RGB (Replication through Global Bitstring) Segment for Multicast Source Routing over IPv6
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draft-lx-msr6-rgb-segment-02
Network Working Group Y. Liu
Internet-Draft China Mobile
Intended status: Standards Track J. Xie
Expires: 9 January 2023 X. Geng
Huawei Technologies
8 July 2022
RGB (Replication through Global Bitstring) Segment for Multicast Source
Routing over IPv6
draft-lx-msr6-rgb-segment-02
Abstract
This document introduces the RGB (Replication through Global
Bitstring) Segment for Multicast Source Routing over IPv6.
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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. RGB Destination Options Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. RGB Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. RGB Segment Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2. End.RGB Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. MSR6 BE Encapsulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. Packet Processing Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7. Illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8.1. RGB Option Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8.2. End.RGB Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
9.1. Intra Domain Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
9.2. ICMP Error Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9.3. Security caused by RGB option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
10. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1. Introduction
Segment Routing ([RFC8402]) leverages the mechanism of source
routing. An ingress node steers a packet through an ordered list of
instructions, called "segments". Each one of these instructions
represents a function to be implemented at a specific location in the
network. A function is locally defined on the node where it is
executed. Network Programming combines Segment Routing functions to
achieve a networking objective that goes beyond mere packet routing.
[RFC8986] defines the SRv6 Network Programming concept and specifies
the main Segment Routing behaviors and network programming functions.
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Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) [RFC8279] is an architecture
that provides optimal multicast forwarding without requiring a
protocol for explicitly building multicast distribution trees or per-
flow state maintained by intermediate routers. When a multicast data
packet enters BIER forwarding domain, the ingress node encapsulates
the packet with a bitstring, each bitposition of which presents the
egress nodes. To forward the packet to a given set of egress nodes,
the bits corresponding to those egress nodes are set in the
bitstring. The intermediate nodes in the BIER domain replicate and
forward the packet based on the bitstring.The mechanism of forwarding
a packet based on bitstring of BIER are specified in [RFC8279].
An IPv6 based multicast source routing (MSR6) solution is defined in
[I-D.cheng-spring-ipv6-msr-design-consideration]. Like SRv6 for
unicast, MSR6 provides network programming capability for multicast
service by encoding network instructions in the IPv6 packet header,
and specifies a packet to replicate and forward based on these
instructions. Each instruction is implemented on one or several
nodes in the network and identified by an MSR6 Segment Identifier.
Similar as BIER, bitstring is used in MSR6 to represent nodes or
links in the network to save encapsulation expense.
MSR6 has two basic modes of forwarding: one is based on Shortest Path
First(SPF), which is called MSR6 BE(Best Effort) mode; the other is
based on traffic engineered, which is called MSR6 TE(Traffic
Engineering) mode. This document defines a new type of segment,
Replication through Global Bitstring Segment (RGB Segment), and the
corresponding packet processing procedures over the IPv6 data plane
for the MSR6 BE solutions.
2. Terminologies
The following new terms are used throughout this document:
MSR6 Domain: a set of nodes participating in the multicast source
routing over IPv6;
MSR6 Ingress Node: a node through which a multicast data packet
enters an MSR6 domain; The MSR6 Ingress Node could be a host or a
network device.
MSR6 Egress Node: a node through which a multicast data packet leaves
an MSR6 domain; The MSR6 Egress Node could be a host or a network
device.
MSR6 Root Node: a node which is the beginning point of a multicast
tree for multicast service using MSR6. It encapsulates the packet
with an MSR6 multicast header.
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MSR6 Leaf Node: a node which is the ending point of a multicast tree
for multicast service using MSR6. It decapsulates the MSR6 multicast
header in the packet.
MSR6 Replication Endpoint: the intermediate node of a multicast
treefor multicast service using MSR6, which replicates packet and
forwards the packet to the downstream nodes. For MSR6, the
Replication Node is called Replication Endpoint which can be
indicated by the MSR6 Segment and replicate packets according to the
multicast source routing informated encapsulation in the MSR6 header
of the packet.
MSR6 Transit Node: a node which forwards the MSR6 packet as an IPv6
unicast packet between MSR6 replication endpoints or MSR6 replication
endpoint and MSR6 leaf node;
3. RGB Destination Options Header
Multicast BE flow, relative to the concept of multicast TE flow, does
not need to go through a planning path satisfying service
requirements. The path for multicast BE flow is normally provided by
routing underlay protocol, as IGP.
In MSR6, a set of egress nodes which the packet is supposed to be
sent to are supposed to be indicated in the packet, in order to avoid
maintaining multicast tree for each multicast flow. Global bitstring
could represent the egress nodes efficiently and such mechanism has
been defined in BIER [RFC8279] through BIER Header [RFC8279], which
could be reused in MSR6.
For IPv6 data plane, a new IPv6 Destination Options Header
([RFC8200]) option called RGB (Replication through Global Bitstring)
is introduced in MSR6.
The encoding of RGB Option is showed as follows:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Next Header | Hdr Ext Len | Option Type | Option Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ RGB Option Data ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Next Header 8-bit selector. Identifies the type of header
immediately following the Destination Options header.
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Hdr Ext Len 8-bit unsigned integer. Length of the Destination
Options header in 8-octet units, not including the first 8 octets.
Option Type To be allocated by IANA. See section 6.
Option Length 8-bit unsigned integer. Length of the option, in
octets, excluding the Option Type and Option Length fields.
The encoding of RGB Option is defined as follows:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| BIFT-id | Rsv | TTL |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Rsv | Ver | BSL | Entropy |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|OAM|Rsv| DSCP | Rsv |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| BitString (first 32 bits) ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
~ ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
~ BitString (last 32 bits) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The RGB Option Data reuses some codepoint of Non-MPLS BIER Header
defined in [RFC8296] except the fields of Nibble, DSCP and Proto,
which are replaced as the Reserved field. The Reserved fields SHOULD
be set to 0 and MUST be ignored up reception.
4. RGB Segment
4.1. RGB Segment Definition
As defined in [RFC8402], segment represents instruction, topological
or service based.In an IPv6 domain, a segment could be encoded as an
IPv6 address.
In MSR6, a new type of segment is defined called RGB segment. RGB
segment is used to identify the Replication Endpoint and direct to
replicatereplicate the packet using BIER forwarding mechanism defined
in [RFC8279] according to the bitstring defined in the RGB Option.
RGB segment follows the SID format defined in [RFC8986], consisting
of LOC:FUNCT:ARG. RGB segment is advertised by the RGB replication
endpoint. In an MSR6 domain, RGB segment is used as the destination
address of the MSR BE packet, steering the packet to the next
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Replication Endpoint. If there is 1 or more MSR6 transit nodes
between two Replication Endpoints, the packet is forwarded as normal
unicast IPv6 packet, and RGB segment is treated as unicast IPv6
prefix to route the packet
The segment defined in [RFC8402] can represent instruction,
topological or service based. In an IPv6 domain, a segment could be
encoded as an IPv6 address.
In the IPv6 data plane, RGB segment is a new type of segment which is
used to identify the Replication Endpoint. Replication Endpoint is
able to replicate the packet using BIER forwarding mechanism
according to the bitstring defined in the RGB Option.
RGB segment is used as an IPv6 address, which is 128 bits and follows
the SID format defined in [RFC8986], consisting of LOC:FUNCT:ARG.
RGB segment is advertised by the RGB replication endpoint.
In an MSR6 domain, RGB segment is used as the destination address of
the MSR BE packet, when a packet is replicated to the next
Replication Endpoint. If there is 1 or more MSR6 transit node
between two Replication Endpoints, the packet is forwarded as normal
unicast IPv6 packet.
4.2. End.RGB Behavior
In SRv6, a packet processing behavior is executed at the SRv6 Segment
Endpoint Node ([RFC8986]). Similarly, in MSR6, a new type of
behavior, End.RGB(End. Replication through Global Bitstring), is
defined for RGB Segment. The pseudo-code for End.RGB is defined in
this section.
When an MSR6 Replication Endpoint receives a packet whose IPv6 DA
(Destination Address) is a SID and the SID is a local End.RGB SID,
the MSR6 Replication Endpoint does the following:
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1. IF (There is DoH as an IPv6 Extension header and one of the options type is RGB);
2. Lookup BIFT(Bit Index Forwarding Table, RFC8279) based on the bitstring
inside the RGB Option Data.
3. Forward the packet via the matched entry in the BIFT.
4. ELSE IF NH=ICMPv6 or (NH=RGB Extension Header Type and NH
of Extension Header=ICMPv6) ;
5. Send to CPU.
6. ELSE ;Ref
7. Drop the packet.
Ref: An ICMPv6 packet using End.RGB as destination address.
5. MSR6 BE Encapsulation
MSR6 BE encapsulation is composed of 3 parts: IPv6 header, IPv6 RGB
option DoH and client multicast packet, which is showedas follows:
+---------------+------------------+----------------------+
| IPv6 header | IPv6 DO Header | Client Multicast |
| | with RGB Option | Packet or Upper |
| | | Layer Encasulations |
| Next Hdr = 60 | Nxt Hdr = X | |
+---------------+------------------+----------------------+
| | |
|<---------MSR6 BE header--------->|<--MSR6 BE payload--->|
In the MSR6 BE header, the RGB Segment is used as the IPv6
Destination Address and indicates the next MSR6 Replication Endpoints
in an MSR domain. RGB DoH option is used as the carrier of bitstring
information and the MSR6 Replication Endpoint uses the bitstring as
the entry to look up BIFT(Bit Index Forwarding Table) to replicate
and find the next MSR6 Replication Endpoints.
6. Packet Processing Procedure
This section defines the general process of MSR6 BE to transport a
multicast service. The corresponding control plane is out of scope
of this document and could be discussed in the following work.
MSR6 Root Node: The Ingress Node of a multicast flow. It can be
either a host originating the MSR6 packet, or a router encapsulating
the customer packet in an MSR6 header. The bitstring in the DoH is
determined by the egress nodes the packet is supposed to be
replicated to. The IPv6 destination address is the RGB segment which
is determined by the next MSR6 RGB Replication Endpoints the packet
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is supposed to be sent to. The downstream MSR6 Replication Endpoints
are determined by the matched entries in BIFT according to the bier
forwarding mechanism.
MSR6 Replication Endpoint: Replicate the packet and forward the
packet to the next MSR6 Replication Endpoints. When an MSR6
Replication Endpoint receives a packet whose IPv6 Destination Address
is A and A is the local RGB SID for the existing MSR6 Replication
Endpoint, process the bitstring in the RGB DoH of the packet and look
up the corresponding BITF for the next MSR6 Replication Endpoints.
Replicate the packet, update the bitstring and DA in each replicated
packet based on the lookup result.The RGB processing procedure
follows the specification in BIER architecture defined in '
[RFC8279].
MSR6 Transit Node: Transit the packet as a unicast IPv6 packet by
looking up FIB until find the next MSR6 Replication Endpoint.
MSR6 Leaf Node: The Egress Node of a multicast flow. When an MSR6
Replication Endpoint receives a packet whose IPv6 Destination Address
is A and A is the local RGB segment and the one of the bits which is
set to 1 identifies the MSR6 the egress node. If the MSR6 egress
node is the edge of a network domain, copy the packet and send the
copy to the multicast flow overlay; If the MSR6 egress node is the
host supposed to receive the packet, send the packet to the upper
layer.
MSR6-RE MSR6-EN
+----+ +----+ +----+
| |-----------| |--------------| |
+----+ +----+ +----+
MSR6-IN | +----+ +----+
+-----| |-----| |
+----+ +----+
MSR6-TN MSR6-EN
MSR6-IN: MSR6 Ingress Node (MSR6 Root Node)
MSR6-TN: MSR6 Transit Node (which is not MSR6 aware)
MSR6-RE: MSR6 Replication Endpoint
MSR6-EN: MSR6 Egress Node (MSR6 Leaf Node)
7. Illustration
* Case 1: Host originating MSR6 BE
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+-------------+ +-------------+
| {S=S1,D=P1} | | {S=S1,D=C1} |
+-------------+ +-------------+
|[BitStr=0110]| |[BitStr=0010]|
+=============+ +=============+
| Upper Layer | >> | Upper Layer |
+=============+ +=============+
| Pay Load | | Pay Load |
+=============+ +=============+
[Server1]--------------[P1]-------------------[Client1]
(MSR6-IN) (MSR6-RE) (MSR6-EN,BFR-id=2)
/
/ +-------------+ +-------------+
| | {S=S1,D=C2} | | {S=S1,D=C2} |
| +-------------+ +-------------+
| |[BitStr=0100]| |[BitStr=0100]|
| +=============+ +=============+
| >> | Upper Layer | >> | Upper Layer |
\ +=============+ +=============+
\ | Pay Load | | Pay Load |
\ +=============+ +=============+
+-------------[P2]-----------[Client2]
(MSR6-TN) (MSR6-EN,BFR-id=3)
{S=Server1,D=P1}: Source address and Destination address in IPv6 header.
[BitStr=0110]: BitString value in IPv6 Destination Options Header.
MSR6-IN: MSR6 Ingress Node
MSR6-TN: MSR6 Transit Node (which is not MSR6 aware)
MSR6-RE: MSR6 Replication Endpoint
MSR6-EN: MSR6 Egress Node
Server1 generates the packet with an IPv6 Header. Knowing that BFR-
ID of Client 1 is 2 and BFR-ID of Client 2 is 3, it follows that when
the multicast service is supposed to be transmitted to Client1 and
Client2, the bitstring in RGB DoH of the IPv6 header is set as
"0110". Look up the BIFT and finds the RGB segment of next MSR6 BFR
is P1. The IPv6 DA is set as "P1".
P1 receives the packet with DA as "P1", which is the local RGB
segment. P1 parses the DoH with RGB Option Data and looks up the
BIFT to find the corresponding entry. P1 replicates the packets into
2 copies based on the look up result. DA of one replicated packet is
set to "C1" and the bitstring is set to "0010". DA of the other
replicated packet is set to "C2" and the bitstring is set to "0100".
These 2 packets are forwarded to next hop based on the updated DA.
P2 receives the packet and forwards it Client2 based on the DA of
"C2".
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Client1 receives the packet with DA as "C1". "C1" is the local RGB
segment and "0010" identifies Client1 itself. The packet is sent to
the upper layer.
Client2 receives the packet with DA as "C2". "C2" is the local RGB
segment and "0100" identifies Client2 itself. The packet is sent to
the upper layer.
* Caes 2: MSR6 is used in a network domain
+-------------+ +-------------+
|{S=PE1,D=P2} | |{S=PE1,D=PE2}|
+-------------+ +-------------+
|[BitStr=0110]| |[BitStr=0100]|
+==========+ +=============+ +=============+ +==========+
|(C-MC Pkt)| >> | (C-MC Pkt) | >> | (C-MC Pkt) | >> |(C-MC Pkt)|
+==========+ +=============+ +=============+ +==========+
CE1-----------[PE1]------[P1]------[P2]-----------[PE2]---------CE2
(MSR6-SN) (MSR6-TN) /(MSR6-RE) (MSR6-DN,BFR-id=2)
/
/ +-------------+
| |{S=PE1,D=PE3}|
| +-------------+
| |[BitStr=0100]|
\ +=============+ +==========+
\ >> | (C-MC Pkt) | >> |(C-MC Pkt)|
\ +=============+ +==========+
+------[P3]------[PE3]----------CE3
(MSR6-TN) (MSR6-DN,BFR-id=3)
{S=CE1,D=P1}: Source address and Destination address in IPv6 header.
[BitStr=0110]: BitString value in IPv6 Destination Options Header.
(C-MC Pkt): Customer MultiCast packet.
MSR6-IN: MSR6 Ingress Node
MSR6-TN: MSR6 Transit Node (which is not MSR6 aware)
MSR6-RE: MSR6 Replication Endpoint
MSR6-EN: MSR6 Egress Node
PE1 receives the customer multicast packet from CE1. An MSR BE
header is encapsulated as defined in section 3. Knowing that BFR-ID
of PE 1 is 2 and BFR-ID of PE 2 is 3, it follows that when the
multicast service is supposed to be transmitted to PE2 and PE3, the
bitstring in the RGB Options Header of DoH is set as "0110". Look up
the corresponding BIFT and finds the RGB segment of next MSR6 BFR is
P2. The IPv6 DA is set as "P2".
P1 receives the packet and forwards it P2 based on the DA of "P2".
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P2 receives the packet with DA as "P2", which is the local RGB
segment. P2 parses the DoH with RGB Option Data and looks up the
BIFT to find the corresponding entry.P2 replicates the packets into 2
copies based on the look up result. DA of one replicated packet is
set to "PE2" and the bitstring is set to "0010". DA of the other
replicated packet is set to "PE3" and the bitstring is set to "0100".
These 2 packets are forwarded to next hop based on the updated DA.
P3 receives the packet and forwards it PE3 based on the DA of "PE3".
PE2 receives the packet with DA as "PE2". "PE2" is the local RGB
segment and "0010" identifies PE2 itself. The packet is sent to the
multicast flow overlay.
PE3 receives the packet with DA as "PE3". "PE3" is the local RGB
segment and "0100" identifies PE3 itself. The packet is sent to the
multicast flow overlay.
8. IANA Considerations
8.1. RGB Option Type
Allocation is expected from IANA for a RGB Option Type codepoint from
the "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options" sub-registry of the
"Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Parameters" registry.
+-----------+-----+-----+-------+-------------+------------+
| Hex Value | act | chg | rest | Description | Reference |
+-----------+-----+-----+-------+-------------+------------+
| TBD | 01 | 1 | TBD | RGB Option | This draft |
+-----------+-----+-----+-------+-------------+------------+
8.2. End.RGB Function
Allocation is expected from IANA for an End.RGB function codepoint
from the "SRv6 Endpoint Behaviors" sub-registry. The value 60 is
suggested.
+-------+--------+--------------------------+------------+
| Value | Hex | Endpoint function | Reference |
+-------+--------+--------------------------+------------+
| TBD | TBD | End.RGB | This draft |
+-------+--------+--------------------------+------------+
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9. Security Considerations
The MSR6 domain can be a single IGP area, an anonymous system (AS)
with multiple IGP areas, or multiple anonymous systems (ASes)
operated by a network operator.
It is expected that all nodes in an MSR6 domain are managed by the
same administrative entity. MSR6-encapsulated packets should
generally not be accepted from untrusted interfaces or tunnels. For
example, an operator may wish to have a policy of accepting MSR6
encapsulated packets only from interfaces to trusted routers, and not
from customer-facing interfaces.
For applications that require a MSR6 Replication Endpoint to accept a
MSR6 encapsulated packet from an interface to a system that is not
controlled by the network operator, the security considerations of
[RFC8296] apply
9.1. Intra Domain Deployment
Generally nodes outside the MSR6 Domain are not trusted: they cannot
directly use the End.RGB segment of the domain. This is enforced by
two levels of access control lists:
1. Any packet entering the MSR6 Domain and destined to an End.RGB
Segment within the MSR6 Domain is dropped. This may be realized with
the following logic. Other methods with equivalent outcome are
considered compliant:
* allocate all the End.RGB Segment from a block S/s
* configure each external interface of each edge node of the domain
with an inbound infrastructure access list (IACL) which drops any
incoming packet with a destination address in S/s
* Failure to implement this method of ingress filtering may expose
the MSR6 Domain to BIER attacks. The security consideration on BIER
attacks is as described and referenced in [RFC8296].
2. The distributed protection in #1 is complemented with per node
protection, dropping packets to End.RGB Segment from source addresses
outside the MSR6 Domain. This may be realized with the following
logic. Other methods with equivalent outcome are considered
compliant:
* assign all interface addresses from prefix A/a
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* assign all the IPv6 addresses used as source address of MSR6
packets from a block B/b
* at node k, all End.RGB Segment IPv6 addresses local to k are
assigned from prefix Sk/sk
* configure each internal interface of each MSR6 node k in the MSR6
Domain with an inbound IACL which drops any incoming packet with a
destination address in Sk/sk if the source address is not in A/a or
B/b.
For simplicity of deployment, a configuration of IACL effective for
all interfaces can be provided by a router. Such IACL can be
referred to as global IACL(GIACL) .Each MSR6 node k then simply
configures a GIACL which drops any incoming packet with a destination
address in Sk/sk if the source address is not in A/a or B/b for the
intra-domain deployment mode.
9.2. ICMP Error Processing
The MSR6 Replication Endpoint does not send ICMP error messages to
the source address of a MSR BE packet, but there is still chance that
Non-MSR6 Replication Endpoint routers send ICMP error messages to
source nodes within the MSR6 Domain.
A large number of ICMP may be elicited and sent to a MSR6 Ingress
router, in case when an MSR6 BE packet is filled with wrong Hop
Limit, either error or malfeasance. A rate-limiting of ICMP packet
should be implemented on each MSR6 Replication Endpoint.
The ingress node can take note of the fact that it is getting, in
response to MSR6 BE packet, one or more ICMP error packets. By
default, the reception of such packet MUST be countered and logged.
However, it is possible for such log entries to be "false positives"
that generate a lot of "noise" in the log; therefore, implementations
SHOULD have a knob to disable this logging.
9.3. Security caused by RGB option
This document introduces a new option used in IPv6 Destination
Options Header. An IPv6 packet with a normal IPv6 address of a
router (e.g. loopback IPv6 address of the router) as destination
address will possibly carry a RGB option.
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For a router incapable of MSR6 BE, such MSR6 BE packet will not be
processed by the procedure described in this document, but be
processed as normal IPv6 packet with unknown option, and the existing
security considerations for handling IPv6 options apply. Possible
way of handling IPv6 packets with RGB option may be send to CPU for
slow path processing, with rate-limiting, or be discarded according
to the local policy.
For a router capable of MSR6 BE, such MSR6 BE packet MUST NOT be
forwarded, but should be processed as a normal IPv6 packet with
unknown option, or additionally and optionally be countered and
logged if the router is capable of doing so.
10. Normative References
[I-D.cheng-spring-ipv6-msr-design-consideration]
Cheng, W., Mishra, G., Li, Z., Wang, A., Qin, Z., and C.
Fan, "Design Consideration of IPv6 Multicast Source
Routing (MSR6)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
cheng-spring-ipv6-msr-design-consideration-01, 25 October
2021, <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-cheng-spring-
ipv6-msr-design-consideration-01.txt>.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC8200] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6) Specification", STD 86, RFC 8200,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8200, July 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8200>.
[RFC8279] Wijnands, IJ., Ed., Rosen, E., Ed., Dolganow, A.,
Przygienda, T., and S. Aldrin, "Multicast Using Bit Index
Explicit Replication (BIER)", RFC 8279,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8279, November 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8279>.
[RFC8296] Wijnands, IJ., Ed., Rosen, E., Ed., Dolganow, A.,
Tantsura, J., Aldrin, S., and I. Meilik, "Encapsulation
for Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) in MPLS and Non-
MPLS Networks", RFC 8296, DOI 10.17487/RFC8296, January
2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8296>.
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[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/info/rfc8402>.
[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/info/rfc8986>.
Authors' Addresses
Yisong Liu
China Mobile
Email: liuyisong@chinamobile.com
Jingrong Xie
Huawei Technologies
Email: xiejingrong@huawei.com
Xuesong Geng
Huawei Technologies
Email: gengxuesong@huawei.com
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