RFC Abstracts

RFC2987 - Registration of Charset and Languages Media Features Tags
This document contains the registration for two media feature tags: "charset" and "language". [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2986 - PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Specification Version 1.7
This memo represents a republication of PKCS #10 v1.7 from RSA Laboratories' Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) series, and change control is retained within the PKCS process. The body of this document, except for the security considerations section, is taken directly from the PKCS #9 v2.0 or the PKCS #10 v1.7 document. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2985 - PKCS #9: Selected Object Classes and Attribute Types Version 2.0
This memo represents a republication of PKCS #9 v2.0 from RSA Laboratories' Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) series, and change control is retained within the PKCS process. The body of this document, except for the security considerations section, is taken directly from that specification. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2984 - Use of the CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm in CMS
This document specifies how to incorporate CAST-128 into the S/MIME Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) as an additional algorithm for symmetric encryption. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2983 - Differentiated Services and Tunnels
This document considers the interaction of Differentiated Services (diffserv) with IP tunnels of various forms. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2982 - Distributed Management Expression MIB
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it describes managed objects used for managing expressions of MIB objects. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2981 - Event MIB
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it describes managed objects that can be used to manage and monitor MIB objects and take action through events. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2980 - Common NNTP Extensions
In this document, a number of popular extensions to the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) protocol defined in RFC 977 are documented and discussed. While this document is not intended to serve as a standard of any kind, it will hopefully serve as a reference document for future implementers of the NNTP protocol. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2979 - Behavior of and Requirements for Internet Firewalls
This memo defines behavioral characteristics of and interoperability requirements for Internet firewalls. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2978 - IANA Charset Registration Procedures
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) and various other Internet protocols are capable of using many different charsets. This in turn means that the ability to label different charsets is essential. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC2977 - Mobile IP Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Requirements
This document contains the requirements which would have to be supported by a AAA service to aid in providing Mobile IP services. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2976 - The SIP INFO Method
This document proposes an extension to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). This extension adds the INFO method to the SIP protocol. The intent of the INFO method is to allow for the carrying of session related control information that is generated during a session. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2975 - Introduction to Accounting Management
This document describes and discusses the issues involved in the design of the modern accounting systems. The field of Accounting Management is concerned with the collection the collection of resource consumption data for the purposes of capacity and trend analysis, cost allocation, auditing, and billing. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2974 - Session Announcement Protocol
This document describes version 2 of the multicast session directory announcement protocol, Session Announcement Protocol (SAP), and the related issues affecting security and scalability that should be taken into account by implementors. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2973 - IS-IS Mesh Groups
This document describes a mechanism to reduce redundant packet transmissions for the Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) Routing protocol, as described in ISO 10589. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2972 - Context and Goals for Common Name Resolution
This document establishes the context and goals for a Common Name Resolution Protocol. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2971 - IMAP4 ID extension
This document describes an ID extension which will enable Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1 (IMAP4rev1) to advertise what program a client or server uses to provide service. The ID extension allows the server and client to exchange identification information on their implementation in order to make bug reports and usage statistics more complete. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2970 - Architecture for Integrated Directory Services - Result from TISDAG
Drawing from experiences with the TISDAG (Technical Infrastructure for Swedish Directory Access Gateways) project, this document outlines an approach to providing the necessary infrastructure for integrating such widely-scattered servers into a single service, rather than attempting to mandate a single protocol and schema set for all participating servers to use. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2969 - Wide Area Directory Deployment - Experiences from TISDAG
This document catalogues some of the experiences gained in developing the necessary infrastructure for a national (i.e., multi-organizational) directory service and pilot deployment of the service in an environment with off-the-shelf directory service products. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2968 - Mesh of Multiple DAG servers - Results from TISDAG
This document defines the basic principle for establishing a mesh, that interoperating services should exchange index objects, according to the architecture of the mesh (e.g., hierarchical, or graph-like, preferably without loops!). The Common Indexing Protocol (CIP) is designed to facilitate the creation not only of query referral indexes, but also of meshes of (loosely) affiliated referral indexes. The purpose of such a mesh of servers is to implement some kind of distributed sharing of indexing and/or searching tasks across different servers. So far, the TISDAG (Technical Infrastructure for Swedish Directory Access Gateways) project has focused on creating a single referral index; the obvious next step is to integrate that into a larger set of interoperating services. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2967 - TISDAG - Technical Infrastructure for Swedish Directory Access Gateways
The overarching goal of this project is to develop the necessary technical infrastructure to provide a single-access-point service for searching for whitepages information on Swedish Internet users. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2966 - Domain-wide Prefix Distribution with Two-Level IS-IS
This document describes extensions to the Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol to support optimal routing within a two-level domain. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2965 - HTTP State Management Mechanism
This document specifies a way to create a stateful session with Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests and responses. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2964 - Use of HTTP State Management
This memo identifies specific uses of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) State Management protocol which are either (a) not recommended by the IETF, or (b) believed to be harmful, and discouraged. This memo also details additional privacy considerations which are not covered by the HTTP State Management protocol specification. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC2963 - A Rate Adaptive Shaper for Differentiated Services
This memo describes several Rate Adaptive Shapers (RAS) that can be used in combination with the single rate Three Color Markers (srTCM) and the two rate Three Color Marker (trTCM) described in RFC2697 and RFC2698, respectively. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2962 - An SNMP Application Level Gateway for Payload Address Translation
This document describes the ALG (Application Level Gateway) for the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) by which IP (Internet Protocol) addresses in the payload of SNMP packets are statically mapped from one group to another. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2961 - RSVP Refresh Overhead Reduction Extensions
This document describes a number of mechanisms that can be used to reduce processing overhead requirements of refresh messages, eliminate the state synchronization latency incurred when an RSVP (Resource ReserVation Protocol) message is lost and, when desired, refreshing state without the transmission of whole refresh messages. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2960 - Stream Control Transmission Protocol
This document describes the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2959 - Real-Time Transport Protocol Management Information Base
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2958 - The application/whoispp-response Content-type
The intention of this document, in conjunction with RFC 2957, is to enable MIME-enabled mail software, and other systems using Internet media types, to carry out Whois++ transactions. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2957 - The application/whoispp-query Content-Type
The intention of this document, in conjunction with RFC 2958, is to enable MIME-enabled mail software, and other systems using Internet media types, to carry out Whois++ transactions. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2956 - Overview of 1999 IAB Network Layer Workshop
This document is an overview of a workshop held by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) on the Internet Network Layer architecture hosted by SURFnet in Utrecht, the Netherlands on 7-9 July 1999. The goal of the workshop was to understand the state of the network layer and its impact on continued growth and usage of the Internet. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2955 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Monitoring and Controlling the Frame Relay/ATM PVC Service Interworking Function
This memo defines a Management Information Base (MIB) to configure, monitor, and control a service interworking function (IWF) for Permanent Virtual Connections (PVC) between Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technologies. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2954 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame Relay Service
This memo defines an extension to the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol-based (TCP/IP) internets. In particular, it defines objects for managing the frame relay service. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2953 - Telnet Encryption: DES 64 bit Output Feedback
This document specifies how to use the data encryption standard (DES) encryption algorithm in output feedback mode with the telnet encryption option. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2952 - Telnet Encryption: DES 64 bit Cipher Feedback
This document specifies how to use the DES encryption algorithm in cipher feedback mode with the telnet encryption option. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2951 - TELNET Authentication Using KEA and SKIPJACK
This document defines a method to authenticate TELNET using the Key Exchange Algorithm (KEA), and encryption of the TELNET stream using SKIPJACK. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2950 - Telnet Encryption: CAST-128 64 bit Cipher Feedback
This document specifies how to use the CAST-128 encryption algorithm in cipher feedback mode with the telnet encryption option. Two key sizes are defined: 40 bit and 128 bit. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2949 - Telnet Encryption: CAST-128 64 bit Output Feedback
This document specifies how to use the CAST-128 encryption algorithm in output feedback mode with the telnet encryption option. Two key sizes are defined: 40 bit and 128 bit. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2948 - Telnet Encryption: DES3 64 bit Output Feedback
This document specifies how to use the Triple-DES (data encryption standard) encryption algorithm in output feedback mode with the telnet encryption option. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2947 - Telnet Encryption: DES3 64 bit Cipher Feedback
This document specifies how to use the Triple-DES (data encryption standard) encryption algorithm in cipher feedback mode with the telnet encryption option. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2946 - Telnet Data Encryption Option
This document describes a the telnet encryption option as a generic method of providing data confidentiality services for the telnet data stream. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2945 - The SRP Authentication and Key Exchange System
This document describes a cryptographically strong network authentication mechanism known as the Secure Remote Password (SRP) protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2944 - Telnet Authentication: SRP
This document specifies an authentication scheme for the Telnet protocol under the framework described in RFC 2941, using the Secure Remote Password Protocol (SRP) authentication mechanism. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2943 - TELNET Authentication Using DSA
This document defines a telnet authentication mechanism using the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA). It relies on the Telnet Authentication Option. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2942 - Telnet Authentication: Kerberos Version 5
This document describes how Kerberos Version 5 is used with the telnet protocol. It describes an telnet authentication suboption to be used with the telnet authentication option. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2941 - Telnet Authentication Option
This document describes the authentication option to the telnet protocol as a generic method for negotiating an authentication type and mode including whether encryption should be used and if credentials should be forwarded. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2940 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Common Open Policy Service (COPS) Protocol Clients
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP based internets. In particular it defines objects for managing a client of the Common Open Policy Service (COPS) protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2939 - Procedures and IANA Guidelines for Definition of New DHCP Options and Message Types
This document describes the procedure for defining new DHCP options and message types. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC2938 - Identifying Composite Media Features
This document describes an abbreviated format for a composite media feature set, based upon a hash of the feature expression describing that composite. [STANDARDS-TRACK]