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Sockets Application Program Interface (API) for Multihoming Shim
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draft-ietf-shim6-multihome-shim-api-17
SHIM6 Working Group                                              M. Komu
Internet-Draft                                                      HIIT
Intended status: Informational                                M. Bagnulo
Expires: October 5, 2011                                            UC3M
                                                               K. Slavov
                                                        S. Sugimoto, Ed.
                                                                Ericsson
                                                           April 3, 2011

    Socket Application Program Interface (API) for Multihoming Shim
                 draft-ietf-shim6-multihome-shim-api-17

Abstract

   This document specifies sockets API extensions for the multihoming
   shim layer.  The API aims to enable interactions between applications
   and the multihoming shim layer for advanced locator management, and
   access to information about failure detection and path exploration.

   This document is based on an assumption that a multihomed host is
   equipped with a conceptual sub-layer (hereafter "shim") inside the IP
   layer that maintains mappings between identifiers and locators.
   Examples of the shim are SHIM6 and HIP.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   2.  Requirements Language  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.  Terminology and Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   4.  System Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   5.  Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   6.  Socket Options for Multihoming Shim Sub-layer  . . . . . . . . 10
     6.1.   SHIM_ASSOCIATED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     6.2.   SHIM_DONTSHIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     6.3.   SHIM_HOT_STANDBY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
     6.4.   SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_PREF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     6.5.   SHIM_LOC_PEER_PREF  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
     6.6.   SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     6.7.   SHIM_LOC_PEER_RECV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
     6.8.   SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
     6.9.   SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
     6.10.  SHIM_LOCLIST_LOCAL  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
     6.11.  SHIM_LOCLIST_PEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
     6.12.  SHIM_APP_TIMEOUT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
     6.13.  SHIM_PATHEXPLORE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
     6.14.  SHIM_DEFERRED_CONTEXT_SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
     6.15.  Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
     6.16.  Error Handling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
   7.  Ancillary Data for Multihoming Shim Sub-layer  . . . . . . . . 29
     7.1.   Get Locator from Incoming Packet  . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
     7.2.   Set Locator for Outgoing Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
     7.3.   Notification from Application to Multihoming Shim
            Sub-layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
     7.4.   Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
   8.  Data Structures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
     8.1.   Data Structure for Locator Information  . . . . . . . . . 31
       8.1.1.  Handling Locator behind NAT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
     8.2.   Path Exploration Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
     8.3.   Feedback Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
   9.  System Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
   10. Relation to Existing Sockets API Extensions  . . . . . . . . . 35
   11. Operational Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
     11.1.  Conflict Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
     11.2.  Incompatibility between IPv4 and IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . 37
   12. IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
   13. Protocol Constants and Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
   14. Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
     14.1.  Treatment of Unknown Locator  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
       14.1.1. Treatment of Unknown Source Locator  . . . . . . . . . 38
       14.1.2. Treatment of Unknown Destination Locator . . . . . . . 38
   15. Changes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
     15.1.  Changes from version 00 to version 01 . . . . . . . . . . 38

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     15.2.  Changes from version 01 to version 02 . . . . . . . . . . 39
     15.3.  Changes from version 02 to version 03 . . . . . . . . . . 39
     15.4.  Changes from version 03 to version 04 . . . . . . . . . . 39
     15.5.  Changes from version 04 to version 05 . . . . . . . . . . 39
     15.6.  Changes from version 05 to version 06 . . . . . . . . . . 39
     15.7.  Changes from version 06 to version 07 . . . . . . . . . . 39
     15.8.  Changes from version 07 to version 08 . . . . . . . . . . 39
     15.9.  Changes from version 08 to version 09 . . . . . . . . . . 39
     15.10. Changes from version 09 to version 10 . . . . . . . . . . 40
     15.11. Changes from version 10 to version 11 . . . . . . . . . . 40
     15.12. Changes from version 11 to version 12 . . . . . . . . . . 40
     15.13. Changes from version 12 to version 13 . . . . . . . . . . 40
     15.14. Changes from version 13 to version 14 . . . . . . . . . . 40
     15.15. Changes from version 14 to version 15 . . . . . . . . . . 40
     15.16. Changes from version 15 to version 16 . . . . . . . . . . 40
     15.17. Changes from version 16 to version 17 . . . . . . . . . . 41
   16. Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
   17. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
     17.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
     17.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
   Appendix A.  Context Forking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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1.  Introduction

   This document defines socket API extensions by which upper layer
   protocols may be informed about and control the way in which a
   multihoming shim sub-layer in the IP layer manages the dynamic choice
   of locators.  Initially it applies to SHIM6 and HIP, but it is
   defined generically.

   The role of the multihoming shim sub-layer (hereafter called "shim
   sub-layer" in this document) is to avoid impacts to upper layer
   protocols which may be caused when the endhost changes its attachment
   point to the Internet, for instance, in the case of rehoming event
   under the multihomed environment.  There is, however, a need for API
   in the cases where 1) the upper layer protocol is particularly
   sensitive to impacts, or 2) the upper layer protocol wants to benefit
   from better knowledge of what is going on underneath.

   There are various kinds of technologies that aim to solve the same
   issue, the multihoming issue.  Note that there will be conflict when
   more than one shim sub-layer is active at the same time.  The
   assumption made in this document is that there is only a single shim
   sub-layer (HIP or SHIM6) activated on the system.

   The target readers of this document are application programmers who
   develop application software which may benefit greatly from
   multihomed environments.  In addition, this document aims to provide
   necessary information for developers of shim protocols to implement
   API for enabling advanced locator management.

2.  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].

3.  Terminology and Background

   This section provides terminology used in this document.  Basically
   most of the terms used in this document are taken from the following
   documents:

   o  SHIM6 Protocol Specification[RFC5533]
   o  HIP Architecture[RFC4423]
   o  Reachability Protocol (REAP)[RFC5534]

   In this document, the term "IP" refers to both IPv4 and IPv6, unless

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   the protocol version is specifically mentioned.  The following are
   definitions of terms frequently used in this document:

   o  Endpoint identifier (EID) - The identifier used by the application
      to specify the endpoint of a given communication.  Applications
      may handle EIDs in various ways such as long-lived connections,
      callbacks, and referrals[I-D.ietf-shim6-app-refer].
      *  In the case of SHIM6, an identifier called a ULID (Upper Layer
         Identifier) serves as an EID.  A ULID is chosen from locators
         available on the host.
      *  In the case of HIP, an identifier called a Host Identifier
         serves as an EID.  A Host Identifier is derived from the public
         key of a given host.  For the sake of backward compatibility
         with the sockets API, the Host Identifier is represented in a
         form of hash of public key.
      *  Note that the EID appears in the standard socket API as an
         address, and does not appear in the extensions defined in this
         document, which only concern locators.
   o  Locator - The IP address actually used to deliver IP packets.
      Locators are present in the source and destination fields of the
      IP header of a packet on the wire.  Locator discussed in this
      document could be either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address.  Note
      that HIP can handle both IPv4 and IPv6 locators, whereas SHIM6 can
      handle only IPv6 locators.  For the HIP case, locator can be a
      private IPv4 address when the host is behind a NAT.  Section
      Section 8.1.1 gives detailed description about handling of locator
      behind NAT.
      *  List of locators - A list of locators associated with an EID.
         There are two lists of locators stored in a given context.  One
         is associated with the local EID and the other is associated
         with the remote EID.  As defined in [RFC5533], the list of
         locators associated with an EID 'A' is denoted as Ls(A).
      *  Preferred locator - The (source/destination) locator currently
         used to send packets within a given context.
      *  Unknown locator - Any locator that does not appear in the
         locator list of the shim context associated with the socket.
         When there is no shim context associated with the socket, any
         source and/or destination locator requested by the application
         is considered to be unknown locator.
      *  Valid locator - A valid locator means that the locator is
         considered to be valid in the security sense.  More
         specifically, the validity indicates whether the locator is
         part of a HBA set.
      *  Verified locator - A verified locator means that the locator is
         considered to be reachable according to the result of REAP
         return routability check.  Note that the verification applies
         only to peer's locator.

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   o  Shim - The conceptual sub-layer inside the IP layer which
      maintains mappings between EIDs and locators.  An EID can be
      associated with more than one locator at a time when the host is
      multihomed.  The term 'shim' does not refer to a specific protocol
      but refers to the conceptual sub-layer inside the IP layer.
   o  Identifier/locator adaptation - The adaptation performed at the
      shim sub-layer which may end up re-writing the source and/or
      destination addresses of an IP packet.  In the outbound packet
      processing, the EID pair is converted to the associated locator
      pair.  In the inbound packet processing, the locator pair is
      converted to the EID pair.
   o  Context - The state information shared by a given pair of peers,
      which stores a binding between the EID and associated locators.
      Contexts are maintained by the shim sub-layer.  Deferred context
      setup is a scenario where a context is established after the
      communication starts.  Deferred context setup is possible if the
      ULID is routable, such as the case of SHIM6.
   o  Reachability detection - The procedure to check reachability
      between a given locator pair.
   o  Path - The sequence of routers that an IP packet goes through to
      reach the destination.
   o  Path exploration - The procedure to explore available paths for a
      given set of locator pairs.
   o  Outage - The incident that prevents IP packets to flow from the
      source locator to the destination locator.  When there is an
      outage, it means that there is no reachability between a given
      locator pair.  The outage may be caused by various reasons, such
      as shortage of network resources, congestion, and human error
      (faulty operation).
   o  Working address pair - The address pair is considered to be
      "working" if the packet can safely travel from the source to the
      destination where the packet contains the first address from the
      pair as the source address and the second address from the pair as
      the destination address.  If reachability is confirmed in both
      directions, the address pair is considered to be working bi-
      directionally.
   o  Reachability protocol (REAP) - The protocol for detecting failure
      and exploring reachability in a multihomed environment.  REAP is
      defined in [RFC5534].

   In this document, syntax and semantics of the API are given in the
   same way as in the Posix standard [POSIX].  The API specifies how to
   use ancillary data (aka cmsg) to access the locator information with
   recvmsg() and/or sendmsg() I/O calls.  The API is described in C
   language and data types are defined in the Posix format; intN_t means
   a signed integer of exactly N bits (e.g. int16_t) and uintN_t means
   an unsigned integer of exactly N bits (e.g. uint32_t).

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   The distinction between "connected" sockets and "unconnected" sockets
   is important when discussing the applicability of the socket API
   defined in this document.  A connected socket is bound to a given
   peer, whereas an unconnected socket is not bound to any specific
   peers.  A TCP socket becomes a connected socket when the TCP
   connection establishment is completed.  UDP sockets are unconnected,
   unless the application uses the connect() system call.

4.  System Overview

   Figure 1 illustrates the system overview.  The shim sub-layer and
   REAP component exist inside the IP layer.  Applications use the
   sockets API defined in this document to interface with the shim sub-
   layer and the transport layer for locator management, failure
   detection, and path exploration.

   It is also be possible that the shim sub-layer interacts with the
   transport layer, however, such an interaction is outside the scope of
   this document.

                        +------------------------+
                        |       Application      |
                        +------------------------+
                           ^                 ^
              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~Socket Interface|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                           |                 v
               +-----------|------------------------------+
               |           |  Transport Layer             |
               +-----------|------------------------------+
                     ^     |
       +-------------|-----|-------------------------------------+
       |             v     v                                     |
       |   +-----------------------------+       +----------+    |  IP
       |   |            Shim             |<----->|   REAP   |    | Layer
       |   +-----------------------------+       +----------+    |
       |                       ^                      ^          |
       +-----------------------|----------------------|----------+
                               v                      v
               +------------------------------------------+
               |                Link Layer                |
               +------------------------------------------+

                         Figure 1: System overview

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5.  Requirements

   The following is a list of requirements from applications:
   o  Turn on/off shim.  An application should be able to request to
      turn on or turn off the multihoming support by the shim layer:
      *  Apply shim.  The application should be able to explicitly
         request the shim sub-layer to apply multihoming support.
      *  Don't apply shim.  The application should be able to request
         the shim sub-layer not to apply the multihoming support but to
         apply normal IP processing at the IP layer.
      *  Note that this function is also required by other types of
         multihoming mechanisms such as SCTP and multipath TCP to avoid
         potential conflict with the shim sub-layer.
   o  Locator management.
      *  It should be possible to set preferred source and/or
         destination locator within a given context.
      *  It should be possible to get preferred source and/or
         destination locator within a given context.
      *  It should be possible to set a list of source and/or
         destination locators within a given context: Ls(local) and
         Ls(remote).
      *  It should be possible to get a list of source and/or
         destination locators within a given context: Ls(local) and
         Ls(remote).
   o  Notification from applications and upper layer protocols to the
      shim sub-layer about the status of the communication.  The
      notification occurs in an event-based manner.  Applications and/or
      upper layer protocols may provide positive feedback or negative
      feedback to the shim sub-layer.  Note that these feedback are
      mentioned in [RFC5534]:
      *  Applications and/or upper layer protocols (e.g., TCP) may
         provide positive feedback to the shim sub-layer informing that
         the communication is going well.
      *  Applications and/or upper layer protocols (e.g., TCP) may
         provide negative feedback to the shim sub-layer informing that
         the communication status is not satisfactory.  TCP may detect a
         problem when it does not receive any expected ACK message from
         the peer.  The REAP module may be triggered by these negative
         feedback and invoke the path exploration procedure.
   o  Feedback from applications to the shim sub-layer.  Applications
      should be able to inform the shim sub-layer of the timeout values
      for detecting failures, sending keepalives, and starting the
      exploration procedure.  In particular, applications should be able
      to suppress keepalives.
   o  Hot-standby.  Applications may request the shim sub-layer for a
      hot-standby capability.  This means that, alternative paths are
      known to be working in advance of a failure detection.  In such a
      case, it is possible for the shim sub-layer to immediately replace

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      the current locator pair with an alternative locator pair.
   o  Eagerness for locator exploration.  An application should be able
      to inform the shim sub-layer of how aggressively it wants the REAP
      mechanism to perform a path exploration (e.g., by specifying the
      number of concurrent attempts of discovery of working locator
      pairs) when an outage occurs on the path between the locator pair
      in use.
   o  Providing locator information to applications.  An application
      should be able to obtain information about the locator pair which
      was actually used to send or receive packets.
      *  For inbound traffic, the application may be interested in the
         locator pair which was actually used to receive the packet.
      *  For outbound traffic, the application may be interested in the
         locator pair which was actually used to transmit the packet.
      In this way, applications may have additional control on the
      locator management.  For example, an application becomes able to
      verify if its preference for locator is actually applied to the
      flow or not.
   o  Applications should be able to know if the shim-sublayer supports
      deferred context setup or not.
   o  An application should be able to know if the communication is now
      being served by the shim sub-layer or not.
   o  An application should be able to use a common interface to access
      an IPv4 locator and an IPv6 locator.

6.  Socket Options for Multihoming Shim Sub-layer

   In this section, socket options that are specific to the shim sub-
   layer are defined.

   Table 1 shows a list of the socket options that are specific to the
   shim sub-layer.  All of these socket options are defined at the level
   SOL_SHIM.  When an application uses one of the socket options by
   getsockopt() or setsockopt(), the second argument MUST be set as
   SOL_SHIM.

   The first column of Table 1 gives the name of the option.  The second
   column indicates whether the value for the socket option can be ready
   by getsockopt() and the third column indicates whether the value for
   the socket option can be written by setsockopt().  The fourth column
   provides a brief description of the socket option.  The fifth column
   shows the type of data structure specified along with the socket
   option.  By default, the data structure type is an integer.

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   +-----------------------------+-----+-----+-----------------+-------+
   | optname                     | get | set | description     | dtype |
   +-----------------------------+-----+-----+-----------------+-------+
   | SHIM_ASSOCIATED             | o   |     | Get the         | int   |
   |                             |     |     | parameter which |       |
   |                             |     |     | indicates       |       |
   |                             |     |     | whether the     |       |
   |                             |     |     | socket is       |       |
   |                             |     |     | associated (1)  |       |
   |                             |     |     | with any shim   |       |
   |                             |     |     | context or not  |       |
   |                             |     |     | (0).            |       |
   | SHIM_DONTSHIM               | o   | o   | Get or set the  | int   |
   |                             |     |     | parameter which |       |
   |                             |     |     | indicates       |       |
   |                             |     |     | whether to      |       |
   |                             |     |     | employ the      |       |
   |                             |     |     | multihoming     |       |
   |                             |     |     | support by the  |       |
   |                             |     |     | shim sub-layer  |       |
   |                             |     |     | or not.         |       |
   | SHIM_HOT_STANDBY            | o   | o   | Get or set the  | int   |
   |                             |     |     | parameter to    |       |
   |                             |     |     | request the     |       |
   |                             |     |     | shim sub-layer  |       |
   |                             |     |     | to prepare a    |       |
   |                             |     |     | hot-standby     |       |
   |                             |     |     | connection.     |       |
   | SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_PREF         | o   | o   | Set the         | Note  |
   |                             |     |     | preference      | 1     |
   |                             |     |     | value for a     |       |
   |                             |     |     | source locator  |       |
   |                             |     |     | for outbound    |       |
   |                             |     |     | traffic.  Get   |       |
   |                             |     |     | the preferred   |       |
   |                             |     |     | locator for the |       |
   |                             |     |     | source locator  |       |
   |                             |     |     | for outbound    |       |
   |                             |     |     | traffic.        |       |

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   | SHIM_LOC_PEER_PREF          | o   | o   | Set the         | Note  |
   |                             |     |     | preference      | 1     |
   |                             |     |     | value for a     |       |
   |                             |     |     | destination     |       |
   |                             |     |     | locator for     |       |
   |                             |     |     | outbound        |       |
   |                             |     |     | traffic.  Get   |       |
   |                             |     |     | the preferred   |       |
   |                             |     |     | locator for the |       |
   |                             |     |     | destination     |       |
   |                             |     |     | locator for     |       |
   |                             |     |     | outbound        |       |
   |                             |     |     | traffic.        |       |
   | SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV         | o   | o   | Request the     | int   |
   |                             |     |     | shim sub-layer  |       |
   |                             |     |     | to store the    |       |
   |                             |     |     | destination     |       |
   |                             |     |     | locator of the  |       |
   |                             |     |     | received IP     |       |
   |                             |     |     | packet in an    |       |
   |                             |     |     | ancillary data  |       |
   |                             |     |     | object.         |       |
   | SHIM_LOC_PEER_RECV          | o   | o   | Request the     | int   |
   |                             |     |     | shim sub-layer  |       |
   |                             |     |     | to store the    |       |
   |                             |     |     | source locator  |       |
   |                             |     |     | of the received |       |
   |                             |     |     | IP packet in an |       |
   |                             |     |     | ancillary data  |       |
   |                             |     |     | object.         |       |
   | SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND         | o   | o   | Get or set the  | Note  |
   |                             |     |     | source locator  | 1     |
   |                             |     |     | of outgoing IP  |       |
   |                             |     |     | packets.        |       |
   | SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND          | o   | o   | Get or set the  | Note  |
   |                             |     |     | destination     | 1     |
   |                             |     |     | locator of      |       |
   |                             |     |     | outgoing IP     |       |
   |                             |     |     | packets.        |       |
   | SHIM_LOCLIST_LOCAL          | o   | o   | Get or set the  | Note  |
   |                             |     |     | list of         | 2     |
   |                             |     |     | locators        |       |
   |                             |     |     | associated with |       |
   |                             |     |     | the local EID.  |       |

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   | SHIM_LOCLIST_PEER           | o   | o   | Get or set the  | Note  |
   |                             |     |     | list of         | 2     |
   |                             |     |     | locators        |       |
   |                             |     |     | associated with |       |
   |                             |     |     | the peer's EID. |       |
   | SHIM_APP_TIMEOUT            | o   | o   | Get or set the  | int   |
   |                             |     |     | Send Timeout    |       |
   |                             |     |     | value of the    |       |
   |                             |     |     | REAP protocol.  |       |
   | SHIM_PATHEXPLORE            | o   | o   | Get or set      | Note  |
   |                             |     |     | parameters for  | 3     |
   |                             |     |     | path            |       |
   |                             |     |     | exploration and |       |
   |                             |     |     | failure         |       |
   |                             |     |     | detection.      |       |
   | SHIM_CONTEXT_DEFERRED_SETUP | o   |     | Get the         | int   |
   |                             |     |     | parameter which |       |
   |                             |     |     | indicates       |       |
   |                             |     |     | whether         |       |
   |                             |     |     | deferred        |       |
   |                             |     |     | context setup   |       |
   |                             |     |     | is supported or |       |
   |                             |     |     | not.            |       |
   +-----------------------------+-----+-----+-----------------+-------+

          Table 1: Socket options for multihoming shim sub-layer

   Note 1: Pointer to a shim_locator which is defined in Section 8.

   Note 2: Pointer to an array of shim_locator.

   Note 3: Pointer to a shim_pathexplore which is defined in Section 8.

   Figure 2 illustrates how the shim specific socket options fit into
   the system model of socket API.  The figure shows that the shim sub-
   layer and the additional protocol components (IPv4 and IPv6) below
   the shim sub-layer are new to the system model.  As previously
   mentioned, all the shim specific socket options are defined at the
   SOL_SHIM level.  This design choice brings the following advantages:

   1.  The existing sockets API continue to work at the layer above the
       shim sub-layer.  That is, those legacy API handle IP addresses as
       identifiers.
   2.  With newly defined socket options for the shim sub-layer, the
       application obtains additional control of locator management.
   3.  The shim specific socket options can be kept independent from
       address family (IPPROTO_IP or IPPROTO_IPV6) and transport
       protocol (IPPROTO_TCP or IPPROTO_UDP).

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                            s1 s2      s3 s4
                             |  |       |  |
            +----------------|--|-------|--|----------------+
            |             +-------+   +-------+             |
            | IPPROTO_TCP |  TCP  |   |  UDP  |             |
            |             +-------+   +-------+             |
            |                |   \     /   |                |
            |                |    -----    |                |
            |                |   /     \   |                |
            |              +------+   +------+              |
            |   IPPROTO_IP | IPv4 |   | IPv6 | IPPROTO_IPV6 |
            |              +------+   +------+              |
            |                  \         /             SOL_SOCKET
            |          +--------\-------/--------+          |
            | SOL_SHIM |          shim           |          |
            |          +--------/-------\--------+          |
            |                  /         \                  |
            |              +------+   +------+              |
            |              | IPv4 |   | IPv6 |              |
            |              +------+   +------+              |
            |                  |          |                 |
            +------------------|----------|-----------------+
                               |          |
                             IPv4       IPv6
                           Datagram   Datagram

         Figure 2: System model of sockets API with shim sub-layer

6.1.  SHIM_ASSOCIATED

   The SHIM_ASSOCIATED option is used to check whether the socket is
   associated with any shim context or not.

   This option is meaningful when the locator information of the
   received IP packet does not tell whether the identifier/locator
   adaptation is performed or not.  Note that the EID pair and the
   locator pair may be identical in some cases.

   Note that the socket option is read-only and the option value can be
   read by getsockopt().  The result (0/1/2) is set in the option value
   (the fourth argument of getsockopt()).

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   The data type of the option value is an integer.  The option value
   indicates the presence of shim context.  A return value 1 means that

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   the socket is associated with a shim context at the shim sub-layer.
   A return value 0 indicates that there is no shim context associated
   with the socket.  A return value 2 means that it is not known whether
   the socket is associated with a shim context or not, and this MUST be
   returned only when the socket is unconnected.  In other words, the
   returned value MUST be 0 or 1 when the socket is connected.

   For example, the option can be used by the application as follows:

       int optval;
       int optlen = sizeof(optval);

       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_ASSOCIATED, &optval, &optlen);

6.2.  SHIM_DONTSHIM

   The SHIM_DONTSHIM option is used to request the shim layer not to
   provide the multihoming support for the communication established
   over the socket.

   The data type of the option value is an integer, and it takes 0 or 1.
   An option value 0 means that the shim sub-layer is employed if
   available.  An option value 1 means that the application does not
   want the shim sub-layer to provide the multihoming support for the
   communication established over the socket.

   Default value is set as 0, which means that the shim sub-layer
   performs identifier/locator adaptation if available.

   Any attempt to disable the multihoming shim support MUST be made by
   the application before the socket is connected.  If an application
   makes such an attempt for a connected-socket, an error code
   EOPNOTSUPP MUST be returned.

   For example, an application can request the system not to apply the
   multihoming support as follows:

       int optval;

       optval = 1;

       setsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_DONTSHIM, &optval, sizeof(optval));

   For example, the application can check the option value as follows:

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       int optval;
       int len;

       len = sizeof(optval);

       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_DONTSHIM, &optval, &len);

6.3.  SHIM_HOT_STANDBY

   The SHIM_HOT_STANDBY option is used to control the shim sub-layer
   whether to employ a hot-standby connection for the socket or not.  A
   hot-standby connection is an alternative working locator pair to the
   current locator pair.  This option is effective only when there is a
   shim context associated with the socket.

   The data type of the option value is an integer.

   The option value can be set by setsockopt().

   The option value can be read by getsockopt().

   By default, the value is set to 0, meaning that hot-standby
   connection is disabled.

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   For example, an application can request establishment of a hot-
   standby connection by using the socket option as follows:

       int optval;

       optval = 1;

       setsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_HOT_STANDBY, &optval,
                  sizeof(optval));

   For example, an application can get the option value by using the
   socket option as follows:

       int optval;
       int len;

       len = sizeof(optval);

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       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_HOT_STANDBY, &optval, &len);

6.4.  SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_PREF

   The SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_PREF option is used to set the preference value
   for a source locator for outbound traffic, or to get the preference
   value of the source locator for outbound traffic that has the highest
   preference value.

   This option is effective only when there is a shim context associated
   with the socket.

   By default, the option value is set to NULL, meaning that the option
   is disabled.

   The preference of a locator is defined by a combination of priority
   and weight as per DNS SRV[RFC2782].  Note that the SHIM6 base
   protocol defines preference of locator in the same way.

   The data type of the option value is a pointer to a locator
   information data structure which is defined in Section 8.

   When an application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   An error EINVALIDLOCATOR is returned when the validation of the
   specified locator fails.

   An application can set the preference value for a source locator for
   outbound traffic by setsockopt() with the socket option.  Note that
   lc_ifidx and lc_flags have no effect in a set operation.  Below is an
   example of set operation.

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       struct shim_locator lc;
       struct in6_addr ip6;

       /* ...set the locator (ip6)... */

       memset(&lc, 0, sizeof(shim_locator));
       lc.lc_family = AF_INET6;  /* IPv6 */
       lc.lc_ifidx = 0;
       lc.lc_flags = 0;
       lc.lc_prio = 1;
       lc.lc_weight = 10;
       memcpy(&lc.lc_addr, &ip6, sizeof(in6_addr));

       setsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_PREF, &lc,
                  sizeof(optval));

   An application can get the source locator for outbound traffic that
   has the highest preference value by using the socket option.  Below
   is an example of get operation.

       struct shim_locator lc;
       int len;

       len = sizeof(lc);

       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_PREF, &lc, &len);

6.5.  SHIM_LOC_PEER_PREF

   The SHIM_LOC_PEER_PREF option is used to set the preference value for
   a destination locator for outbound traffic, or to get the preference
   value of the destination locator for outbound traffic that has the
   highest preference value.

   This option is effective only when there is a shim context associated
   with the socket.

   By default, the option value is set to NULL, meaning that the option
   is disabled.

   As defined earlier, the preference of a locator is defined by a
   combination of priority and weight as per DNS SRV[RFC2782].  When
   there are more than one candidate destination locators, the shim sub-
   layer makes selection based on the priority and weight specified for
   each locator.

   The data type of the option value is a pointer to the locator
   information data structure which is defined in Section 8.

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   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   An error EINVALIDLOCATOR is returned when the validation of the
   requested locator fails.

   An error EUNREACHABLELOCATOR is returned when the requested locator
   is determined to be not reachable according to a reachability check.

   The usage of the option is same as that of SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_PREF.

6.6.  SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV

   The SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV option can be used to request the shim sub-
   layer to store the destination locator of the received IP packet in
   an ancillary data object which can be accessed by recvmsg().  This
   option is effective only when there is a shim context associated with
   the socket.

   The data type of the option value is integer.  The option value MUST
   be binary (0 or 1).  By default, the option value is set to 0,
   meaning that the option is disabled.

   An application can set the option value by setsockopt().

   An application can get the option value by getsockopt().

   See Section 7 for the procedure to access locator information stored
   in the ancillary data objects.

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   For example, an application can request the shim sub-layer to store
   destination locator by using the socket option as follows.

       int optval;

       optval = 1;

       setsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV, &optval,
                  sizeof(optval));

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   For example, an application can get the option value as follows.

       int optval;
       int len;

       len = sizeof(optval);

       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV, &optval, &len);

6.7.  SHIM_LOC_PEER_RECV

   The SHIM_LOC_PEER_RECV option is used to request the shim sub-layer
   to store the source locator of the received IP packet in an ancillary
   data object which can be accessed by recvmsg().  This option is
   effective only when there is a shim context associated with the
   socket.

   The data type of the option value is integer.  The option value MUST
   be binary (0 or 1).  By default, the option value is set to 0,
   meaning that the option is disabled.

   The option value can be set by setsockopt().

   The option value can be read by getsockopt().

   See Section 7 for the procedure to access locator information stored
   in the ancillary data objects.

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   The usage of the option is same as that of SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV
   option.

6.8.  SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND

   The SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND option is used to request the shim sub-layer
   to use a specific locator as the source locator for the IP packets to
   be sent from the socket.  This option is effective only when there is
   a shim context associated with the socket.

   The data type of option value is pointer to shim_locator data
   structure.

   An application can set the local locator by setsockopt() providing a

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   locator which is stored in a shim_locator data structure.  When a
   zero-filled locator is specified, pre-existing setting of local
   locator is inactivated.

   An application can get the local locator by getsockopt().

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   An error EINVALIDLOCATOR is returned when an invalid locator is
   specified.

   For example, an application can request the shim sub-layer to use a
   specific local locator by using the socket option as follows.

       struct shim_locator locator;
       struct in6_addr ia6;

       /* an IPv6 address preferred for the source locator is copied
          to the parameter ia6 */

       memset(&locator, 0, sizeof(locator));

       /* fill shim_locator data structure */
       locator.lc_family = AF_INET6;
       locator.lc_ifidx = 0;
       locator.lc_flags = 0;
       locator.lc_prio = 0;
       locator.lc_weight = 0;
       memcpy(&locator.lc_addr, &ia6, sizeof(ia6));

       setsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND, &locator,
                  sizeof(locator));

   For example, an application can get the designated local locator by
   using the socket option as follows:

       struct shim_locator locator;

       memset(&locator, 0, sizeof(locator));

       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND, &locator,
                  sizeof(locator));

       /* check locator */

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6.9.  SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND

   The SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND option is used to request the shim sub-layer
   to use a specific locator for the destination locator of IP packets
   to be sent from the socket.  This option is effective only when there
   is a shim context associated with the socket.

   The data type of the option value is a pointer to shim_locator data
   structure.

   An application can set the remote locator by setsockopt() providing a
   locator which is stored in a shim_locator data structure.  When a
   zero-filled locator is specified, pre-existing setting of remote
   locator is inactivated.

   An application can get the specified remote locator by getsockopt().

   The difference between the SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND option and the
   SHIM_LOC_PEER_PREF option is that the former guarantee the use of
   requested locator when applicable whereas the latter does not.

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   An error EINVALIDLOCATOR is returned when the validation of the
   requested locator fails.

   An error EUNVERIFIEDLOCATOR is returned when reachability for the
   requested locator has not been verified yet.

   An error EUNREACHABLELOCATOR is returned when the requested locator
   is determined to be not reachable according to a reachability check.

   The usage of the option is the same as that of SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND
   option.

6.10.  SHIM_LOCLIST_LOCAL

   The SHIM_LOCLIST_LOCAL option is used to get or set the locator list
   associated with the local EID of the shim context associated with the
   socket.  This option is effective only when there is a shim context
   associated with the socket.

   The data type of the option value is a pointer to the buffer in which
   a locator list is stored.  See Section 8 for the data structure for

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   storing the locator information.  By default, the option value is set
   to NULL, meaning that the option is disabled.

   An application can get the locator list by getsockopt().  Note that
   the size of the buffer pointed to by the optval argument MUST be
   large enough to store an array of locator information.  The number of
   the locator information is not known beforehand.

   The local locator list can be set by setsockopt().  The buffer
   pointed to by the optval argument MUST contain an array of locator
   structures.

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   An error EINVALIDLOCATOR is returned when the validation of any of
   the specified locators failed.

   An error ETOOMANYLOCATORS is returned when the number of locators
   specified exceeds the limit (SHIM_MAX_LOCATORS), or when the size of
   the buffer provided by the application is not large enough to store
   the locator list provided by the shim sub-layer.

   For example, an application can set a list of locators to be
   associated with the local EID by using the socket option as follows.
   Note that IPv4 locator can be handled by HIP and not by SHIM6.

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       struct shim_locator locators[SHIM_MAX_LOCATORS];
       struct sockaddr_in *sin;
       struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6;

       memset(locators, 0, sizeof(locators));

       ...

       /* obtain local IP addresses from local interfaces */

       ...

       /* first locator (an IPv6 address) */
       locators[0].lc_family = AF_INET6;
       locators[0].lc_ifidx = 0;
       locators[0].lc_flags = 0;
       locators[0].lc_prio = 1;
       locators[0].lc_weight = 0;
       memcpy(&locators[0].lc_addr, &sa6->sin6_addr,
              sizeof(sa6->sin6_addr));

       ...

       /* second locator (an IPv4 address) */
       locators[1].lc_family = AF_INET;
       locators[1].lc_ifidx = 0;
       locators[1].lc_flags = 0;
       locators[1].lc_prio = 0;
       locators[1].lc_weight = 0;
       memcpy(&locators[1].lc_addr, &sa->sin_addr,
              sizeof(sa->sin_addr));

       setsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_LOCLIST_LOCAL, locators,
                  sizeof(locators));

   For example, an application can get a list of locators that are
   associated with the local EID by using the socket option as follows.

       struct shim_locator locators[SHIM_MAX_LOCATORS];

       memset(locators, 0, sizeof(locators));

       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV, locators,
                  sizeof(locators));

       /* parse locators */
       ...

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6.11.  SHIM_LOCLIST_PEER

   The SHIM_LOCLIST_PEER option is used to get or set the locator list
   associated with the peer EID of the shim context associated with the
   socket.  This option is effective only when there is a shim context
   associated with the socket.

   The data type of the option value is a pointer to the buffer where a
   locator list is stored.  See Section 8 for the data structure for
   storing the locator information.  By default, the option value is set
   to NULL, meaning that the option is disabled.

   An application can get the locator list by getsockopt().  Note that
   the size of the buffer pointed to by the optval argument MUST be
   large enough to store an array of locator information.  The number of
   the locator information is not known beforehand.

   An application can set the locator list by setsockopt().  The buffer
   pointed to by the optval argument MUST contain an array of locator
   list.

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   An error EINVALIDLOCATOR is returned when the validation of any of
   the specified locators failed.

   An error EUNVERIFIEDLOCATOR is returned when reachability for the
   requested locator has not been verified yet.

   An error EUNREACHABLELOCATOR is returned when the requested locator
   is determined to be not reachable according to a reachability check.

   An error ETOOMANYLOCATORS is returned when the number of locators
   specified exceeds the limit (SHIM_MAX_LOCATORS), or when the size of
   the buffer provided by the application is not large enough to store
   the locator list provided by the shim sub-layer.

   The usage of the option is same as that of SHIM_LOCLIST_LOCAL.

6.12.  SHIM_APP_TIMEOUT

   The SHIM_APP_TIMEOUT option is used to get or set the Send Timeout
   value of the REAP protocol[RFC5534].  This option is effective only
   when there is a shim context associated with the socket.

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   The data type of the option value is an integer.  The value indicates
   the period of timeout in seconds to send a REAP Keepalive message
   since the last outbound traffic.  By default, the option value is set
   to 0, meaning that the option is disabled.  When the option is
   disabled, the REAP mechanism follows its default value of Send
   Timeout value as specified in [RFC5534]

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   When there is no REAP protocol instance on the system, an error code
   EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   For example, an application can set the timeout value by using the
   socket option as follows.

       int optval;

       optval = 15; /* 15 seconds */

       setsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_APP_TIMEOUT, &optval,
                  sizeof(optval));

   For example, an application can get the timeout value by using the
   socket option as follows.

       int optval;
       int len;

       len = sizeof(optval);

       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_APP_TIMEOUT, &optval, &len);

6.13.  SHIM_PATHEXPLORE

   The application MAY use this socket option to get or set parameters
   concerning path exploration.  Path exploration is a procedure to find
   an alternative locator pair to the current locator pair.  As the REAP
   specification defines, a peer may send Probe messages to find an
   alternative locator pair.

   This option is effective only when there is a shim context associated
   with the socket.

   The data type of the option value is a pointer to the buffer where a

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   set of information for path exploration is stored.  The data
   structure is defined in Section 8.

   By default, the option value is set to NULL, meaning that the option
   is disabled.

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   For example, an application can set parameters for path exploration
   by using the socket option as follows.

       struct shim6_pathexplore pe;

       pe.pe_probenum = 4;        /* times */
       pe.pe_keepaliveto = 10;    /* seconds */
       pe.pe_initprobeto = 500;   /* milliseconds */
       pe.pe_reserved = 0;

       setsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_PATHEXPLORE, &pe, sizeof(pe));

   For example, an application can get parameters for path exploration
   by using the socket option as follows.

       struct shim6_pathexplore pe;
       int len;

       len = sizeof(pe);

       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_PATHEXPLORE, &pe, &len);

6.14.  SHIM_DEFERRED_CONTEXT_SETUP

   The SHIM_DEFERRED_CONTEXT_SETUP option is used to check whether
   deferred context setup is possible or not.  Deferred context setup
   means that the context is established in parallel with the data
   communication.  Note that SHIM6 supports deferred context setup and
   HIP does not because EIDs in HIP (i.e., Host Identifiers) are non-
   routable.

   Note that the socket option is read-only and the option value can be
   ready by getsockopt().

   The data type for the option value is an integer.  The option value
   MUST be binary (0 or 1).  The option value 1 means that the shim sub-

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   layer supports deferred context setup.

   When the application specifies the socket option to an unconnected
   socket, an error code EOPNOTSUPP is returned to the application.

   For example, an application can check whether deferred context setup
   is possible or not as follows:

       int optval;
       int len;

       len = sizeof(optval);

       getsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_DEFERRED_CONTEXT_SETUP,
                  &optval, &len);

6.15.  Applicability

   All the socket options defined in this section except for the
   SHIM_DONTSHIM option are applicable to applications that use
   connected sockets.

   All the socket options defined in this section except for the
   SHIM_ASSOCIATED, SHIM_DONTSHIM and SHIM_CONTEXT_DEFERRED_SETUP
   options are effective only when there is a shim context associated
   with the socket.

6.16.  Error Handling

   If successful, getsockopt() and setsockopt() return 0; otherwise, the
   functions return -1 and set errno to indicate an error.

   The following are new error values defined for some shim specific
   socket options indicating that the getsockopt() or setsockopt()
   finished incompletely:

   EINVALIDLOCATOR
      This indicates that the locator is not part of the HBA
      set[RFC5535] within the shim context associated with the socket.
   EUNVERIFIEDLOCATOR
      This indicates that the reachability of the locator has not been
      confirmed.  This error is applicable to only peer's locator.
   EUNREACHABLELOCATOR
      This indicates that the locator is not reachable according to the
      result of the reachability check.  This error is applicable to
      only peer's locator.

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7.  Ancillary Data for Multihoming Shim Sub-layer

   This section provides definitions of ancillary data to be used for
   locator management and notification from/to the shim sub-layer to/
   from application.

   When the application performs locator management by sendmsg() or
   recvmsg(), a member of the msghdr structure (given in Figure 3)
   called msg_control holds a pointer to the buffer in which one or more
   shim specific ancillary data objects may be stored.  An ancillary
   data object can store a single locator.  It should be possible to
   process the shim specific ancillary data object by the existing
   macros defined in the Posix standard and [RFC3542].

        struct msghdr {
                caddr_t msg_name;       /* optional address */
                u_int   msg_namelen;    /* size of address */
                struct  iovec *msg_iov; /* scatter/gather array */
                u_int   msg_iovlen;     /* # elements in msg_iov */
                caddr_t msg_control;    /* ancillary data, see below */
                u_int   msg_controllen; /* ancillary data buffer len */
                int     msg_flags;      /* flags on received message */
        };

                        Figure 3: msghdr structure

   In the case of unconnected socket, msg_name stores the socket address
   of the peer.  Note that the address is not a locator of the peer but
   the identifier of the peer.  SHIM_LOC_PEER_RECV can be used to get
   the locator of the peer node.

   Table 2 is a list of the shim specific ancillary data which can be
   used for locator management by recvmsg() or sendmsg().  In any case,
   the value of cmsg_level MUST be set as SOL_SHIM.

     +---------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+
     | cmsg_type           | sendmsg() | recvmsg() |   cmsg_data[]   |
     +---------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+
     | SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV |           |     o     |      Note 1     |
     | SHIM_LOC_PEER_RECV  |           |     o     |      Note 1     |
     | SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND |     o     |           |      Note 1     |
     | SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND  |     o     |           |      Note 1     |
     | SHIM_FEEDBACK       |     o     |           | shim_feedback{} |
     +---------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+

                   Table 2: Shim specific ancillary data

   Note 1: cmsg_data[] within msg_control includes a single

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   sockaddr_in{} or sockaddr_in6{} and padding if necessary

7.1.  Get Locator from Incoming Packet

   An application can get locator information from the received IP
   packet by specifying the shim specific socket options for the socket.
   When SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV and/or SHIM_LOC_PEER_RECV socket options are
   set, the application can retrieve local and/or remote locator from
   the ancillary data.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, the shim
   sub-layer MUST return zero-filled locator information to the
   application.

7.2.  Set Locator for Outgoing Packet

   An application can specify the locators to be used for transmitting
   an IP packet by sendmsg().  When the ancillary data of cmsg_type
   SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND and/or SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND are specified, the
   application can explicitly specify the source and/or the destination
   locators to be used for the communication over the socket.  If the
   specified locator pair is verified, the shim sub-layer overrides the
   locator(s) of the outgoing IP packet.  Note that the effect is
   limited to the datagram transmitted by the sendmsg().

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   An error code EINVALIDLOCATOR is returned when validation of the
   specified locator fails.

   An error EUNVERIFIEDLOCATOR is returned when reachability for the
   requested locator has not been verified yet.  The application is
   recommended to use another destination locator until the reachability
   check for the requested locator is done.

   An error EUNREACHABLELOCATOR is returned when the requested locator
   is determined to be not reachable according to a reachability check.
   The application is recommended to use another destination locator
   when receiving the error.

7.3.  Notification from Application to Multihoming Shim Sub-layer

   An application MAY provide feedback to the shim sub-layer about the
   communication status.  Such feedback are useful for the shim sub-
   layer to monitor the reachability status of the currently used
   locator pair in a given shim context.

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   The notification can be made by sendmsg() specifying a new ancillary
   data called SHIM_FEEDBACK.  The ancillary data can be handled by
   specifying SHIM_FEEDBACK option in cmsg_type.

   When there is no shim context associated with the socket, an error
   code ENOENT is returned to the application.

   See Section 8.3 for details of the data structure to be used.

   It is outside the scope of this document how the shim sub-layer would
   react when a feedback is provided by an application.

7.4.  Applicability

   All the ancillary data for the shim sub-layer is applicable to
   connected sockets.

   Care is needed when the SHIM_LOC_*_RECV socket option is used for
   stream-oriented sockets (e.g., TCP sockets) because there is no one-
   to-one mapping between a single send or receive operation and the
   data (e.g., a TCP segment) being received.  In other words, there is
   no guarantee that the locator(s) set in the SHIM_LOC_*_RECV ancillary
   data is identical to the locator(s) that appear in the IP packets
   received.  The shim sub-layer SHOULD provide the latest locator
   information to the application in response to the SHIM_LOC_*_RECV
   socket option.

8.  Data Structures

   This section gives data structures for the shim sub-layer.  These
   data structures are either used as a parameter for setsockopt() or
   getsockopt() (as mentioned in Section 6) or as a parameter for
   ancillary data to be processed by sendmsg() or recvmsg() (as
   mentioned in Section 7).

8.1.  Data Structure for Locator Information

   As defined in Section 6, the SHIM_LOC_*_PREF, SHIM_LOC_*_SEND, and
   SHIM_LOCLIST_* socket options need to handle one or more locator
   information.  Locator information includes not only the locator
   itself but also additional information about the locator which is
   useful for locator management.  A new data structure is defined to
   serve as a placeholder for the locator information.

   Figure 4 illustrates the data structure called shim_locator which
   stores a locator information.

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        struct shim_locator {
                uint8_t    lc_family;       /* address family */
                uint8_t    lc_proto;        /* protocol */
                uint16_t   lc_port;         /* port number */
                uint16_t   lc_prio;         /* preference value */
                uint16_t   lc_weight;       /* weight */
                uint32_t   lc_ifidx;        /* interface index */
                struct in6_addr lc_addr;    /* address */
                uint16_t   lc_flags;        /* flags */
        };

                     Figure 4: shim locator structure

   lc_family
      Address family of the locator (e.g.  AF_INET, AF_INET6).  It is
      required that the parameter contains non-zero value indicating the
      exact address family of the locator.
   lc_proto
      Internet Protocol number for the protocol which is used to handle
      locator behind NAT.  The value MUST be set to zero when there is
      no NAT involved.  When the locator is behind NAT, the value MUST
      be set to IPPROTO_UDP.
   lc_port
      Port number which is used for handling locator behind NAT.
   lc_prio
      The priority of the locator.  The range is 0-65535.  The lowest
      priority value means the highest priority.
   lc_weight
      The weight value indicates a relative weight for locators with the
      same priority value.  The range is 0-65535.  A locator with higher
      weight value is prioritized over the other locators with lower
      weight values.
   lc_ifidx
      Interface index of the network interface to which the locator is
      assigned.  This field is applicable only to local locators, and
      has no effect in set operation.
   lc_addr
      Contains the locator.  In case of IPv4, the locator MUST be
      formatted in the IPv4-mapped IPv6 address as defined in [RFC4291].
      The locator MUST be stored in network byte order.
   lc_flags
      Each bit of the flags represents a specific characteristics of the
      locator.  Hash Based Address (HBA) is defined as 0x01.
      Cryptographically Generated Address (CGA) is defined as 0x02.
      This field has no effect in set operation.

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8.1.1.  Handling Locator behind NAT

   Note that the locator information MAY contain a locator behind a
   Network Address Translator (NAT).  Such a situation may arise when
   the host is behind the NAT and uses a local address as a source
   locator to communicate with the peer.  Note that a NAT traversal
   mechanism for HIP is defined, which allows HIP host to tunnel control
   and data traffic over UDP[RFC5770].  Note also that the locator
   behind NAT is not necessarily an IPv4 address but it can be an IPv6
   address.  Below is an example where the application sets a UDP
   encapsulation interface as a source locator when sending IP packets.

          struct shim_locator locator;
          struct in6_addr ia6;

          /* copy the private IPv4 address to the ia6 as an IPv4-mapped
             IPv6 address */

          memset(&locator, 0, sizeof(locator));

          /* fill shim_locator data structure */
          locator.lc_family = AF_INET;
          locator.lc_proto = IPPROTO_UDP;
          locator.lc_port = 50500;
          locator.lc_ifidx = 0;
          locator.lc_flags = 0;
          locator.lc_prio = 0;
          locator.lc_weight = 0;

          memcpy(&locator.lc_addr, &ia6, sizeof(ia6));

          setsockopt(fd, SOL_SHIM, SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND, &locator,
                     sizeof(locator));

                   Figure 5: Handling locator behind NAT

8.2.  Path Exploration Parameter

   As defined in Section 6, SHIM_PATHEXPLORE allows application to set
   or read the parameters for path exploration and failure detection.  A
   new data structure called shim_pathexplore is defined to store the
   necessary parameters.  Figure 6 illustrates the data structure.  The
   data structure can be passed to getsockopt() or setsockopt() as an
   argument.

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        struct shim_pathexplore {
                uint16_t  pe_probenum;      /* # of initial probes */
                uint16_t  pe_keepaliveto;   /* Keepalive Timeout */
                uint16_t  pe_keepaliveint   /* Keepalive Interval */
                uint16_t  pe_initprobeto;   /* Initial Probe Timeout */
                uint32_t  pe_reserved;      /* reserved */
        };

                     Figure 6: path explore structure

   pe_probenum
      Indicates the number of initial probe messages to be sent.  The
      value MUST be set as per [RFC5534].
   pe_keepaliveto
      Indicates timeout value in seconds for detecting a failure when
      the host does not receive any packets for a certain period of time
      while there is outbound traffic.  When the timer expires, path
      exploration procedure will be carried out by sending a REAP Probe
      message.  The value MUST be set as per [RFC5534].
   pe_keepaliveint
      Indicates interval of REAP keepalive messages in seconds to be
      sent by the host when there is no outbound traffic to the peer
      host.  The value MUST be set as per [RFC5534].
   pe_initprobeto
      Indicates retransmission timer of REAP Probe message in
      milliseconds.  Note that this timer is applied before exponential
      back-off is started.  A REAP Probe message for the same locator
      pair may be retransmitted.  The value MUST be set as per
      [RFC5534].
   pe_reserved
      A reserved field for future extension.  By default, the field MUST
      be initialized to zero.

8.3.  Feedback Information

   As mentioned in Section 7.3, applications can inform the shim sub-
   layer about the status of unicast reachability of the locator pair
   currently in use.  The feedback information can be handled by using
   ancillary data called SHIM_FEEDBACK.  A new data structure named
   shim_feedback is illustrated in Figure 7.

        struct shim_feedback {
                uint8_t   fb_direction;    /* direction of traffic */
                uint8_t   fb_indicator;    /* indicator (1-3) */
                uint16_t  fb_reserved;     /* reserved */
        };

                 Figure 7: feedback information structure

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   direction
      Indicates direction of reachability between a locator pair in
      question.  A value 0 indicates outbound and a value 1 indicates
      inbound direction.
   indicator
      A value indicating the degree of satisfaction of a unidirectional
      reachability for a given locator pair.
      *  0: Default value.  Whenever this value is specified the
         feedback information MUST NOT be processed by the shim sub-
         layer.
      *  1: Unable to connect.  There is no unidirectional reachability
         between the locator pair in question.
      *  2: Unsatisfactory.  The application is not satisfied with the
         unidirectional reachability between the locator pair in
         question.
      *  3: Satisfactory.  There is satisfactory unidirectional
         reachability between the locator pair in question.
   reserved
      Reserved field.  MUST be ignored by the receiver.

9.  System Requirements

   As addressed in Section 6, most of the socket options and ancillary
   data defined in this document are applicable to connected sockets.
   It is assumed that the kernel is capable of maintaining the
   association between a connected socket and a shim context.  This
   requirement is considered to be reasonable because a pair of source
   and destination IP addresses is bound to a connected socket.

10.  Relation to Existing Sockets API Extensions

   This section explains relation between the sockets API defined in
   this document and the existing sockets API extensions.

   As mentioned in Section 6, the basic assumption is that the existing
   sockets API continues to work above the shim sub-layer.  This means
   that, the existing sockets API deals with identifiers, and the
   sockets API defined in this document deals with locators.

   SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND and SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND socket options are
   semantically similar to the IPV6_PKTINFO socket API in the sense that
   both provide a means for application to set the source IP address of
   outbound IP packets.

   SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_RECV and SHIM_LOC_PEER_RECV socket options are
   semantically similar to the IP_RECVDSTADDR and IPV6_PKTINFO socket

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   APIs in the sense that both provides a means for application to get
   the source and/or destination IP address of inbound IP packets.

   getsockname() and getpeername() enable application to get 'name' of
   the communication endpoints which is represented by a pair of IP
   address and port number assigned to the socket. getsockname() gives
   IP address and port number assigned to the socket on the local side,
   and getpeername() gives IP address and port number of the peer side.

11.  Operational Considerations

   This section gives operational considerations of the sockets API
   defined in this document.

11.1.  Conflict Resolution

   There can be a conflicting situation when different applications
   specify difference preference for the same shim context.  For
   instance, suppose if application A and B establish communication with
   the same EID pair while both applications have different preference
   in their choice of local locator.  The notion of context forking in
   SHIM6 can resolve the conflicting situation.

   It is possible that socket options defined in Section 6 cause
   conflicting situation when the target context is shared by multiple
   applications.  In such a case, the socket handler should inform the
   shim sub-layer that context forking is required.  In SHIM6, when a
   context is forked, an unique identifier called Forked Instance
   Identifier (FII) is assigned to the newly forked context.  The forked
   context is then exclusively associated with the socket through which
   non-default preference value was specified.  The forked context is
   maintained by the shim sub-layer during the lifetime of associated
   socket instance.  When the socket is closed, the shim sub-layer
   SHOULD delete associated context.

   When the application specifies SHIM_LOC_*_SEND specifying a different
   source or destination locator which does not have the highest
   priority and weight specified by the SHIM_LOC_*_PREF, the shim sub-
   layer SHOULD supersede the request made by SHIM_LOC_*_SEND over the
   preference specified by SHIM_LOC_*_PREF.

   When the peer provides preferences of the locators (e.g., a SHIM6
   peer sends a locator with a Locator Preferences Option) which
   conflict with preference specified by the applications either by
   SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND or SHIM_LOC_PEER_PREF, the shim sub-layer SHOULD
   supersede the preference made by the application over the preference
   specified by the peer.

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11.2.  Incompatibility between IPv4 and IPv6

   The shim sub-layer performs identifier/locator adaptation.
   Therefore, in some cases, the whole IP header can be replaced with
   new IP header of a different address family (e.g. conversion from
   IPv4 to IPv6 or vice versa).  Hence, there is an issue how to make
   the conversion with minimum impact.  Note that this issue is common
   in other protocol conversion techniques
   [RFC2765][I-D.ietf-behave-v6v4-xlate].

   As studied in the previous works on protocol
   conversion[RFC2765][I-D.ietf-behave-v6v4-xlate], some of the features
   (IPv6 routing headers, hop-by-hop extension headers, and destination
   headers) from IPv6 are not convertible to IPv4.  In addition, notion
   of source routing is not exactly the same in IPv4 and IPv6.  This
   means that an error may occur during the conversion of identifier and
   locator.  It is outside the scope of this document to describe how
   the shim sub-layer should behave in such erroneous cases.

12.  IANA Considerations

   There is no IANA considerations for the socket options (SHIM_*), the
   ancillary data, and the socket level (SOL_SHIM) that are defined in
   this document.  All the numbers concerned are not under the control
   of IETF or IANA but they are platform-specific.

13.  Protocol Constants and Variables

   This section defines protocol constants and variables.
   SHIM_MAX_LOCATORS  The maximum number of the locators to be included
      in a locator list.  The value is set to 32.

14.  Security Considerations

   This section gives security considerations of the API defined in this
   document.

14.1.  Treatment of Unknown Locator

   When sending IP packets, there is a possibility that an application
   requests use of unknown locator for the source and/or destination
   locators.  Note that treatment of unknown locator can be a subject of
   security considerations because use of invalid source and/or
   destination locator may cause redirection attack.

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14.1.1.  Treatment of Unknown Source Locator

   The shim sub-layer checks if the requested locator is available on
   any of the local interface.  If not, the shim sub-layer MUST reject
   the request and return an error message with the EINVALIDLOCATOR code
   to the application.  If the locator is confirmed to be available, the
   shim sub-layer SHOULD initiate the procedure to update the locator
   list.

   Use of the following socket options and ancillary data requires
   treatment of unknown source locator:
   o  SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND
   o  SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_PREF
   o  SHIM_LOCLIST_LOCAL

14.1.2.  Treatment of Unknown Destination Locator

   If the shim sub-layer turns out to be SHIM6, the SHIM6 layer MUST
   reject the request for using an unknown destination locator.

   If the shim sub-layer turns out to be HIP, the HIP layer MUST reject
   the request for using an unknown destination locator.  There is,
   however, an exceptional case where the HIP layer SHOULD accept the
   request provided that the HIP association is in an UNASSOCIATED
   state.  Details of locator handling in HIP is described in section
   4.6 of [I-D.ietf-hip-native-api].

   Use of the following socket options and ancillary data requires
   treatment of unknown destination locator:
   o  SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND
   o  SHIM_LOC_PEER_PREF
   o  SHIM_LOCLIST_PEER

15.  Changes

15.1.  Changes from version 00 to version 01

   o  Define shim_locator{} data type which is a placeholder for
      locator.
   o  Define shim_pathexplore{} data type in which a set of REAP
      parameters are stored.
   o  Remove descriptions about "stickiness" of socket options.
   o  Deprecate SHIM_IF_RECV and SHIM_IF_SEND socket options.
   o  Give default value and how to disable given socket option.

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15.2.  Changes from version 01 to version 02

   o  Add section describing context forking.
   o  Rephrase conclusion section.
   o  Separate normative references from informative references.
   o  Remove texts from discussion section that are not relevant to the
      contents of the document.
   o  Add section describing change history (this section).

15.3.  Changes from version 02 to version 03

   o  Add an Appendix section describing the issue of context forking.

15.4.  Changes from version 03 to version 04

   o  Updated reference.
   o  Correct typo and grammatical errors.

15.5.  Changes from version 04 to version 05

   o  Added definition of SHIM_FEEDBACK ancillary data.
   o  Added an example of code using the SHIM_LOCLIST_LOCAL
   o  Added SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_SEND and SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND socket options.

15.6.  Changes from version 05 to version 06

   o  Updated references.

15.7.  Changes from version 06 to version 07

   o  Resolved editorial issues.

15.8.  Changes from version 07 to version 08

   No changes are made except for updates of the references.

15.9.  Changes from version 08 to version 09

   o  Updated texts for Section 1 and Section 5 according to the
      comments provided by Samu Varjonen.
   o  Made it clear that downgrading the multihoming shim support (i.e.,
      specifying value 1 with the SHIM_DONTSHIM socket option) is only
      allowed before the socket is connected.
   o  Updated locator information (shim_locator{}) so that it can
      contain a locator behind NAT.

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15.10.  Changes from version 09 to version 10

   o  Addressed applicability of socket options and ancillary data for
      the shim sub-layer.
   o  Addressed system requirements.
   o  Removed unnecessary description about deprecated socket option
      (SHIM_IF_RECV).

15.11.  Changes from version 10 to version 11

   o  Added short descriptions about connected sockets and unconnected
      sockets.
   o  Relaxed applicability of the socket options.
   o  Relaxed applicability of the ancillary data.
   o  Added notification about locator change.

15.12.  Changes from version 11 to version 12

   o  Reflected comments from Brian Karpenter.
   o  Reflected comments from Michael Scharf.

15.13.  Changes from version 12 to version 13

   o  Reflected comments from Sebastien Barre.
   o  Removed the description about the notification from the shim sub-
      layer to applications.
   o  Narrowed down the scope of the applicability of the socket options
      and the ancillary data.

15.14.  Changes from version 13 to version 14

   o  No change was made.  The draft was re-submitted to avoid
      expiration.

15.15.  Changes from version 14 to version 15

   o  Addressed the difference between SHIM_LOC_PEER_SEND and
      SHIM_LOC_PEER_PREF.
   o  Made clear distinction between validation of locator and
      verification of locator, and introduced two errors:
      EUNVERIFIEDLOCATOR and EUNREACHABLELOCATOR.
   o  Addressed exceptional case for HIP in handling of unknown
      destination locator.

15.16.  Changes from version 15 to version 16

   Updated the documents reflecting the comments received during the
   IETF Last Call.

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   o  Added Keepalive Interval (pe_keepaliveint) as a member of the
      shim_pathexplore{} data structure.
   o  Addressed the unit of pe_keepaliveto.
   o  Rephrased the last sentence in Appendix A to make it clear that
      the addressed issue is for further study.
   o  Corrected a typo.

15.17.  Changes from version 16 to version 17

   Updated the documents reflecting the comments received during the
   IESG review.
   o  Applied the RFC 2119 terminology more strictly.
   o  Made it clear whether each socket option can be set and/or get.
   o  Made some adjustments to the semantics of SHIM_LOC_LOCAL_PREF.
   o  Made the usage of lc_proto clear.
   o  Removed a misleading sentence from the paragraph describing
      lc_ifidx.

16.  Acknowledgments

   Authors would like to thank Jari Arkko who participated in the
   discussion that lead to the first version of this document, and
   Tatuya Jinmei who thoroughly reviewed the early version of this draft
   and provided detailed comments on sockets API related issues.  Thomas
   Henderson provided valuable comments especially from HIP
   perspectives.

   Authors sincerely thank to the following people for their helpful
   comments to the document: Samu Varjonen, Dmitriy Kuptsov, Brian
   Carpenter, Michael Scharf, Sebastien Barre, and Roni Even.

17.  References

17.1.  Normative References

   [POSIX]    "IEEE Std. 1003.1-2001 Standard for Information Technology
              -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX). Open group
              Technical Standard: Base Specifications, Issue 6,
              http://www.opengroup.org/austin", December 2001.

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

   [RFC3542]  Stevens, W., Thomas, M., Nordmark, E., and T. Jinmei,
              "Advanced Sockets Application Program Interface (API) for
              IPv6", RFC 3542, May 2003.

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   [RFC4423]  Moskowitz, R. and P. Nikander, "Host Identity Protocol
              (HIP) Architecture", RFC 4423, May 2006.

   [RFC5533]  Nordmark, E. and M. Bagnulo, "Shim6: Level 3 Multihoming
              Shim Protocol for IPv6", RFC 5533, June 2009.

   [RFC5534]  Arkko, J. and I. van Beijnum, "Failure Detection and
              Locator Pair Exploration Protocol for IPv6 Multihoming",
              RFC 5534, June 2009.

17.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-behave-v6v4-xlate]
              Li, X., Bao, C., and F. Baker, "IP/ICMP Translation
              Algorithm", draft-ietf-behave-v6v4-xlate-23 (work in
              progress), September 2010.

   [I-D.ietf-hip-native-api]
              Komu, M. and T. Henderson, "Basic Socket Interface
              Extensions for Host Identity Protocol (HIP)",
              draft-ietf-hip-native-api-12 (work in progress),
              January 2010.

   [I-D.ietf-shim6-app-refer]
              Nordmark, E., "Shim6 Application Referral Issues",
              draft-ietf-shim6-app-refer-00 (work in progress),
              July 2005.

   [RFC2765]  Nordmark, E., "Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm
              (SIIT)", RFC 2765, February 2000.

   [RFC2782]  Gulbrandsen, A., Vixie, P., and L. Esibov, "A DNS RR for
              specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)", RFC 2782,
              February 2000.

   [RFC4291]  Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
              Architecture", RFC 4291, February 2006.

   [RFC5535]  Bagnulo, M., "Hash-Based Addresses (HBA)", RFC 5535,
              June 2009.

   [RFC5770]  Komu, M., Henderson, T., Tschofenig, H., Melen, J., and A.
              Keranen, "Basic Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Extensions
              for Traversal of Network Address Translators", RFC 5770,
              April 2010.

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Appendix A.  Context Forking

   In this section, an issue concerning context forking and its relation
   to the multihoming shim API are discussed.

   SHIM6 supports a notion of context forking.  A peer may decide to
   fork a context for certain reason (e.g. upper layer protocol prefers
   to use different locator pair than the one defined in available
   context).  The procedure of forking context is done similar to the
   normal context establishment, performing the 4-way message exchange.
   A peer who has decided to fork a context initiates the context
   establishment.  Hereafter, we call this peer the "initiator".  The
   peer of the initiator is called the "responder".

   Once the forked context is established between the peers, on the
   initiator side, it is possible to apply forked context to the packet
   flow since the system maintains an association between the forked
   context and the socket owned by the application that has requested
   the context forking.  How this association is maintained is an
   implementation specific issue.  However, on the responder side, there
   is a question how the outbound packet can be multiplexed by the shim
   sub-layer because there are more than one SHIM6 contexts that match
   with the ULID pair of the packet flow.  There is a need to
   differentiate packet flows not only by the ULID pairs but by some
   other information and associate a given packet flow with a specific
   context.

   Figure 8 gives an example of a scenario where two communicating peers
   fork a context.  Initially, there has been a single transaction
   between the peers, by the application 1 (App1).  Accordingly, another
   transaction is started, by application 2 (App2).  Both of the
   transactions are made based on the same ULID pair.  The first context
   pair (Ctx1) is established for the transaction of App1.  Given the
   requests from App2, the shim sub-layer on Peer 1 decides to fork a
   context.  Accordingly, a forked context (Ctx2) is established between
   the peers, which should be exclusively applied to the transaction of
   App2.  Ideally, multiplexing and demultiplexing of packet flows that
   relate to App1 and App2 should be done as illustrated in Figure 8.
   However, as mentioned earlier, the responder needs to multiplex
   outbound flows of App1 and App2 somehow.  Note that if a context
   forking occurs on the initiator side, a context forking needs to
   occur also on the responder side.

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              Peer 1                                 Peer 2
            (initiator)                            (responder)

       +----+         +----+                  +----+         +----+
       |App1|         |App2|                  |App1|         |App2|
       +----+         +----+                  +----+         +----+
         |^             |^                      ^|             ^|
         v|             v|                      |v             |v
    -----S1-------------S2-----            -----S1-------------S2-----
         ||             ||                      ||             ||
         ||             ||                      ||             ||

        Ctx1           Ctx2                    Ctx1           Ctx2
    ULID:<A1,B1>   ULID:<A1,B1>            ULID:<B1,A1>    ULID:<B1,A1>
    Loc: <A1,B2>   Loc: <A1,B3>            Loc: <B2,A1>    Loc: <B3,A1>
    FII: 0         FII: 100                FII: 0          FII: 100

         |^             |^                      ^|             ^|
         ||             ||                      ||             ||
         ||             ||                      ||             ||
         \..............||....................../|             ||
          \.............||......................./             ||
                        ||                                     ||
                        \|...................................../|
                         \....................................../

                         Figure 8: context forking

   It is for further study how to solve the issue described above.

Authors' Addresses

   Miika Komu
   Helsinki Institute for Information Technology
   Tammasaarenkatu 3
   Helsinki
   Finland

   Phone: +358503841531
   Fax:   +35896949768
   Email: miika@iki.fi
   URI:   http://www.hiit.fi/

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   Marcelo Bagnulo
   Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
   Av. Universidad 30
   Leganes  28911
   SPAIN

   Phone: +34 91 6248837
   Email: marcelo@it.uc3m.es
   URI:   http://it.uc3m.es/marcelo

   Kristian Slavov
   Ericsson Research Nomadiclab
   Hirsalantie 11
   Jorvas  FI-02420
   Finland

   Phone: +358 9 299 3286
   Email: kristian.slavov@ericsson.com

   Shinta Sugimoto (editor)
   Nippon Ericsson K.K.
   Koraku Mori Building
   1-4-14, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku
   Tokyo  112-0004
   Japan

   Phone: +81 3 3830 2241
   Email: shinta@sfc.wide.ad.jp

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