RFC 1608 (rfc1608) - Page 2 of 20
Representing IP Information in the X
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RFC 1608 IP Information in the X.500 Directory March 1994
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2
2. IP images of networks 3
2.1 IP network image 3
2.2 IP node image 5
2.3 IP network interface image 6
2.4 Autonomous Systems 7
3. Number assignment information 7
3.1 Delegated Block object 8
3.2 IP Group object 9
3.3 IP Reference object 10
3.4 AS Block object 10
3.5 AS Reference object 10
4. Directory tree 11
4.1 IP image objects 11
4.2 AS objects 11
4.3 Namespace objects 11
4.4 Relationship to organizational entries 13
5. Security Considerations 14
6. Authors' Addresses 15
References 16
Appendix: OID tables 17
1. Introduction
Information related to the Internet Network Infrastructure is created
and stored by a number of different organizations, such as the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), Internet Registry (IR),
Network Information Centers (NICs), and the NSFNET Network Operations
Center (NOC). This information is generally "mastered" (stored and
maintained) by these organizations on a centralized basis, i.e.,
there is a single place to look for a definitive list of entries for
these categories. This has worked well in the past but given the
tremendous growth of the Internet and its number of users and
networks, it is essential that a distributed schema be used.
The X.500 Directory offers the appropriate technology for
implementing this distributed method of managing network
infrastructure information.
The following goals are addressed in this document:
o Provision of IP specific images of network elements
o Mapping from Network Number to network, owner, provider etc.
o Support of delegation of IP address blocks
o Storage of high-level routing policies and AS information
o Support of "classless" network address formats
Johannsen, Mansfield, Kosters & Sataluri