Internet DRAFT - draft-ietf-ippm-owamp-registry
draft-ietf-ippm-owamp-registry
Network Working Group A. Morton
Internet-Draft AT&T Labs
Updates: 4656 (if approved) September 11, 2015
Intended status: Standards Track
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Registries for the One-Way Active Measurement Protocol - OWAMP
draft-ietf-ippm-owamp-registry-03
Abstract
This memo describes the registries for OWAMP - the One-Way Active
Measurement Protocol. The registries allow assignment of MODE bit
positions and OWAMP Command numbers. The memo also requests that
IANA establish the registries for new features, called the OWAMP-
Modes registry and the OWAMP Control Command Number registry. This
memo updates RFC 4656.
Requirements 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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Purpose and Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. IANA Considerations for OWAMP Control Registries . . . . . . 3
3.1. Control Command Number Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1.1. Registry Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1.2. Registry Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1.3. Experimental Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1.4. OWAMP-Control Command Numbers Initial Contents . . . 3
3.2. OWAMP-Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2.1. Registry Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2.2. Registry Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2.3. Experimental Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2.4. OWAMP-Modes Initial Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Introduction
The One-way Active Measurement Protocol, OWAMP [RFC4656] was prepared
to support measurements of metrics specified by the IP Performance
Metrics (IPPM) working group in the IETF. The Two-Way Active
Measurement Protocol, TWAMP [RFC5357] is an extension of OWAMP. The
TWAMP specification gathered wide review as it approached completion,
and the by-products were several recommendations for new features in
TWAMP. As a result, a registry of new features was established for
TWAMP. However, there were no new features proposed for OWAMP until
recently [I-D.ietf-ippm-ipsec].
This memo establishes the needed registries for OWAMP, and updates
[RFC4656].
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2. Purpose and Scope
The purpose and scope of this memo is to describe and request the
establishment of registries for future OWAMP [RFC4656] extensions.
IANA already administers the "Two-way Active Measurement Protocol
(TWAMP) Parameters", and this request follows a similar form (with
one exception identified below).
This memo also provides the initial contents for the OWAMP
registries.
3. IANA Considerations for OWAMP Control Registries
OWAMP-Control protocol coordinates the measurement capability. All
OWAMP-Control messages follow specifications defined in section 3 of
[RFC4656].
3.1. Control Command Number Registry
IANA is requested to create an OWAMP-Control Command Number registry.
OWAMP-Control Commands follow specifications defined in section 3.4
of [RFC4656].
3.1.1. Registry Specification
OWAMP-Control Command Numbers are specified in the first octet of
OWAMP-Control-Client command messages consistent with section 3 of
[RFC4656]. There are a maximum of 256 command numbers.
3.1.2. Registry Management
Because the "OWAMP-Control Command Numbers" registry can contain only
256 values, and because OWAMP is an IETF protocol, these registries
MUST be updated only by "IETF Review" as specified in [RFC5226] (an
RFC that documents registry use and is approved by the IESG).
3.1.3. Experimental Numbers
One experimental value is currently assigned in the Command Numbers
Registry, as indicated in the initial contents below.
3.1.4. OWAMP-Control Command Numbers Initial Contents
OWAMP-Control Commands follows the procedure defined in section 3.5
of [RFC4656] (and in the remainder of section 3).
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The complete set of OWAMP-Control Command Numbers are as follows
(including two reserved values):
OWAMP-Control Command Numbers Registry
Value Description Semantics Reference
Definition
==========================================================
0 Reserved
1 Request-Session Section 3.5 RFC 4656
2 Start-Sessions Section 3.7 RFC 4656
3 Stop-Sessions Section 3.8 RFC 4656
4 Fetch-Sessions Section 3.9 RFC 4656
5-253 Unassigned
254 Experimentation Section 3.1.4 This Memo
255 Reserved
where "This Memo" is the published version of draft-ietf-ippm-owamp-
registry
3.2. OWAMP-Modes
IANA is requested to create an OWAMP-Modes registry.
3.2.1. Registry Specification
OWAMP-Modes are specified in OWAMP Server Greeting messages and Set-
up Response messages consistent with section 3.1 of [RFC4656]. Modes
are currently indicated by setting single bits in the 32-bit Modes
Field. However, more complex encoding may be used in the future.
3.2.2. Registry Management
Because the "OWAMP-Modes" are based on only 32 bit positions with
each position conveying a unique feature, and because OWAMP is an
IETF protocol, these registries MUST be updated only by "IETF Review"
as specified in [RFC5226] (an RFC that documents registry use and is
approved by the IESG). IANA SHOULD allocate monotonically increasing
bit positions when requested.
3.2.3. Experimental Numbers
No experimental bit positions are currently assigned in the Modes
Registry, as indicated in the initial contents below.
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3.2.4. OWAMP-Modes Initial Contents
OWAMP-Control connection establishment follows the procedure defined
in section 3.1 of [RFC4656].
In the OWAMP-Modes registry, assignments are straightforward on the
basis of bit positions, and there are no references to values - this
is a difference from the comparable TWAMP registry (and a topic for
improvement in the TWAMP-Modes registry which is reconciled in
[I-D.ietf-ippm-ipsec]).
An Extension of the OWAMP-Modes is proposed in [I-D.ietf-ippm-ipsec].
With this extension, the complete set of OWAMP Mode bit positions are
as follows (including one reserved bit position):
OWAMP-Modes Registry
Bit Semantics
Pos. Description Definition Reference
=====================================================
0 Unauthenticated Section 3.1 RFC4656
1 Authenticated Section 3.1 RFC4656
2 Encrypted Section 3.1 RFC4656
3 Reserved Section 3.2.4 This Memo
------------------------------------------------------
4 IKEv2-derived Shared Section 3.2.4 This Memo
Secret Key and Section 5 RFC-to-be
------------------------------------------------------
5-31 Unassigned
(where RFC-to-be is the published version of draft-ietf-ippm-ipsec,
and where "This Memo" is draft-ietf-ippm-owamp-registry )
In the original OWAMP Modes field, setting bit position 0, 1 or 2
indicated the security mode of the Control protocol, and the Test
protocol inherited the same mode (see section 4 of [RFC4656]).
The value of the Modes Field sent by the Server in the Server-
Greeting message is the bit-wise OR of the modes (bit positions) that
it is willing to support during this session. Thus, the five least
significant bits of the Modes 32-bit Field are used. When no other
features are activated, the 27 most significant bits MUST be zero. A
Control-Client conforming to [RFC4656] MAY ignore the values in the
29 most significant bits of the Modes Field, or it MAY support
features that are communicated in other bit positions, such as the
IKEv2-derived Shared Secret Key extension [I-D.ietf-ippm-ipsec].
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OWAMP and TWAMP registries for Modes may grow to contain different
features and functions due to the inherent differences in one-way and
two-way measurement configurations and the metrics they measure. No
attempt will be made to coordinate them unnecessarily, except the
Reserved bit position 3 above. This is available for assignment if a
mixed security mode similar to[RFC5618] is defined for OWAMP, and
would allow alignment with the comparable TWAMP feature.
4. Security Considerations
As this memo simply requests the creation of OWAMP registries, it
presents no new security or privacy issues for the Internet.
The security considerations that apply to any active measurement of
live networks are relevant here as well. See [RFC4656] and
[RFC5357].
Privacy considerations for measurement systems, particularly when
Internet users participate in the tests in some way, are described in
[I-D.ietf-lmap-framework].
5. Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Kostas Pentikousis, Nalini Elkins,
Mike Ackermann, and Greg Mirsky for insightful reviews and comments.
We thought Spencer Dawkins caught the last of the small errors in his
AD review, but Nevil Brownlee found a few more during OPS-DIR review.
Roni Even found our use of "IETF Consensus" was out of date with
[RFC5226]. Michelle Cotton helped to clarify the IANA
considerations.
6. References
6.1. 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>.
[RFC4656] Shalunov, S., Teitelbaum, B., Karp, A., Boote, J., and M.
Zekauskas, "A One-way Active Measurement Protocol
(OWAMP)", RFC 4656, DOI 10.17487/RFC4656, September 2006,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4656>.
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[RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5226>.
[RFC5357] Hedayat, K., Krzanowski, R., Morton, A., Yum, K., and J.
Babiarz, "A Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)",
RFC 5357, DOI 10.17487/RFC5357, October 2008,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5357>.
6.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-ippm-ipsec]
Pentikousis, K., Zhang, E., and Y. Cui, "IKEv2-derived
Shared Secret Key for O/TWAMP", draft-ietf-ippm-ipsec-11
(work in progress), August 2015.
[I-D.ietf-lmap-framework]
Eardley, P., Morton, A., Bagnulo, M., Burbridge, T.,
Aitken, P., and A. Akhter, "A framework for Large-Scale
Measurement of Broadband Performance (LMAP)", draft-ietf-
lmap-framework-14 (work in progress), April 2015.
[RFC5618] Morton, A. and K. Hedayat, "Mixed Security Mode for the
Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)", RFC 5618,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5618, August 2009,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5618>.
Author's Address
Al Morton
AT&T Labs
200 Laurel Avenue South
Middletown,, NJ 07748
USA
Phone: +1 732 420 1571
Fax: +1 732 368 1192
Email: acmorton@att.com
URI: http://home.comcast.net/~acmacm/
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