The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Mobile Node Identifier Option for MIPv6 ' <draft-ietf-mip6-mn-ident-option-03.txt> as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Mobility for IPv6 Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Margaret Wasserman and Mark Townsley. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-mip6-mn-ident-option-03.txt Technical Summary Mobile IPv6 defines a new Mobility header that is used by mobile nodes, correspondent nodes, and home agents in all messaging related to the creation and management of bindings. Mobile IPv6 nodes need the capability to identify themselves using an identity other than the default home IP address. Some examples of identifiers include NAI, FQDN, IMSI, MSISDN, etc. This document defines a new mobility option that can be used by Mobile IP6 entities to identify themselves in messages containing a mobility header. Working Group Summary The working group has discussed the need for such an identifier at several WG meetings as well as on the mailing list. The need for alternate identifiers such as NAI, IMSI etc. arises from the deployment needs of Mobile IPv6 by 3GPP2. 3GPP2 specification 835-Rev D is currently being worked on and this feature has been identified as a necessity for incorporating Mobile IPv6 in the standard. WG LC has been completed. No major issues were identified during the last call process. Protocol Quality No known implementations of the protocol exist at this time. However there exist plans to implement this protocol since it is required for deployment in 3GPP2 based networks. Revision D of TIA 835 specifies the need for such an identifier to be included in the mobility header of the registration messages. This document has been reviewed for the IESG by Thomas Narten. RFC Editor Note Dear RFC Editor, Please create an "Informative References" section and move the following reference to that section (from the Normative References section): [auth_id] Patel et. al., A., "Authentication Protocol for Mobile IPv6", draft-ietf-mip6-mn-ident-option-04.txt (work in progress), February 2005. Thanks, Margaret _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
