LISP Threats Analysis
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Network Working Group                                          D. Saucez
Internet-Draft                                                     INRIA
Intended status: Informational                                L. Iannone
Expires: September 6, 2015                             Telecom ParisTech
                                                          O. Bonaventure
                                        Universite catholique de Louvain
                                                           March 5, 2015

                         LISP Threats Analysis
                     draft-ietf-lisp-threats-12.txt

Abstract

   This document proposes a threat analysis of the Locator/Identifier
   Separation Protocol (LISP).

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Threat model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Attacker's Operation Modes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       2.1.1.  On-path vs. Off-path Attackers  . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       2.1.2.  Internal vs. External Attackers . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       2.1.3.  Live vs. Time-shifted attackers . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       2.1.4.  Control-plane vs. Data-plane attackers  . . . . . . .   5
       2.1.5.  Cross mode attackers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.2.  Threat categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       2.2.1.  Replay attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       2.2.2.  Packet manipulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       2.2.3.  Packet interception and suppression . . . . . . . . .   6
       2.2.4.  Spoofing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       2.2.5.  Rogue attack  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.2.6.  Denial of Service (DoS) attack  . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.2.7.  Performance attack  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.2.8.  Intrusion attack  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.2.9.  Amplification attack  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.2.10. Multi-category attacks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   3.  Attack vectors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.1.  Gleaning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     3.2.  Locator Status Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     3.3.  Map-Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     3.4.  Routing Locator Reachability  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     3.5.  Instance ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     3.6.  Interworking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     3.7.  Map-Request messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     3.8.  Map-Reply messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     3.9.  Map-Register messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     3.10. Map-Notify messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   4.  Note on Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   5.  Threats Mitigation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   8.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17