BGP Flow Specification V2 Component for Time Constraints
draft-liang-idr-flowspec-v2-time-00.txt

Abstract

BGP flow specification version 1 (RFC5575) describes the distribution of traffic filter policy (traffic filters and actions) which are distributed via BGP to BGP peers to support the following 3 applications: (1) mitigation of Denial of Service (DoS), (2) traffic filtering in BGP/MPLS VPNs, and (3) centralized traffic control for networks with SDN or NFV controllers. A BGP Flow Filter that combines packet filter with time may provide an ability to for these three applications to have a flow filter operate for only a specific time. The traffic filtering and centralized traffic control applications may require user-defined ordering of filters rather than RFC5575's defined order. BGP Flow Specification version 2016 allows for user ordering of flow specifications.

This document proposes a new BGP Flow specification filter for BGP Flow Specification 2.

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Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. RFC 2119 language
• 3. Encoding of BGP-FS time
• 4. IANA Considerations
• 5. Security Considerations
• 6. References
• 6.1. Normative References
• 6.2. Informative References
• Authors' Addresses

1. Introduction

BGP flow specification [RFC5575] describes the distribution of filters and actions that apply when packets are received on a router with the flow specification function turned on. If one considers the reception of the packet as an event, then BGP [RFC4271] flow specification describes a set of minimalistic Event-MatchCondition-Action (ECA) policies were the match-condition is defined in the BGP NLRI, and the action is defined either by the default condition (accept traffic) or actions defined in Extended BGP Communiites values [RFC4360].

The initial set of policy [RFC5575] for this policy includes 12 types of match filters encoded in two application specific AFI/SAFIs for the IPv4 AFI and the following SAFIs: [RFC5575] are "ANDED" and measured in a specific order. The packet does not match unless all filters match.

• IP traffic: AFI:1, SAFI, 133;
• BGP/MPLS VPN AFI:1 VPN SAFI, 134) for IPv4.

The 12 filters specified in

The popularity of these flow specification filters in deployment for the following applications has led to the requirement for more BGP flow specification match filters in the NLRI and more BGP flow specification actions to support these applications

• mitigation of Denial of Service (DoS),
• support of traffic filtering in BGP/MPLS VPNs,
• centralized traffic control for networks with SDN or NFV controllers.

Since DDoS attacks are dynamic, redirection or filtering of a flow may be necessary only for some specified, and may be undesirable at other times. Thus network administrators may want to add a time filter to group of filters to be matched. For example, a network administrator may need to insert DoS filters for only a specific period while a DoS attack or a Distributed DoS (DDoS) attack is occuring. Another example, is the filter of traffic in the BGP/MPLS VPN to support prioritization of high priority services such as video traffic and limiting of bandwidth of low priority services (such as web browsing). A third example is centralized traffic control that varies traffic based on time of day.

Some of the requested BGP Flow Specification filters expand the number of filters and actions using the encoding rules described in [RFC5575] and [I-D.hares-idr-rfc5575bis]. Other requests for additional BGP Flow Specification filters request user-defined orders to BGP Flow Specification filters as described in [I-D.hares-idr-flowspec-v2]

This draft provides a timing filter for the user-ordered BGP Flow Specification filters (version 2).

2. RFC 2119 language

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].

3. Encoding of BGP-FS time

The encoding for BGP Flow Specification time

Type:

Time Filter (TBD) Flow Specification Component type

Function:

Match filter based on time.

Encoding:

<type(1 octet), length(1 octet), <value>

value field:

has the form shown in figure 3.

      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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |  NLRI Length                  |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
	    
	   Body per filter 
	   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |    order  (2 octets)          |   type    (2 octets)          |
 	   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |   Component length (2 octets) |  time type    | duration type | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                  Starting Time (seconds)                      |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                Starting Time (microseconds)                   |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                   Duration (seconds)                          |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                 Duration (microseconds)                       |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
	   |                   Delay Time (seconds)                        |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                 Delay Time (microseconds)                     |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                  Periodic Time (seconds)                      |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                Periodic Time (microseconds)                   |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   

                    Figure 1:Time filersub-TLV Format
 
 

Order:

user define order of filter

Type:

Time Flow Filter Component type (TBD)

Component length:

Time Flow Filter Component length.

Time Type:

Type of time filter with the values of:

• a) immediate start at start time (value 0),
• b) delayed start (start time + Delay) (value 1), or
• c) period of time (from start time to duration time).
• Any other values cause this filter to be invalid.

Duration type:

May be:

• a) normal (from start time until BGP flow specification is removed (value 0),
• b) time period (from start time until Duration time is completed),
• c) time period of Duration time of no traffic match after start time.
• Any other values cause this filter to be invalid.

Starting Time:

Expressed in seconds and microseconds since midnight (zero hour), January 1, 1970 (UTC). Precision of the "Starting Time" is implementation-dependent. If the "Starting Time Type" is set to 0, this field is invalid.

Duration:

Expressed in seconds and microseconds. If this field is zero this filter is invalid.

Delay:

Expressed in seconds and microseconds. If this field is zero this filter is invalid.

An Invalid FlowSpecification filter is logged, and the NLRI ignored.

4. IANA Considerations

This document requests IANA BGP allocations in line with [RFC7153].

This document requests IANA allocates an entry in the Flow Specification Component Types Registry with the following values:

   Name             Value       Document 
   -------------    -------     -------
   Time Filter v2   TBD         This document. 
   

5. Security Considerations

The time filter augments the other BGP Flow Filters with an indication of the time these filters are active. It is anticipated that these filters are deployed within secure BGP infrastructures and not in home environments. In home environments, the time of filters may provide insight to the activities of individuals. Anyone installing BGP Flow Filters in home environments should secure any flow filters by encrypting the data that flows over IP links.

6. References

6.1. Normative References

6.2. Informative References

Authors' Addresses