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+Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) C. Dearlove
+Request for Comments: 7188 BAE Systems ATC
+Updates: 6130, 7181 T. Clausen
+Category: Standards Track LIX, Ecole Polytechnique
+ISSN: 2070-1721 April 2014
+
+
+ Optimized Link State Routing Protocol Version 2 (OLSRv2) and
+ MANET Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (NHDP) Extension TLVs
+
+Abstract
+
+ This specification describes extensions to definitions of TLVs used
+ by the Optimized Link State Routing Protocol version 2 (OLSRv2) and
+ the MANET Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (NHDP) to increase their
+ abilities to accommodate protocol extensions. This document updates
+ RFC 7181 (OLSRv2) and RFC 6130 (NHDP).
+
+Status of This Memo
+
+ This is an Internet Standards Track document.
+
+ This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
+ (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
+ received public review and has been approved for publication by the
+ Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
+ Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
+
+ Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
+ and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
+ http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7188.
+
+Copyright Notice
+
+ Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
+ document authors. All rights reserved.
+
+ This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal
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+ publication of this document. Please review these documents
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+Dearlove & Clausen Standards Track [Page 1]
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+Table of Contents
+
+ 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
+ 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
+ 3. Applicability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
+ 4. TLV Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
+ 4.1. Unrecognized TLV Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
+ 4.2. TLV Value Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
+ 4.3. Undefined TLV Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
+ 4.3.1. NHDP TLVs: LOCAL_IF, LINK_STATUS, and OTHER_NEIGHB . 6
+ 4.3.2. OLSRv2 TLVs: MPR and NBR_ADDR_TYPE . . . . . . . . . 6
+ 4.3.3. Unspecified TLV Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
+ 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
+ 5.1. LOCAL_IF Address Block TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
+ 5.1.1. New Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
+ 5.1.2. Modification to Existing Registry . . . . . . . . . . 8
+ 5.2. LINK_STATUS Address Block TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
+ 5.2.1. New Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
+ 5.2.2. Modification to Existing Registry . . . . . . . . . . 9
+ 5.3. OTHER_NEIGHB Address Block TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
+ 5.3.1. Create New Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
+ 5.3.2. Modification to Existing Registry . . . . . . . . . . 11
+ 5.4. MPR Address Block TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
+ 5.4.1. New Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
+ 5.4.2. Modification to Existing Registry . . . . . . . . . . 12
+ 5.5. NBR_ADDR_TYPE Address Block TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
+ 5.5.1. New Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
+ 5.5.2. Modification to Existing Registry . . . . . . . . . . 13
+ 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
+ 7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
+ 8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
+ 8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
+ 8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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+1. Introduction
+
+ The MANET Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (NHDP) [RFC6130] and the
+ Optimized Link State Routing Protocol version 2 (OLSRv2) [RFC7181]
+ are protocols for use in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) [RFC2501],
+ based on the Generalized MANET Packet/Message Format [RFC5444].
+
+ This document updates [RFC6130] and [RFC7181], specifically their use
+ of TLV (Type-Length-Value) elements, to increase the extensibility of
+ these protocols and to enable some improvements in their
+ implementation.
+
+ This specification reduces the latitude of implementations of
+ [RFC6130] and [RFC7181] to consider some messages, which will not be
+ created by implementations simply following those specifications, as
+ a reason to consider the message as "badly formed", and thus as a
+ reason to reject the message. This gives greater latitude to the
+ creation of extensions of these protocols, in particular extensions
+ that will interoperate with unextended implementations of those
+ protocols. As part of that, it indicates how TLVs with unexpected
+ value fields must be handled, and adds some additional options to
+ those TLVs.
+
+ Note that TLVs with unknown type or type extension are already
+ specified as to be ignored by [RFC6130] and [RFC7181] and also are
+ not a reason to reject a message.
+
+2. Terminology
+
+ The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
+ "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
+ "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
+ [RFC2119].
+
+ Additionally, this document uses the terminology of [RFC5444],
+ [RFC6130], and [RFC7181].
+
+3. Applicability Statement
+
+ This document updates the specification of the protocols described in
+ [RFC6130] and [RFC7181].
+
+ Specifically, this specification updates [RFC6130] and [RFC7181] in
+ the following ways:
+
+ o Removes the latitude of rejecting a message with a TLV with a
+ known type, but with an unexpected TLV Value field, for the TLV
+ Types defined in [RFC6130] and [RFC7181].
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+ o Specifies the handling of a TLV Value field with unexpected
+ length.
+
+ o Sets up IANA registries for TLV Values for the Address Block TLVs:
+
+ * LOCAL_IF, defined in [RFC6130].
+
+ * LINK_STATUS, defined in [RFC6130].
+
+ * OTHER_NEIGHB, defined in [RFC6130].
+
+ * MPR, defined in [RFC7181], now considered as a bit field.
+
+ * NBR_ADDR_TYPE, defined in [RFC7181], now considered as a bit
+ field.
+
+ o Defines a well-known TLV Value for "UNSPECIFIED" for the Address
+ Block TLV Types LOCAL_IF, LINK_STATUS, and OTHER_NEIGHB, all
+ defined in [RFC6130].
+
+4. TLV Values
+
+ NHDP [RFC6130] and OLSRv2 [RFC7181] define a number of TLVs within
+ the framework of [RFC5444]. These TLVs define the meaning of only
+ some of the contents that can be found in a TLV Value field. This
+ limitation may be either defining only certain TLV Values or
+ considering only some lengths of the TLV Value fields (or a single-
+ value field in a multivalue Address-Block TLV). This specification
+ describes how NHDP [RFC6130] and OLSRv2 [RFC7181] are to handle TLVs
+ with other TLV Value fields.
+
+4.1. Unrecognized TLV Values
+
+ NHDP and OLSRv2 specify that, in addition to well-defined reasons (in
+ the respective protocol specifications), an implementation of these
+ protocols MAY recognize a message as "badly formed" and therefore
+ "invalid for processing" for other reasons (Section 12.1 of [RFC6130]
+ and Section 16.3.1 of [RFC7181]). These sections could be
+ interpreted as allowing rejection of a message because a TLV Value
+ field is unrecognized. This specification removes that latitude:
+
+ o An implementation MUST NOT reject a message because it contains an
+ unrecognized TLV value. Instead, any unrecognized TLV Value field
+ MUST be processed or ignored by an unextended implementation of
+ NHDP or OLSRv2, as described in the following sections.
+
+ o Hence, this specification removes the 7th, 10th, and 11th bullets
+ in Section 12.1 of [RFC6130].
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+ It should be stressed that this is not a change to [RFC6130] or
+ [RFC7181], except with regard to not allowing this to be a reason for
+ rejection of a message. [RFC6130] or [RFC7181] are specified in
+ terms such as "if an address is associated with a value of LOST by a
+ LINK_STATUS TLV". Association with an unrecognized value has no
+ effect on any implementation strictly following such a specification.
+
+4.2. TLV Value Lengths
+
+ The TLVs specified in [RFC6130] and [RFC7181] may be either single-
+ value or multivalue TLVs. In either case, the length of each item of
+ information encoded in the TLV Value field is the "single-length",
+ defined and calculated as in Section 5.4.1 of [RFC5444]. All TLVs
+ specified in [RFC6130] and [RFC7181] have a one- or two-octet single-
+ length. These are considered the expected single-lengths of such a
+ received TLV.
+
+ Other single-length TLV Value fields may be introduced by extensions
+ to [RFC6130] and [RFC7181]. This document specifies how
+ implementations of [RFC6130] and [RFC7181], or extensions thereof,
+ MUST behave on receiving TLVs of the TLV types defined in [RFC6130]
+ and [RFC7181], but with TLV Value fields with other single-length
+ values.
+
+ The following principles apply:
+
+ o If the received single-length is greater than the expected single-
+ length, then the excess octets MUST be ignored.
+
+ o If the received single-length is less than the expected single-
+ length, then the absent octets MUST be considered to have all bits
+ cleared (0).
+
+ Exception:
+
+ o A received CONT_SEQ_NUM with a single-length < 2 SHOULD be
+ considered an error.
+
+4.3. Undefined TLV Values
+
+ [RFC6130] and [RFC7181] define a number of TLVs, but for some of
+ these TLVs they specify meanings for only some TLV Values. This
+ document establishes IANA registries for these TLV Values, with
+ initial registrations reflecting those used by [RFC6130] and
+ [RFC7181], and as specified in Section 4.3.3.
+
+ There are different cases of TLV Values with different
+ characteristics. These cases are considered in this section.
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+4.3.1. NHDP TLVs: LOCAL_IF, LINK_STATUS, and OTHER_NEIGHB
+
+ For the Address-Block TLVs LOCAL_IF, LINK_STATUS, and OTHER_NEIGHB
+ TLVs, defined in [RFC6130], only a limited number of values are
+ specified for each. These are converted, by this specification, into
+ extensible registries with initial registrations for values defined
+ and used by [RFC6130] -- see Section 5.
+
+ An implementation of [RFC6130] that receives a LOCAL_IF, LINK_STATUS,
+ or OTHER_NEIGHB TLV with any TLV Value other than the values that are
+ defined in [RFC6130] MUST ignore that TLV Value, as well as any
+ corresponding attribute association to the address.
+
+4.3.2. OLSRv2 TLVs: MPR and NBR_ADDR_TYPE
+
+ The Address-Block TLVs MPR and NBR_ADDR_TYPE, defined in [RFC7181],
+ are similar to those defined in [RFC6130] in having only limited
+ values specified (1, 2, and 3): 1 and 2 represent the presence of two
+ different attributes associated to an address, and 3 represents "both
+ 1 and 2".
+
+ These TLV Value fields are, by this specification, converted to bit
+ fields and MUST be interpreted as such. As the existing definitions
+ of values 1, 2, and 3 behave in that manner, it is likely that this
+ will involve no change to an implementation, but any test of (for
+ example) Value = 1 or Value = 3 MUST be converted to a test of (for
+ example) Value bitand 1 = 1, where "bitand" denotes a bitwise AND
+ operation.
+
+ This specification creates registries for recording reservations of
+ the individual bits in these bit fields, with initial registrations
+ for values defined and used by [RFC7181] -- see Section 5.
+
+ Other TLVs defined by [RFC7181] are not affected by this
+ specification.
+
+4.3.3. Unspecified TLV Values
+
+ The registries defined in Section 5 for the LOCAL_IF, LINK_STATUS,
+ and OTHER_NEIGHB TLVs each include an additional TLV Value
+ UNSPECIFIED. This TLV Value represents a defined value that, like
+ currently undefined TLV Values, indicates that no information is
+ associated with this address; the defined value will always have this
+ meaning. Such a TLV Value may be used to enable the creation of more
+ efficient multivalue Address Block TLVs or to simplify an
+ implementation.
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+ The similar requirement for the MPR and NBR_ADDR_TYPES TLVs is
+ already satisfied by the TLV Value zero, provided that each bit in
+ the TLV Value is defined as set ('1') when indicating the presence of
+ an attribute, or clear ('0') when indicating the absence of an
+ attribute. Therefore, this is required for registrations from the
+ relevant registries; see Section 5.
+
+ For the LINK_METRIC TLV, this is already possible by clearing the
+ most significant bits (0 to 3) of the first octet of the TLV Value.
+ It is RECOMMENDED that in this case the remaining bits of the TLV
+ Value are either all clear ('0') or all set ('1').
+
+5. IANA Considerations
+
+ IANA has completed the ten actions set out in the following sections.
+
+5.1. LOCAL_IF Address Block TLVs
+
+5.1.1. New Registry
+
+ IANA has created a new sub-registry called "LOCAL_IF TLV Values"
+ within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) Parameters" registry.
+
+ IANA has populated this registry as specified in Table 1.
+
+ +---------+-------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
+ | Value | Name | Description | Reference |
+ +---------+-------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
+ | 0 | THIS_IF | The network address is | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | associated with this local | |
+ | | | interface of the sending | |
+ | | | router | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 1 | OTHER_IF | The network address is | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | associated with another local | |
+ | | | interface of the sending | |
+ | | | router | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 2-223 | | Unassigned | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 224-254 | | Reserved for Experimental Use | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | | |
+ | 255 | UNSPECIFIED | No information about this | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | network address is provided | |
+ +---------+-------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
+
+ Table 1: LOCAL_IF TLV Values
+
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+ New assignments are to be made by Expert Review [RFC5226].
+
+ The Designated Experts are required to use the guidelines specified
+ in [RFC6130] and [RFC7181].
+
+5.1.2. Modification to Existing Registry
+
+ IANA maintains a sub-registry called "LOCAL_IF Address Block TLV Type
+ Extensions" within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) Parameters"
+ registry. This sub-registry already had an entry for value 0. IANA
+ has replaced the entry in the Description column for this value with
+ the text "This value is to be interpreted according to the registry
+ LOCAL_IF TLV Values". The resulting table is as specified in
+ Table 2.
+
+ +-----------+-----------------------------------------+-------------+
+ | Type | Description | Reference |
+ | Extension | | |
+ +-----------+-----------------------------------------+-------------+
+ | 0 | This value is to be interpreted | RFC 6130, |
+ | | according to the registry LOCAL_IF TLV | RFC 7188 |
+ | | Values | |
+ | | | |
+ | 1-255 | Unassigned | |
+ +-----------+-----------------------------------------+-------------+
+
+ Table 2: LOCAL_IF Address Block TLV Type Extensions Modifications
+
+5.2. LINK_STATUS Address Block TLVs
+
+5.2.1. New Registry
+
+ IANA has created a new sub-registry called "LINK_STATUS TLV Values"
+ within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) Parameters" registry.
+
+ IANA has populated this registry as specified in Table 3.
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+ | Value | Name | Description | Reference |
+ +---------+-------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
+ | 0 | LOST | The link on this interface | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | from the router with that | |
+ | | | network address has been lost | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 1 | SYMMETRIC | The link on this interface | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | from the router with that | |
+ | | | network address has the | |
+ | | | status of symmetric | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 2 | HEARD | The link on this interface | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | from the router with that | |
+ | | | network address has the | |
+ | | | status of heard | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 3-223 | | Unassigned | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 224-254 | | Reserved for Experimental Use | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | | |
+ | 255 | UNSPECIFIED | No information about this | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | network address is provided | |
+ +---------+-------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
+
+ Table 3: LINK_STATUS TLV Values
+
+ New assignments are to be made by Expert Review [RFC5226].
+
+ The Designated Experts are required to use the guidelines specified
+ in [RFC6130] and [RFC7181].
+
+5.2.2. Modification to Existing Registry
+
+ IANA maintains a sub-registry called "LINK_STATUS Address Block TLV
+ Type Extensions" within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET)
+ Parameters" registry. This sub-registry already had an entry for
+ value 0. IANA has replaced the entry in the Description column for
+ this value with the text "This value is to be interpreted according
+ to the registry LINK_STATUS TLV Values". The resulting table is as
+ specified in Table 4.
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+ | Type | Description | Reference |
+ | Extension | | |
+ +-----------+------------------------------------------+------------+
+ | 0 | This value is to be interpreted | RFC 6130, |
+ | | according to the registry LINK_STATUS | RFC 7188 |
+ | | TLV Values | |
+ | | | |
+ | 1-255 | Unassigned | |
+ +-----------+------------------------------------------+------------+
+
+ Table 4: LINK_STATUS Address Block TLV Type Extensions Modifications
+
+5.3. OTHER_NEIGHB Address Block TLVs
+
+5.3.1. Create New Registry
+
+ IANA has created a new sub-registry called "OTHER_NEIGHB TLV Values"
+ within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) Parameters" registry.
+
+ IANA has populated this registry as specified in Table 5.
+
+ +---------+-------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
+ | Value | Name | Description | Reference |
+ +---------+-------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
+ | 0 | LOST | The neighbor relationship | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | with the router with that | |
+ | | | network address has been lost | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 1 | SYMMETRIC | The neighbor relationship | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | with the router with that | |
+ | | | network address is symmetric | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 2-223 | | Unassigned | |
+ | | | | |
+ | 224-254 | | Reserved for Experimental Use | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | | |
+ | 255 | UNSPECIFIED | No information about this | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | network address is provided | |
+ +---------+-------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
+
+ Table 5: OTHER_NEIGHB Address Block TLV Values
+
+ New assignments are to be made by Expert Review [RFC5226].
+
+ The Designated Experts are required to use the guidelines specified
+ in [RFC6130] and [RFC7181].
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+
+ IANA maintains a sub-registry called "OTHER_NEIGHB Address Block TLV
+ Type Extensions" within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET)
+ Parameters" registry. This sub-registry already had an entry for
+ value 0. IANA has replaced the entry in the Description column for
+ this value with the text "This value is to be interpreted according
+ to the registry OTHER_NEIGHB TLV Values". The resulting table is as
+ specified in Table 6.
+
+ +-----------+------------------------------------------+------------+
+ | Type | Description | Reference |
+ | Extension | | |
+ +-----------+------------------------------------------+------------+
+ | 0 | This value is to be interpreted | RFC 6130, |
+ | | according to the registry OTHER_NEIGHB | RFC 7188 |
+ | | TLV Values | |
+ | | | |
+ | 1-255 | Unassigned | |
+ +-----------+------------------------------------------+------------+
+
+ Table 6: OTHER_NEIGHB Address Block TLV Type Extensions Modifications
+
+5.4. MPR Address Block TLVs
+
+5.4.1. New Registry
+
+ IANA has created a new sub-registry called "MPR TLV Bit Values"
+ within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) Parameters" registry.
+
+ IANA has populated this registry as specified in Table 7.
+
+ +-----+-------+----------+------------------------------+-----------+
+ | Bit | Value | Name | Description | Reference |
+ +-----+-------+----------+------------------------------+-----------+
+ | 7 | 0x01 | Flooding | The neighbor with that | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | | network address has been | |
+ | | | | selected as flooding MPR | |
+ | | | | | |
+ | 6 | 0x02 | Routing | The neighbor with that | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | | network address has been | |
+ | | | | selected as routing MPR | |
+ | | | | | |
+ | 0-5 | | | Unassigned | |
+ +-----+-------+----------+------------------------------+-----------+
+
+ Table 7: MPR Address Block TLV Bit Values
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+ New assignments are to be made by Expert Review [RFC5226].
+
+ The Designated Experts are required to use the guidelines specified
+ in [RFC6130] and [RFC7181]. Additionally, the Designated Experts are
+ required to ensure that the following sense is preserved:
+
+ o For each bit in the field, a set bit (1) means that the address
+ has the designated property, while an unset bit (0) means that no
+ information about the designated property is provided. In
+ particular, an unset bit must not be used to convey any specific
+ information about the designated property.
+
+5.4.2. Modification to Existing Registry
+
+ IANA maintains a sub-registry called "MPR Address Block TLV Type
+ Extensions" within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) Parameters"
+ registry. This sub-registry already had an entry for value 0. IANA
+ has replaced the entry in the Description column for this value with
+ the text "This value is to be interpreted according to the registry
+ MPR TLV Bit Values". The resulting table is as specified in Table 8.
+
+ +-----------+-----------------------------------------+-------------+
+ | Type | Description | Reference |
+ | Extension | | |
+ +-----------+-----------------------------------------+-------------+
+ | 0 | This value is to be interpreted | RFC 7181, |
+ | | according to the registry MPR TLV Bit | RFC 7188 |
+ | | Values | |
+ | | | |
+ | 1-255 | Unassigned | |
+ +-----------+-----------------------------------------+-------------+
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+5.5.1. New Registry
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+ IANA has created a new sub-registry called "NBR_ADDR_TYPE Address
+ Block TLV Bit Values" within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET)
+ Parameters" registry.
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+ | Bit | Value | Name | Description | Reference |
+ +-----+-------+------------+----------------------------+-----------+
+ | 7 | 0x01 | ORIGINATOR | The network address is an | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | | originator address | |
+ | | | | reachable via the | |
+ | | | | originating router | |
+ | | | | | |
+ | 6 | 0x02 | ROUTABLE | The network address is a | RFC 7188 |
+ | | | | routable address reachable | |
+ | | | | via the originating router | |
+ | | | | | |
+ | 0-5 | | | Unassigned | |
+ +-----+-------+------------+----------------------------+-----------+
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+ New assignments are to be made by Expert Review [RFC5226].
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+ The Designated Experts are required to use the guidelines specified
+ in [RFC6130] and [RFC7181]. Additionally, the Designated Experts are
+ required to ensure that the following sense is preserved:
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+ o For each bit in the field, a set bit (1) means that the address
+ has the designated property, while an unset bit (0) means that no
+ information about the designated property is provided. In
+ particular, an unset bit must not be used to convey any specific
+ information about the designated property.
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+5.5.2. Modification to Existing Registry
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+ IANA maintains a sub-registry called "NBR_ADDR_TYPE Address Block TLV
+ Type Extensions" within the "Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET)
+ Parameters" registry. This sub-registry already had an entry for
+ value 0. IANA has replaced the entry in the Description column for
+ this value with the text "This value is to be interpreted according
+ to the registry NBR_ADDR_TYPE TLV Bit Values". The resulting table
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+ | Type | Description | Reference |
+ | Extension | | |
+ +-----------+-------------------------------------------+-----------+
+ | 0 | This value is to be interpreted according | RFC 7181, |
+ | | to the registry NBR_ADDR_TYPE Address | RFC 7188 |
+ | | Block TLV Bit Values | |
+ | | | |
+ | 1-255 | Unassigned | |
+ +-----------+-------------------------------------------+-----------+
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+ Table 10: NBR_ADDR_TYPE Address Block TLV Type Extensions
+ Modifications
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+6. Security Considerations
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+ The updates made to [RFC6130] and [RFC7181] have the following
+ implications on the security considerations:
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+ o Created IANA registries for retaining TLV values for TLVs, already
+ defined in the already published specifications of the two
+ protocols, and with initial registrations for the TLV values
+ defined by these specifications. This does not give rise to any
+ additional security considerations.
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+ o Enabled protocol extensions for registering TLV values in the
+ created IANA registries. Such extensions MUST specify appropriate
+ security considerations.
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+ o Created, in some registries, a registration for "UNSPECIFIED"
+ values for more efficient use of multivalue Address Block TLVs.
+ The interpretation of an address being associated with a TLV of a
+ given type and with the value "UNSPECIFIED" is identical to that
+ address not being associated with a TLV of that type. Thus, this
+ update does not give rise to any additional security
+ considerations.
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+ o Reduced the latitude of implementations of the two protocols to
+ reject a message as "badly formed" due to the value field of a TLV
+ being unexpected. These protocols are specified in terms such as
+ "if an address is associated with a value of LOST by a LINK_STATUS
+ TLV". Association with an unknown value (or a value newly defined
+ to mean no link status information) has no effect on such a
+ specification. Thus, this update does not give rise to any
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+ o Did not introduce any opportunities for attacks on the protocols
+ through signal modification that are not already present in the
+ two protocols.
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+7. Acknowledgments
+
+ The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the following people
+ for intense technical discussions, early reviews, and comments on the
+ specification (listed alphabetically): Ulrich Herberg (Fujitsu
+ Laboratories of America) and Henning Rogge (Frauenhofer FKIE).
+
+ The authors would also like to express their gratitude to Adrian
+ Farrel for his assistance and contributions to the successful and
+ timely completion of this specification.
+
+8. References
+
+8.1. Normative References
+
+ [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
+ Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
+
+ [RFC5444] Clausen, T., Dearlove, C., Dean, J., and C. Adjih,
+ "Generalized MANET Packet/Message Format", RFC 5444,
+ February 2009.
+
+ [RFC6130] Clausen, T., Dean, J., and C. Dearlove, "Mobile Ad Hoc
+ Network (MANET) Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (NHDP)",
+ RFC 6130, April 2011.
+
+ [RFC7181] Clausen, T., Dearlove, C., Jacquet, P., and U. Herberg,
+ "The Optimized Link State Routing Protocol Version 2", RFC
+ 7181, April 2014.
+
+8.2. Informative References
+
+ [RFC2501] Macker, J. and S. Corson, "Mobile Ad hoc Networking
+ (MANET): Routing Protocol Performance Issues and
+ Evaluation Considerations", RFC 2501, January 1999.
+
+ [RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
+ IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
+ May 2008.
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+Authors' Addresses
+
+ Christopher Dearlove
+ BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre
+ West Hanningfield Road
+ Great Baddow, Chelmsford
+ United Kingdom
+
+ Phone: +44 1245 242194
+ EMail: chris.dearlove@baesystems.com
+ URI: http://www.baesystems.com/
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+ Thomas Heide Clausen
+ LIX, Ecole Polytechnique
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+ Phone: +33 6 6058 9349
+ EMail: T.Clausen@computer.org
+ URI: http://www.ThomasClausen.org/
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