RFC Abstracts

RFC2719 - Framework Architecture for Signaling Transport
This document defines an architecture framework and functional requirements for transport of signaling information over IP. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2718 - Guidelines for new URL Schemes
This document provides guidelines for the definition of new URL schemes. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2717 - Registration Procedures for URL Scheme Names
This document defines the process by which new URL scheme names are registered. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC2716 - PPP EAP TLS Authentication Protocol
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a standard method for transporting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links.The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is a PPP extension that provides support for additional authentication methods within PPP. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2715 - Interoperability Rules for Multicast Routing Protocols
The rules described in this document will allow efficient interoperation among multiple independent multicast routing domains. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2714 - Schema for Representing CORBA Object References in an LDAP Directory
This document defines the schema for representing CORBA object references in an LDAP directory. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2713 - Schema for Representing Java(tm) Objects in an LDAP Directory
This document defines the schema for representing Java(tm) objects in an LDAP directory. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2712 - Addition of Kerberos Cipher Suites to Transport Layer Security (TLS)
This document proposes the addition of new cipher suites to the TLS protocol to support Kerberos-based authentication. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2711 - IPv6 Router Alert Option
This memo describes a new IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option type that alerts transit routers to more closely examine the contents of an IP datagram. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2710 - Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
This document specifies the protocol used by an IPv6 router to discover the presence of multicast listeners (that is, nodes wishing to receive multicast packets) on its directly attached links, and to discover specifically which multicast addresses are of interest to those neighboring nodes. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2709 - Security Model with Tunnel-mode IPsec for NAT Domains
This document describes a security model by which tunnel-mode IPsec security can be architected on NAT devices. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2708 - Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations for the Job Monitoring MIB
This document defines the recommended mapping for many currently popular Job submission protocols to objects and attributes in the Job Monitoring MIB. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2707 - Job Monitoring MIB - V1.0
This document provides a printer industry standard SNMP MIB for (1) monitoring the status and progress of print jobs (2) obtaining resource requirements before a job is processed, (3) monitoring resource consumption while a job is being processed and (4) collecting resource accounting data after the completion of a job. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2706 - ECML v1: Field Names for E-Commerce
A standard set of information fields is defined as the first version of an Electronic Commerce Modeling Language (ECML) so that this task can be more easily automated, for example by wallet software that could fill in fields. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2705 - Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Version 1.0
This document describes an application programming interface and a corresponding protocol (MGCP) for controlling Voice over IP (VoIP) Gateways from external call control elements. MGCP assumes a call control architecture where the call control "intelligence" is outside the gateways and handled by external call control elements. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2704 - The KeyNote Trust-Management System Version 2
This memo describes version 2 of the KeyNote trust-management system.It specifies the syntax and semantics of KeyNote `assertions', describes `action attribute' processing, and outlines the application architecture into which a KeyNote implementation can be fit. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2703 - Protocol-independent Content Negotiation Framework
This memo sets out terminology, an abstract framework and goals for protocol-independent content negotiation, and identifies some technical issues which may need to be addressed. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2702 - Requirements for Traffic Engineering Over MPLS
This document presents a set of requirements for Traffic Engineering over Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). It identifies the functional capabilities required to implement policies that facilitate efficient and reliable network operations in an MPLS domain. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2701 - Nortel Networks Multi-link Multi-node PPP Bundle Discovery Protocol
This document specifies a standard way for Multi-link PPP to operate across multiple nodes. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2700 - Internet Official Protocol Standards
This memo describes the current state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet as determined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2698 - A Two Rate Three Color Marker
This document defines a Two Rate Three Color Marker (trTCM), which can be used as a component in a Diffserv traffic conditioner. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2697 - A Single Rate Three Color Marker
This document defines a Single Rate Three Color Marker (srTCM), which can be used as component in a Diffserv traffic conditioner. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2696 - LDAP Control Extension for Simple Paged Results Manipulation
This document describes an LDAPv3 control extension for simple paging of search results. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2695 - Authentication Mechanisms for ONC RPC
This document describes two authentication mechanisms created by Sun Microsystems that are commonly used in conjunction with the ONC Remote Procedure Call (ONC RPC Version 2) protocol. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2694 - DNS extensions to Network Address Translators (DNS_ALG)
This document identifies the need for DNS extensions to NATs and outlines how a DNS Application Level Gateway (DNS_ALG) can meet the need. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2693 - SPKI Certificate Theory
This document gives the theory behind SPKI certificates and ACLs without going into technical detail about those structures or their uses. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2692 - SPKI Requirements
The SPKI Working Group first established a list of things one might want to do with certificates (attached at the end of this document), and then summarized that list of desires into requirements. This document presents that summary of requirements. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2691 - A Memorandum of Understanding for an ICANN Protocol Support Organization
This is the text of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was signed by ICANN, the IETF, the ITU-T, W3C and ETSI on July 14, 1999 in Oslo. This MoU creates the Protocol Support Organization (PSO) within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2690 - A Proposal for an MOU-Based ICANN Protocol Support Organization
This is a copy of the proposal for an MOU-based Protocol Supporting Organization that was submitted to ICANN on April 23, 1999. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2689 - Providing Integrated Services over Low-bitrate Links
This document describes an architecture for providing integrated services over low-bitrate links, such as modem lines, ISDN B-channels, and sub-T1 links. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2688 - Integrated Services Mappings for Low Speed Networks
This document defines the service mappings of the IETF Integrated Services for low-bitrate links, specifically the controlled load and guaranteed services. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2687 - PPP in a Real-time Oriented HDLC-like Framing
This document proposes the suspend/resume-oriented solution for the real-time encapsulation format part of the architecture. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2686 - The Multi-Class Extension to Multi-Link PPP
This document proposes the fragment-oriented solution for the real-time encapsulation format part of the architecture. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2685 - Virtual Private Networks Identifier
This document proposes a format for a globally unique VPN identifier. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2684 - Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5
This memo replaces RFC 1483. It describes two encapsulations methods for carrying network interconnect traffic over AAL type 5 over ATM. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2683 - IMAP4 Implementation Recommendations
The IMAP4 specification describes a rich protocol for use in building clients and servers for storage, retrieval, and manipulation of electronic mail. Because the protocol is so rich and has so many implementation choices, there are often trade-offs that must be made and issues that must be considered when designing such clients and servers. This document attempts to outline these issues and to make recommendations in order to make the end products as interoperable as possible. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2682 - Performance Issues in VC-Merge Capable ATM LSRs
This document investigates the impact of VC merging on the additional buffer required for the reassembly buffers and other buffers. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
RFC2681 - A Round-trip Delay Metric for IPPM
This memo defines a metric for round-trip delay of packets across Internet paths. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2680 - A One-way Packet Loss Metric for IPPM
This memo defines a metric for one-way packet loss across Internet paths. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2679 - A One-way Delay Metric for IPPM
This memo defines a metric for one-way delay of packets across Internet paths. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2678 - IPPM Metrics for Measuring Connectivity
This memo defines a series of metrics for connectivity between a pair of Internet hosts. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2677 - Definitions of Managed Objects for the NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2676 - QoS Routing Mechanisms and OSPF Extensions
This memo describes extensions to the OSPF protocol to support QoS routes. The focus of this document is on the algorithms used to compute QoS routes and on the necessary modifications to OSPF to support this function, e.g., the information needed, its format, how it is distributed, and how it is used by the QoS path selection process. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
RFC2675 - IPv6 Jumbograms
This document describes the IPv6 Jumbo Payload option, which provides the means of specifying such large payload lengths. It also describes the changes needed to TCP and UDP to make use of jumbograms. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2674 - Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering and Virtual LAN Extensions
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP based internets. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2673 - Binary Labels in the Domain Name System
This document defines a "Bit-String Label" which may appear within domain names. This new label type compactly represents a sequence of "One-Bit Labels" and enables resource records to be stored at any bit- boundary in a binary-named section of the domain name tree. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2672 - Non-Terminal DNS Name Redirection
This document defines a new DNS Resource Record called "DNAME", which provides the capability to map an entire subtree of the DNS name space to another domain. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2671 - Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)
The Domain Name System's wire protocol includes a number of fixed fields whose range has been or soon will be exhausted and does not allow clients to advertise their capabilities to servers. This document describes backward compatible mechanisms for allowing the protocol to grow. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2670 - Radio Frequency (RF) Interface Management Information Base for MCNS/DOCSIS compliant RF interfaces
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it defines a basic set of managed objects for SNMP-based management of MCNS/DOCSIS compliant Radio Frequency (RF) interfaces. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
RFC2669 - DOCSIS Cable Device MIB Cable Device Management Information Base for DOCSIS compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it defines a basic set of managed objects for SNMP-based management of DOCSIS 1.0 compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems. [STANDARDS-TRACK]