Cisco Systems Export of Application Information in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
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draft-claise-export-application-info-in-ipfix-10
IPFIX Working Group B. Claise Internet-Draft P. Aitken Intended Status: Informational N. Ben-Dvora Expires: February 8, 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. August 8, 2012 Cisco Systems Export of Application Information in IPFIX draft-claise-export-application-info-in-ipfix-10 Status of this Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc<rfc-no>. 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Abstract This document specifies an Cisco Systems 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]. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 3] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction.......................................... 5 1.1. Application Information Use Cases................... 7 2. IPFIX Documents Overview.............................. 8 3. Terminology........................................... 8 3.1. New Terminology.................................. 9 4. applicationId Information Element Specification....... 9 4.1. Existing Classification Engine IDs.............. 10 4.2. Selector ID Length per Classification IDs....... 14 4.3. Application Name Options Template Record........ 15 4.4. Resolving IANA L4 Port Discrepancies............ 16 5. Grouping the Applications with the Attributes........ 16 5.1. Options Template Record for the Attribute Values 18 6. Application Id Examples.............................. 18 6.1. Example 1: Layer 2 Protocol..................... 18 6.2. Example 2: Standardized IANA Layer 3 Protocol... 20 6.3. Example 3: Proprietary Layer 3 Protocol......... 21 6.4. Example 4: Standardized IANA Layer 4 Port....... 22 6.5. Example 5: Layer 7 Application.................. 23 6.6. Example 6: Layer 7 Application with Private Enterprise Number (PEN).............................. 24 6.7. Example: port Obfuscation....................... 26 6.8. Example: Application Name Mapping Options Template27 6.9. Example: Attributes Values Options Template Record28 7. IANA Considerations.................................. 29 7.1. New Information Elements........................ 29 7.1.1. applicationDescription........................ 30 7.1.2. applicationId................................. 30 7.1.3. applicationName............................... 30 7.1.4. classificationEngineId....................... 30 7.1.5. applicationCategoryName....................... 33 7.1.6. applicationSubCategoryName.................... 33 7.1.7. applicationGroupName.......................... 33 7.1.8. p2pTechnology................................. 34 7.1.9. tunnelTechnology.............................. 34 7.1.10. encryptedTechnology.......................... 34 7.2. Classification Engine Ids Registry.............. 35 8. Security Considerations.............................. 35 9. References........................................... 36 9.1. Normative References............................ 36 9.2. Informative References.......................... 36 10. Acknowledgement..................................... 38 11. Authors' Addresses.................................. 39 Appendix A. Additions to XML Specification of IPFIX Information Elements (non normative).................... 39 <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 4] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 Appendix B. Port Collisions Tables (non normative)..... 45 Appendix C. Application Registry Example (non normative)49 List of Figures and Tables Figure 1: applicationId Information Element ............. 9 Table 1: Existing Classification Engine IDs ............ 13 Table 2: Selector ID default length per Classification Engine ID ........................................... 14 Table 3: Application Id Static Attributes .............. 17 Table 4: Different Protocols on UDP and TCP ............ 47 Table 5: Different Protocols on SCTP and TCP ........... 49 1. 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 web applications, peer to peer applications, file transfer, e-mail applications, etc.). Applications can be further characterized by other criteria, some of which are application specific. 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 several different methods or even a combination of methods: 1. L2 (Layer 2) protocols (such as ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol), LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)) 2. IP protocols (such as ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol), IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol), GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) 3. TCP or UDP ports (such as HTTP, Telnet, FTP) <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 5] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 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 aim to provide an accurate identification and minimize 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 runs on different port than the IANA assigned one. For example an HTTP server might run a TCP port 23 (assigned to telnet in [IANA- PORTS]) 2. IANA port registries do not accurately reflect how certain ports are "commonly" used today. Some ports are reserved, but 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 applications based on multiple mechanisms in parallel. Detection based only on port matching might wrongly identify the application. If the Metering Process is capable of detecting applications more accurately, it is considered to be stronger and more accurate. Similarly, a reporting mechanism that uses L4 port based applications only, such as L4:<known port>, would have similar issues. The reporting system should be capable of reporting the applications classified using all types of mechanisms. In particular applications that do not have any IANA port definition. While a mechanism to export application information should be defined, the L4 port being used must be exported using the destination port (destinationTransportPort at [IANA-IPFIX]) in the corresponding IPFIX record. This document specifies the Cisco Systems application information encoding (as described in section 4. ) to <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 6] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 export the application information with the IPFIX protocol [RFC5101]. Applications could be identified at different OSI layers, from layer 2 to layer 7. For example: Link Layer Distribution Protocol (LLDP) [LLDP] can be identified in layer 2, ICMP can be identified in layer 3 [IANA-PROTO], HTTP can be identified in layer 4 [IANA-PORTS], and Webex can be identified in 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. Indeed, the specifications for some applications embedded in the payload are not available. Some reverse engineering as well as a ubiquitous language for application identification, would be required conditions to be able to manage an IANA registry for these types of applications. Clearly, these are blocking factors. This document specifies the Cisco Systems application information encoding. However, the layer 7 application registry values are out of scope of this document. 1.1. Application Information Use Cases There are several use cases for application information: 1. Application Visibility This is one of the main cases for using the application information. Network administrators are using application visibility to understand the main network consumers, network trends and user behavior. 2. 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 application information to provide the network function itself or to log the network function operation. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 7] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 2. 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. 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. 3. Terminology IPFIX-specific terminology used in this document is defined in Section 2 of the IPFIX protocol specification [RFC5101]. As in [RFC5101], these IPFIX-specific terms have the first letter of a word capitalized when used in this document. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 8] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 3.1. New Terminology Application Id A unique identifier for an application. When an application is detected, the most granular application is encoded in the Application Id. 4. applicationId Information Element Specification This document specifies the applicationId Information Element, which is a single field composed of two parts: 1. 8 bits of Classification Engine ID. The Classification Engine can be considered as a specific registry for application assignments. 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: applicationId 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 A unique identifier of the application for a specific Classification Engine ID. Note that the Selector ID length varies depending on the Classification Engine ID. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 9] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 The Selector ID term is similar in concepts with the selectorId Information Element, specified in the PSAMP Protocol [RFC5476][RFC5477]. 4.1. Existing Classification Engine IDs The following Classification Engine IDs have been allocated: Name Value Description 0 Invalid. IANA-L3 1 The Assigned Internet Protocol Number (layer 3 (L3)) is exported in the Selector ID. See [IANA-PROTO]. PANA-L3 2 Proprietary layer 3 definition. An enterprise can export its own layer 3 protocol numbers. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. IANA-L4 3 The IANA layer 4 (L4) well-known port number is exported in the Selector ID. See [IANA-PORTS]. Note: as an IPFIX flow is unidirectional, it contains the destination port in a flow from the client to the server. PANA-L4 4 Proprietary layer 4 definition. An enterprise can export its own layer 4 port numbers. The Selector ID has global significance for devices from the same enterprise. Example: IPFIX had the port 4739 pre-assigned in the IETF draft for years. While waiting for the RFC and its associated IANA registration, the Selector ID 4739 was used with this PANA-L4. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 10] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 5 Reserved. USER- 6 The Selector ID represents Defined applications defined by the user (using CLI, GUI, etc.) based on the methods described in section 1. The Selector ID has a local significance per device. 7 Reserved. 8 Reserved. 9 Reserved. 10 Reserved. 11 Reserved. PANA-L2 12 Proprietary layer 2 (L2) definition. An enterprise can export its own layer 2 identifiers. The Selector ID represents the enterprise's unique global layer 2 applications. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. Examples include Cisco Subnetwork Access Protocol (SNAP). PANA-L7 13 Proprietary layer 7 definition. The Selector ID represents the enterprise's unique global ID for the layer 7 applications. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. This Classification Engine Id is used when the application registry is owned by the Exporter manufacturer (referred to as the "enterprise" in this document). 14 Reserved. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 11] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 15 Reserved. 16 Reserved. 17 Reserved. ETHERTYPE 18 The Selector ID represents the well-known Ethertype. See [ETHERTYPE]. Note that the Ethertype is usually expressed in hexadecimal. However, the corresponding decimal value is used in this Selector ID. LLC 19 The Selector ID represents the well-known IEEE 802.2 Link Layer Control (LLC) Destination Service Access Point (DSAP). See [LLC]. Note that LLC DSAP is usually expressed in hexadecimal. However, the corresponding decimal value is used in this Selector ID. PANA-L7- 20 Proprietary layer 7 definition, PEN including a Private Enterprise Number (PEN) [PEN] to identify that the application registry being used is not owned by the Exporter manufacturer (referred to as the "enterprise" in this document, and identified by the PEN), or to identify the original enterprise in the case of a mediator or 3rd party device. The Selector ID represents the enterprise unique global ID for the layer 7 applications. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. 21 to 255 Available (255 is the maximum Engine ID) <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 12] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 Table 1: Existing Classification Engine IDs "PANA = Proprietary Assigned Number Authority". In other words, an enterprise specific version of IANA for internal IDs. The PANA-L7 Classification Engine ID SHOULD be used when the application registry is owned by the Exporter manufacturer, referred to as the "enterprise" in this document, and identified by the PEN. Even if the application registry is owned by the Exporter manufacturer, the PANA-L7-PEN MAY be used, specifying the manufacturer. The mechanism for the Collector to know about Exporter PEN is out of scope of this document. Possible tracks are: SNMP polling, an Options Template export, hardcoded value, etc. An Exporter may classify the application according to another vendor's application registry. E.g., an IPFIX Mediator [RFC6183] may need to re-export applications received from different Exporters using different PANA-L7 application registries. For example, X's IPFIX Mediator aggregates traffic from some Exporters which report enterprise Y applications and other Exporters which report enterprise Z applications. Or, X's device implements enterprise Y's application classifications. In these cases, the PANA-L7-PEN Classification Engine MUST be used, which allows the original enterprise ID to be reported. The ID of the enterprise which defined the application ID is identified by the enterprise's PEN. An example is displayed in section 6.6. Note that the the PANA-L7 Classification Engine ID is also used for resolving IANA L4 port Discrepancies (see Section 4.4) The list in table 1 is maintained by IANA thanks to the registry within the classificationEngineId Information Element. See the "IANA Considerations" section. The Classification Engine Id is part of the Application Id encoding, so the classificationEngineId Information Element is currently not required by the specifications in this document. However, this Information Element was created for completeness, as it was anticipated that this Information Element will be required in the future. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 13] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 4.2. Selector ID Length per Classification IDs As the Selector Id part of the Application Id is variable based on the Classification Engine ID value, the applicationId SHOULD be encoded in a variable-length Information Element [RFC5101] for the IPFIX export. The following table displays the Selector ID default length for the different Classification Engine IDs. Classification Selector ID default Engine ID Name length (in bytes) IANA-L3 1 PANA-L3 1 IANA-L4 2 PANA-L4 2 USER-Defined 3 PANA-L2 5 PANA-L7 3 ETHERTYPE 2 LLC 1 PANA-L7-PEN 3 (*) Table 2: Selector ID default length per Classification Engine ID (*) There is an extra 4 bytes for the PEN. However, the PEN is not considered part of the Selector ID. If a legacy protocol such as NetFlow version 9 [RFC3954] is used, and this protocol doesn't support variable length Information Elements, then either multiple Template Records (one per applicationId length), or a single Template Record corresponding to the maximum sized applicationId MUST be used. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 14] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 Application Ids MAY be encoded in a smaller number of bytes, following the same rules as for the IPFIX Reduced Size Encoding [RFC5101]. Application Ids MAY be encoded with a larger length. For example, a normal IANA L3 protocol encoding would take 2 bytes since the Selector ID represents the protocol field from the IP header encoded in one byte. However, an IANA L3 protocol encoding may be encoded with 3 bytes. In this case, the Selector ID value MUST always be encoded in the least significant bits as shown in Figure 2. 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 ... Selector ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Figure 2: Selector ID encoding 4.3. Application Name Options Template Record For Classification Engines which specify locally unique Application Ids (which means unique per engine and per router), an Options Template Record (see [RFC5101]) MUST be used to export the correspondence between the Application Id, the Application Name, and the Application Description. For Classification Engines which specify globally unique Application Ids, an Options Template Record MAY be used to export the correspondence between the Application Id, the Application Name and the Application Description, unless the mapping is hardcoded in the Collector, or known out of band (for example, by polling a MIB). An example Options Template is shown in section 6.8. Enterprises may assign company-wide Application Id values for the PANA-L7 Classification Engine. In this case, a possible optimization for the Collector is to keep the mappings between the Application Ids and the Application Names per enterprise, as opposed to per Exporter. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 15] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 4.4. Resolving IANA L4 Port Discrepancies Even though the IANA L4 ports usually point to the same protocols for both UDP, TCP or other transport types, there are some exceptions, as mentioned in the Appendix B. Instead of imposing the transport protocol (UDP/TCP/SCTP/etc.) in the scope of the "Application Name Options Template Record" (section 6.8. ) for all applications (on top of having the transport protocol as key-field in the Flow Record definition), the convention is that the L4 application is always TCP related. 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 3 and the SCTP L4 applications from Table 4 are assigned in the PANA_L7 Application Id range, i.e. 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 Ids, Application Ids MAY be categorized into groups. This 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 Id 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 Id. Examples include: browsing, email, file-sharing, gaming, instant messaging, voice- and-video, etc... The category attribute is encoded by the ApplicationCategoryName Information Element. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 16] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 Sub-Category An attribute that provides a second level categorization for each Application Id. Examples include: backup-systems, client-server, database, routing-protocol, etc... The sub-category attribute is encoded by the ApplicationSubCategoryName Information Element. Application- An attribute that groups multiple Group Application Ids 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 Id is based on peer-to-peer technology. The P2P-technology attribute is encoded by the p2pTechnology Information Element. Tunnel- Specifies if the Application Id is Technology used as a tunnel technology. The tunnel-technology attribute is encoded by the tunnelTechnology Information Element. Encrypted Specifies if the Application Id is an encrypted networking protocol. The encrypted attribute is encoded by the encryptedTechnology Information Element. Table 3: Application Id Static Attributes Every application is assigned to one ApplicationCategoryName, one ApplicationSubCategoryName, <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 17] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 one ApplicationGroupName, has one p2pTechnology, one tunnelTechnology, and one encryptedTechnology. These new Information Elements are specified in the IANA Consideration Section 7.1. 7.1. Maintaining the attribute values in IANA seems impossible to realize. Therefore the attribute values per application are enterprise specific. 5.1. Options Template Record for the Attribute Values An Options Template Record (see [RFC5101]) SHOULD be used to export the correspondence between each Application Id 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. The Attributes Option Template contains the ApplicationId as a scope field, followed by the ApplicationCategoryName, the ApplicationSubCategoryName, 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 6.9. 6. Application Id 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 The list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1 shows that the layer 2 Classification Engine IDs are 12 (PANA-L2), 18, (Ethertype) and 19 (LLC). From the Ethertype list, LLDP [LLDP] has the Selector ID value 0x88CC, so 35020 in decimal: <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 18] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 NAME Selector ID LLDP 35020 So, in the case of LLDP, the Classification Engine ID is 18 (LLC) while the Selector ID has the value 35020. Per section 4. , the applicationId Information Element, is a single field composed of 8 bits of Classification Engine ID, followed by m bits of Selector ID. Therefore the Application Id 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 18 | 35020 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ So the Application Id has the decimal value of 1214668. The format '18..35020' is used for simplicity in the examples below, to clearly express that two components of the Application ID. The Exporting Process creates a Template Record with a few Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Id. For example: - applicationId (key field) - octetTotalCount (non key field) For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template Record may contain: { applicationId='18..35020', octetTotalCount=123456 } The Collector has all the required information to determine that the application is LLDP, because the Application Id uses a global and well known registry, i.e. the Ethertype. The Collector can determine which application is represented by the Application Id by loading the registry out of band. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 19] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 6.2. Example 2: Standardized IANA Layer 3 Protocol From the list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1, the IANA layer 3 Classification Engine ID (IANA-L3) is 1. From the list of IANA layer 3 protocols (see [IANA-PROTO]), ICMP has the value 1: Decimal Keyword Protocol Reference 1 ICMP Internet Control [RFC792] Message 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 Id 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 Id has the value of 257. The format '1..1' is used for simplicity in the examples below. The Exporting Process creates a Template Record with a few Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Id. For example: - sourceIPv4Address (key field) - destinationIPv4Address (key field) - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) - applicationId (key field) - octetTotalCount (non key field) For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template Record may contain: { sourceIPv4Address=192.0.2.1, destinationIPv4Address=192.0.2.2, ipDiffServCodePoint=0, applicationId='1..1', <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 20] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 octetTotalCount=123456 } The Collector has all the required information to determine that the application is ICMP, because the Application Id uses a global and well know registry, ie the IANA L3 protocol number. 6.3. Example 3: Proprietary Layer 3 Protocol Assume that a enterprise has specified a new layer 3 protocol called "foo". From the list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1, the proprietary layer 3 Classification Engine ID (PANA-L3) is 2. A global registry within the enterprise specifies that the "foo" protocol has the value 90: Protocol Protocol Id foo 90 So, in the case of the layer 3 protocol foo specified by this enterprise, the Classification Engine ID is 2, and the Selector ID has the value of 90. Therefore the Application Id 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 Id has the value of 602. The format '2..90' is used for simplicity in the examples below. The Exporting Process creates a Template Record with a few Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Id. For example: - sourceIPv4Address (key field) - destinationIPv4Address (key field) - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 21] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 - applicationId (key field) - octetTotalCount (non key field) For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template Record may contain: { sourceIPv4Address=192.0.2.1, destinationIPv4Address=192.0.2.2, ipDiffServCodePoint=0, applicationId='2..90', octetTotalCount=123456 } Along with this Flow Record, a new Options Template Record would be exported, as shown in Section 6.8. 6.4. Example 4: Standardized IANA Layer 4 Port From the list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1, the IANA layer 4 Classification Engine ID (PANA-L3) is 3. From the list of IANA layer 4 ports (see [IANA-PORTS]), 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 Id is encoded as: 0 1 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 | 161 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ So the Application Id has the value of 196769. The format '3..161' is used for simplicity in the examples below. The Exporting Process creates a Template Record with a few Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Id. For example: <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 22] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 - sourceIPv4Address (key field) - destinationIPv4Address (key field) - protocol (key field) - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) - applicationId (key field) - octetTotalCount (non key field) For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template Record may contain: { sourceIPv4Address=192.0.2.1, destinationIPv4Address=192.0.2.2, protocol=17, ipDiffServCodePoint=0, applicationId='3..161', octetTotalCount=123456 } The Collector has all the required information to determine that the application is SNMP, because the Application Id uses a global and well know registry, ie the IANA L4 protocol number. 6.5. Example 5: Layer 7 Application In this example, the Metering Process has observed some Webex traffic. From the list of Classification Engine IDs in Table 1, the layer 7 unique Classification Engine ID (PANA-L7) is 13. Suppose that the Metering Process returns the ID 10000 for Webex traffic. So, in the case of this Webex application, the Classification Engine ID is 13 and the Selector ID has the value of 10000. Therefore the Application Id is encoded as: 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 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 23] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 So the Application Id has the value of 218113808. The format '13..10000' is used for simplicity in the examples below. The Exporting Process creates a Template Record with a few Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Id. For example: - sourceIPv4Address (key field) - destinationIPv4Address (key field) - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) - applicationId (key field) - octetTotalCount (non key field) For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template Record may contain: { sourceIPv4Address=192.0.2.1, destinationIPv4Address=192.0.2.2, ipDiffServCodePoint=0, applicationId='13..10000', octetTotalCount=123456 } The 10000 value is globally unique for the enterprise, so that the Collector can determine which application is represented by the Application Id by loading the registry out of band. Along with this Flow Record, a new Options Template Record would be exported, as shown in Section 6.8. 6.6. Example 6: Layer 7 Application with Private Enterprise Number (PEN) In this example, the layer 7 Webex traffic from Example 5 above have been classified by enterprise X. The exported records have been received by enterprise Y's mediation device, which wishes to forward them to a top level Collector. In order for the top level Collector to know that the records were classified by enterprise X, the enterprise Y mediation device must report the records using the PANA-L7-PEN Classification Engine ID with enterprise X's Private Enterprise Number. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 24] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 The PANA-L7-PEN Classification Engine ID is 20, and enterprise X's Selector ID for Webex traffic has the value of 10000. Therefore the Application Id is encoded as: 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 20 | enterprise ID = X ...| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |...Ent.ID.contd| 10000 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The format '20..X..10000' is used for simplicity in the examples below. The Exporting Process creates a Template Record with a few Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Id. For example: - sourceIPv4Address (key field) - destinationIPv4Address (key field) - ipDiffServCodePoint (key field) - applicationId (key field) - octetTotalCount (non key field) For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template Record may contain: { sourceIPv4Address=192.0.2.1, destinationIPv4Address=192.0.2.2, ipDiffServCodePoint=0, applicationId='20..X..10000', octetTotalCount=123456 } The 10000 value is globally unique for enterprise X, so that the Collector can determine which application is represented by the Application Id by loading the registry out of band. Along with this Flow Record, a new Options Template Record would be exported, as shown in Section 6.8. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 25] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 6.7. Example: port Obfuscation For example, an HTTP server might run on 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 Id representation must contain HTTP. However, if the reporting application wants to determine whether the default HTTP port 80 or 8080 was used, the destination port (destinationTransportPort at [IANA-IPFIX]) must also be exported in the corresponding IPFIX record. In the case of a standardized IANA layer 4 port, the Classification Engine ID (PANA-L4) is 3, and the Selector ID has the value of 80 for HTTP (see [IANA-PORTS]). Therefore the Application Id 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 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Exporting Process creates a Template Record with a few Information Elements: amongst other things, the Application Id. For example: - sourceIPv4Address (key field) - destinationIPv4Address (key field) - protocol (key field) - destinationTransportPort (key field) - applicationId (key field) - octetTotalCount (non key field) For example, a Flow Record corresponding to the above Template Record may contain: { sourceIPv4Address=192.0.2.1, destinationIPv4Address=192.0.2.2, protocol=17, destinationTransportPort=23, applicationId='3..80', octetTotalCount=123456 } The Collector has all the required information to determine that the application is HTTP, but runs on port 23. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 26] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 6.8. Example: Application Name Mapping Options Template Along with the Flow Records shown in the above examples, a new Options Template Record should be exported to express the Application Name and Application Description associated with each Application Id. The Options Template Record contains the following Information Elements: 1. Scope = applicationId. 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=applicationId='2..90', applicationName="foo", applicationDescription="The foo protocol", scope=applicationId='13..10000', applicationName="webex", applicationDescription="Webex application" } scope=applicationId='20..X..10000', applicationName="webex", applicationDescription="Webex application" } When combined with the example Flow Records above, these Options Template Records tell the Collector: 1. A flow of 123456 bytes exists from sourceIPv4Address 192.0.2.1 to destinationIPv4address 192.0.2.2 with an applicationId of '12..90', which maps to the "foo" application. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 27] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 2. A flow of 123456 bytes exists from sourceIPv4Address 192.0.2.1 to destinationIPv4address 192.0.2.2 with an Application Id of '13..10000', which maps to the "Webex" application. 3. A flow of 123456 bytes exists from sourceIPv4Address 192.0.2.1 to destinationIPv4address 192.0.2.2 with an Application Id of '20..PEN..10000', which maps to the "Webex" application, according to the application registry from the entrerprise X. 6.9. 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 Ids. The Options Template Record would contain the following Information Elements: 1. Scope = applicationId. 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. applicationSubCategoryName. 4. applicationGroupName 5. p2pTechnology 6. tunnelTechnology 7. encryptedTechnology The Options Data Record associated with the examples above would contain, for example: { scope=applicationId='2..90', <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 28] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 applicationCategoryName="foo-category", applicationSubCategoryName="foo-subcategory", applicationGroupName="foo-group", p2pTechnology=NO tunnelTechnology=YES encryptedTechnology=NO When combined with the example Flow Records above, these Options Template Records tell the Collector: A flow of 123456 bytes exists from sourceIPv4Address 192.0.2.1 to destinationIPv4address 192.0.2.2 with a DSCP value of 0 and an applicationId of '12..90', which maps to the "foo" application. This application can be characterized by the relevant attributes values. 7. IANA Considerations 7.1. New Information Elements This document specifies 10 new IPFIX Information Elements: the applicationDescription, applicationId, applicationName, classificationEngineId, applicationCategoryName, applicationSubCategoryName, applicationGroupName, p2pTechnology, tunnelTechnology, and encryptedTechnology. New Information Elements to be added to the IPFIX Information Element registry at [IANA-IPFIX] are listed below. EDITOR'S NOTE: RFC5102, which explains the IANA considerations for assigning new Information Elements mentions. "The value of these identifiers is in the range of 1-32767. Within this range, Information Element identifier values in the sub-range of 1-127 are compatible with field types used by NetFlow version 9 [RFC3954].". This is the reason why some Information Elements have already an assigned ElementId in the range 1-127, instead of <TBD>. These Information Elements should anyway follow the IANA Considerations from RFC5102, i.e. " New assignments for IPFIX Information Elements will be administered by IANA through Expert Review review". The reviewer is Nevil Brownlee. EDITOR'S NOTE: the XML specification in Appendix A must be updated with the elementID values allocated below. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 29] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 RFC-EDITOR/IANA-EDITOR: some entries are already present in IPFIX-IANA. However, those must be updated with the current content. 7.1.1. applicationDescription Name: applicationDescription Description: Specifies the description of an application. Abstract Data Type: string Data Type Semantics: ElementId: 94 Status: current 7.1.2. applicationId Name: applicationId Description: Specifies an Application Id. Abstract Data Type: octetArray Data Type Semantics: identifier Reference: See section 4. of [EDITORS NOTE: this document] for the applicationId Information Element Specification. ElementId: 95 Status: current 7.1.3. applicationName Name: applicationName Description: Specifies the name of an application. Abstract Data Type: string Data Type Semantics: ElementId: 96 Status: current 7.1.4. classificationEngineId Name: classificationEngineId Description: A unique identifier for the engine which determined the Selector ID. Thus the Classification Engine ID defines the context for the Selector ID. The Classification <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 30] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 Engine can be considered as a specific registry for application assignments. Initial values for this field are listed below. Further values may be assigned by IANA in the Classification Engine Ids registry. 0 Invalid. 1 IANA-L3: The Assigned Internet Protocol Number (layer 3 (L3)) is exported in the Selector ID. See http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers. 2 PANA-L3: Proprietary layer 3 definition. An enterprise can export its own layer 3 protocol numbers. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. 3 IANA-L4: The IANA layer 4 (L4) well-known port number is exported in the Selector ID. See [IANA- PORTS]. Note: as an IPFIX flow is unidirectional, it contains the destination port in a flow from the client to the server. 4 PANA-L4: Proprietary layer 4 definition. An enterprise can export its own layer 4 port numbers. The Selector ID has global significance for devices from the same enterprise. Example: IPFIX had the port 4739 pre-assigned in the IETF draft for years. While waiting for the RFC and its associated IANA registration, the Selector ID 4739 was used with this PANA-L4. 5 Reserved 6 USER-Defined: The Selector ID represents applications defined by the user (using CLI, GUI, etc.) based on the methods described in section 2. The Selector ID has a local significance per device. 7 Reserved 8 Reserved 9 Reserved <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 31] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 10 Reserved 11 Reserved 12 PANA-L2: Proprietary layer 2 (L2) definition. An enterprise can export its own layer 2 identifiers. The Selector ID represents the enterprise's unique global layer 2 applications. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. Examples include Cisco Subnetwork Access Protocol (SNAP). 13 PANA-L7: Proprietary layer 7 definition. The Selector ID represents the enterprise's unique global ID for the layer 7 applications. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. This Classification Engine Id is used when the application registry is owned by the Exporter manufacturer (referred to as the "enterprise" in this document). 14 Reserved 15 Reserved 16 Reserved 17 Reserved 18 ETHERTYPE: The Selector ID represents the well- known Ethertype. See [ETHERTYPE]. Note that the Ethertype is usually expressed in hexadecimal. However, the corresponding decimal value is used in this Selector ID. 19 LLC: The Selector ID represents the well-known IEEE 802.2 Link Layer Control (LLC) Destination Service Access Point (DSAP). See [LLC]. Note that LLC DSAP is usually expressed in hexadecimal. However, the corresponding decimal value is used in this Selector ID. 20 PANA-L7-PEN: Proprietary layer 7 definition, including a Private Enterprise Number (PEN) [PEN] to identify that the application registry being used is not owned by the Exporter manufacturer <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 32] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 (referred to as the "enterprise" in this document, and identified by the PEN), or to identify the original enterprise in the case of a mediator or 3rd party device. The Selector ID represents the enterprise unique global ID for the layer 7 applications. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. Some values (5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 17), are reserved to be compliant with existing implementations already using the classificationEngineId. Abstract Data Type: unsigned8 Data Type Semantics: identifier ElementId: 101 Status: current 7.1.5. applicationCategoryName Name: applicationCategoryName Description: An attribute that provides a first level categorization for each Application Id. Abstract Data Type: string Data Type Semantics: ElementId: <to be assigned> Status: current 7.1.6. applicationSubCategoryName Name: applicationSubCategoryName Description: An attribute that provides a second level categorization for each Application Id. Abstract Data Type: string Data Type Semantics: ElementId: <to be assigned> Status: current 7.1.7. applicationGroupName Name: applicationGroupName <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 33] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 Description: An attribute that groups multiple Application Ids that belong to the same networking application. Abstract Data Type: string Data Type Semantics: ElementId: <to be assigned> Status: current 7.1.8. p2pTechnology Name: p2pTechnology Description: Specifies if the Application Id is based on peer-to-peer technology. Possible values are: { "yes", "y", 1 }, { "no", "n", 2 } and { "unassigned" , "u", 0 }. Abstract Data Type: string Data Type Semantics: ElementId: 288 Status: current 7.1.9. tunnelTechnology Name: tunnelTechnology Description: Specifies if the Application Id is used as a tunnel technology. Possible values are: { "yes", "y", 1 }, { "no", "n", 2 } and { "unassigned" , "u", 0 }. Abstract Data Type: string Data Type Semantics: ElementId: 289 Status: current 7.1.10. encryptedTechnology Name: encryptedTechnology Description: Specifies if the Application Id is an encrypted networking protocol. Possible values are: { "yes", "y", 1 }, { "no", "n", 2 } and { "unassigned" , "u", 0 }. Abstract Data Type: string Data Type Semantics: <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 34] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 ElementId: 290 Status: current 7.2. Classification Engine Ids Registry The Information Element #101, named classificationEngineId, carries information about the context for the Selector ID, and can be considered as a specific registry for application assignments. For ensuring extensibility of this information, IANA has created a new registry for Classification Engine Ids and filled it with the initial list from the description Information Element #101, classificationEngineId. New assignments for Classification Engine Ids will be administered by IANA through Expert Review [RFC5226], i.e., review by one of a group of experts designated by an IETF Area Director. The group of experts must double check the new definitions with already defined Classification Engine Ids for completeness, accuracy, and redundancy. The specification of Classification Engine Ids MUST be published using a well-established and persistent publication medium. RFC-EDITOR: this should be assigned similarly to mplsTopLabelType subregistry at http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix/ipfix.xml 8. Security Considerations The same security considerations as for the IPFIX Protocol [RFC5101] apply. The IPFIX extension specified in this memo allows to identify what applications are used on the network. Consequently, it is possible to identify what applications are being used by the users, potentially threatening the privacy of those users, if not handled with great care. As mentioned in Section 1.1. , the application knowledge is useful in security based applications. Security applications may impose supplementary requirements on the export of application information, and these need to be examined on a case by case basis. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 35] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 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. [RFC5226] Narten, T., and H. Alverstrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", RFC 5226, May 2008 [ETHERTYPE] http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/ethertype /eth.txt [IANA-PORTS] http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers [IANA-PROTO] http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol- numbers [LLC] http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/llc/publi c.html. [PEN] http://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers 9.2. Informative References [RFC792] J. Postel, Internet Control Message Protocol, RFC 792, September 1981. [RFC3917] Quittek, J., Zseby, T., Claise, B., and S. Zander, Requirements for IP Flow Information Export, RFC 3917, October 2004. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 36] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 [RFC3954] B. Claise, "Cisco Systems NetFlow Services Export Version 9", RFC 3954, 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. [RFC5477] Dietz, T., Claise, B., Aitken, P., Dresslet F., and G. Carle, "Information Model for Packet Sampling Exports", RFC 5477, March 2009. [RFC6183] Kobayashi, A., Claise, B., Muenz, G., and K. Ishibashi, "IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Mediation: Framework", RFC6183, April 2011 [RFC6313] Claise, B., Dhandapani, G. Aitken, P., and S. Yates, "Export of Structured Data in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)", RFC6313, July 2011 [LLDP] "IEEE Std 802.1AB-2005, Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery", IEEE Std 802.1AB-2005 IEEE Std, 2005. [IANA-IPFIX] http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix/ipfix.xml <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 37] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 [CISCO-APPLICATION-REGISTRY] http://www.cisco.com/go/application_registry 10. Acknowledgement The authors would like to thank their many colleagues across Cisco Systems who made this work possible. Specifically Patrick Wildi for his time and expertise. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 38] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 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, Inc. 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 Appendix A. Additions to XML Specification of IPFIX Information Elements (non normative) This appendix A 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]. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 39] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 <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="applicationId" dataType="octetArray" group="application" dataTypeSemantics="identifier" elementId="95" applicability="all" status="current"> <description> <paragraph> Specifies an Application Id. </paragraph> </description> <reference> <paragraph> See section 4. of [EDITORS NOTE: this document] for the applicationId Information Element Specification. </paragraph> </reference> </field> <field name="applicationName" dataType="string" group="application" elementId="96" applicability="all" status="current"> <description> <paragraph> Specifies the name of an application. </paragraph> </description> </field> <field name="classificationEngineId" dataType="unsigned8" <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 40] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 group="application" dataTypeSemantics="identifier" elementId="101" applicability="all" status="current"> <description> <paragraph> 0 Invalid. 1 IANA-L3: The Assigned Internet Protocol Number (layer 3 (L3)) is exported in the Selector ID. See http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol- numbers. 2 PANA-L3: Proprietary layer 3 definition. An enterprise can export its own layer 3 protocol numbers. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. 3 IANA-L4: The IANA layer 4 (L4) well-known port number is exported in the Selector ID. See [IANA-PORTS]. Note: as an IPFIX flow is unidirectional, it contains the destination port in a flow from the client to the server. 4 PANA-L4: Proprietary layer 4 definition. An enterprise can export its own layer 4 port numbers. The Selector ID has global significance for devices from the same enterprise. Example: IPFIX had the port 4739 pre-assigned in the IETF draft for years. While waiting for the RFC and its associated IANA registration, the Selector ID 4739 was used with this PANA-L4. 5 Reserved 6 USER-Defined: The Selector ID represents applications defined by the user (using CLI, GUI, etc.) based on the methods described in section 2. The Selector ID has a local significance per device. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 41] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 7 Reserved 8 Reserved 9 Reserved 10 Reserved 11 Reserved 12 PANA-L2: Proprietary layer 2 (L2) definition. An enterprise can export its own layer 2 identifiers. The Selector ID represents the enterprise's unique global layer 2 applications. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. Examples include Cisco Subnetwork Access Protocol (SNAP). 13 PANA-L7: Proprietary layer 7 definition. The Selector ID represents the enterprise's unique global ID for the layer 7 applications. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. This Classification Engine Id is used when the application registry is owned by the Exporter manufacturer (referred to as the "enterprise" in this document). 14 Reserved 15 Reserved 16 Reserved 17 Reserved 18 ETHERTYPE: The Selector ID represents the well-known Ethertype. See [ETHERTYPE]. Note that the Ethertype is usually expressed in <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 42] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 hexadecimal. However, the corresponding decimal value is used in this Selector ID. 19 LLC: The Selector ID represents the well-known IEEE 802.2 Link Layer Control (LLC) Destination Service Access Point (DSAP). See [LLC]. Note that LLC DSAP is usually expressed in hexadecimal. However, the corresponding decimal value is used in this Selector ID. 20 PANA-L7-PEN: Proprietary layer 7 definition, including a Private Enterprise Number (PEN) [PEN] to identify that the application registry being used is not owned by the Exporter manufacturer (referred to as the "enterprise" in this document, and identified by the PEN), or to identify the original enterprise in the case of a mediator or 3rd party device. The Selector ID represents the enterprise unique global ID for the layer 7 applications. The Selector ID has a global significance for all devices from the same enterprise. </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 Id. </paragraph> </description> </field> <field name="applicationSubCategoryName" <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 43] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 dataType="string" group="application" elementId="<to be assigned>" applicability="all" status="current"> <description> <paragraph> An attribute that provides a second level categorization for each Application Id. </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 Ids that belong to the same networking application. </paragraph> </description> </field> <field name="p2pTechnology" dataType="string" group="application" elementId="288" applicability="all" status="current"> <description> <paragraph> Specifies if the Application Id is based on peer- to-peer technology. Possible values are: { "yes", "y", 1 }, { "no", "n", 2 } and { "unassigned" , "u", 0 }. </paragraph> </description> </field> <field name="tunnelTechnology" dataType="string" group="application" elementId="289" <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 44] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 applicability="all" status="current"> <description> <paragraph> Specifies if the Application Id is used as a tunnel technology. Possible values are: { "yes", "y", 1 }, { "no", "n", 2 } and { "unassigned" , "u", 0 }. </paragraph> </description> </field> <field name="encryptedTechnology" dataType="string" group="application" elementId="290" applicability="all" status="current"> <description> <paragraph> Specifies if the Application Id is an encrypted networking protocol. Possible values are: { "yes", "y", 1 }, { "no", "n", 2 } and { "unassigned" , "u", 0 }. </paragraph> </description> </field> Appendix B. Port Collisions Tables (non normative) The following table lists the 10 ports that have different protocols assigned for TCP and UDP (at the time of writing this document): 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 <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 45] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 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 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 <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 46] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 acmaint_transd 775/udp busboy 998/tcp puparp 998/udp garcon 999/tcp applix 999/udp Applix ac Table 4: Different Protocols on UDP and TCP The following table lists the 19 ports that have different protocols assigned for TCP and SCTP (at the time of writing this document): # 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 <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 47] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 frc-lp 6706/sctp ForCES LP (Low priority) channel [RFC5811] # 9082/tcp <not assigned> lcs-ap 9082/sctp LCS Application Protocol Kimmo Kymalainen 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> <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 48] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 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> 07 February 2011 # 36444/tcp <not assigned> m3ap 36444/sctp M3 Application Part Dario S. Tonesi <dario.tonesi&nsn.com> 07 February 2011 Table 5: Different Protocols on SCTP and TCP Appendix C. Application Registry Example (non normative) A reference to the Cisco Systems assigned numbers for the Application Id and the different attribute assignments can be found at [CISCO-APPLICATION-REGISTRY]. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 49] Internet-Draft <Export of App. Info. in IPFIX > Aug 2012 RFC-EDITOR NOTE: at the time of publication, if [CISCO- APPLICATION-REGISTRY] is not available, this appendix, and the [CISCO-APPLICATION-REGISTRY] reference must be removed. <Claise, Aitken, Ben-Dvora> Expires Feb 8 2013 [Page 50]