Simple Internet Protocol (SIP) Specification
RFC 8507
| Document | Type |
RFC - Historic
(December 2018; No errata)
Was draft-historic-simple-ip (individual)
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|---|---|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Deering , Bob Hinden | ||
| Last updated | 2018-12-21 | ||
| Replaces | draft-deering-sip | ||
| Stream | ISE | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
| IETF conflict review | conflict-review-historic-simple-ip | ||
| Stream | ISE state | Published RFC | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| Document shepherd | Adrian Farrel | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2018-09-06) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8507 (Historic) | |
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | (None) | ||
| Send notices to | Adrian Farrel <rfc-ise@rfc-editor.org> | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | IANA OK - No Actions Needed | |
| IANA action state | No IANA Actions | ||
Independent Submission S. Deering
Request for Comments: 8507 Retired
Category: Historic R. Hinden, Ed.
ISSN: 2070-1721 Check Point Software
December 2018
Simple Internet Protocol (SIP) Specification
Abstract
This document is published for the historical record. The Simple
Internet Protocol was the basis for one of the candidates for the
IETF's Next Generation (IPng) work that became IPv6.
The publication date of the original Internet-Draft was November 10,
1992. It is presented here substantially unchanged and is neither a
complete document nor intended to be implementable.
The paragraph that follows is the Abstract from the original draft.
This document specifies a new version of IP called SIP, the Simple
Internet Protocol. It also describes the changes needed to ICMP,
IGMP, and transport protocols such as TCP and UDP, in order to work
with SIP. A companion document [SIP-ADDR] describes the addressing
and routing aspects of SIP, including issues of auto-configuration,
host and subnet mobility, and multicast.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for the historical record.
This document defines a Historic Document for the Internet community.
This is a contribution to the RFC Series, independently of any other
RFC stream. The RFC Editor has chosen to publish this document at
its discretion and makes no statement about its value for
implementation or deployment. Documents approved for publication by
the RFC Editor are not candidates for any level of Internet Standard;
see Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8507.
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Copyright Notice
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Table of Contents
1. Preface .........................................................3
2. Introduction ....................................................3
3. Terminology .....................................................4
4. SIP Header Format ...............................................5
5. Addresses .......................................................6
5.1. Text Representation of Addresses ...........................6
5.2. Unicast Addresses ..........................................6
5.3. Multicast Addresses ........................................8
5.4. Special Addresses ..........................................9
6. Packet Size Issues .............................................12
7. Source Routing Header ..........................................13
8. Fragmentation Header ...........................................14
9. Changes to Other Protocols .....................................16
9.1. Changes to ICMP ...........................................16
9.2. Changes to IGMP ...........................................20
9.3. Changes to Transport Protocols ............................21
9.4. Changes to Link-Layer Protocols ...........................22
10. Security Considerations .......................................22
11. Acknowledgments ...............................................23
12. Informative References ........................................23
Appendix A. SIP Design Rationale ..................................25
Appendix B. Future Directions .....................................25
Authors' Addresses ................................................26
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1. Preface
This document is published for the historical record.
Simple IP (SIP) was the basis for one of the candidates for the
IETF's Next Generation (IPng) work; see "The Recommendation for the
IP Next Generation Protocol" [RFC1752]. The original 1992
Internet-Draft describing SIP is published here as part of the record
of that work.
SIP evolved into SIP Plus [RFC1710], which was assessed as a
candidate for IPng [RFC1752] and led eventually to the development of
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