OAM Capabilities for IPv6
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draft-bonica-6man-oam-01
6man Working Group R. Bonica
Internet-Draft Juniper Networks
Intended status: Standards Track G. Chen
Expires: September 10, 2019 Baidu
Y. Zhu
China Telecom
March 9, 2019
OAM Capabilities for IPv6
draft-bonica-6man-oam-01
Abstract
This document defines new IPv6 Operations and Management (OAM)
capabilities. In order to support these new capabilities, this
document defines an IPv6 OAM Option and an ICMPv6 OAM message.
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Table of Contents
1. Problem Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. The OAM Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3.1. Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. The ICMPv6 OAM Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Problem Statement
This document defines new IPv6 [RFC8200] Operations and Management
(OAM) capabilities. In order to support these new capabilities, this
document defines an IPv6 OAM Option and an ICMPv6 [RFC4443] OAM
message.
2. Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
3. The OAM Option
IPv6 source nodes use the OAM option to invoke one or more OAM
actions on downstream devices. The OAM option can be included in any
of the following:
o A Hop-by-hop header.
o A Destination Options header that precedes a Routing header.
o A Destination Options header that precedes an upper-layer header.
If a Hop-by-hop header includes an OAM option, OAM actions MAY be
invoked on every node along the path to the destination, including
the destination. If a Destination Options header that precedes a
Routing header includes an OAM option, OAM actions are invoked by the
first node that appears in the IPv6 Destination Address field plus
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subsequent nodes listed in the Routing header. If a Destination
Options header that precedes an upper-layer header includes an OAM
option, OAM actions are invoked on the destination node only.
The OAM option includes the following fields:
o Option Type (8 bits): OAM. Value TBD by IANA. See Note 1 and
Note 2.
o Opt Data Len (8 bits): Length of Option Data, in bytes. Value
MUST be equal to 2.
o Option Data (16 bits): A bit mask indicating which OAM actions are
to be invoked.
+------+-----------+------------------------------------------------+
| Bit | Action | Notes |
+------+-----------+------------------------------------------------+
| 0 | Log the | The processing node creates a log entry. The |
| | packet | log entry reflects the time at which it was |
| | | created. It also reflects the time at which |
| | | the packet arrived. |
| | | |
| 1 | Count the | The processing node increments a counter. |
| | packet | |
| | | |
| 2 | Send an | The processing node sends an ICMP OAM message |
| | ICMPv6 | to the packet's source. The OAM message |
| | OAM | indicates the time at which the packet |
| | | arrived. |
| | | |
| 3 | Send | The processing node sends telemetry to a |
| | telemetry | monitoring station. Telemetry includes the |
| | | packet and the time at which the packet |
| | | arrived. |
| | | |
| 4-15 | Reserved | |
+------+-----------+------------------------------------------------+
Table 1: Option Data Bits Mapped to OAM Actions
Table 1 maps Option Data bits to OAM actions.
NOTE 1: As per [RFC8200], the highest-order two bits of the Option
Type (i.e., the "act" bits) specify the action taken by a processing
node that does not recognize Option Type. The required action is
skip over this option and continue processing the header. Therefore,
IANA is requested to assign this Option Type with "act" bits "00".
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NOTE 2: As per [RFC8200], the third-highest-order bit (i.e., the
"chg" bit) of the Option Type specifies whether Option Data can
change on route to the packet's destination. Because option data
MUST NOT be changed, IANA is requested to assign this Option Type
with "chg" bit "0".
3.1. Processing
The processing of OAM actions is optional. If a node does not
support particular OAM action, it can ignore the corresponding bit in
Option Data.
Having processed an OAM option, the processing node should continue
to process the packet. If possible, the OAM action should be
executed in parallel with the processing of the rest of the packet.
The processing node SHOULD execute the OAM action, even if it can not
process the packet further. For example, assume the following:
o A node receives a packet.
o The packet contains a Hop-by-hop Options header and the Hop-by-hop
Options header includes the OAM option.
o The node does not maintain a route to the packet's Destination
Address
In this case, the node SHOULD execute the requested OAM action.
Because the node does not maintain a route to the packet's
Destination Address, it should also send an ICMPv6 Destination
Unreachable message to the source node an discard the packet.
4. The ICMPv6 OAM Message
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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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Code | Checksum |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Length | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Timestamp (seconds) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Timestamp (fraction) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+ Original Datagram +
| |
Figure 1
Figure 1 depicts the ICMPv6 OAM message. The ICMPv6 OAM message
contains the following fields:
o Type - OAM. Value TBD by IANA.
o Code - MUST be set to (0) No Error.
o Checksum - See [RFC4443]
o Reserved - MUST be set to 0 and MUST be ignored upon receipt.
o Length - Represents the length of the padded "original datagram"
field, measured in 32-bit words.
o Timestamp (seconds) - Represents the time at which the original
packet arrived in Network Time Protocol (NTP) [RFC5905] format.
o Timestamp (fraction) - Represents the time at which the original
packet arrived in NTP [RFC5905] format.
o Original Datagram - As much of invoking packet as possible without
the ICMPv6 packet exceeding the minimum IPv6 MTU (1280 bytes).
The original datagram MUST be zero padded to the nearest 32-bit
boundary.
ICMPv6 OAM messages SHOULD be rate limited by the sender.
The Timestamp fields SHOULD be as accurate as possible. They SHOULD
reflect the time at which the original packet arrived, not the time
at which the ICMPv6 OAM message was sent.
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5. IANA Considerations
IANA is requested to perform the following actions:
o Allocate a codepoint from the Destination Options and Hop-by-hop
Options registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-
parameters/ipv6-parameters.xhtml#ipv6-parameters-2). This option
is called "OAM". The "act" bits are 00 and the "chg" bit is 0.
o Create a subregistry in the Destination Options and Hop-by-hop
Options registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-
parameters/ipv6-parameters.xhtml#ipv6-parameters-2). This
subregistry is called OAM Option Data Bit Mask. Its contents are
defined in Table 1 of this document.
o Allocate a codepoint from the "ICMPv6 'type' Numbers" registry
(https://www.iana.org/assignments/icmpv6-parameters/
icmpv6-parameters.xml). This type is called "OAM". As it
represents an informational message, its value should be greater
than 128.
o Create a "Type x - OAM" subregistry in the "ICMPv6 'type' Numbers"
registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/icmpv6-parameters/
icmpv6-parameters.xml) registry. This subregistry contains the
Code entry (0) No Error.
6. Security Considerations
The OAM option can also be used in denial of service attacks.
Network devices SHOULD protect themselves against such attacks by
limiting the number of OAM options that they process per unit time.
If the rate limit is exceeded, the network device MAY either discard
the packet or continue to process the packet, ignoring the OAM
option.
7. Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge Fred Baker, Ross Callon, Brian Carpenter and
Tom Herbert for their helpful comments.
8. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
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[RFC4443] Conta, A., Deering, S., and M. Gupta, Ed., "Internet
Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet
Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", STD 89,
RFC 4443, DOI 10.17487/RFC4443, March 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4443>.
[RFC5905] Mills, D., Martin, J., Ed., Burbank, J., and W. Kasch,
"Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms
Specification", RFC 5905, DOI 10.17487/RFC5905, June 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5905>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8200] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6) Specification", STD 86, RFC 8200,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8200, July 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8200>.
Authors' Addresses
Ron Bonica
Juniper Networks
Herndon, Virginia 20171
USA
Email: rbonica@juniper.net
Gang Chen
Baidu
Baidu Technology Park Building No.2, No.10 Xibeiwang East Road Haidian District
Beijing 100193
P.R. China
Email: phdgang@gmail.com
Yongqing Zhu
China Telecom
109 West Zhongshan Ave, Tianhe District
Guangzhou
P.R. China
Email: zhuyq.gd@chinatelecom.cn
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