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Network Working Group F. Baker Request for Comments: 3924 B. Foster Category: Informational C. Sharp

                                                         Cisco Systems
                                                          October 2004
      Cisco Architecture for Lawful Intercept in IP Networks

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 Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).

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Abstract

 For the purposes of this document, lawful intercept is the lawfully
 authorized interception and monitoring of communications.  Service
 providers are being asked to meet legal and regulatory requirements
 for the interception of voice as well as data communications in IP
 networks in a variety of countries worldwide.  Although requirements
 vary from country to country, some requirements remain common even
 though details such as delivery formats may differ.  This document
 describes Cisco's Architecture for supporting lawful intercept in IP
 networks.  It provides a general solution that has a minimum set of
 common interfaces.  This document does not attempt to address any of
 the specific legal requirements or obligations that may exist in a
 particular country.

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Table of Contents

 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
    1.1. Requirements Motivating the Architecture . . . . . . . . .  3
    1.2. Document Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
 2. Reference Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
    2.1. Reference Model Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
    2.2. Operational Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
 3. Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
    3.1. Content Intercept Request Interface. . . . . . . . . . . .  9
    3.2. Intercept Content Interface (f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
 4. Applying the Reference Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
    4.1. Voice over IP networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
         4.1.1. Interception of Voice over IP Services. . . . . . . 11
         4.1.2. Local Voice Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
    4.2. Data Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
    5.1. Content Request Interface (d) - SNMPv3 Control . . . . . . 14
 6. Informative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
 7. Acronyms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
 8. Authors' Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
 9. Full Copyright Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

1. Introduction

 For the purposes of this document, lawful intercept is the lawfully
 authorized interception and monitoring of communications of an
 intercept subject.  The term "intercept subject", "subject", "target
 subscriber" or "target" in this document refers to the subscriber of
 a telecommunications service whose communications and/or intercept
 related information (IRI) has been lawfully authorized to be
 intercepted and delivered to some agency.  Note that although the
 term "Law Enforcement Agency" (LEA) is used throughout this document,
 this may refer to any agency that is able to request lawfully
 authorized interception.
 By intercept related information (IRI) we mean information related to
 the IP traffic of interest.  There is currently no standardized
 definition for IRI for IP traffic.  IRI has been defined for a few
 services that might run over IP (e.g., Voice over IP) or that IP runs
 on top of (e.g., GPRS).  For example, IRI for voice over IP could be
 the called and calling phone numbers.  The definition of IRI from
 [14] is shown below:

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       Intercept Related Information: collection of
       information or data associated with
       telecommunication services involving the target
       identity, specifically communication associated
       information or data (e.g., unsuccessful
       communication attempts), service associated
       information or data and location
       information.
 Service providers are being asked to meet legal and regulatory
 requirements for the interception of voice as well as data
 communications in IP networks in a variety of countries worldwide.
 Although requirements vary from country to country, some requirements
 remain common even though details such as delivery formats may
 differ.  This document describes Cisco's Architecture for supporting
 lawful intercept in IP networks.  It provides a general solution that
 has a minimum set of common interfaces.  This document does not deal
 with legal requirements or obligations.
 This document describes one method for supporting lawful intercept.
 Other methods may be available.
 The IESG wishes to draw the reader's attention to RFC 2804 [15] for a
 description of why architectures such as these are vendor-specific,
 rather than a topic of standardization for the IETF.

1.1. Requirements Motivating the Architecture

 The purpose of the following list of requirements is to provide an
 understanding of the motivation behind the architecture and some of
 the requirements imposed on components and interfaces that are
 described in the later sections of the document.  This does not imply
 any legal requirements on service providers or equipment vendors
 although such requirements may coincide.
 Note that there are a variety of requirements that have been defined
 for lawfully authorized intercept throughout the world.  Some of
 these have been defined by standards bodies (e.g., [13]), while
 others are country specific.  The following itemized list is a
 distillation of some of these, although a given item may or may not
 apply to a specific country:
  • Lawful Intercept (LI) should be undetectable by the intercept

subject.

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  • Mechanisms should be in place to limit unauthorized personnel from

performing or knowing about lawfully authorized intercepts.

  • There is often a requirement (especially for telecommunications

services) to provide intercept related information (IRI)

    separately from the actual Internet Protocol (IP) traffic (or
    content) of interest (Note: some authorizations may be restricted
    to IRI).
  • If IRI is delivered separately from content, there should be some

means to correlate the IRI and the content with each other.

  • If the information being intercepted is encrypted by the service

provider and the service provider has access to the keys, then the

    information should be decrypted before delivery to the Law
    Enforcement Agency (LEA) or the encryption keys should be passed
    to the Law Enforcement Agency to allow them to decrypt the
    information.
  • If the information being intercepted is encrypted by the intercept

subject and its associate and the service provider has access to

    the keys, then the service provider may deliver the keys to the
    LEA.
  • There is often a requirement for a service provider to be able to

do multiple simultaneous intercepts on a single subject. The fact

    that there are multiple intercepts should be transparent to the
    LEAs.
  • There is often a requirement that the service provider should not

deliver any unauthorized information to the LEA.

 The architecture and interfaces described in this document attempts
 to address these requirements.

1.2. Document Organization

 Section 1 of this document lists requirements motivating the
 architecture.  Section 2 of this document describes a reference model
 along with some operation considerations.  Section 3 provides more
 detailed requirements on the interfaces related to content
 interception.  Section 4 applies the reference model to voice over IP
 and data intercepts and Section 5 examines security considerations.

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2. Reference Model

 This section describes a generic reference model (Figure 1) for
 lawful intercept.
                        +--------------------+               +-----+
                        |  LI Administration |     HI1(a)    |     |
                        |      Function      |<--------------|     |
                        +--------------------+               |     |
                               |                             |     |
                               | MD Provisioning             |     |
                               | Interface(b)                | LEA |
                               v                             |     |
 +-----------+           +--------------------+              |     |
 |           |<---(c)----|                    |              |     |
 |  IRI IAP  |--IRI(e)-->|      Mediation     |----HI2(g)--->|     |
 |           |           |      Device (MD)   |              |     |
 +-----------+           |                    |----HI3(h)--->|     |
                         +--------------------+              +-----+
                              |         ^
                    Intercept |         | Intercepted
                   Request(d) |         | Content(f)
                              |         |
                              v         |
                            +--------------------+
                      User  |       Content      |  User
                    ------->|         IAP        |-------->
                    Content +--------------------+  Content
    Figure 1: Intercept Architecture
 A brief description of the interfaces is included in table 1 below.
 For a more detailed description of the interfaces refer to section 3.
 For a description of the components refer to section 2.1.
 Table 1 LI Interfaces
   Interface               Description
 ---------------------  -------------------------------------------
 (a) HI1                   Handover Interface 1 - Administration
                           Interface: The LEA provides intercept
                           information to the service provider
                           administration function.
 (b) MD Provisioning       Mediation Device provisioning interface.
                           Parameters include: target identifier,
                           duration of intercept, type of intercept,
                           etc.

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 (c) IRI IAP Provisioning  Specifies Target identifier, duration,
                           etc. for provisioning of delivery of
                           Intercept Related Information (IRI).
 (d) Content Intercept     Provisioning of the Content IAP.
     Provisioning
 (e) IRI to MD             Internal interface between IRI Intercept
                           Access Point (IAP) and Mediation device
                           (MD) for delivery of IRI.
 (f) Content to MD         Internal interface between content
                           IAP and MD for delivery of Content.
 (g) HI2                   Handover Interface 2: Interface between
                           the MD and LEA for delivering IRI.  This
                           interface may vary from country to
                           country.
 (h) HI3                   Handover Interface 3: Interface between
                           the MD and LEA for delivering Content.
                           This interface may vary from country to
                           country.

2.1. Reference Model Components

 A brief description of the key components in the reference model is
 as follows:
 Lawful Intercept (LI) Administration Function:
    This function provides the (typically manual) provisioning
    interface for the intercept as a result of a court order or
    warrant delivered by the Law Enforcement Agency (LEA).  It could
    involve separate provisioning interfaces for several components,
    but more typically is a single interface to the Mediation Device
    (MD), which then takes care of provisioning of other components in
    the network.  Because of the requirement in some laws to limit
    accessibility to authorized personnel, the provisioning interface
    has to be strictly controlled.  In many cases, the identity of the
    subject received from the LEA has to be translated into an
    identity that can be used by the network to enable the intercept.
 Intercept Access Point (IAP):
    An IAP is a device within the network that is used for
    intercepting lawfully authorized intercept information.  It may be
    an existing device that has intercept capability or it could be a

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    special device that is provided for that purpose.  Two types of
    IAP's are discussed here: IAP's that provide content; and IAP's
    that provide intercept related information (IRI).
 Content IAP:
    A content IAP is an IAP that is used to intercept the IP traffic
    of interest.
 IRI IAP: This is an IAP that is used to provide intercept related
    information (IRI).
 Law Enforcement Agency (LEA):
    This is the agency that has requested the intercept and to which
    the service provider delivers the information.
 Mediation Device (MD):
    The MD requests intercepts from IAPs through interfaces (c) and
    (d) in Figure 1.  The Mediation Device receives the data from the
    IAP, packages it in the correct format (which may vary from
    country to country) and delivers it to the LEA.  In the case where
    multiple law enforcement agencies are intercepting the same
    subject, the mediation device may replicate the information
    multiple times.  The assumption is that the service provider
    operates the MD (via specially authorized personnel) and that the
    LEA only has access to interfaces (a), (g) and (h) in Figure 1.

2.2. Operational Considerations

 In a typical operation, a lawfully authorized surveillance request
 arrives for a specified intercept subject.  Authorized personnel
 provision the intercept using interface (b) in Figure 1, which may be
 for content only, IRI only or both.  Once the intercept is
 provisioned, the IAP's send the IRI and/or content to the MD, which
 formats the information into the appropriate format for delivery to
 the LEA.  Some operational issues that need to be considered:
  • Location and Address Information for Content Intercepts: In some

cases where the location and/or addressing information for the

    intercept is not known until the subject registers (or makes a
    call in the case of voice), the IRI may provide needed information
    in order to do the content tap (e.g., the IP address and port for
    the content streams).
  • Content Encryption: If the intercept content is encrypted and the

service provider has access to the encryption keys (e.g., receives

    keys in Session Description Protocol for Voice over IP), then the
    keys can be sent via IRI.  It is, however, possible for end-users
    to exchange keys by some other means without any knowledge of the

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    service provider in which case the service provider will not be
    able to provide the keys. Content transformations could make
    decryption at the LEA impossible.  This is why the original
    packets are provided on interface (f) rather than attempting to
    convert them to some other format.
  • Detection by the Intercept Subject: One requirement is to ensure

that the intercept subject is unable to detect that they are being

    intercepted.  This document assumes a sophisticated subject:
  1. Able to check IP addresses, use traceroute, etc.
  1. Able to check if any unusual signaling is occurring on their

customer premises equipment (CPE).

  1. Able to detect degradation or interruptions in service.
    This is why the intercept mechanism described here does not
    involve special requests to the CPE, re-routing of packets or
    end-to-end changes in IP addresses.  Instead, content intercept is
    done on a device along the normal content path (i.e., no re-
    routing has occurred) that is within the service provider's
    network.  A convenient content IAP is a router or switch at the
    edge of the service provider's network to which the intercept
    subject connects.  This is illustrated in Figure 2.
                         |
      Customer Premises  | Service Provider's Network
                         |
                              +-------+
          +-----+             |       |
          | CPE |-------------| Router|----------
          +-----+             | (IAP) |
                              |       |
                              +-------+
            Figure 2  Content IAP - Router
    Another possibility of course is to provide a special device along
    the path to provide the content IAP capabilities.
    Note that in the case where there is multi-homing (two or more
    routers connected to provide access for the CPE), intercept taps
    may have to be installed on more than one access router.  If the
    CPE is multi-homed to multiple service providers, then the
    intercept will have to be installed on each service provider
    separately and the LEA will have to correlate the data.

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  • Unauthorized Creation and Detection: Another concern is the

prevention of unauthorized creation and detection of intercepts.

    This is particularly important when a network element such as a
    router is used as a content IAP.  Those routers that have the
    capability should be carefully controlled with access to intercept
    capability and information only via authorized personnel.  In one
    approach using the reference model in Figure 1, the MD is in a
    controlled environment and the MD does the intercept request to
    the content IAP over an encrypted link.  Logging and auditing are
    used to detect unauthorized attempts to access the intercept
    capability.
  • Capacity: Support for lawful intercept on a network element

supporting customers consumes resources on that equipment.

    Therefore, support for lawful intercept requires capacity planning
    and engineering to ensure that revenue-producing services are not
    adversely affected.

3. Interfaces

 This section provides a brief description of the interfaces in the
 reference model (Figure 1).  A list of these interfaces is included
 in Table 1 in Section 2.
 One of the objectives in defining these interfaces is to keep the
 internal interfaces (b to f) the same regardless of country-specific
 requirements.  The MD then formats the IRI and the content to meet
 the country specific requirements for interfaces (g) and (h).

3.1. Content Intercept Request Interface

 This section describes some of the requirements for the content
 intercept request interface (d) in Figure 1.  It makes use of a
 common request protocol (SNMPv3) regardless of the type of
 application (e.g., voice, data) and suggests the usage of a TAP-MIB,
 which is defined in a separate document [1].  Some of the
 considerations that lead to the use of SNMPv3 and to the definition
 of the specific Management Information Base (MIB) defined in [1] are
 provided here.
 In order to provide a generic interface for intercepting,
 replicating, encapsulating and transporting content packets to the
 MD, the content intercept interface ((d) in Figure 1) should specify:
  • A Filter specification for classifying the packets to be

intercepted.

  • The destination address of the MD (where to send the packets).

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  • Encapsulation and Transport parameters.
 In addition, a timeout value for the intercept should also be
 specified.  This defines a limited lifetime for the intercept so that
 failures will not result in intercepts remaining beyond their
 authorized lifetime.  If a failure of the MD occurs such that it is
 not able to supply the refresh to the timeout, then the intercept
 will cease to exist after the timeout expires.  Similarly, if the IAP
 re-boots, then the intercept will not survive the re-boot unless the
 IAP is capable of ascertaining that the intercept lifetime
 requirements will continue to be met.
 In order for this to work, it must be possible for the mediation
 device to realize that there is a failure in the IAP such that it
 must re-establish the intercept.  This may be in the form of an audit
 (from the MD to the IAP), or in the form of a heartbeat mechanism in
 the content stream, or both.

3.2. Intercept Content Interface (f)

 The encapsulation method should retain all of the information in the
 original packets (source and destination addresses as well as
 payload) and provide an identifier for correlating the packets with
 the IRI.  One encapsulation that meets those requirements is
 described in Section 4 of [2].  For non-voice intercepts, the
 "Intercepted Information" field in Table 1 of [2] contains the
 original intercepted IP packet.
 Note, however, that the interface defined in [2] is based on UDP
 which is an unreliable and unordered transport protocol (i.e.,
 provides neither retransmission on detection of errors nor ordering
 of data).  If this transport is used, the underlying network (Layers
 1 -    - 3) should be engineered to meet the overall reliability
 requirements for delivery of content.
 If a more reliable transport protocol is required, then a mechanism
 that provides timely delivery as well as limits the burden (both
 processing and buffering) on the Content IAP should be used.  One
 mechanism that meets these requirements is a NACK-oriented
 retransmission scheme based on [12].
 If [12] is used, the call content channel identifier may be placed in
 the SSRC field of the encapsulating RTP packet.  The payload type may
 be used to identify the type of packet encapsulated in RTP (e.g., IP,
 PPP, Ethernet MAC).  Note that usage of [12] is still under
 investigation and may need further specification.  Usage of [12] in
 the content IAP places more processing burden on the content IAP than
 a UDP-based intercept and can affect the capacity of the content IAP.

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4. Applying the Reference Model

 This section applies the reference model to some example
 applications.

4.1. Voice over IP networks

 This section will look at some of the issues surrounding interception
 of voice over IP calls, taking local voice services as a specific
 service example.  The reference model from Figure 1 will be applied
 with the use of a common set of interfaces that are independent of
 the call signaling protocols in use.

4.1.1. Interception of Voice over IP Services

 There are a variety of architectures in use for voice over IP (e.g.,
 centralized versus distributed) as well as various protocols (SIP
 [6], H.323 [9], MGCP [7], H.248 [8]).  There are also a variety of
 services that may be offered:
  • Local Voice Services (i.e., service to a user that has an IP phone

or a phone connected to a gateway)

  • Transit services
  • Long distance access services (e.g., calling/debit card).
 This document does not address any obligations that a service
 provider might or might not have to support intercepts.  It simply
 describes how intercept might be done using the reference model in
 Figure 1.
 Note that in the case of services where the intercept subject
 accesses the network via a non-IP endpoint (e.g., TDM), the
 detectability issue is less acute (e.g., re-routing of packets to
 intercept them in a special device is a possible option), since the
 intercept subject does not have access to the IP addresses or to
 traceroute.
 However, in the case of local services, this is a much more difficult
 problem.  The intercept for a call originating and terminating on-net
 (i.e., a call that is voice over IP end-to-end) has to be intercepted
 along its normal route in order to be undetectable.  In addition, the
 call-forwarding feature that is often provided as a local service
 feature makes interception even more difficult: If call forwarding is
 invoked, a call that was intended to terminate on the intercept
 subject may be forwarded anywhere in the network resulting in the
 media stream bypassing the original content IAP (since in voice over

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 IP, the media stream goes directly from end-to-end).  Also, since
 call forwarding can often be set up on a call-by-call basis, the
 location of the content IAP will often not be known until the call is
 set up.

4.1.2. Local Voice Services

 This sub-section will look at the specific case in which the
 intercept subject under surveillance is being provided with a local
 voice service by the same provider that also provides the network
 access (e.g., controls the edge router or switch).  This is an
 important assumption, since in VoIP the entity providing call control
 (e.g., SIP server) can be totally separate from the entity providing
 network access (e.g., operates edge routers).
 Suppose that a subscriber that subscribes to a local (e.g.,
 residential) voice service is a target for a lawfully authorized
 surveillance.  Part of the system providing these services is a
 subscriber database that includes addressing information about the
 subscriber as well information on what features are in effect (e.g.,
 call forwarding).  Some call control entity (CCE) accesses that
 database in order to provide local services.  For example, if the
 subject has call forwarding invoked, that fact (and where to forward
 the call) is indicated in the subscriber database.  A call arriving
 at the CCE that "owns" that subscriber can then take the appropriate
 action (e.g., forward the call).
 The CCE that "owns" the target subscriber (which could be an H.323
 gatekeeper, a SIP proxy or a Media Gateway Controller) is provisioned
 with the intercept parameters (e.g., subject identification
 information such as the telephone number and where to deliver the
 IRI).  The provisioning of this CCE could be through interface (c) in
 Figure 1.  The CCE in question is the IRI IAP and once provisioned,
 it passes the IRI to the MD.  In the scenario being discussed, the
 CCE typically remains in the signaling path throughout the call, even
 in the call-forwarding case.  Part of the IRI it passes to the MD is
 the media signaling information (i.e., SDP [11] or H.245 [10]), which
 includes endpoint IP address and port information for the media
 (content) streams.  Armed with this media address information, the MD
 can determine the content IAP (e.g., [5]) and make the request via
 interface (d).  The request identifies the voice stream to be
 intercepted based on information received in the call signaling
 (i.e., IP addresses and UDP port numbers).
 Note that the content IAP in the case of voice over IP could be an
 edge router or a PSTN gateway (e.g., a call from the PSTN forwarded
 to the PSTN).  SIP, H.323, MGCP or H.248 call signaling protocols
 could be used.  However, the protocol (SNMPv3 [1]) used for interface

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 (d), is not dependent on the type of call signaling protocol used;
 nor is the encapsulation format and transport protocol (interface
 "f").  The same reference model (Figure 1) with the same interfaces
 can be used for lawfully authorized surveillance, regardless of the
 signaling protocol and regardless of the type of service being
 provided (Note: even though a local voice service was used in this
 example, other voice services could use the same model and
 interfaces).

4.2. Data Services

 The same model (Figure 1) can also be used for data services.  In
 this case the IRI IAP could be a server that acts as registration,
 authentication and authorization point for the data service (e.g., a
 RADIUS server).  If a potential IRI IAP does not have the available
 interfaces (c) and (e), the MD may have to do a content tap on
 registration signaling in order to obtain the IRI.
 The IRI in the case of a data service could include:
  • The time that the user registered or de-registered for the

service.

  • Addressing information (i.e., given the user identity, what IP

address or other information is available that could be used in

    interface (d) to do the content tap).
 Once suitable addressing information is available in order to do
 content tapping the MD can invoke the tap via interface (d).
 Clearly the IRI interfaces (c, e, g) are different for data than they
 are for voice services.  However, the content IAP is typically the
 same (an edge router).  Interfaces (d, f, and h) may also be the
 same.

5. Security Considerations

 Given the sensitive nature of lawful intercept (LI) -- both from the
 standpoint of the need to protect sensitive data, as well as conceal
 the identities of the intercept subjects, the LI solution should have
 the ability to provide stringent security measures to combat threats
 such as impersonation of MD's, privacy and confidentiality breaches,
 as well as message forgery and replay attacks.
 While this document doesn't discuss issues of physical security,
 operating system, or application hardening within the principals of
 the LI solution, they are clearly important.  In particular, the MD
 server would be considered a prime target for attacks.

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 In general, all interfaces should have the capability of providing
 strong cryptographic authentication to establish the identity of the
 principals, and be able to correlate the identity of the principal
 with the action they are attempting to perform.  All interfaces
 should be capable of performing some sort of cryptographic message
 integrity checking such as, for example, HMAC-MD5.  Message integrity
 checking can also be used to counter replay attacks.  Privacy and
 confidentiality considerations, may also require the use of
 encryption.
 The content and IRI IAPs also should also provide protection of the
 identity of the intercept subject and the existence of an intercept.

5.1. Content Request Interface (d) - SNMPv3 Control

 For interface (d,) native SNMPv3 security module mechanism is used.
 The additional requirement is that the IAP should support the ability
 to protect the TAP MIB's [1] from disclosure or control by
 unauthorized USM [3] users.  VACM [4] provides the necessary tools to
 limit the views to particular USM users, but there are also special
 considerations:
  • The ability to limit access to the appropriate TAP MIB's by only

those SNMPv3 USM users which have keys established and the proper

    VACM views defined.
  • Segregation of the TAP MIB such that only operators of sufficient

privilege level can create VACM views that include the TAP MIB

    [1].

6. Informative References

 [1]  Baker, F., "Cisco Lawful Intercept Control MIB", Work in
      Progress, April 2004.
 [2]  PacketCable(TM) Electronic Surveillance Specification, PKT-SP-
      ESP-I04-040723, http://www.packetcable.com/specifications/
 [3]  Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model (USM)
      for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
      (SNMPv3)", STD 62, RFC 3414, December 2002.
 [4]  Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R., and K. McCloghrie, "View-based Access
      Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol
      (SNMP)", STD 62, RFC 3415, December 2002.

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 [5]  Warnicke, E., "A Suggested Scheme for DNS Resolution of Networks
      and Gateways", Work in Progress.
 [6]  Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, A.,
      Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E. Schooler, "SIP:
      Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002.
 [7]  Andreasen, F. and B. Foster, "Media Gateway Control Protocol
      (MGCP) Version 1.0", RFC 3435, January 2003.
 [8]  ITU-T Recommendation H.248.1, Gateway Control Protocol: Version
      2, May 2002.
 [9]  ITU-T Recommendation H.323, Packet-based Multimedia
      Communications Systems, July 2003.
 [10] ITU-T Recommendation H.245, Control Protocol for Multimedia
      Communications, July 2003.
 [11] Handley, M. and V. Jacobson, "SDP: Session Description
      Protocol", RFC 2327, April 1998.
 [12] Rey, J., Leon, D., Miyazaki, A., Varsa, V., and R. Hakenber,
      "RTP Retransmission Payload Format", Work in Progress.
 [13] ETSI TS 101 331, Telecommunications security; Lawful
      Interception (LI); Requirements of law enforcement agencies.
 [14] ETSI TS 33.108 v6.7.0, 3rd Generation Partnership Project;
      Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; 3G
      Security; Handover Interface for Lawful Interception (Release
      6).
 [15] IAB and IESG, "IETF Policy on Wiretapping", RFC 2804, May 2000.

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7. Acronyms

 CCE            Call Control Entity
 CMTS           Cable Modem Termination System
 CPE            Customer Premises Equipment
 ETSI           European Telecommunications Standards Institute
 GPRS           Generalized Packet Radio Service
 HMAC-MD5       Hash-based Message Authentication Code -
                 Message Digest 5
 IAP            Intercept Access Point
 IETF           Internet Engineering Task Force
 IRI            Intercept Related Information
 ITU-T          International Telecommunications Union -
                 Telecommunications Sector
 LEA            Law Enforcement Agency
 LI             Lawful Intercept
 MGCP           Media Gateway Control Protocol
 MD             Mediation Device
 MIB            Management Information Base
 NACK           Negative Acknowledgement
 PSTN           Public Switched Telecommunications Network
 RFC            Request for Comment
 RTP            Real-time Transport Protocol
 SDP            Session Description Protocol
 SIP            Session Initiation Protocol
 SSRC           Synchronization Source
 TDM            Time Division Multiplex
 UDP            User Datagram Protocol
 USM            User Service Model
 VACM           View-based Access Control Model
 VoIP           Voice over IP

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8. Authors' Addresses

 Fred Baker
 Cisco Systems
 1121 Via Del Rey
 Santa Barbara, CA  93117
 US
 Phone: +1-408-526-4257
 Fax:   +1-413-473-2403
 EMail: fred@cisco.com
 Bill Foster
 Cisco Systems
 Suite 2150
 1050 West Pender St.
 Vancouver, BC, V6E 3S7
 Canada
 Phone: +1-604-647-2315
 EMail: bfoster@cisco.com
 Chip Sharp
 Cisco Systems
 7025 Kit Creek Road
 RTP, NC 27709  USA
 Tel:+1.919.392.3121
 EMail: chsharp@cisco.com

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