Principles of Operation for the TPC.INT Subdomain: Remote Printing -- Administrative Policies
RFC 1529
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RFC - Informational
(October 1993; No errata)
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Network Working Group C. Malamud Request for Comments: 1529 Internet Multicasting Service Obsoletes: 1486 M. Rose Category: Informational Dover Beach Consulting, Inc. October 1993 Principles of Operation for the TPC.INT Subdomain: Remote Printing -- Administrative Policies Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Introduction This document defines the administrative policies for the operation of remote printer facilities within the context of the tpc.int subdomain. The document describes different approaches to resource recovery for remote printer server sites and includes discussions of issues pertaining to auditing, security, and denial of access. The technical procedures for remote printing are defined in [1]. The general principles of operation for the tpc.int subdomain are defined in [2]. An overview of the remote printing facility is returned when electronic mail is sent to tpc-faq@town.hall.org. Overview of Remote Printing in the TPC.INT Subdomain The remote printing facility allows a user to image documents on a remote printer, defined as a G3-compatible facsimile device connected to the public telephone network. The user sends electronic mail to an address which includes the phone number associated with the target G3-compatible facsimile device. Using the Domain Name System, the Internet message-handling infrastructure routes the message to a remote printer server, which provides access to devices within a specified range of the telephone system numbering plan. The message is imaged on the target remote printer and an acknowledgement is sent back to the initiator of the message. The remote printing facility is concerned with outreach, integrating the e-mail and G3-compatible facsimile communities into a common communications environment. By providing easy access to remote printing recipients, enterprise-wide access is enhanced, regardless of the kind of institution (e.g., commercial, educational, or government), or the size of institution (e.g., global, regional, or Malamud & Rose [Page 1] RFC 1529 Remote Printing -- Administrative Policies October 1993 local). Remote printing allows an organization to make it easier for electronic mail users to communicate with the personnel in the organization who are users of G3-compatible facsimile but not e-mail, providing a valuable bridge between the two types of technology. Models of Operation for Remote Printing Servers Remote printer servers in the tpc.int subdomain consume resources that are typically recovered from neither the initiator nor the recipient of the remote printing service. Owing to a lack of widespread authentication facilities in the Internet and connected message handling domains, it is not currently possible to identify the initiator with certainty. Since the request was not initiated by the recipient, it is inappropriate for a remote printer gateway to accept a request and then attempt to charge the receiver of the message before imaging the document on the remote printer. Several models of resource recovery for remote printer operation are possible in the tpc.int subdomain: Community Library Model Neighborhood Grocery Model Local Newspaper Model In the Community Library model, an organization would register a remote printer gateway willing to place calls to all devices located within the organization's telephone system. Other operators may determine that the costs of servicing the immediate vicinity (or even a larger area) are minimal and register to serve a portion of the telephone address space as a community service. The Community Library model can apply to a neighborhood, or to an organization such as a government R&D Center, a university, or a corporation. The library model does not recover costs from the particpants, but runs the remote printer as a community service. In the Neighborhood Grocery model, a commercial organization contracts with specific end users, offering to register their individual fax numbers in the namespace. This service bureau model could be conducted with or without cost recovery from the owner of the remote printer device. The Local Newspaper model recovers the resources needed to operate the remote printer service from a third party not directly connected with the message exchange. When a document is successfully imaged on a remote printer, there are two actions that result. First, a coverShow full document text