MIP6 Working Group                                               H. Jang
Internet-Draft                                                  A. Yegin
Intended status: Standards Track                                 Samsung
Expires: September 4, 2012                                  K. Chowdhury
                                                        Starent Networks
                                                                 J. Choi
                                                                 Samsung
                                                                T. Lemon
                                                                 Nominum
                                                           March 3, 2012


          DHCP Options for Home Information Discovery in MIPv6
                      draft-ietf-mip6-hiopt-18.txt

Abstract

   This draft defines a DHCP-based scheme to enable dynamic discovery of
   Mobile IPv6 home network information.  New DHCP options are defined
   which allow a mobile node to request the home agent IP address, FQDN,
   or home network prefix and obtain it via the DHCP response.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.  DHCP options for Home Network/Agent Dynamic Discovery  . . . .  6
     3.1.  MIP6 Home Network ID FQDN Option . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.2.  Home Network Information Options . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
       3.2.1.  MIP6 Visited Home Network Information Option . . . . .  7
       3.2.2.  MIP6 Identified Home Network Information Option  . . .  7
       3.2.3.  MIP6 Unrestricted Home Network Information Option  . .  8
     3.3.  MIP6 Home Network Prefix Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
     3.4.  MIP6 Home Agent Address Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     3.5.  MIP6 Home Agent FQDN Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   4.  Option Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
     4.1.  Mobile Node Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
       4.1.1.  Requesting MIP6 configuration  . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
       4.1.2.  Processing MIP6 configuration information  . . . . . . 12
     4.2.  Relay Agent Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     4.3.  DHCP Server Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     4.4.  Home agent discovery using a Network Access Server . . . . 14
   5.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
   6.  IANA Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   7.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
   8.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     8.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     8.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
























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1.  Introduction

   Before a mobile node can engage in Mobile IPv6 signaling with a home
   agent, it should either know the IP address of the home agent via
   pre-configuration, or dynamically discover it.  The Mobile IPv6
   specification [RFC6275] describes how home agents can be dynamically
   discovered by mobile nodes that know the home network prefix.  This
   scheme does not work when prefix information is not already available
   to the mobile node.  This document specifies extensions to DHCPv6
   [RFC3736] [RFC3315] to deliver the home agent information to the
   mobile node in the form of the IP address of the home agent or the
   Fully-qualified Domain Name (FQDN) [RFC1035] of the home agent.  The
   information delivered to the mobile node may also include the home
   prefix for the mobile node.  The solution involves defining a new
   DHCP option to carry home network prefix, home agent IP address and
   FQDN information.  The mobile node MAY also use the home prefix to
   discover the list of home agents serving the home prefix using the
   Dynamic Home Agent Address Discovery mechanism specified in
   [RFC6275].

   As part of configuring the initial TCP/IP parameters, a mobile node
   can find itself a suitable home agent.  Such a home agent might
   reside in the access network that the mobile node connects to, or in
   a home network that the mobile node is associated with.  A mobile
   node can indicate its home network identity when roaming to a visited
   network in order to obtain the MIP6 bootstrap parameters from the
   home network.  As an example, the visited network may determine the
   home network of the mobile node based on the realm portion of the NAI
   (Network Access Identifier) [RFC4282] used in access authentication
   [RFC5447].

   The mobile node may or may not be connected to the "home" network
   when it attempts to learn Mobile IPv6 home network information.  This
   allows operators to centrally deploy home agents while being able to
   bootstrap mobile nodes that are already roaming.  This scenario also
   occurs when HMIPv6 [RFC5380] is used, where the mobile node is
   required to discover the MAP (a special home agent) that is located
   multiple hops away from the mobile node's attachment point.













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2.  Terminology

   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].

   General mobility terminology can be found in [RFC3753].  The
   following additional terms, as defined in [RFC4640], are used in this
   document:

   Access Service Provider (ASP):  A network operator that provides
       direct IP packet forwarding to and from the mobile node.

   Mobility Service Provider (MSP):  A service provider that provides
       Mobile IPv6 service.  In order to obtain such service, the mobile
       node must be authenticated and authorized to use the Mobile IPv6
       service.

   Mobility Service Authorizer (MSA):  A service provider that
       authorizes Mobile IPv6 service.































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3.  DHCP options for Home Network/Agent Dynamic Discovery

   This section introduces new DHCP options which are used for dynamic
   discovery of the home agent's IPv6 address, IPv6 home network prefix,
   or FQDN information in Mobile IPv6.  Transport to a home agent over
   IPv4 is also supported by specifying an IPv4-Embedded IPv6 address.
   The detailed procedures are described in Section 2.3.2 of Mobile IPv6
   support for dual stack Hosts and Routers [RFC5555].

   The names of options listed in this section all start with MIP6, in
   order to differentiate them from other DHCP options that might have
   similar names.  However, throughout the rest of this document, the
   options are referred to by name without the MIP6 prefix, for brevity.

3.1.  MIP6 Home Network ID FQDN Option

   This option is used by mobile nodes to communicate to the DHCP server
   an FQDN that identifies the target home network for which the client
   is requesting configuration information.  When the mobile nodes
   requests configuration for more than one target home network, this
   option is also used by the server to identify the target home network
   for each Identified Home Network Information option returned.

   When a mobile node sends this option to request information about a
   specific home network, the option is simply included in the DHCP
   message from the mobile node.  When a server responds with an
   Identified Home Network Information option, this option MUST be
   encapsulated in the Identified Home Network Information option that
   it identifies.

    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_MIP6_HNIDF       |           Option-len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   |               Home Network Identification FQDN                |
   .                                                               .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Option-code  OPTION_MIP6_HNIDF (TBD)

   Option-len  Length of option, per RFC3315







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   Home Network Identification FQDN  A fully-qualified domain name that
       identifies a mobile IP home network for which the client is
       seeking configuration information.  This is encoded in accordance
       with RFC3315, section 8, "Representation and Use of Domain
       Names."

3.2.  Home Network Information Options

   There are three different options that specify home network
   information.  Which of these options is used depends on what kind of
   home network information the client needs.  Each of these options is
   used to encapsulate options containing prefix and home agent
   information about the home network for which configuration
   information was requested.

3.2.1.  MIP6 Visited Home Network Information Option

   This option is used by relay agents and DHCP servers to provide
   information about the local home network.

    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_MIP6_VDINF       |           Option-len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   |                            Options                            |
   .                                                               .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Option-code  OPTION_MIP6_VDINF (TBD)

   Option-len  Length of option, per RFC3315

   Suboptions  One or more suboptions, specifying information about the
       local ASP (visited domain).

3.2.2.  MIP6 Identified Home Network Information Option

   This option is used by relay agents and DHCP servers to provide
   information about the the home network identified by a Home Network
   Identifier FQDN option.








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    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_MIP6_IDINF       |           Option-len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   |                            Options                            |
   .                                                               .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Option-code  OPTION_MIP6_IDINF (TBD)

   Option-len  Length of option, per RFC3315

   Suboptions  One or more suboptions, specifying information about the
       home network identified by a Home Network Identifier FQDN option
       sent by a mobile node.

3.2.3.  MIP6 Unrestricted Home Network Information Option

   This option is used by relay agents and DHCP servers to provide
   information about the a home network specified by the DHCP server
   administrator.

    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_MIP6_UDINF       |           Option-len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   |                            Options                            |
   .                                                               .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Option-code  OPTION_MIP6_UDINF (TBD)

   Option-len  Length of option, per RFC3315

   Suboptions  One or more suboptions, specifying information about some
       home network as specified by the DHCP server administrator.

3.3.  MIP6 Home Network Prefix Option

   This option is used by DHCP servers and relay agents to define the
   prefix for a home network.  This option should only appear in one of
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    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_MIP6_HNP        |           Option-len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Prefix-len   |                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                                               +
   |                                                               |
   |                           Prefix                              |
   |                                                               |
   |                                                 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Option-code  OPTION_MIP6_HNP (TBD)

   Option-len  Length of option, per RFC3315

   Prefix-len  Length of prefix

   Prefix  Home Network Prefix

3.4.  MIP6 Home Agent Address Option

   This option is used by DHCP servers and relay agents to specify the
   home agent IP address.  In cases where the home agent must be
   contacted over an IPv4-only infrastructure, the IPv4 address is
   specified as an IPv4-Embedded IPv6 address using the Well-Known
   prefix [RFC6052].  This option should only appear in one of the Home
   Network Information 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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        OPTION_MIP6_HAA        |           Option-len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   |                           Address                             |
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+








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   Option-code  OPTION_MIP6_HAA (TBD)

   Option-len  Length of option, per RFC3315

   Address  IP Address of home agent

3.5.  MIP6 Home Agent FQDN Option

   This option is used by DHCP servers and relay agents to specify the
   home agent FQDN.  This FQDN is used to look up one or more A or AAAA
   records containing IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for the home agent, as
   needed.  This option should only appear in one of the Home Network
   Information 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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        OPTION_MIP6_HAF        |           Option-len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   |                             FQDN                              |
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Option-code  OPTION_MIP6_HAF (TBD)

   Option-len  Length of option, per RFC3315

   Address  FQDN resolving to one or more IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses for
       the home agent.  This is encoded in accordance with RFC3315,
       section 8, "Representation and Use of Domain Names."

















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4.  Option Usage

   The requesting and sending of the proposed DHCP options follow the
   rules for DHCPv6 options in [RFC3315].

4.1.  Mobile Node Behavior

   Mobile nodes MAY obtain MIP6 configuration information either during
   a stateful configuration exchange [RFC3315] or a stateless
   configuration exchange [RFC3736].

   Mobile nodes that obtain MIP6 configuration information using a
   stateful configuration exchange SHOULD include the same options in
   every message they send to the DHCP server.

   Mobile nodes that obtain MIP6 configuration using a stateless
   exchange MAY omit MIP6 configuration from some exchanges, but SHOULD
   reconfigure whenever a change in the attached network is detected.
   If the DHCP server responds to a MIP6-related stateless configuration
   request with an Information Request Timer option, the mobile node
   SHOULD attempt to reconfigure when the IRT expires.

   A mobile node using stateless configuration may try to perform home
   network information discovery when it lacks home network information
   for MIPv6 or needs to change the home agent for some reason.  For
   example, this may be necessary to recover from the failure of an
   existing home agent or to use the local home agent located in the
   network where the mobile node is currently attached.  Note that
   despite the home information discovery procedure the mobile node may
   continue to use the old home agent, in order to avoid losing current
   sessions.

4.1.1.  Requesting MIP6 configuration

   Mobile nodes signal that they are interested in being configured with
   MIP6 home agent information by requesting one or more of the three
   Home Network Information options--the Visited Home Network
   Information option, the Identified Home Network Information option,
   or the Unrestricted Home Network Information option.  To request
   these options, the client lists them in the Option Request Option.  A
   client that requests any of these three options in the ORO MUST also
   request the Home Network Identification FQDN option, the Home Network
   Prefix option, the Home Agent Address Option, and the Home Agent FQDN
   option.

   If the mobile node requests the Visited Home Network Information
   option, this indicates that it is interested in learning the home
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   This type can be used to discover local home agents in the local ASP.

   If the mobile node requests the Identified Home Network Information
   option, this indicates that it is interested in learning the home
   network information that pertains to a specified realm.  This type
   can be used to discover home agents that are hosted by a user's home
   domain or by any target domain.  A mobile node requesting the
   Identified Home Network Information option MUST include a Client Home
   Network ID FQDN option identifying the MSP being identified.  The
   target MSP can be a mobile node's home MSP or any MSP which has a
   trusted roaming relationship with the mobile node's MSA.

   If the mobile node has no preference as to the home network with
   which it should be configured, it SHOULD request the Unrestricted
   Home Network Information option, and SHOULD NOT request either the
   Visited Home Network Information option or the Identified Home
   Network Information option.

   A client that wishes to be configured with both the Visited Home
   Network Information option and the Identified Home Network
   Information option may request both options in the Option Request
   Option.  A client may request information about more than one
   identified domain by requesting the Identified Home Network
   Information option in the ORO and including more than one Home
   Network ID FQDN option.  A client that sends more than one Home
   Network ID FQDN option MUST request the Home Network ID option in the
   ORO.

4.1.2.  Processing MIP6 configuration information

   DHCP Clients on mobile nodes should be prepared to receive any MIP6
   Home Network Information options they request.  If more than one Home
   Network ID FQDN option was sent, the client should be prepared to
   handle zero or more Identified Home Network Information options in
   response; the DHCP server may not have configuration information for
   all targeted domains, or, indeed, for any.  If a misconfigured server
   returns an Identified Home Network option that does not contain a
   Home Network ID FQDN option corresponding to one that the client
   requested, the client MUST silently discard that Identified Home
   Network option.

   If any of the three Home Network Information options is returned,
   configuration information will be included within it.  The client
   must be prepared to handle home agent addresses either in the form of
   the Home Agent Address option or the Home Agent FQDN option.

   If the client finds a v4-embedded IPv6 address in a Home Agent
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   IPv4.  If a Home Network Information option does not contain complete
   configuration information, the client MUST silently discard that Home
   Network Information option.

   If the client receives any Home Network ID FQDN options, Home Network
   Prefix options, Home Agent Address options, or Home Agent FQDN
   options that are not encapsulated in one of the three types of Home
   Network Information options, it MUST silently discard these options.

   The DHCP client must pass whatever configuration information it
   receives to the appropriate mobile IP implementation on the mobile
   node.  How this is done, and what the mobile IP implementation on the
   mobile node does with this information, is outside the scope of this
   document.

   As described later in this section, servers may provide more than one
   Home Network Information option, or multiple Home Agent Prefix, Home
   Agent Address or Home Agent FQDN options.  When provided with
   multiple Visited Home Network Information options or Unrestricted
   Home Network Information options of the same type, or with multiple
   sub-options within such an option, the mobile node SHOULD choose the
   first one that it can employ.

   If the DHCP client on a mobile node receives any MIP6 Home Network
   Prefix options, MIP6 Home Agent Address option, or MIP6 Home Agent
   FQDN option that are not contained within Home Network Information
   options, the DHCP client MUST silently discard these options.

4.2.  Relay Agent Behavior

   DHCP relay agents may in some cases have access to configuration
   information for the mobile node.  In such cases, relay agents MAY
   send Visited Home Network Information options, Identified Home
   Network Information options, and/or Unrestricted Home Network
   Information options to the DHCP server.  To do so, the Relay agent
   MUST encapsulate these options in a Relay Supplied Options option
   [RFC6422].  If the DHCP Relay Agent includes any Identified Home
   Network Information options, these options MUST correspond to home
   networks identified in Home Network ID FQDN options in the client
   request.  In addition, each Identified Home Network option must
   contain a Home Network ID FQDN option identical to the one sent by
   the client, to identify the network to the client.

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4.3.  DHCP Server Behavior

   DHCP servers generally can simply be configured with Visited Network
   Information options, Identified Network Information options, and
   Unrestricted Network Information options.  In the case of Visited
   Network Information options and Unrestricted Network Information
   options, which clients get what options depends on operator
   configuration.

   A DHCP server MAY maintain a table of Home Network ID FQDNs.  For
   each such FQDN, a server that maintains such a table SHOULD include
   an Identified Network Information option.  Such a server would look
   up the FQDN from any Home Network ID FQDN options provided by the
   client in its table, and for each match, include the Identified
   Network Information option configured in the table entry for that
   FQDN.

   If a DHCP server does not implement the Home Network ID FQDN table,
   or some similar functionality, it is an error for the operator to
   configure it with any Identified Network Information options.  These
   options could be erroneously forwarded to the client, which would
   have no use for them, and is required to discard them.

   DHCP servers that implement the Home Network ID FQDN table must, when
   sending an Identified Network Information option to the client,
   include a Home Network ID option within the Identified Network
   Information option that identifies the home network for which
   configuration information is being sent.

   Aside from the Home Network ID FQDN table, the actual behavior of the
   DHCP server with respect to MIP6 configuration is simply in
   accordance with the DHCPv6 protocol specification [RFC3315] and
   depends on operator configuration.  No special processing is required
   for Visited Home Network Information options or Unrestricted Home
   Network Information options.

4.4.  Home agent discovery using a Network Access Server

   [RFC5447] describes the complete procedure for home agent assignment
   among the mobile node, NAS (Network Access Server), DHCP and AAA
   entities for the bootstrapping procedure in the integrated scenario.

   A NAS is assumed to be co-located with a DHCP relay agent or a DHCP
   server in this solution.  In a network where the NAS is not co-
   located with a DHCP relay nor a server, the server may not be
   provided with the home network information from the NAS, and thereby
   it may either fail to provide information, or provide home
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   document.

















































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5.  Security Considerations

   Secure delivery of home agent and home network information from a
   DHCP server to the mobile node (DHCP client) relies on the same
   security as DHCP.  The particular option defined in this draft does
   not have additional impact on DHCP security.

   Aside from the DHCP client to server interaction, an operator must
   also ensure secure delivery of mobile IP information to the DHCP
   server.  This is outside the scope of DHCP and the newly defined
   option.

   The mechanisms in this specification could be used by attackers to
   learn the addresses of home agents in the home network, or to feed
   incorrect information to mobile nodes.

   The ability to learn addresses of nodes may be useful to attackers
   because brute-force scanning of the address space is not practical
   with IPv6.  Thus, they could benefit from any means which make
   mapping the networks easier.  For example, if a security threat
   targeted at routers or even home agents is discovered, having a
   simple mechanism to easily find out possible targets may prove to be
   an additional security risk.

   Apart from discovering the address(es) of home agents, attackers will
   not be able to learn much from this information, and mobile nodes
   cannot be tricked into using wrong home agents, as the actual
   communication with the home agents employs mutual authentication.

   The mechanisms from this specification may also leak interesting
   information about network topology and prefixes to attackers, and
   where there is no security to protect DHCP, even modify this
   information.  Again, the mobile nodes and home agents employ end-to-
   end security when they communicate with each other.  The authentic
   source of all information is that communication, not the information
   from DHCP.

   However, attacks against the information carried in DHCP may lead to
   denial-of-service if mobile nodes are unable to connect to any home
   agent, or choose a home agent that is not the most preferred one.











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6.  IANA Consideration

   IANA is requested to assign the following new DHCPv6 Option Codes,
   DHCPv6 Sub-option Codes, and Id-type Codes in the registry maintained
   in http://www.iana.org/assignments/dhcpv6-parameters:

   IANA is requested to assign the following new DHCPv6 Option Codes:

   o  OPTION_MIP6_HNIDF for the Home Network ID FQDN option

   o  OPTION_MIP6_VDINF for the Visited Home Network Information option

   o  OPTION_MIP6_IDINF for the Identified Home Network Information
      option

   o  OPTION_MIP6_UDINF for the Unrestricted Home Network Information
      option

   o  OPTION_MIP6_HNP for the Home Network Prefix option

   o  OPTION_MIP6_HAA for the Home Agent Address option

   o  OPTION_MIP6_HAF for the Home Agent FQDN option




























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7.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank Kilian Weniger, Domagoj Premec,
   Basavaraj Patil, Vijay Devarapalli, Gerardo Giaretta, Bernie Volz,
   David W. Hankins, Behcet Sarikaya, Vidya Narayanan, Francis Dupont,
   Sam Weiler, Jari Arkko, Alfred Hoenes, Suresh Krishnan, and Miguel A.
   Diaz for their valuable feedback.












































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8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [RFC1035]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and
              specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, November 1987.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC3315]  Droms, R., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins, C.,
              and M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for
              IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, July 2003.

   [RFC3736]  Droms, R., "Stateless Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
              (DHCP) Service for IPv6", RFC 3736, April 2004.

   [RFC4282]  Aboba, B., Beadles, M., Arkko, J., and P. Eronen, "The
              Network Access Identifier", RFC 4282, December 2005.

   [RFC5555]  Soliman, H., "Mobile IPv6 Support for Dual Stack Hosts and
              Routers", RFC 5555, June 2009.

   [RFC6052]  Bao, C., Huitema, C., Bagnulo, M., Boucadair, M., and X.
              Li, "IPv6 Addressing of IPv4/IPv6 Translators", RFC 6052,
              October 2010.

   [RFC6275]  Perkins, C., Johnson, D., and J. Arkko, "Mobility Support
              in IPv6", RFC 6275, July 2011.

   [RFC6422]  Lemon, T. and Q. Wu, "Relay-Supplied DHCP Options",
              RFC 6422, December 2011.

8.2.  Informative References

   [RFC3753]  Manner, J. and M. Kojo, "Mobility Related Terminology",
              RFC 3753, June 2004.

   [RFC4640]  Patel, A. and G. Giaretta, "Problem Statement for
              bootstrapping Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6)", RFC 4640,
              September 2006.

   [RFC5380]  Soliman, H., Castelluccia, C., ElMalki, K., and L.
              Bellier, "Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 (HMIPv6) Mobility
              Management", RFC 5380, October 2008.

   [RFC5447]  Korhonen, J., Bournelle, J., Tschofenig, H., Perkins, C.,
              and K. Chowdhury, "Diameter Mobile IPv6: Support for



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              Network Access Server to Diameter Server Interaction",
              RFC 5447, February 2009.

















































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Authors' Addresses

   Heejin Jang
   Samsung Electronics
   416 Maetan-3dong, Yeongtong-gu
   Suwon 443-742
   Korea

   Email: heejin.jang@samsung.com


   Alper E. Yegin
   Samsung Electronics
   Istanbul
   Turkey

   Email: a.yegin@partner.samsung.com


   Kuntal Chowdhury
   Starent Networks
   30 International Place
   Tewksbury, MA  01876
   US

   Email: kchowdhury@starentnetworks.com


   JinHyeock Choi
   Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
   P.O. Box 111
   Suwon 440-600
   Korea

   Email: jinchoe@samsung.com


   Ted Lemon
   Nominum
   2000 Seaport Blvd
   Redwood City, CA  94063
   USA

   Phone: +1 650 381 6000
   Email: mellon@nominum.com






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