Hadmut Danisch wrote:
> Is there any? If not, shouldn't there be one?
> E.g. as an RFC?
Here is an old Internet Draft, which IESG at that time refused
to make it RFC, because some wanted to call NAT providers ISPs.
Masataka Ohta
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INTERNET DRAFT M. Ohta
draft-ohta-isps-00.txt Tokyo Institute of Technology
July 2000
The Internet and ISPs
Status of this Memo
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (May/1/2000). All Rights
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Abstract
This memo gives definitions on the Internet and ISPs (Internet
Service Providers).
1. The Internet
The Internet is a public IP [1, 2] network globally connected end to
end [3] at the Internetworking layer.
2. ISPs
A network provider is an ISP, if and only if its network, including
access parts of the network to its subscribers, is a part of the
Internet.
As such, ISPs must preserve the end to end and globally connected
principles of the Internet at the Internetworking layer.
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A network provider of a private IP or non-IP network, which is
connected to the Internet through an application and/or transport
gateway is not an ISP.
Dispit the requirement of "global connectivity", a network provider
may use transparent firewalls to the Internet with no translation to
filter out a limited number of problematic well known ports of TCP
and/or UDP and can still be an ISP. However, if filtering out is a
default and only a limited number of protocols are allowed to pass
the firewalls (which means snooping of transport/application layer
protocols), it can not be regarded as full connectivity to the
Internet and the provider is not an ISP.
3. Security Considerations
While some people may think that filtering by application/transport
gateways offer some sort of security, they should recognize that
macro virus in e-mails can pass and are passing through all such
gateways.
4. References
[1] J. Postel, "Internet Protocol", RFC791, September 1981.
[2] S. Deering, R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)
Specification", RFC2460, December 1998.
[3] B. Carpenter, "Architectural Principles of the Internet",
RFC1958, June 1996.
5. Author's Address
Masataka Ohta
Computer Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, JAPAN
Phone: +81-3-5734-3299
Fax: +81-3-5734-3415
EMail: mohta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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