The IESG has approved the following documents: - 'RADIUS Authentication Server MIB for IPv6 ' <draft-ietf-radext-rfc2619bis-04.txt> as a Proposed Standard - 'RADIUS Authentication Client MIB for IPV6 ' <draft-ietf-radext-rfc2618bis-04.txt> as a Proposed Standard These documents are products of the RADIUS EXTensions Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Dan Romascanu and David Kessens. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-radext-rfc2618bis-04.txt Technical Summary The two documents in this set represent a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. The documents cover the RADIUS protocol [RFC2865] client and server functions. The RADIUS MIB documents are Standards Track. The scope of the revisions in thecurrent set of Internet Drafts includes adding capabilities to handle IPv6 address formats, adding UNITS and REFERENCE clauses to selected objects, and generally updating the MIB and Internet Draft boilerplate, and the Security Considerations. Certain objects have been deprecated and backwards compatibility with the existing RFCs and MIBs has been maintained, as these MIBsare widely deployed. The two Internet Drafts in this set will obsolete their respective RFCs when approved. Working Group Summary The Working Group initially took the approach of augmenting the existing MIBs and updating the existing RFCs. Early MIB Doctor review indicated that the MIBsshould be revised and the existing RFCs obsoleted. There is no significant technical content in these documents, but rather a straightforward revision to support IP version neutral address formats. Most of the discussion on these drafts was related to MIB design guidelines and "nits". The only MIB Doctor comment that was not resolved was a recommendation to root the MODULE-IDENTITY objects in these four drafts directly under mib-2 OID, but that would break backwards compatibility with existing OID trees in widely deployed MIBs. This resolution was accepted by the MIB Doctor. Protocol Quality The existing two MIB modules are widely deployed. It is expected that many vendors will implement the revised MIBs as the systems which contain RADIUS [accounting] clients and servers are enhanced to support IPv6. Several WG members responded to informal polls at IETF meetings indicating their interest in implementing these MIBs. The overall protocol quality of these MIBs has beenenhanced by detailed review by MIB Doctors: Dave Harrington, C.M. Heard and Dan Romascanu. Note to RFC Editor Please make the following change in the Abstract: OLD: This memo defines a set of extensions, which instrument RADIUS authentication client functions. These extensions represent a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. Using these extensions IP-based management stations can manage RADIUS authentication clients. NEW: This memo defines a set of extensions, which instrument RADIUS authentication client functions. These extensions represent a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. Using these extensions, IP-based management stations can manage RADIUS authentication clients. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
