Network Working Group T. Herbert
Internet-Draft Intel
Intended status: Experimental August 24, 2020
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Attribution Option for Extension Header Insertion
draft-herbert-6man-eh-attrib-02
Abstract
This document defines an "attribution option" that provides
attribution for IPv6 extension headers, Hop-by-Hop options, or
Destination options that are inserted by intermediate nodes in the
delivery path of a packet. The purpose of this option is twofold:
first it identifies the extension headers or options that have been
inserted, secondly it attributes the inserted extension headers or
options to the node responsible for inserting them.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Motivation for extension header insertion . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Problems with extension header and options insertion . . 4
1.3. Inserting Hop-by-Hop options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4. Inserting Destination options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5. Inserting extension headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.6. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.7. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. Attribution Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1. Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.1. Attribution Option with short identifier . . . . . . 7
2.1.2. Attribution Option with IPv6 address identifier . . . 8
2.2. Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3. Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1. Insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1.1. Insertion procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1.2. Errors during insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.2. Removal of inserted extension headers and options . . . . 12
3.2.1. Removal procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2.2. Errors during removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3. Domain edge filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.4. ICMP processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.5. Processing AH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1. Introduction
Extension header insertion has been proposed as a mechanism to
annotate packets for transit across controlled, or limited domains
([I-D.voyer-6man-extension-header-insertion],
[I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-ipv6-options]). These annotations are in the
form of inserted Hop-by-Hop or Destination options, or other inserted
extension headers such Segment Routing Header. Presumably, before a
packet egresses a controlled domain, any inserted extension headers
or options should be removed.
Extension header insertion, removal, and other non-standard
modifications at intermediate nodes are currently prohibited by
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[RFC8200], and [I-D.smith-6man-in-flight-eh-insertion-harmful]
provides the rationale for why extension header insertion is harmful
and thus prohibited. This document addresses the main problem of
extension header insertion which is the loss of attribution to the
source of packet contents. An "attribution option", either as a Hop-
by-Hop or Destination Option, is defined to provide proper
attribution.
The attribution option provides two salient benefits:
* The attribution option unambiguously identifies what extension
headers and Destination or Hop-by-Hop options were inserted by
intermediate nodes.
* The attribution option includes an identification of the
intermediate node that inserted extension headers or options
into a packet.
1.1. Motivation for extension header insertion
IP-in-IP encapsulation has been proposed as an alternative to
extension header insertion. While encapsulation may be functionally
equivalent to header insertion, there are merits to header insertion:
* Extension header insertion can result in fewer bytes of
overhead than encapsulation.
* The proper destination address to set in the encapsulating IP
header may be unknown. For instance, a node might insert an
extension header into an existing packet with the intent that
the packet is routed based on the original destination to some
egress node of the domain, and that node removes the inserted
headers.
* Packets for a flow may require consistent routing whether or
not extension headers are inserted. In particular, to route
flows consistently in Equal Cost MultiPath (ECMP), the hash
computed for ECMP should be the same for all packets of the
flow. Unlike IP encapsulation, extension header insertion
doesn't affect the fields used in ECMP hash calculation (the
source address, destination address, flow label, and transport
layer ports), so the ECMP hash calculation consistently derives
the same value for all packets of a flow with or without
inserted extension headers or options.
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1.2. Problems with extension header and options insertion
Insertion or removal of extension headers, as well as Destination or
Hop-by-Hop options, is currently prohibited by [RFC8200]:
Extension headers (except for the Hop-by-Hop Options header)
are not processed, inserted, or deleted by any node along a
packet's delivery path, until the packet reaches the node (or
each of the set of nodes, in the case of multicast) identified
in the Destination Address field of the IPv6 header.
The rationale for this prohibition is articulated in [I-D.smith-6man-
in-flight-eh-insertion-harmful]. A summary of cited problems with
extension header and options insertion are:
* Extension header and options insertion break the attribution
model of IP in that the contents of a packet are no longer
attributable to the node identified by the source address of a
packet (exceptions include data that a source sets in a packet
that is explicitly specified to be modifiable).
* Extension header and options insertion break PMTU discovery
since they increase the size of packets in flight.
* Extension header and options insertion breaks ICMP since
inserted extension headers may themselves cause ICMP errors
that are sent to the source address. If the source node
receives such an ICMP error it cannot take any action to
resolve the error since it's not the source of the data that
caused the error.
* Extension header and options insertion may create a
communications black hole if the data inserted by one node
causes a packet to be dropped at a later downstream node. When
this happens the source does not know the identity of the node
that inserted the data and won't even know which node dropped
the packet unless an ICMP error is sent. In any case, the
sending host cannot address the issue hence persistent,
systematic packet loss is possible. Such a scenario may be
difficult to trouble shoot in an even moderately large network.
* Use of extension header insertion is generally assumed to be
confined to a controlled domain where the domain is a walled
garden such that inserted extension headers are always removed
before packets would exit a domain. It is conceivable that
configuration or implementation errors may allow packets with
inserted extension headers to leak out of the controlled
domain.
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* Extension header and options insertion break the IP
Authentication Header (AH) [RFC4302]. If a receiving node
attempts to verify an authentication header that covers data
inserted by intermediate nodes, then the packet authentication
will fail and the packet will be dropped.
This proposal primarily addresses the attribution of packet contents
problem. A solution to the attribution problem addresses or at least
can mitigate the other problems with extension header insertion.
1.3. Inserting Hop-by-Hop options
For inserting Hop-by-Hop options into a packet there are two
possibilities: 1) a Hop-by-Hop Options extension header already
exists in the packet, 2) no Hop-by-Hop Options extension header exist
in the packet so a Hop-by-Hop extension header is inserted into the
packet which contains the options being inserted.
Note that per [RFC8200] there can only be one Hop-by-Hop Options
extension header in a packet, and if present it must be the first
extension header after the IPv6 header. If Hop-by-Hop Options are to
be inserted into a packet with an existing Hop-by-Hop Options
extension header, the options MUST be inserted into the options list
for the existing extension header.
1.4. Inserting Destination options
Destination options may be inserted in Destination Options before or
after the routing header. If an appropriate Destination Options
extension header does not exist in the packet then a new Destination
Options extension header containing the inserted options is inserted
in the packet. The recommended ordering of extension headers in
[RFC8200] SHOULD be maintained.
1.5. Inserting extension headers
When an extension header, not Hop-by-Hop or Destination, is inserted
into a packet it is immediately preceded by a Destination Options
extension header that includes an attribution option which describes
the inserted extension header. If the extension header is being
inserted immediately after an existing Destination Options extension
header then the attribution option is inserted into the existing
Destination Options extension header. If there is no preceding
Destination Options extension header then one is created into which
the attribution options is set.
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1.6. Scope
This document describes a mechanism for providing attribution in
extension header insertion and insertion of Hop-by-Hop and
Destination Options. With the exception of inserting Hop-by-Hop
Options and Destination Options, requirements and semantics for
inserting specific types of extension headers are out of scope.
Similarly, security aspects, including potential leakage of inserted
headers outside of a controlled domain, is not in scope.
1.7. 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 [RFC2119].
2. Attribution Option
2.1. Format
The format of the Hop-by-Hop or Destination Attribution Option is:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Option Type | Opt Data Len |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|E| Num_opts | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +
| |
~ Identification ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Fields are:
* Option Type: value is TBA. The first three bits of the option
type should be 000 to indicate that the option is to be skipped
over when processed as an unknown option and that the option
data is unmodifiable.
* Opt Data Len: data length for the option. The minimal data
length is one. If the data length equals twenty then the
Identification is an IPv6 address (see section 2.1.2).
* E: For Destination Options this indicates that the extension
header following the Destination Options extension header has
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been inserted. When the option is in Hop-by-Hop Options, this
bit MUST be zero when when transmitting and ignored on receive.
* Num_opts: If this value is less than 127 then it indicates the
number of non-padding options following the Attribution Option
that are attributed as being inserted. If the value is 127
then this indicates that the extension header was inserted and
all following options are attributed as being inserted. Note
that the maximum number of inserted options attributed by one
Attribution Option is 126.
* Identification: indicates the source node responsible for the
inserted extension headers. This can either be the IPv6
address of the responsible node or a local identifier value
that is interpreted by the local network domain (see examples
below). Note this field is variable length.
If options are being inserted into an existing Destination Options or
Hop-by-Hop Options extension header then the Attribution Option is
inserted as the first option in the header, followed by any inserted
options, and then followed by any pre-existing options. The total
length of the attribution option and any inserted options MUST be 8n;
this ensures that any pre-existing options following those being
inserted retain their original alignment. After the last inserted
option the minimum amount of padding is added to make the total
length of inserted data 8n. Pre-existing options, including padding,
MUST NOT be modified other than moving them to follow the inserted
options.
If a Destination or Hop-by-Hop Options extension header is being
inserted in a packet then the Attribution Option is set as the first
option in the header followed by an inserted options. Minimal
padding MUST added make the length of the extension header 8n.
2.1.1. Attribution Option with short identifier
Below is the short format of the Attribution Option.
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 | 4 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|E| Num opts | Local_ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Local_ID is interpreted locally. For instance, it may be used as an
index to a table to map a value to an IPv6 address.
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2.1.2. Attribution Option with IPv6 address identifier
Below is the format of the Attribution Option that contains an IPv6
address for attribution of the inserted extension headers or options.
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 | 20 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|E| Num opts | Local_ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+ +
| |
+ IPv6 address +
| |
+ +
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Local_ID contains supplemental identification that is interpreted by
the local network. This MAY be the AS of network corresponding to
the node identified by the IPv6 address.
2.2. Model
The Attribution Option indicates both inserted Hop-by-Hop or
Destination options and inserted extension headers.
Multiple extension header or options insertions may occur during the
lifetime of a packet. Insertions are treated as a stack. Hop-by-Hop
and Destination options MUST be inserted in an extension header
before any pre-existing options including those previously inserted.
Similarly, if an extension header is being inserted and a
corresponding attribution option is being added to a Destination
Option extension header then the inserted extension header
immediately follows the Destination Options extension header and
precedes any previously inserted extension headers with an
attribution option in the same Destination Options extension header.
Inserted extension headers and inserted Hop-by-Hop and Destination
options MUST be removed in the reverse order of insertion (i.e.
inserted headers are "popped" to remove them). When an Attribution
Option is removed from a packet, which is the first option in the
extension header, the option, any corresponding inserted options, and
any inserted trailing padding are removed. In the case of a
Destination Options or Hop-by-Hop Options extension header that was
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inserted, the inserted extension header is removed when when the last
attribution option in the extension header is removed (Num_opts in
the option is equal to 127).
The logical structure of an IPv6 packet with inserted extension
headers and options, and the relationship between Attribution Options
and inserted extension headers and options, is demonstrated below.
In this example, a Hop-by-Hop Options extension header was inserted
that indicates inserted Hop-by-Hop options. There are two
attribution options inserted into an existing Destination Options
header: the first one (#1) indicates an inserted extension header and
no options, the second (#2) indicates an inserted extension header
and also inserted Destination options.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| IPv6 header |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Hop-by-Hop EH |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Attribution Opt |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Inserted options |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| DestOpt EH |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Attribution Opt |---------+ #2 attribution option
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
| Inserted options | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
| Attribution Opt |----+ | #1 attribution option
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | |
| Original options | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | |
| Inserted EH |<---------+----+
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
| Inserted EH |<------+
+--+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Original EHs |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
3. Operation
This section describes operations for extension header and options
insertion and removal at intermediate nodes.
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3.1. Insertion
An extension header or Hop-by-Hop or Destination options MAY be
inserted into a packet. The packet's size will increase, and if
options are inserted into Destination or Hop-by-Hop Options the size
of those extension headers will increase.
3.1.1. Insertion procedure
Hop-by-Hop and Destination options, including the attribution option,
are inserted into a packet with the following procedures.
Procedure is:
* If an appropriate Hop-by-Hop or Destination Options extension
header does not exist in the packet:
1) Insert a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Options extension header
into the packet at the appropriate offset. The extension
header contains the Attribution Option, followed by any Hop-
by-Hop or Destination options being inserted. Num_opts is
set to 127 to indicate that the extension header was
inserted. E is set if another extension header is also
being inserted (applicable to Destination Options). Add
padding to make the length of the extension header be a
multiple of eight bytes per [RFC8200].
2) If no other extension header is being inserted then the
nexthdr of the inserted Destination or Hop-by-Hop header is
set to value of the nexthdr in the preceding IPv6 header or
extension header.
3) Else, if an extension header is being inserted then the
nexthdr of the inserted Destination Options extension header
is set to protocol number of the inserted extension header.
The nexthdr for the inserted extension header is set to
value of the original nexthdr in the IPv6 header or
extension header that precedes the Destination Option being
inserted.
4) The nexthdr of the IPv6 header or extension header that
precedes the inserted Destination of Hop-by-Hop Options is
set to the protocol number for the inserted header (either 0
for Hop-by-Hop Options or 60 for Destination Options).
* Else, if an appropriate Hop-by-Hop or Destination Options
extension header is already present then insert new options
into the existing header:
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1) Make first option to be the Attribution Option. Num_opts is
set to the number of non-padding options being inserted not
including the Attribution Option. E is set if an extension
header is being inserted (applicable to Destination Options
only).
2) Following the Attribution Option, set any other options
being inserted. Include padding before the options as
necessary to enforce any alignment requirements.
3) Following the last inserted option, add the minimal amount
of padding such that the alignment of the first byte after
the last inserted byte is 8n+2 from the start of the Hop-by-
Hop or Destination extension header. This is necessary to
preserve alignment requirements of existing options. The
amount of padding needed is:
7 - ((offset_last_inserted_byte - 3) % 8)
4) Following the last inserted option and inserted padding,
copy the original options from the packet.
5) Set length of the Hop-by-Hop or Destination Options
extension header to reflect the length with the inserted
options and any inserted padding.
6) If an extension header is being inserted then the nexthdr of
the Destination Options header is set to protocol number of
the inserted extension header. The nexthdr for the inserted
extension header is set to is set to original nexthdr value
of Destination Options extension header.
3.1.2. Errors during insertion
Errors may occur in the process of inserting extension headers in a
packet. Error conditions would include the resultant packet size
exceeding MTU, and the size of Hop-by-Hop Options extension header
exceeding 1024 bytes (the maximum size of the Hop-by-Hop Options
extension header).
If an error occurs during insertion then the node performing
insertion MUST take an appropriate behavior per some configuration.
The packet MAY be discarded or the unmodified packet MAY be
forwarded. An error SHOULD be logged.
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3.2. Removal of inserted extension headers and options
The top level inserted extension headers and Hop-by-Hop or
Destination options, referred to by the Attribution Option which is
first option in the Hop-by-Hop or Destination options of a packet,
MAY be removed by an intermediate node.
3.2.1. Removal procedure
The procedure is:
* If Num_opts equals 127 then the Destination or Hop-by-Hop
extension header is to be removed.
* If the E bit is not set or a Hop-by-Hop extension header is
being removed, remove the Destination or Hop-by-Hop
extension header bytes from the packet and set the nexthdr
of the preceding IPv6 header or extension header to the
nexthdr of the Destination or Hop-by-Hop Options extension
header being removed.
* Else, if the E bit is set in the attribution options of a
Destination extension header, remove the extension header
bytes of the following extension header from the packet.
The nexthdr of the preceding IPv6 header or extension header
is set to the nexthdr of the Hop-by-Hop Options extension
header being removed.
* Else, if Num_opts is less than 127, then the inserted options
must be removed from the existing header:
1) Locate the last inserted option. This done by the scanning
non-padding options after the Attribution Option for the
count in Num_opts.
2) Compute the amount of padding that was inserted. The amount
of padding that should have been inserted is:
7 - ((offset_last_inserted_byte - 2) % 8)
where offset_last_byte is the offset of the last byte of
the last inserted option located in step #1.
3) Remove the bytes in the packet from first byte of the
Destination or Hop-by-Hop Options data (first byte of the
Attribution option) through the last byte of inserted
padding as computed in step #2.
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4) Set the length of the Hop-by-Hop Options extension header to
account for the removed bytes; that is the orignal extension
header length minus the number of removed bytes.
5 If the E bit is set in the attribution option being removed
of a Destination extension header, remove the following
extension header from the packet. The nexthdr of the
Destination Options extension header is set to the nexthdr
of the extension header being removed.
3.2.2. Errors during removal
A node performing extension header removal MUST validate packet
contents.
The following attributes MUST be validated before removal:
* If Num_opts is not equal to 127 then number of non-padding
options following Attribution Option MUST be greater than or
equal to Num_opts.
* Necessary padding after the last inserted Hop-by-Hop option
MUST be present. The amount of padding MUST be equal to the
expected amount.
* The Num_opts options following the Attribution Option MUST NOT
contain another Attribution Option.
* If the E bit is set in the Attribution options of a Destination
Options header then the a valid extension header MUST follow
the Destination Options header.
If any of the above validations fail, or an error is otherwise
encountered in the removal process, then the processing node MUST
take action. The packet SHOULD be discarded and error message SHOULD
be logged.
3.3. Domain edge filtering
Filtering packets with inserted extension headers or Destination or
Hop-by-Hop options is straightforward: a packet contains inserted
options if the first option of a Destination Options or Hop-by-Hop
Options is the Attribution Option. A packet contains inserted
extension headers if it contains an attribution option, either in
Destination Options or Hop-by-Hop Options, with Num_opts equal to
127; or it contains an attribution option in Destination Options that
has the E bit set.
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3.4. ICMP processing
At described in [I-D.smith-6man-in-flight-eh-insertion-harmful], it
is possible for a source node to receive ICMP [RFC4443] errors caused
by inserted headers, thus the source node has no recourse to address
the error.
This section proposes some ways to apply the Attribution Option to
mitigate the ICMP breakage for extension header insertion:
* ICMP errors can be filtered [RFC4890] by nodes in the network
before reaching a source node outside of the domain (at the
domain edge for instance). The packet headers in the ICMP data
will include the Destination Options or Hop-by-Hop Options
extension header containing the Attribution Option. The
filtering node MAY analyze the error to determine if it was
caused by the inserted headers:
- If the error was caused by inserted extension headers, then
the node SHOULD take appropriate actions (minimally it
SHOULD log the error). The filtering node SHOULD not
forward the ICMP error to the source.
- If the error was not caused by inserted headers, the
filtering node MAY create a new ICMP error with the data
packet that would be reflect the packet contents prior to
extension header insertion (i.e. attempt set the packet in
ICMP to be that which the source would have sent). This is
done by removing the inserted extension headers of the
packet in the ICMP data, and adjusting the Pointer field in
an ICMP error if necessary. The revised ICMP error can then
be forwarded to the source.
* If ICMP errors are not filtered and the source node receives an
ICMP error for a packet containing inserted extension headers:
- If the source node is a legacy implementation that does not
understand the Attribution Option then it will attempt to
process the error under the assumption that it was the
source of the packet and the data that caused the error. If
the node logs the contents of the ICMP error, which should
be common, then external out-of-band analysis can be done by
network administrators to troubleshoot the ICMP errors and
identify culprit if the error was caused by inserted
extension headers.
- If the source node understands the Attribution Option then
it can perform more analysis. The node MAY attempt to
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ascertain if the error was caused by inserted headers or
not, and if not it can then attempt to fix the problem with
the assumption the it was responsible for the data in error.
3.5. Processing AH
Extension headers and options MAY be inserted into a packet before an
existing AH header. The inserted data is not covered in the ICV
computation and if a receiving host attempts performs the ICV
computation over inserted data it is expected that verification will
fail and the packet will be dropped.
The simplest way to address this is to remove any inserted headers in
the packet before processing the AH extension header. The assumption
is that once the inserted data is removed the packet contents reflect
the original contents set by the host so AH verification should
succeed.
Host implementations can be modified to process the attribution
option. When a packet with inserted headers or options is received
by an end host, the AH processing can ignore any inserted Destination
or Hop-by-Hop options and any inserted extension headers. This can
be done in conjunction with the existing algorithms to ignore option
data in the ICV computation for modifiable options. Effectively, the
algorithm is simply to remove all the inserted options and extension
headers following the procedures in section 3.1.
4. Security Considerations
The Attribution Option does not in itself introduce any new security
considerations. The security of containing inserted extension
headers within a controlled domain is out of scope for this document.
Section 3.5 describes the processing of the IP Authentication Header
in the presence of inserted options or extension headers.
5. IANA Considerations
IANA is requested to assigned the following Destination and Hop-By-
Hop option:
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6. References
6.1. 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,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC4302] Kent, S., "IP Authentication Header", RFC 4302,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4302, December 2005,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4302>.
[RFC4443] Conta, A., Deering, S., and M. Gupta, Ed., "Internet
Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet
Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", STD 89,
RFC 4443, DOI 10.17487/RFC4443, March 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4443>.
[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>.
6.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-ipv6-options]
Bhandari, S., Brockners, F., Pignataro, C., Gredler, H.,
Leddy, J., Youell, S., Mizrahi, T., Kfir, A., Gafni, B.,
Lapukhov, P., Spiegel, M., Krishnan, S., and R. Asati,
"In-situ OAM IPv6 Options", draft-ietf-ippm-ioam-
ipv6-options-02 (work in progress), July 2020.
[I-D.smith-6man-in-flight-eh-insertion-harmful]
Smith, M., Kottapalli, N., Bonica, R., Gont, F., and T.
Herbert, "In-Flight IPv6 Extension Header Insertion
Considered Harmful", draft-smith-6man-in-flight-eh-
insertion-harmful-02 (work in progress), May 2020.
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Voyer, D., Filsfils, C., Dukes, D., Matsushima, S., Leddy,
J., Li, Z., and J. Guichard, "Deployments With Insertion
of IPv6 Segment Routing Headers", draft-voyer-6man-
extension-header-insertion-09 (work in progress), May
2020.
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[RFC4890] Davies, E. and J. Mohacsi, "Recommendations for Filtering
ICMPv6 Messages in Firewalls", RFC 4890,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4890, May 2007,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4890>.
Author's Address
Tom Herbert
Intel
Santa Clara, CA
USA
Email: tom@quantonium.net
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