Re: [6lo] Future extensibility for the DAR/DAC

["Pascal Thubert (pthubert)" <[e-mail]>]

Dear all :

The problem at hand is that the way draft 19 is formulated, the DAR/DAC messages can never have options. This is barring future capabilities, in particular using the DAR/DAC over the backbone as discussed at the last IETF - I still need ot propose text on that.
To address this issue, I suggest that the initial use of the ICMP code (at some point odd values would mean support to this spec) in DAR/DAC message is extended so the size of the ROVR field is clearly indicated in a subfield of the ICMP code.
The proposed change is as follows:



       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |     Type      |CodePfx|CodeSfx|          Checksum             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |    Status     |     TID       |     Registration Lifetime     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
     ...          Registration Ownership Verifier                    ...
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      +                                                               +
      |                                                               |
      +                       Registered Address                      +
      |                                                               |
      +                                                               +
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                Figure 2: Duplicate Address Messages Format

   Modified Message Fields:

   Code:           The ICMP Code as defined in [RFC4443].  With this
                   specification, the ICMP Code for Duplicate Address
                   Messages is split in 2 fields, the Code Prefix and
                   the Code Suffix, each a 4-bits field.  The Code
                   Prefix MUST be set to zero by the sender and MUST be
                   ignored by the receiver.  A non-null value of the
                   Code Suffix indicates support for this specification.
                   It MUST be set to 1 when operating in a backward-
                   compatible mode with a ROVR size of 64 bits.  It MAY
                   be 2, 3 or 4, denoting a ROVR size of 128, 192, and
                   256 bits, respectively.


Also this means a chnage in the IANA section:

9.2.  ICMP Codes

   IANA is requested to create 2 new subregistries of the ICMPv6 "Code"
   Fields registry, which itself is a subregistry of the Internet
   Control Message Protocol version 6 (ICMPv6) Parameters for the ICMP
   codes.  The new subregistries relate to the ICMP type 157, Duplicate
   Address Request (shown in Table 3), and 158, Duplicate Address
   Confirmation (shown in Table 4), respectively.  For those ICMP types,
   the ICMP Code field is split in 2 subfields, the "Code Prefix" and
   the "Code Suffix".  The new subregistries relate to the "Code Suffix"
   portion of the ICMP Code.  The range of "Code Suffix" is 0..15 in all
   cases.  The policy is "IETF Review" or "IESG Approval" [RFC8126] for
   both subregistries.  The new subregistries are initialized as
   follows:


             New Code Suffixes for ICMP types 157 DAR message

   +--------------+---------------------------------------+------------+
   | Code Suffix  | Meaning                               | Reference  |
   +--------------+---------------------------------------+------------+
   | 0            | RFC6775 DAR message                   | RFC 6775   |
   |              |                                       |            |
   | 1            | EDAR message with 64bits-long ROVR    | This RFC   |
   |              | field                                 |            |
   |              |                                       |            |
   | 2            | EDAR message with 128bits-long ROVR   | This RFC   |
   |              | field                                 |            |
   |              |                                       |            |
  | 3            | EDAR message with 192bits-long ROVR   | This RFC   |
   |              | field                                 |            |
   |              |                                       |            |
   | 4            | EDAR message with 256bits-long ROVR   | This RFC   |
   |              | field                                 |            |
   |              |                                       |            |
   | 5...15       | Unassigned                            |            |
   +--------------+---------------------------------------+------------+

              Table 3: New Code Suffixes for the DAR message

             New Code Suffixes for ICMP types 158 DAC message

   +-------------+----------------------------------------+------------+
   | Code Suffix | Meaning                                | Reference  |
   +-------------+----------------------------------------+------------+
   | 0           | RFC6775 DAC message                    | RFC 6775   |
   |             |                                        |            |
   | 1           | EDAC message with 64bits-long ROVR     | This RFC   |
   |             | field                                  |            |
   |             |                                        |            |
   | 2           | EDAC message with 128bits-long ROVR    | This RFC   |
   |             | field                                  |            |
   |             |                                        |            |
   | 3           | EDAC message with 192bits-long ROVR    | This RFC   |
   |             | field                                  |            |
   |             |                                        |            |
   | 4           | EDAC message with 256bits-long ROVR    | This RFC   |
   |             | field                                  |            |
   |             |                                        |            |
   | 5...15      | Unassigned                             |            |
  +-------------+----------------------------------------+------------+

              Table 4: New Code Suffixes for the DAC message


Please let us know if there is an issue with this, cc'ing Adrian since we discussed this unusual use of the ICMP Code during his review.

All the best,

Pascal
From: 6lo <[e-mail]> On Behalf Of Pascal Thubert (pthubert)
Sent: mercredi 25 avril 2018 11:54
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [6lo] Future extensibility for the DAR/DAC

Dear all :

As it stands in RFC 6775 update, the fact that the DAR and DAC messages are in fact extended DAR and DAC is indicated by the ICMP code of 1.
In that case, the size of the message determines the size of the ROVR field that carries the ex-EUI-64 field, now ROVR field, which can be extended up to 256 bits for use as a cryptographic proof of ownership in AP-ND.
Keeping it that way may be problematic if we want to add future extensions (e.g., options at the end of the message) and stay backward compatible.
An alternate way is to block 2 bits of the ICMP code and use the values 0, 1, 2, and 3 denoting a ROVR size of 64, 128, 192 and 256 bits respectively.

Should we / shouldn't we do that?

Pascal