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draft-li-mpls-mna-fas







MPLS Working Group                                                 T. Li
Internet-Draft                                                  J. Drake
Intended status: Standards Track                             V.P. Beeram
Expires: 28 April 2023                                  Juniper Networks
                                                                 T. Saad
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                               I. Meilik
                                                                Broadcom
                                                         25 October 2022


            MPLS Network Actions for Flow-Aggregate Selector
                        draft-li-mpls-mna-fas-00

Abstract

   An IETF Network Slice service provides connectivity coupled with a
   set of network resource commitments and is expressed in terms of one
   or more connectivity constructs.  A Slice-Flow Aggregate refers to
   the set of traffic streams from one or more connectivity constructs
   belonging to one or more IETF Network Slices that are mapped to a set
   of network resources and provided the same forwarding treatment.  The
   packets associated with a Slice-Flow Aggregate may carry a marking in
   the packet's network layer header to identify this association and
   this marking is referred to as Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS).  The
   FAS is used to map the packet to the associated set of network
   resources and provide the corresponding forwarding treatment to the
   packet.

   MPLS Network Actions (MNA) technologies are used to indicate actions
   for Label Switched Paths (LSPs) and/or MPLS packets and to transfer
   data needed for these actions.  This document discusses options for
   using MPLS Network Actions (MNAs) to carry the FAS in MPLS packets.

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.

Status of This Memo

   This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the
   provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79.





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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  MPLS Network Actions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  12-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS12) Action . . . . . .   4
     2.2.  20-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS20) Action . . . . . .   4
     2.3.  20-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector (EFAS20) Action  .   5
     2.4.  30-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector (EFAS30) Action
           (Flags-Based) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.1.  12-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector Action . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.2.  20-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector Action . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.3.  20-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector Action . . . . . .   6
     3.4.  30-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector Action . . . . . .   7
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     6.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8





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1.  Introduction

   An IETF Network Slice [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices] service
   provides connectivity coupled with a set of specific commitments of
   network resources between a number of endpoints over a shared
   underlay network.  The IETF Network Slice service is expressed in
   terms of one or more connectivity constructs.  A Network Resource
   Partition (NRP) [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices] is a collection
   of resources identified in the underlay network to support IETF
   Network Slice services (or any other services that need logical
   network structures with required characteristics to be created).  An
   NRP Policy [I-D.ietf-teas-ns-ip-mpls] is a policy construct that
   enables instantiation of mechanisms in support of service specific
   control and data plane behaviors on select topological elements
   associated with the NRP.

   A Slice-Flow Aggregate refers to the set of traffic streams from one
   or more connectivity constructs belonging to one or more IETF Network
   Slices that are mapped to a specific NRP and are provided the same
   forwarding treatment.  The NRP policy dictates the identification of
   the flow aggregate that the packet belongs to and the corresponding
   forwarding treatment that needs to be applied to the packet.  The
   packets associated with a Slice-Flow Aggregate may carry a marking in
   the packet's network layer header to identify this association and
   this marking is referred to as Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS).
   [I-D.ietf-teas-ns-ip-mpls] discusses a few options for carrying the
   FAS in MPLS packets, including overloading the semantics of
   forwarding/service labels and using a dedicated identifier field.

   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-fwk] specifies an architectural framework for the
   MPLS Network Actions (MNA) technologies.  MNA technologies are used
   to indicate actions for Label Switched Paths (LSPs) and/or MPLS
   packets and to transfer data needed for these actions.  The MNA
   architecture can facilitate carrying the dedicated identifier based
   FAS in the MPLS label stack.  This document discusses a few options
   for using MPLS network actions to carry the FAS.  The proposed
   encodings are compliant with the MNA header encoding formats defined
   in [I-D.jags-mpls-mna-hdr].

   The reader is expected to be familiar with terminology specified in
   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-fwk] and MNA header encoding formats defined in
   [I-D.jags-mpls-mna-hdr].

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2.1.  12-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS12) Action

   The format of the 12-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS12) Action (when
   encoded in the second label stack entry in the Network Action Sub-
   Stack):

     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |  Opcode=TBA1  |         FAS           |R| 0 |S|P,H|IHS|  NASL |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   *  Name: 12-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS12) Action

   *  Network Action Indication: The FAS12 Action indication is opcode
      TBA1.

   *  Scope: The FAS12 Action is valid in all scopes.

   *  In-Stack Data: The FAS12 Action carries 12 bits of ancillary data.
      The FAS is encoded in the 12 bits.  The packet carrying the FAS12
      action should be given the forwarding treatment specified by the
      associated policy.

   *  Post-Stack Data: None.

2.2.  20-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS20) Action

   The format of the 20-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS20) Action:

    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Opcode=TBA2  |         FAS           |R|NAL|S|      FAS      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   *  Name: 20-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector (FAS20) Action

   *  Network Action Indication: The FAS20 Action indication is opcode
      TBA2.

   *  Scope: The FAS20 Action is valid in all scopes.

   *  In-Stack Data: The FAS20 Action carries 20 bits of ancillary data.
      The FAS is encoded in the 20 bits.  The packet carrying the FAS20
      action should be given the forwarding treatment specified by the
      associated policy.

   *  Post-Stack Data: None.




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2.3.  20-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector (EFAS20) Action

   The format of the 20-bit Entropy/Flow Aggregate Selector (EFAS20)
   Action:

    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Opcode=TBA3  |      Entropy          |R|NAL|S|       FAS     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   *  Name: 20-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector (EFAS20) Action

   *  Network Action Indication: The EFAS20 Action indication is opcode
      TBA3.

   *  Scope: The EFAS20 Action is valid in all scopes.

   *  In-Stack Data: The EFAS20 Action carries 20 bits of ancillary
      data.  The most significant 12 bits of ancillary data is the
      Entropy Value.  The least significant 8 bits of ancillary data is
      the FAS.  The Entropy Value has semantics consistent with the
      Entropy Label [RFC6790].  While the RFC 6790 Entropy Label has
      some restrictions to avoid collisions with the reserved label
      space (0-15) [RFC3032], those restrictions are not necessary for
      the Entropy Value and do not apply.  The packet carrying the
      EFAS20 action should be given the forwarding treatment specified
      by the associated policy.

   *  Post-Stack Data: None.

2.4.  30-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector (EFAS30) Action (Flags-
      Based)

   The format of the 30-bit Entropy/Flow Aggregate Selector (EFAS30)
   Action (when Opcode 3 is encoded in the second label stack entry in
   the Network Action Sub-Stack):

     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |    Opcode=3   |   Bit-Position=TBA4   |R| 1 |S|P,H|IHS|  NASL |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |1|            Entropy            |    FAS    |S|     FAS       |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   *  Name: 30-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector (EFAS30) Action

   *  Network Action Indication: The EFAS30 Action indication is bit
      position TBA4.



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   *  Scope: The EFAS30 Action is valid in all scopes.

   *  In-Stack Data: The EFAS30 Action carries 30 bits of ancillary
      data.  The most significant 16 bits of ancillary data is the
      Entropy Value.  The least significant 14 bits of ancillary data is
      the FAS.  The Entropy Value has semantics consistent with the
      Entropy Label [RFC6790].  While the RFC 6790 Entropy Label has
      some restrictions to avoid collisions with the reserved label
      space (0-15) [RFC3032], those restrictions are not necessary for
      the Entropy Value and do not apply.  The packet carrying the
      EFAS30 action should be given the forwarding treatment specified
      by the associated policy.

   *  Post-Stack Data: None.

3.  IANA Considerations

3.1.  12-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector Action

   This document requests that IANA allocate a codepoint (TBA1) from the
   MPLS "HBH and Select In-Stack MPLS Network Action Indicator Opcodes"
   from the "IETF Review" range and the same codepoint from the MPLS
   "I2E In-Stack MPLS Network Action Indicator Opcodes" from the "IETF
   Review" range for the 12-bit Flow Aggregate Selector Action.  The
   allocation should reference this document.

3.2.  20-bit Flow-Aggregate Selector Action

   This document requests that IANA allocate a codepoint (TBA2) from the
   MPLS "HBH and Select In-Stack MPLS Network Action Indicator Opcodes"
   from the "IETF Review" range and the same codepoint from the MPLS
   "I2E In-Stack MPLS Network Action Indicator Opcodes" from the "IETF
   Review" range for the 20-bit Flow Aggregate Selector Action.  The
   allocation should reference this document.

3.3.  20-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector Action

   This document requests that IANA allocate a codepoint (TBA3) from the
   MPLS "HBH and Select In-Stack MPLS Network Action Indicator Opcodes"
   from the "IETF Review" range and the same codepoint from the MPLS
   "I2E In-Stack MPLS Network Action Indicator Opcodes" from the "IETF
   Review" range for the 20-bit Entropy/Flow Aggregate Selector Action.
   The allocation should reference this document.








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3.4.  30-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector Action

   This document requests that IANA allocate a bit position (TBA4) from
   the MPLS "In-Stack MPLS Network Action Indicator Flags" registry for
   the 30-bit Entropy/Flow-Aggregate Selector Action.  The allocation
   should reference this document.

4.  Security Considerations

   The forwarding plane is insecure.  If an adversary can affect the
   forwarding plane, then they can inject data, remove data, corrupt
   data, or modify data.  MNA additionally allows an adversary to make
   packets perform arbitrary network actions.

   Link-level security mechanisms can help mitigate some on-link
   attacks, but does nothing to preclude hostile nodes.

5.  Contributors

   The following individuals contributed to this document:

   Colby Barth
   Juniper Networks
   Email: cbarth@juniper.net

   Srihari R.  Sangli
   Juniper Networks
   Email: ssangli@juniper.net

   Chandra Ramachandran
   Juniper Networks
   Email: csekar@juniper.net

   Kireeti Kompella
   Juniper Networks
   Email: kireeti@juniper.net

6.  References

6.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.jags-mpls-mna-hdr]
              Rajamanickam, J., Gandhi, R., Zigler, R., Song, H., and K.
              Kompella, "MPLS Network Action (MNA) Header Encodings",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-jags-mpls-mna-hdr-
              02, 10 October 2022, <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/
              draft-jags-mpls-mna-hdr-02.txt>.




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   [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>.

   [RFC3032]  Rosen, E., Tappan, D., Fedorkow, G., Rekhter, Y.,
              Farinacci, D., Li, T., and A. Conta, "MPLS Label Stack
              Encoding", RFC 3032, DOI 10.17487/RFC3032, January 2001,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3032>.

   [RFC6790]  Kompella, K., Drake, J., Amante, S., Henderickx, W., and
              L. Yong, "The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding",
              RFC 6790, DOI 10.17487/RFC6790, November 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6790>.

   [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>.

6.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-fwk]
              Andersson, L., Bryant, S., Bocci, M., and T. Li, "MPLS
              Network Actions Framework", Work in Progress, Internet-
              Draft, draft-ietf-mpls-mna-fwk-02, 21 October 2022,
              <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-mpls-mna-fwk-
              02.txt>.

   [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices]
              Farrel, A., Drake, J., Rokui, R., Homma, S., Makhijani,
              K., Contreras, L. M., and J. Tantsura, "Framework for IETF
              Network Slices", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices-15, 21 October 2022,
              <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-teas-ietf-
              network-slices-15.txt>.

   [I-D.ietf-teas-ns-ip-mpls]
              Saad, T., Beeram, V. P., Dong, J., Wen, B., Ceccarelli,
              D., Halpern, J., Peng, S., Chen, R., Liu, X., Luis
              Contreras, M., Rokui, R., and L. Jalil, "Realizing Network
              Slices in IP/MPLS Networks", Work in Progress, Internet-
              Draft, draft-ietf-teas-ns-ip-mpls-00, 16 June 2022,
              <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-teas-ns-ip-
              mpls-00.txt>.

Authors' Addresses





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   Tony Li
   Juniper Networks
   Email: tony.li@tony.li


   John Drake
   Juniper Networks
   Email: jdrake@juniper.net


   Vishnu Pavan Beeram
   Juniper Networks
   Email: vbeeram@juniper.net


   Tarek Saad
   Cisco Systems
   Email: tsaad.net@gmail.com


   Israel Meilik
   Broadcom
   Email: israel.meilik@broadcom.com




























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