Network Working Group K. Patel
Internet-Draft Cisco Systems
Intended status: Standards Track D. Ward
Expires: December 30, 2011 Juniper Networks
R. Bush
Internet Initiative Japan
June 28, 2011
Extended Message support for BGP
draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages-01
Abstract
The BGP specification mandates a maximum BGP message size of 4096
octets. As BGP is extended to support newer AFI/SAFIs, there is a
need to extend the maximum message size beyond 4096 octets. This
draft provides an extension to BGP to extend its current message size
from 4096 octets to 65535 octets.
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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Extended message Capability for BGP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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1. Introduction
The BGP specification [RFC4271] mandates a maximum BGP message size
of 4096 octets. As BGP is extended to support newer AFI/SAFIs and
newer capabilities (e.g., [I-D.ietf-sidr-bgpsec-overview]), there is
a need to extend the maximum message size beyond 4096 octets. This
draft provides an extension to BGP to extend its current message size
from 4096 octets to 65535 octets.
2. Extended message Capability for BGP
To advertise BGP Extended Message Capability to a peer, a BGP speaker
uses BGP Capabilities Advertisement [RFC5492]. By advertising the
BGP Extended Message Capability to a peer, a BGP speaker conveys that
it is able to send, receive, and properly handle BGP Extended
Messages.
A peer which does not advertise this capability MUST NOT send BGP
Extended Messages, and BGP Extended Messages MUST NOT be sent to it.
The BGP Extended Message Capability is a new BGP Capability [RFC5492]
defined with Capability code TBD and Capability length 0.
3. Operation
A BGP speaker that is willing to send and receive BGP Extended
Messages from its peer should advertise the BGP Extended Message
Capability to its peer using BGP Capabilities Advertisement
[RFC5492]. A BGP speaker may send extended messages to its peer only
if it has received the Extended Message Capability from its peer.
All BGP extended messages have maximum message size of 65535 octets.
The smallest message that may be sent consists of a BGP header
without a data portion (19 octets). All multi-octet fields are in
network byte order.
Applications generating messages which might be encapsulated within
BGP messages MUST limit the size of their payload to take into
account the maximum message size and all encapsulation overheads on
the path the encapsulated data are expected to traverse.
4. Acknowledgements
The authors thank John Scudder and John Levine for their input.
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5. IANA Considerations
The IANA is requested to register a new BGP Capability Code in the
upper range named BGP Extended Message Capability referring to this
document.
6. Security Considerations
This extension to BGP does not change BGP's underlying security
issues.
7. References
7.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC4271] Rekhter, Y., Li, T., and S. Hares, "A Border Gateway
Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271, January 2006.
[RFC5492] Scudder, J. and R. Chandra, "Capabilities Advertisement
with BGP-4", RFC 5492, February 2009.
7.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-sidr-bgpsec-overview]
Lepinski, M. and S. Turner, "An Overview of BGPSEC",
draft-ietf-sidr-bgpsec-overview-00 (work in progress),
June 2011.
Authors' Addresses
Keyur Patel
Cisco Systems
170 W. Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Email: keyupate@cisco.com
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Dave Ward
Juniper Networks
1194 N. Mathilda Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
USA
Email: dward@juniper.net
Randy Bush
Internet Initiative Japan
5147 Crystal Springs
Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110
US
Phone: +1 206 780 0431 x1
Email: randy@psg.com
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