TCP Client Identity Protocol (ident)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 03/15/1993

 Current Status: Concluded Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Mike St. Johns  <stjohns@corp.home.net>

 Security Area Director(s):
     Jeffrey Schiller  <jis@mit.edu>
     Steve Bellovin  <smb@research.att.com>

 Security Area Advisor:
     Jeffrey Schiller  <jis@mit.edu>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:ident@nri.reston.va.us
     To Subscribe:      ident-request@nri.reston.va.us
     Archive:           cnri.reston.va.us:~/ietf.mailing.lists/ident/*

Description of Working Group:

The TCP Client Identity Protocol Working Group is chartered to define
a protocol for returning the identity of the user initiating a TCP
connection.  When a client on host A initiates a TCP connection to
host B, host B may query a server on host A to determine the identity
of the client on host A.  The primary purpose of this protocol is to
record the identity of requesters initiating a connection.
 
This work is a clarification and standardization of the Experimental
Protocol currently published as RFC 931.
 


 Goals and Milestones:

   Done         Post an Internet-Draft of the revised RFC 931 Identity 
                Server Protocol. 

   Done         Submit the Identity Server Protocol to the IESG for 
                consideration as a Proposed Standard. 

   Done         Review implementations, and resolve outstanding issues in 
                preparation for Draft Standard. 


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
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RFC1413 PS   FEB 93    Identification Protocol 

RFC1414 PS   FEB 93    Ident MIB