Handle System Protocol (ver 2.1) Specification
RFC 3652
| Document | Type | RFC - Informational (November 2003; No errata) | |
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
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| IESG | IESG state | RFC 3652 (Informational) | |
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| Responsible AD | Ted Hardie | ||
| IESG note |
It is suggested that these go forward with the following IESG Note attached (originally drafted by Patrik): IESG NOTE: The IETF and IRTF have discussed the Handle system in the realm of URI-related work. The IESG wishes to point out that there is no IETF consensus on the current Handle system nor on where it fits in the IETF architecture. The IESG is of the view that the Handle system would be able to, with very small changes, fit into the IETF architecture as a URN namespace. These documents, however, contain information on the Handle system without these changes. |
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Network Working Group S. Sun
Request for Comments: 3652 S. Reilly
Category: Informational L. Lannom
J. Petrone
CNRI
November 2003
Handle System Protocol (ver 2.1) Specification
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.
IESG Note
Several groups within the IETF and IRTF have discussed the Handle
System and its relationship to existing systems of identifiers. The
IESG wishes to point out that these discussions have not resulted in
IETF consensus on the described Handle System, nor on how it might
fit into the IETF architecture for identifiers. Though there has
been discussion of handles as a form of URI, specifically as a URN,
these documents describe an alternate view of how namespaces and
identifiers might work on the Internet and include characterizations
of existing systems which may not match the IETF consensus view.
Abstract
The Handle System is a general-purpose global name service that
allows secured name resolution and administration over the public
Internet. This document describes the protocol used for client
software to access the Handle System for both handle resolution and
administration. The protocol specifies the procedure for a client
software to locate the responsible handle server of any given handle.
It also defines the messages exchanged between the client and server
for any handle operation.
Sun, et al. Informational [Page 1]
RFC 3652 Handle System Protocol (v2.1) November 2003
Table of Contents
1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Protocol Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.1. Data Transmission Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.2. Transport Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.3. Character Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.4. Standard String Type: UTF8-String. . . . . . . . 7
2.2. Common Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.1. Message Envelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2.2. Message Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.3. Message Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2.4. Message Credential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3. Message Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3. Handle Protocol Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1. Client Bootstrapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.1. Global Handle Registry and its Service
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.2. Locating the Handle System Service Component . . 22
3.1.3. Selecting the Responsible Server . . . . . . . . 23
3.2. Query Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.2.1. Query Request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.2.2. Successful Query Response. . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.2.3. Unsuccessful Query Response. . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.3. Error Response from Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.4. Service Referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.5. Client Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.5.1. Challenge from Server to Client. . . . . . . . . 29
3.5.2. Challenge-Response from Client to Server . . . . 30
3.5.3. Challenge-Response Verification-Request. . . . . 33
3.5.4. Challenge-Response Verification-Response . . . . 33
3.6. Handle Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.6.1. Add Handle Value(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.6.2. Remove Handle Value(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.6.3. Modify Handle Value(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.6.4. Create Handle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.6.5. Delete Handle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.7. Naming Authority (NA) Administration . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.7.1. List Handle(s) under a Naming Authority. . . . . 40
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