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draft-venaas-pim-reserved-bits-00
Network Working Group                                          S. Venaas
Internet-Draft                                       Cisco Systems, Inc.
Updates: 3973, 5015, 6754, 7761, ietf-                         A. Retana
         pim-source-discovery-bsr (if                     Huawei R&D USA
         approved)                                         March 1, 2018
Intended status: Standards Track
Expires: September 2, 2018

               PIM reserved bits and type space extension
                   draft-venaas-pim-reserved-bits-00

Abstract

   The currently defined PIM version 2 messages share a common message
   header format.  The common header definition contains eight reserved
   bits.  This document specifies how these bits may be used by
   individual message types, and creates a registry containing the per
   message type usage.  This document also extends the PIM type space by
   defining a new message type where four of the flag bits are used as
   an extended type range.

   This document Updates RFC7761 and RFC3973 by defining the use of the
   currently Reserved field in the PIM common header.  This document
   further updates RFC7761 and RFC3973, along with RFC5015, RFC6754 and
   I-D.ietf-pim-source-discovery-bsr, by specifying the use of the
   currently Reserved bits for each PIM message.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  PIM header common format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Flag Bit definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     4.1.  Flag Bits for Type 4 (Bootstrap)  . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.2.  Flag Bits for Type 10 (DF Election) . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.3.  Flag Bits for Type 12 (PFM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.4.  Flag Bits for Type 15 (Type Space Extension)  . . . . . .   4
   5.  PIM Type Space Extension  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   7.  IANA considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

1.  Introduction

   The currently defined PIM version 2 messages share a common message
   header format defined in the PIM Sparse Mode [RFC7761] and Dense Mode
   [RFC3973] specifications.  The common header definition contains
   eight reserved bits.  The message types defined in these documents
   all use this common header.  However, several messages already make
   use of one or more bits, including the Bootstrap [RFC5059], DF-
   Election [RFC5015], and PIM Flooding Mechanism (PFM)
   [I-D.ietf-pim-source-discovery-bsr] messages.  There is no document
   formally specifying that these bits are to be used per message type.

   This document refers to the bits specified as Reserved in the common
   PIM header [RFC7761] [RFC3973] as PIM message type flag bits, or
   simply flag bits, and it specifies that they are to be separately

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   used on a per message type basis.  It creates a registry containing
   the the per message type usage.  For a particular message type, the
   usage of the flag bits can be defined in the document defining the
   message type, or a new document that updates that document.

   The PIM message types as defined in the PIM Sparse Mode [RFC7761] and
   Dense Mode [RFC3973] specifications are in the range from 0 to 15.
   That type space is almost exhausted.  Message type 15 was reserved by
   [RFC6166] for type space extension.  In Section 5, this document
   specifies the use of the flag bits for Type 15 in order to extend the
   PIM type space.  The registration procedure for the extended type
   space is the same as for the existing type space, and the existing
   PIM message type registry is updated to include the extended type
   space.

2.  Conventions used in this document

   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.

3.  PIM header common format

   The common PIM header is defined in section 4.9 of [RFC7761] and
   section 4.7.1 of [RFC3973].  This document updates the definition of
   the Reserved field and refers to that field as PIM message type flag
   bits, or simply flag bits.  The new common header format is as below.

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |PIM Ver| Type  |   Flags Bits  |           Checksum            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The Flags Bits field is defined in Section 4.  All other fields
   remain unchanged.

4.  Flag Bit definitions

   Unless otherwise specified, all the flag bits for each PIM type are
   Reserved [RFC8126].  They MUST be set to zero on transmission, and
   they MUST be ignored upon receipt.  The specification of a new PIM
   type, MUST indicate whether the bits should be treated differently.
   Currently for the message types 0 (Hello), 1 (Register), 2 (Register
   Stop), 3 (Join/Prune), 5 (Assert), 6 (Graft), 7 (Graft-Ack), 8

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   (Candidate RP Advertisement), 9 (State Refresh) and 11 (ECMP
   Redirect), all flag bits are Reserved.

   When defining flag bits it is helpful to have a well defined way of
   referring to a particular bit.  The most significant of the flag
   bits, the bit immediately following the type field is referred to as
   bit 7.  The least significant, the bit right in front of the checksum
   field is referred to as bit 0.  This is shown in the diagram below.

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |PIM Ver| Type  |7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|           Checksum            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

4.1.  Flag Bits for Type 4 (Bootstrap)

   PIM message type 4 (Bootstrap) [RFC5059] defines flag bit 7 as No-
   Forward.  The usage of the bit is defined in that document.  The
   remaining flag bits are Reserved.

4.2.  Flag Bits for Type 10 (DF Election)

   PIM message type 10 (DF Election) [RFC5015] specifies that the four
   most significant flag bits (bits 4-7) are to be used as a sub-type.
   The remaining flag bits are currently Reserved.

4.3.  Flag Bits for Type 12 (PFM)

   PIM message type 12 (PFM) [I-D.ietf-pim-source-discovery-bsr] defines
   flag bit 7 as No-Forward.  The usage of the bit is defined in that
   document.  The remaining flag bits are Reserved.

4.4.  Flag Bits for Type 15 (Type Space Extension)

   This type and the flag bit usage is defined in Section 5.

5.  PIM Type Space Extension

   The type space defined by the existing PIM specifications is almost
   exhausted.  This document defines type 15 (Type Space Extension)
   allowing for 16 additional types by using the four most significant
   flag bits (bits 4-7) as a new field to store the extended type.
   These types are referred to as types 15.0 to 15.15 where the last
   number denotes the value stored in the new field.  The remaining four
   flag bits (bits 0-3) are Reserved to be used by each extended type.
   The specification of a new PIM extended type MUST indicate whether
   the bits should be treated differently.  The common header for types

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   15.0 to 15.15 is shown in the diagram below.  The extended type field
   "Rsvd" denotes the value after the dot.

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |PIM Ver|Type 15|SubType| Rsvd  |           Checksum            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

6.  Security Considerations

   This document clarifies the use of the flag bits in the common PIM
   header and it extends the PIM type space.  As such, there is no
   impact on security or changes to the considerations in [RFC7761] and
   [RFC3973].

7.  IANA considerations

   This document updates the PIM Message Types registry and also creates
   a PIM Message Type Flag Bits registry that shows which flag bits are
   defined for use by each of the PIM message types.

   The following changes should be made to the existing PIM Message
   Types registry.  For types 4 (Bootstrap) and 8 (Candidate RP
   Advertisement) a reference to RFC5059 should be added.  For type 15
   (Reserved), the name should be changed to "Type Space Extension", and
   reference this document.  In addition, there should be one new row at
   the bottom where it should say "15.0-15.15 Unassigned".

   A new registry called "PIM Message Type Flag Bits" should be created
   in the pim-paremeters section with registration procedure "IETF
   Review" as defined in [RFC8126] with this document as a reference.
   The initial content of the registry should be as below.

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 Type      bit(s)   Name                  Reference
--------------------------------------------------------
  0         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
  1         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
  2         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
  3         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
  4         0-6   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
  4         7     No-Forward          [RFC5059]
  5         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
  6         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
  7         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
  8         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
  9         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
 10         0-3   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
 10         4-7   Sub-type            [RFC5015]
 11         0-7   Reserved            [RFC6754]
 12         0-6   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
 12         7     No-Forward          [draft-ietf-pim-source-discovery-bsr]
 13         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
 14         0-7   Reserved            [RFC3973][RFC7761]
 15         4-7   Extended type       [this document]
 15.0-15.15 0-3   Reserved            [this document]

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-pim-source-discovery-bsr]
              Wijnands, I., Venaas, S., Brig, M., and A. Jonasson, "PIM
              Flooding Mechanism and Source Discovery", draft-ietf-pim-
              source-discovery-bsr-12 (work in progress), January 2018.

   [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>.

   [RFC3973]  Adams, A., Nicholas, J., and W. Siadak, "Protocol
              Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol
              Specification (Revised)", RFC 3973, DOI 10.17487/RFC3973,
              January 2005, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3973>.

   [RFC5015]  Handley, M., Kouvelas, I., Speakman, T., and L. Vicisano,
              "Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-
              PIM)", RFC 5015, DOI 10.17487/RFC5015, October 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5015>.

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   [RFC5059]  Bhaskar, N., Gall, A., Lingard, J., and S. Venaas,
              "Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent
              Multicast (PIM)", RFC 5059, DOI 10.17487/RFC5059, January
              2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5059>.

   [RFC6754]  Cai, Y., Wei, L., Ou, H., Arya, V., and S. Jethwani,
              "Protocol Independent Multicast Equal-Cost Multipath
              (ECMP) Redirect", RFC 6754, DOI 10.17487/RFC6754, October
              2012, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6754>.

   [RFC7761]  Fenner, B., Handley, M., Holbrook, H., Kouvelas, I.,
              Parekh, R., Zhang, Z., and L. Zheng, "Protocol Independent
              Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification
              (Revised)", STD 83, RFC 7761, DOI 10.17487/RFC7761, March
              2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7761>.

   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

   [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/info/rfc8174>.

8.2.  Informative References

   [RFC6166]  Venaas, S., "A Registry for PIM Message Types", RFC 6166,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6166, April 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6166>.

Authors' Addresses

   Stig Venaas
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Tasman Drive
   San Jose  CA 95134
   USA

   Email: stig@cisco.com

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   Alvaro Retana
   Huawei R&D USA
   2330 Central Expressway
   Santa Clara  CA 95050
   USA

   Email: alvaro.retana@huawei.com

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