Network Working Group                                         M. Daniele
Internet-Draft                               Compaq Computer Corporation
Expires: August 17, 2000                                     B. Haberman
                                                         Nortel Networks
                                                             S. Routhier
                                                Integrated Systems, Inc.
                                                        J. Schoenwaelder
                                                         TU Braunschweig
                                                       February 17, 2000


           Textual Conventions for Internet Network Addresses
                     draft-ops-endpoint-mib-07.txt

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Abstract

   This MIB module defines textual conventions to represent commonly
   used Internet network layer addressing information. The intent is
   that these definitions will be imported and used in MIBs that would
   otherwise define their own representations.

   This work is output from the Operations and Management Area
   "IPv6MIB" design team.


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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  The SNMP Management Framework  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.  Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   4.  Usage Hints  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   4.1 Table Indexing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   4.2 Uniqueness of Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   4.3 Multiple InetAddresses per Host  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   4.4 Resolving DNS Names  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   5.  Table Indexing Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   6.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
   7.  Intellectual Property Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
       References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
       Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
       Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20



































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1. Introduction

   Several standard-track MIB modules use the IpAddress SMIv2 base
   type. This limits the applicability of these MIB modules to IP
   Version 4 (IPv4) since the IpAddress SMIv2 base type can only
   contain 4 byte IPv4 addresses. The IpAddress SMIv2 base type has
   become problematic with the introduction of IP Version 6 (IPv6)
   addresses [21].

   This document defines multiple textual conventions as a mechanism to
   express generic Internet network layer addresses within MIB module
   specifications. The solution is compatible with SMIv2 (STD 58) and
   SMIv1 (STD 16). New MIB definitions which need to express network
   layer Internet addresses SHOULD use the textual conventions defined
   in this memo. New MIBs SHOULD NOT use the SMIv2 IpAddress base type
   anymore.

   A generic Internet address consists of two objects, one whose syntax
   is InetAddressType, and another whose syntax is InetAddress. The
   value of the first object determines how the value of the second
   object is encoded. The InetAddress textual convention represents an
   opaque Internet address value. The InetAddressType enumeration is
   used to "cast" the InetAddress value into a concrete textual
   convention for the address type. This usage of multiple textual
   conventions allows expression of the display characteristics of each
   address type and makes the set of defined Internet address types
   extensible.

   The textual conventions defined in this document can be used to
   define Internet addresses by using DNS domain names in addition to
   IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. A MIB designer can write compliance
   statements to express that only a subset of the possible address
   types must be supported by a compliant implementation.

   MIB developers who need to represent Internet addresses SHOULD use
   these definitions whenever applicable, as opposed to defining their
   own constructs. Even MIBs that only need to represent IPv4 or IPv6
   addresses SHOULD use the textual conventions defined in this memo.

   In order to make existing widely-deployed IPv4-only MIBs fit for
   IPv6, it might be a valid approach to define separate tables for
   different address types. This is a decision for the MIB designer.
   For example, the tcpConnTable of the TCP-MIB [18] was left intact
   and a new table was added for TCP connections over IPv6 in the
   IPV6-TCP-MIB [19]. Note that even in this case, the MIBs SHOULD use
   the textual conventions defined in this memo.

   Note that MIB developers SHOULD NOT use the textual conventions
   defined in this document to represent transport layer addresses.


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   Instead the SMIv2 TAddress textual convention and associated
   definitions should be used for transport layer addresses.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT" and "MAY"
   in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [1].














































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2. The SNMP Management Framework

   The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
   components:

   o  An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [2].

   o  Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
      purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
      Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in STD
      16, RFC 1155 [3], STD 16, RFC 1212 [4] and RFC 1215 [5]. The
      second version, called SMIv2, is described in STD 58, RFC 2578
      [6], STD 58, RFC 2579 [7] and STD 58, RFC 2580 [8].

   o  Message protocols for transferring management information. The
      first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
      described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [9]. A second version of the SNMP
      message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
      protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [10] and
      RFC 1906 [11]. The third version of the message protocol is
      called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [11], RFC 2572 [12] and
      RFC 2574 [13].

   o  Protocol operations for accessing management information. The
      first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
      described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [9]. A second set of protocol
      operations and associated PDU formats is described in RFC 1905
      [14].

   o  A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2573 [15] and
      the view-based access control mechanism described in RFC 2575
      [16].

   A more detailed introduction to the current SNMP Management
   Framework can be found in RFC 2570 [17].

   Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
   the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are
   defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.

   This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A
   MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate
   translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically
   equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no
   translation is possible (use of Counter64). Some machine readable
   information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in
   SMIv1 during the translation process. However, this loss of machine
   readable information is not considered to change the semantics of
   the MIB.


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3. Definitions

   INET-ADDRESS-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN


   IMPORTS
       MODULE-IDENTITY, mib-2 FROM SNMPv2-SMI
       TEXTUAL-CONVENTION     FROM SNMPv2-TC;


   inetAddressMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
       LAST-UPDATED "200002170000Z"
       ORGANIZATION
           "IETF Operations and Management Area"
       CONTACT-INFO
           "Mike Daniele
            Compaq Computer Corporation
            110 Spit Brook Rd
            Nashua, NH  03062, USA

            Phone: +1 603 884-1423
            EMail: daniele@zk3.dec.com

            Brian Haberman
            Nortel Networks
            4039 Emperor Blvd., Suite 200
            Durham, NC  27703, USA

            Phone: +1 919 992-4439
            EMail: haberman@nortelnetworks.com

            Shawn A. Routhier
            Integrated Systems, Inc.
            1 Tara Blvd, Suite 403
            Nashua, NH  03062, USA

            Phone: +1 603 897-2000
            EMail: sar@epilogue.com

            Juergen Schoenwaelder
            TU Braunschweig
            Bueltenweg 74/75
            38106 Braunschweig, Germany

            Phone: +49 531 391-3266
            EMail: schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de

            Send comments to mibs@ops.ietf.org."



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       DESCRIPTION
           "This MIB module defines textual conventions for
            representing Internet addresses. An Internet
            address can be an IPv4 address, an IPv6 address
            or a DNS domain name."

       REVISION     "200002170000Z"
       DESCRIPTION
           "Initial version, published as RFC XXXX."
       ::= { mib-2 XXXX } -- to be assigned by IANA


   InetAddressType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "A value that represents a type of Internet address.

            unknown(0)  An unknown address type. This value MUST
                        be used if the value of the corresponding
                        InetAddress object is a zero-length string.
                        It may also be used to indicate an IP address
                        which is not in one of the formats defined
                        below.

            ipv4(1)     An IPv4 address as defined by the
                        InetAddressIPv4 textual convention.

            ipv6(2)     An IPv6 address as defined by the
                        InetAddressIPv6 textual convention.

            dns(16)     A DNS domain name as defined by the
                        InetAddressDNS textual convention.

            Each definition of a concrete InetAddressType value must be
            accompanied by a definition of a textual convention for use
            with that InetAddressType.

            The InetAddressType textual convention SHOULD NOT be subtyped
            in object type definitions to support future extensions. It
            MAY be subtyped in compliance statements in order to require
            only a subset of these address types for a compliant
            implementation."
       SYNTAX      INTEGER {
                       unknown(0),
                       ipv4(1),
                       ipv6(2),
                       dns(16)     -- align with AddressFamilyNumbers in
                   }               -- IANA-ADDRESS-FAMILY-NUMBERS-MIB



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   InetAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
       STATUS       current
       DESCRIPTION
           "Denotes a generic Internet address.

            An InetAddress value is always interpreted within the
            context of an InetAddressType value. The InetAddressType
            object which defines the context must be registered
            immediately before the object which uses the InetAddress
            textual convention. In other words, the object identifiers
            for the InetAddressType object and the InetAddress object
            MUST have the same length and the last sub-identifier of
            the InetAddressType object MUST be 1 less than the last
            sub-identifier of the InetAddress object.

            When this textual convention is used as the syntax of an
            index object, there may be issues with the limit of 128
            sub-identifiers specified in SMIv2, STD 58. In this case,
            the OBJECT-TYPE declaration MUST include a 'SIZE' clause
            to limit the number of potential instance sub-identifiers."
       SYNTAX      OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..255))


   InetAddressIPv4 ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
       DISPLAY-HINT "1d.1d.1d.1d"
       STATUS       current
       DESCRIPTION
           "Represents an IPv4 network address:

              octets   contents         encoding
               1-4     IP address       network-byte order

            The corresponding InetAddressType value is ipv4(1)."
       SYNTAX       OCTET STRING (SIZE (4))


   InetAddressIPv6 ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
       DISPLAY-HINT "2x:2x:2x:2x:2x:2x:2x:2x%4d"
       STATUS       current
       DESCRIPTION
           "Represents an IPv6 network address:

              octets   contents         encoding
               1-16    IPv6 address     network-byte order
              17-20    scope identifier network-byte order

            The corresponding InetAddressType value is ipv6(2).

            The scope identifier (bytes 17-20) MUST NOT be present


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            for global IPv6 addresses. For non-global IPv6 addresses
            (e.g. link-local or site-local addresses), the scope
            identifier MUST always be present. It contains a link
            identifier for link-local and a site identifier for
            site-local IPv6 addresses.

            The scope identifier MUST disambiguate identical address
            values. For link-local addresses, the scope identifier will
            typically be the interface index (ifIndex as defined in the
            IF-MIB, RFC 2233) of the interface on which the address is
            configured.

            The scope identifier may contain the special value 0
            which refers to the default scope. The default scope
            may be used in cases where e.g. a management application
            needs to write a site-local InetAddressIPv6 address
            without knowing the site identifier value. The default
            scope SHOULD NOT be used as an easy way out in cases
            where the scope identifier for a non-global IPv6 is
            known."
       SYNTAX       OCTET STRING (SIZE (16|20))


   InetAddressDNS ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
       DISPLAY-HINT "255a"
       STATUS       current
       DESCRIPTION
           "Represents a DNS domain name. The name SHOULD be
            fully qualified whenever possible.

            The corresponding InetAddressType is dns(16).

            The DESCRIPTION clause of InetAddress objects that
            may have InetAddressDNS values must fully describe
            how (and when) such names are to be resolved to IP
            addresses."
       SYNTAX       OCTET STRING (SIZE (1..255))

   END












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4. Usage Hints

   One particular usage of InetAddressType/InetAddress pairs is to
   avoid over-constraining an object definition by the use of the
   IpAddress SMI base type. An InetAddressType/InetAddress pair allows
   to represent IP addresses in various formats.

   The InetAddressType and InetAddress objects SHOULD NOT be subtyped.
   Subtyping binds the MIB module to specific address formats, which
   may cause serious problems if new address formats need to be
   introduced. Note that it is possible to write compliance statements
   in order to express that only a subset of the defined address types
   must be implemented to be compliant.

   Internet addresses MUST always be represented by a pair of
   InetAddressType/InetAddress objects. It is not allowed to "share" an
   InetAddressType between multiple InetAddress objects. Furthermore,
   the InetAddressType object must be registered immediately before the
   InetAddress object. In other words, the object identifiers for the
   InetAddressType object and the InetAddress object MUST have the same
   length and the last sub-identifier of the InetAddressType object
   MUST be 1 less than the last sub-identifier of the InetAddress
   object.

4.1 Table Indexing

   When a generic Internet address is used as an index, both the
   InetAddressType and InetAddress objects MUST be used. The
   InetAddressType object MUST come immediately before the InetAddress
   object in the INDEX clause. If multiple Internet addresses are used
   in the INDEX clause, then every Internet address must be represented
   by a pair of InetAddressType and InetAddress objects.

   The IMPLIED keyword MUST NOT be used for an object of type
   InetAddress in an the INDEX clause. Instance sub-identifiers are
   then of the form T.N.O1.O2...On, where T is the value of the
   InetAddressType object, O1...On are the octets in the InetAddress
   object, and N is the number of those octets.

   There is a meaningful lexicographical ordering to tables indexed in
   this fashion. Command generator applications may

   o  lookup specific addresses of known type and value;

   o  issue GetNext requests for addresses of a single type;

   o  issue GetNext requests for specific type and address prefix.




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4.2 Uniqueness of Addresses

   IPv4 addresses were intended to be globally unique, current usage
   notwithstanding. IPv6 addresses were architected to have different
   scopes and hence uniqueness [21]. In particular, IPv6 "link-local"
   and "site-local" addresses are not guaranteed to be unique on any
   particular node. In such cases, the duplicate addresses must be
   configured on different interfaces. So the combination of an IPv6
   address and an interface number is unique. The interface number may
   therefore be used as a scope identifier.

   The InetAddressIPv6 textual convention has been defined to represent
   global and non-global IPv6 addresses. MIB designers who use
   InetAddressType/InetAddress pairs therefore do not need to worry
   about link-local or site-local addresses.

   The size of the scope identifier has been choosen so that it matches
   the sin6_scope_id field of the sockaddr_in6 structure defined in RFC
   2553 [22].

4.3 Multiple InetAddresses per Host

   A single host system may be configured with multiple addresses (IPv4
   or IPv6), and possibly with multiple DNS names. Thus it is possible
   for a single host system to be represented by multiple (unique)
   InetAddressType/InetAddress pairs.

   If this could be an implementation or usage issue, then the
   DESCRIPTION clause of the relevant objects MUST fully describe
   required behavior.

4.4 Resolving DNS Names

   DNS names must be resolved to IP addresses when communication with a
   host is required. This raises a temporal aspect to defining MIB
   objects whose value is a DNS name: When is the name translated to an
   address?

   For example, consider an object defined to indicate a forwarding
   destination, and whose value is a DNS name. When does the forwarding
   entity resolve the DNS name? Each time forwarding occurs? Once, when
   the object was instantiated?

   The DESCRIPTION clause of such objects SHOULD precisely define how
   and when any required name to address resolution is done.

   Similarly, the DESCRIPTION clause of such objects SHOULD precisely
   define how and when a reverse lookup is being done if an object is
   not created administratively.


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5. Table Indexing Example

   This example shows a table listing communication peers that are
   identified by either an IPv4 address, an IPv6 address or a DNS name.
   The table definition also prohibits entries with an empty address
   (whose type would be "unknown"). The size of a DNS name is limited
   to 64 characters.


   peerTable OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      SEQUENCE OF PeerEntry
       MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "A list of communication peers."
       ::= { somewhere 1 }

   peerEntry OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      PeerEntry
       MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "An entry containing information about a particular peer."
       INDEX       { peerAddressType, peerAddress }
       ::= { peerTable 1 }

   PeerEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
       peerAddressType     InetAddressType,
       peerAddress         InetAddress,
       peerStatus          INTEGER
   }

   peerAddressType OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      InetAddressType
       MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The type of Internet address by which the peer
            is reachable."
       ::= { peerEntry 1 }

   peerAddress OBJECT-TYPE
       SYNTAX      InetAddress (SIZE (1..64))
       MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The Internet address for the peer. Note that
            implementations must limit themselves to a single
            entry in this table per reachable peer.


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            The peerAddress may not be empty due to the SIZE
            restriction.

            If a row is created administratively by an SNMP
            operation and the address type value is dns(16), then
            the agent stores the DNS name internally. A DNS name
            lookup must be performed on the internally stored DNS
            name whenever it is being used to contact the peer.

            If a row is created by the managed entity itself and
            the address type value is dns(16), then the agent
            stores the IP address internally. A DNS reverse lookup
            must be performed on the internally stored IP address
            whenever the value is retrieved via SNMP."
       ::= { peerEntry 2 }


   The following compliance statement specifies that implementations
   need only support IPv4 addresses and globally unique IPv6 addresses
   to be compliant. Support for DNS names or scoped IPv6 addresses is
   not required.

   peerCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
       STATUS      current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The compliance statement the peer MIB."

       MODULE      -- this module
       MANDATORY-GROUPS    { peerGroup }

       OBJECT  peerAddressType
       SYNTAX  InetAddressType { ipv4(1), ipv6(2) }
       DESCRIPTION
           "An implementation is only required to support IPv4
            and IPv6 addresses."

       OBJECT  peerAddress
       SYNTAX  InetAddress (SIZE(4|16))
       DESCRIPTION
           "An implementation is only required to support IPv4
            and globally unique IPv6 addresses."

       ::= { somewhere 2 }

   Note that the SMIv2 does not allow to list not-accessible objects in
   an object group (see section 3.1 in STD 58, RFC 2580 [8]). It is
   therefore not possible to formally refine the syntax of auxiliary
   objects which are not-accessible. In such a case, it is suggested to
   express the refinement informally in the DESCRIPTION clause of the


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   MODULE-COMPLIANCE macro invocation.


















































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6. Security Considerations

   This module does not define any management objects. Instead, it
   defines a set of textual conventions which may be used by other MIB
   modules to define management objects.

   Meaningful security considerations can only be written in the
   modules that define management objects.











































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7. Intellectual Property Notice

   The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
   intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to
   pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in
   this document or the extent to which any license under such rights
   might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it
   has made any effort to identify any such rights. Information on the
   IETF's procedures with respect to rights in standards-track and
   standards-related documentation can be found in BCP-11. Copies of
   claims of rights made available for publication and any assurances
   of licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made
   to obtain a general license or permission for the use of such
   propritary rights by implementors or users of this specification can
   be obtained from the IETF Secretariat.

   The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any
   copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary
   rights which may cover technology that may be required to practice
   this standard. Please address the information to the IETF Executive
   Director.






























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References

   [1]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
        Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [2]  Harrington, D., Presuhn, R. and B. Wijnen, "An Architecture for
        Describing SNMP Management Frameworks", RFC 2571, April 1999.

   [3]  Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of
        Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets", STD 16, RFC
        1155, May 1990.

   [4]  Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Concise MIB Definitions", STD 16,
        RFC 1212, March 1991.

   [5]  Rose, M., "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the
        SNMP", RFC 1215, March 1991.

   [6]  McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose,
        M. and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management Information
        Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999.

   [7]  McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose,
        M. and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58,
        RFC 2579, April 1999.

   [8]  McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J., Rose,
        M. and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD
        58, RFC 2580, April 1999.

   [9]  Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M. and J. Davin, "A Simple
        Network Management Protocol (SNMP)", STD 15, RFC 1157, May 1990.

   [10]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser,
         "Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2", RFC 1901, January
         1996.

   [11]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser,
         "Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network
         Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1906, January 1996.

   [12]  Case, J., Harrington, D., Presuhn, R. and B. Wijnen, "Message
         Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management
         Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2572, April 1999.

   [13]  Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model (USM)
         for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
         (SNMPv3)", RFC 2574, April 1999.



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   [14]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser,
         "Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network
         Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1905, January 1996.

   [15]  Levi, D., Meyer, P. and B. Stewart, "SNMP Applications", RFC
         2573, April 1999.

   [16]  Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R. and K. McCloghrie, "View-based Access
         Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management
         Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2575, April 1999.

   [17]  Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D. and B. Stewart, "Introduction
         to Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management
         Framework", RFC 2570, April 1999.

   [18]  McCloghrie, K., "SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the
         Transmission Control Protocol using SMIv2", RFC 2012, November
         1996.

   [19]  Daniele, M., "IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the
         Transmission Control Protocol", RFC 2452, December 1998.

   [20]  McCloghrie, K. and F. Kastenholz, "The Interfaces Group MIB
         using SMIv2", RFC 2233, November 1997.

   [21]  Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
         Architecture", RFC 2373, July 1998.

   [22]  Gilligan, R., Thomson, S., Bound, J. and W. Stevens, "Basic
         Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6", RFC 2553, March 1999.

Authors' Addresses

   Mike Daniele
   Compaq Computer Corporation
   110 Spit Brook Rd
   Nashua, NH  03062
   USA

   Phone: +1 603 884-1423
   EMail: daniele@zk3.dec.com










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   Brian Haberman
   Nortel Networks
   4039 Emperor Blvd., Suite 200
   Durham, NC  27703
   USA

   Phone: +1 919 992-4439
   EMail: haberman@nortelnetworks.com

   Shawn A. Routhier
   Integrated Systems, Inc.
   1 Tara Blvd, Suite 403
   Nashua, NH  03062
   USA

   Phone: +1 603 897-2000
   EMail: sar@epilogue.com

   Juergen Schoenwaelder
   TU Braunschweig
   Bueltenweg 74/75
   38106 Braunschweig
   Germany

   Phone: +49 531 391-3266
   EMail: schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de

























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