Re: [v6ops] new draft: draft-yc-v6ops-solicited-ra-unicast

Erik Nordmark <nordmark@acm.org> Thu, 23 July 2015 16:26 UTC

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On 7/23/15 2:37 AM, Mark Smith wrote:
> Hi Erik,
>
> On 23 July 2015 at 08:21, Erik Nordmark <nordmark@acm.org> wrote:
>> On 7/21/15 1:25 PM, Mark Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> I thought that could be an option, however I encountered RSes without
>>> the Source Link Layer Option, which means if RFC6085 is to be used,
>>> the link-layer header has to be available to get the source link-layer
>>> address from.
>>>
>>> After I wondered about the efficiency benefit of using multicasts for
>>> solicited RAs, Fred asked me to do some testing/investigation. I wrote
>>> up what I found here, the few unusual RS cases I saw the following,
>>> which I put down some thoughts about handling via e.g., RFC6085.
>>>
>>> o  RSes with a :: source address
>>>
>>> o  RSes with a link-local source addresses, but no Source Link-Layer
>>> Address Option
>>
>> Yes, both of those are important (I had forgotten about the second one).
>>
>> As you say, an implementation might be able to use the link-layer header and
>> unicast back a packet. If the source was :: then that approach would rely on
>> sending to the multicast ff02::1 while the link-layer destination is
>> unicast.
>>
>> If not, then the implementation needs to multicast the RA.
>>
> I was wondering if instead the implementation could trigger an ND/NS
> transaction for the RS source address at that point, and then unicast
> the RA when that completes.
That would only address the lack of SLLAO case; not the unspecified 
source address case.
I don't know how common these cases are in existing implementations.
The unspecified source would appear if the host is doing DAD in parallel 
with sending the RS.
I don't know when a host would omit the SLLAO in the RS.

>
> RFC4861 seems to be a bit vague about being able to do that. It says
> that if the SLLO is not present, the router still can unicast the RA.
> As RFC4861 is pre RFC6085, then performing a ND/NS first would be the
> only way to do that. The last sentence also seems to be permitting NC
> entries to be created when there is no SLLO ("or not a Source
> Link-Layer is provided" ... "Neighbor Cache entry" ... "(or is
> created)").
>
> "If there is no existing Neighbor Cache
>     entry and no Source Link-Layer Address option was present in the
>     solicitation, the router may respond with either a multicast or a
>     unicast router advertisement.  Whether or not a Source Link-Layer
>     Address option is provided, if a Neighbor Cache entry for the
>     solicitation's sender exists (or is created) the entry's IsRouter
>     flag MUST be set to FALSE."
I think the attempt at english as opposed to pseudo-code is hard to read.
AFAIK the intent was
     if NCE
         set NCE IsRouter to FALSE

Thus the NCE might have already existed, or have been created.

I think there is text earlier to say to not create an NCE for 0::0 nor 
if there is no SLLAO (unless the link-layer has no addresses).

Regards,
    Erik

>
> Performing an NS/ND to resolve the source address of the RS without a
> SLLO would seem consistent with the corresponding RS SLLO handling -
> to load the Neighbor Cache with entries for nodes that have sent RSes.
>
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
>
>>     Erik
>>
>>> https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/v6ops/current/msg22464.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/v6ops/current/msg22464.html
>>>
>>>> But I would not say it's sufficient, if only from an "explicit
>>>> clarity" standpoint.  I think explicit mention of RAs and the other
>>>> discussion is helpful for implementors not inclined to dig to great
>>>> depths or just seeking explicit confirmation.
>>>>
>>>
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