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IGP extension for PCEP security capability support in the PCE discovery
draft-wu-pce-discovery-pceps-support-01

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draft-wu-pce-discovery-pceps-support-01
PCE working group                                               D. Lopez
Internet-Draft                                            Telefonica I+D
Intended status: Standards Track                                   Q. Wu
Expires: February 14, 2015                                      D. Dhody
                                                                  Huawei
                                                                 D. King
                                                      Old Dog Consulting
                                                         August 13, 2014

IGP extension for PCEP security capability support in the PCE discovery
                draft-wu-pce-discovery-pceps-support-01

Abstract

   When a Path Computation Element (PCE) is a Label Switching Router
   (LSR) participating in the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), or even a
   server participating in IGP, its presence and path computation
   capabilities can be advertised using IGP flooding.  The IGP
   extensions for PCE discovery (RFC 5088 and RFC 5089) define a method
   to advertise path computation capabilities using IGP flooding for
   OSPF and IS-IS respectively.  However these specifications lack a
   method to advertise PCEP security (e.g., Transport Layer
   Security(TLS)) support capability.

   This document proposes new capability flag bit for PCE-CAP-FLAGS sub-
   TLV that can be announced as attribute in the IGP advertisement to
   distribute PCEP security support information.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  IGP extension for PCEP security capability support  . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Use of PCEP security capability support for PCE discovery   3
   4.  Backward Compatibility Consideration  . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Management Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5

1.  Introduction

   As described in [RFC5440], PCEP communication privacy is one
   importance issue, as an attacker that intercepts a Path Computation
   Element (PCE) message could obtain sensitive information related to
   computed paths and resources.

   Among the possible solutions mentioned in these documents, Transport
   Layer Security (TLS) [RFC5246] provides support for peer
   authentication, and message encryption and integrity.  In order for a
   Path Computation Client(PCC) to begin a connection with a PCE server
   using TLS, PCC SHOULD know whether PCE server supports TLS as a
   secure transport.

   [RFC5088] and [RFC5089] define a method to advertise path computation
   capabilities using IGP flooding for OSPF and IS-IS respectively.
   However [RFC5088] and [RFC5089] lacks a method to advertise PCEP
   security (e.g., TLS) support capability.

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   This document proposes new capability flag bits for PCE-CAP-FLAGS
   sub- TLV that can be announced as attributes in the IGP advertisement
   (defined in [RFC5088] and [RFC5089]) to distribute PCEP security
   support information.

2.  Conventions used in this document

   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 RFC2119 [RFC2119].

3.  IGP extension for PCEP security capability support

   The PCE-CAP-FLAGS sub-TLV is defined in section 4.5 of [RFC5088] and
   [RFC5089] as an optional sub-TLV used to advertise PCE capabilities.
   In this section, we extend the PCE-CAP-FLAGS sub-TLV to include the
   capability and indications that are described for PCEP security
   (e.g., TLS) support in the current document.

   In the PCE-CAP-FLAGS sub-TLV defined in [RFC5088] and [RFC5089], nine
   capability flags defined in [RFC5088] (as per [RFC4657]) and two
   capability flags defined [RFC5557], [RFC6006] are included and
   follows the following format:

      o  TYPE: 5
      o  LENGTH: Multiple of 4
      o  VALUE: This contains an array of units of 32 bit flags with
         the most significant bit as 0. Each bit represents one PCE
         capability.

   and the processing rule of these flag bits are defined in [RFC5088]
   and [RFC5089].  In this document, we define three new capability flag
   bits that indicate TCP MD5 support, TCP Authentication Option (TCP-
   AO) support, PCEP over TLS support respectively as follows:

        Bit         Capability Description
        xx            TCP MD5 support
        xx            TCP AO Support
        xx            PCEP over TLS support

   Editor Note: TCP-MD5 is a MUST in RFC5440, do we need a capability
   for it

3.1.  Use of PCEP security capability support for PCE discovery

   TCP MD5, TCP-AO, PCEP over TLS support flag bits are advertised using
   IGP flooding.

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   o  PCE supports TCP MD5: IGP advertisement SHOULD include TCP MD5
      support flag bit.

   o  PCE supports TCP-AO: IGP advertisement SHOULD include TCP-AO
      support flag bit.

   o  PCE supports TLS: IGP advertisement SHOULD include PCEP over TLS
      support flag bit.

   If PCE supports multiple security mechanisms, it SHOULD include all
   corresponding flag bits in IGP advertisement.

   If the client is looking for connecting with PCE server with TCP-MD5
   support, the client MUST check if TCP-MD5 support flag bit in the
   PCE- CAP-FLAGS sub-TLV is set.  If not, the client SHOULD not
   consider this PCE.  If the client is looking for connecting with PCE
   server with TCP-AO support, the client MUST check if TCP-AO support
   flag bit in the PCE- CAP-FLAGS sub-TLV is set.  If not, the client
   SHOULD not consider this PCE.  If the client is looking for
   connecting with PCE server using TLS, the client MUST check if PCEP
   over TLS support flag bit in the PCE-CAP-FLAGS sub-TLV is set.  If
   not, the client SHOULD not consider this PCE.

4.  Backward Compatibility Consideration

   An LSR that does not support the new IGP PCE capability bits
   specified in this document silently ignores those bits.

   IGP extensions defined in this document do not introduce any new
   interoperability issues.

5.  Management Considerations

   A configuration option may be provided for advertising and
   withdrawing PCE security capability via IGP.

6.  Security Considerations

   This document raises no new security issues beyond those described in
   [RFC5088] and [RFC5089].

7.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to allocate a new bit in "PCE Security Capability
   Flags" registry for PCEP Security support capability.

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        Bit           Meaning                 Reference
        xx            TCP MD5 support         [This.I.D]
        xx            TCP-AO Support          [This.I.D]
        xx            PCEP over TLS support   [This.I.D]

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", March 1997.

   [RFC5088]  Le Roux, JL., "OSPF Protocol Extensions for Path
              Computation Element (PCE) Discovery", RFC 5088, January
              2008.

   [RFC5089]  Le Roux, JL., "IS-IS Protocol Extensions for Path
              Computation Element (PCE) Discovery", RFC 5089, January
              2008.

8.2.  Informative References

   [RFC4657]  Ash, J. and J. Le Roux, "Path Computation Element (PCE)
              Communication Protocol Generic Requirements", RFC 4657,
              September 2006.

   [RFC5246]  Dierks, T., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
              Version 1.2", RFC 5246, August 2008.

   [RFC5440]  Le Roux, JL., "Path Computation Element (PCE)
              Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5440, March 2009.

   [RFC5557]  Lee, Y., Le Roux, JL., King, D., and E. Oki, "Path
              Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)
              Requirements and Protocol Extensions in Support of Global
              Concurrent Optimization", RFC 5557, July 2009.

   [RFC6006]  Zhao, Q., King, D., Verhaeghe, F., Takeda, T., Ali, Z.,
              and J. Meuric, "Extensions to the Path Computation Element
              Communication Protocol (PCEP) for Point-to-Multipoint
              Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths", RFC 6006,
              September 2010.

Authors' Addresses

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   Diego R. Lopez
   Telefonica I+D
   Spain

   Email: diego.r.lopez@telefonica.com

   Qin Wu
   Huawei
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
   Nanjing, Jiangsu  210012
   China

   Email: bill.wu@huawei.com

   Dhruv Dhody
   Huawei
   Leela Palace
   Bangalore, Karnataka  560008
   India

   Email: dhruv.ietf@gmail.com

   Daniel King
   Old Dog Consulting
   UK

   Email: daniel@olddog.co.uk

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