2.5.1 Authenticated Firewall Traversal (aft)

NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 48th IETF Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 17-Jul-00

Chair(s):

Wei Lu <wlu@syl.dl.nec.com>

Security Area Director(s):

Jeffrey Schiller <jis@mit.edu>
Marcus Leech <mleech@nortelnetworks.com>

Security Area Advisor:

Jeffrey Schiller <jis@mit.edu>

Mailing Lists:

General Discussion:aft@socks.nec.com
To Subscribe: aft-request@socks.nec.com
Archive: http://www.socks.nec.com/aftmail/

Description of Working Group:

The goal of the Authenticated Firewall Traversal Working Group is to specify a protocol to address the issue of application-layer support for firewall traversal. The working group intends to specify a traversal protocol supporting both TCP and UDP applications with a general framework for authentication of the firewall traversal. To promote interoperability, the group will also propose a base authentication technique for use within the general authentication framework.

The output of the group will consist of a standards-track RFC(s) describing the traversal protocol, the base authentication methods and a reference implementation of the protocol, and base authentication methods. The working group will start with the SOCKS system described by David Koblas in his paper presented at the 1992 Usenix Security Symposium.

Goals and Milestones:

Oct 94

  

Publish sample implementation for UNIX.

Done

  

Issue Internet-Draft on V5 SOCKS protocol.

Nov 94

  

Publish sample implementation for UNIX.

Done

  

Issue Internet-Draft on SOCKS base authentication methods.

Dec 94

  

Submit final draft of SOCKS protocol and authentication methods for RFC.

Internet-Drafts:

Request For Comments:

RFC

Status

Title

 

RFC1928

PS

SOCKS Protocol Version 5

RFC1929

PS

Username/Password Authentication for SOCKS V5

RFC1961

PS

GSS-API Authentication Method for SOCKS Version 5

Current Meeting Report

Minutes of AFT WG at 48nd IETF-Pittsburgh meeting

Authenticated Firewall Traversal Working Group Meeting
July 31, 2000
Pittsburgh, USA

Chaired by Wei Lu <wlu@syl.dl.nec.com>
Reported by Wei Lu

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AGENDA
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Closing the revision of RFC 1928
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Marc VanHeyningen summarized the revision of RFC 1928.
Highlights of the revision are:

The WG agreed that the draft will move to the last call.

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Review the proposed protocol framework
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Wei Lu presented a sketch of the protocol framework for the next version of SOCKS. It includes

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Miscellaneous
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Melinda Shore asked whether AFT is willing to get more involved in firewall traversal support for emerging multimedia applications. Wei Lu commented that AFT will consider such involvements. He will consult with AFT members and members of other groups for a final decision.

Wei Lu urged AFT members to be active participants, instead of passive listeners.

Slides

None received.