The IESG has received a request from the Emergency Context Resolution with Internet Technologies WG (ecrit) to consider the following document: - 'Extensions to the Emergency Services Architecture for dealing with Unauthenticated and Unauthorized Devices' <draft-ietf-ecrit-unauthenticated-access-07.txt> as Proposed Standard
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the [email protected] mailing lists by 2013-09-27. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to [email protected] instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract The IETF emergency services architecture assumes that the calling device has acquired rights to use the access network or that no authentication is required for the access network, such as for public wireless access points. Subsequent protocol interactions, such as obtaining location information, learning the address of the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) and the emergency call itself are largely decoupled from the underlying network access procedures. In some cases, however, the device does not have these credentials for network access, does not have a VoIP service provider, or the credentials have become invalid, e.g., because the user has exhausted their prepaid balance or the account has expired. This document provides a problem statement, introduces terminology and describes an extension for the base IETF emergency services architecture to address these scenarios. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ecrit-unauthenticated-access/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-ecrit-unauthenticated-access/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
