Network Working Group S. Bhandari
Internet-Draft S. Gundavelli
Intended status: Standards Track M. Grayson
Expires: July 7, 2016 B. Volz
Cisco Systems
J. Korhonen
Broadcom Communications
January 04, 2016

Access Network Identifier Option in DHCP
draft-ietf-dhc-access-network-identifier-11

Abstract

This document specifies the format and mechanism that is to be used for encoding access network identifiers in DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 messages by defining new access network identifier options and sub-options.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Access network identification (ANI) of a network device has a range of applications. For example the local mobility anchor in a Proxy Mobile IPv6 domain is able to provide access network and access operator specific handling or policing of the mobile node traffic using information about the access network to which the mobile node is attached.

This document specifies Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv4 (DHCPv4) [RFC2131] and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) [RFC3315] options for access network identification that is added by Relay agent in the DHCPv4 or DHCPv6 messages towards the Server.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay agent aware of the access network and access operator add this information in the DHCP messages. This information can be used to provide differentiated services and policing of traffic based on the access network to which a client is attached. Examples of how this information can be used in mobile networks can be found in [RFC6757].

2. Motivation

Proxy mobile IPv6 [RFC5213] can be used for supporting network-based mobility management in various types of network deployments. The network architectures, such as Service provider Wi-Fi access aggregation or, WLAN integrated mobile packet core are examples where Proxy Mobile IPv6 is a component of the overall architecture. Some of these architectures require the ability of the local mobility anchor (LMA) [RFC5213] to provide differentiated services and policing of traffic to the mobile nodes based on the access network to which they are attached. Policy systems in mobility architectures such as PCC [TS23203] and ANDSF [TS23402] in 3GPP system allow configuration of policy rules with conditions based on the access network information. For example, the service treatment for the mobile node's traffic may be different when they are attached to a access network owned by the home operator than when owned by a roaming partner. The service treatment can also be different based on the configured Service Set Identifiers (SSID) in case of IEEE 802.11 based access networks. Other examples of services include the operator's ability to apply tariff based on the location.

The PMIPv6 extension as specified in [RFC6757] defines PMIPv6 options to carry access network identifiers in PMIPv6 signaling from Mobile Access Gateway (MAG) to LMA. MAG can learn this information from DHCP options as inserted by DHCP Relay agent before MAG. If MAG relays DHCP messages to LMA as specified in [RFC5844] this information can be inserted by MAG towards LMA in the forwarded DHCP messages.

Figure 1 illustrates an example Proxy Mobile IPv6 deployment where Access Points (AP) acting as a DHCP relay agent inserts access network identifiers in DHCP messages relayed from the connected clients. The DHCP Server collocated on the mobile access gateway learns this information over DHCP and delivers the information elements related to the access network to the local mobility anchor over Proxy Mobile IPv6 signaling messages. In this example, the additional information could comprise the SSID of the used IEEE 802.11 network and the identities of the operators running the IEEE 802.11 access network infrastructure.

       SSID: IETF-1
       Operator-Id: provider1.example
       +--+ DHCP
       |AP|-------.                        {Access Specific Policies)
       +--+       |             _-----_             |
                +-----+       _(       )_        +-----+
                | MAG |-=====(   PMIPv6  )======-| LMA |-
                +-----+       (_ Tunnel_)        +-----+
       +--+ DHCP  |             '-----'
       |AP|-------'
       +--+
       SSID: IETF-2
       Operator-Id: provider2.example

Access Networks attached to MAG

3. Terminology

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

All the DHCP related terms used in this document are to be interpreted as defined in the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4) [RFC2131] and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) [RFC3315] specifications. DHCP message refers to both DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 messages throughout this document.

All the mobility related terms used in this document are to be interpreted as defined in the Proxy Mobile IPv6 specifications [RFC5213] and [RFC5844]. Additionally, this document uses the following abbreviations:

Service Set Identifier (SSID)

Operator-Identifier

4. DHCPv4 Access-Network-Identifier Option

The Access Network Identifier carries information to identify the access network to which the client is attached. This information includes access technology type, network identifier, and access-network operator identifiers.

Relay agents that include Access Network Identifier information include one or more sub-options (see Section 4.1) in the Relay Agent Information option [RFC3046].

4.1. DHCPv4 Access-Network-Identifier Sub-options

The access network identifier information will be defined in multiple sub-options, allocated from the DHCP Relay Agent Sub-Option Codes.

ANI Sub-options: The ANI Sub-options consists of a sequence of Sub-Option Code, Length, and Value tuples for each sub-option, encoded in the following manner:

    SubOpt  Len     Sub-option Data
   +------+------+------+------+------+------+--...-+------+
   | code |   N  |  s1  |  s2  |  s3  |  s4  |      |  sN  |
   +------+------+------+------+------+------+--...-+------+

Subopt code

The 1-octet code for the sub-options defined in the following sections.
Len

An unsigned 8-bit integer giving the length of the Sub-option Data field in this sub-option in octets.
Sub-option Data (s1 to sN)

The data area for the sub-option.
  
   +=================+=======================================+
   | SUB-OPTION CODE |      SUB-OPTION DESCRIPTION           |              
   +=================+=======================================+
   |    <IANA-1>     | Access Technology Type Sub-option     | 
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-2>     | Access Network Name Sub-option        |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-3>     | Access Point Name Sub-option          |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-4>     | Access Point BSSID Sub-option         |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-5>     | Operator-Identifier Sub-option        |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-6>     | Operator-Realm Sub-option             |
   +=========================================================+

The initial assignment of DHCP access network identifier sub-options is as follows:

4.2. DHCPv4 Access-Technology-Type Sub-option

This sub-option is used for exchanging the type of the access technology of the network to which the client is attached. Its format is as follows:

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Subopt Code  |     Length    |   Reserved    |      ATT      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Subopt Code

<IANA-1>.
Length

2.
Reserved

An 8-bit field that is unused for now. The value MUST be initialized to 0 by the sender and MUST be ignored by the receiver.
Access-Technology-Type (ATT)

An 8-bit field that specifies the access technology through which the client is connected to the access link from the IANA name space Access Technology Type Option type value registry defined in [RFC5213].

4.3. DHCPv4 Network-Identifier Sub-options

These sub-options are used for carrying the name of the access network (e.g., a SSID in case of IEEE 802.11 Access Network, or PLMN Identifier [TS23003] in case of 3GPP access) and Access Point name to which the client is attached. The format of these sub-options is defined the following sections.

4.3.1. DHCPv4 Network Name Sub-option

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Subopt Code  |     Length    |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               |
   .                                                               .
   .                     Network Name (e.g., SSID or PLMNID)       .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Subopt Code

<IANA-2>.
Length

The length of the Network Name field.
Network Name

The name of the access network to which the mobile node is attached. The encoding MUST be UTF-8 as described in [RFC3629].
The type of the Network Name is dependent on the access technology to which the mobile node is attached. For IEEE 802.11 based networks, the network name will be the SSID of the network. For 3GPP access based it is the PLMN Identifier of the access network and for 3GPP2 access, the Network Name is the Access Network Identifier[ANI].
When encoding the PLMN Identifier, both the Mobile Network Code (MNC) [TS23003] and Mobile Country Code (MCC) [TS23003] MUST be 3 digits. If the MNC in use only has 2 digits, then it MUST be preceded with a '0'.

4.3.2. DHCPv4 Access-Point Name Sub-option

    
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Subopt Code  |     Length    |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               |
   .                                                               .
   .                        Access-Point Name                      .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 

Subopt Code

<IANA-3>.
Length

The length of the Access-Point Name field.
Access-Point Name

The name of the access point (physical device name) to which the mobile node is attached. This is the identifier that uniquely identifies the access point. While Network Name (e.g., SSID) identifies the operator's access network, Access-Point Name identifies a specific network device in the network to which the mobile node is attached. In some deployments, the Access-Point Name can be set to the string representation of the Media Access Control (MAC) address as specified in [RFC6991] mac-address string type of the device or some unique identifier that can be used by the policy systems in the operator network to unambiguously identify the device. The encoding MUST be UTF-8 as described in [RFC3629].

4.3.3. DHCPv4 Access-Point BSSID Sub-option

    
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Subopt Code  |     Length    |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               |
   |                        Access-Point BSSID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Subopt Code

<IANA-4>.
Length

6.
Access-Point BSSID

The 48-bit Basic Service Set Identification (BSSID) of the access point to which the mobile node is attached.

4.4. DHCPv4 Operator Identifier Sub-options

The Operator identifier sub-options can be used for carrying the operator identifier of the access network to which the client is attached. The format of these sub-options is defined below.

4.4.1. DHCPv4 Operator Enterprise ID Sub-option

    
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Subopt Code  |     Length    |                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   .      Operator Enterprise ID   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Subopt Code
<IANA-5>.
Length

4.
Operator Enterprise ID

The operator's Enterprise ID (as described in Section 3) is Private Enterprise Number (PEN) [SMI].

4.4.2. DHCPv4 Operator Realm Sub-option

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Subopt Code  |     Length    |                               |
   |-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               |
   .                                                               .
   .                        Operator Realm                         .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Subopt Code

<IANA-6>.
Length

The length of the Operator Realm field.
Operator Realm

Realm of the operator (e.g., EXAMPLE.COM). A (home) realm is the administrative domain with which the user or system maintains an account relationship. Realm names are required to be unique, and are piggybacked on the administration of the DNS namespace. Realms are encoded using a domain name encoding as described in Section 8 of [RFC3315].

5. DHCPv6 Access-Network-Identifier Options

The Access Network Identifier options defined here may be added by the DHCPv6 Relay agent in Relay-forward messages.

   +=================+=======================================+
   |    OPTION CODE  |      OPTION DESCRIPTION               |              
   +=================+=======================================+
   |    <IANA-7>     | OPTION_ANI_ATT                        | 
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-8>     | OPTION_ANI_NETWORK_NAME               |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-9>     | OPTION_ANI_AP_NAME                    |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-10>    | OPTION_ANI_AP_BSSID                   |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-11>    | OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_ID                |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-12>    | OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_REALM             |
   +=========================================================+

5.1. DHCPv6 Access-Technology-Type Option

This option is used for exchanging the type of the access technology the client is attached to the network. Its format is as follows:

   
     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |         OPTION_ANI_ATT        |           Option-Len          |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   Reserved    |       ATT     |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Option-Code

OPTION_ANI_ATT (<IANA-7>).
Option-Len

2.
Reserved

An 8-bit field that is unused for now. The value MUST be initialized to 0 by the sender and MUST be ignored by the receiver.
Access Technology Type (ATT):

The contents of this field is the same as the ATT field described in Section 4.2.

5.2. DHCPv6 Network-Identifier Options

These options can be used for carrying the name of the access network (e.g., a SSID in case of IEEE 802.11 Access Network, or PLMN Identifier [TS23003] in case of 3GPP access) and Access Point name to which the client is attached. The format of these options is defined below.

5.2.1. DHCPv6 Network Name Option

   
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    OPTION_ANI_NETWORK_NAME    |           Option-Len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   .                                                               .
   .                     Network Name (e.g., SSID or PLMNID)       .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 

Option-Code

OPTION_ANI_NETWORK_NAME (<IANA-8>).
Option-Len

The length of the Network Name field.
Network Name

The contents of this field is the same as the Network Name field described in Section 4.3.1.

5.2.2. DHCPv6 Access-Point Name Option

   
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       OPTION_ANI_AP_NAME      |           Option-Len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   .                                                               .
   .                        Access-Point Name                      .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Option-Code

OPTION_ANI_AP_NAME (<IANA-9>).
Option-Len

The length of the Access-Point Name field.
Access-Point Name

The contents of this field is the same as the Access-Point Name field described in Section 4.3.2.

5.2.3. DHCPv6 Access-Point BSSID Option

   
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       OPTION_ANI_AP_BSSID     |           Option-Len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   
   |                        Access-Point BSSID                     |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Option-Code

OPTION_ANI_AP_BSSID (<IANA-10>).
Option-Len

6.
Access-Point BSSID

The contents of this field is the same as the Access-Point BSSID field described in Section 4.3.3.

5.3. DHCPv6 Operator Identifier Options

The Operator Identifier options can be used for carrying the operator identifier of the access network to which the client is attached. The format of these options is defined below.

5.3.1. DHCPv6 Operator Enterprise ID Option

 
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_ID    |           Option-Len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+  
   |                     Operator Enterprise ID                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Option-Code

OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_ID (<IANA-11>).
Option-Len

4.
Operator Enterprise ID

The operator's Enterprise ID (as described in Section 3) is Private Enterprise Number (PEN) [SMI].

5.3.2. DHCPv6 Operator Realm Option

   
    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_REALM   |           Option-Len          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   .                                                               .
   .                        Operator Realm                         .
   .                                                               .
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Option-Code

OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_REALM (<IANA-12>).
Option-Len

The length of the Operator Realm field.
Operator Realm

The contents of this field is the same as the Operator Realm field described in Section 4.4.2.

6. Relay Agent Behavior

DHCPv4 Relay Agents MAY include sub-options defined in section 4.2 through 4.4 in the Relay Agent Information option as defined in [RFC3046] before forwarding the DHCP message to provide information about the access network over which DHCP messages from the client is received.

DHCPv6 Relay Agents MAY include options defined in Section 5 in Relay-forward message when forwarding any DHCPv6 message type from clients to the servers to provide information about the access network over which DHCPv6 messages from the client is received.

7. Server Behavior

If DHCPv4 server does not understand the option defined in Section 4 it MUST ignore the DHCPv4 Access Network Identifier option received. If the DHCPv4 server does not understand the received sub-option defined in sections 4.1 through 4.4 in the DHCPv4 Relay Agent Information option (82) it MUST ignore those sub-options only. If DHCPv4 Server is able to process the DHCPv4 Access Network Identifier sub-options defined in sections 4.1 through 4.4 received in DHCPv4 Relay Agent Information option, it MAY use this information for address pool selection policy decisions as per its configured policy. The DHCPv4 server MAY store this information along with the lease for logging and audit purpose. The DHCPv4 server MAY use the sub-options defined in sections 4.1 through section 4.4 inserted by the DHCPv4 relay agent in the Relay Agent Information option based on its configured policy.

If the DHCPv6 server receives the options defined in Section 5 and is configured to store or use the options defined in Section 5, it SHOULD look for the DHCPv6 Access Network identifier options in the Relay-forward message of the DHCPv6 relay agent(s) based on its configured policy. The server MAY use received ANI options for its address pool selection policy decisions as per its configured policy.

8. IANA Considerations

IANA is requested to assign Sub-option codes for the following DHCPv4 Sub-options from the "DHCP Relay Agent Sub-Option Codes" registry, <http://www.iana.org/assignments/bootp-dhcp-parameters>:

   +=================+=======================================+
   | SUB-OPTION CODE |     SUB-OPTION DESCRIPTION            |              
   +=================+=======================================+
   |    <IANA-1>     | Access Technology Type Sub-option     | 
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-2>     | Access Network Name Sub-option        |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-3>     | Access Point Name Sub-option          |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-4>     | Access Point BSSID Sub-option         |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-5>     | Operator-Identifier Sub-option        |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-6>     | Operator-Realm Sub-option             |
   +=========================================================+
 

IANA is requested to assign option codes for the following DHCPv6 options from the "Option Codes registry for DHCPv6" registry <http://www.iana.org/assignments/dhcpv6-parameters>, as specified in [RFC3315]:

       
   +=================+=======================================+
   |   OPTION CODE   |      OPTION DESCRIPTION               |              
   +=================+=======================================+
   |    <IANA-7>     | OPTION_ANI_ATT                        | 
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-8>     | OPTION_ANI_NETWORK_NAME               |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-9>     | OPTION_ANI_AP_NAME                    |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-10>    | OPTION_ANI_AP_BSSID                   |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-11>    | OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_ID                |
   +=========================================================+
   |    <IANA-12>    | OPTION_ANI_OPERATOR_REALM             |
   +=========================================================+
 

9. Security Considerations

Since there is no privacy protection for DHCP messages, an eavesdropper who can monitor the link between the DHCP server and relay agent can discover access network information.

[RFC3118] and [RFC3315] describe many of the threats in using DHCP. [RFC3118] and [RFC3315] each provide a solution, the Authentication Option for DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 (respectively). However, neither of these options are in active use and therefore are not a viable mitigation option. DHCP itself is inherently insecure and thus link-layer confidentiality and integrity protection SHOULD be employed to reduce the risk of disclosure and tampering.

It is possible for a rogue DHCP relay agent to insert or overwrite with incorrect access network identifier options for malicious purposes. A DHCP client can also pose as a rogue DHCP relay agent by sending incorrect access network identifier options. While the introduction of fraudulent DHCP relay agent information options can be prevented by a perimeter defense that blocks these options unless the DHCP relay agent is trusted, a deeper defense using the authentication sub-option for DHCPv4 relay agent information option [RFC4030] SHOULD be deployed as well. DHCP server administrators are strongly advised to configure DHCP servers that use this option to communicate with their relay agents using IPsec security association(s) offering integrity protection, as described in Section 21.1 of [RFC3315].

The information elements that this draft is exposing is the client’s access-network information. These pertain to the access network to which the client is attached, such as Access Technology Type (Ex: WLAN, Ethernet…etc), Access Point Identity (Name, BSSID), Operator Id/Realm. In deployments where this information is considered secure and when such threat cannot be mitigated using IPsec [RFC4301] or other security protocols, then the administrators have to consider disabling the capability specified in this document on the DHCP entities.

10. Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Kim Kinnear, Ted Lemon, Gaurav Halwasia, Hidetoshi Yokota, Sheng Jiang and Francis Dupont for their valuable inputs. And, to Tomek Mrugalski for a thorough review of the document.

11. References

11.1. 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.
[RFC2131] Droms, R., "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", RFC 2131, DOI 10.17487/RFC2131, March 1997.
[RFC3046] Patrick, M., "DHCP Relay Agent Information Option", RFC 3046, DOI 10.17487/RFC3046, January 2001.
[RFC3315] Droms, R., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins, C. and M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, DOI 10.17487/RFC3315, July 2003.

11.2. Informative References

[ANI] , , "Interoperability Specification (IOS) for High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) Radio Access Network Interfaces with Session Control in the Access Network, A.S0008-A v3.0", October 2008.
[RFC3118] Droms, R. and W. Arbaugh., "Authentication for DHCP Messages", RFC 3118, DOI 10.17487/RFC3118, June 2001.
[RFC3629] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646", STD 63, RFC 3629, DOI 10.17487/RFC3629, November 2003.
[RFC4030] Stapp, M. and T. Lemon, "The Authentication Suboption for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Relay Agent Option", RFC 4030, DOI 10.17487/RFC4030, March 2005.
[RFC4301] Kent, S. and K. Seo, "Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol", RFC 4301, DOI 10.17487/RFC4301, December 2005.
[RFC5213] Gundavelli, S., Leung, K., Devarapalli, V., Chowdhury, K. and B. Patil, "Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5213, DOI 10.17487/RFC5213, August 2008.
[RFC5844] Wakikawa, R. and S. Gundavelli, "IPv4 Support for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5844, DOI 10.17487/RFC5844, May 2010.
[RFC6757] Gundavelli, S., Korhonen, J., Grayson, M., Leung, K. and R. Pazhyannur, "Access Network Identifier (ANI) Option for Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 6757, DOI 10.17487/RFC6757, October 2012.
[RFC6991] Schoenwaelder, J., "Common YANG Data Types", RFC 6991, DOI 10.17487/RFC6991, July 2013.
[SMI] , , "PRIVATE ENTERPRISE NUMBERS, SMI Network Management Private Enterprise Codes", February 2011.
[TS23003] , , "Numbering, addressing and identification", 2011.
[TS23203] , , "Policy and Charging Control Architecture", 2012.
[TS23402] , , "Architecture enhancements for non-3GPP accesses", 2012.

Authors' Addresses

Shwetha Bhandari Cisco Systems Cessna Business Park, Sarjapura Marathalli Outer Ring Road Bangalore, KARNATAKA 560 087 India Phone: +91 80 4426 0474 EMail: shwethab@cisco.com
Sri Gundavelli Cisco Systems 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA EMail: sgundave@cisco.com
Mark Grayson Cisco Systems 11 New Square Park Bedfont Lakes, FELTHAM TW14 8HA England EMail: mgrayson@cisco.com
Bernie Volz Cisco Systems 1414 Massachusetts Ave Boxborough,, MA 01719 USA EMail: volz@cisco.com
Jouni Korhonen Broadcom Communications Porkkalankatu 24 FIN-00180 Helsinki, Finland EMail: jouni.nospam@gmail.com