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IPv6 Query for Enabled In-situ OAM Capabilities
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draft-ietf-6man-icmpv6-ioam-conf-state-01
6MAN Working Group                                                X. Min
Internet-Draft                                                 ZTE Corp.
Updates: 4620, 4884 (if approved)                              G. Mirsky
Intended status: Standards Track                                Ericsson
Expires: 28 December 2023                                   26 June 2023

            IPv6 Query for Enabled In-situ OAM Capabilities
               draft-ietf-6man-icmpv6-ioam-conf-state-01

Abstract

   This document describes the IPv6 Node IOAM Information Query
   functionality, which uses the IPv6 Node Information messages,
   allowing the IOAM encapsulating node to discover the enabled IOAM
   capabilities of each IOAM transit and decapsulating node.

   This document updates RFCs 4620 and 4884.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Node IOAM Information Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Examples of the Node IOAM Information Query . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Node IOAM Information Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.1.  IOAM Capabilities Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.2.  Examples of the Node IOAM Information Reply . . . . . . .   8
   5.  Code Field Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   6.  Updates to RFC 4884 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   9.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   10. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     10.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     10.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16

1.  Introduction

   IPv6 encapsulation for In-situ OAM (IOAM) data is defined in
   [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-ipv6-options], which uses IPv6 hop-by-hop and
   destination options to carry IOAM data fields ([RFC9197], [RFC9326]).

   As specified in [RFC9359], echo request/reply can be used by the IOAM
   encapsulating node to discover the enabled IOAM capabilities at the
   IOAM transit and decapsulating nodes.

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   As specified in [RFC4443], the Internet Control Message Protocol for
   IPv6 (ICMPv6) is an integral part of IPv6, and the base protocol MUST
   be fully implemented by every IPv6 node.  ICMPv6 messages defined in
   [RFC4443] include error messages and informational messages, and the
   latter are referred to as ICMPv6 Echo Request/Reply messages.
   [RFC4884] defines ICMPv6 Extension Structure by which multi-part
   ICMPv6 error messages are supported.  [RFC8335] defines ICMPv6
   Extended Echo Request/Reply messages, and the ICMPv6 Extended Echo
   Request contains an ICMPv6 Extension Structure customized for this
   message.  Both [RFC4884] and [RFC8335] provide sound principles and
   examples on how to extend ICMPv6 messages.

   As specified in [RFC4620], two types of IPv6 Node Information
   messages, the Node Information Query (or NI Query) and the Node
   Information Reply (or NI Reply), also known as ICMPv6 messages, are
   used for a Querier node to query information of a Responder node.

   This document describes the IPv6 Node IOAM Information Query
   functionality, which uses the IPv6 Node Information messages,
   allowing the IOAM encapsulating node to discover the enabled IOAM
   capabilities of each IOAM transit and decapsulating node.

   The IOAM encapsulating node sends a NI Query to each IOAM transit and
   decapsulating node, then each receiving node executes access control
   procedures, and if access is granted, each receiving node returns a
   NI Reply which indicates the enabled IOAM capabilities of the
   receiving node.  The NI Reply contains an ICMPv6 Extension Structure
   exactly customized to this message, and the ICMPv6 Extension
   Structure contains one or more IOAM Capabilities Objects.

   Note that before the IOAM encapsulating node sends the NI Query, it
   needs to know the IPv6 address of each node along the transport path
   of a data packet to which IOAM data would be added.  That can be
   achieved by executing ICMPv6/UDP traceroute or provisioning explicit
   path at the IOAM encapsulating node.  In an Equal-Cost Multipath
   (ECMP) scenario, the same value or values in any ECMP affecting
   fields (e.g., the 3-tuple of the Flow Label, Source Address, and
   Destination Address fields [RFC6437]) of IOAM data packets MUST be
   populated in the NI Query, ensuring the fate sharing between the NI
   Query and IOAM data packets.

2.  Conventions Used in This Document

   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.

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3.  Node IOAM Information Query

   The Node IOAM Information Query message is encapsulated in an IPv6
   header [RFC8200], like any ICMPv6 message.

   The Node IOAM Information Query message has the following format:

      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            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Qtype             |             Flags             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     +                             Nonce                             +
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     .                                                               .
     .                  List of IOAM Namespace-IDs                   .
     .                                                               .
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

               Figure 1: Node IOAM Information Query Message

   IPv6 Header fields:

   *  Source Address: The Source Address identifies the IOAM
      encapsulating node.  It MUST be a valid IPv6 unicast address.

   *  Destination Address: The Destination Address identifies the IOAM
      transit or decapsulating node.  It MUST be a valid IPv6 unicast
      address.

   ICMPv6 fields:

   *  Type: NI Query.  The value is 139 as allocated for [RFC4620].

   *  Code: The value is (TBD1) the Data field contains a List of IOAM
      Namespace-IDs which is the Subject of this Query.

   *  Checksum: The ICMPv6 checksum.

   *  Qtype: The value is TBD2, which indicates the NI Query is a node
      IOAM capabilities query.

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   *  Flags: The same as defined in [RFC4620].  Flags are Qtype-
      specific, the NI Query Qtype used in this document has no defined
      flags.

   *  Nonce: The same as defined in [RFC4620].

   *  Data: Following the NI Query header, the Data field is a List of
      IOAM Namespace-IDs, which is also called IOAM Capabilities Query
      Container payload in Section 3.1 of [RFC9359].

3.1.  Examples of the Node IOAM Information Query

   The format of a Node IOAM Information Query can vary from deployment
   to deployment.

   In a deployment where only the default Namespace-ID is used, the Node
   IOAM Information Query is depicted as the following:

      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             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Qtype             |             Flags             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     +                             Nonce                             +
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID          |          Zero-padded          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 2: Example 1 of the Node IOAM Information Query

   In a deployment where two Namespace-IDs (Namespace-ID1 and Namespace-
   ID2) are used, the Node IOAM Information Query is depicted as the
   following:

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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             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Qtype             |             Flags             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     +                             Nonce                             +
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID1         |         Namespace-ID2         |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 3: Example 2 of the Node IOAM Information Query

   Note that when a Node IOAM Information Query message is received, the
   message length is indicated by the Payload Length field of IPv6
   Header [RFC8200].

4.  Node IOAM Information Reply

   The Node IOAM Information Reply message is encapsulated in an IPv6
   header [RFC8200], like any ICMPv6 message.

   The Node IOAM Information Reply message has the following format:

      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            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Qtype             |             Flags             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     +                             Nonce                             +
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     .                                                               .
     .               List of IOAM Capabilities Objects               .
     .                                                               .
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

               Figure 4: Node IOAM Information Reply Message

   IPv6 Header fields:

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   *  Source Address: Copied from the Destination Address field of the
      invoking Node IOAM Information Query packet.

   *  Destination Address: Copied from the Source Address field of the
      invoking Node IOAM Information Query packet.

   ICMPv6 fields:

   *  Type: NI Reply.  The value is 140 as allocated for [RFC4620].

   *  Code: The values are (TBD3) No Matched Namespace-ID, and (TBD4)
      Exceed the minimum IPv6 MTU.  See Section 5 for details.

   *  Checksum: The ICMPv6 checksum.

   *  Qtype: Copied from the Qtype field of the invoking Node IOAM
      Information Query.

   *  Flags: The same as defined in [RFC4620].  Flags are Qtype-
      specific, the NI Reply Qtype used in this document has no defined
      flags.

   *  Nonce: Copied from the Nonce field of the invoking Node IOAM
      Information Query.

   *  Data: Following the NI Reply header, the Data field is a List of
      IOAM Capabilities Objects, which is also called IOAM Capabilities
      Response Container payload in Section 3.2 of [RFC9359].  Section 7
      of [RFC4884] defines the ICMP Extension Structure.  As per RFC
      4884, the Extension Structure contains exactly one Extension
      Header followed by one or more objects.  When applied to the Node
      IOAM Information Reply message, the ICMP Extension Structure MUST
      contain one or more IOAM Capabilities Objects.

4.1.  IOAM Capabilities Objects

   All ICMPv6 IOAM Capabilities Objects are encapsulated in a Node IOAM
   Information Reply message.

   Each ICMPv6 IOAM Capabilities Object has the following format:

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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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     .                                                               .
     .                IOAM Capabilities Object Payload               .
     .                                                               .
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                     Figure 5: IOAM Capabilities Object

   Object fields:

   *  Class-Num: IOAM Capabilities Objects.  The values are listed as
      the following:

      Value         Object Name
      -----         -----------
      TBD5          IOAM Tracing Capabilities Object
      TBD6          IOAM Proof of Transit Capabilities Object
      TBD7          IOAM Edge-to-Edge Capabilities Object
      TBD8          IOAM DEX Capabilities Object
      TBD9          IOAM End-of-Domain Object

   *  C-Type: Values are listed as the following:

      Class-Num     C-Type     C-Type Name
      ---------     ------     -----------
      TBD5          0          Reserved
                    1          Pre-allocated Tracing
      TBD6          0          Reserved
      TBD7          0          Reserved
      TBD8          0          Reserved
      TBD9          0          Reserved

   *  Length: Length of the object, measured in octets, including the
      Object Header and payload.

   *  Object payload: Following the IOAM Capabilities Object Header,
      it's the IOAM Capabilities Object payload, which is defined
      respectively in Section 3.2.1, Section 3.2.3, Section 3.2.4,
      Section 3.2.5 and Section 3.2.6 of [RFC9359].

4.2.  Examples of the Node IOAM Information Reply

   The format of a Node IOAM Information Reply can vary from deployment
   to deployment.

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   In a deployment where only the default Namespace-ID is used, the IOAM
   Pre-allocated Tracing Capabilities and IOAM Proof of Transit
   Capabilities are enabled at the IOAM transit node that received a
   Node IOAM Information Query, the Node IOAM Information Reply is
   depicted as the following:

      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             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Qtype             |             Flags             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     +                             Nonce                             +
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |               IOAM-Trace-Type                 |  Reserved   |W|
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID          |          Ingress_MTU          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |  Ingress_if_id (short or wide format)         ......          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID          | IOAM-POT-Type |SoP| Reserved  |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 6: Example 1 of the Node IOAM Information Reply

   In a deployment where two Namespace-IDs (Namespace-ID1 and Namespace-
   ID2) are used, for both Namespace-ID1 and Namespace-ID2 the IOAM Pre-
   allocated Tracing Capabilities and IOAM Proof of Transit Capabilities
   are enabled at the IOAM transit node that received a Node IOAM
   Information Query, the Node IOAM Information Reply is depicted as the
   following:

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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             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Qtype             |             Flags             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     +                             Nonce                             +
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |               IOAM-Trace-Type                 |  Reserved   |W|
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID1         |          Ingress_MTU          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |  Ingress_if_id (short or wide format)         ......          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID1         | IOAM-POT-Type |SoP| Reserved  |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |               IOAM-Trace-Type                 |  Reserved   |W|
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID2         |          Ingress_MTU          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |  Ingress_if_id (short or wide format)         ......          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID2         | IOAM-POT-Type |SoP| Reserved  |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 7: Example 2 of the Node IOAM Information Reply

   In a deployment where only the default Namespace-ID is used, the IOAM
   Pre-allocated Tracing Capabilities, IOAM Proof of Transit
   Capabilities and IOAM Edge-to-Edge Capabilities are enabled at the
   IOAM decapsulating node that received a Node IOAM Information Query,
   the Node IOAM Information Reply is depicted as the following:

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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             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Qtype             |             Flags             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     +                             Nonce                             +
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |               IOAM-Trace-Type                 |  Reserved   |W|
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID          |          Ingress_MTU          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |  Ingress_if_id (short or wide format)         ......          |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID          | IOAM-POT-Type |SoP| Reserved  |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |             Length            |   Class-Num   |   C-Type      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Namespace-ID          |         IOAM-E2E-Type         |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |TSF|         Reserved          |           Reserved            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 8: Example 3 of the Node IOAM Information Reply

   Note that when a Node IOAM Information Reply message is received, the
   message length is indicated by the Payload Length field of IPv6
   Header [RFC8200].

5.  Code Field Processing

   The Code field in the Node IOAM Information Reply MUST be set to
   (TBD3) No Matched Namespace-ID if any of the following conditions
   apply:

   *  The Node IOAM Information Query does not include any Namespace-ID.

   *  None of the contained list of IOAM Namespace-IDs is recognized.

   *  None of the contained list of IOAM Namespace-IDs is enabled.

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   The Code field in the Node IOAM Information Reply MUST be set to
   (TBD4) Exceed the minimum IPv6 MTU if the formatted NI Reply packet
   exceeds the minimum IPv6 MTU (i.e., 1280 octets).  In this case, all
   objects MUST be stripped before forwarding the Node IOAM Information
   Reply to its destination.

6.  Updates to RFC 4884

   Section 4.6 of [RFC4884] provides a list of extensible ICMP messages
   (i.e., messages that can carry the ICMP Extension Structure).  This
   document adds the IPv6 Node Information Query message and the IPv6
   Node Information Reply message to that list.

7.  IANA Considerations

   This document requests the following IANA actions:

   *  Add the following Code to the "Type 139 - ICMP Node Information
      Query" sub-registry:

      -  (TBD1) The Data field contains a List of IOAM Namespace-IDs
         which is the Subject of this Query

   *  Add the following to the "Qtypes" registry:

      -  TBD2 Node IOAM Capabilities

   *  Add the following Codes to the "Type 140 - ICMP Node Information
      Response" sub-registry:

      -  (TBD3) No Matched Namespace-ID

      -  (TBD4) Exceed the minimum IPv6 MTU

   *  Add the following to the "ICMP Extension Object Classes and Class
      Sub-types" registry:

      -  (TBD5) IOAM Tracing Capabilities Object

   *  Add the following C-types to the "Sub-types - Class TBD5 - IOAM
      Tracing Capabilities Object" sub-registry:

      -  (0) Reserved

      -  (1) Pre-allocated Tracing

   *  Add the following to the "ICMP Extension Object Classes and Class
      Sub-types" registry:

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      -  (TBD6) IOAM Proof of Transit Capabilities Object

   *  Add the following C-types to the "Sub-types - Class TBD6 - IOAM
      Proof of Transit Capabilities Object" sub-registry:

      -  (0) Reserved

   *  Add the following to the "ICMP Extension Object Classes and Class
      Sub-types" registry:

      -  (TBD7) IOAM Edge-to-Edge Capabilities Object

   *  Add the following C-types to the "Sub-types - Class TBD7 - IOAM
      Edge-to-Edge Capabilities Object" sub-registry:

      -  (0) Reserved

   *  Add the following to the "ICMP Extension Object Classes and Class
      Sub-types" registry:

      -  (TBD8) IOAM DEX Capabilities Object

   *  Add the following C-types to the "Sub-types - Class TBD8 - IOAM
      DEX Capabilities Object" sub-registry:

      -  (0) Reserved

   *  Add the following to the "ICMP Extension Object Classes and Class
      Sub-types" registry:

      -  (TBD9) IOAM End-of-Domain Object

   *  Add the following C-types to the "Sub-types - Class TBD9 - IOAM
      End-of-Domain Object" sub-registry:

      -  (0) Reserved

   All codes mentioned above are assigned on a First Come First Serve
   (FCFS) basis with a range of 0-255.

8.  Security Considerations

   Securiy issues discussed in [RFC4620] and [RFC9359] apply to this
   document.

   This document recommends using IP Authentication Header [RFC4302] or
   IP Encapsulating Security Payload Header [RFC4303] to provide
   integrity protection for IOAM capabilities information.

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   This document recommends using IP Encapsulating Security Payload
   Header [RFC4303] to provide privacy protection for IOAM capabilities
   information.

   This document recommends that the network operators establish
   policies that restrict access to IPv6 Node IOAM Information Query
   functionality.  In order to enforce these policies, nodes that
   support IPv6 Node IOAM Information Query functionality MUST support
   the following configuration options:

   *  Enable/disable IPv6 Node IOAM Information Query functionality.  By
      default, IPv6 Node IOAM Information Query functionality is
      disabled.

   *  Define enabled Namespace-IDs.  By default, all Namespace-IDs
      except the default one (i.e., Namespace-ID 0x0000) are disabled.

   *  For each enabled Namespace-ID, define the prefixes from which Node
      IOAM Information Query messages are permitted.

   In order to protect local resources, implementations SHOULD rate-
   limit incoming Node IOAM Information Query messages.

9.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to acknowledge Eric Vyncke and Erik Kline for
   their valuable suggestions on using IPv6 Node Information Queries as
   the basis.

   The authors would like to acknowledge Bob Hinden for his valuable
   suggestions on the ICMPv6 message format.

   The authors would like to acknowledge Chongfeng Xie and Zhenqiang Li
   for their review and helpful comments.

10.  References

10.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-ipv6-options]
              Bhandari, S. and F. Brockners, "In-situ OAM IPv6 Options",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-ippm-ioam-
              ipv6-options-12, 7 May 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-ippm-
              ioam-ipv6-options-12>.

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   [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>.

   [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>.

   [RFC4620]  Crawford, M. and B. Haberman, Ed., "IPv6 Node Information
              Queries", RFC 4620, DOI 10.17487/RFC4620, August 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4620>.

   [RFC4884]  Bonica, R., Gan, D., Tappan, D., and C. Pignataro,
              "Extended ICMP to Support Multi-Part Messages", RFC 4884,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4884, April 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4884>.

   [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>.

   [RFC9359]  Min, X., Mirsky, G., and L. Bo, "Echo Request/Reply for
              Enabled In Situ OAM (IOAM) Capabilities", RFC 9359,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9359, April 2023,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9359>.

10.2.  Informative References

   [RFC4302]  Kent, S., "IP Authentication Header", RFC 4302,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4302, December 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4302>.

   [RFC4303]  Kent, S., "IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)",
              RFC 4303, DOI 10.17487/RFC4303, December 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4303>.

   [RFC6437]  Amante, S., Carpenter, B., Jiang, S., and J. Rajahalme,
              "IPv6 Flow Label Specification", RFC 6437,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6437, November 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6437>.

   [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>.

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   [RFC8335]  Bonica, R., Thomas, R., Linkova, J., Lenart, C., and M.
              Boucadair, "PROBE: A Utility for Probing Interfaces",
              RFC 8335, DOI 10.17487/RFC8335, February 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8335>.

   [RFC9197]  Brockners, F., Ed., Bhandari, S., Ed., and T. Mizrahi,
              Ed., "Data Fields for In Situ Operations, Administration,
              and Maintenance (IOAM)", RFC 9197, DOI 10.17487/RFC9197,
              May 2022, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9197>.

   [RFC9326]  Song, H., Gafni, B., Brockners, F., Bhandari, S., and T.
              Mizrahi, "In Situ Operations, Administration, and
              Maintenance (IOAM) Direct Exporting", RFC 9326,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9326, November 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9326>.

Authors' Addresses

   Xiao Min
   ZTE Corp.
   Nanjing
   China
   Phone: +86 25 88013062
   Email: xiao.min2@zte.com.cn

   Greg Mirsky
   Ericsson
   United States of America
   Email: gregimirsky@gmail.com

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