Compressed SID (C-SID) for SRv6 SFC
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draft-lh-spring-srv6-sfc-csid-02
SPRING Working Group C. Li, Ed.
Internet-Draft Huawei
Intended status: Standards Track W. Cheng
Expires: 1 September 2024 China Mobile
H. Huang, Ed.
Huawei
29 February 2024
Compressed SID (C-SID) for SRv6 SFC
draft-lh-spring-srv6-sfc-csid-02
Abstract
In SRv6, an SRv6 SID is a 128-bit value. When too many 128-bit SRv6
SIDs are included in an SRH, the introduced overhead will affect the
transmission efficiency of payload. In order to address this
problem, Compressed SID(C-SID) is proposed. This document defines
new behaviors for service segments with REPLACE-C-SID and NEXT-C-SID
flavors to enable compressed SRv6 service programming.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. SR Proxy Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Static SR Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.1. Static Proxy for Inner Type Ethernet . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.2. Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.3. Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2. Dynamic SR Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2.1. Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type Ethernet . . . . . . . . 8
2.2.2. Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2.3. Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3. Shared Memory SR Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.4. Masquerading SR Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.4.1. SRv6 Masquerading Proxy Pseudocode . . . . . . . . . 13
2.4.2. Destination NAT Flavor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4.3. Cache Flavor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Appendix A. Complete Pseudocodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
A.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type
Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
A.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type
Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
A.3. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type
IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A.4. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv4 . 21
A.5. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type
IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A.6. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv6 . 24
A.7. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type
Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
A.8. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type
Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
A.9. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type
IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
A.10. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type
IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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A.11. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type
IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
A.12. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type
IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
A.13. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for SRv6 Masquerading Proxy . . . . 33
A.14. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for SRv6 De-masquerading Proxy . . . 35
A.15. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for SRv6 Masquerading Proxy . . . . . . 35
A.16. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for SRv6 De-masquerading Proxy . . . . 37
A.17. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Destination NAT Flavor . . . . . 37
A.18. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Destination NAT Flavor . . . . . . 38
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
1. Introduction
Segment Routing [RFC8402] is a source routing paradigm to support
steering packets through a programmed path at the ingress node.
Currently, two data planes are defined for Segment Routing: MPLS and
IPv6. When IPv6 data plane is used in Segment Routing, it is called
SRv6 [RFC8754] . [RFC8754] defines a new extension header in IPv6,
called Segment Routing Header (SRH), to support SRv6. To support
SRv6 network programming, [RFC8986] defines a framework to build a
network program with topological and service segments carried in a
Segment Routing header (SRH) [RFC8754].
A Service Function Chain (SFC) [RFC7665] defines an ordered set of
abstract service functions and ordering constraints that must be
applied to packets and/or frames and/or flows.
A service function chain can be implemented by SRv6 by using a
sequence of SRv6 SIDs including service segments defined in
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
However, when too many 128-bit SRv6 SIDs are included in an SRH, the
overhead of the SRH will affect the transmission efficiency of the
payload. [I-D.srcompdt-spring-compression-requirement] points out
the problem of long SRv6 SID lists reduce payload efficiency. To
mitigate such overhead, [I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression]
defines new flavors for basic SR endpoint behaviors defined in
[RFC8986]. Using the new flavored behavior SID, a 128-bit SRv6 SID
can be compressed to be an 32-bit or 16-bit Compressed SID (C-SID),
which reduces a lot of size of the SRv6 header.
To enable SRv6 SID lists compression for service function chaining
(SFC), this document defines new behaviors of service segments with
flavors defined in [I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression].
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1.1. Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
1.2. Terminology
This document leverages the terms defined in [RFC8402], [RFC8754],
[RFC8986], [I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] and
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming]. The reader is assumed to
be familiar with this terminology. This document does not introduce
any new terms.
2. SR Proxy Behaviors
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming] defines several SRv6
endpoint behaviors for service proxy segments. A service proxy
segment ID is represented as an 128-bit value just like other SIDs
defined in [RFC8986]. This section defines some new behaviors of
those service proxy segments by combining the existing service proxy
segment behaviors with C-SID flavors, such as REPLACE-C-SID flavor
and NEXT-C-SID flavor.
The main difference between behaviors are the forwarding
instructions. Therefore, when C-SID compression mechanism applies to
SR Proxy behaviors, the pseudo code of the new behaviors can be
generated by updating the forwarding instructions of C-SID to SR
proxy forwarding instructions. The following sections define the
details of the pseudo code of new behaviors.
2.1. Static SR Proxy
2.1.1. Static Proxy for Inner Type Ethernet
2.1.1.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for Ethernet traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.2.1
of [I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
R10 and R21 that are both replaced as follows.
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P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P05. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.1.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.1.2.1
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an Ethernet frame received on the interface IFACE-IN
and with a destination MAC address that is neither a broadcast
address nor matches the address of IFACE-IN, as per Section 6.1.2.1
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.1.1.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for Ethernet traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.1.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
N08 of that and line S15 of Section 4.1 of [RFC8986] that are both
replaced as follows.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q05. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.2.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.1.2.1
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an Ethernet frame received on the interface IFACE-IN
and with a destination MAC address that is neither a broadcast
address nor matches the address of IFACE-IN, as per Section 6.1.2.1
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
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2.1.2. Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv4
2.1.2.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for IPv4 traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.2.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
R10 and R21 that are both replaced as follows.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P05. Submit the packet to the IPv4 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.3.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.1.2.2
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an IPv4 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN, as per Section 6.1.2.2 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.1.2.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for IPv4 traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.1.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
N08 of that and line S15 of Section 4.1 of [RFC8986] that are both
replaced as follows.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q05. Submit the packet to the IPv4 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.4.
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The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.1.2.2
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an IPv4 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN, as per Section 6.1.2.2 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.1.3. Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv6
2.1.3.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for IPv6 traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.2.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
R10 and R21 that are both replaced as follows.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P05. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.5.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.1.2.3
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an IPv6 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN, as per Section 6.1.2.3 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.1.3.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for IPv6 traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.1.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
N08 of that and line S15 of Section 4.1 of [RFC8986] that are both
replaced as follows.
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Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q05. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.6.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.1.2.3
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an IPv6 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN, as per Section 6.1.2.3 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.2. Dynamic SR Proxy
2.2.1. Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type Ethernet
2.2.1.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for Ethernet traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.2.1
of [I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
R10 and R21 that are both replaced as follows.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
P05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P06. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.7.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.2.2
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
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When processing an Ethernet frame received on the interface IFACE-IN
and with a destination MAC address that is neither a broadcast
address nor matches the address of IFACE-IN, as per Section 6.2.2 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.2.1.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for Ethernet traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.1.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
N08 of that and line S15 of Section 4.1 of [RFC8986] that are both
replaced as follows.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
Q05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q06. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.8.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.2.2
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an Ethernet frame received on the interface IFACE-IN
and with a destination MAC address that is neither a broadcast
address nor matches the address of IFACE-IN, as per Section 6.2.2 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.2.2. Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type IPv4
2.2.2.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for IPv4 traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.2.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
R10 and R21 that are both replaced as follows.
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P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
P05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P06. Submit the frame to the IPv4 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.9.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.2.2
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an IPv4 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN, as per Section 6.2.2 of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.2.2.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for IPv4 traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.1.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
N08 of that and line S15 of Section 4.1 of [RFC8986] that are both
replaced as follows.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
Q05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q06. Submit the frame to the IPv4 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.10.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.2.2
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an IPv4 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN, as per Section 6.2.2 of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
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2.2.3. Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type IPv6
2.2.3.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for IPv6 traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.2.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
R10 and R21 that are both replaced as follows.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
P05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P06. Submit the frame to the IPv6 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.11.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.2.2
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an IPv6 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN, as per Section 6.2.2 of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.2.3.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for IPv6 traffic, the procedure described in Section 4.1.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
N08 of that and line S15 of Section 4.1 of [RFC8986] that are both
replaced as follows.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
Q05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q06. Submit the frame to the IPv6 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
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A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.12.
The upper-layer header processing is unchanged as per Section 6.2.2
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
When processing an IPv6 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN, as per Section 6.2.2 of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming].
2.3. Shared Memory SR Proxy
This document does not define new flavors for shared proxy behavior
as it is just an SR endpoint behavior.
2.4. Masquerading SR Proxy
As per [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming], when forwarding
packets to SR-unaware SFs, masquerading SR proxy sets the destination
address of the IPv6 header as segment list[0] which is the original
final destination address. When receiving the traffic returning from
the service, de-masquerading sets the destination address as segment
list[Segment Left].
To be consistent with the behavior of masquerading proxy, it's
required that any segment list containing one or more masquerading
proxy C-SID MUST NOT apply any compression encoding to the last
segment (segment list[0]).
Note: The service receiving an IPv6 packet from the proxy uses the
destination address (copied from last segment) as final destination
and could apply certain actions based on that. In order to process
and forward packets correctly, it is required that the last segment
not be compressed.
To be consistent with the behavior of masquerading proxy, when
processing an IPv6 packet matching a FIB entry locally instantiated
as an SRv6 masquerading C-SID, it's required that the updated
destination address MUST be cached in the proxy by adding a dynamic
caching mechanism similar to the one described in Section 6.2 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming] in case that segment
list[Segment Left] is a compressed SID.
When processing an IPv6 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN, the destination address MUST be recovered from CACHE in case that
segment list[Segment Left] could be a C-SID container.
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2.4.1. SRv6 Masquerading Proxy Pseudocode
2.4.1.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 masquerading proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor, the procedure described in Figure 23 from Section 4.2.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
R10 and R21 that are both replaced as follows.
P01. Copy the IPv6 Destination Address in a CACHE entry associated
with the interface IFACE-IN.
P02. Copy Segment List[0] from the SRH to the Destination Address
of the IPv6 header.
P03. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.13.
*De-masquerading*: When processing an IPv6 packet received on the
interface IFACE-IN and with a destination address that does not match
any address of IFACE-IN, the procedure described in Figure 24 from
Section 6.4.1 of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming] is executed
except for line S10 that is replaced as follows.
D01. Retrieve the CACHE entry associated with IFACE-IN.
D02. If the CACHE entry is not empty {
D03. Destination Address of the IPv6 header is set to CACHE.
D04. }
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.14.
2.4.1.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 masquerading proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID
flavor, the procedure described in Section 4.1.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression] is executed except for line
N08 of that and line S15 of Section 4.1 of [RFC8986] that are both
replaced as follows.
Q01. Copy the IPv6 Destination Address in a CACHE entry associated
with the interface IFACE-IN.
Q02. Copy Segment List[0] from the SRH to the Destination Address
of the IPv6 header.
Q03. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
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A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.15}.
*De-masquerading*: When processing an IPv6 packet received on the
interface IFACE-IN and with a destination address that does not match
any address of IFACE-IN, the procedure described in Section 6.4.1 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming] is executed except for line
S10 that is replaced as follows.
E01. Retrieve the CACHE entry associated with IFACE-IN.
E02. If the CACHE entry is not empty {
E03. Destination Address of the IPv6 header is set to CACHE.
E04. }
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.16.
2.4.2. Destination NAT Flavor
2.4.2.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor
The Destination NAT flavor of the SRv6 masquerading proxy with the
REPLACE-C-SID is executed except for line S09.1 and S10 in
Section 6.4.2 of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming] replaced as
follows.
P01. Copy the Destination Address of the IPv6 header to the
Segment List[0] entry of the SRH.
P02. Retrieve the CACHE entry associated with IFACE-IN.
P03. If the CACHE entry is not empty {
P04. Destination Address of the IPv6 header is set to CACHE.
P05. }
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.17.
2.4.2.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor
The Destination NAT flavor of the SRv6 masquerading proxy with the
NEXT-C-SID is executed except for line S09.1 and S10 in Section 6.4.2
of [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming] replaced as follows.
Q01. Copy the Destination Address of the IPv6 header to the
Segment List[0] entry of the SRH.
Q02. Retrieve the CACHE entry associated with IFACE-IN.
Q03. If the CACHE entry is not empty {
Q04. Destination Address of the IPv6 header is set to CACHE.
Q05. }
A rendering of the complete pseudocode is provided in Appendix A.18.
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2.4.3. Cache Flavor
The caching flavor of the SRv6 masquerading proxy with C-SID is
enabled as per Section 6.4.3 of
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming] without any modification.
3. Security Considerations
The security requirements and mechanisms described in [RFC8402] and
[RFC8754] also apply to this document.
This document does not introduce any new security considerations.
4. IANA Considerations
TBD
5. References
5.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.
[RFC8402] Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L.,
Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402,
July 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8402>.
[RFC8754] Filsfils, C., Ed., Dukes, D., Ed., Previdi, S., Leddy, J.,
Matsushima, S., and D. Voyer, "IPv6 Segment Routing Header
(SRH)", RFC 8754, DOI 10.17487/RFC8754, March 2020,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8754>.
[RFC8986] Filsfils, C., Ed., Camarillo, P., Ed., Leddy, J., Voyer,
D., Matsushima, S., and Z. Li, "Segment Routing over IPv6
(SRv6) Network Programming", RFC 8986,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8986, February 2021,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8986>.
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[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-srh-compression]
Cheng, W., Filsfils, C., Li, Z., Decraene, B., and F.
Clad, "Compressed SRv6 Segment List Encoding", Work in
Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-spring-srv6-srh-
compression-12, 14 February 2024,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-spring-
srv6-srh-compression-12>.
[I-D.ietf-spring-sr-service-programming]
Clad, F., Xu, X., Filsfils, C., Bernier, D., Li, C.,
Decraene, B., Ma, S., Yadlapalli, C., Henderickx, W., and
S. Salsano, "Service Programming with Segment Routing",
Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-spring-sr-
service-programming-09, 20 February 2024,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-spring-
sr-service-programming-09>.
5.2. Informative References
[RFC7665] Halpern, J., Ed. and C. Pignataro, Ed., "Service Function
Chaining (SFC) Architecture", RFC 7665,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7665, October 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7665>.
[I-D.srcompdt-spring-compression-requirement]
Cheng, W., Xie, C., Bonica, R., Dukes, D., Li, C., Peng,
S., and W. Henderickx, "Compressed SRv6 SID List
Requirements", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
srcompdt-spring-compression-requirement-07, 11 July 2021,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-srcompdt-
spring-compression-requirement-07>.
Appendix A. Complete Pseudocodes
A.1. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type Ethernet
When processing the SRH of a packet matching a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for Ethernet traffic:
S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (Segments Left == 0 and (DA.Arg.Index == 0 or
Segment List[0][DA.Arg.Index-1] == 0)) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
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S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
R01. If (DA.Arg.Index != 0) {
R02. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
R03. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R04. }
R05. Decrement DA.Arg.Index by 1.
R06. If (Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] == 0) {
R07. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R08. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R09. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left]
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for
transmission to the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P05. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission
via interface IFACE-OUT.
R11. }
R12. } Else {
R13. If((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)){
R14. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R15. }
R16. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R17. Set DA.Arg.Index to (128/LNFL - 1).
R18. }
R19. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R20. Write Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] into the bits
[LBL..LBL+LNFL-1] of the Destination Address of the IPv6
header.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P05. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
S16. }
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A.2. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type Ethernet
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for Ethernet traffic:
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N01. If (DA.Argument != 0) {
N02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
N03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
N04. }
N05. Copy the value of DA.Argument into the bits [LBL..(LBL+AL-1)]
of the Destination Address.
N06. Set the bits [(LBL+AL)..127] of the Destination Address to
zero.
N07. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q05. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
N09. }
S02. If (Segments Left == 0) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S09. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
S10. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S11. }
S12. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
S14. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left].
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q05. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
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A.3. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv4
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for IPv4 traffic:
S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (Segments Left == 0 and (DA.Arg.Index == 0 or
Segment List[0][DA.Arg.Index-1] == 0)) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
R01. If (DA.Arg.Index != 0) {
R02. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
R03. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R04. }
R05. Decrement DA.Arg.Index by 1.
R06. If (Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] == 0) {
R07. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R08. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R09. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left]
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission
to the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P05. Submit the packet to the IPv4 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
R11. }
R12. } Else {
R13. If((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)){
R14. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R15. }
R16. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R17. Set DA.Arg.Index to (128/LNFL - 1).
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R18. }
R19. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R20. Write Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] into the bits
[LBL..LBL+LNFL-1] of the Destination Address of the IPv6
header.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P05. Submit the packet to the IPv4 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
S16. }
A.4. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv4
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for IPv4 traffic:
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N01. If (DA.Argument != 0) {
N02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
N03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
N04. }
N05. Copy the value of DA.Argument into the bits [LBL..(LBL+AL-1)]
of the Destination Address.
N06. Set the bits [(LBL+AL)..127] of the Destination Address to
zero.
N07. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q05. Submit the packet to the IPv4 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
N09. }
S02. If (Segments Left == 0) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S09. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
S10. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S11. }
S12. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
S14. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left].
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q05. Submit the packet to the IPv4 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
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A.5. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv6
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for IPv6 traffic:
S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (Segments Left == 0 and (DA.Arg.Index == 0 or
Segment List[0][DA.Arg.Index-1] == 0)) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
R01. If (DA.Arg.Index != 0) {
R02. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
R03. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R04. }
R05. Decrement DA.Arg.Index by 1.
R06. If (Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] == 0) {
R07. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R08. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R09. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left]
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P05. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
R11. }
R12. } Else {
R13. If((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)){
R14. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R15. }
R16. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R17. Set DA.Arg.Index to (128/LNFL - 1).
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R18. }
R19. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R20. Write Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] into the bits
[LBL..LBL+LNFL-1] of the Destination Address of the IPv6
header.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P05. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
S16. }
A.6. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Static Proxy for Inner Type IPv6
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 static proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for IPv6 traffic:
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N01. If (DA.Argument != 0) {
N02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
N03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
N04. }
N05. Copy the value of DA.Argument into the bits [LBL..(LBL+AL-1)]
of the Destination Address.
N06. Set the bits [(LBL+AL)..127] of the Destination Address to
zero.
N07. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q05. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
N09. }
S02. If (Segments Left == 0) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S09. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
S10. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S11. }
S12. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
S14. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left].
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q05. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
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A.7. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type Ethernet
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for Ethernet traffic:
S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (Segments Left == 0 and (DA.Arg.Index == 0 or
Segment List[0][DA.Arg.Index-1] == 0)) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
R01. If (DA.Arg.Index != 0) {
R02. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
R03. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R04. }
R05. Decrement DA.Arg.Index by 1.
R06. If (Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] == 0) {
R07. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R08. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R09. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left]
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
P05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P06. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
R11. }
R12. } Else {
R13. If((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)){
R14. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R15. }
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R16. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R17. Set DA.Arg.Index to (128/LNFL - 1).
R18. }
R19. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R20. Write Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] into the bits
[LBL..LBL+LNFL-1] of the Destination Address of the IPv6
header.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
P05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P06. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
S16. }
A.8. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type Ethernet
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for Ethernet traffic:
N01. If (DA.Argument != 0) {
N02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
N03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
N04. }
N05. Copy the value of DA.Argument into the bits [LBL..(LBL+AL-1)]
of the Destination Address.
N06. Set the bits [(LBL+AL)..127] of the Destination Address to
zero.
N07. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
Q05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q06. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
N09. }
S02. If (Segments Left == 0) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
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the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S09. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
S10. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S11. }
S12. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
S14. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left].
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 143 (Ethernet)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
Q05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q06. Submit the frame to the Ethernet module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT.
A.9. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type IPv4
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for IPv4 traffic:
S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (Segments Left == 0 and (DA.Arg.Index == 0 or
Segment List[0][DA.Arg.Index-1] == 0)) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
R01. If (DA.Arg.Index != 0) {
R02. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
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R03. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R04. }
R05. Decrement DA.Arg.Index by 1.
R06. If (Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] == 0) {
R07. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R08. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R09. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left]
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
P05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P06. Submit the frame to the IPv4 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
R11. }
R12. } Else {
R13. If((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)){
R14. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R15. }
R16. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R17. Set DA.Arg.Index to (128/LNFL - 1).
R18. }
R19. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R20. Write Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] into the bits
[LBL..LBL+LNFL-1] of the Destination Address of the IPv6
header.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
P05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P06. Submit the frame to the IPv4 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
S16. }
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A.10. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type IPv4
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for IPv4 traffic:
N01. If (DA.Argument != 0) {
N02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
N03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
N04. }
N05. Copy the value of DA.Argument into the bits [LBL..(LBL+AL-1)]
of the Destination Address.
N06. Set the bits [(LBL+AL)..127] of the Destination Address to
zero.
N07. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
Q05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q06. Submit the frame to the IPv4 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
N09. }
S02. If (Segments Left == 0) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S09. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
S10. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S11. }
S12. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
S14. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left].
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 4 (IPv4)) {
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Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
Q05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q06. Submit the frame to the IPv4 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A.11. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type IPv6
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor for IPv6 traffic:
S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (Segments Left == 0 and (DA.Arg.Index == 0 or
Segment List[0][DA.Arg.Index-1] == 0)) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
R01. If (DA.Arg.Index != 0) {
R02. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
R03. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R04. }
R05. Decrement DA.Arg.Index by 1.
R06. If (Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] == 0) {
R07. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R08. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R09. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left]
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
P05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P06. Submit the frame to the IPv6 module for transmission via
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interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
R11. }
R12. } Else {
R13. If((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)){
R14. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R15. }
R16. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R17. Set DA.Arg.Index to (128/LNFL - 1).
R18. }
R19. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R20. Write Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] into the bits
[LBL..LBL+LNFL-1] of the Destination Address of the IPv6
header.
P01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
P02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
P03. }
P04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
P05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
P06. Submit the frame to the IPv6 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
S16. }
A.12. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Dynamic Proxy for Inner Type IPv6
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 dynamic proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID flavor
for IPv6 traffic:
N01. If (DA.Argument != 0) {
N02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
N03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
N04. }
N05. Copy the value of DA.Argument into the bits [LBL..(LBL+AL-1)]
of the Destination Address.
N06. Set the bits [(LBL+AL)..127] of the Destination Address to
zero.
N07. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
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Q04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
Q05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q06. Submit the frame to the IPv6 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
N09. }
S02. If (Segments Left == 0) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S09. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
S10. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S11. }
S12. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
S14. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left].
Q01. If (Upper-layer header type != 41 (IPv6)) {
Q02. Resubmit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to
the new destination.
Q03. }
Q04. Copy the IPv6 encapsulation in a CACHE entry associated with
the interface IFACE-IN.
Q05. Perform IPv6 decapsulation.
Q06. Submit the frame to the IPv6 module for transmission via
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
A.13. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for SRv6 Masquerading Proxy
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 masquerading proxy SID with the REPLACE-C-SID
flavor:
S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (Segments Left == 0 and (DA.Arg.Index == 0 or
Segment List[0][DA.Arg.Index-1] == 0)) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
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S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
R01. If (DA.Arg.Index != 0) {
R02. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
R03. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R04. }
R05. Decrement DA.Arg.Index by 1.
R06. If (Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] == 0) {
R07. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R08. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R09. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left]
P01. Copy the IPv6 Destination Address in a CACHE entry associated
with the interface IFACE-IN.
P02. Copy Segment List[0] from the SRH to the Destination Address
of the IPv6 header.
P03. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
R11. }
R12. } Else {
R13. If((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)){
R14. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
R15. }
R16. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
R17. Set DA.Arg.Index to (128/LNFL - 1).
R18. }
R19. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
R20. Write Segment List[Segments Left][DA.Arg.Index] into the bits
[LBL..LBL+LNFL-1] of the Destination Address of the IPv6
header.
P01. Copy the IPv6 Destination Address in a CACHE entry associated
with the interface IFACE-IN.
P02. Copy Segment List[0] from the SRH to the Destination Address
of the IPv6 header.
P03. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
S16. }
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A.14. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for SRv6 De-masquerading Proxy
When processing an IPv6 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN:
S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (hop limit exceeded in transit),
Interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S04. }
S05. If (Segments Left != 0) {
S06. max_last_entry = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S07. If ((Last Entry > max_last_entry) or
(Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
S08. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
Interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S09. }
D01. Retrieve the CACHE entry associated with IFACE-IN.
D02. If the CACHE entry is not empty {
D03. Destination Address of the IPv6 header is set to CACHE.
D04. }
S11. }
S12. Decrement Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to the
next destination.
S14. }
A.15. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for SRv6 Masquerading Proxy
When processing an IPv6 packet that matches a FIB entry locally
instantiated as an SRv6 masquerading proxy SID with the NEXT-C-SID
flavor:
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N01. If (DA.Argument != 0) {
N02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
N03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
N04. }
N05. Copy the value of DA.Argument into the bits [LBL..(LBL+AL-1)]
of the Destination Address.
N06. Set the bits [(LBL+AL)..127] of the Destination Address to
zero.
N07. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
Q01. Copy the IPv6 Destination Address in a CACHE entry associated
with the interface IFACE-IN.
Q02. Copy Segment List[0] from the SRH to the Destination Address
of the IPv6 header.
Q03. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
N09. }
S02. If (Segments Left == 0) {
S03. Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
header in the packet, whose type is identified by
the Next Header field in the routing header.
S04. }
S05. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S06. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S07. }
S08. max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S09. If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
S10. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
S11. }
S12. Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Decrement Segments Left by 1.
S14. Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left].
Q01. Copy the IPv6 Destination Address in a CACHE entry associated
with the interface IFACE-IN.
Q02. Copy Segment List[0] from the SRH to the Destination Address
of the IPv6 header.
Q03. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission on
interface IFACE-OUT via NH-ADDR.
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A.16. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for SRv6 De-masquerading Proxy
When processing an IPv6 packet received on the interface IFACE-IN and
with a destination address that does not match any address of IFACE-
IN:
S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (hop limit exceeded in transit),
Interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S04. }
S05. If (Segments Left != 0) {
S06. max_last_entry = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S07. If ((Last Entry > max_last_entry) or
(Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
S08. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
Interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S09. }
E01. Retrieve the CACHE entry associated with IFACE-IN.
E02. If the CACHE entry is not empty {
E03. Destination Address of the IPv6 header is set to CACHE.
E04. }
S11. }
S12. Decrement Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to the
next destination.
S14. }
A.17. REPLACE-C-SID Flavor for Destination NAT Flavor
The Destination NAT flavor of the SRv6 masquerading proxy with the
REPLACE-C-SID is executed:
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S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (hop limit exceeded in transit),
Interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S04. }
S05. If (Segments Left != 0) {
S06. max_last_entry = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S07. If ((Last Entry > max_last_entry) or
(Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
S08. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
Interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S09. }
P01. Copy the Destination Address of the IPv6 header to the
Segment List[0] entry of the SRH.
P02. Retrieve the CACHE entry associated with IFACE-IN.
P03. If the CACHE entry is not empty {
P04. Destination Address of the IPv6 header is set to CACHE.
P05. }
S11. }
S12. Decrement Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to the
next destination.
S14. }
A.18. NEXT-C-SID Flavor for Destination NAT Flavor
The Destination NAT flavor of the SRv6 masquerading proxy with the
NEXT-C-SID is executed:
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S01. When an SRH is processed {
S02. If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
S03. Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (hop limit exceeded in transit),
Interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S04. }
S05. If (Segments Left != 0) {
S06. max_last_entry = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
S07. If ((Last Entry > max_last_entry) or
(Segments Left > Last Entry)) {
S08. Send an ICMP Parameter Problem message to the Source Address,
Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered),
Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
Interrupt packet processing and discard the packet.
S09. }
Q01. Copy the Destination Address of the IPv6 header to the
Segment List[0] entry of the SRH.
Q02. Retrieve the CACHE entry associated with IFACE-IN.
Q03. If the CACHE entry is not empty {
Q04. Destination Address of the IPv6 header is set to CACHE.
Q05. }
S11. }
S12. Decrement Hop Limit by 1.
S13. Submit the packet to the IPv6 module for transmission to the
next destination.
S14. }
Acknowledgements
TBD.
Authors' Addresses
Cheng Li (editor)
Huawei
China
Email: c.l@huawei.com
Weiqiang Cheng
China Mobile
China
Email: chengweiqiang@chinamobile.com
Hongyi Huang (editor)
Huawei
China
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