Internet DRAFT - draft-zzhang-idr-bgp-rt-constrains-extension
draft-zzhang-idr-bgp-rt-constrains-extension
idr Z. Zhang
Internet-Draft J. Haas
Updates: 4684 (if approved) Juniper Networks
Intended status: Standards Track 26 June 2023
Expires: 28 December 2023
Generic Route Constraint Distribution Mechanism for BGP
draft-zzhang-idr-bgp-rt-constrains-extension-03
Abstract
This document defines a mechanism based upon Constrained Route
Distribution for BGP (RFC 4684) that works with various types of BGP
Community-like Path Attributes. Similar to RFC 4684, this mechanism
can be used to build a route distribution graph to limit the
propagation of BGP Routes. Unlike RFC 4684, this mechanism is not
restricted to BGP Extended Communities (RFC 4360).
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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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Constrained Route Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2. Brief Summary of Constrained Route Distribution
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3. Need for a Generic Route Constraint Distribution
Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Community-like Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Definition of Community-like Attributes . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2. Prefix Structure of BGP Community-like Attributes . . . . 5
3. Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1. NLRI Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2. NLRI Length Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3. Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1. IPv6 Specific Extended Communities . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2. Large BGP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3. Bitmask Route Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.3.1. AS Number Bitmask Route Target . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3.2. IPv6 Address Bitmask Route Target . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Appendix A. Open Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Appendix B. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1. Introduction
1.1. Constrained Route Distribution
In BGP/MPLS Layer 3 VPNs [RFC4364], Route Target Extended Communities
[RFC4360] are used to control VPN membership. Networks providing VPN
services may be large. In such networks, VPN routes for a given VPN
may be only needed at a small subset of Provider Edge (PE) routers.
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The Constrained Route Distribution feature [RFC4684] assists in
scaling such large VPN networks by building a distribution graph of
VPN routes through the BGP routing infrastructure. Much of the
benefit of this feature comes from BGP routers, such as Route
Reflectors [RFC4456], avoiding the work of sending all VPN routes to
a PE that may simply discard unneeded routes. Instead, the PE may
receive only the VPN routes for VPNs located on that PE.
1.2. Brief Summary of Constrained Route Distribution Procedure
BGP Speakers implementing [RFC4684] advertise their interest in
receiving VPN routes that contain specific Route Target Extended
Communities by advertising Route Target membership NLRI.
The format of the Route Target membership NLRI in [RFC4684] follows.
It may be of length from 0 to 96 bits.
+-------------------------------+
| Origin AS (4 octets) |
+-------------------------------+
| Route Target (8 octets) |
+ +
| |
+-------------------------------+
The Origin AS contains the Autonomous System number of the originator
of this NLRI.
The Route Target contains a BGP Route Target Extended Community, or a
prefix of a BGP Route Target Extended Community.
Route Target membership NLRI act as a filter mechanism on VPN routes.
The BGP Speaker receiving these Route Target membership NLRI from
another BGP Speaker will propagate VPN routes that match these
membership NLRI. VPN routes that do not match these membership NLRI
will not be propagated.
The propagation of Route Target membership NLRI from an originating
PE router to other interested BGP Speakers builds a distribution
graph for VPN routes matching the desired Route Targets.
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1.3. Need for a Generic Route Constraint Distribution Mechanism
Since BGP/MPLS Layer 3 VPNs were introduced, many new BGP VPN
features have been created that leverage the original concepts in
[RFC4364]. While many of these new features similarly use Route
Target Extended Communities for VPN membership, some use other
Extended Communities. That is, they utilize a different Type/Sub-
Type code than those defined in [RFC4360].
While [RFC4684] is explicit about being utilized for Route Targets,
the definition of a Route Target has become more fluid as VPN
features have been introduced; for example, ES-Import from [RFC7432].
It could be observed that that [RFC4684] is capable of being used on
any type of [RFC4360] BGP Extended Community, for any VPN route type.
However, other attributes are coming to be used for idenitifying VPN
routes and a procedure that is only applicable to Extended
Communities cannot be used.
[RFC5701] introduced the IPv6 Address Specific BGP Extended Community
Attribute. This type of BGP Community permits the encoding of an
IPv6 address as the Global Administrator of a route. Similar to the
[RFC4360] Extended Communities, the IPv6 Address Specific type
carries a Type and Sub-Type field. One of the Type/Sub-Type
allocations is for an IPv6 address specific Route Target. This
permits operators to leverage IPv6 addressing when building their
VPNs.
IPv6 Extensions for Route Target Distribution
[I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ipv6-rt-constrain] proposes to permit matching for
IPv6 address specific Extended Communities using [RFC4684] by
overloading the NLRI length for Route Target membership NLRI for NLRI
longer than 96 bits. (See [RFC4684], Section 4.) However, this
doesn't account for Route Target membership NLRI length shorter than
96 bits. These shorter prefixes permit matching of many more
specific Route Targets from a less specific Route Target membership
BGP Route. Therefore, a different mechanism is needed for safely
matching IPv6 address specific Route Targets.
The simplest change would be to utilize a new AFI/SAFI for IPv6 Route
Target Distribution that only matches IPv6 address specific Route
Targets. It can be further observed that various forms of BGP
"Community" types continue to evolve to suit a variety of BGP route
filtering needs, including those not intended for VPN services.
Examples of these include BGP Large Communities [RFC8092], BGP Wide
Communities [I-D.ietf-idr-wide-bgp-communities], and Bitmask Route
Targets [I-D.zzhang-idr-bitmask-route-target].
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This document proposes a mechanism to match arbitrary BGP Community-
like attributes, including those with Route Target-like semantics,
for building Constrained Route Distribution graphs for BGP routes
containing those attributes.
2. Community-like Attributes
2.1. Definition of Community-like Attributes
BGP Communities were originally introduced in [RFC1997]. That RFC
contains the definition, "A community is a group of destinations
which share some common property." Recall that in BGP-4 [RFC4271], a
BGP Route is defined as a pairing of destinations (NLRI) with Path
Attributes.
In practice, a Community is implemented as an element of a BGP Path
Attribute that is used to mark a prefix in a way that protocol and
BGP policy mechanisms may be used to interact with that BGP Route.
Since [RFC1997], this idea of marking BGP Routes has been extended to
other mechanisms such as BGP Extended Communities [RFC4360], and BGP
Large Communities [RFC8092]. Other similar mechanisms are regularly
considered for standardization.
For purposes of this document, a Community-like Attribute (CLA) has
the semantics of being an attribute of a BGP Path Attribute that is
intended to interact with protocol mechanisms and may enable policy
mechanisms to interact with that BGP Route. Thus, classic [RFC1997]
BGP Communities, BGP Extended Communities, and Large BGP Communities
are all CLAs.
2.2. Prefix Structure of BGP Community-like Attributes
[RFC4684] provides for matching less-specific BGP Extended
Communities by utilizing a shorter NLRI length for the Route Target
membership NLRI. To highlight situations where such summarization is
useful, consider the various forms of Route Target extended community
from [RFC4360]. In each of those types, the Sub-Type field is 0x02,
with the Type selecting the format:
* 0x00 - 2-octet Global Administrator field, 4-octet Local
Administrator field.
* 0x01 - 4-octet Global Administrator field, 2-octet Local
Administrator field.
* 0x02 - 4-octet IPv4 Address Global Administrator field, 2-octet
Local Administrator field.
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The Global Administrator field for Route Targets is typically an
Autonomous System number.
Summarization offers several useful options where the Sub-Type of the
Route Target Extended Community is 0x02. Examples include:
* Type = 0x00 and NLRI length = 48: Match all 2-octet Global
Administrator fields of a given value; for example Origin AS
64511:Route Target 64496:*.
* Type = 0x01 and NLRI length = 64: Match all 4-octet Global
Administrator fields of a given value; for example Origin AS
64511:Route Target 65551:*.
* Type = 0x03 and NLRI length = 88: Match all IPv4 Address Global
Administrator fields of a given value; for example Origin AS
64511:Route Target 192.0.2.*:*.
Similarly, for inter-domain purposes, matching all Route Target
Membership NLRI for a given Origin AS may be useful:
* NLRI length = 32; for example Origin AS 64511:*. This matches all
classes of Extended Community originated from AS 64511.
* NLRI length = 44; for example Origin AS 64511:0x0002:*. This
matches all Extended Communities originated from AS 64511 that
have the first two octets as 0x0002, which includes the class of
Extended Communities that are 2-octet Global Administrator Route
Target types.
It's even possible to utilize a Prefix Length that splits a well
defined field. When the structure of that field is understood,
clever operators may be able to generate summaries. It should be
noted that understanding the intent of such summarization may be
difficult to discern from the NLRI in question. Some examples:
* NLRI length = 31; for example Origin AS 6451[01]:*. This matches
all classes of Extended Community originated from Origin ASes
64510 and 64511.
* NLRI length = 47; for example Origin AS 64511:0x0002:*. This
matches all two-octet AS-Specific Extended Communities originated
from AS 64511 that include Route Targets (0x02) and Route Origins
(0x03).
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The purpose of highlighting that a variable NLRI length can be
applied in these ways is to demonstrate the flexibility of
summarization. This is most true when the structure of that
attribute is arranged most general to most specific; that is, Global
to Local Admin as we have in Extended Communities.
3. Specification
3.1. NLRI Definition
To support applying Constrained Route Distribution procedures to BGP
Community-like attributes, the following NLRI is defined. The
"Generic Route Constraint Distribution Mechanism" NLRI uses a new
SAFI (TBD) with the following format:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Origin AS (4 octets) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| CLA Selector (2 octets) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
~ CLA Value (variable) ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
It can be observed that the format of this NLRI emulates the format
of the Route Target membership NLRI from [RFC4684], with the addition
of the CLA selector to permit the recipient to correctly interpret
the CLA value.
3.2. NLRI Length Encoding
To support potentially large Community-like Values, the NLRI length
field is encoded using 1 or 2 octets using the same mechanism as
[RFC5575], Section 4. The text from that RFC is copied here:
If the NLRI length value is smaller than 240 (0xf0 hex),
the length field can be encoded as a single octet.
Otherwise, it is encoded as an extended-length 2-octet
value in which the most significant nibble of the first
byte is all ones.
In the figure above, values less-than 240 are encoded
using two hex digits (0xnn). Values above 240 are encoded
using 3 hex digits (0xfnnn). The highest value that can
be represented with this encoding is 4095. The value 241
is encoded as 0xf0f1.
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3.3. Operation
The two-octet CLA Selector identifies the type of Community-like
attribute in a BGP route to apply the Constrained Route Distribution
procedures to. The value of this field, registered with IANA, may
identify Community-like attributes that exist in a given BGP Path
Attribute, or internal fields of structured BGP Path Attributes.
Examples of a stand-alone BGP Path Attribute may be [RFC1997] classic
BGP Communities or [RFC8092] Large BGP Communities. Examples of
internal community values may be Bitmask Route Targets
[I-D.zzhang-idr-bitmask-route-target] defined inside a BGP Wide
Community Container, or newly defined sub-TLVs in a BGP Tunnel
Encapsulation Attribute [I-D.ietf-idr-tunnel-encaps].
The Community-like Attribute is encoded in the CLA Value field.
Sufficient octets are encoded for the Prefix Length of this NLRI.
4. Examples
4.1. IPv6 Specific Extended Communities
[RFC5701] defines IPv6 Specific Extended Communities. Its structure,
from the RFC is:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| 0x00 or 0x40 | Sub-Type | Global Administrator |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Global Administrator (cont.) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Global Administrator (cont.) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Global Administrator (cont.) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Global Administrator (cont.) | Local Administrator |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Where Global Administrator is 16 octets in length, and Local
Administrator is 2 octets in length. The community is a fixed length
of 20 octets.
The Community Selector for Large BGP Communities is assigned 1, per
this document.
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The encoding for a Generic Route Constraint Distribution Mechanism
NLRI for an IPv6 Specific Extended Community for an Origin AS of
64511, for the IPv6 Specific Extended Community [2001:DB8::2]:100
would be:
NLRI length = 0xd0 (208)
Origin AS = 0x0000fbff (64511)
Community Selector = 0x0001 (2) # IPv6 Specific
# Extended Community
Community-like Value = 0x0001000f (65551) # Global Administrator
0x2001 0DB8 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0x0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0002
# Global Administrator
0x00000064 (100) # Local Administrator
4.2. Large BGP Communities
[RFC8092] defines Large BGP Communities. Its structure, from the RFC
is:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Global Administrator |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Local Data Part 1 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Local Data Part 2 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Where each of the fields Global Administrator, Local Data Part 1, and
Local Data Part 2 are 4 octets in length. The community is a fixed
length of 12 octets.
The Community Selector for Large BGP Communities is assigned 2, per
this document.
The encoding for a Generic Route Cosntraint Mechanism NLRI for Large
BGP Communities for an Origin AS of 64511, for Large BGP Community
65551:100:16777215 would be:
NLRI length = 0x90 (144)
Origin AS = 0x0000fbff (64511)
Community Selector = 0x0001 (2) # Large BGP Community
Community-like Value = 0x0001000f (65551) # Global Administrator
0x00000064 (100) # Local Data Part 1
0x00ffffff (16777215) # Local Data Part 2
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4.3. Bitmask Route Target
[I-D.zzhang-idr-bitmask-route-target] defines Bitmask Route Targets.
Bitmask Route Targets are encoded within the BGP Community Container
Path Attribute, which is defined in
[I-D.ietf-idr-wide-bgp-communities]. The structure of the Bitmask
Route Target, from the Internet-Draft, is:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| GA Type | GA Sub-Type | GA Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Global Administrator (variable length) ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Local Administrator |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Bitmask Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
~ Bitmask (variable length) ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
GA Type, GA Sub-Type, and GA Length are 1 octet in length.
Local Administrator is 4 octets in length.
The Bitmask is a number of octets that will fit the Bitmask Length.
The following GA Types and corresponding lengths are defined:
o 1: AS Number, 4 octets
o 2: IPv4 Address, 4 octets
o 3: IPv6 Address, 16 octets
The Community Selector for Bitmask Route Targets is assigned 3, per
this document.
The Bitmask Route Target, a Community-like attribute, is carried as
the payload (that is, the value portion) of another Path Attribute.
The Generic Route Constraint Distribution Mechanism NLRI is not
constructed to match any of the outer portions of the Community
Container; rather it matches only the payload, that is, the Bitmask
Route Target itself.
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4.3.1. AS Number Bitmask Route Target
The encoding for a Generic Route Constraint Distribution Mechanism
NLRI for Origin AS 64511 for an AS-Number based Bitmask Route Target
for AS 65551 with Local Administrator value 100 and a bitmask of
0xc0ffee (3 octets) would be:
NLRI length = 0xa8 (168)
Origin AS = 0x0000fbff (64511)
Community Selector = 0x0002 (3) # Bitmask Route Target
Community-Like Value = 0x01 (1) # GA Type AS Number
0x02 (2) # GA Sub-Type (Route Target)
0x04 (4) # GA Length
0x0001000f (65551) # Global Administrator
0x00000064 (100) # Local Administrator
0x03 (3) # Bitmask Length
0xc0ffee # Bitmask
4.3.2. IPv6 Address Bitmask Route Target
The encoding for a Generic Route Constraint Distribution Mechanism
NLRI for Origin AS 64511 for an AS-Number based Bitmask Route Target
for 2001:DB8::2 with Local Administrator value 100 and a bitmask of
0xc0ffee (3 octets) would be:
NLRI length = 0xf108 (264)
Origin AS = 0x0000fbff (64511)
Community Selector = 0x0002 (2) # Bitmask Route Target
Community-Like Value = 0x01 (1) # GA Type IPv6 Address
0x02 (2) # GA Sub-Type (Route Target)
0x10 (16) # GA Length
0x2001 0DB8 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0x0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0002
# Global Administrator
0x00000064 (100) # Local Administrator
0x03 (3) # Bitmask Length
0xc0ffee # Bitmask
5. Security Considerations
This document does not change security aspects discussed in
[RFC4684].
6. IANA Considerations
This document requests IANA to assign a new SAFI, the "Generic Route
Constraint Distribution Mechanism" from the First Come First Served
"Subsequent Address Family Identifiers (SAFI) Parameters" registry.
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This documument requests IANA to create a new registry, the Generic
Route Constraint CLA Selector Registry. It should have the following
initial values and registration policies assigned:
+==========+===============+========================+===========+
| Value | Description | Defining Specification | Reference |
| | | for Community-like | for this |
| | | attribute (CLA) | Value |
+==========+===============+========================+===========+
| 0 | RESERVED | - | This |
| | | | document |
+----------+---------------+------------------------+-----------+
| 1 | IPv6 Address | RFC 5701 | This |
| | Specific BGP | | document |
| | Extended | | |
| | Communities | | |
+----------+---------------+------------------------+-----------+
| 2 | Large BGP | RFC 8092 | This |
| | Communities | | document |
+----------+---------------+------------------------+-----------+
| 3 | Bitmask Route | draft-zzhang-idr- | This |
| | Targets | bitmask-route-target | document |
+----------+---------------+------------------------+-----------+
| 4..64511 | Available for | | |
| | first come, | | |
| | first served | | |
| | allocation. | | |
+----------+---------------+------------------------+-----------+
| 255 | RESERVED | - | This |
| | | | document |
+----------+---------------+------------------------+-----------+
Table 1
7. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank John Scudder for his comments and
suggestions.
8. References
8.1. 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>.
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[RFC4271] Rekhter, Y., Ed., Li, T., Ed., and S. Hares, Ed., "A
Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4271, January 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4271>.
[RFC4360] Sangli, S., Tappan, D., and Y. Rekhter, "BGP Extended
Communities Attribute", RFC 4360, DOI 10.17487/RFC4360,
February 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4360>.
[RFC4684] Marques, P., Bonica, R., Fang, L., Martini, L., Raszuk,
R., Patel, K., and J. Guichard, "Constrained Route
Distribution for Border Gateway Protocol/MultiProtocol
Label Switching (BGP/MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual
Private Networks (VPNs)", RFC 4684, DOI 10.17487/RFC4684,
November 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4684>.
[RFC5575] Marques, P., Sheth, N., Raszuk, R., Greene, B., Mauch, J.,
and D. McPherson, "Dissemination of Flow Specification
Rules", RFC 5575, DOI 10.17487/RFC5575, August 2009,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5575>.
[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>.
8.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ipv6-rt-constrain]
Patel, K., Raszuk, R., Djernaes, M., Dong, J., and M.
Chen, "IPv6 Extensions for Route Target Distribution",
Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-idr-bgp-ipv6-
rt-constrain-12, 26 April 2018,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-idr-bgp-
ipv6-rt-constrain-12>.
[I-D.ietf-idr-rtc-no-rt]
Rosen, E. C., Patel, K., Haas, J., and R. Raszuk, "Route
Target Constrained Distribution of Routes with no Route
Targets", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
idr-rtc-no-rt-12, 1 October 2019,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-idr-rtc-
no-rt-12>.
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[I-D.ietf-idr-tunnel-encaps]
Patel, K., Van de Velde, G., Sangli, S. R., and J.
Scudder, "The BGP Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute", Work in
Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-idr-tunnel-encaps-22,
7 January 2021, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
draft-ietf-idr-tunnel-encaps-22>.
[I-D.ietf-idr-wide-bgp-communities]
Raszuk, R., Haas, J., Lange, A., Decraene, B., Amante, S.,
and P. Jakma, "BGP Community Container Attribute", Work in
Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-idr-wide-bgp-
communities-11, 9 March 2023,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-idr-
wide-bgp-communities-11>.
[I-D.zzhang-idr-bitmask-route-target]
Zhang, Z. J., Sangli, S. R., and J. Haas, "Bitmask Route
Target", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-zzhang-
idr-bitmask-route-target-01, 21 April 2021,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-zzhang-idr-
bitmask-route-target-01>.
[RFC1997] Chandra, R., Traina, P., and T. Li, "BGP Communities
Attribute", RFC 1997, DOI 10.17487/RFC1997, August 1996,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1997>.
[RFC4364] Rosen, E. and Y. Rekhter, "BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs)", RFC 4364, DOI 10.17487/RFC4364, February
2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4364>.
[RFC4456] Bates, T., Chen, E., and R. Chandra, "BGP Route
Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP
(IBGP)", RFC 4456, DOI 10.17487/RFC4456, April 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4456>.
[RFC5398] Huston, G., "Autonomous System (AS) Number Reservation for
Documentation Use", RFC 5398, DOI 10.17487/RFC5398,
December 2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5398>.
[RFC5701] Rekhter, Y., "IPv6 Address Specific BGP Extended Community
Attribute", RFC 5701, DOI 10.17487/RFC5701, November 2009,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5701>.
[RFC7432] Sajassi, A., Ed., Aggarwal, R., Bitar, N., Isaac, A.,
Uttaro, J., Drake, J., and W. Henderickx, "BGP MPLS-Based
Ethernet VPN", RFC 7432, DOI 10.17487/RFC7432, February
2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7432>.
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[RFC8092] Heitz, J., Ed., Snijders, J., Ed., Patel, K., Bagdonas,
I., and N. Hilliard, "BGP Large Communities Attribute",
RFC 8092, DOI 10.17487/RFC8092, February 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8092>.
[RFC8126] Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.
Appendix A. Open Issues
* How should BGP Routes with no communities of a given type be
handled? The scenario covered in [I-D.ietf-idr-rtc-no-rt] becomes
potentially far more common.
Appendix B. Change Log
* 01 -> 02: Update text for bitmask route target definition. Add
open issues.
Authors' Addresses
Zhaohui Zhang
Juniper Networks
Email: zzhang@juniper.net
Jeffrey Haas
Juniper Networks
Email: jhaas@juniper.net
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