INTERNET-DRAFT Eric A. Hall Document: draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 Expires: December, 2003 Category: Standards-Track Defining and Locating Autonomous System Numbers in the Federated Internet Registry Service Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved. Abstract This document defines LDAP schema and searching rules for autonomous system numbers, in support of the Federated Internet Registry Service (FIRS) described in [FIRS-ARCH] and [FIRS-CORE]. Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 Table of Contents 1. Introduction..............................................2 2. Prerequisites and Terminology.............................2 3. Naming Syntax.............................................3 4. Object Classes and Attributes.............................4 5. Query Processing Rules....................................7 5.1. Query Pre-Processing...................................7 5.2. Query Bootstrapping....................................7 5.3. LDAP Matching..........................................7 5.4. Example Query..........................................8 6. Security Considerations...................................9 7. IANA Considerations.......................................9 8. Author's Addresses........................................9 9. Normative References......................................9 10. Acknowledgments..........................................11 11. Changes from Previous Versions...........................11 12. Full Copyright Statement.................................11 1. Introduction This specification defines the naming syntax, object classes, attributes, matching filters, and query processing rules for storing and locating Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) in the FIRS service. Refer to [FIRS-ARCH] for information on the FIRS architecture and [FIRS-CORE] for the schema definitions and rules which govern the FIRS service as a whole. The definitions in this specification are intended to be used with FIRS. Their usage outside of FIRS is not prohibited, but any such usage is beyond this specification's scope of authority. 2. Prerequisites and Terminology The complete set of specifications in the FIRS collection cumulative define a structured and distributed information service using LDAPv3 for the data-formatting and transport functions. This specification should be read in the context of the complete set of specifications, which currently include the following: draft-ietf-crisp-firs-arch-01, "The Federated Internet Registry Service: Architecture and Implementation" [FIRS-ARCH] Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 2]
Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 draft-ietf-crisp-firs-core-01, "The Federated Internet Registry Service: Core Elements" [FIRS-CORE] draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dns-01, "Defining and Locating DNS Domains in the Federated Internet Registry Service" [FIRS-DNS] draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dnsrr-01, "Defining and Locating DNS Resource Records in the Federated Internet Registry Service" [FIRS-DNSRR] draft-ietf-crisp-firs-contact-01, "Defining and Locating Contact Persons in the Federated Internet Registry Service" [FIRS-CONTCT] draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01, "Defining and Locating Autonomous System Numbers in the Federated Internet Registry Service" (this document) [FIRS-ASN] draft-ietf-crisp-firs-ipv4-01, "Defining and Locating IPv4 Address Blocks in the Federated Internet Registry Service" [FIRS-IPV4] draft-ietf-crisp-firs-ipv6-01, "Defining and Locating IPv6 Address Blocks in the Federated Internet Registry Service" [FIRS-IPV6] 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. 3. Naming Syntax The naming syntax for ASN entries in FIRS MUST follow the form of "cn=<inetAsNumberSyntax>,cn=inetResources,<partition>", where <inetAsNumberSyntax> is the Autonomous System Number resource, and where <partition> is a sequence of domainComponent relative distinguished names which identifies the scope of authority for the selected directory partition. Entries which use the inetAsNumberSyntax rules use the decimal equivalent of a 16-bit autonomous system number, with the non- affective leading zeroes removed. Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 3]
Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 An augmented BNF for this syntax is as follows: inetAsNumberSyntax = decimal value between "0" and "65535" inclusive, with the non-affective leading zeroes removed The schema definition for inetAsNumberSyntax is as follows: inetAsNumberSyntax ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.4.1 NAME 'inetAsNumberSyntax' DESC 'An autonomous system number.' ) For example, an entry for ASN "1" in the "dc=arin,dc=net" partition would be "cn=1,cn=inetResources,dc=arin,dc=net", while an entry for AS number "65535" in the same partition would be "cn=65535,cn=inetResources,dc=arin,dc=net". 4. Object Classes and Attributes ASN-specific entries in FIRS MUST use the inetAsNumber object class, in addition to the mandatory object classes defined in [FIRS-CORE]. ASN entries MUST be treated as containers capable of holding subordinate entries. If an entry exists as a referral source, the entry MUST also be defined with the referral object class, in addition to the above requirements. The inetAsNumber object class is a structural object class which is subordinate to the inetResources object class. The inetAsNumber object class has no mandatory attributes, although it does have several optional attributes. The inetAsNumber object class also inherits the attributes defined in the inetResources object class, including the "cn" naming attribute. The schema definition for the inetAsNumber object class is as follows: inetAsNumber ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.4.0 NAME 'inetAsNumber' DESC 'Autonomous system attributes.' SUP inetResources STRUCTURAL MAY ( inetAsnDelegationStatus $ inetAsnDelegationDate $ inetAsnRegistrar $ inetAsnRegistry $ inetAsnContacts $ inetAsnRoutingContacts ) ) Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 4]
Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 The attributes from the inetAsNumber object class are described below: inetAsnContacts ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.4.2 NAME 'inetAsnContacts' DESC 'Contacts for general administrative issues concerning this ASN.' EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch SYNTAX inetContactSyntax ) inetAsnDelegationDate ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.4.3 NAME 'inetAsnDelegationDate' DESC 'Date this ASN was delegated.' EQUALITY generalizedTimeMatch ORDERING generalizedTimeOrderingMatch SYNTAX generalizedTime SINGLE-VALUE ) inetAsnDelegationStatus ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.4.4 NAME 'inetAsnDelegationStatus' DESC 'Delegation status for this AS number.' EQUALITY numericStringMatch SYNTAX numericString{2} SINGLE-VALUE ) NOTE: In an effort to facilitate internationalization and programmatic processing, the current status of a delegation is identified by a 16-bit integer. The values and status mapping is as follows: 0 Reserved delegation (permanently inactive) 1 Assigned and active (normal state) 2 Assigned but not yet active (new delegation) 3 Assigned but on hold (disputed) 4 Assignment revoked (database purge pending) Additional values are reserved for future use, and are to be administered by IANA. Note that there is no status code for "unassigned"; unassigned entries SHOULD NOT exist, and SHOULD NOT be returned as answers. inetAsnRegistrar ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.4.5 NAME 'inetAsnRegistrar' DESC 'Registrar who delegated this ASN.' EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch SYNTAX directoryString ) NOTE: The inetAsnRegistrar attribute uses a URL to indicate the registrar who delegated the ASN. The attribute Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 5]
Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 structure is identical to the labeledURI attribute, as defined in [RFC2798], including the URL and textual comments. The data can refer to any valid URL. inetAsnRegistry ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.4.6 NAME 'inetAsnRegistry' DESC 'Registry where this ASN is managed.' EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch SYNTAX directoryString ) NOTE: The inetAsnRegistry attribute uses a URL to indicate the registry who is ultimately responsible for the ASN. The attribute structure is identical to the labeledURI attribute, as defined in [RFC2798], including the URL and textual comments. The data can refer to any valid URL. inetAsnRoutingContacts ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.4.7 NAME 'inetAsnRoutingContacts' DESC 'Contacts for routing-related problems with this ASN.' EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch SYNTAX inetContactSyntax ) An example of an inetAsNumber entry is shown in Figure 1 below. The example includes attributes from the inetAsNumber, inetResources, and inetAssociatedResources object classes. cn=65535,cn=inetResources,dc=arin,dc=net [top object class] [inetResources object class] [inetAsNumber object class] [inetAssociatedResources object class] | +-attribute: description | value: "Example Hosting's autonomous system" | +-attribute: inetAsnContacts | value: "hostmaster@example.net" | +-attribute: inetAssociatedIpv4Networks | value: "192.0.2.0/24" | +-attribute: inetAsnRegistrar value: "http://www.arin.net/ (ARIN)" Figure 1: The entry for ASN 65535 in the dc=arin,dc=net partition. Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 6]
Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 5. Query Processing Rules Queries for ASNs have several special requirements, as discussed in the following sections. Refer to [FIRS-CORE] for general information about FIRS queries. 5.1. Query Pre-Processing Clients MUST ensure that the query input is normalized according to the rules specified in section 3 before the input is used as the assertion value to the resulting LDAP query. There are no pre-existing mechanisms for mapping ASNs to domain names. As such, there are no pre-existing mechanisms for mapping ASNs to authoritative LDAP partitions. In order to facilitate interoperability, FIRS queries for ASN resources MUST use "dc=arpa" as the authoritative partition, and MUST use "cn=inetResources,dc=arpa" for the search base. It is expected that FIRS-compliant LDAP servers will be established to serve this directory partition, with these servers providing entry-specific referrals to registrar-specific servers. 5.2. Query Bootstrapping FIRS clients MUST use the top-down bootstrap model by default for ASN queries. FIRS clients MAY use the targeted bootstrap model for queries if necessary or desirable. Due to the lack of any public DNS delegation mapping service, there is no practical reason for FIRS clients to use the bottom-up model with ASN queries. 5.3. LDAP Matching FIRS clients MUST specify equalityMatch matching filters in LDAP searches for ASN entries. In order to ensure that all of the relevant entries are found (including any referrals), the search filters for these resources MUST specify the inetAsNumber object class and the naming element of the resource as a distinguished name attribute. For example, "(&(objectclass=inetAsNumber)(cn:dn:65535))" with a search base of Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 7]
Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 "cn=inetResources,dc=arin,dc=net" would find all of the inetAsNumber object class entries with a relative distinguished name of "cn=65535" in the "dc=arin,dc=net" partition. The matching filters defined in this specification MUST be supported by FIRS clients and servers. FIRS servers MAY support additional sub-string filters, soundex filters, or any other filters they wish (these may be required to support generic LDAP clients), although FIRS clients MUST NOT expect any additional filters to be available. 5.4. Example Query The following example assumes that the user has specified "65535" as the query value: a. Normalize the input, which is "65535" in this case. b. Determine the authoritative partition, which is always "dc=arpa" in the case of ASNs. c. Determine the search base for the query, which is always "cn=inetResources,dc=arpa" in the case of ASNs. d. Initiate a DNS lookup for the SRV resource records associated with "_ldap._tcp.arpa." For the purpose of this example, assume that this lookup succeeds, with the DNS response message indicating that "firs.iana.org" is the preferred LDAP server. e. Submit an LDAPv3 query to the specified server, using "(&(objectclass=inetAsNumber)(cn:dn:65535))" as the matching filter, "cn=inetResources,dc=arpa" as the search base, and the global query defaults defined in [FIRS-CORE]. f. Assume that the queried server returns a continuation reference referral which points to "ldap:///cn=inetResources,dc=arin,dc=net". The distinguished name element of "cn=inetResources,dc=arin,dc=net" will be used as the new search base, while "dc=arin,dc=net" will be used as the new authoritative partition. g. Initiate a DNS lookup for the SRV resource records associated with "_ldap._tcp.arin.net." For the purpose of this example, assume that this lookup succeeds, with the Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 8]
Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 DNS response message indicating that "firs.arin.net" is the preferred LDAP server. h. Submit an LDAPv3 query to the specified server, using "(&(objectclass=inetAsNumber)(cn:dn:65535))" as the matching filter, "cn=inetResources,dc=arin,dc=net" as the search base, and the global query defaults defined in [FIRS-CORE]. i. Assume that no other referrals are received. Display the answer data which has been received and exit the query. 6. Security Considerations Security considerations are discussed in [FIRS-ARCH]. 7. IANA Considerations ASNs are not currently represented in the global DNS, and there are no standardized mechanisms for mapping ASNs to authoritative partitions using the public DNS. This specification uses the "arpa" zone for this mapping function with the expectation that FIRS-capable LDAP servers will be established, and that authoritative partitions will be mapped to that zone, with this partition containing ASN-specific entries which will provide referrals to the appropriate registrar's partitions. It is further expected that IANA will oversee the creation and management of the ARPA domain's LDAP SRV resource records, the "dc=arpa" LDAP partition, and the necessary LDAP servers. The inetAsnDelegationStatus attribute uses numeric code values. It is expected that IANA will manage the assignment of these values. Additional IANA considerations are discussed in [FIRS-ARCH]. 8. Author's Addresses Eric A. Hall ehall@ehsco.com 9. Normative References [RFC2247] Kille, S., Wahl, M., Grimstad, A., Huber, R., and Sataluri, S. "Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 DNs", RFC 2247, January 1998. Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 9]
Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 [RFC2251] Wahl, M., Howes, T., and Kille, S. "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)", RFC 2251, December 1997. [RFC2252] Wahl, M., Coulbeck, A., Howes, T., and Kille, S. "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions", RFC 2252, December 1997. [RFC2254] Howes, T. "The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters", RFC 2254, December 1997. [FIRS-ARCH] Hall, E. "The Federated Internet Registry Service: Architecture and Implementation Guide", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-arch-01, May 2003. [FIRS-ASN] Hall, E. "Defining and Locating Autonomous System Numbers in the Federated Internet Registry Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn- 01, May 2003. [FIRS-CONTCT] Hall, E. "Defining and Locating Contact Persons in the Federated Internet Registry Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-contact-01, May 2003. [FIRS-CORE] Hall, E. "The Federated Internet Registry Service: Core Elements", draft-ietf-crisp- firs-core-01, May 2003. [FIRS-DNS] Hall, E. "Defining and Locating DNS Domains in the Federated Internet Registry Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dns-01, May 2003. [FIRS-DNSRR] Hall, E. "Defining and Locating DNS Resource Records in the Federated Internet Registry Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dnsrr-01, May 2003. [FIRS-IPV4] Hall, E. "Defining and Locating IPv4 Address Blocks in the Federated Internet Registry Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-ipv4-01, May 2003. [FIRS-IPV6] Hall, E. "Defining and Locating IPv6 Address Blocks in the Federated Internet Registry Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-ipv6-01, May 2003. Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 10]
Internet Draft draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01.txt May 2003 10. Acknowledgments Funding for the RFC editor function is currently provided by the Internet Society. Portions of this document were funded by Verisign Labs. The first version of this specification was co-authored by Andrew Newton of Verisign Labs, and subsequent versions continue to be developed with his active participation. 11. Changes from Previous Versions draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-01: * Several clarifications and corrections have been made. draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-00: * Restructured the document set. * "Attribute references" have been eliminated from the specification. All referential attributes now provide actual data instead of URL pointers to data. Clients that wish to retrieve these values will need to start new queries using the data values instead of URLs. * The attribute-specific operational attributes have been eliminated as unnecessary. * The inetAsnRegistrar and inetAsnRegistry attributes were added. * Several attributes had their OIDs changed. NOTE THAT THIS IS AN INTERNET DRAFT, AND THAT THE OIDS ARE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS THIS DOCUMENT IS EDITED. * Several typographical errors have been fixed. * Some unnecessary text has been removed. 12. Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved. Hall I-D Expires: December 2003 [page 11]
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