Considerations on the Application of the Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6 (Shim6)
RFC 6629
Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(June 2012; No errata)
Was draft-garcia-shim6-applicability (individual in int area)
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Authors | Joe Abley , Marcelo Bagnulo , Alberto Garcia-Martinez | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
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IESG | IESG state | RFC 6629 (Informational) | |
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Responsible AD | Jari Arkko | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Abley Request for Comments: 6629 ICANN Category: Informational M. Bagnulo ISSN: 2070-1721 A. Garcia-Martinez UC3M June 2012 Considerations on the Application of the Level 3 Multihoming Shim Protocol for IPv6 (Shim6) Abstract This document discusses some considerations on the applicability of the level 3 multihoming Shim protocol for IPv6 (Shim6) and associated support protocols and mechanisms to provide site multihoming capabilities in IPv6. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. 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/rfc6629. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Abley, et al. Informational [Page 1] RFC 6629 Shim6 Applicability Considerations June 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................3 2. Deployment Scenarios ............................................4 3. Addresses and Shim6 .............................................6 3.1. Protocol Version (IPv4 vs. IPv6) ...........................6 3.2. Prefix Lengths .............................................7 3.3. Address Generation and Configuration .......................7 3.4. Use of CGA vs. HBA .........................................7 4. Shim6 in Multihomed Nodes .......................................8 5. Shim6 Capabilities .............................................10 5.1. Fault Tolerance ...........................................10 5.1.1. Establishing Communications After an Outage ........10 5.1.2. Short-Lived and Long-Lived Communications ..........11 5.2. Load Balancing ............................................11 5.3. Traffic Engineering .......................................12 6. Application Considerations .....................................12 7. Interaction with Other Protocols and Mechanisms ................13 7.1. Shim6 and Mobile IPv6 .....................................13 7.1.1. Multihomed Home Network ............................14 7.1.2. Shim6 Between the HA and the MN ....................16 7.2. Shim6 and SEND ............................................16 7.3. Shim6, SCTP and MPTCP .....................................17 7.4. Shim6 and NEMO ............................................18 7.5. Shim6 and HIP .............................................18 7.6. Shim6 and Firewalls .......................................19 7.7. Shim6 and NPTv6 ...........................................20 8. Security Considerations ........................................23 8.1. Privacy Considerations ....................................24 9. Contributors ...................................................24 10. Acknowledgements ..............................................24 11. References ....................................................25 11.1. Normative References .....................................25 11.2. Informative References ...................................26 Abley, et al. Informational [Page 2] RFC 6629 Shim6 Applicability Considerations June 2012 1. Introduction Site multihoming is an arrangement by which a site may use multiple paths to the rest of the Internet to provide better reliability forShow full document text