Network Working Group X. Xu, Ed.
Internet-Draft Huawei
Intended status: Standards Track B. Decraene, Ed.
Expires: April 16, 2016 Orange
R. Raszuk
Mirantis Inc.
U. Chunduri
Ericsson
L. Contreras
Telefonica I+D
L. Jalil
Verizon
October 14, 2015

Advertising Tunnelling Capability in OSPF
draft-ietf-ospf-encapsulation-cap-00

Abstract

Some networks use tunnels for a variety of reasons. A large variety of tunnel types are defined and the ingress needs to select a type of tunnel which is supported by the egress. This document defines how to advertise egress tunnel capabilities in OSPF Router Information.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Some networks use tunnels for a variety of reasons, such as:

The ingress needs to select a type of tunnel which is supported by the egress. This document describes how to use OSPF Router Information to advertise the egress tunnelling capabilities of nodes. In this document, OSPF means both OSPFv2 and OSPFv3.

1.1. Requirements Language

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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

2. Terminology

This memo makes use of the terms defined in [RFC4970].

3. Advertising Encapsulation Capability

Routers advertises their supported encapsulation type(s) by advertising a new TLV of the OSPF Router Information (RI) Opaque LSA [RFC4970], referred to as Encapsulation Capability TLV. This TLV is applicable to both OSPFv2 and OSPFv3. The Encapsulation Capability TLV SHOULD NOT appear more than once within a given OSPF Router Information (RI) Opaque LSA. The scope of the advertisement depends on the application but it is recommended that it SHOULD be domain-wide. The Type code of the Encapsulation Capability TLV is TBD1, the Length value is variable, and the Value field contains one or more Tunnel Encapsulation Type sub-TLVs. Each Encapsulation Type sub-TLVs indicates a particular encapsulation format that the advertising router supports.

4. Tunnel Encapsulation Type

The Tunnel Encapsulation Type sub-TLV is structured 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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |    Tunnel Type (2 Octets)     |        Length (2 Octets)      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      |                             Value                             |
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       
						

* Tunnel Type (2 octets): identifies the type of tunneling technology being signaled. This document defines the following types:

  1. L2TPv3 over IP [RFC3931] : Type code=1;
  2. GRE [RFC2784] : Type code=2;
  3. Transmit tunnel endpoint [RFC5566] : Type code=3;
  4. IPsec in Tunnel-mode [RFC5566] : Type code=4;
  5. IP in IP tunnel with IPsec Transport Mode [RFC5566] : Type code=5;
  6. MPLS-in-IP tunnel with IPsec Transport Mode [RFC5566] : Type code=6;
  7. IP in IP [RFC2003] [RFC4213]: Type code=7;
  8. VXLAN [RFC7348]: Type code=8;
  9. NVGRE [RFC7637]: Type code=9;
  10. MPLS [RFC3032]: Type code=10;
  11. MPLS-in-GRE [RFC4023]: Type code=11;
  12. VXLAN GPE [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe]: Type code=12;
  13. MPLS-in-UDP [RFC7510]: Type code=13;
  14. MPLS-in-UDP-with-DTLS [RFC7510]: Type code=14;
  15. MPLS-in-L2TPv3 [RFC4817]: Type code=15;
  16. GTP: Type code=16;

Unknown types are to be ignored and skipped upon receipt.

* Length (2 octets): unsigned integer indicating the total number of octets of the value field.

* Value (variable): zero or more Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute sub-TLVs as defined in Section 5.

5. Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute

The Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute sub-TLV is structured as as follows:

  
                     +-----------------------------------+
                     |      Sub-TLV Type (1 Octet)       |
                     +-----------------------------------+
                     |     Sub-TLV Length (1 Octet)      |
                     +-----------------------------------+
                     |     Sub-TLV Value (Variable)      |
                     |                                   |
                     +-----------------------------------+
       
						

* Sub-TLV Type (1 octet): each sub-TLV type defines a certain property about the tunnel TLV that contains this sub-TLV. The following are the types defined in this document:

  1. Encapsulation Parameters: sub-TLV type = 1; (See Section 5.1)
  2. Encapsulated Protocol: sub-TLV type = 2; (See Section 5.2)
  3. End Point: sub-TLV type = 3; (See Section 5.3)
  4. Color: sub-TLV type = 4; (See Section 5.4)

* Sub-TLV Length (1 octet): unsigned integer indicating the total number of octets of the sub-TLV value field.

* Sub-TLV Value (variable): encodings of the value field depend on the sub-TLV type as enumerated above. The following sub-sections define the encoding in detail.

Any unknown sub-TLVs MUST be ignored and skipped. However, if the TLV is understood, the entire TLV MUST NOT be ignored just because it contains an unknown sub-TLV.

If a sub-TLV is erroneous, this specific Tunnel Encapsulation MUST be ignored and skipped. However, others Tunnel Encapsulations MUST be considered.

5.1. Tunnel Parameters sub-TLV

This sub-TLV has its format defined in [RFC5512] under the name Encapsulation sub-TLV.

5.2. Encapsulated Protocol sub-TLV

This sub-TLV has its format defined in [RFC5512] under the name Protocol Type.

5.3. End Point sub-TLV

The value field carries the Network Address to be used as tunnel destination address.

If length is 4, the Address Family (AFI) is IPv4.

If length is 16, the Address Family (AFI) is IPv6.

5.4. Color sub-TLV

The valued field is a 4 octets opaque unsigned integer.

The color value is user defined and configured locally on the routers. It may be used by the service providers to define policies.

6. IANA Considerations

6.1. OSPF Router Information

This document requests IANA to allocate a new code point from registry OSPF Router Information (RI).

  
			
 Value   TLV Name                               Reference
 -----   ------------------------------------   -------------
 TBD1    Tunnel Capabilities                    This document     
						

6.2. IGP Tunnel Encapsulation Types Registry

This document requests IANA to create a new registry "IGP Tunnel Encapsulation Types" with the following registration procedure:

  
		Registry Name: IGP Tunnel Encapsulation Type.
			
Value      Name                                         Reference
-------    ------------------------------------------   -------------
      0    Reserved                                     This document
      1    L2TPv3 over IP                               This document
      2    GRE                                          This document
      3    Transmit tunnel endpoint                     This document
      4    IPsec in Tunnel-mode                         This document
      5    IP in IP tunnel with IPsec Transport Mode    This document
      6    MPLS-in-IP tunnel with IPsec Transport Mode  This document
      7    IP in IP                                     This document
      8    VXLAN                                        This document
      9    NVGRE                                        This document
     10    MPLS                                         This document
     11    MPLS-in-GRE                                  This document
     12    VXLAN-GPE                                    This document  
     13    MPLS-in-UDP                                  This document
     14    MPLS-in-UDP-with-DTLS                        This document
     15    MPLS-in-L2TPv3                               This document
     16    GTP                                          This document
 17-250    Unassigned
251-254    Experimental                                 This document  
    255    Reserved                                     This document  
    
						

Assignments of Encapsulation Types are via Standards Action [RFC5226].

6.3. IGP Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute Types Registry

This document requests IANA to create a new registry "IGP Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute Types" with the following registration procedure:

  
		Registry Name: IGP Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute Types.
			
Value      Name                                      Reference
-------    ------------------------------------      -------------
      0    Reserved                                  This document
      1    Encapsulation parameters                  This document
      2    Protocol                                  This document
      3    End Point                                 This document
      4    Color                                     This document
  5-250    Unassigned
251-254    Experimental                              This document  
    255    Reserved                                  This document  
    
						

Assignments of Encapsulation Types are via Standards Action [RFC5226].

7. Security Considerations

Security considerations applicable to softwires can be found in the mesh framework [RFC5565]. In general, security issues of the tunnel protocols signaled through this IGP capability extension are inherited.

If a third party is able to modify any of the information that is used to form encapsulation headers, to choose a tunnel type, or to choose a particular tunnel for a particular payload type, user data packets may end up getting misrouted, misdelivered, and/or dropped.

Security considerations for the base OSPF protocol are covered in [RFC2328] and [RFC5340].

8. Acknowledgements

This document is partially inspired by [RFC5512].

The authors would like to thank Carlos Pignataro and Karsten Thomann for their valuable comments on this draft.

9. References

9.1. Normative References

[RFC1700] Reynolds, J. and J. Postel, "Assigned Numbers", RFC 1700, DOI 10.17487/RFC1700, October 1994.
[RFC2003] Perkins, C., "IP Encapsulation within IP", RFC 2003, DOI 10.17487/RFC2003, October 1996.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997.
[RFC2784] Farinacci, D., Li, T., Hanks, S., Meyer, D. and P. Traina, "Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)", RFC 2784, DOI 10.17487/RFC2784, March 2000.
[RFC3931] Lau, J., Townsley, M. and I. Goyret, "Layer Two Tunneling Protocol - Version 3 (L2TPv3)", RFC 3931, DOI 10.17487/RFC3931, March 2005.
[RFC4213] Nordmark, E. and R. Gilligan, "Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers", RFC 4213, DOI 10.17487/RFC4213, October 2005.
[RFC4970] Lindem, A., Shen, N., Vasseur, JP., Aggarwal, R. and S. Shaffer, "Extensions to OSPF for Advertising Optional Router Capabilities", RFC 4970, DOI 10.17487/RFC4970, July 2007.
[RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226, DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008.

9.2. Informative References

[I-D.ietf-bier-architecture] Wijnands, I., Rosen, E., Dolganow, A., Przygienda, T. and S. Aldrin, "Multicast using Bit Index Explicit Replication", Internet-Draft draft-ietf-bier-architecture-02, July 2015.
[I-D.ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation] Wijnands, I., Rosen, E., Dolganow, A., Tantsura, J. and S. Aldrin, "Encapsulation for Bit Index Explicit Replication in MPLS Networks", Internet-Draft draft-ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation-02, August 2015.
[I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe] Quinn, P., Manur, R., Kreeger, L., Lewis, D., Maino, F., Smith, M., Agarwal, P., Yong, L., Xu, X., Elzur, U., Garg, P. and D. Melman, "Generic Protocol Extension for VXLAN", Internet-Draft draft-ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe-00, May 2015.
[I-D.xu-spring-islands-connection-over-ip] Xu, X., Raszuk, R., Chunduri, U. and L. Contreras, "Connecting MPLS-SPRING Islands over IP Networks", Internet-Draft draft-xu-spring-islands-connection-over-ip-04, March 2015.
[IANA-OSPFv2] IANA, "Open Shortest Path First v2 (OSPFv2) Parameters"
[RFC2328] Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", STD 54, RFC 2328, DOI 10.17487/RFC2328, April 1998.
[RFC3032] Rosen, E., Tappan, D., Fedorkow, G., Rekhter, Y., Farinacci, D., Li, T. and A. Conta, "MPLS Label Stack Encoding", RFC 3032, DOI 10.17487/RFC3032, January 2001.
[RFC4023] Worster, T., Rekhter, Y. and E. Rosen, "Encapsulating MPLS in IP or Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)", RFC 4023, DOI 10.17487/RFC4023, March 2005.
[RFC4817] Townsley, M., Pignataro, C., Wainner, S., Seely, T. and J. Young, "Encapsulation of MPLS over Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3", RFC 4817, DOI 10.17487/RFC4817, March 2007.
[RFC5340] Coltun, R., Ferguson, D., Moy, J. and A. Lindem, "OSPF for IPv6", RFC 5340, DOI 10.17487/RFC5340, July 2008.
[RFC5512] Mohapatra, P. and E. Rosen, "The BGP Encapsulation Subsequent Address Family Identifier (SAFI) and the BGP Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute", RFC 5512, DOI 10.17487/RFC5512, April 2009.
[RFC5565] Wu, J., Cui, Y., Metz, C. and E. Rosen, "Softwire Mesh Framework", RFC 5565, DOI 10.17487/RFC5565, June 2009.
[RFC5566] Berger, L., White, R. and E. Rosen, "BGP IPsec Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute", RFC 5566, DOI 10.17487/RFC5566, June 2009.
[RFC7348] Mahalingam, M., Dutt, D., Duda, K., Agarwal, P., Kreeger, L., Sridhar, T., Bursell, M. and C. Wright, "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN): A Framework for Overlaying Virtualized Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks", RFC 7348, DOI 10.17487/RFC7348, August 2014.
[RFC7490] Bryant, S., Filsfils, C., Previdi, S., Shand, M. and N. So, "Remote Loop-Free Alternate (LFA) Fast Reroute (FRR)", RFC 7490, DOI 10.17487/RFC7490, April 2015.
[RFC7510] Xu, X., Sheth, N., Yong, L., Callon, R. and D. Black, "Encapsulating MPLS in UDP", RFC 7510, DOI 10.17487/RFC7510, April 2015.
[RFC7637] Garg, P. and Y. Wang, "NVGRE: Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation", RFC 7637, DOI 10.17487/RFC7637, September 2015.

Authors' Addresses

Xiaohu Xu (editor) Huawei EMail: xuxiaohu@huawei.com
Bruno Decraene (editor) Orange EMail: bruno.decraene@orange.com
Robert Raszuk Mirantis Inc. EMail: robert@raszuk.net
Uma Chunduri Ericsson EMail: uma.chunduri@ericsson.com
Luis M. Contreras Telefonica I+D Ronda de la Comunicacion, s/n Sur-3 building, 3rd floor Madrid,, 28050 Spain EMail: luismiguel.contrerasmurillo@telefonica.com URI: http://people.tid.es/LuisM.Contreras/
Luay Jalil Verizon EMail: luay.jalil@one.verizon.com