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     IPFIX Working Group                                    B. Claise 
     Internet-Draft                                         P. Aitken 
     Intended Status: Informational                      N. Ben-Dvora 
     Expires: April 30, 2012                      Cisco Systems, Inc. 
                                                     October 30, 2011 
                                                                      
      
                    Export of Application Information in IPFIX 
                 draft-claise-export-application-info-in-ipfix-03 


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     Abstract 

        This document specifies an extension to the IPFIX information 
        model specified in [RFC5102] to export application information. 
         
         
     Conventions used in this document 

        The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL 
        NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and 
        "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described 
        in RFC 2119 [RFC2119]. 
      
















      
      
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     Table of Contents 

         
        1. Overview ...............................................    4 
           1.1. IPFIX Documents Overview ..........................    4 
        2. Introduction ...........................................    5 
        2.1. Application Information Use Cases ....................    7 
        3. Terminology ............................................    7 
           3.1. New Terminology ...................................    8 
        4. applicationTag Information Element Specification .......    8 
           4.1. Existing Classification Engine IDs ................   10 
           4.2. Options Template Record for the Application Name ..   12 
           4.3. Resolving IANA L4 port collisions..................   12 
        5. Grouping the Applications with the Attributes...........   15 
           5.1. Options Template Record for the Attribute Values ..   16 
        6. Application Tag Examples................................   17 
           6.1. Example 1: Layer 2 Protocol .......................   17 
           6.2. Example 2: Standardized IANA Layer 3 Protocol .....   18 
           6.3. Example 3: Cisco Systems Proprietary Layer 3 Protocol 19 
           6.4. Example 4: Standardized IANA Layer 4 Port .........   21 
           6.5. Example 4: Layer 7 Application ....................   22 
           6.6. Example: port Obfuscation .........................   23 
           6.7. Example: Application Mapping Options Template .....   24 
           6.8. Example: Attributes Values Options Template Record    25 
        7. IANA Considerations ....................................   26 
           7.1. applicationDescription ............................   27 
           7.2. applicationTag ....................................   27 
           7.3. applicationName ...................................   27 
           7.4. classificationEngineId ............................   27 
           7.5. applicationCategoryName ...........................   28 
           7.6. applicationGroupName ..............................   28 
           7.7. p2pTechnology .....................................   28 
           7.8. tunnelTechnology ..................................   28 
           7.9. encryptedTechnology................................   29 
        8. Security Considerations ................................   29 
        9. References..............................................   29 
           9.1. Normative References ..............................   29            9.2. Informative References ............................   29 
        10. Acknowledgement .......................................   30 
        11. Authors' Addresses ....................................   31 
        Appendix A.  Additions to XML Specification of IPFIX 
        Information Elements.......................................   32 
         




      
      
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     List of Figures and Tables 

         
        Figure 1: applicationTag Information Element ...............  8 
        Figure 2: Selector ID encoding ............................. 10 
        Table 1: Existing Classification Engine IDs ................ 11 
        Table 2: IANA layer 4 port collisions between UDP and TCP .. 13 
        Table 3: IANA layer 4 port collisions between SCTP and TCP . 15 
        Table 4: Existing Application Tag Static Attributes  ....... 16 
         

     1. Overview 

     1.1. IPFIX Documents Overview 

      The IPFIX Protocol [RFC5101] provides network administrators with 
      access to IP Flow information. 
       
      The architecture for the export of measured IP Flow information 
      out of an IPFIX Exporting Process to a Collecting Process is 
      defined in the IPFIX Architecture [RFC5470], per the requirements 
      defined in RFC 3917 [RFC3917]. 
       
      The IPFIX Architecture [RFC5470] specifies how IPFIX Data Records 
      and Templates are carried via a congestion-aware transport 
      protocol from IPFIX Exporting Processes to IPFIX Collecting 
      Processes. 
       
      IPFIX has a formal description of IPFIX Information Elements, 
      their name, type and additional semantic information, as specified 
      in the IPFIX information model [RFC5102]. 
       
      In order to gain a level of confidence in the IPFIX 
      implementation, probe the conformity and robustness, and allow 
      interoperability, the Guidelines for IPFIX Testing [RFC5471] 
      presents a list of tests for implementers of compliant Exporting 
      Processes and Collecting Processes. 
      
      The Bidirectional Flow Export [RFC5103] specifies a method for 
      exporting bidirectional flow (biflow) information using the IP 
      Flow Information Export (IPFIX) protocol, representing each Biflow 
      using a single Flow Record. 
       

      
      
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      The "Reducing Redundancy in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) 
      and Packet Sampling (PSAMP) Reports" [RFC5473] specifies a 
      bandwidth saving method for exporting Flow or packet 
      information, by separating information common to several Flow 
      Records from information specific to an individual Flow Record: 
      common Flow information is exported only once. 
      
      
      
     2. Introduction 

      Today service providers and network administrators are looking 
      for visibility into the packet content rather than just the 
      packet header.  Some network devices Metering Processes inspect 
      the packet content and identify the applications that are 
      utilizing the network traffic.  Applications in this context 
      are defined as networking protocols used by networking 
      processes that exchange packets between them (such as the web 
      applications, peer to peer applications, file transfer, e-mail 
      applications, etc.). Combined with other information elements, 
      some of which being application specific, the applications can 
      be further characterized.  
      Examples include: web application to a specific domain, per 
      user specific traffic, a video application with a specific 
      codec, etc... 
       
      The application identification is based on different kind of 
      methods or even a combination of such methods:  
      1. L2 protocols (such as ARP, PPP, LLDP) 
      2. IP protocols (such as ICMP, IGMP, GRE) 
      3. TCP or UDP ports (such as HTTP, Telnet, FTP) 
      4. Application layer header (of the application to be 
        identified) 
      5. Packet data content  
      6. Packets and traffic behavior 
       
      The exact application identification methods are part of the 
      Metering Process internals that aims to provide an accurate 
      identification with a minimum false identification.  This task 
      requires a sophisticated Metering Process since the protocols 
      do not behave in a standard manner. 
      1. Applications use port obfuscation where the application 
        run on different port than the IANA assigned one.  For 
        example a HTTP server might run a TCP port 23 (assigned 
        to telnet in [IANA-PORTS]) 
      2. IANA does not accurately reflect how certain ports are 
        "commonly" used today.  Some ports are reserved, but 
      
      
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        the application either never became prevalent or is not 
        in use today.  
      3. The application behavior and identification logic 
        become more and more complex 
      
      For that reason, such Metering Processes usually detect 
      application based on multiple mechanisms in parallel.  
      Detecting applications based only on port matching might 
      wrongly identify the traffic.  Note that this example stresses 
      the need for the engine strength.  If the Metering Process is 
      capable of detecting applications more accurately it is 
      considered as stronger and more accurate. 
       
      Similarly, a reporting mechanism that uses L4 port based 
      applications only, such as L4:<known port>, would have a 
      similar issues.  The reporting system should be capable of 
      reporting the applications classified using all types for 
      mechanisms.  In particular applications that does not have any 
      IANA port definition.  While a mechanism to export application 
      information should be defined, the L4 port being in use must be 
      exported using the destination port (destinationTransportPort 
      at [IANA-IPFIX]) in the corresponding NetFlow record. 
       
      Cisco Systems uses the IPFIX application tag as described in 
      section 4. to export the application information with the IPFIX 
      protocol [RFC5101].  
       
      Application could be defined at different OSI layers, from the 
      layer 2 to the layer 7. Examples: Cisco Discovery Protocol is 
      layer 2 application, ICMP is layer 3 application [IANA-PROTO], 
      HTTP is layer 4 application [IANA-PORTS], and skype is layer 7. 
       
      While an ideal solution would be an IANA registry for 
      applications above (or inside the payload of) the well known 
      ports [IANA-PORTS], this solution is not always possible as the 
      some applications require well known specifications.  
      Therefore, some reverse engineering is required, as well as a 
      ubiquitous language for application identification.  Clearly 
      not realistic. 
        
      As this specification focuses on the application information 
      encoding, this document doesn't contain an application registry 
      for non IANA applications.  However, a reference to the Cisco 
      assigned numbers for the Application Tag and the different 
      attribute assignments can be found at [CISCO].  
      
      
      
      
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     2.1. Application Information Use Cases 

      There are several use cases on which the application 
      information is used: 
       
      1. Network Visibility 
         
        This is one of the main use cases for using the application 
        information.  This use case is also called application 
        visibility.  Network administrators are using such 
        application visibility to understand the main network 
        consumers, network trends and user behavior. 
         
      2. Billing Services 
         
        In some cases, network providers are willing to bill 
        different applications differently.  For example, provide 
        different billing for VoIP and Web browsing. 
         
      3. Congestion Control 
         
        While the traffic demand is increasing (mainly due to the 
        high usage of peer to peer applications, video applications 
        and web download applications),  the providers revenue 
        doesn't grow. Providers are looking at a more efficient way 
        to control and prioritize the network utilization.  An 
        application aware bandwidth control system is used to 
        prioritize the traffic based on the applications, giving the 
        critical applications priority over the non-critical 
        applications. 
         
      4. Security Functions 
         
        Application knowledge is sometimes used in security functions 
        in order to provide comprehensive functions such as 
        Application based firewall,  URL filtering,  Parental 
        control,  Intrusion detection,  etc. 
         
      All of the above use cases require exporting of application 
      information to provide the network function itself or to log 
      the network function operation. 
      
      
     3. Terminology 

      IPFIX-specific terminology used in this document is defined in 
      Section 2 of the IPFIX protocol specification [RFC5101].  As in 
      
      
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      [RFC5101], these IPFIX-specific terms have the first letter of 
      a word capitalized when used in this document. 
       
       
     3.1. New Terminology 

      Application Tag 
       
          A unique identifier for an application.   
      
      
     4. applicationTag Information Element Specification 

        This document specifies the applicationTag Information 
        Element, which is composed of two parts: 
         
            1. 8 bits of Classification Engine ID. The Classification 
               Engine can be considered as a specific registry for 
               application assignment. 
            2. m bits of Selector ID. The Selector ID length varies 
               depending on the Classification Engine ID. 
         
    0                   1                   2                   3 
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  1 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
   | Class. Eng. ID|         Selector ID  ...                      | 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
   |                             ...                               | 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 

                 Figure 1: applicationTag Information Element 
         
         
        Classification Engine ID 
         
          A unique identifier for the engine which determined the 
          Selector ID.  Thus the Classification Engine ID defines the 
          context for the Selector ID. 
         
        Selector ID 
         
      
      
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          A unique identifier of the application for a specific 
          Classification Engine ID.  
         
        Note that the Selector ID term is in sync with the PSAMP 
        terminology.  See [RFC5476], Packet Sampling (PSAMP) Protocol 
        Specifications.  
         
        When an application is detected, the most granular 
        application is encoded in the Application Tag: for example, 
        ICMP would be encoded as layer 3 value 1, SNMP as layer 4 
        value 161, bittorent as layer 7 value 69. 
         
        The overall length of the applicationTag Information Element 
        may be specified either in the IPFIX Template Record or by 
        using an IPFIX Variable-Length Information Element. The 
        receiver / decoder must respect this length rather than using 
        the Classification Engine ID to make an assumption about the 
        Selector ID size. 
          
        When exporting applicationTag information in IPFIX, the 
        applicationTag SHOULD be encoded in a variable-length 
        Information Element [RFC5101].  However, if a legacy protocol 
        such as NetFlow version 9 is used, and this protocol doesn't 
        support variable length Information Elements, then either 
        multiple templates (one per applicationTag length), or a 
        single template corresponding to the maximum sized 
        applicationTag MUST be used. This avoids the need for 
        multiple Template Records with different applicationTag 
        lengths when the IPFIX variable length encoding [RFC5101] is 
        not available. 
         
        As a consequence, although some Application Tags can be 
        encoded in a smaller number of bytes (eg, an IANA L3 protocol 
        encoding would take 2 bytes, while an IANA L4 port encoding 
        would take 3 bytes), nothing prevents an Exporting Process 
        from exporting all Application Tags with a larger fixed 
        length. 
         
        Note that the Selector ID value is always encoded in the 
        least significant bits as shown: 
         
      0                   1                   2                   3 
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  1 
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
     |Class. Eng. ID |            zero-valued upper-bits ...         |
      
      
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     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
     |                     ...  Selector ID                          | 
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 

                        Figure 2: Selector ID encoding 
      
         
     4.1. Existing Classification Engine IDs 

         
        The following Engine IDs have been allocated by Cisco 
        Systems. 
         
        Name         Value       Description 
                      
                     0          Invalid. 
        IANA-L3      1          The IANA protocol (layer 3) number is 
                                exported in the Selector ID. 
                                See 
                                http://www.iana.org/assignments/proto
                                col-numbers. 
        CANA-L3      2          Cisco Systems proprietary layer 3 
                              definition. Cisco Systems can still 
                                export its own layer 3 protocol 
                                numbers, while waiting for IANA to 
                                assign it. The Selector ID has a 
                                global significance for all Cisco 
                                Systems devices under CANA 
                                governance. Hopefully the same IDs 
                                will be maintained after the IANA 
                                standardization.  
        IANA-L4      3          IANA layer 4 well-known port number 
                                is exported in the Selector ID. 
                                See 
                                http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-
                                numbers. 
                                Note: as a flow is unidirectional, it 
                                contains the destination port in a 
                                flow from the client to the server.  
        CANA-L4      4          Cisco Systems proprietary layer 4 
                                definition. Cisco Systems can still 
                                export its own layer 4 port numbers, 
                                while waiting for IANA to assign it. 
      
      
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                                The Selector ID has global 
                                significance for all Cisco Systems 
                                devices under CANA governance. 
                                Hopefully the same ID will be 
                                maintained after the IANA 
                                standardization. Example: IPFIX had 
                                the port 4739 pre-assigned in the 
                                IETF draft for years. While waiting 
                                for the IANA registration, we could 
                                use this Selector ID. 
                     5          Reserved. 
        USER-        6          The Selector ID represents 
        Defined                 applications defined by the user 
                                (using CLI or GUI) based on the 
                                methods described in section 2.  
                     7          Reserved. 
                     8          Reserved.  
                     9          Reserved. 
                     10         Reserved. 
                     11         Reserved. 
        CANA-L2      12         The Selector ID represents the Cisco 
                                Systems unique global layer 2 
                                applications. The Selector ID has a 
                                global significance. 
        CANA-L7      13         The Selector ID represents the Cisco 
                                Systems unique global ID for the 
                                layer 7 applications. The Selector ID 
                                has global significance for all Cisco 
                                Systems devices. 
                     14         Reserved. 
                     15         Reserved. 
                     16         Reserved. 
                     17          
                     to         Available. 
                     254  
        MAX          255        255 is the maximum Engine ID. 
      
                 Table 1: Existing Classification Engine IDs 
         
        Note 1: "CANA = Cisco Systems Assigned Number Authority", 
        Cisco Systems's version of IANA for internal IDs. 
         
        Note 2: This is an extensible list, and new Classification 
        Engine IDs may be allocated at any time. See [CISCO] for the 
        latest version. 
         
      
      
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     4.2. Options Template Record for the Application Name 

        For engines which specify locally unique Application Tags 
        (which means unique per engine and per router), an Options 
        Template Record (see [RFC5101]) MUST be used to export the 
        correspondence between the Application Tag, the Application 
        Name, and the Application Description.  This is called the 
        "options application-table".  For engines which specify 
        globally unique Application Tags, an Options Template Record 
        SHOULD be used to export the correspondence between the 
        Application Tag, the Application Name and the Application 
        Description, unless the mapping is hardcoded in the NetFlow 
        Collector, or known out of band (for example, by polling a 
        MIB). 
      
     4.3. Resolving IANA L4 port collisions 

        Even if the IANA L4 ports usually point to the same protocols 
        for both UDP, TCP or other transport types, there are some 
        exceptions. The following table lists 10 ports that have 
        different protocols assigned for TCP and UDP: 
         
        exec            512/tcp    remote process execution; 
        #                          authentication performed using 
        #                          passwords and UNIX login names 
        comsat/biff     512/udp    used by mail system to notify users 
        #                          of new mail received; currently 
        #                          receives messages only from  
        #                          processes on the same machine 
        login           513/tcp    remote login a la telnet; 
        #                          automatic authentication performed 
        #                          based on priviledged port numbers 
        #                          and distributed data bases which 
        #                          identify "authentication domains" 
        who             513/udp    maintains data bases showing who's 
        #                          logged in to machines on a local  
        #                          net and the load average of the 
        #                          machine 
        shell           514/tcp    cmd 
        #                          like exec, but automatic 
        authentication  
        #                          is performed as for login server 
        syslog          514/udp 
        oob-ws-https    664/tcp    DMTF out-of-band secure web services 
        #                          management protocol 
      
      
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        #                          Jim Davis 
        <jim.davis&wbemsolutions.com> 
        #                          June 2007 
        asf-secure-rmcp 664/udp    ASF Secure Remote Management 
        #                          and Control Protocol 
        rfile           750/tcp 
        kerberos-iv     750/udp    kerberos version iv 
        submit          773/tcp 
        notify          773/udp 
        rpasswd         774/tcp 
        acmaint_dbd     774/udp 
        entomb          775/tcp 
        acmaint_transd  775/udp 
        busboy          998/tcp 
        puparp          998/udp 
        garcon          999/tcp 
        applix          999/udp    Applix ac 
         
           Table 2: IANA layer 4 port collisions between UDP and TCP 
         
        The following table lists 19 ports that have different 
        protocols assigned for TCP and SCTP: 
         
        #               3097/tcp    Reserved 
        itu-bicc-stc    3097/sctp   ITU-T Q.1902.1/Q.2150.3 
                                    Greg Sidebottom<gregside&home.com> 
        #               5090/tcp    <not assigned> 
        car             5090/sctp   Candidate AR 
        #               5091/tcp    <not assigned> 
        cxtp            5091/sctp   Context Transfer Protocol 
                                    RFC 4065 - July 2005 
        #               6704/tcp    Reserved 
        frc-hp          6704/sctp   ForCES HP (High Priority) channel 
        #                           [RFC5811] 
        #               6705/tcp    Reserved 
        frc-mp          6705/sctp   ForCES MP (Medium Priority) channel 
        #                           [RFC5811] 
        #               6706/tcp    Reserved 
        frc-lp          6706/sctp   ForCES LP (Low priority) channel 
        #                           [RFC5811] 
        #               9082/tcp    <not assigned> 
        lcs-ap          9082/sctp   LCS Application Protocol 
        #                           Kimmo Kymalainen   

      
      
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                                    <kimmo.kymalainen&etsi.org> 
                                    04 June 2010 
        #               9902/tcp    <not assigned> 
        enrp-sctp-tls   9902/sctp   enrp/tls server channel 
        #                          [RFC5353] 
        #               11997/tcp   <not assigned> 
        #               11998/tcp   <not assigned> 
        #               11999/tcp   <not assigned> 
        wmereceiving    11997/sctp  WorldMailExpress 
        wmedistribution 11998/sctp  WorldMailExpress 
        wmereporting    11999/sctp  WorldMailExpress 
                                   Greg Foutz<gregf&adminovation.com> 
                                    March 2006 
        #               25471/tcp   <not assigned> 
        rna             25471/sctp  RNSAP User Adaptation for Iurh 
        #                           Dario S. Tonesi 
                                    <dario.tonesi&nsn.com>   
                                    07 February 2011 
        #               29118/tcp   Reserved 
        sgsap           29118/sctp  SGsAP in 3GPP 
        #               29168/tcp   Reserved 
        sbcap           29168/sctp  SBcAP in 3GPP 
        #               29169/tcp   <not assigned> 
        iuhsctpassoc    29169/sctp  HNBAP and RUA Common Association 
                                    John  
                                    Meredith<John.Meredith&etsi.org>   
                                    08 September 2009  
        #               36412/tcp   <not assigned> 
        s1-control      36412/sctp  S1-Control Plane (3GPP) 
        #                           KimmoKymalainen                  
                                    <kimmo.kymalainen&etsi.org> 
                                    01 September 2009 
        #               36422/tcp   <not assigned> 
        x2-control      36422/sctp  X2-Control Plane (3GPP) 
        #                           Kimmo Kymalainen  
                                    <kimmo.kymalainen&etsi.org> 
                                    01 September 2009 
        #               36443/tcp   <not assigned> 
        m2ap            36443/sctp  M2 Application Part 
        #                           Dario S. Tonesi  
                                    <dario.tonesi&nsn.com>   
      
      
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                                    07 February 2011 
        #               36444/tcp   <not assigned> 
        m3ap            36444/sctp  M3 Application Part 
        #                           Dario S. Tonesi  
                                    <dario.tonesi&nsn.com>   
                                    07 February 2011 
         
           Table 3: IANA layer 4 port collisions between SCTP and TCP 
         
        Instead of imposing the transport protocol (UDP/TCP/SCTP/etc.) 
        in the scope of the "options application-table" Options Template 
        for all applications (on top of having the transport protocol as 
        key-field in the Flow Record definition), we define that the L4 
        application is always TCP related, by convention.  So, whenever 
        the Collector has a conflict in looking up IANA, it would choose 
        the TCP choice.  As a result, the UDP L4 applications from Table 
        2 and the SCTP L4 applications from table 3 are assigned in the 
        Cisco L7 Application Tag range (ie, under Classification Engine 
        ID 13): 
       
        Currently, there are no discrepancies between the well known 
        ports for TCP and DCCP. 
         
     5. Grouping the Applications with the Attributes 

        Due to the high number of different application tags, 
        categorizing them into groups offers the benefits of easier 
        reporting and action, such as QoS policies.  Indeed, most 
        applications with the same characteristics should be treated the 
        same way; for example, all video traffic.  
         
       
        Attributes are statically assigned per application tag and are 
        independent of the traffic. The attributes are listed below: 
           
             Name                   Description 
                                     
             Category               An attribute that provides a first 
                                    level categorization for each 
                                    application tag. Examples include: 
                                    browsing, email, file-sharing, 
                                    gaming, instant messaging, voice-
                                    and-video, etc... 
                                    The category attribute is encoded by 
                                    the ApplicationCategoryName 
                                    Information Element. 
      
      
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             Application-           An attribute that groups multiple 
             Group                  application tags that belong to the 
                                    same networking application. For 
                                    example, the ftp-group contain the 
                                    ftp-data (port 20), ftp (port 20), 
                                    ni-ftp (port 47), sftp (port 115), 
                                    bftp (port 152), ftp-agent(port 
                                    574), ftps-data (port 989). The 
                                    application-group attribute is 
                                    encoded by the ApplicationGroupName 
                                    Information Element. 
                                     
             P2P-Technology         Specifies if the application tag is 
                                    based on peer-to-peer technology. 
                                    The P2P-technology attribute is 
                                    encoded by the p2pTechnology 
                                    Information Element. 
                                     
             Tunnel-                Specifies if the application tag is 
             Technology             used as a tunnel technology. The 
                                    tunnel-technology attribute is 
                                    encoded by the tunnelTechnology 
                                    Information Element. 
                                     
             Encrypted              Specifies if the application tag is 
                                    an encrypted networking protocol. 
                                    The encrypted attribute is encoded 
                                    by the encryptedTechnology 
                                    Information Element. 
      
              Table 4: Existing Application Tag Static Attributes 
           
         
        Every application is assigned to one ApplicationCategoryName, 
        one ApplicationGroupName, has one p2pTechnology, one 
        tunnelTechnology, and one encryptedTechnology.   
         
     5.1. Options Template Record for the Attribute Values 

        An Options Template Record (see [RFC5101]) is used to export the 
        correspondence between each Application Tag and its related 
        Attribute values.  An alternative way for the Collecting Process 
        to learn the correspondence is to populate these mappings out of 
        band, for example, by loading a CSV file containing the 
        correspondence table. 
      
      
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        The Attributes Option Template contains the ApplicationTag as a 
        scope field, followed by the ApplicationCategoryName,, the 
        ApplicationGroupName, the p2pTechnology, the tunnelTechnology, 
        and the encryptedTechnology Information Elements. 
      
        A list of attributes may conveniently be exported using a 
        subTemplateList per [RFC6313]. 
         
        An example is given in section 6.8.  below. 
      
         
     6. Application Tag Examples 

        The following examples are created solely for the purpose of 
        illustrating how the extensions proposed in this document are 
        encoded. 
      

     6.1. Example 1: Layer 2 Protocol 

        From the list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1, we can 
        see that the layer 2 Classification Engine ID is 12: 
         
        L2        12    The Selector ID represents the layer 2 
                         applications. The Selector ID has a global 
                         significance. 
         
        From the list of layer 2 protocols at [cisco], we can see that 
        PPP has the value 24: 
         
        NAME    Selector ID 
        ppp     24 
         
        So, in the case of layer 2 protocol PPP, the Classification 
        Engine ID is 12 while the Selector ID has the value 24. 
          
        Therefore the Application Tag is encoded as: 
         
            0                   1            
            0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
           |       12      |      24       | 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
         

      
      
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        So the Application Tag has the value of 3097. Instead of 
        representing the Application Tag in hexadecimal format, the 
        format '12...24' is used for simplicity in the examples below. 
         
        Flexible NetFlow creates a Template Record with a few 
        Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Tag. 
        For example: 
         
        - sourceIPv4Address (key field) 
        - destinationIPv4Address (key field) 
        - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) 
        - applicationTag (key field) 
        - octetTotalCount (non key field) 
         
        For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template 
        Record may contain: 
         
            { sourceIPv4Address=1.1.1.1, destinationIPv4Address=2.2.2.2, 
              ipDiffServCodePoint=0, applicationTag='12...24', 
              octetTotalCount=123456 } 
         
        The Collector has all the required information to determine that 
        the application is PPP, because the Application Tag uses a 
        global and well know registry, ie the IANA protocol number.  
        The 24 value is globally unique within Cisco Systems for 
        Classification Engine ID 12, so the Collector can determine 
        which application is represented by the Application Tag by 
        loading the registry out of band. 
      

     6.2. Example 2: Standardized IANA Layer 3 Protocol 

        From the list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1, we can 
        see that the IANA layer 3 Classification Engine ID is 1: 
         
        IANA-       1      The IANA protocol (layer 3) number is 
         L3                exported in the Selector ID. 
                           See 
                           http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-
                           numbers.. 
      
        From the list of IANA layer 3 protocols (see [IANA-PROTO]), we 
        can see that ICMP has the value 1: 
                                         
        Decimal    Keyword    Protocol                    Reference 
      
      
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        1          ICMP       Internet Control Message    [RFC792] 
         
        So in the case of the standardized IANA layer 3 protocol ICMP, 
        the Classification Engine ID is 1, and the Selector ID has the 
        value of 1.  
         
        Therefore the Application Tag is encoded as: 
         
            0                   1            
            0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
           |       1       |       1       | 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
         
        So the Application Tag has the value of 257. Instead of 
        representing the Application Tag in hexadecimal format, the 
        format '1...1' is used for simplicity in the examples below. 
         
        Flexible NetFlow creates a Template Record with a few 
        Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Tag. 
        For example: 
         
        - sourceIPv4Address (key field) 
        - destinationIPv4Address (key field) 
        - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) 
        - applicationTag (key field) 
        - octetTotalCount (non key field) 
         
        For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template 
        Record may contain: 
         
            { sourceIPv4Address=1.1.1.1, destinationIPv4Address=2.2.2.2, 
              ipDiffServCodePoint=0, applicationTag='1...1', 
              octetTotalCount=123456 } 
         
        The Collector has all the required information to determine that 
        the application is ICMP, because the Application Tag uses a 
        global and well know registry, ie the IANA L3 protocol number.  
         
         
     6.3. Example 3: Cisco Systems Proprietary Layer 3 Protocol 

        Assume that Cisco Systems has specified a new layer 3 protocol 
        called "foo".  
         


      
      
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        From the list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1, we can 
        see that the Cisco Systems layer 3 Classification Engine ID is 
        2: 
         
        CANA-       2      Cisco Systems proprietary layer 3 
         L3                definition. Cisco Systems can still export 
                           its own layer 3 protocol numbers, while 
                           waiting for IANA to assign it. The 
                           Selector ID has a global significance for 
                           all Cisco Systems devices under CANA 
                           governance. Hopefully the same IDs will be 
                           maintained after the IANA standardization.  
         
         
        A global registry within Cisco Systems specifies that the "foo" 
        protocol has the value 90: 
         
        Protocol    Protocol Id 
        foo         90 
         
        So in the case of Cisco Systems layer 3 protocol foo, the 
        Classification Engine ID is 2, and the Selector ID has the value 
        of 90. 
         
        Therefore the Application Tag is encoded as: 
         
            0                   1            
            0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
           |       2       |       90      | 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
         
        So the Application Tag has the value of 602. Instead of 
        representing the Application Tag in hexadecimal format, the 
        format '2..90' is used for simplicity in the examples below. 
         
        Flexible NetFlow creates a Template Record with a few 
        Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Tag. 
        For example: 
         
        - sourceIPv4Address (key field) 
        - destinationIPv4Address (key field) 
        - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) 
        - applicationTag (key field) 
        - octetTotalCount (non key field) 
      
      
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        For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template 
        Record may contain: 
         
            { sourceIPv4Address=1.1.1.1, destinationIPv4Address=2.2.2.2, 
              ipDiffServCodePoint=0, applicationTag='2...90', 
              octetTotalCount=123456 } 
         
        Along with this Flow Record, a new Options Template Record would 
        be exported, as shown in Section 6.7.  
         
                                         
     6.4. Example 4: Standardized IANA Layer 4 Port 

        From the list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1, we can 
        see that the IANA layer 4 Classification Engine ID is 3: 
         
        IANA-       3      IANA layer 4 well-known port number is 
         L4                exported in the selector ID. 
                           See http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-
                           numbers. 
                            
                           Note: as a flow is unidirectional, it 
                           contains the destination port in a flow 
                           from the client to the server.  
         
        From the list of IANA layer 4 ports (see [IANA-PORTS]), we can 
        see that SNMP has the value 161: 
         
        Keyword    Decimal    Description 
        snmp       161/tcp    SNMP 
        snmp       161/udp    SNMP 
         
        So in the case of the standardized IANA layer 4 SNMP port, the 
        Classification Engine ID is 3, and the Selector ID has the value 
        of 161. 
         
        Therefore the Application Tag is encoded as: 
         
            0                   1            
            0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
           |       3       |      161      | 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
      
      
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        Flexible NetFlow creates a Template Record with a few 
        Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Tag. 
        For example: 
         
        - sourceIPv4Address (key field) 
        - destinationIPv4Address (key field) 
        - protocol (key field) 
        - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) 
        - applicationTag (key field) 
        - octetTotalCount (non key field) 
         
        For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template 
        Record may contain: 
         
            { sourceIPv4Address=1.1.1.1, destinationIPv4Address=2.2.2.2, 
              protocol=17, ipDiffServCodePoint=0, 
              applicationTag='3..161', octetTotalCount=123456 } 
      
        The Collector has all the required information to determine that 
        the application is SNMP, because the Application Tag uses a 
        global and well know registry, ie the IANA L4 protocol number.  
      
                                         
     6.5. Example 4: Layer 7 Application 

        In this example, the Metering Process has observes some Citrix 
        traffic. 
         
        From the list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1, we can 
        see that the L7 unique Engine ID is 13: 
         
         L7        13    The Selector ID represents the Cisco Systems 
                         unique global ID for the layer 7 
                         application. The Selector ID has a global 
                         significance for all Cisco Systems devices. 
         
        Suppose that the Metering Process returns the ID 10000 for 
        Citrix traffic. 
         
        So, in the case of this Citrix application, the Classification 
        Engine ID is 13 and the Selector ID has the value of 10000. 
         
        Therefore the Application Tag is encoded as: 
         
      
      
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       0                   1                   2                   3 
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |      13       |                                               | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |                             10000                             | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
        
        So the Application Tag has the value of '13..10000'.  
         
        Note that the figure shows that the Exporting Process exports 
        the value 10000 in 7 bytes: this is pure speculation.  However, 
        it doesn't matter as the applicationTag would be exported in a 
        variable length Information Element. 
         
        Flexible NetFlow creates a Template Record with a few 
        Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Tag. 
        For example: 
         
        - sourceIPv4Address (key field) 
        - destinationIPv4Address (key field) 
        - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) 
        - applicationTag (key field) 
        - octetTotalCount (non key field) 
         
        For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template 
        Record may contain: 
         
            { sourceIPv4Address=1.1.1.1, destinationIPv4Address=2.2.2.2, 
              ipDiffServCodePoint=0, applicationTag='13...10000', 
              octetTotalCount=123456 } 
         
        The 10000 value is globally unique within Cisco Systems, so the 
        Collector can determine which application is represented by the 
        Application Tag by loading the registry out of band. 
         
        Along with this Flow Record, a new Options Template Record would 
        be exported, as shown in Section 6.7.  
         
         
     6.6. Example: port Obfuscation 

        For example, a HTTP server might run a TCP port 23 (assigned to 
        telnet in [IANA-PORTS]). If the Metering Process is capable of 
        detecting HTTP in the same case, the Application Tag 
        representation must contain HTTP. However, if the reporting 
        application wants to determine whether or the default HTTP port 
      
      
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        80 or 8080 was used, it must export the destination port 
        (destinationTransportPort at [IANA-IPFIX]) in the corresponding 
        NetFlow record.  
         
        In the case of a standardized IANA layer 4 port, the 
        Classification Engine ID is 2, and the Selector ID has the value 
        of 80 for HTTP (see [IANA-PORTS]). 
         
        Therefore the Application Tag is encoded as: 
         
            0                   1                   2                   
            0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
           |       3       |             80                | 
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
         
        Flexible NetFlow creates a Template Record with a few 
        Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Tag. 
        For example: 
         
        - sourceIPv4Address (key field) 
        - destinationIPv4Address (key field) 
        - protocol (key field) 
        - destinationTransportPort (key field) 
        - applicationTag (key field) 
        - octetTotalCount (non key field) 
         
        For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template 
        Record may contain: 
         
            { sourceIPv4Address=1.1.1.1, destinationIPv4Address=2.2.2.2, 
              protocol=17, destinationTransportPort=23, 
              applicationTag='3..80', octetTotalCount=123456 } 
                     
        The Collector has all the required information to determine that 
        the application is HTTP, but runs on port 23. 
      

     6.7. Example: Application Mapping Options Template 

        Along with the Flow Records shown in the above examples, a new 
        Options Template Record would be exported to express the 
        Application Name and Application Description associated with 
        each Application Tag. 
         
        The Options Template Record contains the following Information 
        Elements: 
      
      
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        1. Scope = applicationTag. 
         
               From RFC 5101: "The scope, which is only available in the 
               Options Template Set, gives the context of the reported 
               Information Elements in the Data Records." 
                
        2. applicationName. 
         
        3. applicationDescription. 
         
         
        The Options Data Record associated with the examples above would 
        contain, for example: 
         
            { scope=applicationTag='2...90', 
              applicationName="foo", 
              applicationDescription="The Cisco foo protocol", 
         
              scope=applicationTag='13...10000', 
              applicationName="Citrix", 
              applicationDescription="A Citrix application" } 
         
        When combined with the example Flow Records above, these Options 
        Template Records tell the NetFlow collector: 
         
        1. A flow of 123456 bytes exists from sourceIPv4Address 1.1.1.1 
        to destinationIPv4address 2.2.2.2 with a DSCP value of 0 and an 
        applicationTag of '12...90', which maps to the "foo" 
        application. 
         
        2. A flow of 123456 bytes exists from sourceIPv4Address 1.1.1.1 
        to destinationIPv4address 2.2.2.2 with a DSCP value of 0 and an 
        Application Tag of '13...10000', which maps to the "Citrix" 
        application. 
         
     6.8. Example: Attributes Values Options Template Record 

        Along with the Flow Records shown in the above examples, a new 
        Options Template Record is exported to express the values of the 
        different attributes related to the Application Tags. 
         
        The Options Template Record would contain the following 
        Information Elements: 
         
          1. Scope = applicationTag. 
         
      
      
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               From RFC 5101: "The scope, which is only available in the 
               Options Template Set, gives the context of the reported 
               Information Elements in the Data Records." 
      
                
          2. applicationCategoryName. 
           
          3. applicationGroupName 
           
          4. p2pTechnology 
           
          5. tunnelTechnology 
           
          6. encryptedTechnology 
         
         
        The Options Data Record associated with the examples above would 
        contain, for example: 
         
            { scope=applicationTag='2...90', 
              applicationCategoryName="foo-category", 
              applicationGroupName="foo-group", 
              p2pTechnology=NO 
              tunnelTechnology=YES 
              encryptedTechnology=NO 
      
        When combined with the example Flow Records above, these Options 
        Template Records tell the NetFlow collector: 
         
        A flow of 123456 bytes exists from sourceIPv4Address 1.1.1.1 to 
        destinationIPv4address 2.2.2.2 with a DSCP value of 0 and an 
        applicationTag of '12...90', which maps to the "foo" 
        application.  This application can be characterized by the 
        relevant attributes values.  
      

     7. IANA Considerations 

      This document specifies 9 new IPFIX Information Elements: the 
      applicationDescription, applicationTag, applicationName, 
      classificationEngineId, applicationCategoryName, 
      applicationGroupName, p2pTechnology, tunnelTechnology, and 
      encryptedTechnology. 
       
      New Information Elements to be added to the IPFIX Information 
      Element registry at [IANA-IPFIX] are listed below. 
      
      
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      EDITOR'S NOTE: the XML specification in Appendix A must be updated 
      with the elementID values allocated below. 
       
     7.1. applicationDescription 

      Name: applicationDescription  
      Description:  
        Specifies the description of an application. 
      Abstract Data Type: string 
      Data Type Semantics:  
      ElementId: 94 
      Status: current  
       
      
     7.2. applicationTag 

      Name: applicationTag  
      Description:  
        Specifies an Application Tag. 
      Abstract Data Type: octetArray 
      Data Type Semantics: identifier 
      Reference: See section 4. of [EDITORS NOTE: this document] for the 
      applicationTag Information Element Specification. 
      ElementId: 95 
      Status: current 
      
      
     7.3. applicationName 

      Name: applicationName  
      Description:  
        Specifies the name of an application. 
      Abstract Data Type: string  
      Data Type Semantics: 
      ElementId: 96 
      Status: current 
       
       
     7.4. classificationEngineId 

      Name: classificationEngineId 
      Description: 
        Specifies the classification engine according to Table 1 in 
        [EDITORS NOTE: this document]. 
      Abstract Data Type: unsigned8 
      Data Type Semantics: identifier 
      
      
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      ElementId: 101 
      Status: current 
       
       
     7.5. applicationCategoryName 

      Name: applicationCategoryName  
      Description:  
        An attribute that provides a first level categorization for each 
      Application Tag. 
      Abstract Data Type: string  
      Data Type Semantics: 
      ElementId: <to be assigned> 
      Status: current  
       
       
     7.6. applicationGroupName 

      Name: applicationGroupName  
      Description:  
        An attribute that groups multiple Application Tags that belong 
      to the same networking application 
      Abstract Data Type: string  
      Data Type Semantics: 
      ElementId: <to be assigned> 
      Status: current  
       
       
     7.7. p2pTechnology 

      Name: p2pTechnology  
      Description:  
        Specifies if the Application Tag is based on peer-to-peer 
      technology. Possible values are: "yes", "no", and "unassigned" 
      Abstract Data Type: string  
      Data Type Semantics: 
      ElementId: 288 
      Status: current  
       
       
     7.8. tunnelTechnology 

      Name: tunnelTechnology  
      Description:  
        Specifies if the application tag is used as a tunnel technology.    
        Possible values are: "yes", "no", and "unassigned" 

      
      
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      Abstract Data Type: string 
      Data Type Semantics: 
      ElementId: 289 
      Status: current  
       
       
     7.9. encryptedTechnology 

      Name: encryptedTechnology  
      Description:  
        Specifies if the application tag is an encrypted networking 
      protocol. Possible values are: "yes", "no", and "unassigned" 
      Abstract Data Type: string 
      Data Type Semantics: 
      ElementId: 290 
      Status: current 
      
       
      
     8. Security Considerations 

      The same security considerations as for the IPFIX Protocol 
      [RFC5101] apply. 
       
      
     9. References 

     9.1. Normative References 

        [RFC2119] S. Bradner, Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate 
                Requirement Levels, BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. 
      
        [RFC5101] Claise, B., Ed., "Specification of the IP Flow 
                Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of 
                IP Traffic Flow Information", RFC 5101, January 2008. 
      
        [RFC5102] Quittek, J., Bryant, S., Claise, B., Aitken, P., and 
                J. Meyer, "Information Model for IP Flow Information 
                Export", RFC 5102, January 2008. 
      
         
     9.2. Informative References 

         
        [RFC792] J. Postel, Internet Control Message Protocol, RFC 792, 
                September 1981. 
          
      
      
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        [RFC3917] Quittek, J., Zseby, T., Claise, B., and S. Zander, 
                Requirements for IP Flow Information Export, RFC 3917, 
                October 2004. 
         
        [RFC5103] Trammell, B., and E. Boschi, "Bidirectional Flow 
                Export Using IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)", RFC 
                5103, January 2008. 
      
        [RFC5470] Sadasivan, G., Brownlee, N., Claise, B., and J. 
                Quittek, "Architecture for IP Flow Information Export", 
                RFC 5470, March 2009. 
         
        [RFC5471] Schmoll, C., Aitken, P., and B. Claise, "Guidelines 
                for IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Testing", RFC 
                5471, March 2009. 
         
         
        [RFC5473] Boschi, E., Mark, L., and B. Claise, "Reducing 
                Redundancy in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) and 
                Packet Sampling (PSAMP) Reports", RFC 5473, March 2009. 
      
        [RFC5476] Claise, B., Ed., "Packet Sampling (PSAMP) Protocol 
                Specifications", RFC 5476, March 2009. 
         
        [RFC6313] Claise, B., Dhandapani, G. Aitken, P., and S. Yates, 
                "Export of Structured Data in IP Flow Information 
                Export (IPFIX)", RFC6313, July 20111  
         
        [IANA-IPFIX] http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix/ipfix.xml 
         
        [IANA-PORTS] http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers 
         
        [IANA-PROTO] http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers 
         
        [CISCO] http://www.cisco.com 
         

     10. Acknowledgement 

      The authors would like to thank their many colleagues across Cisco 
      Systems who made this work possible. 
       
       
      
      
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     11. Authors' Addresses 

       
      Benoit Claise 
      Cisco Systems Inc. 
      De Kleetlaan 6a b1 
      Diegem 1813 
      Belgium 
          
      Phone: +32 2 704 5622 
      EMail: bclaise@cisco.com 
       
       
       
      Paul Aitken 
      Cisco Systems (Scotland) Ltd. 
      96 Commercial Quay 
      Commercial Street 
      Edinburgh, EH6 6LX, United Kingdom 
          
      Phone: +44 131 561 3616 
      EMail: paitken@cisco.com 
       
       
       
      Nir Ben-Dvora 
      Cisco Systems Inc. 
      32 HaMelacha St.,  
      P.O.Box 8735, I.Z.Sapir  
      South Netanya, 42504  
      Israel 
       
      Phone: +972 9 892 7187 
      EMail: nirbd@cisco.com 
       
       











      
      
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      Appendix A.  Additions to XML Specification of IPFIX Information 
      Elements 

        This appendix contains additions to the machine-readable 
        description of the IPFIX information model coded in XML in 
        Appendix A and Appendix B in [RFC5102].  Note that this appendix 
        is of informational nature, while the text in Section 7. 
        (generated from this appendix) is normative. 
         
        The following field definitions are appended to the IPFIX 
        information model in Appendix A of [RFC5102]. 
      
        <field name="applicationDescription" 
                 dataType="string" 
                 group="application" 
                 elementId="94" applicability="all" status="current"> 
            <description> 
              <paragraph> 
                 Specifies the description of an application. 
              </paragraph> 
            </description> 
          </field> 
         
          <field name="applicationTag" 
                 dataType="octetArray" 
                 group="application" 
                 dataTypeSemantics="identifer" 
                 elementId="95" applicability="all" status="current"> 
            <description> 
              <paragraph> 
                 Specifies an Application Tag. 
              </paragraph> 
            </description> 
            <reference> 
              <paragraph> 
                 See section 4. of [EDITORS NOTE: this document] for the 
        applicationTag Information Element Specification. 
              </paragraph> 
            </reference> 
          </field> 
         
          <field name="applicationName" 
                 dataType="string" 
                 group="application" 
                 elementId="96" applicability="all" status="current"> 
            <description> 
              <paragraph> 
      
      
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                 Specifies the name of an application. 
              </paragraph> 
            </description> 
          </field> 
         
          <field name="classificationEngineId" 
                 dataType="unsigned8" 
                 group="application" 
                 dataTypeSemantics="identifer" 
                 elementId="101" applicability="all" status="current"> 
            <description> 
              <paragraph> 
                 Specifies the classification engine according to Table 
        1 in [EDITORS NOTE: this document]. 
              </paragraph> 
            </description> 
          </field> 
         
          <field name="applicationCategoryName" 
                 dataType="string" 
                 group="application" 
                 elementId="<to be assigned>" applicability="all" 
        status="current"> 
            <description> 
              <paragraph> 
                 An attribute that provides a first level categorization  
                 for each Application Tag. 
              </paragraph> 
            </description> 
          </field> 
       
        <field name="applicationGroupName" 
                 dataType="string" 
                 group="application" 
                 elementId="<to be assigned>" applicability="all" 
        status="current"> 
            <description> 
              <paragraph> 
                   An attribute that groups multiple Application Tags  
                   that belong to the same networking application. 
              </paragraph> 
            </description> 
          </field> 
       
          <field name="p2pTechnology" 
                 dataType="string" 
                 group="application" 
      
      
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                 elementId="288" applicability="all" status="current"> 
            <description> 
              <paragraph> 
                     Specifies if the Application Tag is based on peer- 
                     to-peer technology. Possible values are: "yes",  
                     "no", and "unassigned". 
              </paragraph> 
            </description> 
          </field> 
       
          <field name="tunnelTechnology" 
                 dataType="string" 
                 group="application" 
                 elementId="289" applicability="all" status="current"> 
            <description> 
              <paragraph> 
                       Specifies if the application tag is used as a  
                       tunnel technology. Possible values are: "yes",  
                       "no", and "unassigned". 
              </paragraph> 
            </description> 
          </field> 
         
          <field name="encryptedTechnology" 
                 dataType="string" 
                 group="application" 
                 elementId="290" applicability="all" status="current"> 
            <description> 
              <paragraph> 
                       Specifies if the application tag is an encrypted  
                       networking protocol. Possible values are: "yes",  
                       "no", and "unassigned". 
              </paragraph> 
            </description> 
          </field> 
         
      










      
      
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