L2TPEXT Working GroupInternet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Konstantynowicz, Ed.Internet-DraftRequest for Comments: 8159 G. Heron, Ed.Intended status:Category: Standards Track Cisco SystemsExpires: April 17, 2017ISSN: 2070-1721 R. Schatzmayr Deutsche Telekom AG W. Henderickx Alcatel-Lucent, Inc.October 14, 2016April 2017 Keyed IPv6 Tunneldraft-ietf-l2tpext-keyed-ipv6-tunnel-07Abstract This document describesana tunnel encapsulation for Ethernet over IPv6tunnel encapsulationwith a mandatory 64-bit cookie for connectingL2Layer 2 (L2) Ethernet attachment circuits identified by IPv6 addresses. The encapsulation is based onL2TPv3the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3) over IP and does not use the L2TPv3 control plane.Requirements Language 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 RFC2119 [RFC2119].Status of This Memo ThisInternet-Draftissubmitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documentsan Internet Standards Track document. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The listIt represents the consensus ofcurrent Internet- Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents validthe IETF community. 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Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Static 1:1 MappingWithoutwithout a Control Plane . . . . . . . . . 3 3.64-bit64-Bit Cookie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 4. Encapsulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5. Fragmentation and Reassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6. OAM Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9.Contributing AuthorsReferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 10. Acknowledgements. . . . . 9 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911.9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . .9 11.1. Normative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Contributors . . . . . . .10 11.2. Informative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10. . 11 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1. Introduction L2TPv3, as defined in [RFC3931], provides a mechanism for tunneling Layer 2 (L2) "circuits" across a packet-oriented data network (e.g., over IP), with multiple attachment circuits multiplexed over a single pair of IP address endpoints(i.e.(i.e., a tunnel) using the L2TPv3sessionSession ID as a circuit discriminator. Implementing L2TPv3 over IPv6 [RFC2460] provides the opportunity to utilize unique IPv6 addresses to identify Ethernet attachment circuits directly, leveraging the key property that IPv6offers,offers -- a vast number of unique IP addresses. In this case, processing of the L2TPv3 Session ID may be bypassed uponreceiptreceipt, as each tunnel has one and only one associated session. This local optimization does not hinder the ability to continue supporting the multiplexing of circuits via the Session ID on the same router for other L2TPv3 tunnels. There are various advantages to this approach when compared to the "traditional" L2TPv3 approach of using a loopback address to terminate the tunnel and then carrying multiple sessions over the tunnel. These include better ECMPload-balancingload balancing (since each tunnel has a unique source/destination IPv6 addresspair),pair) and finer-grained control when advertising tunnel endpoints using a routing protocol. 1.1. Requirements Language 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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119]. 2. Static 1:1 MappingWithoutwithout a Control Plane The L2TPv3Control Planecontrol plane defined inRFC3931[RFC3931] is not used for this encapsulation. The management plane is used tocreate,create andto maintain,maintain matching configurations at either end of each tunnel. Local configuration by the management plane creates a one-to-one mapping between the access-side L2 attachment circuit and the IP address used in the network-side IPv6 encapsulation. The IPv6 L2TPv3 tunnel encapsulating device uniquely identifies each Ethernet L2 attachment connection by a port ID or a combination of a port ID and VLAN ID(s) on the accessside,side and by a local IPv6 address on the network side. The local IPv6 address also identifies the tunnel endpoint. The local IPv6 addresses identifying L2TPv3 tunnels SHOULD NOT be assigned from connected IPv6 subnets facing towards remote tunnel endpoints, since that approach would result in an IPv6 Neighbor Discovery cache entry per tunnel on thenext hopnext-hop router towards the remote tunnel endpoint. It is RECOMMENDED that local IPv6 addresses identifying L2TPv3 tunnels are assigned from dedicated subnets used only for such tunnel endpoints. Certain deployment scenarios may require using a single IPv6 address (such as a unicast or anycast address assigned to a specific service instance, forexampleexample, a virtual switch) to identify a tunnel endpoint for multiple IPv6 L2TPv3 tunnels. For suchcasescases, the tunnel decapsulating device uses the local IPv6 address to identify the serviceinstance,instance and the remote IPv6 address to identify the individual tunnel within that service instance. As mentionedaboveabove, Session ID processing is notrequiredrequired, as each keyed IPv6 tunnel has one and only one associated session.HoweverHowever, for compatibility with existingRFC3931[RFC3931] implementations, the packets need to be sent with the Session ID. Routers implementing L2TPv3 according toRFC3931[RFC3931] can be configured with multiple L2TPv3 tunnels, with one session per tunnel, to interoperate with routers implementing the keyed IPv6 tunnel as specified by this document. Note that as Session ID processing is not enabled for keyed IPv6tunnels thattunnels, there can only be a single keyed IPv6 tunnel between two IPv6 addresses. 3.64-bit64-Bit Cookie In line withRFC3931,[RFC3931], the 64-bit cookie is used for an additional tunnel endpoint context check. This is the largest cookie size permitted inRFC3931.[RFC3931]. All packets MUST carry the 64-bit L2TPv3 cookie field. The cookie MUST be 64 bits long in order to provide sufficient protection against spoofing andbrute forcebrute-force blind insertion attacks. The cookie values SHOULD be randomly selected. In the absence of the L2TPv3Control Plane,control plane, the L2TPv3 encapsulating router MUST be provided with a local configuration of the 64-bit cookie for each local and remote IPv6 endpoint. Note that cookies are asymmetric, so local and remote endpoints may send different cookievalues, andvalues and, infactfact, SHOULD do so. The value of the cookie MUST be able to be changed at any time in a manner that does not drop any legitimate tunneled packets,i.e.i.e., the receiver MUST be configurable to accept two discrete cookies for a single tunnel simultaneously. This enables the receiver to hold both the 'old' and 'new' cookie values during a change of cookie value. Cookie values SHOULD be changed periodically by the management plane. Note that mandating a 64-bit cookie is a change from the optional variable-length cookie ofRFC3931,[RFC3931] and that this requirement constrains interoperability with existingRFC3931[RFC3931] implementations to those supporting a 64-bit cookie. The management plane MUST NOT configure a keyed IP tunnel unless both endpoints support the 64-bit cookie. 4. Encapsulation The ingress router encapsulates the entire Ethernet frame, without the preamble andframe check sequenceFrame Check Sequence (FCS) in L2TPv3 as perRFC4719[RFC4719]. The L2-specific sublayer MAY be carried if Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification( VCCV )(VCCV) [RFC5085] and/or frame sequencing is required, but it SHOULD NOT be carried otherwise. The L2TPv3 packet is encapsulated directly over IPv6(i.e.(i.e., no UDP header is carried). The ingress router MAY retain the FCS as persection 4.7 of[RFC4720]. Support for retaining the FCS and for receiving packets with a retained FCS isOPTIONAL, andOPTIONAL and, ifpresentpresent, MUST be configurable. In the absence of the L2TPv3 controlplaneplane, such configuration MUST be consistent for the two endpoints of any given tunnel,i.e.i.e., if one router is configured to retain theFCSFCS, then the other router MUST be configured to receive packets with the retained FCS. Any router configured to retain FCS for a tunnel MUST retain FCS for all frames sent over that tunnel. All routers implementing this specification MUST support the ability to send frames without retaining the FCS and to receive such frames. Any service-delimiting IEEE 802.1Q [IEEE802.1Q] or IEEE 802.1ad [IEEE802.1ad] VLAN IDs--- S-tag,C-tagC-tag, or the tuple (S-tag, C-tag)--- are treated with local significance within the Ethernet L2 port and MUST NOT be forwarded over the IPv6 L2TPv3 tunnel. Note that the same approach may be used to transport protocols other than Ethernet, though this is outside the scope of this specification. The full encapsulation is as follows: 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | + IPv6 Header (320 bits) + ~ ~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Session ID (32 bits) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Cookie (0:31) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Cookie (32:63) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (Optional)L2-specificL2-Specific Sublayer (32 bits) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |Payload (variable)| |?| |?Payload (variable) | |?| |?| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The combined IPv6 andKeyedkeyed IPTunneltunnel header contains the following fields: o IPv6 Header. Note that: * The traffic class may be set by the ingress router to ensure correctPHBPer-Hop Behavior (PHB) treatment by transit routers between the ingress andegress,egress and to correct QoS disposition at the egress router. * The flow label, as defined in[RFC6437][RFC6437], may be set by the ingress router to indicate a flow of packets from theclientclient, which may not be reordered by the network (if there is a requirement forfiner grainedfiner-grained ECMP load balancing rather thanper- circuitper-circuit load balancing). * The next header will be set to 0x73 to indicate that the next header is L2TPv3. * In the "Static1:1"1:1 Mapping" case described in Section 2, the IPv6 source address may correspond to a port or port/VLAN being transported as an L2 circuit, or it may correspond to a virtual interface terminating inside the router(e.g.(e.g., if L2 circuits are being used within a multipointVPN,VPN or if an anycast address is being terminated on a set ofdata centerdata-center virtual machines.) * As with the sourceaddressaddress, the IPv6 destination address may correspond to a port or port/VLAN being transported as an L2circuit,circuit or to a virtual interface. o Session ID. In the "Static 1:1mapping"Mapping" case described in Section 2, the IPv6 address identifies an L2TPv3 sessiondirectly, thusdirectly; thus, at endpoints supporting one-stage resolution (IPv6 Addressonly)Only), the Session ID SHOULD be ignored upon receipt. It is RECOMMENDED that the remote endpoint is configured to set the Session ID to all ones (0xFFFFFFFF) for easy identification in case of troubleshooting. For compatibility with other tunnel termination platforms supporting only two-stage resolution (IPv6 Address + Session ID), this specification recommends supporting explicit configuration of Session ID to any value other than zero (including all ones). The Session ID of zero MUST NOT be used, as it is reserved for use by L2TP control messages as specified inRFC3931.[RFC3931]. Note that the Session ID isunidirectional,unidirectional; the sent and received Session IDs at an endpoint may be different. o Cookie. The 64-bit cookie, configured and described as in Section 3. All packets for a destined L2 circuit (or L2TPv3 Session) MUST match one of the cookie values configured for that circuit. Any packets that do not contain a valid cookie value MUST be discarded (seeRFC3931[RFC3931] for more details). oL2-specific sublayer (optional).L2-Specific Sublayer (Optional). As notedaboveabove, this will be present if VCCV and/or frame sequencing is required. If VCCV isrequiredrequired, then any frames with bit 0 (the "V-bit") set are VCCV messages. If frame sequencing isrequiredrequired, then any frames with bit 1 (the "S-bit") set have a valid frame sequence number in bits8 - 31.8-31. o Payload(variable length).(variable). As notedaboveabove, the preamble and anyservice-delimitingservice- delimiting tags MUST be stripped beforeencapsulationencapsulation, and the FCS MUST be stripped unless FCS retention is configured at both ingress and egress routers. Since a new FCS is added at each hop when the encapsulating IP packet istransmittedtransmitted, the payload is protected against bit errors. 5. Fragmentation and Reassembly Using tunnel encapsulation of Ethernet L2 datagrams in IPv6 will reduce the effective MTU allowed for the encapsulated traffic. The recommended solution to deal with this problem is for the network operator to increase the MTU size of all the links between the devices acting as IPv6 L2TPv3 tunnel endpoints to accommodate both the IPv6 L2TPv3 encapsulation header and the Ethernet L2 datagram without requiring fragmentation of the IPv6 packet. It is RECOMMENDED that routers implementing this specification implement IPv6PMTUPath MTU (PMTU) discovery as defined in [RFC1981] to confirm that the path over which packets are sent has sufficient MTU to transport amaximum lengthmaximum-length Ethernet frame plus encapsulation overhead. Routers implementing this specification MAY implement L2TPv3 fragmentation (as defined insectionSection 5 of [RFC4623]). In the absence of the L2TPv3 control plane, it is RECOMMENDED that fragmentation (if implemented) is locally configured on a per-tunnel basis. Fragmentation configuration MUST be consistent between the two ends of a tunnel. It is NOT RECOMMENDED for routers implementing this specification to enable IPv6 fragmentation (as defined insectionSection 4.5 ofRFC2460)[RFC2460]) for keyed IP tunnels.IP fragmentation issues for L2TPv3 are discussed in section 4.1.4 of RFC3931.6. OAM ConsiderationsOAMOperations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) is an important consideration when providing circuit-oriented services such as those described in thisdocument, anddocument; it is all the moresoimportant in the absence of a dedicated tunnel control plane, as OAM becomes the only way to detect failures in the tunnel overlay. Note that in the context of keyed IP tunnels, failures in the IPv6 underlay network can be detected using the usual methods such as through the routing protocol, including the use of single-hop Bidirectional Forwarding Detection( BFD )(BFD) [RFC5881] to rapidly detect link failures.Multi-HopMultihop BFD MAY also be enabled between tunnel endpoints as per [RFC5883]. Since keyed IP tunnels always carry an Ethernetpayload,payload and since OAM at the tunnel layer is unable to detect failures in the Ethernet service processing at the ingress or egressrouter,router or on the Ethernet attachment circuit between the router and the Ethernet client, it is RECOMMENDED that Ethernet OAM as defined in [IEEE802.1ag] and/or [Y.1731]isbe enabled for keyed IP tunnels. As defined in those specifications, the following Connectivity Fault Management( CFM )(CFM) and/or Ethernet Continuity Check( ETH-CC )(ETH-CC) configurations are to be used in conjunction with keyed IPv6 tunnels: o Connectivity verification between the tunnel endpoints across thetunnel - usetunnel: Use an UpMEPMaintenance End Point (MEP) located at the tunnel endpoint for transmitting the CFM PDUs towards, and receiving themfromfrom, the direction of the tunnel. o Connectivity verification from the tunnel endpoint across the local attachmentcircuit - usecircuit: Use a Down MEP located at the tunnel endpoint for transmitting the CFM PDUs towards, and receiving themfromfrom, the direction of the local attachment circuit. o Intermediate connectivityverification - useverification: Use aMIPMaintenance Intermediate Point (MIP) located at the tunnel endpoint to relay CFM PDUs. Inadditionaddition, PseudowireVirtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV)[RFC5085] MAY be used.FurthermoreFurthermore, BFD MAY be enabled over the VCCV channel [RFC5885]. Note that since there is no controlplaneplane, it is RECOMMENDED that the management plane take action when attachment circuit failure is detected, forexampleexample, by dropping the remote attachment circuit. 7. IANA ConsiderationsNone.This document does not require any IANA actions. 8. Security Considerations Packet spoofing for any type of Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunneling protocol is of particular concern as insertion of carefully constructed rogue packets into the VPN transit network could result in a violation of VPN traffic separation, leaking data into a customer VPN. This is complicated by the fact that it may be particularly difficult for the operator of the VPN to even be aware that it has become a point of transit into or between customer VPNs. Keyed IPv6 encapsulation provides traffic separation for its VPNs via the use of separate 128-bit IPv6 addresses to identify the endpoints. The mandatory use of the64 bit64-bit L2TPv3 cookie provides an additional check to ensure that an arriving packet is intended for the identified tunnel. In the presence of a blindpacket spoofingpacket-spoofing attack, the 64-bit L2TPv3 cookie provides security against inadvertent leaking of frames into a customer VPN, as documented insectionSection 8.2 ofRFC3931.[RFC3931]. For protection againstbrute-force, blind,brute-force blind insertion attacks, the 64- bit cookie MUST be used with all tunnels. Note that the cookie provides no protection against a sophisticated man-in-the-middle attacker who can sniff and correlate captured data between nodes for use in a coordinated attack. The L2TPv3 64-bit cookie must not be regarded as a substitute for security such as that provided by IPsec when operating over an open or untrusted network where packets may be sniffed, decoded, and correlated for use in a coordinated attack.11.9. References11.1.9.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>. [RFC2460] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, DOI 10.17487/RFC2460, December 1998, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2460>. [RFC3931] Lau, J., Ed., Townsley, M., Ed., and I. Goyret, Ed., "Layer Two Tunneling Protocol - Version 3 (L2TPv3)", RFC 3931, DOI 10.17487/RFC3931, March 2005, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3931>. [RFC4719] Aggarwal, R., Ed., Townsley, M., Ed., and M. Dos Santos, Ed., "Transport of Ethernet Frames over Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3)", RFC 4719, DOI 10.17487/RFC4719, November 2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4719>.11.2.9.2. Informative References [IEEE802.1ad] IEEE,"802.1ad-2005 - IEEE"IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Virtual Bridged Local AreaNetworks -Networks, Amendment 4: Provider Bridges",2005.IEEE 802.1ad-2005, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2006.216360. [IEEE802.1ag] IEEE, "IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks, Amendment 5: Connectivity FaultManagements", 2007.Management", IEEE 802.1ag-2007, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2007.4431836. [IEEE802.1Q] IEEE,"802.1Q-2014 - IEEE"IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Bridges and Bridged Networks",2014.IEEE 802.1Q- 2014, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2014.6991462. [RFC1981] McCann, J., Deering, S., and J. Mogul, "Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6", RFC 1981, DOI 10.17487/RFC1981, August 1996, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1981>. [RFC4623] Malis, A. and M. Townsley, "Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to- Edge (PWE3) Fragmentation and Reassembly", RFC 4623, DOI 10.17487/RFC4623, August 2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4623>. [RFC4720] Malis, A., Allan, D., and N. Del Regno, "Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Frame Check Sequence Retention", RFC 4720, DOI 10.17487/RFC4720, November 2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4720>. [RFC5085] Nadeau, T., Ed. and C. Pignataro, Ed., "Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires", RFC 5085, DOI 10.17487/RFC5085, December 2007, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5085>. [RFC5881] Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)", RFC 5881, DOI 10.17487/RFC5881, June 2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5881>. [RFC5883] Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multihop Paths", RFC 5883, DOI 10.17487/RFC5883, June 2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5883>. [RFC5885] Nadeau, T., Ed. and C. Pignataro, Ed., "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV)", RFC 5885, DOI 10.17487/RFC5885, June 2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5885>. [RFC6437] Amante, S., Carpenter, B., Jiang, S., and J. Rajahalme, "IPv6 Flow Label Specification", RFC 6437, DOI 10.17487/RFC6437, November 2011, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6437>. [Y.1731]ITU, "ITU-T Recommendation G.8013/Y.1731 - OAMITU-T, "Operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) functions and mechanisms forEthernet basedEthernet-based networks",2011. 10.Recommendation ITU-T G.8013/Y.1731, August 2015. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Carlos Pignataro, Stewart Bryant, Karsten Thomann, QiSunSun, and Ian Farrer for their insightful suggestions and review.9. Contributing AuthorsContributors Peter Weinberger Cisco Systems Email: peweinbe@cisco.com Michael Lipman Cisco Systems Email: mlipman@cisco.com Mark Townsley Cisco Systems Email: townsley@cisco.com Authors' Addresses Maciek Konstantynowicz (editor) Cisco Systems Email: maciek@cisco.com Giles Heron (editor) Cisco Systems Email: giheron@cisco.com Rainer Schatzmayr Deutsche Telekom AG Email: rainer.schatzmayr@telekom.de Wim Henderickx Alcatel-Lucent, Inc. Email: wim.henderickx@alcatel-lucent.com