Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Threat Analysis
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) D. Saucez
Request for Comments: 7835 INRIA
Category: Informational L. Iannone
ISSN: 2070-1721 Telecom ParisTech
O. Bonaventure
Universite catholique de Louvain
April 2016
Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Threat Analysis
Abstract
This document provides a threat analysis of the Locator/ID Separation
Protocol (LISP).
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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http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7835.
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RFC 7835 LISP Threats April 2016
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Threat Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. Operation Modes of Attackers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.1. On-Path vs. Off-Path Attackers . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.2. Internal vs. External Attackers . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.3. Live vs. Time-Shifted Attackers . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.4. Control-Plane vs. Data-Plane Attackers . . . . . . . 5
2.1.5. Cross-Mode Attackers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2. Threat Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.1. Replay Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.2. Packet Manipulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2.3. Packet Interception and Suppression . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2.4. Spoofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2.5. Rogue Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.6. Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.7. Performance Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.8. Intrusion Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.9. Amplification Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.10. Passive Monitoring Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2.11. Multi-category Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3. Attack Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1. Gleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2. Locator Status Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.3. Map-Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.4. Routing Locator Reachability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.5. Instance ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.6. Interworking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.7. Map-Request Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.8. Map-Reply Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.9. Map-Register Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.10. Map-Notify Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Note on Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Threat Mitigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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