RFC 2514 Definitions of Textual Conventions and
      OBJECT-IDENTITIES for ATM Management

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.060 RFC 2515 Definitions of Managed Objects for ATM
      Management

This MIB defines the following objects:

     AtmInterfaceConfEntry    ::= SEQUENCE  {
          atmInterfaceMaxVpcs             INTEGER,
          atmInterfaceMaxVccs             INTEGER,
          atmInterfaceConfVpcs            INTEGER,
          atmInterfaceConfVccs            INTEGER,
          atmInterfaceMaxActiveVpiBits    INTEGER,
          atmInterfaceMaxActiveVciBits    INTEGER,
          atmInterfaceIlmiVpi             AtmVpIdentifier,
          atmInterfaceIlmiVci             AtmVcIdentifier,
          atmInterfaceAddressType         INTEGER,
          atmInterfaceAdminAddress        AtmAddr,
          atmInterfaceMyNeighborIpAddress IpAddress,
          atmInterfaceMyNeighborIfName    DisplayString,
          atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVpiBits   INTEGER,
          atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVciBits   INTEGER,
          atmInterfaceSubscrAddress       AtmAddr
               }

     atmInterfaceMyNeighborIpAddress OBJECT-TYPE
          SYNTAX         IpAddress
          MAX-ACCESS     read-write
          STATUS         current
          DESCRIPTION
           "The IP address of the neighbor system connected to
            the  far end of this interface, to which a Network
            Management Station can send SNMP messages, as IP
            datagrams sent to UDP port 161, in order to access
            network management information concerning the
            operation of that system.  Note that the value
            of this object may be obtained in different ways,
            e.g., by manual configuration, or through ILMI
            interaction with the neighbor system."
          ::= { atmInterfaceConfEntry 11 }

     atmInterfaceConfGroup2    OBJECT-GROUP
            OBJECTS {
                  atmInterfaceMaxVpcs, atmInterfaceMaxVccs,
                  atmInterfaceConfVpcs, atmInterfaceConfVccs,
                  atmInterfaceMaxActiveVpiBits,
                  atmInterfaceMaxActiveVciBits,
                  atmInterfaceIlmiVpi,
                  atmInterfaceIlmiVci,
                  atmInterfaceMyNeighborIpAddress,
                  atmInterfaceMyNeighborIfName,
                  atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVpiBits,
                  atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVciBits,
                  atmInterfaceSubscrAddress }
            STATUS     current
            DESCRIPTION
              "A collection of objects providing configuration
               information about an ATM interface."
            ::= { atmMIBGroups 10 }

Clearly a subsequent revision of this MIB module should define 
equivalent IPv6 objects.

5.061 RFC 2561 Base Definitions of Managed Objects for TN3270E
      Using SMIv2

The document states:

   The MIB defined by this memo supports use of both IPv4 and IPv6
   addressing.

This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware.

5.062 RFC 2562 Definitions of Protocol and Managed Objects for
      TN3270E Response Time Collection Using SMIv2

This MIB module inherits IP version-independence by virtue of
importing the appropriate definitions from RFC 2561.

5.063 RFC 2564 Application Management MIB

The following textual convention is defined:

   ApplTAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
       STATUS       current
       DESCRIPTION
             "Denotes a transport service address.

             For snmpUDPDomain, an ApplTAddress is 6 octets long,
             the initial 4 octets containing the IP-address in
             network-byte order and the last 2 containing the UDP
             port in network-byte order.  Consult 'Transport Mappings
             for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
             (SNMPv2)' for further information on snmpUDPDomain."
       SYNTAX       OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..255))

A new TC should be defined to handle IPv6 addresses.

5.064 RFC 2584 Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN/HPR in
      IP Networks

Many of the object definitions described in this document assume the 
use of the IPv4 only TOS header bits.  It is therefore IPv4-only in 
nature and will not support IPv6.

5.065 RFC 2594 Definitions of Managed Objects for WWW Services

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.066 RFC 2605 Directory Server Monitoring MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.067 RFC 2613 Remote Network Monitoring MIB Extensions for
      Switched Networks Version 1.0

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.068 RFC 2618 RADIUS Authentication Client MIB

This RFC defines the following OIDs:

RadiusAuthServerEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
      radiusAuthServerIndex                           Integer32,
      radiusAuthServerAddress                         IpAddress,
      radiusAuthClientServerPortNumber                Integer32,
      radiusAuthClientRoundTripTime                   TimeTicks,
      radiusAuthClientAccessRequests                  Counter32,
      radiusAuthClientAccessRetransmissions           Counter32,
      radiusAuthClientAccessAccepts                   Counter32,
      radiusAuthClientAccessRejects                   Counter32,
      radiusAuthClientAccessChallenges                Counter32,
      radiusAuthClientMalformedAccessResponses        Counter32,
      radiusAuthClientBadAuthenticators               Counter32,
      radiusAuthClientPendingRequests                   Gauge32,
      radiusAuthClientTimeouts                        Counter32,
      radiusAuthClientUnknownTypes                    Counter32,
      radiusAuthClientPacketsDropped                  Counter32
}

radiusAuthServerAddress OBJECT-TYPE
      SYNTAX     IpAddress
      MAX-ACCESS read-only
      STATUS     current
      DESCRIPTION
            "The IP address of the RADIUS authentication server
             referred to in this table entry."
      ::= { radiusAuthServerEntry 2 }

There needs to be an update to allow an IPv6 based object for this
value.

5.069 RFC 2619 RADIUS Authentication Server MIB

This MIB defines the followings objects:

RadiusAuthClientEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
       radiusAuthClientIndex                           Integer32,
       radiusAuthClientAddress                         IpAddress,
       radiusAuthClientID                        SnmpAdminString,
       radiusAuthServAccessRequests                    Counter32,
       radiusAuthServDupAccessRequests                 Counter32,
       radiusAuthServAccessAccepts                     Counter32,
       radiusAuthServAccessRejects                     Counter32,
       radiusAuthServAccessChallenges                  Counter32,
       radiusAuthServMalformedAccessRequests           Counter32,
       radiusAuthServBadAuthenticators                 Counter32,
       radiusAuthServPacketsDropped                    Counter32,
       radiusAuthServUnknownTypes                      Counter32
}

radiusAuthClientAddress OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX     IpAddress
       MAX-ACCESS read-only
       STATUS     current
       DESCRIPTION
             "The NAS-IP-Address of the RADIUS authentication client
              referred to in this table entry."
       ::= { radiusAuthClientEntry 2 }

This object needs to be deprecated and replaced by one that
supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

5.070 RFC 2622 Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)

The only objects in the version of RPSL that deal with IP addresses
are defined as:

   <ipv4-address> An IPv4 address is represented as a sequence of four
      integers in the range from 0 to 255 separated by the character dot
      ".".  For example, 128.9.128.5 represents a valid IPv4 address.
      In the rest of this document, we may refer to IPv4 addresses as IP
      addresses.

   <address-prefix> An address prefix is represented as an IPv4 address
      followed by the character slash "/" followed by an integer in the
      range from 0 to 32.  The following are valid address prefixes:
      128.9.128.5/32, 128.9.0.0/16, 0.0.0.0/0; and the following address
      prefixes are invalid:  0/0, 128.9/16 since 0 or 128.9 are not
      strings containing four integers.

There seems to be an awareness of IPv6 because of the terminology but
it is not specifically defined.  Therefore additional objects for IPv6
addresses and prefixes need to be defined.

5.071 RFC 2662 Definitions of Managed Objects for the ADSL
      Lines

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.072 RFC 2667 IP Tunnel MIB

The Abstract of this document says:

   This memo defines a Management Information Base (MIB) for use with
   network management protocols in the Internet community.  In
   particular, it describes managed objects used for managing tunnels of
   any type over IPv4 networks.  Extension MIBs may be designed for
   managing protocol-specific objects. Likewise, extension MIBs may be
   designed for managing security-specific objects.  This MIB does not
   support tunnels over non-IPv4 networks (including IPv6 networks).
   Management of such tunnels may be supported by other MIBs.

A similar MIB for tunneling over IPv6 should be defined.

5.073 RFC 2669 DOCSIS Cable Device MIB Cable Device Management
      Information Base for DOCSIS compliant Cable Modems and
      Cable Modem Termination Systems

This document states:

   Please note that the DOCSIS 1.0 standard only requires Cable
   Modems to implement SNMPv1 and to process IPv4 customer traffic.
   Design choices in this MIB reflect those requirements.  Future
   versions of the DOCSIS standard are expected to require support
   for SNMPv3 and IPv6 as well.

5.074 RFC 2670 Radio Frequency (RF) Interface Management Information
      Base for MCNS/DOCSIS compliant RF interfaces

This MIB defines the following objects:

DocsIfCmtsCmStatusEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusIndex               Integer32,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusMacAddress          MacAddress,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusIpAddress           IpAddress,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusDownChannelIfIndex  InterfaceIndexOrZero,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusUpChannelIfIndex    InterfaceIndexOrZero,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusRxPower             TenthdBmV,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusTimingOffset        Unsigned32,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusEqualizationData    OCTET STRING,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusValue               INTEGER,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusUnerroreds          Counter32,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusCorrecteds          Counter32,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusUncorrectables      Counter32,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusSignalNoise         TenthdB,
            docsIfCmtsCmStatusMicroreflections    Integer32
        }

docsIfCmtsCmStatusIpAddress OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX      IpAddress
        MAX-ACCESS  read-only
        STATUS      current
        DESCRIPTION
            "IP address of this Cable Modem. If the Cable Modem has no
             IP address assigned, or the IP address is unknown, this
             object returns a value of 0.0.0.0. If the Cable Modem has
             multiple IP addresses, this object returns the IP address
             associated with the Cable interface."
        ::= { docsIfCmtsCmStatusEntry 3 }

This object needs to be deprecated and replaced by one that
supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

5.075 RFC 2674 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with
      Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering and Virtual LAN
      Extensions

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.076 RFC 2677 Definitions of Managed Objects for the NBMA Next
      Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.077 RFC 2720 Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB

This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.

5.078 RFC 2725 Routing Policy System Security

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.079 RFC 2726 PGP Authentication for RIPE Database Updates

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.080 RFC 2737 Entity MIB (Version 2)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.081 RFC 2741 Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1

Although the examples in the document are for IPv4 transport
only, there is no IPv4 dependency in the AgentX protocol itself.

5.082 RFC 2742 Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP
      Agents

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.083 RFC 2748 The COPS (Common Open Policy Service) Protocol

This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.

5.084 RFC 2749 COPS usage for RSVP

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.085 RFC 2769 Routing Policy System Replication

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.086 RFC 2787 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Virtual
      Router Redundancy Protocol

As stated in the Overview section:

   Since the VRRP protocol is intended for use with IPv4 routers only,
   this MIB uses the SYNTAX for IP addresses which is specific to IPv4.
   Thus, changes will be required for this MIB to interoperate in an
   IPv6 environment.

5.087 RFC 2788 Network Services Monitoring MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.088 RFC 2789 Mail Monitoring MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.089 RFC 2837 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fabric Element
      in Fibre Channel Standard

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.090 RFC 2856 Textual Conventions for Additional High Capacity
      Data Types

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.091 RFC 2864 The Inverted Stack Table Extension to the Interfaces
      Group MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.092 RFC 2895 Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier
      Reference

This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.

5.093 RFC 2925 Definitions of Managed Objects for Remote
      Ping, Traceroute, and Lookup Operations

This MIB mostly is IPv4 and IPv6 aware.  There are a few
assumptions that are problems, though.  In the following object 
definitions:

 pingCtlDataSize OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      Unsigned32 (0..65507)
    UNITS       "octets"
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the size of the data portion to be
        transmitted in a ping operation in octets.  A ping
        request is usually an ICMP message encoded
        into an IP packet.  An IP packet has a maximum size
        of 65535 octets.  Subtracting the size of the ICMP
        or UDP header (both 8 octets) and the size of the IP
        header (20 octets) yields a maximum size of 65507
        octets."
    DEFVAL { 0 }
    ::= { pingCtlEntry 5 }

 traceRouteCtlDataSize OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      Unsigned32 (0..65507)
    UNITS       "octets"
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the size of the data portion of a traceroute
        request in octets.  A traceroute request is essentially
        transmitted by encoding a UDP datagram into a
        IP packet. So subtracting the size of a UDP header
        (8 octets) and the size of a IP header (20 octets)
        yields a maximum of 65507 octets."
    DEFVAL { 0 }
    ::= { traceRouteCtlEntry 6 }

The DESCRIPTION clauses need to be updated to remove the
IPv4 dependencies.

5.094 RFC 2932 IPv4 Multicast Routing MIB

This specification is only defined for IPv4 and a similar MIB
must be defined for IPv6.

5.095 RFC 2933 Internet Group Management Protocol MIB

As stated in this document:

   Since IGMP is specific to IPv4, this MIB does not support management
   of equivalent functionality for other address families, such as IPv6.

5.096 RFC 2940 Definitions of Managed Objects for Common
      Open Policy Service (COPS) Protocol Clients

This MIB is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.

5.097 RFC 2954 Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame
      Relay Service

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.098 RFC 2955 Definitions of Managed Objects for Monitoring
      and Controlling the Frame Relay/ATM PVC Service
      Interworking Function

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.099 RFC 2959 Real-Time Transport Protocol Management
      Information Base

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.100 RFC 2981 Event MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.101 RFC 2982 Distributed Management Expression MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.102 RFC 3014 Notification Log MIB

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.103 RFC 3019 IP Version 6 Management Information Base for
      The Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol

This is an IPv6 related document and is not discussed in this
document.

5.104 RFC 3020 Definitions of Managed Objects for Monitoring
      and Controlling the UNI/NNI Multilink Frame Relay Function

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.105 RFC 3055 Management Information Base for the PINT Services
      Architecture

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.106 RFC 3060 Policy Core Information Model -- Version 1
      Specification (CIM)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.107 RFC 3084 COPS Usage for Policy Provisioning (COPS-PR)

This specification builds on RFC 2748, and is both IPv4
and IPv6 capable.  The specification defines a sample filter in
section 4.3, which has "ipv4" in it; however, it's just an example,
and available to IPv6 as well with a simple replacement of "ipv4"
with "ipv6".

5.108 RFC 3165 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of 
       Management Scripts.

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.109 RFC 3231 Definitions of Managed Objects for Scheduling Management
       Operations.

There are no IPv4 dependecies in this specification.

5.110 RFC 3291 Textual Conventions for Internet Network Addresses

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.111 RFC 3635 Definitions of Managed Objects for the
      Ethernet-like Interface Types

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

5.112 RFC 3636 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium
      Attachment Units (MAUs)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

6.0 Experimental RFCs

Experimental RFCs typically define protocols that do not have widescale
implementation or usage on the Internet.  They are often propriety in
nature or used in limited arenas.  They are documented to the Internet
community in order to allow potential interoperability or some other
potential useful scenario.  In a few cases they are presented as
alternatives to the mainstream solution to an acknowledged problem.

6.01 RFC 1187 Bulk Table Retrieval with the SNMP

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

6.02 RFC 1224 Techniques for managing asynchronously generated
      alerts

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

6.03 RFC 1238 CLNS MIB for use with Connectionless Network Protocol
      (ISO 8473) and End System to Intermediate System (ISO 9542)

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

6.04 RFC 1592 Simple Network Management Protocol Distributed Protocol
      Interface Version 2.0

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

6.05 RFC 1792 TCP/IPX Connection Mib Specification

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

6.06 RFC 2724 RTFM: New Attributes for Traffic Flow Measurement

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

6.07 RFC 2758 Definitions of Managed Objects for Service Level
      Agreements Performance Monitoring

This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.

6.08 RFC 2786 Diffie-Helman USM Key Management Information Base and
      Textual Convention

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

6.09 RFC 2903 Generic AAA Architecture

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

6.10 RFC 2934 Protocol Independent Multicast MIB for IPv4

This document is specific to IPv4.

6.11 RFC 3179 Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1.1

There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.

7.0  Summary of Results

In the initial survey of RFCs 36 positives were identified out of a 
total of 153, broken down as follows:
 
        Standards                                6 of  15 or 40.00%
        Draft Standards                          4 of  15 or 26.67%
        Proposed Standards                      26 of 112 or 23.21%
        Experimental RFCs                        0 of  11 or  0.00%

Of those identified many require no action because they document 
outdated and unused protocols, while others are document protocols 
that are actively being updated by the appropriate working groups.  
Additionally there are many instances of standards that should be 
updated but do not cause any operational impact if they are not 
updated.  The remaining instances are documented below.

7.1  Standards

7.1.1 STD 16, Structure of Management Information (RFCs 1155 and 1212)

RFCs 1155 and RFCs 1212 (along with the informational document RFC
1215) define SMIv1.  These documents have been superseded by RFCs
2578, 2579, and 2580 which define SMIv2.  Since SMIv1 is no longer
being used as the basis for new IETF MIB modules, the limitations
identified in this Internet Standard do not require any action.

7.1.2 STD 17 Simple Network Management Protocol (RFC 1213)

The limitations identified have been addressed, because RFC 1213
has been split into multiple modules which are all IPv6 capable.

7.2 Draft Standards

7.2.1 BGP4 MIB (RFC 1657)

This problem is currently being addressed by the Inter Domain Routing
(IDR) WG and an ID exists (draft-ietf-idr-bgp4-mib-11.txt).

7.2.2 SMDS MIB (RFC 1694)

See Internet Area standards.  Once a specification for IPv6 over SMDS 
is created a new MIB must be defined.

7.2.3 RIPv2 MIB (RFC 1724)

There is no updated MIB module to cover the problems outlined.  A
new MIB module should be defined.

7.2.4 OSPFv2 MIB (RFC 1850)

This problem is currently being addressed by the OSPF WG and an ID
exists (draft-ietf-ospf-ospfv3-mib-07.txt).

7.2.5 Transport MIB (RFC 1906)

RFC 1906 has been obsoleted by RFC 3417, Transport Mappings for 
SNMP, and the limitations of this specification have been addressed by 
that RFC, which defines TCs that can be used to specify transport
domains in an IP version-independent way.  RFC 3419 recommends that
those TCs be used in place of SnmpUDPAddress when IPv6 support is
required and for all new applications that are not SNMP-specific.

7.3  Proposed Standards

7.3.01 MIB for Multiprotocol Interconnect over X.25 (RFC 1461)

This problem has not been addressed.  If a user requirement for
IPv6 over X.25 develops (which is thought to be unlikely) then
this MIB module will need to be updated in order to accomodate it.

7.3.02 PPP IPCP MIB (RFC 1473)

There is no updated MIB to cover the problems outlined.  A new MIB
should be defined.

7.3.03  Appletalk MIB (RFC 1742)

This problem has not been addressed.  If a user requirement for
IPv6 over Appletalk develops (which is thought to be unlikely)
then this MIB module will need to be updated (or a new MIB module
will need to be created) in order to accomodate it.

7.3.04  The Definitions of Managed Objects for IP Mobility
       Support using SMIv2 (RFC 2006)

The problems are being resolved by the MIP6 WG and there is
an ID (draft-ietf-mip6-mipv6-mib-00.txt).

7.3.05 SMIv2 IP MIB (RFC 2011)

This issue is being resolved by the IPv6 WG and there is an
ID (draft-ietf-ipv6-rfc2011-update-04.txt).

7.3.06 SNMPv2 TCP MIB (RFC 2012)

This issue is being resolved by the IPv6 WG and there is an
ID (draft-ietf-ipv6-rfc2012-update-04.txt).

7.3.07  SNMPv2 UDP MIB (RFC 2013)

This issue is being resolved by the IPv6 WG and there is an
ID (draft-ietf-ipv6-rfc2013-update-01.txt).

7.3.08  RMON-II MIB (RFC 2021)

This issue has been brought to the attention of the RMONMIB WG.
Currently there is an ID (draft-ietf-rmonmib-rmon2-v2-00.txt)
to update RFC 2021, but it does not address the problems that
have been identified;  it is expected that there will be a
resolution in a future version of that ID.

7.3.09  DataLink Switching using SMIv2 MIB (RFC 2024)

The problems have not been addressed and an updated MIB should be 
defined.

7.3.10  IP Forwarding Table MIB (RFC 2096)

This issue is being worked on by the IPv6 WG and an ID exists to
address this (draft-ietf-ipngwg-rfc2096-update-05.txt)

7.3.11  Classical IP & ARP over ATM MIB (RFC 2320)

The current version of Classical IP and ARP over ATM (RFC 2225)
does not support IPv6.  If and when that protocol specification
is updated to add IPv6 support, then new MIB objects to represent
IPv6 addresses will need to be added to this MIB module.

7.3.12  Multicast over UNI 3.0/3.1 ATM MIB (RFC 2417)

The current version of Multicast over UNI 3.0/3.1 ATM (RFC
2022) does not support IPv6.  If and when that protocol
specification is updated to add IPv6 support, then new MIB
objects to represent IPv6 addresses will need to be added to
this MIB module.

7.3.13  ATM MIB (RFC 2515)

The AToM MIB WG is currently collecting implementation reports for RFC
2515 and is considering whether to advance, revise, or retire this
specification.  The problems identified have been brought to the
attention of the WG.

7.3.14  TN3270 MIB (RFC 2562)

The problems identified are not being addressed and a new MIB
module may need to be defined.

7.3.15  Application MIB (RFC 2564)

The problems identified are not being addressed and a new MIB
module may need to be defined.  One possible solution might be
to use the RFC 3419 TCs.

7.3.16  Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN/HPR in IP Networks
        (RFC 2584)

The problems identified are not addressed and a new MIB may be
defined.

7.3.17  RADIUS MIB (RFC 2618)

The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB should be defined.

7.3.18  RADIUS Authentication Server MIB (RFC 2619)

The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB should be defined.

7.3.19  RPSL (RFC 2622)

Additional objects must be defined for IPv6 addresses and prefixes.

draft-blunk-rpslng-01.txt defines extensions to solve this issue, and 
it is being considered for publication.

7.3.20  IPv4 Tunnel MIB (RFC 2667)

The issue is being resolved and and ID exists 
(draft-thaler-inet-tunnel-mib-00.txt).

7.3.21  DOCSIS MIB (RFC 2669)

This problem is currently being addressed by the IPCDN WG and an ID
is available (draft-ietf-ipcdn-device-mibv2-05.txt).

7.3.22  RF MIB For DOCSIS (RFC 2670)

This problem is currently being addressed by the IPCDN WG and an ID
is available (draft-ietf-ipcdn-docs-rfmibv2-06.txt).

7.3.23  VRRP MIB (RFC 2787)

The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB may need to be 
defined.

7.3.24  MIB For Traceroute, Pings and Lookups (RFC 2925)

The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB may need to be 
defined.

7.3.25  IPv4 Multicast Routing MIB (RFC 2932)

The problems have not been addressed a new MIB must be defined.

7.3.26  IGMP MIB (RFC 2933)

This problem is currently being addressed by the MAGMA WG and an ID
exists (draft-ietf-magma-mgmd-mib-01.txt).

7.4  Experimental RFCs

7.4.1  Protocol Independent Multicast MIB for IPv4 (RFC 2934)

The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB may need to be 
defined.

8.0 Security Consideration

This memo examines the IPv6-readiness of specifications; this does not 
have security considerations in itself.

9.0 Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Internet
Society in the research and production of this document.
Additionally the author, Philip J. Nesser II, would like to thanks
his partner in all ways, Wendy M. Nesser.

The editor, Andreas Bergstrom, would like to thank Pekka Savola
for guidance and collection of comments for the editing of this
document.
He would further like to thank Juergen Schoenwaelder, Brian Carpenter,
Bert Wijnen and especially C. M. Heard for feedback on many points of 
this document.

10.0 References

10.1 Normative

[1]  Philip J. Nesser II, Andreas Bergstrom. "Introduction to the Survey
     of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Standards",
     draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv4survey-intro-05.txt IETF work in progress,
     November 2003

11.0 Authors' Addresses

Please contact the author with any questions, comments or suggestions
at:

Philip J. Nesser II
Principal
Nesser & Nesser Consulting
13501 100th Ave NE, #5202
Kirkland, WA 98034

Email:  phil@nesser.com
Phone:  +1 425 481 4303
Fax:    +1 425 48

Andreas Bergstrom (Editor)
Ostfold University College
Email: andreas.bergstrom@hiof.no
Address: Rute 503 Buer
         N-1766 Halden
         Norway

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