draft-ietf-6man-default-iids-12.txt

IPv6 maintenance Working Group (6man)                            F. Gont
Internet-Draft                                    SI6 Networks / UTN-FRH
Updates: 2464, 2467, 2470,  2491, 2492,                        A. Cooper
         2497, 2590, 3146, 3315, 3572,                             Cisco
         4291, 4338, 4391, 5072, 5121                          D. Thaler
         (if approved)                                         Microsoft
Intended status: Standards Track                                  W. Liu
Expires: January 9, 2017                             Huawei Technologies
                                                            July 8, 2016


          Recommendation on Stable IPv6 Interface Identifiers
                    draft-ietf-6man-default-iids-12

Abstract

   This document changes the default scheme for generating stable
   Interface Identifiers with SLAAC to that specified in RFC7217, and
   recommends against embedding link-layer addresses in IPv6 Interface
   Identifiers.  It formally updates RFC2464, RFC2467, RFC2470, RFC2491,
   RFC2492, RFC2497, RFC2590, RFC3146, RFC3572, RFC4291, RFC4338,
   RFC4391, RFC5072, and RFC5121, by removing the text in these RFCs
   that required the IPv6 Interface Identifiers to be derived from the
   underlying link-layer address, and replacing the aforementioned text
   with a pointer to this document.  Additionally, this document updates
   RFC3315 by specifying additional requirements on the generation of
   Interface Identifiers used in Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
   version 6 (DHCPv6).  It also provides advice to system administrators
   who employ manual configuration.  This document does not change any
   existing recommendations concerning the use of temporary addresses as
   specified in RFC 4941.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Generation of IPv6 Interface Identifiers with SLAAC . . . . .   4
   4.  Generation of IPv6 Interface Identifiers with DHCPv6  . . . .   5
   5.  Generation of IPv6 Interface Identifiers with Manual
       Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   6.  Update to existing RFCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   7.  Future Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   9.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   10. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   11. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22

1.  Introduction

   [RFC4862] specifies Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) for
   IPv6 [RFC2460], which typically results in hosts configuring one or
   more "stable" addresses composed of a network prefix advertised by a
   local router, and an Interface Identifier (IID) [RFC4291] that
   typically embeds a stable link-layer address (e.g., an IEEE LAN MAC
   address).

   In some network technologies and adaptation layers, the use of an IID
   based on a link-layer address may offer some advantages.  For
   example, the IP-over-IEEE802.15.4 standard in [RFC6775] allows for
   compression of IPv6 addresses when the IID is based on the underlying
   link-layer address.






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   The security and privacy implications of embedding a stable link-
   layer address in an IPv6 IID have been known for some time now, and
   are discussed in great detail in [RFC7721].  They include:

   o  Network activity correlation

   o  Location tracking

   o  Address scanning

   o  Device-specific vulnerability exploitation

   More generally, the reuse of identifiers that have their own
   semantics or properties across different contexts or scopes can be
   detrimental for security and privacy
   [I-D.gont-predictable-numeric-ids].  In the case of traditional
   stable IPv6 IIDs, some of the security and privacy implications are
   dependent on the properties of the underlying link-layer addresses
   (e.g., whether the link-layer address is ephemeral or randomly
   generated), while other implications (e.g., reduction of the entropy
   of the IID) depend on the algorithm for generating the IID itself.
   In standardized recommendations for IPv6 IID generation meant to
   achieve particular security and privacy properties, it is therefore
   necessary to recommend against embedding stable link-layer addresses
   in IPv6 IIDs.

   Furthermore, some popular IPv6 implementations have already deviated
   from the traditional stable IID generation scheme to mitigate the
   aforementioned security and privacy implications [Microsoft].

   As a result of the aforementioned issues, this document changes the
   recommended scheme for generating stable IPv6 addresses with SLAAC to
   that specified in [RFC7217], and recommends against embedding stable
   link-layer addresses in IPv6 Interface Identifiers, such that the
   aforementioned issues are mitigated.  That is, this document simply
   replaces the default algorithm that must be employed when generating
   stable IPv6 IIDs.

   NOTE:  [RFC4291] defines the "Modified EUI-64 format" for IIDs.
      Appendix A of [RFC4291] then describes how to transform an IEEE
      EUI-64 identifier, or an IEEE 802 48-bit MAC address from which an
      EUI-64 identifier is derived, into an IID in the Modified EUI-64
      format.

   In a variety of scenarios, addresses that remain stable for the
   lifetime of a host's connection to a single subnet, are viewed as
   desirable.  For example, stable addresses may be viewed as beneficial
   for network management, event logging, enforcement of access control,



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   provision of quality of service, or for server or routing interfaces.
   Similarly, stable addresses (as opposed to temporary addresses
   [RFC4941]) allow for long-lived TCP connections, and are also usually
   desirable when performing server-like functions (i.e., receiving
   incoming connections).

   The recommendations in this document apply only in cases where
   implementations otherwise would have configured a stable IPv6 IID
   containing a link layer address.  That is, this document does not
   change any existing recommendations concerning the use of temporary
   addresses as specified in [RFC4941], nor does it introduce any new
   requirements regarding when stable addresses are to be configured.
   Thus, the recommendations in this document simply improve the
   security and privacy properties of stable addresses.

   Finally this document updates [RFC3315] by specifying additional
   requirements on the generation of Interface Identifiers used in
   Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version 6 (DHCPv6), and also
   provides advice to system administrators who employ manual
   configuration.

2.  Terminology

   Stable address:
      An address that does not vary over time within the same network
      (as defined in [RFC7721]).

   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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

3.  Generation of IPv6 Interface Identifiers with SLAAC

   Nodes SHOULD implement and employ [RFC7217] as the default scheme for
   generating stable IPv6 addresses with SLAAC.  A link layer MAY also
   define a mechanism for stable IPv6 address generation that is more
   efficient and and does not address the security and privacy
   considerations discussed in Section 1.  The choice of whether to
   enable the security- and privacy-preserving mechanism or not SHOULD
   be configurable in such a case.

   By default, nodes SHOULD NOT employ IPv6 address generation schemes
   that embed a stable link-layer address in the IID.  In particular,
   this document RECOMMENDS that nodes do not generate IIDs with the
   schemes specified in [RFC2464], [RFC2467], [RFC2470], [RFC2491],
   [RFC2492], [RFC2497], [RFC2590], [RFC3146], [RFC3572], [RFC4338],
   [RFC4391], [RFC5121], and [RFC5072].  The recommendations in this
   document override any other recommendations on the generation of IIDs



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   in the updated RFCs.  The specific updates to these documents to
   effectuate this recommendation are included in Section 6.

4.  Generation of IPv6 Interface Identifiers with DHCPv6

   By default, DHCPv6 server implementations SHOULD NOT generate
   predictable IPv6 addresses (such as IPv6 addresses where the IIDs are
   consecutive small numbers).
   [I-D.gont-dhcpv6-stable-privacy-addresses] specifies one possible
   algorithm that could be employed to comply with this requirement.
   Another possible algorithm would be to select a pseudo-random value
   chosen from a discrete uniform distribution, while avoiding the
   reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers [RFC5453] [IANA-RESERVED-IID].

5.  Generation of IPv6 Interface Identifiers with Manual Configuration

   Network administrators should be aware of the security implications
   of predictable Interface Identifiers [RFC7721], and avoid the use of
   predictable addresses when the aforementioned issues are of concern.

6.  Update to existing RFCs

   The following subsections clarify how each of the RFCs affected by
   this document are updated.

   Note to the RFC Editor:
      In the following subsections, the legend "[RFCXXXX]" should be
      replaced with the RFC number assigned to this document, and this
      note to the RFC Editor should be removed before publication of
      this document as an RFC.

6.1.  Update to RFC2464

   The entire text of Section 4 of [RFC2464] is replaced with the
   following text:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   The Interface Identifier [AARCH] for an Ethernet interface MUST be
   generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   The following text from Section 6 of [RFC2464]:









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   Ethernet Address
               The 48 bit Ethernet IEEE 802 address, in canonical bit
               order.  This is the address the interface currently
               responds to, and may be different from the built-in
               address used to derive the Interface Identifier.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   is formally replaced with:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   Ethernet Address
               The 48 bit Ethernet IEEE 802 address, in canonical bit
               order.  This is the address the interface currently
               responds to.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

6.2.  Update to RFC2467

   The entire text of Section 5 of [RFC2467] is replaced with the
   following text:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   The Interface Identifier [AARCH] for an FDDI interface MUST be
   generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   The following text from Section 7 of [RFC2467]:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   FDDI Address
               The 48 bit FDDI IEEE 802 address, in canonical bit order.
               This is the address the interface currently responds to,
               and may be different from the built-in address used to
               derive the Interface Identifier.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   is formally replaced with:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   FDDI Address
               The 48 bit FDDI IEEE 802 address, in canonical bit order.
               This is the address the interface currently responds to.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------







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6.3.  Update to RFC2470

   The entire text of Section 4 of [RFC2470] is replaced with the
   following text:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   The Interface Identifier [AARCH] for a Token Ring interface MUST be
   generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   The following text from Section 6 of [RFC2470]:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
          Token Ring Address: The 48 bit Token Ring IEEE 802
            address, in canonical bit order. This is the address the
            interface currently responds to, and may be different from
            the built-in address used to derive the Interface
            Identifier.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   is formally replaced with:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
         Token Ring Address: The 48 bit Token Ring IEEE 802
            address, in canonical bit order. This is the address the
            interface currently responds to.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

6.4.  Update to RFC2491

   The entire text of Section 5.1, Section 5.1.1, and Section 5.1.2 of
   [RFC2491] is replaced with the following text:


   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   5.1 Interface Tokens

   The Interface Token (or Interface Identifier [AARCH]) for each IPv6
   interface MUST be generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].

   All implementations MUST support manual configuration of interface
   tokens to allow operators to manually change a interface token on
   a per-LL basis.  Operators may choose to manually set interface
   tokens for reasons other than eliminating duplicate addresses.

   All interface tokens MUST be 64 bits in length.
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6.5.  Update to RFC2492

   The entire text of Section 5 (and all the corresponding subsections)
   of of [RFC2492] is replaced with the following text:


   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   5.1 Interface Tokens

   The Interface Token (or Interface Identifier [AARCH]) for each IPv6
   interface MUST be generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].

   All implementations MUST support manual configuration of interface
   tokens to allow operators to manually change a interface token on
   a per-LL basis.  Operators may choose to manually set interface
   tokens for reasons other than eliminating duplicate addresses.

   All interface tokens MUST be 64 bits in length.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

6.6.  Update to RFC2497

   The entire text of Section 4 of [RFC2497] is replaced with the
   following text:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   The Interface Identifier [AARCH] for an ARCnet interface MUST be
   generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   The entire text of Section 8 of [RFC2497] is replaced with the
   following text:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   Interface Identifiers generated as specified in [RFCXXXX] mitigate
   the security and privacy implications discussed in Section 1 of
   such document.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

6.7.  Update to RFC2590

   The entire Section 4 and Section 4.1 of [RFC2590] is replaced with
   the following text:








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  4. Stateless Autoconfiguration

  An interface identifier [AARCH] for an IPv6 Frame Relay interface
  MUST be unique on a Frame Relay link [AARCH], and MUST be unique on
  each of the virtual links represented by the VCs terminated on the
  interface.

  The interface identifier for the Frame Relay interface MUST be
  generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].

  We note that each virtual circuit in a Frame Relay network is uniquely
  identified on a Frame Relay interface by a DLCI. Furthermore, a DLCI
  can be seen as an identification of the end point of a virtual circuit
  on a Frame Relay interface. Since each Frame Relay VC is configured or
  established separately, and acts like an independent virtual-link
  from other VCs in the network, or on the interface, link, wire or
  fiber, it seems beneficial to view each VC's termination point on the
  Frame Relay interface as a "pseudo-interface" or "logical-interface"
  overlaid on the Frame Relay interface. Furthermore, it seems
  beneficial to be able to generate and associate an IPv6
  autoconfigured address (including an IPv6 link local address) to each
  "pseudo-interface", i.e. end-point of a VC, i.e. to each DLCI on a
  Frame Relay interface.
  ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   The entire Section 9 of [RFC2590] is replaced as follows:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   9. Security Considerations

   Security protection against forgery or accident at the level of
   the mechanisms described here is provided by the IPv6 security
   mechanisms [IPSEC], [IPSEC-Auth], [IPSEC-ESP] applied to Neighbor
   Discovery [IPv6-ND] or Inverse Neighbor Discovery [IND] messages.

   To avoid an IPsec Authentication verification failure, the Frame
   Relay specific preprocessing of a Neighbor Discovery Solicitation
   message that contains a DLCI format Source link-layer address option,
   MUST be done by the receiver node after it completed IP Security
   processing.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

6.8.  Update to RFC3146

   The entire Section 6 of [RFC3146] is replaced with the following
   text:




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   6. STATELESS AUTOCONFIGURATION

   The Interface Identifier [AARCH] for an IEEE1394 interface MUST be
   generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].

   An IPv6 address prefix used for stateless autoconfiguration [ACONF]
   of an IEEE1394 interface MUST have a length of 64 bits.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

6.9.  Update to RFC3315

   The following text in Section 11 of of [RFC3315]:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   Any address assigned by a server that is based on an EUI-64
   identifier MUST include an interface identifier with the "u"
   (universal/local) and "g" (individual/group) bits of the interface
   identifier set appropriately, as indicated in section 2.5.1 of RFC
   2373 [5].
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   is formally replaced with:

  ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
  By default, DHCPv6 server implementations SHOULD NOT generate
  predictable IPv6 addresses (such as IPv6 addresses where the IIDs are
  consecutive small numbers). [I-D.gont-dhcpv6-stable-privacy-addresses]
  specifies one possible algorithm that could be employed to comply
  with this requirement.  Another possible algorithm would be to select
  a pseudo-random value chosen from a discrete uniform distribution,
  while avoiding the reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers [RFC5453]
  [IANA-RESERVED-IID].
  ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   Additionally, the following references should be added to Section 26
   of [RFC3315]:














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   [IANA-RESERVED-IID]
              IANA, "Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers",
              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-interface-ids>.

   [RFC5453]  Krishnan, S., "Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers",
              RFC 5453, DOI 10.17487/RFC5453, February 2009,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5453>.

   [I-D.gont-dhcpv6-stable-privacy-addresses]
              Gont, F. and S. LIU, "A Method for Generating Semantically
              Opaque Interface Identifiers with Dynamic Host
              Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)",
              draft-gont-dhcpv6-stable-privacy-addresses-02 (work in
              progress), June 2016.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

6.10.  Update to RFC3572

   The entire text of Section 3 of [RFC3572] is replaced as follows:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   3.  Interface Identifier

   The Interface Identifier [AARCH] for a MAPOS interface MUST be
   generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   Additionally, Section 6.2 ("Uniqueness of Interface Identifiers") of
   [RFC3572] is entirely eliminated.

6.11.  Update to RFC4291

   The entire text of Section 2.5.1 of [RFC4291] is replaced with the
   following text:
















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   2.5.1.  Interface Identifiers

   Interface identifiers in IPv6 unicast addresses are used to identify
   interfaces on a link.  They are required to be unique within a subnet
   prefix.  It is recommended that the same interface identifier not be
   assigned to different nodes on a link.  They may also be unique over
   a broader scope.  The same interface identifier may be used on
   multiple interfaces on a single node, as long as they are attached to
   different subnets.

   For all unicast addresses, except those that start with the binary
   value 000, Interface IDs are required to be 64 bits long, and MUST be
   generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].

   The details of forming interface identifiers are defined in the
   appropriate "IPv6 over <link>" specification, such as "IPv6 over
   Ethernet" [ETHER], and "IPv6 over FDDI" [FDDI].
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

6.12.  Update to RFC4338

   The entire text of Section 5 (and of all the corresponding
   subsections) of [RFC4338] is replaced with the following text:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   5.  IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration

   The IPv6 Interface ID [AARCH] for an Nx_Port MUST be generated
   as specified in [RFCXXXX].

   IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration MUST be performed as
   specified in [ACONF].  An IPv6 Address Prefix used for stateless
   address autoconfiguration of an Nx_Port MUST have a length of 64
   bits.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

6.13.  Update to RFC4391

   The entire text of Section 8 of [RFC4391] is replaced with the
   following text:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   8.  IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration

   The IPv6 Interface ID [AARCH] MUST be generated as specified in
   [RFCXXXX].
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------



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6.14.  Update to RFC5072

   The entire text of Section 4.1 of [RFC5072] is replaced with the
   following text:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   4.1.  Interface Identifier

   Description

   This Configuration Option provides a way to negotiate a unique, 64-
   bit interface identifier to be used for the address autoconfiguration
   [3] at the local end of the link (see Section 5).  A Configure-
   Request MUST contain exactly one instance of the interface-identifier
   option [1].  The interface identifier MUST be unique within the PPP
   link; i.e., upon completion of the negotiation, different interface-
   identifier values are to be selected for the ends of the PPP link.

   Before this Configuration Option is requested, an implementation
   chooses its tentative interface identifier.  The non-zero value of
   the tentative interface identifier SHOULD be chosen such that the
   value is unique to the link and, preferably, consistently
   reproducible across initializations of the IPV6CP finite state
   machine (administrative Close and reOpen, reboots, etc.). The
   rationale for preferring a consistently reproducible unique interface
   identifier to a completely random interface identifier is to provide
   stability to global scope addresses (see Appendix A) that can be
   formed from the interface identifier. Additionally, the tentative
   interface identifier SHOULD be generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].

   If neither a unique number nor a random number can be generated, it
   is recommended that a zero value be used for the interface identifier
   transmitted in the Configure-Request.  In this case, the PPP peer may
   provide a valid non-zero interface identifier in its response as
   described below. Note that if at least one of the PPP peers is able
   to generate separate non-zero numbers for itself and its peer, the
   identifier negotiation will succeed.

   When a Configure-Request is received with the Interface-Identifier
   Configuration Option and the receiving peer implements this option,
   the received interface identifier is compared with the interface
   identifier of the last Configure-Request sent to the peer.  Depending
   on the result of the comparison, an implementation MUST respond in
   one of the following ways:

   If the two interface identifiers are different but the received
   interface identifier is zero, a Configure-Nak is sent with a non-zero
   interface-identifier value suggested for use by the remote peer.



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   Such a suggested interface identifier MUST be different from the
   interface identifier of the last Configure-Request sent to the peer.
   It is recommended that the value suggested be consistently
   reproducible across initializations of the IPV6CP finite state
   machine (administrative Close and reOpen, reboots, etc).
   Additionally, the value suggested SHOULD be generated as specified
   in [RFCXXXX].

   If the two interface identifiers are different and the received
   interface identifier is not zero, the interface identifier MUST be
   acknowledged, i.e., a Configure-Ack is sent with the requested
   interface identifier, meaning that the responding peer agrees with
   the interface identifier requested.

   If the two interface identifiers are equal and are not zero,
   Configure-Nak MUST be sent specifying a different non-zero
   interface-identifier value suggested for use by the remote peer.  It
   is recommended that the value suggested be consistently reproducible
   across initializations of the IPV6CP finite state machine
   (administrative Close and reOpen, reboots, etc). Additionally, the
   value suggested SHOULD be generated as specified in [RFCXXXX].

   If the two interface identifiers are equal to zero, the interface
   identifier's negotiation MUST be terminated by transmitting the
   Configure-Reject with the interface-identifier value set to zero.  In
   this case, a unique interface identifier cannot be negotiated.

   If a Configure-Request is received with the Interface-Identifier
   Configuration Option and the receiving peer does not implement this
   option, Configure-Reject is sent.

   A new Configure-Request SHOULD NOT be sent to the peer until normal
   processing would cause it to be sent (that is, until a Configure-Nak
   is received or the Restart timer runs out [1]).

   A new Configure-Request MUST NOT contain the interface-identifier
   option if a valid Interface-Identifier Configure-Reject is received.

   Reception of a Configure-Nak with a suggested interface identifier
   different from that of the last Configure-Nak sent to the peer
   indicates a unique interface identifier.  In this case, a new
   Configure-Request MUST be sent with the identifier value suggested in
   the last Configure-Nak from the peer.  But if the received interface
   identifier is equal to the one sent in the last Configure-Nak, a new
   interface identifier MUST be chosen.  In this case, a new Configure-
   Request SHOULD be sent with the new tentative interface identifier.
   This sequence (transmit Configure-Request, receive Configure-Request,
   transmit Configure-Nak, receive Configure-Nak) might occur a few



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   times, but it is extremely unlikely to occur repeatedly.  More
   likely, the interface identifiers chosen at either end will quickly
   diverge, terminating the sequence.

   If negotiation of the interface identifier is required, and the peer
   did not provide the option in its Configure-Request, the option
   SHOULD be appended to a Configure-Nak.  The tentative value of the
   interface identifier given must be acceptable as the remote interface
   identifier; i.e., it should be different from the identifier value
   selected for the local end of the PPP link.  The next Configure-
   Request from the peer may include this option.  If the next
   Configure-Request does not include this option, the peer MUST NOT
   send another Configure-Nak with this option included.  It should
   assume that the peer's implementation does not support this option.

   By default, an implementation SHOULD attempt to negotiate the
   interface identifier for its end of the PPP connection.

    A summary of the Interface-Identifier Configuration Option format is
   shown below.  The fields are transmitted from left to right.

   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     | Interface-Identifier (MS Bytes)
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                        Interface-Identifier (cont)
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   Interface-Identifier (LS Bytes) |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Type

         1

      Length

         10

      Interface-Identifier

         The 64-bit interface identifier, which is very likely to be
         unique on the link, or zero if a good source of uniqueness
         cannot be found.

      Default

         If no valid interface identifier can be successfully



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         negotiated, no default interface-identifier value should be
         assumed.  The procedures for recovering from such a case will
         depend on the algorithm employed to generate the interface
         identifier. One approach is to manually configure the
         interface identifier of the interface.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   Additionally, the following text of Section 5 of [RFC5072]:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   5.  Stateless Autoconfiguration and Link-Local Addresses

   The interface identifier of IPv6 unicast addresses [5] of a PPP
   interface SHOULD be negotiated in the IPV6CP phase of the PPP
   connection setup (see Section 4.1).  If no valid interface identifier
   has been successfully negotiated, procedures for recovering from such
   a case are unspecified.  One approach is to manually configure the
   interface identifier of the interface.
   The negotiated interface identifier is used by the local end of the
   PPP link to autoconfigure an IPv6 link-local unicast address for the
   PPP interface.  However, it SHOULD NOT be assumed that the same
   interface identifier is used in configuring global unicast addresses
   for the PPP interface using IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration
   [3].  The PPP peer MAY generate one or more interface identifiers,
   for instance, using a method described in [8], to autoconfigure one
   or more global unicast addresses.

   is formally replaced with the following text:

  ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
  5.  Stateless Autoconfiguration and Link-Local Addresses

  The interface identifier of IPv6 unicast addresses [5] of a PPP
  interface SHOULD be negotiated in the IPV6CP phase of the PPP
  connection setup (see Section 4.1).  If no valid interface identifier
  has been successfully negotiated, procedures for recovering from such
  a case will depend on the algorithm employed to generate the interface
  identifier. One approach is to manually configure the interface
  identifier of the interface.

  The negotiated interface identifier is used by the local end of the
  PPP link to autoconfigure an IPv6 link-local unicast address for the
  PPP interface.  However, it SHOULD NOT be assumed that the same
  interface identifier is used in configuring global unicast addresses
  for the PPP interface using IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration
  [3].
  ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------




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6.15.  Update to RFC5121

   The entire text of Section 9.1 of [RFC5121] is replaced with the
   following text:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   9.1.  Interface Identifier

   The MS SHOULD generate interface identifiers as specified in
   [RFCXXXX].
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

   Additionally, Section 9.2 is replaced as follows:

   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------
   9.2.  Duplicate Address Detection

   DAD SHOULD be performed as per "Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6
   (IPv6)", [RFC4861] and "IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration"
   [RFC4862].  The IPv6 link over 802.16 is specified in this document
   as a point-to-point link.  Based on this criteria, it may be
   redundant to perform DAD on a global unicast address that is
   configured as part of the IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
   Protocol [RFC4862] as long as the following two conditions are met:

   1.  The prefixes advertised through the router advertisement messages
       by the access router terminating the 802.16 IPv6 link are unique
       to that link.

   2.  The access router terminating the 802.16 IPv6 link does not
       autoconfigure any IPv6 global unicast addresses from the prefix
       that it advertises.
   ---------------- cut here -------------- cut here ----------------

7.  Future Work

   At the time of this writing, the mechanisms specified in the
   following documents might require updates to be fully compatible with
   the recommendations in this document:

   o  "Compression Format for IPv6 Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based
      Networks" [RFC6282]

   o  "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks"
      [RFC4944]

   o  "Neighbor Discovery Optimization for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless
      Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)"[RFC6775]



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   o  "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ITU-T G.9959 Networks"[RFC7428]

   Future revisions or updates of these documents should take the issues
   of privacy and security mentioned in Section 1 and explain any design
   and engineering considerations that lead to the use of IIDs based on
   a node's link-layer address.

8.  IANA Considerations

   There are no IANA registries within this document.  The RFC-Editor
   can remove this section before publication of this document as an
   RFC.

9.  Security Considerations

   This recommends against the (default) use of predictable Interface
   Identifiers in IPv6 addresses.  It recommends [RFC7217] as the
   default scheme for generating IPv6 stable addresses with SLAAC, such
   that the security and privacy issues of IIDs that embed stable link-
   layer addresses are mitigated.  Additionally, it recommends against
   predictable IIDs in DHCPv6 and manual configuration

10.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank (in alphabetical order) Bob Hinden,
   Ray Hunter and Erik Nordmark, for providing a detailed review of this
   document.

   The authors would like to thank (in alphabetical order) Fred Baker,
   Carsten Bormann, Scott Brim, Brian Carpenter, Samita Chakrabarti, Tim
   Chown, Lorenzo Colitti, Jean-Michel Combes, Greg Daley, Esko Dijk,
   Ralph Droms, David Farmer, Brian Haberman, Ulrich Herberg, Philip
   Homburg, Jahangir Hossain, Jonathan Hui, Christian Huitema, Ray
   Hunter, Erik Kline, Sheng Jiang, Roger Jorgensen, Dan Luedtke, Kerry
   Lynn, George Mitchel, Gabriel Montenegro, Erik Nordmark, Simon
   Perreault, Tom Petch, Alexandru Petrescu, Michael Richardson, Arturo
   Servin, Mark Smith, Tom Taylor, Ole Troan, Tina Tsou, Glen Turner,
   Randy Turner, James Woodyatt, and Juan Carlos Zuniga, for providing
   valuable comments on earlier versions of this document.

11.  References

11.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.



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   [RFC2460]  Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
              (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, DOI 10.17487/RFC2460,
              December 1998, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2460>.

   [RFC2464]  Crawford, M., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet
              Networks", RFC 2464, DOI 10.17487/RFC2464, December 1998,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2464>.

   [RFC2467]  Crawford, M., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI
              Networks", RFC 2467, DOI 10.17487/RFC2467, December 1998,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2467>.

   [RFC2470]  Crawford, M., Narten, T., and S. Thomas, "Transmission of
              IPv6 Packets over Token Ring Networks", RFC 2470,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2470, December 1998,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2470>.

   [RFC2491]  Armitage, G., Schulter, P., Jork, M., and G. Harter, "IPv6
              over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (NBMA) networks",
              RFC 2491, DOI 10.17487/RFC2491, January 1999,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2491>.

   [RFC2492]  Armitage, G., Schulter, P., and M. Jork, "IPv6 over ATM
              Networks", RFC 2492, DOI 10.17487/RFC2492, January 1999,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2492>.

   [RFC2497]  Souvatzis, I., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over ARCnet
              Networks", RFC 2497, DOI 10.17487/RFC2497, January 1999,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2497>.

   [RFC2590]  Conta, A., Malis, A., and M. Mueller, "Transmission of
              IPv6 Packets over Frame Relay Networks Specification",
              RFC 2590, DOI 10.17487/RFC2590, May 1999,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2590>.

   [RFC3146]  Fujisawa, K. and A. Onoe, "Transmission of IPv6 Packets
              over IEEE 1394 Networks", RFC 3146, DOI 10.17487/RFC3146,
              October 2001, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3146>.

   [RFC3315]  Droms, R., Ed., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins,
              C., and M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
              for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, DOI 10.17487/RFC3315, July
              2003, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3315>.

   [RFC4291]  Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
              Architecture", RFC 4291, DOI 10.17487/RFC4291, February
              2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4291>.




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   [RFC4338]  DeSanti, C., Carlson, C., and R. Nixon, "Transmission of
              IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Packets
              over Fibre Channel", RFC 4338, DOI 10.17487/RFC4338,
              January 2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4338>.

   [RFC4391]  Chu, J. and V. Kashyap, "Transmission of IP over
              InfiniBand (IPoIB)", RFC 4391, DOI 10.17487/RFC4391, April
              2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4391>.

   [RFC4862]  Thomson, S., Narten, T., and T. Jinmei, "IPv6 Stateless
              Address Autoconfiguration", RFC 4862,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4862, September 2007,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4862>.

   [RFC4941]  Narten, T., Draves, R., and S. Krishnan, "Privacy
              Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in
              IPv6", RFC 4941, DOI 10.17487/RFC4941, September 2007,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4941>.

   [RFC4944]  Montenegro, G., Kushalnagar, N., Hui, J., and D. Culler,
              "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4
              Networks", RFC 4944, DOI 10.17487/RFC4944, September 2007,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4944>.

   [RFC5072]  Varada, S., Ed., Haskins, D., and E. Allen, "IP Version 6
              over PPP", RFC 5072, DOI 10.17487/RFC5072, September 2007,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5072>.

   [RFC5121]  Patil, B., Xia, F., Sarikaya, B., Choi, JH., and S.
              Madanapalli, "Transmission of IPv6 via the IPv6
              Convergence Sublayer over IEEE 802.16 Networks", RFC 5121,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5121, February 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5121>.

   [RFC5453]  Krishnan, S., "Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers",
              RFC 5453, DOI 10.17487/RFC5453, February 2009,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5453>.

   [RFC6282]  Hui, J., Ed. and P. Thubert, "Compression Format for IPv6
              Datagrams over IEEE 802.15.4-Based Networks", RFC 6282,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6282, September 2011,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6282>.

   [RFC6775]  Shelby, Z., Ed., Chakrabarti, S., Nordmark, E., and C.
              Bormann, "Neighbor Discovery Optimization for IPv6 over
              Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)",
              RFC 6775, DOI 10.17487/RFC6775, November 2012,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6775>.



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   [RFC7217]  Gont, F., "A Method for Generating Semantically Opaque
              Interface Identifiers with IPv6 Stateless Address
              Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)", RFC 7217,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7217, April 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7217>.

   [RFC7428]  Brandt, A. and J. Buron, "Transmission of IPv6 Packets
              over ITU-T G.9959 Networks", RFC 7428,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7428, February 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7428>.

11.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.gont-dhcpv6-stable-privacy-addresses]
              Gont, F. and S. (Will), "A Method for Generating
              Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers with Dynamic
              Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", draft-
              gont-dhcpv6-stable-privacy-addresses-02 (work in
              progress), June 2016.

   [I-D.gont-predictable-numeric-ids]
              Gont, F. and I. Arce, "Security and Privacy Implications
              of Numeric Identifiers Employed in Network Protocols",
              draft-gont-predictable-numeric-ids-00 (work in progress),
              February 2016.

   [IANA-RESERVED-IID]
              IANA, "Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers",
              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-interface-ids>.

   [Microsoft]
              Davies, J., "Understanding IPv6, 3rd. ed",  page 83,
              Microsoft Press, 2012, <http://it-ebooks.info/book/1022/>.

   [RFC3572]  Ogura, T., Maruyama, M., and T. Yoshida, "Internet
              Protocol Version 6 over MAPOS (Multiple Access Protocol
              Over SONET/SDH)", RFC 3572, DOI 10.17487/RFC3572, July
              2003, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3572>.

   [RFC7721]  Cooper, A., Gont, F., and D. Thaler, "Security and Privacy
              Considerations for IPv6 Address Generation Mechanisms",
              RFC 7721, DOI 10.17487/RFC7721, March 2016,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7721>.








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Authors' Addresses

   Fernando Gont
   SI6 Networks / UTN-FRH
   Evaristo Carriego 2644
   Haedo, Provincia de Buenos Aires  1706
   Argentina

   Phone: +54 11 4650 8472
   Email: fgont@si6networks.com
   URI:   http://www.si6networks.com


   Alissa Cooper
   Cisco
   707 Tasman Drive
   Milpitas, CA  95035
   US

   Phone: +1-408-902-3950
   Email: alcoop@cisco.com
   URI:   https://www.cisco.com/


   Dave Thaler
   Microsoft
   Microsoft Corporation
   One Microsoft Way
   Redmond, WA  98052

   Phone: +1 425 703 8835
   Email: dthaler@microsoft.com


   Will Liu
   Huawei Technologies
   Bantian, Longgang District
   Shenzhen  518129
   P.R. China

   Email: liushucheng@huawei.com










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