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- TCP/UDP over CLNP-addressed Networks (tuba)
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- Charter
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- Chair(s):
- Mark Knopper <mak@merit.edu>
- Peter Ford <peter@goshawk.lanl.gov>
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- Internet Area Director(s)
- Stev Knowles <stev@ftp.com>
- David Piscitello <dave@mail.bellcore.com>
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- Mailing lists:
- General Discussion:tuba@lanl.gov
- To Subscribe: tuba-request@lanl.gov
- Archive:
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- Description of Working Group:
- The TUBA Working Group will work on extending the Internet Protocol
- suite and architecture by increasing the number of end systems which
- can be effectively addressed and routed. The TUBA effort will expand
- the ability to route Internet packets by using addresses which support
- more hierarchy than the current Internet Protocol (IP) address space.
- TUBA specifies the continued use of Internet Transport Protocols, in
- particular TCP and UDP, but encapsulated in ISO 8473 (CLNP) packets.
- This will allow the continued use of Internet application protocols
- such as FTP, SMTP, Telnet, etc. An enhancement to the current system
- is mandatory due to the limitations of the current 32 bit IP
- addresses. TUBA seeks to upgrade the current system by a transition
- from the use of the Internet Protocol version 4 to ISO/IEC 8473 (CLNP)
- and the corresponding large Network Service Access Point address
- space.
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- In addition to protocol layering issues and ``proof of concept'' work,
- the TUBA approach will place significant emphasis on the engineering
- and operational requirements of a large, global, multilateral public
- data network. TUBA will work to maximize interoperatability with the
- routing and addressing architecture of the global CLNP infrastructure.
- The TUBA Working Group will work closely with the IETF NOOP and
- IPRP-for-IP Working Groups to coordinate a viable CLNP based Internet
- which supports the applications which Internet users depend on such as
- Telnet, FTP, SMTP, NFS, X, etc. The TUBA Working Group will also work
- collaboratively with communities which are also using the CLNP
- protocol, and will consider issues such as interoperability,
- applications coexisting on top of multiple transports, and the
- evolution of global public connectionless datagram networks, network
- management and instrumentation using CLNP and TUBA, and impact on
- routing architecture and protocols given the TUBA transition.
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- The TUBA Working Group will consider how the TUBA scheme will support
- transition from the current IP address space to the future NSAP
- address space without discontinuity of service, although different
- manufacturers, service providers, and sites will make the transition
- at different times. In particular, the way in which implementations
- relying on current 32 bit IP addresses will migrate must be
- considered. TUBA will ensure that IP addresses can be assigned, for
- as long as they are used, independently of geographical and routing
- considerations. One option is to embed IP addresses in NSAP addresses,
- possibly as the NSAP end-system identifier. Whatever scheme is chosen
- must run in a majority of *-GOSIPs and other NSAP spaces. The TUBA
- strategy will require a new mapping in the DNS from NAMEs to NSAP
- addresses.
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- The rationale RFC (RFC-1347) documents issues of transition and
- coexistence, among unmodified ``IP'' hosts and hosts which support
- ``TUBA'' hosts. Hosts wishing full Internet connectivity will need to
- support TUBA.
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- Goals and Milestones:
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- Done Post Initial TUBA rational and discussion as an RFC. (RFC 1347)
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- Done Post the Initial TUBA DNS specification. (RFC 1348)
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- Done Review and approve the Charter.
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- Done Post the TUBA CLNP profile as an Internet-Draft.
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- Done Post an Routing and Addressing specification as an Internet-Draft,
- coordinated with the Network OSI Operations Working Group and the
- IDRP for IP Working Group.
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- Nov 92 Post a summary report on TUBA deployment in the Internet.
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- Done Present the results of Working Group deliberations at the November
- IETF meeting.
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- Nov 92 Post an Internet-Draft on the changes required to Internet
- applications affected by the deployment of TUBA.
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- Nov 92 Post an Internet-Draft covering the methodologies, instrumentation,
- address administration, routing coordination and related topics.
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- Done Post as an Internet-Draft a revision to RFC 1347 reflecting lessons
- learned in the Working Group deliberation.
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- Internet Drafts:
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- Posted Revised I-D Title <Filename>
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- Sep 92 Jan 93 <draft-ietf-tuba-clnp-02.txt>
- Use of ISO CLNP in TUBA Environments
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- Nov 92 New <draft-ietf-tuba-address-00.txt, .ps>
- Addressing and End Point Identification, For Use with TUBA
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- Apr 93 New <draft-ietf-tuba-sysids-00.txt>
- Assignment of System Identifiers for TUBA/CLNP Hosts
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- Request For Comments:
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- None to date.
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