Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Tantsura

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Tantsura
Request for Comments: 8476 Apstra, Inc.
Category: Standards Track U. Chunduri
ISSN: 2070-1721 Huawei Technologies
S. Aldrin
Google, Inc.
P. Psenak
Cisco Systems
December 2018

Signaling Maximum SID Depth (MSD) Using OSPF

Abstract

This document defines a way for an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
router to advertise multiple types of supported Maximum SID Depths
(MSDs) at node and/or link granularity. Such advertisements allow
entities (e.g., centralized controllers) to determine whether a
particular Segment Identifier (SID) stack can be supported in a given
network. This document only refers to the Signaling MSD as defined
in RFC 8491, but it defines an encoding that can support other MSD
types. Here, the term "OSPF" means both OSPFv2 and OSPFv3.

Status of This Memo

This is an Internet Standards Track document.

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(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). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Terminology ................................................4
1.2. Requirements Language ......................................4
2. Node MSD Advertisement ..........................................5
3. Link MSD Sub-TLV ................................................6
4. Procedures for Defining and Using Node and Link MSD
Advertisements ..................................................7
5. IANA Considerations .............................................7
6. Security Considerations .........................................8
7. References ......................................................9
7.1. Normative References .......................................9
7.2. Informative References ....................................10
Acknowledgements ..................................................11
Contributors ......................................................11
Authors' Addresses ................................................11

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1. Introduction

When Segment Routing (SR) paths are computed by a centralized
controller, it is critical that the controller learn the Maximum SID
Depth (MSD) that can be imposed at each node/link on a given SR path.
This ensures that the Segment Identifier (SID) stack depth of a
computed path doesn't exceed the number of SIDs the node is capable
of imposing.

[PCEP-EXT] defines how to signal MSD in the Path Computation Element
Communication Protocol (PCEP). However, if PCEP is not supported/
configured on the head-end of an SR tunnel or a Binding-SID anchor
node, and the controller does not participate in IGP routing, it has
no way of learning the MSD of nodes and links. BGP-LS (Distribution
of Link-State and TE Information Using BGP) [RFC7752] defines a way
to expose topology and associated attributes and capabilities of the
nodes in that topology to a centralized controller. MSD signaling by
BGP-LS has been defined in [MSD-BGP]. Typically, BGP-LS is
configured on a small number of nodes that do not necessarily act as
head-ends. In order for BGP-LS to signal MSD for all the nodes and
links in the network for which MSD is relevant, MSD capabilities
SHOULD be advertised by every OSPF router in the network.

Other types of MSDs are known to be useful. For example, [ELC-ISIS]
defines Entropy Readable Label Depth (ERLD), which is used by a
head-end to insert an Entropy Label (EL) at a depth where it can be
read by transit nodes.

This document defines an extension to OSPF used to advertise one or
more types of MSDs at node and/or link granularity. In the future,
it is expected that new MSD-Types will be defined to signal
additional capabilities, e.g., ELs, SIDs that can be imposed through
recirculation, or SIDs associated with another data plane such
as IPv6.

MSD advertisements MAY be useful even if SR itself is not enabled.
For example, in a non-SR MPLS network, MSD defines the maximum label
depth.

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1.1. Terminology

This memo makes use of the terms defined in [RFC7770].

BGP-LS: Distribution of Link-State and TE Information Using BGP

OSPF: Open Shortest Path First

MSD: Maximum SID Depth - the number of SIDs supported by a node
or a link on a node

SID: Segment Identifier as defined in [RFC8402]

Label Imposition: Imposition is the act of modifying and/or adding
labels to the outgoing label stack associated with a packet.
This includes:

* replacing the label at the top of the label stack with a
new label

* pushing one or more new labels onto the label stack

The number of labels imposed is then the sum of the number of labels
that are replaced and the number of labels that are pushed. See
[RFC3031] for further details.

PCEP: Path Computation Element Communication Protocol

SR: Segment Routing

LSA: Link State Advertisement

RI: Router Information

1.2. 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
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.

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2. Node MSD Advertisement

The Node MSD TLV within the body of the OSPF RI Opaque LSA [RFC7770]
is defined to carry the provisioned SID depth of the router
originating the RI LSA. Node MSD is the smallest MSD supported by
the node on the set of interfaces configured for use by the
advertising IGP instance. MSD values may be learned via a hardware
API or may be provisioned.

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 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MSD-Type | MSD-Value | MSD-Type... | MSD-Value... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Figure 1: Node MSD TLV

Type: 12

Length: variable (multiple of 2 octets); represents the total length
of the value field in octets.

Value: consists of one or more pairs of a 1-octet MSD-Type and
1-octet MSD-Value.

MSD-Type: one of the values defined in the "IGP MSD-Types" registry
defined in [RFC8491].

MSD-Value: a number in the range of 0-255. For all MSD-Types, 0
represents the lack of ability to impose an MSD stack of any depth;
any other value represents that of the node. This value MUST
represent the lowest value supported by any link configured for use
by the advertising OSPF instance.

This TLV is optional and is applicable to both OSPFv2 and OSPFv3.
The scope of the advertisement is specific to the deployment.

When multiple Node MSD TLVs are received from a given router, the
receiver MUST use the first occurrence of the TLV in the Router
Information (RI) LSA. If the Node MSD TLV appears in multiple RI
LSAs that have different flooding scopes, the Node MSD TLV in the RI
LSA with the area-scoped flooding scope MUST be used. If the Node
MSD TLV appears in multiple RI LSAs that have the same flooding
scope, the Node MSD TLV in the RI LSA with the numerically smallest
Instance ID MUST be used and other instances of the Node MSD TLV MUST
be ignored. The RI LSA can be advertised at any of the defined

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opaque flooding scopes (link, area, or Autonomous System (AS)). For
the purpose of Node MSD TLV advertisement, area-scoped flooding is
RECOMMENDED.

3. Link MSD Sub-TLV

The Link MSD sub-TLV is defined to carry the MSD of the interface
associated with the link. MSD values may be learned via a hardware
API or may be provisioned.

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 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MSD-Type | MSD-Value | MSD-Type... | MSD-Value... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Figure 2: Link MSD Sub-TLV

Type:
For OSPFv2, the link-level MSD-Value is advertised as an optional
sub-TLV of the OSPFv2 Extended Link TLV as defined in [RFC7684]
and has a type of 6.

For OSPFv3, the link-level MSD-Value is advertised as an optional
sub-TLV of the E-Router-LSA TLV as defined in [RFC8362] and has a
type of 9.

Length: variable; same as defined in Section 2.

Value: consists of one or more pairs of a 1-octet MSD-Type and
1-octet MSD-Value.

MSD-Type: one of the values defined in the "IGP MSD-Types" registry
defined in [RFC8491].

The MSD-Value field contains the Link MSD of the router originating
the corresponding LSA as specified for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3. The Link
MSD is a number in the range of 0-255. For all MSD-Types, 0
represents the lack of ability to impose an MSD stack of any depth;
any other value represents that of the particular link when used as
an outgoing interface.

If this sub-TLV is advertised multiple times for the same link in
different OSPF Extended Link Opaque LSAs / E-Router-LSAs originated
by the same OSPF router, the sub-TLV in the OSPFv2 Extended Link

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Opaque LSA with the smallest Opaque ID or in the OSPFv3 E-Router-LSA
with the smallest Link State ID MUST be used by receiving OSPF
routers. This situation SHOULD be logged as an error.

4. Procedures for Defining and Using Node and Link MSD Advertisements

When Link MSD is present for a given MSD-Type, the value of the Link
MSD MUST take precedence over the Node MSD. When a Link MSD-Type is
not signaled but the Node MSD-Type is, then the Node MSD-Type value
MUST be considered as the MSD value for that link.

In order to increase flooding efficiency, it is RECOMMENDED that
routers with homogenous Link MSD values advertise just the Node MSD
value.

The meaning of the absence of both Node and Link MSD advertisements
for a given MSD-Type is specific to the MSD-Type. Generally, it can
only be inferred that the advertising node does not support
advertisement of that MSD-Type. However, in some cases the lack of
advertisement might imply that the functionality associated with the
MSD-Type is not supported. Per [RFC8491], the correct interpretation
MUST be specified when an MSD-Type is defined.

5. IANA Considerations

This specification updates several existing OSPF registries.

IANA has allocated TLV type 12 from the "OSPF Router Information (RI)
TLVs" registry as defined by [RFC7770].

Value Description Reference
----- --------------- -------------
12 Node MSD This document

Figure 3: RI Node MSD

IANA has allocated sub-TLV type 6 from the "OSPFv2 Extended Link TLV
Sub-TLVs" registry.

Value Description Reference
----- --------------- -------------
6 OSPFv2 Link MSD This document

Figure 4: OSPFv2 Link MSD

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IANA has allocated sub-TLV type 9 from the "OSPFv3 Extended-LSA
Sub-TLVs" registry.

Value Description Reference
----- --------------- -------------
9 OSPFv3 Link MSD This document

Figure 5: OSPFv3 Link MSD

6. Security Considerations

Security concerns for OSPF are addressed in [RFC7474], [RFC4552], and
[RFC7166]. Further security analysis for the OSPF protocol is done
in [RFC6863]. Security considerations as specified by [RFC7770],
[RFC7684], and [RFC8362] are applicable to this document.

Implementations MUST ensure that malformed TLVs and sub-TLVs defined
in this document are detected and do not provide a vulnerability for
attackers to crash the OSPF router or routing process. Reception of
malformed TLVs or sub-TLVs SHOULD be counted and/or logged for
further analysis. Logging of malformed TLVs and sub-TLVs SHOULD be
rate-limited to prevent a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack (distributed
or otherwise) from overloading the OSPF control plane.

Advertisement of an incorrect MSD value may have negative
consequences. If the value is smaller than supported, path
computation may fail to compute a viable path. If the value is
larger than supported, an attempt to instantiate a path that can't be
supported by the head-end (the node performing the SID imposition)
may occur.

The presence of this information may also inform an attacker of how
to induce any of the aforementioned conditions.

There's no DoS risk specific to this extension, and it is not
vulnerable to replay attacks.

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7. References

7.1. 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,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

[RFC3031] Rosen, E., Viswanathan, A., and R. Callon, "Multiprotocol
Label Switching Architecture", RFC 3031,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3031, January 2001,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3031>.

[RFC7684] Psenak, P., Gredler, H., Shakir, R., Henderickx, W.,
Tantsura, J., and A. Lindem, "OSPFv2 Prefix/Link Attribute
Advertisement", RFC 7684, DOI 10.17487/RFC7684,
November 2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7684>.

[RFC7770] Lindem, A., Ed., Shen, N., Vasseur, JP., Aggarwal, R., and
S. Shaffer, "Extensions to OSPF for Advertising Optional
Router Capabilities", RFC 7770, DOI 10.17487/RFC7770,
February 2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7770>.

[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in
RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

[RFC8362] Lindem, A., Roy, A., Goethals, D., Reddy Vallem, V., and
F. Baker, "OSPFv3 Link State Advertisement (LSA)
Extensibility", RFC 8362, DOI 10.17487/RFC8362,
April 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8362>.

[RFC8402] Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L.,
Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402,
July 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8402>.

[RFC8491] Tantsura, J., Chunduri, U., Aldrin, S., and L. Ginsberg,
"Signaling Maximum SID Depth (MSD) Using IS-IS", RFC 8491,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8491, November 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8491>.

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7.2. Informative References

[ELC-ISIS] Xu, X., Kini, S., Sivabalan, S., Filsfils, C., and S.
Litkowski, "Signaling Entropy Label Capability and Entropy
Readable Label-stack Depth Using OSPF", Work in Progress,
draft-ietf-ospf-mpls-elc-07, September 2018.

[MSD-BGP] Tantsura, J., Chunduri, U., Mirsky, G., and S. Sivabalan,
"Signaling MSD (Maximum SID Depth) using Border Gateway
Protocol Link-State", Work in Progress, draft-ietf-idr-
bgp-ls-segment-routing-msd-02, August 2018.

[PCEP-EXT] Sivabalan, S., Filsfils, C., Tantsura, J., Henderickx, W.,
and J. Hardwick, "PCEP Extensions for Segment Routing",
Work in Progress, draft-ietf-pce-segment-routing-14,
October 2018.

[RFC4552] Gupta, M. and N. Melam, "Authentication/Confidentiality
for OSPFv3", RFC 4552, DOI 10.17487/RFC4552, June 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4552>.

[RFC6863] Hartman, S. and D. Zhang, "Analysis of OSPF Security
According to the Keying and Authentication for Routing
Protocols (KARP) Design Guide", RFC 6863,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6863, March 2013,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6863>.

[RFC7166] Bhatia, M., Manral, V., and A. Lindem, "Supporting
Authentication Trailer for OSPFv3", RFC 7166,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7166, March 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7166>.

[RFC7474] Bhatia, M., Hartman, S., Zhang, D., and A. Lindem, Ed.,
"Security Extension for OSPFv2 When Using Manual Key
Management", RFC 7474, DOI 10.17487/RFC7474, April 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7474>.

[RFC7752] Gredler, H., Ed., Medved, J., Previdi, S., Farrel, A., and
S. Ray, "North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and
Traffic Engineering (TE) Information Using BGP", RFC 7752,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7752, March 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7752>.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Acee Lindem, Ketan Talaulikar, Tal
Mizrahi, Stephane Litkowski, and Bruno Decraene for their reviews and
valuable comments.

Contributors

The following person contributed to this document:

Les Ginsberg

Email: [email protected]

Authors' Addresses

Jeff Tantsura
Apstra, Inc.

Email: [email protected]

Uma Chunduri
Huawei Technologies

Email: [email protected]

Sam Aldrin
Google, Inc.

Email: [email protected]

Peter Psenak
Cisco Systems

Email: [email protected]

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