Network Working Group R. Bush Internet-Draft IIJ Research Lab & Arrcus, Inc. Updates: 8481 (if approved) K. Patel Intended status: Standards Track Arrcus, Inc. Expires: 7 November 2022 P. Smith PFS Internet Development Pty Ltd M. Tinka SEACOM 6 May 2022 RPKI-Based Policy Without Route Refresh draft-ietf-sidrops-rov-no-rr-01 Abstract A BGP Speaker performing RPKI-based policy should not issue Route Refresh to its neighbors when receiving new RPKI data. A method for avoiding doing so is described. Requirements Language 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. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. 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Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Revised BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Related Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. ROV Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Keeping Partial Adj-RIB-In Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. Operational Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. Introduction Memory constraints in early routers caused classic [RFC4271] BGP implementations to not keep a full Adj-RIB-In (Sec. 1.1). When doing RPKI-based Route Origin Validation ([RFC6811] and [RFC8481]), and similar RPKI-based policy, if such a BGP speaker receives new RPKI data, it might not have kept paths previously marked as Invalid etc. Such an implementation must then request a Route Refresh [RFC7313] from its neighbors to recover the paths which might be covered by these new RPKI data. This will be perceived as rude by those neighbors as it passes a serious resource burden on to them. This document recommends implementations keep and mark paths affected by RPKI-based policy so Route Refresh is no longer needed. Bush, et al. Expires 7 November 2022 [Page 2] Internet-Draft RPKI-Based Policy Without Route Refresh May 2022 2. Related Work It is assumed that the reader understands BGP, [RFC4271] and Route Refresh [RFC7313], the RPKI [RFC6480], Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs), [RFC6482], The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) to Router Protocol [I-D.ietf-sidrops-8210bis], RPKI-based Prefix Validation, [RFC6811], and Origin Validation Clarifications, [RFC8481]. 3. ROV Experience As Route Origin Validation dropping Invalids has deployed, some router implementations have been found which, when receiving new RPKI data (VRPs, see [I-D.ietf-sidrops-8210bis]) issue a BGP Route Refresh [RFC7313] to all sending BGP peers so that it can reevaluate the received paths aginst the new data. In actual deployment this has been found to be very destructive, transferring a serious resource burden to the unsuspecting peers. In reaction, RPKI based Route Origin Validation (ROV) has been turned off; and there have been actual de-peerings. As RPKI registration and ROA creation have steadily increased, this problem has increased, not just proportionally, but on the order of the in-degree of ROV implementing routers. As ASPA ([I-D.ietf-sidrops-aspa-verification]) becomes used, the problem will increase. 4. Keeping Partial Adj-RIB-In Data Ameliorating this problem by keeping a full Adj-RIB-In can be a problem for resource constrained routers. In reality, only some data need be retained. When RPKI data cause one or more paths to be dropped due to ROV, those paths MUST NOT be evaluated for best path, but MUST be saved (either separately or marked) so they may be reevaluated with respect to new RPKI data. If new RPKI data arrive which invalidate the best path, and the router did not keep all alternatives, then it MUST issue a route refresh so those alternatives may be evaluated for best path. Policy which may drop paths due to RPKI-based checks such as ROV, ASPA, BGPsec [RFC8205], etc. MUST be run, and the dropped paths saved per the above paragraph, before non-RPKI policies are run, as the latter may change path attributes. Bush, et al. Expires 7 November 2022 [Page 3] Internet-Draft RPKI-Based Policy Without Route Refresh May 2022 As storing these paths could cause problems in resource constrained devices, there MUST be a knob allowing operator control of this feature. Such a knob MUST NOT be per peer, as this could cause inconsistent behavior. If Route Refresh has been issued toward more than one peer, the order of receipt of the refresh data can cause churn in both best path selection and in outbound signaling. 5. Operational Recommendations Operators deploying ROV and/or other RPKI based policies SHOULD ensure that the router implementation is not causing unnecessary Route Refresh requests to neighbors. Routers MUST either keep the full Adj-RIB-In or implement the specification in Section 4. If the router does not implement these recommendations, the operator SHOULD enable the vendor's knob to keep the full Adj-RIB-In, sometimes referred to as "soft reconfiguration inbound". The operator should then measure to ensure that there are no unnecessary Route Refresh requests sent to neighbors. If the router has insufficient resources to support either of the two proposed options, it MUST not be used for Route Origin Validation. I.e. the knob in Section 4 should only be used in very well known and controlled circumstances. Operators using the specification in Section 4 should be aware that a misconfigured neighbor might erroneously send a massive number of paths, thus consuming a lot of memory. Pre-policy filtering such as described in [I-D.sas-idr-maxprefix-inbound] SHOULD be used to reduce this exposure. Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)which provide [RFC7947] Route Servers should be aware that some members could be causing an undue Route Refresh load on the Route Servers and take appropriate administrative and/or technical measures. IXPs using routers as route servers should ensure that they are not generating excessive route refresh requests. 6. Security Considerations This document describes a denial of service which Route Origin Validation or other RPKI policy may place on a BGP neighbor, and describes how it may be ameliorated. Bush, et al. Expires 7 November 2022 [Page 4] Internet-Draft RPKI-Based Policy Without Route Refresh May 2022 Otherwise, this document adds no additional security considerations to those already described by the referenced documents. 7. IANA Considerations None 8. Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank Ben Maddison, John Heasley, John Scudder, Matthias Waehlisch, Nick Hilliard, Saku Ytti, and Ties de Kock. 9. References 9.1. Normative References [I-D.sas-idr-maxprefix-inbound] Aelmans, M., Stucchi, M., and J. Snijders, "BGP Maximum Prefix Limits Inbound", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-sas-idr-maxprefix-inbound-04, 19 January 2022, . [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, . [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, . [RFC7313] Patel, K., Chen, E., and B. Venkatachalapathy, "Enhanced Route Refresh Capability for BGP-4", RFC 7313, DOI 10.17487/RFC7313, July 2014, . [RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017, . 9.2. Informative References Bush, et al. Expires 7 November 2022 [Page 5] Internet-Draft RPKI-Based Policy Without Route Refresh May 2022 [I-D.ietf-sidrops-8210bis] Bush, R. and R. Austein, "The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) to Router Protocol, Version 2", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-sidrops-8210bis- 06, 15 February 2022, . [I-D.ietf-sidrops-aspa-verification] Azimov, A., Bogomazov, E., Bush, R., Patel, K., and J. Snijders, "Verification of AS_PATH Using the Resource Certificate Public Key Infrastructure and Autonomous System Provider Authorization", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-sidrops-aspa-verification-08, 25 August 2021, . [RFC6480] Lepinski, M. and S. Kent, "An Infrastructure to Support Secure Internet Routing", RFC 6480, DOI 10.17487/RFC6480, February 2012, . [RFC6482] Lepinski, M., Kent, S., and D. Kong, "A Profile for Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs)", RFC 6482, DOI 10.17487/RFC6482, February 2012, . [RFC6811] Mohapatra, P., Scudder, J., Ward, D., Bush, R., and R. Austein, "BGP Prefix Origin Validation", RFC 6811, DOI 10.17487/RFC6811, January 2013, . [RFC7947] Jasinska, E., Hilliard, N., Raszuk, R., and N. Bakker, "Internet Exchange BGP Route Server", RFC 7947, DOI 10.17487/RFC7947, September 2016, . [RFC8205] Lepinski, M., Ed. and K. Sriram, Ed., "BGPsec Protocol Specification", RFC 8205, DOI 10.17487/RFC8205, September 2017, . [RFC8481] Bush, R., "Clarifications to BGP Origin Validation Based on Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)", RFC 8481, DOI 10.17487/RFC8481, September 2018, . Authors' Addresses Bush, et al. Expires 7 November 2022 [Page 6] Internet-Draft RPKI-Based Policy Without Route Refresh May 2022 Randy Bush IIJ Research Lab & Arrcus, Inc. 1856 SW Edgewood Dr Portland, Oregon 97210 United States of America Email: randy@psg.com Keyur Patel Arrcus, Inc. 2077 Gateway Place, Suite #400 San Jose, CA 95119 United States of America Email: keyur@arrcus.com Philip Smith PFS Internet Development Pty Ltd PO Box 1908 Milton QLD 4064 Australia Email: pfsinoz@gmail.com Mark Tinka SEACOM Building 7, Design Quarter District, Leslie Avenue, Magaliessig Fourways, Gauteng 2196 South Africa Email: mark@tinka.africa Bush, et al. Expires 7 November 2022 [Page 7]