Internet Draft                                                 A.Uzelac
     SPEERMINT                                               Global Crossing
     Intended status: Standards Track                                 Y.Lee
     Expires: August 2007                                            Comcast
                                                                  D.Schwartz
                                                             Kayote Networks
                                                                     E. Katz
                                                                    Xconnect
                                                                     O.Lendl
                                                                     enum.at
                                                                      R.Mahy
                                                                 Plantronics
                                                                May 15, 2007
     
     
                             VoIP SIP Peering Use Cases
               draft-ietf-speermint-voip-consolidated-usecases-01.txt
     
     
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     Abstract
     
        This document will capture the VoIP use case for SIP Peering.  It is
        a consolidation of other Speermint use cases and will focus
        exclusively on VoIP.
     
     
     Table of Contents
     
     
        1. Introduction...................................................3
        2. Terminology....................................................3
        3. Use Cases......................................................4
           3.1. Direct Use Cases..........................................5
           3.1.1. Minimalist Direct.......................................5
           3.1.1.1. Administrative characteristics........................6
           3.1.2. Direct with one SBE.....................................6
           3.1.2.1. Administrative characteristics........................7
           3.1.3. Direct with two SBEs....................................7
           3.1.3.1. Administrative characteristics........................8
           3.2. Indirect..................................................8
           3.2.1. Transit PSP.............................................8
           3.2.1.1. Administrative Characteristics........................9
           3.3. Assisted..................................................9
           3.3.1. Assisted PSP............................................9
        4. Federations....................................................9
           4.1. Federation Categorization.................................9
           4.2. Federation Examples.......................................9
           4.2.1. Trivial Federations.....................................9
           4.2.2. Access List based.......................................9
           4.2.3. TLS based Federations...................................9
           4.2.4. Central SIP Proxy.......................................9
           4.2.5. Private Layer 3 Network.................................9
           4.2.6. Peer to Peer SIP........................................9
           4.2.7. DUNDi...................................................9
        5. Security Considerations........................................9
        6. IANA Considerations............................................9
        References........................................................9
           Normative References...........................................9
           Informative References.........................................9
           Author's Addresses.............................................9
           Full Copyright Statement.......................................9
           Intellectual Property..........................................9
           Acknowledgment.................................................9
     
     
     
     
     
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     1. Introduction
     
        This document attempts to capture VoIP use cases for Session
        Initiation Protocol (SIP)[1] based peering.  Identifying use cases
        will help to understand and clarify requirements.  These use cases
        will assist in identifying requirements for VoIP Peering using SIP
        and provide a perspective on future specifications.
     
        Only use cases related to VoIP such as VoIP are considered in this
        document.  Other real-time SIP communications use cases, like Instant
        Messaging (IM) and presence are out of scope for this document.
        Thus, use cases described herein are use cases of VoIP using SIP.  In
        describing use cases, the intent is descriptive, not prescriptive.
     
        There are existing documents [2][3][4][5][6] that have captured use
        case scenarios.  This draft draws from those documents.  The document
        contains three categories of use cases; Direct, Indirect and
        Assisted.  The use cases contained in this document attempts to be as
        comprehensive as possible, but should not be considered complete.
     
     2. Terminology
     
        The terminology for this draft will be draw from the Speermint
        terminology draft. [15]
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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        +-------------+-------------------------------------+------------+
        |              \          Assisted Domain          /             |
        |               \                                 /              |
        |                \       +------+ +---+--+       /               |
        |                 \      + A-LS + + A-SM |      /                |
        |                  \     +------+ +-----++     /                 |
        |                   \    +------+ +------+    /                  |
        |           +------+ \   | A-SBE| | A-DBE|   /+------+           |
        |     +-----+ O-LS +  \  +------+ +------+  / + T-LS +-----+     |
        |     |     +------+   \                   /  +------+     |     |
        |     |                 \                 /                |     |
        |     |                  \               /                 |     |
        |     |     +------+      \             /     +------+     |     |
        |     |     | O-SBE+       \           /      + T-SBE|     |     |
        |     |     +---+--+        \         /       +------+     |     |
        |     |         |            \       /                     |     |
        |     |         |             \     /                      |     |
        |     |     +---+--+           \   /          +------+     |     |
        |     +-----+ O-SM |            \ /           | T-SM +-----+     |
        |           +-----++             +            ++-----+           |
        |  +----+         |              |             |         +----+  |
        |  |O-UE+---------+              |             +---------+T-UE|  |
        |  +----+         +------+       |      +------+         +----+  |
        |                 | O-DBE|==============| T-DBE|                 |
        |                 +------+       |      +------+                 |
        |     Originating Domain         |        Terminating Domain     |
        +----------------------------------------------------------------+
        Figure 1 Generalized Overview
        PLEASE NOTE: In figure one – the elements defined are option in many
        use cases.
     
     
     
     3. Use Cases
     
        Use cases are sorted into 3 groupings: Direct, Indirect and Assisted.
        Though there may be some overlap among the use cases in these
        categories, there are different requirements between the scenarios
        and this document serves to help identify the requirements for SIP
        Peering for VoIP.
     
        Per information in the Speermint terminology draft, the direct use
        cases involve those cases in which two service providers interconnect
        without using an intervening layer 5 network.  This approach is also
        considered a bi-lateral peering agreement.
     
     
     
     
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        Indirect use cases involve the use of a third party that both the O-
        VSP and T-VSP have in common.  This has been referred to as Transit
        peering as well.
     
        Assisted use cases involve the use of a third party, but this third
        party may or may not have a pre-existing relationship with the T-VSP.
        The A-VSP may only provide next-hop discovery for the O-VSP, or may
        be more intimately involved my maintaining session state in both the
        signaling and bearer planes.
     
     3.1. Direct Use Cases
     
        There are intra-domain message flows within the use cases to serve a
        supporting background.  The inter-domain communications is germane to
        Speermint.
     
     3.1.1. Minimalist Direct
     
          1. O-UE initiates a call = SIP INVITE
     
          2. O-SM queries for next-hop information from routing database.
     
          3. Routing database entity replies with route to called party
     
          4. Call sent to terminating domains session manager.
     
          5. Session manager sends call to called party.
     
         +------------------+-------------------+
         |    Orig Domain   |    Term Domain    |
         |     +--------+   |     +--------+    |
         |     |  LS-o  |   |     |  LS-t  |    |
         |     +--------+   |     +--------+    |
         |  (2) /           |                   |
         |   /(3)           |                   |
         |  +-----+         |          +-----+  |
         |  |O-SM |--------(4)---------|T-SM |  |
         |  +-----+         |          +-----+  |
         |      |           |             |     |
         |     (1)          |            (5)    |
         |      |           |             |     |
         |   +----+         |           +----+  |
         |   |O-UE+=======(RTP)=========+T-UE+  |
         |   +----+         |           +----+  |
         +------------------+-------------------+
        Figure 2 Minimalist Direct
     
     
     
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     3.1.1.1. Administrative characteristics
     
        The minimalist direct use case is typically implemented in a scenario
        where exists a strong degree of trust between the 2 administrative
        domains.  Neither the Originating nor Terminating domains have a
        dedicated network element (i.e. Session Border Element - SBE) that
        serves any domain demarcation purpose.  This can and should be
        considered an “Open” peering model.
     
     3.1.2. Direct with one SBE
     
        In this type of interconnection scenario, the SBE is owned and
        operated within the originating administrative domain.
     
          1. O-UE initiates a call.
     
          2. The O-SM performs next-hop determination for the called party
             via the LS.  This can be done via ENUM/DNS/Redirect 3XX multiple
             choices and/or static routing.
     
          3. The result of the query will be O-SBE that is interconnected to
             the terminating domain, but administered in the originating
             domain.
     
          4. Proxy will signal O-SBE.
     
          5. O-SBE routes call to T-SM within terminating domain.
     
          6. T-SM signals the called party, T-UE.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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        +------------------+-------------------+
        |    Orig Domain   |    Term Domain    |
        |     +--------+   |     +--------+    |
        |     |  LS-o  |   |     |  LS-t  |    |
        |     +--------+   |     +--------+    |
        |  (2) /           |                   |
        |   /(3)           |                   |
        |+-----+     +-----+          +-----+  |
        ||O-SM |-(4)-|O-SBE+----(5)---|T-SM |  |
        |+-----+     +--+--+          +-----+  |
        |    |             |             |     |
        |   (1)            |            (6)    |
        |    |             |             |     |
        | +----+           |           +----+  |
        | |O-UE+=========(RTP)=========+T-UE+  |
        | +----+           |           +----+  |
        +------------------+-------------------+
        Figure 3 Direct with one SBEs
     
     3.1.2.1. Administrative characteristics
     
        The direct peering with a single SBE is typically implemented in the
        scenario where the Originating domain is a VoIP Service Provider
        (VSP) and the Terminating domain is an Enterprise IP telephony
        deployment. The SBEs provides the VSP with the ability to support
        overlapping RFC1918 address space via NAT, Session limiting, Session
        “scrubbing” to permit only certain SDP options, etc.
     
     3.1.3. Direct with two SBEs
     
        Multiple SBCs are implemented in this interconnection scenario.  The
        SBEs are operated within different administrative domains.
     
          1. O-UE initiates a call.
     
          2. The O-SM performs next-hop determination for the called party
             via the LS.  This can be done via ENUM/DNS/Redirect 3XX multiple
             choices and/or static routing.
     
          3. The result of the query will be O-SBE that is interconnected to
             the terminating domain, but administered in the originating
             domain.
     
          4. Proxy will signal O-SBE.
     
          5. O-SBE routes call to T-SBE within terminating domain.
     
     
     
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          6. T-SBE signals T-SM.
     
          7. T-SM signals the called party, T-UE.
     
         +---------------------+       +-----------------------+
         |    Orig Domain      |       |    Term Domain        |
         |     +--------+      |       |     +--------+        |
         |     |  LS-o  |      |       |     |  LS-t  |        |
         |     +--------+      |       |     +--------+        |
         |  (2) /              |       |                       |
         |   /(3)              |       |                       |
         |+-----+        +-----+       +-----+         +-----+ |
         ||O-SM |---(4)--|O-SBE|--(5)--|T-SBE+---(6)---|T-SM | |
         |+-----+        +-----+       +-----+         +-----+ |
         |    |                |       |                  |    |
         |   (1)               |       |                 (7)   |
         |    |                |       |                  |    |
         | +----+        +-----+       +-----+          +----+ |
         | |O-UE+========+O-DBE+=======+T-DBE+==========+O-UE| |
         | +----+        +-----+       +-----+          +----+ |
         +---------------------+       +-----------------------+
        Figure 4 Direct with two SBEs
     
     
     3.1.3.1. Administrative characteristics
     
        The direct peering use case with 2 SBEs is typically seen in where
        both the originating and terminating domain are SPs.  Both maintain
        that there is perceived value in “protecting” their VoIP network core
        via SBEs.
     
     3.2. Indirect
     
     3.2.1. Transit PSP
     
        This is a direct call flow, as in the minimalist approach, but with a
        Peering Service Provider (PSP) aiding the originating domain.
     
          1. O-UE initiates a call.
     
          2. The O-SM performs next-hop determination for the called party
             via the LS within the Assisted domain.  This can be done via
             ENUM/DNS/Redirect 3XX multiple choices and/or static routing.
     
          3. The result of the query will be A-SBE that is interconnected to
             the Transit domain, but administered in the originating domain.
     
     
     
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          4. O-SM will signal A-SBE.
     
          5. O-SBE routes call to T-SBE within terminating domain.
     
          6. T-SBE signals T-SM.
     
     T-SM signals the called party, T-UE.
     
     
                        +------------------+
                        |   Transit Domain |
                        |                  |
                        |       +--------+ |
                        |    +--+  LS-a  | |
                        |   / +-+--------+ |
                        |  / /             |
        +---------------+ / /              +----------------------+
        |  Orig Domain  |/ /               |      Term Domain     |
        |      +--------+ /                |         +--------+   |
        |     /         |/                 |         |  LS-t  |   |
        |    /  +----(3)+                  |         +--------+   |
        |  (2) /        |                  |                      |
        |  /  /         |                  |                      |
        |+-----+        +-----+            +-----+         +-----+|
        ||O-SM |---(4)--|A-SBE+------------+T-SBE+---(6)---|T-SM ||
        |+-----+        +-----+            +-----+         +-----+|
        |    |          |     |            |     |            |   |
        |   (1)         |     |            |     |           (7)  |
        |    |          |     |            |     |            |   |
        | +----+        +-----+            +-----+          +----+|
        | |O-UE+========+A-DBE+============+T-DBE+==========+O-UE||
        | +----+        +-----+            +-----+          +----+|
        +---------------------------------------------------------+
        Figure 5 Indirect with Assisted PSP
     
     
     3.2.1.1. Administrative Characteristics
     
        The Transit peering use case is normally implemented due to a
        business or trust relationship between the either the originating
        domain and transit, and/or the terminating domain and the transit
        domain.
     
        Orig Domain .--. Transit = Relationship O-T
     
     
     
     
     
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        In the O-T relationship, typical policies, features or functions that
        deem this relationship necessary are NP, Ubiquity of termination
        options, and masquerading of originating VoIP network gear.
     
        Term Domain .--. Transit = Relationship T-T
     
        In the T-T relationship, typical policies, features or functions
        observed consist of codec “scrubbing”, anonimizing, and transcoding.
     
     3.3. Assisted
     
        Assisted use cases involve the facilitation of direct session
        establishment between the O-VSP and T-VSP.  There may exist elements
        that provide SIP proxy functionality, and are often implemented in
        practice by SBE’s which may "filter" "normalize" and provide network-
        hiding for incoming messages en route to their final destination.
        Fear and distrust coupled with continued interoperability and
        security concerns have revived the need for the neutral central
        element role enabled by this peering model.
     
        Popularity of this model can be attributed to the concentration of
        functions provided by A-PSP.  As an external element, A-PSP can
        provide the full set of services for VSPs, and through its own
        relationships with the VSP, eliminate the need of all VSPs for pair-
        wise service relationships.  A-PSP can potentially encompass a large
        namespace of users that is accessible in one query to external VSP
        members (or not -depending on policy).
     
        In addition there is an interoperability function usually performed
        by an SBE, almost guaranteeing interoperability and protocol
        interchangeability between member VSPs.  As part of the
        interoperability there is also is media sub-function enabling the
        federation to enforce a standard set of codecs or alternatively
        provide transcoding functionality to make sure there is media
        interoperability as well. Finally, A-PSP can implement the routing
        function enabling traffic shaping and throttling across the
        federation.
     
     3.3.1. Assisted PSP
     
        This is a direct call flow, as in the minimalist approach, but with a
        PSP aiding the originating domain.
     
          1. O-UE initiates a call.
     
     
     
     
     
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          2. The O-SM performs next-hop determination for the called party
             via the LS within the Assisted domain.  This can be done via
             ENUM/DNS/Redirect 3XX multiple choices and/or static routing.
     
          3. The result of the query will be O-SBE that is interconnected to
             the terminating domain, but administered in the originating
             domain.
     
          4. Proxy will signal O-SBE.
     
          5. O-SBE routes call to T-SBE within terminating domain.
     
          6. T-SBE signals T-SM.
     
          7. T-SM signals the called party, T-UE.
     
     
     
                        +------------------------+
                        |     Assist Domain      |
                        |                        |
                        |       +--------+       |
                        |       |  LS-a  |       |
                        |       ++---+---+       |
                        |        |   |           |
        +---------------+        |   |           +-----------------+
        |    Orig Domain \       |   |          /   Term Domain    |
        |      +----------+------+   |         /     +--------+    |
        |     /            \         |        /      |  LS-t  |    |
        |    /  +----(3)----+--------+       /       +--------+    |
        |  (2) /             \              /                      |
        |  /  /               +------------+                       |
        |+-----+        +-----+  +-----+   +-----+         +-----+ |
        ||O-SM |---(4)--|O-SBE+--|A-SBE+---+T-SBE+---(6)---|T-SM | |
        |+-----+        +-----+  +-----+   +-----+         +-----+ |
        |    |                |            |                  |    |
        |   (1)               |            |                 (7)   |
        |    |                |            |                  |    |
        | +----+        +-----+  +-----+   +-----+          +----+ |
        | |O-UE+========+O-DBE+==+A-DBE+===+T-DBE+==========+O-UE| |
        | +----+        +-----+  +-----+   +-----+          +----+ |
        +----------------------------------------------------------+
        Figure 6 Direct with Assisted PSP
        PLEASE NOTE – elements depicted are optional.
     
     
     
     
     
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     4. Federations
     
          This section discusses the federation concept, explains which
          technical parameters make up the foundation of a federation and
          provides examples.
     
          Contrary to the previous section, this section does not focus on
          specific implementation details like the presence of SBCs or other
          border elements. The aim here is to provide a broader view on what
          kinds of arrangements are possible.
     
          The concrete implementation details (e.g. "direct with one SBC"
          versus "direct with two SBCs") is often orthogonal to this list. To
          recapitulate:  A federation is a group of VSPs which agree to
          receive calls from each other using pre-agreed technical and
          administrative procedures.
     
     
     4.1. Federation Categorization
     
          The technical procedures which federations need to define can be
          used to categorize them. Each federation has to specify how a few
          core operations which are to be performed by its members.
     
          These include:
     
          1. Peer Discovery
     
          This specifies how a VSPs discovers that he can place a specify
          call to a peering partner in this federation.
     
          Possible solution are e.g.: a manually configured list of TN-
          prefixes and domain names, automatically obtained list of reachable
          prefixes/domains by some sort if intra-federation route
          announcements, trial queries to the federation's LS, trial lookups
          in federation-internal databases (e.g. private DNS),public database
          lookups (e.g. I-ENUM).
     
          2. Location Server
     
          What methods are used for TN to URI mapping?
     
          Examples: Public User-ENUM, public Infrastructure ENUM, private
          ENUM tree, SIP Redirect, DUNDi.
     
          3. Next Hop Domain Resolution
     
     
     
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          If the LS did not return an URI of the form sip:user@IP-address,
          then the originating VSP has to translate the domain part of the
          URI to an IP-address (plus perhaps fall-backs) in order to contact
          the next hop.
     
          Examples: RFC3263 in the public DNS. RFC3263 in a federation
          private DNS. RFC3263 in the public DNS with split-DNS, P2P SIP,
          modified RFC3263 in the public DNS (e.g. a federation-specific
          prefix to the domain name).
     
          4. Call Setup
     
          The federation may also define specifics on what SIP features need
          to be used when contacting the next hop in order to a) reach the
          next hop at all and b) to prove that the sender is a legitimate
          peering partner.
     
          Examples: hard-code transport (TCP/UDP/TLS), non-standard port
          number, specific source IP address (e.g. in a private L3 network),
          which TLS client certificate to use, other authentication scheme.
     
          5. Filtering Incoming Calls
     
          On the receiving side, the border element needs to determine
          whether the INVITE it just received really came from a member   of
          the federation. This is the flip side of 4.
     
          Example: verify TLS cert, check incoming interface/VLAN,check
          source IP address against a configured list of valid ones.
     
     4.2. Federation Examples
     
          This section lists some examples of how federations can operate.
     
     4.2.1. Trivial Federations
     
          A private peering arrangement between two VSPs is a special case of
          a federation. These two VSP have agreed to exchange calls amongst
          themselves and they have set up whatever SBC/LS/SBE plus Layer
          3infrastructure they need to route and complete the calls.
     
          It is thus not needed to treat bi-lateral peerings as conceptually
          different to federation-based peering.
     
          On the other extreme, the set of all VSPs implementing an open SIP
          service according to RFCs 3261/3263/3761 also fulfills the
          definition of a federation.  In that case, the technical rules are
     
     
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          contained in these three RFCs, the LS is the public DNS. Whether
          some of these VSPs use SBCs as border elements is not relevant.
     
          The administrative model of this federation is the "email model":
          There is no "member list", any SIP server operating on the Internet
          which implements call routing according to these RFCs is implicitly
          a member of that federation. No business relationship is needed
          between "members", thus no money is likely to change hands for
          terminating calls. There is no contractual protection against
          nuisance calls, SPIT, or denial of service attacks.
     
     4.2.2. Access List based
     
          If running an open SIP proxy is not desired, then a group of VSPs
          which want to allow calls from each other can collect the list of
          IP addresses of all their border elements.
     
          This list is redistributed to all members which use it to configure
          firewalls in front of their ingress elements.  Thus calls from
          other members of this federation are accepted while calls from
          other hosts on the Internet are blocked.
     
          Whether VSPs deploy SBCs as border elements is not relevant.  Call
          routing can still be done via standard RFC rules.
     
          Whenever a new member joins this club every other VSP needs to
          adapt its filter rules.
     
     4.2.3. TLS based Federations
     
          Another option to restrict incoming calls to federation members is
          to use Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates as access
          control. This works best if the federation runs a certificate
          authority (CA) which signs the TLS keys of each member VSP.  Thus
          the ingress element of a VSP needs to check only whether the client
          certificate presented by the calling SIP proxy contains a proper
          signature from that CA.
     
          Adding support for Certificate Revocation Lists solves the issue of
          blocking calls from former members of that federation.  The main
          benefit of this model is that no changes need to be made at the
          ingress element of all old members whenever a VSP joins that
          federation.
     
     
     
     
     
     
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     4.2.4. Central SIP Proxy
     
          One way to simplify the management of these firewall rules is to
          route all SIP messages via a central proxy.
     
          In that case, all federation members just need to open up their
          ingress elements to requests from that central server. A new VSP
          just triggers a change in the configuration of this box and not at
          all other VSPs.
     
          Although such a setup reduces the configuration complexity of
          larger federations, the central SIP proxy might lead to other
          scaling issues.
     
          This is an example of Assisted Peering.
     
     
     4.2.5. Private Layer 3 Network
     
          Federations can also establish a separate layer 3 network for their
          peering traffic. This could be implemented e.g. by creating a new
          VLAN at an Internet exchange point to which all members of that
          federation connect their SBEs.
     
          Alternatively, a federation can establish a smaller version of the
          Internet to which only members are allowed to connect.  The GRX
          network of the mobile operators is an example of a dedicated layer
          3 infrastructure.
     
          Such a private layer 3 network can also be implemented using
          virtual private network (VPN) technologies like IPsec.
     
          In all these cases the SBE can assume that any SIP requests it
          receives via an interfaces located in this L3 network comes from
          legitimate peering partner.
     
          The separation of the peering network from the Internet makes it
          easier to protect the peering arrangement from attacks and to
          ensure QoS.
     
     4.2.6. Peer to Peer SIP
     
          P2PSIP replaces the RFC3263 rules by a lookup in a distributed hash
          table (DHT). A federation could use this technology to implement
          call routing between the peers: the border elements of all members
          participate in the DHT algorithm and distribute routing information
          this way.
     
     
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          Only members of the federation thus can use information stored in
          the DHT which could be the basis of both call routing within the
          federation as well as access control between members.
     
     4.2.7. DUNDi
     
          Distributed Universal Number Discovery (DUNDi)
          [http://www.dundi.com/dundi.txt] can also be used to build
          federations: DUNDi itself acts as a distributed LS which can add
          dynamically generated passwords to the URIs it returns.
     
          This way, the T-SBE can verify that an incoming calls comes from a
          member of this DUNDi cloud.
     
     5. Security Considerations
     
          This document introduces no new security considerations.  However,
          it is important to note that session interconnect, as described in
          this document, has a wide variety of security issues that should be
          considered in documents addressing both protocol and use case
          analyzes.
     
     6. IANA Considerations
     
          This document creates no new requirements on IANA namespaces
          [RFC2434].
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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     References
     
     Normative References
     
        [1]   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.
     
        [2]   Schwartz, David, draft-schwartz-speermint-use-cases-federations
     
        [3]   Mahy, Rohan, draft-mahy-speermint-direct-peering
     
        [4]   Lendl, Otmar, draft-lendl-speermint-federations
     
        [5]   Lee, Yiu, draft-lee-speermint-use-case-cable
     
        [6]   Uzelac, Adam, draft-uzelac-speermint-use-cases
     
        [7]   Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "Session Initiation Protocol
              (SIP): Locating SIP Servers", RFC 3263, June 2002.
     
        [8]   Blake-Wilson, S., Nystrom, M., Hopwood, D., Mikkelsen, J., and
              T. Wright, "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions", RFC
              3546, June 2003.
     
        [9]   Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V. Jacobson,
              "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications", STD 64,
              RFC 3550, July 2003.
     
        [10]  Peterson, J., Liu, H., Yu, J., and B. Campbell, "Using E.164
              numbers with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC 3824,
              June 2004.
     
        [11]  Peterson, J., “Address Resolution for Instant Messaging and
              Presence”,RFC 3861, August 2004.
     
        [12]  Peterson, J., "Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM) Service
              Registration for Presence Services", RFC 3953, January 2005.
     
        [13]  ETSI TS 102 333: " Telecommunications and Internet converged
              Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Gate
              control protocol".
     
        [14]  Peterson, J., "enumservice registration for Session Initiation
              Protocol (SIP) Addresses-of-Record", RFC 3764, April 2004.
     
     
     
     
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     Informative References
     
        [15]  Meyer, D., "SPEERMINT Terminology", draft-ietf-speermint-
              terminology-06 (work in progress), 2006.
     
        [16]  Mule, J-F., “SPEERMINT Requirements for SIP-based VoIP
              Interconnection”, draft-ietf-speermint-requirements-00.txt,
              June 2006.
     
        [17]  Camarillo, G. “Requirements from SIP (Session Initiation
              Protocol) Session Border Control Deployments“, draft-camarillo-
              sipping-sbc-funcs-04.txt, June, 2006.
     
        [18]  Habler, M., et al., “A Federation based VOIP Peering
              Architecture”, draft-lendl-speermint-federations-03.txt,
              September 2006.
     
     Author's Addresses
     
     
        Adam Uzelac
        Global Crossing
        Email: adam.uzelac@globalcrossing.com
     
        Rohan Mahy
        Plantronics
        Email: rohan@ekabal.com
     
        Yiu L. Lee
        Comcast Cable Communications
        Email: yiu_lee@cable.comcast.com
     
        David Schwartz
        Kayote Networks
        Email: david.schwartz@kayote.com
     
        Eli Katz
        Xconnect Global Networks
        Email: ekatz@xconnect.net
     
        Otmar Lendl
        enum.at GmbH
        Email: otmar.lendl@enum.at
     
     
     
     
     
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