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Run idnits with the --verbose option for more detailed information about the items above. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Network Working Group F. Templin, Ed. 3 Internet-Draft Boeing Research & Technology 4 Obsoletes: rfc5320, rfc5558, rfc5720, February 6, 2020 5 rfc6179, rfc6706 (if 6 approved) 7 Intended status: Standards Track 8 Expires: August 9, 2020 10 Asymmetric Extended Route Optimization (AERO) 11 draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-26 13 Abstract 15 This document specifies the operation of IP over tunnel virtual links 16 using Asymmetric Extended Route Optimization (AERO). AERO interfaces 17 use an IPv6 link-local address format that supports operation of the 18 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol and links ND to IP forwarding. 19 Prefix delegation/registration services are employed for network 20 admission and to manage the routing system. Multilink operation, 21 mobility management, quality of service (QoS) signaling and route 22 optimization are naturally supported through dynamic neighbor cache 23 updates. Standard IP multicasting services are also supported. AERO 24 is a widely-applicable mobile internetworking service especially 25 well-suited to aviation services, mobile Virtual Private Networks 26 (VPNs) and many other applications. 28 Status of This Memo 30 This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the 31 provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. 33 Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering 34 Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute 35 working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- 36 Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. 38 Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months 39 and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any 40 time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference 41 material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." 43 This Internet-Draft will expire on August 9, 2020. 45 Copyright Notice 47 Copyright (c) 2020 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the 48 document authors. All rights reserved. 50 This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal 51 Provisions Relating to IETF Documents 52 (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of 53 publication of this document. Please review these documents 54 carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect 55 to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must 56 include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of 57 the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as 58 described in the Simplified BSD License. 60 Table of Contents 62 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 63 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 64 3. Asymmetric Extended Route Optimization (AERO) . . . . . . . . 10 65 3.1. AERO Link Reference Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 66 3.2. AERO Node Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 67 3.3. AERO Routing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 68 3.3.1. IPv4 Compatibility Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 69 3.4. AERO Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 70 3.5. Spanning Partitioned AERO Networks (SPAN) . . . . . . . . 17 71 3.5.1. SPAN Compatibility Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 72 3.6. AERO Interface Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 73 3.7. AERO Interface Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 74 3.7.1. AERO Server/Gateway Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 75 3.7.2. AERO Proxy Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 76 3.7.3. AERO Client Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 77 3.7.4. AERO Relay Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 78 3.8. AERO Interface Neighbor Cache Maintenance . . . . . . . . 26 79 3.9. AERO Interface Encapsulation and Re-encapsulation . . . . 28 80 3.10. AERO Interface Decapsulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 81 3.11. AERO Interface Data Origin Authentication . . . . . . . . 30 82 3.12. AERO Interface Forwarding Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . 30 83 3.12.1. Client Forwarding Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 84 3.12.2. Proxy Forwarding Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 85 3.12.3. Server/Gateway Forwarding Algorithm . . . . . . . . 32 86 3.12.4. Relay Forwarding Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 87 3.13. AERO Interface MTU and Fragmentation . . . . . . . . . . 34 88 3.13.1. AERO MTU Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 89 3.14. AERO Interface Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 90 3.15. AERO Router Discovery, Prefix Delegation and 91 Autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 92 3.15.1. AERO ND/PD Service Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 93 3.15.2. AERO Client Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 94 3.15.3. AERO Server Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 95 3.16. The AERO Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 96 3.16.1. Detecting and Responding to Server Failures . . . . 48 97 3.17. AERO Route Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 98 3.17.1. Route Optimization Initiation . . . . . . . . . . . 49 99 3.17.2. Relaying the NS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 100 3.17.3. Processing the NS and Sending the NA . . . . . . . . 50 101 3.17.4. Relaying the NA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 102 3.17.5. Processing the NA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 103 3.17.6. Route Optimization Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 52 104 3.18. Neighbor Unreachability Detection (NUD) . . . . . . . . . 53 105 3.19. Mobility Management and Quality of Service (QoS) . . . . 53 106 3.19.1. Mobility Update Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 107 3.19.2. Announcing Link-Layer Address and/or QoS Preference 108 Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 109 3.19.3. Bringing New Links Into Service . . . . . . . . . . 55 110 3.19.4. Removing Existing Links from Service . . . . . . . . 55 111 3.19.5. Moving to a New Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 112 3.20. Multicast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 113 3.20.1. Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) . . . . . . . . . . 57 114 3.20.2. Any-Source Multicast (ASM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 115 3.20.3. Bi-Directional PIM (BIDIR-PIM) . . . . . . . . . . . 59 116 3.21. Operation over Multiple AERO Links (VLANs) . . . . . . . 60 117 3.22. DNS Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 118 3.23. Transition Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 119 3.24. Detecting and Reacting to Server and Relay Failures . . . 62 120 4. Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 121 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 122 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 123 7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 124 8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 125 8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 126 8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 127 Appendix A. AERO Alternate Encapsulations . . . . . . . . . . . 74 128 Appendix B. Non-Normative Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 129 B.1. Implementation Strategies for Route Optimization . . . . 76 130 B.2. Implicit Mobility Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 131 B.3. Direct Underlying Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 132 B.4. AERO Clients on the Open Internetwork . . . . . . . . . . 77 133 B.5. Operation on AERO Links with /64 ASPs . . . . . . . . . . 78 134 B.6. AERO Adaptations for SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND) . . 78 135 B.7. AERO Critical Infrastructure Considerations . . . . . . . 79 136 B.8. AERO Server Failure Implications . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 137 B.9. AERO Client / Server Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 138 Appendix C. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 139 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 141 1. Introduction 143 Asymmetric Extended Route Optimization (AERO) fulfills the 144 requirements of Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) [RFC7333] and 145 route optimization [RFC5522] for aeronautical networking and other 146 network mobility use cases. AERO is based on a Non-Broadcast, 147 Multiple Access (NBMA) virtual link model known as the AERO link. 148 The AERO link is a virtual overlay configured over one or more 149 underlying Internetworks, and nodes on the link can exchange IP 150 packets via tunneling. Multilink operation allows for increased 151 reliability, bandwidth optimization and traffic path diversity. 153 The AERO service comprises Clients, Proxys, Servers and Gateways that 154 are seen as AERO link neighbors. Each node's AERO interface uses an 155 IPv6 link-local address format (known as the AERO address) that 156 supports operation of the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol 157 [RFC4861] and links ND to IP forwarding. A node's AERO interface can 158 be configured over multiple underlying interfaces, and may therefore 159 may appear as a single interface with multiple link-layer addresses. 160 Each link-layer address is subject to change due to mobility and/or 161 QoS fluctuations, and link-layer address changes are signaled by ND 162 messaging the same as for any IPv6 link. 164 AERO links provide a cloud-based service where mobile nodes may use 165 any Server acting as a Mobility Anchor Point (MAP) and fixed nodes 166 may use any Gateway on the link for efficient communications. Fixed 167 nodes forward packets destined to other AERO nodes to the nearest 168 Gateway, which forwards them through the cloud. A mobile node's 169 initial packets are forwarded through the MAP, while direct routing 170 is supported through asymmetric extended route optimization while 171 data packets are flowing. Both unicast and multicast communications 172 are supported, and mobile nodes may efficiently move between 173 locations while maintaining continuous communications with 174 correspondents and without changing their IP Address. 176 AERO Relays are interconnected in a secured private BGP overlay 177 routing instance known as the "SPAN". The SPAN provides a hybrid 178 routing/bridging service to join the underlying Internetworks of 179 multiple disjoint administrative domains into a single unified AERO 180 link. Each AERO link instance is characterized by the set of 181 Mobility Service Prefixes (MSPs) common to all mobile nodes. The 182 link extends to the point where a Gateway/MAP is on the optimal route 183 from any correspondent node on the link, and provides a gateway 184 between the underlying Internetwork and the SPAN. To the underlying 185 Internetwork, the Gateway/MAP is the source of a route to its MSP, 186 and hence uplink traffic to the mobile node is naturally routed to 187 the nearest Gateway/MAP. 189 AERO assumes the use of PIM Sparse Mode in support of multicast 190 communication. In support of Source Specific Multicast (SSM) when a 191 Mobile Node is the source, AERO route optimization ensures that a 192 shortest-path multicast tree is established with provisions for 193 mobility and multilink operation. In all other multicast scenarios 194 there are no AERO dependencies. 196 AERO was designed for aeronautical networking for both manned and 197 unmanned aircraft, where the aircraft is treated as a mobile node 198 that can connect an Internet of Things (IoT). AERO is also 199 applicable to a wide variety of other use cases. For example, it can 200 be used to coordinate the Virtual Private Network (VPN) links of 201 mobile nodes (e.g., cellphones, tablets, laptop computers, etc.) that 202 connect into a home enterprise network via public access networks 203 using services such as OpenVPN [OVPN]. Other applicable use cases 204 are also in scope. 206 The following numbered sections present the AERO specification. The 207 appendices at the end of the document are non-normative. 209 2. Terminology 211 The terminology in the normative references applies; the following 212 terms are defined within the scope of this document: 214 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) 215 an IPv6 control message service for coordinating neighbor 216 relationships between nodes connected to a common link. AERO 217 interfaces use the ND service specified in [RFC4861]. 219 IPv6 Prefix Delegation (PD) 220 a networking service for delegating IPv6 prefixes to nodes on the 221 link. The nominal PD service is DHCPv6 [RFC8415], however 222 alternate services (e.g., based on ND messaging) are also in scope 223 [I-D.templin-v6ops-pdhost][I-D.templin-6man-dhcpv6-ndopt]. Most 224 notably, a minimal form of PD known as "prefix registration" can 225 be used if the Client knows its prefix in advance and can 226 represent it in the IPv6 source address of an ND message. 228 Access Network (ANET) 229 a node's first-hop data link service network, e.g., a radio access 230 network, cellular service provider network, corporate enterprise 231 network, or the public Internet itself. For secured ANETs, link- 232 layer security services such as IEEE 802.1X and physical-layer 233 security prevent unauthorized access internally while border 234 network-layer security services such as firewalls and proxies 235 prevent unauthorized outside access. 237 ANET interface 238 a node's attachment to a link in an ANET. 240 ANET address 241 an IP address assigned to a node's interface connection to an 242 ANET. 244 Internetwork (INET) 245 a connected IP network topology with a coherent routing and 246 addressing plan and that provides a transit backbone service for 247 ANET end systems. INETs also provide an underlay service over 248 which the AERO virtual link is configured. Example INETs include 249 corporate enterprise networks, aviation networks, and the public 250 Internet itself. When there is no administrative boundary between 251 an ANET and the INET, the ANET and INET are one and the same. 253 INET Partition 254 frequently, INETs such as large corporate enterprise networks are 255 sub-divided internally into separate isolated partitions. Each 256 partition is fully connected internally but disconnected from 257 other partitions, and there is no requirement that separate 258 partitions maintain consistent Internet Protocol and/or addressing 259 plans. (An INET partition is the same as a SPAN segment discussed 260 below.) 262 INET interface 263 a node's attachment to a link in an INET. 265 INET address 266 an IP address assigned to a node's interface connection to an 267 INET. 269 AERO link 270 a Non-Broadcast, Multiple Access (NBMA) tunnel virtual overlay 271 configured over one or more underlying INETs. Nodes on the AERO 272 link appear as single-hop neighbors from the perspective of the 273 virtual overlay even though they may be separated by many 274 underlying INET hops. AERO links may be configured over multiple 275 underlying SPAN segments (see below). 277 AERO interface 278 a node's attachment to an AERO link. Since the addresses assigned 279 to an AERO interface are managed for uniqueness, AERO interfaces 280 do not require Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) and therefore set 281 the administrative variable 'DupAddrDetectTransmits' to zero 282 [RFC4862]. 284 underlying interface 285 an ANET or INET interface over which an AERO interface is 286 configured. 288 AERO address 289 an IPv6 link-local address assigned to an AERO interface and 290 constructed as specified in Section 3.4. 292 base AERO address 293 the lowest-numbered AERO address aggregated by the MNP (see 294 Section 3.4). 296 Mobility Service Prefix (MSP) 297 an IP prefix assigned to the AERO link and from which more- 298 specific Mobile Network Prefixes (MNPs) are derived. 300 Mobile Network Prefix (MNP) 301 an IP prefix allocated from an MSP and delegated to an AERO Client 302 or Gateway. 304 AERO node 305 a node that is connected to an AERO link, or that provides 306 services to other nodes on an AERO link. 308 AERO Client ("Client") 309 an AERO node that connects to one or more ANETs and requests MNP 310 PDs from AERO Servers. The Client assigns a Client AERO address 311 to the AERO interface for use in ND exchanges with other AERO 312 nodes and forwards packets to correspondents according to AERO 313 interface neighbor cache state. 315 AERO Server ("Server") 316 an INET node that configures an AERO interface to provide default 317 forwarding services and a Mobility Anchor Point (MAP) for AERO 318 Clients. The Server assigns an administratively-provisioned AERO 319 address to its AERO interface to support the operation of the ND/ 320 PD services, and advertises all of its associated MNPs via BGP 321 peerings with Relays. 323 AERO Gateway ("Gateway") 324 an AERO Server that also provides forwarding services between 325 nodes reached via the AERO link and correspondents on other links. 326 AERO Gateways are provisioned with MNPs (i.e., the same as for an 327 AERO Client) and run a dynamic routing protocol to discover any 328 non-MNP IP routes. In both cases, the Gateway advertises the 329 MSP(s) over INET interfaces, and distributes all of its associated 330 MNPs and non-MNP IP routes via BGP peerings with Relays (i.e., the 331 same as for an AERO Server). 333 AERO Relay ("Relay") 334 a node that provides hybrid routing/bridging services (as well as 335 a security trust anchor) for nodes on an AERO link. As a router, 336 the Relay forwards packets using standard IP forwarding. As a 337 bridge, the Relay forwards packets over the AERO link without 338 decrementing the IPv6 Hop Limit. AERO Relays peer with Servers 339 and other Relays to discover the full set of MNPs for the link as 340 well as any non-MNPs that are reachable via Gateways. 342 AERO Proxy ("Proxy") 343 a node that provides proxying services between Clients in an ANET 344 and Servers in external INETs. The AERO Proxy is a conduit 345 between the ANET and external INETs in the same manner as for 346 common web proxies, and behaves in a similar fashion as for ND 347 proxies [RFC4389]. 349 Spanning Partitioned AERO Networks (SPAN) 350 a means for bridging disjoint INET partitions as segments of a 351 unified AERO link the same as for a bridged campus LAN. The SPAN 352 is a mid-layer IPv6 encapsulation service in the AERO routing 353 system that supports a unified AERO link view for all segments. 354 Each segment in the SPAN is a distinct INET partition. 356 SPAN Service Prefix (SSP) 357 a global or unique local /96 IPv6 prefix assigned to the AERO link 358 to support SPAN services. 360 SPAN Partition Prefix (SPP) 361 a sub-prefix of the SPAN Service Prefix uniquely assigned to a 362 single SPAN segment. 364 SPAN Address 365 a global or unique local IPv6 address taken from a SPAN Partition 366 Prefix and constructed as specified in Section 3.5. SPAN 367 addresses are statelessly derived from AERO addresses, and vice- 368 versa. 370 ingress tunnel endpoint (ITE) 371 an AERO interface endpoint that injects encapsulated packets into 372 an AERO link. 374 egress tunnel endpoint (ETE) 375 an AERO interface endpoint that receives encapsulated packets from 376 an AERO link. 378 link-layer address 379 an IP address used as an encapsulation header source or 380 destination address from the perspective of the AERO interface. 382 When an upper layer protocol (e.g., UDP) is used as part of the 383 encapsulation, the port number is also considered as part of the 384 link-layer address. From the perspective of the AERO interface, 385 the link-layer address is either an INET address for intra-segment 386 encapsulation or a SPAN address for inter-segment encapsulation. 388 network layer address 389 the source or destination address of an encapsulated IP packet 390 presented to the AERO interface. 392 end user network (EUN) 393 an internal virtual or external edge IP network that an AERO 394 Client or Gateway connects to the rest of the network via the AERO 395 interface. The Client/Gateway sees each EUN as a "downstream" 396 network, and sees the AERO interface as the point of attachment to 397 the "upstream" network. 399 Mobile Node (MN) 400 an AERO Client and all of its downstream-attached networks that 401 move together as a single unit, i.e., an end system that connects 402 an Internet of Things. 404 Mobile Router (MR) 405 a MN's on-board router that forwards packets between any 406 downstream-attached networks and the AERO link. 408 Mobility Anchor Point (MAP) 409 an AERO Server that is currently tracking and reporting the 410 mobility events of its associated Mobile Node Clients. 412 Route Optimization Source (ROS) 413 the AERO node nearest the source that initiates route 414 optimization. The ROS may be a Server or Proxy acting on behalf 415 of the source Client. 417 Route Optimization responder (ROR) 418 the AERO node nearest the target destination that responds to 419 route optimization requests. The ROR may be a Server acting as a 420 MAP on behalf of a target MNP Client, or a Gateway for a non-MNP 421 destination. 423 MAP List 424 a geographically and/or topologically referenced list of AERO 425 addresses of all MAPs within the same AERO link. There is a 426 single MAP list for the entire AERO link. 428 ROS List 429 a list of AERO/SPAN-to-INET address mappings of all ROSes within 430 the same SPAN segment. There is a distinct ROS list for each 431 segment. 433 Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) 434 a BGP-based overlay routing service coordinated by Servers and 435 Relays that tracks all MAP-to-Client associations. 437 Throughout the document, the simple terms "Client", "Server", 438 "Relay", "Proxy" and "Gateway" refer to "AERO Client", "AERO Server", 439 "AERO Relay", "AERO Proxy" and "AERO Gateway", respectively. 440 Capitalization is used to distinguish these terms from other common 441 Internetworking uses in which they appear without capitalization. 443 The terminology of DHCPv6 [RFC8415] and IPv6 ND [RFC4861] (including 444 the names of node variables, messages and protocol constants) is used 445 throughout this document. The terms "All-Routers multicast", "All- 446 Nodes multicast" and "Subnet-Router anycast" are defined in [RFC4291] 447 (with Link-Local scope assumed). Also, the term "IP" is used to 448 generically refer to either Internet Protocol version, i.e., IPv4 449 [RFC0791] or IPv6 [RFC8200]. 451 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", 452 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and 453 "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 454 14 [RFC2119][RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all 455 capitals, as shown here. 457 3. Asymmetric Extended Route Optimization (AERO) 459 The following sections specify the operation of IP over Asymmetric 460 Extended Route Optimization (AERO) links: 462 3.1. AERO Link Reference Model 463 +----------------+ 464 | AERO Relay R1 | 465 | Nbr: S1, S2, P1| 466 |(X1->S1; X2->S2)| 467 | MSP M1 | 468 +-+---------+--+-+ 469 +--------------+ | Secured | | +--------------+ 470 |AERO Server S1| | tunnels | | |AERO Server S2| 471 | Nbr: C1, R1 +-----+ | +-----+ Nbr: C2, R1 | 472 | default->R1 | | | default->R1 | 473 | X1->C1 | | | X2->C2 | 474 +-------+------+ | +------+-------+ 475 | AERO Link | | 476 X===+===+===================+==)===============+===+===X 477 | | | | 478 +-----+--------+ +--------+--+-----+ +--------+-----+ 479 |AERO Client C1| | AERO Proxy P1 | |AERO Client C2| 480 | Nbr: S1 | |(Proxy Nbr Cache)| | Nbr: S2 | 481 | default->S1 | +--------+--------+ | default->S2 | 482 | MNP X1 | | | MNP X2 | 483 +------+-------+ .--------+------. +-----+--------+ 484 | (- Proxyed Clients -) | 485 .-. `---------------' .-. 486 ,-( _)-. ,-( _)-. 487 .-(_ IP )-. +-------+ +-------+ .-(_ IP )-. 488 (__ EUN )--|Host H1| |Host H2|--(__ EUN ) 489 `-(______)-' +-------+ +-------+ `-(______)-' 491 Figure 1: AERO Link Reference Model 493 Figure 1 presents the AERO link reference model. In this model: 495 o the AERO link is an overlay network service configured over one or 496 more underlying INET partitions which may be managed by different 497 administrative authorities and have incompatible protocols and/or 498 addressing plans. 500 o AERO Relay R1 aggregates Mobility Service Prefix (MSP) M1, 501 discovers Mobile Network Prefixes (MNPs) X* and advertises the MSP 502 via BGP peerings over secured tunnels to Servers (S1, S2). Relays 503 use the SPAN service to bridge disjoint segments of a partitioned 504 AERO link. 506 o AERO Servers S1 and S2 configure secured tunnels with Relay R1 and 507 also act as Mobility Anchor Points (MAPs) and default routers for 508 their associated Clients C1 and C2. 510 o AERO Clients C1 and C2 associate with Servers S1 and S2, 511 respectively. They receive Mobile Network Prefix (MNP) 512 delegations X1 and X2, and also act as default routers for their 513 associated physical or internal virtual EUNs. Simple hosts H1 and 514 H2 attach to the EUNs served by Clients C1 and C2, respectively. 516 o AERO Proxy P1 configures a secured tunnel with Relay R1 and 517 provides proxy services for AERO Clients in secured enclaves that 518 cannot associate directly with other AERO link neighbors. 520 Each node on the AERO link maintains an AERO interface neighbor cache 521 and an IP forwarding table the same as for any link. Although the 522 figure shows a limited deployment, in common operational practice 523 there will normally be many additional Relays, Servers, Clients and 524 Proxys. 526 3.2. AERO Node Types 528 AERO Relays provide hybrid routing/bridging services (as well as a 529 security trust anchor) for nodes on an AERO link. Relays use 530 standard IPv6 routing to forward packets both within the same INET 531 partitions and between disjoint INET partitions based on a mid-layer 532 IPv6 encapsulation known as the SPAN header. The inner IP layer 533 experiences a virtual bridging service since the inner IP TTL/Hop 534 Limit is not decremented during forwarding. Each Relay also peers 535 with Servers and other Relays in a dynamic routing protocol instance 536 to provide a Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) service for the 537 list of active MNPs (see Section 3.3). Relays present the AERO link 538 as a set of one or more Mobility Service Prefixes (MSPs) but as link- 539 layer devices need not connect directly to the AERO link themselves 540 unless an administrative interface is desired. Relays configure 541 secured tunnels with Servers, Proxys and other Relays; they further 542 maintain IP forwarding table entries for each Mobile Network Prefix 543 (MNP) and any other reachable non-MNP prefixes. 545 AERO Servers provide default forwarding services and a Mobility 546 Anchor Point (MAP) for AERO Client Mobile Nodes (MNs). Each Server 547 also peers with Relays in a dynamic routing protocol instance to 548 advertise its list of associated MNPs (see Section 3.3). Servers 549 facilitate PD exchanges with Clients, where each delegated prefix 550 becomes an MNP taken from an MSP. Servers forward packets between 551 AERO interface neighbors and track each Client's mobility profiles. 553 AERO Clients register their MNPs through PD exchanges with AERO 554 Servers over the AERO link, and distribute the MNPs to nodes on EUNs. 555 A Client may also be co-resident on the same physical or virtual 556 platform as a Server; in that case, the Client and Server behave as a 557 single functional unit. 559 AERO Proxys provide a conduit for ANET AERO Clients to associate with 560 AERO Servers in external INETs. Client and Servers exchange control 561 plane messages via the Proxy acting as a bridge between the ANET/INET 562 boundary. The Proxy forwards data packets between Clients and the 563 AERO link according to forwarding information in the neighbor cache. 564 The Proxy function is specified in Section 3.16. 566 AERO Gateways are Servers that provide forwarding services between 567 the AERO interface and INET/EUN interfaces. Gateways are provisioned 568 with MNPs the same as for an AERO Client, and also run a dynamic 569 routing protocol to discover any non-MNP IP routes. The Gateway 570 advertises the MSP(s) to INETs, and distributes all of its associated 571 MNPs and non-MNP IP routes via BGP peerings with Relays. 573 AERO Relays, Servers, Proxys and Gateways are critical infrastructure 574 elements in fixed (i.e., non-mobile) INET deployments and hence have 575 permanent and unchanging INET addresses. AERO Clients are MNs that 576 connect via ANET interfaces, i.e., their ANET addresses may change 577 when the Client moves to a new ANET connection. 579 3.3. AERO Routing System 581 The AERO routing system comprises a private instance of the Border 582 Gateway Protocol (BGP) [RFC4271] that is coordinated between Relays 583 and Servers and does not interact with either the public Internet BGP 584 routing system or any underlying INET routing systems. 586 In a reference deployment, each Server is configured as an Autonomous 587 System Border Router (ASBR) for a stub Autonomous System (AS) using 588 an AS Number (ASN) that is unique within the BGP instance, and each 589 Server further uses eBGP to peer with one or more Relays but does not 590 peer with other Servers. Each INET of a multi-segment AERO link must 591 include one or more Relays, which peer with the Servers and Proxys 592 within that INET. All Relays within the same INET are members of the 593 same hub AS using a common ASN, and use iBGP to maintain a consistent 594 view of all active MNPs currently in service. The Relays of 595 different INETs peer with one another using eBGP. 597 Relays advertise the AERO link's MSPs and any non-MNP routes to each 598 of their Servers. This means that any aggregated non-MNPs (including 599 "default") are advertised to all Servers. Each Relay configures a 600 black-hole route for each of its MSPs. By black-holing the MSPs, the 601 Relay will maintain forwarding table entries only for the MNPs that 602 are currently active, and packets destined to all other MNPs will 603 correctly incur Destination Unreachable messages due to the black- 604 hole route. In this way, Servers have only partial topology 605 knowledge (i.e., they know only about the MNPs of their directly 606 associated Clients) and they forward all other packets to Relays 607 which have full topology knowledge. 609 Servers maintain a working set of associated MNPs, and dynamically 610 announce new MNPs and withdraw departed MNPs in eBGP updates to 611 Relays. Servers that are configured as Gateways also redistribute 612 non-MNP routes learned from non-AERO interfaces via their eBGP Relay 613 peerings. 615 Clients are expected to remain associated with their current Servers 616 for extended timeframes, however Servers SHOULD selectively suppress 617 updates for impatient Clients that repeatedly associate and 618 disassociate with them in order to dampen routing churn. Servers 619 that are configured as Gateways advertise the MSPs via INET/EUN 620 interfaces, and forward packets between INET/EUN interfaces and the 621 AERO interface using standard IP forwarding. 623 Scaling properties of the AERO routing system are limited by the 624 number of BGP routes that can be carried by Relays. As of 2015, the 625 global public Internet BGP routing system manages more than 500K 626 routes with linear growth and no signs of router resource exhaustion 627 [BGP]. More recent network emulation studies have also shown that a 628 single Relay can accommodate at least 1M dynamically changing BGP 629 routes even on a lightweight virtual machine, i.e., and without 630 requiring high-end dedicated router hardware. 632 Therefore, assuming each Relay can carry 1M or more routes, this 633 means that at least 1M Clients can be serviced by a single set of 634 Relays. A means of increasing scaling would be to assign a different 635 set of Relays for each set of MSPs. In that case, each Server still 636 peers with one or more Relays, but institutes route filters so that 637 BGP updates are only sent to the specific set of Relays that 638 aggregate the MSP. For example, if the MSP for the AERO link is 639 2001:db8::/32, a first set of Relays could service the MSP 640 2001:db8::/40, a second set of Relays could service 641 2001:db8:0100::/40, a third set could service 2001:db8:0200::/40, 642 etc. 644 Assuming up to 1K sets of Relays, the AERO routing system can then 645 accommodate 1B or more MNPs with no additional overhead (for example, 646 it should be possible to service 1B /64 MNPs taken from a /34 MSP and 647 even more for shorter prefixes). In this way, each set of Relays 648 services a specific set of MSPs that they advertise to the native 649 Internetwork routing system, and each Server configures MSP-specific 650 routes that list the correct set of Relays as next hops. This 651 arrangement also allows for natural incremental deployment, and can 652 support small scale initial deployments followed by dynamic 653 deployment of additional Clients, Servers and Relays without 654 disturbing the already-deployed base. 656 Server and Relays can use the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection 657 (BFD) protocol [RFC5880] to quickly detect link failures that don't 658 result in interface state changes, BGP peer failures, and 659 administrative state changes. BFD is important in environments where 660 rapid response to failures is required for routing reconvergence and, 661 hence, communications continuity. 663 A full discussion of the BGP-based routing system used by AERO is 664 found in [I-D.ietf-rtgwg-atn-bgp]. The system provides for 665 Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) per the distributed mobility 666 anchoring architecture [I-D.ietf-dmm-distributed-mobility-anchoring]. 668 3.3.1. IPv4 Compatibility Routing 670 For IPv6 MNPs, the AERO routing system includes ordinary IPv6 routes. 671 For IPv4 MNPs, the AERO routing system includes IPv6 routes based on 672 an IPv4-embedded IPv6 address format discussed in Section 3.5.1. 674 3.4. AERO Addresses 676 A Client's AERO address is an IPv6 link-local address with an 677 interface identifier based on the Client's delegated MNP. Relay, 678 Server and Proxy AERO addresses are assigned from the range fe80::/96 679 and include an administratively-provisioned value in the lower 32 680 bits. 682 For IPv6, Client AERO addresses begin with the prefix fe80::/64 and 683 include in the interface identifier (i.e., the lower 64 bits) a 684 64-bit prefix taken from one of the Client's IPv6 MNPs. For example, 685 if the AERO Client receives the IPv6 MNP: 687 2001:db8:1000:2000::/56 689 it constructs its corresponding AERO addresses as: 691 fe80::2001:db8:1000:2000 693 fe80::2001:db8:1000:2001 695 fe80::2001:db8:1000:2002 697 ... etc. ... 699 fe80::2001:db8:1000:20ff 701 For IPv4, Client AERO addresses are based on an IPv4-mapped IPv6 702 address [RFC4291] formed from an IPv4 MNP and with a prefix length of 703 96 plus the MNP prefix length. For example, for the IPv4 MNP 704 192.0.2.32/28 the IPv4-mapped IPv6 MNP is: 706 0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:192.0.2.16/124 (also written as 707 0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:c000:0210/124) 709 The Client then constructs its AERO addresses with the prefix 710 fe80::/64 and with the lower 64 bits of the IPv4-mapped IPv6 address 711 in the interface identifier as: 713 fe80::FFFF:192.0.2.16 715 fe80::FFFF:192.0.2.17 717 fe80::FFFF:192.0.2.18 719 ... etc. ... 721 fe80:FFFF:192.0.2.31 723 Relay, Server and Proxy AERO addresses are allocated from the range 724 fe80::/96, and MUST be managed for uniqueness. The lower 32 bits of 725 the AERO address includes a unique integer value between 1 and 726 0xfffffffe (e.g., fe80::1, fe80::2, fe80::3, etc., fe80::ffff:fffe) 727 as assigned by the administrative authority for the link. If the 728 link spans multiple SPAN segments, the AERO addresses are assigned to 729 each segment in 1x1 correspondence with SPAN addresses (see: 730 Section 3.5). The address fe80:: is the IPv6 link-local Subnet- 731 Router anycast address, and the address fe80::ffff:ffff is reserved 732 as the unspecified AERO address. 734 The lowest-numbered AERO address from a Client's MNP delegation 735 serves as the "base" AERO address (for example, for the MNP 736 2001:db8:1000:2000::/56 the base AERO address is 737 fe80::2001:db8:1000:2000). The Client then assigns the base AERO 738 address to the AERO interface and uses it for the purpose of 739 maintaining the neighbor cache entry. The Server likewise uses the 740 AERO address as its index into the neighbor cache for this Client. 742 If the Client has multiple AERO addresses (i.e., when there are 743 multiple MNPs and/or MNPs with prefix lengths shorter than /64), the 744 Client originates ND messages using the base AERO address as the 745 source address and accepts and responds to ND messages destined to 746 any of its AERO addresses as equivalent to the base AERO address. In 747 this way, the Client maintains a single neighbor cache entry that may 748 be indexed by multiple AERO addresses. 750 The Client's Subnet-Router anycast address can be statelessly 751 determined from its AERO address by simply transposing the AERO 752 address into the upper N bits of the Anycast address followed by 753 128-N bits of zeroes. For example, for the AERO address 754 fe80::2001:db8:1:2 the Subnet-Router anycast address is 755 2001:db8:1:2::. 757 AERO addresses for mobile node Clients embed a MNP as discussed 758 above, while AERO addresses for non-MNP destinations are constructed 759 in exactly the same way. A Client AERO address therefore encodes 760 either an MNP if the prefix is reached via the SPAN or a non-MNP if 761 the prefix is reached via a Gateway. 763 3.5. Spanning Partitioned AERO Networks (SPAN) 765 An AERO link configured over a single INET appears as a single 766 unified link with a consistent underlying network addressing plan. 767 In that case, all nodes on the link can exchange packets via simple 768 INET encapsulation, since the underlying INET is connected. In 769 common practice, however, an AERO link may be partitioned into 770 multiple "segments", where each segment is a distinct INET 771 potentially managed under a different administrative authority (e.g., 772 as for worldwide aviation service providers such as ARINC, SITA, 773 Inmarsat, etc.). Individual INETs may also themselves be partitioned 774 internally, in which case each internal partition is seen as a 775 separate segment. 777 The addressing plan of each segment is consistent internally but will 778 often bear no relation to the addressing plans of other segments. 779 Each segment is also likely to be separated from others by network 780 security devices (e.g., firewalls, proxies, packet filtering 781 gateways, etc.), and in many cases disjoint segments may not even 782 have any common physical link connections at all. Therefore, nodes 783 can only be assured of exchanging packets directly with 784 correspondents in the same segment, and not with those in other 785 segments. The only means for joining the segments therefore is 786 through inter-domain peerings between AERO Relays. 788 The same as for traditional campus LANs, multiple AERO link segments 789 can be joined into a single unified link via a virtual bridging 790 service termed the "SPAN". The SPAN performs link-layer packet 791 forwarding between segments (i.e., bridging) without decrementing the 792 network-layer TTL/Hop Limit. The SPAN model is depicted in Figure 2: 794 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 . . 796 . .-(::::::::) . 797 . .-(::::::::::::)-. +-+ . 798 . (:::: Segment A :::)--|R|---+ . 799 . `-(::::::::::::)-' +-+ | . 800 . `-(::::::)-' | . 801 . | . 802 . .-(::::::::) | . 803 . .-(::::::::::::)-. +-+ | . 804 . (:::: Segment B :::)--|R|---+ . 805 . `-(::::::::::::)-' +-+ | . 806 . `-(::::::)-' | . 807 . | . 808 . .-(::::::::) | . 809 . .-(::::::::::::)-. +-+ | . 810 . (:::: Segment C :::)--|R|---+ . 811 . `-(::::::::::::)-' +-+ | . 812 . `-(::::::)-' | . 813 . | . 814 . ..(etc).. x . 815 . . 816 . . 817 . <- AERO Link Bridged by the SPAN -> . 818 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 820 Figure 2: The SPAN 822 To support the SPAN, AERO links require a reserved /64 IPv6 "SPAN 823 Service Prefix (SSP)". Although any routable IPv6 prefix can be 824 used, a Unique Local Address (ULA) prefix (e.g., fd00::/64) [RFC4389] 825 is recommended since border routers are commonly configured to 826 prevent packets with ULAs from being injected into the AERO link by 827 an external IPv6 node and from leaking out of the AERO link to the 828 outside world. 830 Each segment in the SPAN assigns a unique sub-prefix of SSP::/96 831 termed a "SPAN Partition Prefix (SPP)". For example, a first segment 832 could assign fd00::1000/116, a second could assign fd00::2000/116, a 833 third could assign fd00::3000/116, etc. The administrative 834 authorities for each segment must therefore coordinate to assure 835 mutually-exclusive SPP assignments, but internal provisioning of the 836 SPP is an independent local consideration for each administrative 837 authority. 839 A "SPAN address" is an address taken from a SPP and assigned to a 840 Relay, Server, Gateway or Proxy interface. SPAN addresses are formed 841 by simply replacing the upper portion of an administratively-assigned 842 AERO address with the SPP. For example, if the SPP is 843 fd00::1000/116, the SPAN address formed from the AERO address 844 fe80::1001 is simply fd00::1001. 846 An "INET address" is an address of a node's interface connection to 847 an INET. AERO/SPAN/INET address mappings are maintained as permanent 848 neighbor cache entires as discussed in Section 3.8. 850 AERO Relays serve as bridges to join multiple segments into a unified 851 AERO link over multiple diverse administrative domains. They support 852 the bridging function by first establishing forwarding table entries 853 for their SPPs either via standard BGP routing or static routes. For 854 example, if three Relays ('A', 'B' and 'C') from different segments 855 serviced the SPPs fd00::1000/116, fd00::2000/116 and fd00::3000/116 856 respectively, then the forwarding tables in each Relay are as 857 follows: 859 A: fd00::1000/116->local, fd00::2000/116->B, fd00::3000/116->C 861 B: fd00::1000/116->A, fd00::2000/116->local, fd00::3000/116->C 863 C: fd00::1000/116->A, fd00::2000/116->B, fd00::3000/116->local 865 These forwarding table entries are permanent and never change, since 866 they correspond to fixed infrastructure elements in their respective 867 segments. This provides the basis for a link-layer forwarding 868 service that cannot be disrupted by routing updates due to node 869 mobility. 871 With the SPPs in place in each Relay's forwarding table, control and 872 data packets sent between AERO nodes in different segments can 873 therefore be carried over the SPAN via encapsulation. For example, 874 when a source AERO node in segment A forwards a packet with IPv6 875 address 2001:db8:1:2::1 to a target AERO node in segment C with IPv6 876 address 2001:db8:1000:2000::1, it first encapsulates the packet in a 877 SPAN header with source SPAN address taken from fd00::1000/116 (e.g., 878 fd00::1001) and destination SPAN address taken from fd00::3000/116 879 (e.g., fd00::3001). Next, it encapsulates the SPAN message in an 880 INET header with source address set to its own INET address (e.g., 881 192.0.2.100) and destination set to the INET address of a Relay 882 (e.g., 192.0.2.1). 884 SPAN encapsulation is based on Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 885 [RFC2473]; the encapsulation format in the above example is shown in 886 Figure 3: 888 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 889 | INET Header | 890 | src = 192.0.2.100 | 891 | dst = 192.0.2.1 | 892 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 893 | SPAN Header | 894 | src = fd00::1001 | 895 | dst = fd00::3001 | 896 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 897 | Inner IP Header | 898 | src = 2001:db8:1:2::1 | 899 | dst = 2001:db8:1000:2000::1 | 900 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 901 | | 902 ~ ~ 903 ~ Inner Packet Body ~ 904 ~ ~ 905 | | 906 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 908 Figure 3: SPAN Encapsulation 910 In this format, the inner IP header and packet body are the original 911 IP packet, the SPAN header is an IPv6 header prepared according to 912 [RFC2473], and the INET header is prepared according to Section 3.9. 913 A packet is said to be "forwarded/sent into the SPAN" when it is 914 encapsulated as described above then forwarded via a secured tunnel 915 to a neighboring Relay. 917 This gives rise to a routing system that contains both MNP routes 918 that may change dynamically due to regional node mobility and SPAN 919 routes that never change. The Relays can therefore provide link- 920 layer bridging by sending packets into the SPAN instead of network- 921 layer routing according to MNP routes. As a result, opportunities 922 for packet loss due to node mobility between different segments are 923 mitigated. 925 With reference to Figure 3, for a Client's AERO address the SPAN 926 address is simply set to the Subnet-Router anycast address. For non- 927 link-local addresses, the destination SPAN address may not be known 928 in advance for the first few packets of a flow sent via the SPAN. In 929 that case, the SPAN destination address is set to the original 930 packet's destination, and the SPAN routing system will direct the 931 packet to the correct SPAN egress node. (In the above example, the 932 SPAN destination address is simply 2001:db8:1000:2000::1.) 934 3.5.1. SPAN Compatibility Addressing 936 For IPv4 MNPs, Servers inject a "SPAN Compatibility Prefix (SCP)" 937 that embeds the MNP into the BGP routing system. The SCP begins with 938 the upper 64 bits of the SSP, followed by the constant string 939 "0000:FFFF" followed by the IPv4 MNP. For example, if the SSP is 940 fd00::/64 and the MNP is 192.0.2.0/24 then the SCP is 941 fd00::FFFF:192.0.2.0/120. 943 This allows for encapsulation of IPv4 packets in IPv6 headers with 944 "SPAN Compatibility Addresses (SCAs)". In this example, the SCA 945 corresponding to the SCP is simply fd00::FFFF:192.0.2.0, and can be 946 used as the SPAN destination address for packets forwarded via the 947 SPAN. This allows for forwarding of initial IPv4 packets over IPv6 948 SPAN routes, followed by route optimization for direct 949 communications. 951 3.6. AERO Interface Characteristics 953 AERO interfaces are virtual interfaces configured over one or more 954 underlying interfaces classified as follows: 956 o Native interfaces have global IP addresses that are reachable from 957 any INET correspondent. All Server, Gateway and Relay interfaces 958 are native interfaces, as are INET-facing interfaces of Proxys. 960 o NATed interfaces connect to a private network behind a Network 961 Address Translator (NAT). The NAT does not participate in any 962 AERO control message signaling, but the Server can issue control 963 messages on behalf of the Client. Clients that are behind a NAT 964 are required to send periodic keepalive messages to keep NAT state 965 alive when there are no data packets flowing. If no other 966 periodic messaging service is available, the Client can send RS 967 messages to receive RA replies from its Server(s). 969 o VPNed interfaces use security encapsulation to a Virtual Private 970 Network (VPN) server that also acts as an AERO Server. As with 971 NATed links, the Server can issue control messages on behalf of 972 the Client, but the Client need not send periodic keepalives in 973 addition to those already used to maintain the VPN connection. 975 o Proxyed interfaces connect to an ANET that is separated from the 976 open INET by an AERO Proxy. Unlike NATed and VPNed interfaces, 977 the Proxy can actively issue control messages on behalf of the 978 Client. 980 o Direct interfaces connect a Client directly to a neighbor without 981 crossing any ANET/INET paths. An example is a line-of-sight link 982 between a remote pilot and an unmanned aircraft. 984 AERO interfaces use encapsulation (see: Section 3.9) to exchange 985 packets with AERO link neighbors over Native, NATed or VPNed 986 interfaces. AERO interfaces do not use encapsulation over Proxyed 987 and Direct underlying interfaces. 989 AERO interfaces maintain a neighbor cache for tracking per-neighbor 990 state the same as for any interface. AERO interfaces use ND messages 991 including Router Solicitation (RS), Router Advertisement (RA), 992 Neighbor Solicitation (NS) and Neighbor Advertisement (NA) for 993 neighbor cache management. 995 AERO interfaces send ND messages with an Overlay Multilink Network 996 Interface (OMNI) option formatted as specified in 997 [I-D.templin-atn-aero-interface]. The OMNI option includes prefix 998 registration information and "ifIndex-tuples" containing link quality 999 information for the AERO interface's underlying interfaces. 1001 When encapsulation is used, AERO interface ND messages MAY also 1002 include an AERO Source/Target Link-Layer Address Option (S/TLLAO) 1003 formatted as shown in Figure 4: 1005 0 1 2 3 1006 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 1007 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1008 | Type | Length | ifIndex[1] |V| Reserved[1] | 1009 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1010 ~ Link Layer Address [1] ~ 1011 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1012 | Port Number [1] | ifIndex[2] |V| Reserved[2] | 1013 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1014 ~ Link Layer Address [2] ~ 1015 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1016 | Port Number [2] | ~ 1017 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~ 1018 ~ ~ 1019 ~ ... ~ 1020 ~ ~ 1021 ~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1022 ~ | ifIndex[N] |V| Reserved[N] | 1023 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1024 ~ Link Layer Address [N] ~ 1025 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1026 | Port Number [N] | Trailing zero padding | 1027 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1028 | Trailing zero padding (if necessary) | 1029 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1031 Figure 4: AERO Source/Target Link-Layer Address Option (S/TLLAO) 1032 Format 1034 In this format, Type and Length are set the same as specified for S/ 1035 TLLAOs in [RFC4861], with trailing zero padding octets added as 1036 necessary to produce an integral number of 8 octet blocks. The S/ 1037 TLLAO includes N ifIndex-tuples in correspondence to ifIndex-tuples 1038 that appear in the OMNI option. Each ifIndex-tuple includes the 1039 folllowing information: 1041 o ifIndex[i] - the same value as in the corresponding ifIndex-tuple 1042 included in the OMNI option. 1044 o V[i] - a bit that identifies the IP protocol version of the 1045 address found in the Link Layer Address [i] field. The bit is set 1046 to 0 for IPv4 or 1 for IPv6. 1048 o Reserved[i] - MUST encode the value 0 on transmission, and ignored 1049 on reception. 1051 o Link Layer Address [i] - the IPv4 or IPv6 address used as the 1052 encapsulation source address. The field is 4 bytes in length for 1053 IPv4 or 16 bytes in length for IPv6. 1055 o Port Number [i] - the upper layer protocol port number used as the 1056 encapsulation source port, or 0 when no upper layer protocol 1057 encapsulation is used. The field is 2 bytes in length. 1059 If an S/TLLAO is included, the first S/TLLAO ifIndex-tuple MUST 1060 correspond to the first OMNI option ifIndex-tuple, and any additional 1061 S/TLLAO ifIndex-tuples MUST correspond to a proper subset of the 1062 remaining OMNI option ifIndex-tuples. Any S/TLLAO ifIndex-tuple 1063 having an ifIndex value that does not appear in an OMNI option 1064 ifindex-tuple is ignored. If the same ifIndex value appears in 1065 multiple ifIndex-tuples, the first tuple is processed and the 1066 remaining tuples are ignored. Any S/TLLAO ifIndex-tuples can 1067 therefore be viewed as inter-dependent extensions of their 1068 corresponidng OMNI option ifIndex-tuples, i.e., the OMNI option and 1069 S/TLLAO are companion options that are interpreted in conjunction 1070 with each other. 1072 A Client's AERO interface may be configured over multiple underlying 1073 interface connections. For example, common mobile handheld devices 1074 have both wireless local area network ("WLAN") and cellular wireless 1075 links. These links are typically used "one at a time" with low-cost 1076 WLAN preferred and highly-available cellular wireless as a standby. 1077 In a more complex example, aircraft frequently have many wireless 1078 data link types (e.g. satellite-based, cellular, terrestrial, air-to- 1079 air directional, etc.) with diverse performance and cost properties. 1081 If a Client's multiple underlying interfaces are used "one at a time" 1082 (i.e., all other interfaces are in standby mode while one interface 1083 is active), then ND message OMNI options include only a single 1084 ifIndex-tuple and set to a constant value. In that case, the Client 1085 would appear to have a single interface but with a dynamically 1086 changing link-layer address. 1088 If the Client has multiple active underlying interfaces, then from 1089 the perspective of ND it would appear to have multiple link-layer 1090 addresses. In that case, ND message OMNI options MAY include 1091 multiple ifIndex-tuples - each with a value that corresponds to a 1092 specific interface. The OMNI option MUST include a first ifIndex- 1093 tuple that corresponds to the interface over which the ND message is 1094 sent. Every ND message need not include all OMNI and/or S/TLLAO 1095 ifIndex-tuples; for any ifIndex-tuple not included, the neighbor 1096 considers the status as unchanged. 1098 Relay, Server and Proxy AERO interfaces may be configured over one or 1099 more secured tunnel interfaces. The AERO interface configures both 1100 an AERO address and its corresponding SPAN address, while the 1101 underlying secured tunnel interfaces are either unnumbered or 1102 configure the same SPAN address. The AERO interface encapsulates 1103 each IP packet in a SPAN header and presents the packet to the 1104 underlying secured tunnel interface. For Relays that do not 1105 configure an AERO interface, the secured tunnel interfaces themselves 1106 are exposed to the IP layer with each interface configuring the 1107 Relay's SPAN address. Routing protocols such as BGP therefore run 1108 directly over the Relay's secured tunnel interfaces. For nodes that 1109 configure an AERO interface, routing protocols such as BGP run over 1110 the AERO interface but do not employ SPAN encapsulation. Instead, 1111 the AERO interface presents the routing protocol messages directly to 1112 the underlying secured tunnels without applying encapsulation and 1113 while using the SPAN address as the source address. This distinction 1114 must be honored consistently according to each node's configuration 1115 so that the IP forwarding table will associate discovered IP routes 1116 with the correct interface. 1118 3.7. AERO Interface Initialization 1120 AERO Servers, Proxys and Clients configure AERO interfaces as their 1121 point of attachment to the AERO link. AERO nodes assign the MSPs for 1122 the link to their AERO interfaces (i.e., as a "route-to-interface") 1123 to ensure that packets with destination addresses covered by an MNP 1124 not explicitly assigned to a non-AERO interface are directed to the 1125 AERO interface. 1127 AERO interface initialization procedures for Servers, Proxys, Clients 1128 and Relays are discussed in the following sections. 1130 3.7.1. AERO Server/Gateway Behavior 1132 When a Server enables an AERO interface, it assigns AERO/SPAN 1133 addresses and configures permanent neighbor cache entries for 1134 neighbors in the same SPAN segment by consulting the ROS list for the 1135 segment. The Server also configures secured tunnels with one or more 1136 neighboring Relays and engages in a BGP routing protocol session with 1137 each Relay. 1139 The AERO interface provides a single interface abstraction to the IP 1140 layer, but internally comprises multiple secured tunnels as well as 1141 an NBMA nexus for sending encapsulated data packets to AERO interface 1142 neighbors. The Server further configures a service to facilitate ND/ 1143 PD exchanges with AERO Clients and manages per-Client neighbor cache 1144 entries and IP forwarding table entries based on control message 1145 exchanges. 1147 Gateways are simply Servers that run a dynamic routing protocol 1148 between the AERO interface and INET/EUN interfaces (see: 1149 Section 3.3). The Gateway provisions MNPs to networks on the INET/ 1150 EUN interfaces (i.e., the same as a Client would do) and advertises 1151 the MSP(s) for the AERO link over the INET/EUN interfaces. The 1152 Gateway further provides an attachment point of the AERO link to the 1153 non-MNP-based global topology. 1155 3.7.2. AERO Proxy Behavior 1157 When a Proxy enables an AERO interface, it assigns AERO/SPAN 1158 addresses and configures permanent neighbor cache entries the same as 1159 for Servers. The Proxy also configures secured tunnels with one or 1160 more neighboring Relays and maintains per-Client neighbor cache 1161 entries based on control message exchanges. 1163 3.7.3. AERO Client Behavior 1165 When a Client enables an AERO interface, it sends an RS message with 1166 ND/PD parameters over an ANET interface to a Server in the MAP list, 1167 which returns an RA message with corresponding parameters. (The RS/ 1168 RA messages may pass through a Proxy in the case of a Client's 1169 Proxyed interface.) 1171 After the initial ND/PD message exchange, the Client assigns AERO 1172 addresses to the AERO interface based on the delegated prefix(es). 1173 The Client can then register additional ANET interfaces with the 1174 Server by sending an RS message over each ANET interface. 1176 3.7.4. AERO Relay Behavior 1178 AERO Relays need not connect directly to the AERO link, since they 1179 operate as link-layer forwarding devices instead of network layer 1180 routers. Configuration of AERO interfaces on Relays is therefore 1181 OPTIONAL, e.g., if an administrative interface is needed. Relays 1182 configure secured tunnels with Servers, Proxys and other Relays; they 1183 also configure AERO/SPAN addresses and permanent neighbor cache 1184 entries the same as Servers. Relays engage in a BGP routing protocol 1185 session with a subset of the Servers on the local SPAN segment, and 1186 with other Relays on the SPAN (see: Section 3.3). 1188 3.8. AERO Interface Neighbor Cache Maintenance 1190 Each AERO interface maintains a conceptual neighbor cache that 1191 includes an entry for each neighbor it communicates with on the AERO 1192 link per [RFC4861]. AERO interface neighbor cache entries are said 1193 to be one of "permanent", "symmetric", "asymmetric" or "proxy". 1195 Permanent neighbor cache entries are created through explicit 1196 administrative action; they have no timeout values and remain in 1197 place until explicitly deleted. AERO Servers and Proxys maintain 1198 permanent neighbor cache entries for all other Servers and Proxys 1199 within the same SPAN segment. Each entry maintains the mapping 1200 between the neighbor's network-layer AERO address and corresponding 1201 INET address. The list of all permanent neighbor cache entries for 1202 the SPAN segment is maintained in the segment's ROS list. 1204 Symmetric neighbor cache entries are created and maintained through 1205 RS/RA exchanges as specified in Section 3.15, and remain in place for 1206 durations bounded by ND/PD lifetimes. AERO Servers maintain 1207 symmetric neighbor cache entries for each of their associated 1208 Clients, and AERO Clients maintain symmetric neighbor cache entries 1209 for each of their associated Servers. The list of all Servers on the 1210 AERO link is maintained in the link's MAP list. 1212 Asymmetric neighbor cache entries are created or updated based on 1213 route optimization messaging as specified in Section 3.17, and are 1214 garbage-collected when keepalive timers expire. AERO route 1215 optimization sources (ROSs) maintain asymmetric neighbor cache 1216 entries for active targets with lifetimes based on ND messaging 1217 constants. Asymmetric neighbor cache entries are unidirectional 1218 since only the ROS and not the target (e.g., a Client's MAP) creates 1219 an entry. 1221 Proxy neighbor cache entries are created and maintained by AERO 1222 Proxys when they process Client/Server ND/PD exchanges, and remain in 1223 place for durations bounded by ND/PD lifetimes. AERO Proxys maintain 1224 proxy neighbor cache entries for each of their associated Clients. 1225 Proxy neighbor cache entries track the Client state and the address 1226 of the Client's associated Server. 1228 To the list of neighbor cache entry states in Section 7.3.2 of 1229 [RFC4861], Proxy and Server AERO interfaces add an additional state 1230 DEPARTED that applies to symmetric and proxy neighbor cache entries 1231 for Clients that have recently departed. The interface sets a 1232 "DepartTime" variable for the neighbor cache entry to "DEPARTTIME" 1233 seconds. DepartTime is decremented unless a new ND message causes 1234 the state to return to REACHABLE. While a neighbor cache entry is in 1235 the DEPARTED state, packets destined to the target Client are 1236 forwarded to the Client's new location instead of being dropped. 1237 When DepartTime decrements to 0, the neighbor cache entry is deleted. 1238 It is RECOMMENDED that DEPARTTIME be set to the default constant 1239 value REACHABLETIME plus 10 seconds (40 seconds by default) to allow 1240 a window for packets in flight to be delivered while stale route 1241 optimization state may be present. 1243 When a target Server (acting as a MAP) receives a valid NS message 1244 used for route optimization, it searches for a symmetric neighbor 1245 cache entry for the target Client. The MAP then returns a solicited 1246 NA message without creating a neighbor cache entry for the ROS, but 1247 creates or updates a target Client "Report List" entry for the ROS 1248 and sets a "ReportTime" variable for the entry to REPORTTIME seconds. 1249 The MAP resets ReportTime when it receives a new authentic NS 1250 message, and otherwise decrements ReportTime while no NS messages 1251 have been received. It is RECOMMENDED that REPORTTIME be set to the 1252 default constant value REACHABLETIME plus 10 seconds (40 seconds by 1253 default) to allow a window for route optimization to converge before 1254 ReportTime decrements below REACHABLETIME. 1256 When the ROS receives a solicited NA message response to its NS 1257 message, it creates or updates an asymmetric neighbor cache entry for 1258 the target network-layer and link-layer addresses. The ROS then 1259 (re)sets ReachableTime for the neighbor cache entry to REACHABLETIME 1260 seconds and uses this value to determine whether packets can be 1261 forwarded directly to the target, i.e., instead of via a default 1262 route. The ROS otherwise decrements ReachableTime while no further 1263 solicited NA messages arrive. It is RECOMMENDED that REACHABLETIME 1264 be set to the default constant value 30 seconds as specified in 1265 [RFC4861]. 1267 The ROS also uses the value MAX_UNICAST_SOLICIT to limit the number 1268 of NS keepalives sent when a correspondent may have gone unreachable, 1269 the value MAX_RTR_SOLICITATIONS to limit the number of RS messages 1270 sent without receiving an RA and the value MAX_NEIGHBOR_ADVERTISEMENT 1271 to limit the number of unsolicited NAs that can be sent based on a 1272 single event. It is RECOMMENDED that MAX_UNICAST_SOLICIT, 1273 MAX_RTR_SOLICITATIONS and MAX_NEIGHBOR_ADVERTISEMENT be set to 3 the 1274 same as specified in [RFC4861]. 1276 Different values for DEPARTTIME, REPORTTIME, REACHABLETIME, 1277 MAX_UNICAST_SOLICIT, MAX_RTR_SOLCITATIONS and 1278 MAX_NEIGHBOR_ADVERTISEMENT MAY be administratively set; however, if 1279 different values are chosen, all nodes on the link MUST consistently 1280 configure the same values. Most importantly, DEPARTTIME and 1281 REPORTTIME SHOULD be set to a value that is sufficiently longer than 1282 REACHABLETIME to avoid packet loss due to stale route optimization 1283 state. 1285 3.9. AERO Interface Encapsulation and Re-encapsulation 1287 Client AERO interfaces avoid encapsulation over Direct underlying 1288 interfaces and Proxyed underlying interfaces for which the first-hop 1289 access router is AERO-aware. Other AERO interfaces encapsulate 1290 packets according to whether they are entering the AERO interface 1291 from the network layer or if they are being re-admitted into the same 1292 AERO link they arrived on. This latter form of encapsulation is 1293 known as "re-encapsulation". 1295 For packets entering the AERO interface from the network layer, the 1296 AERO interface copies the "TTL/Hop Limit", "Type of Service/Traffic 1297 Class" [RFC2983], "Flow Label"[RFC6438] (for IPv6) and "Congestion 1298 Experienced" [RFC3168] values in the packet's IP header into the 1299 corresponding fields in the encapsulation header(s). 1301 For packets undergoing re-encapsulation, the AERO interface instead 1302 copies these values from the original encapsulation header into the 1303 new encapsulation header, i.e., the values are transferred between 1304 encapsulation headers and *not* copied from the encapsulated packet's 1305 network-layer header. (Note especially that by copying the TTL/Hop 1306 Limit between encapsulation headers the value will eventually 1307 decrement to 0 if there is a (temporary) routing loop.) For IPv4 1308 encapsulation/re-encapsulation, the AERO interface sets the DF bit as 1309 discussed in Section 3.13. 1311 AERO interfaces configured over INET underlying interfaces 1312 encapsulate each packet in a SPAN header, then encapsulate the 1313 resulting SPAN packet in an INET header according to the next hop 1314 determined in the forwarding algorithm in Section 3.12. If the next 1315 hop is reached via a secured tunnel, the AERO interface uses an INET 1316 encapsulation format specific to the secured tunnel type (see: 1317 Section 6). If the next hop is reached via an unsecured underlying 1318 interface, the AERO interface instead uses Generic UDP Encapsulation 1319 (GUE) [I-D.ietf-intarea-gue] or an alternate minimal encapsulation 1320 format Appendix A. 1322 When GUE encapsulation is used, the AERO interface next sets the UDP 1323 source port to a constant value that it will use in each successive 1324 packet it sends, and sets the UDP length field to the length of the 1325 SPAN packet plus 8 bytes for the UDP header itself plus the length of 1326 the GUE header (or 0 if GUE direct IP encapsulation is used). For 1327 packets sent to a Server or Relay, the AERO interface sets the UDP 1328 destination port to 8060, i.e., the IANA-registered port number for 1329 AERO. For packets sent to a Client, the AERO interface sets the UDP 1330 destination port to the port value stored in the neighbor cache entry 1331 for this Client. The AERO interface then either includes or omits 1332 the UDP checksum according to the GUE specification. 1334 AERO interfaces observes the packet sizing and fragmentation 1335 considerations found in Section 3.13. 1337 3.10. AERO Interface Decapsulation 1339 AERO interfaces decapsulate packets destined either to the AERO node 1340 itself or to a destination reached via an interface other than the 1341 AERO interface the packet was received on. When the encapsulated 1342 packet arrives in multiple fragments, the AERO interface reassembles 1343 as discussed in Section 3.13. Further decapsulation steps are 1344 performed according to the appropriate encapsulation format 1345 specification. 1347 3.11. AERO Interface Data Origin Authentication 1349 AERO nodes employ simple data origin authentication procedures. In 1350 particular: 1352 o AERO Relays, Servers and Proxys accept encapsulated data packets 1353 and control messages received from secured tunnels. 1355 o AERO Servers and Proxys accept encapsulated data packets and NS 1356 messages used for Neighbor Unreachability Detection (NUD) received 1357 from a source found in the ROS list. 1359 o AERO Proxys and Clients accept packets that originate from within 1360 the same secured ANET. 1362 o AERO Clients and Gateways accept packets from downstream network 1363 correspondents based on ingress filtering. 1365 AERO nodes silently drop any packets that do not satisfy the above 1366 data origin authentication procedures. Further security 1367 considerations are discussed Section 6. 1369 3.12. AERO Interface Forwarding Algorithm 1371 IP packets enter a node's AERO interface either from the network 1372 layer (i.e., from a local application or the IP forwarding system) or 1373 from the link layer (i.e., from an AERO interface neighbor). All 1374 packets entering a node's AERO interface first undergo data origin 1375 authentication as discussed in Section 3.11. Packets that satisfy 1376 data origin authentication are processed further, while all others 1377 are dropped silently. 1379 Packets that enter the AERO interface from the network layer are 1380 forwarded to an AERO interface neighbor. Packets that enter the AERO 1381 interface from the link layer are either re-admitted into the AERO 1382 link or forwarded to the network layer where they are subject to 1383 either local delivery or IP forwarding. In all cases, the AERO 1384 interface itself MUST NOT decrement the network layer TTL/Hop-count 1385 since its forwarding actions occur below the network layer. 1387 AERO interfaces may have multiple underlying interfaces and/or 1388 neighbor cache entries for neighbors with multiple ifIndex-tuple 1389 registrations (see Section 3.6). The AERO interface uses each 1390 packet's DSCP value (and/or other traffic discriminators such as port 1391 number) to select an outgoing underlying interface based on the 1392 node's own QoS preferences, and also to select a destination link- 1393 layer address based on the neighbor's underlying interface with the 1394 highest preference. AERO implementations SHOULD allow for QoS 1395 preference values to be modified at runtime through network 1396 management. 1398 If multiple outgoing interfaces and/or neighbor interfaces have a 1399 preference of "high", the AERO node replicates the packet and sends 1400 one copy via each of the (outgoing / neighbor) interface pairs; 1401 otherwise, the node sends a single copy of the packet via an 1402 interface with the highest preference. AERO nodes keep track of 1403 which underlying interfaces are currently "reachable" or 1404 "unreachable", and only use "reachable" interfaces for forwarding 1405 purposes. 1407 The following sections discuss the AERO interface forwarding 1408 algorithms for Clients, Proxys, Servers and Relays. In the following 1409 discussion, a packet's destination address is said to "match" if it 1410 is the same as a cached address, or if it is covered by a cached 1411 prefix (which may be encoded in an AERO address). 1413 3.12.1. Client Forwarding Algorithm 1415 When an IP packet enters a Client's AERO interface from the network 1416 layer the Client searches for an asymmetric neighbor cache entry that 1417 matches the destination. If there is a match, the Client uses one or 1418 more "reachable" neighbor interfaces in the entry for packet 1419 forwarding. If there is no asymmetric neighbor cache entry, the 1420 Client instead forwards the packet toward a Server (the packet is 1421 intercepted by a Proxy if there is a Proxy on the path). 1423 When an IP packet enters a Client's AERO interface from the link- 1424 layer, if the destination matches one of the Client's MNPs or link- 1425 local addresses the Client decapsulates the packet (if necessary) and 1426 delivers it to the network layer. Otherwise, the Client drops the 1427 packet and MAY return a network-layer ICMP Destination Unreachable 1428 message subject to rate limiting (see: Section 3.14). 1430 3.12.2. Proxy Forwarding Algorithm 1432 For control messages originating from or destined to a Client, the 1433 Proxy intercepts the message and updates its proxy neighbor cache 1434 entry for the Client. The Proxy then forwards a (proxyed) copy of 1435 the control message. (For example, the Proxy forwards a proxied 1436 version of a Client's NS/RS message to the target neighbor, and 1437 forwards a proxied version of the NA/RA reply to the Client.) 1439 When the Proxy receives a data packet from a Client within the ANET, 1440 the Proxy searches for an asymmetric neighbor cache entry that 1441 matches the destination and forwards the packet as follows: 1443 o if the destination matches an asymmetric neighbor cache entry, the 1444 Proxy uses one or more "reachable" neighbor interfaces in the 1445 entry for packet forwarding via encapsulation. If the neighbor 1446 interface is in the same SPAN segment, the Proxy forwards the 1447 packet directly to the neighbor; otherwise, it forwards the packet 1448 to a Relay. 1450 o else, the Proxy encapsulates and forwards the packet to a Relay 1451 while using the packet's destination address as the SPAN 1452 destination address. (If the destination is an AERO address, the 1453 Proxy instead uses the corresponding Subnet-Router anycast address 1454 for Client AERO addresses and the SPAN address for 1455 administratively-provisioned AERO addresses.). 1457 When the Proxy receives an encapsulated data packet from an INET 1458 neighbor or from a secured tunnel, it accepts the packet only if data 1459 origin authentication succeeds and the SPAN destination address is 1460 its own address. If the packet is a SPAN fragment, the Proxy then 1461 adds the fragment to the reassembly buffer and returns if the 1462 reassembly is still incomplete. Otherwise, the Proxy reassembles the 1463 packet (if necessary) and continues processing. 1465 Next, the Proxy searches for a proxy neighbor cache entry that 1466 matches the destination. If there is a proxy neighbor cache entry in 1467 the REACHABLE state, the Proxy decapsulates and forwards the packet 1468 to the Client. If the neighbor cache entry is in the DEPARTED state, 1469 the Proxy instead re-encapsulates the packet and forwards it to a 1470 Relay. If there is no neighbor cache entry, the Proxy instead 1471 discards the packet. 1473 3.12.3. Server/Gateway Forwarding Algorithm 1475 For control messages destined to a target Client's AERO address that 1476 are received from a secured tunnel, the Server (acting as a MAP) 1477 intercepts the message and sends an appropriate response on behalf of 1478 the Client. (For example, the Server sends an NA message reply in 1479 response to an NS message directed to one of its associated Clients.) 1480 If the Client's neighbor cache entry is in the DEPARTED state, 1481 however, the Server instead forwards the packet to the Client's new 1482 Server as discussed in Section 3.19. 1484 When the Server receives an encapsulated data packet from an INET 1485 neighbor or from a secured tunnel, it accepts the packet only if data 1486 origin authentication succeeds. If the SPAN destination address is 1487 its own address, the Server reassembles if necessary and discards the 1488 SPAN header (if the reassembly is incomplete, the Server instead adds 1489 the fragment to the reassembly buffer and returns). The Server then 1490 continues processing as follows: 1492 o if the destination matches a symmetric neighbor cache entry in the 1493 REACHABLE state the Server prepares the packet for forwarding to 1494 the destination Client. If the current header is a SPAN header, 1495 the Server reassembles if necessary and discards the SPAN header. 1496 The Server then forwards the packet according to the cached link- 1497 layer information, while using SPAN encapsulation for the Client's 1498 Proxyed/Native interfaces, simple INET encapsulation for NATed/ 1499 VPNed interfaces, or no encapsulation for Direct interfaces. 1501 o else, if the destination matches a symmetric neighbor cache entry 1502 in the DEPARETED state the Server re-encapsulates the packet and 1503 forwards it using the SPAN address of the Client's new Server as 1504 the destination. 1506 o else, if the destination matches an asymmetric neighbor cache 1507 entry, the Server uses one or more "reachable" neighbor interfaces 1508 in the entry for packet forwarding via the local INET if the 1509 neighbor is in the same SPAN segment or via a Relay otherwise. 1511 o else, if the destination is an AERO address that is not assigned 1512 on the AERO interface the Server drops the packet. 1514 o else, the Server (acting as a Gateway) releases the packet to the 1515 network layer for local delivery or IP forwarding. Based on the 1516 information in the forwarding table, the network layer may return 1517 the packet to the same AERO interface in which case further 1518 processing occurs as below. (Note that this arrangement 1519 accommodates common implementations in which the IP forwarding 1520 table is not accessible from within the AERO interface. If the 1521 AERO interface can directly access the IP forwarding table, the 1522 forwarding table lookup can instead be performed internally from 1523 within the AERO interface itself.) 1525 When the Server's AERO interface receives a data packet from the 1526 network layer or from a NATed/VPNed/Direct Client, it processes the 1527 packet according to the network-layer destination address as follows: 1529 o if the destination matches a symmetric or asymmetric neighbor 1530 cache entry the Server processes the packet as above. 1532 o else, the Server encapsulates the packet and forwards it to a 1533 Relay. For administratively-assigned AERO address destinations, 1534 the Server uses the SPAN address corresponding to the destination 1535 as the SPAN destination address. For Client AERO address 1536 destinations, the Server uses the Subnet-Router anycast address 1537 corresponding to the destination as the SPAN destination address. 1538 For all others, the Server uses the packet's destination IP 1539 address as the SPAN destination address. 1541 3.12.4. Relay Forwarding Algorithm 1543 Relays forward packets over secured tunnels the same as any IP 1544 router. When the Relay receives an encapsulated packet via a secured 1545 tunnel, it removes the INET header and searches for a forwarding 1546 table entry that matches the destination address in the next header. 1547 The Relay then processes the packet as follows: 1549 o if the destination matches one of the Relay's own addresses, the 1550 Relay submits the packet for local delivery. 1552 o else, if the destination matches a forwarding table entry the 1553 Relay forwards the packet via a secured tunnel to the next hop. 1554 If the destination matches an MSP without matching an MNP, 1555 however, the Relay instead drops the packet and returns an ICMP 1556 Destination Unreachable message subject to rate limiting (see: 1557 Section 3.14). 1559 o else, the Relay drops the packet and returns an ICMP Destination 1560 Unreachable as above. 1562 As for any IP router, the Relay decrements the TTL/Hop Limit when it 1563 forwards the packet. If the packet is encapsulated in a SPAN header, 1564 only the Hop Limit in the SPAN header is decremented, and not the 1565 TTL/Hop Limit in the inner packet header. 1567 3.13. AERO Interface MTU and Fragmentation 1569 The AERO interface is the node's attachment to the AERO link. For 1570 AERO link neighbor underlying interface paths that do not require 1571 encapsulation, the AERO interface sends unencapsulated IP packets. 1572 For other paths, the AERO interface acts as a tunnel ingress when it 1573 sends packets to the neighbor and as a tunnel egress when it receives 1574 packets from the neighbor. 1576 AERO interfaces configure an MTU the same as for any IP interface, 1577 however the MTU does not reflect the physical size of any links in 1578 the path but rather determines the maximum size for reassembly. AERO 1579 interfaces observe the packet sizing considerations for tunnels 1580 discussed in [I-D.ietf-intarea-tunnels] and as specified below. 1582 The Internet Protocol expects that IP packets will either be 1583 delivered to the destination or a suitable Packet Too Big (PTB) 1584 message returned to support the process known as IP Path MTU 1585 Discovery (PMTUD) [RFC1191][RFC8201]. However, PTB messages may be 1586 crafted for malicious purposes or lost in the network [RFC2923]. 1587 This can be especially problematic for tunnels, where a condition 1588 known as a PMTUD "black hole" can result. For these reasons, AERO 1589 interfaces employ operational procedures that avoid interactions with 1590 PMTUD, including the use of fragmentation when necessary. 1592 AERO interfaces observe three different types of fragmentation. 1593 Source fragmentation occurs when the AERO interface (acting as a 1594 tunnel ingress) fragments the encapsulated packet into multiple 1595 fragments before admitting each fragment into the tunnel. Network 1596 fragmentation occurs when an encapsulated packet admitted into the 1597 tunnel by the ingress is fragmented by an IPv4 router on the path to 1598 the egress. Finally, link-layer fragmentation (aka link adaptation) 1599 occurs at a layer below IP and is coordinated between underlying data 1600 link endpoints. 1602 IPv6 specifies a minimum link Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) of 1280 1603 bytes [RFC8200]. Although IPv4 specifies a smaller minimum link MTU 1604 of 68 bytes [RFC0791], AERO interfaces also observe the IPv6 minimum 1605 for IPv4 even if encapsulated packets may incur network 1606 fragmentation. 1608 IPv6 specifies a minimum Maximum Reassembly Unit (MRU) of 1500 bytes 1609 [RFC8200], while the minimum MRU for IPv4 is only 576 bytes [RFC1122] 1610 (but, note that many standard IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel types already 1611 assume a larger MRU than the IPv4 minimum). 1613 AERO interfaces therefore configure an MTU that MUST NOT be smaller 1614 than 1280 bytes, MUST NOT be larger than the minimum MRU among all 1615 nodes on the AERO link minus the encapsulation overhead ("ENCAPS"), 1616 and SHOULD NOT be smaller than 1500 bytes. AERO interfaces also 1617 configure a Maximum Segment Unit (MSU) as the maximum-sized 1618 encapsulated packet that the ingress can inject into the tunnel 1619 without source fragmentation. The MSU value MUST NOT be larger than 1620 1280 bytes if there is no operational assurance that a larger size 1621 can traverse the link along all paths. 1623 The network layer proceeds as follows when it forwards an IP packet 1624 to the AERO interface. For each IPv4 packet that is larger than the 1625 AERO interface MTU and with DF set to 0, the network layer uses IPv4 1626 fragmentation to break the packet into a minimum number of non- 1627 overlapping fragments where the first fragment is no larger than the 1628 MTU and the remaining fragments are no larger than the first. For 1629 all other IP packets, if the packet is larger than the AERO interface 1630 MTU, the network layer drops the packet and returns a PTB message to 1631 the original source. Otherwise, the network layer admits each IP 1632 packet or fragment into the AERO interface. 1634 For each IP packet admitted into AERO interface, if the neighbor is 1635 reached via an underlying interface that does not require 1636 encapsulation the AERO interface proceeds according to the underlying 1637 interface MTU. If the packet is no larger than the underlying 1638 interface MTU, the AERO interface presents the packet to the 1639 underlying interface. Otherwise, for IPv4 packets with DF set to 0 1640 the AERO interface uses IPv4 fragmentation to break the packet into 1641 fragments no larger than the underlying interface MTU. For other 1642 packets, the AERO interface either performs link adaptation or drops 1643 the packet and returns a PTB message to the original source. (If the 1644 original source corresponds to a local application, the PTB would 1645 appear to have originated from a router on the path when in fact it 1646 was locally generated from within the AERO interface.) In the same 1647 way, when a packet that has been admitted into the AERO link reaches 1648 a target neighbor but is too large to be delivered over the final-hop 1649 underlying interface, the target either performs link adaptation or 1650 drops the packet and returns a PTB. Link adaptation is preferred in 1651 both cases when possible to avoid packet loss. 1653 For underlying interfaces that require encapsulation, the AERO 1654 interface (acting as a tunnel ingress) instead encapsulates the 1655 packet and performs path MTU procedures according to the specific 1656 encapsulation format. For INET interfaces, the ingress encapsulates 1657 the packet in a SPAN header. If the SPAN packet is larger than the 1658 MSU, the ingress source fragments the SPAN packet into a minimum 1659 number of non-overlapping fragments where the first fragment is no 1660 larger than the MSU and the remaining fragments are no larger than 1661 the first. The ingress then encapsulates each SPAN packet/fragment 1662 in an INET header and admits them into the tunnel. For IPv4, the 1663 ingress sets the DF bit to 0 in the INET header in case any network 1664 fragmentation is necessary. The encapsulated packets will be 1665 delivered to the egress, which reassembles them into a whole packet 1666 if necessary. 1668 By fragmenting at the SPAN layer instead of lower layers, standard 1669 IPv6 fragmentation and reassembly [RFC8200] ensures that IPv4 issues 1670 such as data corruption due to reassembly misassociations will not 1671 occur [RFC6864][RFC4963]. The ingress sends each fragment with 1672 minimal delay (i.e., in a multi-fragment burst) so that individual 1673 fragments are unlikely to be diverted to different destinations due 1674 to routing fluctuations. 1676 Since the SPAN header and IPv6 fragment extension header reduces the 1677 room available for packet data, but the original source has no way to 1678 control its insertion, the ingress MUST include their lengths in 1679 ENCAPS even for packets in which the header is absent. 1681 3.13.1. AERO MTU Requirements 1683 In light of the above considerations, AERO interfaces MUST configure 1684 an MTU of 9180 bytes (i.e., the same as specified in [RFC2492]). 1685 This means that the AERO interface MUST be capable of reassembling 1686 original IP packets up to 9180 bytes in length. When an IP packet is 1687 admitted into an AERO interface, the interface encapsulates the 1688 packet using SPAN encapsulation and fragments the encapsulated packet 1689 into fragments that are no larger than 1280 bytes. The fragments 1690 will be reassembled by the tunnel egress that services the final 1691 destination. 1693 The AERO interfaces of Clients behind Proxys MAY see underlying 1694 interfaces with MTUs smaller than 9180 (but no smaller than the IP 1695 minimum link MTU). If a Client's underlying interfaces configure a 1696 diversity of MTUs (e.g., 1280, 1500, 4KB, 8KB, etc.) then neighbors 1697 on the link would appear to have multiple MTUs. IPv6 Path MTU 1698 Discovery [RFC8201] accounts for this possibility since MTU discovery 1699 must be performed even between nodes that appear to be connected to 1700 the same link. 1702 Applications that cannot tolerate loss in the network due to MTU 1703 restrictions should restrict themselves to sending packets no larger 1704 than the IP minimum link MTU, i.e., even if the current path MTU 1705 would appear to support a larger size. This is due to the fact that 1706 routing changes could cause the path to traverse links with smaller 1707 MTUs at any given point in time. 1709 3.14. AERO Interface Error Handling 1711 When an AERO node admits a packet into the AERO interface, it may 1712 receive link-layer or network-layer error indications. 1714 A link-layer error indication is an ICMP error message generated by a 1715 router in the INET on the path to the neighbor or by the neighbor 1716 itself. The message includes an IP header with the address of the 1717 node that generated the error as the source address and with the 1718 link-layer address of the AERO node as the destination address. 1720 The IP header is followed by an ICMP header that includes an error 1721 Type, Code and Checksum. Valid type values include "Destination 1722 Unreachable", "Time Exceeded" and "Parameter Problem" 1723 [RFC0792][RFC4443]. (AERO interfaces ignore all link-layer IPv4 1724 "Fragmentation Needed" and IPv6 "Packet Too Big" messages since they 1725 only emit packets that are guaranteed to be no larger than the IP 1726 minimum link MTU as discussed in Section 3.13.) 1728 The ICMP header is followed by the leading portion of the packet that 1729 generated the error, also known as the "packet-in-error". For 1730 ICMPv6, [RFC4443] specifies that the packet-in-error includes: "As 1731 much of invoking packet as possible without the ICMPv6 packet 1732 exceeding the minimum IPv6 MTU" (i.e., no more than 1280 bytes). For 1733 ICMPv4, [RFC0792] specifies that the packet-in-error includes: 1734 "Internet Header + 64 bits of Original Data Datagram", however 1735 [RFC1812] Section 4.3.2.3 updates this specification by stating: "the 1736 ICMP datagram SHOULD contain as much of the original datagram as 1737 possible without the length of the ICMP datagram exceeding 576 1738 bytes". 1740 The link-layer error message format is shown in Figure 5 (where, "L2" 1741 and "L3" refer to link-layer and network-layer, respectively): 1743 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1744 ~ ~ 1745 | L2 IP Header of | 1746 | error message | 1747 ~ ~ 1748 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1749 | L2 ICMP Header | 1750 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ --- 1751 ~ ~ P 1752 | IP and other encapsulation | a 1753 | headers of original L3 packet | c 1754 ~ ~ k 1755 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ e 1756 ~ ~ t 1757 | IP header of | 1758 | original L3 packet | i 1759 ~ ~ n 1760 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 1761 ~ ~ e 1762 | Upper layer headers and | r 1763 | leading portion of body | r 1764 | of the original L3 packet | o 1765 ~ ~ r 1766 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ --- 1768 Figure 5: AERO Interface Link-Layer Error Message Format 1770 The AERO node rules for processing these link-layer error messages 1771 are as follows: 1773 o When an AERO node receives a link-layer Parameter Problem message, 1774 it processes the message the same as described as for ordinary 1775 ICMP errors in the normative references [RFC0792][RFC4443]. 1777 o When an AERO node receives persistent link-layer Time Exceeded 1778 messages, the IP ID field may be wrapping before earlier fragments 1779 awaiting reassembly have been processed. In that case, the node 1780 should begin including integrity checks and/or institute rate 1781 limits for subsequent packets. 1783 o When an AERO node receives persistent link-layer Destination 1784 Unreachable messages in response to encapsulated packets that it 1785 sends to one of its asymmetric neighbor correspondents, the node 1786 should process the message as an indication that a path may be 1787 failing, and optionally initiate NUD over that path. If it 1788 receives Destination Unreachable messages over multiple paths, the 1789 node should allow future packets destined to the correspondent to 1790 flow through a default route and re-initiate route optimization. 1792 o When an AERO Client receives persistent link-layer Destination 1793 Unreachable messages in response to encapsulated packets that it 1794 sends to one of its symmetric neighbor Servers, the Client should 1795 mark the path as unusable and use another path. If it receives 1796 Destination Unreachable messages on many or all paths, the Client 1797 should associate with a new Server and release its association 1798 with the old Server as specified in Section 3.19.5. 1800 o When an AERO Server receives persistent link-layer Destination 1801 Unreachable messages in response to encapsulated packets that it 1802 sends to one of its symmetric neighbor Clients, the Server should 1803 mark the underlying path as unusable and use another underlying 1804 path. 1806 o When an AERO Server or Proxy receives link-layer Destination 1807 Unreachable messages in response to an encapsulated packet that it 1808 sends to one of its permanent neighbors, it treats the messages as 1809 an indication that the path to the neighbor may be failing. 1810 However, the dynamic routing protocol should soon reconverge and 1811 correct the temporary outage. 1813 When an AERO Relay receives a packet for which the network-layer 1814 destination address is covered by an MSP, if there is no more- 1815 specific routing information for the destination the Relay drops the 1816 packet and returns a network-layer Destination Unreachable message 1817 subject to rate limiting. The Relay writes the network-layer source 1818 address of the original packet as the destination address and uses 1819 one of its non link-local addresses as the source address of the 1820 message. 1822 When an AERO node receives an encapsulated packet for which the 1823 reassembly buffer it too small, it drops the packet and returns a 1824 network-layer Packet Too Big (PTB) message. The node first writes 1825 the MRU value into the PTB message MTU field, writes the network- 1826 layer source address of the original packet as the destination 1827 address and writes one of its non link-local addresses as the source 1828 address. 1830 3.15. AERO Router Discovery, Prefix Delegation and Autoconfiguration 1832 AERO Router Discovery, Prefix Delegation and Autoconfiguration are 1833 coordinated as discussed in the following Sections. 1835 3.15.1. AERO ND/PD Service Model 1837 Each AERO Server on the link configures a PD service to facilitate 1838 Client requests. Each Server is provisioned with a database of MNP- 1839 to-Client ID mappings for all Clients enrolled in the AERO service, 1840 as well as any information necessary to authenticate each Client. 1841 The Client database is maintained by a central administrative 1842 authority for the AERO link and securely distributed to all Servers, 1843 e.g., via the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [RFC4511], 1844 via static configuration, etc. Clients receive the same service 1845 regardless of the Servers they select. 1847 AERO Clients and Servers use ND messages to maintain neighbor cache 1848 entries. AERO Servers configure their AERO interfaces as advertising 1849 interfaces, and therefore send unicast RA messages with a short 1850 Router Lifetime value (e.g., REACHABLETIME seconds) in response to a 1851 Client's RS message. Thereafter, Clients send additional RS messages 1852 to keep Server state alive. 1854 AERO Clients and Servers include PD parameters in RS/RA messages (see 1855 [I-D.templin-6man-dhcpv6-ndopt] for ND/PD alternatives). The unified 1856 ND/PD messages are exchanged between Client and Server according to 1857 the prefix management schedule required by the PD service. If the 1858 Client knows its MNP in advance, it can instead employ prefix 1859 registration by including its AERO address as the source address of 1860 an RS message and with an OMNI option with valid prefix registration 1861 information for the MNP. If the Server (and Proxy) accept the 1862 Client's MNP assertion, they inject the prefix into the routing 1863 system and establish the necessary neighbor cache state. 1865 The following sections specify the Client and Server behavior. 1867 3.15.2. AERO Client Behavior 1869 AERO Clients discover the addresses of Servers in a similar manner as 1870 described in [RFC5214]. Discovery methods include static 1871 configuration (e.g., from a flat-file map of Server addresses and 1872 locations), or through an automated means such as Domain Name System 1873 (DNS) name resolution [RFC1035]. Alternatively, the Client can 1874 discover Server addresses through a layer 2 data link login exchange, 1875 or through a unicast RA response to a multicast/anycast RS as 1876 described below. In the absence of other information, the Client can 1877 resolve the DNS Fully-Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) 1878 "linkupnetworks.[domainname]" where "linkupnetworks" is a constant 1879 text string and "[domainname]" is a DNS suffix for the AERO link 1880 (e.g., "example.com"). 1882 To associate with a Server, the Client acts as a requesting router to 1883 request MNPs. The Client prepares an RS message with PD parameters 1884 and includes a Nonce and Timestamp option if the Client needs to 1885 correlate RA replies. If the Client already knows the Server's AERO 1886 address, it includes the AERO address as the network-layer 1887 destination address; otherwise, it includes the link-scoped All- 1888 Routers multicast (ff02::2) or Subnet-Router anycast (fe80::) address 1889 as the network-layer destination. If the Client already knows its 1890 own AERO address, it uses the AERO address as the network-layer 1891 source address; otherwise, it uses the unspecified AERO address 1892 (fe80::ffff:ffff) as the network-layer source address. 1894 The Client next includes an OMNI option in the RS message to register 1895 its link-layer information with the Server. The Client sets the OMNI 1896 option prefix registration information according to the MNP, and 1897 includes a first ifIndex-tuple corresponding to the underlying 1898 interface over which the Client will send the RS message. The Client 1899 MAY include additional ifIndex-tuples specific to other underlying 1900 interfaces. The Client MAY also include an SLLAO with a single link- 1901 layer address corresponding to the first OMNI option ifIndex-tuple. 1902 The Client sets a "primary" flag in the OMNI option if it wishes to 1903 enable proxy keepalives on this underlying interface. 1905 The Client then sends the RS message (either directly via Direct 1906 interfaces, via INET encapsulation for NATed interfaces, via a VPN 1907 for VPNed interfaces, via a Proxy for proxyed interfaces or via a 1908 Relay for native interfaces) and waits for an RA message reply (see 1909 Section 3.15.3). The Client retries up to MAX_RTR_SOLICITATIONS 1910 times until an RA is received. If the Client receives no RAs, or if 1911 it receives an RA with Router Lifetime set to 0, the Client SHOULD 1912 abandon this Server and try another Server. Otherwise, the Client 1913 processes the PD information found in the RA message. 1915 Next, the Client creates a symmetric neighbor cache entry with the 1916 Server's AERO address as the network-layer address and the Server's 1917 encapsulation and/or link-layer addresses as the link-layer address. 1918 The Client records the RA Router Lifetime field value in the neighbor 1919 cache entry as the time for which the Server has committed to 1920 maintaining the MNP in the routing system, and caches the other RA 1921 configuration information including Cur Hop Limit, M and O flags, 1922 Reachable Time and Retrans Timer. The Client then autoconfigures 1923 AERO addresses for each of the delegated MNPs and assigns them to the 1924 AERO interface. The Client also caches any MSPs included in Route 1925 Information Options (RIOs) [RFC4191] as MSPs to associate with the 1926 AERO link, and assigns the MTU value in the MTU option to the 1927 underlying interface. 1929 The Client then registers additional underlying interfaces with the 1930 Server by sending RS messages via each additional interface. The RS 1931 messages include the same parameters as for the initial RS/RA 1932 exchange, but with destination address set to the Server's AERO 1933 address and with the initial OMNI option ifIndex-tuple corresponding 1934 to the underlying interface. The Client sets a "primary" flag in the 1935 OMNI option if it wishes to enable proxy keepalives on this 1936 underlying interface. 1938 Following autoconfiguration, the Client sub-delegates the MNPs to its 1939 attached EUNs and/or the Client's own internal virtual interfaces as 1940 described in [I-D.templin-v6ops-pdhost] to support the Client's 1941 downstream attached "Internet of Things (IoT)". The Client 1942 subsequently sends additional RS messages over each underlying 1943 interface before the Router Lifetime received for that interface 1944 expires. 1946 After the Client registers its underlying interfaces, it may wish to 1947 change one or more registrations, e.g., if an interface changes 1948 address or becomes unavailable, if QoS preferences change, etc. To 1949 do so, the Client prepares an RS message to send over any available 1950 underlying interface. The RS includes an OMNI option with prefix 1951 registration information specific to its MNP, with a first ifIndex- 1952 tuple specific to the selected underlying interface, and with any 1953 additional ifIndex-tuples specific to other underlying interfaces. 1954 The Client includes fresh ifIndex-tuple values to update the Server's 1955 neighbor cache entry. When the Client receives the Server's RA 1956 response, it has assurance that the Server has been updated with the 1957 new information. 1959 If the Client wishes to discontinue use of a Server it issues an RS 1960 message over any underlying interface with an OMNI option with a 1961 prefix release indication. When the Server processes the message, it 1962 releases the MNP, sets the symmetric neighbor cache entry state for 1963 the Client to DEPARTED and returns an RA reply with Router Lifetime 1964 set to 0. After a short delay (e.g., 2 seconds), the Server 1965 withdraws the MNP from the routing system. 1967 3.15.3. AERO Server Behavior 1969 AERO Servers act as IP routers and support a PD service for Clients. 1970 Servers arrange to add their AERO addresses to a static map of Server 1971 addresses for the link and/or the DNS resource records for the FQDN 1972 "linkupnetworks.[domainname]" before entering service. Server 1973 addresses should be geographically and/or topologically referenced, 1974 and made available for discovery by Clients on the AERO link. 1976 When a Server receives a prospective Client's RS message on its AERO 1977 interface, it SHOULD return an immediate RA reply with Router 1978 Lifetime set to 0 if it is currently too busy or otherwise unable to 1979 service the Client. Otherwise, the Server authenticates the RS 1980 message and processes the PD parameters. The Server first determines 1981 the correct MNPs to delegate to the Client by searching the Client 1982 database. When the Server delegates the MNPs, it also creates a 1983 forwarding table entry for each MNP so that the MNPs are propagated 1984 into the routing system (see: Section 3.3). For IPv6, the Server 1985 creates an IPv6 forwarding table entry for each MNP. For IPv4, the 1986 Server creates an IPv6 forwarding table entry with the SPAN 1987 Compatibility Prefix (SCP) corresponding to the IPv4 address. 1989 The Server next creates a symmetric neighbor cache entry for the 1990 Client using the base AERO address as the network-layer address and 1991 with lifetime set to no more than the smallest PD lifetime. Next, 1992 the Server updates the neighbor cache entry by recording the 1993 information in each ifIndex-tuple in the RS OMNI option. The Server 1994 also records the actual SPAN/INET addresses in the neighbor cache 1995 entry. If an SLLAO was present, the Server also compares the SLLAO 1996 address information for the first ifIndex-tuple with the SPAN/INET 1997 information to determine if there is a NAT on the path. 1999 Next, the Server prepares an RA message using its AERO address as the 2000 network-layer source address and the network-layer source address of 2001 the RS message as the network-layer destination address. The Server 2002 sets the Router Lifetime to the time for which it will maintain the 2003 symmetric neighbor cache entry, and sets Cur Hop Limit, M and O 2004 flags, Reachable Time and Retrans Timer to values appropriate for the 2005 AERO link. The Server includes the delegated MNPs, any other PD 2006 parameters and an OMNI option with an ifIndex-tuple with ifIndex set 2007 to 0. The Server then includes one or more RIOs that encode the MSPs 2008 for the AERO link, plus an MTU option (see Section 3.13). The Server 2009 finally forwards the message to the Client using SPAN/INET, INET, or 2010 NULL encapsulation as necessary. 2012 After the initial RS/RA exchange, the Server maintains a 2013 ReachableTime timer for the Client's symmetric neighbor cache entry 2014 set to expire after Router Lifetime seconds. If the Client (or 2015 Proxy) issues additional RS messages, the Server sends an RA response 2016 and resets ReachableTime. If the Server receives an ND message with 2017 PD release indication it sets the Client's symmetric neighbor cache 2018 entry to the DEPARTED state and withdraws the MNP from the routing 2019 system after a short delay (e.g., 2 seconds). If ReachableTime 2020 expires before a new RS is received, the Server deletes the neighbor 2021 cache entry and withdraws the MNP without delay. 2023 The Server processes any ND/PD messages pertaining to the Client and 2024 returns an NA/RA reply in response to solicitations. The Server may 2025 also issue unsolicited RA messages, e.g., with PD reconfigure 2026 parameters to cause the Client to renegotiate its PDs, with Router 2027 Lifetime set to 0 if it can no longer service this Client, etc. 2028 Finally, If the symmetric neighbor cache entry is in the DEPARTED 2029 state, the Server deletes the entry after DepartTime expires. 2031 Note: Clients SHOULD notify former Servers of their departures, but 2032 Servers are responsible for expiring neighbor cache entries and 2033 withdrawing routes even if no departure notification is received 2034 (e.g., if the Client leaves the network unexpectedly). Servers 2035 SHOULD therefore set Router Lifetime to REACHABLETIME seconds in 2036 solicited RA messages to minimize persistent stale cache information 2037 in the absence of Client departure notifications. A short Router 2038 Lifetime also ensures that proactive Client/Server RS/RA messaging 2039 will keep any NAT state alive (see above). 2041 Note: All Servers on an AERO link MUST advertise consistent values in 2042 the RA Cur Hop Limit, M and O flags, Reachable Time and Retrans Timer 2043 fields the same as for any link, since unpredictable behavior could 2044 result if different Servers on the same link advertised different 2045 values. 2047 3.15.3.1. Lightweight DHCPv6 Relay Agent (LDRA) 2049 When DHCPv6 is used as the ND/PD service back end, AERO Clients and 2050 Servers are always on the same link (i.e., the AERO link) from the 2051 perspective of DHCPv6. However, in some implementations the DHCPv6 2052 server and ND function may be located in separate modules. In that 2053 case, the Server's AERO interface module can act as a Lightweight 2054 DHCPv6 Relay Agent (LDRA)[RFC6221] to relay PD messages to and from 2055 the DHCPv6 server module. 2057 When the LDRA receives an authentic RS message, it extracts the PD 2058 message parameters and uses them to construct an IPv6/UDP/DHCPv6 2059 message. It sets the IPv6 source address to the source address of 2060 the RS message, sets the IPv6 destination address to 2061 'All_DHCP_Relay_Agents_and_Servers' and sets the UDP fields to values 2062 that will be understood by the DHCPv6 server. 2064 The LDRA then wraps the message in a DHCPv6 'Relay-Forward' message 2065 header and includes an 'Interface-Id' option that includes enough 2066 information to allow the LDRA to forward the resulting Reply message 2067 back to the Client (e.g., the Client's link-layer addresses, a 2068 security association identifier, etc.). The LDRA also wraps the OMNI 2069 option and SLLAO into the Interface-Id option, then forwards the 2070 message to the DHCPv6 server. 2072 When the DHCPv6 server prepares a Reply message, it wraps the message 2073 in a 'Relay-Reply' message and echoes the Interface-Id option. The 2074 DHCPv6 server then delivers the Relay-Reply message to the LDRA, 2075 which discards the Relay-Reply wrapper and IPv6/UDP headers, then 2076 uses the DHCPv6 message to construct an RA response to the Client. 2077 The Server uses the information in the Interface-Id option to prepare 2078 the RA message and to cache the link-layer addresses taken from the 2079 OMNI option and SLLAO echoed in the Interface-Id option. 2081 3.16. The AERO Proxy 2083 Clients may connect to ANETs that require a perimeter security 2084 gateway to enable communications to Servers in outside INETs. In 2085 that case, the ANET can employ an AERO Proxy. The Proxy is located 2086 at the ANET/INET border and listens for RS messages originating from 2087 or RA messages destined to ANET Clients. The Proxy acts on these 2088 control messages as follows: 2090 o when the Proxy receives an RS message from a new ANET Client, it 2091 first authenticates the message then examines the network-layer 2092 destination address. If the destination address is a Server's 2093 AERO address, the Proxy proceeds to the next step. Otherwise, if 2094 the destination is All-Routers multicast or Subnet-Router anycast, 2095 the Proxy selects a "nearby" Server that is likely to be a good 2096 candidate to serve the Client and replaces the destination address 2097 with the Server's AERO address. Next, the Proxy creates a proxy 2098 neighbor cache entry and caches the Client and Server link-layer 2099 addresses along with the OMNI option information and any other 2100 identifying information including Transaction IDs, Client 2101 Identifiers, Nonce values, etc. The Proxy then replaces the SLLAO 2102 in the RS message (if present) with a new SLLAO with a single 2103 ifIndex-tuple matching the first ifIndex-tuple in the OMNI option 2104 and with the Link Layer Address and Port Number fields set to the 2105 Proxy's SPAN address. The Proxy finally encapsulates the 2106 (proxyed) RS message in a SPAN header with destination set to the 2107 Server's SPAN address then forwards the message into the SPAN. 2109 o when the Server receives the RS, it authenticates the message then 2110 creates or updates a symmetric neighbor cache entry for the Client 2111 with the Proxy's SPAN address as the link-layer address. The 2112 Server then sends an RA message back to the Proxy via the SPAN. 2114 o when the Proxy receives the RA, it authenticates the message and 2115 matches it with the proxy neighbor cache entry created by the RS. 2116 The Proxy then caches the PD route information as a mapping from 2117 the Client's MNPs to the Client's ANET address, caches the 2118 Server's advertised Router Lifetime and sets the neighbor cache 2119 entry state to REACHABLE. The Proxy then replaces the RA SLLAO 2120 with an SLLAO with its own ANET address, sets the P bit in the RA 2121 flags field, sets the OMNI option "primary" flag according to the 2122 cached value from the RS, optionally rewrites the Router Lifetime 2123 and forwards the (proxyed) message to the Client. If the RA 2124 included an MTU option, the Proxy rewrites the MTU value (if 2125 necessary) to the minimum of the received MTU value and the MTU of 2126 the underlying ANET interface. 2128 After the initial RS/RA exchange, the Proxy forwards any Client data 2129 packets for which there is no matching asymmetric neighbor cache 2130 entry to a Relay via the SPAN. The Proxy instead forwards any Client 2131 data destined to an asymmetric neighbor cache target directly to the 2132 target according to the link-layer information - the process of 2133 establishing asymmetric neighbor cache entries is specified in 2134 Section 3.17. 2136 While the Client is still attached to the ANET, the Proxy sends NS, 2137 RS and/or unsolicited NA messages to update the Server's symmetric 2138 neighbor cache entries on behalf of the Client and/or to convey QoS 2139 updates. If the "primary" flag was set, the Proxy performs periodic 2140 RS/RA exchanges on the Client's behalf according to the cached Server 2141 lifetime. This allows for higher-frequency Proxy-initiated RS/RA 2142 messaging over well-connected INET infrastructure supplemented by 2143 lower-frequency Client-initiated RS/RA messaging over constrained 2144 ANET data links. 2146 If the Server ceases to send solicited advertisements, the Proxy 2147 deletes the neighbor cache entry and sends unsolicited RAs on the 2148 ANET interface with destination set to All-Nodes multicast (ff02::1) 2149 and with Router Lifetime set to zero to inform Clients that the 2150 Server has failed. Although the Proxy engages in ND exchanges on 2151 behalf of the Client, the Client can also send ND messages on its own 2152 behalf, e.g., if it is in a better position than the Proxy to convey 2153 QoS changes, etc. For this reason, the Proxy marks any Client- 2154 originated solicitation messages (e.g. by inserting a Nonce option) 2155 so that it can return the solicited advertisement to the Client 2156 instead of processsing it locally. 2158 If the Client becomes unreachable, the Proxy sets the neighbor cache 2159 entry state to DEPARTED and retains the entry for DEPARTTIME seconds. 2160 While the state is DEPARTED, the Proxy forwards any packets destined 2161 to the Client to a Relay. The Relay in turn forwards the packets to 2162 the Client's current Server. When DepartTime expires, the Proxy 2163 deletes the neighbor cache entry and discards any further packets 2164 destined to this (now forgotten) Client. 2166 When a neighbor cache entry transitions to DEPARTED, some of the 2167 fragments of a multiple fragment packet may have already arrived at 2168 the Proxy while others are en route to the Client's new location, 2169 however no special attention in the reassembly algorithm is necessary 2170 when re-routed packets are simply treated as loss. Since the 2171 fragments of a multiple-fragment packet are sent in minimal inter- 2172 packet delay bursts, such occasions will be rare. 2174 In some ANETs that employ a Proxy, the Client's MNP can be injected 2175 into the ANET routing system. In that case, the Client can send data 2176 messages without encapsulation so that the ANET native routing system 2177 transports the unencapsulated packets to the Proxy. This can be very 2178 beneficial, e.g., if the Client connects to the ANET via low-end data 2179 links such as some aviation wireless links. 2181 If the first-hop ANET access router is AERO-aware, the Client can 2182 avoid encapsulation for both its control and data messages. When the 2183 Client connects to the link, it can send an unencapsulated RS message 2184 with source address set to its AERO address and with destination 2185 address set to the AERO address of the Client's selected Server or to 2186 All-Routers multicast or Subnet-Router anycast. The Client includes 2187 an OMNI option formatted as specified in 2188 [I-D.templin-atn-aero-interface]. 2190 The Client then sends the unencapsulated RS message, which will be 2191 intercepted by the AERO-Aware access router. The access router then 2192 encapsulates the RS message in an ANET header with its own address as 2193 the source address and the address of a Proxy as the destination 2194 address. The access router further remembers the address of the 2195 Proxy so that it can encapsulate future data packets from the Client 2196 via the same Proxy. If the access router needs to change to a new 2197 Proxy, it simply sends another RS message toward the Server via the 2198 new Proxy on behalf of the Client. 2200 In some cases, the access router and Proxy may be one and the same 2201 node. In that case, the node would be located on the same physical 2202 link as the Client, but its message exchanges with the Server would 2203 need to pass through a security gateway at the ANET/INET border. The 2204 method for deploying access routers and Proxys (i.e. as a single node 2205 or multiple nodes) is an ANET-local administrative consideration. 2207 3.16.1. Detecting and Responding to Server Failures 2209 In environments where fast recovery from Server failure is required, 2210 Proxys SHOULD use proactive Neighbor Unreachability Detection (NUD) 2211 to track Server reachability in a similar fashion as for 2212 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) [RFC5880]. Proxys can then 2213 quickly detect and react to failures so that cached information is 2214 re-established through alternate paths. The NUD control messaging is 2215 carried only over well-connected ground domain networks (i.e., and 2216 not low-end aeronautical radio links) and can therefore be tuned for 2217 rapid response. 2219 Proxys perform proactive NUD with Servers for which there are 2220 currently active ANET Clients by sending continuous NS messages in 2221 rapid succession, e.g., one message per second. The Proxy sends the 2222 NS message via the SPAN with the Proxy's AERO address as the source 2223 and the AERO address of the Server as the destination. When the 2224 Proxy is also sending RS messages to the Server on behalf of ANET 2225 Clients, the resulting RA responses can be considered as equivalent 2226 hints of forward progress. This means that the Proxy need not also 2227 send a periodic NS if it has already sent an RS within the same 2228 period. If the Server fails (i.e., if the Proxy ceases to receive 2229 advertisements), the Proxy can quickly inform Clients by sending 2230 multicast RA messages on the ANET interface. 2232 The Proxy sends RA messages on the ANET interface with source address 2233 set to the Server's address, destination address set to All-Nodes 2234 multicast, and Router Lifetime set to 0. The Proxy SHOULD send 2235 MAX_FINAL_RTR_ADVERTISEMENTS RA messages separated by small delays 2236 [RFC4861]. Any Clients on the ANET that had been using the failed 2237 Server will receive the RA messages and associate with a new Server. 2239 3.17. AERO Route Optimization 2241 While data packets are flowing between a source and target node, 2242 route optimization SHOULD be used. Route optimization is initiated 2243 by the first eligible Route Optimization Source (ROS) closest to the 2244 source as follows: 2246 o For Clients on VPNed, NATed and Direct interfaces, the Server is 2247 the ROS. 2249 o For Clients on Proxyed interfaces, the Proxy is the ROS. 2251 o For Clients on native interfaces, the Client itself is the ROS. 2253 o For correspondent nodes on INET/EUN interfaces serviced by a 2254 Gateway, the Gateway is the ROS. 2256 The route optimization procedure is conducted between the ROS and the 2257 target Server/Gateway acting as a Route Optimization Responder (ROR) 2258 in the same manner as for IPv6 ND Address Resolution and using the 2259 same NS/NA messaging. The target may either be a MNP Client serviced 2260 by a Server, or a non-MNP correspondent reachable via a Gateway. 2262 The procedures are specified in the following sections. 2264 3.17.1. Route Optimization Initiation 2266 While data packets are flowing from the source node toward a target 2267 node, the ROS performs address resolution by sending an NS message to 2268 receive a solicited NA message from the ROR. 2270 When the ROS sends an NS, it includes the AERO address of the ROS as 2271 the source address (e.g., fe80::1) and the AERO address corresponding 2272 to the data packet's destination address as the destination address 2273 (e.g., if the destination address is 2001:db8:1:2::1 then the 2274 corresponding AERO address is fe80::2001:db8:1:2). The NS message 2275 includes an OMNI option with a single ifIndex-tuple with ifIndex set 2276 to 0, and an SLLAO with the SPAN address of the ROS. The message 2277 also includes a Nonce and Timestamp option if the ROS needs to 2278 correlate NA replies. 2280 The ROS then encapsulates the NS message in a SPAN header with source 2281 set to its own SPAN address and destination set to the data packet's 2282 destination address, then sends the message into the SPAN without 2283 decrementing the network-layer TTL/Hop Limit field. 2285 3.17.2. Relaying the NS 2287 When the Relay receives the NS message from the ROS, it discards the 2288 INET header and determines that the ROR is the next hop by consulting 2289 its standard IPv6 forwarding table for the SPAN header destination 2290 address. The Relay then forwards the SPAN message toward the ROR the 2291 same as for any IPv6 router. The final-hop Relay in the SPAN will 2292 deliver the message via a secured tunnel to the ROR. 2294 3.17.3. Processing the NS and Sending the NA 2296 When the ROR receives the NS message, it examines the AERO 2297 destination address to determine whether it has a neighbor cache 2298 entry and/or route that matches the target. If there is no match, 2299 the ROR drops the NS message. Otherwise, the ROR continues 2300 processing as follows: 2302 o if the target belongs to an MNP Client neighbor in the DEPARTED 2303 state the ROR changes the NS message SPAN destination address to 2304 the SPAN address of the Client's new Server, forwards the message 2305 into the SPAN and returns from processing. 2307 o If the target belongs to an MNP Client neighbor in the REACHABLE 2308 state, the ROR instead adds the AERO source address to the target 2309 Client's Report List with time set to ReportTime. 2311 o If the target belongs to a non-MNP route, the ROR continues 2312 processing without adding an entry to the Report List. 2314 The ROR then prepares a solicited NA message to send back to the ROS 2315 but does not create a neighbor cache entry. The ROR sets the NA 2316 source address to the destination AERO address of the NS, and 2317 includes the Nonce value received in the NS plus the current 2318 Timestamp. 2320 If the target belongs to an MNP Client, the ROR then includes an OMNI 2321 option with prefix registration length set to the length of the MNP; 2322 otherwise, set to the maximum of the non-MNP prefix length and 64. 2323 (Note that a /64 limit is imposed to avoid causing the ROS to set 2324 short prefixes (e.g., "default") that would match destinations for 2325 which the routing system includes more-specific prefixes.) 2327 The ROR next includes a first ifIndex-tuple in the OMNI option with 2328 ifIndex set to 0. If the target belongs to an MNP Client, the ROR 2329 next includes additional ifIndex-tuples in the OMNI option for each 2330 of the target Client's underlying interfaces with current information 2331 for each interface 2333 The ROR then includes a TLLAO option with ifIndex-tuples in one-to- 2334 one correspondence with the tuples that appear in the OMNI option. 2335 For NATed, VPNed and Direct interfaces, the link layer addresses are 2336 the SPAN address of the ROR. For Proxyed interfaces, the link-layer 2337 addresses are the SPAN addresses of the Proxy's INET interfaces. For 2338 native interfaces, the link-layer addresses are the SPAN addesses of 2339 the Client's native interfaces. 2341 The ROR finally encapsulates the NA message in a SPAN header with 2342 source set to its own SPAN address and destination set to the source 2343 SPAN address of the NS message, then forwards the message into the 2344 SPAN without decrementing the network-layer TTL/Hop Limit field. 2346 3.17.4. Relaying the NA 2348 When the Relay receives the NA message from the ROR, it discards the 2349 INET header and determines that the ROS is the next hop by consulting 2350 its standard IPv6 forwarding table for the SPAN header destination 2351 address. The Relay then forwards the SPAN-encapsulated NA message 2352 toward the ROS the same as for any IPv6 router. The final-hop Relay 2353 in the SPAN will deliver the message via a secured tunnel to the ROS. 2355 3.17.5. Processing the NA 2357 When the ROS receives the solicited NA message, it caches the source 2358 SPAN address then discards the INET and SPAN headers. The ROS next 2359 verifies the Nonce and Timestamp values (if present), then creates an 2360 asymmetric neighbor cache entry for the ROR and caches all 2361 information found in the solicited NA OMNI and TLLAO options. The 2362 ROS finally sets the asymmetric neighbor cache entry lifetime to 2363 REACHABLETIME seconds. 2365 3.17.6. Route Optimization Maintenance 2367 Following route optimization, the ROS forwards future data packets 2368 destined to the target via the addresses found in the cached link- 2369 layer information. The route optimization is shared by all sources 2370 that send packets to the target via the ROS, i.e., and not just the 2371 source on behalf of which the route optimization was initiated. 2373 While new data packets destined to the target are flowing through the 2374 ROS, it sends additional NS messages to the ROR before ReachableTime 2375 expires to receive a fresh solicited NA message the same as described 2376 in the previous sections (route optimization refreshment strategies 2377 are an implementation matter, with a non-normative example given in 2378 Appendix B.1). The ROS uses the cached SPAN address of the ROR as 2379 the NS SPAN destination address, and sends up to MAX_UNICAST_SOLICIT 2380 NS messages separated by 1 second until an NA is received. If no NA 2381 is received, the ROS assumes that the current ROR has become 2382 unreachable and deletes the neighbor cache entry. Subsequent data 2383 packets will trigger a new route optimization per Section 3.17.1 to 2384 discover a new ROR while initial data packets travel over a 2385 suboptimal route. 2387 If an NA is received, the ROS then updates the asymmetric neighbor 2388 cache entry to refresh ReachableTime, while (for MNP destinations) 2389 the ROR adds or updates the ROS address to the target Client's Report 2390 List and with time set to ReportTime. While no data packets are 2391 flowing, the ROS instead allows ReachableTime for the asymmetric 2392 neighbor cache entry to expire. When ReachableTime expires, the ROS 2393 deletes the asymmetric neighbor cache entry. Any future data packets 2394 flowing through the ROS will again trigger a new route optimization. 2396 The ROS may also receive unsolicited NA messages from the ROR at any 2397 time (see: Section 3.19). If there is an asymmetric neighbor cache 2398 entry for the target, the ROS updates the link-layer information but 2399 does not update ReachableTime since the receipt of an unsolicited NA 2400 does not confirm that the forward path is still working. If there is 2401 no asymmetric neighbor cache entry, the ROS simply discards the 2402 unsolicited NA. 2404 In this arrangement, the ROS holds an asymmetric neighbor cache entry 2405 for the ROR, but the ROR does not hold an asymmetric neighbor cache 2406 entry for the ROS. The route optimization neighbor relationship is 2407 therefore asymmetric and unidirectional. If the target node also has 2408 packets to send back to the source node, then a separate route 2409 optimization procedure is performed in the reverse direction. But, 2410 there is no requirement that the forward and reverse paths be 2411 symmetric. 2413 3.18. Neighbor Unreachability Detection (NUD) 2415 AERO nodes perform Neighbor Unreachability Detection (NUD) per 2416 [RFC4861]. NUD is performed either reactively in response to 2417 persistent link-layer errors (see Section 3.14) or proactively to 2418 confirm reachability. The NUD algorithm is based on periodic 2419 authentic NS/NA message exchanges. The algorithm may further be 2420 seeded by ND hints of forward progress, but care must be taken to 2421 avoid inferring reachability based on spoofed information. For 2422 example, authentic RS/RA exchanges may be considered as acceptable 2423 hints of forward progress, while spurious data packets should not be. 2425 When an ROR directs an ROS to a neighbor with one or more target 2426 link-layer addresses, the ROS can proactively test each direct path 2427 by sending an initial NS message to elicit a solicited NA response. 2428 While testing the paths, the ROS can optionally continue sending 2429 packets via the SPAN, maintain a small queue of packets until target 2430 reachability is confirmed, or (optimistically) allow packets to flow 2431 via the direct paths. In any case, the ROS should only consider the 2432 neighbor unreachable if NUD fails over multiple target link-layer 2433 address paths. 2435 When a ROS sends an NS message used for NUD, it uses its AERO 2436 addresses as the IPv6 source address and the AERO address 2437 corresponding to a target link-layer address as the destination. For 2438 each target link-layer address, the source node encapsulates the NS 2439 message in SPAN/INET headers with its own SPAN address as the source 2440 and the SPAN address of the target as the destination, If the target 2441 is located within the same SPAN segment, the source sets the INET 2442 address of the target as the destination; otherwise, it sets the INET 2443 address of a Relay as the destination. The source then forwards the 2444 message into the SPAN. 2446 Paths that pass NUD tests are marked as "reachable", while those that 2447 do not are marked as "unreachable". These markings inform the AERO 2448 interface forwarding algorithm specified in Section 3.12. 2450 Proxys can perform NUD to verify Server reachability on behalf of 2451 their proxyed Clients to reduce Client-initated control messaging 2452 overhead. 2454 3.19. Mobility Management and Quality of Service (QoS) 2456 AERO is a Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) service. Each Server 2457 is responsible for only a subset of the Clients on the AERO link, as 2458 opposed to a Centralized Mobility Management (CMM) service where 2459 there is a single network mobility collective entity for all Clients. 2460 Clients coordinate with their associated Servers via RS/RA exchanges 2461 to maintain the DMM profile, and the AERO routing system tracks all 2462 current Client/Server peering relationships. 2464 Servers provide a Mobility Anchor Point (MAP) for their dependent 2465 Clients. Clients are responsible for maintaining neighbor 2466 relationships with their Servers through periodic RS/RA exchanges, 2467 which also serves to confirm neighbor reachability. When a Client's 2468 underlying interface address and/or QoS information changes, the 2469 Client is responsible for updating the Server with this new 2470 information. Note that for Proxyed interfaces, however, the Proxy 2471 can perform the RS/RA exchanges on the Client's behalf. 2473 Mobility management considerations are specified in the following 2474 sections. 2476 3.19.1. Mobility Update Messaging 2478 Servers acting as MAPs accommodate Client mobility and/or QoS change 2479 events by sending unsolicited NA messages to each ROS in the target 2480 Client's Report List. When a MAP sends an unsolicited NA message, it 2481 sets the IPv6 source address to the Client's AERO address and sets 2482 the IPv6 destination address to All-Nodes multicast. The MAP also 2483 includes an OMNI option with prefix registration information, with a 2484 first ifIndex-tuple with ifIndex set to 0, and with additional 2485 ifIndex-tuples for the target Client's remaining interfaces. The MAP 2486 then includes a TLLAO with corresponding ifIndex-tuples, with the 2487 link layer address of the first tuple set to the MAP's SPAN address 2488 and with link layer addresses of the remaining tuples set to the 2489 corresponding target SPAN addresses. The MAP finally encapsulates 2490 the message in a SPAN header with source set to its own SPAN address 2491 and destination set to the SPAN address of the ROS, then sends the 2492 message to a Relay which in turn forwards it to the ROS. 2494 As discussed in Section 7.2.6 of [RFC4861], the transmission and 2495 reception of unsolicited NA messages is unreliable but provides a 2496 useful optimization. In well-connected Internetworks with robust 2497 data links unsolicited NA messages will be delivered with high 2498 probability, but in any case the MAP can optionally send up to 2499 MAX_NEIGHBOR_ADVERTISEMENT unsolicited NAs to each ROS to increase 2500 the likelihood that at least one will be received. 2502 When the ROS receives an unsolicited NA message, it ignores the 2503 message if there is no existing neighbor cache entry for the Client. 2504 Otherwise, it uses the included OMNI option and TLLAO information to 2505 update the neighbor cache entry, but does not reset ReachableTime 2506 since the receipt of an unsolicited NA message from the target Server 2507 does not provide confirmation that any forward paths to the target 2508 Client are working. 2510 If unsolicited NA messages are lost, the ROS may be left with stale 2511 address and/or QoS information for the Client for up to REACHABLETIME 2512 seconds. During this time, the ROS can continue sending packets 2513 according to its stale neighbor cache information. When 2514 ReachableTime is close to expiring, the ROS will re-initiate route 2515 optimization and receive fresh state information. 2517 In addition to sending unsolicited NA messages to the current set of 2518 ROSs for the Client, the MAP also sends unsolicited NAs to the former 2519 link-layer address for any ifIndex-tuple for which the link-layer 2520 address has changed. The NA messages update Proxys or Servers that 2521 cannot easily detect (e.g., without active probing) when a formerly- 2522 active Client has departed. 2524 3.19.2. Announcing Link-Layer Address and/or QoS Preference Changes 2526 When a Client needs to change its ANET addresses and/or QoS 2527 preferences (e.g., due to a mobility event), either the Client or its 2528 Proxys send RS messages to the Server via the SPAN with an OMNI 2529 option and SLLAO that include an ifIndex-tuple with the new link 2530 quality and address information. 2532 Up to MAX_RTR_SOLICITATION RS messages MAY be sent in parallel with 2533 sending actual data packets in case one or more RAs are lost. If all 2534 RAs are lost, the Client SHOULD re-associate with a new Server. 2536 When the Server receives the Client's changes, it sends unsolicited 2537 NA messages to all nodes in the Report List the same as described in 2538 the previous section. 2540 3.19.3. Bringing New Links Into Service 2542 When a Client needs to bring new underlying interfaces into service 2543 (e.g., when it activates a new data link), it sends an RS message to 2544 the Server via the underlying interface with an OMNI option with 2545 appropriate link quality values and with an SLLAO (if necessary) with 2546 link-layer address information for the new link.. 2548 3.19.4. Removing Existing Links from Service 2550 When a Client needs to remove existing underlying interfaces from 2551 service (e.g., when it de-activates an existing data link), it sends 2552 an RS message to its Server with an OMNI option with appropriate link 2553 quality values. 2555 If the Client needs to send RS messages over an underlying interface 2556 other than the one being removed from service, it MUST include an 2557 ifIndex-tuple for the sending interface as the first tuple and 2558 include additional ifIndex-tuples with appropriate link quality 2559 values for any underlying interfaces being removed from service. 2561 3.19.5. Moving to a New Server 2563 When a Client associates with a new Server, it performs the Client 2564 procedures specified in Section 3.15.2. The Client also includes a 2565 notification identifier in the RS message OMNI option per 2566 [I-D.templin-atn-aero-interface] if it wants the new Server to notify 2567 the old Server. 2569 When the new Server receives the Client's RS message, it responds by 2570 returning an RA as specified in Section 3.15.3. If the Client's RS 2571 includes a notification identifier, the new Server also prepares an 2572 RS or unsolicited NA message to send to the old Server. The RS/NA 2573 message includes the Client's AERO address as the source address, the 2574 old Server's AERO address as the destination address, and an OMNI 2575 option and S/TLLAO with an ifIndex-tuple with ifIndex set to 0. The 2576 OMNI option includes a prefix release indication, and the S/TLLAO 2577 includes the SPAN address of the new Server. For RS messages, the 2578 new Server retries up to MAX_RTR_SOLICITATIONS attempts until an RA 2579 is received. (Note that the Client can alternatively send RS/NA 2580 messages with a release indication to the old Server on its own 2581 behalf, however, this additional Client messaging may be undesirable 2582 in some environments. Note also that the choice of using RS or 2583 unsolicited NA is based on the need for a reliable acknowledgement; 2584 in environments where Router Lifetimes can be expected to be short, 2585 sending up to MAX_NEIGHBOR_ADVERTISEMENT unsolicited NAs may be 2586 sufficient.) 2588 When the old Server processes the RS/NA, it changes the symmetric 2589 neighbor cache entry state to DEPARTED, sets the link-layer address 2590 of the Client to the address found in the S/TLLAO, and sets 2591 DepartTime to DEPARTTIME seconds. For RS messages, the old Server 2592 then returns an immediate RA message with Router Lifetime set to 0. 2593 After a short delay (e.g., 2 seconds) the old Server withdraws the 2594 Client's MNP from the routing system. After DepartTime expires, the 2595 old Server deletes the symmetric neighbor cache entry. 2597 The old Server also sends unsolicited NA messages to all ROSs in the 2598 Client's Report List with an OMNI option with prefix release 2599 indication, with a single ifIndex-tuple with ifIndex set to 0 and 2600 with the SPAN address of the new Server in a companion TLLAO. When 2601 the ROS receives the NA, it caches the address of the new Server in 2602 the existing asymmetric neighbor cache entry and marks the entry as 2603 STALE. Subsequent data packets will then flow according to any 2604 existing cached link-layer information and trigger a new NS/NA 2605 exchange via the new Server. 2607 Clients SHOULD NOT move rapidly between Servers in order to avoid 2608 causing excessive oscillations in the AERO routing system. Examples 2609 of when a Client might wish to change to a different Server include a 2610 Server that has gone unreachable, topological movements of 2611 significant distance, movement to a new geographic region, movement 2612 to a new SPAN segment, etc. 2614 When a Client moves to a new Server, some of the fragments of a 2615 multiple fragment packet may have already arrived at the old Server 2616 while others are en route to the new Server, however no special 2617 attention in the reassembly algorithm is necessary when re-routed 2618 fragments are simply treated as loss. Since the fragments of a 2619 multiple-fragment packet are sent in a minimal inter-packet delay 2620 burst, such occasions will be rare. 2622 3.20. Multicast 2624 The AERO Client provides an IGMP (IPv4) [RFC2236] or MLD (IPv6) 2625 [RFC3810] proxy service for its EUNs and/or hosted applications 2626 [RFC4605]. The Client forwards IGMP/MLD messages over any of its 2627 underlying interfaces for which group membership is required. The 2628 IGMP/MLD messages may be further forwarded by a first-hop ANET access 2629 router acting as an IGMP/MLD-snooping switch [RFC4541], then 2630 ultimately delivered to an AERO Proxy/Server acting as a Protocol 2631 Independent Multicast - Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM, or simply "PIM") 2632 Designated Router (DR) [RFC7761]. AERO Gateways also act as PIM 2633 routers (i.e., the same as AERO Proxys/Servers) on behalf of nodes on 2634 INET/EUN networks. The behaviors identified in the following 2635 sections correspond to Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) and Any-Source 2636 Multicast (ASM) operational modes. 2638 3.20.1. Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) 2640 When an ROS (i.e., an AERO Proxy/Server/Gateway) "X" acting as PIM 2641 router receives a Join/Prune message from a node on its downstream 2642 interfaces containing one or more ((S)ource, (G)roup) pairs, it 2643 updates its Multicast Routing Information Base (MRIB) accordingly. 2644 For each S belonging to a prefix reachable via X's non-AERO 2645 interfaces, X then forwards the (S, G) Join/Prune to any PIM routers 2646 on those interfaces per [RFC7761]. 2648 For each S belonging to a prefix reachable via X's AERO interface, X 2649 originates a separate copy of the Join/Prune for each (S,G) in the 2650 message using its own AERO address as the source address and ALL-PIM- 2651 ROUTERS as the destination address. X then encapsulates each message 2652 in a SPAN header with source address set to the SPAN address of X and 2653 destination address set to S then forwards the message into the SPAN. 2654 The SPAN in turn forwards the message to AERO Server/Gateway "Y" that 2655 services S. At the same time, if the message was a Join, X sends a 2656 route-optimization NS message toward each S the same as discussed in 2657 Section 3.17. The resulting NAs will return the AERO address for the 2658 prefix that matches S as the network-layer source address and TLLAOs 2659 with the SPAN addresses corresponding to any ifIndex-tuples that are 2660 currently servicing S. 2662 When Y processes the Join/Prune message, if S located behind any 2663 Native, Direct, VPNed or NATed interfaces Y acts as a PIM router and 2664 updates its MRIB to list X as the next hop in the reverse path. If S 2665 is located behind any Proxys "Z"*, Y also forwards the message to 2666 each Z* over the SPAN while continuing to use the AERO address of X 2667 as the source address. Each Z* then updates its MRIB accordingly and 2668 maintains the AERO address of X as the next hop in the reverse path. 2669 Since the Relays in the SPAN do not examine network layer control 2670 messages, this means that the (reverse) multicast tree path is simply 2671 from each Z* (and/or Y) to X with no other multicast-aware routers in 2672 the path. If any Z* (and/or Y) is located on the same SPAN segment 2673 as X, the multicast data traffic sent to X directly using SPAN/INET 2674 encapsulation instead of via a Relay. 2676 Following the initial Join/Prune and NS/NA messaging, X maintains an 2677 asymmetric neighbor cache entry for each S the same as if X was 2678 sending unicast data traffic to S. In particular, X performs 2679 additional NS/NA exchanges to keep the neighbor cache entry alive for 2680 up to t_periodic seconds [RFC7761]. If no new Joins are received 2681 within t_periodic seconds, X allows the neighbor cache entry to 2682 expire. Finally, if X receives any additional Join/Prune messages 2683 for (S,G) it forwards the messages to each Y and Z* in the neighbor 2684 cache entry over the SPAN. 2686 At some later time, Client C that holds an MNP for source S may 2687 depart from a first Proxy Z1 and/or connect via a new Proxy Z2. In 2688 that case, Y sends an unsolicited NA message to X the same as 2689 specified for unicast mobility in Section 3.19. When X receives the 2690 unsolicited NA message, it updates its asymmetric neighbor cache 2691 entry for the AERO address for source S and sends new Join messages 2692 to any new Proxys Z2. There is no requirement to send any Prune 2693 messages to old Proxys Z1 since source S will no longer source any 2694 multicast data traffic via Z1. Instead, the multicast state for 2695 (S,G) in Proxy Z1 will soon time out since no new Joins will arrive. 2697 After some later time, C may move to a new Server Y2 and depart from 2698 old Sever Y1. In that case, Y1 sends Join messages for any of C's 2699 active (S,G) groups to Y2 while including its own AERO address as the 2700 source address. This causes Y2 to include Y1 in the multicast 2701 forwarding tree during the interim time that Y1's symmetric neighbor 2702 cache entry for C is in the DEPARTED state. At the same time, Y1 2703 sends an unsolicited NA message to X with an OMNI option and TLLAO 2704 with ifIndex-tuple set to 0 and a release indication to cause X to 2705 release its asymmetric neighbor cache entry. X then sends a new Join 2706 message to S via the SPAN and re-initiates route optimization the 2707 same as if it were receiving a fresh Join message from a node on a 2708 downstream link. 2710 3.20.2. Any-Source Multicast (ASM) 2712 When an ROS X acting as a PIM router receives a Join/Prune from a 2713 node on its downstream interfaces containing one or more (*,G) pairs, 2714 it updates its Multicast Routing Information Base (MRIB) accordingly. 2715 X then forwards a copy of the message to the Rendezvous Point (RP) R 2716 for each G over the SPAN. X uses its own AERO address as the source 2717 address and ALL-PIM-ROUTERS as the destination address, then 2718 encapsulates each message in a SPAN header with source address set to 2719 the SPAN address of X and destination address set to R, then sends 2720 the message into the SPAN. At the same time, if the message was a 2721 Join X initiates NS/NA route optimization the same as for the SSM 2722 case discussed in Section 3.20.1. 2724 For each source S that sends multicast traffic to group G via R, the 2725 Proxy/Server Z* for the Client that aggregates S encapsulates the 2726 packets in PIM Register messages and forwards them to R via the SPAN. 2727 R may then elect to send a PIM Join to Z* over the SPAN. This will 2728 result in an (S,G) tree rooted at Z* with R as the next hop so that R 2729 will begin to receive two copies of the packet; one native copy from 2730 the (S, G) tree and a second copy from the pre-existing (*, G) tree 2731 that still uses PIM Register encapsulation. R can then issue a PIM 2732 Register-stop message to suppress the Register-encapsulated stream. 2733 At some later time, if C moves to a new Proxy/Server Z*, it resumes 2734 sending packets via PIM Register encapsulation via the new Z*. 2736 At the same time, as multicast listeners discover individual S's for 2737 a given G, they can initiate an (S,G) Join for each S under the same 2738 procedures discussed in Section 3.20.1. Once the (S,G) tree is 2739 established, the listeners can send (S, G) Prune messages to R so 2740 that multicast packets for group G sourced by S will only be 2741 delivered via the (S, G) tree and not from the (*, G) tree rooted at 2742 R. All mobility considerations discussed for SSM apply. 2744 3.20.3. Bi-Directional PIM (BIDIR-PIM) 2746 Bi-Directional PIM (BIDIR-PIM) [RFC5015] provides an alternate 2747 approach to ASM that treats the Rendezvous Point (RP) as a Designated 2748 Forwarder (DF). Further considerations for BIDIR-PIM are out of 2749 scope. 2751 3.21. Operation over Multiple AERO Links (VLANs) 2753 An AERO Client can connect to multiple AERO links the same as for any 2754 data link service. In that case, the Client maintains a distinct 2755 AERO interface for each link, e.g., 'aero0' for the first link, 2756 'aero1' for the second, 'aero2' for the third, etc. Each AERO link 2757 would include its own distinct set of Relays, Servers and Proxys, 2758 thereby providing redundancy in case of failures. 2760 The Relays, Servers and Proxys on each AERO link can assign AERO and 2761 SPAN addresses that use the same or different numberings from those 2762 on other links. Since the links are mutually independent there is no 2763 requirement for avoiding inter-link address duplication, e.g., the 2764 same AERO address such as fe80::1000 could be used to number distinct 2765 nodes that connect to different AERO links. 2767 Each AERO link could utilize the same or different ANET connections. 2768 The links can be distinguished at the link-layer via Virtual Local 2769 Area Network (VLAN) tagging (e.g., IEEE 802.1Q) and/or through 2770 assignment of distinct sets of MSPs on each link. This gives rise to 2771 the opportunity for supporting multiple redundant networked paths, 2772 where each VLAN is distinguished by a different label (e.g., colors 2773 such as Red, Green, Blue, etc.). In particular, the Client can tag 2774 its RS messages with the appropriate label to cause the network to 2775 select the desired VLAN. 2777 Clients that connect to multiple AERO interfaces can select the 2778 outgoing interface appropriate for a given Red/Blue/Green/etc. 2779 traffic profile while (in the reverse direction) correspondent nodes 2780 must have some way of steering their packets destined to a target via 2781 the correct AERO link. 2783 In a first alternative, if each AERO link services different MSPs, 2784 then the Client can receive a distinct MNP from each of the links. 2785 IP routing will therefore assure that the correct Red/Green/Blue/etc. 2786 network is used for both outbound and inbound traffic. This can be 2787 accomplished using existing technologies and approaches, and without 2788 requiring any special supporting code in correspondent nodes or 2789 Relays. 2791 In a second alternative, if each AERO link services the same MSP(s) 2792 then each link could assign a distinct "AERO Link Anycast" address 2793 that is configured by all Relays on the link. Correspondent nodes 2794 then include a "type 4" routing header with the Anycast address for 2795 the AERO link as the IPv6 destination and with the address of the 2796 target encoded as the "next segment" in the routing header 2797 [RFC8402][I-D.ietf-6man-segment-routing-header]. Standard IP routing 2798 will then direct the packet to the nearest Relay for the correct AERO 2799 link, which will replace the destination address with the target 2800 address then forward the packet to the target. 2802 3.22. DNS Considerations 2804 AERO Client MNs and INET correspondent nodes consult the Domain Name 2805 System (DNS) the same as for any Internetworking node. When 2806 correspondent nodes and Client MNs use different IP protocol versions 2807 (e.g., IPv4 correspondents and IPv6 MNs), the INET DNS must maintain 2808 A records for IPv4 address mappings to MNs which must then be 2809 populated in Gateway NAT64 mapping caches. In that way, an IPv4 2810 correspondent node can send packets to the IPv4 address mapping of 2811 the target MN, and the Gateway will translate the IPv4 header and 2812 destination address into an IPv6 header and IPv6 destination address 2813 of the MN. 2815 When an AERO Client registers with an AERO Server, the Server can 2816 return the address(es) of DNS servers in RDNSS options [RFC6106]. 2817 The DNS server provides the IP addresses of other MNs and 2818 correspondent nodes in AAAA records for IPv6 or A records for IPv4. 2820 3.23. Transition Considerations 2822 The SPAN ensures that dissimilar INET partitions can be joined into a 2823 single unified AERO link, even though the partitions themselves may 2824 have differing protocol versions and/or incompatible addressing 2825 plans. However, a commonality can be achieved by incrementally 2826 distributing globally routable (i.e., native) IP prefixes to 2827 eventually reach all nodes (both mobile and fixed) in all SPAN 2828 segments. This can be accomplished by incrementally deploying AERO 2829 Gateways on each INET partition, with each Gateway distributing its 2830 MNPs and/or discovering non-MNP prefixes on its INET links. 2832 This gives rise to the opportunity to eventually distribute native IP 2833 addresses to all nodes, and to present a unified AERO link view 2834 (bridged by the SPAN) even if the INET partitions remain in their 2835 current protocol and addressing plans. In that way, the AERO link 2836 can serve the dual purpose of providing a mobility service and a 2837 transition service. Or, if an INET partition is transitioned to a 2838 native IP protocol version and addressing scheme that is compatible 2839 with the AERO link MNP-based addressing scheme, the partition and 2840 AERO link can be joined by Gateways. 2842 Gateways that connect INETs/EUNs with dissimilar IP protocol versions 2843 must employ a network address and protocol translation function such 2844 as NAT64[RFC6146]. 2846 3.24. Detecting and Reacting to Server and Relay Failures 2848 In environments where rapid failure recovery is required, Servers and 2849 Relays SHOULD use Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) [RFC5880]. 2850 Nodes that use BFD can quickly detect and react to failures so that 2851 cached information is re-established through alternate nodes. BFD 2852 control messaging is carried only over well-connected ground domain 2853 networks (i.e., and not low-end radio links) and can therefore be 2854 tuned for rapid response. 2856 Servers and Relays maintain BFD sessions in parallel with their BGP 2857 peerings. If a Server or Relay fails, BGP peers will quickly re- 2858 establish routes through alternate paths the same as for common BGP 2859 deployments. Similarly, Proxys maintain BFD sessions with their 2860 associated Relays even though they do not establish BGP peerings with 2861 them. 2863 Proxys SHOULD use proactive NUD for Servers for which there are 2864 currently active ANET Clients in a manner that parallels BFD, i.e., 2865 by sending unicast NS messages in rapid succession to receive 2866 solicited NA messages. When the Proxy is also sending RS messages on 2867 behalf of ANET Clients, the RS/RA messaging can be considered as 2868 equivalent hints of forward progress. This means that the Proxy need 2869 not also send a periodic NS if it has already sent an RS within the 2870 same period. If a Server fails, the Proxy will cease to receive 2871 advertisements and can quickly inform Clients of the outage by 2872 sending multicast RA messages on the ANET interface. 2874 The Proxy sends multicast RA messages with source address set to the 2875 Server's address, destination address set to All-Nodes multicast, and 2876 Router Lifetime set to 0. The Proxy SHOULD send 2877 MAX_FINAL_RTR_ADVERTISEMENTS RA messages separated by small delays 2878 [RFC4861]. Any Clients on the ANET interface that have been using 2879 the (now defunct) Server will receive the RA messages and associate 2880 with a new Server. 2882 4. Implementation Status 2884 An AERO implementation based on OpenVPN (https://openvpn.net/) was 2885 announced on the v6ops mailing list on January 10, 2018 and an 2886 initial public release of the AERO proof-of-concept source code was 2887 announced on the intarea mailing list on August 21, 2015. 2889 5. IANA Considerations 2891 The IANA has assigned a 4-octet Private Enterprise Number "45282" for 2892 AERO in the "enterprise-numbers" registry. 2894 The IANA has assigned the UDP port number "8060" for an earlier 2895 experimental version of AERO [RFC6706]. This document obsoletes 2896 [RFC6706] and claims the UDP port number "8060" for all future use. 2898 No further IANA actions are required. 2900 6. Security Considerations 2902 AERO Relays configure secured tunnels with AERO Servers and Proxys 2903 within their local SPAN segments. Applicable secured tunnel 2904 alternatives include IPsec [RFC4301], TLS/SSL [RFC8446], DTLS 2905 [RFC6347], etc. The AERO Relays of all SPAN segments in turn 2906 configure secured tunnels for their neighboring AERO Relays across 2907 the SPAN. Therefore, packets that traverse the SPAN between any pair 2908 of AERO link neighbors are already secured. 2910 AERO Servers, Gateways and Proxys targeted by a route optimization 2911 may also receive packets directly from the INET partitions instead of 2912 via the SPAN. For INET partitions that apply effective ingress 2913 filtering to defeat source address spoofing, the simple data origin 2914 authentication procedures in Section 3.11 can be applied. This 2915 implies that the ROS list must be maintained consistently by all 2916 route optimization targets within the same INET partition, and that 2917 the ROS list must be securely managed by the partition administrative 2918 authority. 2920 For INET partitions that cannot apply effective ingress filtering, 2921 the two options for securing communications include 1) disable route 2922 optimization so that all traffic is conveyed over secured tunnels via 2923 the SPAN, or 2) enable on-demand secure tunnel creation between INET 2924 partition neighbors. Option 1) would result in longer routes than 2925 necessary and traffic concentration on critical infrastructure 2926 elements. Option 2) could be coordinated by establishing a secured 2927 tunnel on-demand instead of performing an NS/NA exchange in the route 2928 optimization procedures. Procedures for establishing on-demand 2929 secured tunnels are out of scope. 2931 AERO Clients that connect to secured enclaves need not apply security 2932 to their ND messages, since the messages will be intercepted by a 2933 perimeter Proxy that applies security on its outward-facing 2934 interface. AERO Clients located outside of secured enclaves SHOULD 2935 use symmetric network and/or transport layer security services, but 2936 when there are many prospective neighbors with dynamically changing 2937 connectivity an asymmetric security service such as SEND may be 2938 needed (see: Appendix B.6). 2940 Application endpoints SHOULD use application-layer security services 2941 such as TLS/SSL, DTLS or SSH [RFC4251] to assure the same level of 2942 protection as for critical secured Internet services. AERO Clients 2943 that require host-based VPN services SHOULD use symmetric network 2944 and/or transport layer security services such as IPsec, TLS/SSL, 2945 DTLS, etc. AERO Proxys and Servers can also provide a network-based 2946 VPN service on behalf of the Client, e.g., if the Client is located 2947 within a secured enclave and cannot establish a VPN on its own 2948 behalf. 2950 AERO Servers and Relays present targets for traffic amplification 2951 Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. This concern is no different than 2952 for widely-deployed VPN security gateways in the Internet, where 2953 attackers could send spoofed packets to the gateways at high data 2954 rates. This can be mitigated by connecting Servers and Relays over 2955 dedicated links with no connections to the Internet and/or when 2956 connections to the Internet are only permitted through well-managed 2957 firewalls. Traffic amplification DoS attacks can also target an AERO 2958 Client's low data rate links. This is a concern not only for Clients 2959 located on the open Internet but also for Clients in secured 2960 enclaves. AERO Servers and Proxys can institute rate limits that 2961 protect Clients from receiving packet floods that could DoS low data 2962 rate links. 2964 AERO Gateways must implement ingress filtering to avoid a spoofing 2965 attack in which spurious SPAN messages are injected into an AERO link 2966 from an outside attacker. AERO Clients MUST ensure that their 2967 connectivity is not used by unauthorized nodes on their EUNs to gain 2968 access to a protected network, i.e., AERO Clients that act as routers 2969 MUST NOT provide routing services for unauthorized nodes. (This 2970 concern is no different than for ordinary hosts that receive an IP 2971 address delegation but then "share" the address with other nodes via 2972 some form of Internet connection sharing such as tethering.) 2974 The MAP list and ROS lists MUST be well-managed and secured from 2975 unauthorized tampering, even though the list contains only public 2976 information. The MAP list can be conveyed to the Client in a similar 2977 fashion as in [RFC5214] (e.g., through layer 2 data link login 2978 messaging, secure upload of a static file, DNS lookups, etc.). The 2979 ROS list can be conveyed to Servers and Proxys through administrative 2980 action, secured file distribution, etc. 2982 Although public domain and commercial SEND implementations exist, 2983 concerns regarding the strength of the cryptographic hash algorithm 2984 have been documented [RFC6273] [RFC4982]. 2986 Security considerations for accepting link-layer ICMP messages and 2987 reflected packets are discussed throughout the document. 2989 7. Acknowledgements 2991 Discussions in the IETF, aviation standards communities and private 2992 exchanges helped shape some of the concepts in this work. 2993 Individuals who contributed insights include Mikael Abrahamsson, Mark 2994 Andrews, Fred Baker, Bob Braden, Stewart Bryant, Brian Carpenter, 2995 Wojciech Dec, Ralph Droms, Adrian Farrel, Nick Green, Sri Gundavelli, 2996 Brian Haberman, Bernhard Haindl, Joel Halpern, Tom Herbert, Sascha 2997 Hlusiak, Lee Howard, Andre Kostur, Hubert Kuenig, Ted Lemon, Andy 2998 Malis, Satoru Matsushima, Tomek Mrugalski, Madhu Niraula, Alexandru 2999 Petrescu, Behcet Saikaya, Michal Skorepa, Joe Touch, Bernie Volz, 3000 Ryuji Wakikawa, Tony Whyman, Lloyd Wood and James Woodyatt. Members 3001 of the IESG also provided valuable input during their review process 3002 that greatly improved the document. Special thanks go to Stewart 3003 Bryant, Joel Halpern and Brian Haberman for their shepherding 3004 guidance during the publication of the AERO first edition. 3006 This work has further been encouraged and supported by Boeing 3007 colleagues including Kyle Bae, M. Wayne Benson, Dave Bernhardt, Cam 3008 Brodie, John Bush, Balaguruna Chidambaram, Irene Chin, Bruce Cornish, 3009 Claudiu Danilov, Don Dillenburg, Joe Dudkowski, Wen Fang, Samad 3010 Farooqui, Anthony Gregory, Jeff Holland, Seth Jahne, Brian Jaury, 3011 Greg Kimberly, Ed King, Madhuri Madhava Badgandi, Laurel Matthew, 3012 Gene MacLean III, Rob Muszkiewicz, Sean O'Sullivan, Vijay 3013 Rajagopalan, Greg Saccone, Rod Santiago, Kent Shuey, Brian Skeen, 3014 Mike Slane, Carrie Spiker, Katie Tran, Brendan Williams, Amelia 3015 Wilson, Julie Wulff, Yueli Yang, Eric Yeh and other members of the 3016 Boeing mobility, networking and autonomy teams. Kyle Bae, Wayne 3017 Benson, Katie Tran and Eric Yeh are especially acknowledged for 3018 implementing the AERO functions as extensions to the public domain 3019 OpenVPN distribution. 3021 Earlier works on NBMA tunneling approaches are found in 3022 [RFC2529][RFC5214][RFC5569]. 3024 Many of the constructs presented in this second edition of AERO are 3025 based on the author's earlier works, including: 3027 o The Internet Routing Overlay Network (IRON) 3028 [RFC6179][I-D.templin-ironbis] 3030 o Virtual Enterprise Traversal (VET) 3031 [RFC5558][I-D.templin-intarea-vet] 3033 o The Subnetwork Encapsulation and Adaptation Layer (SEAL) 3034 [RFC5320][I-D.templin-intarea-seal] 3036 o AERO, First Edition [RFC6706] 3037 Note that these works cite numerous earlier efforts that are not also 3038 cited here due to space limitations. The authors of those earlier 3039 works are acknowledged for their insights. 3041 This work is aligned with the NASA Safe Autonomous Systems Operation 3042 (SASO) program under NASA contract number NNA16BD84C. 3044 This work is aligned with the FAA as per the SE2025 contract number 3045 DTFAWA-15-D-00030. 3047 This work is aligned with the Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) 3048 Internet of Things (IoT) and autonomy programs. 3050 This work is aligned with the Boeing Information Technology (BIT) 3051 MobileNet program. 3053 8. References 3055 8.1. Normative References 3057 [I-D.templin-atn-aero-interface] 3058 Templin, F. and T. Whyman, "Transmission of IPv6 Packets 3059 over Overlay Multilink Network (OMNI) Interfaces", draft- 3060 templin-atn-aero-interface-17 (work in progress), February 3061 2020. 3063 [RFC0791] Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", STD 5, RFC 791, 3064 DOI 10.17487/RFC0791, September 1981, 3065 . 3067 [RFC0792] Postel, J., "Internet Control Message Protocol", STD 5, 3068 RFC 792, DOI 10.17487/RFC0792, September 1981, 3069 . 3071 [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate 3072 Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, 3073 DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, 3074 . 3076 [RFC2473] Conta, A. and S. Deering, "Generic Packet Tunneling in 3077 IPv6 Specification", RFC 2473, DOI 10.17487/RFC2473, 3078 December 1998, . 3080 [RFC2474] Nichols, K., Blake, S., Baker, F., and D. Black, 3081 "Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS 3082 Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers", RFC 2474, 3083 DOI 10.17487/RFC2474, December 1998, 3084 . 3086 [RFC3971] Arkko, J., Ed., Kempf, J., Zill, B., and P. Nikander, 3087 "SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)", RFC 3971, 3088 DOI 10.17487/RFC3971, March 2005, 3089 . 3091 [RFC3972] Aura, T., "Cryptographically Generated Addresses (CGA)", 3092 RFC 3972, DOI 10.17487/RFC3972, March 2005, 3093 . 3095 [RFC4191] Draves, R. and D. Thaler, "Default Router Preferences and 3096 More-Specific Routes", RFC 4191, DOI 10.17487/RFC4191, 3097 November 2005, . 3099 [RFC4861] Narten, T., Nordmark, E., Simpson, W., and H. Soliman, 3100 "Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)", RFC 4861, 3101 DOI 10.17487/RFC4861, September 2007, 3102 . 3104 [RFC4862] Thomson, S., Narten, T., and T. Jinmei, "IPv6 Stateless 3105 Address Autoconfiguration", RFC 4862, 3106 DOI 10.17487/RFC4862, September 2007, 3107 . 3109 [RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 3110 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, 3111 May 2017, . 3113 [RFC8200] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 3114 (IPv6) Specification", STD 86, RFC 8200, 3115 DOI 10.17487/RFC8200, July 2017, 3116 . 3118 [RFC8415] Mrugalski, T., Siodelski, M., Volz, B., Yourtchenko, A., 3119 Richardson, M., Jiang, S., Lemon, T., and T. Winters, 3120 "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", 3121 RFC 8415, DOI 10.17487/RFC8415, November 2018, 3122 . 3124 8.2. Informative References 3126 [BGP] Huston, G., "BGP in 2015, http://potaroo.net", January 3127 2016. 3129 [I-D.ietf-6man-segment-routing-header] 3130 Filsfils, C., Dukes, D., Previdi, S., Leddy, J., 3131 Matsushima, S., and D. Voyer, "IPv6 Segment Routing Header 3132 (SRH)", draft-ietf-6man-segment-routing-header-26 (work in 3133 progress), October 2019. 3135 [I-D.ietf-dmm-distributed-mobility-anchoring] 3136 Chan, A., Wei, X., Lee, J., Jeon, S., and C. Bernardos, 3137 "Distributed Mobility Anchoring", draft-ietf-dmm- 3138 distributed-mobility-anchoring-14 (work in progress), 3139 November 2019. 3141 [I-D.ietf-intarea-gue] 3142 Herbert, T., Yong, L., and O. Zia, "Generic UDP 3143 Encapsulation", draft-ietf-intarea-gue-09 (work in 3144 progress), October 2019. 3146 [I-D.ietf-intarea-gue-extensions] 3147 Herbert, T., Yong, L., and F. Templin, "Extensions for 3148 Generic UDP Encapsulation", draft-ietf-intarea-gue- 3149 extensions-06 (work in progress), March 2019. 3151 [I-D.ietf-intarea-tunnels] 3152 Touch, J. and M. Townsley, "IP Tunnels in the Internet 3153 Architecture", draft-ietf-intarea-tunnels-10 (work in 3154 progress), September 2019. 3156 [I-D.ietf-rtgwg-atn-bgp] 3157 Templin, F., Saccone, G., Dawra, G., Lindem, A., and V. 3158 Moreno, "A Simple BGP-based Mobile Routing System for the 3159 Aeronautical Telecommunications Network", draft-ietf- 3160 rtgwg-atn-bgp-05 (work in progress), January 2020. 3162 [I-D.templin-6man-dhcpv6-ndopt] 3163 Templin, F., "A Unified Stateful/Stateless Configuration 3164 Service for IPv6", draft-templin-6man-dhcpv6-ndopt-09 3165 (work in progress), January 2020. 3167 [I-D.templin-intarea-grefrag] 3168 Templin, F., "GRE Tunnel Level Fragmentation", draft- 3169 templin-intarea-grefrag-04 (work in progress), July 2016. 3171 [I-D.templin-intarea-seal] 3172 Templin, F., "The Subnetwork Encapsulation and Adaptation 3173 Layer (SEAL)", draft-templin-intarea-seal-68 (work in 3174 progress), January 2014. 3176 [I-D.templin-intarea-vet] 3177 Templin, F., "Virtual Enterprise Traversal (VET)", draft- 3178 templin-intarea-vet-40 (work in progress), May 2013. 3180 [I-D.templin-ironbis] 3181 Templin, F., "The Interior Routing Overlay Network 3182 (IRON)", draft-templin-ironbis-16 (work in progress), 3183 March 2014. 3185 [I-D.templin-v6ops-pdhost] 3186 Templin, F., "IPv6 Prefix Delegation and Multi-Addressing 3187 Models", draft-templin-v6ops-pdhost-25 (work in progress), 3188 January 2020. 3190 [OVPN] OpenVPN, O., "http://openvpn.net", October 2016. 3192 [RFC1035] Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and 3193 specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, DOI 10.17487/RFC1035, 3194 November 1987, . 3196 [RFC1122] Braden, R., Ed., "Requirements for Internet Hosts - 3197 Communication Layers", STD 3, RFC 1122, 3198 DOI 10.17487/RFC1122, October 1989, 3199 . 3201 [RFC1191] Mogul, J. and S. Deering, "Path MTU discovery", RFC 1191, 3202 DOI 10.17487/RFC1191, November 1990, 3203 . 3205 [RFC1812] Baker, F., Ed., "Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers", 3206 RFC 1812, DOI 10.17487/RFC1812, June 1995, 3207 . 3209 [RFC2003] Perkins, C., "IP Encapsulation within IP", RFC 2003, 3210 DOI 10.17487/RFC2003, October 1996, 3211 . 3213 [RFC2236] Fenner, W., "Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3214 2", RFC 2236, DOI 10.17487/RFC2236, November 1997, 3215 . 3217 [RFC2492] Armitage, G., Schulter, P., and M. Jork, "IPv6 over ATM 3218 Networks", RFC 2492, DOI 10.17487/RFC2492, January 1999, 3219 . 3221 [RFC2529] Carpenter, B. and C. Jung, "Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4 3222 Domains without Explicit Tunnels", RFC 2529, 3223 DOI 10.17487/RFC2529, March 1999, 3224 . 3226 [RFC2764] Gleeson, B., Lin, A., Heinanen, J., Armitage, G., and A. 3227 Malis, "A Framework for IP Based Virtual Private 3228 Networks", RFC 2764, DOI 10.17487/RFC2764, February 2000, 3229 . 3231 [RFC2784] Farinacci, D., Li, T., Hanks, S., Meyer, D., and P. 3232 Traina, "Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)", RFC 2784, 3233 DOI 10.17487/RFC2784, March 2000, 3234 . 3236 [RFC2890] Dommety, G., "Key and Sequence Number Extensions to GRE", 3237 RFC 2890, DOI 10.17487/RFC2890, September 2000, 3238 . 3240 [RFC2923] Lahey, K., "TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery", 3241 RFC 2923, DOI 10.17487/RFC2923, September 2000, 3242 . 3244 [RFC2983] Black, D., "Differentiated Services and Tunnels", 3245 RFC 2983, DOI 10.17487/RFC2983, October 2000, 3246 . 3248 [RFC3168] Ramakrishnan, K., Floyd, S., and D. Black, "The Addition 3249 of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP", 3250 RFC 3168, DOI 10.17487/RFC3168, September 2001, 3251 . 3253 [RFC3810] Vida, R., Ed. and L. Costa, Ed., "Multicast Listener 3254 Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6", RFC 3810, 3255 DOI 10.17487/RFC3810, June 2004, 3256 . 3258 [RFC3819] Karn, P., Ed., Bormann, C., Fairhurst, G., Grossman, D., 3259 Ludwig, R., Mahdavi, J., Montenegro, G., Touch, J., and L. 3260 Wood, "Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers", BCP 89, 3261 RFC 3819, DOI 10.17487/RFC3819, July 2004, 3262 . 3264 [RFC4213] Nordmark, E. and R. Gilligan, "Basic Transition Mechanisms 3265 for IPv6 Hosts and Routers", RFC 4213, 3266 DOI 10.17487/RFC4213, October 2005, 3267 . 3269 [RFC4251] Ylonen, T. and C. Lonvick, Ed., "The Secure Shell (SSH) 3270 Protocol Architecture", RFC 4251, DOI 10.17487/RFC4251, 3271 January 2006, . 3273 [RFC4271] Rekhter, Y., Ed., Li, T., Ed., and S. Hares, Ed., "A 3274 Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271, 3275 DOI 10.17487/RFC4271, January 2006, 3276 . 3278 [RFC4291] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing 3279 Architecture", RFC 4291, DOI 10.17487/RFC4291, February 3280 2006, . 3282 [RFC4301] Kent, S. and K. Seo, "Security Architecture for the 3283 Internet Protocol", RFC 4301, DOI 10.17487/RFC4301, 3284 December 2005, . 3286 [RFC4389] Thaler, D., Talwar, M., and C. Patel, "Neighbor Discovery 3287 Proxies (ND Proxy)", RFC 4389, DOI 10.17487/RFC4389, April 3288 2006, . 3290 [RFC4443] Conta, A., Deering, S., and M. Gupta, Ed., "Internet 3291 Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet 3292 Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", STD 89, 3293 RFC 4443, DOI 10.17487/RFC4443, March 2006, 3294 . 3296 [RFC4511] Sermersheim, J., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access 3297 Protocol (LDAP): The Protocol", RFC 4511, 3298 DOI 10.17487/RFC4511, June 2006, 3299 . 3301 [RFC4541] Christensen, M., Kimball, K., and F. Solensky, 3302 "Considerations for Internet Group Management Protocol 3303 (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping 3304 Switches", RFC 4541, DOI 10.17487/RFC4541, May 2006, 3305 . 3307 [RFC4605] Fenner, B., He, H., Haberman, B., and H. Sandick, 3308 "Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) / Multicast 3309 Listener Discovery (MLD)-Based Multicast Forwarding 3310 ("IGMP/MLD Proxying")", RFC 4605, DOI 10.17487/RFC4605, 3311 August 2006, . 3313 [RFC4607] Holbrook, H. and B. Cain, "Source-Specific Multicast for 3314 IP", RFC 4607, DOI 10.17487/RFC4607, August 2006, 3315 . 3317 [RFC4963] Heffner, J., Mathis, M., and B. Chandler, "IPv4 Reassembly 3318 Errors at High Data Rates", RFC 4963, 3319 DOI 10.17487/RFC4963, July 2007, 3320 . 3322 [RFC4982] Bagnulo, M. and J. Arkko, "Support for Multiple Hash 3323 Algorithms in Cryptographically Generated Addresses 3324 (CGAs)", RFC 4982, DOI 10.17487/RFC4982, July 2007, 3325 . 3327 [RFC5015] Handley, M., Kouvelas, I., Speakman, T., and L. Vicisano, 3328 "Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR- 3329 PIM)", RFC 5015, DOI 10.17487/RFC5015, October 2007, 3330 . 3332 [RFC5214] Templin, F., Gleeson, T., and D. Thaler, "Intra-Site 3333 Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP)", RFC 5214, 3334 DOI 10.17487/RFC5214, March 2008, 3335 . 3337 [RFC5320] Templin, F., Ed., "The Subnetwork Encapsulation and 3338 Adaptation Layer (SEAL)", RFC 5320, DOI 10.17487/RFC5320, 3339 February 2010, . 3341 [RFC5522] Eddy, W., Ivancic, W., and T. Davis, "Network Mobility 3342 Route Optimization Requirements for Operational Use in 3343 Aeronautics and Space Exploration Mobile Networks", 3344 RFC 5522, DOI 10.17487/RFC5522, October 2009, 3345 . 3347 [RFC5558] Templin, F., Ed., "Virtual Enterprise Traversal (VET)", 3348 RFC 5558, DOI 10.17487/RFC5558, February 2010, 3349 . 3351 [RFC5569] Despres, R., "IPv6 Rapid Deployment on IPv4 3352 Infrastructures (6rd)", RFC 5569, DOI 10.17487/RFC5569, 3353 January 2010, . 3355 [RFC5880] Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection 3356 (BFD)", RFC 5880, DOI 10.17487/RFC5880, June 2010, 3357 . 3359 [RFC6106] Jeong, J., Park, S., Beloeil, L., and S. Madanapalli, 3360 "IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration", 3361 RFC 6106, DOI 10.17487/RFC6106, November 2010, 3362 . 3364 [RFC6146] Bagnulo, M., Matthews, P., and I. van Beijnum, "Stateful 3365 NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6 3366 Clients to IPv4 Servers", RFC 6146, DOI 10.17487/RFC6146, 3367 April 2011, . 3369 [RFC6179] Templin, F., Ed., "The Internet Routing Overlay Network 3370 (IRON)", RFC 6179, DOI 10.17487/RFC6179, March 2011, 3371 . 3373 [RFC6221] Miles, D., Ed., Ooghe, S., Dec, W., Krishnan, S., and A. 3374 Kavanagh, "Lightweight DHCPv6 Relay Agent", RFC 6221, 3375 DOI 10.17487/RFC6221, May 2011, 3376 . 3378 [RFC6273] Kukec, A., Krishnan, S., and S. Jiang, "The Secure 3379 Neighbor Discovery (SEND) Hash Threat Analysis", RFC 6273, 3380 DOI 10.17487/RFC6273, June 2011, 3381 . 3383 [RFC6347] Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer 3384 Security Version 1.2", RFC 6347, DOI 10.17487/RFC6347, 3385 January 2012, . 3387 [RFC6438] Carpenter, B. and S. Amante, "Using the IPv6 Flow Label 3388 for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in 3389 Tunnels", RFC 6438, DOI 10.17487/RFC6438, November 2011, 3390 . 3392 [RFC6706] Templin, F., Ed., "Asymmetric Extended Route Optimization 3393 (AERO)", RFC 6706, DOI 10.17487/RFC6706, August 2012, 3394 . 3396 [RFC6864] Touch, J., "Updated Specification of the IPv4 ID Field", 3397 RFC 6864, DOI 10.17487/RFC6864, February 2013, 3398 . 3400 [RFC7269] Chen, G., Cao, Z., Xie, C., and D. Binet, "NAT64 3401 Deployment Options and Experience", RFC 7269, 3402 DOI 10.17487/RFC7269, June 2014, 3403 . 3405 [RFC7333] Chan, H., Ed., Liu, D., Seite, P., Yokota, H., and J. 3406 Korhonen, "Requirements for Distributed Mobility 3407 Management", RFC 7333, DOI 10.17487/RFC7333, August 2014, 3408 . 3410 [RFC7761] Fenner, B., Handley, M., Holbrook, H., Kouvelas, I., 3411 Parekh, R., Zhang, Z., and L. Zheng, "Protocol Independent 3412 Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification 3413 (Revised)", STD 83, RFC 7761, DOI 10.17487/RFC7761, March 3414 2016, . 3416 [RFC8086] Yong, L., Ed., Crabbe, E., Xu, X., and T. Herbert, "GRE- 3417 in-UDP Encapsulation", RFC 8086, DOI 10.17487/RFC8086, 3418 March 2017, . 3420 [RFC8201] McCann, J., Deering, S., Mogul, J., and R. Hinden, Ed., 3421 "Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6", STD 87, RFC 8201, 3422 DOI 10.17487/RFC8201, July 2017, 3423 . 3425 [RFC8402] Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L., 3426 Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment 3427 Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402, 3428 July 2018, . 3430 [RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol 3431 Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018, 3432 . 3434 Appendix A. AERO Alternate Encapsulations 3436 When GUE encapsulation is not needed, AERO can use common 3437 encapsulations such as IP-in-IP [RFC2003][RFC2473][RFC4213], Generic 3438 Routing Encapsulation (GRE) [RFC2784][RFC2890] and others. The 3439 encapsulation is therefore only differentiated from non-AERO tunnels 3440 through the application of AERO control messaging and not through, 3441 e.g., a well-known UDP port number. 3443 As for GUE encapsulation, alternate AERO encapsulation formats may 3444 require encapsulation layer fragmentation. For simple IP-in-IP 3445 encapsulation, an IPv6 fragment header is inserted directly between 3446 the inner and outer IP headers when needed, i.e., even if the outer 3447 header is IPv4. The IPv6 Fragment Header is identified to the outer 3448 IP layer by its IP protocol number, and the Next Header field in the 3449 IPv6 Fragment Header identifies the inner IP header version. For GRE 3450 encapsulation, a GRE fragment header is inserted within the GRE 3451 header [I-D.templin-intarea-grefrag]. 3453 Figure 6 shows the AERO IP-in-IP encapsulation format before any 3454 fragmentation is applied: 3456 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3457 | Outer IPv4 Header | | Outer IPv6 Header | 3458 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3459 |IPv6 Frag Header (optional)| |IPv6 Frag Header (optional)| 3460 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3461 | Inner IP Header | | Inner IP Header | 3462 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3463 | | | | 3464 ~ ~ ~ ~ 3465 ~ Inner Packet Body ~ ~ Inner Packet Body ~ 3466 ~ ~ ~ ~ 3467 | | | | 3468 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3470 Minimal Encapsulation in IPv4 Minimal Encapsulation in IPv6 3472 Figure 6: Minimal Encapsulation Format using IP-in-IP 3474 Figure 7 shows the AERO GRE encapsulation format before any 3475 fragmentation is applied: 3477 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3478 | Outer IP Header | 3479 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3480 | GRE Header | 3481 | (with checksum, key, etc..) | 3482 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3483 | GRE Fragment Header (optional)| 3484 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3485 | Inner IP Header | 3486 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3487 | | 3488 ~ ~ 3489 ~ Inner Packet Body ~ 3490 ~ ~ 3491 | | 3492 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 3494 Figure 7: Minimal Encapsulation Using GRE 3496 Alternate encapsulation may be preferred in environments where GUE 3497 encapsulation would add unnecessary overhead. For example, certain 3498 low-bandwidth wireless data links may benefit from a reduced 3499 encapsulation overhead. 3501 GUE encapsulation can traverse network paths that are inaccessible to 3502 non-UDP encapsulations, e.g., for crossing Network Address 3503 Translators (NATs). More and more, network middleboxes are also 3504 being configured to discard packets that include anything other than 3505 a well-known IP protocol such as UDP and TCP. It may therefore be 3506 necessary to determine the potential for middlebox filtering before 3507 enabling alternate encapsulation in a given environment. 3509 In addition to IP-in-IP, GRE and GUE, AERO can also use security 3510 encapsulations such as IPsec, TLS/SSL, DTLS, etc. In that case, AERO 3511 control messaging and route determination occur before security 3512 encapsulation is applied for outgoing packets and after security 3513 decapsulation is applied for incoming packets. 3515 AERO is especially well suited for use with VPN system encapsulations 3516 such as OpenVPN [OVPN]. 3518 Appendix B. Non-Normative Considerations 3520 AERO can be applied to a multitude of Internetworking scenarios, with 3521 each having its own adaptations. The following considerations are 3522 provided as non-normative guidance: 3524 B.1. Implementation Strategies for Route Optimization 3526 Route optimization as discussed in Section 3.17 results in the route 3527 optimization source (ROS) creating an asymmetric neighbor cache entry 3528 for the target neighbor. The neighbor cache entry is maintained for 3529 at most REACHABLETIME seconds and then deleted unless updated. In 3530 order to refresh the neighbor cache entry lifetime before the 3531 ReachableTime timer expires, the specification requires 3532 implementations to issue a new NS/NA exchange to reset ReachableTime 3533 to REACHABLETIME seconds while data packets are still flowing. 3534 However, the decision of when to initiate a new NS/NA exchange and to 3535 perpetuate the process is left as an implementation detail. 3537 One possible strategy may be to monitor the neighbor cache entry 3538 watching for data packets for (REACHABLETIME - 5) seconds. If any 3539 data packets have been sent to the neighbor within this timeframe, 3540 then send an NS to receive a new NA. If no data packets have been 3541 sent, wait for 5 additional seconds and send an immediate NS if any 3542 data packets are sent within this "expiration pending" 5 second 3543 window. If no additional data packets are sent within the 5 second 3544 window, delete the neighbor cache entry. 3546 The monitoring of the neighbor data packet traffic therefore becomes 3547 an asymmetric ongoing process during the neighbor cache entry 3548 lifetime. If the neighbor cache entry expires, future data packets 3549 will trigger a new NS/NA exchange while the packets themselves are 3550 delivered over a longer path until route optimization state is re- 3551 established. 3553 B.2. Implicit Mobility Management 3555 AERO interface neighbors MAY provide a configuration option that 3556 allows them to perform implicit mobility management in which no ND 3557 messaging is used. In that case, the Client only transmits packets 3558 over a single interface at a time, and the neighbor always observes 3559 packets arriving from the Client from the same link-layer source 3560 address. 3562 If the Client's underlying interface address changes (either due to a 3563 readdressing of the original interface or switching to a new 3564 interface) the neighbor immediately updates the neighbor cache entry 3565 for the Client and begins accepting and sending packets according to 3566 the Client's new address. This implicit mobility method applies to 3567 use cases such as cellphones with both WiFi and Cellular interfaces 3568 where only one of the interfaces is active at a given time, and the 3569 Client automatically switches over to the backup interface if the 3570 primary interface fails. 3572 B.3. Direct Underlying Interfaces 3574 When a Client's AERO interface is configured over a Direct interface, 3575 the neighbor at the other end of the Direct link can receive packets 3576 without any encapsulation. In that case, the Client sends packets 3577 over the Direct link according to QoS preferences. If the Direct 3578 interface has the highest QoS preference, then the Client's IP 3579 packets are transmitted directly to the peer without going through an 3580 ANET/INET. If other interfaces have higher QoS preferences, then the 3581 Client's IP packets are transmitted via a different interface, which 3582 may result in the inclusion of Proxys, Servers and Relays in the 3583 communications path. Direct interfaces must be tested periodically 3584 for reachability, e.g., via NUD. 3586 B.4. AERO Clients on the Open Internetwork 3588 AERO Clients that connect to the open Internetwork via either a 3589 native or NATed interface can establish a VPN to securely connect to 3590 a Server. Alternatively, the Client can exchange ND messages 3591 directly with other AERO nodes on the same SPAN segment using INET 3592 encapsulation only and without joining the SPAN. In that case, 3593 however, the Client must apply asymmetric security for ND messages to 3594 ensure routing and neighbor cache integrity (see: Section 6). 3596 B.5. Operation on AERO Links with /64 ASPs 3598 IPv6 AERO links typically have MSPs that aggregate many candidate 3599 MNPs of length /64 or shorter. However, in some cases it may be 3600 desirable to use AERO over links that have only a /64 MSP. This can 3601 be accommodated by treating all Clients on the AERO link as simple 3602 hosts that receive /128 prefix delegations. 3604 In that case, the Client sends an RS message to the Server the same 3605 as for ordinary AERO links. The Server responds with an RA message 3606 that includes one or more /128 prefixes (i.e., singleton addresses) 3607 that include the /64 MSP prefix along with an interface identifier 3608 portion to be assigned to the Client. The Client and Server then 3609 configure their AERO addresses based on the interface identifier 3610 portions of the /128s (i.e., the lower 64 bits) and not based on the 3611 /64 prefix (i.e., the upper 64 bits). 3613 For example, if the MSP for the host-only IPv6 AERO link is 3614 2001:db8:1000:2000::/64, each Client will receive one or more /128 3615 IPv6 prefix delegations such as 2001:db8:1000:2000::1/128, 3616 2001:db8:1000:2000::2/128, etc. When the Client receives the prefix 3617 delegations, it assigns the AERO addresses fe80::1, fe80::2, etc. to 3618 the AERO interface, and assigns the global IPv6 addresses (i.e., the 3619 /128s) to either the AERO interface or an internal virtual interface 3620 such as a loopback. In this arrangement, the Client conducts route 3621 optimization in the same sense as discussed in Section 3.17. 3623 This specification has applicability for nodes that act as a Client 3624 on an "upstream" AERO link, but also act as a Server on "downstream" 3625 AERO links. More specifically, if the node acts as a Client to 3626 receive a /64 prefix from the upstream AERO link it can then act as a 3627 Server to provision /128s to Clients on downstream AERO links. 3629 B.6. AERO Adaptations for SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND) 3631 SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND) [RFC3971] and Cryptographically 3632 Generated Addresses (CGAs) [RFC3972] were designed to secure IPv6 ND 3633 messaging in environments where symmetric network and/or transport- 3634 layer security services are impractical (see: Section 6). AERO nodes 3635 that use SEND/CGA employ the following adaptations. 3637 When a source AERO node prepares a SEND-protected ND message, it uses 3638 a link-local CGA as the IPv6 source address and writes the prefix 3639 embedded in its AERO address (i.e., instead of fe80::/64) in the CGA 3640 parameters Subnet Prefix field. When the neighbor receives the ND 3641 message, it first verifies the message checksum and SEND/CGA 3642 parameters while using the link-local prefix fe80::/64 (i.e., instead 3643 of the value in the Subnet Prefix field) to match against the IPv6 3644 source address of the ND message. 3646 The neighbor then derives the AERO address of the source by using the 3647 value in the Subnet Prefix field as the interface identifier of an 3648 AERO address. For example, if the Subnet Prefix field contains 3649 2001:db8:1:2, the neighbor constructs the AERO address as 3650 fe80::2001:db8:1:2. The neighbor then caches the AERO address in the 3651 neighbor cache entry it creates for the source, and uses the AERO 3652 address as the IPv6 destination address of any ND message replies. 3654 B.7. AERO Critical Infrastructure Considerations 3656 AERO Relays can be either Commercial off-the Shelf (COTS) standard IP 3657 routers or virtual machines in the cloud. Relays must be 3658 provisioned, supported and managed by the INET administrative 3659 authority, and connected to the Relays of other INETs via inter- 3660 domain peerings. Cost for purchasing, configuring and managing 3661 Relays is nominal even for very large AERO links. 3663 AERO Servers can be standard dedicated server platforms, but most 3664 often will be deployed as virtual machines in the cloud. The only 3665 requirements for Servers are that they can run the AERO user-level 3666 code and have at least one network interface connection to the INET. 3667 As with Relays, Servers must be provisioned, supported and managed by 3668 the INET administrative authority. Cost for purchasing, configuring 3669 and managing Servers is nominal especially for virtual Servers hosted 3670 in the cloud. 3672 AERO Proxys are most often standard dedicated server platforms with 3673 one network interface connected to the ANET and a second interface 3674 connected to an INET. As with Servers, the only requirements are 3675 that they can run the AERO user-level code and have at least one 3676 interface connection to the INET. Proxys must be provisioned, 3677 supported and managed by the ANET administrative authority. Cost for 3678 purchasing, configuring and managing Proxys is nominal, and borne by 3679 the ANET administrative authority. 3681 AERO Gateways can be any dedicated server or COTS router platform 3682 connected to INETs and/or EUNs. The Gateway joins the SPAN and 3683 engages in eBGP peering with one or more Relays as a stub AS. The 3684 Gateway then injects its MNPs and/or non-MNP prefixes into the BGP 3685 routing system, and provisions the prefixes to its downstream- 3686 attached networks. The Gateway can perform ROS and MAP services the 3687 same as for any Server, and can route between the MNP and non-MNP 3688 address spaces. 3690 B.8. AERO Server Failure Implications 3692 AERO Servers may appear as a single point of failure in the 3693 architecture, but such is not the case since all Servers on the link 3694 provide identical services and loss of a Server does not imply 3695 immediate and/or comprehensive communication failures. Although 3696 Clients typically associate with a single Server at a time, Server 3697 failure is quickly detected and conveyed by Bidirectional Forward 3698 Detection (BFD) and/or proactive NUD allowing Clients to migrate to 3699 new Servers. 3701 If a Server fails, ongoing packet forwarding to Clients will continue 3702 by virtue of the asymmetric neighbor cache entries that have already 3703 been established in route optimization sources (ROSs). If a Client 3704 also experiences mobility events at roughly the same time the Server 3705 fails, unsolicited NA messages may be lost but proxy neighbor cache 3706 entries in the DEPARTED state will ensure that packet forwarding to 3707 the Client's new locations will continue for up to DEPARTTIME 3708 seconds. 3710 If a Client is left without a Server for an extended timeframe (e.g., 3711 greater than REACHABLETIIME seconds) then existing asymmetric 3712 neighbor cache entries will eventually expire and both ongoing and 3713 new communications will fail. The original source will continue to 3714 retransmit until the Client has established a new Server 3715 relationship, after which time continuous communications will resume. 3717 Therefore, providing many Servers on the link with high availability 3718 profiles provides resilience against loss of individual Servers and 3719 assurance that Clients can establish new Server relationships quickly 3720 in event of a Server failure. 3722 B.9. AERO Client / Server Architecture 3724 The AERO architectural model is client / server in the control plane, 3725 with route optimization in the data plane. The same as for common 3726 Internet services, the AERO Client discovers the addresses of AERO 3727 Servers and selects one Server to connect to. The AERO service is 3728 analogous to common Internet services such as google.com, yahoo.com, 3729 cnn.com, etc. However, there is only one AERO service for the link 3730 and all Servers provide identical services. 3732 Common Internet services provide differing strategies for advertising 3733 server addresses to clients. The strategy is conveyed through the 3734 DNS resource records returned in response to name resolution queries. 3735 As of January 2020 Internet-based 'nslookup' services were used to 3736 determine the following: 3738 o When a client resolves the domainname "google.com", the DNS always 3739 returns one A record (i.e., an IPv4 address) and one AAAA record 3740 (i.e., an IPv6 address). The client receives the same addresses 3741 each time it resolves the domainname via the same DNS resolver, 3742 but may receive different addresses when it resolves the 3743 domainname via different DNS resolvers. But, in each case, 3744 exactly one A and one AAAA record are returned. 3746 o When a client resolves the domainname "ietf.org", the DNS always 3747 returns one A record and one AAAA record with the same addresses 3748 regardless of which DNS resolver is used. 3750 o When a client resolves the domainname "yahoo.com", the DNS always 3751 returns a list of 4 A records and 4 AAAA records. Each time the 3752 client resolves the domainname via the same DNS resolver, the same 3753 list of addresses are returned but in randomized order (i.e., 3754 consistent with a DNS round-robin strategy). But, interestingly, 3755 the same addresses are returned (albeit in randomized order) when 3756 the domainname is resolved via different DNS resolvers. 3758 o When a client resolves the domainname "amazon.com", the DNS always 3759 returns a list of 3 A records and no AAAA records. As with 3760 "yahoo.com", the same three A records are returned from any 3761 worldwide Internet connection point in randomized order. 3763 The above example strategies show differing approaches to Internet 3764 resilience and service distribution offered by major Internet 3765 services. The Google approach exposes only a single IPv4 and a 3766 single IPv6 address to clients. Clients can then select whichever IP 3767 protocol version offers the best response, but will always use the 3768 same IP address according to the current Internet connection point. 3769 This means that the IP address offered by the network must lead to a 3770 highly-available server and/or service distribution point. In other 3771 words, resilience is predicated on high availability within the 3772 network and with no client-initiated failovers expected (i.e., it is 3773 all-or-nothing from the client's perspective). However, Google does 3774 provide for worldwide distributed service distribution by virtue of 3775 the fact that each Internet connection point responds with a 3776 different IPv6 and IPv4 address. The IETF approach is like google 3777 (all-or-nothing from the client's perspective), but provides only a 3778 single IPv4 or IPv6 address on a worldwide basis. This means that 3779 the addresses must be made highly-available at the network level with 3780 no client failover possibility, and if there is any worldwide service 3781 distribution it would need to be conducted by a network element that 3782 is reached via the IP address acting as a service distribution point. 3784 In contrast to the Google and IETF philosophies, Yahoo and Amazon 3785 both provide clients with a (short) list of IP addresses with Yahoo 3786 providing both IP protocol versions and Amazon as IPv4-only. The 3787 order of the list is randomized with each name service query 3788 response, with the effect of round-robin load balancing for service 3789 distribution. With a short list of addresses, there is still 3790 expectation that the network will implement high availability for 3791 each address but in case any single address fails the client can 3792 switch over to using a different address. The balance then becomes 3793 one of function in the network vs function in the end system. 3795 The same implications observed for common highly-available services 3796 in the Internet apply also to the AERO client/server architecture. 3797 When an AERO Client connects to one or more ANETs, it discovers one 3798 or more AERO Server addresses through the mechanisms discussed in 3799 earlier sections. Each Server address presumably leads to a fault- 3800 tolerant clustering arrangement such as supported by Linux-HA, 3801 Extended Virtual Synchrony or Paxos. Such an arrangement has 3802 precedence in common Internet service deployments in lightweight 3803 virtual machines without requiring expensive hardware deployment. 3804 Similarly, common Internet service deployments set service IP 3805 addresses on service distribution points that may relay requests to 3806 many different servers. 3808 For AERO, the expectation is that a combination of the Google/IETF 3809 and Yahoo/Amazon philosophies would be employed. The AERO Client 3810 connects to different ANET access points and can receive 1-2 Server 3811 AERO addresses at each point. It then selects one AERO Server 3812 address, and engages in RS/RA exchanges with the same Server from all 3813 ANET connections. The Client remains with this Server unless or 3814 until the Server fails, in which case it can switch over to an 3815 alternate Server. The Client can likewise switch over to a different 3816 Server at any time if there is some reason for it to do so. So, the 3817 AERO expectation is for a balance of function in the network and end 3818 system, with fault tolerance and resilience at both levels. 3820 Appendix C. Change Log 3822 << RFC Editor - remove prior to publication >> 3824 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-25 to draft-templin- 3825 intrea-6706bis-26: 3827 o MTU and RA configuration information updated. 3829 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-24 to draft-templin- 3830 intrea-6706bis-25: 3832 o Added concept of "primary" to allow for proxyed RS/RA over only 3833 selected underlying interfaces. 3835 o General Cleanup. 3837 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-23 to draft-templin- 3838 intrea-6706bis-24: 3840 o OMNI interface spec now a normative reference. 3842 o Use REACHABLETIME as the nominal Router Lifetime to return in RAs. 3844 o General cleanup. 3846 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-22 to draft-templin- 3847 intrea-6706bis-23: 3849 o Choice of using either RS/RA or unsolicited NA for old Server 3850 notification. 3852 o General cleanup. 3854 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-21 to draft-templin- 3855 intrea-6706bis-22: 3857 o Tightened up text on Proxy. 3859 o Removed unnecessarily restrictive texts. 3861 o General cleanup. 3863 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-20 to draft-templin- 3864 intrea-6706bis-21: 3866 o Clarified relationship between OMNI and S/TLLAO ifIndex-tuples. 3868 o Important text in Section 13.15.3 on Servers timing out Clients 3869 that have gone silent without sending a departure notification. 3871 o New text on RS/RA as "hints of forward progress" for proactive 3872 NUD. 3874 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-19 to draft-templin- 3875 intrea-6706bis-20: 3877 o Included new route optimization source and destination addressing 3878 strategy. Now, route optimization maintenance uses the address of 3879 the existing Server instead of the data packet destination address 3880 so that less pressure is placed on the BGP routing system 3881 convergence time and Server constancy is supported. 3883 o Included new method for releasing from old MSE without requiring 3884 Client messaging. 3886 o Included references to new OMNI interface spec (including the OMNI 3887 option). 3889 o New appendix on AERO Client/Server architecture. 3891 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-18 to draft-templin- 3892 intrea-6706bis-19: 3894 o Changed Proxy/Server keepalives to use "proactive NUD" in a manner 3895 tha paralles BFD 3897 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-17 to draft-templin- 3898 intrea-6706bis-18: 3900 o Discuss how AERO option is used in relation to S/TLLAOs 3902 o New text on Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) 3904 o Cleaned up usage (and non-usage) of unsolicited NAs 3906 o New appendix on Server failures 3908 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-15 to draft-templin- 3909 intrea-6706bis-17: 3911 o S/TLLAO now includes multiple link-layer addresses within a single 3912 option instead of requiring multiple options 3914 o New unsolicited NA message to inform the old link that a Client 3915 has moved to a new link 3917 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-14 to draft-templin- 3918 intrea-6706bis-15: 3920 o MTU and fragmentation 3922 o New details in movement to new Server 3924 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-13 to draft-templin- 3925 intrea-6706bis-14: 3927 o Security based on secured tunnels, ingress filtering, MAP list and 3928 ROS list 3930 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-12 to draft-templin- 3931 intrea-6706bis-13: 3933 o New paragraph in Section 3.6 on AERO interface layering over 3934 secured tunnels 3936 o Removed extraneous text in Section 3.7 3938 o Added new detail to the forwarding algorithm in Section 3.9 3940 o Clarified use of fragmentation 3942 o Route optimization now supported for both MNP and non-MNP-based 3943 prefixes 3945 o Relays are now seen as link-layer elements in the architecture. 3947 o Built out multicast section in detail. 3949 o New Appendix on implementation considerations for route 3950 optimization. 3952 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-11 to draft-templin- 3953 intrea-6706bis-12: 3955 o Introduced Gateways as a new AERO element for connecting 3956 Correspondent Nodes on INET links 3958 o Introduced terms "Access Network (ANET)" and "Internetwork (INET)" 3960 o Changed "ASP" to "MSP", and "ACP" to "MNP" 3962 o New figure on the relation of Segments to the SPAN and AERO link 3964 o New "S" bit in S/TLLAO to indicate the "Source" S/TLLAO as opposed 3965 to additional S/TLLAOs 3967 o Changed Interface ID for Servers from 255 to 0xffff 3969 o Significant updates to Route Optimization, NUD, and Mobility 3970 Management 3972 o New Section on Multicast 3974 o New Section on AERO Clients in the open Internetwork 3976 o New Section on Operation over multiple AERO links (VLANs over the 3977 SPAN) 3979 o New Sections on DNS considerations and Transition considerations 3981 o 3983 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-10 to draft-templin- 3984 intrea-6706bis-11: 3986 o Added The SPAN 3988 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-09 to draft-templin- 3989 intrea-6706bis-10: 3991 o Orphaned packets in flight (e.g., when a neighbor cache entry is 3992 in the DEPARTED state) are now forwarded at the link layer instead 3993 of at the network layer. Forwarding at the network layer can 3994 result in routing loops and/or excessive delays of forwarded 3995 packets while the routing system is still reconverging. 3997 o Update route optimization to clarify the unsecured nature of the 3998 first NS used for route discovery 4000 o Many cleanups and clarifications on ND messaging parameters 4002 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-08 to draft-templin- 4003 intrea-6706bis-09: 4005 o Changed PRL to "MAP list" 4007 o For neighbor cache entries, changed "static" to "symmetric", and 4008 "dynamic" to "asymmetric" 4010 o Specified Proxy RS/RA exchanges with Servers on behalf of Clients 4012 o Added discussion of unsolicited NAs in Section 3.16, and included 4013 forward reference to Section 3.18 4015 o Added discussion of AERO Clients used as critical infrastructure 4016 elements to connect fixed networks. 4018 o Added network-based VPN under security considerations 4020 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-07 to draft-templin- 4021 intrea-6706bis-08: 4023 o New section on AERO-Aware Access Router 4025 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-06 to draft-templin- 4026 intrea-6706bis-07: 4028 o Added "R" bit for release of PDs. Now have a full RS/RA service 4029 that can do PD without requiring DHCPv6 messaging over-the-air 4031 o Clarifications on solicited vs unsolicited NAs 4033 o Clarified use of MAX_NEIGHBOR_ADVERTISEMENTS for the purpose of 4034 increase reliability 4036 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-05 to draft-templin- 4037 intrea-6706bis-06: 4039 o Major re-work and simplification of Route Optimization function 4041 o Added Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) and Mobility Anchor 4042 Point (MAP) terminology 4044 o New section on "AERO Critical Infrastructure Element 4045 Considerations" demonstrating low overall cost for the service 4047 o minor text revisions and deletions 4049 o removed extraneous appendices 4051 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-04 to draft-templin- 4052 intrea-6706bis-05: 4054 o New Appendix E on S/TLLAO Extensions for special-purpose links. 4055 Discussed ATN/IPS as example. 4057 o New sentence in introduction to declare appendices as non- 4058 normative. 4060 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-03 to draft-templin- 4061 intrea-6706bis-04: 4063 o Added definitions for Potential Router List (PRL) and secure 4064 enclave 4066 o Included text on mapping transport layer port numbers to network 4067 layer DSCP values 4069 o Added reference to DTLS and DMM Distributed Mobility Anchoring 4070 working group document 4072 o Reworked Security Considerations 4074 o Updated references. 4076 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-02 to draft-templin- 4077 intrea-6706bis-03: 4079 o Added new section on SEND. 4081 o Clarifications on "AERO Address" section. 4083 o Updated references and added new reference for RFC8086. 4085 o Security considerations updates. 4087 o General text clarifications and cleanup. 4089 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-01 to draft-templin- 4090 intrea-6706bis-02: 4092 o Note on encapsulation avoidance in Section 4. 4094 Changes from draft-templin-intarea-6706bis-00 to draft-templin- 4095 intrea-6706bis-01: 4097 o Remove DHCPv6 Server Release procedures that leveraged the old way 4098 Relays used to "route" between Server link-local addresses 4100 o Remove all text relating to Relays needing to do any AERO-specific 4101 operations 4103 o Proxy sends RS and receives RA from Server using SEND. Use CGAs 4104 as source addresses, and destination address of RA reply is to the 4105 AERO address corresponding to the Client's ACP. 4107 o Proxy uses SEND to protect RS and authenticate RA (Client does not 4108 use SEND, but rather relies on subnetwork security. When the 4109 Proxy receives an RS from the Client, it creates a new RS using 4110 its own addresses as the source and uses SEND with CGAs to send a 4111 new RS to the Server. 4113 o Emphasize distributed mobility management 4115 o AERO address-based RS injection of ACP into underlying routing 4116 system. 4118 Changes from draft-templin-aerolink-82 to draft-templin-intarea- 4119 6706bis-00: 4121 o Document use of NUD (NS/NA) for reliable link-layer address 4122 updates as an alternative to unreliable unsolicited NA. 4123 Consistent with Section 7.2.6 of RFC4861. 4125 o Server adds additional layer of encapsulation between outer and 4126 inner headers of NS/NA messages for transmission through Relays 4127 that act as vanilla IPv6 routers. The messages include the AERO 4128 Server Subnet Router Anycast address as the source and the Subnet 4129 Router Anycast address corresponding to the Client's ACP as the 4130 destination. 4132 o Clients use Subnet Router Anycast address as the encapsulation 4133 source address when the access network does not provide a 4134 topologically-fixed address. 4136 Author's Address 4138 Fred L. Templin (editor) 4139 Boeing Research & Technology 4140 P.O. Box 3707 4141 Seattle, WA 98124 4142 USA 4144 Email: fltemplin@acm.org