Operations Model for Router Keying
RFC 7211
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) S. Hartman
Request for Comments: 7211 Painless Security
Category: Informational D. Zhang
ISSN: 2070-1721 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
June 2014
Operations Model for Router Keying
Abstract
The IETF is engaged in an effort to analyze the security of routing
protocol authentication according to design guidelines discussed in
RFC 6518, "Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols (KARP)
Design Guidelines". Developing an operational and management model
for routing protocol security that works with all the routing
protocols will be critical to the deployability of these efforts.
This document gives recommendations to operators and implementors
regarding management and operation of router authentication. These
recommendations will also assist protocol designers in understanding
management issues they will face.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
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
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approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Requirements Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Breakdown of KARP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Integrity of the Key Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Management of Key Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3. Interactions with Automated Key Management . . . . . . . 6
3.4. Virtual Routing and Forwarding Instances (VRFs) . . . . . 6
4. Credentials and Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1. Preshared Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.1. Sharing Keys and Zones of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1.2. Key Separation and Protocol Design . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2. Asymmetric Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.3. Public Key Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.4. The Role of Central Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Grouping Peers Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. Administrator Involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.1. Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.2. Handling Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7. Upgrade Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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1. Introduction
The Keying and Authentication of Routing Protocols (KARP) working
group is designing improvements to the cryptographic authentication
of IETF routing protocols. These improvements include enhancing how
integrity functions are handled within each protocol as well as
designing an automated key management solution.
This document discusses issues to consider when thinking about the
operational and management model for KARP. Each implementation will
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