Multiple Provisioning Domain Architecture
RFC 7556
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) D. Anipko, Ed.
Request for Comments: 7556 Unaffiliated
Category: Informational June 2015
ISSN: 2070-1721
Multiple Provisioning Domain Architecture
Abstract
This document is a product of the work of the Multiple Interfaces
Architecture Design team. It outlines a solution framework for some
of the issues experienced by nodes that can be attached to multiple
networks simultaneously. The framework defines the concept of a
Provisioning Domain (PvD), which is a consistent set of network
configuration information. PvD-aware nodes learn PvD-specific
information from the networks they are attached to and/or other
sources. PvDs are used to enable separation and configuration
consistency in the presence of multiple concurrent connections.
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
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
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,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7556.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Definitions and Types of PvDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Explicit PvDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2. Implicit PvDs and Incremental Adoption of Explicit PvDs . 6
2.3. Relationship between PvDs and Interfaces . . . . . . . . 7
2.4. PvD Identity/Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5. The Relationship to Dual-Stack Networks . . . . . . . . . 8
3. Conveying PvD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1. Separate Messages or One Message? . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2. Securing PvD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.3. Backward Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.4. Retracting/Updating PvD Information . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.5. Conveying Configuration Information Using IKEv2 . . . . . 10
4. Example Network Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1. A Mobile Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2. A Node with a VPN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.3. A Home Network and a Network Operator with Multiple PvDs 12
5. Reference Model for the PvD-Aware Node . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1. Constructions and Maintenance of Separate PvDs . . . . . 13
5.2. Consistent Use of PvDs for Network Connections . . . . . 14
5.2.1. Name Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.2.2. Next-Hop and Source Address Selection . . . . . . . . 15
5.2.3. Listening Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.2.3.1. Processing of Incoming Traffic . . . . . . . . . 16
5.2.4. Enforcement of Security Policies . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.3. Connectivity Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.4. Relationship to Interface Management and Connection
Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6. PvD Support in APIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.1. Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.2. Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6.3. Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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