RFC 3702 (rfc3702) - Page 1 of 15
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Requirements for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
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Network Working Group J. Loughney
Request for Comments: 3702 Nokia
Category: Informational G. Camarillo
Ericsson
February 2004
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Requirements for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
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 (2004). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
As Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) services are deployed on the
Internet, there is a need for authentication, authorization, and
accounting of SIP sessions. This document sets out the basic
requirements for this work.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Terminology and Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3. Requirements Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Common Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.1. Communication within the Same Domain . . . . . . 5
2.1.2. Communication between Different Domains. . . . . 5
2.1.3. Discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.4. Ability to Integrate Different Networks,
Services and Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.5. Updating SIP Server Entries. . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.6. SIP Session Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.7. Reliable Transfer of Protocol Messages . . . . . 5
2.1.8. Call Setup Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.9. Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2. Authentication Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2.1. Authentication Based on SIP Requests . . . . . . 6
2.2.2. Flexible Authentication of SIP Requests. . . . . 6
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