RFC6993

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) P. Saint-Andre Request for Comments: 6993 Cisco Systems, Inc. Category: Informational July 2013 ISSN: 2070-1721

         Instant Messaging and Presence Purpose for the
Call-Info Header Field in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

Abstract

This document defines and registers a value of "impp" ("instant messaging and presence protocol") for the "purpose" header field parameter of the Call-Info header field in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

Status of This Memo

This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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Introduction

Some real-time communication endpoints support the combined use of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) RFC3261 and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) RFC6120. To improve interoperability among such "CUSAX" endpoints [CUSAX], it can be helpful to advertise each endpoint's SIP address over XMPP and each endpoint's XMPP address over SIP, thus providing hints about the communication capabilities of the endpoints. The former feature is enabled by an XMPP extension protocol called Reachability Addresses [XEP-0152]. As to the latter feature, discussion in the SIP community led to the conclusion that it would be best to use the Call-Info header field RFC3261 with a value of "impp" ("instant messaging and presence protocol") for the "purpose" header field parameter. An example follows.

Call-Info: <xmpp:[email protected]> ;purpose=impp

Although CUSAX endpoints constitute the primary use case for the "impp" purpose, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) RFC3986 for an instant messaging and presence protocol other than XMPP could be included in the Call-Info header field.

Security Considerations

Advertising an endpoint's XMPP address over SIP could inform malicious entities about an alternative attack vector. Because the "purpose" header field parameter could be spoofed, the receiving endpoint ought to check the value against an authoritative source such as a user directory. Clients can integrity protect and encrypt this header field using end-to-end mechanisms such as S/MIME or hop- by-hop mechanisms such as Transport Layer Security (TLS).

This specification provides a new way to correlate otherwise possibly unconnected identifiers. Because such correlations can be privacy sensitive, user agents ought to provide a means for users to control whether or not these values are sent.

IANA Considerations

This document defines and registers a new predefined value "impp" for the "purpose" header field parameter of the Call-Info header field. The IANA has completed this action by adding this RFC as a reference to the line for the header field "Call-Info" and parameter name "purpose" in the "Header Field Parameters and Parameter Values" section of the "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Parameters" registry as follows:

 Header Field: Call-Info
 Parameter Name: purpose
 Predefined Values: Yes
 Reference: RFC3261RFC5367RFC6910RFC6993

References

Normative References

RFC3261 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.

RFC3986 Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform

          Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66, RFC
          3986, January 2005.

RFC6120 Saint-Andre, P., "Extensible Messaging and Presence

          Protocol (XMPP): Core", RFC 6120, March 2011.

Informative References

[CUSAX] Ivov, E., Saint-Andre, P., and E. Marocco, "CUSAX:

          Combined Use of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and
          the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)",
          Work in Progress, June 2013.

[XEP-0152] Saint-Andre, P. and J. Hildebrand, "Reachability

          Addresses", XSF XEP 0152, February 2013.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gonzalo Camarillo, Keith Drage, Saul Ibarra, Emil Ivov, Cullen Jennings, Olle Johanssen, Paul Kyzivat, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Dean Willis, and Dale Worley for their input. Elwyn Davies, Salvatore Loreto, Glen Zorn, and Mehmet Ersue completed reviews on behalf of the General Area Review Team, Applications Area Directorate, Security Directorate, and Operations and Management Directorate, respectively. Stephen Farrell and Pete Resnick provided substantive feedback during IESG review. Thanks to Yana Stamcheva for her helpful comments and for shepherding the document.

Author's Address

Peter Saint-Andre Cisco Systems, Inc. 1899 Wynkoop Street, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202 USA

Phone: +1-303-308-3282 EMail: [email protected]