Network Working Group S. Krishnan Internet-Draft Ericsson Intended status: Standards Track July 4, 2007 Expires: January 5, 2008 Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers draft-krishnan-ipv6-reserved-iids-01 Status of this Memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on January 5, 2008. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007). Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 1] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 Abstract Interface Identifiers in IPv6 unicast addresses are used to identify interfaces on a link. They are required to be unique within a subnet. Several RFCs have specified interface identifiers or identifier ranges that have a special meaning attached to them. An IPv6 node autoconfiguring an interface identifier in these ranges will encounter unexpected consequences. Since there is no centralized repository for such reserved identifiers, this document aims to create one. Table of Contents 1. Requirements notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Issues with reusing reserved Interface Identifiers . . . . . . 5 3.1. Possible solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 11 Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 2] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 1. Requirements notation 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]. Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 3] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 2. Introduction An IPv6 unicast address is composed of two parts. A subnet prefix and an interface identifier (IID) that identifies an unique interface within the subnet prefix. The structure of an IPv6 unicast address is depicted in the IPv6 Addressing Architecture [RFC4291] and is replicated here for clarity. | n bits | 128-n bits | +------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | subnet prefix | interface ID | +------------------------------------------------+----------------+ Figure 1: IPv6 Unicast Address Format For all unicast addresses, except those that start with binary value 000, Interface identifiers are required to be 64 bits long (i.e. n==64) . If the interface identifiers are generated from an unique token like an ethernet MAC address, they need to set bit 6 of the first octet to one. If they are not generated from an unique token they need to set bit 6 to zero. Examples of mechanisms that generate interface identifiers without an unique token include Cryptographically Generated Addresses [RFC3972], Privacy Addresses [PRIVACY], Hash Based Addresses [HBA] etc. Non-unique interface identifiers can also be allocated using managed address assignment mechanisms like DHCPv6 [RFC3315]. Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 4] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 3. Issues with reusing reserved Interface Identifiers Let us assume a node comes up with an interface identifier that has been reserved for use in some other capacity. e.g. An IPv6 node that uses temporary IPv6 addresses [PRIVACY] comes up with an IID of fdff: ffff:ffff:fffe . This node will receive requests from all nodes that are requesting a service from a MobileIPv6 home agent. At best this is an annoyance to the node that came up with this address. In the worst case scenario another node on the link would be denied service and may not look for other methods of acquiring a home agent. Thus, such reserved interface identifiers MUST NOT be used for autonomous auto-configuration or for managed address configuration. 3.1. Possible solutions There are two possible ways to go about avoiding usage of these reserved interface identifiers. One of them would be to add normative reference to each specification that reserves an interface identifier. The other one would be to create an IANA registry for such interface identifiers. There are two disadvantages to the normative reference approach. Firstly, this approach does not scale well. This is because the number of such specifications can need to be updated is large. Secondly, the maturity level of the document reserving the IID might be lower than the one prohibited from using it. This will cause a downward reference problem. Therefore the better solution is to create an IANA registry for this purpose. Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 5] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 4. IANA Considerations This document requests the creation of an IANA registry for reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers. Initial values for the reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers are given below. +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+ | Interface Identifier Range | Description | +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+ | 0000:0000:0000:0000-0000:0000:0000:0000 | Subnet Router Anycast | | | [RFC4291] | | | | | 0000:5efe:0000:0000-0000:5efe:ffff:ffff | ISATAP [RFC4214] | | | | | fdff:ffff:ffff:ff80-fdff:ffff:ffff:fffd | Reserved Subnet Anycast | | | [RFC2526] | | | | | fdff:ffff:ffff:fffe-fdff:ffff:ffff:fffe | MobileIPv6 Home Agents | | | Anycast [RFC2526] | | | | | fdff:ffff:ffff:ffff-fdff:ffff:ffff:ffff | Reserved Subnet Anycast | | | [RFC2526] | +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+ Table 1: Current Assignments It is possible that implementations might predate a specific assignment from this registry and hence not be cognizant of the reserved nature of the interface identifier. Hence. future assignments from this registry are discouraged but in exceptional circumstances are to be made through Expert Review [IANABIS]. Assignments consist of a single interface identifier or a range of interface identifiers. Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 6] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 5. Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Alain Durand, Alex Petrescu, Bernie Volz, Bob Hinden, Christian Huitema, Fred Templin, Jordi Palet Martinez, Pekka Savola, Remi Denis-Courmount Tim Enos for reviewing this document and suggesting changes. Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 7] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 6. Security Considerations Information that creates or updates a registration needs to be authenticated and authorized. By utilizing one of the reserved interface identifiers an IPv6 node might receive requests that it is not authorized to receive. Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 8] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 7. References 7.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2526] Johnson, D. and S. Deering, "Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses", RFC 2526, March 1999. [RFC4214] Templin, F., Gleeson, T., Talwar, M., and D. Thaler, "Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP)", RFC 4214, October 2005. [RFC4291] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture", RFC 4291, February 2006. 7.2. Informative References [HBA] Bagnulo, M., "Hash Based Addresses (HBA)", draft-ietf-shim6-hba-02 (work in progress), October 2006. [IANABIS] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", draft-narten-iana-considerations-rfc2434bis-05 (work in progress), September 2006. [PRIVACY] Narten, T., Draves, R., and S. Krishnan, "Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6", draft-ietf-ipv6-privacy-addrs-v2-05 (work in progress), October 2006. [RFC3315] Droms, R., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins, C., and M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, July 2003. [RFC3972] Aura, T., "Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)", RFC 3972, March 2005. Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 9] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 Author's Address Suresh Krishnan Ericsson 8400 Decarie Blvd. Town of Mount Royal, QC Canada Phone: +1 514 345 7900 x42871 Email: suresh.krishnan@ericsson.com Krishnan Expires January 5, 2008 [Page 10] Internet-Draft Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers July 2007 Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007). This document is subject to the rights, licenses and restrictions contained in BCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the authors retain all their rights. 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