Requirements for Internet gateways - draft
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Network Working Group Network Technical Advisory Group
Request for Comments: 985 NSF
May 1986
Requirements for Internet Gateways -- Draft
Status of this Memo
This RFC summarizes the requirements for gateways to be used on
networks supporting the DARPA Internet protocols. While it applies
specifically to National Science Foundation research programs, the
requirements are stated in a general context and are believed
applicable throughout the Internet community. This document was
prepared by the Gateway Requirements Subcommittee of the NSF Network
Technical Advisory Group in cooperation with the Internet Activities
Board, Internet Architecture Task Force and Internet Engineering Task
Force. It requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
The purpose of this document is to present guidance for vendors
offering products that might be used or adapted for use in an
Internet application. It enumerates the protocols required and gives
references to RFCs and other documents describing the current
specifications. In a number of cases the specifications are evolving
and may contain ambiguous or incomplete information. In these cases
further discussion giving specific guidance is included in this
document. Specific policy issues relevant to the NSF scientific
networking community are summarized in an Appendix.
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This is a DRAFT edition of this statement of gateway requirements.
Comments are sought on this document for consideration and
possibly incorporated in the final edition. Comments are
especially sought from those actually developing gateways,
particular vendors and potential vendors of gateways. The period
for comments is 90 days ending 15-Aug-86, at which time revised
edition will be issued with a new RFC number.
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Suggestions and comments on this document can be sent to the
subcommittee chairman Dave Mills (mills@usc-isid.arpa), or NTAG
committee chairman Dave Farber (farber@huey.udel.edu). The
subcommittee members, present affiliations and Internet mailboxes are
as follows:
Hank Dardy, NRL dardy@nrl.arpa
Dave Farber, U Delaware farber@huey.udel.edu
Dennis Jennings, JVNC jennings%pucc.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu
NTAG [Page 1]
RFC 985 May 1986
Requirements for Internet Gateways -- DRAFT
Larry Landweber, U Wisconsin landweber@rsch.wisc.edu
Tony Lauck, DEC rhea!bergil!lauck@decwrl.arpa
Dave Mills (Chairman), Linkabit mills@usc-isid.arpa
Dennis Perry, DARPA/IPTO perry@ipto.arpa
The subcommittee wishes to thank the following additional
contributors and invited referees:
Len Bosack, Stanford U/CISCO bosack@su-score.arpa
Bob Braden, ISI braden@isi-braden.arpa
Hans-Werner Braun, U Michigan hwb@gw.umich.edu
Noel Chiappa, MIT/Proteon jnc@proteon.arpa
Doug Comer, Purdue U dec@cs.purdue.edu
Ira Fuchs, Princeton U fuchs%pucc.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu
Ed Krol, U Illinois krol%uiucvmd.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu
Barry Leiner, RIACS leiner@riacs.arpa
Mike Muuss, BRL mike@brl.arpa
Ron Natalie, BRL ron@brl.arpa
Harvey Newman, CIT newman@cit-hex.arpa
Jon Postel, ISI postel@usc-isib.arpa
Marshall Rose, NRTC mrose@nrtc-gremlin.northrop.com
Jeff Schiller, MIT jis@bitsy.mit.edu
Lixia Zhang, MIT lixia@xx.lcs.mit.edu
1. Introduction
The following sections are intended as an introduction and background
for those unfamiliar with the DARPA Internet architecture and the
Internet gateway model. General background and discussion on the
Internet architecture and supporting protocol suite can be found in
the DDN Protocol Handbook [25] and ARPANET Information Brochure [26],
both available from the Network Information Center, SRI
International, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Readers familiar with these
concepts can proceed directly to Section 2.
1.1. The DARPA Internet Architecture
The DARPA Internet system consists of a number of gateways and
networks that collectively provide packet transport for hosts
subscribing to the DARPA Internet protocol architecture. These
protocols include the Internet Protocol (IP), Internet Control
Message Protocol (ICMP), Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and
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