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D.3. Communication and Network Services Standards
| Purpose | Standard | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Basic connectivity between technical services. | Internet Protocol (IETF Standard 5, September 1981. RFCs
791/950/919/922/792/1112)
Transmission Control Protocol (IETF Standard 7, RFC 793:1981 updated by 3168:2001) Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) (IETF RFC 2460:1998) Domain Name System (IETF Standard 13, RFC 1034/RFC 1035:1987) |
IP networking. Accommodate both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and Network Address Translation. Utilize Quality of Service capabilities of the network. |
| Service transport protocol | Hypertext Transfer Protocol - HTTP 1.1 (RFC 2616:1999) | HTTP shall be used as the transport protocol for information
without 'need-to-know' caveats between all service providers and
consumers.
HTTPS shall be used as the transport protocol between all service providers and consumers to ensure confidentiality requirements. |
| Provide communications security over the network above the Transport Layer | Mandatory: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2
(RFC 5246:2008)
Fading (until Dec 2011): Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.0 (RFC 2246:1999) Retired: Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Protocol, Version 3.0, 18 Nov 1996 |
|
| Voice communication | VoIP: SIP RFC 3261 | |
| Secure Network management | Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) | |
| Facilitate the access and authorization between AMN users | Directory service: LDAPv3, RFC 4510
Authentication: Kerberos version 5, RFC 1510 |
The AMN OPT has identified three options available to a nation
when joining their national network extension to the AMN:
(Option 1 and 2 should be considered before option 3. Ref: AMN Systems engineering CONOPS dated 29 April 10). Whilst LDAP is a vendor independent standard, in practice Active Directory (AD) is the product providing directory services on the AMN. AD provides additional services aside from LDAP like functionality. The new Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 are likely to be used in future to better support Option 3 above. |
Table D.1. Communication and Network Services Standards