Network Working Group                                         M. Bagnulo
Internet-Draft                                                      UC3M
Updates: 3972 (if approved)                                     J. Arkko
Expires: April 22, 2006                                         Ericsson
                                                        October 19, 2005


   Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA) Extension Field Format
                     draft-bagnulo-shim6-cga-ext-01

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Abstract

   This document define a Type-Length-Value format for Cryptographically
   Generated Address (CGA) Extensions.








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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  CGA Extension Field Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   3.  IANA considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   4.  Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   5.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   6.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements  . . . . . . . . . . 6









































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1.  Introduction

   Cryptographically Generated Address (CGA) specification [1] defines
   Extension Fields that allow including additional information into the
   CGA Parameter Data Structure.  So far there seems to be enough
   interest in including additional data items into the CGA Parameter
   Data Structure through these Extension Fields that it seems
   reasonable to expect that more than one mechanism will require its
   usage.  In order to simplify the addition of multiple data items,
   this document defines a Type-Length-Value format for the Extension
   Fields.


2.  CGA Extension Field Format

   Data items to be included in Extension Fields of the CGA Parameter
   Data Structure MUST be encoded using the following Type-Length-Value
   (TLV) 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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Extension Type        |   Extension Data Length       |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                       Extension Data                          ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                                                    .


   Extension Type: 16-bit identifier of the type of the Extension Field.

   Extension Data Length: 16-bit unsigned integer.  Length of the
      Extension Data field of this option, in octets.

   Extension Data: Variable-length field.  Extension-Type-specific data.


3.  IANA considerations

   This document introduces a new Extension Type name space for use as
   type tags when new Extensions are defined for CGAs.  The values in
   this name space are 8-bit unsigned integers.  Values in this name
   space are allocated according to the Standards Actions or IESG
   approval policies defined in RFC2434 [2].



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   This document does not define any new values in any name space.


4.  Security considerations

   No security concerns are raised by the adoption of the CGA Extension
   format described in this document.


5.  Acknowledgments

   This document was reviewed by Tuomas Aura, Stefan Rommer, Julien
   Laganier and James Kempf.

6.  Normative References

   [1]  Aura, T., "Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)",
        RFC 3972, March 2005.

   [2]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
        Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434, October 1998.






























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Authors' Addresses

   Marcelo Bagnulo
   Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
   Av. Universidad 30
   Leganes, Madrid  28911
   SPAIN

   Phone: 34 91 6249500
   Email: marcelo@it.uc3m.es
   URI:   http://www.it.uc3m.es


   Jari Arkko
   Ericsson
   Jorvas  02420
   Finland

   Email: jari.arkko@ericsson.com
































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