Internet DRAFT - draft-salowey-radext-delegated-prefix

draft-salowey-radext-delegated-prefix






Network Working Group                                         J. Salowey
Internet-Draft                                                  R. Droms
Expires: March 5, 2006                               Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                          September 2005


                 RADIUS Delegated-IPv6-Prefix Attribute
              draft-salowey-radext-delegated-prefix-01.txt

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Abstract

   The Delegated-IPv6-Prefix attribute indicates an IPv6 prefix that is
   to be delegated to the user.

1.  Introduction

   The Delegated-IPv6-Prefix indicates an IPv6 prefix to be delegated to
   the user.  For example, the prefix in a Delegated-IPv6-Prefix
   attribute can be delegated to another node through DHCP Prefix



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   Delegation [2].  This is different from the usage of Framed-IPv6-
   Prefix attribute in which the prefix remains in control of the
   Network Access Server (NAS).  The prefix in the Framed-IPv6-Prefix
   attribute can be assigned to a link to which the NAS is attached, and
   may subsequently be advertised through Router Advertisement messages
   [3].

   The Delegated-IPv6-Prefix MAY be used in Access-Accept packets, and
   can appear multiple times.  It MAY be used in an Access-Request
   packet as a hint by the NAS to the server that it would prefer these
   prefix(es), but the server is not required to honor the hint.

2.  Terminology

   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 [4].

3.  Attribute format

   The format of the Delegated-IPv6-Prefix is:

       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     | Prefix-Length |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                   Prefix
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                   Prefix
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                   Prefix
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                   Prefix                             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


       Type

            TBD for Delegated-IPv6-Prefix

       Length

            At least 4 and no larger than 20







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       Reserved

            Always set to zero

       Prefix-Length

            The length of the prefix, in bits.  At least 0 and no larger
            than 128

   Note that the prefix field is only required to be long enough to hold
   the prefix bits and can be shorter than 16 bytes.  Any bits in the
   prefix field that are not part of the prefix MUST be zero.

   The definition of the Delegated-IPv6-Prefix Attribute is based on the
   Framed-IPv6-Prefix attribute.

   The following table describes which messages the Delegated-IPv6-
   Prefix attribute can appear in and in what quantity.

   Request Accept Challenge Reject Accounting  #   Attribute
                                   Request
   0+      0+     0         0      0+          TBD Delegated-IPv6-Prefix

   In this table 0 indicates that an attribute MUST NOT be present in
   the packet and 0+ means that zero or more instances of this attribute
   MAY be present in packet.

4.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to assign a Type value, TBD, for this attribute
   from the RADIUS Types registry.

5.  Security Considerations

   Known security vulnerabilities of the RADIUS protocol are discussed
   in RFC 2607 [5], RFC 2865 [6] and RFC 2869 [7].  Use of IP SEC [8]
   for providing security when RADIUS is carried in IPv6 is discussed in
   RFC 3162 [1].

6.  Normative References

   [1]  Aboba, B., Zorn, G., and D. Mitton, "RADIUS and IPv6", RFC 3162,
        August 2001.

   [2]  Troan, O. and R. Droms, "IPv6 Prefix Options for Dynamic Host
        Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 6", RFC 3633,
        December 2003.




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   [3]  Narten, T., Nordmark, E., and W. Simpson, "Neighbor Discovery
        for IP Version 6 (IPv6)", RFC 2461, December 1998.

   [4]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
        Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [5]  Aboba, B. and J. Vollbrecht, "Proxy Chaining and Policy
        Implementation in Roaming", RFC 2607, June 1999.

   [6]  Rigney, C., Willens, S., Rubens, A., and W. Simpson, "Remote
        Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)", RFC 2865,
        June 2000.

   [7]  Rigney, C., Willats, W., and P. Calhoun, "RADIUS Extensions",
        RFC 2869, June 2000.

   [8]  Kent, S. and R. Atkinson, "Security Architecture for the
        Internet Protocol", RFC 2401, November 1998.


Authors' Addresses

   Joe Salowey
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   2901 Third Avenue
   Seattle, WA  98121
   USA

   Phone: +1 206.310.0596
   Email: jsalowey@cisco.com


   Ralph Droms
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   1414 Massachusetts Avenue
   Boxborough, MA  01719
   USA

   Phone: +1 978.936.1674
   Email: rdroms@cisco.com











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