Homenet D. Migault
Internet-Draft Ericsson
Intended status: Standards Track R. Weber
Expires: April 25, 2021 Akamai
T. Mrugalski
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
C. Griffiths
W. Cloetens
Deutsche Telekom
October 22, 2020
DHCPv6 Options for Home Network Naming Authority
draft-ietf-homenet-naming-architecture-dhc-options-08
Abstract
This document defines DHCPv6 options so any agnostic Homnet Naming
Authority (HNA) can automatically proceed to the appropriate
configuration and outsource the authoritative naming service for the
home network. In most cases, the outsourcing mechanism is
transparent for the end user.
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Table of Contents
1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Protocol Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Payload Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. Client Public Key Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2. Registered Homenet Domain Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.3. Distribution Master Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.3.1. Supported Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.4. Reverse Distribution Master Server Option . . . . . . . . 7
5. DHCP Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1. DHCPv6 Server Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2. DHCPv6 Client Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.3. DHCPv6 Relay Agent Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7. Security Considerations" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Appendix A. Scenarios and impact on the End User . . . . . . . . 11
Appendix B. Base Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
B.1. Third Party Registered Homenet Domain . . . . . . . . . . 11
B.2. Third Party DNS Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
B.3. Multiple ISPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
The reader is expected to be familiar with
[I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation] and its terminology
section. This section defines terms that have not been defined in
[I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation]:
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o Client Public Key: designates a public key generated by the HNA
and used as an authentication credential for the HNA.
2. Introduction
[I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation] describes how Homenet
Naming Authority (HNA) outsources the Public Homenet Zone to an
Outsourcing Infrastructure.
This document shows how an ISP can provision automatically the HNA
with an DNS Outsourcing Infrastructure (DOI). Most likely the DOI
will be - at least partly be - managed or provided by its ISP, but
other cases may envision the ISP storing some configuration so the
homenet becomes resilient to HNA replacement.
The ISP delegates the home network an IP prefix it owns as well as
the associated reverse zone.
The ISP is well aware of the owner of that prefix, and as such
becomes a natural candidate for hosting the Homenet Reverse Zone -
that is the Reverse Distribution Master (RDM) and potentially the
Reverse Public Authoritative Servers.
In addition, the ISP often identifies the home network with a name.
In most cases, the name is used by the ISP for its internal network
management operations and is not a name the home network owner has
registered to. The ISP may thus leverage such infrastructure and
provide the homenet a specific domain name designated as per
[I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation] a Homenet Registered
Domain. Similarly to the reverse zone, the ISP is well aware of who
owns that domain name and may become a natural candidate for hosting
the Homenet Zone - that is the Distribution Master (DM) and the
Public Authoritative Servers.
This document describes DHCPv6 options so the HNA can advertise the
ISP its identity via a Client Public Key. The ISP internally
associates the Registered Homenet Domains with that key - that is to
the DM and RDM. The ISP provides the Registered Homenet Domain,
necessary information on the DM and the RDM so the HNA can manage and
upload the Public Homenet Zone and the Reverse Public Homenet Zone as
described in [I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation].
The use of DHCPv6 options makes the configuration completely
transparent to the end user and provides a similar level of trust as
the one used to provide the IP prefix. The link between the HNA and
the DHCPv6 server may benefit from additional security for example by
using [I-D.ietf-dhc-sedhcpv6].
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3. Protocol Overview
This section illustrates how a HNA receives the necessary information
via DHCPv6 options to outsource its authoritative naming service to
the DOI. For the sake of simplicity, and similarly to
[I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation], this section assumes
that the HNA and the home network DHCPv6 client are collocated on the
CPE. Note also that this is not mandatory and specific
communications between the HNA and the DHCPv6 client only are needed.
In addition, this section assumes the responsible entity for the
DHCPv6 server is able to configure the DM and RDM. In our case, this
means a Registered Homenet Domain can be associated to a Client
Public Key.
This scenario has been chosen as it is believed to be the most
popular scenario. This document does not ignore scenarios where the
DHCP Server does not have privileged relations with the DM or RDM.
These cases are discussed latter in Appendix A. Such scenarios do
not necessarily require configuration for the end user and can also
be zero-config.
The scenario considered in this section is as follows:
1. The HNA is willing to outsource the Public Homenet Zone or
Homenet Reverse Zone and configures its DHCP Client to provide
its Client Public Key to the DHCP Server using a Client Public
Key Option (OPTION_PUBLIC_KEY).
In addition, it also requests the DHCP Client to include in its
Option Request Option (ORO) the Registered Homnet Domain Option
(OPTION_REGISTERED_DOMAIN), the Distribution Master Option
(OPTION_DIST_MASTER) and the Reverse Distribution Master Option
(OPTION_REVERSE_DIST_MASTER) option codes.
2. The DHCP Server updates as indicated by the ORO, the DM and RDM,
and associate the Registered Domain with the Client Public Key.
3. The DHCP Server responds to the HNA with the requested DHCPv6
options, i.e. OPTION_DIST_MASTER) and OPTION_REVERSE_DIST_MASTER.
The DHCP Client transmits the information to the HNA.
4. The HNA is able to get authenticated by the DM and the RDM. The
HNA builds the Homenet Zone ( resp. the Homenet Reverse Zone) and
proceed as described in
[I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation].
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4. Payload Description
This section details the payload of the DHCPv6 options.
4.1. Client Public Key Option
The Client Public Key Option (OPTION_PUBLIC_KEY) indicates the Client
Public Key that is used to authenticate the HNA. This option is also
defined in [I-D.ietf-dhc-sedhcpv6].
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_PUBLIC_KEY | option-len |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
/ Public Key Data /
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 1: Client Public Key Option
o option-code (16 bits): OPTION_PUBLIC_KEY, the option code for the
Client Public Key Option (TBD1).
o option-len (16 bits): length in octets of the option-data field as
described in [RFC3315].
o Client Public Key Data: contains the Client Public Key. The format
is the DNSKEY RDATA format as defined in [RFC4034].
4.2. Registered Homenet Domain Option
The Registered Domain Option (OPTION_REGISTERED_DOMAIN) indicates the
FQDN associated to the home network.
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_REGISTERED_DOMAIN | option-len |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
/ Registered Homenet Domain /
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 2: Client Public Key Option
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o option-code (16 bits): OPTION_REGISTERED_DOMAIN, the option code
for the Registered Homenet Domain (TBD2).
o option-len (16 bits): length in octets of the option-data field as
described in [RFC3315].
o Registered Homenet Domain (varaiable): the FQDN registered for the
homenet
4.3. Distribution Master Option
The Distributed Master Option (OPTION_DIST_MASTER) provides the HNA
to FQDN of the DM as well as the transport protocol for the
transaction between the HNA and the DM.
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_DIST_MASTER | option-len |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Supported Transport | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
| |
/ Distribution Master FQDN /
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 3: Distribution Master Option
o option-code (16 bits): OPTION_DIST_MASTER, the option code for the
DM Option (TBD3).
o option-len (16 bits): length in octets of the option-data field as
described in [RFC3315].
o Supported Transport (16 bits): defines the supported transport by
the DM. Each bit represents a supported transport, and a DM MAY
indicate the support of multiple modes. The bit for DoT MUST be
set.
o Distribution Master FQDN (variable): the FQDN of the DM.
4.3.1. Supported Transport
The Supported Transport filed of the DHCPv6 option indicates the
supported transport protocol. Each bit represents a specific
transport mechanism. The bit sets to 1 indicates the associated
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transport protocol is supported. The corresponding bits are assigned
as described in Figure 4.
Bit | Transport Protocol | Reference
----+--------------------+-----------
0 | DNS over TLS |
1 | DNS over HTTPS |
2-7 | unallocated |
Figure 4: Supported Protocols
4.4. Reverse Distribution Master Server Option
The Reverse Distribution Master Server Option
(OPTION_REVERSE_DIST_MASTER) provides the HNA to FQDN of the DM as
well as the transport protocol for the transaction between the HNA
and the DM.
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_REVERSE_DIST_MASTER | option-len |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Supported Transport | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
| |
/ Reverse Distribution Master FQDN /
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 5: Reverse Distribution Master Option
o option-code (16 bits): OPTION_REVERSE_DIST_MASTER, the option code
for the Reverse Distribution Master Option (TBD4).
o option-len (16 bits): length in octets of the option-data field as
described in [RFC3315].
o Supported Transport (16 bits): defines the supported transport by
the DM. Each bit represents a supported transport, and a DM MAY
indicate the support of multiple modes. The bit for DoT MUST be
set.
o Reverse Distribution Master FQDN (variable): the FQDN of the RDM.
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5. DHCP Behavior
5.1. DHCPv6 Server Behavior
Sections 17.2.2 and 18.2 of [RFC3315] govern server operation in
regards to option assignment. As a convenience to the reader, we
mention here that the server will send option foo only if configured
with specific values for foo and if the client requested it. In
particular, when configured the DHCP Server sends the Registered
Homenet Domain Option, Distribution Master Option, the Reverse
Distribution Master Option when requested by the DHCPv6 client by
including necessary option codes in its ORO.
The DHCP Server may receive a Client Public Key Option
(OPTION_PUBLIC_KEY) from the HNA. Upon receipt of this DHCPv6
option, the DHCP Server SHOULD acknowledge the reception of the
Client Public Key Option as described and communicate this credential
to the available DM and RDM unless not configured to do so.
A HNA may update its Client Public Key by sending a new value in the
Client Public Key Option (OPTION_PUBLIC_KEY) as this document assumes
the link between the HNA and the DHCP Server is considered
authenticated and trusted. The server SHOULD process received Client
Public Key Option sent by the client unless not configured to do so.
5.2. DHCPv6 Client Behavior
The DHCPv6 client SHOULD send a Client Public Key Option
(OPTION_PUBLIC_KEY) to the DHCP Server. This Client Public Key
authenticates the HNA.
The DHCPv6 client sends a ORO with the necessary option codes:
Registered Homenet Domain Option, Distribution Master Option, the
Reverse Distribution Master Option.
Upon receiving a DHCP option described in this document in the Reply
message, the HNA SHOULD proceed as described in
[I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation].
5.3. DHCPv6 Relay Agent Behavior
There are no additional requirements for the DHCP Relay agents.
6. IANA Considerations
The DHCP options detailed in this document are: * OPTION_CLIENT_KEY:
TBD1 * OPTION_REGISTERED_DOMAIN: TBD2 * OPTION_DIST_MASTER: TBD3 *
OPTION_REVERSE_DIST_MASTER: TBD4
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The document also requests a Supported Transport Registry:
Bit | Transport Protocol | Reference
----+--------------------+-----------
0 | DNS over TLS |
1 | DNS over HTTPS |
2-7 | unallocated |
7. Security Considerations"
8. Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Marcin Siodelski and Bernie Volz for their
comments on the design of the DHCPv6 options. We would also like to
thank Mark Andrews, Andrew Sullivan and Lorenzo Colliti for their
remarks on the architecture design. The designed solution has been
largely been inspired by Mark Andrews's document
[I-D.andrews-dnsop-pd-reverse] as well as discussions with Mark. We
also thank Ray Hunter for its reviews, its comments and for
suggesting an appropriated terminology.
9. References
9.1. Normative References
[RFC1034] Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - concepts and facilities",
STD 13, RFC 1034, DOI 10.17487/RFC1034, November 1987,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1034>.
[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>.
[RFC2181] Elz, R. and R. Bush, "Clarifications to the DNS
Specification", RFC 2181, DOI 10.17487/RFC2181, July 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2181>.
[RFC3315] Droms, R., Ed., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins,
C., and M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, DOI 10.17487/RFC3315, July
2003, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3315>.
[RFC4034] Arends, R., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D., and S.
Rose, "Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions",
RFC 4034, DOI 10.17487/RFC4034, March 2005,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4034>.
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[RFC6672] Rose, S. and W. Wijngaards, "DNAME Redirection in the
DNS", RFC 6672, DOI 10.17487/RFC6672, June 2012,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6672>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
9.2. Informative References
[I-D.andrews-dnsop-pd-reverse]
Andrews, M., "Automated Delegation of IP6.ARPA reverse
zones with Prefix Delegation", draft-andrews-dnsop-pd-
reverse-02 (work in progress), November 2013.
[I-D.ietf-dhc-sedhcpv6]
Li, L., Jiang, S., Cui, Y., Jinmei, T., Lemon, T., and D.
Zhang, "Secure DHCPv6", draft-ietf-dhc-sedhcpv6-21 (work
in progress), February 2017.
[I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation]
Migault, D., Weber, R., Richardson, M., Hunter, R.,
Griffiths, C., and W. Cloetens, "Outsourcing Home Network
Authoritative Naming Service", draft-ietf-homenet-front-
end-naming-delegation-11 (work in progress), April 2020.
[I-D.sury-dnsext-cname-dname]
Sury, O., "CNAME+DNAME Name Redirection", draft-sury-
dnsext-cname-dname-00 (work in progress), April 2010.
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Appendix A. Scenarios and impact on the End User
This section details various scenarios and discuss their impact on
the end user. This section is not normative and limits the
description of a limited scope of scenarios that are assumed to be
representative. Many other scenarios may be derived from these.
Appendix B. Base Scenario
The base scenario is the one described in Section 3 in which an ISP
manages the DHCP Server, the DM and RDM.
The end user subscribes to the ISP (foo), and at subscription time
registers for example.foo as its Registered Homenet Domain
example.foo.
When the HNA is plugged (at least the first time), it provides its
Client Public Key to the DHCP Server. In this scenario, the DHCP
Server, DM and RDM are managed by the ISP so the DHCP Server and as
such can provide authentication credentials of the HNA to enable
secure authenticated transaction with the DM and the Reverse DM.
The main advantage of this scenario is that the naming architecture
is configured automatically and transparently for the end user. The
drawbacks are that the end user uses a Registered Homenet Domain
managed by the ISP and that it relies on the ISP naming
infrastructure.
B.1. Third Party Registered Homenet Domain
This section considers the case when the end user wants its home
network to use example.com not managed by her ISP (foo) as a
Registered Homenet Domain.
This section still consider the ISP manages the home network and
still provides example.foo as a Registered Homenet Domain.
When the end user buys the domain name example.com, it may request to
redirect the name example.com to example.foo using static redirection
with CNAME [RFC2181], [RFC1034], DNAME [RFC6672] or CNAME+DNAME
[I-D.sury-dnsext-cname-dname].
This configuration is performed once when the domain name example.com
is registered. The only information the end user needs to know is
the domain name assigned by the ISP. Once this configuration is done
no additional configuration is needed anymore. More specifically,
the HNA may be changed, the zone can be updated as in Appendix B
without any additional configuration from the end user.
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The main advantage of this scenario is that the end user benefits
from the Zero Configuration of the Base Scenario Appendix B. Then,
the end user is able to register for its home network an unlimited
number of domain names provided by an unlimited number of different
third party providers.
The drawback of this scenario may be that the end user still rely on
the ISP naming infrastructure. Note that the only case this may be
inconvenient is when the DNS Servers provided by the ISPs results in
high latency.
B.2. Third Party DNS Infrastructure
This scenario considers that the end user uses example.com as a
Registered Homenet Domain, and does not want to rely on the
authoritative servers provided by the ISP.
In this section we limit the outsourcing to the DM and Public
Authoritative Server(s) to a third party. The Reverse Public
Authoritative Server(s) and the RDM remain managed by the ISP as the
IP prefix is managed by the ISP.
Outsourcing to a third party DM can be performed in the following
ways:
1. Updating the DHCP Server Information. One can imagine a GUI
interface that enables the end user to modify its profile
parameters. Again, this configuration update is done once-for-
ever.
2. Upload the configuration of the DM to the HNA. In some cases,
the provider of the CPE hosting the HNA may be the registrar and
provide the CPE already configured. In other cases, the CPE may
request the end user to log into the registrar to validate the
ownership of the Registered Homenet Domain and agree on the
necessary credentials to secure the communication between the HNA
and the DM. As described in
[I-D.ietf-homenet-front-end-naming-delegation], such settings
could be performed in an almost automatic way as to limit the
necessary interactions with the end user.
B.3. Multiple ISPs
This scenario considers a HNA connected to multiple ISPs.
Suppose the HNA has been configured each of its interfaces
independently with each ISPS as described in Appendix B. Each ISP
provides a different Registered Homenet Domain. The HNA Client
Public Key may be shared between the HNA and the multiple ISPs.
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The protocol and DHCPv6 options described in this document are fully
compatible with a HNA connected to multiple ISPs with multiple
Registered Homenet Domains. However, the HNA should be able to
handle different Registered Homenet Domains. This is an
implementation issue which is outside the scope of the current
document.
If a HNA is not able to handle multiple Registered Homenet Domains,
the HNA may remain connected to multiple ISP with a single Registered
Homenet Domain. In this case, one entity is chosen to host the
Registered Homenet Domain. This entity may be one of the ISP or a
third party. Note that having multiple ISPs can be motivated for
bandwidth aggregation, or connectivity fail-over. In the case of
connectivity fail-over, the fail-over concerns the access network and
a failure of the access network may not impact the core network where
the DM Server and Public Authoritative Primaries are hosted. In that
sense, choosing one of the ISP even in a scenario of multiple ISPs
may make sense. However, for sake of simplicity, this scenario
assumes that a third party has been chosen to host the Registered
Homenet Domain. Configuration is performed as described in
Appendix B.1 and Appendix B.2.
With the configuration described in Appendix B.1, the HNA is expect
to be able to handle multiple Homenet Registered Domain, as the third
party redirect to one of the ISPs Servers. With the configuration
described in Appendix B.2, DNS zone are hosted and maintained by the
third party. A single DNS(SEC) Homenet Zone is built and maintained
by the HNA. This latter configuration is likely to match most HNA
implementations.
The protocol and DHCPv6 options described in this document are fully
compatible with a HNA connected to multiple ISPs. To configure or
not and how to configure the HNA depends on the HNA facilities.
Appendix B and Appendix B.1 require the HNA to handle multiple
Registered Homenet Domain, whereas Appendix B.2 does not have such
requirement.
Authors' Addresses
Daniel Migault
Ericsson
8275 Trans Canada Route
Saint Laurent, QC 4S 0B6
Canada
EMail: daniel.migault@ericsson.com
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Ralf Weber
Akamai
EMail: ralf.weber@akamai.com
Tomek Mrugalski
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
950 Charter Street
Redwood City 94063
US
EMail: tomasz.mrugalski@gmail.com
Chris Griffiths
EMail: cgriffiths@gmail.com
Wouter Cloetens
Deutsche Telekom
EMail: wouter.cloetens@external.telekom.de
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