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OSPF LLS Extensions for Local Interface ID Advertisement
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draft-ppsenak-ospf-lls-interface-id-00
Open Shortest Path First IGP                              P. Psenak, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                             K. Talaulikar
Intended status: Standards Track                     Cisco Systems, Inc.
Expires: August 19, 2017                                   W. Henderickx
                                                                   Nokia
                                                       P. Pillay-Esnault
                                                                  Huawei
                                                       February 15, 2017

        OSPF LLS Extensions for Local Interface ID Advertisement
                 draft-ppsenak-ospf-lls-interface-id-00

Abstract

   This draft describes the extensions to OSPF link-local signaling to
   advertise Local Interface Identifier.

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.  Interface ID Exchange using TE Opaque LSA . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Interface ID Exchange using OSPF LLS  . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Local Interface Identifier TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   8.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5

1.  Introduction

   Local/Remote Interface Identifiers are flooded by OSPF [RFC2328] as
   defined in [RFC4203].  From the perspective of the advertising
   router, the Local Interface Identifier is a known value, however the
   Remote Interface Identifier needs to be learnt before it can be
   advertised.  [RFC4203] suggests to use TE Link Local LSA [RFC3630] to
   communicate Local Interface Identifier to neighbors on the link.
   Though such mechanism works, it has some drawbacks.

   This draft proposes an extension to OSPF link-local signaling (LLS)
   [RFC5613] to advertise the Local Interface Identifier.

2.  Interface ID Exchange using TE Opaque LSA

   Usage of the Link Local TE Opaque LSA to propagate the Local
   Interface Identifier to the neighbors on the link is described in
   [RFC4203].  This mechanism has following problems:

      LSAs can only be flooded over an existing adjacency that is in
      Exchange state or greater.  The adjacency state machine progresses
      independently on each side of the adjacency and, as such, may
      reach the Full state on one side before the TE Link Opaque LSA
      arrives.  The consequence is that link can be initially advertised
      without the Remote Interface Identifier.  Later when the TE Link
      Opaque LSA arrives, the link must be advertised again, this time
      with the valid Remote Interface Identifier.  Implementation may

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      choose to wait before advertising the link, but there is no
      guarantee that the neighbor will ever advertise the TE Link Opaque
      LSA with the Interface Identifier.  In summary, the existing
      mechanism does not guarantee that Remote Interface Identifier is
      known at the time the link is advertised.

      TE Opaque LSA is defined for MPLS Traffic Engineering, but the
      knowledge of the Remote Interface Identifier is useful for other
      cases where MPLS TE is not used.  One example is the lack of valid
      2-way connectivity check for remote parallel point-to-point links
      in OSPF.  In such case, TE Opaque LSAs are not exchanged solely
      for 2-way connectivity correctness.

3.  Interface ID Exchange using OSPF LLS

   To address the problems described earlier and to allow the Interface
   Identifiers exchange to be part of the neighbor discovery process, we
   propose to extend OSPF link-local signaling to advertise the Local
   Interface Identifier in OSPF and OSPFv3 [RFC5340] Hello and Database
   Description packets.

3.1.  Local Interface Identifier TLV

   The Local Interface Identifier TLV is a new LLS TLV.  It has
   following format:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |              Type             |             Length            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                   Local Interface Identifier                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   where:

      Type: TBD, suggested value 18

      Length: 4 octet

      Local Interface Identifier: The value of the local Interface
      Identifier.

   If the Local Interface ID is advertised in both OSPF LLS and in Link
   Local TE Opaque LSA, the value of the Local Interface ID MUST be the
   same in both advertisements.  If different values are advertised in
   OSPF LLS and in Link Local TE Opaque LSA, then the receiver SHOULD

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   ignore both values and treat it as if the Local Interface ID was not
   advertised at all.

4.  IANA Considerations

   This specification updates Link Local Signalling TLV Identifiers
   registry.

   Following values is allocated:

   o 18 - Local Interface Identifier TLV

5.  Security Considerations

   Implementations must assure that malformed LLS TLV and Sub-TLV
   permutations do not result in errors which cause hard OSPF failures.

6.  Contributors

7.  Acknowledgements

8.  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,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC2328]  Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", STD 54, RFC 2328,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2328, April 1998,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2328>.

   [RFC3630]  Katz, D., Kompella, K., and D. Yeung, "Traffic Engineering
              (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC 3630,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3630, September 2003,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3630>.

   [RFC4203]  Kompella, K., Ed. and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "OSPF Extensions in
              Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
              (GMPLS)", RFC 4203, DOI 10.17487/RFC4203, October 2005,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4203>.

   [RFC5340]  Coltun, R., Ferguson, D., Moy, J., and A. Lindem, "OSPF
              for IPv6", RFC 5340, DOI 10.17487/RFC5340, July 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5340>.

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   [RFC5613]  Zinin, A., Roy, A., Nguyen, L., Friedman, B., and D.
              Yeung, "OSPF Link-Local Signaling", RFC 5613,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5613, August 2009,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5613>.

Authors' Addresses

   Peter Psenak (editor)
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Apollo Business Center
   Mlynske nivy 43
   Bratislava  821 09
   Slovakia

   Email: ppsenak@cisco.com

   Ketan Jivan Talaulikar
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   S.No. 154/6, Phase I, Hinjawadi
   PUNE, MAHARASHTRA   411 057
   India

   Email: ppsenak@cisco.com

   Wim Henderickx
   Nokia
   Copernicuslaan 50
   Antwerp  2018
   BE

   Email: wim.henderickx@nokia.com

   Padma Pillay-Esnault
   Huawei
   2330 Central Expressway
   Santa Clara,  CA 95050
   USA

   Email: padma@huawei.com

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