Network Working Group M. McFadden Internet-Draft ICANN Obsoletes: 2754 (if approved) January 19, 2010 Intended status: Informational Expires: July 23, 2010 Request to Move RFC 2754 to Historic Status draft-iana-rfc2754-to-historic-00 Abstract RFC 2754 requested that each time IANA made an address assignment, it was to create appropriate inetnum and as-block objects and digitally sign them. The purpose was to distribute the IANA-held public key in software implementations of the Distributed Routing Policy System. In practice, this was never done on the public Internet. This document requests that RFC 2754 be moved to historic status. Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted to IETF in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. 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Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 McFadden Expires July 23, 2010 [Page 2] Internet-Draft RFC 2754 to Historic Status January 2010 1. Introduction The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) (www.iana.org) is charged with allocating parameter values for fields in protocols which have been designed, created or are maintained by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). RFC 2754 [RFC2754] requests that the IANA create a repository of Routing Policy System Language (RPSL) objects and digitally sign them. The RFC identifies the initial objects to be signed and also requests that each time IANA makes an address assignment it also create new objects as needed and sign them as well. In practice, this was never done in the public Internet. During a detailed review of IANA's protocol registration activities in support of the IETF, this request for IANA action was identified. This document obsoletes RFC 2754 [RFC2754], recommends that it be moved to historic status, and directs IANA to not move forward with the IANA in that RFC. The terms "Specification Required", "Expert Review", "IESG Approval", "IETF Review", and "Standards Action", are used in this memo to refer to the processes described in [RFC5226]. 2. Details RFC 2754 [RFC2754] requests that the IANA create a repository of RPSL objects and digitally sign them. The RFC identifies the initial objects to be signed and also requests that each time IANA makes an address assignment it also create new objects as needed and sign them as well. During a review of RFC's in 2009 it became apparent that the IANA actions requested in RFC 2754 were never done. In the intervening time, another technology appears to be taking the role once envisioned for Distributed RPSL. Implementation of the IANA actions in RFC 2754 would now require significant implementation complexity. In the face of alternative technology, and given that the requested actions have not been implemented in the public Internet, it is proposed to reclassify RFC 2754 [RFC2754] as historic and to direct the IANA not to pursue or implement the IANA requests in that document. 3. Terminology The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119 McFadden Expires July 23, 2010 [Page 3] Internet-Draft RFC 2754 to Historic Status January 2010 [RFC2119]. The word "allocation" designates a block of addresses managed by a registry for the purpose of making assignments and allocations. The word "assignment" designates a block of addresses, or a single address, registered to an end-user for use on a specific network, or set of networks. 4. IANA Considerations IANA is instructed not to pursue or implement the IANA actions requested in RFC 2754 [RFC2754] 5. Security Considerations The intended signature of inetnum and as-block objects never took place in the public Internet. Moving RFC 2754 [RFC2754] to historic status would have no known impact on the security of the Internet. 6. Acknowledgments The author would like to thank Russ Housley, Leo Vegoda, Terry Manderson, Michelle Cotton and David Conrad for their constructive feedback and comments. 7. References 7.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2754] Alaettinoglu, C., Villamizar, C., and R. Govindan, "RPS IANA Issues", RFC 2754, January 2000. 7.2. Informative References [IANA] IANA, "IANA Protocol Registries", . [IANA-protocols] IANA, "IANA Protocol Registries", . [RFC1786] Bates, T., Gerich, E., Joncheray, L., Jouanigot, J., McFadden Expires July 23, 2010 [Page 4] Internet-Draft RFC 2754 to Historic Status January 2010 Karrenberg, D., Terpstra, M., and J. Yu, "Representation of IP Routing Policies in a Routing Registry (ripe-81++)", RFC 1786, March 1995. [RFC2622] Alaettinoglu, C., Villamizar, C., Gerich, E., Kessens, D., Meyer, D., Bates, T., Karrenberg, D., and M. Terpstra, "Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)", RFC 2622, June 1999. [RFC2650] Meyer, D., Schmitz, J., Orange, C., Prior, M., and C. Alaettinoglu, "Using RPSL in Practice", RFC 2650, August 1999. [RFC2725] Villamizar, C., Alaettinoglu, C., Meyer, D., and S. Murphy, "Routing Policy System Security", RFC 2725, December 1999. [RFC2726] Zsako, J., "PGP Authentication for RIPE Database Updates", RFC 2726, December 1999. [RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226, May 2008. Author's Address Mark McFadden Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey 90292 United States Phone: +1-608-628-2674 Email: mark.mcfadden@icann.org URI: http://www.iana.org McFadden Expires July 23, 2010 [Page 5]