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Individual Contribution                                   Pat R. Calhoun
Internet-Draft                                             Dave Frascone
Category: Informational                           Sun Microsystems, Inc.
<draft-calhoun-diameter-sun-ping-01.txt>                      March 2001



                                Diameter
                          Sun Ping Extensions



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Abstract

   This document describes the Sun vendor-specific Diameter Ping
   extension.  The Diameter Ping is a very useful troubleshooting tool,
   allowing a Diameter node to determine whether reachability to a
   domain is possible.


Table of Contents

   1.0  Introduction
       1.1  Specification of Requirements
   2.0  Command-Code Values
       2.1  Sun-Ping-Request (SDP)
       2.1  Sun-Ping-Answer (SDA)
   3.0  IANA Considerations
   4.0  Security Considerations
   5.0  References
   6.0  Authors' Addresses
   7.0  Full Copyright Statement


1.0  Introduction

   This document describes the Sun vendor-specific Diameter Ping
   extension.  The Diameter Ping is a very useful troubleshooting tool,
   allowing a Diameter node to determine whether reachability to a
   domain is possible.

   The Extension number for this draft is 555. Diameter nodes conforming
   to this specification MUST include an Extension-Id AVP with a value
   of 555 in the Device-Reboot-Ind Command [1].


1.1  Specification of Requirements

   In this document, the key words "MAY", "MUST", "MUST NOT",
   "optional", "recommended", "SHOULD", and "SHOULD NOT", are to be
   interpreted as described in [2].


2.0  Command-Code Values

   This section defines Command-Code [1] values that MUST be supported
   by all Diameter implementations conforming to this specification.
   The following Command Codes are defined in this specification:





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      Command-Name             Abbrev.    Code       Reference
      --------------------------------------------------------
      Sun-Ping-Request          SDP       511/42        2.1
      Sun-Ping-Answer           SDA       512/42        2.2

2.1  Sun-Ping-Request (SDP)

   The Sun-Ping-Request (SDP), indicated by the Command-Code field set
   to 511, and Vendor Id set to 32, MAY be sent by a Diameter client to
   any Diameter server to request reachability to a particular domain.
   The routing procedures described in [1] will ensure that the request
   is sent to a Diameter server in the requested domain.

   Message Format

      <Sun-Ping-Request>  ::= < Diameter Header: 511, vid: 42 >
                              { Origin-FQDN }
                              { Origin-Realm }
                              { Destination-Realm }
                              { Session-Id }
                              { User-Name }
                              [ Destination-FQDN ]
                            * [ Proxy-State ]
                            * [ Route-Record ]
                            * [ Routing-Realm ]
                           0*1< Integrity-Check-Value >


2.2  Sun-Ping-Answer (SPA)

   The Sun-Ping-Answer (SPA), indicated by the Command-Code field set to
   512, and Vendor Id set to 32, is sent as a response to the Sun-Ping-
   Request message.

   Message Format
















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      <Sun-Ping-Answer>  ::= < Diameter Header: 512 vid: 42 >
                             { Origin-FQDN }
                             { Origin-Realm }
                             { Destination-Realm }
                             { Result-Code }
                             { Session-Id }
                             { User-Name }
                             [ Destination-FQDN ]
                           * [ AVP ]
                           * [ Proxy-State ]
                           * [ Route-Record ]
                           * [ Routing-Realm ]
                          0*1< Integrity-Check-Value >


3.0  IANA Considerations

   The command codes defined in Section 2.0 are vendor-specific
   Commands, which is privately managed, and does not falls within the
   the Command-Code address space defined in [1].


4.0  Security Considerations

   This Diameter extension assumes that messages are secured either
   through a hop-by-hop authentication mechanism, as described in [1],
   or using a strong authentication mechanism as defined in [3].


5.0  References


   [1]  P. Calhoun, A. Rubens, H. Akhtar, E. Guttman, "Diameter Base
        Protocol", draft-calhoun-diameter-18.txt (work in progress),
        February 2001.

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

   [3]  P. Calhoun, W. Bulley, S. Farrell, "Diameter Strong Security
        Extension", draft-calhoun-diameter-strong-crypto-06.txt (work in
        progress), February 2001.


6.0  Authors' Addresses

   Questions about this memo can be directed to:




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      Pat R. Calhoun
      Network and Security Research Center, Sun Labs
      Sun Microsystems, Inc.
      15 Network Circle
      Menlo Park, California, 94025
      USA

       Phone:  +1 650-786-7733
         Fax:  +1 650-786-6445
      E-mail:  pcalhoun@eng.sun.com


      David Frascone
      Sun Labs California
      1600 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 700
      Dallas, TX 75248

      Phone: +1 972 386 1283
      E-Mail: codemonkey@sun.com


7.0  Full Copyright Statement

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001).  All Rights Reserved.

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   included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this docu-
   ment itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the
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   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


8.0  Expiration Date



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