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Folks:

Enclosed is a draft of our document titled "Representing Registration
Information in the X.500 Directory."  We appreciate your constructive
criticism. With the permission of the Chair, we look forward to a
discussion of our proposal at the 10th OSI-DS Working Group meeting on
3/29/93 at Columbus, Ohio.

We apologize for this last minute submission.

Thanks.

mark kosters  markk@internic.net
sri sataluri  sri@qsun.att.com

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OSI-DS Working Group					  Mark Kosters
INTERNET-DRAFT					     Network Solutions
						     Srinivas Sataluri
						AT&T Bell Laboratories
							    March 1993


      Representing Registration	Information in the X.500 Directory


Status of this Memo

   This	draft document is for unlimited	distribution  for discussion.
   Please  send	comments to the	authors	or to the discussion group
   "osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk".

Abstract

   This	document describes the objects necessary to represent NSFNet
   registration	information in the X.500 Directory. The	registration
   information is currently maintained in the WHOIS database by	the
   InterNIC registration services provider.

1. Introduction

   The WHOIS utility is	a lookup facility to find out information about
   networks, ASNs, domains, DNS	servers	and Points of Contacts that are
   registered under the	InterNIC registration services provider. The
   InterNIC registration services provider is responsible for being the
   world-wide IP and ASN registry, the first and second	level domain
   name	system registry, and hosts and Points of Contacts for those
   particular Internet Elements.

   Several groups have worked on the problem of	representing network
   information in the X.500 Directory. As part of the DARPA FOX	project
   a schema for	representing the WHOIS information in X.500 was
   undertaken.	The list of references indicates the previous work on
   which this proposal is based.

2. Directory Information Tree Structure

   The DIT structure used for storing objects defined below will be:
   @o=Internet@ou=Network Information@ou=
			   Points of Contact
			   IP Networks
			   Autonomous System Numbers
			   Domains
			   Servers


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   Objects of the class	poc will be listed under ou=Points of Contact;
   objects of the classes ipnetwork and	ipblock	(recursively) will be
   listed under	ou=IP Networks;	objects	of the classes asn and asnblock
   (recursively) will be listed	under ou=Autonomous System Numbers;
   objects of the class	domainname (recursively) will be listed	under
   ou=Domains; and objects of the class	server will be listed under
   ou=Servers.

3. Objects


3.1 The	NIC Object

   The NIC Object is a super class object and every object we define for
   representing	registration information is a subclass of the NIC
   Object.
   nicObject OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF quipuObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   commonName }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   handle,
		   registrationDate,
		   nicOrgAttributeSet }

   We include the commonName attribute as a required attribute for every
   object. The RDN of an object	will be	encoded	and stored in the
   commonName attribute. The principal reason for doing	this is	to
   enable several existing DUAs, designed specifically for searching the
   Directory for persons to be put to meaningful use. Examples of the
   commonName attribute	values are:
   cn=192.112.38.0 for an ipnetwork object,
   cn=192.0.0.0..192.0.255.0 for an ipblock object,
   cn=1	for an asn object,
   cn=2..8 for an asnblock object,
   cn=arpa for a domainname object,
   cn=NS.NETSOL.COM for	a server object, and
   cn=Mark Kosters (MAK21) for a poc object.

   At present, every registered	entity is assigned an unique identifier.
   This	identifier is stored in	the handle attribute. We included the
   handle attribute in the MAY section to enable other NICs that do not
   assign unique identifiers to	use the	schema without changes.	However,
   every entity	mastered by the	InterNIC DSAs will have	the handle
   attribute populated.

   The registrationDate	attribute stores the date the entity was first
   registered with the NIC. The	latest change time to the data is


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   recorded in the lastModifiedTime attribute of the quipuObject.  Every
   entity mastered by the InterNIC DSAs	will have the registrationDate
   attribute populated.

   Every registered entity is assigned to some organization by the NIC.
   The information about the organization is maintained	in the
   attributes in nicOrgAttributeSet. It	should be apparent that	the
   organization	information is being duplicated	at several places in the
   DIT.	This design decision is	based on our desire to discourage the
   searching of	the Network Information	branch of the DIT for
   organizations. To obtain an entry in	the X.500 Directory,
   organizations should	join the white pages project and secure	a place
   in the DIT.
   nicOrgAttributeSet ATTRIBUTE-SET {
	   organizationName,
	   telephoneNumber,
	   facsimileTelephoneNumber,
	   postOfficeBox,
	   streetAddress,
	   postalCode,
	   stateOrProvinceName,
	   countryName,
	   orgInfoSee }

   If an organization is already participating in the pilot project, the
   orgInfoSee attribute	will contain the DN of its entry in the	DIT.  On
   the other hand, if an organization is not a participant in the pilot
   project, limited information	about the organization is stored in the
   attributes in the above set.	We hope	to encourage organizations to
   join	the pilot.

3.2 Representing IP Networks

   The NIC distributes IP addresses to various organizations that
   request them. In several cases, blocks of IP	addresses are given out.
   The information about the IP	addresses will be stored under the ou=IP
   Networks branch of the DIT using two	different kinds	of objects. The
   ipnetwork object stores information about a single IP network address
   and will be a leaf node. The	ipblock	object will store information
   about a block of IP network addresses and should typically be a non-
   leaf	node. We will discuss each of these objects in turn.

   ipnetwork OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   ipNetNumber
		   }
	   MAY CONTAIN {


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		   ipNetName,
		   providerInfoSee,
		   adminContactInfoSee,
		   techContactInfoSee,
		   inaddrServerInfoSee,
		   domainInfoSee }

   The ipNetNumber will	form the RDN of	an ipnetwork object and	can only
   have	a single value.	Further, the value of this attribute will be
   duplicated in the commonName	field (see nicObject description above).

   The ipNetName attribute is used to store a network name when
   available.

   The providerInfoSee attribute stores	the DN of an organization that
   is the service provider for this network. If	the service provider is
   not participating in	the pilot project, this	field will be left
   unassigned. Note that the organizational attributes contain
   information about the organization to which this IP network address
   is assigned and not about the service provider.

   The adminContactInfoSee and the techContactInfoSee are DN attributes
   that	are pointers into the Points of	Contact	space in the Network
   Information branch of the DIT.

   The inaddrServerInfoSee is a	DN attribute that is a pointer to a
   server entity in the	Servers	space in the Network Information branch
   of the DIT.

   Similarly, domainInfoSee is a DN attribute that is a	pointer	to a
   domainname entity in	the Domains space in the Network Information
   branch of the DIT.

   ipblock OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   ipNetLowerBound,
		   ipNetUpperBound
		   }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   ipNetName,
		   ipNetNumber,
		   providerInfoSee,
		   adminContactInfoSee,
		   techContactInfoSee,
		   inaddrServerInfoSee,
		   domainInfoSee,
		   delegatedBlock,


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		   masterDSA }

   The ipblock object will be used to store information	about a	block of
   IP network addresses	that are either	assigned to a single
   organization	or to an other registration authority.	If the entity
   that	receives these network addresses chooses not to	run an X.500
   DSA,	the corresponding ipblock entity will be a leaf	node in	the DIT.
   We hope that	initially, at least the	delegated registration
   authorities will choose to run a DSA	to master the information about
   the IP network addresses assigned to	them. In such a	case, the
   corresponding ipblock entity	in the DIT will	be a non-leaf node and
   the masterDSA attribute will	be set to contain the DN of the	DSA
   mastering the data. The pair	of attributes, ipNetLowerBound and
   ipNetUpperBound together form the RDN of an ipblock entity. The
   information in these	two fields is encoded in the commonName	field as
   shown in an example in the nicObject	description above.

   The ipNetName attribute is used to store a name for this block of
   addresses, if available.

   The ipNetNumber attribute will only be used if the entity is	a leaf
   node. The IP	network	addresses in the ipblock are enumerated	using
   the ipNetNumber attribute, and thus this attribute will have	multiple
   values when used in the ipblock object class	context. The reason for
   including this information is to ensure that	a search for a specific
   IP network address will succeed.
				 o=internet
				      |
			    ou=Network Information
				      |
			       ou=IP Networks
				      |
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |		    |				     |			     |
ipNetNumber=w  ipNetNumber=x ... (ipNetLowerBound=y, ipNetUpperBound=z)	...
						     |
	       ---------------------------------------------------------
	       |			       |		       |
	  ipNetNumber=y1  (ipNetLowerBound=y2, ipNetUpperBound=y3) ...


3.3 Representing Autonomous System Numbers

   The design philosophy behind	the Autonomous System Numbers is
   identical to	the one	for ipnetwork and ipblock objects. The
   definition of the asn and asnblock objects is given in section 4,
   Schema.



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				 o=internet
				      |
			    ou=Network Information
				      |
			       ou=Autonomous System Numbers
				      |
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |		    |				  |			  |
asnNumber=w  asnNumber=x ... (asnLowerBound=y, asnUpperBound=z)	...
						  |
	       ---------------------------------------------------------
	       |			       |		       |
	  asnNumber=y1	(asnLowerBound=y2, asnUpperBound=y3) ...


3.4 Representing the Domain Name Space

   The InterNIC	registration services provider maintains a registry of
   the first and second	level Domain Name System names.	The DNS	names
   registered with the NIC will	be stored under	the ou=Domains branch of
   the DIT using the domainname	object.

   domainname OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   domainComponent }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   domainName,
		   domainNameServerInfoSee,
		   networkInfoSee,
		   dnsRRecord,
		   adminContactInfoSee,
		   techContactInfoSee,
		   zoneContactInfoSee,
		   masterDSA }

   The domainComponent attribute will form the RDN of a	domainname
   object and can only have a single value. Further, the value of this
   attribute will be duplicated	in the commonName field	(see nicObject
   description above).

   The domainName attribute will contain the DNS domain	name easily
   derived from	the place of the entity	in the DIT.  For instance,
   domainName=att.com for the entity, @o=internet@ou=Network
   Information@ou=Domains@domainComponent=com@ domainComponent=att.

   The dnsRRecord attribute describes the Resource Records (RR)	within
   DNS for that	particular domain. The attribute stores	an ordered list


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   of Resource Records.	Ordering is important here since if the	name
   field is blank for a	given RR, it defaults to the name of the
   previous RR.

   If the second level of the domain name, if an organization chooses to
   run a X.500 DSA and masters lower levels of domain components, our
   second level	entry will be a	non-leaf node with the masterDSA
   attribute set to the	DN of the appropriate DSA. If an organization
   does	not choose to run a DSA	and make their data available, our entry
   will	be a leaf node.
				 o=internet
				      |
			    ou=Network Information
				      |
				 ou=Domains
				      |
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |				 |			       |	  |
domainComponent=ARPA	 domainComponent=edu	 domainComponent=es	 ...
				 |
	     -------------------------------------------------
	     |				 |		     |
      domainComponent=rutgers	  domainComponent=vt	    ...


3.5 Representing Servers



3.6 Representing Points	of Contact


4 Schema

   We present the schema for the various objects and attributes	used to
   represent the registration information using	the proformas in the
   RFC1274. However, we	cooked up a proforma for the definition	of an
   AttributeSet.

   Attribute Set: NIC Organizational Attribute Set

   Description:	The NIC	Organizational Attribute Set is	a minimal set of
   attributes that identify an organization. The orgInfoSee attribute
   points to the organization's	entry in the DIT, if any.

   ASN1ASMacro:	nicOrgAttributeSet ATTRIBUTE-SET {
	   organizationName,
	   telephoneNumber,


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	   facsimileTelephoneNumber,
	   postOfficeBox,
	   streetAddress,
	   postalCode,
	   stateOrProvinceName,
	   countryName,
	   orgInfoSee }


   Object Class: NIC Object

   Description:	The NIC	Object is a superclass object that has attributes
   used	to represent the registration data. Every object defined below is
   a subclass of the NIC Object.

   ASN1OCMacro:	nicObject OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF quipuObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   commonName }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   handle,
		   registrationDate,
		   nicOrgAttributeSet }


   Object Class: Point of Contact

   Description:	The Point of Contact object represents information
   regarding individuals registered with the NIC as points of contact for
   various Internet Elements.

   ASN1OCMacro:	poc OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject, person
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   organizationalUnitName,
		   title,
		   rfc822Mailbox,
		   networkInfoSee,
		   asnInfoSee,
		   domainInfoSee,
		   domainNameServerInfoSee,
		   inaddrServerInfoSee }


   Object Class: IP Network



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   Description:	The IP Network object contains information regarding IP
   Networks registered with the	NIC.

   ASN1OCMacro:	ipnetwork OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   ipNetNumber
		   }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   ipNetName,
		   providerInfoSee,
		   adminContactInfoSee,
		   techContactInfoSee,
		   inaddrServerInfoSee,
		   domainInfoSee }


   Object Class: IP Network Block

   Description:	The IP Network Block object contains information regarding
   IP Network blocks handed out	by the NIC.

   ASN1OCMacro:	ipblock	OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   ipNetLowerBound,
		   ipNetUpperBound
		   }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   ipNetName,
		   ipNetNumber,
		   providerInfoSee,
		   adminContactInfoSee,
		   techContactInfoSee,
		   inaddrServerInfoSee,
		   domainInfoSee,
		   delegatedBlock,
		   masterDSA }


   Object Class: Autonomous System Number

   Description:	The Autonomous System Number object contains information
   regarding Autonomous	Systems	registered with	the NIC.

   ASN1OCMacro:	asn OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{


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		   asnNumber
		   }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   asnName,
		   adminContactInfoSee,
		   techContactInfoSee }


   Object Class: Blocks	of Autonomous System Numbers

   Description:	The Blocks of Autonomous System	Numbers	object contains
   information regarding Autonomous System Number blocks registered with
   the NIC.

   ASN1OCMacro:	asnblock OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   asnLowerBound,
		   asnUpperBound
		   }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   asnName,
		   asnNumber,
		   adminContactInfoSee,
		   techContactInfoSee,
		   delegatedBlock,
		   masterDSA }


   Object Class: Domain	Name

   Description:	The Domain Name	object contains	information regarding
   Domains (i.e., entities of the Domain Name System) registered with the
   NIC.	The NIC	only maintains the first and second level domain name
   system names.

   ASN1OCMacro:	domainname OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   domainComponent }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   domainName,
		   domainNameServerInfoSee,
		   networkInfoSee,
		   dnsRRecord,
		   adminContactInfoSee,
		   techContactInfoSee,
		   zoneContactInfoSee,


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		   masterDSA }


   Object Class: Server

   Description:	The Server object contains information regarding
   registered with the NIC as is stored	in the WHOIS database.

   ASN1OCMacro:	server OBJECT-CLASS
	   SUBCLASS OF nicObject
	   MUST	CONTAIN	{
		   hostName }
	   MAY CONTAIN {
		   ipAddress,
		   cpu,
		   operatingSystem,
		   adminContactInfoSee,
		   techContactInfoSee,
		   seeAlso }


   --------------------------------------------------------------------------


   Attribute Type: Registration	Date

   Description:	The Registration Date attribute	lists the date of first
   registration	of the object.

   OCMust:

   OCMay:  nicObject

   ASN1ATMacro:	registrationDate ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   uTCTimeSyntax
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: Administrative Contact Information

   Description:	The administrative contact information attribute specifies
   the administrator for an entity.

   OCMust:

   OCMay:  ipnetwork, ipblock, asn, asnblock, domainname



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   ASN1ATMacro:	adminContactInfoSee ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax


   Attribute Type: Technical Contact Information

   Description:	The technical contact information attribute specifies the
   technical contact for an entity.

   OCMust:

   OCMay:  ipnetwork, ipblock, asn, asnblock, domainname

   ASN1ATMacro:	techContactInfoSee ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax

   Attribute Type: Zone	Contact	Information

   Description:	The zone contact information attribute specifies either
   the zone contact for	a domain or the	domain itself.	See RFC1032.

   OCMust:

   OCMay:  domainname

   ASN1ATMacro:	zoneContactInfoSee ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax


   Attribute Type: CPU

   Description:	The CPU	attribute lists	the computer model of a	server.

   OCMust:

   OCMay:  server

   ASN1ATMacro:	cpu ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-cpu))
		   SINGLE VALUE

   ub-cpu INTEGER ::= 64



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   Attribute Type: Operating System

   Description:	The Operating System attribute lists the operating system
   name	and version being used by a server.

   OCMust:

   OCMay:  server

   ASN1ATMacro:	operatingSystem	ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-operatingsystem))
		   SINGLE VALUE

   ub-operatingsystem INTEGER ::= 64


   Attribute Type: IP Network Number

   Description:	The IP Network Number attribute	lists the IP network
   address of an IP network.

   OCMust: ipnetwork

   OCMay:  ipblock

   ASN1ATMacro:	ipNetNumber ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-ipnetworknumber))

   ub-ipnetworknumber INTEGER ::= 16


   Attribute Type: IP Network Block Lower Bound

   Description:	The IP Network Block Lower Bound attribute lists the
   beginning IP	network	number of a block of IP	network	addresses.

   OCMust: ipblock

   OCMay:

   ASN1ATMacro:	ipNetLowerBound	ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-ipnetworknumber))


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		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: IP Network Block Upper Bound

   Description:	The IP Network Block Upper Bound attribute lists the
   ending IP network number of a block of IP network addresses.

   OCMust: ipblock

   OCMay:

   ASN1ATMacro:	ipNetUpperBound	ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-ipnetworknumber))
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: Autonomous System Number

   Description:	The Autonomous System Number attribute lists the
   autonomous system number of an autonomous system [reference].

   OCMust: asn

   OCMay:  asnblock

   ASN1ATMacro:	asnNumber ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-asnnumber))

   ub-asnnumber	INTEGER	::= 16


   Attribute Type: Autonomous System Number Block Lower	Bound

   Description:	The Autonomous System Number Lower Bound attribute lists
   the beginning ASN number of a block of Autonomous System Numbers.

   OCMust: asnblock

   OCMay:

   ASN1ATMacro:	asnLowerBound ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax


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		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-asnnumber))
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: Autonomous System Number Block Upper	Bound

   Description:	The Autonomous System Number Upper Bound attribute lists
   the ending ASN number of a block of Autonomous System Numbers.

   OCMust: asnblock

   OCMay:

   ASN1ATMacro:	asnUpperBound ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-asnnumber))
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: IN-ADDR Server Information

   Description:	The IN-ADDR Server Information attribute identifies a
   computer running a DNS server with knowledge	of the IN-ADDR domain.

   OCMust:

   OCMay:  poc,	ipnetwork, ipblock

   ASN1ATMacro:	inaddrServerInfoSee ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax


   Attribute Type: Domain Name Server Information

   Description:	The Domain Name	Server Information attribute identifies	a
   computer running a DNS server.

   OCMust:

   OCMay: poc, domainname

   ASN1ATMacro:	domainNameServerInfoSee	ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax




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   Attribute Type: Domain Information

   Description:	The Domain Information attribute identifies an Internet
   domain.

   OCMust:

   OCMay: poc, ipnetwork, ipblock

   ASN1ATMacro:	domainInfoSee ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax


   Attribute Type: Autonomous System Information

   Description:	The Autonomous System Information attribute identifies an
   Internet autonomous system.

   OCMust:

   OCMay: poc

   ASN1ATMacro:	asnInfoSee ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax


   Attribute Type: Network Information

   Description:	The Network Information	attribute identifies an	IP
   network.

   OCMust:

   OCMay: poc, domainname

   ASN1ATMacro:	networkInfoSee ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax


   Attribute Type: Organization	Information

   Description:	The Organization Information attribute identifies an
   Organization	participating in the pilot project.

   OCMust:


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   OCMay: nicObject

   ASN1ATMacro:	orgInfoSee ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: Provider Information

   Description:	The Provider Information attribute identifies the service
   provider of a network service and can be included only if the service
   provider is participating in	the pilot project.

   OCMust:

   OCMay: ipnetwork, ipblock

   ASN1ATMacro:	providerInfoSee	ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   distinguishedNameSyntax
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: IP Network Name

   Description:	The IP Network Name attribute lists the	name of	an IP
   network.

   OCMust:

   OCMay: ipnetwork, ipblock

   ASN1ATMacro:	ipNetName ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-names))
		   SINGLE VALUE

   ub-names INTEGER ::=	64


   Attribute Type: Autonomous System Name

   Description:	The Autonomous System Name attribute lists the name of an
   Autonomous System.

   OCMust:


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   OCMay: asn, asnblock

   ASN1ATMacro:	asnName	ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-names))
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: Host	Name

   Description:	The Host Name attribute	lists the hostname of a	server.

   OCMust: server

   OCMay:

   ASN1ATMacro:	hostName ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-names))
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: IP Address

   Description:	The IP Address attribute lists the IP address of a
   server.

   OCMust: server

   OCMay:

   ASN1ATMacro:	ipAddress ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-ipnetworknumber))
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: Handle

   Description:	The Handle lists the unique identifier assigned	by a
   registration	authority to each registered entity.

   OCMust:

   OCMay: nicObject


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   ASN1ATMacro:	handle ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-handle))
		   SINGLE VALUE

   ub-handle INTEGER ::= 10


   Attribute Type: Delegated Block

   Description:	The Delegated Block boolean attribute denotes whether a
   block of IP network addresses or autonomous system numbers has been
   delegated to	an other registration authority.

   OCMust:

   OCMay: ipblock, asnblock

   ASN1ATMacro:	delegatedBlock ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   booleanSyntax
		   SINGLE VALUE


   Attribute Type: Domain Name

   Description:

   OCMust:

   OCMay: domainname

   ASN1ATMacro:	domainName ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreStringSyntax
		   (SIZE (1 .. ub-domainname))

   ub-domainname INTEGER ::= 64


   Attribute Type: Domain Name System Resource Record

   Description:

   OCMust:

   OCMay: domainname


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   ASN1ATMacro:	dnsRRecord ATTRIBUTE
	   WITH	ATTRIBUTE SYNTAX
		   caseIgnoreListSyntax
		   (SEQUENCE SIZE(1 .. ub-dnsrrecordlist)
			   (SIZE (1 .. ub-dnsrrecord)))

   ub-dnsrrecordlist INTEGER ::= 64
   ub-dnsrrecord INTEGER     ::= 64

References


[RFC1274]Paul Barker, Steve Hardcastle-Kille. The COSINE and Internet
     X.500 Schema. RFC 1274, 1991.

[RFC1279]Steve Hardcastle-Kille. X.500 and Domains. RFC	1279, November
     1991.

[OSI-DS-14]Chris Weider, and Mark Knopper.  Interim Schema for Network
     Infrastructure Information	in X.500. Internet Draft osi-ds-14,
     March 1991.

[OSI-DS-16]Chris Weider, and Mark Knopper.  Schema for Network Informa-
     tion Center (NIC) Profiles	in X.500. Internet Draft osi-ds-16-01,
     March 1992.

[OSI-DS-19]Chris Weider, Mark Knopper, and Ruth	Lang.  Interim Directory
     Structure for Schema for Network Infrastructure Information. Inter-
     net Draft osi-ds-19, April	1991.

[OSI-DS-37]Glenn Mansfield, Thomas Johannsen, and Mark Knopper.	 Chart-
     ing Networks in the Directory. Draft proposal osi-ds-37, February
     1993.

[OSI-DS-38]Glenn Mansfield, Thomas Johannsen, and Mark Knopper.
     Representing IP information in the	X.500 Directory. Draft proposal
     osi-ds-38,	February 1993.

[OSI-DS-??]Mark	Knopper.  Representing Networking Infrastructure Infor-
     mation in X.500. Draft proposal. July 1992.

[FOX-SCHEMA]Ruth Lang.	FOX WHOIS schema information. Personal Communi-
     cation, March 1993.

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5. Security Considerations

   Security considerations are not discussed in	this memo.

6. Acknowledgements

   We acknowledge the many constructive	comments provided by Ruth Lang
   of SRI International	on earlier drafts of this proposal.

7.  Authors' Addresses

   Mark	Kosters
   Network Solutions
   Email: markk@internic.net

   Srinivas Sataluri
   AT&T	Bell Laboratories
   Email: sri@qsun.att.com






























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