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https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-farinacci-lisp-decent/
Network Working Group D. Farinacci
Internet-Draft lispers.net
Intended status: Experimental C. Cantrell
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January 10, 2018
A Decent LISP Mapping System (LISP-Decent)
draft-farinacci-lisp-decent-00
Abstract
This draft describes how the LISP mapping system designed to be
distributed for scale can also be decentralized for management and
trust.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Components of a LISP-Decent xTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. No LISP Protocol Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. Configuration and Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Core Peer-Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Appendix A. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Appendix B. Document Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B.1. Changes to draft-farinacci-lisp-decent . . . . . . . . . 10
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1. Introduction
The LISP architecture and protocols [RFC6830] introduces two new
numbering spaces, Endpoint Identifiers (EIDs) and Routing Locators
(RLOCs) which is intended to provide overlay network functionality.
To map from EID to a set or RLOCs, a control-plane mapping system are
used [RFC6836] [RFC8111]. These mapping systems are distributed in
nature in their deployment for scalability but are centrally managed
by a third- party entity, namely a Mapping System Provider (MSP).
The entities that use the mapping system, such as data-plane xTRs,
depend on and trust the MSP. They do not participate in the mapping
system other than to register and retrieve information to/from the
mapping system [RFC6833].
This document introduces a Decentralized Mapping System (DMS) so the
xTRs can participate in the mapping system as well as use it. They
can trust each other rather than rely on third-party infrastructure.
The xTRs act as Map-Servers to maintain distributed state for scale
and reducing attack surface.
2. Definition of Terms
Decentralized Mapping System (DMS): is a mapping system entity that
is not third-party to the xTR nodes that use it. The xTRs
themselves are part of the mapping system. The state of the
mapping system is fully distributed, decentralized, and the trust
relies on the xTRs that use and participate in their own mapping
system.
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Mapping System Provider (MSP): is an infrastructure service that
deploys LISP Map-Resolvers and Map-Servers [RFC6833] and possibly
ALT-nodes [RFC6836] or DDT-nodes [RFC8111]. The MSP can be
managed by a separate organization other than the one that manages
xTRs. This model provides a business separation between who
manages and is responsible for the control-plane versus who
manages the data-plane overlay service.
Peer-Group: is a set of Map-Servers which are joined to the same
multicast group that send and receive Map-Register messages
addressed to the multicast group. Map-Resolvers can use the peer-
group to resolve mappings by sending Map-Requests to the multicast
group or to any member of the peer-group. Map-Resolvers can do a
mapping system lookup for the peer-group multicast address to
obtain members of the peer-group.
Core Peer-Group: is a set of Map-Servers and Map-Resolvers who are
joined to a multicast group to bootstrap a multi-layer
decentralized mapping system.
Replication List Entry (RLE): is an RLOC-record format that contains
a list of RLOCs that an ITR replicates multicast packets on a
multicast overlay. The RLE format is specified in [RFC8060].
Group Address EID: is an EID-record format that contains IPv4
(0.0.0.0/0, G) or IPv6 (0::/0, G) state. This state is encoded as
a Multicast Info Type LCAF specified in [RFC8060]. Members of a
peer-group send Map-Registers for (0.0.0.0/0, G) or (0::/0, G)
with an RLOC-record that RLE encodes its RLOC address. Details
are specified in [I-D.ietf-lisp-signal-free-multicast].
3. Overview
The clients of the Decentralized Mapping System (DMS) are also the
providers of mapping state. Clients are typically ETRs that Map-
Register EID-to-RLOC mapping state to the mapping database system.
ITRs are clients in that they send Map-Requests to the mapping
database system to obtain EID-to-RLOC mappings that are cached for
data-plane use. When xTRs participate in a DMS, they are also acting
as Map-Resolvers and Map-Servers using the protocol machinery defined
in LISP control-plane specifications [RFC6833], [I-D.ietf-lisp-sec],
and [I-D.farinacci-lisp-ecdsa-auth]. The xTRs are not required to
run the database mapping transport system protocols specified in
[RFC6836] or [RFC8111].
The xTRs are organized in a peer-group. The peer-group is identified
by an IPv4 or IPv6 multicast group address. The xTRs join the same
multicast group and receive LISP control-plane messages addressed to
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the group. Messages sent to the multicast group are distributed when
the underlay network supports IP multicast [RFC6831] or is achieved
with the overlay multicast mechanism described in
[I-D.ietf-lisp-signal-free-multicast]. When overlay multicast is
used and LISP Map-Register messages are sent to a peer-group, they
are LISP data encapsulated with a instance-ID set to 0xffffff in the
LISP header. The inner header of the encapsulated packet has the
destination address set to the peer-group multicast group address and
the outer header that is prepended has the destination address set to
the RLOC of peer-group member. The members of the peer-group are
kept in the LISP data-plane map-cache so packets for the peer-group
can be replicated to each member RLOC.
All xTRs in a peer-group will store the same registered mappings and
maintain the state as Map-Servers normally do. The peer-group
members are not only receivers of the multicast group but also send
packets to the group.
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4. Components of a LISP-Decent xTR
When an xTR is configured to be a LISP-Decent xTR (or PxTR
[RFC6832]), it runs the ITR, ETR, Map-Resolver, and Map-Server LISP
network functions.
The following diagram shows 3 LISP-Decent xTRs joined to peer-group
224.1.1.1. When the ETR function of xTR1 originates a Map-Register,
it is sent to all xTRs (including itself) synchronizing all 3 Map-
Servers in xTR1, xTR2, and xTR3. The ITR function can populate its
map-cache by sending a Map-Request locally to its Map-Resolver so it
can replicate packets to each RLOC for EID 224.1.1.1.
xTR1
Map-Request +--------------------+
(always local) | +-----+ +-----+ |
+---------------| ITR | | ETR |-------------+
| | +-----+ +-----+ | |
| | | | Map-Register to EID
| | +-------+ | | 224.1.1.1 encapsulated to
+------------------>| MR/MS |<---------------+ RLOCs xTR1, xTR2, and xTR3
| +-------+ | |
+--------------------+ |
|
+--------------------+------------+
| |
| |
+----------v---------+ +----------v---------+
| +--------+ | | +--------+ |
| | MR/MS | | | | MR/MS | |
| +--------+ | | +--------+ |
| +-----+ +-----+ | | +-----+ +-----+ |
| | ITR | | ETR | | | | ITR | | ETR | |
| +-----+ +-----+ | | +-----+ +-----+ |
+--------------------+ +--------------------+
xTR2 xTR3
Note if any external xTR would like to use a Map-Resolver from the
peer-group, it only needs to have one of the LISP-Decent Map-
Resolvers configured. By doing a looking to this Map-Resolver for
EID 224.1.1,1, the external xTR could get the complete list of
members for the peer-group.
For future study, an external xTR could multicast the Map-Request to
224.1.1.1 and either one of the LISP-Decent Map-Resolvers would
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return a Map-Reply or the external xTR is prepared to receive
multiple Map-Replies.
5. No LISP Protocol Changes
There are no LISP protocol changes required to support this LISP-
Decent specification. However, an implementation that sends Map-
Register messages to a multicast group versus a specific Map-Server
unicast address must change to call the data-plane component so the
ITR functionality in the node can encapsulate the Map-Register as a
unicast packet to each member of the peer-group.
An ITR SHOULD lookup its peer-group address periodically to determine
if the membership has changed. The ITR can also use the pubsub
capability documented in [I-D.rodrigueznatal-lisp-pubsub] to be
notified when a new member joins or leaves the peer-group.
6. Configuration and Authentication
When xTRs are joined to a multicast peer-group, they must have their
site registration configuration consistent. Any policy or
authentication key material must be configured correctly and
consistently among all members. When [I-D.farinacci-lisp-ecdsa-auth]
is used to sign Map-Register messages, public-keys can be registered
to the peer-group using the site authentication key mentioned above
or using a different authentication key from the one used for
registering EID records.
7. Core Peer-Group
A core peer-group multicast address can be preconfigured to bootstrap
the decentralized mapping system. The group address (or DNS name
that maps to a group address) can be explicitly configured in a few
xTRs to start building up the mappings. Then as other xTRs come
online, they can add themselves to the core peer-group by joining the
peer-group multicast group.
Alternatively or additionally, new xTRs can join a new peer-group
multicast group to form another layer of a decentralized mapping
system. The group address and members of this new layer peer-group
would be registered to the core peer-group address and stored in the
core peer-group mapping system. Note each mapping system layer could
have a specific function or a specific circle of trust.
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This multi-layer mapping system can be illustrated:
__________ ---------
/ core \ 224.2.2.2 / layer-1 \
| peer-group | --------> | I |
| 224.1.1.1 | | / \ |
\__________/ | J---K |
| \_________/
| 224.3.3.3
|
v
---------
/ layer-2 \
| X |
| / \ |
| Y---Z |
\_________/
Configured in xTRs A, B, and C (they make up the core peer-group):
224.1.1.1 -> RLE: A, B, C
core peer-group DMS, mapping state in A, B, and C:
224.2.2.2 -> RLE: I, J, K
224.3.3.3 -> RLE: X, Y, Z
layer-1 peer-group DMS (inter-continental), mapping state in I, J, K:
EID1 -> RLOCs: i(1), j(2)
...
EIDn -> RLOCs: i(n), j(n)
layer-2 peer-group DMS (intra-continental), mapping sate in X, Y, Z::
EIDa -> RLOCs: x(1), y(2)
...
EIDz -> RLOCs: x(n), y(n)
The core peer-group multicast address 224.1.1.1 is configured in xTRs
A, B and C so when each of them send Map-Register messages, they
would all be able to maintain synchronized mapping state. Any EID
can be registered to this DMS but in this example, peer-group
multicast group EIDs are being registered only to find other peer-
groups.
For example, lets say that xTR I boots up and it wants to find its
other peers in its peer-group 224.2.2.2. Group address 224.2.2.2 is
configured so xTR I knows what group to join for its peer-group. But
xTR I needs a mapping system to register to, so the core peer-group
is used and available to receive Map-Registers. The other xTRs J and
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K in the peer-group do the same so when any of I, J or K needs to
register EIDs, they can now send their Map-Register messages to group
224.2.2.2. Examples of EIDs being register are EID1 through EIDn
shown above.
When Map-Registers are sent to group 224.2.2.2, they are encapsulated
by the LISP data-plane by looking up EID 224.2.2.2 in the core peer-
group mapping system. For the map-cache entry to be populated for
224.2.2.2, the data-plane must send a Map-Request so the RLOCs I, J,
and K are cached for replication. To use the core peer-group mapping
system, the data-plane must know of at least one of the RLOCs A, B,
and/or C.
8. Security Considerations
Refer to the Security Considerations section of
[I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis] for a complete list of security mechanisms
as well as pointers to threat analysis drafts.
9. IANA Considerations
At this time there are no specific requests for IANA.
10. References
10.1. Normative References
[RFC6830] Farinacci, D., Fuller, V., Meyer, D., and D. Lewis, "The
Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)", RFC 6830,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6830, January 2013,
.
[RFC6831] Farinacci, D., Meyer, D., Zwiebel, J., and S. Venaas, "The
Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) for Multicast
Environments", RFC 6831, DOI 10.17487/RFC6831, January
2013, .
[RFC6832] Lewis, D., Meyer, D., Farinacci, D., and V. Fuller,
"Interworking between Locator/ID Separation Protocol
(LISP) and Non-LISP Sites", RFC 6832,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6832, January 2013,
.
[RFC6833] Fuller, V. and D. Farinacci, "Locator/ID Separation
Protocol (LISP) Map-Server Interface", RFC 6833,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6833, January 2013,
.
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[RFC6836] Fuller, V., Farinacci, D., Meyer, D., and D. Lewis,
"Locator/ID Separation Protocol Alternative Logical
Topology (LISP+ALT)", RFC 6836, DOI 10.17487/RFC6836,
January 2013, .
[RFC8060] Farinacci, D., Meyer, D., and J. Snijders, "LISP Canonical
Address Format (LCAF)", RFC 8060, DOI 10.17487/RFC8060,
February 2017, .
[RFC8111] Fuller, V., Lewis, D., Ermagan, V., Jain, A., and A.
Smirnov, "Locator/ID Separation Protocol Delegated
Database Tree (LISP-DDT)", RFC 8111, DOI 10.17487/RFC8111,
May 2017, .
10.2. Informative References
[I-D.farinacci-lisp-ecdsa-auth]
Farinacci, D. and E. Nordmark, "LISP Control-Plane ECDSA
Authentication and Authorization", draft-farinacci-lisp-
ecdsa-auth-01 (work in progress), October 2017.
[I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis]
Fuller, V., Farinacci, D., and A. Cabellos-Aparicio,
"Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Control-Plane",
draft-ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis-07 (work in progress), December
2017.
[I-D.ietf-lisp-sec]
Maino, F., Ermagan, V., Cabellos-Aparicio, A., and D.
Saucez, "LISP-Security (LISP-SEC)", draft-ietf-lisp-sec-14
(work in progress), October 2017.
[I-D.ietf-lisp-signal-free-multicast]
Moreno, V. and D. Farinacci, "Signal-Free LISP Multicast",
draft-ietf-lisp-signal-free-multicast-07 (work in
progress), November 2017.
[I-D.rodrigueznatal-lisp-pubsub]
Rodriguez-Natal, A., Ermagan, V., Leong, J., Maino, F.,
Cabellos-Aparicio, A., Barkai, S., Farinacci, D.,
Boucadair, M., Jacquenet, C., and s.
[email protected], "Publish/Subscribe Functionality
for LISP", draft-rodrigueznatal-lisp-pubsub-01 (work in
progress), October 2017.
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Appendix A. Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the LISP WG for their review and
acceptance of this draft.
The authors would also like to give a special thanks to Roman
Shaposhnik for several discussions that occured before the first
draft was published.
Appendix B. Document Change Log
[RFC Editor: Please delete this section on publication as RFC.]
B.1. Changes to draft-farinacci-lisp-decent
o Initial draft posted January 2018.
Authors' Addresses
Dino Farinacci
lispers.net
San Jose, CA
USA
Email: [email protected]
Colin Cantrell
Nexus
Scottsdale, AZ
USA
Email: [email protected]
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