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Resource Records for EUI-48 and EUI-64 Addresses in the DNS
draft-jabley-dnsext-eui48-eui64-rrtypes-01

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draft-jabley-dnsext-eui48-eui64-rrtypes-01
Network Working Group                                           J. Abley
Internet-Draft                                  TekSavvy Solutions, Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track                          March 22, 2013
Expires: September 23, 2013

      Resource Records for EUI-48 and EUI-64 Addresses in the DNS
               draft-jabley-dnsext-eui48-eui64-rrtypes-01

Abstract

   48-bit Extended Unique Identifiers (EUI-48) and 64-bit Extended
   Unique Identifiers (EUI-64) are address formats specified by the IEEE
   for use in various layer-2 networks, e.g. ethernet.

   This document defines two new DNS resource record types, EUI48 and
   EUI64, for encoding ethernet addresses in the DNS.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.  The EUI48 Resource Record  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.1.  EUI48 RDATA Wire Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.2.  EUI48 RR Presentation Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   4.  The EUI64 Resource Record  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.1.  EUI64 RDATA Wire Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.2.  EUI64 RR Presentation Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   5.  Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   6.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   7.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   8.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   9.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   Appendix A.  Editorial Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
     A.1.  RRType Parameter Allocation Template . . . . . . . . . . . 12
     A.2.  Change History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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1.  Introduction

   The Domain Name System (DNS) is described in [RFC1034] and [RFC1035].
   This base specification defines many Resource Record (RR) Types, and
   subsequent specifications have defined others.  Each defined RRType
   provides a means of encoding particular data in the DNS.

   48-bit Extended Unique Identifiers (EUI-48) [EUI48] and 64-bit
   Extended Unique Identifiers (EUI-64) [EUI64] are address formats
   specified by the IEEE for use in various layer-2 networks, e.g.
   ethernet.

   This document defines two new RR Types, EUI48 and EUI64 for encoding
   EUI-48 and EUI-64 addresses in the DNS.

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2.  Terminology

   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].

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3.  The EUI48 Resource Record

   The EUI48 RR is used to store a single EUI-48 address in the DNS.

   The Type value for the EUI48 RRType is 108 (decimal).

   The EUI48 RR is class-independent.

   The EUI48 RR has no special Time-to-Live (TTL) requirements.

3.1.  EUI48 RDATA Wire Format

   The RDATA for an EUI48 RR consists of a single, 6-octet EUI48-Address
   field, encoded in network (big-endian) order.

       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          EUI48-Address                        |
      |                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

3.2.  EUI48 RR Presentation Format

   The Address field MUST be represented as six two-digit hexadecimal
   numbers separated by hyphens.  The hexadecimal digits "A" through "F"
   MAY be represented in either upper or lower case.

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4.  The EUI64 Resource Record

   The EUI64 RR is used to store a single EUI-64 address in the DNS.

   The Type value for the EUI64 RR is 109 (decimal).

   The EUI64 RR is class-independent.

   The EUI64 RR has no special TTL requirements.

4.1.  EUI64 RDATA Wire Format

   The RDATA for an EUI48 RR consists of a single, 8-octet Address
   field, encoded in network (big-endian) order.

       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          EUI-64 Address                       |
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

4.2.  EUI64 RR Presentation Format

   The Address field MUST be represented as eight two-digit hexadecimal
   numbers separated by hyphens.  The hexadecimal digits "A" through "F"
   MAY be represented in either upper or lower case.

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5.  Examples

   The following EUI48 RR stores the EUI-48 address 7c-d1-c3-e8-10-2f.

     host.example. 86400 IN EUI48 7c-d1-c3-e8-10-2f

   The following EUI64 RR stores the EUI-64 address 7c:d1:c3:ff:fe:e8:
   10:2f.

     host.example. 86400 IN EUI64 7c-d1-c3-ff-fe-e8-10-2f

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6.  IANA Considerations

   IANA has assigned the RRType value 108 (decimal) for EUI48 and 109
   (decimal) for EUI64.  This document directs the IANA to confirm that
   the corresponding entries in the "Resource Record (RR) TYPEs"
   subregistry match the following data:

           +-------+-------+-------------------+---------------+
           | Type  | Value | Meaning           | Reference     |
           +-------+-------+-------------------+---------------+
           | EUI48 | 108   | an EUI-48 address | this document |
           |       |       |                   |               |
           | EUI64 | 109   | an EUI-64 address | this document |
           +-------+-------+-------------------+---------------+

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7.  Security Considerations

   The specification presented in this document presents no additional
   threat to the Internet.

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8.  Acknowledgements

   The author acknowledges the contributions of Olafur Gudmundsson, Mark
   Smith, Andrew Sullivan and Roy Arends.

   "EUI-48" and "EUI-64" are registered trademarks of the Institute of
   Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

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9.  Normative References

   [EUI48]    IEEE, "Guidelines for use of a 48-bit Extended Unique
              Identifier (EUI-48)".

   [EUI64]    IEEE, "Guidelines for use of a 64-bit Extended Unique
              Identifier (EUI-64)".

   [RFC1034]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - concepts and facilities",
              STD 13, RFC 1034, November 1987.

   [RFC1035]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and
              specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, November 1987.

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

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Appendix A.  Editorial Notes

   This section (and sub-sections) to be removed prior to publication.

A.1.  RRType Parameter Allocation Template

                   DNS RRTYPE PARAMETER ALLOCATION TEMPLATE

     A. Submission Date: 2013-03-18

     B.1 Submission Type:  [X] New RRTYPE  [ ] Modification to RRTYPE
     B.2 Kind of RR:  [X] Data RR  [ ] Meta-RR

     C. Contact Information for submitter (will be publicly posted):
           Name: Joe Abley
           Email Address: jabley@teksavvy.ca
           International telephone number: +1 519 670 9327
           Other contact handles:

     D. Motivation for the new RRTYPE application.

        The purpose of this RRTYPE application is to allow EUI-48
        and EUI-64 addresses to be stored in the DNS. EUI-48
        addresses are those used, for example, in ethernet.

     E. Description of the proposed RR type.

        See draft-jabley-dnsext-eui48-eui64-rrtypes for a full
        description.

     F. What existing RRTYPE or RRTYPEs come closest to filling that
        need and why are they unsatisfactory?

        The TXT record can be used to store arbitrary, unstructured
        data in the DNS and hence could be used to store EUI-48 and
        EUI-64 addresses. This approach is unsatisfactory for the
        usual reasons, i.e. there is no opportunity for validating
        data before it is stored, and typographical errors must
        consequently be detected after data retrieval.

     G. What mnemonic is requested for the new RRTYPE (optional)?

        EUI48 for EUI-48 addresses; EUI64 for EUI-64 addresses.

     H. Does the requested RRTYPE make use of any existing IANA
        registry or require the creation of a new IANA sub-registry
        in DNS Parameters?  If so, please indicate which registry is
        to be used or created. If a new sub-registry is needed, specify

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        the allocation policy for it and its initial contents. Also
        include what the modification procedures will be.

        No.

     I. Does the proposal require/expect any changes in DNS
        servers/resolvers that prevent the new type from being processed
        as an unknown RRTYPE (see [RFC3597])?

        No.

     J. Comments:

        See draft-jabley-dnsext-eui48-eui64-rrtypes for a complete
        specification.

A.2.  Change History

   00 Initial idea, circulated for the purposes of entertainment.

   01 Presentation format changed from colon-separated to hyphen-
      separated, to better match conventional usage for big-endian
      representations of EUI-48 and EUI-64 addresses.  IEEE trademarks
      acknowledged.  Code-points assigned by expert review.  Other minor
      tweaks and fixes based on early review.

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Author's Address

   Joe Abley
   TekSavvy Solutions, Inc.
   470 Moore Street
   London, ON  N6C 2C2
   Canada

   Phone: +1 519 670 9327
   Email: jabley@teksavvy.ca

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