QUIC                                                             M. Duke
Internet-Draft                                         F5 Networks, Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track                                N. Banks
Expires: July 31, 2020                                         Microsoft
                                                        January 28, 2020


            QUIC-LB: Generating Routable QUIC Connection IDs
                   draft-ietf-quic-load-balancers-00

Abstract

   QUIC connection IDs allow continuation of connections across address/
   port 4-tuple changes, and can store routing information for stateless
   or low-state load balancers.  They also can prevent linkability of
   connections across deliberate address migration through the use of
   protected communications between client and server.  This creates
   issues for load-balancing intermediaries.  This specification
   standardizes methods for encoding routing information and proposes an
   optional protocol called QUIC-LB to exchange the parameters of that
   encoding.  This framework also enables offload of other QUIC
   functions to trusted intermediaries, given the explicit cooperation
   of the QUIC server.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Protocol Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.1.  Simplicity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.2.  Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.3.  Robustness to Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.4.  Load Balancer Chains  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   3.  First CID octet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.1.  Config Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.2.  Configuration Failover  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.3.  Length Self-Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  Routing Algorithms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.1.  Plaintext CID Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       4.1.1.  Load Balancer Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       4.1.2.  Server Actions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     4.2.  Obfuscated CID Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       4.2.1.  Load Balancer Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       4.2.2.  Server Actions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     4.3.  Stream Cipher CID Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       4.3.1.  Load Balancer Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       4.3.2.  Server Actions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     4.4.  Block Cipher CID Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       4.4.1.  Load Balancer Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       4.4.2.  Server Actions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   5.  Retry Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     5.1.  Common Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.2.  No-Shared-State Retry Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       5.2.1.  Service Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       5.2.2.  Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     5.3.  Shared-State Retry Service  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       5.3.1.  Service Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       5.3.2.  Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   6.  Configuration Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   7.  Protocol Description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     7.1.  Out of band sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     7.2.  QUIC-LB Message Exchange  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     7.3.  QUIC-LB Packet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     7.4.  Message Types and Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23



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       7.4.1.  ACK_LB Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       7.4.2.  FAIL Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       7.4.3.  ROUTING_INFO Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       7.4.4.  STREAM_CID Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
       7.4.5.  BLOCK_CID Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
       7.4.6.  SERVER_ID Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
       7.4.7.  MODULUS Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
       7.4.8.  PLAINTEXT Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
       7.4.9.  RETRY_SERVICE_STATELESS message . . . . . . . . . . .  28
       7.4.10. RETRY_SERVICE_STATEFUL message  . . . . . . . . . . .  28
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     8.1.  Outside attackers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     8.2.  Inside Attackers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   9.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   10. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     10.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
     10.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
   Appendix B.  Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
     B.1.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-06 . . . . . . . . .  30
     B.2.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-05 . . . . . . . . .  30
     B.3.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-04 . . . . . . . . .  30
     B.4.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-03 . . . . . . . . .  31
     B.5.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-02 . . . . . . . . .  31
     B.6.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-01 . . . . . . . . .  31
     B.7.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-00 . . . . . . . . .  31
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31

1.  Introduction

   QUIC packets usually contain a connection ID to allow endpoints to
   associate packets with different address/port 4-tuples to the same
   connection context.  This feature makes connections robust in the
   event of NAT rebinding.  QUIC endpoints usually designate the
   connection ID which peers use to address packets.  Server-generated
   connection IDs create a potential need for out-of-band communication
   to support QUIC.

   QUIC allows servers (or load balancers) to designate an initial
   connection ID to encode useful routing information for load
   balancers.  It also encourages servers, in packets protected by
   cryptography, to provide additional connection IDs to the client.
   This allows clients that know they are going to change IP address or
   port to use a separate connection ID on the new path, thus reducing
   linkability as clients move through the world.

   There is a tension between the requirements to provide routing
   information and mitigate linkability.  Ultimately, because new



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   connection IDs are in protected packets, they must be generated at
   the server if the load balancer does not have access to the
   connection keys.  However, it is the load balancer that has the
   context necessary to generate a connection ID that encodes useful
   routing information.  In the absence of any shared state between load
   balancer and server, the load balancer must maintain a relatively
   expensive table of server-generated connection IDs, and will not
   route packets correctly if they use a connection ID that was
   originally communicated in a protected NEW_CONNECTION_ID frame.

   This specification provides a method of coordination between QUIC
   servers and low-state load balancers to support connection IDs that
   encode routing information.  It describes desirable properties of a
   solution, and then specifies a protocol that provides those
   properties.  This protocol supports multiple encoding schemes that
   increase in complexity as they address paths between load balancer
   and server with weaker trust dynamics.

   Aside from load balancing, a QUIC server may also desire to offload
   other protocol functions to trusted intermediaries.  These
   intermediaries might include hardware assist on the server host
   itself, without access to fully decrypted QUIC packets.  For example,
   this document specifies a means of offloading stateless retry to
   counter Denial of Service attacks.  It also proposes a system for
   self-encoding connection ID length in all packets, so that crypto
   offload can consistently look up key information.

1.1.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

   In this document, these words will appear with that interpretation
   only when in ALL CAPS.  Lower case uses of these words are not to be
   interpreted as carrying significance described in RFC 2119.

   In this document, "client" and "server" refer to the endpoints of a
   QUIC connection unless otherwise indicated.  A "load balancer" is an
   intermediary for that connection that does not possess QUIC
   connection keys, but it may rewrite IP addresses or conduct other IP
   or UDP processing.

   Note that stateful load balancers that act as proxies, by terminating
   a QUIC connection with the client and then retrieving data from the
   server using QUIC or another protocol, are treated as a server with
   respect to this specification.




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   When discussing security threats to QUIC-LB, we distinguish between
   "inside observers" and "outside observers."  The former lie on the
   path between the load balancer and server, which often but not always
   lies inside the server's data center or cloud deployment.  Outside
   observers are on the path between the load balancer and client.
   "Off-path" attackers, though not on any data path, may also be
   "inside" or "outside" depending on whether not they have network
   access to the server without intermediation by the load balancer and/
   or other security devices.

2.  Protocol Objectives

2.1.  Simplicity

   QUIC is intended to provide unlinkability across connection
   migration, but servers are not required to provide additional
   connection IDs that effectively prevent linkability.  If the
   coordination scheme is too difficult to implement, servers behind
   load balancers using connection IDs for routing will use trivially
   linkable connection IDs.  Clients will therefore be forced choose
   between terminating the connection during migration or remaining
   linkable, subverting a design objective of QUIC.

   The solution should be both simple to implement and require little
   additional infrastructure for cryptographic keys, etc.

2.2.  Security

   In the limit where there are very few connections to a pool of
   servers, no scheme can prevent the linking of two connection IDs with
   high probability.  In the opposite limit, where all servers have many
   connections that start and end frequently, it will be difficult to
   associate two connection IDs even if they are known to map to the
   same server.

   QUIC-LB is relevant in the region between these extremes: when the
   information that two connection IDs map to the same server is helpful
   to linking two connection IDs.  Obviously, any scheme that
   transparently communicates this mapping to outside observers
   compromises QUIC's defenses against linkability.

   However, concealing this mapping from inside observers is beyond the
   scope of QUIC-LB.  By simply observing Link-Layer and/or Network-
   Layer addresses of packets containing distinct connection IDs, it is
   trivial to determine that they map to the same server, even if
   connection IDs are entirely random and do not encode routing
   information.  Schemes that conceal these addresses (e.g., IPsec) can
   also conceal QUIC-LB messages.



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   Inside observers are generally able to mount Denial of Service (DoS)
   attacks on QUIC connections regardless of Connection ID schemes.
   However, QUIC-LB should protect against Denial of Service due to
   inside off-path attackers in cases where such attackers are possible.

   Though not an explicit goal of the QUIC-LB design, concealing the
   server mapping also complicates attempts to focus attacks on a
   specific server in the pool.

2.3.  Robustness to Middleboxes

   The path between load balancer and server may pass through
   middleboxes that could drop the coordination messages in this
   protocol.  It is therefore advantageous to make messages resemble
   QUIC traffic as much as possible, as any viable path must obviously
   admit QUIC traffic.

2.4.  Load Balancer Chains

   While it is possible to construct a scheme that supports multiple
   low-state load balancers in the path, by using different parts of the
   connection ID to encode routing information for each load balancer,
   this use case is out of scope for QUIC-LB.

3.  First CID octet

   The first octet of a Connection ID is reserved for two special
   purposes, one mandatory (config rotation) and one optional (length
   self-description).

   Subsequent sections of this document refer to the contents of this
   octet as the "first octet."

3.1.  Config Rotation

   The first two bits of any connection-ID MUST encode the configuration
   phase of that ID.  QUIC-LB messages indicate the phase of the
   algorithm and parameters that they encode.

   A new configuration may change one or more parameters of the old
   configuration, or change the algorithm used.

   It is possible for servers to have mutually exclusive sets of
   supported algorithms, or for a transition from one algorithm to
   another to result in Fail Payloads.  The four states encoded in these
   two bits allow two mutually exclusive server pools to coexist, and
   for each of them to transition to a new set of parameters.




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   When new configuration is distributed to servers, there will be a
   transition period when connection IDs reflecting old and new
   configuration coexist in the network.  The rotation bits allow load
   balancers to apply the correct routing algorithm and parameters to
   incoming packets.

   Servers MUST NOT generate new connection IDs using an old
   configuration when it has sent an Ack payload for a new
   configuration.

   Load balancers SHOULD NOT use a codepoint to represent a new
   configuration until it takes precautions to make sure that all
   connections using IDs with an old configuration at that codepoint
   have closed or transitioned.  They MAY drop connection IDs with the
   old configuration after a reasonable interval to accelerate this
   process.

3.2.  Configuration Failover

   If a server is configured to expect QUIC-LB messages, and it has not
   received these, it MUST generate connection IDs with the config
   rotation bits set to '11' and MUST use the "disable_migration"
   transport parameter in all new QUIC connections.  It MUST NOT send
   NEW_CONNECTION_ID frames with new values.

   A load balancer that sees a connection ID with config rotation bits
   set to '11' MUST revert to 5-tuple routing.

3.3.  Length Self-Description

   Local hardware cryptographic offload devices may accelerate QUIC
   servers by receiving keys from the QUIC implementation indexed to the
   connection ID.  However, on physical devices operating multiple QUIC
   servers, it is impractical to efficiently lookup these keys if the
   connection ID does not self-encode its own length.

   Note that this is a function of particular server devices and is
   irrelevant to load balancers.  As such, it is not negotiated between
   servers and load balancers.  However, the remaining 6 bits in the
   first octet of the Connection ID are reserved to express the length
   of the following connection ID, not including the first octet.

   A server not using this functionality SHOULD make the six bits appear
   to be random.







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4.  Routing Algorithms

   In QUIC-LB, load balancers do not generate individual connection IDs
   to servers.  Instead, they communicate the parameters of an algorithm
   to generate routable connection IDs.

   The algorithms differ in the complexity of configuration at both load
   balancer and server.  Increasing complexity improves obfuscation of
   the server mapping.

   As clients sometimes generate the DCIDs in long headers, these might
   not conform to the expectations of the routing algorithm.  These are
   called "non-compliant DCIDs":

   o  The DCID might not be long enough for the routing algorithm to
      process.

   o  The extracted server mapping might not correspond to an active
      server.

   o  A field that should be all zeroes after decryption may not be so.

   Load balancers MUST forward packets with long headers with non-
   compliant DCIDs to an active server using an algorithm of its own
   choosing.  It need not coordinate this algorithm with the servers.
   The algorithm SHOULD be deterministic over short time scales so that
   related packets go to the same server.  For example, a non-compliant
   DCID might be converted to an integer and divided by the number of
   servers, with the modulus used to forward the packet.  The number of
   servers is usually consistent on the time scale of a QUIC connection
   handshake.

   Load balancers SHOULD drop packets with non-compliant DCIDs in a
   short header.

   Load balancers MUST forward packets with compliant DCIDs to a server
   in accordance with the chosen routing algorithm.

   The load balancer MUST NOT make the routing behavior dependent on any
   bits in the first octet of the QUIC packet header, except the first
   bit, which indicates a long header.  All other bits are QUIC version-
   dependent and intermediaries should not build their design on
   version-specific templates.

   There are situations where a server pool might be operating two or
   more routing algorithms or parameter sets simultaneously.  The load
   balancer uses the first two bits of the connection ID to multiplex
   incoming DCIDs over these schemes.



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   This section describes two participants: the load balancer and the
   server.  The load balancer, in this description, generates
   configuration parameters.  Note that in practice a third party
   configuration agent MAY assume this responsibility.

4.1.  Plaintext CID Algorithm

   The Plaintext CID Algorithm makes no attempt to obscure the mapping
   of connections to servers, significantly increasing linkability.  The
   format is depicted in the figure below.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  First octet  |             Server ID (X=8..152)              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        Any (0..152-X)                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                      Figure 1: Plaintext CID Format

4.1.1.  Load Balancer Actions

   The load balancer selects a number of bytes of the server connection
   ID (SCID) that it will use to route to a given server, called the
   "routing bytes".  The number of bytes MUST have enough entropy to
   have a different code point for each server.

   The load balancer shares this value with servers, as explained in
   Section 7, along with the value that represents that server.

   On each incoming packet, the load balancer extracts consecutive
   octets, beginning with the second byte.  These bytes represent the
   server ID.

4.1.2.  Server Actions

   The server chooses a connection ID length.  This MUST be at least one
   byte longer than the routing bytes.

   When a server needs a new connection ID, it encodes its assigned
   server ID in consecutive octets beginning with the second.  All other
   bits in the connection ID, except for the first octet, MAY be set to
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4.2.  Obfuscated CID Algorithm

   The Obfuscated CID Algorithm makes an attempt to obscure the mapping
   of connections to servers to reduce linkability, while not requiring
   true encryption and decryption.  The format is depicted in the figure
   below.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  First octet  |  Mixed routing and non-routing bits (64..152) |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                      Figure 2: Obfuscated CID Format

4.2.1.  Load Balancer Actions

   The load balancer selects an arbitrary set of bits of the server
   connection ID (SCID) that it will use to route to a given server,
   called the "routing bits".  The number of bits MUST have enough
   entropy to have a different code point for each server, and SHOULD
   have enough entropy so that there are many codepoints for each
   server.

   The load balancer MUST NOT select a routing mask with more than 136
   routing bits set to 1, which allows for the first octet and up to 2
   octets for server purposes in a maximum-length connection ID.

   The load balancer selects a divisor that MUST be larger than the
   number of servers.  It SHOULD be large enough to accommodate
   reasonable increases in the number of servers.  The divisor MUST be
   an odd integer so certain addition operations do not always produce
   an even number.

   The load balancer also assigns each server a "modulus", an integer
   between 0 and the divisor minus 1.  These MUST be unique for each
   server, and SHOULD be distributed across the entire number space
   between zero and the divisor.

   The load balancer shares these three values with servers, as
   explained in Section 7.

   Upon receipt of a QUIC packet, the load balancer extracts the
   selected bits of the SCID and expresses them as an unsigned integer
   of that length.  The load balancer then divides the result by the
   chosen divisor.  The modulus of this operation maps to the modulus
   for the destination server.




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   Note that any SCID that contains a server's modulus, plus an
   arbitrary integer multiple of the divisor, in the routing bits is
   routable to that server regardless of the contents of the non-routing
   bits.  Outside observers that do not know the divisor or the routing
   bits will therefore have difficulty identifying that two SCIDs route
   to the same server.

   Note also that not all Connection IDs are necessarily routable, as
   the computed modulus may not match one assigned to any server.  These
   DCIDs are non-compliant as described above.

4.2.2.  Server Actions

   The server chooses a connection ID length.  This MUST contain all of
   the routing bits and MUST be at least 9 octets to provide adequate
   entropy.

   When a server needs a new connection ID, it adds an arbitrary
   nonnegative integer multiple of the divisor to its modulus, without
   exceeding the maximum integer value implied by the number of routing
   bits.  The choice of multiple should appear random within these
   constraints.

   The server encodes the result in the routing bits.  It MAY put any
   other value into bits that used neither for routing nor config
   rotation.  These bits SHOULD appear random to observers.

4.3.  Stream Cipher CID Algorithm

   The Stream Cipher CID algorithm provides true cryptographic
   protection, rather than mere obfuscation, at the cost of additional
   per-packet processing at the load balancer to decrypt every incoming
   connection ID.  The CID format is depicted below.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  First Octet  |            Nonce (X=64..144)                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Encrypted Server ID (Y=8..152-X)              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                   For server use (0..152-X-Y)                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                    Figure 3: Stream Cipher CID Format






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4.3.1.  Load Balancer Actions

   The load balancer assigns a server ID to every server in its pool,
   and determines a server ID length (in octets) sufficiently large to
   encode all server IDs, including potential future servers.

   The load balancer also selects a nonce length and an 16-octet AES-ECB
   key to use for connection ID decryption.  The nonce length MUST be at
   least 8 octets and no more than 16 octets.  The nonce length and
   server ID length MUST sum to 19 or fewer octets.

   The load balancer shares these three values with servers, as
   explained in Section 7.

   Upon receipt of a QUIC packet that is not of type Initial or 0-RTT,
   the load balancer extracts as many of the earliest octets from the
   destination connection ID as necessary to match the nonce length.
   The server ID immediately follows.

   The load balancer decrypts the server ID using 128-bit AES Electronic
   Codebook (ECB) mode, much like QUIC header protection.  The nonce
   octets are zero-padded to 16 octets.  AES-ECB encrypts this nonce
   using its key to generate a mask which it applies to the encrypted
   server id.

   server_id = encrypted_server_id ^ AES-ECB(key, padded-nonce)

   For example, if the nonce length is 10 octets and the server ID
   length is 2 octets, the connection ID can be as small as 13 octets.
   The load balancer uses the the second through eleventh of the
   connection ID for the nonce, zero-pads it to 16 octets using the
   first 6 octets of the token, and uses this to decrypt the server ID
   in the twelfth and thirteenth octet.

   The output of the decryption is the server ID that the load balancer
   uses for routing.

4.3.2.  Server Actions

   When generating a routable connection ID, the server writes arbitrary
   bits into its nonce octets, and its provided server ID into the
   server ID octets.  Servers MAY opt to have a longer connection ID
   beyond the nonce and server ID.  The nonce and additional bits MAY
   encode additional information, but SHOULD appear essentially random
   to observers.

   The server decrypts the server ID using 128-bit AES Electronic
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   octets are zero-padded to 16 octets using the as many of the first
   octets of the token as necessary.  AES-ECB encrypts this nonce using
   its key to generate a mask which it applies to the server id.

   encrypted_server_id = server_id ^ AES-ECB(key, padded-nonce)

4.4.  Block Cipher CID Algorithm

   The Block Cipher CID Algorithm, by using a full 16 octets of
   plaintext and a 128-bit cipher, provides higher cryptographic
   protection and detection of non-compliant connection IDs.  However,
   it also requires connection IDs of at least 17 octets, increasing
   overhead of client-to-server packets.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  First octet  |       Encrypted server ID (X=8..144)          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Encrypted Zero Padding (Y=0..144-X)               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |           Encrypted bits for server use (144-X-Y)             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |           Unencrypted bits for server use (0..24)             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                     Figure 4: Block Cipher CID Format

4.4.1.  Load Balancer Actions

   The load balancer assigns a server ID to every server in its pool,
   and determines a server ID length (in octets) sufficiently large to
   encode all server IDs, including potential future servers.  The
   server ID will start in the second octet of the decrypted connection
   ID and occupy continuous octets beyond that.

   The load balancer selects a zero-padding length.  This SHOULD be at
   least four octets to allow detection of non-compliant DCIDs.  The
   server ID and zero- padding length MUST sum to no more than 16
   octets.  They SHOULD sum to no more than 12 octets, to provide
   servers adequate space to encode their own opaque data.

   The load balancer also selects an 16-octet AES-ECB key to use for
   connection ID decryption.

   The load balancer shares these four values with servers, as explained
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   Upon receipt of a QUIC packet that is not of type Initial or 0-RTT,
   the load balancer reads the first octet to obtain the config rotation
   bits.  It then decrypts the subsequent 16 octets using AES-ECB
   decryption and the chosen key.

   The decrypted plaintext contains the server id, zero padding, and
   opaque server data in that order.  The load balancer uses the server
   ID octets for routing.

4.4.2.  Server Actions

   When generating a routable connection ID, the server MUST choose a
   connection ID length between 17 and 20 octets.  The server writes its
   provided server ID into the server ID octets, zeroes into the zero-
   padding octets, and arbitrary bits into the remaining bits.  These
   arbitrary bits MAY encode additional information.  Bits in the first,
   eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth octets SHOULD appear
   essentially random to observers.  The first octet is reserved as
   described in Section 3.

   The server then encrypts the second through seventeenth octets using
   the 128-bit AES-ECB cipher.

5.  Retry Service

   When a server is under load, QUICv1 allows it to defer storage of
   connection state until the client proves it can receive packets at
   its advertised IP address.  Through the use of a Retry packet, a
   token in subsequent client Initial packets, and the
   original_connection_id transport parameter, servers verify address
   ownership and clients verify that there is no "man in the middle"
   generating Retry packets.

   As a trusted Retry Service is literally a "man in the middle," the
   service must communicate the original_connection_id back to the
   server so that in can pass client verification.  It also must either
   verify the address itself (with the server trusting this
   verification) or make sure there is common context for the server to
   verify the address using a service-generated token.

   There are two different mechanisms to allow offload of DoS mitigation
   to a trusted network service.  One requires no shared state; the
   server need only be configured to trust a retry service, though this
   imposes other operational constraints.  The other requires shared
   key, but has no such constraints.

   Retry services MUST forward all non-Initial QUIC packets, as well as
   Initial packets from the server.



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5.1.  Common Requirements

   Regardless of mechanism, a retry service has an active mode, where it
   is generating Retry packets, and an inactive mode, where it is not,
   based on its assessment of server load and the likelihood an attack
   is underway.  The choice of mode MAY be made on a per-packet basis,
   through a stochastic process or based on client address.

   A retry service MUST forward all packets for a QUIC version it does
   not understand.  Note that if servers support versions the retry
   service does not, this may unacceptably increase loads on the
   servers.  However, dropping these packets would introduce chokepoints
   to block deployment of new QUIC versions.  Note that future versions
   of QUIC might not have Retry packets, or require different
   information.

5.2.  No-Shared-State Retry Service

   The no-shared-state retry service requires no coordination, except
   that the server must be configured to accept this service.  The
   scheme uses the first bit of the token to distinguish between tokens
   from Retry packets (codepoint '0') and tokens from NEW_TOKEN frames
   (codepoint '1').

5.2.1.  Service Requirements

   A no-shared-state retry service MUST be present on all paths from
   potential clients to the server.  These paths MUST fail to pass QUIC
   traffic should the service fail for any reason.  That is, if the
   service is not operational, the server MUST NOT be exposed to client
   traffic.  Otherwise, servers that have already disabled their Retry
   capability would be vulnerable to attack.

   The path between service and server MUST be free of any potential
   attackers.  Note that this and other requirements above severely
   restrict the operational conditions in which a no-shared-state retry
   service can safely operate.

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   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |0| ODCIL (7) |  Original Destination Connection ID (0..160)    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |           Original Destination Connection ID (...)            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   ...
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Opaque Data (variable)                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

         Figure 5: Format of non-shared-state retry service tokens

   The first bit of retry tokens generated by the service must be zero.
   The token has the following additional fields:

   ODCIL: The length of the original destination connection ID from the
   triggering Initial packet.  This is in cleartext to be readable for
   the server, but authenticated later in the token.

   Original Destination Connection ID: This also in cleartext and
   authenticated later.

   Opaque Data: This data MUST contain encrypted information that allows
   the retry service to validate the client's IP address, in accordance
   with the QUIC specification.  It MUST also encode a secure hash of
   the original destination connection ID field to verify that this
   field has not been edited.

   Upon receipt of an Initial packet with a token that begins with '0',
   the retry service MUST validate the token in accordance with the QUIC
   specification.  It must also verify that the secure hash of the
   Connect ID is correct.  If incorrect, the token is invalid.

   In active mode, the service MUST issue Retry packets for all Client
   initial packets that contain no token, or a token that has the first
   bit set to '1'.  It MUST NOT forward the packet to the server.  The
   service MUST validate all tokens with the first bit set to '0'.  If
   successful, the service MUST forward the packet with the token
   intact.  If unsuccessful, it MUST drop the packet.

   Note that this scheme has a performance drawback.  When the retry
   service is in active mode, clients with a token from a NEW_TOKEN
   frame will suffer a 1-RTT penalty even though it has proof of address
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   In inactive mode, the service MUST forward all packets that have no
   token or a token with the first bit set to '1'.  It MUST validate all
   tokens with the first bit set to '0'.  If successful, the service
   MUST forward the packet with the token intact.  If unsuccessful, it
   MUST either drop the packet or forward it with the token removed.
   The latter requires decryption and re-encryption of the entire
   Initial packet to avoid authentication failure.  Forwarding the
   packet causes the server to respond without the
   original_connection_id transport parameter, which preserves the
   normal QUIC signal to the client that there is an unauthorized man in
   the middle.

5.2.2.  Server Requirements

   A server behind a non-shared-state retry service MUST NOT send Retry
   packets.

   Tokens sent in NEW_TOKEN frames MUST have the first bit be set to
   '1'.

   If a server receives an Initial Packet with the first bit set to '1',
   it could be from a server-generated NEW_TOKEN frame and should be
   processed in accordance with the QUIC specification.  If a server
   receives an Initial Packet with the first bit to '0', it is a Retry
   token and the server MUST NOT attempt to validate it.  Instead, it
   MUST assume the address is validated and MUST extract the Original
   Destination Connection ID, assuming the format described in
   Section 5.2.1.

5.3.  Shared-State Retry Service

   A shared-state retry service uses a shared key, so that the server
   can decode the service's retry tokens.  It does not require that all
   traffic pass through the Retry service, so servers MAY send Retry
   packets in response to Initial packets that don't include a valid
   token.

   Both server and service must have access to Universal time, though
   tight synchronization is not necessary.

   All tokens, generated by either the server or retry service, MUST use
   the following format.  This format is the cleartext version.  On the
   wire, these fields are encrypted using an AES-ECB cipher and the
   token key.  If the token is not a multiple of 16 octets, the last
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   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    ODCIL    |   Original Destination Connection ID (0..160)   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             ...                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +                      Client IP Address (128)                  +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                         date-time (160)                       |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Opaque Data (optional)                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

          Figure 6: Cleartext format of shared-state retry tokens

   The tokens have the following fields:

   ODCIL: The original destination connection ID length.  Tokens in
   NEW_TOKEN frames SHOULD set this field to zero.

   Original Destination Connection ID: This is copied from the field in
   the client Initial packet.

   Client IP Address: The source IP address from the triggering Initial
   packet.  The client IP address is 16 octets.  If an IPv4 address, the
   last 12 octets are zeroes.

   date-time: The date-time string is a total of 20 octets and encodes
   the time the token was generated.  The format of date-time is
   described in Section 5.6 of [RFC3339].  This ASCII field MUST use the
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   Opaque Data: The server may use this field to encode additional
   information, such as congestion window, RTT, or MTU.  Opaque data
   SHOULD also allow servers to distinguish between retry tokens (which
   trigger use of the original_connection_id transport parameter) and
   NEW_TOKEN frame tokens.

5.3.1.  Service Requirements

   The service MUST share a "token key" with all supported servers.

   When in active mode, the service MUST generate Retry tokens with the
   format described above when it receives a client Initial packet with
   no token.

   In active mode, the service SHOULD decrypt incoming tokens.  The
   service SHOULD drop packets with an IP address that does not match,
   and SHOULD forward packets that do, regardless of the other fields.

   In inactive mode, the service SHOULD forward all packets to the
   server so that the server can issue an up-to-date token to the
   client.

5.3.2.  Server Requirements

   The server MUST validate all tokens that arrive in Initial packets,
   as they may have bypassed the Retry service.  It SHOULD use the date-
   time field to apply its expiration limits for tokens.  This need not
   be synchronized with the retry service.  However, servers MAY allow
   retry tokens marked as being a few seconds in the future, due to
   possible clock synchronization issues.

   A server MUST NOT send a Retry packet in response to an Initial
   packet that contains a retry token.

6.  Configuration Requirements

   QUIC-LB strives to minimize the configuration load to enable, as much
   as possible, a "plug-and-play" model.  However, there are some
   configuration requirements based on algorithm and protocol choices
   above.

   If there is any in-band communication, servers MUST be explicitly
   configured with the token of the load balancer they expect to
   interface with.

   The load balancer and server MUST agree on a routing algorithm and
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   For Plaintext CID Routing, this consists of the Server ID and the
   routing bytes.  The Server ID is unique to each server, and the
   routing bytes are global.

   For Obfuscated CID Routing, this consists of the Routing Bits,
   Divisor, and Modulus.  The Modulus is unique to each server, but the
   others MUST be global.

   For Stream Cipher CID Routing, this consists of the Server ID, Server
   ID Length, Key, and Nonce Length.  The Server ID is unique to each
   server, but the others MUST be global.  The authentication token MUST
   be distributed out of band for this algorithm to operate.

   For Block Cipher CID Routing, this consists of the Server ID, Server
   ID Length, Key, and Zero-Padding Length.  The Server ID is unique to
   each server, but the others MUST be global.

   A full QUIC-LB configuration MUST also specify the information
   content of the first CID octet and the presence and mode of any Retry
   Service.

   The following pseudocode depicts the data items necessary to store a
   full QUIC-LB configuration at the server.  It is meant to describe
   the conceptual range and not specify the presentation of such
   configuration in an internet packet.  The comments signify the range
   of acceptable values where applicable.

























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   uint2    config_rotation_bits;
   enum     { in_band_config, out_of_band_config } config_method;
   select (config_method) {
       case in_band_config: uint64 config_token;
       case out_of_band_config: null;
   } config-method
   boolean  first_octet_encodes_cid_length;
   enum     { none, non_shared_state, shared_state } retry_service;
   select (retry_service) {
       case none: null;
       case non_shared_state: null;
       case shared_state: uint8 key[16];
   } retry_service_config;
   enum     { none, plaintext, obfuscated, stream_cipher, block_cipher }
                     routing_algorithm;
   select (routing_algorithm) {
       case none: null;
       case plaintext: struct {
           uint8 server_id_length; /* 1..19 */
           uint8 server_id[server_id_length];
       } plaintext_config;
       case obfuscated: struct {
           uint8  routing_bit_mask[19];
           uint16 divisor; /* Must be odd */
           uint16 modulus; /* 0..(divisor - 1) */
       } obfuscated_config;
       case stream_cipher: struct {
           uint8  nonce_length; /* 8..16 */
           uint8  server_id_length; /* 1..(19 - nonce_length) */
           uint8  server_id[server_id_length];
           uint8  key[16];
       } stream_cipher_config;
       case block_cipher: struct {
           uint8  server_id_length;
           uint8  zero_padding_length; /* 0..(16 - server_id_length) */
           uint8  server_id[server_id_length];
           uint8  key[16];
       } block_cipher_config;
  } routing_algorithm_config;

   This specification allows for out-of-band dissemination of this
   configuration items, but also provides an in-band method for
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7.  Protocol Description

   There are multiple means of configuration that correspond to
   differing deployment models and increasing levels of concern about
   the security of the load balancer-server path.

7.1.  Out of band sharing

   When there are concerns about the integrity of the path between load
   balancer and server, operators MAY share routing information using an
   out-of-band technique, which is out of the scope of this
   specification.

   To simplify configuration, the global parameters can be shared out-
   of-band, while the load balancer sends the unique server IDs via the
   truncated message formats presented below.

7.2.  QUIC-LB Message Exchange

   QUIC-LB load balancers and servers exchange messages via the QUIC-
   LBv1 protocol, which uses the QUIC invariants with version number
   0xF1000000.  The QUIC-LB load balancers send the encoding parameters
   to servers and periodically retransmit until that server responds
   with an acknowledgement.  Specifics of this retransmission are
   implementation-dependent.

7.3.  QUIC-LB Packet

   A QUIC-LB packet uses a long header.  It carries configuration
   information from the load balancer and acknowledgements from the
   servers.  They are sent when a load balancer boots up, detects a new
   server in the pool or needs to update the server configuration.



















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   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|C R| Reserved|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        Version (32)                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  0x00 | 0x00  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                  Authentication Token (64)                    +
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Message Type  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                      Figure 7: QUIC-LB Packet Format

   The Version field allows QUIC-LB to use the Version Negotiation
   mechanism.  All messages in this specification are specific to QUIC-
   LBv1.  It should be set to 0xF1000000.

   Load balancers MUST cease sending QUIC-LB packets of this version to
   a server when that server sends a Version Negotiation packet that
   does not advertise the version.

   The length of the DCIL and SCIL fields are 0x00.

   CR The 2-bit CR field indicates the Config Rotation described in
      Section 3.1.

   Authentication Token  The Authentication Token is an 8-byte field
      that both entities obtain at configuration time.  It is used to
      verify that the sender is not an inside off-path attacker.
      Servers and load balancers SHOULD silently discard QUIC-LB packets
      with an incorrect token.

   Message Type  The Message Type indicates the type of message payload
      that follows the QUIC-LB header.

7.4.  Message Types and Formats

   As described in Section 7.3, QUIC-LB packets contain a single
   message.  This section describes the format and semantics of the
   QUIC-LB message types.






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7.4.1.  ACK_LB Message

   A server uses the ACK_LB message (type=0x00) to acknowledge a QUIC-LB
   packet received from the load balancer.  The ACK-LB message has no
   additional payload beyond the QUIC-LB packet header.

   Load balancers SHOULD continue to retransmit a QUIC-LB packet until a
   valid ACK_LB message, FAIL message or Version Negotiation Packet is
   received from the server.

7.4.2.  FAIL Message

   A server uses the FAIL message (type=0x01) to indicate the
   configuration received from the load balancer is unsupported.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Supp. Type  |  Supp. Type   |  ...
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Servers MUST send a FAIL message upon receipt of a message type which
   they do not support, or if they do not possess all of the implied
   out-of-band configuration to support a particular message type.

   The payload of the FAIL message consists of a list of all the message
   types supported by the server.

   Upon receipt of a FAIL message, Load Balancers MUST either send a
   QUIC-LB message the server supports or remove the server from the
   server pool.

7.4.3.  ROUTING_INFO Message

   A load balancer uses the ROUTING_INFO message (type=0x02) to exchange
   all the parameters for the Obfuscated CID algorithm.















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   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +                       Routing Bit Mask (152)                  +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |         Modulus (16)          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |         Divisor (16)          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Routing Bit Mask  The Routing Bit Mask encodes a '1' at every bit
      position in the server connection ID that will encode routing
      information.

   These bits, along with the Modulus and Divisor, are chosen by the
   load balancer as described in Section 4.2.

7.4.4.  STREAM_CID Message

   A load balancer uses the STREAM_CID message (type=0x03) to exchange
   all the parameters for using Stream Cipher CIDs.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Nonce Len (8) |    SIDL (8)   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Server ID (variable)                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                             Key (128)                         +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                       Figure 8: Stream CID Payload

   Nonce Len  The Nonce Len field is a one-octet unsigned integer that
      describes the nonce length necessary to use this routing
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   SIDL  The SIDL field is a one-octet unsigned integer that describes
      the server ID length necessary to use this routing algorithm, in
      octets.

   Server ID  The Server ID is the unique value assigned to the
      receiving server.  Its length is determined by the SIDL field.

   Key  The Key is an 16-octet field that contains the key that the load
      balancer will use to decrypt server IDs on QUIC packets.  See
      Section 8 to understand why sending keys in plaintext may be a
      safe strategy.

7.4.5.  BLOCK_CID Message

   A load balancer uses the BLOCK_CID message (type=0x04) to exchange
   all the parameters for using Stream Cipher CIDs.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   ZP Len (8)  |    SIDL (8)   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Server ID (variable)                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                             Key (128)                         +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                        Figure 9: Block CID Payload

   ZP Len  The ZP Len field is a one-octet unsigned integer that
      describes the zero-padding length necessary to use this routing
      algorithm, in octets.

   SIDL  The SIDL field is a one-octet unsigned integer that describes
      the server ID length necessary to use this routing algorithm, in
      octets.

   Server ID  The Server ID is the unique value assigned to the
      receiving server.  Its length is determined by the SIDL field.

   Key  The Key is an 16-octet field that contains the key that the load
      balancer will use to decrypt server IDs on QUIC packets.  See
      Section 8 to understand why sending keys in plaintext may be a
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7.4.6.  SERVER_ID Message

   A load balancer uses the SERVER_ID message (type=0x05) to exchange
   explicit server IDs.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    SIDL (8)   |       Server ID (variable)    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Load balancers send the SERVER_ID message when all global values for
   Stream or Block CIDs are sent out-of-band, so that only the server-
   unique values must be sent in-band.  It also provides all necessary
   paramters for Plaintext CIDs.  The fields are identical to their
   counterparts in the Section 7.4.4 payload.

7.4.7.  MODULUS Message

   A load balancer uses the MODULUS message (type=0x06) to exchange just
   the modulus used in the Obfuscated CID algorithm.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |           Modulus (16)        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Load balancers send the MODULUS when all global values for Obfuscated
   CIDs are sent out-of-band, so that only the server-unique values must
   be sent in-band.  The Modulus field is identical to its counterpart
   in the ROUTING_INFO message.

7.4.8.  PLAINTEXT Message

   A load balancer uses the PLAINTEXT message (type=0x07) to exchange
   all parameters needed for the Plaintext CID algorithm.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   SIDL (8)  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                      Server ID (variable)                     +
   |                                                               |
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   The SIDL field indicates the length of the server ID field.  The
   Server ID field indicates the encoding that represents the
   destination server.

7.4.9.  RETRY_SERVICE_STATELESS message

   A no-shared-state retry service uses this message (type=0x08) to
   notify the server of the existence of this service.  This message has
   no fields.

7.4.10.  RETRY_SERVICE_STATEFUL message

   A shared-state retry service uses this message (type=0x09) to tell
   the server about its existence, and share the key needed to decrypt
   server-generated retry tokens.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +                           Key (128)                           +
   |                                                               |
   +                                                               +
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

8.  Security Considerations

   QUIC-LB is intended to preserve routability and prevent linkability.
   Attacks on the protocol would compromise at least one of these
   objectives.

   Note that the Plaintext CID algorithm makes no attempt to obscure the
   server mapping, and therefore does not address these concerns.  It
   exists to allow consistent CID encoding for compatibility across a
   network infrastructure.  Servers that are running the Plaintext CID
   algorithm SHOULD only use it to generate new CIDs for the Server
   Initial Packet and SHOULD NOT send CIDs in QUIC NEW_CONNECTION_ID
   frames.  Doing so might falsely suggest to the client that said CIDs
   were generated in a secure fashion.

   A routability attack would inject QUIC-LB messages so that load
   balancers incorrectly route QUIC connections.

   A linkability attack would find some means of determining that two
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   is no scheme that strictly prevents linkability for all traffic
   patterns, and therefore efforts to frustrate any analysis of server
   ID encoding have diminishing returns.

8.1.  Outside attackers

   For an outside attacker to break routability, it must inject packets
   that correctly guess the 64-bit token, and servers must be reachable
   from these outside hosts.  Load balancers SHOULD drop QUIC-LB packets
   that arrive on its external interface.

   Off-path outside attackers cannot observe connection IDs, and will
   therefore struggle to link them.

   On-path outside attackers might try to link connection IDs to the
   same QUIC connection.  The Encrypted CID algorithm provides robust
   entropy to making any sort of linkage.  The Obfuscated CID obscures
   the mapping and prevents trivial brute-force attacks to determine the
   routing parameters, but does not provide robust protection against
   sophisticated attacks.

8.2.  Inside Attackers

   As described above, on-path inside attackers are intrinsically able
   to map two connection IDs to the same server.  The QUIC-LB algorithms
   do prevent the linkage of two connection IDs to the same individual
   connection if servers make reasonable selections when generating new
   IDs for that connection.

   On-path inside attackers can break routability for new and migrating
   connections by copying the token from QUIC-LB messages.  From this
   privileged position, however, there are many other attacks that can
   break QUIC connections to the server during the handshake.

   Off-path inside attackers cannot observe connection IDs to link them.
   To successfully break routability, they must correctly guess the
   token.

9.  IANA Considerations

   There are no IANA requirements.

10.  References








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10.1.  Normative References

   [QUIC-TRANSPORT]
              Iyengar, J., Ed. and M. Thomson, Ed., "QUIC: A UDP-Based
              Multiplexed and Secure Transport", draft-ietf-quic-
              transport (work in progress).

   [RFC3339]  Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
              Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>.

10.2.  Informative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

Appendix A.  Acknowledgments

Appendix B.  Change Log

      *RFC Editor's Note:* Please remove this section prior to
      publication of a final version of this document.

B.1.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-06

   o  Switch to IETF WG draft.

B.2.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-05

   o  Editorial changes

   o  Made load balancer behavior independent of QUIC version

   o  Got rid of token in stream cipher encoding, because server might
      not have it

   o  Defined "non-compliant DCID" and specified rules for handling
      them.

   o  Added psuedocode for config schema

B.3.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-04

   o  Added standard for retry services





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B.4.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-03

   o  Renamed Plaintext CID algorithm as Obfuscated CID

   o  Added new Plaintext CID algorithm

   o  Updated to allow 20B CIDs

   o  Added self-encoding of CID length

B.5.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-02

   o  Added Config Rotation

   o  Added failover mode

   o  Tweaks to existing CID algorithms

   o  Added Block Cipher CID algorithm

   o  Reformatted QUIC-LB packets

B.6.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-01

   o  Complete rewrite

   o  Supports multiple security levels

   o  Lightweight messages

B.7.  Since draft-duke-quic-load-balancers-00

   o  Converted to markdown

   o  Added variable length connection IDs

Authors' Addresses

   Martin Duke
   F5 Networks, Inc.

   Email: martin.h.duke@gmail.com


   Nick Banks
   Microsoft

   Email: nibanks@microsoft.com



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