PPP Working Group Kory Hamzeh INTERNET-DRAFT Ascend Communications Category: Internet Draft Tim Kolar Title: draft-ietf-pppext-l2tp-01.txt Cisco Systems Date: December 1996 Morgan Littlewood Cisco Systems Gurdeep Singh Pall Microsoft Corporation Jeff Taarud formerly of 3COM Corporation Andrew J. Valencia Cisco Systems William Verthein U.S. Robotics Layer Two Tunneling Protocol "L2TP" Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft. Internet-Drafts are working doc- uments of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute work- ing documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months. Internet-Drafts may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is not appropriate to use Internet- Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as a ``work- ing draft'' or ``work in progress.'' To learn the current status of any Internet-Draft, please check the 1id-abstracts.txt listing contained in the Internet-Drafts Shadow Directories on ds.internic.net, nic.nordu.net, ftp.nisc.sri.com, or munnari.oz.au. Abstract Virtual dial-up allows many separate and autonomous protocol domains to share common access infrastructure including modems, Access Servers, and ISDN routers. RFC1661 specifies multiprotocol dial-up via PPP [1]. This document describes the Layer Two Tunneling Proto- col (L2TP) which permits the tunneling of the link layer (i.e., HDLC, async HDLC) of PPP. Using such tunnels, it is possible to divorce the location of the initial dial-up server from the location at which the dial-up protocol connection is terminated and access to the net- work provided. Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Conventions 1.2 Terminology Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 1]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 2.0 Problem Space Overview 2.1 Initial Assumptions 2.2 Topology 2.3 Providing Virtual Dial-up Services--a walk-through 3.0 Service Model Issues 3.1 Security 3.2 Address Allocation 3.3 Authentication 3.4 Accounting 4.0 Protocol Overview 4.1 Control Message Overview 4.2 Payload Packet Overview 5.0 Message Format and Protocol Extensibility 5.1 AVP 5.2 Control Message Format 5.3 Payload Message Format 5.4 Control Message Types 5.5 General Error Codes 6.0 Control Connection Protocol Specification 6.1 Start-Control-Connection-Request 6.2 Start-Control-Connection-Reply 6.3 Start-Control-Connection-Connected 6.4 Stop-Control-Connection-Request 6.5 Stop-Control-Connection-Reply 6.6 Hello 6.7 (deleted) 6.8 Outgoing-Call-Request 6.9 Outgoing-Call-Reply 6.10 Outgoing-Call-Connected 6.11 Incoming-Call-Request 6.12 Incoming-Call-Reply 6.13 Incoming-Call-Connected 6.14 Call-Clear-Request 6.15 Call-Disconnect-Notify 6.16 WAN-Error-Notify 6.17 Set-Link-Info 7.0 Control Connection State Machines 7.1 Control Connection Protocol Operation 7.2 Control Connection States 7.2.1 Control Connection Originator 7.2.2 Control connection Receiver 7.3 Timing considerations 7.4 Incoming Calls 7.4.1 LAC Incoming Call States 7.4.2 LNS Incoming Call States 7.5 Outgoing calls 7.5.1 LAC Outgoing Call States 7.5.2 LNS Outgoing Call States 8.0 L2TP Over Specific Media 8.1 IP/UDP 8.2 IP 9.0 Security Considerations 9.1 Tunnel Endpoint Security 9.2 Client Security Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 2]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 10.0 Acknowledgments 11.0 Contacts 12.0 References Appendix A: Acknowledgment Time-Outs Appendix B: Acknowledgment Time-Out and Window Adjustment Appendix C: Handling of out-of-order packets Appendix D: Transport Layer Adaptive Time-Outs and Window Adjustment 1.0 Introduction The traditional dial-up network service on the Internet is for regis- tered IP addresses only. A new class of virtual dial-up application which allows multiple protocols and unregistered IP addresses is also desired on the Internet. Examples of this class of network applica- tion are support for privately addressed IP, IPX, and AppleTalk dial- up via PPP across existing Internet infrastructure. The support of these multiprotocol virtual dial-up applications is of significant benefit to end users, enterprises, and Internet Service providers as it allows the sharing of very large investments in access and core infrastructure and allows local calls to be used. It also allows existing investments in non-IP protocol applications to be supported in a secure manner while still leveraging the access infrastructure of the Internet. It is the purpose of this draft to identify the issues encountered in integrating multiprotocol dial-up services into an existing Internet Service Provider's Point of Presence (hereafter referred to as ISP and POP, respectively), and to describe the L2TP protocol which per- mits the leveraging of existing access protocols. This protocol may also be used to solve the "multilink hunt-group splitting" problem. Multilink PPP, often used to aggregate ISDN B channels, requires that all channels composing a multilink bundle be grouped at a single NAS. Because L2TP makes a PPP session appear at a location other than the physical point at which the session was physically received, it can be used to make all channels appear at a single NAS, allowing multilink operation even when the physical calls are spread across distinct physical NAS's. 1.1 Conventions The following language conventions are used in the items of specifi- cation in this document: o MUST, SHALL, or MANDATORY -- This item is an absolute requirement of the specification. o SHOULD or RECOMMEND -- This item should generally be followed for all but exceptional circumstances. o MAY or OPTIONAL -- This item is truly optional and may be followed or ignored according to the needs of the implementor. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 3]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 1.2 Terminology Analog Channel A circuit-switched communication path which is intended to carry 3.1 Khz audio in each direction. Digital Channel A circuit-switched communication path which is intended to carry digital information in each direction. Call A connection or attempted connection between two terminal end- points on a PSTN or ISDN--for example, a telephone call between two modems. CHAP Challenge Authentication Protocol, a PPP cryptographic chal- lenge/response authentication protocol in which the cleartext password is not passed in the clear over the line. CLID Calling Line ID, an indication to the receiver of a call as to the phone number of the caller. Control Messages Control messages are exchanged between LAC, LNS pairs, and operate in-band within the tunnel protocol. Control messages govern aspects of the tunnel and sessions within the tunnel. Dial User An end-system or router attached to an on-demand PSTN or ISDN which is either the initiator or recipient of a call. DNIS Dialed Number Information String, an indication to the receiver of a call as to what phone number the caller used to reach it. EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol, a framework for a family of PPP authentication protocols, including cleartext, chal- lenge/response, and arbitrary dialog sequences. L2TP Access Concentrator (LAC) A device attached to one or more PSTN or ISDN lines capable of PPP operation and of handling the L2TP protocol. The LAC needs only Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 4]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 implement the media over which L2TP is to operate to pass traffic to one or more LNS's. It may tunnel any protocol carried within PPP. L2TP Network Server (LNS) An LNS operates on any platform capable of PPP termination. The LNS handles the server side of the L2TP protocol. Since L2TP relies only on the single media over which L2TP tunnels arrive, the LNS may have only a single LAN or WAN interface, yet still be able to terminate calls arriving at any LAC's full range of PPP interfaces (async, synchronous ISDN, V.120, etc.). Network Access Server (NAS) A device providing temporary, on-demand network access to users. This access is point-to-point using PSTN or ISDN lines. PAP Password Authentication Protocol, a simple PPP authentication mechanism in which a cleartext username and password are transmit- ted to prove identity. Session L2TP is connection-oriented. The LNS and LAC maintain state for each user that is attached to an LAC. A session is created when an end-to-end PPP connection is attempted between a dial user and the LNS, or when a outbound call is initiated. The datagrams related to a session are sent over the tunnel between the LAC and LNS. Quality of Service (QOS) A given Quality of Service level is sometimes required for a given user being tunneled between an LNS-LAC pair. For this scenario, a unique L2TP tunnel is created (generally on top of a new SVC) and encapsulated directly on top of the media providing the indicated QOS. Switched Virtual Circuit (SVC) An L2TP-compatible media on top of which L2TP is directly encapsu- lated. SVC's are dynamically created, permitting tunnel media to be created dynamically in response to desired LNS-LAC connectivity requirements. Tunnel A tunnel is defined by an LNS-LAC pair. The tunnel carries PPP datagrams between the LAC and the LNS; many sessions can be multi- plexed over a single tunnel. A control connection operating in- band over the same tunnel controls the establishment, release, and Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 5]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 maintenance of sessions and of the tunnel itself. 2.0 Problem Space Overview In this section we describe in high level terms the scope of the problem that will be explored in more detail in later sections. 2.1 Initial Assumptions We begin by assuming that Internet access is provided by an ISP and that the ISP wishes to offer services other than traditional regis- tered IP address based services to dial-up users of the network. We also assume that the user of such a service wants all of the secu- rity facilities that are available to him in a dedicated dial-up con- figuration. In particular, the end user requires: + End System transparency: Neither the remote end system nor his home site hosts should require any special software to use this ser- vice in a secure manner. + Authentication as provided via dial-up PPP CHAP, PAP, EAP, or through other dialogs, for instance, a textual exchange on V.120 before starting PPP. This will include TACACS+ [7] and RADIUS [8] solutions as well as support for smart cards and one-time passwords. The authentication should be manageable by the user independently of the ISP. + Addressing should be as manageable as dedicated dial-up solutions. The address should be assigned by the home site and not the ISP. + Authorization should be managed by the home site as it would in a direct dial-up solution. + Accounting should be performed both by the ISP (for billing pur- poses) and by the user (for charge-back and auditing). 2.2 Topology Shown below is a generic Internet with Public switched Telephone Net- work (PSTN) access (i.e., async PPP via modems) and Integrated Ser- vices Digital Network (ISDN) access (i.e., synchronous PPP access). Remote users (either async or ISDN PPP) will access the Home LAN as if they were dialed into the L2TP Network Server (LNS), although their physical dial-up is via the ISP Network Access Server. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 6]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 ...----[L]----+---[L]-----... | | [H] | ________|________________________ | | ________|__ ______|________ | | | | | PSTN [R] [R] ISDN | | Cloud | | Cloud [N]__[U] | | Internet | | | | [R] | [N]______[R] |_____________| | | | | | | [U] |________________________________| [H] = LNS [L] = Home LAN(s) [R] = Router [U] = Remote User [N] = ISP Network Access Server 2.3 Providing Virtual dial-up Services--a walk-through To motivate the following discussion, this section walks through an example of what might happen when a Virtual dial-up client initiates access. The remote user initiates a PPP connection to an ISP via either the PSTN or ISDN. The Network Access Server (NAS) accepts the connection and the PPP link is established (L2TP also permits the NAS to check with an LNS after call indication prior to accepting the call--this is useful where DNIS or CLID information is available in the incoming call notification). The ISP may now undertake a partial authentication of the end sys- tem/user. Only the username field would be interpreted to determine whether the user requires a Virtual dial-up service. It is expected--but not required--that usernames will be structured (e.g. username@company.com). Alternatively, the ISP may maintain a database mapping users to services. In the case of Virtual dial-up, the mapping will name a specific endpoint, the LNS. Alternatively, the ISP may have already determined the target LNS from DNIS. If the LNS is willing to accept tunnel creation without any authentication of the caller, the NAS may tunnel the PPP connec- tion without ever having communicated with the remote user. If a virtual dial-up service is not required, standard access to the Internet may be provided. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 7]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 If no tunnel connection currently exists to the desired LNS, one is initiated. L2TP is designed to be largely insulated from the details of the media over which the tunnel is established; L2TP requires only that the tunnel media provide packet oriented point-to-point connec- tivity. Obvious examples of such media are UDP, Frame Relay PVC's, or X.25 VC's. Once the tunnel exists, an unused slot within the tunnel, a "Call ID", is allocated, and a connect indication is sent to notify the LNS of this new dial-up session. The LNS either accepts the connection, or rejects it. Rejection may include a reason indication, which may be displayed to the dial-up user, after which the call should be dis- connected. The initial setup notification may include the authentication infor- mation required to allow the LNS to authenticate the user and decide to accept or decline the connection. In the case of CHAP, the set-up packet includes the challenge, username and raw response. For PAP or text dialog, it includes username and clear text password. The LNS may choose to use this information to complete its authentication, avoiding an additional cycle of authentication. If the LAC negotiated PPP LCP before initiating the tunnel, the ini- tial setup notification may also include a copy of the LCP CONFACKs sent in each direction which completed LCP negotiation. The LNS may use this information to initialize its own PPP state (thus avoiding an additional LCP negotiation), or it may choose to initiate a new LCP CONFREQ exchange. If the LNS accepts the connection, it creates a "virtual interface" for PPP in a manner analogous to what it would use for a direct- dialed connection. With this "virtual interface" in place, link layer frames may now pass over this tunnel in both directions. Frames from the remote user are received at the POP, stripped of any link framing or transparency bytes, encapsulated in L2TP, and for- warded over the appropriate tunnel. The LNS accepts these frames, strips L2TP, and processes them as nor- mal incoming frames for the appropriate interface and protocol. The "virtual interface" behaves very much like a hardware interface, with the exception that the hardware in this case is physically located at the ISP POP. The other direction behaves analogously, with the LNS encapsulating the packet in L2TP, and the NAS stripping L2TP before transmitting it out the physical interface to the remote user. For the remainder of this document, a NAS operating as a peer to an LNS will be referred to as an L2TP Access Concentrator, or "LAC". At this point, the connectivity is a point-to-point PPP session whose endpoints are the remote user's networking application on one end and the termination of this connectivity into the LNS's PPP support on the other. Because the remote user has become simply another dial-up client of the LNS, client connectivity can now be managed using tra- ditional mechanisms with respect to further authorization, protocol access, and packet filtering. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 8]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Accounting can be performed at both the LAC as well as the LNS. This document illustrates some Accounting techniques which are possible using L2TP, but the policies surrounding such Accounting are outside the scope of this specification. L2TP offers optional facilities which maximize compatibility with legacy client requirements; L2TP connect notifications for PPP clients can contain sufficient information for an LNS to authenticate and initialize its LCP state machine. With these facilities, the remote user need not be queried a second time for PPP authentication, nor undergo multiple rounds of LCP negotiation and convergence. These techniques are intended to optimize connection setup, and are not intended to deprecate any functions required by the PPP specifi- cation. 3.0 Service Model Issues There are several significant differences between the standard Inter- net access service and the Virtual dial-up service with respect to authentication, address allocation, authorization and accounting. The details of the differences between these services and the prob- lems presented by these differences are described below. The mecha- nisms used for Virtual Dial-up service are intended to coexist with more traditional mechanisms; it is intended that an ISP's POP can simultaneously service ISP clients as well as Virtual dial-up clients. 3.1 Security For the Virtual dial-up service, the ISP pursues authentication only to the extent required to discover the user's apparent identity (and by implication, their desired LNS). This may involve no more than detecting DNIS information when a call arrives, or may involve full LCP negotiation and initiation of PPP authentication. As soon as the apparent identity is determined, a connection to the LNS is initiated with any authentication information gathered by the ISP. The LNS completes the authentication by either accepting the connection, or rejecting it. The LNS may need to protect against attempts by third parties to establish tunnels to the LNS. Tunnel establishment can include authentication to protect against such attacks. 3.2 Address Allocation For an Internet service, the user accepts that the IP address may be allocated dynamically from a pool of ISP addresses. This model often means that the remote user has little or no access to their home net- work's resources, due to firewalls and other security policies applied by the home network to accesses from external IP addresses. For the Virtual dial-up service, the LNS can exist behind the home firewall, allocating addresses which are internal (and, in fact, can be RFC1918 addresses, or non-IP addresses). Because L2TP tunnels Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 9]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 exclusively at the frame layer, the actual policies of such address management are irrelevant to correct Virtual dial-up service; for all purposes of PPP protocol handling, the dial-in user appears to have connected at the LNS. 3.3 Authentication The authentication of the user occurs in three phases; the first at the ISP, and the second and optional third at the LNS. The ISP uses DNIS, CLID, or username to determine that a Virtual dial-up service is required and initiates the tunnel connection to the appropriate LNS. Once a tunnel is established, The ISP NAS allo- cates a new Call ID and initiates a session by forwarding the gath- ered authentication information. The LNS undertakes the second phase by deciding whether or not to accept the connection. The connection indication may include CHAP, PAP, EAP, or textual authentication information. Based on this information, the LNS may accept the connection, or may reject it (for instance, it was a PAP request and the username/password are found to be incorrect). Once the connection is accepted, the LNS is free to pursue a third phase of authentication at the PPP layer. These activities are out- side the scope of this specification, but might include an additional cycle of LCP authentication, proprietary PPP extensions, or textual challenges carried via a TCP/IP telnet session. 3.4 Accounting It is a requirement that both the LAC and the LNS be capable of pro- viding accounting data and hence both may count packets, octets and connection start and stop times. Since Virtual dial-up is an access service, accounting of connection attempts (in particular, failed connection attempts) is of signifi- cant interest. The LNS can reject new connections based on the authentication information gathered by the LAC, with corresponding logging. For cases where the LNS accepts the connection and then continues with further authentication, the LNS might subsequently disconnect the client. For such scenarios, the disconnection indica- tion back to the LAC may also include a reason. Because the LNS can decline a connection based on the authentication information collected by the LAC, accounting can easily draw a dis- tinction between a series of failed connection attempts and a series of brief successful connections. Lacking this facility, the LNS must always accept connection requests, and would need to exchange a num- ber of PPP packets with the remote system. Note that the LNS could use this information to decide to accept the connection (which pro- tects against most invalid connection attempts) while still insisting on running its own CHAP authentication (for instance, to protect against CHAP replay attacks). Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 10]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 4.0 Protocol Overview There are two parallel components of L2TP operating over a given tun- nel: control messages between each LAC-LNS pair, and payload packets between the same LAC-LNS pair. The latter are used to transport L2TP encapsulated PPP packets for user sessions between the pair. The Nr (Next Received) and Ns (Next Sent) fields are always present in control messages, and are optionally present in payload messages. Distinct sequence number state is maintained for control messages related to the tunnel (Call ID is 0), and for each distinct user ses- sion within the tunnel. Sequence number state is also distinct for control and for payload messages within a particular session. Each distinct state is initialized so the first packet is sent with an Ns of 0. Nr is sent reflecting one more than the last in-order received packet; if sent before any packet is received it would be 0, indicat- ing that it expects the next new Ns value received to be 0. The sequence number state is maintained and updated as packets are sent. A message (control or payload) with a zero-length body indi- cates that the packet is only used to communicate Nr and Ns fields. The Nr and Ns fields are filled in as above, but the sequence number state remains the same. For non-zero-length body messages, the sequence number state is incremented (modulo 2**16) after it is copied to the packet's Ns field. 4.1 Control Message Overview Before PPP tunneling can occur between an LAC and LNS, control messages must be exchanged between them. Control messages are exchanged over the same tunnel which will be used to forward pay- load data once L2TP call control and management information have been passed. The control messages are responsible for establish- ment, management, and release of sessions carried through the tun- nel, as well as status on the tunnel itself. It is the means by which an LNS is notified of an incoming call at an associated LAC, as well as the means by which an LAC is instructed to place an outgoing dial call. A tunnel may be established by either an LAC (for incoming calls) or an LNS (for outgoing calls). Following the establishment of the tunnel, the LNS and LAC configure the tunnel by exchanging Start-Control-Connection-Request and -Reply messages. These mes- sages are also used to exchange information about basic operating capabilities of the LAC and LNS. Once the control message exchange is complete, the LAC may initiate sessions by indicating inbound requests, or the LNS by requesting outbound calls. Con- trol messages may indicate changes in operating characteristics of an individual user session with a Set-Link-Info message. Individ- ual sessions may be released by either the LAC or LNS, also through control messages. Independent Call ID values are established for each end of a user session. The sender of a packet associated with a particular Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 11]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 session places the Call ID established by its peer in the Call ID header field of all outgoing packets. For the cases where a Call ID has not yet been assigned from the peer (i.e., during call establishment of a new session), the Call ID field is sent as 0, and further fields within the message are used to identify the session. Two mechanisms provide for detection of tunnel connectivity prob- lems, one by the reliable transport layer of L2TP and another by the higher layer. The transport layer of L2TP performs control message retransmission. If the number of retransmission attempts for a given control message exceeds a configured maximum value, the tunnel is reset. This retransmission mechanism exists in both the LNS and LAC ends of the tunnel. In addition, keepalive con- trol echo messages are injected into the control stream by the higher L2TP layer after a certain duration of inactivity on a given tunnel is detected. A response to the sent keepalive is expected within a configured time interval. If not received within the allowed time interval, the tunnel is reset. These two mechanisms ensure that a connectivity failure between the LNS and the LAC can be detected at either end of a tunnel in a timely man- ner. It is intended that control messages will also carry management related information in the future, such as a message allowing the LNS to request the status of a given LAC; these message types are not defined in this document. 4.2 Payload Packet Overview Once a tunnel is established and control messages have completed tunnel setup, the tunnel can be used to carry user session PPP packets for sessions involving a given LNS-LAC pair. The "Call ID" field in the L2TP header indicates to which session a particu- lar PPP packet belongs. In this manner, PPP packets are multi- plexed and demultiplexed over a single tunnel between a given LNS- LAC pair. The "Call ID" field value is established during the exchange of call setup control messages. It is legal for multiple tunnels to exist between a given LNS-LAC pair. This is useful where each tunnel is used for a single user session, and the tunnel media (an SVC, for instance) has specific QOS attributes dedicated to a given user. L2TP provides a tunnel identifier so that individual tunnels can be identified, even when arriving from a single source LAC or LNS. The L2TP header also contains optional acknowledgment and sequenc- ing information that can be used to perform congestion control over the tunnel. Control messages are used to determine rate and buffering parameters that are used to regulate the flow of PPP packets for a particular session over the tunnel. All implementa- tions MUST implement flow control, but may indicate that flow con- trol is not desired by omitting the Packet Window Size and Packet Processing Delay AVP's during call setup. L2TP does not specify Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 12]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 the particular algorithms to use for congestion and flow control. Suggested algorithms for the determination of adaptive time-outs to recover from dropped data or acknowledgments on the tunnel are included in Appendix A of this document. L2TP does not include a "Receive-Not-Ready" function. It is expected that the flow-control mechanism used will provide an ade- quate "pacing" mechanism so that the sender does not overflow the receiver's allotted receive window and receive buffers. It is permissible for the receiving peer to withhold Acks if it is unable to accept more data for a connection. Thus, unlike for the Control Message session, the sending peer MUST NOT clear a session (or the whole tunnel) as a result of not receiving timely acknowl- edgments for transmitted packets. The job of detecting a non- functioning tunnel lies solely with the Control Message functions of L2TP. 5. Message Format and Protocol Extensibility L2TP defines a set of control messages sent in packets over the tun- nel between an LNS and a given LAC. The exact technique for initiat- ing a tunnel between an LNS-LAC pair is specific to the tunnel media, and specific media are described in section 8.0. Once media-level connectivity is reached, L2TP message formats define the protocol for an LAC and LNS to manage the tunnel and its associ- ated sessions. In each case where a field is optional, if the field is not present, its space does not exist in the packet. Existing fields are placed back-to-back to form the packet. 5.1 AVP To maximize extensibility while still permitting interoperability, a uniform method for encoding message types and bodies is used throughout L2TP. This encoding will be termed an AVP (Attribute- Value Pair) in the remainder of this document. Each AVP is encoded as: 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |M|H|0|0|0|0| Overall Length | Vendor ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Attribute | Value... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | [until Overall Length is reached]... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The first four bits are a bit mask, describing the general attributes of the AVP. The M bit, known as the "mandatory" bit, controls the behavior required of an implementation which receives an AVP which it does not recognize. If M is set, any session Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 13]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 associated with this AVP MUST be terminated. If the AVP is asso- ciated with the overall tunnel, the entire tunnel (and all ses- sions within) MUST be terminated. If M is not set, an unrecog- nized AVP should be ignored. The H bit, known as the "hidden" bit, controls the encryption of the contents of the AVP. This bit MUST only be set if tunnel authentication was used and, therefore, a shared secret exists between the peers on either end of the tunnel. If the H bit is set in an AVP, the following mechanism is applied to the contents of the AVP, starting with the first byte beyond the Attribute field: The contents is first padded at the end with nulls to a multi- ple of 16 octets. A one-way MD5 hash is calculated over a stream of octets consisting of the shared secret followed by a 16 octet random vector, referred to as the Authenticator. The sender computes the random Authenticator and passes it in the first 16 octets of the AVP value. The MD5 hash value is XORed with the first 16 octet segment of the password and placed in the next 16 octets of the Value field of the Proxy-Authen AVP. If the password is longer than 16 characters, a second one-way MD5 hash is calculated over a stream of octets consisting of the shared secret followed by the result of the first XOR. That hash is XORed with the second 16 octet segment of the password and placed in the next 16 octets of the Value field of the AVP. If necessary, this operation is repeated, with each XOR result being used along with the shared secret to generate the next hash to XOR the next segment of the password, to no more than 128 characters. On receipt, the Authenticator is taken from the first 16 octets of the received AVP value field and the process is reversed to yield the original password. For more details on this hiding method, consult the RADIUS [8] specification. Overall Length encodes the number of octets (including the Overall Length field itself) contained in this AVP. It is 10 bits, per- mitting a maximum of 1024 bytes of data in a single AVP. Vendor ID is the IANA assigned "SMI Network Management Private Enterprise Codes" value, encoded in network byte order. The value 0, reserved in this table, corresponds to IETF adopted Attribute values, defined within this document. Any vendor wishing to implement L2TP extensions can use their own Vendor ID along with private Attribute values, guaranteeing that they will not collide with any other vendor's extensions, nor with future IETF exten- sions. Attribute is the actual attribute, a 16-bit value with a unique interpretation across all AVP's defined under a given Vendor ID. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 14]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Value follows immediately after the Attribute field, and runs for the remaining octets indicated in the Overall Length (i.e., Over- all Length minus six octets of header). AVP's should be kept compact; the combined AVP's within a control message MUST NOT ever cause a control message's total length to exceed 1500 bytes in length. 5.2 Control Message Format Each L2TP control message begins with a 20 octet fixed header por- tion followed by zero or more AVP's. This fixed header is format- ted: 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |T|1|1|1|1|K|0| | Ver | Length | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Tunnel ID | Call ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Ns | Nr | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Key (opt) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Message Type AVP | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The T bit MUST be 1, indicating a control message. The next four bits MUST be set to 1, making the header more compatible in encod- ing with the payload message (defined in the next section). The K bit is optional, documented below. The bit following the K bit MUST be 0. Ver MUST be the value 002, indicating a version 1 L2TP message (values 000 and 001 are reserved to permit detection of L2F [2] and PPTP [3] packets if they arrive intermixed). Length is the overall length of the message, including header, message type AVP, plus any additional AVP's associated with a given control message type. Tunnel ID and Call ID identify the tunnel and user session within the tunnel to which a control message applies. If a control mes- sage does not apply to a single user session within the tunnel (for instance, a Stop-Control-Connection-Request message), Call ID MUST be set to 0. If an Assigned Tunnel ID has not yet been received from the peer, Tunnel ID MUST be set to 0. Nr and Ns reflect the currently transmitted packet and latest received packet respectively. See section 4.0. If the K bit is set, the Key field is present. The K bit MUST be set if a Challenge value was received during tunnel setup, and the Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 15]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Key reflects the challenge response of this authentication, with the resulting MD5 hash value broken into successive 32-bit fields which are XOR'ed together and this value put in the Key field. 5.3 Payload Message Format PPP payload packets tunneled within L2TP have a smaller encapsula- tion than the L2TP control message header, reducing overhead of L2TP during the life of a tunneled PPP session. The MTU for the user data packets encapsulated in L2TP is expected to be 1500 octets, not including L2TP and media encapsulation. The smallest L2TP encapsulation is 2 octets; the largest is 18 octets (plus padding bytes, if present). See section 8.1 for further MTU con- siderations. 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |T|L|I|C|F|K|O| | Ver | Length (opt) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Tunnel ID (opt) | Call ID (opt) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Ns (opt) | Nr (opt) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Key (opt) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Offset Size | Offset bytes of pad... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The T bit MUST be 0, indicating payload. Ver MUST be 002, indicating version 1 of the L2TP protocol. If the L bit is set, the Length field is present, indicating the total length of the received packet. The I and C bits indicate the presence of Tunnel ID and Call ID, respectively. The interpretation of these fields, if present, is described in section 5.2. If the F bit is set, both the Nr and Ns fields are present. Ns indicates the sequence number of the packet being sent. The cur- rent packet will be this sequence number if the payload size is non-zero, otherwise this packet is only an acknowledgment (sequence number does not advance). Nr indicates the next packet sequence number to be received (if the last data packet had Ns set to 1, the Nr sent back would be 2). Together, these fields can be used to handle out-of-order packets, and to provide flow control for the connection. If the K bit is set, the Key field is present. Refer to the description in 5.2. The Offset Size field is present if the O bit is set in the header Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 16]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 flags. This field specifies the number of bytes past the L2TP header at which the payload data is expected to start. It is rec- ommended that data thus skipped be initialized to 0's. If Offset Size is 0, or the O bit is not set, the first byte following the last byte of L2TP header is the first byte of payload data. 5.4 Control Message Types Control message types defined in this specification exist under Vendor ID 0, indicating IETF defined behavior. The actual message semantics are defined in the next section. The currently defined control messages types, grouped by function, are: Control Message Message Code (Control Connection Management) Start-Control-Connection-Request 1 Start-Control-Connection-Reply 2 Start-Control-Connection-Connected 17 Stop-Control-Connection-Request 3 Stop-Control-Connection-Reply 4 Hello 5 (deleted) 6 (Call Management) Outgoing-Call-Request 7 Outgoing-Call-Reply 8 Outgoing-Call-Connected 16 Incoming-Call-Request 9 Incoming-Call-Reply 10 Incoming-Call-Connected 11 Call-Clear-Request 12 Call-Disconnect-Notify 13 (Error Reporting) WAN-Error-Notify 14 (PPP Session Control) Set-Link-Info 15 5.5 General Error Codes General error codes pertain to types of errors which are not spe- cific to any particular L2TP request, but rather to protocol or message format errors. If an L2TP reply indicates in its Result Code that a general error occurred, the General Error value should be examined to determined what the error was. The currently defined General Error codes and their meanings are: 0 - No general error Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 17]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 1 - No control connection exists yet for this LAC-LNS pair 2 - Length is wrong 3 - One of the field values was out of range or reserved field was non-zero 4 - Insufficient resources to handle this operation now 5 - The Call ID is invalid in this context 6 - A generic vendor-specific error occurred in the LAC 7 - Try another. If LAC is aware of other possible LNS destinations, it should try one of them. This can be used to guide an LAC based on LNS policy, for instance, the existence of multilink PPP bundles. Generally, when a value of 6 is used, a vendor-specific AVP will be present also, providing further detail for that vendor implementation. If the length of an AVP indicating a General Error specifies that the Value field is more than two bytes in length, the remaining bytes are an arbitrary string providing further (pos- sibly human readable) text associated with the condition. 6.0 Control Connection Protocol Specification Control Connection messages are used to establish and clear user ses- sions. The first set of Control Connection messages are used to maintain the control connection itself. The control connection is initiated by an LAC or LNS after establishing the underlying tunnel- over-media connection. 6.0.1 Control Connection Collision For the case where an LAC and LNS both initiate tunnels to each other concurrently, and where the LAC and LNS both determine that a single tunnel suffices (generally because of media characteris- tic considerations, for instance, whether individual tunnels are needed to gain QOS guarantees for each tunnel), a "tie breaker" may be undertaken. The details of breaking a tie are documented with the tunnel establishment messages. 6.0.2 Reliable Delivery of Control Messages Since L2TP may run across media where packets may be lost, an L2TP peer sending a control message will retransmit the control message after deciding that its remote peer has not received it. The reliable transport mechanism built into L2TP is essentially a lower layer transport service; the Nr and Ns fields of the control message header belong to this transport layer. The higher layer functions of L2TP are not concerned with retransmission or order- ing of control messages. Each tunnel maintains a queue of control messages to be transmit- ted to the peer. The message at the front of the queue is sent with a given Ns value, and is held until a control message arrives from the peer in which the Nr field indicates receipt of this Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 18]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 message. After a fixed (recommended default is 1 second) or adap- tive (see Appendix D) timeout interval expires without receiving such an acknowledgment, the control message packet is retransmit- ted. The retransmitted packet contains the same Ns value, but the Nr value MUST be updated to reflect any packets received in the interim. If no peer response is detected after several retransmissions (a recommended default is 5, but may be altered due to media consid- erations), the tunnel and all sessions within MUST be cleared. When a tunnel is being shut down for reasons other than loss of connectivity, the state and reliable delivery mechanisms MUST be maintained and operated for the full retransmission interval after the final message exchange has occurred. This permits reliable delivery of closing messages in environments where these closing messages might be dropped. Unlike payload traffic, a peer MUST NOT withhold acknowledgment of packets as a technique for flow controlling control messages. An L2TP implementation is expected to be able to keep up with incom- ing control messages, possible responding to some with errors reflecting an inability to honor the requested action. A sliding window mechanism is used, by default, for control mes- sage transmission. The default is to permit four control message to be outstanding on a given tunnel. If a peer specifies a con- trol message window in the Start-Control-Connection-Request and -Reply packets, up to the indicated number of control messages may be sent and held outstanding. An implementation may only support a receive window of 1, but MUST accept at least a window of 4 from its peer. The transport layer at a receiving peer is responsible for making sure that control messages are delivered in order to the higher layer and that duplicate messages are not delivered to the higher layer. Messages arriving out of order may be queued for in-order delivery when the missing messages are received or they may be discarded, requiring a retransmission. 6.0.3 Control Message Format The following Control Connection messages are all sent as packets on the established tunnel connection between a given LNS-LAC pair. All data is sent in network order (high order octets first). Any "reserved" or "empty" fields MUST be sent as 0 values to allow for protocol extensibility. Each control message has a header, specified in section 5.2, including an AVP indicating the type of control message, followed by zero or more AVP's appropriate for the given type of control message. Each control message is described first at a block level, and then with details of each AVP. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 19]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 6.1 Start-Control-Connection-Request The Start-Control-Connection-Request is an L2TP control message used to initialize the tunnel between an LNS and an LAC. The tunnel must be initialized through the exchange of these control messages before any other L2TP messages can be issued. The establishment of the con- trol connection is started by the initiator of the underlying tunnel. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Start-Control-Connection-Request | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Protocol Version | | Framing Capabilities | | Bearer Capabilities | | Tie Breaker | | Firmware Revision | | Host Name | | Vendor Name | | Assigned Tunnel ID | | Control Message Window| | Challenge | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Start-Control-Connection-Request AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute field is 1, indicating Start-Control-Connection- Request. The Flags indicate a mandatory option. Details associ- ated with this tunneled session follow in additional AVP's within the packet. Protocol Version 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 101 | 0x01 | 0x00 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Protocol Version AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Request packet indicates the L2TP protocol version available. The Attribute value is 101, indicating Protocol Version, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Value field is a 16-bit Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 20]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 hexadecimal value 0x100, indicating L2TP protocol version 1, revi- sion 0. Framing Capabilities 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 102 | 0x00 | 0x00 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 0x00 |0|0|0|0|0|0|S|A| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Framing Capabilities AVP within a Start-Control-Connection- Request indicates the type of framing that the sender of this mes- sage can provide. The Attribute value is 102, indicating Framing Capabilities, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Value field is a 32-bit quantity, with two bits defined. If bit A is set, asynchronous framing is supported. If bit S is set, synchronous framing is supported. Bearer Capabilities 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 103 | 0x00 | 0x00 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 0x00 |0|0|0|0|0|0|D|A| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Bearer Capabilities AVP within a Start-Control-Connection- Request indicates the bearer capabilities that the sender of this message can provide. The Attribute value is 103, indicating Bearer Capabilities, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Value field is a 32-bit quantity with two bits defined. If bit A is set, analog access is supported. If bit D is set, digital access is supported. Tie Breaker 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 14 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 104 | Tie Break Value... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Value... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 21]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 | ...(64 bits) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Tie Breaker AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Request con- tains a 64-bit Value used to break ties in tunnel establishment between an LAC-LNS pair. The Attribute value is 104, indicating Tie Breaker, and is marked optional. This AVP itself is optional. The 8 byte Value is used as a 64-bit tie breaker value. If present, it indicates the sender wishes a single tunnel to exist between the given LAC-LNS pair, and this value will be used to choose a single tunnel where both LAC and LNS initiate a tunnel concurrently. The recipient of a Start-Control-Connection-Request must check to see if a Start-Control-Connection-Request has been sent to the peer, and if so, must compare its Tie Breaker value with the received one. The lower value "wins", and the "loser" MUST initiate a tunnel disconnect for their outstanding tunnel. In the case where a tie breaker is present on both sides, and the value is equal, both sides MUST initiate tunnel disconnects. If a tie breaker is received, and the outstanding Start-Control- Connection-Request had no tie breaker value, the initiator which included the Tie Breaker AVP "wins". It is recommended that the Value be set to the MAC address of a LAN interface on the sender. If no MAC address is available, a 64-bit random number should be used instead. Firmware Revision 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 105 | Max (H) | Max (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Firmware Revision AVP within a Start-Control-Connection- Request indicates the firmware revision of the issuing device. The Attribute value is 105, indicating Firmware Revision, and is marked optional. This AVP itself is optional. The Value field is a 16-bit integer encoded in a vendor specific format. For devices which do not have a firmware revision (general purpose computers running L2TP software modules, for instance), the revision of the L2TP software module may be reported instead. Host Name 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 + Host name length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 22]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 | 106 |Host name... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Host Name AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Request indi- cates the name of the issuing LAC or LNS. The Attribute value is 106, indicating Host Name, and is marked optional. This AVP itself is optional. This name should be as broadly unique as pos- sible; for hosts participating in DNS [4], a hostname with fully qualified domain would be appropriate. Vendor Name 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 + vendor name len | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 107 |Vendor name... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Vendor Name AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Request con- tains a vendor specific string describing the type of LAC or LNS being used. The Attribute value is 107, indicating Vendor Name, and is marked optional. This AVP itself is optional. The Value is the indicated number of bytes representing the vendor string. Assigned Tunnel ID 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 108 | Tunnel ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Assigned Tunnel ID AVP within a Start-Control-Connection- Request specifies the Tunnel ID which the receiving peer MUST use in the Tunnel ID field of all subsequent packets. The Attribute value is 108, indicating Assigned Tunnel ID, and is marked manda- tory. This AVP MUST be present. Before the Assigned Tunnel ID AVP is received, packets MUST be sent with a Tunnel ID value of 0. The Value is a 16-bit non-zero Tunnel ID value. Control Message Window 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 109 | Window | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 23]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 The Control Message Window AVP within a Start-Control-Connection- Request specifies the receive window size being offered to the remote peer. The Attribute value is 109, indicating Control Mes- sage Window, and is mandatory. This AVP itself is optional. Value is a 16-bit word indicating the offered window size. If absent, the peer must assume a value of 4 for its transmit window. The remote peer may send the specified number of control messages before it must wait for an acknowledgment. Challenge 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + Challenge length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 110 | Challenge... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Challenge AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Request indi- cates that the issuing peer wishes to authenticate the tunnel end- points. The Attribute value is 110, indicating Challenge, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is optional. The Value is one or more octets of challenge value. 6.2 Start-Control-Connection-Reply The Start-Control-Connection-Reply is an L2TP control message sent in reply to a received Start-Control-Connection-Request message. This message contains a result code indicating the result of the control connection establishment attempt. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Start-Control-Connection-Reply | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Protocol Version | | Result Code | | Error Code | | Framing Capabilities | | Bearer Capabilities | | Firmware Revision | | Host Name | | Vendor Name | | Assigned Tunnel ID | | Control Message Window| | Challenge | | Response | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Start-Control-Connection-Reply AVP 0 1 2 3 Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 24]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 2 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute field is 2, indicating Start-Control-Connection- Reply. The Flags indicate a mandatory option. Protocol Version 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 201 | 0x01 | 0x00 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Protocol Version AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Reply packet indicates the L2TP protocol version available. The Attribute value is 201, indicating Protocol Version, and the Value field is a 16-bit hexadecimal value 0x100, indicating L2TP proto- col version 1, revision 0. This AVP MUST be present. Framing Capabilities 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 202 | 0x00 | 0x00 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 0x00 |0|0|0|0|0|0|S|A| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Framing Capabilities AVP within a Start-Control-Connection- Reply indicates the type of framing that the sender of this mes- sage can provide. The Attribute is 202, it is a mandatory AVP, the Value field is a 32-bit quantity, with two bits defined. If bit A is set, asynchronous framing is supported. If bit S is set, synchronous framing is supported. This AVP MUST be present. Bearer Capabilities 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 203 | 0x00 | 0x00 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 25]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 | 0x00 |0|0|0|0|0|0|D|A| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Bearer Capabilities AVP within a Start-Control-Connection- Reply indicates the bearer capabilities that the sender of this message can provide. The Attribute is 203, it is a mandatory AVP, the Value field is a 32-bit quantity with two bits defined. If bit A is set, analog access is supported. If bit D is set, digi- tal access is supported. This AVP MUST be present. Firmware Revision 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 204 | Max (H) | Max (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Firmware Revision AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Reply indicates the firmware revision of the issuing device. The Attribute is 204, it is not a mandatory AVP, the Value field is a 16-bit integer encoded in a vendor specific format. For devices which do not have a firmware revision (general purposes computers running L2TP software modules, for instance), the revision of the L2TP software module may be reported instead. This AVP is optional. Host Name 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 + Host name length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 205 |Host name... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Host Name AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Reply indi- cates the name of the issuing LAC or LNS. See the notes in sec- tion 6.1 concerning Host Name contents. It is encoded as the Attribute 205, not mandatory, with the indicated number of bytes representing the host name string. This AVP is optional. Vendor Name 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 + Vendor name len | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 206 |Vendor name... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 26]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 The Vendor Name AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Reply con- tains a vendor specific string describing the type of LAC or LNS being used. It is encoded as the Attribute 206, not mandatory, with the indicated number of bytes representing the vendor string. This AVP is optional. Assigned Tunnel ID 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 207 | ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Assigned Tunnel ID AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Reply specifies the Tunnel ID which the receiving peer MUST use in all subsequent packets. It is encoded as the Attribute 207, manda- tory, with a 16-bit non-zero Tunnel ID value. This AVP MUST be present. Control Message Window 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 208 | Window | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Control Message Window AVP within a Start-Control-Connection- Reply specifies the number of control messages which may be received without waiting for an acknowledgment. It is encoded as the Attribute 208, not mandatory, with a 16-bit word indicating the number of such messages. If absent, the peer MUST use a value of 4 for the Window. Result Code 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 209 | Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Result Code AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Reply packet indicates the result of the control channel establishment attempt. The Value field is 209, indicating a Result Code. The code is a 16-bit word, and this AVP is mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. Result code values are: Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 27]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 1 - Successful channel establishment 2 - General error--Error Code indicates the problem 3 - Control channel already exists 4 - Requester is not authorized to establish a control channel 5 - The protocol version of the requester is not supported Error Code 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 210 | Error | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Optional Message... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ This AVP is present only if a "General Error" exists, in which case Result Code was set to 2 and this AVP encodes the general error value as documented in section 5.5. It has a Value of 210, and is marked mandatory. Challenge 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 211 | Challenge... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Challenge AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Reply indi- cates that the peer wishes to authenticate the tunnel initiator. It is encoded as the Attribute 211, mandatory, with at least one byte of challenge value embedded. If this AVP is not present, it indicates to the receiving peer that the sender does not wish to authenticate that peer. Response 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 22 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 212 | Response... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Response... (128 bits) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Response AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Reply packet provides a response to a challenge received. The Attribute value Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 28]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 is 212, indicating Response, and the Value field is a 128-bit value reflecting the CHAP-style response to the challenge. This AVP marked mandatory, and MUST be present if a challenge was received and this Start-Control-Connection-Reply indicates suc- cess. For purposes of the ID value in the CHAP response calcula- tion, the low order byte of the Sequence number of the challenge is used. 6.3 Start-Control-Connection-Connected The Start-Control-Connection-Connected message is an L2TP control message sent in reply to a received Start-Control-Connection-Reply message. This message provides closure to the tunnel establishment process, and includes a challenge response if the peer sent a chal- lenge in the Start-Control-Connection-Reply message. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Start-Control-Connection-Connected | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Response | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Start-Control-Connection-Connected AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 17 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute field is 17, indicating Start-Control-Connection- Connected. The Flags indicate a mandatory option. Response 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 22 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1701 | Response... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Response... (128 bits) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Response AVP within a Start-Control-Connection-Connected packet provides a response to a challenge received. The Attribute value is 1701, indicating Response, and the Value field is a 128-bit value reflecting the CHAP-style response to the challenge. This AVP is marked mandatory, and MUST be present if a challenge Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 29]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 was received, otherwise MUST be omitted. For purposes of the ID value in the CHAP response calculation, the low order byte of the Sequence number of the challenge are used. 6.4 Stop-Control-Connection-Request The Stop-Control-Connection-Request is an L2TP control message sent by one peer of an LAC-LNS control connection to inform the other peer that the control connection should be closed. In addition to closing the control connection, all active user calls are implicitly cleared. The reason for issuing this request is indicated in the Reason field. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Stop-Control-Connection-Request | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Assigned Tunnel ID | | Reason | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Stop-Control-Connection-Request AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 3 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute field is 3, indicating Stop-Control-Connection- Request. The Flags indicate a mandatory option. The Flags indi- cate a mandatory option. The single Reason AVP MUST follow this. Assigned Tunnel ID 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 301 | Assigned Tunnel ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute value is 301, indicating Assigned Tunnel ID, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Value MUST be the same Assigned Tunnel ID first sent to the receiving peer. This AVP permits the peer to identify the appropriate tunnel even if Stop-Control-Connection-Request must be sent before an Assigned Tunnel ID is received. Reason Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 30]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 302 | Reason | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute value is 302, indicating Reason, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Value is a 16-bit word indicates the reason for the control connection closure. Values are: 1 - General request to clear control connection 2 - Can't support peer's version of the protocol 3 - Requester is being shut down 6.5 Stop-Control-Connection-Reply The Stop-Control-Connection-Reply is an L2TP control message sent by one peer of an LAC-LNS control connection upon receipt of a Stop- Control-Connection-Request from the other peer. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Stop-Control-Connection-Reply | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Result Code | | Error Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Stop-Control-Connection-Reply AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 4 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute field is 4, indicating Stop-Control-Connection- Reply. The Flags indicate a mandatory option. Result Code 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 401 | Result | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 31]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 The Attribute value is 401, indicating Result Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Value is a 16-bit word indicating the result of the attempt to close the control connec- tion. Values are: 1 - Control connection closed 2 - Control connection not closed for reason indicated in Error Code Error Code 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 402 | Error | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Optional Message... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute value is 402, indicating Error Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is present only if a "General Error" exists, in which case the Value encodes the general error value as docu- mented in section 5.5. 6.6 Hello The Hello message is an L2TP control message sent by either peer of a LAC-LNS control connection. This control message is used as a "keepalive" for the control connection. Keepalives should be implemented by sending a Hello once every 60 seconds if 60 seconds have passed without sending a message to the peer. When a Hello is received, it MUST be silently discarded (after updating any effects of the indicated Nr/Ns values). Because a Hello is a control message, and control messages are reli- ably sent by the lower level transport, this keepalive function oper- ates by causing the transport level to reliably deliver a message. If a media interruption has occurred, the reliable transport will be unable to deliver the Hello across, and will clean up the tunnel. Hello messages are global to the tunnel; the Call ID field of these control messages MUST be 0. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Hello | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Hello AVP 0 1 2 3 Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 32]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 5 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The The Attribute value is 5, indicating Hello, and is marked optional. 6.7 (Deleted) This section has been deleted. 6.8 Outgoing-Call-Request The Outgoing-Call-Request is an L2TP control message sent by the LNS to the LAC to indicate that an outbound call from the LNS is to be established. This request provides the LAC with information required to make the call. It also provides information to the LAC that is used to regulate the transmission of data to the LNS for this session once it is established. This message is the first in the "three-way handshake" used by L2TP for establishing outgoing calls. The first message requests the call; the second indicates that the call was successfully initiated. The third and final message indicates that the call was established. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Outgoing-Call-Request | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Assigned Call ID | | Call Serial Number | | Minimum BPS | | Maximum BPS | | Bearer Type | | Framing Type | | Packet Recv. Window | | Packet Processing Delay | | Phone Number | | Sub-Address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Outgoing-Call-Request AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 7 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 33]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 The Outgoing-Call-Request AVP encodes a request to an LAC to establish an outgoing call. The flags indicate a mandatory option. Assigned Call ID AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 701 | Call ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Assigned Call ID AVP encodes the ID being assigned to this call by the LNS. The Attribute value is 701, indicating Assigned Call ID, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The LAC places this value in the Call ID header field of all command and payload packets that it subsequently transmits over the tunnel that belong to this call. The Call ID value is an identifier assigned by the LNS to this session. It is used to multiplex and demultiplex data sent over that tunnel between the LNS and LAC. Call Serial Number 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 702 | Number... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Call Serial Number AVP encodes an identifier assigned by the LNS to this call. Attribute is 702, indicating Call Serial Number, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Number value is an identifier used by the LNS and the LAC for identifying the call. Unlike the Call ID, both the LNS and LAC associate the same Call Serial Number with a given call. This AVP MUST be present, and the Number MUST be at least one octet in length. Minimum BPS 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 703 | BPS (H) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | BPS (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 34]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Minimum BPS AVP encodes the lowest acceptable line speed for this call. Attribute is 703, Minimum BPS, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The BPS value indicates the speed in bits/second. Maximum BPS 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 704 | BPS (H) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | BPS (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Maximum BPS AVP encodes the highest acceptable line speed for this call. Attribute is 704, indicating Maximum BPS, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The BPS value indicates the speed in bits/second. Bearer Type AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 705 |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|A|D| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Bearer Type AVP encodes the bearer type for the requested call. The value bit field Attribute is 705, indicating Bearer Type, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Value is a 32-bit quantity indicating the bearer capability required for this outgoing call. If set, bit A indicates that the call should be on an analog channel. If set, bit D indicates that the call should be on a digital channel. Both may be set, indicating that the call can be of either type. Framing Type AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 706 |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|A|S| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 35]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Framing Type AVP encodes the framing type for the requested call. Attribute is 706, indicating Framing Type, and is marked manda- tory. This AVP MUST be present. The 32-bit field indicates the type of PPP framing to be used for the outgoing call. Bit A if set indicates that asynchronous framing should be used. Bit S is set indicates that synchronous framing should be used. Packet Receive Window Size AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 707 | Size (H) | Size (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Packet Receive Window Size AVP encodes the window size being advertised by the LNS for this call. Attribute is 707, indicating Packet Receive Window, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is optional. The Size value indicates the number of received data packets the LNS will buffer for this call, which is also the maxi- mum number of data packets the LAC should send before waiting for an acknowledgment. The absence of this AVP indicates that Sequence and Acknowledgment Numbers are not to be used in the pay- load session for this call. Packet Processing Delay AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 708 | Delay (H) | Delay (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Packet Processing Delay AVP encodes the delay LNS has for pro- cessing a window full of packets sent by the LAC. Attribute is 708, indicating Packet Processing Delay, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is optional. The Delay value is specified in units of 1/10 seconds. Refer to Appendix A for a description of how this value is determined and used. Phone Number AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + Phone Number len | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 709 | Phone Number..| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 36]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Phone Number AVP encodes the phone number to be called. Attribute is 709, indicating Phone Number, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Phone Number value is an ASCII string. Sub-Address AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + Sub-Address len | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 710 | Sub-Address ..| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Sub-Address AVP encodes additional dialing information. Attribute is 710, indicating Sub-Address, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is optional. The Sub-Address value is an ASCII string. 6.9 Outgoing-Call-Reply The Outgoing-Call-Reply is an L2TP control message sent by the LAC to the LNS in response to a received Outgoing-Call-Request message. The reply indicates whether or not the LAC is able to attempt the out- bound call and also returns certain parameters regarding the call attempt. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Outgoing-Call-Reply | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Assigned Call ID | | Result Code | | Error Code | | Connect Speed | | Physical Channel Id | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Outgoing-Call-Reply AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 8 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Outgoing-Call-Reply AVP encodes an immediate result of attempting an outgoing call request. The flags indicate a mandatory option. Assigned Call ID AVP 0 1 2 3 Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 37]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 801 | Call ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Assigned Call ID AVP encodes the ID being assigned to this call by the LAC. Attribute is 801, indicating Assigned Call ID, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. Call ID value is an identifier, unique within the tunnel, assigned by the sender to this session. The remote peer MUST place this Call ID in the Call ID por- tion of all future packets it sends associated with this session. It is used to multiplex and demultiplex data sent over that tunnel between the LNS and LAC. Result Code AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 802 | Result Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Result Code AVP encodes the result of the Outgoing-Call-Request. Attribute is 802, indicating Result Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Result Code is a 16-bit value indicat- ing: 1 - Call attempt in progress 2 - Outgoing Call not attempted for the reason indicated in Error Code 3 - No appropriate facilities are available (temporary condition) 4 - No appropriate facilities are available (permanent condition) 5 - Invalid destination 6 - Outgoing Call administratively prohibited Error Code AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 803 | Error Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Optional Message... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Error Code AVP is used to encode a specific error code in case the result AVP indicates a General Error. Attribute is 803, indicat- ing Error Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is present only if Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 38]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 the Result Code indicates a value of 2. The value can be one of the general error IDs specified in Section 5.5. Connect Speed AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 804 | BPS (H) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | BPS (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Connect Speed BPS AVP encodes the speed for the connection. The Attribute value is 804, indicating Connect Speed, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present if the Result indicates a call is in progress. The BPS is a 16-bit value indicating the speed in bits/second. Physical Channel ID AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 805 | ID (H) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | ID (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Physical Channel ID AVP encodes the vendor specific physical channel number used for the call. The Attribute value is 805, indicating Physical Channel ID, and is marked optional. This AVP itself is optional. ID is a 32-bit value in network byte order. The value is used for logging purposes only. 6.10 Outgoing-Call-Connected Outgoing-Call-Connected is an L2TP control message sent by the LAC to the LNS to indicate the result of a requested outgoing call. The LAC MUST send the corresponding Outgoing-Call-Reply to the LNS before sending this message. This message provides information to the LNS about the particular parameters used for the call. It provides information to allow the LNS to regulate the transmission of data to the LAC for this session. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Outgoing-Call-Connected | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 39]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 | Result Code | | Error Code | | Cause Code | | Connect Speed | | Framing Type | | Packet Recv. Window | | Packet Processing Delay | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Outgoing-Call-Connected AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 16 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Outgoing-Call-Connected AVP encodes the final result of an outgo- ing call request. The flags indicate a mandatory option. Result Code 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1601 | Result Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Result Code indicates the result of the call attempt. The Attribute value is 1601, indicating Result Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Result Code is a 16-bit value: 1 - Call established with no errors 2 - Outgoing Call not established for the reason indicated in Error Code 3 - Outgoing Call failed due to no carrier detected 4 - Outgoing Call failed due to detection of a busy signal 5 - Outgoing Call failed due to lack of a dial tone 6 - Outgoing Call was not established within time allotted by LAC 7 - Outgoing Call was connected but no appropriate framing was detected Error Code AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1602 | Error Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 40]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 | Optional Message... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Error Code AVP is used to encode a specific error code. Attribute is 1602, indicating Error Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is present only if the Result Code indicates a value of 2. The value is encoded as specified in Section 5.5. Cause Code AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 9 + Advisory Msg len | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1603 | Cause Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Cause Msg | Advisory Msg ... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Cause Code AVP is used to give additional information in cases of call failure. The Attribute value is 1603, indicating Cause Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is optional. It is only relevant when the LAC uses Q.931/DSS1 for the outbound call attempt. Cause Code is the returned Q.931 Cause code and Cause Msg is the returned Q.931 message code (e.g., DISCONNECT) associ- ated with the Cause Code. Both values are returned in their native ITU encodings. An additional ASCII text Advisory Message may also be included (presence indicated by the AVP length) to further explain the call failure. Connect Speed AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1604 | BPS (H) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | BPS (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Connect Speed BPS AVP encodes the final negotiated speed for the connection. The Attribute value is 1604, indicating Connect Speed, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present if the call attempt is successful. The BPS value indicates the speed in bits/second. Framing Type AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 41]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1605 |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|A|S| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Framing Type AVP encodes the framing type for the call. The Attribute value is 1605, indicating Framing Type, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present if the call attempt is suc- cessful. The value bit field indicates the type of PPP framing is used for the call. If set, bit A indicates that asynchronous framing is being used. If set, bit S indicates that synchronous framing is being used. Packet Receive Window Size AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1606 | Size | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Packet Receive Window Size AVP encodes the window size being offered by the LNS for this call. The Attribute value is 1606, indicating Packet Receive Window Size, and is marked mandatory. The Size is a 16-bit value indicating the number of received data packets the LAC will buffer for this call, which is also the maxi- mum number of data packets the LNS should send before waiting for an acknowledgment. This AVP MUST be present if and only if Sequence and Acknowledgment Numbers are to be used in the payload session for this call. Packet Processing Delay AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1607 | Delay | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Packet Processing Delay AVP encodes the delay the LAC expects for processing a window full of packets sent by the LNS. The Attribute value is 1607, indicating Packet Processing Delay, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is optional. The Delay value is specified in units of 1/10 seconds. Refer to Appendix A to see a description of how this value is determined and used. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 42]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 6.11 Incoming-Call-Request Incoming-Call-Request is an L2TP control message sent by the LAC to the LNS to indicate that an inbound call is to be established from the LAC. This request provides the LNS with parameter information for the incoming call. This message is the first in the "three-way handshake" used by L2TP for establishing incoming calls. The LAC may defer answering the call until it has received an Incoming-Call-Reply from the LNS indicating that the call should be established. This mechanism allows the LNS to obtain sufficient information about the call before it is answered to determine whether the call should be answered or not. Alternatively, the LAC may answer the call, negotiate LCP and PPP authentication, and use the information gained to choose the LNS. In this case, the call has already been answered by the time the Incoming-Call-Reply message is received; the LAC simply spoofs the "call indication/answer call" phase in this case. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Incoming-Call-Request | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Assigned Call ID | | Call Serial Number | | Call Bearer Type | | Physical Channel Id | | Dialed Number | | Dialing Number | | Sub-Address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Incoming-Call-Request AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 7 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 9 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Incoming-Call-Request AVP encodes an incoming call being indi- cated by the LAC. The flags indicate a mandatory option. Assigned Call ID AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 901 | Call ID | Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 43]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Assigned Call ID AVP encodes the Call ID being assigned to call by the LAC. The Attribute value is 901, indicating Call ID, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The LNS places this value in the Call ID header field of all command and payload packets that it subsequently transmits over the tunnel that belong to this call. The Call ID value is an identifier assigned by the LAC to this session. It is used to multiplex and demultiplex data sent over that tunnel between the LNS and LAC. Call Serial Number AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + Number length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 902 | Number... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Call Serial Number AVP encodes an identifier assigned by the LAC to this call. The Attribute value is 902, Call Serial Number, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Number value is an identifier assigned by the LAC and used by the LNS and the LAC for identifying the call. Unlike the Call ID, both the LNS and LAC asso- ciate the same Call Serial Number with a given call. Call Bearer Type AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 903 |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|A|D| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Call Bearer Type AVP encodes the bearer type for the incoming call. The Attribute value is 903, Call Bearer Type, and is marked manda- tory. This AVP MUST be present. The Value is a 32-bit field indi- cating the bearer capability being used by the incoming call. If set, bit A indicates that the call is on an analog channel. If set, bit D indicates that the call is on a digital channel. Physical Channel ID AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 44]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 | 904 | ID (H) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | ID (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Physical Channel ID AVP encodes the vendor specific physical channel number used for the call. The Attribute value is 904, Physical Chan- nel ID, and is marked mandatory. The presence of this AVP is optional. ID is a 32-bit value in network byte order. The value is used for logging purposes only. Dialed Number AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + Number len | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 905 | Number... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Dialed Number AVP encodes the dialed number for the incoming call, that is, DNIS. The Attribute value is 905, Dialed Number, and is marked mandatory. The presence of this AVP is optional. The value is an ASCII string. Dialing Number AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 906 | Number... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Dialing Number AVP encodes the originating number for the incoming call, that is, CLID. The Attribute value is 906, Dialing Number, and is marked mandatory. The presence of this AVP is optional. The value is an ASCII string. Sub-Address AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 907 | Sub-Address...| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Sub-Address AVP encodes additional dialing information. The Attribute value is 907, Sub-Address, and is marked mandatory. The presence of this AVP is optional. The Sub-Address value is an ASCII Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 45]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 string. 6.12 Incoming-Call-Reply The Incoming-Call-Reply is an L2TP control message sent by the LNS to the LAC in response to a received Incoming-Call-Request message. The reply indicates the result of the incoming call attempt. It also provides information to allow the LAC to regulate the transmission of data to the LNS for this session. This message is the second in the three-way handshake used by L2TP for establishing incoming calls. It indicates to the LAC whether the call should be answered or not. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Incoming-Call-Reply | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Assigned Call ID | | Result Code | | Error Code | | Packet Recv. Window Size | | Packet Processing Delay | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Incoming-Call-Reply AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 10 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Incoming-Call-Reply AVP encodes a response by the LNS to the incoming call indication given by the LAC. The flags indicate a mandatory option. Assigned Call ID AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1001 | Call ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Assigned Call ID AVP encodes the ID being assigned to call by the LNS. The Attribute value is 1001, Assigned Call ID, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The LAC places this value in the Call ID header field of all command and payload packets that it Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 46]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 subsequently transmits over the tunnel that belong to this call. The Call ID value is an identifier assigned by the LNS to this session. It is used to multiplex and demultiplex data sent over that tunnel between the LNS and LAC. Result Code AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1002 | Result Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Result Code AVP encodes the result of the Incoming-Call-Request. The Attribute value is 1002, Result Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Result Code value is a 16-bit value: 1 - The LAC should answer the incoming call 2 - The Incoming Call should not be established due to the reason indicated in Error Code 3 - The LAC should not accept the incoming call. It should hang up or issue a busy indication Error Code AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1003 | Error Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Optional Message... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ This AVP is present only if a "General Error" exists, in which case Result Code was set to 2 and this AVP encodes the general error value as documented in section 5.5. It has a Value of 1003, and is marked mandatory. Packet Receive Window Size AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1004 | Size (H) | Size (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Packet Receive Window Size AVP encodes the receive window size being offered by the LNS for this call. The Attribute value is 1004, Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 47]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Packet Receive Window Size, and is marked mandatory. The Size value indicates the number of received data packets the LNS will buffer for this call, which is also the maximum number of data packets the LAC should send before waiting for an acknowledgment. This AVP is optional if Sequence and Acknowledgment Numbers are not to be used in the payload session for this call. Packet Processing Delay AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1005 | Delay (H) | Delay (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Packet Processing Delay AVP encodes the delay the LNS expects for processing a window full of packets sent by the LAC. The Attribute value is 1005, Packet Processing Delay AVP, and is marked mandatory. The presence of this AVP is optional. The Delay value is specified in units of 1/10 seconds. Refer to Appendix A to see a description of how this value is determined and used. 6.13 Incoming-Call-Connected The Incoming-Call-Connected message is an L2TP control message sent by the LAC to the LNS in response to a received Incoming-Call-Reply. It provides information to the LNS about particular parameters used for the call. It also provides information to allow the LNS to regu- late the transmission of data to the LAC for this session. This message is the third in the three-way handshake used by L2TP for establishing incoming calls. It provides a mechanism for providing the LNS with additional information about the call that cannot, in general, be obtained at the time the Incoming-Call-Request is issued by the LAC. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Incoming-Call-Connected | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Connect Speed | | Framing Type | | Packet Recv. Window | | Packet Processing Delay | | Initial LCP Conf | | Last Sent LCP Conf | | Last Received LCP Conf | | Proxy authen type | | Proxy authen name | | Proxy authen challenge | | Proxy authen ID | Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 48]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 | Proxy authen response | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Incoming-Call-Connected AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 11 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Incoming-Call-Connected AVP encodes a response by the LAC to the Incoming-Call-Reply message sent by the LAC. The flags indicate a mandatory option. Connect Speed AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1101 | BPS (H) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | BPS (L) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Connect Speed BPS AVP encodes the speed for the connection. The Attribute value is 1101, Connect Speed, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present if the call attempt is successful. The value is a 32-bit quantity indicating the speed in bits/second. Framing Type AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 10 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1102 |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|A|S| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Framing Type AVP encodes the framing type for the call. The Attribute value is 1102, Call Serial Number, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present if the call attempt is successful. The value is a 32-bit bit field indicating the type of PPP framing used for the call. If set, bit A indicates that asynchronous framing is being used. If set, bit S indicates that synchronous framing is being used. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 49]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Packet Receive Window Size AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1103 | Size | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Packet Receive Window Size AVP encodes the window size being offered by the LAC for this call. The Attribute value is 1103, Packet Receive Window Size, and is marked mandatory. This AVP is optional if Sequence and Acknowledgment Numbers are not to be used in the pay- load session for this call. The 16-bit Size value indicates the num- ber of received data packets the LAC will buffer for this call, which is also the maximum number of data packets the LNS should send before waiting for an acknowledgment. Packet Processing Delay AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1104 | Delay | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Packet Processing Delay AVP encodes the delay the LAC expects for processing a window full of packets sent by the LNS. The Attribute value is 1104, Packet Processing Delay, and is marked mandatory. The presence of this AVP is optional. The 16-bit Delay value is speci- fied in units of 1/10 seconds. Refer to Appendix A to see a descrip- tion of how this value is determined and used. Initial LCP Conf 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 + LCP confreq len | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1105 | LCP confreq...| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The LAC may have answered the phone call and negotiated LCP with the dial-in client in order to establish the client's apparent identity. In this case, this option may be included to indicate the link prop- erties the client requested in its initial LCP CONFREQ request. The Attribute value is 1105, Initial LCP Conf, and is marked optional. The presence of this AVP is optional. The Value field is a copy of the body of the initial CONFREQ received, starting at the first option within this packet's body. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 50]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Last Sent LCP Conf 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 + LCP confreq len | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1106 | LCP confreq...| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ See Initial LCP Conf above for rationale. The Attribute value is 1106, Last Sent LCP Conf, and is marked optional. The presence of this AVP is optional. The Value field is a copy of the body of the final CONFREQ sent to the client to complete LCP negotiation, start- ing at the first option within this packet's body. Last Received LCP Conf 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 + LCP confreq len | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1107 | LCP confreq...| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ See Initial LCP Conf above for rationale. The Attribute value is 1107, Last Received LCP Conf, and is marked optional. The presence of this AVP is optional. The Value field is a copy of the body of the final CONFREQ received from the client to complete LCP negotia- tion, starting at the first option within this packet's body. Proxy Authen Type 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1108 | Type | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute value is 1108, Proxy Authen Type, and is marked manda- tory. This AVP MUST be present. The value Type is a 16-bit word, holding a value: 1 - Textual username/password exchange 2 - PPP CHAP 3 - PPP PAP 4 - None Associated AVP's for each type of authentication follow. Proxy Authen Name Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 51]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 + length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1109 | Name... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute value is 1109, Proxy Authen Name, and is marked manda- tory. This AVP MUST be present for Proxy Authen Type values 1, 2, and 3. The Name field contains the name specified in the client's authentication response. Note that the AVP H bit may be desirable for obscuring the cleartext name. Proxy Authen Challenge 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 6 + length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1110 | Challenge... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute value is 1110, Proxy Authen Challenge, and is marked mandatory. The AVP itself MUST be present for Proxy authen type 2. The Challenge field contains the value presented to the client by the LAC. Proxy Authen ID 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1111 | ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Attribute value is 1111, Proxy Authen ID, and is marked manda- tory. The AVP itself MUST be present for Proxy authen type 2. The ID field contains the byte ID value presented to the client by the LAC in its associated CHAP challenge. The most significant 8 bits of ID MUST be 0, and are reserved. Proxy Authen Response 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 + length | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1112 | Response... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 52]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 The Attribute value is 1112, Proxy Authen Response, and is marked mandatory. The AVP itself MUST be present for Proxy authen types 1, 2, and 3. The Response field contains the client's response to the challenge. For Proxy authen type 2, this field contains the response value received by the LAC. For types 1 or 3, it contains the clear text password received from the client by the LAC. In the case of cleartext passwords, use of the AVP H bit is recommended. 6.14 Call-Clear-Request The Call-Clear-Request is an L2TP control message sent by the LNS to the LAC indicating that a particular call is to be disconnected. The call being cleared can be either an incoming or outgoing call, in any state. The LAC responds to this message with a Call-Disconnect- Notify message. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Call-Clear-Request | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Assigned Call ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Call-Clear-Request AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 12 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Call-Clear-Request AVP encodes a request by the LNS to the LAC to disconnect the call. The flags indicate a mandatory option. Assigned Call ID AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1201 | Call ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ This attribute is used to provide the LAC with the Call ID assigned by the LNS for the call to be cleared in the case where the LNS has not yet learned the LAC's Call ID for the call. The Attribute value is 1201, Assigned Call ID, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The value Call ID MUST be the same value sent from the LNS to the LAC in the initial call setup exchange. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 53]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 6.15 Call-Disconnect-Notify The Call-Disconnect-Notify message is an L2TP control message sent by the LAC to the LNS. It is issued whenever a call is disconnected, due to the receipt by the LAC of a Call-Clear-Request or for any other reason. Its purpose is to inform the LNS of the disconnection and the reason why the disconnection occurred. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Call-Disconnect-Notify | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Result Code | | Error Code | | Cause Code | | Assigned Call ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Call-Disconnect-Notify AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 13 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Call-Disconnect-Notify AVP encodes a disconnect indication from the LAC to the LNS. The flags indicate a mandatory option. Result Code AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1301 | Result Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Result Code AVP encodes the reason for disconnect. The Attribute value is 1301, Result Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The Result Code value can be one of: 1 (Lost Carrier) - Call disconnected due to loss of carrier 2 (General Error) - Call disconnected for the reason indicated in Error Code. 3 (Admin Shutdown) - Call disconnected for administrative reasons 4 (Request) - Call disconnected due to received Call-Clear-Request Error Code AVP Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 54]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1302 | Error Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Optional Message... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ This AVP is present only if a "General Error" exists, in which case Result Code was set to 2 and this AVP encodes the general error value as documented in section 5.5. The Attribute value is 1302, Error Code, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present if Result Code was 2. Cause Code AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1303 | Cause Code | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Optional message... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Cause Code AVP is used to give additional information in case of unsolicited call disconnection. The Attribute value is 1303, Cause Code, and is marked mandatory. The presence of this AVP is optional. The Cause Code AVP is used to give additional information about the reason for disconnecting. It is only relevant when the LAC is using Q.931/DSS1 for the call. This AVP is optional. Cause Code is the returned Q.931 Cause code and Cause Msg is the returned Q.931 message code (e.g., DISCONNECT) associated with the Cause Code. Both values are returned in their native ITU encodings. An additional Ascii text Advisory Message may also be included (presence indicated by the AVP length) to further explain the reason for disconnecting. Assigned Call ID AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 8 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1304 | Call ID | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Assigned Call ID which was provided to the LNS from this LAC is included in the Call-Disconnect-Notify message. This permits a con- nection to be terminated even before the LNS has provided its own Assigned Call ID to this LAC (the Call ID field in the control Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 55]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 message header is 0). The Attribute value is 1304, Assigned Call ID, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. 6.16 WAN-Error-Notify The WAN-Error-Notify message is an L2TP control message sent by the LAC to the LNS to indicate WAN error conditions (conditions that occur on the interface supporting PPP). The counters in this message are cumulative. This message should only be sent when an error occurs, and not more than once every 60 seconds. The counters are reset when a new call is established. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | WAN-Error-Notify | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Call Errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ WAN-Error-Notify AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 14 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The WAN-Error-Notify AVP encodes line and other errors sent by the LAC to the LNS. The flags indicate a mandatory option. Call Errors AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 32 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 1401 | Reserved | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | CRC Errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Framing Errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Hardware Overruns | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Buffer Overruns | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Time-out Errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Alignment Errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 56]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 The Call Errors AVP is used by the LAC to send error information to the LNS. The Attribute value is 1401, WAN-Error-Notify, and is marked mandatory. This AVP MUST be present. The value contains the following fields: Reserved - Not used, MUST be 0 CRC Errors - Number of PPP frames received with CRC errors since session was established Framing Errors - Number of improperly framed PPP packets received Hardware Overruns - Number of receive buffer over-runs since ses- sion was established Buffer Overruns - Number of buffer over-runs detected since ses- sion was established Time-out Errors - Number of time-outs since call was established Alignment Errors - Number of alignment errors since call was established 6.17 Set-Link-Info The Set-Link-Info message is an L2TP control message sent by the LNS to the LAC to set PPP-negotiated options. Because these options can change at any time during the life of the call, the LAC MUST be able to update its internal call information dynamically and update its behavior on an active PPP session. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | L2TP Control Message Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Set-Link-Info | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | ACCM | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Set-Link-Info AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 6 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | 15 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Set-Link-Info AVP encodes ACCM information sent from the LNS to the LAC after it is negotiated in LCP. The flags indicate a manda- tory option. ACCM AVP 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |1|0|0|0| 32 | 0 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 57]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 | 1501 | Reserved | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Send ACCM | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Receive ACCM | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The ACCM AVP is used by the LNS to inform LAC of the ACCM to the LNS. The Attribute value is 1501, ACCM, and is marked mandatory. The presence of this AVP is optional. The value contains Send ACCM and Receive ACCM fields. The send ACCM value should be used by the LAC to process packets it is sends on the connection. The receive ACCM value should be used by the LAC to process incoming packets on the connection. The default values used by the LAC for both these fields are 0xFFFFFFFF. The LAC should honor these fields unless it has spe- cific configuration information to indicate that the requested mask must be modified to permit operation. 7.0 Control Connection State Machines The control messages defined in section 6 are exchanged by way of state tables defined in this section. Tables are defined for incoming call placement, outgoing call placement, as well as for initiation of the tunnel itself. The state tables do not encode timeout and retransmis- sion behavior, as this is handled in the underlying semantics defined in 6.0.2. 7.1 Control Connection Protocol Operation This section describes the operation of various L2TP control connec- tion functions and the Control Connection messages which are used to support them. Receipt of an invalid or malformed Control Connection message should be logged appropriately, and the control connection should be closed and restarted to ensure recovery into a known state. 7.2 Control Connection States Control messages are carried over the same media as the payload mes- sages which are carried following successful connection establish- ment. The L2TP control connection protocol is not distinguishable between the LNS and LAC, but is distinguishable between the origina- tor and receiver. The originating peer is the one which first estab- lishes the tunnel. Since either LAC or LNS can be the originator, a collision can occur. See Section 6.0.1 for a description of this and its resolution situation. 7.2.1 Control Connection Originator State Event Action New State ----- ----- ------ --------- idle Open request Send wait-ctl-reply Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 58]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Start-Control- Connection-Request wait-ctl-reply Collision If terminating, idle clean-up. wait-ctl-reply Collision If not terminating, wait-stop-reply Send Stop-Control- Connection-Request wait-ctl-reply Receive If version OK established Start-Control- Send Start-Control- Connection-Reply Connection-Connected wait-ctl-reply Receive If version not OK wait-stop-reply Start-Control- or bad auth, Send Connection-Reply Stop-Control- Connection-Request established Local terminate Send wait-stop-reply Stop-Control- Connection-Request established Receive Send idle Stop-Control- Stop-Control- Connection- Connection-Reply Request and clean-up wait-stop-reply Receive Clean-up idle Stop-Control- Connection-Reply idle The control connection originator attempts to open a connection to the peer during idle state. When the connection is open, the originator transmits a send Start-Control-Connection-Request and then enters the wait-ctl-reply state. wait-ctl-reply The originator checks to see if another connection has been requested from the same peer, and if so, handles the collision situation described in Section 6.0.1. When a Start-Control-Connection-Reply is received, it is examined for a compatible version. If the version of the reply is lower than the version sent in the request, the older (lower) version should be used provided it is supported. If the version in the reply is earlier and supported, the originator moves to the estab- lished state. If the version is earlier and not supported, a Stop-Control-Connection-Request SHOULD be sent to the peer and the originator moves into the wait-stop-reply state. established An established connection may be terminated by either a local Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 59]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 condition or the receipt of a Stop-Control-Connection-Request. In the event of a local termination, the originator MUST send a Stop- Control-Connection-Request and enter the wait-stop-reply state. If the originator receives a Stop-Control-Connection-Request it SHOULD send a Stop-Control-Connection-Reply and close the connec- tion. wait-stop-reply If a Stop-Control-Connection-Reply is received, the connection SHOULD be closed and the control connection becomes idle. 7.2.2 Control connection Receiver State Event Action New State ----- ----- ------ --------- idle Receive If version not OK idle Start-Control- send Connection-Request Start-Control- Connection-Reply with error idle Receive Version OK, send wait-ctl-reply Start-Control- Start-Control- Connection-Request Connection-Reply wait-ctl-reply Receive Clean-up, send idle Stop-Control- Stop-Control- Connection-Request Connection-Reply wait-ctl-reply Receive If auth OK established Start-Control- Connection-Connected wait-ctl-reply Receive If auth not OK wait-stop-reply Start-Control- Send Stop-Control- Connection- Connection-Request Connected established Receive Clean-up, send idle Stop-Control- Stop-Control- Connection-Request Connection-Reply established Local terminate Send wait-stop-reply Stop-Control- Connection-Request wait-stop-reply Receive Clean-up idle Stop-Control- Connection-Reply idle The control connection receiver waits for an incoming connection attempt. When notified of a new connection, it should prepare to Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 60]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 receive L2TP messages. When a Start-Control-Connection-Request is received its version field MUST be examined. If the version is earlier than the receiver's version and the earlier version can be supported by the receiver, the receiver SHOULD send a Start-Control-Connection-Reply. If the version is earlier than the receiver's version and the version cannot be supported, the receiver SHOULD send a Start-Connection-Reply message indicating this error and remain in the idle state. If the receiver's version is the same as or earlier than the peer's, the receiver SHOULD send a Start-Control-Connection-Reply with the receiver's version and enter the wait-ctl-reply state. wait-ctl-reply The peer waits in this state after sending a Start-Control-Connection-Reply. If it receives a Start-Control-Connection-Reply, it checks to see if the message is properly authenticated and, if so, it enters the established state. If authentication fails, a Stop-Control-Connection-Request with the reason code set appropriately is sent and wait-stop-reply state is entered. if a Stop-Control-Connection-Request is received, a Stop-Control-Connection-Reply. is issued and idle state is entered. established An established connection may be terminated by either a local condition or the reception of a Stop-Control-Connection-Request. In the event of a local termination, the originator MUST send a Stop-Control-Connection-Request and enter the wait-stop-reply state. If the originator receives a Stop-Control-Connection-Request it SHOULD send a Stop-Control-Connection-Reply and close the connection. wait-stop-reply If a Stop-Control-Connection-Reply is received, the connection SHOULD be closed and the control connection becomes idle. 7.3 Timing considerations Because of the real-time nature of telephone signaling, both the LNS and LAC should be implemented with multi-threaded architectures such that messages related to multiple calls are not serialized and blocked. The call and connection state figures do not specify exceptions caused by timers. These are addressed in Section 6.0.2. 7.4 Incoming calls An Incoming-Call-Request message is generated by the LAC when an associated telephone line rings. The LAC selects a Call ID and serial number and indicates the call bearer type. Modems should always Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 61]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 indicate analog call type. ISDN calls should indicate digital when unrestricted digital service or rate adaption is used and analog if digital modems are involved. CLID, DNIS, and subaddress may be included in the message if they are available from the telephone network. Once the LAC sends the Incoming-Call-Request, it waits for a response from the LNS but it does not necessarily answer the call from the telephone network yet. The LNS may choose not to accept the call if: - No resources are available to handle more sessions - The dialed, dialing, or subaddress fields are not indicative of an authorized user - The bearer service is not authorized or supported If the LNS chooses to accept the call, it responds with an Outgoing-Call-Reply which also indicates window sizes (see Appendix B). When the LAC receives the Outgoing-Call-Reply, it attempts to connect the call, assuming the calling party has not hung up. A final call connected message from the LAC to the LNS indicates that the call states for both the LAC and the LNS should enter the established state. When the dialed-in client hangs up, the call is cleared normally and the LAC sends a Call-Disconnect-Notify message. If the LNS wishes to clear a call, it sends a Call-Clear-Request message and then waits for a Call-Disconnect-Notify. 7.4.1 LAC Incoming Call States State Event Action New State ----- ----- ------ --------- idle Ring OR Send wait-reply Ready to indicate Incoming-Call-Request incoming conn. wait-reply Receive Clean-up idle Incoming-Call-Reply Not Accepting wait-reply Receive Answer call established Incoming-Call-Reply Send Accepting Incoming-Call-Connected wait-reply Abort Clean-up idle Send Call-Disconnect- Notify established Receive Hang-up and send idle Call-Clear-Request Call-Disconnect-Notify established telco line drop Send idle Call-Disconnect-Notify Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 62]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 established local disconnect Send idle Call-Disconnect-Notify The states associated with the LAC for incoming calls are: idle The LAC detects an incoming call on one of its telco interfaces. Typically this means an analog line is ringing or an ISDN TE has detected an incoming Q.931 SETUP message. The LAC sends an Incoming- Call-Request message and moves to the wait-reply state. wait-reply The LAC receives an Incoming-Call-Reply message indicating non- will- ingness to accept the call (general error or don't accept) and moves back into the idle state. If the reply message indicates that the call is accepted, the LAC sends an Incoming-Call-Connected message and enters the established state. established Data is exchanged over the tunnel. The call may be cleared follow- ing: An event on the telco connection. The LAC sends a Call- Disconnect-Notify message Receipt of a Call-Clear-Request. The LAC sends a Call-Disconnect- Notify message A local reason. The LAC sends a Call-Disconnect-Notify message. 7.4.2 LNS Incoming Call States State Event Action New State ----- ----- ------ --------- idle Receive If not accepting idle Incoming-Call-Request Send Incoming-Call-Reply with Error idle Receive If accepting wait-connect Incoming-Call-Request Send Incoming-Call-Reply wait-connect Receive Clean-up idle Call-Disconnect-Notify wait-connect Receive Get ready for data established Incoming-Call-Connect established Receive Clean-up idle Call-Disconnect-Notify established Local terminate Send wait- Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 63]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Call-Clear-Request disconnect wait- Receive Clean-up idle disconnect Call-Disconnect-Notify The states associated with the LNS for incoming calls are: idle An Incoming-Call-Request message is received. If the request is not acceptable, an Incoming-Call-Reply is sent back to the LAC and the LNS remains in the idle state. If the Incoming-Call-Request message is acceptable, an Incoming-Call-Reply is sent indicating accept in the result code. The session moves to the wait-connect state. wait-connect If the session is still connected on the LAC, the LAC sends an incoming call connect message to the LNS which then moves into established state. The LAC may send a Call-Disconnect-Notify to indicate that the incoming caller could not be connected. This could happen, for example, if a telephone user accidentally places a standard voice call to an LAC resulting in a handshake failure on the called modem. established The session is terminated either by receipt of a Call-Disconnect- Notify message from the LAC or by sending a Call-Clear-Request. Once a Call-Clear-Request has been sent, the session enters the wait-disconnect state. wait-disconnect Once a Call-Disconnect-Notify is received the session moves back to the idle state. 7.5 Outgoing calls Outgoing calls are initiated by an LNS and instruct an LAC to place a call on a telco interface. There are three messages for outgoing calls: Outgoing-Call-Request, Outgoing-Call-Reply, and Outgoing-Call-Connected. The LNS sends an Outgoing-Call-Request specifying the dialed party phone number and subaddress as well as speed and window parameters. The LAC MUST respond to the Outgoing-Call-Request message with an Outgoing-Call- Reply message once the LAC determines that the proper facilities exist to place the call and the call is administratively authorized. For example, is this LNS allowed to dial an international call? Once the outbound call is connected the LAC sends an Outgoing-Call-Connected mes- sage to the LNS indicating the final result of the call attempt: 7.5.1 LAC Outgoing Call States Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 64]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 State Event Action New State ----- ----- ------ --------- idle Receive If cannot service, idle Outgoing-Call- send Outgoing-Call-Reply Request with Error idle Receive If can service, wait-cs-ans Outgoing-Call- send Request Outgoing-Call-Reply wait-cs-ans Telco answer Send established and framing Outgoing-Call-Connected detected wait-cs-ans Call failure Send Outgoing-Call-Connected idle with Error wait-cs-ans Receive Hang-up, send idle Call-Clear-Request Call-Disconnect-Notify established Receive Hang-up, send idle Call-Clear-Request Call-Disconnect-Notify or detect call disconnected The states associated with the LAC for outgoing calls are: idle Received Outgoing-Call-Request. If this is received in error, respond with an Outgoing-Call-Reply with error condition set. Otherwise, allocate physical channel to dial on and send an Outgo- ing-Call-Reply. Place the outbound call and move to the wait-cs- ans state. wait-cs-ans If the call is not completed or a timer expires waiting for the call to complete, send an Outgoing-Call-Connected with the appro- priate error condition set and go to idle state. If a circuit switched connection is established and framing is detected, send an Outgoing-Call-Reply indicating success and go to established state. established If a Call-Clear-Request is received, the telco call SHOULD be released via appropriate mechanisms and a Call-Disconnect-Notify message SHOULD BE sent to the LNS. If the call is disconnected by the client or by the telco interface, a Call-Disconnect-Notify message MUST be sent to the LNS. Return to idle state after send- ing the Call-Disconnect-Notify. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 65]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 7.5.2 LNS Outgoing Call States State Event Action New State ----- ----- ------ --------- idle Open request Send wait-reply Outgoing-Call-Request wait-reply Receive Clean-up idle Outgoing-Call-Reply with Error wait-reply Receive Null wait-connect Outgoing-Call-Reply wait-reply Abort request Send wait-disconnect Call-Clear-Request wait-connect Abort request Send Call-Clear-Request wait-disconnect wait-connect Receive Get ready for data established Outgoing-Call-Connected no Error wait-connect Receive Clean-up idle Outgoing-Call-Connected with Error established Receive Clean-up idle Call-Disconnect-Notify established Local terminate Send wait-disconnect Call-Clear-Request wait-disconnect Receive Clean-up idle Call-Disconnect- Notify The states associated with the LNS for outgoing calls are: idle An Outgoing-Call-Request message is sent to the LAC and the ses- sion moves into the wait-reply state. wait-reply An Outgoing-Call-Reply is received which indicates an error. The session returns to idle state. If the Outgoing-Call-Reply does not indicate an error, the telco call is connected and the session moves to the established state. wait-connect An Outgoing-Call-Connected is received which indicates an error. The session returns to idle state. No telco call is active. If the Outgoing-Call-Connected does not indicate an error, the telco Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 66]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 call is established If a Call-Disconnect-Notify is received, the telco call has been terminated for the reason indicated in the Result and Cause Codes. The session moves back to the idle state. If the LNS chooses to terminate the session, it sends a Call-Clear-Request to the LAC and then enters the wait-disconnect state. wait-disconnect A session disconnection is waiting to be confirmed by the LAC. Once the LNS receives the Call-Disconnect-Notify message, the ses- sion enters idle state. 8.0 L2TP Over Specific Media L2TP tries to be self-describing, operating at a level above the par- ticular media over which it is carried. However, some details of its connection to media are required to permit interoperable implementa- tions. The following sections describe details needed to permit interoperability over specific media. 8.1 IP/UDP L2TP uses the well-known UDP port 1701 [3]. The entire L2TP packet, including payload and L2TP header, is sent within a UDP datagram. The source and destination ports are the same (1701), with demulti- plexing being achieved using Tunnel ID values. It is legal for the source IP address of a given Tunnel ID to change over the life of a connection, as this may correspond to a peer with multiple IP inter- faces responding to a network topology change. Responses should reflect the last source IP address for that Tunnel ID. IP fragmentation may occur as the L2TP packet travels over the IP substrate. L2TP makes no special efforts to optimize this. A LAC implementation MAY cause its LCP to negotiate for a specific MRU, which could optimize for LAC environments in which the MTUs of the path over which the L2TP packets are likely to travel have a consis- tent value. Because a single UDP port is used for all packets, both the I and C bits MUST be used to permit correct demultiplexing. Port 1701 is used for both L2F [5] and L2TP packets. The two types of packets may be detected by their headers; L2TP has a Vers field of 2, L2F has a 1 in this field instead. 8.2 IP When operating directly over IP, protocol number TBD [3] is used to encode the packet as L2TP-over-IP. IP source address and MTU issues are identical to 8.1, except that the lack of a UDP header makes the packet more compact. As in IP/UDP, the I and C bits MUST be present. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 67]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 9.0 Security Considerations L2TP encounters several security issues in its operation. The gen- eral approach of L2TP to these issues is documented here. 9.1 Tunnel Endpoint Security The tunnel endpoints may authenticate each other during tunnel establishment. This authentication has the same security attributes as CHAP, and has reasonable protection against reply and snooping. Once the tunnel endpoints have authenticated, a derived Key may be carried in subsequent packets, which provides mild protection against brief or "accidental" attacks. There is no cryptographic strength to these Keys, and any attacker which can snoop packets can take control of the tunnel. For L2TP tunnels over IP, IP-level packet security provides very strong protection of the tunnel. This requires no modification to the L2TP protocol, and leverages extensive IETF work in this area. For L2TP tunnels over Frame Relay or other switched networks, cur- rent practice indicates that these media are much less likely to experience attacks of in-transit data. If these attacks became prevalent, either the media or the L2TP packets would have to be encrypted. 9.2 Client Security A more systematic method of protection in tunneled PPP environ- ments may be achieved through client security. PPP layer encryp- tion would provide end-to-end security for both direct dial-in clients as well as PPP clients carried within a tunnel. With this level of client security, sessions are protected against attacks against the carrying tunnel, as well as attacks on the LAC itself. Because both encryption and compression can occur at the PPP layer, the two can be coordinated, permitting compression to pre- cede encryption. 9.3 Proxy Authentication The optional proxy CHAP function of L2TP can permit an entirely transparent PPP tunnel, with a single LCP and CHAP sequence being seen by the client. For cases where the LAC and the entire path to the LNS are operated by a single entity, this function may pro- vide acceptable security. For cases where LNS-initiated authenti- cation is required, proxy CHAP still permits an initial access decision to be made before accepting the tunnel, permitting the LNS in most cases to reject tunnel initiations rather than accept them and later disconnect. The optional proxy PAP may result in the cleartext password traversing the tunnel. Where PAP is being used in conjunction Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 68]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 with static passwords, this may pose a significant security issue. Where PAP is only used to transport one-time passwords, such issues may be greatly mitigated. The H bit of the carrying AVP may be used to protect against this. 10.0 Acknowledgments The AVP construct comes from Glen Zorn, who thought up the framework for permitting multiple vendors to contribute to a common attribute space in a relatively orderly fashion. Dory Leifer and Allan Rubens of Ascend Communications made valuable refinements to the protocol definition of L2TP and contributed to the editing of this document. 11.0 Contacts Kory Hamzeh Ascend Communications 1275 Harbor Bay Parkway Alameda, CA 94502 kory@ascend.com Tim Kolar, Morgan Littlewood, Andrew J. Valencia Cisco Systems 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose CA 95134-1706 tkolar@cisco.com littlewo@cisco.com vandys@cisco.com Gurdeep Singh Pall Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA gurdeep@microsoft.com Jeff Taarud (formerly of 3COM Corporation, no current contact) William Verthein U.S. Robotics 12.0 References [1] W. Simpson, "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)", RFC 1661, 07/21/1994 [2] A. Valencia, M. Littlewood, T. Kolar, "Layer 2 Forwarding", Internet draft, April 1996 [3] K. Hamzeh, G. Pall, W. Verthein, J. Taarud, W. Little, "Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol", Internet draft, June 1996 Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 69]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 [4] P. Mockapetris, "Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities", RFC1034, November 1987 [5] Reynolds, J., and J. Postel, "Assigned Numbers", STD 2, RFC 1340, USC/Information Sciences Institute, July 1992. [6] Sally Floyd, Van Jacobson, "Random Early Detection Gateways for Congestion Avoidance", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, August 1993 [7] D. Carrel, L. Grant, "The TACACS+ Protocol", draft-grant-tacacs-00.txt, October 1996 [8] C. Rigney, A. Rubens, W. A. Simpson, S. Willens. "Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)." draft-ietf-radius-radius-05.txt, Livingston, Merit, Daydreamer, July 1996. Appendix A: Acknowledgment Time-Outs L2TP uses sliding windows and time-outs to provide both user session flow-control across the underlying medium (which may be an internet- work) and to perform efficient data buffering to keep the LAC-LNS data channels full without causing receive buffer overflow. L2TP requires that a time-out be used to recover from dropped data or acknowledgment packets. The exact implementation of the time-out is vendor-specific. It is suggested that an adaptive time-out be imple- mented with backoff for congestion control. The time-out mechanism proposed here has the following properties: Independent time-outs for each session. A device (LAC or LNS) will have to maintain and calculate time-outs for every active session. An administrator-adjustable maximum time-out, MaxTimeOut, unique to each device. An adaptive time-out mechanism that compensates for changing throughput. To reduce packet processing overhead, vendors may choose not to recompute the adaptive time-out for every received acknowledgment. The result of this overhead reduction is that the time-out will not respond as quickly to rapid network changes. Timer backoff on time-out to reduce congestion. The backed-off timer value is limited by the configurable maximum time-out value. Timer backoff is done every time an acknowledgment time-out occurs. In general, this mechanism has the desirable behavior of quickly backing off upon a time-out and of slowly decreasing the time-out value as packets are delivered without time-outs. Some definitions: Packet Processing Delay, "PPD", is the amount of time required for Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 70]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 each peer to process the maximum amount of data buffered in their offered receive packet window. The PPD is the value exchanged between the LAC and LNS when a call is established. For the LNS, this number should be small. For an LAC supporting modem connec- tions, this number could be significant. "Sample" is the actual amount of time incurred receiving an acknowledgment for a packet. The Sample is measured, not calcu- lated. Round-Trip Time, "RTT", is the estimated round-trip time for an Acknowledgment to be received for a given transmitted packet. When the network link is a local network, this delay will be mini- mal (if not zero). When the network link is the Internet, this delay could be substantial and vary widely. RTT is adaptive: it will adjust to include the PPD and whatever shifting network delays contribute to the time between a packet being transmitted and receiving its acknowledgment. Adaptive Time-Out, "ATO", is the time that must elapse before an acknowledgment is considered lost. After a time-out, the sliding window is partially closed and the ATO is backed off. Packet Processing Delay (PPD) The PPD parameter is a 16-bit time value exchanged during the Call Control phase expressed in units of tenths of a second (64 means 6.4 seconds). The protocol only specifies that the parameter is exchanged, it does not specify how it is calculated. The way values for ATO are calculated is implementation-dependent and need not be variable (static time-outs are allowed). IF adaptive time-outs are to be used then the PPD should be exchanged in the call connect sequences. A possible way to calculate the PPD is: PPD = ((PPP_MAX_DATA_MTU - Header) * WindowSize * 8) / ConnectRate + LACFudge (for an LAC) or PPD = ((PPP_MAX_DATA_MTU - Header) * WindowSize * 8) / AvePathRate + LNSFudge (for an LNS) Header is the total size of the L2TP and media dependent headers. MTU is the overall MTU for the link between the LAC and LNS. Window- Size represents the number of packets in the sliding window, and is implementation-dependent. The latency of the underlying connection path between the LAC and LNS could be used to pick a window size suf- ficient to keep the current session's pipe full. The constant 8 con- verts octets to bits (assuming ConnectRate is in bits per second). If ConnectRate is in bytes per second, omit the 8. LACFudge and LNS- Fudge are not required but can be used to take overall processing overhead of the LAC or LNS into account. In the case of the computed PPD for an LNS, AvePathRate is the aver- age bit rate of the path between the LNS and LAC. Given that this number is probably very large and WindowSize is relatively small, Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 71]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 LNSFudge will be the dominant factor in the computation of PPD. It is recommended that the minimum value of PPD be on the order of 0.5 second. The value of PPD is used to seed the adaptive algorithm with the ini- tial RTT[n-1] value. A.1 Calculating Adaptive Acknowledgment Time-Out We still must decide how much time to allow for acknowledgments to return. If the time-out is set too high, we may wait an unnecessar- ily long time for dropped packets. If the time-out is too short, we may time out just before the acknowledgment arrives. The acknowledg- ment time-out should also be reasonable and responsive to changing network conditions. The suggested adaptive algorithm detailed below is based on the TCP 1989 implementation and is explained in Richard Steven's book TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 (page 300). 'n' means this iteration of the calculation, and 'n-1' refers to values from the last calculation. DIFF[n] = SAMPLE[n] - RTT[n-1] DEV[n] = DEV[n-1] + (beta * (|DIFF[n]| - DEV[n-1])) RTT[n] = RTT[n-1] + (alpha * DIFF[n]) ATO[n] = MIN (RTT[n] + (chi * DEV[n]), MaxTimeOut) DIFF represents the error between the last estimated round-trip time and the measured time. DIFF is calculated on each iteration. DEV is the estimated mean deviation. This approximates the stan- dard deviation. DEV is calculated on each iteration and stored for use in the next iteration. Initially, it is set to 0. RTT is the estimated round-trip time of an average packet. RTT is calculated on each iteration and stored for use in the next itera- tion. Initially, it is set to PPD. ATO is the adaptive time-out for the next transmitted packet. ATO is calculated on each iteration. Its value is limited, by the MIN function, to be a maximum of the configured MaxTimeOut value. Alpha is the gain for the average and is typically 1/8 (0.125). Beta is the gain for the deviation and is typically 1/4 (0.250). Chi is the gain for the time-out and is typically set to 4. To eliminate division operations for fractional gain elements, the entire set of equations can be scaled. With the suggested gain con- stants, they should be scaled by 8 to eliminate all division. To simplify calculations, all gain values are kept to powers of two so that shift operations can be used in place of multiplication or divi- sion. The above calculations are carried out each time an acknowl- edgment is received for a packet that was not retransmitted (no time- out occurs). Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 72]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 A.2 Congestion Control: Adjusting for Time-Out This section describes how the calculation of ATO is modified in the case where a time-out does occur. When a time-out occurs, the time- out value should be adjusted rapidly upward. Although L2TP payload packets are not retransmitted when a time-out occurs, the time-out should be adjusted up toward a maximum limit. To compensate for shifting internetwork time delays, a strategy must be employed to increase the time-out when it expires. A simple formula called Karn's Algorithm is used in TCP implementations and may be used in implementing the backoff timers for the LNS or the LAC. Notice that in addition to increasing the time-out, we also shrink the size of the window as described in the next section. Karn's timer backoff algorithm, as used in TCP, is: NewTIMEOUT = delta * TIMEOUT Adapted to our time-out calculations, for an interval in which a time-out occurs, the new time-out interval ATO is calculated as: RTT[n] = delta * RTT[n-1] DEV[n] = DEV[n-1] ATO[n] = MIN (RTT[n] + (chi * DEV[n]), MaxTimeOut) In this modified calculation of ATO, only the two values that con- tribute to ATO and that are stored for the next iteration are calcu- lated. RTT is scaled by delta, and DEV is unmodified. DIFF is not carried forward and is not used in this scenario. A value of 2 for Delta, the time-out gain factor for RTT, is suggested. Appendix B: Acknowledgment Time-Out and Window Adjustment B.1 Initial Window Size Although each side has indicated the maximum size of its receive win- dow, it is recommended that a slow start method be used to begin transmitting data. The initial window size on the transmitter is set to half the maximum size the receiver requested, with a minimum size of one packet. The transmitter stops sending packets when the number of packets awaiting acknowledgment is equal to the current window size. As the receiver successfully digests each window, the window size on the transmitter is bumped up by one packet until the maximum is reached. This method prevents a system from flooding an already congested network because no history has been established. When for any reason an LAC or LNS receives more data than it can queue for the tunnel, a packet must be discarded. In this case, it is recommended that a "random early discard" algorithm [6] be used rather than the obvious "drop last" algorithm. B.2 Closing the Window When a time-out does occur on a packet, the sender adjusts the size of the transmit window down to one half its value when it failed. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 73]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 Fractions are rounded up, and the minimum window size is one. B.3 Opening the Window With every successful transmission of a window's worth of packets without a time-out, the transmit window size is increased by one packet until it reaches the maximum window size that was sent by the other side when the call was connected. As stated earlier, no retransmission is done on a time-out. After a time-out, the trans- mission resumes with the window starting at one half the size of the transmit window when the time-out occurred and adjusting upward by one each time the transmit window is filled with packets that are all acknowledged without time-outs. B.4 Window Overflow When a receiver's window overflows with too many incoming packets, excess packets are thrown away. This situation should not arise if the sliding window procedures are being properly followed by the transmitter and receiver. It is assumed that, on the transmit side, packets are buffered for transmission and are no longer accepted from the packet source when the transmit buffer fills. Appendix C: Handling of out-of-order packets When the Sequence Number and Acknowledgment Number fields are present in payload packets, they are used to manage packet rate. In addi- tion, they may be used to handle out-of-order arrival of packets. A simple L2TP client would simply discard any packet other than a packet with a sequence greater than that last received; if packets 1, 2, 3 arrived as 1, 3, 2, this would result in packet 2 being dis- carded. Such behavior does not affect the L2TP protocol itself, but signifi- cantly improved throughput in such environments may be attained by queueing and reordering packets when they arrive out of order. The number of packets to be queued is a function of memory resources on the L2TP implementation, but should never be more than 1/4 of the total sequence number space (i.e., 16384 packets), to avoid aliasing. An implementation which queues packets in this way must also employ an algorithm for deciding that a given sequence number corresponds to a packet which is lost, rather than one which is out of order but still in transit. Such a decision would likely be based upon timing, buffering conditions, and packet arrival characteristics. The details of such a tradeoff are outside the scope of this specifica- tion, but it is recommended a packet should be afforded an interval at least twice the estimated RTT from the L2TP peer. Appendix D: Transport Layer Adaptive Time-outs and Window Adjustment Appendixes A, B, and C dealt with operation of the payload packet sessions of L2TP. This Appendix explains how these three algorithms pertain to the transport layer for L2TP control sessions. Appendix Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 74]
INTERNET DRAFT December 1996 B, Time-out Window Management, directly applies to the Transport Layer except in the case where a window size of 1 is being used. Appendix C, does not really apply because, for the Control Session, control messages MUST always be processed by the receiver in order. Also, there are no lost control packets because they are retransmit- ted by the L2TP Transport Layer. Thus, the main topic of this Appendix is how to adapt the example adaptive time-out algorithm of Appendix A to the Control Session Transport Layer. There are two main differences between the Control Session and pay- load sessions: 1) Unlike lost payload packets, lost control messages are retransmitted and 2) There is no Packet Processing Delay value provided in the control session setup messages. The latter affects the manner in which the initial value of the RTT estimate is deter- mined. The former really doesn't affect the algorithm at all, except that upon a time-out, retransmission of unacknowledged control mes- sages should be attempted, up to the number that fit in the sliding window with size computed as in Appendix B. Using the symbol definitions of Appendix A, the calculation of the value for the PPD of the remote peer can be estimated as: PPD = ((PPP_MAX_DATA_MTU - Header) * WindowSize * 8) / AvePathRate + Fudge This is simply the number of bits in a full control session window divided by the average speed of the path between the LAC and LNS with a fudge factor added on to make it work. In cases where the average rate of the connection between LAC and LNS isn't known, it is sug- gested that some value be configured that is associated with each possible peer. Because Control Session windows will most likely be small and the connection speed will be quite high, fudge will be the dominant factor in this calculation. For this reason, just configur- ing a single fixed initial PPD estimate to be used for all possible peers will probably provide adequate results. This fudge factor should probably be at least 0.5 second. Valencia expires May 1997 [Page 75]
