Internet-Draft J. Jeong
J. Park
H. Kim
ETRI
D. Kim
KNU
Expires: January 2005 19 July 2004
Ad Hoc IP Address Autoconfiguration
draft-jeong-adhoc-ip-addr-autoconf-03.txt
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Abstract
This document specifies the steps a node in ad hoc network takes in
deciding how to autoconfigure its IPv4 or IPv6 address in network
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interface. Because the ad hoc IP address autoconfiguration in this
document considers ad hoc network's partition and mergence, the
address duplication caused by ad hoc network's mergence can be
resolved through address resolution protocol. Also, this document
specifies how to resolve the address duplication in order to
guarantee the maintenance of upper-layer sessions, such as TCP
session.
Conventions used in this document
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 [3].
Table of Contents
1. Introduction...................................................2
2. Terminology....................................................3
3. Overview.......................................................4
4. Message Formats................................................5
4.1 Message Format for Ad Hoc IPv4 Address Autoconfiguration...5
4.2 Message Format for Ad Hoc IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration...6
4.3 Interface-Key Extension Format.............................7
5. Ad Hoc IP Address Autoconfiguration............................8
5.1 Ad Hoc IPv4 Address Autoconfiguration......................8
5.1.1 Network Prefix for IPv4 Ad Hoc Network...............8
5.1.2 Procedure of Ad Hoc IPv4 DAD.........................9
5.2 Ad Hoc IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration.....................11
5.2.1 Network Prefix for IPv6 Ad Hoc Network..............11
5.2.2 Procedure of Ad Hoc IPv6 DAD........................12
6. Maintenance of Upper-layer Session under Address Duplication..12
6.1 Detection of Address Duplication during Weak DAD Phase....12
6.2 Address Duplication Resolution............................13
6.3 Data Packet Delivery after resolving Address Duplication..13
7. Open Issues...................................................13
8. Configuration Parameters......................................13
9. Security Considerations.......................................14
10. Acknowledgements.............................................14
11. Normative References.........................................14
12. Informative References.......................................15
13. Authors' Addresses...........................................15
Intellectual Property Statement..................................16
Full Copyright Statement.........................................16
Acknowledgement..................................................17
1. Introduction
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IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration [4][5] provides a way to
autoconfigure either fixed or mobile nodes with one or more IPv6
addresses and default routes. But this is not suitable for multi-hop
ad hoc networks that has dynamic network topology. Ad hoc networks
become partitioned and merged as intermediate nodes move. In this
environment, IP address autoconfiguration should be able to process
the address duplication not only within a connected ad hoc partition,
but also in the case where two partitions having duplicate addresses
respectively become merged. This document provides ad hoc IP address
autoconfiguration in IPv4 ad hoc network as well as in IPv6 ad hoc
network.
As we know from birthday paradox, there frequently happens an address
conflict when each node chooses its address by random address
selection in ad hoc network, especially in IPv4. In addition, due to
network partitioning and merging, more address conflicts may occur.
Therefore, the handling of address conflict, detection and resolution
is very important in ad hoc IP address autoconfiguraion based on
random address selection. Because the ad hoc IP address
autoconfiguration in this document considers ad hoc network's
partition and mergence, the address duplication that can be caused by
ad hoc network's mergence can be resolved through address resolution
protocol. Also, this document specifies how to resolve the address
duplication in order to guarantee the maintenance of upper-layer
sessions, such as TCP session, with a minimum of packet loss.
2. Terminology
This document uses the terminology described in [4][5]. In addition,
seven new terms are defined below:
Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET)
The network where mobile nodes can communicate with one another
without preexisting communication infrastructure, such as base
station or access point.
Duplicate Address Detection (DAD)
The process by which a node, which lacks an IP address,
determines address, determines whether a candidate address it
has selected is available or not. A node already equipped with
an IP address takes part in DAD in order to protect its IP
address from being accidentally used by another node.
Strong DAD
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The timed-based DAD for the purpose of checking if there is
address duplication in a connected MANET partition within a
finite bounded time interval [6].
Weak DAD
The DAD for the purpose of detecting address duplication during
ad hoc routing. Key is used for the purpose of detecting
duplicate IP addresses, which is selected to be unique by mobile
node. When mobile node receives a routing control packet, it
compares the pairs of address and key contained in the packet
with those in the routing table or cache [6].
Address Request (AREQ)
The message used during Strong DAD for the purpose of checking
if there is another node having the requested address [7].
Address Reply (AREP)
The message used during Strong DAD for the purpose of indicating
the requested address has already been utilized [7].
Address Error (AERR)
The message used during Weak DAD for the purpose of indicating
that an address duplication happened or that the address of peer
node has been changed.
3. Overview
IPv4 or IPv6 unicast address of ad hoc node can be autoconfigured by
IP address autoconfiguration for ad hoc networks. The configuration
of address is comprised of three steps: (a) selection of a random
address, (b) verification of the address uniqueness and (c)
assignment of the address into network interface.
The duplication address detection (DAD) proposed in this document not
only checks address duplication during the initialization of address
configuration, but also checks and resolves address duplication
detected by intermediate nodes during ad hoc routing. Also, even
during the resolution of address conflict, the sessions using the
conflicted address can still continue until the sessions are closed.
The DAD for ad hoc network in this document is a hybrid scheme
consisting of two phases: (a) Strong DAD and (b) Weak DAD.
Within a connected ad hoc partition, Strong DAD can check quickly if
there is any address duplication or not. During ad hoc routing, Weak
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DAD can find out if address duplication has occurred or not, when two
or more MANET partitions having duplicate addresses are merged.
4. Message Formats
4.1 Message Format for Ad Hoc IPv4 Address Autoconfiguration
The mechanism of this document needs new ICMPv4 types for ad hoc IPv4
address autoconfiguration. Figure 1 shows the format of the messages
related to IPv4 address autoconfiguration.
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Code | Checksum |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Identification |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Originator's IPv4 Address |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Requested or Duplicate IPv4 Address |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 1. Message Format for Ad Hoc IPv4 Address Autoconfiguration
Fields:
Type 8-bit identifier of the type of ICMPv4 message.
Message Name Type
AREQ (TBD)
AREP (TBD)
AERR (TBD)
Code 8-bit unsigned integer. As the code for message
type, the valid value is either 0 or 1. Code
value 1 in AERR message indicates that the peer
node's address has been changed. In the other
cases, code value is always 0.
Checksum 16-bit unsigned integer. The checksum for the
ICMPv4 message and parts of the IPv4 header
Identification 32-bit unsigned integer. The identification for
ad hoc address autoconfiguration message is used
to prevent duplicate AREQ message from being
rebroadcast.
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Originator's IPv4 Address
The IPv4 address of the sender of ad hoc address
autoconfiguration message.
Requested or Duplicate IPv4 Address
The requested IPv4 address in AREQ and AREP
messages, or the duplicate IPv4 address in AERR
message.
AREQ and AREP messages are used during Strong DAD and AERR message
during Weak DAD. Because AREQ message is forwarded by higher layer
than network layer through local broadcasting, "Identification" field
is necessary in order not to rebroadcast the message sent previously.
4.2 Message Format for Ad Hoc IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration
The mechanism of this document needs new ICMPv6 types for ad hoc IPv6
address autoconfiguration. Figure 2 shows the format of the messages
related to IPv6 address autoconfiguration.
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Code | Checksum |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Identification |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+ +
| |
+ Originator's IPv6 Address +
| |
+ +
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+ +
| |
+ Requested or Duplicate IPv6 Address +
| |
+ +
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 2. Message Format for Ad Hoc IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration
Fields:
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Type 8-bit identifier of the type of ICMPv6 message.
Message Name Type
AREQ (TBD)
AREP (TBD)
AERR (TBD)
Code 8-bit unsigned integer. As the code for message
type, the valid value is either 0 or 1. Code
value 1 in AERR message indicates that the peer
node's address has been changed. In the other
cases, code value is always 0.
Checksum 16-bit unsigned integer. The checksum for the
ICMPv6 message and parts of the IPv6 header
Identification 32-bit unsigned integer. The identification for
ad hoc address autoconfiguration message is used
to prevent duplicate AREQ message from being
rebroadcast.
Originator's IPv6 Address
The IPv6 address of the sender of ad hoc address
autoconfiguration message.
Requested or Duplicate IPv6 Address
The requested IPv6 address in AREQ and AREP
messages, or the duplicate IPv6 address in AERR
message.
4.3 Interface-Key Extension Format
Key for Weak DAD is contained in Interface-Key Extension of Figure 3,
which is assigned to each network interface.
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+ +
| |
+ Interface-Key +
| |
+ +
| |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 3. Interface-Key Extension Format
Fields:
Type (TBD)
Length 18
Interface-Key
128-bit Interface Key for each network interface, used in
Weak-DAD.
The Interface-Key extension is appended to control packets of ad hoc
routing protocol for Weak DAD. Intermediate routing points MUST
maintain the "Key" value for each address in routing table or cache.
5. Ad Hoc IP Address Autoconfiguration
The procedure of ad hoc IP address autoconfiguration in an ad hoc
node is comprised of two phases: (a) Strong DAD phase and (b) Weak
DAD phase. Especially, for Weak DAD, "Virtual IP Address" is used,
which is the combination of "IP Address" and "Key". During ad hoc
routing, with the value of Key, Weak DAD can detect IP address
duplication. Therefore, Weak DAD places a requirement for a new
field in the routing table -- namely, the inclusion of a "Key" field.
Also, most of routing control packets of ad hoc routing protocols
(e.g., link state packet) contain "Sequence Number" or
"Identification" field in order to allow a receiving node of the
control packets to determine whether it has recently seen copies of
the packets. This field is also used for the purpose of detecting
address duplication by Weak DAD.
Because this document does not consider the global connectivity to
the Internet, it assumes that MANET is temporary network isolated
from the Internet and the scope of addresses used in MANET is not
global, but local.
5.1 Ad Hoc IPv4 Address Autoconfiguration
5.1.1 Network Prefix for IPv4 Ad Hoc Network
Among IPV4_MANET_PREFIX [7], IPv4 addresses in the range 1 ~ 2047
(TMP_ADDR) in the low-order 16 bits are used for temporary IPv4
unicast address during Strong DAD. The rest of addresses in the
range TMP_ADDR + 1 ~ 65534 in the low-order 16 bits are used as
tentative IPv4 address for actual IPv4 unicast address. After
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successful Strong DAD, the temporary address is replaced with the
tentative address. In the future, this prefix can be replaced with
another one for ad hoc network.
5.1.2 Procedure of Ad Hoc IPv4 DAD
During Strong DAD phase, an ad hoc node autoconfigures a unique IPv4
address in its network interface within a limited scope of a
connected MANET partition and during Weak DAD phase, the node
participates in both ad hoc routing and Weak DAD as follows:
First of all, a node sets a variable for counting Strong DAD's
failure, dad_count, to zero.
Step (a) : The node selects a temporary address and configures it in
network interface.
Step (b) : The node selects a tentative address and makes an AREQ
message for the address. It initializes a variable for
retransmission of AREQ message, retrans_count, with zero. TTL of IP
datagram for Strong DAD is set to TTL_STRONG_DAD. In proactive
routing protocol, TTL of IP datagram MAY be set to one, one-hop
distance. Address duplication can be handled by Weak DAD while ad
hoc nodes exchange routing information each other.
Step (c) : The node broadcasts the AREQ message in IPV4_MANET_
BROADCAST_ADDRESS and increases retrans_count by one. It waits for
AREP message until the timer for Strong DAD expires. If an AREP
message for the sent AREQ message arrives before the timer expires,
the node executes Step (e). Otherwise, it executes Step (d). Notice
that nodes under tentative state of Strong DAD for its address
configuration SHOULD NOT participate in Strong DAD or routing.
Step (d) : If retrans_count is equal to DAD_RETRIES, indicating
successful Strong DAD, the node goes to Step (f). Otherwise, it goes
to Step (c).
Step (e) : If the received AREP message is associated with the sent
AREQ message and dad_count is unequal to DAD_FAILURE, the node
increments dad_count by one and returns to Step (a) in order to
restart Strong DAD for another address. Otherwise, the node reports
error message and gives up its address autoconfiguration.
Step (f) : Because the requested address that is tentative is unique
in the connected partition, the node replaces the temporary address
with the tentatively selected address as a permanent IPv4 unicast
address of its network interface.
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Step (g) : The node waits for receiving address autoconfiguration
message or ad hoc routing control packet. If the packet is address
autoconfiguration message, it executes Step (h). If the received
packet is ad hoc routing control packet, it executes Step (l).
Step (h) : First of all, it is checked during the processing of IP
header of the message whether the received message is what was
received previously on the basis of "Source IP Address" field of IP
datagram containing the message and "Identification" field within the
message or not. If the packet is what was received previously, the
node discards the message, returning to Step (g). Otherwise, the
node executes Step (i).
Step (i) : If the message is AREP, it executes Step (j). If the
message is AERR, it executes Step (k). If the message is AREQ, the
node compares the requested address in the AREQ message with its own
address and active addresses in its routing table or cache. If an
address duplication happens, it sends in unicast the originator node
of the AREQ message an AREP message, indicating address duplication,
returning to Step (g). Otherwise, it decrements the value of TTL of
IP datagram, containing the AREQ message, by one and then
rebroadcasts the message to neighbors, returning to Step (g).
Step (j) : If Destination IP address of the AREP message is the same
as its own IP address and the duplicate address in the AREP message
is corresponding to its own IP address under tentative state during
Strong DAD, the node starts Strong DAD procedure again, namely
returning to Step (a). For some reasons, if Destination IP address
of IP header of the AREP message is the same as its own but the
duplicate address in the AREP message is not corresponding to its own
under tentative state during Strong DAD, it discards the message as
error handling, returning to Step (g). Otherwise, it only relays the
message in unicast to next-hop node towards Destination IP address of
the AREP message, returning to Step (g).
Step (k) : If Destination IP address of the AERR message is the same
as its own IP address and the duplicate address in the AERR message
is the same as its own IP address, the node starts Strong DAD
procedure in order to autoconfigure a new address again, namely
returning to Step (a). In addition, in order to maintain the current
upper-layer sessions related to the duplicate address, it MAY inform
its peer nodes of address change. Refer to Section 6. For some
reasons, if Destination IP address of IP header of the AERR message
is the same as its own but the duplicate address in the AERR message
is not the same as its own, it discards the message as error handling
returning to Step (g). Otherwise, it only relays the message in
unicast to next-hop node towards Destination IP address of the AERR
message, returning to Step (g).
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Step (l) : The node investigates each IP address contained in control
packet with Interface-Key extension to see whether for IP address,
there is a matching entry in routing table or cache. If there is a
matching entry and the values of Key associated with each address are
different, which means that an IP address conflict has happened, the
node sends in unicast an AERR message, indicating address conflict,
to another node using the duplicate address, returning to Step (g).
Otherwise, it executes the rest of the procedure related to
processing ad hoc routing control packets, returning to Step (g).
Even in the accidental cases where the two contenders for an IP
address happen to select the same value for "Key", address
duplication MAY be detected with "Sequence Number" or
"Identification" field of the control packet. Assume that a node
receives a routing control packet (e.g., link state packet). If the
values of "IP Address" and "Key" fields within the packet are the
same as its own and the value of "Sequence Number" field within the
packet is higher than the counter value for its own "Sequence Number"
except sequence number wrap-around, the node MAY decide that address
duplication with the same key has happened and resolve the
duplication [8].
5.2 Ad Hoc IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration
5.2.1 Network Prefix for IPv6 Ad Hoc Network
Among the IPV6_MANET_PREFIX [7], "fec0:0:0:ffff::/96" is used as
IPV6_MANET_INIT_PREFIX for temporary unicast address during Strong
DAD. The low-order 32 bits of the temporary address are configured
with 32-bit pseudo random number. The rest of address range of
IPV6_MANET_PREFIX except IPV6_MANET_INIT_PREFIX is used for actual
unicast address. The address is tentative address until the
uniqueness of it is verified by Strong DAD. AREQ message for Strong
DAD is broadcast in site-local scoped all node multicast address,
IPV6_MANET_BROADCAST_ADDRESS.
Recently, IPv6 site-local address has been deprecated by IPv6 working
group. Since IETF-56 meeting, IPv6 working group has been discussing
local prefix for local networks separated from the Internet, such as
ad hoc network [9]. If ad hoc prefix is determined by IPv6 working
group, IPV6_MANET_PREFIX will have another for ad hoc network. IPV6_
MANET_BROADCAST_ADDRESS will also be replaced with another for ad hoc
network.
5.2.2 Procedure of Ad Hoc IPv6 DAD
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An IPv6 ad hoc node autoconfigures a unique IPv6 address in its
network interface in the same way as an IPv4 ad hoc node like section
5.1.2.
6. Maintenance of Upper-layer Session under Address Duplication
When address duplication happens and the duplicate address is
replaced with another, the sessions above network layer, such as TCP
session, can be broken. So, for the survivability of upper-layer
sessions using the duplicate address, the notification of address
change between the peer nodes is necessary. This resolution of
duplicate address is more important than the detection of duplicate
address from the viewpoint of network service; e.g., the maintenance
of upper-layer sessions with a minimum of packet loss and delay.
6.1 Detection of Address Duplication during Weak DAD Phase
In order to allow data packets related to the sessions using the
duplicate address to be forwarded to destination nodes for a while,
after sending an error message, AERR, to the node related to the
duplicate address, the intermediate nodes that have perceived address
duplication SHOULD continue to forward on-the-fly data packets
associated with the sessions using the duplicate address until the
route entry for the duplicate address expires, only if there is one
route entry towards the duplicate address. When there are more route
entries than one associated with duplicate address of which keys are
different each other, the intermediate nodes drop the on-the-fly data
packets so that the data packets may not reach wrong destination.
+------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+
|Node A|----|Node B|----|Node C|----|Node D|----|Node E|
+------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+
===> (X->Y)
on-the-fly data packet
of node A
Figure 4. Delivery of On-the-fly Data Packet under Address
Conflict
Through this forwarding, the on-the-fly data packets of the node with
duplicate address can be delivered to the destination without packet
loss. For example, like in Figure 4, let's assume that five nodes
are connected to compose a MANET and node A is sending data packets
to node E via node B, C and D. Even when the destination node E
changes its address from X to Y, the on-the-fly data packets of the
source node A can be delivered to node E without packet loss because
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the intermediate nodes can forward them because a route for node E's
duplicate address in each intermediate node is still valid.
6.2 Address Duplication Resolution
The node that receives an AERR message SHOULD autoconfigure a new
IPv6 address through Strong DAD. Also, it SHOULD simultaneously
allows the new address be used by the old upper-layer sessions using
the duplicate address as well as by new upper-layer sessions from
this time forward. The node SHOULD inform each peer node of the
change of address by sending an AERR message with code 1. The
"Originator's IPv4 Address" field of AERR message contains the
duplicate address and the "Requested IPv4 Address" field contains a
new address to be used for the further communication.
6.3 Data Packet Delivery after resolving Address Duplication
When the originator decides that the sent AERR has arrived at its
peer node, it starts to send data packets to its peer node again with
the new address through IP tunneling. The destination address in
outer IP header is the new IP address of the node that announced
duplicate address and that in inner IP header is the duplicate IP
address of the node. When the peer node receives tunneled packet
from the sender, it decapsulates the packet and delivers the payload
in the packet to upper-layer session associated with the duplicate
address. Both the node and its peer node maintain the information of
pairs of duplicate address and new address in Address Mapping Cache
like in a binding cache of Mobile IP [10][11] and use it for
processing IP tunneling.
7. Open Issues
There might be some issues regarding Ad Hoc IP Address Auto-
configuration as follows:
o How to select victim node(s) under address conflict, considering
the number of on-going sessions and fairness? The selection of
victim node can affect network performance.
o How to implement data structure of the address mapping cache and
how to maintain it?
8. Configuration Parameters
This section gives default values for some important parameters
associated with Ad Hoc IP Address Autoconfiguration.
Parameter Name Value
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IPV4_MANET_PREFIX 169.254/16
IPV6_MANET_PREFIX fec0:0:0:ffff::/64
IPV6_MANET_INIT_PREFIX fec0:0:0:ffff::/96
IPV4_MANET_BROADCAST_ADDRESS 255.255.255.255
IPV6_MANET_BROADCAST_ADDRESS FF05::1
TTL_STRONG_DAD 3
DAD_RETRIES 3
DAD_FAILURE 3
9. Security Considerations
In order to provide secure ad hoc IP address autoconfiguration in ad
hoc network, IPsec ESP MAY be used with a null-transform to
authenticate ad hoc IP autoconfiguration messages or control packets,
which can be easily accomplished through the configuration of a group
pre-shared secret key for the trusted nodes.
10. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the previous contributions of
the following people; Charles E. Perkins, Jari T. Malinen, Ryuji
Wakikawa, Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer and Yuan Sun. In addition, the
important definitions (e.g., Strong DAD and Weak DAD) and mechanisms
for finding and resolving duplicate address have been derived from
Nitin H. Vaidya's work. Especially, we thank for his contribution.
For the suggestion of Passive DAD, in aid of Weak DAD, we thank
Kilian Weniger.
11. Normative References
[1] S. Bradner, "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology",
RFC 3668, February 2004.
[2] S. Bradner, "IETF Rights in Contributions", RFC 3667,
February 2004.
[3] S. Bradner, "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[4] T. Narten, E. Nordmark and W. Simpson, "Neighbor Discovery for
IP version 6", RFC 2461, December 1998.
[5] S. Thomson and T. Narten, "IPv6 Stateless Address
Autoconfiguration", RFC 2462, December 1998.
[6] N. Vaidya, "Weak Duplicate Address Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc
Networks", MobiHoc 2002, June 2002.
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[7] C. Perkins et al., "IP Address Autoconfiguration for Ad Hoc
Networks", draft-ietf-manet-autoconf-01.txt, November 2001.
12. Informative References
[8] K. Weniger, "Passive Duplicate Address Detection in Mobile Ad
Hoc Networks", IEEE WCNC 2003, March 2003.
[9] R. Hinden and B. Haberman, "Unique Local IPv6 Unicast
Addresses", draft-ietf-ipv6-unique-local-addr-05.txt, June 2004.
[10] C. Perkins, "IP Mobility Support", RFC 2002, October 1996.
[11] D. Johnson, C. Perkins and J. Arkko, "Mobility Support in IPv6",
RFC 3775, June 2004.
13. Authors' Addresses
Jaehoon Paul Jeong
ETRI / PEC
161 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 305-350
Korea
Phone: +82 42 860 1664
Fax: +82 42 861 5404
EMail: paul@etri.re.kr
Jungsoo Park
ETRI / PEC
161 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu
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Hyoungjun Kim
ETRI / PEC
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Daejeon 305-350
Korea
Phone: +82 42 860 6576
Fax: +82 42 861 5404
EMail: khj@etri.re.kr
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Dongkyun Kim
Kyungpook National University
1370 Sankyuk-dong, Puk-gu
Daegu 702-701
Korea
Phone: +82 53 950 7571
Fax: +82 53 957 4846
EMail: dongkyun@knu.ac.kr
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