Network Working Group J. Peterson Internet-Draft NeuStar, Inc. Obsoletes: 3427 (if approved) C. Jennings Intended status: BCP Cisco Systems Expires: March 18, 2010 R. Sparks Tekelec September 14, 2009 Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) draft-peterson-rai-rfc3427bis-03 Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted to IETF in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF Contributions published or made publicly available before November 10, 2008. The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process. 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The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on March 18, 2010. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 1] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents in effect on the date of publication of this document (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 2] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 Abstract This memo documents a process intended to organize the future development of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). As the environments in which SIP is deployed grow more numerous and diverse, modifying or extending SIP in certain ways may threaten the interoperability and security of the protocol; however, the IETF process must also cater to the realities of existing deployments and serve the needs of the implementers working with SIP. This document therefore defines the functions of two long-lived working groups in the RAI Area which are, respectively, responsible for the maintenance of the core SIP specifications and development of new efforts to extend and apply SIP. This document obsoletes RFC3427. Table of Contents 1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. History and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1. The IETF SIPCORE Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2. The IETF DISPATCH Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Introducing New Work to RAI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4. Extensibility and Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.1. SIP Event Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7.1. Clarification of RFC3969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8. Changelog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8.1. Changes from RFC3427bis-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8.2. Changes from RFC3427 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 9. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 3] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 1. Terminology In this document, the key words "MAY", "MUST, "MUST NOT", "SHOULD", and "SHOULD NOT", are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119]. This document additionally uses [RFC5226] language to describe IANA registrations. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 4] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 2. History and Development The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) [RFC3261] has grown well beyond its origins in Internet-based multimedia sessions, and now enjoys widespread popularity in Voice over IP or IP telephony applications, both inside IETF and within other standards groups. One result of this popularity has been a continual flood of proposals for SIP modifications and extensions. The challenge for IETF management of SIP has to preserve baseline interoperability across its many implementations In order to defend SIP against changes that might reduce interoperability, the working group chairs and Area Directors responsible for its management authored the SIP change process [RFC3427]. SIP change defined the role of the SIP and SIPPING working groups in shepherding ongoing work on the SIP standard. It also defined ways that external working groups or bodies could define extensions intended for limited usage, especially through the "P-" header mechanism. Over time, however, the management structure of RFC3427 has demonstrated some limitations. The first and most significant of these concerns "P-" headers. While "P-" headers require expert review and IESG shepherding, in practice IETF oversight of these headers is quite limited, and the value added by the IETF supervising their development remains unclear. More importantly, the presence of a "P-" in front of a header name does nothing to prevent a popular header from seeing deployment outside of the original "limited usage" it envisioned; a prominent example of this today is the P-Asserted- Identity (PAID) header, described in RFC3325 [RFC3325]. Consequently, this document obsoletes RFC3427 and describes a new structure for the management of IETF deliverables. 2.1. The IETF SIPCORE Working Group Historically, the IETF SIP Working Group (sip) was chartered to be the "owner" of the SIP protocol [RFC3261] for the duration of the life of the working group exists. All changes or extensions to SIP were first required to exist as SIP Working Group documents. The SIP working group was charged with being the guardian of the SIP protocol for the Internet, and therefore was mandated only to extend or change the SIP protocol when there are compelling reasons to do so. The SIPCORE working group replaces the function of the SIP working group in the original RFC3427 account. Documents that must be handled by the SIPCORE working group include all updates or obsoletes of RFC3261 through RFC3265. All SIP extensions considered in SIPCORE Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 5] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 must be standards track. They may be based upon requirements developed externally in other IETF working groups. Typical IETF working groups do not live forever; SIPCORE's charter is however open-ended in order to allow it to remain the place where core SIP development will continue. In the event that the SIPCORE working group has closed and no suitable replacement or follow-on working group is active (and this specification also has not been superseded), then when modifications to the core SIP protocol are proposed the RAI Area Directors will the use the non-working group standards track document process (described in Section 6.1.2 of RFC 2026 [RFC2026]) using the SIPCORE mailing list and designated experts from the SIP community for review. The IETF will remain the home of extensions of SIP and the rest of this document. The rate of growth of extensions of any protocol in the IETF is hoped to be low. It is appropriate for any working group to develop SIP event packages [RFC3265], but the working group must have charter approval to do so. The IETF will also require RFC5226 IETF Review for the registration of event packages developed outside the scope of an IETF working group. Instructions for event package registrations are provided in Section 4.1. 2.2. The IETF DISPATCH Working Group Historically, the IETF Session Initiation Protocol Proposal Investigation (sipping) Working Group was chartered to be a filter in front of the SIP Working Group. This working group investigated requirements for applications of SIP, some of which led to requests for extensions to SIP. These requirements may come from the community at large, or from individuals who are reporting the requirements as determined by another standards body. The DISPATCH working group replaces the function of the SIPPING WG, although with several important changes to its functionality. Like SIPPING, DISPATCH considers new proposals for work in the RAI Area, but rather than taking on specification deliverables as charter items itself, DISPATCH identifies the proper venue for work. If no such venue yet exists in the RAI Area, DISPATCH will develop charters and consensus for a BoF, working group, or exploratory group [RFC5111] as appropriate. Unlike the previous change structure, a DISPATCH review of any proposed change to core SIP is not required before it progresses to SIPCORE; however, any new proposed work which does not clearly fall within the charter of an existing RAI Area effort should be examined by DISPATCH. In reaction to a proposal, the DISPATCH Working Group may determine: that these requirements justify a change to the core SIP Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 6] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 specifications (RFC3261 through RFC3265) and thus any resulting work must transpire in SIPCORE, that the requirements do not change the SIP core specifications but require a new effort in the RAI area (be that a working group, a BoF, or what have you), that the requirements fall within the scope of existing chartered work in the RAI Area, or that the proposal should not be acted upon at this time. Because the SIP protocol gets so much attention, some application designers may want to use it just because it is there, such as for controlling household appliances. DISPATCH should act as a filter, accepting only proposals which play to the strengths of SIP, not those that confuse its applicability or ultimately reduce its usefulness as a means for immediate personal communications on the Internet. In practice, it is expected that the DISPATCH WG behaves as a RAI "Open Area" working group, similar to those employed in other areas of the IETF. While it does not have the traditional deliverables of a working group, DISPATCH may at the discretion of its chairs adopt milestones such as the production of charter text for a BoF or working group, a "-00" problem statement document that explicates a proposed work effort, or a document explaining why a particular direction for standards development was not pursued. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 7] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 3. Introducing New Work to RAI When proposals arise for modifications or extensions to SIP outside the scope of existing chartered RAI Area work, they must be written up as a problem statement (preferably as an Internet-Draft) explaining the problem they are trying to solve, why SIP is the applicable protocol, and why the existing SIP protocol will not work. The problem statement must include a detailed set of requirements (distinct from solutions) that SIP would need to meet to solve the particular problem. The problem statement must also describe in detail any security issues that arise from meeting those requirements. After the problem statement is published, the authors should send a note to the DISPATCH Working Group mailing list to start discussion on the problem. The DISPATCH working group chairs, in conjunction with the RAI Area Directors, will determine if the particular problems raised in the requirements problem statement are indeed outside the charter of existing efforts, and if so, if they warrant a DISPATCH milestone for the definition of a new effort; this DISPATCH deliverable may take the form of a problem statement Internet-Draft, charter or similar milestone that provides enough information to make a decision, but must not include protocol development. The DISPATCH working group should consider whether the requirements can be merged with other requirements from other applications, and refine the problem statement accordingly. Once a new effort has been defined in DISPATCH and there is consensus that it should go forward, if the new effort will take the form of a working group or BoF, then the ADs will present the proposed new effort charter to the IESG and IAB, in accordance with the usual chartering process. If the new effort involves the rechartering of an existing working group, then similarly the existing working group rechartering functions will be performed by the appropriate WG chairs and ADs. If the IESG (with IAB advice) approves of the new charter or BoF, the DISPATCH working group has completed its deliverable and the new effort becomes autonomous. Anyone proposing requirements for new work is welcome to jointly develop, in a separate Internet-Draft, a mechanism that would meet the requirements. No working group is required to adopt the proposed solution from this additional Internet-Draft. Work overseen by the SIPCORE Working Group is required to protect the architectural integrity of SIP and must not add features that do not have general use beyond the specific case. Also, SIPCORE must not add features just to make a particular function more efficient at the expense of simplicity or robustness. The DISPATCH working group may Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 8] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 also evaluate and approve proposals for extensions if the requirements are judged to be appropriate to SIP, but are not sufficiently general for standards track activity. Some working groups generate requirements for SIP solutions and/or extensions. At the time this document was written, some groups with such chartered deliverables include SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (simple), Basic Level of Interoperability for SIP Services (bliss) and Session Peering for Multimedia Interconnect (speermint). The RAI ADs may, on an exceptional, case by case basis, support a process in which the requirements analysis is implicit and a RAI area working group handling extensions to SIP requests the addition of a charter item for an extension without a full DISPATCH process as described. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 9] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 4. Extensibility and Architecture In an idealized protocol model, extensible design would be self- contained, and it would be inherent that new extensions and new headers would naturally have an architectural coherence with the original protocol. However, this idealized vision has not been attained in the world of standards track protocols. While, interoperability implications can be addressed by capabilities negotiation rules, the effects of adding features that overlap, or that deal with a point solution and are not, are much harder to control with rules. Therefore, the RAI Area calls for architectural guardianship and application of Occam's Razor by the SIPCORE and DISPATCH Working Groups. In keeping with the IETF tradition of "running code and rough consensus", it is valid to allow for the development of SIP extensions that are either not ready for standards track, but might be understood for that role after some running code, or are private or proprietary in nature, because a characteristic motivating them is usage that is known not to fit the Internet architecture for SIP. In the past, headers associated with those extensions were called "P-" headers, for "preliminary", "private", or "proprietary". However, the "P-" header process has not served the purpose for which it was designed - namely, to restrict to closed environments the usage of mechanisms the IETF would not (yet) endorse for general usage. In fact, some "P-" headers have enjoyed widespread implementation; because of the "P-" prefix, however, there seems to be no plausible migration path to designate these as general-usage headers without trying to force implausible changes on large installed bases. Accordingly, this specification deprecates the previous RFC3427 guidance on the creation of "P-" headers. Existing "P-" headers are to be handled by user agents and proxy servers as the "P-" header specifications describe; the deprecation of the change process mechanism entails no change in protocol behavior. New proposals to document SIP headers of an experimental or private nature, however, shall not use the 'P-" prefix (unless existing deployments or standards use the prefix already, in which case they may be admitted as grandfathered cases at the discretion of the Designated Expert). Instead, the registration of SIP headers in Informational IETF specifications, or in documents outside the IETF, is now permitted under the Designated Expert (per RFC5226) criteria. The future use of any header field name prefix ("P-" or "X-" or what have you) to designate SIP headers of limited applicability is discouraged. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 10] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 Experts are advised to review documents for overlap with existing chartered work in the RAI Area, and are furthermore instructed to ensure the following two criteria are met: 1. The proposed header MUST be of a purely informational nature, and MUST NOT significantly change the behavior of SIP entities which support it. Headers which merely provide additional information pertinent to a request or a response are acceptable; these headers are thus expected to have few, if any, implications for interoperability and backwards compatibility. Similarly, headers which provide data consumed by applications at the ends of SIP's rendez-vous function, rather than changing the behavior of the rendez-vous function, are likely to be information in this sense. If the headers redefine or contradict normative behavior defined in standards track SIP specifications, that is what is meant by significantly different behavior. Ultimately, the significance of differences in behavior is a judgment call that must be made by the expert reviewer. 2. The proposed header MUST NOT undermine SIP security in any sense. The Internet Draft proposing the new header MUST address security issues in detail as if it were a Standards Track document. Note that, if the intended application scenario makes certain assumptions regarding security, the security considerations only need to meet the intended application scenario rather than the general Internet case. In any case, security issues need to be discussed for arbitrary usage scenarios (including the general Internet case). Note that the deprecation of the "P-" header process does not alter processes for the registration of SIP methods, URI parameters, response codes, or option tags. 4.1. SIP Event Packages SIP events [6] defines two different types of event packages: normal event packages, and event template-packages. Event template-packages can only be created and registered by the publication of a Standards Track RFC (from an IETF Working Group). Normal event packages can be created and registered by the publication of any Working Group RFC (Informational, Standards Track, Experimental), provided that the RFC is a chartered working group item. Note that the guidance in RFC3265 states that the IANA registration policy for normal event packages is "First Come First Serve"; this document replaces that policy with the following: Individuals may wish to publish SIP Event packages that they believe fall outside the scope of any chartered work currently in RAI. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 11] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 Individual proposals for registration of a SIP event package MUST first be published as Internet-drafts for review by the DISPATCH Working Group, or the working group, mailing list, or expert designated by the RAI Area Directors if the DISPATCH Working Group has closed. Proposals should include a strong motivational section, a thorough description of the proposed syntax and semantics, event package considerations, security considerations, and examples of usage. Authors should submit their proposals as individual Internet- Drafts, and post an announcement to the working group mailing list to begin discussion. The DISPATCH Working Group will determine if a proposed package is a) an appropriate usage of SIP which should be spun into a new effort, b) applicable to SIP but not sufficiently interesting, general, or in-scope to adopt as a working group effort, c) contrary to similar work chartered in an existing effort, or d) should be adopted as or merged with chartered work. "RFC Required" (as defined in RFC5226) is the procedure for registration of event packages developed outside the scope of an IETF working group, according to the following guidelines: 1. A Designated Expert (as defined in RFC5226) must review the proposal for applicability to SIP and conformance with these guidelines. The Designated Expert will send email to the IESG on this determination. The expert reviewer can cite one or more of the guidelines that have not been followed in his/her opinion. 2. The proposed extension MUST NOT define an event template-package. 3. The function of the proposed package MUST NOT overlap with current or planned chartered packages. 4. The event package MUST NOT redefine or contradict the normative behavior of SIP events [6], SIP [3], or related standards track extensions. (See Section 4) 5. The proposed package MUST NOT undermine SIP security in any sense. The Internet Draft proposing the new package MUST address security issues in detail as if it were a Standards Track document. Security issues need to be discussed for arbitrary usage scenarios (including the general Internet case). 6. The proposed package MUST be clearly documented in an (Individual) Informational RFC, and registered with IANA. The package MUST document all the package considerations required in Section 5 of SIP events [6]. 7. If determined by the Designated Expert or the chairs or ADs of the DISPATCH WG, an applicability statement in the Informational Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 12] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 RFC MUST clearly document the useful scope of the proposal, and explain its limitations and why it is not suitable for the general use of SIP in the Internet. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 13] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 5. Summary 1. Documents that update or obsolete RFC 3261 through 3265 must advance through the SIPCORE WG. 2. Standard SIP extensions which do not update RFC 3261 through 3265, including event packages, may advance through chartered activity in any RAI Area WG, or with the agreement of the RAI ADs any IETF working group that constitutes an appropriate venue. 3. Documents that specify Informational headers pass through an Expert Review system. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 14] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 6. Security Considerations Complex and indeterminate and hard-to-define protocol behavior, depending on the interaction of many optional extensions, is a fine breeding ground for security flaws. All Internet-Drafts that present new requirements for SIP must include a discussion of the security requirements and implications inherent in the proposal. All RFCs that modify or extend SIP must show that they have adequate security and do not worsen SIP's existing security considerations. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 15] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 7. IANA Considerations RFC 3261 [3] directs the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish a registry for SIP method names, a registry for SIP option tags, and a registry for SIP response codes, and to amend the practices used for the existing registry for SIP headers. Reiterating the guidance of RFC3261, method names, option tags and SIP response codes require a Standards Action for inclusion in the IANA registry. Authors of specifications should also be aware that the SIP parameter registry is further elaborated in RFC3968 [RFC3968]. Previously in RFC3427, all new SIP header registrations required a Standards Action (per RFC5226) with the exception of "P-" headers; now, Informational registration of non-"P-" headers is permitted if approved by a Designated Expert, as described in Section 4. Each RFC shall include an IANA Considerations section which directs IANA to create appropriate registrations. Registration shall be done at the time the IESG announces its approval of the draft containing the registration requests. Standard headers and messages MUST NOT begin with the leading characters "P-". Existing "P-" header registrations are considered grandfathered, but new registrations of Informational headers should not begin with the leading characters "P-" (unless the "P-" would preserve compatibility with an pre-existing unregistered usage of the header, at the discretion the Designated Expert). Short forms of headers MUST only be assigned to standards track headers. Similarly, RFC 3265 [6] directs the IANA to establish a registry for SIP event packages and SIP event template packages. For event template packages, registrations must follow the RFC5226 processes for Standards Action. For ordinary event packages, as stated previously registrations require RFC5226 IETF Review. In either case, the IESG announcement of approval authorizes IANA to make the registration. 7.1. Clarification of RFC3969 RFC3969 [4] stipulates that the (original) RFC2434 rule of "Specification Required" applies to registrations of new SIP URI parameters; however Section 3 of that same document mandates that a standards action is required to register new parameters with the IANA. This contradiction arose from a misunderstanding of the nature of the RFC2434 categories; the intention was for the IANA Considerations to mandate that Standards Action is required. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 16] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 8. Changelog 8.1. Changes from RFC3427bis-00 Changed description of the SIP and SIPPING WG functions to the SIPCORE and DISPATCH WG functions. Deprecated the process for "P-" header registration. Updated the document to reflect the publication of RFC5226. Numerous informative changes motivating some of the above. 8.2. Changes from RFC3427 References to the Transport Areas have been changed to point to the RAI ADs. Rewrote IANA registry requirements in terms of RFC2434bis. Updated list of working groups at the end of Section 3. Clarified that the original RFC3427 altered the IANA registration policy of RFC3265. Clarified the IANA registration policy in 3969. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 17] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 9. Acknowledgments The credit for the notion that SIP required careful management belongs to the original authors: Allison Mankin, Scott Bradner, Rohan Mahy, Dean Willis, Joerg Ott, and Brian Rosen. The current editors have provided only an update to reflect lessons learned from running the code, the changing situation of the IETF and the IANA registration procedures. Gonzalo Camarillo was instrumental to the development of the concept of SIPCORE and DISPATCH. Useful comments were provided by Jonathan Rosenberg, Mary Barnes, Dan York, John Elwell, Alan Johnston, Spencer Dawkins, Russ Housley and Dean Willis. The original authors thanked their IESG and IAB colleagues (especially Randy Bush, Harald Alvestrand, John Klensin, Leslie Daigle, Patrik Faltstrom, and Ned Freed) for valuable discussions of extensibility issues in a wide range of protocols, including those that our area brings forward and others. Thanks to the many members of the SIP community engaged in interesting dialogue about this document as well; including and especially Jonathan Rosenberg, Henning Schulzrinne and William Marshall. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 18] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 10. References 10.1. Normative References [RFC2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC3261] Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E. Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002. [RFC3265] Roach, A., "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-Specific Event Notification", RFC 3265, June 2002. [RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226, May 2008. 10.2. Informative References [RFC3325] Jennings, C., Peterson, J., and M. Watson, "Private Extensions to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Asserted Identity within Trusted Networks", RFC 3325, November 2002. [RFC3427] Mankin, A., Bradner, S., Mahy, R., Willis, D., Ott, J., and B. Rosen, "Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", BCP 67, RFC 3427, December 2002. [RFC3968] Camarillo, G., "The Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) Header Field Parameter Registry for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", BCP 98, RFC 3968, December 2004. [RFC5111] Aboba, B. and L. Dondeti, "Experiment in Exploratory Group Formation within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)", RFC 5111, January 2008. Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 19] Internet-Draft SIP change September 2009 Authors' Addresses Jon Peterson NeuStar, Inc. Email: jon.peterson@neustar.biz Cullen Jennings Cisco Systems Email: fluffy@cisco.com Robert Sparks Tekelec Email: rjsparks@nostrum.com Peterson, et al. Expires March 18, 2010 [Page 20]