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LISP Site External Connectivity
draft-jain-lisp-site-external-connectivity-09

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Authors Prakash Jain , Victor Moreno , Sanjay Hooda
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draft-jain-lisp-site-external-connectivity-09
Network Working Group                                            P. Jain
Internet-Draft                                             Cisco Systems
Intended status: Experimental                                  V. Moreno
Expires: 29 March 2024                                            Google
                                                                S. Hooda
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                       26 September 2023

                    LISP Site External Connectivity
             draft-jain-lisp-site-external-connectivity-09

Abstract

   This draft defines how to register/retrieve pETR mapping information
   in LISP when the destination is not registered/known to the local
   site and its mapping system (e.g. the destination is an internet or
   external site destination).

Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

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Copyright Notice

   Copyright (c) 2023 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
   document authors.  All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  pETR Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  pETR Request/Subscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   5.  pETR Notification/Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  pETR Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   7.  pETR Map-Cache Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   9.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   10. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   11. Normative Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6

1.  Introduction

   The LISP architecture and protocol [RFC9301] introduces two types of
   replies to a map-request sent by an ITR:

   - when the EID is known or registered to the mapping system, a
   regular map-reply with mapping information is sent, or

   - when the EID is unknown or known but not registered, a negative-
   map-reply (NMR) is sent.

   Currently the NMR does not convey pETR RLOC-set information to
   specify where the ITR should send the packet.

   This document describes how to use the LISP messages to register and
   provide pETR RLOC-set information for destinations which are EIDs not
   registered with the Mapping System, or simply are "not known" to be
   an existing EID.  These destinations could be the destinations which
   are outside of the LISP site belonging to non-LISP domains, hence are
   not registered with the LISP Mapping System.

   The reachability of these destinations can be provided either by
   configuring pETR information directly into the Mapping System, or by
   the registration done by certain pETRs.  The pETR registration is

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   specifically useful when the traffic to these external destinations
   needs to be sent encapsulated to a preferred pETR/gateway chosen
   dynamically.  This mechanism also helps to achieve faster
   convergence.

   This document also specifies the structure of the map-reply
   containing pETR RLOC-set information.

2.  Definition of Terms

   Same as defined in [RFC9300] and [RFC9301].

3.  pETR Registration

   pETRs having external or internet connectivity MAY register the pETR
   with the mapping system per Instance ID (IID) of the VPN [I-D.ietf-
   lisp-vpn].  The pETR Map-Register procedures and record format are
   the same as in [RFC9301] with the following contents:

   - An “EID-Prefix” as configurable "Distinguished Name" defined,
   agreed upon and ‘distinguished’ by the mechanism according to [I-
   D.ietf-lisp-name-encoding].

   - RLOC-set for pETR information.

   - Each locator in the RLOC-set MAY be encoded as per [I-D.ietf-lisp-
   vpn].  This enables dynamic external connectivity in VPN
   environments.

   - Additional information MAY be encoded in vendor specific LCAF type
   [RFC9306] about the registering pETR such as its performance matrix,
   location, resource availability for the Mapping System to make
   preference decision.

4.  pETR Request/Subscription

   The Map-Request procedures and record format are the same as in
   [RFC9301] with the following contents:

   - An "EID-Prefix" MAY be configurable "Distinguished Name" defined,
   agreed upon and ‘distinguished’ by the mechanism according to [I-
   D.ietf-lisp-name-encoding].

   - N-bit MAY be set as per [RFC9437]

   - Additional information MAY be encoded in vendor specific LCAF type
   [RFC9306] about the requesting ITR such as location, performance
   matrix to make preference decision.

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5.  pETR Notification/Publication

   When pETR registers or updates the pETR registration with the mapping
   system, mapping system sends Map-Notify.

   With lisp-pubsub [RFC9437], N-bit SHOULD be set in the Map-Request
   from ITR.  Then, whenever pETR gets updated in the mapping system,
   mapping system sends Map-Notify messages to update subscribed ITRs as
   per procedures in [RFC9437].

   When lisp-pubsub [RFC9437] is not available in the mapping system,
   then shorter TTL MAY be used for updating the map-caches at ITR as
   per procedures in [RFC9301].

   The pETR Map-Notify procedures and record format are the same as in
   [RFC9301] with the following contents:

   - An "EID-Prefix" as configurable "Distinguished Name" defined,
   agreed upon and ‘distinguished’ by the mechanism according to [I-
   D.ietf-lisp-name-encoding].

   - RLOC-set for pETR information.

   - Each locator in the RLOC-set MAY be encoded as per [I-D.ietf-lisp-
   vpn].  This enables dynamic external connectivity in VPN
   environments.

   - TTL MAY be shorter than regular.

   - Additional information MAY be encoded in vendor specific LCAF type
   [RFC9306] about the registering pETR such as its performance matrix,
   location, resource availability to communicate preference decision.

6.  pETR Resolution

   When the Map-Server (or ETR) determines that the requested
   destination is external or unknown to the mapping system, it sends a
   Map-Reply containing the pETR information.  The Map-Reply procedures
   and record format are the same as described in the Map-Server
   processing section of [RFC9301].  This Map-Reply has the following
   content (as defined per regular map-reply and negative-map-reply in
   [RFC9301]):

   - An EID-Prefix calculated as non-LISP "hole" per the procedures in
   [RFC9301] for negative map-reply.

   - RLOC count MUST be non-zero.

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   - Each locator in the RLOC-set MAY be encoded as per [I-D.ietf-lisp-
   vpn].  This enables dynamic external connectivity in VPN
   environments.

   - TTL MAY be shorter than regular map-reply.

   - Additional information MAY be encoded in vendor specific LCAF type
   [RFC9306] about the mapping such as whether the mapping is based upon
   policy or registration.

7.  pETR Map-Cache Update

   On receiving pETR Map-Notify/Map-Reply from the mapping system, ITR
   MAY install/update map-cache and encapsulate the packets to pETR
   RLOCs as per [RFC 9300] for the destinations not known to the mapping
   system as EIDs or known EIDs not registered to the mapping system.
   This can be implemented as follows,

   - ITR SHOULD configure the known EID-blocks in its map-cache to
   always generate Map-Request for known EIDs.  These would be more
   specific map-cache entries than “hole” EID-Prefix or default map-
   cache entries.

   - On receiving pETR Map-Notify/Map-Reply, ITR MAY install/update
   following map-cache entries with pETR RLOCs,

   - “hole” prefix [RFC9301] map-cache entry to encapsulate the packets
   to pETR RLOCs

   - default map-cache entry to encapsulate the packets to pETR RLOCs.

8.  IANA Considerations

   No IANA considerations apply to this document.

9.  Security Considerations

   There are no additional security considerations except what already
   discussed in [RFC9301].

10.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank Fabio Maino, Dino Farinacci and Padma
   Pillay-Esnault for the suggestions and review of this document.

11.  Normative Reference

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   [I-D.ietf-lisp-name-encoding]
              Farinacci, D., "LISP Distinguished Name Encoding", Work in
              Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lisp-name-encoding-
              02, 20 August 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lisp-
              name-encoding-02>.

   [I-D.ietf-lisp-vpn]
              Moreno, V. and D. Farinacci, "LISP Virtual Private
              Networks (VPNs)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              ietf-lisp-vpn-12, 19 September 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lisp-
              vpn-12>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC9300]  Farinacci, D., Fuller, V., Meyer, D., Lewis, D., and A.
              Cabellos, Ed., "The Locator/ID Separation Protocol
              (LISP)", RFC 9300, DOI 10.17487/RFC9300, October 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9300>.

   [RFC9301]  Farinacci, D., Maino, F., Fuller, V., and A. Cabellos,
              Ed., "Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Control
              Plane", RFC 9301, DOI 10.17487/RFC9301, October 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9301>.

   [RFC9306]  Rodriguez-Natal, A., Ermagan, V., Smirnov, A., Ashtaputre,
              V., and D. Farinacci, "Vendor-Specific LISP Canonical
              Address Format (LCAF)", RFC 9306, DOI 10.17487/RFC9306,
              October 2022, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9306>.

   [RFC9437]  Rodriguez-Natal, A., Ermagan, V., Cabellos, A., Barkai,
              S., and M. Boucadair, "Publish/Subscribe Functionality for
              the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)", RFC 9437,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9437, August 2023,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9437>.

Authors' Addresses

   Prakash Jain
   Cisco Systems
   San Jose, CA
   United States of America
   Email: prakjain@cisco.com

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   Victor Moreno
   Google
   Mountainview, CA
   United States of America
   Email: vimoreno@google.com

   Sanjay Hooda
   Cisco Systems
   San Jose, CA
   United States of America
   Email: shooda@cisco.com

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