Submitted to DHC Working Group Yves T'Joens INTERNET DRAFT Christian Hublet Alcatel Peter De Schrijver Mind July 2001 Expires December, 2001 DHCP reconfigure extension Status of this memo This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months. Internet-Drafts may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is not appropriate to use Internet- Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as a ``working draft'' or ``work in progress.'' To view the entire list of current Internet-Drafts, please check the "1id-abstracts.txt" listing contained in the Internet-Drafts Shadow Directorieson ftp.is.co.za (Africa), ftp.nordu.net (Northern Europe), ftp.nis.garr.it (Southern Europe), munnari.oz.au(Pacific Rim), ftp.ietf.org (US East Coast), or ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast). Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This draft defines extensions to DHCP [DHCP] to allow dynamic reconfiguration of a single host triggered by the DHCP server (eg. a new IP address and/or local configuration parameters). This is achieved by introducing a unicast FORCERENEW message which forces the client to the RENEW state. The behaviour for hosts using the DHCP INFORM message to obtain configuration information is also described. 1. Introduction The procedures as described within this draft allow the dynamic reconfiguration of individual hosts. T'Joens & De Schrijver Expires November 2001 [Page 1] Internet Draft draft-ietf-dhc-pv4-reconfigure-06.txt July 2001 1.1 Conventions 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]. 2. DHCP force renew This section describes the FORCERENEW message extension. 2.1 Terminology DHCP client : host to be reconfigured using DHCP. DHCP server : server which configured the DHCP client. 2.2 Force renew procedures The DHCP server sends a unicast FORCERENEW message to the client. Upon receipt of the unicast FORCERENEW message, the client will change its state to the RENEW state, and will then try to renew its lease according to normal DHCP procedures. If the server wants to assign a new IP address to the client, it will reply to the DHCP REQUEST with a DHCP NAK. The client will then go back to the init state and broadcast a DHCP DISCOVER message. The server can now assign a new IP address to the client by replying with a DHCP OFFER. If the FORCERENEW message is lost, the DHCP server will not receive a DHCP REQUEST from the client and it should retransmit the FORCERENEW message using an exponential backoff algorithm. Depending on the bandwidth of the network between server and client, the server should choose a delay. This delay grows exponentially as retransmissions fail. The amount of retransmissions should be limited. The procedures described above assume the server to send a unicast FORCERENEW message to the client. Receipt of a multicast FORCERENEW message by the client should be silently discarded. It can be that a client has obtained a network address through some other means (e.g., manual configuration) and has used a DHCP INFORM request to obtain other local configuration parameters. Such clients should respond to the receipt of a unicast FORCERENEW message with a new DHCP INFORM request so as to obtain a potential new set of local configuration parameters. Note that the usage of these procedures are limited to the set of options that are eligible for configuration by DHCP and should not override manually configured parameters. Note further that usage of the FORCERENEW message to reconfigure a client address or local configuration parameters can lead to the T'Joens & De Schrijver Expires November 2001 [Page 2] Internet Draft draft-ietf-dhc-pv4-reconfigure-06.txt July 2001 interruption of active sessions, and that as such these procedures should be used in controlled circumstances. 2.3 Example usage 2.3.1 Embedded DHCP clients The autoconfiguration of home gateways (more generically Network Termination equipment) for public networking purposes can be achieved through means of DHCP, as described in [DSL_autoconf]. In order to allow service changes or service interruption, the FORCERENEW message can trigger the home gateway to contact the DHCP server, prior to the expiry of the lease. 2.3.2 Hospitality service scenario In self provisioned networks, e.g., hotel rooms, the hotel owned DHCP server can hand out limited use IP addresses, that allows the customer to consume local services or select external services from a web browser interface. In order to allow external services through other service providers, e.g., global internet services or enterprise VPN services, the DHCP server can trigger the client to ask for a new DHCP initialization session so as to obtain e.g., a globally routed IP address. 2.3.3 Network renumbering Under tightly controlled conditions, the FORCERENEW procedures can be used to brute force the renumbering of entire subnets, client per client, under control of a DHCP server. 2.4 Rationale The approach as described in this document has a number of advantages. It does not require new states to be added to the DHCP client implementation. This minimizes the amount of code to be changed. It also allows lease RENEWAL to be driven by the server, which can be used to optimize network usage or DHCP server load. 3. Extended DHCP state diagram T'Joens & De Schrijver Expires November 2001 [Page 3] Internet Draft draft-ietf-dhc-pv4-reconfigure-06.txt July 2001 +--------+ +------+ | Init / | +-->+ Init +<---------------+-------------------+ | Reboot | | +--+---+ | | +---+----+ DHCPNAK/ -/Send DHCPDISCOVER | | | Restart | (broadcast) | | | | v v-------------+ | | -/Send DHCPREQUEST| +----+------+ DHCPOFFER/DHCPDECLINE | | (broadcast)| | Selecting |----------+ | | v | +----+------+ | | +---+----+ | DHCPOFFER/DHCPREQUEST | | | Reboot +---------+ (broadcast) | | +---+----+ v | | | +----+-------+ DHCPNAK /halt network | + Requesting | | lease expired DHCPACK/ +----+-------+ | | Record lease | | | set timers DHCPACK/Record lease | | | v Set T1 & T2 | | | +--+----+DHCPFORCE +---+---+ +----+---+ +----------------->+ Bound +---------->+ Renew +--------->+ Rebind | +--+-+--+T1 expires +-+-+---+T2 expires+----+---+ ^ /DHCPREQUEST | | /broadcast | DHCPACK to leasing | | DHCPREQUEST | | server | | | +----------------------------------------+ 4. Message layout The FORCERENEW message makes use of the normal DHCP message layout with the introduction of a new DHCP message type. DHCP option 53 (DHCP message type) is extended with a new value : DHCPFORCERENEW (TBD) 5. IANA Considerations The new value for DHCP option 53 (DHCP message type) to indicate a DHCPFORCERENEW message is TBD. 6. Security Considerations As in some network environments FORCERENEW can be used to snoop and spoof traffic, the FORCERENEW message MUST be authenticated using the procedures as described in [DHCP-AUTH]. FORCERENEW messages failing the authentication should be silently discarded by the client. 6.1 Protocol vulnerabilities T'Joens & De Schrijver Expires November 2001 [Page 4] Internet Draft draft-ietf-dhc-pv4-reconfigure-06.txt July 2001 The mechanism described in this document is vulnerable to a denial of service attack through flooding a client with bogus FORCERENEW messages. The calculations involved in authenticating the bogus FORECERENEW messages may overwhelm the device on which the client is running. 7. References [DHCP] R.Droms, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", RFC 2131, March 1997. [DHCP-AUTH] R. Droms et al., "Authentication for DHCP Messages", RFC3118, Standards Track, June 2001. [DSL_autoconf] Working Text WT-059, "Auto-configuration for Basic Internet (IP-Based) Services", DSL Forum, May 2001 [RFC2119] S. Bradner, "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. 8. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank David Allan, Nortel, for the constructive comments to these procedures. 9. Contacts Yves T'joens Alcatel Network Strategy Group Francis Wellesplein 1, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium Phone : +32 3 240 7890 E-mail : yves.tjoens@alcatel.be Peter De Schrijver Mind NV Vaartkom 11 3000 Leuven E-mail : p2@mind.be Christian Hublet Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Division De Villermontstraat 28, 2550 Kontich, Belgium Phone : +32 3 450 3322 E-mail : Christian.Hublet@alcatel.be 8. Full Copyright Statement This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to T'Joens & De Schrijver Expires November 2001 [Page 5] Internet Draft draft-ietf-dhc-pv4-reconfigure-06.txt July 2001 others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implmentation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative works. 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