Zeroconf WG M. Hattig
Internet Engineering Task Force Editor
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Zeroconf IP Host Requirements
draft-ietf-zeroconf-reqts-09.txt
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Abstract
Many common TCP/IP protocols such as DHCP [RFC 2131], DNS [RFC 1034,
RFC 1035], MADCAP [RFC 2730], and LDAP [RFC 2251] must be configured
and maintained by an administrative staff. This is unacceptable for
emerging networks such as home networks, automobile networks,
airplane networks, or ad hoc networks at conferences, emergency
relief stations, and many others. Such networks may be nothing more
than two isolated laptop PCs connected via a wireless LAN. For all
these networks, an administrative staff will not exist and the users
of these networks neither have the time nor inclination to learn
network administration skills. Instead, these networks need protocols
that require zero user configuration and administration. This
document is part of an effort to define such zero configuration
(zeroconf) protocols.
Before embarking on defining zeroconf protocols, protocol
requirements are needed. This document states the zeroconf protocol
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requirements for four protocol areas; they are: IP interface
configuration, translation between host name and IP address, IP
multicast address allocation, and service discovery. This document
does not define specific protocols, just requirements. The
requirements for these four areas result from examining everyday use
or scenarios of these protocols.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction................................................2
1.1 Key Words.................................................3
1.2 Reading This Document.....................................3
1.3 Zeroconf Coexistence......................................3
1.4 Scalability...............................................4
1.5 Routable Protocol Requirement.............................4
1.6 Conflicts and State Changes Requirement...................4
2 Scenarios & Requirements....................................4
2.1 IP Interface Configuration................................5
2.1.1 IP Packet-Sending.......................................5
2.1.2 Bridge Installed........................................5
2.1.3 IPv6 Considerations.....................................6
2.2 Translation between Host name and IP Address Scenarios....6
2.2.1 Web Browsing............................................6
2.2.2 Host name Selection.....................................7
2.2.3 IPv6 Considerations.....................................7
2.3 IP Multicast Address Allocation Scenarios.................7
2.3.1 Scope Enumeration.......................................8
2.3.2 Address Selection.......................................8
2.3.3 Multiple Source.........................................9
2.3.4 IPv6 Considerations.....................................9
2.4 Service Discovery Scenarios...............................9
2.4.1 Printer Service........................................10
2.4.2 IPv6 Considerations....................................10
3 Security Considerations....................................10
3.1 IP interface configuration...............................11
3.2 Name to Address Resolution...............................12
3.3 Multicast Address Allocation.............................13
3.4 Service Discovery........................................13
4 IANA Considerations........................................14
5 Full Copyright Statement...................................14
6 Acknowledgements...........................................14
7 References.................................................15
1 Introduction
A zeroconf protocol is able to operate correctly in the absence of
configured information from either a user or infrastructure
services such as conventional DHCP [RFC 2131] or DNS [RFC 1034, RFC
1035] servers. Zeroconf protocols may use configured information,
when it is available, but do not rely on it being present. The use
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of MAC addresses (i.e. layer two addresses) as parameters in
zeroconf protocols is generally acceptable because they are
globally unique and readily available on most devices of interest.
The benefits of zeroconf protocols over existing configured
protocols are an increase in the ease-of-use for end-users and
a simplification of the infrastructure necessary to operate
protocols.
This document discusses requirements for zeroconf protocols in
four areas:
- IP interface configuration
- Translation between host name and IP address
- IP multicast address allocation
- Service discovery
Security considerations are also discussed.
1.1 Key Words
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL"
in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119].
1.2 Reading This Document
Introduction, Scenarios & Requirements, and Security
Considerations are the major sections of this document.
The Scenarios & Requirements section walks through protocol
scenarios and then lists the requirements of the protocol needed
to accomplish the scenario.
The Security Consideration section lists security issues with
zeroconf protocols.
Requirements dispersed throughout this document begin with the
text "Requirements:" or "Requirement:" on a single line, which is
followed by a bulleted list of requirements.
1.3 Zeroconf Coexistence
It is not necessary to simultaneously use zeroconf protocols in
all four areas (i.e. IP interface configuration, translation
between host name and IP address, IP multicast address allocation,
service discovery). For example, it might make sense on some
networks to provide a DHCP server for configured IP interface
configuration, but perform translation between host name and IP
address using a zeroconf protocol.
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1.4 Scalability
The primary reasons to deploy Zeroconf protocols are simplicity
and ease-of-use. Scalability is important but it is a secondary
goal. Thus, scalability should not detract from the primary goals
of simplicity and ease-of-use.
1.5 Routable Protocol Requirement
If a protocol is intended to span multiple IP subnets it MUST
NOT use broadcasts or link-local addressing.
Requirement:
- Protocols intended to span multiple IP subnets MUST NOT use
broadcasts or link-local addressing.
1.6 Conflicts and State Changes Requirement
Topology changes or other events such as adding and removing hosts
may cause conflicts and state changes within a protocol. Zeroconf
protocols must be able to resolve conflicts and state changes caused
by topology changes or other events. The scenario in the 2.1.2 Bridge
Installed section is the only scenario that illustrates the need for
this requirement, thus the below requirement is duplicated in section
2.1.2. However, this requirement applies to all protocol areas.
Address configuration detects and eliminates duplicate addresses.
Name resolution allows resolution of names which could not
previously be resolved. In particular, if a host wishes to resolve
its own name to determine if it unique, it will be able to detect
if responder indicates that it is not.
Service discovery allows discovery of previously undiscovered
services.
Multicast address allocation detects and eliminates duplicate
address allocations.
Requirement:
- MUST respond to state changes and resolve conflicts in a timely
manner.
2 Scenarios & Requirements
This section contains a subsection for each of the four protocol
areas. Within each subsection, terms and assumptions are followed
by specific representative scenarios that lead to zeroconf
protocol requirements in that area. Each subsection ends with
IPv6 considerations.
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2.1 IP Interface Configuration
In this document, IP interface configuration always includes the
configuration of an IP address and netmask; it may include some
routing information (such as default route). IP interface
configuration is needed before almost any IP communication can take
place.
Terms:
IP subnet - A single logical IP network that may span multiple
link layer networks. All IP hosts on the IP subnet communicate
without any layer 3 forwarding device (e.g. router).
internetwork - Multiple IP subnets connected by routers.
network - context sensitive term that may apply to one or more
of the terms: a link layer network, an IP subnet, or an
internetwork.
bridge - a networking device that connects two link layer
networks by using only link-layer protocols (e.g. Ethernet).
The IP interface configuration scenarios are two IP packet-sending
scenarios and a bridge install scenario.
2.1.1 IP Packet-Sending
These scenarios consist of sending an IP packet from one host to
another. These scenarios apply to any IP packets with a unicast
destination IP address. There are two sub-scenarios. In the first,
both the sender of the IP packet and the receiver of the IP packet
are on the same IP subnet. In the second, the two senders are on
different IP subnets within an internetwork.
Requirements:
- MUST configure an appropriate netmask.
- MUST have unique IP addresses within an IP subnet.
- MUST allow configuration of zero or more gateways
(for the internetwork scenario).
- MUST have unique IP subnets within an internetwork (This is
only for the case when there is one or more router attached in
the network where autoconfigured hosts. How routers obtain
their configuration is beyond of the scope of this document.)
2.1.2 Bridge Installed
This scenario starts with two completely operational link-layer
networks with two distinct IP networks in which IP interface
configuration was completed with a zeroconf protocol on each
network. These two link-layer networks logically become a single
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link-layer network after a newly installed bridge connects them.
Somehow the hosts operating on the two IP networks must now
configure themselves to operate as a single IP network. Since the
bridge connects the networks at the link-layer, there is no change
in link status from off to on, which is the usual signal used in
Ethernet networks for IP hosts to configure.
Topology changes or other events such as adding and removing hosts
may cause changes to the overall system state, invalidate
assumptions made by some protocols, and lead to incorrect or
undesirable operating states. Zeroconf protocols must be able to
detect and resolve conflicts and state changes caused by topology
changes or other events in some cases. The scenario in the 2.1.2
Bridge Installed section is the only scenario that illustrates the
need for this requirement, thus the below requirement is duplicated
in section 2.1.2. However, this requirement applies to all protocol
areas.
Requirement:
- MUST resolve conflicts and state changes in a timely manner.
2.1.3 IPv6 Considerations
IPv6 allows a host to select an appropriate IP address and netmask,
using available routing information, thus if a host is using IPv6,
a zeroconf IP interface configuration solution already exists.
2.2 Translation between Host name and IP Address Scenarios
Host names allow users to refer to hosts using names instead of IP
addresses. This is among the most fundamental, thus most important,
usage paradigms in TCP/IP networking.
Terms:
host name - A textual name that allows a user to refer to a host
by name rather than IP address.
domain name - Zero or more textual labels, separated by dots,
that identify a DNS domain [RFC 1034] [RFC 1035].
resolver - The host needing a name to IP address translation.
The scenario for translation between host name and IP address is
Web browsing. In addition, host name selection is discussed.
2.2.1 Web Browsing
Applications, such as web browsers, make extensive use of DNS
resolver functions. A mechanism to support DNS resolver
interfaces in the zero configuration environement is required.
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Requirement:
- MUST support DNS application layer interfaces as described
in RFC 1123, section 6.1. [RFC 1123]
2.2.2 Host Name Selection
How the host is administratively assigned a domain name is determined
by some other configuration protocol or user configuration, and is
not part of this zeroconf scenario. A protocol must allow a host
to determine if its name is unique. If the name is not unique, the
protocol must notify the user or some IP interface configuration
software to select another name then repeat the process of verifying
the uniqueness of the name.
Requirement:
- MUST allow a host to determine if its name is unique. Then if
not unique, notify the user or configuration software so that
another name may be chosen and similarly verified.
2.2.3 IPv6 Considerations
Protocols to perform translation between host name and IP address
have no zeroconf-related differences for IPv4 and IPv6.
2.3 IP Multicast Address Allocation Scenarios
IP Multicast is used to conserve bandwidth for multi-receiver
bulk-delivery applications, such as audio, video, or news.
IP Multicast is also used to perform a logical addressing function.
For example, when a host needs to communicate with local routers, it
can send packets to the all-routers multicast address without having
to know in advance the IP address(es) of the router(s).
IPv4 multicast addresses range from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255.
[RFC 2365] defined multicast scopes are:
node-local (unspecified for IPv4)
link-local (224.0.0.0/24)
local (239.255.0.0/16)
site-local (unspecified for IPv4)
organizational-local (239.192.0.0/14)
global (224.0.1.0-238.255.255.255)
A relative assignment is an integer offset from the highest address
in the scope and represents a 32-bit address. For example, within the
local scope, 239.255.255.0/24 is reserved for relative allocations.
Source-Specific Multicast [SSM] addresses are 232.0.0.0 to
232.255.255.255.
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Unicast-prefix-based IPv6 multicast addresses are defined, as
well as source-specific multicast addresses for IPv6, in [SS6].
Assumptions:
- The node-local and SSM addresses require no protocol or
interaction between multiple hosts, thus are not mentioned
further in this document.
- Global and organizational scoped addresses are meant for
networks of a greater scale than zeroconf protocols, thus are
not mentioned further in this document.
- Only local, link-local and site-local scopes are considered
further in this document.
- If it is desirable to restrict multicast packets from entering
and leaving a multicast scope boundary, it is assumed that the
router at the boundary is a "boundary router" as described in
[RFC 2365].
Scenarios are scope enumeration, address allocation, and multiple
sources.
2.3.1 Scope Enumeration
Applications that leave the choice of scope up to the user require
the ability to enumerate what scopes the host is operating within.
In addition, services that are assigned relative addresses require
the ability to enumerate what scopes the host is within; only then
will a host be able to apply the relative address to a scope.
Requirements:
Application support software used to autoconfigure multicast
addresses
- MUST list which of the scopes (local, link-local, or site-local)
are available for hosts.
- MUST list per-scope address ranges that may be allocated.
2.3.2 Address Allocation
IP multicast address allocation (local, link-local and site-local
scopes only) requires an application to be able to request the use
of a suitable multicast address. Coordination among applications
must occur to avoid conflicting allocations of the same address.
This coordination must span the entire scope respective to the
address. When an allocated address is no longer required, that
address MUST become available for use again.
Requirements:
- MUST select a multicast address.
- MUST prevent conflicting allocations of the same address.
- MUST allow the multicast address to become available after the
address is no longer in use.
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2.3.3 Multiple Source
An intercom system inside a home is an example of a multiple
source IP multicast application. In this type of application,
several sources may be sending packets destined to the same IP
multicast address.
This multiple source example illustrates the problem that a
particular address may continue to be valid, even after the host
that initially allocated the address is no longer present; the
zeroconf multicast address allocation must correctly support this
type of operation. In other words, if a host allocates a multicast
address, then leaves the multicast group, some other host must
defend the address.
Requirements:
- A host other than the allocating host MUST be able to defend
or otherwise maintain the allocation of a multicast address.
2.3.4 IPv6 Considerations
To date, no range has been reserved for source-specific addresses
in IPv6. See [SS6]. Hence, until such a range is reserved, dynamic
allocation of source-specific addresses applies only to IPv4.
To date, no range has been reserved for dynamic allocation of
Link-scoped addresses in IPv4. Hence, unless such a range is
reserved, dynamic allocation of link-scoped addresses applies only
to IPv6.
2.4 Service Discovery Scenarios
Service discovery protocols allow users or software to discover and
select among available services. This removes the requirement that
the user or client software know a server's location in advance in
order for the cleint to communicate with the server.
Terms:
service - a particular logical function that may be invoked via
some network protocol, such as printing, storing a file on a
remote disk, or even perhaps requesting delivery of a pizza.
service characteristics - Characteristics provide a finer
granularity of description to differentiate services beyond just
the service type. For example if the service type is printer,
the characteristics may be color, pages printed per second,
location, etc.
service discovery protocol - A service discovery protocol
enables clients to discover servers (or peers to find other
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peers) of a particular service. A service discovery protocol is
an application layer protocol that relies on network and
transport protocol layers.
service protocol - A service protocol is used between the client
and the server after service discovery is complete.
The scenarios are the discovery of a simple printer service.
2.4.1 Printer Service
Network-enabled printers allow various network clients to submit
print jobs. A service discovery protocol MUST allow a printer
service to be discovered by devices needing to print. This requires a
service type as well as a service identifier to distinguish instances
of a single service type. Service discovery MUST be independent from
any particular printing protocol such as lpd, raw-tcp, ipp.
Printers vary in their characteristics such as location, status,
dots per inch, etc. Discovering a service based on these
characteristics SHOULD be part of the service discovery protocol.
Service discovery MUST complete in a timely (10s of seconds) manner.
Requirements:
- MUST allow a service to be discovered.
- MUST discover via service identifier and/or service type.
- MUST discover services without use of a service-specific protocol.
- SHOULD discover via service characteristics.
- MUST complete in a timely (10s of seconds) manner.
2.4.2 IPv6 Considerations
Service discovery protocols have no zeroconf related differences
for IPv4 and IPv6.
3 Security Considerations
The principal goal of Zero Configuration protocols is to provide
network configuration where existing configuration and
configuration services are unavailable. This is at odds with
secure operation since security mechanisms generally require some
pre-configuration (such as keys, certificates, etc.).
Generally speaking, security mechanisms in IETF protocols are
mandatory to implement. A particular implementation might permit
a network administrator to turn off a particular security mechanism
operationally. However, implementations should be "secure out of the
box" and have a safe default configuration.
Zeroconf protocols MUST NOT be any less secure than related
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current IETF-Standard protocols. This consideration overrides the
goal of allowing systems to obtain configuration automatically.
This section explicitly describes what this requires of each
protocol area.
Security threats to be considered include both active attacks
(e.g. denial of service) and passive attacks (e.g. eavesdropping).
Protocols that require confidentiality and/or integrity should
include integrated confidentiality and/or integrity mechanisms or
should specify the use of existing standards-track security
mechanisms (e.g. TLS [RFC 2246], ESP [RFC 1827], AH [RFC 2402])
appropriate to the threat.
3.1 IP interface configuration
Specific risks arise due to not securing IP interface configuration.
An active attacker could completely or selectively prevent hosts from
being properly configured. If an attacker 'hoards' all IP addresses,
inappropriately claiming to be configured with them, this would
prevent other hosts from effectively participating in IP interface
configuration.
An active attacker could be more selective and instead of claiming
it has all IP addresses, it could claim this only in response to
requests from a specific host (or hosts) to deny them service. It
might also be possible that an active attacker could partially
misconfigure one or more victims to cause these nodes to have
partial (but not full) use of the network service.
IP communication relies on lower level address resolution protocols
(ARP [RFC 826] or IPv6 Neighbor Discovery [RFC 2461]). In the case
of ARP and its cousins (e.g. inverse ARP, reverse ARP, proxy ARP),
there is no standard security mechanism. Neither the integrity of
the message is checked nor is the identity of the message source
authenticated. This makes it possible for an active attack to subvert
these protocols. Since the scope of these protocols is limited to
a single broadcast network, the potential range of the risk due to
this attack is limited. The effect of the attack, however, is to
potentially disrupt all communication on the local link.
It is appropriate not to require IP interface configuration
protocols to implement security mechanisms when these hosts (and
others) will then proceed to perform subsequent communication
using insecure mechanisms such as ARP. Thus hosts using insecure
IP interface configuration are ultimately no more vulnerable to
attack than other hosts on the network configured using some other
more secure mechanism. The security requirements demand that
zeroconf protocols MUST NOT compromise security if security is
deployed. In the case of IPv4, it is acceptable (though not
desirable) for interface configuration to fail to defend against
attack from other hosts on the same physical link, since these
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hosts are already in a position to subvert IPv4 ARP anyway, so
securing the interface configuration protocol would not prevent
them disrupting subsequent IPv4 communications. For that reason
the IPv4 interface configuration protocol MAY include no defence
against attack from other hosts on the same physical link.
Since ARP is insecure, dynamic configuration of IPv4 link-local
addresses MAY be, as well. IPv6 datagrams may be transported over
IPv4 so care is needed to not compromise security requirements for
IPv6 in this case.
In the case of IPv6 Neighbor Discovery, this protocol can be
secured as it uses ICMPv6 messages, which run over IP. IPv6
Neighbor Discovery messages can thus be protected for integrity
and endpoint authentication using IP Security. [RFC 2401, 2402,
2403, 2404]
3.2 Name to Address Resolution
The security implications of this zeroconf protocol must be
compared against the DNS protocol.
DNS is a client-server protocol. The zeroconf name to address
translation protocol will likely use multicast so that any host
may respond to queries. This broadens the possibility that host
authentication in the form of hostname-IP address mappings may be
compromised, since all hosts effectively may behave as DNS servers.
Currently it is possible to subvert DNS in various ways, unless
DNSsec [RFC 2535, RFC 2931] is used. For example:
- A client may be configured with the address of an attacker's DNS
server. For example, an active attacker on the same subnet as the
client may respond to DHCP DHCPDISCOVER messages and deliberately
configure the client to use a compromised DNS server.
- An active attack against a DNS client is possible - where an
attacker unicasts a DNS reply to a client request that arrives
at the client before the legitimate server's response.
DNSsec protects against such attacks as the client can verify that
the data it retrieves using the DNS has been signed from a source
that the client has been configured to accept.
A zeroconf name to address resolution protocol MUST be compatible
with the use of DNSsec. Therefore it MUST be possible for a host
running a zeroconf protocol to use DNS and DNSsec for authenticated
name resolution if that host (or its administrator) chooses to do so.
[RFC 2541]
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3.3 Multicast Address Allocation
The zeroconf multicast address allocation protocol MUST NOT be
less secure than MADCAP [RFC 2730]. These are the IETF standards
track protocols for Multicast Address Allocation.
The threat of using an insecure Multicast Address Allocation protocol
is that an active attacker could 'hoard' all multicast addresses -
inappropriately claiming to have allocated them. This would prevent
other hosts from effectively participating in the Multicast Address
Allocation protocol. This could be done to stop all participation or
selectively, to prevent particular hosts from allocating addresses.
MADCAP does not include mechanisms for protecting message integrity
or endpoint authentication. This protocol suggests the use of
IPsec for this purpose, as MADCAP is compatible with the IP
Authentication Header. A zeroconf multicast address allocation
protocol MUST either be compatible with IP AH or provide another
mechanism for optional-to-use (but mandatory to implement)
authentication.
3.4 Service Discovery
The zeroconf service discovery protocol MUST NOT be less secure
than the IETF standard service discovery protocol: The Service
Location Protocol, Version 2 [RFC 2608] (SLPv2).
The threat posed by using an insecure service discovery protocol is
that unauthorized entities may participate. A client may be misled
to communicate with a host that has been compromised or that offers
an antagonistic server that the client did not intend to use. This
might be easy to detect (e.g. after attempting to use a printer
that doesn't exist, no paper will appear.) This may also be
difficult to detect (e.g. an illegitimate server copies all data
for an attacker's subsequent perusal and the user has no way of
knowing).
A client could still detect that it is communicating with an
unauthorized server, but that would require authentication and
authorization mechanisms at a higher level (the client-server
protocol).
SLPv2 protects against the threat of discovery of unauthorized
services. SLPv2 messages that contain an answer may include an
associated authorization block. This allows a client receiving a
message to verify the answer, using digital signatures and a
certificate-based system as the basis for authorization. Other
mechanisms are possible.
A zeroconf service discovery protocol MUST allow a client to
verify that a service advertisement sent by a server was created
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by an authorized source.
4 IANA Considerations
No known IANA considerations arise from this document.
5 Full Copyright Statement
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
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The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not
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6 Acknowledgements
Thanks to Peter Ford and Stuart Cheshire for hosting the NITS
(Networking In The Small) BOF that was the catalyst to forming the
Zeroconf Working Group.
Thanks to Erik Guttman and Stuart Cheshire for forming and
chairing the Zeroconf Working Group, which is responsible for this
document.
Thanks to Erik Guttman for providing key input to the service
discovery and the security sections.
Thanks to Dave Thaler for providing key input to the IP multicast
address allocation sections.
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Thanks to Stuart Cheshire for providing key input to the
introduction and IP interface configuration sections.
Additional recognition goes the following people for their
influential contributions to this document and its predecessors:
Brent Miller, Thomas Narten, Marcia Peters, Bill Woodcock, Bob
Quinn, John Tavs, Matt Squire, Daniel Senie, Cuneyt Akinlar, Karl
Auerbach, Kanchei Loa, Dongyan Wang, James Kempf, Yaron Goland,
and Bernard Aboba, Ran Atkinson.
Editor:
Myron Hattig
Intel Corporation
3585 SW 198th Avenue
Aloha, OR 97007
myron.hattig@intel.com
7 References
[RFC 826] D. Plummer, "An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol",
RFC 826, November 1982.
[RFC 1034] P. Mockapetris, "Host names - Concepts and
Facilities", RFC 1034, November 1987
[RFC 1035] P. Mockapetris, "Host names - Implementations and
Specifications", RFC 1034, November 1987
[RFC 1123] B. Braden, "Requirements for Internet Hosts --
Application and Support", RFC 1123, October 1989
[RFC 1827] R. Atkinson, "IP Encapsulating Security Payload", RFC
1827, Aug 1995
[RFC 2026] S. Bradner, "The Internet Standards Process --
Revision 3", RFC 2026 Oct 1996
[RFC 2119] S. Bradner, "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC 2131] R. Droms, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", RFC
2131, March 1997.
[RFC 2246] T. Dierks, C. Allen, "Transport Layer Security", RFC
2246, Jan 1999.
[RFC 2251] M. Wahl, T. Howes, and S. Kille, "Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol (v3)", RFC 2251, Dec 1997.
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[RFC 2365] D. Meyer, "Administratively Scoped Multicast Address",
RFC 2365,July 1998.
[RFC 2401] S. Kent, R. Atkinson, "Security Architecture for the
Internet Protocol", RFC 2401 November 1998
[RFC 2402] S. Kent, R. Atkinson, "IP Authentication Header", RFC
2402 November 1998
[RFC 2461] T. Narten, E. Nordmark, W. Simpson, "Neighbor
Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)", RFC 2461,
December 1998.
[RFC 2462] S. Thomson, T. Narten, "IPv6 Stateless Address
Autoconfiguration", RFC 2462, December 1998
[RFC 2535] D. Eastlake, "Domain Name System Security Extensions",
RFC 2535, March 1999.
[RFC 2541] D. Eastlake, "DNS Security Operational
Considerations", RFC 2541, March 1999
[RFC 2608] E. Guttman, et al, "Service Location Protocol,
Version 2", RFC 2608, June 1999
[RFC 2730] S. Hanna, B. Patel, M. Shah, "Multicast Address
Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (MADCAP)", RFC
2730, Dec 1999.
[RFC 2931] D. Eastlake, "DNS Request and Transaction Signatures (
SIG(0)s )", RFC 2931, September 2000
[SSM] H. Holbrook, B. Cain, "Source-Specific Multicast for
IP", draft-holbrook-ssm-arch-02.txt, March 2001. A
work in progress.
[SS6] B. Haberman, D. Thaler, "Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6
Multicast Addresses", draft-ietf-ipngwg-uni-based-
mcast-02.txt, June 2001, A work in progress.
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