Network Working GroupInternet Engineering Task Force (IETF) P. Saint-AndreInternet-DraftRequest for Comments: 7572 &yetIntended status:Category: Standards Track A. HouriExpires: September 6, 2015ISSN: 2070-1721 IBM J. Hildebrand Cisco Systems, Inc.March 5,May 2015 Interworking between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messagingdraft-ietf-stox-im-13Abstract This document defines a bidirectional protocol mapping for the exchange of single instant messages between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). Status of This Memo ThisInternet-Draftissubmitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documentsan Internet Standards Track document. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. 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This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. 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 Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. XMPP to SIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5. SIP to XMPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6. Message Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7. Content Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 8. Internationalization Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 9.IANASecurity Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10. References . . . . . .10 10. Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011.10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10.2. Informative References . . . . . . .10 Appendix A.. . . . . . . . . . 11 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12. . . . . . 13 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1. Introduction In order to help ensure interworking between instant messaging (IM) systems that conform to the instant messaging / presence requirements [RFC2779], it is important to clearly define protocol mappings between such systems. Within the IETF, work has proceeded on two instant messaging technologies: o Various extensions to the Session Initiation Protocol ([RFC3261]) for instant messaging, in particular the MESSAGE method extension[RFC3428].[RFC3428]; collectively the capabilities of SIP with these extensions are commonly called SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE). o The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), which consists of a formalization of the core XML streaming protocols developed originally by the Jabber open-source community; the relevant specifications are [RFC6120] for the XML streaming layer and [RFC6121] for basic presence and instant messaging extensions. One approach to helping ensure interworking between these protocols is to map each protocol to the abstract semantics described in [RFC3860]; that is the approach taken by[I-D.ietf-simple-cpim-mapping][SIMPLE-CPIM] and [RFC3922].ByIn contrast, the approach taken in this document is to directly map semantics from one protocol to another (i.e., fromSIP/SIMPLESIP / SIMPLE to XMPP andvice-versa),vice versa), since that is how existing systems solve the interworking problem. Both XMPP systems and IM-capable SIP systems enable entities to exchange "instant messages". The term "instant message" usually refers to a message sent between two entities for delivery in close to real time (rather than a message that is stored and forwarded to the intended recipient upon request). This documentcoversspecifies mappings only for single messagesonly(sometimes called"page-mode""pager-mode" messaging), since they form the lowest common denominator for IM. Separate documents cover "session-mode" instant messaging in the form of one-to-one chat sessions[I-D.ietf-stox-chat], as well as[RFC7573] and multi-party chat sessions[I-D.ietf-stox-groupchat].[GROUPCHAT]. In particular, session-mode instant messaging supports several features that are not part ofpage-modepager-mode instant messaging, such as a higher level of assurance regardingend- to-endend-to-end message delivery.TheAs with all of these documents, the architectural assumptions underlying such direct mappings are provided in [RFC7247], including mapping of addresses and error conditions.The mappings specified in this document cover basic instant messaging functionality, i.e., the exchange of a single instant message between a SIP user and an XMPP user in either direction. Mapping of more advanced functionality is out of scope for this document, but other documents in this "series" cover such topics.2. Intended Audience The documents in this series are intended for use by software developers who have an existing system based on one of these technologies (e.g.,SIP),SIP) and who would like to enable communication from that existing system to systems based on the other technology (e.g., XMPP). We assume that readers are familiar with the core specifications for both SIP [RFC3261] and XMPP [RFC6120], with the base document for this series [RFC7247], and with the following IM- related specifications: oSession"Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension for InstantMessagingMessaging" [RFC3428] oExtensible"Extensible Messaging and PresenceProtocol:Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging andPresencePresence" [RFC6121] Note well that not all protocol-compliant messages are shown (such as SIP 100 TRYING messages), in order to focus the reader on the essential aspects of the protocol flows. 3. Terminology A number of terms used here are explained in [RFC3261], [RFC3428], [RFC6120], and [RFC6121]. The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119]. 4. XMPP to SIP As described in [RFC6121], a single instant message is an XML <message/> stanza of type "normal" sent over an XML stream (since "normal" is the default for the 'type' attribute of the <message/> stanza, the attribute is often omitted). When the XMPP user Juliet with a Jabber Identifier (JID) of <juliet@example.com> wants to send an instant message to Romeo, she interacts with her XMPP client, which generates an XMPP <message/> stanza. The syntax of the <message/> stanza, including required and optional elements and attributes, is defined in [RFC6121] (for single instant messages, Section 5.1 of [RFC6121] recommends that the value of the 'to' address be a "bare JID" of the form "localpart@domainpart"). The following is an example of such a stanza: Example 1: XMPPuser sends messageUser Sends Message | <message from='juliet@example.com/yn0cl4bnw0yr3vym' | to='romeo@example.net'> | <body>Art thou not Romeo, and a Montague?</body> | </message> Upon receiving such a message stanza, the XMPP server needs to determine the identity of the domainpart in the 'to' address, which it does by following the procedures explained in Section 5 of [RFC7247]. If the domain is a SIP domain, the XMPP server will hand off the message stanza to an XMPP-to-SIP gateway or connection manager that natively communicates with IM-aware SIP servers. The XMPP-to-SIP gateway is then responsible for translating the XMPP message stanza into a SIP MESSAGE request from the XMPP user to the SIP user: Example 2: XMPPuser sends messageUser Sends Message (SIPtransformation)Transformation) | MESSAGE sip:romeo@example.net SIP/2.0 | Via: SIP/2.0/TCP x2s.example.com;branch=z9hG4bK776sgdkse | Max-Forwards: 70 | To: sip:romeo@example.net | From: <sip:juliet@example.com;gr=yn0cl4bnw0yr3vym>;tag=12345 | Call-ID: D9AA95FD-2BD5-46E2-AF0F-6CFAA96BDDFA | CSeq: 1 MESSAGE | Content-Type: text/plain | Content-Length: 35 | | Art thou not Romeo, and a Montague? The destination SIP server is responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, and the recipient is responsible for generating a response (e.g., 200 OK). Example 3: SIPuser agent indicates receiptUser Agent Indicates Receipt ofmessageMessage | SIP/2.0 200 OK | Via: SIP/2.0/TCP x2s.example.com;branch=z9hG4bK776sgdkse | From: sip:juliet@example.com;tag=12345 | To: sip:romeo@example.net;tag=vwxyz | Call-ID: D9AA95FD-2BD5-46E2-AF0F-6CFAA96BDDFA | CSeq: 1 MESSAGE | Content-Length: 0 As described in [RFC3428], a downstream proxy could fork a MESSAGE request, but it would return only one 200 OK to the gateway. Note: This document does not specify handling of the 200 OK by the XMPP-to-SIP gateway (e.g., to enable message acknowledgements). See[I-D.ietf-stox-chat][RFC7573] for a mapping of message acknowledgements in the context of one-to-one chat sessions. The mapping of XMPP syntax to SIP syntax MUST be as shown in the following table. Table 1: Messagesyntax mappingSyntax Mapping from XMPP to SIP +-----------------------------+--------------------------+ | XMPP Element or Attribute | SIP Header or Contents | +-----------------------------+--------------------------+ | <body/> | body of MESSAGE | | <subject/> | Subject | | <thread/> | Call-ID | | from | From (1) | | id | transaction identifer | | to | To or Request-URI | | type | (no mapping) (2) | | xml:lang | Content-Language | +-----------------------------+--------------------------+ 1. As shown in the foregoing example and described in [RFC7247], the XMPP-to-SIP gateway MUST map the bare JID ("localpart@domainpart") of the XMPP sender to the SIP From header and include the resourcepart of thefull JID"full JID" ("localpart@domainpart/resourcepart") as theGRUUGlobally Routable User Agent URI (GRUU) portion [RFC5627] of the SIP URI. 2. Because there is no SIP header field that matches the meaning of the XMPP message 'type' values ("normal", "chat", "groupchat", "headline", "error"), no general mapping is possible here. 5. SIP to XMPP As described in [RFC3428], a single instant message is a SIP MESSAGE request sent from a SIP user agent to an intended recipient who is most generally referenced by an InstantMessageMessaging (IM) URI [RFC3861] of the form <im:user@domain> but who might be referenced by a SIP or SIPS URI of the form <sip:user@domain> or <sips:user@domain>. Whenthea SIP user Romeo with a SIP URI of <sip:romeo@example.net> wants to send an instant message to Juliet, he interacts with his SIP user agent, which generates a SIP MESSAGE request. The syntax of the MESSAGE request is defined in [RFC3428]. The following is an example of such a request: Example 4: SIPuser sends messageUser Sends Message | MESSAGE sip:juliet@example.com SIP/2.0 | Via: SIP/2.0/TCP s2x.example.net;branch=z9hG4bKeskdgs677 | Max-Forwards: 70 | To: sip:juliet@example.com | From: sip:romeo@example.net;tag=vwxyz | Call-ID: 9E97FB43-85F4-4A00-8751-1124FD4C7B2E | CSeq: 1 MESSAGE | Content-Type: text/plain | Content-Length: 44 | | Neither, fair saint, if either thee dislike. Section 5 of [RFC3428] stipulates that a SIPUser Agentuser agent presented with an im: URI should resolve it to a sip: or sips: URI.ThereforeTherefore, we assume that the Request-URI of a request received by an IM-capable SIP-to-XMPP gateway will contain a sip: or sips: URI. Upon receiving the MESSAGE, the SIP server needs to determine the identity of the domain portion of the Request-URI or To header, which it does by following the procedures explained in Section 5 of [RFC7247]. If the domain is an XMPP domain, the SIP server will hand off the MESSAGE to an associated SIP-to-XMPP gateway or connection manager that natively communicates with XMPP servers. The SIP-to-XMPP gateway is then responsible for translating the request into an XMPP message stanza from the SIP user to the XMPP user and returning a SIP"200 OK"200 OK message to the sender: Example 5: SIPuser sends messageUser Sends Message (XMPPtransformation)Transformation) | <message from='romeo@example.net/dr4hcr0st3lup4c' | to='juliet@example.com'> | <body>Neither, fair saint, if either thee dislike.</body> | </message> Note that thestanza handlingstanza-handling rules specified in [RFC6121] allow the receiving XMPP server to deliver a message stanza whose 'to' address is a bare JID ("localpart@domainpart") to multiple connected devices. This is similar to the "forking" of messages in SIP. The mapping of SIP syntax to XMPP syntax MUST be as shown in the following table. Table 2: Messagesyntax mappingSyntax Mapping from SIP to XMPP +--------------------------+-----------------------------+ | SIP Header or Contents | XMPP Element or Attribute | +--------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Call-ID | <thread/> | | Content-Language | xml:lang | | CSeq | (no mapping) | | From | from (1) | | Subject | <subject/> | | Request-URI or To | to | | body of MESSAGE | <body/> | | transaction identifier | id | +--------------------------+-----------------------------+ 1. As shown in the foregoing example and described in [RFC7247], if the IM-capable SIP-to-XMPP gateway has information about the GRUU [RFC5627] of the particular endpoint that sent the SIPmessagemessage, then it MUST map the sender's address to a full JID ("localpart@domainpart/resourcepart") in the 'from' attribute of the XMPP stanza and include the GRUU as the resourcepart. When transforming SIP pager-mode messages, an IM-capable SIP-to-XMPP gateway MUST specify no XMPP 'type' attribute or, equivalently, a 'type' attribute whose value is "normal" [RFC6121]. See Section 7 of this document about the handling of SIP message bodies that contain content types other than plain text. 6. Message Size [RFC3428] specifies that (outside of a media session) the size of a MESSAGE request is not allowed to exceed 1300 bytes.AlthoughAlthough, inpracticepractice, XMPP instant messages do not often exceed that size, neither [RFC6120] nor [RFC6121] sets an upper limit on the size of XMPP stanzas. However, XMPP server deployments usually do limit the size of stanzas in order to help preventdenial of servicedenial-of-service attacks, and [RFC6120] states that if a server sets a maximum stanzasizesize, then the limit is not allowed to be less than 10,000 bytes. Because of this mismatch, an XMPP-to-SIP gateway SHOULD return a<policy-violation/><policy- violation/> stanza error if an XMPP user attempts to send an XMPP message stanza that would result in a SIP MESSAGE greater than 1300 bytes. Although such a gateway might decide to "upgrade" from page mode to session mode using the Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP)and-- thus treating the instant message as part of a chat session as described in[I-D.ietf-stox-chat],[RFC7573] -- such behavior is application-specific and this document provides no guidelines for how to complete such an upgrade. 7. Content Types SIP requests of typeMESSAGE"MESSAGE" are allowed to contain essentially any content type. The recommended procedures for SIP-to-XMPP gateways to use in handling these content types are as follows. An IM-aware SIP-to-XMPP gateway MUST process SIP messages that contain message bodies of type "text/plain" and MUST encapsulate such message bodies as the XML character data of the XMPP <body/> element. An IM-aware SIP-to-XMPP gateway SHOULD process SIP messages that contain message bodies of type "text/html"; if so, a gateway MUST transform the "text/html" content into XHTML content that conforms to the XHTML-IM Integration Set specified in [XEP-0071]. Although an IM-aware SIP-to-XMPP gateway MAY process SIP messages that contain message bodies of types other than "text/plain" and "text/html", the handling of such content types is a matter of implementation. 8. Internationalization Considerations Both XMPP and SIP support the UTF-8 encoding [RFC3629] of Unicode characters [UNICODE] within messages, along with tagging of the language for a particular message (in XMPP via the 'xml:lang' attribute and in SIP via the Content-Language header). Gateways MUST map these language tagging mechanisms if they are present in the original message. Several examples follow, using the "XML Notation" [RFC3987] for Unicode characters outside the ASCII range. Example 6: SIPuser sends messageUser Sends Message | MESSAGE sip:juliet@example.com SIP/2.0 | Via: SIP/2.0/TCP s2x.example.net;branch=z9hG4bKeskdgs677 | Max-Forwards: 70 | To: sip:juliet@example.com | From: sip:romeo@example.net;tag=vwxyz | Call-ID: 5A37A65D-304B-470A-B718-3F3E6770ACAF | CSeq: 1 MESSAGE | Content-Type: text/plain | Content-Length: 45 | Content-Language: cs | | Nic z ob쎩ho, m쎡 d쒛vo spanil쎡, | nenavid쎭얡-li jedno nebo druh쎩. Example 7: SIPuser sends messageUser Sends Message (XMPPtransformation)Transformation) | <message from='romeo@example.net' | to='juliet@example.com' | xml:lang='cs'> | <body> | Nic z ob쎩ho, m쎡 d쒛vo spanil쎡, | nenavid쎭얡-li jedno nebo druh쎩. | </body> | </message> 9.IANA Considerations This document requests no actions of IANA. 10.Security Considerations Detailed security considerationsfor instant messaging protocolsare given in[RFC2779], for SIP-basedthe following documents: o For instant messaging protocols in general, see [RFC2779] o For SIP-based instant messaging, see [RFC3428](see also [RFC3261]),andforalso [RFC3261] o For XMPP-based instantmessaging inmessaging, see [RFC6121](seeand also[RFC6120]). The security considerations provided[RFC6120] o For SIP-XMPP interworking in general, see [RFC7247]also apply.This document specifies methods for exchanging"page-mode""pager-mode" instant messages through a gateway that translates between SIP and XMPP, and[I-D.ietf-stox-chat][RFC7573] specifies such methods for "session-mode" instant messaging between MSRP and XMPP. Such a gateway MUST be compliant with the minimum security requirements of the textual chat protocols for which it translates (i.e., SIP or MSRP and XMPP). The addition of gateways to the security model of instant messaging specified in [RFC2779] introduces some new risks. In particular, end-to-end security properties (especially confidentiality and integrity) between instant messaging clients that interface through a gateway can be provided only if common formats are supported. Specification of those common formats is out of scope for this document. For instant messages, it is possible to use the methods described in [RFC3862] and [RFC3923], but those methods are not widely implemented. A more widelyimplementedimplemented, albeitunstandardizedunstandardized, method for interoperable end-to-end encryption would be Off-the-Record Messaging [OTR].11.10. References11.1.10.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/ RFC2119, March1997.1997, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>. [RFC3261] Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E. Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, DOI 10.17487/RFC3261, June2002.2002, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3261>. [RFC3428] Campbell, B., Ed., Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Huitema, C., and D. Gurle, "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension for Instant Messaging", RFC 3428, DOI 10.17487/RFC3428, December2002.2002, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3428>. [RFC3861] Peterson, J., "Address Resolution for Instant Messaging and Presence", RFC 3861, DOI 10.17487/RFC3861, August 2004, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3861>. [RFC5627] Rosenberg, J., "Obtaining and Using Globally Routable User Agent URIs (GRUUs) in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC 5627, DOI 10.17487/RFC5627, October2009.2009, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5627>. [RFC6120] Saint-Andre, P., "Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core", RFC 6120, DOI 10.17487/RFC6120, March2011.2011, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6120>. [RFC6121] Saint-Andre, P., "Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging and Presence", RFC 6121, DOI 10.17487/RFC6121, March2011.2011, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6121>. [RFC7247] Saint-Andre, P., Houri, A., and J. Hildebrand, "Interworking between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Architecture, Addresses, and Error Handling", RFC 7247, DOI 10.17487/RFC7247, May2014.2014, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7247>. [XEP-0071] Saint-Andre, P., "XHTML-IM", XSF XEP 0071, November 2012.11.2.10.2. Informative References[I-D.ietf-simple-cpim-mapping] Rosenberg, J. and B. Campbell, "CPIM Mapping of SIMPLE Presence and Instant Messaging", draft-ietf-simple-cpim- mapping-01 (work in progress), June 2002. [I-D.ietf-stox-chat] Saint-Andre, P. and S. Loreto, "Interworking between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): One-to-One Text Chat Sessions", draft-ietf-stox-chat-11 (work in progress), March 2015. [I-D.ietf-stox-groupchat][GROUPCHAT] Saint-Andre, P., Corretge, S., and S. Loreto, "Interworking between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Groupchat",draft-ietf-stox-groupchat-11 (workWork inprogress),Progress, draft-ietf-stox- groupchat-11, March 2015. [OTR] Ian Goldberg, , "Off-the-Record Messaging",<https:// otr.cypherpunks.ca/>.<https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/>. [RFC2779] Day, M., Aggarwal, S., Mohr, G., and J. Vincent, "Instant Messaging / Presence Protocol Requirements", RFC 2779, DOI 10.17487/RFC2779, February2000.2000, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2779>. [RFC3629] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646", STD 63, RFC 3629, DOI 10.17487/RFC3629, November2003.2003, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3629>. [RFC3860] Peterson, J., "Common Profile for Instant Messaging (CPIM)", RFC 3860, DOI 10.17487/RFC3860, August2004.2004, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3860>. [RFC3862] Klyne, G. and D. Atkins, "Common Presence and Instant Messaging (CPIM): Message Format", RFC 3862, DOI 10.17487/ RFC3862, August2004.2004, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3862>. [RFC3922] Saint-Andre, P., "Mapping the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) to Common Presence and Instant Messaging (CPIM)", RFC 3922, DOI 10.17487/RFC3922, October2004.2004, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3922>. [RFC3923] Saint-Andre, P., "End-to-End Signing and Object Encryption for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)", RFC 3923, DOI 10.17487/RFC3923, October2004.2004, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3923>. [RFC3987] Duerst, M. and M. Suignard, "Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)", RFC 3987, DOI 10.17487/RFC3987, January2005.2005, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3987>. [RFC7573] Saint-Andre, P. and S. Loreto, "Interworking between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): One-to-One Text Chat Sessions", RFC 7573, DOI 10.17487/RFC7573, May 2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7573>. [SIMPLE-CPIM] Campbell, B. and J. Rosenberg, "CPIM Mapping of SIMPLE Presence and Instant Messaging", Work in Progress, draft- ietf-simple-cpim-mapping-01, June 2002. [UNICODE] The Unicode Consortium, "The UnicodeStandard, Version 7.0.0", 2014, <http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode7.0.0/>. Appendix A.Standard", <http://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/>. Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the following individuals for their feedback: Mary Barnes, Dave Cridland, Dave Crocker, Adrian Georgescu, Christer Holmberg, Saul Ibarra Corretge, Olle Johansson, Paul Kyzivat, Salvatore Loreto, Daniel-Constantin Mierla, and Tory Patnoe. Special thanks to Ben Campbell for his detailed and insightful reviews. Francis Dupont reviewed the document on behalf of the General Area Review Team. Spencer Dawkins, Stephen Farrell, and Barry Leiba provided helpful input during IESG review. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Markus Isomaki and Yana Stamcheva as the working group chairs and Gonzalo Camarillo and Alissa Cooper as the sponsoring Area Directors. Peter Saint-Andre wishes to acknowledge Cisco Systems, Inc., for employing him during his work on earlier draft versions of this document. Authors' Addresses Peter Saint-Andre &yetEmail:EMail: peter@andyet.com URI: https://andyet.com/ Avshalom Houri IBM Rorberg Building, Pekris 3 Rehovot 76123 IsraelEmail:EMail: avshalom@il.ibm.com Joe Hildebrand Cisco Systems, Inc. 1899 Wynkoop Street, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202USA Email:United States EMail: jhildebr@cisco.com