QUIC-LB: Using Load Balancers to Generate QUIC Connection IDs
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QUIC                                                             M. Duke
Internet-Draft                                         F5 Networks, Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track                            May 22, 2018
Expires: November 23, 2018

     QUIC-LB: Using Load Balancers to Generate QUIC Connection IDs
                   draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-01

Abstract

   QUIC connection IDs allow continuation of connections across address/
   port 5-tuple changes, and can store routing information for stateless
   or low-state layer 4 load balancers.  They are also meant to prevent
   linkability of connections across deliberate address migration
   through the use of protected communications between client and
   server.  This creates issues for load-balancing intermediaries.  This
   specification standardizes the communication between load balancers
   and servers to overcome these issues in a protocol called QUIC-LB.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Protocol Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Simplicity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.2.  Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.3.  Robustness to Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Protocol Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Connection ID Generation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  Message Exchange  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.3.  Load Balancer Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.4.  Servers with Zero Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   4.  Message Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.1.  NEW_IDS message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.2.  ID_STOCK message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  Chained Load Balancers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Appendix B.  Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     B.1.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-00 . . . . . . . . .   9
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9

1.  Introduction

   Server-generated connection IDs create a potential need for out-of-
   band communication.  QUIC packets usually contain a connection ID to
   allow endpoints to associate packets with different address/port/
   protocol 5-tuples to the same connection context.  This feature makes
   connections robust in the event of NAT rebinding.

   QUIC allows servers (or load balancers) to designate an initial
   connection ID to encode useful routing information for load
   balancers.  It also encourages servers, in packets protected by
   cryptography, to provide additional connection IDs to the client.