FCFS SAVI: First-Come, First-Served Source Address Validation Improvement for Locally Assigned IPv6 Addresses
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                       E. Nordmark
Request for Comments: 6620                                 Cisco Systems
Category: Standards Track                                     M. Bagnulo
ISSN: 2070-1721                                                     UC3M
                                                        E. Levy-Abegnoli
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                                May 2012

     FCFS SAVI: First-Come, First-Served Source Address Validation
            Improvement for Locally Assigned IPv6 Addresses

Abstract

   This memo describes First-Come, First-Served Source Address
   Validation Improvement (FCFS SAVI), a mechanism that provides source
   address validation for IPv6 networks using the FCFS principle.  The
   proposed mechanism is intended to complement ingress filtering
   techniques to help detect and prevent source address spoofing.

Status of This Memo

   This is an Internet Standards Track document.

   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
   received public review and has been approved for publication by the
   Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
   Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.

   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
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   http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6620.

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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................4
      1.1. Terminology ................................................4
   2. Background to FCFS SAVI .........................................4
      2.1. Scope of FCFS SAVI .........................................4
      2.2. Constraints for FCFS SAVI Design ...........................5
      2.3. Address Ownership Proof ....................................5
      2.4. Binding Anchor Considerations ..............................6
      2.5. FCFS SAVI Protection Perimeter .............................6
      2.6. Special Cases .............................................10
   3. FCFS SAVI Specification ........................................11
      3.1. FCFS SAVI Data Structures .................................12
      3.2. FCFS SAVI Algorithm .......................................12
           3.2.1. Discovering On-Link Prefixes .......................12
           3.2.2. Processing of Transit Traffic ......................13
           3.2.3. Processing of Local Traffic ........................13
           3.2.4. FCFS SAVI Port Configuration Guidelines ............21
           3.2.5. VLAN Support .......................................22
      3.3. Default Protocol Values ...................................22
   4. Security Considerations ........................................22
      4.1. Denial-of-Service Attacks .................................22
      4.2. Residual Threats ..........................................23
      4.3. Privacy Considerations ....................................24
      4.4. Interaction with Secure Neighbor Discovery ................25