Network Working Group P. Nesser, II
Request for Comments: 3796 Nesser & Nesser Consulting
Category: Informational A. Bergstrom, Ed.
Ostfold University College
June 2004
Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF
Operations & Management Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents
Status of this Memo
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not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).
Abstract
This document seeks to record all usage of IPv4 addresses in
currently deployed IETF Operations & Management Area accepted
standards. In order to successfully transition from an all IPv4
Internet to an all IPv6 Internet, many interim steps will be taken.
One of these steps is the evolution of current protocols that have
IPv4 dependencies. It is hoped that these protocols (and their
implementations) will be redesigned to be network address
independent, but failing that will at least dually support IPv4 and
IPv6. To this end, all Standards (Full, Draft, and Proposed), as
well as Experimental RFCs, will be surveyed and any dependencies will
be documented.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Document Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Full Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Draft Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. Proposed Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Experimental RFCs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7. Summary of Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7.1. Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7.2. Draft Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
7.3. Proposed Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
7.4. Experimental RFCs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8. Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
9. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10.1. Normative Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
11. Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
12. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
1. Introduction
This document is part of a set aiming to record all usage of IPv4
addresses in IETF standards. In an effort to have the information in
a manageable form, it has been broken into 7 documents conforming to
the current IETF areas (Application, Internet, Operations &
Management, Routing, Security, Sub-IP and Transport).
For a full introduction, please see the introduction [1].
2. Document Organization
The document is organized as described below:
Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 each describe the raw analysis of Full,
Draft, and Proposed Standards, and Experimental RFCs. Each RFC is
discussed in its turn starting with RFC 1 and ending with (around)
RFC 3100. The comments for each RFC are "raw" in nature. That is,
each RFC is discussed in a vacuum and problems or issues discussed do
not "look ahead" to see if the problems have already been fixed.
Section 7 is an analysis of the data presented in Sections 3, 4, 5,
and 6. It is here that all of the results are considered as a whole
and the problems that have been resolved in later RFCs are
correlated.
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3. Full Standards
Full Internet Standards (most commonly simply referred to as
"Standards") are fully mature protocol specification that are widely
implemented and used throughout the Internet.
3.1. RFC 1155 Structure of Management Information
Section 3.2.3.2. IpAddress defines the following:
This application-wide type represents a 32-bit internet address.
It is represented as an OCTET STRING of length 4, in network
byte-order.
There are several instances of the use of this definition in the rest
of the document.
3.2. RFC 1212 Concise MIB definitions
In section 4.1.6 IpAddress is defined as:
(6) IpAddress-valued: 4 sub-identifiers, in the familiar
a.b.c.d notation.
3.3. RFC 1213 Management Information Base
There are far too many instances of IPv4 addresses is this document
to enumerate here. The particular object groups that are affected
are the IP group, the ICMP group, the TCP group, the UDP group, and
the EGP group.
3.4. RFC 2578 Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
Section 7.1.5 defines the IpAddress data type:
The IpAddress type represents a 32-bit internet address. It is
represented as an OCTET STRING of length 4, in network byte-order.
Note that the IpAddress type is a tagged type for historical
reasons. Network addresses should be represented using an
invocation of the TEXTUAL-CONVENTION macro.
Note the deprecated status of this type; see RFC 3291 for details on
the replacement TEXTUAL-CONVENTION definitions.
3.5. RFC 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
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3.6. RFC 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
3.7. RFC 2819 Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
3.8. RFC 3411 An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
3.9. RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
3.10. RFC 3413 SNMP Applications
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
3.11. RFC 3414 User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
3.12. RFC 3415 View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
3.13. RFC 3416 Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)
Section 4.2.2.1., Example of Table Traversal, and Section 4.2.3.1.,
Another Example of Table Traversal, both use objects from MIB2 whose
data contains IPv4 addresses. Other than their use in these example
sections, there are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
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3.14. RFC 3417 Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)
Section 2 Definitions contains the following definition:
SnmpUDPAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
DISPLAY-HINT "1d.1d.1d.1d/2d"
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Represents a UDP address:
octets contents encoding
1-4 IP-address network-byte order
5-6 UDP-port network-byte order
"
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (6))
Section 8.1, Usage Example, also contains examples which uses IPv4
address, but it has no significance in the operation of the
specification.
3.15. RFC 3418 Management Information Base for Version 2 of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
4. Draft Standards
Draft Standards represent the penultimate standard level in the IETF.
A protocol can only achieve draft standard when there are multiple,
independent, interoperable implementations. Draft Standards are
usually quite mature and widely used.
4.1. RFC 1493 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
4.2. RFC 1559 DECnet Phase IV MIB Extensions
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
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4.3. RFC 1657 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fourth
Version of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-4) using SMIv2
The MIB defined in this RFC deals with objects in a BGP4 based
routing system and therefore contain many objects that are limited by
the IpAddress 32-bit value defined in MIB2. Clearly the values of
this MIB are limited to IPv4 addresses. No update is needed,
although a new MIB should be defined for BGP4+ to allow management of
IPv6 addresses and routes.
4.4. RFC 1658 Definitions of Managed Objects for Character Stream
Devices using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
4.5. RFC 1659 Definitions of Managed Objects for RS-232-like Hardware
Devices using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
4.6. RFC 1660 Definitions of Managed Objects for Parallel-printer-like
Hardware Devices using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
4.7. RFC 1694 Definitions of Managed Objects for SMDS Interfaces using
SMIv2
This MIB module definition defines the following subtree:
ipOverSMDS OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { smdsApplications 1 }
-- Although the objects in this group are read-only, at the
-- agent's discretion they may be made read-write so that the
-- management station, when appropriately authorized, may
-- change the addressing information related to the
-- configuration of a logical IP subnetwork implemented on
-- top of SMDS.
-- This table is necessary to support RFC1209 (IP-over-SMDS)
-- and gives information on the Group Addresses and ARP
-- Addresses used in the Logical IP subnetwork.
-- One SMDS address may be associated with multiple IP
-- addresses. One SNI may be associated with multiple LISs.
ipOverSMDSTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF IpOverSMDSEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
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STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The table of addressing information relevant to
this entity's IP addresses."
::= { ipOverSMDS 1 }
ipOverSMDSEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IpOverSMDSEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The addressing information for one of this
entity's IP addresses."
INDEX { ipOverSMDSIndex, ipOverSMDSAddress }
::= { ipOverSMDSTable 1 }
IpOverSMDSEntry ::=
SEQUENCE {
ipOverSMDSIndex IfIndex,
ipOverSMDSAddress IpAddress,
ipOverSMDSHA SMDSAddress,
ipOverSMDSLISGA SMDSAddress,
ipOverSMDSARPReq SMDSAddress
}
ipOverSMDSIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IfIndex
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The value of this object identifies the
interface for which this entry contains management
information. "
::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 1 }
ipOverSMDSAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IpAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The IP address to which this entry's addressing
information pertains."
::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 2 }
ipOverSMDSHA OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SMDSAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
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DESCRIPTION
"The SMDS Individual address of the IP station."
::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 3 }
ipOverSMDSLISGA OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SMDSAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The SMDS Group Address that has been configured
to identify the SMDS Subscriber-Network Interfaces
(SNIs) of all members of the Logical IP Subnetwork
(LIS) connected to the network supporting SMDS."
::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 4 }
ipOverSMDSARPReq OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SMDSAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The SMDS address (individual or group) to which
ARP Requests are to be sent."
::= { ipOverSMDSEntry 5 }
Although these object definitions are intended for IPv4 addresses, a
similar MIB can be defined for IPv6 addressing.
4.8. RFC 1724 RIP Version 2 MIB Extension
As expected, this RFC is filled with IPv4 dependencies since it
defines a MIB module for an IPv4-only routing protocol. A new MIB
for RIPng is required.
4.9. RFC 1748 IEEE 802.5 MIB using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
4.10. RFC 1850 OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base
This MIB defines managed objects for OSPFv2 which is a protocol used
to exchange IPv4 routing information. Since OSPFv2 is limited to
IPv4 addresses, a new MIB is required to support a new version of
OSPF that is IPv6 aware.
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4.11. RFC 2115 Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs
Using SMIv2
This specification has several examples of how IPv4 addresses might
be mapped to Frame Relay DLCIs. Other than those examples there are
no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
4.12. RFC 2790 Host Resources MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
4.13. RFC 2863 The Interfaces Group MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification. There is some
discussion in one object definition about an interface performing a
self test, but the object itself is IP version independent.
4.14. RFC 3592 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Synchronous
Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
4.15. RFC 3593 Textual Conventions for MIB Modules Using Performance
History Based on 15 Minute Intervals
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5. Proposed Standards
Proposed Standards are introductory level documents. There are no
requirements for even a single implementation. In many cases,
Proposed are never implemented or advanced in the IETF standards
process. They therefore are often just proposed ideas that are
presented to the Internet community. Sometimes flaws are exposed or
they are one of many competing solutions to problems. In these later
cases, no discussion is presented as it would not serve the purpose
of this discussion.
5.1. RFC 1239 Reassignment of experimental MIBs to standard MIBs
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.2. RFC 1269 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Border
Gateway Protocol: Version 3
The use of BGP3 has been deprecated and is not discussed.
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5.3. RFC 1285 FDDI Management Information Base
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.4. RFC 1381 SNMP MIB Extension for X.25 LAPB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.5. RFC 1382 SNMP MIB Extension for the X.25 Packet Layer
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.6. RFC 1414 Identification MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.7. RFC 1418 SNMP over OSI
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.8. RFC 1419 SNMP over AppleTalk
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.9. RFC 1420 SNMP over IPX
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.10. RFC 1461 SNMP MIB extension for Multiprotocol Interconnect
over X.25
The following objects are defined in Section 4, Definitions:
mioxPleLastFailedEnAddr OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE(2..128))
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The last Encapsulated address that failed
to find a corresponding X.121 address and
caused mioxPleEnAddrToX121LkupFlrs to be
incremented. The first octet of this object
contains the encapsulation type, the
remaining octets contain the address of that
type that failed. Thus for an IP address,
the length will be five octets, the first
octet will contain 204 (hex CC), and the
last four octets will contain the IP
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address. For a snap encapsulation, the
first byte would be 128 (hex 80) and the
rest of the octet string would have the snap
header."
::= { mioxPleEntry 4 }
mioxPeerEnAddr OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..128))
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The Encapsulation address of the remote
host mapped by this table entry. A length
of zero indicates the remote IP address is
unknown or unspecified for use as a PLE
default.
The first octet of this object contains the
encapsulation type, the remaining octets
contain an address of that type. Thus for
an IP address, the length will be five
octets, the first octet will contain 204
(hex CC), and the last four octets will
contain the IP address. For a snap
encapsulation, the first byte would be 128
(hex 80) and the rest of the octet string
would have the snap header."
DEFVAL { ''h }
::= { mioxPeerEntry 7 }
mioxPeerEncType OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER (0..256)
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The value of the encapsulation type. For
IP encapsulation this will have a value of
204 (hex CC). For SNAP encapsulated
packets, this will have a value of 128 (hex
80). For CLNP, ISO 8473, this will have a
value of 129 (hex 81). For ES-ES, ISO 9542,
this will have a value of 130 (hex 82). A
value of 197 (hex C5) identifies the Blacker
X.25 encapsulation. A value of 0,
identifies the Null encapsulation.
This value can only be written when the
mioxPeerStatus object with the same
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mioxPeerIndex has a value of underCreation.
Setting this object to a value of 256
deletes the entry. When deleting an entry,
all other entries in the mioxPeerEncTable
with the same mioxPeerIndex and with an
mioxPeerEncIndex higher then the deleted
entry, will all have their mioxPeerEncIndex
values decremented by one."
::= { mioxPeerEncEntry 2 }
Updated values of the first byte of these objects can be defined to
support IPv6 addresses.
5.11. RFC 1471 The Definitions of Managed Objects for the Link
Control Protocol of the Point-to-Point Protocol
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.12. RFC 1472 The Definitions of Managed Objects for the Security
Protocols of the Point-to-Point Protocol
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.13. RFC 1473 The Definitions of Managed Objects for the IP Network
Control Protocol of the Point-to-Point Protocol
This MIB module is targeted specifically at IPv4 over PPP. A new MIB
module would need to be defined to support IPv6 over PPP.
5.14. RFC 1474 The Definitions of Managed Objects for the Bridge
Network Control Protocol of the Point-to-Point Protocol
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.15. RFC 1512 FDDI Management Information Base
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.16. RFC 1513 Token Ring Extensions to the Remote Network
Monitoring MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.17. RFC 1525 Definitions of Managed Objects for Source Routing
Bridges
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
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5.18. RFC 1628 UPS Management Information Base
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.19. RFC 1666 Definitions of Managed Objects for SNA NAUs using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.20. RFC 1696 Modem Management Information Base (MIB) using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.21. RFC 1697 Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Management Information Base (MIB) using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.22. RFC 1742 AppleTalk Management Information Base II
The following objects are defined:
KipEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
kipNetStart ATNetworkNumber,
kipNetEnd ATNetworkNumber,
kipNextHop IpAddress,
kipHopCount INTEGER,
kipBCastAddr IpAddress,
kipCore INTEGER,
kipType INTEGER,
kipState INTEGER,
kipShare INTEGER,
kipFrom IpAddress
}
kipNextHop OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IpAddress
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The IP address of the next hop in the route to this
entry's destination network."
::= { kipEntry 3 }
kipBCastAddr OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IpAddress
ACCESS read-write
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
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"The form of the IP address used to broadcast on this
network."
::= { kipEntry 5 }
kipFrom OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IpAddress
ACCESS read-only
STATUS mandatory
DESCRIPTION
"The IP address from which the routing entry was
learned via the AA protocol. If this entry was not
created via the AA protocol, it should contain IP
address 0.0.0.0."
::= { kipEntry 10 }
5.23. RFC 1747 Definitions of Managed Objects for SNA Data Link
Control (SDLC) using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.24. RFC 1749 IEEE 802.5 Station Source Routing MIB using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.25. RFC 1759 Printer MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.26. RFC 2006 The Definitions of Managed Objects for IP Mobility
Support using SMIv2
This document defines a MIB for the Mobile IPv4. Without
enumeration, let it be stated that a new MIB for IPv6 Mobility is
required.
5.27. RFC 2011 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the Internet
Protocol using SMIv2
Approximately 1/3 of the objects defined in this document are IPv4-
dependent. New objects need to be defined to support IPv6.
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5.28. RFC 2012 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the
Transmission Control Protocol using SMIv2
A number of object definitions in this MIB assumes IPv4 addresses, as
is noted in the note reproduced below:
IESG Note:
The IP, UDP, and TCP MIB modules currently support only IPv4.
These three modules use the IpAddress type defined as an OCTET
STRING of length 4 to represent the IPv4 32-bit internet
addresses. (See RFC 1902, SMI for SNMPv2.) They do not support
the new 128-bit IPv6 internet addresses.
5.29. RFC 2013 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the User
Datagram Protocol using SMIv2
A number of object definitions in this MIB assumes IPv4 addresses, as
is noted in the note reproduced below:
IESG Note:
The IP, UDP, and TCP MIB modules currently support only IPv4.
These three modules use the IpAddress type defined as an OCTET
STRING of length 4 to represent the IPv4 32-bit internet
addresses. (See RFC 1902, SMI for SNMPv2.) They do not support
the new 128-bit IPv6 internet addresses.
5.30. RFC 2020 IEEE 802.12 Interface MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.31. RFC 2021 Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base
Version 2 using SMIv2
The following objects are defined:
addressMapNetworkAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network address for this relation.
This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the
index.
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For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
in network byte order."
::= { addressMapEntry 2 }
nlHostAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network address for this nlHostEntry.
This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.
For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
in network byte order."
::= { nlHostEntry 2 }
nlMatrixSDSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network source address for this nlMatrixSDEntry.
This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.
For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
in network byte order."
::= { nlMatrixSDEntry 2 }
nlMatrixSDDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network destination address for this
nlMatrixSDEntry.
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This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.
For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
in network byte order."
::= { nlMatrixSDEntry 3 }
nlMatrixDSSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network source address for this nlMatrixDSEntry.
This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.
For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
in network byte order."
::= { nlMatrixDSEntry 2 }
nlMatrixDSDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network destination address for this
nlMatrixDSEntry.
This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the protocolDirLocalIndex component of the index.
For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
in network byte order."
::= { nlMatrixDSEntry 3 }
nlMatrixTopNSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS read-only
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STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network layer address of the source host in this
conversation.
This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the associated nlMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex.
For example, if the protocolDirLocalIndex indicates an
encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a length
octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip address,
in network byte order."
::= { nlMatrixTopNEntry 3 }
nlMatrixTopNDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network layer address of the destination host in this
conversation.
This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the associated nlMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex.
For example, if the nlMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex
indicates an encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a
length octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip
address, in network byte order."
::= { nlMatrixTopNEntry 4 }
alMatrixTopNSourceAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network layer address of the source host in this
conversation.
This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the associated alMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex.
For example, if the alMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex
indicates an encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a
length octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the
ip address, in network byte order."
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::= { alMatrixTopNEntry 3 }
alMatrixTopNDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The network layer address of the destination host in this
conversation.
This is represented as an octet string with
specific semantics and length as identified
by the associated alMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex.
For example, if the alMatrixTopNProtocolDirLocalIndex
indicates an encapsulation of ip, this object is encoded as a
length octet of 4, followed by the 4 octets of the ip
address, in network byte order."
::= { alMatrixTopNEntry 4 }
trapDestProtocol OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER {
ip(1),
ipx(2)
}
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The protocol with which to send this trap."
::= { trapDestEntry 3 }
trapDestAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The address to send traps on behalf of this entry.
If the associated trapDestProtocol object is equal to ip(1),
the encoding of this object is the same as the snmpUDPAddress
textual convention in [RFC1906]:
-- for a SnmpUDPAddress of length 6:
--
-- octets contents encoding
-- 1-4 IP-address network-byte order
-- 5-6 UDP-port network-byte order
If the associated trapDestProtocol object is equal to ipx(2),
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the encoding of this object is the same as the snmpIPXAddress
textual convention in [RFC1906]:
-- for a SnmpIPXAddress of length 12:
--
-- octets contents encoding
-- 1-4 network-number network-byte order
-- 5-10 physical-address network-byte order
-- 11-12 socket-number network-byte order
This object may not be modified if the associated
trapDestStatus object is equal to active(1)."
::= { trapDestEntry 4 }
All of the object definitions above (except trapDestProtocol) mention
only IPv4 addresses. However, since they use a SYNTAX of OCTET
STRING, they should work fine for IPv6 addresses. A new legitimate
value of trapDestProtocol (i.e., SYNTAX addition of ipv6(3) should
make this specification functional for IPv6.
5.32. RFC 2024 Definitions of Managed Objects for Data Link Switching
using SMIv2
The following textual conventions are defined:
TAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Denotes a transport service address.
For dlswTCPDomain, a TAddress is 4 octets long,
containing the IP-address in network-byte order."
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..255))
-- DLSw over TCP
dlswTCPDomain OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { dlswDomains 1 }
-- for an IP address of length 4:
--
-- octets contents encoding
-- 1-4 IP-address network-byte order
--
DlswTCPAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
DISPLAY-HINT "1d.1d.1d.1d"
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Represents the IP address of a DLSw which uses
TCP as a transport protocol."
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (4))
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Additionally there are many object definitions that use a SYNTAX of
TAddress within the document. Interestingly the SYNTAX for TAddress
is an OCTET string of up to 256 characters. It could easily
accommodate a similar hybrid format for IPv6 addresses.
A new OID to enhance functionality for DlswTCPAddress could be added
to support IPv6 addresses.
5.33. RFC 2051 Definitions of Managed Objects for APPC using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.34. RFC 2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB
The MIB module's main conceptual table ipCidrRouteTable uses IPv4
addresses as index objects and is therefore incapable of representing
an IPv6 forwarding information base. A new conceptual table needs to
be defined to support IPv6 addresses.
5.35. RFC 2108 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Repeater
Devices using SMIv2 802
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.36. RFC 2127 ISDN Management Information Base using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.37. RFC 2128 Dial Control Management Information Base using
SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.38. RFC 2206 RSVP Management Information Base using SMIv2
All of the relevant object definitions in this MIB have options for
both IPv4 and IPv6. There are no IPv4 dependencies in this
specification.
5.39. RFC 2213 Integrated Services Management Information
Base using SMIv2
This MIB is IPv6 aware and therefore there are no IPv4 dependencies
in this specification.
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5.40. RFC 2214 Integrated Services Management Information
Base Guaranteed Service Extensions using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.41. RFC 2232 Definitions of Managed Objects for DLUR using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.42. RFC 2238 Definitions of Managed Objects for HPR using SMIv2
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.43. RFC 2266 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.12
Repeater Devices
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.44. RFC 2287 Definitions of System-Level Managed Objects for
Applications
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.45. RFC 2320 Definitions of Managed Objects for Classical IP
and ARP Over ATM Using SMIv2 (IPOA-MIB)
This MIB is wholly dependent on IPv4. A new MIB for IPv6 is required
to provide the same functionality.
5.46. RFC 2417 Definitions of Managed Objects for Multicast
over UNI 3.0/3.1 based ATM Networks
This MIB is wholly dependent on IPv4. A new MIB for IPv6 is required
to provide the same functionality.
5.47. RFC 2452 IP Version 6 Management Information Base for the
Transmission Control Protocol
This RFC documents a soon to be obsoleted IPv6 MIB and is not
considered in this discussion.
5.48. RFC 2454 IP Version 6 Management Information Base for
the User Datagram Protocol
This RFC documents a soon to be obsoleted IPv6 MIB and is not
considered in this discussion.
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5.49. RFC 2455 Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.50. RFC 2456 Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN TRAPS
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.51. RFC 2457 Definitions of Managed Objects for Extended Border
Node
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.52. RFC 2465 Management Information Base for IP Version 6:
Textual Conventions and General Group
This RFC documents a soon to be obsoleted IPv6 MIB and is not
considered in this discussion.
5.53. RFC 2466 Management Information Base for IP Version 6:
ICMPv6 Group
This RFC documents a soon to be obsoleted IPv6 MIB and is not
considered in this discussion.
5.54. RFC 2494 Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS0
and DS0 Bundle Interface Type
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.55. RFC 2495 Definitions of Managed Objects for the DS1, E1,
DS2 and E2 Interface Types
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.56. RFC 2496 Definitions of Managed Object for the DS3/E3
Interface Type
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.57. RFC 2512 Accounting Information for ATM Networks
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
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5.58. RFC 2513 Managed Objects for Controlling the Collection
and Storage of Accounting Information for
Connection-Oriented Networks
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.59. RFC 2514 Definitions of Textual Conventions and
OBJECT-IDENTITIES for ATM Management
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.60. RFC 2515 Definitions of Managed Objects for ATM Management
This MIB defines the following objects:
AtmInterfaceConfEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
atmInterfaceMaxVpcs INTEGER,
atmInterfaceMaxVccs INTEGER,
atmInterfaceConfVpcs INTEGER,
atmInterfaceConfVccs INTEGER,
atmInterfaceMaxActiveVpiBits INTEGER,
atmInterfaceMaxActiveVciBits INTEGER,
atmInterfaceIlmiVpi AtmVpIdentifier,
atmInterfaceIlmiVci AtmVcIdentifier,
atmInterfaceAddressType INTEGER,
atmInterfaceAdminAddress AtmAddr,
atmInterfaceMyNeighborIpAddress IpAddress,
atmInterfaceMyNeighborIfName DisplayString,
atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVpiBits INTEGER,
atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVciBits INTEGER,
atmInterfaceSubscrAddress AtmAddr
}
atmInterfaceMyNeighborIpAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IpAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The IP address of the neighbor system connected to
the far end of this interface, to which a Network
Management Station can send SNMP messages, as IP
datagrams sent to UDP port 161, in order to access
network management information concerning the
operation of that system. Note that the value
of this object may be obtained in different ways,
e.g., by manual configuration, or through ILMI
interaction with the neighbor system."
::= { atmInterfaceConfEntry 11 }
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atmInterfaceConfGroup2 OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
atmInterfaceMaxVpcs, atmInterfaceMaxVccs,
atmInterfaceConfVpcs, atmInterfaceConfVccs,
atmInterfaceMaxActiveVpiBits,
atmInterfaceMaxActiveVciBits,
atmInterfaceIlmiVpi,
atmInterfaceIlmiVci,
atmInterfaceMyNeighborIpAddress,
atmInterfaceMyNeighborIfName,
atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVpiBits,
atmInterfaceCurrentMaxVciBits,
atmInterfaceSubscrAddress }
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"A collection of objects providing configuration
information about an ATM interface."
::= { atmMIBGroups 10 }
Clearly a subsequent revision of this MIB module should define
equivalent IPv6 objects.
5.61. RFC 2561 Base Definitions of Managed Objects for TN3270E
Using SMIv2
The document states:
The MIB defined by this memo supports use of both IPv4 and IPv6
addressing.
This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware.
5.62. RFC 2562 Definitions of Protocol and Managed Objects for
TN3270E Response Time Collection Using SMIv2
This MIB module inherits IP version-independence by virtue of
importing the appropriate definitions from RFC 2561.
5.63. RFC 2564 Application Management MIB
The following textual convention is defined:
ApplTAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Denotes a transport service address.
For snmpUDPDomain, an ApplTAddress is 6 octets long,
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the initial 4 octets containing the IP-address in
network-byte order and the last 2 containing the UDP
port in network-byte order. Consult 'Transport Mappings
for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMPv2)' for further information on snmpUDPDomain."
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..255))
A new TC should be defined to handle IPv6 addresses.
5.64. RFC 2584 Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN/HPR in
IP Networks
Many of the object definitions described in this document assume the
use of the IPv4 only TOS header bits. It is therefore IPv4-only in
nature and will not support IPv6.
5.65. RFC 2594 Definitions of Managed Objects for WWW Services
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.66. RFC 2605 Directory Server Monitoring MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.67. RFC 2613 Remote Network Monitoring MIB Extensions for
Switched Networks Version 1.0
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.68. RFC 2618 RADIUS Authentication Client MIB
This RFC defines the following objects:
RadiusAuthServerEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
radiusAuthServerIndex Integer32,
radiusAuthServerAddress IpAddress,
radiusAuthClientServerPortNumber Integer32,
radiusAuthClientRoundTripTime TimeTicks,
radiusAuthClientAccessRequests Counter32,
radiusAuthClientAccessRetransmissions Counter32,
radiusAuthClientAccessAccepts Counter32,
radiusAuthClientAccessRejects Counter32,
radiusAuthClientAccessChallenges Counter32,
radiusAuthClientMalformedAccessResponses Counter32,
radiusAuthClientBadAuthenticators Counter32,
radiusAuthClientPendingRequests Gauge32,
radiusAuthClientTimeouts Counter32,
radiusAuthClientUnknownTypes Counter32,
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radiusAuthClientPacketsDropped Counter32
}
radiusAuthServerAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IpAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The IP address of the RADIUS authentication server
referred to in this table entry."
::= { radiusAuthServerEntry 2 }
There needs to be an update to allow an IPv6 based object for this
value.
5.69. RFC 2619 RADIUS Authentication Server MIB
This MIB defines the followings objects:
RadiusAuthClientEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
radiusAuthClientIndex Integer32,
radiusAuthClientAddress IpAddress,
radiusAuthClientID SnmpAdminString,
radiusAuthServAccessRequests Counter32,
radiusAuthServDupAccessRequests Counter32,
radiusAuthServAccessAccepts Counter32,
radiusAuthServAccessRejects Counter32,
radiusAuthServAccessChallenges Counter32,
radiusAuthServMalformedAccessRequests Counter32,
radiusAuthServBadAuthenticators Counter32,
radiusAuthServPacketsDropped Counter32,
radiusAuthServUnknownTypes Counter32
}
radiusAuthClientAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IpAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The NAS-IP-Address of the RADIUS authentication client
referred to in this table entry."
::= { radiusAuthClientEntry 2 }
This object needs to be deprecated and replaced by one that supports
both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
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5.70. RFC 2622 Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)
The only objects in the version of RPSL that deal with IP addresses
are defined as:
<ipv4-address> An IPv4 address is represented as a sequence of four
integers in the range from 0 to 255 separated by the character dot
".". For example, 128.9.128.5 represents a valid IPv4 address.
In the rest of this document, we may refer to IPv4 addresses as IP
addresses.
<address-prefix> An address prefix is represented as an IPv4 address
followed by the character slash "/" followed by an integer in the
range from 0 to 32. The following are valid address prefixes:
128.9.128.5/32, 128.9.0.0/16, 0.0.0.0/0; and the following address
prefixes are invalid: 0/0, 128.9/16 since 0 or 128.9 are not
strings containing four integers.
There seems to be an awareness of IPv6 because of the terminology but
it is not specifically defined. Therefore additional objects for
IPv6 addresses and prefixes need to be defined.
5.71. RFC 2662 Definitions of Managed Objects for the ADSL Lines
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.72. RFC 2667 IP Tunnel MIB
The Abstract of this document says:
This memo defines a Management Information Base (MIB) for use with
network management protocols in the Internet community. In
particular, it describes managed objects used for managing tunnels
of any type over IPv4 networks. Extension MIBs may be designed
for managing protocol-specific objects. Likewise, extension MIBs
may be designed for managing security-specific objects. This MIB
does not support tunnels over non-IPv4 networks (including IPv6
networks). Management of such tunnels may be supported by other
MIBs.
A similar MIB for tunneling over IPv6 should be defined.
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5.73. RFC 2669 DOCSIS Cable Device MIB Cable Device Management
Information Base for DOCSIS compliant Cable Modems and
Cable Modem Termination Systems
This document states:
Please note that the DOCSIS 1.0 standard only requires Cable
Modems to implement SNMPv1 and to process IPv4 customer traffic.
Design choices in this MIB reflect those requirements. Future
versions of the DOCSIS standard are expected to require support
for SNMPv3 and IPv6 as well.
5.74. RFC 2670 Radio Frequency (RF) Interface Management Information
Base for MCNS/DOCSIS compliant RF interfaces
This MIB defines the following objects:
DocsIfCmtsCmStatusEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
docsIfCmtsCmStatusIndex Integer32,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusMacAddress MacAddress,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusIpAddress IpAddress,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusDownChannelIfIndex InterfaceIndexOrZero,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusUpChannelIfIndex InterfaceIndexOrZero,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusRxPower TenthdBmV,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusTimingOffset Unsigned32,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusEqualizationData OCTET STRING,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusValue INTEGER,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusUnerroreds Counter32,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusCorrecteds Counter32,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusUncorrectables Counter32,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusSignalNoise TenthdB,
docsIfCmtsCmStatusMicroreflections Integer32
}
docsIfCmtsCmStatusIpAddress OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX IpAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"IP address of this Cable Modem. If the Cable Modem has no
IP address assigned, or the IP address is unknown, this
object returns a value of 0.0.0.0. If the Cable Modem has
multiple IP addresses, this object returns the IP address
associated with the Cable interface."
::= { docsIfCmtsCmStatusEntry 3 }
This object needs to be deprecated and replaced by one that supports
both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
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5.75. RFC 2674 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with
Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering and Virtual LAN
Extensions
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.76. RFC 2677 Definitions of Managed Objects for the NBMA Next
Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.77. RFC 2720 Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB
This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.
5.78. RFC 2725 Routing Policy System Security
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.79. RFC 2726 PGP Authentication for RIPE Database Updates
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.80. RFC 2737 Entity MIB (Version 2)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.81. RFC 2741 Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1
Although the examples in the document are for IPv4 transport only,
there is no IPv4 dependency in the AgentX protocol itself.
5.82. RFC 2742 Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP
Agents
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.83. RFC 2748 The COPS (Common Open Policy Service) Protocol
This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.
5.84. RFC 2749 COPS usage for RSVP
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.85. RFC 2769 Routing Policy System Replication
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
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5.86. RFC 2787 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Virtual
Router Redundancy Protocol
As stated in the Overview section:
Since the VRRP protocol is intended for use with IPv4 routers
only, this MIB uses the SYNTAX for IP addresses which is specific
to IPv4. Thus, changes will be required for this MIB to
interoperate in an IPv6 environment.
5.87. RFC 2788 Network Services Monitoring MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.88. RFC 2789 Mail Monitoring MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.89. RFC 2837 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fabric Element
in Fibre Channel Standard
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.90. RFC 2856 Textual Conventions for Additional High Capacity
Data Types
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.91. RFC 2864 The Inverted Stack Table Extension to the Interfaces
Group MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.92. RFC 2895 Remote Network Monitoring MIB Protocol Identifier
Reference
This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.
5.93. RFC 2925 Definitions of Managed Objects for Remote
Ping, Traceroute, and Lookup Operations
This MIB mostly is IPv4 and IPv6 aware. There are a few assumptions
that are problems, though. In the following object definitions:
pingCtlDataSize OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65507)
UNITS "octets"
MAX-ACCESS read-create
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STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Specifies the size of the data portion to be
transmitted in a ping operation in octets. A ping
request is usually an ICMP message encoded
into an IP packet. An IP packet has a maximum size
of 65535 octets. Subtracting the size of the ICMP
or UDP header (both 8 octets) and the size of the IP
header (20 octets) yields a maximum size of 65507
octets."
DEFVAL { 0 }
::= { pingCtlEntry 5 }
traceRouteCtlDataSize OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0..65507)
UNITS "octets"
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Specifies the size of the data portion of a traceroute
request in octets. A traceroute request is essentially
transmitted by encoding a UDP datagram into a
IP packet. So subtracting the size of a UDP header
(8 octets) and the size of a IP header (20 octets)
yields a maximum of 65507 octets."
DEFVAL { 0 }
::= { traceRouteCtlEntry 6 }
The DESCRIPTION clauses need to be updated to remove the IPv4
dependencies.
5.94. RFC 2932 IPv4 Multicast Routing MIB
This specification is only defined for IPv4 and a similar MIB must be
defined for IPv6.
5.95. RFC 2933 Internet Group Management Protocol MIB
As stated in this document:
Since IGMP is specific to IPv4, this MIB does not support
management of equivalent functionality for other address families,
such as IPv6.
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5.96. RFC 2940 Definitions of Managed Objects for Common
Open Policy Service (COPS) Protocol Clients
This MIB is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.
5.97. RFC 2954 Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame
Relay Service
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.98. RFC 2955 Definitions of Managed Objects for Monitoring
and Controlling the Frame Relay/ATM PVC Service
Interworking Function
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.99. RFC 2959 Real-Time Transport Protocol Management Information Base
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.100. RFC 2981 Event MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.101. RFC 2982 Distributed Management Expression MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.102. RFC 3014 Notification Log MIB
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.103. RFC 3019 IP Version 6 Management Information Base for
The Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol
This is an IPv6 related document and is not discussed in this
document.
5.104. RFC 3020 Definitions of Managed Objects for Monitoring
and Controlling the UNI/NNI Multilink Frame Relay Function
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.105. RFC 3055 Management Information Base for the PINT Services
Architecture
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
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5.106. RFC 3060 Policy Core Information Model -- Version 1
Specification (CIM)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.107. RFC 3084 COPS Usage for Policy Provisioning (COPS-PR)
This specification builds on RFC 2748, and is both IPv4 and IPv6
capable. The specification defines a sample filter in section 4.3,
which has "ipv4" in it.
5.108. RFC 3165 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Delegation of
Management Scripts
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.109. RFC 3231 Definitions of Managed Objects for Scheduling
Management Operations
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.110. RFC 3291 Textual Conventions for Internet Network Addresses
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.111. RFC 3635 Definitions of Managed Objects for the
Ethernet-like Interface Types
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
5.112. RFC 3636 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium
Attachment Units (MAUs)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
6. Experimental RFCs
Experimental RFCs typically define protocols that do not have
widescale implementation or usage on the Internet. They are often
propriety in nature or used in limited arenas. They are documented
to the Internet community in order to allow potential
interoperability or some other potential useful scenario. In a few
cases, they are presented as alternatives to the mainstream solution
to an acknowledged problem.
6.1. RFC 1187 Bulk Table Retrieval with the SNMP
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
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6.2. RFC 1224 Techniques for managing asynchronously generated
alerts
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
6.3. RFC 1238 CLNS MIB for use with Connectionless Network Protocol
(ISO 8473) and End System to Intermediate System (ISO 9542)
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
6.4. RFC 1592 Simple Network Management Protocol Distributed Protocol
Interface Version 2.0
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
6.5. RFC 1792 TCP/IPX Connection Mib Specification
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
6.6. RFC 2724 RTFM: New Attributes for Traffic Flow Measurement
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
6.7. RFC 2758 Definitions of Managed Objects for Service Level
Agreements Performance Monitoring
This specification is both IPv4 and IPv6 aware and needs no changes.
6.8. RFC 2786 Diffie-Helman USM Key Management Information Base and
Textual Convention
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
6.9. RFC 2903 Generic AAA Architecture
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
6.10. RFC 2934 Protocol Independent Multicast MIB for IPv4
This document is specific to IPv4.
6.11. RFC 3179 Script MIB Extensibility Protocol Version 1.1
There are no IPv4 dependencies in this specification.
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7. Summary of Results
In the initial survey of RFCs, 36 positives were identified out of a
total of 153, broken down as follows:
Standards: 6 out of 15 or 40.00%
Draft Standards: 4 out of 15 or 26.67%
Proposed Standards: 26 out of 112 or 23.21%
Experimental RFCs: 0 out of 11 or 0.00%
Of those identified, many require no action because they document
outdated and unused protocols, while others are document protocols
that are actively being updated by the appropriate working groups.
Additionally there are many instances of standards that should be
updated but do not cause any operational impact if they are not
updated. The remaining instances are documented below.
7.1. Standards
7.1.1. STD 16, Structure of Management Information (RFCs 1155 and 1212)
RFC 1155 and RFC 1212 (along with the informational document RFC
1215) define SMIv1. These documents have been superseded by RFCs
2578, 2579, and 2580 which define SMIv2. Since SMIv1 is no longer
being used as the basis for new IETF MIB modules, the limitations
identified in this Internet Standard do not require any action.
7.1.2. STD 17 Simple Network Management Protocol (RFC 1213)
The limitations identified have been addressed, because RFC 1213 has
been split into multiple modules which are all IPv6 capable.
7.2. Draft Standards
7.2.1. BGP4 MIB (RFC 1657)
This problem is currently being addressed by the Inter Domain Routing
(IDR) WG [2].
7.2.2. SMDS MIB (RFC 1694)
See Internet Area standards. Once a specification for IPv6 over SMDS
is created a new MIB must be defined.
7.2.3. RIPv2 MIB (RFC 1724)
There is no updated MIB module to cover the problems outlined. A new
MIB module should be defined.
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7.2.4. OSPFv2 MIB (RFC 1850)
This problem is currently being addressed by the OSPF WG [3].
7.2.5. Transport MIB (RFC 1906)
RFC 1906 has been obsoleted by RFC 3417, Transport Mappings for SNMP,
and the limitations of this specification have been addressed by that
RFC, which defines TCs that can be used to specify transport domains
in an IP version-independent way. RFC 3419 recommends that those TCs
be used in place of SnmpUDPAddress when IPv6 support is required and
for all new applications that are not SNMP-specific.
7.3. Proposed Standards
7.3.1. MIB for Multiprotocol Interconnect over X.25 (RFC 1461)
This problem has not been addressed. If a user requirement for IPv6
over X.25 develops (which is thought to be unlikely) then this MIB
module will need to be updated in order to accommodate it.
7.3.2. PPP IPCP MIB (RFC 1473)
There is no updated MIB to cover the problems outlined. A new MIB
should be defined.
7.3.3. Appletalk MIB (RFC 1742)
This problem has not been addressed. If a user requirement for IPv6
over Appletalk develops (which is thought to be unlikely) then this
MIB module will need to be updated (or a new MIB module will need to
be created) in order to accommodate it.
7.3.4. The Definitions of Managed Objects for IP Mobility
Support using SMIv2 (RFC 2006)
The problems are being resolved by the MIP6 WG [4].
7.3.5. SMIv2 IP MIB (RFC 2011)
This issue is being resolved by the IPv6 WG [5].
7.3.6. SNMPv2 TCP MIB (RFC 2012)
This issue is being resolved by the IPv6 WG [6].
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7.3.7. SNMPv2 UDP MIB (RFC 2013)
This issue is being resolved by the IPv6 WG [7].
7.3.8. RMON-II MIB (RFC 2021)
This issue has been brought to the attention of the RMONMIB WG.
Currently, there is a work in progress [8] to update RFC 2021, but it
does not address the problems that have been identified; it is
expected that there will be a resolution in a future version of that
document.
7.3.9. DataLink Switching using SMIv2 MIB (RFC 2024)
The problems have not been addressed and an updated MIB should be
defined.
7.3.10. IP Forwarding Table MIB (RFC 2096)
This issue is being worked on by the IPv6 WG [9].
7.3.11. Classical IP & ARP over ATM MIB (RFC 2320)
The current version of Classical IP and ARP over ATM (RFC 2225) does
not support IPv6. If and when that protocol specification is updated
to add IPv6 support, then new MIB objects to represent IPv6 addresses
will need to be added to this MIB module.
7.3.12. Multicast over UNI 3.0/3.1 ATM MIB (RFC 2417)
The current version of Multicast over UNI 3.0/3.1 ATM (RFC 2022) does
not support IPv6. If and when that protocol specification is updated
to add IPv6 support, then new MIB objects to represent IPv6 addresses
will need to be added to this MIB module.
7.3.13. ATM MIB (RFC 2515)
The AToM MIB WG is currently collecting implementation reports for
RFC 2515 and is considering whether to advance, revise, or retire
this specification. The problems identified have been brought to the
attention of the WG.
7.3.14. TN3270 MIB (RFC 2562)
The problems identified are not being addressed and a new MIB module
may need to be defined.
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7.3.15. Application MIB (RFC 2564)
The problems identified are not being addressed and a new MIB module
may need to be defined. One possible solution might be to use the
RFC 3419 TCs.
7.3.16. Definitions of Managed Objects for APPN/HPR in IP Networks
(RFC 2584)
The problems identified are not addressed and a new MIB may be
defined.
7.3.17. RADIUS MIB (RFC 2618)
The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB should be defined.
7.3.18. RADIUS Authentication Server MIB (RFC 2619)
The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB should be defined.
7.3.19. RPSL (RFC 2622)
Additional objects must be defined for IPv6 addresses and prefixes.
[10] defines extensions to solve this issue, and it is being
considered for publication.
7.3.20. IPv4 Tunnel MIB (RFC 2667)
The issue is being resolved.
7.3.21. DOCSIS MIB (RFC 2669)
This problem is currently being addressed by the IPCDN WG.
7.3.22. RF MIB For DOCSIS (RFC 2670)
This problem is currently being addressed by the IPCDN WG [11].
7.3.23. VRRP MIB (RFC 2787)
The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB may need to be
defined.
7.3.24. MIB For Traceroute, Pings and Lookups (RFC 2925)
The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB may need to be
defined.
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7.3.25. IPv4 Multicast Routing MIB (RFC 2932)
The problems have not been addressed a new MIB must be defined.
7.3.26. IGMP MIB (RFC 2933)
This problem is currently being addressed by the MAGMA WG [12].
7.4. Experimental RFCs
7.4.1. Protocol Independent Multicast MIB for IPv4 (RFC 2934)
The problems have not been addressed and a new MIB may need to be
defined.
8. Security Considerations
This memo examines the IPv6-readiness of specifications; this does
not have security considerations in itself.
9. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Internet
Society in the research and production of this document.
Additionally the author, Philip J. Nesser II, would like to thank his
partner in all ways, Wendy M. Nesser.
The editor, Andreas Bergstrom, would like to thank Pekka Savola for
his guidance and collection of comments for the editing of this
document. He would further like to thank Juergen Schoenwaelder,
Brian Carpenter, Bert Wijnen and especially C. M. Heard for feedback
on many points of this document.
10. References
10.1. Normative Reference
[1] Nesser, II, P. and A. Bergstrom, Editor, "Introduction to the
Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Standards",
RFC 3789, June 2004.
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10.2. Informative References
[2] Haas, J. and S. Hares, Editors, "Definitions of Managed Objects
for the Fourth Version of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-4)", Work
in Progress, April 2004.
[3] Joyal, D. and V. Manral, "Management Information Base for
OSPFv3", Work in Progress, April 2004.
[4] Keeni, G., Koide, K., Nagami, K. and S. Gundavelli, "The Mobile
IPv6 MIB", Work in Progress, February 2004.
[5] Routhier, S., Editor, "Management Information Base for the
Internet Protocol (IP)", Work in Progress, April 2004.
[6] Raghunarayan, R., Editor, "Management Information Base for the
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)", Work in Progress, February
2004.
[7] Fenner, B. and J. Flick, "Management Information Base for the
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)", Work in Progress, April 2004.
[8] Waldbusser, S., "Remote Network Monitoring Management
Information Base Version 2 Using SMIv2", Work in Progress,
February 2004.
[9] Haberman, B., "IP Forwarding Table MIB", Work in Progress,
February 2004.
[10] Blunk, L., Damas, J., Parent, F. and A. Robachevsky, "Routing
Policy Specification Language next generation (RPSLng)", Work in
Progress, April 2004.
[11] Raftus, D. and E. Cardona, Editor, "Radio Frequency (RF)
Interface Management Information Base for DOCSIS 2.0 compliant
RF interfaces", Work in Progress, April 2004.
[12] Chesterfield, J., Editor, "Multicast Group Membership Discovery
MIB", Work in Progress, February 2004.
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11. Authors' Addresses
Please contact the authors with any questions, comments or
suggestions at:
Philip J. Nesser II
Principal
Nesser & Nesser Consulting
13501 100th Ave NE, #5202
Kirkland, WA 98034
Phone: +1 425 481 4303
Fax: +1 425 48
EMail: phil@nesser.com
Andreas Bergstrom (Editor)
Ostfold University College
Rute 503 Buer
N-1766 Halden
Norway
EMail: andreas.bergstrom@hiof.no
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