Re: [dhcwg] I-D Action: draft-templin-duid-ipv6-01.txt

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> Tue, 12 January 2021 18:22 UTC

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Fred,

Mark asked:

"I don't understand what problem this is trying to solve or see any
benefits of it. What is wrong with existing DUIDs?”

I have the same question.   I read the draft but have no idea why this is needed.

Bob


> On Jan 12, 2021, at 8:26 AM, Templin (US), Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> wrote:
> 
> Mark, thanks for the comments. I gather your concern is for the longevity and
> immutability of the IPv6 address that would go into the DUID, since DUIDs are
> meant to identify the device and not change over time. But, there are IPv6
> address generation methods that generate addresses not for the purpose of
> assigning them to a physical interface (e.g., Ethernet, WiFi and the like), but
> instead to provide a unique node ID for the device that never changes
> [RFC7401][draft-ietf-drip-rid]. Also, [RFC7721] mentions several other IPv6
> address generation methods that could be considered for use for generating
> a unique node ID, and other IPv6 address generation methods intended to
> create a unique node ID could be defined in the future.
> 
> So, again, this is not about using an IPv6 address assigned to a physical interface
> as a DUID; it is about using an IPv6 address that was intentionally generated to
> be a unique identifier for the node and may also be assigned to a virtual interface.
> 
> Thanks - Fred
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Smith [mailto:markzzzsmith@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 5:32 PM
>> To: Templin (US), Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
>> Cc: ipv6@ietf.org; dhcwg <dhcwg@ietf.org>; Dickson (US), Sean M <sean.m.dickson@boeing.com>
>> Subject: Re: FW: I-D Action: draft-templin-duid-ipv6-01.txt
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Fred,
>> 
>> I don't understand what problem this is trying to solve or see any
>> benefits of it. What is wrong with existing DUIDs?
>> 
>> DHCP Unique IDentifiers are, per RFC 8415,
>> 
>> "...  designed to be unique across all DHCP clients and servers, and stable
>>   for any specific client or server.  That is, the DUID used by a
>>   client or server SHOULD NOT change over time if at all possible; for
>>   example, a device's DUID should not change as a result of a change in
>>   the device's network hardware or changes to virtual interfaces (e.g.,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mrugalski, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 32]
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> 
>> 
>> RFC 8415                      DHCP for IPv6                November 2018
>> 
>> 
>>   logical PPP (over Ethernet) interfaces that may come and go in
>>   Customer Premises Equipment routers).  The client may change its DUID
>>   as specified in [RFC7844]."
>> 
>> The only IPv6 address that I can think of that might come close to
>> meeting those requirements would be an EUI-64 derived Link-Local
>> address, and that is assuming that the EUI-64/hardware MAC address
>> never changes. MAC address randomisation and the RFC8064
>> recommendation for use of RFC7217 for SLAAC means that Link-Local
>> addresses may not meet the DUID requirements above either (RFC7217 can
>> result in link-specific link-local addresses (specifically the IID
>> portion is link specifc), even though the link-local prefix itself is
>> constant across all links).
>> 
>> There's also a circular dependency if the DUID is based on a GUA or
>> ULA address and DHCPv6 is to then be used for stateful GAU/ULA address
>> assignment, unless you mandated that SLAAC and stateful DHCPv6 are
>> used in parallel so that SLAAC could be used to derive the DUID that
>> is then used to acquire further ULA/GUA addresses via stateful DHCPv6
>> IA_NAs and IA_TAs.
>> 
>> "The DUID-V6ADDR may appear in DHCPv6 and/or other protocol control
>>   messages (such as IPv6 ND) within a service domain when a unique ID
>>   based on an IPv6 address is required."
>> 
>> In the latter case, why not use IPv6 addresses themselves? Using
>> DHCPv6 Unique Identifiers outside of the DHCP protocol would be an
>> abuse of a DUID.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Mark.
>> 
>> On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 at 05:47, Templin (US), Fred L
>> <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, more and more IPv6 address generation methods are being specified that
>>> intend to generate IPv6 addresses that are highly likely to be unique on either
>>> a global scale or unique within a bounded service domain. So much so, that
>>> some address generation methods intend for the IPv6 addresses to be usable
>>> as node identifiers.
>>> 
>>> Recognizing this, this document proposes a new DHCPv6 DUID type known
>>> as "DHCP-V6ADDR" that includes an IPv6 address in the body of the DUID. In
>>> this way, IPv6 addresses produced by address generation methods intending
>>> to generate a node ID can be used as unique identifiers in DHCPv6 message
>>> exchanges. This would introduce a single new DUID type, for which the IANA
>>> allocation policy is  "standards action".
>>> 
>>> Alternatively, a separate DUID type could be allocated for each IPv6 address
>>> generation method. However, that approach may result in additional IANA
>>> allocations and would require implementation updates every time a new
>>> address generation method is specified. Hence, a single generic DUID type
>>> for all IPv6 generation methods is proposed, but open for discussion.
>>> 
>>> Comments on the list welcome.
>>> 
>>> Fred
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: I-D-Announce [mailto:i-d-announce-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of internet-drafts@ietf.org
>>> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 10:21 AM
>>> To: i-d-announce@ietf.org
>>> Subject: I-D Action: draft-templin-duid-ipv6-01.txt
>>> 
>>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>        Title           : The IPv6 Address-based DHCPv6 Unique Identifier (DUID-V6ADDR)
>>>        Author          : Fred L. Templin
>>>        Filename        : draft-templin-duid-ipv6-01.txt
>>>        Pages           : 7
>>>        Date            : 2021-01-11
>>> 
>>> Abstract:
>>>   This document defines a new DHCPv6 Unique Identifier (DUID) type
>>>   called DUID-V6ADDR that contains a single 128 bit IPv6 address.
>>>   DUID-V6ADDR makes it possible for devices to use suitably-derived
>>>   unique IPv6 addresses to identify themselves to DHCPv6 servers and/or
>>>   other network nodes.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-templin-duid-ipv6/
>>> 
>>> There are also htmlized versions available at:
>>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-templin-duid-ipv6-01
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-templin-duid-ipv6-01
>>> 
>>> A diff from the previous version is available at:
>>> https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-templin-duid-ipv6-01
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission
>>> until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
>>> 
>>> Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
>>> ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
>>> 
>>> 
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