Mobility EXTensions for IPv6 (mext) ----------------------------------- Charter Last Modified: 2011-08-18 Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Julien Laganier Marcelo Bagnulo Internet Area Director(s): Ralph Droms Jari Arkko Internet Area Advisor: Jari Arkko Mailing Lists: General Discussion:mext@ietf.org To Subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mext Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/mext Description of Working Group: Mobile IPv6 specifies routing support which permits an IPv6 host to continue using its home address as it moves around the Internet, enabling continuity of sessions. Mobile IPv6 supports transparency above the IP layer, including maintenance of active transport level sessions. In addition, network mobility (NEMO) mechanisms built on top of Mobile IPv6 allow managing the mobility of an entire network, as it changes its point of attachment to the Internet. The base specifications consist of: o RFC 3775 (Mobile IPv6) o RFC 3963 (NEMO) o RFC 4877 (Mobile IPv6 Operation with IKEv2) o RFC 5555 (Dual Stack Mobile IPv6) o RFC 5648 (Multiple Care-of Addresses Registration) o RFC 5846 (Binding Revocation) o RFC-to-be (Flow Binding Policy Transport and Flow Binding Policy Format) The MEXT Working Group continues the work of the former MIP6, NEMO, and MONAMI6 Working Groups. The primary goal of MEXT will be to enhance base IPv6 mobility by continuing work on developments that are required for wide-scale deployments and specific deployment scenarios. Additionally, the working group will ensure that any issues identified by implementation and interoperability experience are addressed, and that the base specifications are maintained. The group will also produce informational documentation, such as design rationale documents or description of specific issues within the protocol. The MEXT WG will also explore experimental alternative security mechanisms. The security mechanism specified in the existing standard track RFCs (RFC3775bis, RFC4877) remains the mandatory to implement mechanism that guarantees interoperability between different implementations. The MEXT WG is chartered to deliver one or more experimental alternative mechanisms. All the alternative solutions will be published as experimental RFCs. The working group will also work on operational considerations on setting up Mobile IPv6 networks so that traffic is distributed in an optimal way, for instance by using existing protocol mechanisms to select the closest home agents for new clients. In addition, the working group will bring to completion earlier work on prefix delegation for NEMO, RADIUS support for Mobile IPv6, Mobile IPv6 operation with firewalls, and home agent reliability specifications. Work items related to base specification maintenance include: Create and maintain issue lists that are generated on the basis of implementation and interoperability experience. Address specific issues with specific updates or revisions of the base specification. Currently known specific issues include support for overlapping (private) IPv4 home addresses, negotiation of the protection required for payload traffic, and discovery of the home agent address in IPv4-only networks. Goals and Milestones: Done Submit I-D 'Mobile IPv6 Vendor Specific Option' to IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard Done Submit I-D 'Mobile IPv6 Experimental Allocations' to IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard Done Submit I-D 'Mobile IPv6 Dual-Stack Operation' to IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard. Done Submit I-D 'Motivation for Authentication I-D' to IESG for publication as Informational. Done Submit Multiple CoA Registration to IESG Done Submit I-D 'Goals for AAA HA Interface' to IESG for publication as Informational. Done Submit -00 draft on Route Optimization Needs for Automobile and Highway Deployments Done Submit -00 draft on Route Optimization Needs for Aircraft and Spacecraft Deployments Done Submit I-D 'Mobility Header Home Agent Switch Message' to IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard Done Submit final doc on Route Optimization Needs for Aircraft and Spacecraft Deployments, for Informational Done Submit 00 draft on Binding Revocation Done Submit the final doc on MIB for NEMO Basic Support to the IESG, for Proposed Standard Done Submit draft on Binding Revocation to IESG Done Submit the final doc on Prefix Delegation for NEMO to the IESG, for Proposed Standard Done Submit I-D(s) related to specific updates and corrections of RFC 3775 to IESG for publication as Proposed Standard. Jun 2011 Submit I-D 'Mobile IPv6 Operation with Firewalls' to IESG for publication as Informational. Jun 2011 Submit I-D 'Home agent reliability' to IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard. Aug 2011 Submit I-Ds on alternative security mechanisms to the IESG for publication as Experimental. Sep 2011 Submit I-D 'Overlapping IPv4 address support' to IESG for publication as Proposed Standard. Sep 2011 Submit I-D 'Home agent discovery in IPv4-only networks via DHCP' to IESG for publication as Proposed Standard. Oct 2011 Submit I-D 'Operational considerations for distributed use of Mobile IPv6' for publication as Informational. Dec 2011 Submit I-D 'Negotiation of the protection for payload traffic' to IESG for publication as Proposed Standard. Dec 2011 Submit the I-D 'RADIUS Mobile IPv6 Support' to IESG for publication as a proposed standard. Internet-Drafts: Posted Revised I-D Title ------ ------- -------------------------------------------- Jun 2006 May 2011 Home Agent Reliability Protocol (HARP) Oct 2008 Oct 2011 Guidelines for firewall administrators regarding MIPv6 traffic Oct 2008 Oct 2011 Guidelines for firewall vendors regarding MIPv6 traffic Mar 2011 Oct 2011 Transport Layer Security-based Mobile IPv6 Security Framework for Mobile Node to Home Agent Communication Request For Comments: RFC Stat Published Title ------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------ RFC5488 PS Apr 2009 Network Mobility (NEMO) Management Information Base RFC5555 PS Jun 2009 Mobile IPv6 Support for Dual Stack Hosts and Routers RFC5637 I Sep 2009 Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Goals for Mobile IPv6 RFC5648 PS Oct 2009 Multiple Care-of Addresses Registration RFC5522 I Oct 2009 Network Mobility Route Optimization Requirements for Operational Use in Aeronautics and Space Exploration Mobile Networks RFC5846 PS Jun 2010 Binding Revocation for IPv6 Mobility RFC6088 PS Jan 2011 Traffic Selectors for Flow Bindings RFC6089 PS Jan 2011 Flow Bindings in Mobile IPv6 and Network Mobility (NEMO) Basic Support RFC6275 PS Jul 2011 Mobility Support in IPv6