OSPFv3 over IPv4 for IPv6 Transition
RFC 7949
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(August 2016; No errata)
Updates RFC 5838
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|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated | 2016-08-10 | ||
| Replaces | draft-chen-ospf-transition-to-ospfv3 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication (wg milestone: Jun 2016 - Standardize OSPFv3 o... ) | |
| Document shepherd | wenhu.lu@gmail.com | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2016-06-17) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7949 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Alia Atlas | ||
| Send notices to | "wenhu.lu@gmail.com" <wenhu.lu@gmail.com> | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | No IANA Actions | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) I. Chen
Request for Comments: 7949 Ericsson
Updates: 5838 A. Lindem
Category: Standards Track Cisco
ISSN: 2070-1721 R. Atkinson
Consultant
August 2016
OSPFv3 over IPv4 for IPv6 Transition
Abstract
This document defines a mechanism to use IPv4 to transport OSPFv3
packets. Using OSPFv3 over IPv4 with the existing OSPFv3 Address
Family extension can simplify transition from an OSPFv2 IPv4-only
routing domain to an OSPFv3 dual-stack routing domain. This document
updates RFC 5838 to support virtual links in the IPv4 unicast address
family when using OSPFv3 over IPv4.
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 7841.
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/rfc7949.
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Chen, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 7949 OSPFv3 over IPv4 for IPv6 Transition August 2016
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
1.1. IPv4-Only Use Case .........................................3
2. Requirements Language ...........................................4
3. Encapsulation in IPv4 ...........................................4
3.1. Source Address .............................................6
3.2. Destination Address ........................................6
3.3. OSPFv3 Header Checksum .....................................6
3.4. Operation over Virtual Links ...............................7
4. Management Considerations .......................................7
4.1. Coexistence with OSPFv2 ....................................7
5. Security Considerations .........................................8
6. References ......................................................8
6.1. Normative References .......................................8
6.2. Informative References .....................................9
Acknowledgments ...................................................10
Authors' Addresses ................................................11
1. Introduction
Using OSPFv3 [RFC5340] over IPv4 [RFC791] with the existing OSPFv3
address family extension can simplify transition from an IPv4-only
routing domain to an IPv6 [RFC2460] or dual-stack routing domain.
Dual-stack routing protocols, such as the Border Gateway Protocol
[RFC4271], have an advantage during the transition, because both IPv4
and IPv6 address families can be advertised using either IPv4 or IPv6
transport. Some IPv4-specific and IPv6-specific routing protocols
share enough similarities in their protocol packet formats and
protocol signaling that it is trivial to deploy an initial IPv6
routing domain by transporting the routing protocol over IPv4,
thereby allowing IPv6 routing domains to be deployed and tested
before decommissioning IPv4 and moving to an IPv6-only network.
In the case of the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) interior gateway
routing protocol (IGP), OSPFv2 [RFC2328] is the IGP deployed over
IPv4, while OSPFv3 [RFC5340] is the IGP deployed over IPv6. OSPFv3
further supports multiple address families [RFC5838], including both
the IPv6 unicast address family and the IPv4 unicast address family.
Consequently, it is possible to deploy OSPFv3 over IPv4 without any
changes to either OSPFv3 or IPv4. During the transition to IPv6,
future OSPF extensions can focus on OSPFv3, and OSPFv2 can move to
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