Internet DRAFT - draft-eromenko-ethernet-over-udp-tunnel
draft-eromenko-ethernet-over-udp-tunnel
INTERNET-DRAFT
"Ethernet over UDP/IP",
Alexey Eromenko, 2015-12-28,
<draft-eromenko-ethernet-over-udp-tunnel-00.txt>
expiration date: 2016-06-28
Intended status: Standards Track
A.Eromenko
December 2015
Ethernet over UDP/IP Tunnel
=============================
Specification draft
Abstract
This technique is simple to implement, and provides an effective
tunnel between two LAN segments (Ethernet Broadcast Domains).
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Introduction
In Ethernet-over-UDP, no fragmentation or reassembly occur of the
inner traffic. No retransmission or security provided.
It was built as a quick and simple way to inter-connect various
systems, and it is intended where maximum performance and
simplicity required.
It is very effective tunnel for both legacy software, which requires
non-IP protocols, such as NETBIOS or IPX/SPX, as well as for
development of new network protocols.
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
4| Source UDP port | Destination UDP port |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
8| UDP Length | UDP checksum |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+++
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
12| Destination MAC Address |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
16| | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +
20| Source MAC Address |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
22| EtherType or Length | Data... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ .
. .
. Data... .
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
26| Frame Check Sequence |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
(bytes)
There is no "default UDP port" to listen to incoming sessions,
and it must be manually configured by the admin.
This protocol adds 26 bytes of overhead.
Implementations
Multiple inter-operable Open-Source implementations exist, including
VirtualBox, Qemu/KVM and Virtual Distributed Ethernet (VDE).
Security Considerations
Traffic sent over a UDP Tunnel is not encrypted.
When using on the public Internet, you can either encrypt it on
the outter network level (with IPsec or SSH),
or use encrypted protocols in the inner network (TLS or SSH).
The security properties are similar to Ethernet.
Author Contacts
Alexey Eromenko
Israel
Skype: Fenix_NBK_
EMail: al4321@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/technologov
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Alexey
expiration date: 2016-06-28
