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Vendor Specific LISP Canonical Address Format (LCAF)
draft-ietf-lisp-vendor-lcaf-10

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Authors Alberto Rodriguez-Natal , Vina Ermagan , Anton Smirnov , Vrushali Ashtaputre , Dino Farinacci
Last updated 2022-04-21 (Latest revision 2022-04-12)
Replaces draft-rodrigueznatal-lisp-vendor-lcaf
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draft-ietf-lisp-vendor-lcaf-10
LISP Working Group                                    A. Rodriguez-Natal
Internet-Draft                                                     Cisco
Intended status: Experimental                                 V. Ermagan
Expires: 14 October 2022                                          Google
                                                              A. Smirnov
                                                           V. Ashtaputre
                                                                   Cisco
                                                            D. Farinacci
                                                             lispers.net
                                                           12 April 2022

          Vendor Specific LISP Canonical Address Format (LCAF)
                     draft-ietf-lisp-vendor-lcaf-10

Abstract

   This document describes a new LISP Canonical Address Format (LCAF),
   the Vendor Specific LCAF.  This LCAF enables organizations to have
   internal encodings for LCAF addresses.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Requirements Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Vendor Specific LCAF  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   7.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5

1.  Introduction

   The LISP Canonical Address Format (LCAF) [RFC8060] defines the format
   and encoding for different address types that can be used on LISP
   [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6830bis] [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis] deployments.
   However, certain deployments require specific format encodings that
   may not be applicable outside of the use-case for which they are
   defined.  This document updates [RFC8060] to introduce a Vendor
   Specific LCAF that defines how organizations can create LCAF
   addresses to be used only internally on particular LISP deployments.

2.  Requirements Notation

   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.

3.  Vendor Specific LCAF

   The Vendor Specific LCAF relies on using the IEEE Organizationally
   Unique Identifier (OUI) [IEEE.802_2001] to prevent collisions across
   vendors or organizations using the LCAF.  The format of the Vendor
   Specific LCAF is provided below.

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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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |           AFI = 16387         |     Rsvd1     |     Flags     |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |   Type = TBD  |     Rsvd2     |            Length             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |      Rsvd3    |    Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI)   |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                        Internal format...                     |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                       Figure 1: Vendor Specific LCAF

   The fields in the first 8 octets of the above Vendor Specific LCAF
   are actually the fields defined in the general LCAF format specified
   in [RFC8060].  The "Type" field MUST be set to the value 255 to
   indicate that this is a Vendor Specific LCAF.  The Length field has
   to be set accordingly to the length of the internal format plus the
   OUI plus the Rsvd3 fields as for [RFC8060].  The fields defined by
   the Vendor Specific LCAF are:

      Rsvd3: This 8-bit field is reserved for future use.  It MUST be
      set to 0 on transmit and MUST be ignored on receipt.

      Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI): This is a 24-bit field
      that carries the IEEE OUI [IEEE.802_2001] of the organization.

      Internal format: This is a variable length field that is left
      undefined on purpose.  Each vendor or organization can define its
      own internal format(s) to use with the Vendor Specific LCAF.

   The Vendor Specific LCAF type SHOULD NOT be used in deployments where
   different organizations interoperate.  However, there may be cases
   where two (or more) organizations share a common deployment on which
   they explicitly and mutually agree to use a particular Vendor
   Specific LCAF.  In that case, the organizations involved need to
   carefully assess the interoperability concerns for that particular
   deployment.

   If a LISP device receives a LISP message containing a Vendor Specific
   LCAF with an OUI that it does not understand, it MUST drop the
   message and it SHOULD create a log message.

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4.  Security Considerations

   This document enables organizations to define new LCAFs for their
   internal use.  It is the responsibility of these organizations to
   properly assess the security implications of the formats they define.
   Security considerations from [RFC8060] apply to this document.

5.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank Joel Halpern and Luigi Iannone for
   their suggestions and guidance regarding this document.

6.  IANA Considerations

   Following the guidelines of [RFC8126], IANA is asked to assign a
   value (255 is suggested) for the Vendor Specific LCAF from the "LISP
   Canonical Address Format (LCAF) Types" registry (defined in
   [RFC8060]) as follows:

      +=========+=====================+============================+
      | Value # | LISP LCAF Type Name |         Reference          |
      +=========+=====================+============================+
      |   TBD   |   Vendor Specific   | [This Document], Section 3 |
      +---------+---------------------+----------------------------+

                 Table 1: Vendor Specific LCAF assignment

7.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6830bis]
              Farinacci, D., Fuller, V., Meyer, D., Lewis, D., and A.
              Cabellos, "The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lisp-
              rfc6830bis-36, 18 November 2020,
              <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-lisp-
              rfc6830bis-36.txt>.

   [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis]
              Farinacci, D., Maino, F., Fuller, V., and A. Cabellos,
              "Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Control-Plane",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lisp-
              rfc6833bis-30, 18 November 2020,
              <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-lisp-
              rfc6833bis-30.txt>.

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   [IEEE.802_2001]
              IEEE, "IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area
              Networks: Overview and Architecture", IEEE 802-2001,
              DOI 10.1109/ieeestd.2002.93395, 27 July 2002,
              <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=7732>.

   [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>.

   [RFC8060]  Farinacci, D., Meyer, D., and J. Snijders, "LISP Canonical
              Address Format (LCAF)", RFC 8060, DOI 10.17487/RFC8060,
              February 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8060>.

   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

   [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>.

Authors' Addresses

   Alberto Rodriguez-Natal
   Cisco
   Spain
   Email: natal@cisco.com

   Vina Ermagan
   Google
   United States of America
   Email: ermagan@gmail.com

   Anton Smirnov
   Cisco
   Diegem
   Belgium
   Email: asmirnov@cisco.com

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   Vrushali Ashtaputre
   Cisco
   San Jose, CA
   United States of America
   Email: vrushali@cisco.com

   Dino Farinacci
   lispers.net
   San Jose, CA
   United States of America
   Email: farinacci@gmail.com

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