HIP BONE: Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Based Overlay Networking Environment (BONE)
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                      G. Camarillo
Request for Comments: 6079                                   P. Nikander
Category: Experimental                                     J. Hautakorpi
ISSN: 2070-1721                                               A. Keranen
                                                                Ericsson
                                                             A. Johnston
                                                                   Avaya
                                                            January 2011

                 HIP BONE: Host Identity Protocol (HIP)
              Based Overlay Networking Environment (BONE)

Abstract

   This document specifies a framework to build HIP-based (Host Identity
   Protocol) overlay networks.  This framework uses HIP to perform
   connection management.  Other functions, such as data storage and
   retrieval or overlay maintenance, are implemented using protocols
   other than HIP.  These protocols are loosely referred to as "peer
   protocols".

Status of This Memo

   This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
   published for examination, experimental implementation, and
   evaluation.

   This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
   community.  This document is a product of the Internet Engineering
   Task Force (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF
   community.  It has received public review and has been approved for
   publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Not
   all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of
   Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.

   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
   http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6079.

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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................3
   2. Terminology .....................................................3
   3. Background on HIP ...............................................4
      3.1. ID/Locator Split ...........................................4
           3.1.1. Identifier Format ...................................5
           3.1.2. HIP Base Exchange ...................................5
           3.1.3. Locator Management ..................................6
      3.2. NAT Traversal ..............................................6
      3.3. Security ...................................................7
           3.3.1. DoS Protection ......................................7
           3.3.2. Identifier Assignment and Authentication ............7
           3.3.3. Connection Security .................................9
      3.4. HIP Deployability and Legacy Applications ..................9
   4. Framework Overview .............................................10
   5. The HIP BONE Framework .........................................13
      5.1. Node ID Assignment and Bootstrap ..........................13
      5.2. Overlay Network Identification ............................14
      5.3. Connection Establishment ..................................15
      5.4. Lightweight Message Exchanges .............................15
      5.5. HIP BONE Instantiation ....................................16
   6. Overlay HIP Parameters .........................................17
      6.1. Overlay Identifier ........................................17
      6.2. Overlay TTL ...............................................17
   7. Security Considerations ........................................18
   8. Acknowledgements ...............................................19
   9. IANA Considerations ............................................19
   10. References ....................................................19
      10.1. Normative References .....................................19
      10.2. Informative References ...................................20

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