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Framework Policy Information Base

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Network Working Group                                     R. Sahita, Ed.
Request for Comments: 3318                                       S. Hahn
Category: Informational                                       Intel Labs
                                                                 K. Chan
                                                         Nortel Networks
                                                           K. McCloghrie
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                              March 2003


                   Framework Policy Information Base

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document defines a set of PRovisioning Classes (PRCs) and
   textual conventions that are common to all clients that provision
   policy using Common Open Policy Service (COPS) protocol for
   Provisioning.

   Structure of Policy Provisioning Information (SPPI) describes a
   structure for specifying policy information that can then be
   transmitted to a network device for the purpose of configuring policy
   at that device.  The model underlying this structure is one of well-
   defined (PRCs) and instances of these classes (PRIs) residing in a
   virtual information store called the Policy Information Base (PIB).

   One way to provision policy is by means of the (COPS) protocol with
   the extensions for provisioning.  This protocol supports multiple
   clients, each of which may provision policy for a specific policy
   domain such as QoS, virtual private networks, or security.

   As described in COPS usage for Policy Provisioning (COPS-PR), each
   client supports a non-overlapping and independent set of PIB modules.
   However, some PRovisioning Classes are common to all subject-
   categories (client-types) and need to be present in each.






Sahita, et. al.              Informational
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