Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) T. Manderson
Request for Comments: 6907 ICANN
Category: Informational K. Sriram
ISSN: 2070-1721 US NIST
R. White
Verisign
March 2013
Use Cases and Interpretations
of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Objects
for Issuers and Relying Parties
Abstract
This document describes a number of use cases together with
directions and interpretations for organizations and relying parties
when creating or encountering Resource Public Key Infrastructure
(RPKI) object scenarios in the public RPKI. All of these items are
discussed here in relation to the Internet routing system.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
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(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
1.1. Terminology ................................................4
1.2. Documentation Prefixes .....................................4
1.3. Definitions ................................................4
2. Overview ........................................................6
2.1. General Interpretation of RPKI Object Semantics ............6
3. Origination Use Cases ...........................................7
3.1. Single Announcement ........................................8
3.2. Aggregate with a More Specific .............................8
3.3. Aggregate with a More Specific from a Different ASN ........9
3.4. Sub-Allocation to a Multi-Homed Customer ...................9
3.5. Restriction of a New Allocation ...........................10
3.6. Restriction of New ASN ....................................11
3.7. Restriction of a Part of an Allocation ....................11
3.8. Restriction of Prefix Length ..............................12
3.9. Restriction of Sub-Allocation Prefix Length ...............13
3.10. Aggregation and Origination by an Upstream Provider ......15
3.11. Rogue Aggregation and Origination by an Upstream
Provider .................................................16
4. Adjacency or Path Validation Use Cases .........................17
5. Partial Deployment Use Cases ...................................18
5.1. Parent Does Not Participate in RPKI .......................18
5.2. Only Some Children Participate in RPKI ....................18
5.3. Grandchild Does Not Participate in RPKI ...................19
6. Transfer Use Cases .............................................20
6.1. Transfer of In-Use Prefix and Autonomous System Number ....20
6.2. Transfer of In-Use Prefix .................................21
6.3. Transfer of Unused Prefix .................................22
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7. Relying Party Use Cases ........................................22
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