Network Working Group G. Tsirtsis
Request for Comments: 5454 V. Park
Category: Standards Track Qualcomm
H. Soliman
Elevate Technologies
March 2009
Dual-Stack Mobile IPv4
Status of This Memo
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Abstract
This specification provides IPv6 extensions to the Mobile IPv4
protocol. The extensions allow a dual-stack node to use IPv4 and
IPv6 home addresses as well as to move between IPv4 and dual stack
network infrastructures.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Requirements Notation ......................................3
1.2. Goals ......................................................3
1.3. Non-Goals ..................................................4
1.4. Implicit and Explicit Modes ................................4
2. Extension Formats ...............................................4
2.1. IPv6 Prefix Request Extension ..............................4
2.2. IPv6 Prefix Reply Extension ................................5
2.3. IPv6 Tunneling Mode Extension ..............................7
3. Mobile IP Registrations .........................................8
3.1. Registration Request .......................................8
3.2. Registration Reply .........................................8
3.3. Home Agent Considerations ..................................9
3.3.1. IPv6 Reachability ..................................10
3.3.2. Processing Intercepted IPv6 Packets ................10
3.3.3. IPv6 Multicast Membership Control ..................12
3.4. Foreign Agent Considerations ..............................12
3.5. Mobile Node Considerations ................................12
3.6. Tunneling Impacts .........................................13
3.7. IPv6 Prefixes .............................................14
3.7.1. Dynamic IPv6 Prefix Delegation .....................14
3.8. Deregistration of IPv6 Prefix .............................15
3.9. Registration with a Private CoA ...........................15
4. Security Considerations ........................................15
5. IANA Considerations ............................................16
6. Acknowledgements ...............................................16
7. References .....................................................16
7.1. Normative References ......................................16
7.2. Informative References ....................................17
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1. Introduction
Mobile IPv4 [RFC3344] allows a mobile node with an IPv4 address to
maintain communications while moving in an IPv4 network.
Extensions defined in this document allow a node that has IPv4 and
IPv6 addresses [RFC2460] to maintain communications through any of
its addresses while moving in IPv4 or dual stack networks.
Essentially, this specification separates the Mobile IPv4 signaling
from the IP version of the traffic it tunnels. Mobile IPv4 with the
present extensions remains a signaling protocol that runs over IPv4,
and yet can set up both IPv4 and IPv6 tunnels over IPv4.
The aim is two-fold:
On one hand, Mobile IPv4 with the present extensions becomes a
useful transition mechanism, allowing automated but controlled
tunneling of IPv6 traffic over IPv4 tunnels. Dual-stack nodes in
dual-stack home networks can now roam to and from legacy IPv4
networks, while IPv4 mobile nodes and networks can migrate to IPv6
without changing mobility management, and without upgrading all
network nodes to IPv6 at once.
On the other hand, and more importantly, it allows dual-stack
mobile nodes and networks to utilize a single protocol for the
movement of both IPv4 and IPv6 stacks in the network topology.
Note that features like Mobile IPv6 [RFC3775] style route
optimization will not be possible with this solution as it still
relies on Mobile IPv4 signaling, which does not provide route
optimization.
1.1. Requirements Notation
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
1.2. Goals
a. The solution supports the registration of IPv6 home prefix(es) in
addition to regular IPv4 home address (HoA) registration.
b. The solution supports static and dynamic IPv6 prefix delegation.
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1.3. Non-Goals
a. The solution does not provide support for IPv6 care-of address
(CoA) registration.
1.4. Implicit and Explicit Modes
As defined in Network Mobility (NEMO) [RFC3963], this specification
also supports two modes of operation; the implicit mode and the
explicit mode.
In the implicit mode, the mobile node does not include any IPv6
prefix request extensions in the registration request. The home
agent can use any mechanism (not defined in this document) to
determine the IPv6 prefix(es) owned by the mobile node and to set up
forwarding for these prefixes. In this mode of operation, all
traffic to and from the IPv6 prefixes MUST be encapsulated over the
IPv4 tunnel between the mobile node's IPv4 home address and the IPv4
address of the home agent, and as such, it is transparent to any
foreign agent in the path. This IPv4 tunnel is established by
mechanisms that are out of the scope of this document on both the
mobile node and home agent when operating in the implicit mode.
In the explicit mode, IPv6 bindings are signaled explicitly. The
mobile node includes one or more IPv6 prefix request extensions in
the registration request, while the home agent returns corresponding
IPv6 prefix reply extensions to accept/reject the IPv6 bindings.
Additionally, in the explicit mode, the mobile node (when co-located
mode of operation is used) can indicate whether IPv6 traffic should
be tunneled to the care-of address or the home address of the mobile
node.
The rest of this specification is primarily defining the explicit
mode.
2. Extension Formats
The following extensions are defined according to this specification.
2.1. IPv6 Prefix Request Extension
A new skippable extension to the Mobile IPv4 registration request
message in accordance to the short extension format of [RFC3344] is
defined here.
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This extension contains a Mobile IPv6 network prefix and its prefix
length.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Subtype | Prefix Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+ +
| |
+ Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix +
| |
+ +
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 1: IPv6 Prefix Request Extension
Type
152 (Dual-Stack Mobile IPv4 (DSMIPv4) Extension)
Length
18
Subtype
1 (IPv6 Prefix Request)
Prefix Length
A sixteen-byte field containing the Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix;
all insignificant (low-order) bits (beyond the Prefix Length) MUST
be set to 0 by the originator of the option and ignored by the
receiver.
Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix
A sixteen-byte field containing the Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix
2.2. IPv6 Prefix Reply Extension
A new skippable extension to the Mobile IPv4 registration reply
message in accordance to the short extension format of [RFC3344] is
defined here.
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This extension defines a Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix and its prefix
length, as well as a code.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Subtype | Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Prefix Length | Reserved | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +
| |
+ +
| |
+ Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix +
| |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 2: IPv6 Prefix Reply Extension
Type
152 (DSMIPv4 Extension)
Length
20
Subtype
2 (IPv6 Prefix Reply)
Code
A value indicating the result of the registration request with
respect to the IPv6 home prefix registration. See below for
currently defined Codes.
Prefix Length
Indicates the prefix length of the prefix included in the Mobile
IPv6 Network Prefix field. A value of 255 indicates that a link-
local address is included in the Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix field.
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Reserved
Set to 0 by the sender, ignored by the receiver
Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix
A sixteen-byte field containing the Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix;
all insignificant (low-order) bits (beyond the Prefix Length) MUST
be set to 0 by the originator of the option and ignored by the
receiver.
The following values are defined for use as a Code value in the above
extension:
0 registration accepted, IPv6 to be tunneled to HoA
1 registration accepted, IPv6 to be tunneled to CoA
8 registration rejected, reason unspecified
9 registration rejected, administratively prohibited
Note that a registration reply that does not include an IPv6 prefix
reply extension, when received in response to a registration request
carrying at least one instance of the IPv6 prefix request extension,
indicates that the home agent does not support IPv6 extensions and
thus has ignored such extensions in the registration request.
2.3. IPv6 Tunneling Mode Extension
A new skippable extension to the Mobile IPv4 registration request
message in accordance to the short extension format of [RFC3344] is
defined here.
By including this extension in a registration request, the sender
indicates that IPv6 traffic can be tunneled to the mobile node's CoA.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Subtype | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 3: IPv6 Tunneling Mode Extension
Type
152 (DSMIPv4 Extension)
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Length
2
Subtype
3 (IPv6 Tunneling Mode)
Reserved
Set to 0 by the sender, ignored by the receiver
3. Mobile IP Registrations
3.1. Registration Request
A mobile node MAY include in a registration request one or more IPv6
prefix request extensions defined in this specification.
A mobile node MAY also include exactly one IPv6 tunneling mode
extension when it uses the co-located care-of address mode of
[RFC3344].
When IPv6 prefix and/or IPv6 tunneling mode extensions are used by
the mobile IP client, they MUST be placed after the registration
request header and before the mobile -- home authentication extension
so they MUST be included in the computation of any authentication
extension.
3.2. Registration Reply
The mechanism described in this specification depends on skippable
extensions. For that reason, a registration reply that does not
include an IPv6 prefix reply extension, in response to a registration
request including an IPv6 prefix request extension, indicates that
the home agent does not support IPv6 extensions and has ignored the
request.
If an IPv6 prefix reply extension is included in a registration
reply, then the extension indicates the success or failure of the
IPv6 prefix registration. The IPv6 prefix reply extension does not
affect, in any way, the code value in the registration reply header
but it is superseded by it. In other words, if the code field in the
registration reply header is set to a reject code, then all IPv6
prefix request extensions are also rejected. If the code field in
the registration reply header, however, is set to an accept code,
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then an IPv6 prefix reply extension with a code field set to a reject
code only rejects the binding for the specific IPv6 prefix indicated
in the same extension.
Note that a rejecting IPv6 prefix reply extension has the same effect
as not including such an extension at all, in the sense that, in both
cases, the mobile node must act as if the corresponding IPv6 prefix
request extension included in the registration request was rejected.
Of course, the inclusion of the IPv6 prefix reply extension allows
the home agent to indicate why a given IPv6 prefix request extension
was rejected. A detailed description of how the mobile node handles
different IPv6 prefix reply extension code values and the absence of
IPv6 prefix reply extensions is given in Section 3.5.
3.3. Home Agent Considerations
The dual-stack home agent defined in this specification is a Mobile
IPv4 home agent in that, it MUST operate as defined in MIPv4
[RFC3344]. In addition to that, the following mechanisms are defined
in this specification.
For each IPv6 prefix request extension included in a valid
registration request, a home agent that supports this specification
SHOULD include a corresponding IPv6 prefix reply extension in the
registration reply message. The home agent MUST NOT include more
than one IPv6 prefix reply extension for the same prefix. For each
accepted IPv6 prefix, the home agent MUST decide the tunneling mode
it is going to use and set the code field of the IPv6 prefix reply
extension to the appropriate value. The IPv6 prefix field of each of
the IPv6 prefix reply extensions included in the registration reply
MUST match the IPv6 prefix field of an IPv6 prefix request extension
included in the corresponding registration request message.
When the home agent sends a successful registration reply to the
mobile node, with the code field of a corresponding IPv6 prefix reply
extension set to one of the "registration accepted" values, the home
agent indicates that the IPv6 prefix is registered for the lifetime
granted for the binding. It also indicates the tunneling mode used
i.e., tunneling to home address or care-of address, based on the
value of the code field used in the IPv6 prefix reply extension.
Note that since only IPv6 prefixes (and not addresses) are supported
by this specification, there is no need for Duplicate Address
Detection. The home agent, however, MUST check that registered
prefixes are not overlapping so that all addresses under each
registered prefix belong to a single mobile node at any one time.
These prefixes MUST NOT appear as on-link to any other node (e.g.,
via Router Advertisements).
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3.3.1. IPv6 Reachability
For each registered IPv6 prefix, the home agent MUST advertise its
reachability as defined in NEMO Section 6.3 of [RFC3963].
3.3.2. Processing Intercepted IPv6 Packets
A dual-stack home agent that supports the IPv6 extensions defined in
this specification MUST keep track of the following IPv6 related
state for the mobile nodes it supports, in addition to the state
defined in [RFC3344].
- Registered IPv6 prefix(es) and prefix length(s).
- Tunneling mode for IPv6 traffic:
- Tunnel to IPv4 HoA and accept IPv6 tunneled from IPv4 HoA.
- Tunnel to CoA and accept IPv6 tunneled from CoA.
When IPv6 traffic is encapsulated over the tunnel between the home
agent (HA) and the mobile node's care-of address, the tunneling
mechanism used should be the same as the mechanism negotiated by the
Mobile IP header as defined in MIPv4 [RFC3344]. In that case, when
IPinIP encapsulation is negotiated, IPv6 is tunneled over IPv4
according to [RFC4213]. Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) also
allows tunneling of IPv6 packets by setting the Protocol Type
[RFC2784] field, to the appropriate payload type defined for IPv6 by
IANA. Minimal Encapsulation [RFC2004] cannot be used, since the
second (inner) IP header is IPv6, which is not supported by
[RFC2004].
When IPv6 traffic is encapsulated over the tunnel between the HA and
the mobile node's home address, IPv6 is always tunneled over IPv4
according to [RFC4213]. The resulting IPv4 packet is then delivered
just like any other IPv4 packet addressed to the IPv4 HoA (using the
tunneling for normal IPv4 traffic, possibly going via the foreign
agent (FA)).
Tunneling mode selection for IPv6 traffic depends on the following
parameters in a successful registration request:
1) A registration request is received with one or more IPv6 prefix
request extensions. An IPv6 tunneling mode extension is not
included.
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All IPv6 packets destined to the registered IPv6 prefix(es)
MUST be tunneled by the home agent to the registered IPv4 home
address of the mobile node. The home agent first encapsulates
the IPv6 packet, addressing it to the mobile node's IPv4 home
address, and then tunnels this encapsulated packet to the
foreign agent. This extra level of encapsulation is required
so that IPv6 routing remains transparent to a foreign agent
that does not support IPv6. When received by the foreign
agent, the unicast encapsulated packet is de-tunneled and
delivered to the mobile node in the same way as any other
packet. The mobile node must decapsulate the received IPv4
packet in order to recover the original IPv6 packet.
Additionally, the home agent MUST be prepared to accept
reverse-tunneled packets from the IPv4 home address of the
mobile node encapsulating IPv6 packets sent by that mobile
node.
2) A registration request is received with one or more IPv6 prefix
request extensions. An IPv6 tunneling mode extension is
included.
All IPv6 packets destined to the registered IPv6 prefix(es)
SHOULD be tunneled by the home agent to the registered care-of
address of the mobile node. Additionally, the home agent
SHOULD be prepared to accept reverse-tunneled packets from the
care-of address of the mobile node encapsulating IPv6 packets
sent by that mobile node. The home agent MAY ignore the
presence of the IPv6 tunneling mode extension and act as in
case (1) above.
The home agent MUST check that all inner IPv6 packets received from
the mobile node over a tunnel with the mobile node's home address or
the care-of address as the outer source address, include a source
address that falls under the registered IPv6 prefix(es) for that
mobile node. If the source address of the outer header of a tunneled
packet is not the registered IPv4 care-of address or the registered
IPv4 home addresses, the packet SHOULD be dropped. If the source
address of the inner header of an tunneled packet does not match any
of the registered prefixes, the packet SHOULD be dropped.
Multicast packets addressed to a group to which the mobile node has
successfully subscribed, MUST be tunneled to the mobile node.
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3.3.3. IPv6 Multicast Membership Control
IPv6 multicast membership control is provided as defined in MIPv6
[RFC3775], Section 10.4.3. The only clarification required for the
purpose of this specification is that all Multicast Listener
Discovery (MLD) [RFC2710] or MLDv2 [RFC3810] messages between the
mobile node and the home agent MUST be tunneled over an IPv4 tunnel
between the mobile node's IPv4 home address and the home agent's IPv4
address, bypassing the foreign agent. Note that if tunneling to the
care-of address has been negotiated for other traffic, then the rest
of the traffic continues using this tunnel.
3.4. Foreign Agent Considerations
This specification does not affect the operation of the foreign
agent.
3.5. Mobile Node Considerations
A dual-stack mobile node that supports the extensions described in
this document MAY use these extensions to register its IPv6
prefix(es) while moving between access routers.
The mobile node MAY include one or more IPv6 prefix request
extension(s) in the registration request.
In this case, the mobile node MUST take the following action
depending on the extensions included in the registration reply it
receives in response to the registration request:
1) The registration reply does not include any IPv6 prefix reply
extensions.
The mobile node MUST assume that the home agent does not
support the extensions defined in this specification. The
mobile node SHOULD continue to operate according to MIPv4
[RFC3344].
2) The registration reply includes one or more IPv6 prefix reply
extensions.
The mobile node MUST match each IPv6 prefix reply extension
with one of the IPv6 prefix request extensions included
earlier in the corresponding registration request message.
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If a matching IPv6 prefix reply extension is not included for
one or more of corresponding IPv6 prefix request extensions
included in the registration request message, the mobile node
MUST assume that these IPv6 prefixes are rejected.
For each matching IPv6 prefix reply extension, the mobile node
MUST inspect the code field. If the field is set to a
rejection code, then the corresponding IPv6 prefix
registration has been rejected. If the code field is set to
an acceptance code, then the corresponding IPv6 prefix
registration has been accepted.
If the code field is set to "0", then the mobile node MUST be
prepared to send/receive IPv6 packets encapsulated in the
bidirectional tunnel between the home agent address and the
registered IPv4 home address of the mobile node.
If the code field is set to "1", then the mobile node MUST act
as follows:
- Assuming the co-located care-of address mode is used, the
mobile node MUST be prepared to send/receive IPv6 packets
over the bidirectional tunnel between the home agent
address and its co-located care-of address. Otherwise, the
mobile node SHOULD act as in the case where the code field
is set to "0".
The mobile node SHOULD include exactly one IPv6 tunneling mode
extension if it uses the co-located care-of address model and it
wants to request that IPv6 packets are tunneled to its co-located
care-of address. If the mobile node uses the co-located care-of
address model but it does not include the IPv6 tunneling mode
extension, the home agent will tunnel IPv6 traffic to the mobile
node's IPv4 home address. The mobile node MUST NOT include an IPv6
tunneling mode extension if it uses the foreign agent care-of address
mode of operation. Note that if the mobile node includes an IPv6
tunneling mode extension in this case, IPv6 packets could be tunneled
to the FA by the HA. The FA is then likely to drop them since it
will not have appropriate state to process them.
3.6. Tunneling Impacts
When IPv6 runs over an IPv4 tunnel, the IPv6 tunnel endpoints can
treat the IPv4 tunnel as a single hop link as defined in [RFC4213].
The two tunnel endpoints, e.g., mobile node and home agent, MUST
configure link-local IPv6 addresses as defined in Section 3.7 of
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[RFC4213], while they MUST also adhere to the neighbor discovery
requirements of the same specification, Section 3.8, and the hop
limit requirements of Section 3.3.
With respect to the Tunnel MTU, an implementation MUST support the
Static Tunnel MTU approach as defined in Section 3.2 of [RFC4213].
Implementation and use of the Dynamic Tunnel MTU method defined in
the same section of [RFC4213] is OPTIONAL.
To accommodate traffic that uses Explicit Congestion Notification
(ECN), it is RECOMMENDED that the ECN and Diffserv Code Point (DSCP)
information is copied between the inner and outer header as defined
in [RFC3168] and [RFC2983]. It is RECOMMENDED that the full-
functionality option defined in Section 9.1.1 of [RFC3168] be used to
deal with ECN.
3.7. IPv6 Prefixes
An implementation can use any number of mechanisms to allocate IPv6
prefixes to a mobile node. Once one or more IPv6 prefixes are
allocated, they can be registered using the extensions and mechanism
already described in this specification.
How a home agent decides to accept an IPv6 prefix for a given mobile
node is out of scope of this specification. Local configuration or
external authorization via an authorization system, e.g., Diameter
[RFC3588], or other mechanisms may be used to make such
determination.
3.7.1. Dynamic IPv6 Prefix Delegation
A dual-stack mobile node MAY use prefix delegation as defined in
DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation [RFC3633] to get access to IPv6 prefixes.
In that case, if the mobile node is not directly attached to its home
agent, the mobile node MUST first register its IPv4 home address as
per MIPv4 [RFC3344]. When that is done, the mobile node can generate
a link-local IPv6 address as per Section 3.7 of [RFC4213]. The
mobile node then sends a registration request to its home agent,
including an IPv6 prefix request extension with the prefix length
field set to 255 and setting the Mobile IPv6 Network Prefix field to
the locally generated link-local address. If the registration reply
message includes an IPv6 prefix reply extension with the code field
set to a success code, the mobile node can use the tunnel to send and
receive IPv6 link-local packets. The mobile node can now send DHCPv6
messages according to [RFC3633]. All IPv6 messages at this stage
MUST be tunneled over the IPv4 tunnel between the mobile node's IPv4
home address and the home agent's IPv4 address.
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Once prefixes are delegated, and assuming explicit mode is used, the
mobile node SHOULD send a registration request with the appropriate
IPv6 prefix request extensions to the home agent to register the
delegated prefixes.
3.8. Deregistration of IPv6 Prefix
The mobile IP registration lifetime included in the registration
request header is valid for all the bindings created by the
registration request, which may include bindings for IPv6 prefix(es).
A registration request with a zero lifetime can be used to remove all
bindings from the home agent.
A re-registration request with non-zero lifetime can be used to
deregister some of the registered IPv6 prefixes by not including
corresponding IPv6 prefix request extensions in the registration
request message.
3.9. Registration with a Private CoA
If the care-of address is a private address, then Mobile IP NAT
Traversal as [RFC3519] MAY be used in combination with the extensions
described in this specification. In that case, to transport IPv6
packets, the next header field of the Mobile Tunnel Data message
header [RFC3519] MUST be set to the value for IPv6. Note that in
that case, the encapsulation field of the UDP Tunnel Request
Extension defined in [RFC3519] MUST be set to zero.
4. Security Considerations
This specification operates in the security constraints and
requirements of [RFC3344]. It extends the operations defined in
[RFC3344] for IPv4 home addresses to cover home IPv6 prefixes and
provides the same level of security for both IP address versions.
Home agents MUST perform appropriate checks for reverse-tunneled IPv6
packets similar to what is defined in [RFC3024] for IPv4 packets.
The check defined in [RFC3024] requires that the outer header's
source address is set to a registered care-of address for the mobile
node and as such the same check protects from attacks whether the
encapsulated (inner) header is IPv4 or IPv6.
In addition to that, the home agent MUST check that the source
address of the inner header is a registered IPv4 home address or IPv6
prefix for this mobile node. If that is not the case, the home agent
SHOULD silently discard the packet and log the event as a security
exception.
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Security devices should look for IPv6 packets encapsulated over IPv4
either directly to the mobile node's care-of address or via double
encapsulation first to the mobile node's IPv4 home address and then
to the mobile node's care-of address. Interactions with Mobile IPv4
and IPsec have been covered elsewhere, for instance in [RFC5265] and
[RFC5266].
5. IANA Considerations
A new type number (152) for DSMIPv4 extensions has been registered
from the space of numbers for skippable mobility extensions (i.e.,
128-255), defined for Mobile IPv4 [RFC3344]. This registry is
available from http://www.iana.org under "Extensions appearing in
Mobile IP control messages".
A new subtype space for the type number of this extension has been
created: "DSMIPv4 Extension subtypes". The subtype values 1, 2, and
3 are defined in this specification, while the rest of the subtypes
are reserved and available for allocation based on Expert Review.
Finally, a new space for the code field of the IPv6 prefix reply
extension has been created: "IPv6 Prefix Reply Extension Codes".
Values 0, 1, 8, and 9 are defined in this specification. Values 2-7
are reserved for accept codes, and values 10-255 are reserved for
reject codes.
Similar to the procedures specified for Mobile IPv4 [RFC3344] number
spaces, future allocations from the two number spaces require Expert
Review [RFC5226].
6. Acknowledgements
Thanks to Pat Calhoun, Paal Engelstad, Tom Hiller, and Pete McCann
for earlier work on this subject. Thanks also to Alex Petrescu for
various suggestions. Special thanks also to Sri Gundavelli and Kent
Leung for their thorough review and suggestions.
7. References
7.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC2460] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998.
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[RFC3024] Montenegro, G., "Reverse Tunneling for Mobile IP,
revised", RFC 3024, January 2001.
[RFC3344] Perkins, C., "IP Mobility Support for IPv4", RFC 3344,
August 2002.
[RFC3519] Levkowetz, H. and S. Vaarala, "Mobile IP Traversal of
Network Address Translation (NAT) Devices", RFC 3519,
April 2003.
[RFC3633] Troan, O. and R. Droms, "IPv6 Prefix Options for Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 6", RFC 3633,
December 2003.
[RFC3775] Johnson, D., Perkins, C., and J. Arkko, "Mobility Support
in IPv6", RFC 3775, June 2004.
[RFC3963] Devarapalli, V., Wakikawa, R., Petrescu, A., and P.
Thubert, "Network Mobility (NEMO) Basic Support Protocol",
RFC 3963, January 2005.
[RFC4213] Nordmark, E. and R. Gilligan, "Basic Transition Mechanisms
for IPv6 Hosts and Routers", RFC 4213, October 2005.
[RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
May 2008.
7.2. Informative References
[RFC2004] Perkins, C., "Minimal Encapsulation within IP", RFC 2004,
October 1996.
[RFC2710] Deering, S., Fenner, W., and B. Haberman, "Multicast
Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6", RFC 2710,
October 1999.
[RFC2784] Farinacci, D., Li, T., Hanks, S., Meyer, D., and P.
Traina, "Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)", RFC 2784,
March 2000.
[RFC2983] Black, D., "Differentiated Services and Tunnels",
RFC 2983, October 2000.
[RFC3168] Ramakrishnan, K., Floyd, S., and D. Black, "The Addition
of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP",
RFC 3168, September 2001.
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[RFC3588] Calhoun, P., Loughney, J., Guttman, E., Zorn, G., and J.
Arkko, "Diameter Base Protocol", RFC 3588, September 2003.
[RFC3810] Vida, R. and L. Costa, "Multicast Listener Discovery
Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6", RFC 3810, June 2004.
[RFC5265] Vaarala, S. and E. Klovning, "Mobile IPv4 Traversal across
IPsec-Based VPN Gateways", RFC 5265, June 2008.
[RFC5266] Devarapalli, V. and P. Eronen, "Secure Connectivity and
Mobility Using Mobile IPv4 and IKEv2 Mobility and
Multihoming (MOBIKE)", BCP 136, RFC 5266, June 2008.
Authors' Addresses
George Tsirtsis
Qualcomm
EMail: tsirtsis@googlemail.com
Vincent Park
Qualcomm
Phone: +908-947-7084
EMail: vpark@qualcomm.com
Hesham Soliman
Elevate Technologies
Phone: +614-111-410-445
EMail: hesham@elevatemobile.com
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