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BGP Flow Specification for SRv6
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draft-ietf-idr-flowspec-srv6-01
Network Working Group                                              Z. Li
Internet-Draft                                                     L. Li
Intended status: Standards Track                                  Huawei
Expires: October 10, 2022                                        H. Chen
                                                               Futurewei
                                                                C. Loibl
                                               Next Layer Communications
                                                               G. Mishra
                                                            Verizon Inc.
                                                                  Y. Fan
                                                            Casa Systems
                                                                  Y. Zhu
                                                           China Telecom
                                                                  L. Liu
                                                                 Fujitsu
                                                                  X. Liu
                                                          Volta Networks
                                                           April 8, 2022

                    BGP Flow Specification for SRv6
                    draft-ietf-idr-flowspec-srv6-01

Abstract

   This document proposes extensions to BGP Flow Specification for SRv6
   for filtering packets with a SRv6 SID that matches a sequence of
   conditions.

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 BCP 14
   [RFC2119][RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals,
   as shown here.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Definitions and Acronyms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  The Flow Specification Encoding for SRv6  . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Type TBD1 - Some Parts of SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  Encoding Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.2.1.  Example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9

1.  Introduction

   [RFC8955] describes in details about a new BGP NLRI to distribute a
   flow specification, which is an n-tuple comprising a sequence of
   matching criteria that can be applied to IP traffic.  [RFC8956]
   extends [RFC8955] to make it also usable and applicable to IPv6 data
   packets.  [I-D.ietf-idr-flowspec-l2vpn] extends the flow-spec rules
   for layer 2 Ethernet packets.  [I-D.hares-idr-flowspec-v2] specifies
   BGP Flow Specification Version 2.

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   Segment Routing (SR) for unicast traffic has been proposed to cope
   with the usecases in traffic engineering, fast re-reroute, service
   chain, etc.  SR architecture can be implemented over an IPv6 data
   plane using a new type of IPv6 extension header called Segment
   Routing Header (SRH) [I-D.ietf-6man-segment-routing-header].  SRv6
   Network Programming [RFC8986] defines the SRv6 network programming
   concept and its most basic functions.  An SRv6 SID may have the form
   of LOC:FUNCT:ARG::.

   LOC: Each operator is free to use the locator length it chooses.
   Most often the LOC part of the SID is routable and leads to the node
   which instantiates that SID.

   FUNCT: The FUNCT part of the SID is an opaque identification of a
   local function bound to the SID.  E.g., End.X, End.T, End.DX2, etc.

   ARG: A function may require additional arguments that would be placed
   immediately after the FUNCT.

   This document specifies one new BGP Flow Specification (FS) component
   type to support Segment Routing over IPv6 data plane (SRv6) filtering
   for BGP Flow Specification Version 2.  The match field is destination
   address of IPv6 header, but it's a SRv6 SID from SRH rather than a
   traditional IPv6 address (refer to Figure 1).  To support these
   features, a Flowspec version that is IPv6 capable (i.e., AFI = 2)
   MUST be used.  These match capabilities of the features MAY be
   permitted to match when there is an accompanying SRH.

            +-----------------------------+
 IPv6 Header|     SA      |     DA        |<--Match field of this document
            +--------------------^--------+
                                 |
            +--------------------|--------+
            |             +-------------+ |     +-------------------+
            |             | Segment[0]  +-------> Loc | Func | Arg  |
            |             +-------------+ |     +-------------------+
            |             | Segment[1]  | |
            |             +-------------+ |
            |             |    ...      | |
   SR Header|             +-------------+ |
            |             | Segment[n]  | |
            |             +-------------+ |
            |             +-------------+ |
            |             ~  Option TLV ~ |
            |             +-------------+ |
            +-----------------------------+

                           Figure 1: Match Field

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2.  Definitions and Acronyms

   o  FS: Flow Specification

   o  BGP-FS: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Flow Specification (FS)

   o  SR: Segment Routing

   o  SRH: SR Header.

   o  SRv6: IPv6 Segment Routing, SRv6 is a method of forwarding IPv6
      packets on the network based on the concept of source routing.

   o  SID: Segment Identifier

   o  BSID: Binding SID

3.  The Flow Specification Encoding for SRv6

   The Flow Specification NLRI-type consists of several optional
   components, each of which begins with a type field (1 octet) followed
   by a variable length parameter. 13 component types are defined in
   [RFC8955] and [RFC8956] for IPv4 and IPv6.  This document defines one
   component type for SRv6.

3.1.  Type TBD1 - Some Parts of SID

   [RFC8986] defines the format of SID is LOC:FUNCT:ARG::.  In some
   scenarios, traffic packets can just match Locator, Function ID,
   Arguments or some combinations of these different fields.  In order
   to match a part of SID, its prior parts need to be examined and
   matched first.  For example, in order to match the Function ID
   (FUNCT), the Locator (LOC) needs to be examined and matched first.
   The new component type TBD1 defined below is for matching some parts
   of SID.

   Encoding: <type, LOC-Len, FUNCT-Len, ARG-Len, [op, value]+>

   o type (1 octet):  This indicates the new component type (TBD1, which
         is to be assigned by IANA).

   o LOC-Len (1 octet):  This indicates the length in bits of LOC in
         SID.

   o FUNCT-Len (1 octet):  This indicates the length in bits of FUNCT in
         SID.

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   o ARG-Len (1 octet):  This indicates the length in bits of ARG in
         SID.

   o [op, value]+:  This contains a list of {operator, value} pairs that
         are used to match some parts of SID.

   The total of three lengths (i.e., LOC length + FUNCT length + ARG
   length) MUST NOT be greater than 128.  If it is greater than 128, an
   error occurs and Error Handling is applied according to [RFC7606] and
   [RFC4760].

   The operator (op) byte is encoded as:

                       0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
                     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
                     | e | a | field type|lt |gt |eq |
                     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   where the behavior of each operator bit has clear symmetry with that
   of [RFC8955]'s Numeric Operator field.

   e - end-of-list bit.  Set in the last {op, value} pair in the
   sequence.

   a - AND bit.  If unset, the previous term is logically ORed with the
   current one.  If set, the operation is a logical AND.  It should be
   unset in the first operator byte of a sequence.  The AND operator has
   higher priority than OR for the purposes of evaluating logical
   expressions.

   field type:

     000:  SID's LOC

     001:  SID's FUNCT

     010:  SID's ARG

     011:  SID's LOC:FUNCT

     100:  SID's FUNCT:ARG

     101:  SID's LOC:FUNCT:ARG

   For an unknown type, Error Handling is applied according to [RFC7606]
   and [RFC4760].

   lt - less than comparison between data' and value'.

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   gt - greater than comparison between data' and value'.

   eq - equality between data' and value'.

   The data' and value' used in lt, gt and eq are indicated by the field
   type in a operator and the value field following the operator.

   The value field depends on the field type and has the value of SID's
   some parts rounding up to bytes (refer to the table below).

          +-----------------------+------------------------------+
          | Field Type            | Value                        |
          +=======================+==============================+
          | SID's LOC             | value of LOC bits            |
          +-----------------------+------------------------------+
          | SID's FUNCT           | value of FUNCT bits          |
          +-----------------------+------------------------------+
          | SID's ARG             | value of ARG bits            |
          +-----------------------+------------------------------+
          | SID's LOC:FUNCT       | value of LOC:FUNCT bits      |
          +-----------------------+------------------------------+
          | SID's FUNCT:ARG       | value of FUNCT:ARG bits      |
          +-----------------------+------------------------------+
          | SID's LOC:FUNCT:ARG   | value of LOC:FUNCT:ARG bits  |
          +-----------------------+------------------------------+

3.2.  Encoding Examples

3.2.1.  Example 1

   An example of a Flow Specification NLRI encoding for: all SRv6
   packets to LOC 2001:db8:3::/48 and FUNCT {range [0100, 0300]}.

          Some Parts of SID
                |
   length       v             LOC==20010db80003  FUN>=100  FUN<=300
   0x12        0f  30 10 40   01 2001 0db8 0003  4b 0100   bd 0300
                   ^  ^   ^
                   |  |   |
       Length of LOC FUN ARG

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   Decoded:
            Value
            0x12     length       18 octets (if len<240, 1 octet)
       TBD1(0x0f)    type         type TBD1(0x0f) - Some Parts of SID
            0x30     LOC Length   = 48 (bits)
            0x10     FUNCT Length = 16 (bits)
            0x40     ARG Length   = 64 (bits)
            0x01     op           LOC  ==
            0x2001   value        LOC's value = 2001:db8:3
            0x0db8
            0x0003
            0x4b     op           "AND", FUNCT >=
            0x0100   value        FUNCT's value = 0100
            0xbd     op           end-of-list, "AND", FUNCT <=
            0x0300   value        FUNCT's value = 0300

4.  Security Considerations

   No new security issues are introduced to the BGP protocol by this
   specification over the security considerations in [RFC8955] and
   [RFC8956].

5.  IANA Considerations

   Under "Flow Spec Component Types" registry, IANA is requested to
   assign the following values:

      +-----------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
      | Value     | IPv4 Name  | IPv6 Name         | Reference      |
      +-----------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
      | TBD1      | Unassigned | Some Parts of SID | This Document  |
      +-----------+------------+-------------------+----------------+

6.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank Joel Halpern, Jeffrey Haas, Ketan
   Talaulikar, Aijun Wang, Dhruv Dhody, Shunwan Zhuang and Rainsword
   Wang for their valuable suggestions and comments on this draft.

7.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.hares-idr-flowspec-v2]
              Hares, S., Eastlake, D., Yadlapalli, C., and S. Maduschke,
              "BGP Flow Specification Version 2", draft-hares-idr-
              flowspec-v2-05 (work in progress), February 2022.

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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>.

   [RFC4760]  Bates, T., Chandra, R., Katz, D., and Y. Rekhter,
              "Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4", RFC 4760,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4760, January 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4760>.

   [RFC7153]  Rosen, E. and Y. Rekhter, "IANA Registries for BGP
              Extended Communities", RFC 7153, DOI 10.17487/RFC7153,
              March 2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7153>.

   [RFC7606]  Chen, E., Ed., Scudder, J., Ed., Mohapatra, P., and K.
              Patel, "Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages",
              RFC 7606, DOI 10.17487/RFC7606, August 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7606>.

   [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>.

   [RFC8955]  Loibl, C., Hares, S., Raszuk, R., McPherson, D., and M.
              Bacher, "Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules",
              RFC 8955, DOI 10.17487/RFC8955, December 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8955>.

   [RFC8956]  Loibl, C., Ed., Raszuk, R., Ed., and S. Hares, Ed.,
              "Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules for IPv6",
              RFC 8956, DOI 10.17487/RFC8956, December 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8956>.

7.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-6man-segment-routing-header]
              Filsfils, C., Dukes, D., Previdi, S., Leddy, J.,
              Matsushima, S., and D. Voyer, "IPv6 Segment Routing Header
              (SRH)", draft-ietf-6man-segment-routing-header-26 (work in
              progress), October 2019.

   [I-D.ietf-idr-flowspec-l2vpn]
              Hao, W., Eastlake, D. E., Litkowski, S., and S. Zhuang,
              "BGP Dissemination of L2 Flow Specification Rules", draft-
              ietf-idr-flowspec-l2vpn-18 (work in progress), October
              2021.

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   [RFC8986]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Camarillo, P., Ed., Leddy, J., Voyer,
              D., Matsushima, S., and Z. Li, "Segment Routing over IPv6
              (SRv6) Network Programming", RFC 8986,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8986, February 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8986>.

Authors' Addresses

   Zhenbin Li
   Huawei
   156 Beiqing Road
   Beijing, 100095
   P.R. China

   Email: lizhenbin@huawei.com

   Lei Li
   Huawei
   156 Beiqing Road
   Beijing  100095
   P.R. China

   Email: lily.lilei@huawei.com

   Huaimo Chen
   Futurewei
   Boston, MA
   USA

   Email: Huaimo.chen@futurewei.com

   Christoph Loibl
   Next Layer Communications
   Mariahilfer Guertel 37/7
   Vienna  1150
   AT

   Email: cl@tix.at

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   Gyan S. Mishra
   Verizon Inc.
   13101 Columbia Pike
   Silver Spring  MD 20904
   USA

   Phone: 301 502-1347
   Email: gyan.s.mishra@verizon.com

   Yanhe Fan
   Casa Systems
   USA

   Email: yfan@casa-systems.com

   Yongqing Zhu
   China Telecom
   109, West Zhongshan Road, Tianhe District
   Guangzhou  510000
   China

   Email: zhuyq8@chinatelecom.cn

   Lei Liu
   Fujitsu
   USA

   Email: liulei.kddi@gmail.com

   Xufeng Liu
   Volta Networks
   McLean, VA
   USA

   Email: xufeng.liu.ietf@gmail.com

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