Re: [Dime] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6733 (5084)

[Priyatosh Mandal <[e-mail]>]

The respective section can be enhanced to say for transition from maximum
to the minimum value of origin-state-id, the peer access node should assume
the node restart. Otherwise the present description based implementation
can cause hang situation of various nodes which actually wait to receive
increased value of origin-state-id to clear session. I mean if a node
receives 0  after processing of the maximum value of origin-state-id, how
it will behave? Not defined in RFC.  So to remove the hang situation the
explanation of this transition of value can be included.

Regards,
Dr. Priyatosh Mandal, Ph. D.

On Aug 16, 2017 7:55 PM, "Yuval Lifshitz" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Not sure if errata is meant to capture "clarifications", but should
> probably be captured somewhere so it could be added to a future version.
>
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>
> However, the spec is not wrong as much as there is no warning to ensure
> the reader is aware of the situation.
>
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>
> Don't think it should be rejected. Even if the implementation rollover 4M
> to 1 (and not to zero) there is still an issue of the fact that the
> origin-state-id is not incremented.
> IMO, it should be addressed in the spec.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DiME [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Priyatosh Mandal
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> Subject: [Dime] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6733 (5084)
>
> Hello ,
> Should I consider the Reported Errata ID: 5084, as rejected.
>
> Kindly confirm.
>
> Regards,
> Dr. Priyatosh Mandal, Ph.D.
>
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 19:47:28 +0530, Priyatosh Mandal wrote Kindly note
> that, with the incremental change of this origin-state-id the peer node
> clear sessions. So when the change is from the maximum value to the minimum
> value of origin-state-id then it is not an incremental change. This is an
> exceptional situation, which I feel to be part of rfc.
>
> Regards,
> Dr. Priyatosh Mandal, Ph. D.
>
> On Aug 14, 2017 6:32 PM, "Bertz, Lyle T [CTO]" <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
> I believe what Dave is alluding to is that if one *does intend for the
> inferences to be made* then rolling over the value to 0 is not appropriate
> and avalue > 0, e.g. 1, MUST be used.
>
> In a sense it is not an error as much as a note / warning for those who
> are allocating that AVP in a specific manner.
>
>
> From: DiME [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of Priyatosh Mandal
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> Subject: Re: [Dime] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6733 (5084)
>
> Hello Sir,
> The situation is a transition from the maximum value 4294967295 of
> Origin-State-Id. If after this, the value of Origin-State-Id is increased,
> it will automatically become 0. So the peer node which receives the value 0
> after 4294967295, can assume the node whichsent this 0, faced a restart.
> Here the peer-node  is already aware that the previous value of
> origin-state-id was 4294967295. So it can easily conclude node restart.
>
> I understand  the meaning of 0 as explained in RFC 6733 :"If an access
> device does not intend for such inferences to be made, it MUST either not
> include Origin-State-Id in any message or set its value to 0".But this is a
> special case, where the value of Origin-State-Id changes from  4294967295
> to 0.
>
> So kindly reconsider
> this.
>
> Thanking you,
> Priyatosh
>
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:51:25 +0000, Dave Dolson wrote In my opinion, the
> change should not be accepted.
> In your roll-over special case, the device should skip over the value 0,
> using 1 or some other value instead of zero.
>
> David Dolson
> Sandvine
>
> From: Priyatosh Mandal
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 12:57 AM
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>
> Dear All,
> Kindly verify this.
>
> Regards,
> Priyatosh Mandal
>
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:04:56 -0700 (PDT), RFC Errata System wrote The
> following errata report has been submitted for RFC6733, "Diameter Base
> Protocol".
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Priyatosh Mandal <[e-mail]>
>
> Section: 8.16
>
> Original Text
> -------------
> By including Origin-State-Id in a message, it allows other Diameter
> entities to infer that sessions associated with a lower Origin-State-Id are
> no longer active.
> If an access device does not intend for such inferences to be made, it
> MUST either not include Origin-State-Id in any message or set its value to
> 0.
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> By including Origin-State-Id in a message, it allows other Diameter
> entities to infer that sessions associated with a lower Origin-State-Id are
> no longer active.
> If an access device does not intend for such inferences to be made, it
> MUST either not include Origin-State-Id in any message or set its value to
> 0.
> As a special case when the value of Origin-State-Id changes from
> 4294967295 to 0, then also the access device  clear all the sessions.
>
> Notes
> -----
> Origin-State-Id is defined as Unsigned32 in RFC 6733, Section 8.16. So the
> maximum value it can have is 4294967295. If the system restarts many times
> and the value of Origin-State-Id reaches the value which is same as its
> maximum value 4294967295.
> Then what will happen for the next restart. At the next restart the value
> of Origin-State-Id will be 0 if we try to increase the value of
> Origin-State-Id.
> It is not defined in the RFC 6733, that how the system should behave after
> 4294967295-th restart with respect to Origin-State-Id.
>
> Generally when the peer receives an increased value of Origin-State-Id,
> then it clear all sessions.
> If the value of Origin-State-Id reaches its maximum i.e., 4294967295, then
> after another restart its value will be 0. For a special case for
> transition of value of Origin-State-Id from
> 4294967295 to 0, the peer should clear its session.
>
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> --------------------------------------
> RFC6733 (draft-ietf-dime-rfc3588bis-33)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : Diameter Base Protocol
> Publication Date    : October 2012
> Author(s)           : V. Fajardo, Ed., J. Arkko, J. Loughney, G. Zorn, Ed.
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Diameter Maintenance and Extensions
> Area                : Operations and Management
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
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