Bitmask Route Target
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idr                                                             Z. Zhang
Internet-Draft                                                 S. Sangli
Intended status: Standards Track                                 J. Haas
Expires: January 13, 2021                               Juniper Networks
                                                           July 12, 2020

                          Bitmask Route Target
                draft-zzhang-idr-bitmask-route-target-00

Abstract

   This document specifies a new type of Route Target called Bitmask
   Route Target as a BGP Community Container.  The key element of a
   Bitmask Route Target is a Bitmask.  Two Bitmask Route Targets are
   considered equivalent for the purpose of controlling route
   propagation (via Route Target Constraints) and importation if the
   result of logical "AND" operation of the Bitmask of the two is non-
   zero.

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.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     6.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5

1.  Introduction

   The importation and propagation of BGP routes can be controled using
   Route Targets [RFC4364] and Route Target Constrains [RFC4684].  Both
   relies on comparing two Route Targets based on full match of the
   8-octet encoding.

   There are situations where it is desired to consider two Route
   Targets to be equivalent (hence the route could be imported or
   propagated) as long as certain bits have matching set values.  This
   document defines a new type of Route Target for that purpose.

   An example use case of this Bitmask Route Target is documented in [I-
   D.zzhang-teas-network-slicing-with-flex-te].

   The use of Bitmask Route Target with Route Target Constrains is
   specified separately in [I-D.zzhang-idr-bgp-route-target-constrains-
   extension].

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2.  Specification

   The Bitmask Route Target is a Transitive BGP Community Container of
   type TBD [I-D.ietf-idr-wide-bgp-communities].

   The container includes a 1-octet Global Administrator (GA) Type,
   1-octet GA Length, a variable length GA, a 4-octet Local
   Administrator (LA), a 1-octet Bitmask Length in number of octets, and
   the Bitmask.

        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