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Network Working Group F. Kastenholz Request for Comments: 1473 FTP Software, Inc.

                                                             June 1993
               The Definitions of Managed Objects for
                 the IP Network Control Protocol of
                    the Point-to-Point Protocol

Status of this Memo

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

Abstract

 This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
 for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP-based internets.
 In particular, it describes managed objects used for managing the IP
 Network Control Protocol on subnetwork interfaces using the family of
 Point-to-Point Protocols [8, 9, 10, 11, & 12].

Table of Contents

 1. The Network Management Framework ......................    1
 2. Objects ...............................................    2
 2.1 Format of Definitions ................................    2
 3. Overview ..............................................    2
 3.1 Object Selection Criteria ............................    2
 3.2 Structure of the PPP .................................    2
 3.3 MIB Groups ...........................................    3
 4. Definitions ...........................................    4
 5. Acknowledgements ......................................    8
 6. Security Considerations ...............................    8
 7. References ............................................    8
 8. Author's Address ......................................    9

1. The Network Management Framework

 The Internet-standard Network Management Framework consists of three
 components.  They are:
    STD 16/RFC 1155 which defines the SMI, the mechanisms used for
    describing and naming objects for the purpose of management.  STD
    16/RFC 1212 defines a more concise description mechanism, which is

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    wholly consistent with the SMI.
    STD 17/RFC 1213 which defines MIB-II, the core set of managed
    objects for the Internet suite of protocols.
    STD 15/RFC 1157 which defines the SNMP, the protocol used for
    network access to managed objects.
 The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the purpose of
 experimentation and evaluation.

2. Objects

 Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
 the Management Information Base or MIB.  Objects in the MIB are
 defined using the subset of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) [3]
 defined in the SMI.  In particular, each object type is named by an
 OBJECT IDENTIFIER, an administratively assigned name.  The object
 type together with an object instance serves to uniquely identify a
 specific instantiation of the object.  For human convenience, we
 often use a textual string, termed the descriptor, to refer to the
 object type.

2.1. Format of Definitions

 Section 4 contains the specification of all object types contained in
 this MIB module.  The object types are defined using the conventions
 defined in the SMI, as amended by the extensions specified in [5,6].

3. Overview

3.1. Object Selection Criteria

 To be consistent with IAB directives and good engineering practice,
 an explicit attempt was made to keep this MIB as simple as possible.
 This was accomplished by applying the following criteria to objects
 proposed for inclusion:
    (1)  Require objects be essential for either fault or
         configuration management.  In particular, objects for
         which the sole purpose was to debug implementations were
         explicitly excluded from the MIB.
    (2)  Consider evidence of current use and/or utility.
    (3)  Limit the total number of objects.
    (4)  Exclude objects which are simply derivable from others in

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         this or other MIBs.

3.2. Structure of the PPP

 This section describes the basic model of PPP used in developing the
 PPP MIB. This information should be useful to the implementor in
 understanding some of the basic design decisions of the MIB.
 The PPP is not one single protocol but a large family of protocols.
 Each of these is, in itself, a fairly complex protocol.  The PPP
 protocols may be divided into three rough categories:
 Control Protocols
    The Control Protocols are used to control the operation of the
    PPP. The Control Protocols include the Link Control Protocol
    (LCP), the Password Authentication Protocol (PAP), the Link
    Quality Report (LQR), and the Challenge Handshake Authentication
    Protocol (CHAP).
 Network Protocols
    The Network Protocols are used to move the network traffic over
    the PPP interface.  A Network Protocol encapsulates the datagrams
    of a specific higher-layer protocol that is using the PPP as a
    data link.  Note that within the context of PPP, the term "Network
    Protocol" does not imply an OSI Layer-3 protocol; for instance,
    there is a Bridging network protocol.
 Network Control Protocols (NCPs)
    The NCPs are used to control the operation of the Network
    Protocols. Generally, each Network Protocol has its own Network
    Control Protocol; thus, the IP Network Protocol has its IP Control
    Protocol, the Bridging Network Protocol has its Bridging Network
    Control Protocol and so on.
 This document specifies the objects used in managing one of these
 protocols, namely the IP Network Control Protocol.

3.3. MIB Groups

 Objects in this MIB are arranged into several MIB groups.  Each group
 is organized as a set of related objects.
 These groups are the basic unit of conformance: if the semantics of a
 group are applicable to an implementation then all objects in the
 group must be implemented.
 The PPP MIB is organized into several MIB Groups, including, but not
 limited to, the following groups:

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        o The PPP Link Group
        o The PPP LQR Group
        o The PPP LQR Extensions Group
        o The PPP IP Group
        o The PPP Bridge Group
        o The PPP Security Group
 This document specifies the following group:
 The PPP IP Group
    The PPP IP Group contains configuration, status, and control
    variables that apply to the operation of IP over PPP.
    Implementation of this group is mandatory for all implementations
    of PPP that support IP over PPP.

4. Definitions

        PPP-IP-NCP-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
        IMPORTS
             Counter
                  FROM RFC1155-SMI
             ifIndex
                  FROM RFC1213-MIB
             OBJECT-TYPE
                  FROM RFC-1212
             ppp
                  FROM PPP-LCP-MIB;
  1. - The PPP IP Group.
  2. - Implementation of this group is mandatory for all
  3. - PPP implementations that support operating IP over PPP.
             pppIp OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ppp 3 }
        pppIpTable   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    SEQUENCE OF PppIpEntry
             ACCESS    not-accessible
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "Table containing the IP parameters and
                       statistics for the local PPP entity."
             ::= { pppIp 1 }
        pppIpEntry   OBJECT-TYPE

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             SYNTAX    PppIpEntry
             ACCESS    not-accessible
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "IPCP status information for a particular PPP
                       link."
             INDEX     { ifIndex }
             ::= { pppIpTable 1 }
        PppIpEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
             pppIpOperStatus
                  INTEGER,
             pppIpLocalToRemoteCompressionProtocol
                  INTEGER,
             pppIpRemoteToLocalCompressionProtocol
                  INTEGER,
             pppIpRemoteMaxSlotId
                  INTEGER,
             pppIpLocalMaxSlotId
                  INTEGER
        }
  1. - The following object reflect the values of the option
  2. - parameters used in the PPP IP Control Protocol
  3. - pppIpLocalToRemoteCompressionProtocol
  4. - pppIpRemoteToLocalCompressionProtocol
  5. - pppIpRemoteMaxSlotId
  6. - pppIpLocalMaxSlotId
  7. - These values are not available until after the PPP Option
  8. - negotiation has completed, which is indicated by the link
  9. - reaching the open state (i.e., pppIpOperStatus is set to
  10. - opened).
  11. -
  12. - Therefore, when pppIpOperStatus is not opened
  13. - the contents of these objects is undefined. The value
  14. - returned when accessing the objects is an implementation
  15. - dependent issue.
        pppIpOperStatus   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    INTEGER {opened(1), not-opened(2)}
             ACCESS    read-only
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "The operational status of the IP network
                       protocol. If the value of this object is up
                       then the finite state machine for the IP

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                       network protocol has reached the Opened state."
             ::= { pppIpEntry 1 }
        pppIpLocalToRemoteCompressionProtocol   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    INTEGER {
                       none(1),
                       vj-tcp(2)
                  }
             ACCESS    read-only
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "The IP compression protocol that the local
                       PPP-IP entity uses when sending packets to the
                       remote PPP-IP entity. The value of this object
                       is meaningful only when the link has reached
                       the open state (pppIpOperStatus is opened)."
             ::= { pppIpEntry 2 }
        pppIpRemoteToLocalCompressionProtocol   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    INTEGER {
                       none(1),
                       vj-tcp(2)
                  }
             ACCESS    read-only
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "The IP compression protocol that the remote
                       PPP-IP entity uses when sending packets to the
                       local PPP-IP entity. The value of this object
                       is meaningful only when the link has reached
                       the open state (pppIpOperStatus is opened)."
             ::= { pppIpEntry 3 }
        pppIpRemoteMaxSlotId   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    INTEGER(0..255)
             ACCESS    read-only
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "The Max-Slot-Id parameter that the remote node
                       has advertised and that is in use on the link.
                       If vj-tcp header compression is not in use on
                       the link then the value of this object shall be
                       0. The value of this object is meaningful only
                       when the link has reached the open state
                       (pppIpOperStatus is opened)."

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             ::= { pppIpEntry 4 }
        pppIpLocalMaxSlotId   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    INTEGER(0..255)
             ACCESS    read-only
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "The Max-Slot-Id parameter that the local node
                       has advertised and that is in use on the link.
                       If vj-tcp header compression is not in use on
                       the link then the value of this object shall be
                       0. The value of this object is meaningful only
                       when the link has reached the open state
                       (pppIpOperStatus is opened)."
             ::= { pppIpEntry 5 }
  1. -
  2. - The PPP IP Configuration table.
  3. - This is a separate table in order to facilitate
  4. - placing these variables in a separate MIB view.
  5. -
        pppIpConfigTable   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    SEQUENCE OF PppIpConfigEntry
             ACCESS    not-accessible
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "Table containing configuration variables for
                       the IPCP for the local PPP entity."
             ::= { pppIp 2 }
        pppIpConfigEntry   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    PppIpConfigEntry
             ACCESS    not-accessible
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "IPCP information for a particular PPP link."
             INDEX     { ifIndex }
             ::= { pppIpConfigTable 1 }
        PppIpConfigEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
             pppIpConfigAdminStatus
                  INTEGER,
             pppIpConfigCompression

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                  INTEGER
        }
        pppIpConfigAdminStatus   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    INTEGER {open(1), close(2)}
             ACCESS    read-write
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "The immediate desired status of the IP network
                       protocol. Setting this object to open will
                       inject an administrative open event into the IP
                       network protocol's finite state machine.
                       Setting this object to close will inject an
                       administrative close event into the IP network
                       protocol's finite state machine."
             ::= { pppIpConfigEntry 1 }
        pppIpConfigCompression   OBJECT-TYPE
             SYNTAX    INTEGER {
                       none(1),
                       vj-tcp(2)
                  }
             ACCESS    read-write
             STATUS    mandatory
             DESCRIPTION
                       "If none(1) then the local node will not
                       attempt to negotiate any IP Compression option.
                       Otherwise, the local node will attempt to
                       negotiate compression mode indicated by the
                       enumerated value. Changing this object will
                       have effect when the link is next restarted."
             REFERENCE
                       "Section 4.0, Van Jacobson TCP/IP Header
                       Compression of RFC1332."
             DEFVAL    { none }
             ::= { pppIpConfigEntry 2 }
        END

5. Acknowledgements

 This document was produced by the PPP working group.  In addition to
 the working group, the author wishes to thank the following
 individuals for their comments and contributions:
        Bill Simpson -- Daydreamer

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        Glenn McGregor -- Merit
        Jesse Walker -- DEC
        Chris Gunner -- DEC

6. Security Considerations

 The PPP MIB affords the network operator the ability to configure and
 control the PPP links of a particular system, including the PPP
 authentication protocols. This represents a security risk.
 These risks are addressed in the following manners:
    (1)  All variables which represent a significant security risk
         are placed in separate, optional, MIB Groups. As the MIB
         Group is the quantum of implementation within a MIB, the
         implementor of the MIB may elect not to implement these
         groups.
    (2)  The implementor may choose to implement the variables
         which present a security risk so that they may not be
         written, i.e., the variables are READ-ONLY. This method
         still presents a security risk, and is not recommended,
         in that the variables, specifically the PPP
         Authentication Protocols' variables, may be easily read.
    (3)  Using SNMPv2, the operator can place the variables into
         MIB views which are protected in that the parties which
         have access to those MIB views use authentication and
         privacy protocols, or the operator may elect to make
         these views not accessible to any party.  In order to
         facilitate this placement, all security-related variables
         are placed in separate MIB Tables. This eases the
         identification of the necessary MIB View Subtree.

7. References

 [1] Rose M., and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of
     Management Information for TCP/IP-based internets", STD 16, RFC
     1155, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN Systems, May
     1990.
 [2] McCloghrie K., and M. Rose, Editors, "Management Information Base
     for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets", STD 17, RFC
     1213, Performance Systems International, March 1991.
 [3] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection -
     Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1),
     International Organization for Standardization, International

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     Standard 8824, December 1987.
 [4] Information processing systems - Open Systems Interconnection -
     Specification of Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract Notation One
     (ASN.1), International Organization for Standardization,
     International Standard 8825, December 1987.
 [5] Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, Editors, "Concise MIB Definitions",
     STD 16, RFC 1212, Performance Systems International, Hughes LAN
     Systems, March 1991.
 [6] Rose, M., Editor, "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with
     the SNMP", RFC 1215, Performance Systems International, March
     1991.
 [7] McCloghrie, K., "Extensions to the Generic-Interface MIB", RFC
     1229, Hughes LAN Systems, Inc., May 1991.
 [8] Simpson, W., "The Point-to-Point Protocol for the Transmission of
     Multi-protocol Datagrams over Point-to-Point Links, RFC 1331,
     Daydreamer, May 1992.
 [9] McGregor, G., "The PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol", RFC
     1332, Merit, May 1992.
[10] Baker, F., "Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions for Bridging", RFC
     1220, ACC, April 1991.
[11] Lloyd, B., and W. Simpson, "PPP Authentication Protocols", RFC
     1334, L&A, Daydreamer, October 1992.
[12] Simpson, W., "PPP Link Quality Monitoring", RFC 1333, Daydreamer,
     May 1992.

8. Author's Address

 Frank Kastenholz
 FTP Software, Inc.
 2 High Street
 North Andover, Mass 01845 USA
 Phone: (508) 685-4000
 EMail: kasten@ftp.com

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