Re: [mpls] Eric Rescorla's Discuss on draft-ietf-mpls-sfc-05: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

"Adrian Farrel" <adrian@olddog.co.uk> Thu, 07 March 2019 15:42 UTC

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Subject: Re: [mpls] Eric Rescorla's Discuss on draft-ietf-mpls-sfc-05: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
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Thanks Ekr, that is an exceptionally good catch.

It is both a simple problem and a real problem.

A fix is going to take some thought and at least a few words.

At a quick glance, I think the issue would at least get caught when an
attempt to use the metadata was made (the index would not find an entry).
That would cause an error to be flagged.

But there are "update" cases that would not work.

Adrian

> DISCUSS:
>
> I have what may be a simple question or a real interop problem, 
> as noted below. Hopefully it's the former and we can resolve it quickly.
>
> DETAIL
> S 13.
>         and defined in [RFC8300].
>   
>      Metadata:  The actual metadata formatted as described in whatever
>         document defines the metadata.  This field is end-padded with zero
>         to three octets of zeroes to take it up to a four octet boundary.
>   
> What happens if the packet gets lost? Is there an ACK? How often
> should I send it?
>
>
> COMMENT:
>
> S 12.1.
>          ---------------
>   
>                      Figure 4: The MPLS SFC Metadata Label
>   
>      The Metadata Label value is an index into a table of metadata that is
>      programmed into the network using in-band or out-of-band mechanisms.
>
> You note below that the network needs to be secure. You should also
> note that access to this table needs to be secure.

Yes. Easy addition to Section 15