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Network Working Group                                            C. Lynn
Request for Comments: 3779                                       S. Kent
Category: Standards Track                                         K. Seo
                                                        BBN Technologies
                                                               June 2004


          X.509 Extensions for IP Addresses and AS Identifiers

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).

Abstract

   This document defines two X.509 v3 certificate extensions.  The first
   binds a list of IP address blocks, or prefixes, to the subject of a
   certificate.  The second binds a list of autonomous system
   identifiers to the subject of a certificate.  These extensions may be
   used to convey the authorization of the subject to use the IP
   addresses and autonomous system identifiers contained in the
   extensions.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
       1.1.  Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  IP Address Delegation Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
       2.1.  Context. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
             2.1.1.  Encoding of an IP Address or Prefix. . . . . . .  5
             2.1.2.  Encoding of a Range of IP Addresses. . . . . . .  7
       2.2.  Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
             2.2.1.  OID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
             2.2.2.  Criticality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
             2.2.3.  Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
                     2.2.3.1.  Type IPAddrBlocks. . . . . . . . . . .  9
                     2.2.3.2.  Type IPAddressFamily . . . . . . . . .  9
                     2.2.3.3.  Element addressFamily. . . . . . . . . 10
                     2.2.3.4.  Element ipAddressChoice and Type
                               IPAddressChoice. . . . . . . . . . . . 10



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                     2.2.3.5.  Element inherit. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
                     2.2.3.6.  Element addressesOrRanges. . . . . . . 10
                     2.2.3.7.  Type IPAddressOrRange. . . . . . . . . 11
                     2.2.3.8.  Element addressPrefix and Type
                               IPAddress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
                     2.2.3.9.  Element addressRange and Type
                               IPAddressRange . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
       2.3.  IP Address Delegation Extension Certification Path
             Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   3.  Autonomous System Identifier Delegation Extension. . . . . . . 13
       3.1.  Context  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
       3.2.  Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
             3.2.1.  OID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
             3.2.2.  Criticality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
             3.2.3.  Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
                     3.2.3.1.  Type ASIdentifiers . . . . . . . . . . 14
                     3.2.3.2.  Elements asnum, rdi, and Type
                               ASIdentifierChoice . . . . . . . . . . 14
                     3.2.3.3.  Element inherit. . . . . . . . . . . . 15
                     3.2.3.4.  Element asIdsOrRanges. . . . . . . . . 15
                     3.2.3.5.  Type ASIdOrRange . . . . . . . . . . . 15
                     3.2.3.6.  Element id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
                     3.2.3.7.  Element range. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
                     3.2.3.8.  Type ASRange . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
                     3.2.3.9.  Elements min and max . . . . . . . . . 15
                     3.2.3.10. Type ASId. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
   3.3.  Autonomous System Identifier Delegation Extension
         Certification Path Validation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
   4.  Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
   5.  Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
   Appendix A -- ASN.1 Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   Appendix B -- Examples of IP Address Delegation Extensions . . . . 18
   Appendix C -- Example of an AS Identifier Delegation Extension . . 21
   Appendix D -- Use of X.509 Attribute Certificates. . . . . . . . . 21
   References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
   Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
   Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
   Authors' Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
   Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27












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1.  Introduction

   This document defines two X.509 v3 certificate extensions that
   authorize the transfer of the right-to-use for a set of IP addresses
   and autonomous system identifiers from IANA through the regional
   Internet registries (RIRs) to Internet service providers (ISPs) and
   user organizations.  The first binds a list of IP address blocks,
   often represented as IP address prefixes, to the subject (private key
   holder) of a certificate.  The second binds a list of autonomous
   system (AS) identifiers to the subject (private key holder) of a
   certificate.  The issuer of the certificate is an entity (e.g., the
   IANA, a regional Internet registry, or an ISP) that has the authority
   to transfer custodianship of ("allocate") the set of IP address
   blocks and AS identifiers to the subject of the certificate.  These
   certificates provide a scalable means of verifying the right-to-use
   for a set of IP address prefixes and AS identifiers.  They may be
   used by routing protocols, such as Secure BGP [S-BGP], to verify
   legitimacy and correctness of routing information, or by Internet
   routing registries to verify data that they receive.

   Sections 2 and 3 specify several rules about the encoding of the
   extensions defined in this specification that MUST be followed.
   These encoding rules serve the following purposes.  First, they
   result in a unique encoding of the extension's value; two instances
   of an extension can be compared for equality octet-by-octet.  Second,
   they achieve the minimal size encoding of the information.  Third,
   they allow relying parties to use one-pass algorithms when performing
   certification path validation; in particular, the relying parties do
   not need to sort the information, or to implement extra code in the
   subset checking algorithms to handle several boundary cases
   (adjacent, overlapping, or subsumed ranges).

1.1.  Terminology

   It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the terms and concepts
   described in "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate
   and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile" [RFC3280], "INTERNET
   PROTOCOL" [RFC791], "Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing
   Architecture" [RFC3513], "INTERNET REGISTRY IP ALLOCATION GUIDELINES"
   [RFC2050], and related regional Internet registry address management
   policy documents.  Some relevant terms include:

   allocate - the transfer of custodianship of a resource to an
      intermediate organization (see [RFC2050]).

   assign - the transfer of custodianship of a resource to an end
      organization (see [RFC2050]).




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   Autonomous System (AS) - a set of routers under a single technical
      administration with a uniform policy, using one or more interior
      gateway protocols and metrics to determine how to route packets
      within the autonomous system, and using an exterior gateway
      protocol to determine how to route packets to other autonomous
      systems.

   Autonomous System number - a 32-bit number that identifies an
      autonomous system.

   delegate - transfer of custodianship (that is, the right-to-use) of
      an IP address block or AS identifier through issuance of a
      certificate to an entity.

   initial octet - the first octet in the value of a DER encoded BIT
      STRING [X.690].

   IP v4 address - a 32-bit identifier written as four decimal numbers,
      each in the range 0 to 255, separated by a ".".  10.5.0.5 is an
      example of an IPv4 address.

   IP v6 address - a 128-bit identifier written as eight hexadecimal
      quantities, each in the range 0 to ffff, separated by a ":".
      2001:0:200:3:0:0:0:1 is an example of an IPv6 address.  One string
      of :0: fields may be replaced by "::", thus 2001:0:200:3::1
      represents the same address as the immediately preceding example.
      (See [RFC3513]).

   prefix - a bit string that consists of some number of initial bits of
      an address, written as an address followed by a "/", and the
      number of initial bits.  10.5.0.0/16 and 2001:0:200:3:0:0:0:0/64
      (or 2001:0:200:3::/64) are examples of prefixes.  A prefix is
      often abbreviated by omitting the less-significant zero fields,
      but there should be enough fields to contain the indicated number
      of initial bits.  10.5/16 and 2001:0:200:3/64 are examples of
      abbreviated prefixes.

   Regional Internet Registry (RIR) - any of the bodies recognized by
      IANA as the regional authorities for management of IP addresses
      and AS identifiers.  At the time of writing, these include
      AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and RIPE NCC.

   right-to-use - for an IP address prefix, being authorized to specify
      the AS that may originate advertisements of the prefix throughout
      the Internet.  For an autonomous system identifier, being
      authorized to operate a network(s) that identifies itself to other
      network operators using that autonomous system identifier.




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   subsequent octets - the second through last octets in the value of a
      DER encoded BIT STRING [X.690].

   trust anchor - a certificate that is to be trusted when performing
      certification path validation (see [RFC3280]).

   The keywords MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD,
   SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, and MAY, and OPTIONAL, when they appear in
   this document, are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

2.  IP Address Delegation Extension

   This extension conveys the allocation of IP addresses to an entity by
   binding those addresses to a public key belonging to the entity.

2.1.  Context

   IP address space is currently managed by a hierarchy nominally rooted
   at IANA, but managed by the RIRs.  IANA allocates IP address space to
   the RIRs, who in turn allocate IP address space to Internet service
   providers (ISPs), who may allocate IP address space to down stream
   providers, customers, etc.  The RIRs also may assign IP address space
   to organizations who are end entities, i.e., organizations who will
   not be reassigning any of their space to other organizations.  (See
   [RFC2050] and related RIR policy documents for the guidelines on the
   allocation and assignment process).

   The IP address delegation extension is intended to enable
   verification of the proper delegation of IP address blocks, i.e., of
   the authorization of an entity to use or sub-allocate IP address
   space.  Accordingly, it makes sense to take advantage of the inherent
   authoritativeness of the existing administrative framework for
   allocating IP address space.  As described in Section 1 above, this
   will be achieved by issuing certificates carrying the extension
   described in this section.  An example of one use of the information
   in this extension is an entity using it to verify the authorization
   of an organization to originate a BGP UPDATE advertising a path to a
   particular IP address block; see, e.g., [RFC1771], [S-BGP].

2.1.1.  Encoding of an IP Address or Prefix

   There are two families of IP addresses: IPv4 and IPv6.

   An IPv4 address is a 32-bit quantity that is written as four decimal
   numbers, each in the range 0 through 255, separated by a dot (".").
   10.5.0.5 is an example of an IPv4 address.





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   An IPv6 address is a 128-bit quantity that is written as eight
   hexadecimal numbers, each in the range 0 through ffff, separated by a
   semicolon (":"); 2001:0:200:3:0:0:0:1 is an example of an IPv6
   address.  IPv6 addresses frequently have adjacent fields whose value
   is 0.  One such group of 0 fields may be abbreviated by two
   semicolons ("::").  The previous example may thus be represented by
   2001:0:200:3::1.

   An address prefix is a set of 2^k continuous addresses whose most-
   significant bits are identical.  For example, the set of 512 IPv4
   addresses from 10.5.0.0 through 10.5.1.255 all have the same 23
   most-significant bits.  The set of addresses is written by appending
   a slash ("/") and the number of constant bits to the lowest address
   in the set.  The prefix for the example set is 10.5.0.0/23, and
   contains 2^(32-23) = 2^9 addresses.  The set of IPv6 addresses
   2001:0:200:0:0:0:0:0 through 2001:0:3ff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
   (2^89 addresses) is represented by 2001:0:200:0:0:0:0:0/39 or
   equivalently 2001:0:200::/39.  A prefix may be abbreviated by
   omitting the least-significant zero fields, but there should be
   enough fields to contain the indicated number of constant bits.  The
   abbreviated forms of the example IPv4 prefix is 10.5.0/23, and of the
   example IPv6 prefix is 2001:0:200/39.

   An IP address or prefix is encoded in the IP address delegation
   extension as a DER-encoded ASN.1 BIT STRING containing the constant
   most-significant bits.  Recall [X.690] that the DER encoding of a BIT
   STRING consists of the BIT STRING type (0x03), followed by (an
   encoding of) the number of value octets, followed by the value.  The
   value consists of an "initial octet" that specifies the number of
   unused bits in the last value octet, followed by the "subsequent
   octets" that contain the octets of the bit string.  (For IP
   addresses, the encoding of the length will be just the length.)

   In the case of a single address, all the bits are constant, so the
   bit string for an IPv4 address contains 32 bits.  The subsequent
   octets in the DER-encoding of the address 10.5.0.4 are 0x0a 0x05 0x00
   0x04.  Since all the bits in the last octet are used, the initial
   octet is 0x00.  The octets in the DER-encoded BIT STRING is thus:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x05  0x00  0x0a 0x05 0x00 0x04

   Similarly, the DER-encoding of the prefix 10.5.0/23 is:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x04  0x01  0x0a 0x05 0x00





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   In this case, the three subsequent octets contain 24 bits, but the
   prefix only uses 23, so there is one unused bit in the last octet,
   thus the initial octet is 1 (the DER require that all unused bits
   MUST be set to zero-bits).

   The DER-encoding of the IPv6 address 2001:0:200:3:0:0:0:1 is:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x11  0x00  0x20 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x03
                          0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01

   and the DER-encoding of the prefix 2001:0:200/39, which has one
   unused bit in the last octet, is:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x06  0x01  0x20 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x02

2.1.2.  Encoding of a Range of IP Addresses

   While any contiguous range of IP addresses can be represented by a
   set of contiguous prefixes, a more concise representation is achieved
   by encoding the range as a SEQUENCE containing the lowest address and
   the highest address, where each address is encoded as a BIT STRING.
   Within the SEQUENCE, the bit string representing the lowest address
   in the range is formed by removing all the least-significant zero-
   bits from the address, and the bit string representing the highest
   address in the range is formed by removing all the least-significant
   one-bits.  The DER BIT STRING encoding requires that all the unused
   bits in the last octet MUST be set to zero-bits.  Note that a prefix
   can always be expressed as a range, but a range cannot always be
   expressed as a prefix.

   The range of addresses represented by the prefix 10.5.0/23 is
   10.5.0.0 through 10.5.1.255.  The lowest address ends in sixteen
   zero-bits that are removed.  The DER-encoding of the resulting
   sixteen-bit string is:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x03  0x00  0x0a 0x05

   The highest address ends in nine one-bits that are removed.  The DER-
   encoding of the resulting twenty-three-bit string is:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x04  0x01  0x0a 0x05 0x00






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   The prefix 2001:0:200/39 can be encoded as a range where the DER-
   encoding of the lowest address (2001:0:200::) is:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x06  0x01  0x20 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x02

   and the largest address (2001:0:3ff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff), which,
   after removal of the ninety least-significant one-bits leaves a
   thirty-eight bit string, is encoded as:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x06  0x02  0x20 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x00

   The special case of all IP address blocks, i.e., a prefix of all
   zero-bits -- "0/0", MUST be encoded per the DER with a length octet
   of one, an initial octet of zero, and no subsequent octets:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x01  0x00

   Note that for IP addresses the number of trailing zero-bits is
   significant.  For example, the DER-encoding of 10.64/12:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x03  0x04  0x0a 0x40

   is different than the DER-encoding of 10.64.0/20:

         Type Len  Unused Bits ...
         0x03 0x04  0x04  0x0a 0x40 0x00

2.2.  Specification

2.2.1.  OID

   The OID for this extension is id-pe-ipAddrBlocks.

      id-pe-ipAddrBlocks  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 7 }

   where [RFC3280] defines:

      id-pkix  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3)
               dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) }

      id-pe    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 1 }






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2.2.2.  Criticality

   This extension SHOULD be CRITICAL.  The intended use of this
   extension is to connote a right-to-use for the block(s) of IP
   addresses identified in the extension.  A CA marks the extension as
   CRITICAL to convey the notion that a relying party MUST understand
   the semantics of the extension to make use of the certificate for the
   purpose it was issued.  Newly created applications that use
   certificates containing this extension are expected to recognize the
   extension.

2.2.3.  Syntax

   id-pe-ipAddrBlocks      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 7 }

   IPAddrBlocks        ::= SEQUENCE OF IPAddressFamily

   IPAddressFamily     ::= SEQUENCE {    -- AFI & optional SAFI --
      addressFamily        OCTET STRING (SIZE (2..3)),
      ipAddressChoice      IPAddressChoice }

   IPAddressChoice     ::= CHOICE {
      inherit              NULL, -- inherit from issuer --
      addressesOrRanges    SEQUENCE OF IPAddressOrRange }

   IPAddressOrRange    ::= CHOICE {
      addressPrefix        IPAddress,
      addressRange         IPAddressRange }

   IPAddressRange      ::= SEQUENCE {
      min                  IPAddress,
      max                  IPAddress }

   IPAddress           ::= BIT STRING

2.2.3.1.  Type IPAddrBlocks

   The IPAddrBlocks type is a SEQUENCE OF IPAddressFamily types.

2.2.3.2.  Type IPAddressFamily

   The IPAddressFamily type is a SEQUENCE containing an addressFamily
   and ipAddressChoice element.








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2.2.3.3.  Element addressFamily

   The addressFamily element is an OCTET STRING containing a two-octet
   Address Family Identifier (AFI), in network byte order, optionally
   followed by a one-octet Subsequent Address Family Identifier (SAFI).
   AFIs and SAFIs are specified in [IANA-AFI] and [IANA-SAFI],
   respectively.

   If no authorization is being granted for a particular AFI and
   optional SAFI, then there MUST NOT be an IPAddressFamily member for
   that AFI/SAFI in the IPAddrBlocks SEQUENCE.

   There MUST be only one IPAddressFamily SEQUENCE per unique
   combination of AFI and SAFI.  Each SEQUENCE MUST be ordered by
   ascending addressFamily values (treating the octets as unsigned
   quantities).  An addressFamily without a SAFI MUST precede one that
   contains an SAFI.  When both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are specified,
   the IPv4 addresses MUST precede the IPv6 addresses (since the IPv4
   AFI of 0001 is less than the IPv6 AFI of 0002).

2.2.3.4.  Element ipAddressChoice and Type IPAddressChoice

   The ipAddressChoice element is of type IPAddressChoice.  The
   IPAddressChoice type is a CHOICE of either an inherit or
   addressesOrRanges element.

2.2.3.5.  Element inherit

   If the IPAddressChoice CHOICE contains the inherit element, then the
   set of authorized IP addresses for the specified AFI and optional
   SAFI is taken from the issuer's certificate, or from the issuer's
   issuer's certificate, recursively, until a certificate containing an
   IPAddressChoice containing an addressesOrRanges element is located.

2.2.3.6.  Element addressesOrRanges

   The addressesOrRanges element is a SEQUENCE OF IPAddressOrRange
   types.  The addressPrefix and addressRange elements MUST be sorted
   using the binary representation of:

      <lowest IP address in range> | <prefix length>

   where "|" represents concatenation.  Note that the octets in this
   representation (a.b.c.d | length for IPv4 or s:t:u:v:w:x:y:z | length
   for IPv6) are not the octets that are in the DER-encoded BIT STRING
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      IP addr | length  DER encoding
      ----------------  ------------------------
                        Type Len  Unused Bits...
      10.32.0.0 | 12     03   03    04   0a 20
      10.64.0.0 | 16     03   03    00   0a 40

   the prefix 10.32.0.0/12 MUST come before the prefix 10.64.0.0/16
   since 32 is less than 64; whereas if one were to sort by the DER BIT
   STRINGs, the order would be reversed as the unused bits octet would
   sort in the opposite order.  Any pair of IPAddressOrRange choices in
   an extension MUST NOT overlap each other.  Any contiguous address
   prefixes or ranges MUST be combined into a single range or, whenever
   possible, a single prefix.

2.2.3.7.  Type IPAddressOrRange

   The IPAddressOrRange type is a CHOICE of either an addressPrefix (an
   IP prefix or address) or an addressRange (an IP address range)
   element.

   This specification requires that any range of addresses that can be
   encoded as a prefix MUST be encoded using an IPAddress element (a BIT
   STRING), and any range that cannot be encoded as a prefix MUST be
   encoded using an IPAddressRange (a SEQUENCE containing two BIT
   STRINGs).  The following pseudo code illustrates how to select the
   encoding of a given range of addresses.

         LET  N = the number of matching most-significant bits in the
                  lowest and highest addresses of the range
         IF   all the remaining bits in the lowest address are zero-bits
          AND all the remaining bits in the highest address are one-bits
         THEN the range MUST be encoded as an N-bit IPAddress
         ELSE the range MUST be encoded as an IPAddressRange

2.2.3.8.  Element addressPrefix and Type IPAddress

   The addressPrefix element is an IPAddress type.  The IPAddress type
   defines a range of IP addresses in which the most-significant (left-
   most) N bits of the address remain constant, while the remaining bits
   (32 - N bits for IPv4, or 128 - N bits for IPv6) may be either zero
   or one.  For example, the IPv4 prefix 10.64/12 corresponds to the
   addresses 10.64.0.0 to 10.79.255.255, while 10.64/11 corresponds to
   10.64.0.0 to 10.95.255.255.  The IPv6 prefix 2001:0:2/48 represents
   addresses 2001:0:2:: to 2001:0:2:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff.

   An IP address prefix is encoded as a BIT STRING.  The DER encoding of
   a BIT STRING uses the initial octet of the string to specify how many
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   unused.  The DER encoding specifies that these unused bits MUST be
   set to zero-bits.

   Example:
             128.0.0.0       = 1000 0000.0000 0000.0000 0000.0000 0000
          to 143.255 255 255 = 1000 1111.1111 1111.1111 1111.1111 1111
        bit string to encode = 1000
              Type Len  Unused Bits ...
   Encoding = 0x03 0x02  0x04  0x80

2.2.3.9.  Element addressRange and Type IPAddressRange

   The addressRange element is of type IPAddressRange.  The
   IPAddressRange type consists of a SEQUENCE containing a minimum
   (element min) and maximum (element max) IP address.  Each IP address
   is encoded as a BIT STRING.  The semantic interpretation of the
   minimum address in an IPAddressRange is that all the unspecified bits
   (for the full length of the IP address) are zero-bits.  The semantic
   interpretation of the maximum address is that all the unspecified
   bits are one-bits.  The BIT STRING for the minimum address results
   from removing all the least-significant zero-bits from the minimum
   address.  The BIT STRING for the maximum address results from
   removing all the least-significant one-bits from the maximum address.

   Example:
             129.64.0.0       = 1000 0001.0100 0000.0000 0000.0000 0000
          to 143.255.255.255  = 1000 1111.1111 1111.1111 1111.1111 1111
           minimum bit string = 1000 0001.01
           maximum bit string = 1000
   Encoding = SEQUENCE {
               Type Len  Unused Bits ...
        min    0x03 0x03  0x06  0x81      0x40
        max    0x03 0x02  0x04  0x80
              }

   To simplify the comparison of IP address blocks when performing
   certification path validation, a maximum IP address MUST contain at
   least one bit whose value is 1, i.e., the subsequent octets may not
   be omitted nor all zero.

2.3.  IP Address Delegation Extension Certification Path Validation

   Certification path validation of a certificate containing the IP
   address delegation extension requires additional processing.  As each
   certificate in a path is validated, the IP addresses in the IP
   address delegation extension of that certificate MUST be subsumed by
   IP addresses in the IP address delegation extension in the issuer's
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   certificate that is a trust anchor for certification path validation
   of certificates containing the IP address delegation extension, as
   well as all certificates along the path, MUST each contain the IP
   address delegation extension.  The initial set of allowed address
   ranges is taken from the trust anchor certificate.

3.  Autonomous System Identifier Delegation Extension

   This extension conveys the allocation of autonomous system (AS)
   identifiers to an entity by binding those AS identifiers to a public
   key belonging to the entity.

3.1.  Context

   AS identifier delegation is currently managed by a hierarchy
   nominally rooted at IANA, but managed by the RIRs.  IANA allocates AS
   identifiers to the RIRs, who in turn assign AS identifiers to
   organizations who are end entities, i.e., will not be re-allocating
   any of their AS identifiers to other organizations.  The AS
   identifier delegation extension is intended to enable verification of
   the proper delegation of AS identifiers, i.e., of the authorization
   of an entity to use these AS identifiers.  Accordingly, it makes
   sense to take advantage of the inherent authoritativeness of the
   existing administrative framework for management of AS identifiers.
   As described in Section 1 above, this will be achieved by issuing
   certificates carrying the extension described in this section.  An
   example of one use of the information in this extension is an entity
   using it to verify the authorization of an organization to manage the
   AS identified by an AS identifier in the extension. The use of this
   extension to represent assignment of AS identifiers is not intended
   to alter the procedures by which AS identifiers are managed, or when
   an AS should be used c.f., [RFC1930].

3.2.  Specification

3.2.1.  OID

   The OID for this extension is id-pe-autonomousSysIds.

      id-pe-autonomousSysIds  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 8 }

   where [RFC3280] defines:

      id-pkix  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3)
               dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) }

      id-pe    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 1 }




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3.2.2.  Criticality

   This extension SHOULD be CRITICAL.  The intended use of this
   extension is to connote a right-to-use for the AS identifiers in the
   extension.  A CA marks the extension as CRITICAL to convey the notion
   that a relying party must understand the semantics of the extension
   to make use of the certificate for the purpose it was issued.  Newly
   created applications that use certificates containing this extension
   are expected to recognize the extension.

3.2.3.  Syntax

   id-pe-autonomousSysIds  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 8 }

   ASIdentifiers       ::= SEQUENCE {
       asnum               [0] EXPLICIT ASIdentifierChoice OPTIONAL,
       rdi                 [1] EXPLICIT ASIdentifierChoice OPTIONAL}

   ASIdentifierChoice  ::= CHOICE {
      inherit              NULL, -- inherit from issuer --
      asIdsOrRanges        SEQUENCE OF ASIdOrRange }

   ASIdOrRange         ::= CHOICE {
       id                  ASId,
       range               ASRange }

   ASRange             ::= SEQUENCE {
       min                 ASId,
       max                 ASId }

   ASId                ::= INTEGER

3.2.3.1.  Type ASIdentifiers

   The ASIdentifiers type is a SEQUENCE containing one or more forms of
   autonomous system identifiers -- AS numbers (in the asnum element) or
   routing domain identifiers (in the rdi element).  When the
   ASIdentifiers type contains multiple forms of identifiers, the asnum
   entry MUST precede the rdi entry.  AS numbers are used by BGP, and
   routing domain identifiers are specified in the IDRP [RFC1142].

3.2.3.2.  Elements asnum, rdi, and Type ASIdentifierChoice

   The asnum and rdi elements are both of type ASIdentifierChoice.  The
   ASIdentifierChoice type is a CHOICE of either the inherit or
   asIdsOrRanges element.





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3.2.3.3.  Element inherit

   If the ASIdentifierChoice choice contains the inherit element, then
   the set of authorized AS identifiers is taken from the issuer's
   certificate, or from the issuer's issuer's certificate, recursively,
   until a certificate containing an ASIdentifierChoice containing an
   asIdsOrRanges element is located.  If no authorization is being
   granted for a particular form of AS identifier, then there MUST NOT
   be a corresponding asnum/rdi member in the ASIdentifiers sequence.

3.2.3.4.  Element asIdsOrRanges

   The asIdsOrRanges element is a SEQUENCE of ASIdOrRange types.  Any
   pair of items in the asIdsOrRanges SEQUENCE MUST NOT overlap.  Any
   contiguous series of AS identifiers MUST be combined into a single
   range whenever possible.  The AS identifiers in the asIdsOrRanges
   element MUST be sorted by increasing numeric value.

3.2.3.5.  Type ASIdOrRange

   The ASIdOrRange type is a CHOICE of either a single integer (ASId) or
   a single sequence (ASRange).

3.2.3.6.  Element id

   The id element has type ASId.

3.2.3.7.  Element range

   The range element has type ASRange.

3.2.3.8.  Type ASRange

   The ASRange type is a SEQUENCE consisting of a min and a max element,
   and is used to specify a range of AS identifier values.

3.2.3.9.  Elements min and max

   The min and max elements have type ASId.  The min element is used to
   specify the value of the minimum AS identifier in the range, and the
   max element specifies the value of the maximum AS identifier in the
   range.

3.2.3.10.  Type ASId

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3.3.  Autonomous System Identifier Delegation Extension Certification
      Path Validation

   Certification path validation of a certificate containing the
   autonomous system identifier delegation extension requires additional
   processing.  As each certificate in a path is validated, the AS
   identifiers in the autonomous system identifier delegation extension
   of that certificate MUST be subsumed by the AS identifiers in the
   autonomous system identifier delegation extension in the issuer's
   certificate.  Validation MUST fail when this is not the case.  A
   certificate that is a trust anchor for certification path validation
   of certificates containing the autonomous system identifier
   delegation extension, as well as all certificates along the path,
   MUST each contain the autonomous system identifier delegation
   extension.  The initial set of allowed AS identifiers is taken from
   the trust anchor certificate.

4.  Security Considerations

   This specification describes two X.509 extensions.  Since X.509
   certificates are digitally signed, no additional integrity service is
   necessary.  Certificates with these extensions need not be kept
   secret, and unrestricted and anonymous access to these certificates
   has no security implications.

   However, security factors outside the scope of this specification
   will affect the assurance provided to certificate users.  This
   section highlights critical issues that should be considered by
   implementors, administrators, and users.

   These extensions represent authorization information, i.e., a right-
   to-use for IP addresses or AS identifiers.  They were developed to
   support a secure version of BGP [S-BGP], but may be employed in other
   contexts.  In the secure BGP context, certificates containing these
   extensions function as capabilities: the certificate asserts that the
   holder of the private key (the Subject) is authorized to use the IP
   addresses or AS identifiers represented in the extension(s).  As a
   result of this capability model, the Subject field is largely
   irrelevant for security purposes, contrary to common PKI conventions.

5.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions to this
   specification by Charles Gardiner, Russ Housley, James Manger, and
   Jim Schaad.






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Appendix A -- ASN.1 Module

   This normative appendix describes the IP address and AS identifiers
   extensions used by conforming PKI components in ASN.1 syntax.

   IPAddrAndASCertExtn { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
            internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) mod(0)
            id-mod-ip-addr-and-as-ident(30) }
       DEFINITIONS EXPLICIT TAGS ::=
   BEGIN
        -- Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). This    --
        -- version of this ASN.1 module is part of RFC 3779;  --
        -- see the RFC itself for full legal notices.         --

   -- EXPORTS ALL --

   IMPORTS

   -- PKIX specific OIDs and arcs --
       id-pe FROM PKIX1Explicit88 { iso(1) identified-organization(3)
                  dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7)
                  id-mod(0) id-pkix1-explicit(18) };

   -- IP Address Delegation Extension OID --

   id-pe-ipAddrBlocks  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 7 }

   -- IP Address Delegation Extension Syntax --

   IPAddrBlocks        ::= SEQUENCE OF IPAddressFamily

   IPAddressFamily     ::= SEQUENCE { -- AFI & opt SAFI --
      addressFamily        OCTET STRING (SIZE (2..3)),
      ipAddressChoice      IPAddressChoice }

   IPAddressChoice     ::= CHOICE {
      inherit              NULL, -- inherit from issuer --
      addressesOrRanges    SEQUENCE OF IPAddressOrRange }

   IPAddressOrRange    ::= CHOICE {
      addressPrefix        IPAddress,
      addressRange         IPAddressRange }

   IPAddressRange      ::= SEQUENCE {
      min                  IPAddress,
      max                  IPAddress }

   IPAddress           ::= BIT STRING



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   -- Autonomous System Identifier Delegation Extension OID --

   id-pe-autonomousSysIds  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 8 }

   -- Autonomous System Identifier Delegation Extension Syntax --

   ASIdentifiers       ::= SEQUENCE {
       asnum               [0] ASIdentifierChoice OPTIONAL,
       rdi                 [1] ASIdentifierChoice OPTIONAL }

   ASIdentifierChoice  ::= CHOICE {
      inherit              NULL, -- inherit from issuer --
      asIdsOrRanges        SEQUENCE OF ASIdOrRange }

   ASIdOrRange         ::= CHOICE {
       id                  ASId,
       range               ASRange }

   ASRange             ::= SEQUENCE {
       min                 ASId,
       max                 ASId }

   ASId                ::= INTEGER

   END

Appendix B -- Examples of IP Address Delegation Extensions

   A critical X.509 v3 certificate extension that specifies:
   IPv4 unicast address prefixes
       1)  10.0.32/20     i.e., 10.0.32.0 to 10.0.47.255
       2)  10.0.64/24     i.e., 10.0.64.0 to 10.0.64.255
       3)  10.1/16        i.e., 10.1.0.0  to 10.1.255.255
       4)  10.2.48/20     i.e., 10.2.48.0 to 10.2.63.255
       5)  10.2.64/24     i.e., 10.2.64.0 to 10.2.64.255
       6)  10.3/16        i.e., 10.3.0.0  to 10.3.255.255, and
       7)  inherits all IPv6 addresses from the issuer's certificate
   would be (in hexadecimal):

   30 46                       Extension {
      06 08 2b06010505070107     extnID        1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.7
      01 01 ff                   critical
      04 37                      extnValue {
         30 35                     IPAddrBlocks {
            30 2b                    IPAddressFamily {
               04 03 0001  01          addressFamily: IPv4 Unicast
                                       IPAddressChoice
               30 24                     addressesOrRanges {



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                                           IPAddressOrRange
                  03 04 04 0a0020            addressPrefix 10.0.32/20
                                           IPAddressOrRange
                  03 04 00 0a0040            addressPrefix 10.0.64/24
                                           IPAddressOrRange
                  03 03 00 0a01              addressPrefix    10.1/16
                                           IPAddressOrRange
                  30 0c                      addressRange {
                     03 04 04 0a0230           min        10.2.48.0
                     03 04 00 0a0240           max        10.2.64.255
                                             } -- addressRange
                                           IPAddressOrRange
                  03 03 00 0a03              addressPrefix    10.3/16
                                         } -- addressesOrRanges
                                     } -- IPAddressFamily
            30 06                    IPAddressFamily {
               04 02 0002              addressFamily: IPv6
                                       IPAddressChoice
               05 00                     inherit from issuer
                                     } -- IPAddressFamily
                                   } -- IPAddrBlocks
                                 } -- extnValue
                               } -- Extension

   This example illustrates how the prefixes and ranges are sorted.

   +  Prefix 1 MUST precede prefix 2, even though the number of unused
      bits (4) in prefix 1 is larger than the number of unused bits (0)
      in prefix 2.

   +  Prefix 2 MUST precede prefix 3 even though the number of octets
      (4) in the BIT STRING encoding of prefix 2 is larger than the
      number of octets (3) in the BIT STRING encoding of prefix 3.

   +  Prefixes 4 and 5 are adjacent (representing the range of addresses
      from 10.2.48.0 to 10.2.64.255), so MUST be combined into a range
      (since the range cannot be encoded by a single prefix).

   +  Note that the six trailing zero bits in the max element of the
      range are significant to the semantic interpretation of the value
      (as all unused bits are interpreted to be 1's, not 0's).  The four
      trailing zero bits in the min element are not significant and MUST
      be removed (thus the (4) unused bits in the encoding of the min
      element).  (DER encoding requires that any unused bits in the last
      subsequent octet MUST be set to zero.)






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   +  The range formed by prefixes 4 and 5 MUST precede prefix 6 even
      though the SEQUENCE tag for a range (30) is larger than the tag
      for the BIT STRING (03) used to encode prefix 6.

   +  The IPv4 information MUST precede the IPv6 information since the
      address family identifier for IPv4 (0001) is less than the
      identifier for IPv6 (0002).

   An extension specifying the IPv6 prefix 2001:0:2/48 and the IPv4
   prefixes 10/8 and 172.16/12, and which inherits all IPv4 multicast
   addresses from the issuer's certificate would be (in hexadecimal):

   30 3d                       Extension {
      06 08 2b06010505070107     extnID        1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.7
      01 01 ff                   critical
      04 2e                      extnValue {
         30 2c                     IPAddrBlocks {
            30 10                    IPAddressFamily {
               04 03 0001 01           addressFamily: IPv4 Unicast
                                       IPAddressChoice
               30 09                     addressesOrRanges {
                                           IPAddressOrRange
                  03 02 00 0a                addressPrefix    10/8
                                           IPAddressOrRange
                  03 03 04 b010              addressPrefix    172.16/12
                                         } -- addressesOrRanges
                                     } -- IPAddressFamily
            30 07                    IPAddressFamily {
               04 03 0001 02           addressFamily: IPv4 Multicast
                                       IPAddressChoice
               05 00                     inherit from issuer
                                     } -- IPAddressFamily
            30 0f                    IPAddressFamily {
               04 02 0002              addressFamily: IPv6
                                       IPAddressChoice
               30 09                     addressesOrRanges {
                                           IPAddressOrRange
                  03 07 00 200100000002      addressPrefix   2001:0:2/47
                                         } -- addressesOrRanges
                                     } -- IPAddressFamily
                                   } -- IPAddrBlocks
                                 } -- extnValue
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Appendix C -- Example of an AS Identifier Delegation Extension

   An extension that specifies AS numbers 135, 3000 to 3999, and 5001,
   and which inherits all routing domain identifiers from the issuer's
   certificate would be (in hexadecimal):

   30 2b                       Extension {
      06 08 2b06010505070108     extnID        1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.8
      01 01 ff                   critical
      04 1c                      extnValue {
         30 1a                     ASIdentifiers {
            a0 14                    asnum
                                       ASIdentifierChoice
               30 12                     asIdsOrRanges {
                                           ASIdOrRange
                  02 02 0087                 ASId
                                           ASIdOrRange
                  30 08                      ASRange {
                     02 02 0bb8                min
                     02 02 0f9f                max
                                             } -- ASRange
                                           ASIdOrRange
                  02 02 1389                 ASId
                                         } -- asIdsOrRanges
                                     } -- asnum
            a1 02                    rdi {
                                       ASIdentifierChoice
               05 00                     inherit from issuer
                                     } -- rdi
                                   } -- ASIdentifiers
                                 } -- extnValue
                               } -- Extension


Appendix D -- Use of X.509 Attribute Certificates

   This appendix discusses issues arising from a proposal to use
   attribute certificates (ACs, as specified in [RFC3281]) to convey,
   from the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) to the end-user
   organizations, the "right-to-use" for IP address blocks or AS
   identifiers.

   The two resources, AS identifiers and IP address blocks, are
   currently managed differently.  All organizations with the right-to-
   use for an AS identifier receive the authorization directly from an
   RIR.  Organizations with a right-to-use for an IP address block
   receive the authorization either directly from an RIR, or indirectly,
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   authorization from an Internet service provider, who in turn gets its
   authorization from a RIR.  Note that AS identifiers might be sub-
   allocated in the future, so the mechanisms used should not rely upon
   a three level hierarchy.

   In section 1 of RFC 3281, two reasons are given for why the use of
   ACs might be preferable to the use of public key certificates (PKCs)
   with extensions that convey the authorization information:

      "Authorization information may be placed in a PKC extension or
      placed in a separate attribute certificate (AC).  The placement of
      authorization information in PKCs is usually undesirable for two
      reasons.  First, authorization information often does not have the
      same lifetime as the binding of the identity and the public key.
      When authorization information is placed in a PKC extension, the
      general result is the shortening of the PKC useful lifetime.
      Second, the PKC issuer is not usually authoritative for the
      authorization information.  This results in additional steps for
      the PKC issuer to obtain authorization information from the
      authoritative source."

      "For these reasons, it is often better to separate authorization
      information from the PKC.  Yet, authorization information also
      needs to be bound to an identity.  An AC provides this binding; it
      is simply a digitally signed (or certified) identity and set of
      attributes."

   In the case of the IP address and AS identifier authorizations, these
   reasons do not apply.  First, the public key certificates are issued
   exclusively for authorization, so the certificate lifetime
   corresponds exactly to the authorization lifetime, which is often
   tied to a contractual relationship between the issuer and entity
   receiving the authorization.  The Subject and Issuer names are only
   used for chaining during certification path validation, and the names
   need not correspond to any physical entity.  The Subject name in the
   PKCs may actually be randomly assigned by the issuing CA, allowing
   the resource holder limited anonymity.  Second, the certificate
   hierarchy is constructed so that the certificate issuer is
   authoritative for the authorization information.

   Thus the two points in the first cited paragraph above are not true
   in the case of AS number and IP address block allocations.  The point
   of the second cited paragraph is also not applicable as the resources
   are not being bound to an identity but to the holder of the private
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   RFC 3281 specifies several requirements that a conformant Attribute
   Certificate must meet.  In relation to S-BGP, the more-significant
   requirements are:

   1  from section 1: "this specification does NOT RECOMMEND the use of
      AC chains.  Other (future) specifications may address the use of
      AC chains."

      Allocation from IANA to RIRs to ISPs to DSPs and assignment to end
      organizations would require the use of chains, at least for IP
      address blocks.  A description of how the superior's AC should be
      located and how it should be processed would have to be provided.
      Readers of this document are encouraged to propose ways the
      chaining might be avoided.

   2  from section 4.2.9: "section 4.3 defines the extensions that MAY
      be used with this profile, and whether or not they may be marked
      critical.  If any other critical extension is used, the AC does
      not conform to this profile.  However, if any other non-critical
      extension is used, the AC does conform to this profile."

      This means that the delegation extensions defined in this
      specification, which are critical, could not be simply placed into
      an AC.  They could be used if not marked critical, but the
      intended use requires that the extensions be critical so that the
      certificates containing them cannot be used as identity
      certificates by an unsuspecting application.

   3  from section 4.5: "an AC issuer, MUST NOT also be a PKC issuer.
      That is, an AC issuer cannot be a CA as well."

      This means that for each AC issuer there would need to be a
      separate CA to issue the PKC that contains the public key of the
      AC holder.  The AC issuer cannot issue the PKC of the holder, and
      the PKC issuer cannot sign the AC.  Thus, each entity in the PKI
      would need to operate an AC issuer in addition to its CA.  There
      would be twice as many certificate issuers and CRLs to process to
      support Attribute certificates than are needed if PKCs are used.
      The possibility of mis-alignment also arises when there are two
      issuers issuing certificates for a single purpose.

      The AC model of RFC 3281 implies that the AC holder presents the
      AC to the AC verifier when the holder wants to substantiate an
      attribute or authorization.  The intended usage for the extensions
      defined herein does not have a direct interaction between an AC
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      signature on a claimed right-to-use object, the "AC verifier" can
      locate the AC holder's PKC, but there is no direct way to locate
      the Subject's AC(s).

   4  from section 5: "4.  The AC issuer MUST be directly trusted as an
      AC issuer (by configuration or otherwise)."

      This is not true in the case of a right-to-use for an IP address
      block, which is allocated through a hierarchy.  Certification path
      validation of the AC will require chaining up through the
      delegation hierarchy.  Having to configure each relying party
      (NOC) to "trust" every other NOC does not scale, and such "trust"
      has resulted in failures that the proposed security mechanisms are
      designed to prevent.  A single PKI with a trusted root is used,
      not thousands of individually trusted per-ISP AC issuers.

      The amount of work that would be required to properly validate an
      AC is larger than for the mechanism that places the certificate
      extensions defined in this document in the PKCs.  There would be
      twice as many certificates to be validated, in addition to the
      ACs.  There could be a considerable increase in the management
      burden required to support ACs.

References

Normative References

   [IANA-AFI]  http://www.iana.org/assignments/address-family-numbers.

   [IANA-SAFI] http://www.iana.org/assignments/safi-namespace.

   [RFC2119]   Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
               Requirement Level", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC3280]   Housley, R., Polk, W., Ford, W. and D. Solo, "Internet
               X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and
               Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile", RFC 3280,
               April 2002.

   [X.690]     ITU-T Recommendation X.690 (1997) | ISO/IEC 8825-1:1998,
               "Information Technology - ASN.1 Encoding Rules:
               Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), Canonical
               Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished Encoding Rules
               (DER)".







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Informational References

   [RFC791]    Postel, J., "Internet Protocol -- DARPA Internet Program
               Protocol Specification", RFC 791, September 1981.

   [RFC1142]   D. Oran, Ed., "OSI IS-IS Intra-domain Routing Protocol",
               RFC 1142, February 1990.

   [RFC1771]   Rekhter, Y. and T. Li, Eds., "A Border Gateway Protocol 4
               (BGP-4)", RFC 1771, March 1995.

   [RFC1930]   Hawkinson, J. and T. Bates, "Guidelines for creation,
               selection, and registration of an Autonomous System
               (AS)", BCP 6, RFC 1930, March 1996.

   [RFC2050]   Hubbard, K., Kosters, M., Conrad, D., Karrenberg, D. and
               J. Postel, "Internet Registry IP Allocation Guidelines",
               BCP 12, RFC 2050, November 1996.

   [RFC3513]   Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "Internet Protocol Version 6
               (IPv6) Addressing Architecture", RFC 3513, April 2003.

   [RFC3281]   Farrell, S. and R. Housley, "An Internet Attribute
               Certificate Profile for Authorization", RFC 3281, April
               2002.

   [S-BGP]     S. Kent, C. Lynn, and K. Seo, "Secure Border Gateway
               Protocol (S-BGP)," IEEE JSAC Special Issue on Network
               Security, April 2000.






















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Authors' Address

   Charles Lynn
   BBN Technologies
   10 Moulton St.
   Cambridge, MA 02138
   USA

   Phone: +1 (617) 873-3367
   EMail: CLynn@BBN.Com


   Stephen Kent
   BBN Technologies
   10 Moulton St.
   Cambridge, MA 02138
   USA

   Phone: +1 (617) 873-3988
   EMail: Kent@BBN.Com


   Karen Seo
   BBN Technologies
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RFC 3779         X.509 Extensions for IP Addr and AS ID        June 2004


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