Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Westerlund
Request for Comments: 6336 Ericsson
Updates: 5245 C. Perkins
Category: Standards Track University of Glasgow
ISSN: 2070-1721 July 2011
IANA Registry for Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) Options
Abstract
It has been identified that "Interactive Connectivity Establishment
(ICE): A Protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT) Traversal for
Offer/Answer Protocols" (RFC 5245) is missing a registry for ICE
options. This document defines this missing IANA registry and
updates RFC 5245.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
2. Requirements Language ...........................................2
3. IANA Considerations .............................................3
3.1. ICE Options ................................................3
4. Security Considerations .........................................3
5. Acknowledgements ................................................4
6. References ......................................................4
6.1. Normative References .......................................4
6.2. Informative References .....................................4
1. Introduction
"Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network
Address Translator (NAT) Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols"
[RFC5245] defines a concept of ICE options. However, the ICE RFC
fails to create an IANA registry for ICE options. As one ICE option
is under specification in [ECN-FOR-RTP], there is now a need to
create the registry.
RFC 5245 says: "ICE provides for extensibility by allowing an offer
or answer to contain a series of tokens that identify the ICE
extensions used by that agent. If an agent supports an ICE
extension, it MUST include the token defined for that extension in
the ice-options attribute".
Thus, as future extensions are defined, these ICE options need to be
registered with IANA to ensure non-conflicting identification. The
ICE option identifiers are used in signalling between the ICE
endpoints to negotiate extension support. RFC 5245 defines one
method of signalling these ICE options, using the Session Description
Protocol (SDP) with Offer/Answer [RFC3264].
This document updates the ICE specification [RFC5245] to define the
"Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) Options" registry.
2. Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
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3. IANA Considerations
This document defines a registry "Interactive Connectivity
Establishment (ICE) Options" for ICE options that can be used in the
SDP "ice-options" attribute or other signalling parameters carrying
the ICE options.
3.1. ICE Options
An ICE option identifier MUST fulfill the ABNF [RFC5234] syntax for
"ice-option-tag" as specified in [RFC5245]. This syntax is
reproduced here for simplicity, but the authoritative definition is
in the ICE RFC:
ice-option-tag = 1*ice-char
ice-char = ALPHA / DIGIT / "+" / "/"
ICE options are of unlimited length according to the syntax; however,
they are RECOMMENDED to be no longer than 20 characters. This is to
reduce message sizes and allow for efficient parsing.
Registration of an ICE option in the "Interactive Connectivity
Establishment (ICE) Options" registry is done using the Specification
Required policy as defined in "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
Considerations Section in RFCs" [RFC5226].
A registration request MUST include the following information:
o The ICE option identifier to be registered
o Name, Email, and Address of a contact person for the registration
o Organization or individuals having the change control
o Short description of the ICE extension to which the option relates
o Reference(s) to the specification defining the ICE option and the
related extensions
This document registers no ICE option.
4. Security Considerations
As this document defines an IANA registry for an already existing
concept, there are no new security considerations.
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5. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the people who reviewed the document
and provided feedback: Flemming Andreasen, Mykyta Yevstifeyev, Amanda
Baber, and Brian Carpenter.
6. References
6.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
May 2008.
[RFC5234] Crocker, D., Ed., and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for
Syntax Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234,
January 2008.
[RFC5245] Rosenberg, J., "Interactive Connectivity Establishment
(ICE): A Protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT)
Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols", RFC 5245,
April 2010.
6.2. Informative References
[ECN-FOR-RTP]
Westerlund, M., Johansson, I., Perkins, C., O'Hanlon, P.,
and K. Carlberg, "Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
for RTP over UDP", Work in Progress, July 2011.
[RFC3264] Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model
with Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 3264,
June 2002.
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Authors' Addresses
Magnus Westerlund
Ericsson
Farogatan 6
SE-164 80 Kista
Sweden
Phone: +46 10 714 82 87
EMail: magnus.westerlund@ericsson.com
Colin Perkins
University of Glasgow
School of Computing Science
Glasgow G12 8QQ
United Kingdom
EMail: csp@csperkins.org
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