Re: [v6ops] [Last-Call] Tsvart last call review of draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops-05

Fernando Gont <fernando.gont@edgeuno.com> Thu, 08 April 2021 15:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] [Last-Call] Tsvart last call review of draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops-05
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Hi, Tom,

On Thu, 2021-04-08 at 08:00 -0700, Tom Herbert wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 7:33 AM Timothy J. Salo <salo@saloits.com>
> wrote:
> > On 4/8/2021 9:21 AM, Tom Herbert wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > Sure, tell me, as a host stack developer, what at reasonable
> > > minimum
> > > length is for an IP header chain and I'll fix the packets I'm
> > > sending
> > > so that the operators don't need to be bothered with this.
> > 
> > No one really knows.
> 
> That presumes there is no data, and that it is impossible to get the
> data. I don't believe that is true. For instance, RFC7872 does show
> that between 80-90% of eight byte Destination Options make it through
> the Internet. That's a pretty high percentage, so that suggests that
> a
> minimal recommendation for EH length could be at least eight.

You seem to keep misinterpreting things:

1) This document does not make recommendations.
If you want recommendations, please do submit a draft. (I will note
that RFC7112 at the time wanted to restrict the IPv6 header chain to
1280 bytes, and even *that* didn't fly. -- SO, good luck with that
project....) 

2) As noted by many, many times, the effect of e.g. EH length on
processing describes on so many factors (vendor, model, deployment,
etc.) that trying to come up with a "minimal recommendation" is simply
guesswork.

3) There's no reason to believe that packets that are currently let
through do not or could not cause issues.

4) And no, I don't think that you can expect an operator to make a
survey of every single device they use, and try to find out what's the
ipv6 header chain length that wouldn't screw the network, and work hard
to support it. As noted before, you're going to have a hard time
explaining your CEO or manager why you've decided to unnecessarily
accept risk that you do not need to accept. 

JUst as a data point, this was posted yesterday: 
https://blog.quarkslab.com/analysis-of-a-windows-ipv6-fragmentation-vulnerability-cve-2021-24086.html


> 
> > Moreover, there is no reason to believe that the
> > value won't change in the future.  Furthermore, this is well beyond
> > the
> > control of the IETF: it is driven by decisions made by router
> > vendors
> > and ISPs.
> > 
> The ADs can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it is within the
> scope of IETF to make recommendations and suggest best practices
> concerning the use of standard protocols and those recommendations
> can and should take operational data into account.

Indeed. But this document is not a recommendation, and was never meant
to.  Isn't the Disclaimer clear enough on this point?

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
Director of Information Security
EdgeUno, Inc.
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