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draft-ietf-dhc-dynamic-shared-v4allocation-09
DHC WG                                                            Y. Cui
Internet-Draft                                                    Q. Sun
Intended status: Standards Track                     Tsinghua University
Expires: November 29, 2015                                     I. Farrer
                                                     Deutsche Telekom AG
                                                                  Y. Lee
                                                                 Comcast
                                                                  Q. Sun
                                                           China Telecom
                                                            M. Boucadair
                                                          France Telecom
                                                            May 28, 2015

              Dynamic Allocation of Shared IPv4 Addresses
             draft-ietf-dhc-dynamic-shared-v4allocation-09

Abstract

   This memo describes the dynamic allocation of shared IPv4 addresses
   to clients using DHCPv4.  Address sharing allows a single IPv4
   address to be allocated to multiple active clients simultaneously,
   each client being differentiated by a unique set of transport layer
   source port numbers.  The necessary changes to existing DHCPv4 client
   and server behavior are described and a new DHCPv4 option for
   provisioning clients with shared IPv4 addresses is included.

   Due to the nature of IP address sharing, some limitations to its
   applicability are necessary.  This memo describes these limitations
   and recommends suitable architectures and technologies where address
   sharing may be utilized.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Applicability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   5.  Functional Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  Client-Server Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   7.  Client Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     7.1.  Restrictions to Client Usage of a Shared IPv4 Address . .   6
   8.  Server Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.1.  Leasing Shared and Non-Shared IPv4 Addresses from a
           Single DHCP 4o6 Server  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   9.  DHCPv4 Port Parameters Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   10. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     10.1.  Port Randomization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   11. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   12. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   13. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     13.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     13.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

1.  Introduction

   The shortage of available public IPv4 addresses means that it is not
   always possible for operators to allocate a full IPv4 address to
   every connected device.  This problem is particularly acute whilst an
   operator is migrating from their existing, native IPv4 network to a
   native IPv6 network with IPv4 provided as an overlay service.  During
   this phase, public IPv4 addresses are needed to provide for both
   existing and transition networks.

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   Two main types of solutions have emerged to address the problem (see
   Appendix A of [RFC6269]):

   1.  Deploying Carrier Grade Network Address Translation devices
       (CGNAT, [RFC6888]).
   2.  Distributing the same public IPv4 address to multiple clients
       differentiated by non-overlapping layer 4 port sets.

   This memo focuses on the second category of solutions.

   [RFC7341] introduces a "DHCP 4o6 Server", which offers dynamic
   leasing for IPv4 addresses to clients as in DHCPv4 [RFC2131] but
   transported within a DHCPv6 message flow.  This memo specifies a new
   DHCPv4 option: OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS, and describes how it can be used
   for the dynamic leasing of shared IPv4 addresses.

   Although DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 is used as the underlying DHCPv4
   transport mechanism throughout this document, OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS as
   a DHCPv4 option may also be used in other solutions, if required.

2.  Applicability Statement

   The solution allows multiple hosts to be simultaneously allocated the
   same IP address.  As the IP address is no longer a unique identifier
   for a host, this extension is only suitable for specific
   architectures based on the Address plus Port model (A+P) [RFC6346].
   Specifically, this document presents a solution that applies to
   [I-D.ietf-softwire-lw4over6] and certain configurations of
   [I-D.ietf-softwire-map] (e.g., EA-bit length set to 0).

   The solution should only be used on point-to-point links, tunnels,
   and/or in environments where authentication at the link layer is
   performed before IP address assignment.  It is not suitable for
   network access over shared media, including Ethernet, WLAN, cable,
   etc..

3.  Requirements Language

   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 [RFC2119].

4.  Terminology

   This document makes use of the following terms:

   Shared IPv4 address:  An IPv4 address with a restricted layer 4 port
                         set.

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   Port Set ID (PSID):   Identifier for a range of ports assigned to a
                         DHCP client.

5.  Functional Overview

   Functionally, the dynamic allocation of shared IPv4 addresses by the
   DHCP 4o6 Server is similar to the dynamic allocation process for
   'full' IPv4 addresses described in [RFC2131].  The essential
   difference is that the DHCP 4o6 Server can allocate the same IPv4
   address to more than one DHCP 4o6 client simultaneously, providing
   that each shared address allocation also includes a range of layer 4
   source ports unique to that address (i.e., the combined tuple of IPv4
   address and Port Set ID is to be unique for each active lease).

   The DHCP 4o6 client implements OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS (described
   below), which is a DHCPv4 option containing PSID (Port Set ID)
   information.  The client includes this option within the Parameter
   Request List option [RFC2132] in its DHCPv4 DHCPDISCOVER and
   DHCPREQUEST messages, indicating its support for shared, dynamic
   address leasing to the DHCP 4o6 server.

   OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS is also implemented by the server to identify
   clients that support shared, dynamic address leasing.  With this
   option, the server can dynamically allocate PSIDs to clients and
   maintain shared IPv4 address leases.  The server then manages unique
   client leases based the IPv4 address and PSID tuple, instead of using
   only the IPv4 address.

   In the event that a dynamic, shared addressing capable client
   receives more than one DHCP 4o6 offer, where a received offer does
   not contain OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS (i.e., is an offer for a full IPv4
   address), then the client SHOULD prefer the full IPv4 offer over the
   shared IPv4 address offer(s), unless specifically configured
   otherwise.

6.  Client-Server Interaction

   The following DHCPv4 message flow is transported within the
   DHCPv4-query and DHCPv4-response messages as in DHCPv4 over DHCPv6
   [RFC7341].

   1.  When the client constructs the DHCPv4 DHCPDISCOVER message to be
       transported within the DHCPv4-query message, the DHCPDISCOVER
       message MUST include the client identifier option (constructed as
       per [RFC4361]) and the Parameter Request List (PRL) option with
       the code of OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS.  The client MAY insert an
       OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS with preferred values in related fields as a
       suggestion to the DHCP 4o6 Server.

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   2.  DHCP 4o6 Servers that receive the DHCPDISCOVER message and
       support shared IPv4 addresses respond with a DHCPOFFER message
       with the shared IPv4 address in the 'yiaddr' field and MUST add
       an OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS option containing an available restricted
       port set.  If the DHCPDISCOVER included an OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS
       option containing a non-zero PSID-Len field, the DHCP 4o6 Server
       MAY allocate a port set of the requested size to the client
       (depending on policy).  The DHCPOFFER message is then
       encapsulated in the DHCPv4-response message and sent to the
       client.
   3.  The client evaluates all received DHCPOFFER messages and selects
       one (e.g., based on the configuration parameters received, such
       as the size of the offered port set).  The client then sends a
       DHCPREQUEST encapsulated in the DHCPv4-query message containing
       the corresponding OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS received in the DHCPOFFER
       message.
   4.  The server identified in the DHCPREQUEST message creates a
       binding for the client.  The binding includes the client
       identifier, the IPv4 address and the PSID.  These parameters are
       used by both the server and the client to identify a lease in any
       DHCP message.  The server MUST respond with a DHCPACK message
       containing OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS for the requesting client.
   5.  On receipt of the DHCPACK message with the configuration
       parameters, the client MUST NOT perform an in-use probe on the
       address, such as ARPing for a duplicate allocated address.
   6.  If the client chooses to relinquish its lease by sending a
       DHCPRELEASE message, the client MUST include the leased network
       address and OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS (with the allocated PSID) to
       identify the lease to be released.

   In the case that the client has stored the previously allocated
   address and restricted port set, the logic described in Section 3.2
   of [RFC2131] MUST be followed on the condition that the client's
   source IPv6 address for DHCP 4o6 does not change.  Note, this
   corresponds to the INIT-REBOOT state defined in [RFC2131].  The
   client MUST include the OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS with the requested port
   set information in the message flow, which starts with a DHCPREQUEST
   message.  If the client's DHCP 4o6 IPv6 source address is changed for
   any reason, the client MUST re-initiate the DHCP 4o6 shared-address
   provisioning process by sending a DHCPDISCOVER message.

7.  Client Behavior

   A DHCP 4o6 client sending a DHCPDISCOVER message for a shared IPv4
   address MUST include the OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS option code in the
   Parameter Request List option.  If a client has been successfully
   allocated an IPv4 address and PSID previously, the client's
   DHCPDISCOVER message MAY include the 'requested IP address' option

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   along with an OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS to request that a specific IPv4
   address and PSID be re-assigned.  Alternatively, the client MAY omit
   the 'requested IP address' option, but include an
   OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS with a non-zero value in only the PSID-Len
   field, as a hint to the server for the preferred size of the port
   set.

   A client that requests OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS, but receives DHCPOFFER
   and DHCPACK messages without OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS SHOULD proceed as
   defined in [RFC7341] and configure a full IPv4 address with no
   address sharing (see Section 8.1 for the server's behavior).

   When receiving a DHCPACK message containing OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS, the
   client MUST use the received explicit PSID for configuring the
   interface for which the DHCP 4o6 request was made.

   The client MUST NOT probe a newly received IPv4 address (e.g., using
   ARP) to see if it is in use by another host.

   When the client renews or releases its DHCP lease, it MUST put the
   values of offset, PSID length and PSID into OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS, and
   send it to the server within corresponding DHCPv4 messages that are
   conveyed through DHCPv4-query message.

   In the event that the client's DHCP 4o6 IPv6 source address is
   changed for any reason, the client MUST re-initiate the DHCP 4o6
   shared-address provisioning process by sending a DHCPDISCOVER
   message.

7.1.  Restrictions to Client Usage of a Shared IPv4 Address

   As a single IPv4 address is being shared between a number of
   different clients, the allocated shared address is only suitable for
   certain uses.  The client MUST implement a function to ensure that
   only the allocated layer 4 ports of the shared IPv4 address are used
   for sourcing new connections, or accepting inbound connections.

   The client MUST apply the following rules for all traffic destined to
   or originating from the shared IPv4 address:

   o  The client MUST use only port-aware protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP,
      DCCP etc.) or ICMP implementing [RFC5508].
   o  All connections originating from the shared IPv4 address MUST use
      a source port taken from the allocated restricted port set.
   o  The client MUST NOT accept inbound connections on ports outside of
      the allocated restricted port set.

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   In order to prevent addressing conflicts which could arise from the
   allocation of the same IPv4 address, the client MUST NOT use the
   received restricted IPv4 address to perform ARP operations.

   The mechanism by which a client implements the above rules is out of
   the scope of this document.

   In the event that the DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 configuration mechanism
   fails for any reason, the client MUST NOT configure an IPv4 link-
   local address [RFC3927] (taken from the 169.254.0.0/16 range).

8.  Server Behavior

   The DHCP 4o6 Server MUST NOT reply with OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS unless
   the client has explicitly listed the option code in the Parameter
   Request List (Option 55) [RFC2132].

   The DHCP 4o6 Server SHOULD reply with OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS if the
   client includes OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS in its Parameter Request List.
   In order to achieve the dynamic management of shared IPv4 addresses,
   the server is required to implement an address and port-set pool that
   provides the same function as the address pool in a regular DHCP
   server.  Also, the server uses the combination of address and PSID as
   the key for maintaining the state of a lease, and for searching for
   an available lease for assignment.  The leasing database is required
   to include the IPv4 address, PSID and client identifier of the
   requesting client.

   When a server receives a DHCPDISCOVER message with
   OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS in the Parameter Request List option, the server
   determines an IPv4 address with a PSID for the requesting client.  If
   an IPv4 address with a PSID is available, the server SHOULD follow
   the logic below to select which specific address and PSID to
   provision to the client.  The logic is similar to that in
   Section 4.3.1 of [RFC2131].

   o  The client's current address with the PSID as recorded in the
      client's current lease binding, ELSE
   o  The client's previous address with PSID as recorded in the
      client's (expired or released) binding, if that address with PSID
      is in the server's pool of available addresses and PSIDs, and not
      already allocated, ELSE
   o  The address requested in the 'Requested IP Address' option along
      with the PSID parameters requested in the OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS, if
      that pair of address and PSID is valid and not already allocated,
      ELSE
   o  A new address with a PSID allocated from the server's pool of
      available addresses and PSIDs.

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   Upon receipt of a DHCPRELEASE message with OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS, the
   server searches for the lease using the address in the 'ciaddr' field
   and the PSID information in the OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS, and marks the
   lease as unallocated if a record (matching that PSID) is maintained
   by the server for that client.

   The port-set assignment MUST be coupled with the address assignment
   process.  Therefore the server MUST assign the address and port set
   in the same DHCP message.

   When defining the pools of IPv4 addresses and PSIDs which are
   available to lease to clients, the server MUST implement a mechanism
   to reserve some port ranges (e.g., 0-1023) from allocation to
   clients.  The reservation policy SHOULD be configurable.

8.1.  Leasing Shared and Non-Shared IPv4 Addresses from a Single DHCP
      4o6 Server

   A single DHCP 4o6 server may serve clients that do not support
   OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS as well as those that do.  As the rules for the
   allocation of shared addresses differ from the rules for full IPv4
   address assignment, the DHCP 4o6 server MUST implement a mechanism to
   ensure that clients not supporting OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS do not
   receive shared addresses.  For example, two separate IPv4 addressing
   pools could be used, one of which allocates IPv4 addresses and PSIDs
   only to clients that have requested them.

   If the server is only configured with address pools for shared
   address allocation, it MUST discard requests that do not contain
   OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS in the Parameter Request List option.

   A server configured with non-shared address pools can be instructed
   to honor received requests that contain OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS in the
   Parameter Request List option (that is ignore OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS
   and serve the requesting clients with non-shared IPv4 addresses).

9.  DHCPv4 Port Parameters Option

   The meaning of 'offset', 'PSID-len', and 'PSID' fields of the DHCPv4
   Port Parameters Option is identical to that of 'offset', 'PSID-len',
   and 'PSID' fields of the S46 Port Parameters Option (Section 4.5 of
   [I-D.ietf-softwire-map-dhcp]).  The use of the same encoding in both
   options is meant to ensure compatibility with existing port set
   implementations.

   The format of OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS is shown in Figure 1.

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                 0                             1
                 0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  1  2  3  4  5
                +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
                |      option-code      |     option-len        |
                +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
                |         offset        |       PSID-len        |
                +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
                |                     PSID                      |
                +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

                  Figure 1: DHCPv4 Port Parameters Option

   o  option-code: OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS (TBA)
   o  option-len: 4
   o  offset: (PSID offset) 8 bits long field that specifies the numeric
      value for the excluded port range/offset bits (A-bits), as per
      section 5.1 of [I-D.ietf-softwire-map].  Allowed values are
      between 0 and 15, with the default value being 6 for MAP based
      implementations.  This parameter is unused by a Lightweight 4over6
      client and should be set to 0.
   o  PSID-len: Bit length value of the number of significant bits in
      the PSID field (also known as 'k').  When set to 0, the PSID field
      is to be ignored.  After the first 'a' bits, there are k bits in
      the port number representing the value of PSID.  Subsequently, the
      address sharing ratio would be 2^k.
   o  PSID: Explicit 16-bit (unsigned word) PSID value.  The PSID value
      algorithmically identifies a set of ports assigned to a client.
      The first k-bits on the left of this 2-octets field is the PSID
      value.  The remaining (16-k) bits on the right are padding zeros.

   [I-D.ietf-softwire-map] Section 5.1 provides a full description of
   how the PSID is interpreted by the client.

   In order to exclude the system ports ([RFC6335]) or ports reserved by
   ISPs, the former port-sets that contain well-known ports MUST NOT be
   assigned unless the operator has explicitly configured otherwise
   (e.g., by allocating a full IPv4 address).

10.  Security Considerations

   The security considerations described in [RFC2131] and [RFC7341] are
   also potentially applicable to this solution.  Unauthorised DHCP 4o6
   servers in the network could be used to stage an amplification attack
   or to supply invalid configuration leading to service disruption.
   The risks of these types of attacks can be reduced through the use of
   unicast DHCP 4o6 message flows (enabled by supplying DHCP 4o6 server
   unicast addresses within the OPTION_DHCP4_O_DHCP6_SERVER option).

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   A malicious user could attempt a DoS attack by requesting a large
   number ofIPv4 address (or fractional address) and port sets
   allocations, exhausting the available addresses and port sets for
   other clients.  This can be mitigated through DHCP 4o6 address
   allocation policy, limiting the number of simultaneously active IPv4
   leases for clients whose request originate from each customer site.

   The purpose of the client identifier option is to ensure that the
   same client retains the same parameters over time.  This interferes
   with the client's privacy, as it allows the server to track the
   client.  Clients can manage their privacy exposure by controlling the
   value of the client identifier, trading off stability of parameter
   allocation for privacy.  We expect that guidance on this trade-off
   will be discussed in a future version of
   [I-D.ietf-dhc-anonymity-profile].

   Additional security considerations are discussed in Section 11 of
   [I-D.ietf-softwire-map] and Section 9 of
   [I-D.ietf-softwire-lw4over6].

10.1.  Port Randomization

   Preserving port randomization [RFC6056] may be more difficult because
   the host can only randomize the ports inside a fixed port range (see
   Section 13.4 of [RFC6269]).

   More discussion to improve the robustness of TCP against Blind In-
   Window Attacks can be found at [RFC5961].  Other means than the
   (IPv4) source port randomization to provide protection against
   attacks should be used (e.g., use [RFC5961] to improve the robustness
   of TCP against Blind In-Window Attacks, use IPv6).

11.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to assign the following new DHCPv4 Option Code in
   the registry maintained in: http://www.iana.org/assignments/bootp-
   dhcp-parameters/:

            Option Name Value Data   Meaning
                              length
   -------------------- ----- ------ -----------------------------------
   OPTION_V4_PORTPARAMS TBA   4      This option is used to configure a
                                     set of ports bound to a shared IPv4
                                     address.

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12.  Acknowledgements

   This document is merged from [I-D.sun-dhc-port-set-option] and
   [I-D.farrer-dhc-shared-address-lease].

   The authors would like to thank Peng Wu, Gabor Bajko, Teemu
   Savolainen, Ted Lemon, Tina Tsou, Pierre Levis, Cong Liu, Marcin
   Siodelski, and Christian Huitema for their contributions.

   Many thanks to Brian Haberman for the review.

13.  References

13.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-softwire-lw4over6]
              Cui, Y., Qiong, Q., Boucadair, M., Tsou, T., Lee, Y., and
              I. Farrer, "Lightweight 4over6: An Extension to the DS-
              Lite Architecture", draft-ietf-softwire-lw4over6-13 (work
              in progress), November 2014.

   [I-D.ietf-softwire-map]
              Troan, O., Dec, W., Li, X., Bao, C., Matsushima, S.,
              Murakami, T., and T. Taylor, "Mapping of Address and Port
              with Encapsulation (MAP)", draft-ietf-softwire-map-13
              (work in progress), March 2015.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC2131]  Droms, R., "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", RFC
              2131, March 1997.

   [RFC2132]  Alexander, S. and R. Droms, "DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor
              Extensions", RFC 2132, March 1997.

   [RFC4361]  Lemon, T. and B. Sommerfeld, "Node-specific Client
              Identifiers for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
              Version Four (DHCPv4)", RFC 4361, February 2006.

   [RFC5961]  Ramaiah, A., Stewart, R., and M. Dalal, "Improving TCP's
              Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks", RFC 5961, August
              2010.

   [RFC6056]  Larsen, M. and F. Gont, "Recommendations for Transport-
              Protocol Port Randomization", BCP 156, RFC 6056, January
              2011.

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   [RFC7341]  Sun, Q., Cui, Y., Siodelski, M., Krishnan, S., and I.
              Farrer, "DHCPv4-over-DHCPv6 (DHCP 4o6) Transport", RFC
              7341, August 2014.

13.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.farrer-dhc-shared-address-lease]
              Farrer, I., "Dynamic Allocation of Shared IPv4 Addresses
              using DHCPv4 over DHCPv6", draft-farrer-dhc-shared-
              address-lease-00 (work in progress), June 2013.

   [I-D.ietf-dhc-anonymity-profile]
              Huitema, C., Mrugalski, T., and S. Krishnan, "Anonymity
              profile for DHCP clients", draft-ietf-dhc-anonymity-
              profile-00 (work in progress), May 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-softwire-map-dhcp]
              Mrugalski, T., Troan, O., Farrer, I., Perreault, S., Dec,
              W., Bao, C., Yeh, L., and X. Deng, "DHCPv6 Options for
              configuration of Softwire Address and Port Mapped
              Clients", draft-ietf-softwire-map-dhcp-12 (work in
              progress), March 2015.

   [I-D.sun-dhc-port-set-option]
              Qiong, Q., Lee, Y., Sun, Q., Bajko, G., and M. Boucadair,
              "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Option for
              Port Set Assignment", draft-sun-dhc-port-set-option-02
              (work in progress), October 2013.

   [RFC3927]  Cheshire, S., Aboba, B., and E. Guttman, "Dynamic
              Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses", RFC 3927, May
              2005.

   [RFC5508]  Srisuresh, P., Ford, B., Sivakumar, S., and S. Guha, "NAT
              Behavioral Requirements for ICMP", BCP 148, RFC 5508,
              April 2009.

   [RFC6269]  Ford, M., Boucadair, M., Durand, A., Levis, P., and P.
              Roberts, "Issues with IP Address Sharing", RFC 6269, June
              2011.

   [RFC6335]  Cotton, M., Eggert, L., Touch, J., Westerlund, M., and S.
              Cheshire, "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
              Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and
              Transport Protocol Port Number Registry", BCP 165, RFC
              6335, August 2011.

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   [RFC6346]  Bush, R., "The Address plus Port (A+P) Approach to the
              IPv4 Address Shortage", RFC 6346, August 2011.

   [RFC6888]  Perreault, S., Yamagata, I., Miyakawa, S., Nakagawa, A.,
              and H. Ashida, "Common Requirements for Carrier-Grade NATs
              (CGNs)", BCP 127, RFC 6888, April 2013.

Authors' Addresses

   Yong Cui
   Tsinghua University
   Beijing  100084
   P.R. China

   Phone: +86-10-6260-3059
   Email: yong@csnet1.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn

   Qi Sun
   Tsinghua University
   Beijing  100084
   P.R. China

   Phone: +86-10-6278-5822
   Email: sunqi@csnet1.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn

   Ian Farrer
   Deutsche Telekom AG
   CTO-ATI, Landgrabenweg 151
   Bonn, NRW  53227
   Germany

   Email: ian.farrer@telekom.de

   Yiu L. Lee
   Comcast
   One Comcast Center
   Philadelphia  PA 19103
   USA

   Email: yiu_lee@cable.comcast.com

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   Qiong Sun
   China Telecom
   Room 708, No.118, Xizhimennei Street
   Beijing  100035
   P.R. China

   Phone: +86-10-58552936
   Email: sunqiong@ctbri.com.cn

   Mohamed Boucadair
   France Telecom
   Rennes  35000
   France

   Email: mohamed.boucadair@orange.com

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