Internet-Draft ASPA Notation May 2023
Bruijnzeels, et al. Expires 12 November 2023 [Page]
Workgroup:
Network Working Group
Internet-Draft:
draft-timbru-sidrops-aspa-notation-00
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Informational
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Authors:
T. Bruijnzeels
NLnet Labs
O. Borchert
NIST
D. Ma
ZDNS

Human Readable ASPA Notation

Abstract

This document defines a human readable notation for Validated ASPA Payloads (VAP, see ID-aspa-profile) for use with RPKI tooling based on ABNF (RFC 5234).

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Table of Contents

1. Requirements notation

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.

2. Introduction

This informational document defines a human readable ASPA notation for Validated ASPA Payloads (VAPs) [I-D.ietf-sidrops-aspa-profile].

The main motivations for providing this notations style are: * This can help to create consistency between RPKI Relying Party software output, making it easier for operators to compare results. * This can be used by RPKI Certificate Authorities (CA) command line interfaces and/or configuration. E.g. allowing a CA to provide a listing of intended VAPs which can be easily compared to RP output. * This can be used for documentation.

That said, this definition is informational. Implementations can choose to use their own notation styles instead of, or in addition to this.

3. ASPA Notation Definition

This specification uses ABNF syntax specified in [RFC5234].

notation           = customer-asid separator providers
customer-asid      = asn
separator          = " => "
providers          = provider-as *(provider-separator provider-as)
provider-as        = asn / asn-limit-v4 / asn-limit-v6
provider-separator = ", "
uint32             = %d0-4294967295
asn                = ["AS"] uint32
asn-limit-v4       = asn "(v4)"
asn-limit-v6       = asn "(v6)"

3.1. customer-asid

This field represents the customerASID defined in section 3.2 of [I-D.ietf-sidrops-aspa-profile]

3.2. providers

This field represents the providers defined in section 3.3 of [I-D.ietf-sidrops-aspa-profile]. Note that the normative constraints which are defined in that section mean that following :

  • There must be at least one provider-as.
  • The customer-asid "asn" value must not appear in any provider-as.
  • The elements of providers must be ordered in ascending numerical order by the "asn" value of the provider-as field.
  • Each "asn" value for used for a provider-as must be unique. Assertions for the same "asn" with different afiLimit values must be merged.

3.2.1. provider-as

This field represents a ProviderAS as defined in section 3.3.1 of [I-D.ietf-sidrops-aspa-profile].

A ProviderAS in ASPA consists of a providerASID (section 3.3.1.1) and an optional afiLimit (section 3.3.1.2). In the notation defined here we use a simple "asn" to represent a ProviderAS that has no afiLimit, we use "asn-limit-v4" to represent a ProviderAS with an afiLimit for IPv4, and we use "asn-limit-v4" to represent a ProviderAS with an afiLimit for IPv6.

As mentioned earlier: the same "asn" MUST NOT appear more than once in the providers. There is no point in listing the same "asn" with and without an afiLimit, as the entry without an afiLimit already encompassed the other. Similarly, there is no point in listing the same "asn" with an IPv4 and an IPv6 limit, as this can and must be more concisely expressed as a single entry without an afiLimit.

3.3. asn

This field can optionally be prepended with the string "AS" followed by a decimal value of a 32 bit Autonomous System Number using the asplain presentation as specified in [RFC5396]. Decimal values MUST be used, and values MUST be part of the range 0-4294967295.

3.4. asn-v4

This represents a providerAS that uses an afiLimit for IPv4.

3.5. asn-v6

This represents a providerAS that uses an afiLimit for IPv6.

4. Example Notations

AS65000 => AS65001
AS65000 => AS65002(v4)
AS65000 => AS65001, AS65002(v4), AS65003(v6)

65000 => 65001
65000 => AS65002(v4)
65000 => 65001, 65002(v4), 65003(v6)

5. IANA Considerations

This document has no IANA actions.

6. Security Considerations

TBD

7. Acknowledgements

TBD

8. Normative References

[I-D.ietf-sidrops-aspa-profile]
Azimov, A., Uskov, E., Bush, R., Snijders, J., Housley, R., and B. Maddison, "A Profile for Autonomous System Provider Authorization", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-sidrops-aspa-profile-13, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-sidrops-aspa-profile-13>.
[RFC2119]
Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC5234]
Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, DOI 10.17487/RFC5234, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5234>.
[RFC5396]
Huston, G. and G. Michaelson, "Textual Representation of Autonomous System (AS) Numbers", RFC 5396, DOI 10.17487/RFC5396, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5396>.
[RFC8174]
Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

Authors' Addresses

Tim Bruijnzeels
NLnet Labs
Oliver Borchert
NIST
Di Ma
ZDNS