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Network Working Group                                     P. Saint-Andre
Internet-Draft                                Jabber Software Foundation
Expires: August 22, 2003                                   J. Hildebrand
                                                            Jabber, Inc.
                                                       February 21, 2003


      Nodeprep: A Stringprep Profile for Node Identifiers in XMPP
                      draft-ietf-xmpp-nodeprep-01

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Abstract

   This document defines a stringprep profile for node identifiers in
   the eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).











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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   1.1 Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   1.2 Discussion Venue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   1.3 Intellectual Property Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Character Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.  Mapping  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   4.  Normalization  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   5.  Prohibited Output  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   6.  Bidirectional Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   7.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   8.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
       References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
       Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   A.  Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   A.1 Changes from draft-ietf-xmpp-nodeprep-00 . . . . . . . . . . . 13
       Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

































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1. Introduction

   This document, which defines a profile of stringprep (RFC 3454 [1]),
   specifies processing rules that will enable users to enter
   internationalized node identifiers in XMPP (see XMPP Core [2]) and
   have the highest chance of getting the content of the strings
   correct.  These processing rules are intended for XMPP node
   identifiers only, and not for arbitrary text.

   This profile defines the following, as required by RFC 3454 [1]:

   o  The intended applicability of the profile: internationalized node
      identifiers within XMPP

   o  The character repertoire that is the input and output to
      stringprep: Unicode 3.2, specified in section 2

   o  The mappings used: specified in section 3

   o  The Unicode normalization used: specified in section 4

   o  The characters that are prohibited as output: specified in section
      5

   o  Bidirectional character handling: specified in section 6


1.1 Terminology

   This document inherits the terminology defined in XMPP Core [2].

   The capitalized 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 [3].

1.2 Discussion Venue

   The authors welcome discussion and comments related to the topics
   presented in this document.  The preferred forum is the
   <xmppwg@jabber.org> mailing list, for which archives and subscription
   information are available at <http://www.jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/
   listinfo/xmppwg/>.

1.3 Intellectual Property Notice

   This document is in full compliance with all provisions of Section 10
   of RFC 2026.  Parts of this specification use the term "jabber" for



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   identifying namespaces and other protocol syntax.  Jabber[tm] is a
   registered trademark of Jabber, Inc.  Jabber, Inc.  grants permission
   to the IETF for use of the Jabber trademark in association with this
   specification and its successors, if any.















































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2. Character Repertoire

   This profile uses Unicode 3.2 with the list of unassigned code points
   being Table A.1, both defined in Appendix A of RFC 3454 [1].















































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3. Mapping

   This profile specifies mapping using the following tables from RFC
   3454 [1]:

      Table B.1

      Table B.2











































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4. Normalization

   This profile specifies using Unicode normalization form KC, as
   described in RFC 3454 [1].















































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5. Prohibited Output

   This profile specifies prohibiting use of the following tables from
   RFC 3454 [1].

      Table C.1.1

      Table C.1.2

      Table C.2.1

      Table C.2.2

      Table C.3

      Table C.4

      Table C.5

      Table C.6

      Table C.7

      Table C.8

      Table C.9

   In addition, the following Unicode characters are also prohibited:

      #x22 (")

      #x26 (&)

      #x27 (')

      #x2F (/)

      #x3A (:)

      #x3C (<)

      #x3E (>)

      #x40 (@)







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6. Bidirectional Characters

   This profile specifies checking bidirectional strings as described in
   section 6 of RFC 3454 [1].















































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7. Security Considerations

   The Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 repertoires have many characters that
   look similar.  In many cases, users of security protocols might do
   visual matching, such as when comparing the names of trusted third
   parties.  Because it is impossible to map similar-looking characters
   without a great deal of context such as knowing the fonts used,
   stringprep does nothing to map similar-looking characters together
   nor to prohibit some characters because they look like others.

   Node identifiers are commonly employed as the username of users who
   connect to XMPP servers for instant messaging and presence services.
   The security of such services could be compromised if a user entering
   a single internationalized node identifier could access another
   user's account information based on different interpretations of the
   internationalized node identifier.



































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8. IANA Considerations

   This is a profile of stringprep.  If and when it becomes an RFC, it
   should be registered in the stringprep profile registry maintained by
   the IANA [4].

   Name of this profile:

      Nodeprep

   RFC in which the profile is defined:

      This document

   Indicator whether or not this is the newest version of the profile:

      This is the first version of Nodeprep


































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References

   [1]  Hoffman, P. and M. Blanchet, "Preparation of Internationalized
        Strings ("stringprep")", RFC 3454, December 2002.

   [2]  Saint-Andre, P. and J. Miller, "XMPP Core (draft-ietf-xmpp-core-
        03, work in progress)", February 2003.

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

   [4]  Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, "Internet Assigned Numbers
        Authority", January 1998, <http://www.iana.org/>.


Authors' Addresses

   Peter Saint-Andre
   Jabber Software Foundation

   EMail: stpeter@jabber.org
   URI:   http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.php


   Joe Hildebrand
   Jabber, Inc.

   EMail: jhildebrand@jabber.com
   URI:   http://www.jabber.org/people/hildjj.php






















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Appendix A. Revision History

   Note to RFC editor: please remove this entire appendix, and the
   corresponding entries in the table of contents, prior to publication.

A.1 Changes from draft-ietf-xmpp-nodeprep-00

   o  Clarified references to Unicode 3.2 and unassigned code points.











































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Acknowledgement

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   Internet Society.



















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