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BGP Dissemination of L2 Flow Specification Rules
draft-ietf-idr-flowspec-l2vpn-22

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Authors Hao Weiguo , Donald E. Eastlake 3rd , Stephane Litkowski , Shunwan Zhuang
Last updated 2023-10-16
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draft-ietf-idr-flowspec-l2vpn-22
IDR Working Group                                                 W. Hao
Internet-Draft                                       Huawei Technologies
Intended status: Standards Track                             D. Eastlake
Expires: 18 April 2024                            Futurewei Technologies
                                                            S. Litkowski
                                                     Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                               S. Zhuang
                                                     Huawei Technologies
                                                         16 October 2023

            BGP Dissemination of L2 Flow Specification Rules
                    draft-ietf-idr-flowspec-l2vpn-22

Abstract

   This document defines a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Flow
   Specification (flowspec) extension to disseminate Ethernet Layer 2
   (L2) and Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) traffic filtering
   rules either by themselves or in conjunction with L3 flowspecs.  AFI/
   SAFI 6/133 and 25/134 are used for these purposes.  New component
   types and two extended communities are also defined.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Layer 2 Flow Specification Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.1.  L2 Component Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       2.1.1.  Type 1 - Ethernet Type (EtherType)  . . . . . . . . .   6
       2.1.2.  Type 2 - Source MAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.3.  Type 3 - Destination MAC  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.4.  Type 4 - DSAP (Destination Service Access Point)  . .   7
       2.1.5.  Type 5 - SSAP (Source Service Access Point) . . . . .   7
       2.1.6.  Type 6 - Control field in LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.7.  Type 7 - SNAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       2.1.8.  Type 8 - VLAN ID  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       2.1.9.  Type 9 - VLAN PCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       2.1.10. Type 10 - Inner VLAN ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       2.1.11. Type 11 - Inner VLAN PCP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       2.1.12. Type 12 - VLAN DEI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       2.1.13. Type 13 - Inner VLAN DEI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       2.1.14. Type 14 - Source MAC Special Bits . . . . . . . . . .  10
       2.1.15. Type 15 - Destination MAC Special Bits  . . . . . . .  10
     2.2.  Order of Traffic Filtering Rules  . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   3.  L2VPN Flow Specification Encoding in BGP  . . . . . . . . . .  11
     3.1.  Order of L2VPN Filtering Rules  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   4.  Ethernet Flow Specification Traffic Actions . . . . . . . . .  12
     4.1.  VLAN-action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     4.2.  TPID-action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   5.  Flow Spec Validation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   8.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   9.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20

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1.  Introduction

   Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Flow Specification [RFC8955] (flowspec)
   is an extension to BGP that supports the dissemination of traffic
   flow specifications and resulting actions to be taken on packets in a
   specified flow.  It leverages the BGP Control Plane to simplify the
   distribution of ACLs (Access Control Lists).  Using the Flow
   Specification extension new filter rules can be injected to all BGP
   peers simultaneously without changing router configuration.  A
   typical application is to automate the distribution of traffic filter
   lists to routers for DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) mitigation,
   access control, and similar applications.

   BGP Flow Specification [RFC8955] defines a BGP Network Layer
   Reachability Information (NLRI) format used to distribute traffic
   flow specification rules.  The NLRI for (AFI=1, SAFI=133) specifies
   IPv4 unicast filtering.  The NLRI for (AFI=1, SAFI=134) specifies
   IPv4 BGP/MPLS VPN filtering [RFC7432].  The Flow Specification match
   part defined in [RFC8955] only includes L3/L4 information like IPv4
   source/destination prefix, protocol, ports, and the like, so traffic
   flows can only be filtered based on L3/L4 information.  This has been
   extended by [RFC8956] to cover IPv6 (AFI=2) L3/L4.

   Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs) have been deployed in an
   increasing number of networks.  Such networks also have requirements
   to deploy BGP Flow Specification to mitigate DDoS attack traffic.
   Within an L2VPN network, both IP and non-IP Ethernet traffic may
   exist.  For IP traffic filtering, the VPN Flow Specification rules
   defined in [RFC8955] and/or [RFC8956], which include match criteria
   and actions, can still be used.  For non-IP Ethernet traffic
   filtering, Layer 2 related information like source/destination MAC
   and VLAN must be considered.

   There are different kinds of L2VPN networks like EVPN [RFC7432], BGP
   VPLS [RFC4761], LDP VPLS [RFC4762] and border gateway protocol (BGP)
   auto discovery [RFC6074].  Because the Flow Specification feature
   relies on the BGP protocol to distribute traffic filtering rules, it
   can only be incrementally deployed in those L2VPN networks where BGP
   has already been used for auto discovery and/or signaling purposes
   such as BGP-based VPLS [RFC4761], EVPN, and LDP-based VPLS [RFC4762]
   with BGP auto-discovery [RFC6074].

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   This document defines new flowspec component types and two new
   extended communities to support L2 and L2VPN flowspec applications.
   The flowspec rules can be enforced on all border routers or on some
   interface sets of the border routers.  SAFI=133 in [RFC8955] and
   [RFC8956] is extended for AFI=6 as specified in Section 2 to cover L2
   traffic filtering information and in Section 3 SAFI=134 is extended
   for AFI=25 to cover the L2VPN environment.

1.1.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

   The following acronyms and terms are used in this document:

   AFI -  Address Family Identifier

   ACL -  Access Control List

   DDoS -  Distributed Denial of Service

   DEI -  Drop Eligible Indicator

   EVPN -  Ethernet VPN [RFC7432]

   flowspec -  BGP Flow Specification

   L2 -  Layer 2

   L2VPN -  Layer 2 VPN

   L3 -  Layer 3

   L3VPN -  Layer 3 VPN

   NLRI -  Network Layer Reachability Information

   PCP -  Priority Code Point [IEEE802.1Q]

   SAFI -  Subsequent Address Family Identifier

   TPID -  Tag Protocol ID, typically a VLAN ID

   VLAN -  Virtual Local Area Network

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   VPLS -  Virtual Private Line Service [RFC4762]

   VPN -  Virtual Private Network

2.  Layer 2 Flow Specification Encoding

   [RFC8955] defines SAFI 133 and SAFI 134, with AFI=1, for
   "dissemination of IPv4 flow specification rules" and "dissemination
   of VPNv4 flow specification rules", respectively.  [RFC8956] extends
   [RFC8955] to also allow AFI=2 thus making it applicable to both IPv4
   and IPv6 applications.  This document further extends SAFI=133 for
   AFI=6 and SAFI=134 for AFI=25 to make them applicable to L2 and L2VPN
   applications.  This document also provides for the optional
   combination of L3 flow specifications with these L2 flow
   specifications.

   This section specifies the L2 flowspec for AFI=6/SAFI=133.  To
   simplify assignments, a new registry is used for L2 flowspec.  Since
   it is frequently desirable to also filter on L3/L4 fields, provision
   is made for their inclusion along with an indication of the L3
   protocol involved (IPv4 or IPv6).

   The NLRI part of the MP_REACH_NLRI and MP_UNREACH_NLRI is encoded as
   a 1- or 2-octet total NLRI length field followed by several fields as
   described below.

             +-------------------------------+
             | total-length (0xnn or 0xfnnn) |  2 or 3 octets
             +-------------------------------+
             |             L3-AFI            |  2 octets
             +-------------------------------+
             |  L2-length (0xnn or 0xfnnn)   |  2 or 3 octets
             +-------------------------------+
             |           NLRI-value          |  variable
             +-------------------------------+

                  Figure 1: Flow Specification NLRI for L2

   The fields show in Figure 1 are further specified below:

   total-length:  The length of the subsequent fields (L3 AFI,
      L2-length, and NRLI-value) encoded as provided in Section 4.1 of
      [RFC8955].  If this field is less than 4, which is the minimum
      valid value, then the NLRI is malformed in which case a
      NOTIFICATION message is sent and the BGP connection closed as
      provided in Section 6.3 of [RFC4271].

   L3-AFI:  If no L3/L4 filtering is desired, this two octet field MUST

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      be zero which is a reserved AFI value.  Otherwise L3-AFI indicates
      the L3 protocol involved by giving its AFI (0x0001 for IPv4 or
      0x0002 for IPv6).  If the receiver does not understand the value
      of the L3-AFI field, the MP_REACH or MP_UNREACH attribute is
      ignored.

   L2-length:  The length of the L2 components at the beginning of the
      NLRI-value field encoded as provided in Section 4.1 of [RFC8955].
      If the value of this field indicates that the L2 components extend
      beyond the total-length, the NLRI is malformed in which case a
      NOTIFICATION message is sent and the BGP connection closed as
      provided in Section 6.3 of [RFC4271].  N2-length MAY be zero
      although, in that case, it would have been more efficient to
      encode the attribute as an L3 Flow spec unless it is desired to
      apply an L2 action (see Section 4).  A null L2 flowspec always
      matches.

   NLRI-value:  This consists of the L2 flowspec, of length L2-length,
      followed by an optionally present L3 flowspec.  The result can be
      treated in most ways as a single flowspec, matching the
      intersection (AND) of all the components except that the
      components in the initial L2 region are interpreted as L2
      components and the remainder as L3 components per the L3-AFI
      field.  This is necessary because there are different registries
      for the L2, L3 IPv4, and L3 IPv6 component types.  If the L3
      flowspec is null (length zero), it always matches.

2.1.  L2 Component Types

   The L2 flowspec portion of the NLRI-value consists of flowspec
   components as in [RFC8955] but using L2 components and types as
   specified below.  All components start with a type octet followed by
   a length octet followed by any additional information needed.  The
   length octet gives the length, in octets, of the information after
   the length octet.  This structure applies to all new components to be
   defined in the L2 Flow-spec Component Registry (see Section 6) and to
   all existing components except Types 2 and 3 where the length is in
   bits.

2.1.1.  Type 1 - Ethernet Type (EtherType)

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), [op, value]+>

   Defines a list of {operation, value} pairs used to match the two-
   octet EtherType field.  op is encoded as specified in Section 4.2.1.1
   of [RFC8955].  Values are encoded as 2-octet quantities.  Ethernet II
   framing defines the two-octet Ethernet Type (EtherType) field in an
   Ethernet frame, preceded by destination and source MAC addresses,

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   that identifies an upper layer protocol encapsulating the frame data.
   The match fails if LLC encoding is being used rather than EtherType
   encoding.

2.1.2.  Type 2 - Source MAC

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), MAC Prefix length (1 octet), MAC Prefix>

   Defines the source MAC Address prefix to match encoded as in BGP
   UPDATE messages [RFC4271].  Prefix length is in bits and the MAC
   Prefix is fill out with from 1 to 7 padding bits so that it is an
   integer number of octets.  These padding bits are ignored for
   matching purposes.

2.1.3.  Type 3 - Destination MAC

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), MAC Prefix length (1 octet), MAC Prefix>

   Defines the destination MAC Address to match encoded as in BGP UPDATE
   messages [RFC4271].  Prefix length is in bits and the MAC Prefix is
   fill out with from 1 to 7 padding bits so that it is an integer
   number of octets.  These padding bits are ignored for matching
   purposes.

2.1.4.  Type 4 - DSAP (Destination Service Access Point)

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), [op, value]+>

   Defines a list of {operation, value} pairs used to match the 1-octet
   DSAP in the IEEE 802.2 LLC (Logical Link Control Header).  Values are
   encoded as 1-octet quantities.  op is encoded as specified in
   Section 4.2.1.1 of [RFC8955].  The match fails if EtherType L2 header
   encoding is being used rather than LLC encoding.

2.1.5.  Type 5 - SSAP (Source Service Access Point)

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), [op, value]+>

   Defines a list of {operation, value} pairs used to match the 1-octet
   SSAP in the IEEE 802.2 LLC.  Values are encoded as 1-octet
   quantities. op is encoded as specified in Section 4.2.1.1 of
   [RFC8955].  The match fails if EtherType L2 header encoding is being
   used rather than LLC encoding.

2.1.6.  Type 6 - Control field in LLC

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), [op, value]+>

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   Defines a list of {operation, value} pairs used to match the 1-octet
   control field in the IEEE 802.2 LLC.  Values are encoded as 1-octet
   quantities. op is encoded as specified in Section 4.2.1.1 of
   [RFC8955].  The match fails if EtherType L2 header encoding is being
   used rather than LLC encoding.

2.1.7.  Type 7 - SNAP

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), [op, value]+>

   Defines a list of {operation, value} pairs used to match 5-octet SNAP
   (Sub-Network Access Protocol) field.  Values are encoded as 8-octet
   quantities with the zero padded SNAP left justified. op is encoded as
   specified in Section 4.2.1.1 of [RFC8955].  The match fails if
   EtherType L2 header encoding is being used rather than LLC encoding.

2.1.8.  Type 8 - VLAN ID

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), [op, value]+>

   Defines a list of {operation, value} pairs used to match VLAN ID.
   Values are encoded as 2-octet quantities, where the four most
   significant bits are set to zero and ignored for matching and the 12
   least significant bits contain the VLAN value. op is encoded as
   specified in Section 4.2.1.1 of [RFC8955].

   In the virtual local-area network (VLAN) stacking case, the VLAN ID
   is the outer VLAN ID.

2.1.9.  Type 9 - VLAN PCP

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), [op, value]+>

   Defines a list of {operation, value} pairs used to match 3-bit VLAN
   PCP (priority code point) fields [IEEE802.1Q].  Values are encoded
   using a single octet, where the five most significant bits are set to
   zero and ignored for matching and the three least significant bits
   contain the VLAN PCP value. op is encoded as specified in
   Section 4.2.1.1 of [RFC8955].

   In the virtual local-area network (VLAN) stacking case, the VLAN PCP
   is part of the outer VLAN tag.

2.1.10.  Type 10 - Inner VLAN ID

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), [op, value]+>

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   Defines a list of {operation, value} pairs used to match the inner
   VLAN ID for virtual local-area network (VLAN) stacking or Q-in-Q use.
   Values are encoded as 2-octet quantities, where the four most
   significant bits are set to zero and ignored for matching and the 12
   least significant bits contain the VLAN value. op is encoded as
   specified in Section 4.2.1.1 of [RFC8955].

   In the single VLAN case, this component type MUST NOT be used.  If it
   appears the match will fail.

2.1.11.  Type 11 - Inner VLAN PCP

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), [op, value]+>

   Defines a list of {operation, value} pairs used to match 3-bit inner
   VLAN PCP fields [IEEE802.1Q] for virtual local-area network (VLAN)
   stacking or Q-in-Q use.  Values are encoded using a single octet,
   where the five most significant bits are set to zero and ignored for
   matching and the three least significant bits contain the VLAN PCP
   value. op is encoded as specified in Section 4.2.1.1 of [RFC8955].

   In the single VLAN case, this component type MUST NOT be used.  If it
   appears the match will fail.

2.1.12.  Type 12 - VLAN DEI

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), op (1 octet)>

   This type tests the DEI (Drop Eligible Indicator) bit in the VLAN
   tag.  If op is zero, it matches if and only if the DEI bit is zero.
   If op is non-zero, it matches if and only if the DEI bit is one.

   In the virtual local-area network (VLAN) stacking case, the VLAN DEI
   is part of the outer VLAN tag.

2.1.13.  Type 13 - Inner VLAN DEI

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), op (1 octet)>

   This type tests the DEI bit in the inner VLAN tag.  If op is zero, it
   matches if and only if the DEI bit is zero.  If op is non-zero, it
   matches if and only if the DEI bit is one.

   In the single VLAN case, this component type MUST NOT be used.  If it
   appears the match will fail.

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2.1.14.  Type 14 - Source MAC Special Bits

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), op (1 octet)>

   This type tests the bottom nibble of the top octet of the Source MAC
   address.  The two low order bits of that nibble have long been the
   local bit (0x2) and the group addressed bit (0x1).  However, recent
   changes in IEEE 802 have divided the local address space into 4
   quadrants specified by the next two bits (0x4 and 0x8) [RFC7042bis].
   This flowspec component permits testing, for example, that a MAC is
   group addressed or is a local address in a particular quadrant.  The
   encoding is as given in Section 4.2.1.2 of [RFC8955].

2.1.15.  Type 15 - Destination MAC Special Bits

   Encoding: <type (1 octet), length (1 octet), op (1 octet)>

   As discussed in Section 2.1.14 but for the Destination MAC Address
   special bits.

2.2.  Order of Traffic Filtering Rules

   The existing rules in Section 5.1 of [RFC8955] and in [RFC8956] for
   the ordering of traffic filtering are extended as follows:

   L2 flowspecs (AFI = 6, 25) take precedence over L3 flowspecs (AFI =
   1, 2).  Between two L2 flowspecs, precedence of the L2 portion is
   determined as specified in this section after this paragraph.  If the
   L2 flowspec L2 portions are the same and the L3-AFI is nonzero, then
   the L3 portions are compared as specified in [RFC8955] or [RFC8956]
   as appropriate.  Note: if the L3-AFI fields are different between two
   L2 flowspecs, they will never match the same packet so it will not be
   necessary to prioritize two flowspecs with different L3-AFI values.

   The original definition for the order of traffic filtering rules can
   be reused for L2 with new consideration for the MAC Address offset.
   As long as the offsets are equal, the comparison is the same,
   retaining longest-prefix-match semantics.  If the offsets are not
   equal, the lowest offset has precedence, as this flow matches the
   most significant bit.

   Pseudocode:

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   flow_rule_L2_cmp (a, b)
   {
       comp1 = next_component(a);
       comp2 = next_component(b);
       while (comp1 || comp2) {
           // component_type returns infinity on end-of-list
           if (component_type(comp1) < component_type(comp2)) {
               return A_HAS_PRECEDENCE;
           }
           if (component_type(comp1) > component_type(comp2)) {
               return B_HAS_PRECEDENCE;
           }

           if (component_type(comp1) == MAC_DESTINATION || MAC_SOURCE) {
               common = MIN(MAC Address length (comp1),
                        MAC Address length (comp2));
               cmp = MAC Address compare(comp1, comp2, common);
               // not equal, lowest value has precedence
               // equal, longest match has precedence
           } else {
               common =
                  MIN(component_length(comp1), component_length(comp2));
               cmp = memcmp(data(comp1), data(comp2), common);
               // not equal, lowest value has precedence
               // equal, longest string has precedence
           }
       }
       return EQUAL;
   }

3.  L2VPN Flow Specification Encoding in BGP

   The NLRI format for AFI=25/SAFI=134 (L2VPN), as with the other VPN
   flowspec AFI/SAFI pairs, is the same as the non-VPN Flow-Spec but
   with the addition of a Route Distinguisher to identify the VPN to
   which the flowspec is to be applied.

   In addition, the IANA entry for SAFI 134 is slightly generalized as
   specified at the beginning of Section 6.

   The L2VPN NLRI format is as follows:

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             +-------------------------------+
             | total-length (0xnn or 0xfnnn) |  2 or 3 octets
             +-------------------------------+
             |      Route Distinguisher      |  8 octets
             +-------------------------------+
             |            L3-AFI             |  2 octets
             +-------------------------------+
             |  L2-length (0xnn or 0xfnnn)   |  2 or 3 octets
             +-------------------------------+
             |           NLRI-value          |  variable
             +-------------------------------+

                Figure 2: Flow Specification NLRI for L2VPN

   The fields in Figure 2, other than the Route Distinguisher, are
   encoded as specified in Section 2 except that the minimum value for
   total-length is 12.

   Flow specification rules received via this NLRI apply only to traffic
   that belongs to the VPN instance(s) into which it is imported.  Flow
   rules are accepted as specified in Section 5.

3.1.  Order of L2VPN Filtering Rules

   The order between L2VPN filtering rules is determined as specified in
   Section 2.2.  Note that if the Route Distinguisher is different
   between two L2VPN filtering rules, they will never both match the
   same packet so they need not be prioritized.

4.  Ethernet Flow Specification Traffic Actions

   The default action for an L2 traffic filtering flowspec is to accept
   traffic that matches that particular rule.  The following extended
   community values per [RFC8955] can be used to specify particular
   actions in an L2 VPN network:

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       +========+====================+============================+
       |  type  | extended community |          encoding          |
       +========+====================+============================+
       | 0x8006 | traffic-rate       | 2-octet as#, 4-octet float |
       +--------+--------------------+----------------------------+
       | 0x8007 | traffic-action     | bitmask                    |
       +--------+--------------------+----------------------------+
       | 0x8008 | redirect           | 6-octet Route Target       |
       +--------+--------------------+----------------------------+
       | 0x8009 | traffic-marking    | DSCP value                 |
       +--------+--------------------+----------------------------+

                                 Table 1

   Redirect: The action should be redefined to allow the traffic to be
   redirected to a MAC or IP VRF routing instance that lists the
   specified route-target in its import policy.

   Besides the above extended communities, this document also specifies
   the following BGP extended communities for Ethernet flows to extend
   [RFC8955]:

                 +======+====================+==========+
                 | type | extended community | encoding |
                 +======+====================+==========+
                 | TBD1 | VLAN-action        | bitmask  |
                 +------+--------------------+----------+
                 | TBD2 | TPID-action        | bitmask  |
                 +------+--------------------+----------+

                                 Table 2

4.1.  VLAN-action

   The VLAN-action extended community, as shown in the diagram below,
   consists of 6 octets that include action Flags, two VLAN IDs, and the
   associated PCP and DEI values.  The action Flags fields are further
   divided into two parts which correspond to the first action and the
   second action respectively.  Bit 0 to bit 7 give the first action
   while bit 8 to bit 15 give the second action.  The bits of PO, PU,
   SW, RI and RO in each part represent the action of Pop, Push, Swap,
   Rewrite inner VLAN and Rewrite outer VLAN respectively.  Through this
   method, more complicated actions also can be represented in a single
   VLAN-action extended community, such as SwapPop, PushSwap, etc.  For
   example, SwapPop action is the sequence of two actions, the first
   action is Swap and the second action is Pop.

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       0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |PO1|PU1|SW1|RI1|RO1| Resv      |PO2|PU2|SW2|RI2|RO2| Resv      |
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     | VLAN ID1                                      | PCP1      |DE1|
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     | VLAN ID2                                      | PCP2      |DE2|
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

   PO1:  Pop action.  If the PO1 flag is one, it indicates the outmost
      VLAN should be removed.

   PU1:  Push action.  If PU1 is one, it indicates VLAN ID1 will be
      added, the associated PCP and DEI are PCP1 and DE1.

   SW1:  Swap action.  If the SW1 flag is one, it indicates the outer
      VLAN and inner VLAN should be swapped.

   PO2:  Pop action.  If the PO2 flag is one, it indicates the outmost
      VLAN should be removed.

   PU2:  Push action.  If PU2 is one, it indicates VLAN ID2 will be
      added, the associated PCP and DEI are PCP2 and DE2.

   SW2:  Swap action.  If the SW2 flag is one, it indicates the outer
      VLAN and inner VLAN should be swapped.

   RI1 and RI2:  Rewrite inner VLAN action.  If the RIx flag is one
      (where "x" is "1" or "2"), it indicates the inner VLAN should be
      replaced by a new VLAN where the new VLAN is VLAN IDx and the
      associated PCP and DEI are PCPx and DEx.  If the VLAN IDx is 0,
      the action is to only modify the PCP and DEI value of the inner
      VLAN.

   RO1 and RO2:  Rewrite outer VLAN action.  If the ROx flag is one
      (where "x" is "1" or "2"), it indicates the outer VLAN should be
      replaced by a new VLAN where the new VLAN is VLAN IDx and the
      associated PCP and DEI are PCPx and DEx.  If the VLAN IDx is 0,
      the action is to only modify the PCP and DEI value of the outer
      VLAN.

   Resv:  Reserved for future use.  MUST be sent as zero and ignored on
      receipt.

   Giving an example below: if the action of PUSH Inner VLAN 10 with PCP
   value 5 and DEI value 0 and PUSH Outer VLAN 20 with PCP value 6 and
   DEI value 0 is needed, the format of the VLAN-action extended
   community is as follows:

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               0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15
             +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
             |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |
             +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
             | 10                                |1 |0 |1 |0 |
             +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
             | 20                                |1 |1 |0 |0 |
             +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

4.2.  TPID-action

   The TPID-action extended community consists of 6 octets which
   includes the fields of action Flags, TP ID1 and TP ID2.

               0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15
             +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
             |TI|TO|                     Resv                |
             +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
             |                    TP ID1                     |
             +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
             |                    TP ID2                     |
             +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

   TI:  Mapping inner TP ID action.  If the TI flag is one, it indicates
      the inner TP ID should be replaced by a new TP ID, the new TP ID
      is TP ID1.

   TO:  Mapping outer TP ID action.  If the TO flag is one, it indicates
      the outer TP ID should be replaced by a new TP ID, the new TP ID
      is TP ID2.

   Resv:  Reserved for future use.  MUST be sent as zero and ignored on
      receipt.

5.  Flow Spec Validation

   Flow Specifications received over AFI=25/SAFI=134 are validated
   against routing reachability received over AFI=25/SAFI=128 as
   modified to conform to [RFC9117].

6.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to change the description for SAFI 134 [RFC8955] to
   read as follows and to change the reference for it to [this
   document]:

      134  VPN dissemination of flow specification rules

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   IANA is requested to create an L2 Flow Specification Component Type
   registry on the Flow Spec Component Types registries web page as
   follows:

      Name:  L2 Flow Specification Component Types
      Reference: [this document]
      Registration Procedures:

               0  Reserved
           1-127  Specification Required
         128-255  First Come First Served

   Initial contents:

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        +========+=================+==============================+
        | type   |    Reference    |         description          |
        +========+=================+==============================+
        |      0 | [this document] | Reserved                     |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |      1 | [this document] | Ethernet Type                |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |      2 | [this document] | Source MAC                   |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |      3 | [this document] | Destination MAC              |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |      4 | [this document] | DSAP in LLC                  |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |      5 | [this document] | SSAP in LLC                  |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |      6 | [this document] | Control field in LLC         |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |      7 | [this document] | SNAP                         |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |      8 | [this document] | VLAN ID                      |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |      9 | [this document] | VLAN PCP                     |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |     10 | [this document] | Inner VLAN ID                |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |     11 | [this document] | Inner VLAN PCP               |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |     12 | [this document] | VLAN DEI                     |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |     13 | [this document] | Inner VLAN DEI               |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |     14 | [this document] | Source MAC Special Bits      |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |     15 | [this document] | Destination MAC Special Bits |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        | 16-254 | [this document] | unassigned                   |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+
        |    255 | [this document] | Reserved                     |
        +--------+-----------------+------------------------------+

                                  Table 3

   IANA is requested to assign two values from the "BGP Extended
   Communities Type - extended, transitive" registry [suggested value
   provided in square brackets]:

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        +==============+=======================+=================+
        |  Type value  |          Name         |    Reference    |
        +==============+=======================+=================+
        | TBD1[0x080A] | Flow spec VLAN action | [this document] |
        +--------------+-----------------------+-----------------+
        | TBD2[0x080B] | Flow spec TPID action | [this document] |
        +--------------+-----------------------+-----------------+

                                 Table 4

7.  Security Considerations

   For General BGP Flow Specification Security Considerations, see
   [RFC8955].

   VLAN tagging identifies Layer 2 communities which are commonly
   expected to be isolated except when higher layer connection is
   provided, such as Layer 3 routing.  Thus, the ability of the flowspec
   VLAN action to change the VLAN ID in a frame might compromise
   security.

8.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC4271]  Rekhter, Y., Ed., Li, T., Ed., and S. Hares, Ed., "A
              Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4271, January 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4271>.

   [RFC4761]  Kompella, K., Ed. and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "Virtual Private
              LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and
              Signaling", RFC 4761, DOI 10.17487/RFC4761, January 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4761>.

   [RFC4762]  Lasserre, M., Ed. and V. Kompella, Ed., "Virtual Private
              LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
              Signaling", RFC 4762, DOI 10.17487/RFC4762, January 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4762>.

   [RFC6074]  Rosen, E., Davie, B., Radoaca, V., and W. Luo,
              "Provisioning, Auto-Discovery, and Signaling in Layer 2
              Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)", RFC 6074,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6074, January 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6074>.

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   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8955]  Loibl, C., Hares, S., Raszuk, R., McPherson, D., and M.
              Bacher, "Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules",
              RFC 8955, DOI 10.17487/RFC8955, December 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8955>.

   [RFC8956]  Loibl, C., Ed., Raszuk, R., Ed., and S. Hares, Ed.,
              "Dissemination of Flow Specification Rules for IPv6",
              RFC 8956, DOI 10.17487/RFC8956, December 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8956>.

   [RFC9117]  Uttaro, J., Alcaide, J., Filsfils, C., Smith, D., and P.
              Mohapatra, "Revised Validation Procedure for BGP Flow
              Specifications", RFC 9117, DOI 10.17487/RFC9117, August
              2021, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9117>.

9.  Informative References

   [IEEE802.1Q]
              IEEE 802, "IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area
              networks - Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual
              Bridge Local Area Networks", IEE Std 802.1Q-2014, 3
              November 2014.

   [RFC7042bis]
              Eastlake, D., Abley, J., and Y. Li, "OUI Registry
              Restructuring", work in Progress, 14 April 2023,
              <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-intarea-rfc7042bis-
              02.txt>.

   [RFC7432]  Sajassi, A., Ed., Aggarwal, R., Bitar, N., Isaac, A.,
              Uttaro, J., Drake, J., and W. Henderickx, "BGP MPLS-Based
              Ethernet VPN", RFC 7432, DOI 10.17487/RFC7432, February
              2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7432>.

Acknowledgements

   The authors wish to acknowledge the important contributions and
   suggestions of the following:

      Hannes Gredler, Xiaohu Xu, Zhenbin Li, Lucy Yong, and Feng Dong.

Contributors

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   Qiandeng Liang
   Huawei Technologies
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhuatai District
   Nanjing
   Jiangsu, 210012
   China
   Email: liangqiandeng@huawei.com

Authors' Addresses

   Weiguo Hao
   Huawei Technologies
   101 Software Avenue
   Nanjing
   Jiangsu, 210012
   China
   Email: haoweiguo@huawei.com

   Donald E. Eastlake, 3rd
   Futurewei Technologies
   2386 Panoramic Circle
   Apopka, Florida 32703
   United States of America
   Phone: +1-508-333-2270
   Email: d3e3e3@gmail.com

   Stephane Litkowski
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Email: slitkows.ietf@gmail.com

   Shunwan Zhuang
   Huawei Technologies
   Huawei Building, No.156 Beiqing Road
   Beijing
   100095
   China
   Email: zhuangshunwan@huawei.com

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