Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                         J. Clarke
Request for Comments: 7922                                  G. Salgueiro
Category: Informational                                     C. Pignataro
ISSN: 2070-1721                                                    Cisco
                                                              June 2016


                Interface to the Routing System (I2RS)
            Traceability: Framework and Information Model

Abstract

  This document describes a framework for traceability in the Interface
  to the Routing System (I2RS) and the information model for that
  framework.  It specifies the motivation, requirements, and use cases,
  and defines an information model for recording interactions between
  elements implementing the I2RS protocol.  This framework provides a
  consistent tracing interface for components implementing the I2RS
  architecture to record what was done, by which component, and when.
  It aims to improve the management of I2RS implementations, and can be
  used for troubleshooting, auditing, forensics, and accounting
  purposes.

Status of This Memo

  This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
  published for informational purposes.

  This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
  (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
  received public review and has been approved for publication by the
  Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Not all documents
  approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
  Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841.

  Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
  and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
  http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7922.













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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction ....................................................3
  2. Terminology and Conventions .....................................3
  3. Motivation ......................................................4
  4. Use Cases .......................................................4
  5. Information Model ...............................................5
     5.1. I2RS Traceability Framework ................................5
     5.2. I2RS Trace Log Fields ......................................7
     5.3. End of Message Marker .....................................11
  6. Examples .......................................................11
  7. Operational Guidance ...........................................11
     7.1. Trace Log Creation ........................................12
     7.2. Trace Log Temporary Storage ...............................12
     7.3. Trace Log Rotation ........................................13
     7.4. Trace Log Retrieval .......................................13
          7.4.1. Retrieval via Syslog ...............................14
          7.4.2. Retrieval via I2RS Information Collection ..........14
          7.4.3. Retrieval via I2RS Pub/Sub .........................14
  8. Security Considerations ........................................15
  9. References .....................................................16
     9.1. Normative References ......................................16
     9.2. Informative References ....................................16
  Acknowledgments ...................................................17
  Authors' Addresses ................................................17











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1.  Introduction

  The architecture for the Interface to the Routing System [RFC7921]
  specifies that I2RS clients wishing to retrieve or change the routing
  state on a routing element MUST authenticate to an I2RS agent.  The
  I2RS client will have a unique identity it provides for
  authentication, and should provide another opaque identity for
  applications communicating through it.  The programming of routing
  state will produce a return code containing the results of the
  specified operation and associated reason(s) for the result.  All of
  this is critical information to be used for understanding the history
  of I2RS interactions.

  This document defines the framework necessary to trace those
  interactions between the I2RS client and I2RS agent.  It goes on to
  describe use cases for traceability within I2RS.  Based on these use
  cases, the document proposes an information model and reporting
  requirements to provide for effective recording of I2RS interactions.
  In this context, effective troubleshooting means being able to
  identify what operation was performed by a specific I2RS client via
  the I2RS agent, what was the result of the operation, and when that
  operation was performed.

2.  Terminology and Conventions

  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].

  The architecture specification for I2RS [RFC7921] defines additional
  terms used in this document that are specific to the I2RS domain,
  such as "I2RS agent", "I2RS client", etc.  The reader is expected to
  be familiar with the terminology and concepts defined in [RFC7921].


















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3.  Motivation

  As networks scale and policy becomes an increasingly important part
  of the control plane that creates and maintains the forwarding state,
  operational complexity increases as well.  I2RS offers more granular
  and coherent control over policy and control-plane state, but it also
  removes or reduces the locality of the policy that has been applied
  to the control plane at any individual forwarding device.  The
  ability to automate and abstract even complex policy-based controls
  highlights the need for an equally scalable traceability function to
  provide recording at event-level granularity of the evolution of the
  routing system compliant with the requirements of I2RS (Section 5 of
  [RFC7920]).

4.  Use Cases

  An obvious motivation for I2RS traceability is the need to
  troubleshoot and identify root causes of problems in these
  increasingly complex routing systems.  For example, since I2RS is a
  high-throughput multi-channel, full duplex, and highly responsive
  interface, I2RS clients may be performing a large number of
  operations on I2RS agents concurrently or at nearly the same time and
  quite possibly in very rapid succession.  As these many changes are
  made, the network reacts accordingly.  These changes might lead to a
  race condition, performance issues, data loss, or disruption of
  services.  In order to isolate the root cause of these issues, it is
  critical that a network operator or administrator has visibility into
  what changes were made via I2RS at a specific time.

  Some network environments have strong auditing requirements for
  configuration and runtime changes.  Other environments have policies
  that require saving logging information for operational or regulatory
  compliance considerations.  These requirements therefore demand that
  I2RS provides an account of changes made to network element routing
  systems.

  As I2RS becomes increasingly pervasive in routing environments, a
  traceability model that supports controllable trace log retention
  using a standardized structured data format offers significant
  advantages, such as the ability to create common tools supporting
  automated testing, and facilitates the following use cases:










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  o  real-time monitoring and troubleshooting of router events;

  o  automated event correlation, trend analysis, and anomaly
     detection;

  o  offline (manual or tools-based) analysis of router state evolution
     from the retained trace logs;

  o  enhanced network audit, management, and forensic analysis
     capabilities;

  o  improved accounting of routing system operations; and

  o  providing a standardized format for incident reporting and test
     logging.

5.  Information Model

  These sections describe the I2RS traceability information model and
  the details about each of the fields to be logged.

5.1.  I2RS Traceability Framework

  This section describes a framework for I2RS traceability based on the
  I2RS Architecture.

  The interaction between the optional network application that drives
  client activity, I2RS client, I2RS agent, the Routing System, and the
  data captured in the I2RS trace log is shown in Figure 1.






















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             +---------------+
        +----------------+   |
        |Application     |   |
        |..............  |   |  0 or more Applications
        | Application ID |   +
        +----------------+
               ^
               |
               |
               v
            +-------------+
        +-------------+   |
        |I2RS Client  |   |
        |.............|   |  1 or more Clients
        |  Client ID  |   +
        +-------------+
               ^
               |
               |
               v
        +-------------+                 +-----------------------------+
        |I2RS Agent   |---------------->|Trace Log                    |
        |             |                 |.............................|
        +-------------+                 |Log Entry  [1 .. N]          |
              |  ^                      |.............................|
              |  |                      |Event ID                     |
              |  |                      |Starting Timestamp           |
              |  |                      |Request State                |
              |  |                      |Client ID                    |
              |  |                      |Client Priority              |
              |  |                      |Secondary ID                 |
  Operation + |  | Result Code          |Client Address               |
   Op Data    |  |                      |Requested Operation          |
              |  |                      |Applied Operation            |
              |  |                      |Operation Data Present       |
              |  |                      |Requested Operation Data     |
              |  |                      |Applied Operation Data       |
              |  |                      |Transaction ID               |
              |  |                      |Result Code                  |
              |  |                      |Ending Timestamp             |
              |  |                      |Timeout Occurred             |
              v  |                      |End Of Message               |
        +-------------+                 +-----------------------------+
        |Routing      |
        |System       |
        +-------------+

              Figure 1: I2RS Interaction Trace Log Capture



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5.2.  I2RS Trace Log Fields

  The following fields comprise an I2RS trace log.  These fields ensure
  that each I2RS interaction can be properly traced back to the client
  that made the request at a specific point in time.

  The list below describes the fields captured in the I2RS trace log.
  This list represents a common set of fields that MUST appear in all
  I2RS trace logs.  In addition to these fields, I2RS agent
  implementations MAY choose to log additional fields such as I2RS
  client vendor or agent statistics like free memory, performance
  metrics, etc.

  Event ID:   This is a unique identifier for each event in the I2RS
     trace log.  An event can be a client authenticating with the
     agent, a client to agent operation, or a client disconnecting from
     an agent.  Operation events can either be logged atomically upon
     completion (in which case they will have both a Starting and an
     Ending Timestamp field) or they can be logged at the beginning of
     each Request State transition.  Since operations can occur from
     the same client at the same time, it is important to have an
     identifier that can be unambiguously associated to a specific
     entry.  If each state transition is logged for an operation, the
     same ID MUST be used for each of the Request State log entries.
     In this way, the life of a request can be easily followed in the
     I2RS trace log.  Beyond the requirement that the Event ID MUST be
     unique for each event, the specific type and value is left up to
     the implementation.

  Starting Timestamp:   The specific time at which the I2RS operation
     enters the specified Request State within the agent.  If the log
     entry covers the entire duration of the request, then this will be
     the time that it was first received by the agent.  This field MUST
     be present in all entries that specify the beginning of the state
     transition, as well as those entries that log the entire duration
     of the request.  The time is passed in the full timestamp format
     [RFC3339], including the date and offset from Coordinated
     Universal Time (UTC).  Given that many I2RS operations can occur
     in rapid succession, the fractional seconds element of the
     timestamp MUST be used to provide adequate granularity.
     Fractional seconds SHOULD be expressed with at least three
     significant digits in second.microsecond format.









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  Request State:   The state of the given operation within the I2RS
     agent state machine at the specified Starting or Ending
     Timestamps.  The I2RS agent SHOULD generate a log entry at the
     moment a request enters and exits a state.  Upon entering a new
     state, the log entry will have a Starting Timestamp set to the
     time of entry and no Ending Timestamp.  Upon exiting a state, the
     log entry will have an Ending Timestamp set to the time of exit
     and no Starting Timestamp.  The progression of the request through
     its various states can be linked using the Event ID.  The states
     can be one of the following values:

        PENDING: The request has been received and queued for
        processing.

        IN PROCESS: The request is currently being handled by the I2RS
        agent.

        COMPLETED: The request has reached a terminal point.

     Every state transition SHOULD be logged unless doing so will put
     an undue performance burden on the I2RS agent.  However, an entry
     with the Request State set to COMPLETED MUST be logged for all
     operations.  If the COMPLETED state is the only entry for a given
     request, then it MUST have both Starting and Ending Timestamps
     that cover the entire duration of the request from ingress to the
     agent until completion.

  Client Identity:   The I2RS client identity used to authenticate the
     client to the I2RS agent.

  Client Priority:   The I2RS client priority assigned by the access
     control model that authenticates the client.  For example, this
     can be set by the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) Access
     Control Model (NACM) as described in [RFC6536].

  Secondary Identity:   This is an opaque identity that may be known to
     the client from a controlling network application.  This is used
     to trace the network application driving the actions of the
     client.  The client may not provide this identity to the agent if
     there is no external network application driving the client.
     However, this field MUST be logged even if the client does not
     provide a Secondary Identity.  In that case, the field will be
     logged with an empty value.

  Client Address:   This is the network address of the client that
     connected to the agent.  For example, this may be an IPv4 or an
     IPv6 address.




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  Requested Operation:   This is the I2RS operation that was requested
     to be performed.  For example, this may be an add route operation
     if a route is being inserted into a routing table.  This may not
     be the operation that was actually applied to the agent.

     In the case of a client authenticating to the agent, the Requested
     Operation MUST be "CLIENT AUTHENTICATE".  In the case of a client
     disconnecting from the agent, the Requested Operation MUST be
     "CLIENT DISCONNECT".

  Applied Operation:   This is the I2RS operation that was actually
     performed.  This can differ from the Requested Operation in cases
     where the agent cannot satisfy the Requested Operation.  This
     field may not be logged unless the Request State is COMPLETED.

  Operation Data Present:   This is a Boolean field that indicates
     whether or not additional per-Operation Data is present.

  Requested Operation Data:   This field comprises the data passed to
     the agent to complete the desired operation.  For example, if the
     operation is a route add operation, the Operation Data would
     include the route prefix, prefix length, and next-hop information
     to be inserted as well as the specific routing table to which the
     route will be added.  If Operation Data is provided, then the
     Operation Data Present field MUST be set to TRUE.  Some operations
     may not provide operation data.  In those cases, the Operation
     Data Present field MUST be set to FALSE, and this field MUST be
     empty.  This may not represent the data that was used for the
     operation that was actually applied on the agent.

     When a client authenticates to the agent, the Requested Operation
     Data MUST contain the client priority.  Other attributes such as
     credentials used for authentication MAY be logged.

  Applied Operation Data:   This field comprises the data that was
     actually applied as part of the Applied Operation.  If the agent
     cannot satisfy the Requested Operation with the Requested
     Operation Data, then this field can differ from the Requested
     Operation Data.  This field will be empty unless the Requested
     Operation Data was specified.  This field may not be logged unless
     the Request State is COMPLETED.










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  Transaction ID:   The Transaction Identity represents that this
     particular operation is part of a long-running I2RS transaction
     that can consist of multiple, related I2RS operations.  Using this
     value, one can relate multiple log entries together as they are
     part of a single, overall I2RS operation.  This is an optional
     field that may not be logged unless the event is part of a long-
     running transaction.

  Result Code:   This field holds the result of the operation once the
     Request State is COMPLETED.  In the case of Routing Information
     Base (RIB) operations, this MUST be the return code as specified
     in Section 4 of [RIBINFO].  The operation may not complete with a
     result code in the case of a timeout.  If the operation fails to
     complete, it MUST still log the attempted operation with an
     appropriate result code.

  Timeout Occurred:   This is a Boolean field that indicates whether or
     not a timeout occurred in the operation.  When this is true, the
     value of the Ending Timestamp MUST be set to the time the agent
     recorded for the timeout occurrence.  This field may not be logged
     unless the Request State is COMPLETED.

  Ending Timestamp:   The specific time at which the I2RS operation
     exits the specified Request State within the I2RS agent.  If the
     log entry covers the entire duration of the request, then this
     will be the time that the request reached a terminal point within
     the agent.  This field MUST be present in all entries that specify
     the ending of the state transition, as well as those entries that
     log the entire duration of the request.  The time is passed in the
     full timestamp format [RFC3339], including the date and offset
     from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).  See the description for
     Starting Timestamp above for the proper format of the Ending
     Timestamp.

  End Of Message:   Each log entry SHOULD have an appropriate End Of
     Message (EOM) indicator.  See Section 5.3 below for more details.















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5.3.  End of Message Marker

  Because of variability within I2RS trace log fields, implementors
  MUST use a format-appropriate End Of Message (EOM) indicator in order
  to signify the end of a particular record.  That is, regardless of
  format, the I2RS trace log MUST provide a distinct way of
  distinguishing between the end of one record and the beginning of
  another.  For example, in a linear-formatted log (similar to a
  syslog) the EOM marker may be a newline character.  In an XML-
  formatted log, the schema would provide for element tags that denote
  the beginning and end of records.  In a JSON-formatted log, the
  syntax would provide record separation (likely by comma-separated
  array elements).

6.  Examples

  This section shows a sample of what the fields and values could look
  like.

  Event ID:                 1
  Starting Timestamp:       2013-09-03T12:00:01.21+00:00
  Request State:            COMPLETED
  Client ID:                5CEF1870-0326-11E2-A21F-0800200C9A66
  Client Priority:          100
  Secondary ID:             com.example.RoutingApp
  Client Address:           2001:db8:c0c0::2
  Requested Operation:      ROUTE_ADD
  Applied Operation:        ROUTE_ADD
  Operation Data Present:   TRUE
  Requested Operation Data: PREFIX 2001:db8:feed:: PREFIX-LEN 64
                            NEXT-HOP 2001:db8:cafe::1
  Applied Operation Data:   PREFIX 2001:db8:feed:: PREFIX-LEN 64
                            NEXT-HOP 2001:db8:cafe::1
  Transaction ID:           2763461
  Result Code:              SUCCESS(0)
  Timeout Occurred:         FALSE
  Ending Timestamp:         2013-09-03T12:00:01.23+00:00

7.  Operational Guidance

  Specific operational procedures regarding temporary log storage,
  rollover, retrieval, and access of I2RS trace logs is out of scope
  for this document.  Organizations employing I2RS trace logging are
  responsible for establishing proper operational procedures that are
  appropriately suited to their specific requirements and operating
  environment.  In this section, we only provide fundamental and
  generalized operational guidelines that are implementation
  independent.



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7.1.  Trace Log Creation

  The I2RS agent interacts with the Routing and Signaling functions of
  the Routing Element.  Since the I2RS agent is responsible for
  actually making the routing changes on the associated network device,
  it creates and maintains a log of operations that can be retrieved to
  troubleshoot I2RS-related impact to the network.  Changes that occur
  to the network element's local configuration outside of the I2RS
  protocol that preempt I2RS state will only be logged if the network
  element notifies the I2RS agent.

7.2.  Trace Log Temporary Storage

  The trace information may be temporarily stored either in an
  in-memory buffer or as a file local to the agent.  Care should be
  given to the number of I2RS operations expected on a given agent so
  that the appropriate storage medium is used, and to maximize the
  effectiveness of the log while not impacting the performance and
  health of the agent.  client requests may not always be processed
  synchronously or within a bounded time period.  Consequently, to
  ensure that trace log fields, such as "Operation" and "Result Code",
  are part of the same trace log record, buffering of the trace log
  entries may be required.  This buffering may result in additional
  resource load on the agent and the network element.

  Section 7.3 discusses rotating the trace log in order to preserve the
  operation history without exhausting agent or network device
  resources.  It is perfectly acceptable, therefore, to use both an
  in-memory buffer for recent operations while rotating or archiving
  older operations to a local file.

  It is outside the scope of this document to specify the
  implementation details (i.e., size, throughput, data protection,
  etc.) for the physical storage of the I2RS log file.  In terms of
  data retention, attention should be paid to the length of time that
  the I2RS trace log data is kept when that data contains security- or
  privacy-sensitive attributes.  The longer this data is retained, the
  higher the impact if it were to be leaked.  It is also possible that
  legislation may impose some additional requirements on the minimum
  and/or maximum durations for which some kinds of data may be
  retained.










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7.3.  Trace Log Rotation

  In order to prevent the exhaustion of resources on the I2RS agent or
  its associated network device, it is RECOMMENDED that the I2RS agent
  implements trace log rotation.  The details on how this is achieved
  are left to the implementation and are outside the scope of this
  document.  However, it should be possible to do a file rotation based
  on either the time or size of the current trace log.  If file
  rollover is supported, multiple archived log files should be
  supported in order to maximize the troubleshooting and accounting
  benefits of the trace log.

7.4.  Trace Log Retrieval

  Implementors are free to provide their own, proprietary interfaces
  and develop custom tools to retrieve and display the I2RS trace log.
  These may include the display of the I2RS trace log as command-line
  interface (CLI) output.  However, a key intention of defining this
  information model is to establish a vendor-agnostic and consistent
  interface to collect I2RS trace data.  Correspondingly, retrieval of
  the data should also be made vendor-agnostic.

  Despite the fact that export of I2RS trace log information could be
  an invaluable diagnostic tool for off-box analysis, exporting this
  information MUST NOT interfere with the ability of the agent to
  process new incoming operations.

  The following three sections describe potential ways the trace log
  can be accessed.  The use of I2RS pub/sub for accessing trace log
  data is mandatory-to-implement, while others are optional.





















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7.4.1.  Retrieval via Syslog

  The syslog protocol [RFC5424] is a standard way of sending event
  notification messages from a host to a collector.  However, the
  protocol does not define any standard format for storing the
  messages, and thus implementors of I2RS tracing would be left to
  define their own format.  So, while the data contained within the
  syslog message would adhere to this information model, and may be
  consumable by a human operator, it would not be easily parseable by a
  machine.  Syslog MAY be employed as a means of retrieving or
  disseminating the I2RS trace log contents.

  If syslog is used for trace log retrieval, then existing logging
  infrastructure and capabilities of syslog [RFC5424] should be
  leveraged without the need to define or extend existing formats.
  That is, the various fields described in Section 5.2 SHOULD be
  modeled and encoded as Structured Data Elements (referred to as
  "SD-ELEMENT"), as described in Section 6.3.1 of [RFC5424].

7.4.2.  Retrieval via I2RS Information Collection

  Section 7.7 of the I2RS architecture [RFC7921] defines a mechanism
  for information collection.  The information collected includes
  obtaining a snapshot of a large amount of data from the network
  element.  It is the intent of I2RS to make this data available in an
  implementor-agnostic fashion.  Therefore, the I2RS trace log SHOULD
  be made available via the I2RS information collection mechanism
  either as a single snapshot or via a subscription stream.

7.4.3.  Retrieval via I2RS Pub/Sub

  Section 7.6 of the I2RS architecture [RFC7921] goes on to describe
  notification mechanisms for a feed of changes happening within the
  I2RS layer.  Specifically, the requirements for a publish-subscribe
  system for I2RS are defined in [RFC7923].  I2RS agents MUST support
  publishing I2RS trace log information to that feed as described in
  [RFC7923].  Subscribers would then receive a live stream of I2RS
  interactions in trace log format and could flexibly choose to do a
  number of things with the log messages.  For example, the subscribers
  could log the messages to a datastore, aggregate, and summarize
  interactions from a single client, etc.  The full range of potential
  activities is virtually limitless and the details of how they are
  performed are outside the scope of this document, however.








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8.  Security Considerations

  The I2RS trace log, like any log file, reveals the state of the
  entity producing it as well as the identifying information elements
  and detailed interactions of the system containing it.  The
  information model described in this document does not itself
  introduce any security issues, but it does define the set of
  attributes that make up an I2RS log file.  These attributes may
  contain sensitive information, and thus should adhere to the
  security, privacy, and permission policies of the organization making
  use of the I2RS log file.

  It is outside the scope of this document to specify how to protect
  the stored log file, but it is expected that adequate precautions and
  security best practices such as disk encryption, appropriately
  restrictive file/directory permissions, suitable hardening and
  physical security of logging entities, mutual authentication,
  transport encryption, channel confidentiality, and channel integrity
  if transferring log files.  Additionally, the potentially sensitive
  information contained in a log file SHOULD be adequately anonymized
  or obfuscated by operators to ensure its privacy.






























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9.  References

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>.

  [RFC3339]  Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
             Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
             <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>.

  [RFC5424]  Gerhards, R., "The Syslog Protocol", RFC 5424,
             DOI 10.17487/RFC5424, March 2009,
             <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5424>.

  [RFC7921]  Atlas, A., Halpern, J., Hares, S., Ward, D., and T.
             Nadeau, "An Architecture for the Interface to the Routing
             System", RFC 7921, DOI 10.17487/RFC7921, June 2016,
             <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7921>.

  [RFC7923]  Voit, E., Clemm, A., and A. Gonzalez Prieto, "Requirements
             for Subscription to YANG Datastores", RFC 7923,
             DOI 10.17487/RFC7923, June 2016.

9.2.  Informative References

  [RFC6536]  Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
             Protocol (NETCONF) Access Control Model", RFC 6536,
             DOI 10.17487/RFC6536, March 2012,
             <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6536>.

  [RFC7920]  Atlas, A., Ed., Nadeau, T., Ed., and D. Ward, "Problem
             Statement for the Interface to the Routing System",
             RFC 7923, DOI 10.17487/RFC7923, June 2016,
             <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7920>.

  [RIBINFO]  Bahadur, N., Ed., Kini, S., Ed., and J. Medved, "Routing
             Information Base Info Model", Work in Progress,
             draft-ietf-i2rs-rib-info-model-08, October 2015.










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Acknowledgments

  The authors would like to thank Alia Atlas for her initial feedback
  and overall support for this work.  Additionally, the authors
  acknowledge Alvaro Retana, Russ White, Matt Birkner, Jeff Haas, Joel
  Halpern, Dean Bogdanovich, Ignas Bagdonas, Nobo Akiya, Kwang-koog
  Lee, Sue Hares, Mach Chen, Alex Clemm, Stephen Farrell, Benoit
  Claise, Les Ginsberg, Suresh Krishnan, and Elwyn Davies for their
  reviews, contributed text, and suggested improvements to this
  document.

Authors' Addresses

  Joe Clarke
  Cisco Systems, Inc.
  7200-12 Kit Creek Road
  Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
  United States

  Phone: +1-919-392-2867
  Email: [email protected]


  Gonzalo Salgueiro
  Cisco Systems, Inc.
  7200-12 Kit Creek Road
  Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
  United States

  Email: [email protected]


  Carlos Pignataro
  Cisco Systems, Inc.
  7200-11 Kit Creek Road
  Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
  United States

  Email: [email protected]












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