1.2 IETF Progress Report

5-Nov-06 to 18-Mar-07


136 IESG Protocol and Document Actions this period
119 IESG Last Calls issued to the IETF this period
1170 new or revised Internet-Drafts this period

4 New Working Group(s) formed this period 
    Congestion and Pre-Congestion Notification  (pcn)

    Media Server Control  (mediactrl)

    Provisioning of Symmetric Keys  (keyprov)

    Peer-to-Peer Session Initiation Protocol  (p2psip)

7 Working Group(s) concluded this period 
    WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning  (webdav)

    Authentication, Authorization and Accounting  (aaa)

    Source-Specific Multicast  (ssm)

    Open Pluggable Edge Services  (opes)

    Site Multihoming in IPv6  (multi6)

    Peer to Peer Support for Session Initiation Protocol  (p2p-sip)

    NFSv4 and Low Infrastructure Public Key Based GSS Security Mechanisms  (spkm)
104 RFC produced this period
RFC4720PS(pwe3) Nov 2006Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Frame Check Sequence Retention
RFC4684PS(l3vpn) Nov 2006Constrained Route Distribution for Border Gateway Protocol/MultiProtocol Label Switching (BGP/MPLS) Internet Protcol (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
RFC4716I (secsh) Nov 2006The Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key File Format
RFC4578I (dhc) Nov 2006Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Options for the Intel Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
RFC4738PS(msec) Nov 2006MIKEY-RSA-R: An Additional Mode of Key Distribution in Multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY)
RFC4715I (none) Nov 2006The Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Subaddress Encoding Type for tel URI
RFC4722I (none) Nov 2006Media Server Control Markup Language (MSCML) and Protocol
RFC4696I (avt) Nov 2006An Implementation Guide for RTP MIDI
RFC4695PS(avt) Nov 2006RTP Payload Format for MIDI
RFC4736I (ccamp) Nov 2006Reoptimization of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) Loosely Routed Label Switch Path (LSP)
RFC4758I (none) Nov 2006Cryptographic Token Key Initialization Protocol (CT-KIP) Version 1.0 Revision 1
RFC4769PS(enum) Nov 2006IANA Registration for an Enumservice Containing Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Signaling Information
RFC4727PS(none) Nov 2006Experimental Values In IPv4, IPv6, ICMPv4, ICMPv6, UDP and TCP Headers
RFC4725I (enum) Nov 2006ENUM Validation Architecture
RFC4789PS(none) Nov 2006Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) over IEEE 802 Networks
RFC4777I (none) Nov 2006IBM's iSeries Telnet Enhancements
RFC4763I (none) Nov 2006Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for Shared-secret Authentication and Key Establishment (EAP-SAKE)
RFC4706PS(adslmib) Nov 2006Definitions of Managed Objects for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 2 (ADSL2)
RFC4774B (tsvwg) Nov 2006Specifying Alternate Semantics for the Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Field
RFC4756PS(mmusic) Nov 2006Forward Error Correction Grouping Semantics in Session Description Protocol
RFC4737PS(ippm) Nov 2006Packet Reordering Metrics
RFC4752PS(sasl) Nov 2006The Kerberos V5 (
RFC4747PS(imss) Nov 2006The Virtual Fabrics MIB
RFC4740PS(aaa) Nov 2006Diameter Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Application
RFC4746I (none) Nov 2006Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Password Authenticated Exchange
RFC4739E (none) Nov 2006Multiple Authentication Exchanges in the Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol
RFC4729I (none) Nov 2006A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for The Near Field Communication Forum (NFC Forum)
RFC4582PS(xcon) Nov 2006The Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP)
RFC4726I (ccamp) Nov 2006A Framework for Inter-Domain Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering
RFC4731PS(none) Nov 2006IMAP4 Extension to SEARCH Command for Controlling What Kind of Information is Returned
RFC4719PS(l2tpext) Nov 2006Transport of Ethernet Frames over Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3)
RFC4730PS(sipping) Nov 2006A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Package for Key Press Stimulus (KPML)
RFC4759PS(iptel) Dec 2006The ENUM Dip Indicator Parameter for the
RFC4755PS(ipoib) Dec 2006IP over InfiniBand: Connected Mode
RFC4768I (kitten) Dec 2006Desired Enhancements to Generic Security Services Application Program Interface (GSS-API) Version 3 Naming
RFC4723I (none) Dec 2006Registration of media type audio/mobile-xmf
RFC4717PS(pwe3) Dec 2006Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) over MPLS Networks
RFC4734PS(avt) Dec 2006Definition of Events For Modem, FAX, and Text Telephony Signals
RFC4733PS(avt) Dec 2006RTP Payload for DTMF Digits, Telephony Tones and Telephony Signals
RFC4750PS(ospf) Dec 2006OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base
RFC4757I (none) Dec 2006The RC4-HMAC Kerberos Encryption Types Used by Microsoft Windows
RFC4794I (none) Dec 2006RFC 1264 is Obsolete
RFC4741PS(netconf) Dec 2006NETCONF Configuration Protocol
RFC4742PS(netconf) Dec 2006Using the NETCONF Configuration Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH)
RFC4744PS(netconf) Dec 2006Using the NETCONF Protocol over Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (BEEP)
RFC4583PS(mmusic) Nov 2006Session Description Protocol (SDP) Format for Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP) Streams
RFC4786B (grow) Dec 2006Operation of Anycast Services
RFC4732I (iab) Dec 2006Internet Denial of Service Considerations
RFC4639PS(ipcdn) Dec 2006Cable Device Management Information Base for Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification Compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems
RFC4682PS(ipcdn) Dec 2006Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA) Management Information Base for PacketCable and IPCablecom compliant devices
RFC4772I (none) Dec 2006Security Implications of Using the Data Encryption Standard (DES)
RFC4773I (none) Dec 2006Administration of the IANA Special Purpose IPv6 Address Block
RFC4743PS(netconf) Dec 2006Using the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) Over the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
RFC4775B (none) Dec 2006Procedures for Protocol Extensions and Variations
RFC4783PS(ccamp) Dec 2006GMPLS - Communication of Alarm Information
RFC4770PS(none) Jan 2007vCard Extensions for Instant Messaging (IM)
RFC4788PS(avt) Jan 2007Enhancements to RTP Payload Formats for EVRC Family Codecs
RFC4779I (v6ops) Jan 2007ISP IPv6 Deployment Scenarios in Broadband Access Networks
RFC4771PS(none) Jan 2007Integrity Transform Carrying Roll-over Counter for the Secure Real-time Transport Protocol
RFC4754PS(none) Jan 2007IKE and IKEv2 Authentication Using the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
RFC4753I (none) Jan 2007ECP Groups For IKE and IKEv2
RFC4781PS(mpls) Jan 2007Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP with MPLS
RFC4764E (none) Jan 2007The EAP-PSK Protocol: A Pre-Shared Key Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Method
RFC4762PS(l2vpn) Jan 2007Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Signaling
RFC4761PS(l2vpn) Jan 2007Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-discovery and Signaling
RFC4760DS(idr) Jan 2007Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
RFC4792PS(none) Jan 2007Encoding Instructions for the Generic String Encoding Rules (GSER)
RFC4782E (tsvwg) Jan 2007Quick-Start for TCP and IP
RFC4628I (avt) Feb 2007RTP Payload Format for H.263 using RFC2190 to Historic status
RFC4778I (opsec) Jan 2007Operational Security Current Practices in Internet Service Provider Environments
RFC4785PS(tls) Jan 2007Pre-Shared Key (PSK) Cipher Suites with NULL Encryption for Transport Layer Security (TLS)
RFC4629PS(avt) Jan 2007RTP Payload Format for ITU-T Rec. H.263 Video
RFC4787B (behave) Jan 2007Network Address Translation (NAT) Behavioral Requirements for Unicast UDP
RFC4797I (l3vpn) Jan 2007Use of Provider Edge to Provider Edge (PE-PE) Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) or IP in BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks
RFC4795I (dnsext) Jan 2007Link-local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)
RFC4724PS(idr) Jan 2007Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP
RFC4721PS(mip4) Jan 2007Mobile IPv4 Challenge/Response Extensions (Revised)
RFC4651I (none) Feb 2007A Taxonomy and Analysis of Enhancements to Mobile IPv6 Route Optimization
RFC4798PS(idr) Feb 2007Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)
RFC4796PS(mmusic) Feb 2007The Session Description Protocol (SDP) Content Attribute
RFC4793I (none) Feb 2007The EAP Protected One-Time Password Protocol (EAP-POTP)
RFC4728E (manet) Feb 2007The Dynamic Source Routing Protocol (DSR) for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks for IPv4
RFC4816PS(pwe3) Feb 2007Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Transparent Cell Transport Service
RFC4815PS(rohc) Feb 2007RObust Header Compression (ROHC): Corrections and Clarifications to RFC 3095
RFC4745PS(geopriv) Feb 2007Common Policy: A Document Format for Expressing Privacy Preferences
RFC4801PS(ccamp) Feb 2007Definitions of Textual Conventions for Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Management
RFC4802PS(ccamp) Feb 2007Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering Management Information Base
RFC4803PS(ccamp) Feb 2007Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS)Label Switching Router (LSR) Management Information Base
RFC4855PS(avt) Feb 2007Media Type Registration of RTP Payload Formats
RFC4856PS(avt) Feb 2007Media Type Registration of Payload Formats in the RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences
RFC4809I (pki4ipse)Feb 2007Requirements for an IPsec Certificate Management Profile
RFC4807PS(none) Mar 2007IPsec Security Policy Database Configuration MIB
RFC4805PS(none) Mar 2007Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS1, J1, E1, DS2 and E2 Interface Types
RFC4765E (idwg) Mar 2007The Intrusion Detection Message Exchange Format (IDMEF)
RFC4766I (idwg) Mar 2007Intrusion Detection Mesage Exchange Requirements
RFC4767E (idwg) Mar 2007The Intrusion Detection Exchange Protocol (IDXP)
RFC4804PS(tsvwg) Feb 2007Aggregation of Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) Reservations over MPLS TE/DS-TE Tunnels
RFC3659PS(ftpext) Mar 2007Extensions to FTP
RFC4808I (none) Mar 2007Key Change Strategies for TCP-MD5
RFC4819PS(secsh) Mar 2007Secure Shell Public-Key Subsystem
RFC4822PS(none) Mar 2007RIPv2 Cryptographic Authentication
RFC4806PS(none) Feb 2007Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Extensions to IKEv2
RFC4790PS(none) Mar 2007Internet Application Protocol Collation Registry
RFC4791PS(none) Mar 2007Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV)
63 Standards Track; 4 BCP; 6 Experimental; 31 Informational