DHC                                                              B. Volz
Internet-Draft                                       Cisco Systems, Inc.
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                     The DHCPv6 Client FQDN Option
                   draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-fqdn-01.txt

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Abstract

   This document specifies a new Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for
   IPv6, DHCPv6, option which can be used to exchange information about
   a DHCPv6 client's fully-qualified domain name and about
   responsibility for updating DNS RRs related to the client's address
   assignments.





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Table of Contents

   1.   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.   Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.   Models of Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.   The DHCPv6 Client FQDN Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.1  The Flags Field  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.2  The Domain Name Field  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.   DHCPv6 Client Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     5.1  Client Desires to Update AAAA RRs  . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     5.2  Client Desires Server to Do DNS Updates  . . . . . . . . .   7
     5.3  Client Desires No Server DNS Updates . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     5.4  Domain Name and DNS Update Issues  . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   6.   DHCPv6 Server Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     6.1  When to Perform DNS Updates  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   7.   DNS Update Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   8.   IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   9.   Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   10.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   11.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     11.1   Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     11.2   Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
        Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
        Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . .  13



























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1.  Introduction

   DNS ([2], [3]) maintains (among other things) the information about
   mapping between hosts' Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) [8] and
   IPv6 addresses assigned to the hosts.  The information is maintained
   in two types of Resource Records (RRs): AAAA and PTR [10].  The DNS
   update specification ([4]) describes a mechanism that enables DNS
   information to be updated over a network.

   The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) [5]
   provides a mechanism by which a host (a DHCPv6 client) can acquire
   certain configuration information, along with its stateful IPv6
   address(es).  This document specifies a new DHCPv6 option, the Client
   FQDN option, which can be used by DHCPv6 clients and servers to
   exchange information about the client's fully-qualified domain name
   and who has the responsibility for updating the DNS with the
   associated AAAA and PTR RRs.

2.  Terminology

   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 [1].

   Familiarity with the DNS Update protocol [4], DHCPv6, and DHCPv6
   terminology as defined in [5] is assumed.

3.  Models of Operation

   When a DHCPv6 client acquires an address, a site's administrator may
   desire that the AAAA RR for the client's FQDN and the PTR RR for the
   acquired address be updated.  Therefore, two separate DNS update
   transactions may occur.  Acquiring an address via DHCPv6 involves two
   entities: a DHCPv6 client and a DHCPv6 server.  In principle each of
   these entities could perform none, one, or both of the DNS update
   transactions.  However, in practice not all permutations make sense.
   The DHCPv6 Client FQDN option is primarily intended to operate in the
   following two cases:

   1.  DHCPv6 client updates the AAAA RR, DHCPv6 server updates the PTR
       RR
   2.  DHCPv6 server updates both the AAAA and the PTR RRs

   The only difference between these two cases is whether the FQDN to
   IPv6 address mapping is updated by a DHCPv6 client or by a DHCPv6
   server.  The IPv6 address to FQDN mapping is updated by a DHCPv6
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   The reason these two are important, while others are unlikely, has to
   do with authority over the respective DNS domain names.  A DHCPv6
   client may be given authority over mapping its own AAAA RRs, or that
   authority may be restricted to a server to prevent the client from
   listing arbitrary addresses or associating its addresses with
   arbitrary domain names.  In all cases, the only reasonable place for
   the authority over the PTR RRs associated with the address is in the
   DHCPv6 server that allocates the address.

   Note: A third case is supported - the client requests that the server
   perform no updates.  However, this case is presumed to be rare
   because of the authority issues.

   In any case, whether a site permits all, some, or no DHCPv6 servers
   and clients to perform DNS updates into the zones which it controls
   is entirely a matter of local administrative policy.  This document
   does not require any specific administrative policy, and does not
   propose one.  The range of possible policies is very broad, from
   sites where only the DHCPv6 servers have been given credentials that
   the DNS servers will accept, to sites where each individual DHCPv6
   client has been configured with credentials which allow the client to
   modify its own domain name.  Compliant implementations MAY support
   some or all of these possibilities.  Furthermore, this specification
   applies only to DHCPv6 client and server processes: it does not apply
   to other processes which initiate DNS updates.

   This document describes a new DHCPv6 option which a client can use to
   convey all or part of its domain name to a DHCPv6 server.
   Site-specific policy determines whether DHCPv6 servers use the names
   that clients offer or not, and what DHCPv6 servers do in cases where
   clients do not supply domain names.

4.  The DHCPv6 Client FQDN Option

   To update the IPv6 address to FQDN mapping a DHCPv6 server needs to
   know the FQDN of the client for the addresses for the client's IA_NA
   bindings.  To allow the client to convey its FQDN to the server this
   document defines a new DHCPv6 option, called "Client FQDN".  The
   Client FQDN option also contains Flags which DHCPv6 clients and
   servers use to negotiate who does which updates.

   The code for this option is TBD.  Its minimum length is 1 octet.









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   The format of the DHCPv6 Client FQDN option is shown below:

        0                   1                   2                   3
        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |          OPTION_FQDN          |         option-len            |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |   flags       |                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                                               |
       .                                                               .
       .                          domain-name                          .
       .                                                               .
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

         option-code      OPTION_CLIENT_FQDN (TBD)

         option-len       1 + length of domain name

         flags            flag bits used between client and server to
                          negotiate who performs which updates

         domain-name      the partial or fully qualified domain name
                          (with length option-len - 1)


   The Client FQDN option MUST only appear in a message's options field
   and applies to all addresses for all IA_NA bindings in the
   transaction.

4.1  The Flags Field

   The format of the Flags field is:

        0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  MBZ    |N|O|S|
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   The "S" bit indicates whether the server SHOULD or SHOULD NOT perform
   the AAAA RR (FQDN to address) DNS updates.  A client sets the bit to
   0 to indicate the server SHOULD NOT perform the updates and 1 to
   indicate the server SHOULD perform the updates.  The state of the bit
   in the reply from the server indicates the action to be taken by the
   server; if 1, the server has taken responsibility for AAAA RR updates
   for the FQDN.

   The "O" bit indicates whether the server has overridden the client's



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   preference for the "S" bit.  A client MUST set this bit to 0.  A
   server MUST set this bit to 1 if the "S" bit in its reply to the
   client does not match the "S" bit received from the client.

   The "N" bit indicates whether the server SHOULD NOT perform any DNS
   updates.  A client sets this bit to 0 to request that the server
   SHOULD perform updates (the PTR RR and possibly the AAAA RR based on
   the "S" bit) or to 1 to request that the server SHOULD NOT perform
   any DNS updates.  A server sets the "N" bit to indicate whether the
   server SHALL (0) or SHALL NOT (1) perform DNS updates.  If the "N"
   bit is 1, the "S" bit MUST be 0.

   The remaining bits in the Flags field are reserved for future
   assignment.  DHCPv6 clients and servers which send the Client FQDN
   option MUST clear the MBZ bits, and they MUST ignore these bits.

4.2  The Domain Name Field

   The Domain Name part of the option carries all or part of the FQDN of
   a DHCPv6 client.  The data in the Domain Name field MUST be encoded
   as described in Section 8 of [5].  In order to determine whether the
   FQDN has changed between message exchanges, the client and server
   MUST NOT alter the Domain Name field contents unless the FQDN has
   actually changed.

   A client MAY be configured with a fully-qualified domain name or with
   a partial name that is not fully-qualified.  If a client knows only
   part of its name, it MAY send a name that is not fully-qualified,
   indicating that it knows part of the name but does not necessarily
   know the zone in which the name is to be embedded.

   To send a fully-qualified domain name, the Domain Name field is set
   to the DNS encoded domain name including the terminating zero-length
   label.  To send a partial name, the Domain Name field is set to the
   DNS encoded domain name without the terminating zero-length label.

   A client MAY also leave the Domain Name field empty if it desires the
   server to provide a name.

   Servers SHOULD send the complete fully-qualified domain name in
   Client FQDN options.

5.  DHCPv6 Client Behavior

   The following describes the behavior of a DHCPv6 client that
   implements the Client FQDN option.

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   REQUEST, RENEW, or REBIND messages.

   A client that sends the Client FQDN option MUST also include the
   option in the Option Request option if it expects the server to
   include the Client FQDN option in any responses.

5.1  Client Desires to Update AAAA RRs

   If a client that owns/maintains its own FQDN wants to be responsible
   for updating the FQDN to IPv6 address mapping for the FQDN and
   address(es) used by the client, the client MUST include the Client
   FQDN option in the SOLICIT with Rapid Commit, REQUEST, RENEW, and
   REBIND message originated by the client.  A client MAY choose to
   include the Client FQDN option in its SOLICIT messages.  The "S" bit
   in the Flags field in the option MUST be 0.  The "O" and "N" bits
   MUST be 0.

   Once the client's DHCPv6 configuration is completed (the client
   receives a REPLY message and successfully completes a final check on
   the parameters passed in the message), the client MAY originate an
   update for the AAAA RRs (associated with the client's FQDN) unless
   the server has set the "S" bit to 1.  If the "S" is 1, the DHCPv6
   client MUST NOT initiate an update for the name in the Domain Name
   field.

5.2  Client Desires Server to Do DNS Updates

   A client can choose to delegate the responsibility for updating the
   FQDN to IPv6 address mapping for the FQDN and address(es) used by the
   client to the server.  In order to inform the server of this choice,
   the client SHOULD include the Client FQDN option in its SOLICIT with
   Rapid Commit, REQUEST, RENEW, and REBIND message and MAY include the
   Client FQDN option in its SOLICIT.  The "S" bit in the Flags field in
   the option MUST be 1.  The "O" and "N" bits MUST be 0.

5.3  Client Desires No Server DNS Updates

   A client can choose to request that the server perform no DNS updates
   on its behalf.  In order to inform the server of this choice, the
   client SHOULD include the Client FQDN option in its SOLICIT with
   Rapid Commit, REQUEST, RENEW, and REBIND messages and MAY include the
   Client FQDN option in its SOLICIT.  The "N" bit in the Flags field in
   the option MUST be 1 and the "S" and "O" bits MUST be 0.

   Once the client's DHCPv6 configuration is completed (the client
   receives a REPLY message and successfully completes a final check on
   the parameters passed in the message), the client MAY originate its
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   bit is 0, the server MAY perform the PTR RR updates; and, MAY also
   perform the AAAA RR updates if the "S" bit is 1.

5.4  Domain Name and DNS Update Issues

   As there is a possibility that the DHCPv6 server is configured to
   complete or replace a domain name that the client sends, the client
   MAY find it useful to send the Client FQDN option in its SOLICIT
   messages.  If the DHCPv6 server returns different Domain Name data in
   its ADVERTISE message, the client could use that data in performing
   its own eventual AAAA RR update, or in forming the Client FQDN option
   that it sends in its subsequent messages.  There is no requirement
   that the client send identical Client FQDN option data in its
   SOLICIT, REQUEST, RENEW, or REBIND messages.  In particular, if a
   client has sent the Client FQDN option to its server, and the
   configuration of the client changes so that its notion of its domain
   name changes, it MAY send the new name data in a Client FQDN option
   when it communicates with the server again.  This MAY cause the
   DHCPv6 server to update the name associated with the PTR records,
   and, if the server updated the AAAA record representing the client,
   to delete that record and attempt an update for the client's current
   domain name.

   A client that delegates the responsibility for updating the FQDN to
   IPv6 address mapping to a server will not receive any indication
   (either positive or negative) from the server whether the server was
   able to perform the update.  The client MAY use a DNS query to check
   whether the mapping is up to date.  However, depending on the load on
   the DHCPv6 and DNS servers and the DNS propagation delays, the client
   can only infer success.  If the information is not found to be up to
   date in DNS, the servers might not have completed the updates or zone
   transfers, or not yet updated their caches.

   If a client releases an address prior to the expiration of the valid
   lifetime and the client is responsible for updating its AAAA RR, the
   client SHOULD delete the AAAA RR associated with the address before
   sending a RELEASE message.  Similarly, if a client is responsible for
   updating its AAAA RRs, but is unable to renew the lifetimes for an
   address, the client SHOULD attempt to delete the AAAA RR before the
   lifetime on the address is no longer valid.  A DHCPv6 client which
   has not been able to delete an AAAA RR which it added SHOULD attempt
   to notify its administrator, perhaps by emitting a log message.

6.  DHCPv6 Server Behavior

   The following describes the behavior of a DHCPv6 server that
   implements the Client FQDN option when the client's message includes
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   Servers MUST only include a Client FQDN option in ADVERTISE and REPLY
   messages if the client included a Client FQDN option and the Client
   FQDN option is requested by the Option Request Option in the client's
   message to which the server is responding.

   The server examines its configuration and the Flag bits in the
   client's Client FQDN option to determine how to respond:

   o  The server sets to 0 the "S", "O", and "N" Flag bits in its copy
      of the option it will return to the client.
   o  If the client's "N" bit is 1 and the server's configuration allows
      it to honor the client's request for no server initiated DNS
      updates, the server sets the "N" bit to 1.
   o  Otherwise, if the client's "S" bit is 1 and the servers's
      configuration allows it to honor the client's request for the
      server to initiate AAAA RR DNS updates and if it has the necessary
      credentials, the server sets the "S" to 1.  If the server's "S"
      bit does not match the client's "S" bit, the server sets the "O"
      bit to 1.

   The server MAY be configured to use the name supplied in the client's
   Client FQDN option, or it MAY be configured to modify the supplied
   name, or substitute a different name.  The server SHOULD send its
   notion of the complete FQDN for the client in the Domain Name field.
   The server MAY simply copy the Domain Name field from the Client FQDN
   option that the client sent to the server.

6.1  When to Perform DNS Updates

   The server SHOULD NOT perform any DNS updates if the "N" bit is 1 in
   the Flags field of the Client FQDN option in the REPLY messages (to
   be) sent to the client.  However, the server SHOULD delete any RRs
   which it previously added via DNS updates for the client.

   The server MAY perform the PTR RR DNS update (unless the "N" bit is
   1).

   The server MAY perform the AAAA RR DNS update if the "S" bit is 1 in
   the Flags field of the Client FQDN option in the DHCPACK message (to
   be) sent to the client.

   The server MAY perform these updates even if the client's message did
   not carry the Client FQDN option.  The server MUST NOT initiate DNS
   updates when responding with an ADVERTISE message to the client.

   The server MAY complete its DNS updates (PTR RR or PTR and AAAA RR)
   before the server sends the REPLY message to the client.
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   without waiting for the update to be completed.  Whether the DNS
   update occurs before or after the REPLY is sent is entirely up to the
   DHCPv6 server's configuration.

   If the server's AAAA RR DNS update does not complete until after the
   server has replied to the DHCPv6 client, the server's interaction
   with the DNS server MAY cause the DHCPv6 server to change the domain
   name that it associates with the client.  This can occur, for
   example, if the server detects and resolves a domain-name conflict
   [6].  In such cases, the domain name that the server returns to the
   DHCPv6 client would change between two DHCPv6 exchanges.

   If the server previously performed DNS updates for the client and the
   client's information has not changed, the server MAY skip performing
   additional DNS updates.

   When a server receives a RELEASE or DECLINE for an address, detects
   that the valid lifetime on an address that the server bound to a
   client has expired, or terminates a binding on an address prior to
   the binding's expiration time (for instance, by sending a REPLY with
   a zero valid lifetime for an address), the server SHOULD delete any
   PTR RR which it associated with the address via DNS update.  In
   addition, if the server took responsibility for AAAA RRs, the server
   SHOULD also delete the AAAA RR.

7.  DNS Update Conflicts

   This document does not resolve how a DHCPv6 client or server prevent
   name conflicts.  This document addresses only how a DHCPv6 client and
   server negotiate the fully qualified domain name and who will perform
   the DNS updates.

   Implementers of this work will need to consider how name conflicts
   will be prevented.  If a DNS updater needs a security token in order
   to successfully perform DNS updates on a specific name, name
   conflicts can only occur if multiple clients are given a security
   token for that name.  Or, if the fully qualified domains are based on
   the specific address bound to a client, conflicts SHOULD NOT occur.
   Or, a name conflict resolution technique as described in "Resolving
   Name Conflicts" [6]) SHOULD be used.

8.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to assign a DHCPv6 option code for the Client FQDN
   option.






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9.  Security Considerations

   Unauthenticated updates to the DNS can lead to tremendous confusion,
   through malicious attack or through inadvertent misconfiguration.
   Administrators need to be wary of permitting unsecured DNS updates to
   zones which are exposed to the global Internet.  Both DHCPv6 clients
   and servers SHOULD use some form of update request origin
   authentication procedure (e.g., Secure DNS Dynamic Update [9]) when
   performing DNS updates.

   Whether a DHCPv6 client is responsible for updating an FQDN to IPv6
   address mapping or whether this is the responsibility of the DHCPv6
   server is a site-local matter.  The choice between the two
   alternatives is likely based on the security model that is used with
   the DNS update protocol (e.g., only a client may have sufficient
   credentials to perform updates to the FQDN to IPv6 address mapping
   for its FQDN).

   Whether a DHCPv6 server is always responsible for updating the FQDN
   to IPv6 address mapping (in addition to updating the IPv6 to FQDN
   mapping), regardless of the wishes of an individual DHCPv6 client, is
   also a site-local matter.  The choice between the two alternatives is
   likely based on the security model that is being used with DNS
   updates.  In cases where a DHCPv6 server is performing DNS updates on
   behalf of a client, the DHCPv6 server SHOULD be sure of the DNS name
   to use for the client, and of the identity of the client.

   Depending on the prescence of or type of authentication used with the
   Authentication option, a DHCPv6 server may not have much confidence
   in the identities of its clients.  There are many ways for a DHCPv6
   server to develop a DNS name to use for a client, but only in certain
   circumstances will the DHCPv6 server know for certain the identity of
   the client.

10.  Acknowledgements

   Many thanks to Mark Stapp and Yakov Rekhter as this document is based
   on the DHCPv4 Client FQDN option (draft-ietf-dhc-fqdn-option [7]).
   And, to Ted Lemon, Mark Stapp, Josh Littlefield, Kim Kinnear, and
   Ralph Droms for discussions on this work.

11.  References

11.1  Normative References

   [1]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
        Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.




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   [2]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - concepts and facilities",
        STD 13, RFC 1034, November 1987.

   [3]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and
        specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, November 1987.

   [4]  Vixie, P., Thomson, S., Rekhter, Y. and J. Bound, "Dynamic
        Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)", RFC 2136, April
        1997.

   [5]  Droms, R., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins, C. and M.
        Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)",
        RFC 3315, July 2003.

   [6]  Stapp, M., "Resolution of DNS Name Conflicts Among DHCP Clients
        (draft-ietf-dhc-ddns-resolution-*.txt)", September 2004.

11.2  Informative References

   [7]   Stapp, M., Volz, B. and Y. Rekhter, "The DHCP Client FQDN
         Option (draft-ietf-dhc-fqdn-option-*.txt)", January 2005.

   [8]   Marine, A., Reynolds, J. and G. Malkin, "FYI on Questions and
         Answers - Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User"
         Questions", RFC 1594, March 1994.

   [9]   Wellington, B., "Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Dynamic
         Update", RFC 3007, November 2000.

   [10]  Thomson, S., Huitema, C., Ksinant, V. and M. Souissi, "DNS
         Extensions to Support IP Version 6", RFC 3596, October 2003.


Author's Address

   Bernard Volz
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   1414 Massachusetts Ave.
   Boxborough, MA  01719
   USA

   Phone: +1 978 936 0382
   Email: volz@cisco.com








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