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Network Working Group D. Thaler Request for Comments: 2667 Microsoft Category: Standards Track August 1999

                         IP Tunnel MIB

Status of this Memo

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

This memo defines a Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it describes managed objects used for managing tunnels of any type over IPv4 networks. Extension MIBs may be designed for managing protocol-specific objects. Likewise, extension MIBs may be designed for managing security-specific objects. This MIB does not support tunnels over non-IPv4 networks (including IPv6 networks). Management of such tunnels may be supported by other MIBs.

Introduction

Over the past several years, there have been a number of "tunneling" protocols specified by the IETF (see [28] for an early discussion of the model and examples). This document describes a Management Information Base (MIB) used for managing tunnels of any type over IPv4 networks, including GRE [16,17], IP-in-IP [18], Minimal Encapsulation [19], L2TP [20], PPTP [21], L2F [25], UDP (e.g., [26]), ATMP [22], and IPv6-in-IPv4 [27] tunnels.

Extension MIBs may be designed for managing protocol-specific objects. Likewise, extension MIBs may be designed for managing security-specific objects (e.g., IPSEC [24]), and traffic conditioner [29] objects. Finally, this MIB does not support tunnels over non- IPv4 networks (including IPv6 networks). Management of such tunnels may be supported by other MIBs.

The SNMP Network Management Framework

The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major components:

o An overall architecture, described in RFC 2571 [1].

o Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the

    purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
    Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in
    STD 16, RFC 1155 [2], STD 16, RFC 1212 [3] and RFC 1215 [4]. The
    second version, called SMIv2, is described in STD 58, RFC 2578
    [5], STD 58, RFC 2579 [6] and STD 58, RFC 2580 [7].

o Message protocols for transferring management information. The

    first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
    described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second version of the SNMP
    message protocol, which is not an Internet standards track
    protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901 [9] and
    RFC 1906 [10].  The third version of the message protocol is
    called SNMPv3 and described in RFC 1906 [10], RFC 2572 [11] and
    RFC 2574 [12].

o Protocol operations for accessing management information. The

    first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
    described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [8]. A second set of protocol
    operations and associated PDU formats is described in RFC 1905
    [13].

o A set of fundamental applications described in RFC 2573 [14] and

    the view-based access control mechanism described in RFC 2575
    [15].

Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.

This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no translation is possible (use of Counter64). Some machine readable information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in SMIv1 during the translation process. However, this loss of machine readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the MIB.

Overview

This MIB module contains two tables:

o the Tunnel Interface Table, containing information on the

    tunnels known to a router; and

o the Tunnel Config Table, which can be used for dynamic creation

    of tunnels, and also provides a mapping from endpoint addresses
    to the current interface index value.

Relationship to the Interfaces MIB

This section clarifies the relationship of this MIB to the Interfaces MIB [23]. Several areas of correlation are addressed in the following subsections. The implementor is referred to the Interfaces MIB document in order to understand the general intent of these areas.

Layering Model

Each logical interface (physical or virtual) has an ifEntry in the Interfaces MIB [23]. Tunnels are handled by creating a logical interface (ifEntry) for each tunnel. These are then correlated, using the ifStack table of the Interfaces MIB, to those interfaces on which the local IPv4 addresses of the tunnels are configured. The basic model, therefore, looks something like this (for example):

     | |         | |          | |
  +--+ +---+  +--+ +---+      | |
  |IP-in-IP|  |  GRE   |      | |
  | tunnel |  | tunnel |      | |
  +--+ +---+  +--+ +---+      | |
     | |         | |          | |    <== attachment to underlying
  +--+ +---------+ +----------+ +--+     interfaces, to be provided
  |       Physical interface       |     by ifStack table
  +--------------------------------+

ifRcvAddressTable

The ifRcvAddressTable usage is defined in the MIBs defining the encapsulation below the network layer. For example, if IP-in-IP encapsulation is being used, the ifRcvAddressTable is defined by IP- in-IP.

ifEntry

IfEntries are defined in the MIBs defining the encapsulation below the network layer. For example, if IP-in-IP encapsulation [20] is being used, the ifEntry is defined by IP-in-IP.

The ifType of a tunnel should be set to "tunnel" (131). An entry in the IP Tunnel MIB will exist for every ifEntry with this ifType. An implementation of the IP Tunnel MIB may allow ifEntries to be created via the tunnelConfigTable. Creating a tunnel will also add an entry in the ifTable and in the tunnelIfTable, and deleting a tunnel will likewise delete the entry in the ifTable and the tunnelIfTable.

The use of two different tables in this MIB was an important design decision. Traditionally, ifIndex values are chosen by agents, and are permitted to change across restarts. Allowing row creation directly in the Tunnel Interface Table, indexed by ifIndex, would complicate row creation and/or cause interoperability problems (if each agent had special restrictions on ifIndex). Instead, a separate table is used which is indexed only by objects over which the manager has control. Namely, these are the addresses of the tunnel endpoints and the encapsulation protocol. Finally, an additional manager- chosen ID is used in the index to support protocols such as L2F which allow multiple tunnels between the same endpoints.

Definitions

TUNNEL-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

IMPORTS

MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, transmission,
Integer32, IpAddress             FROM SNMPv2-SMI
RowStatus                        FROM SNMPv2-TC
MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP  FROM SNMPv2-CONF
ifIndex, InterfaceIndexOrZero    FROM IF-MIB;

tunnelMIB MODULE-IDENTITY

LAST-UPDATED "9908241200Z" -- August 24, 1999
ORGANIZATION "IETF Interfaces MIB Working Group"
CONTACT-INFO
        " Dave Thaler
          Microsoft Corporation
          One Microsoft Way
          Redmond, WA  98052-6399
          EMail: [email protected]"
DESCRIPTION
        "The MIB module for management of IP Tunnels, independent of
        the specific encapsulation scheme in use."
REVISION     "9908241200Z" -- August 24, 1999
DESCRIPTION
        "Initial version, published as RFC 2667."
::= { transmission 131 }

tunnelMIBObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { tunnelMIB 1 }

tunnel OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { tunnelMIBObjects 1 }

-- the IP Tunnel MIB-Group -- -- a collection of objects providing information about -- IP Tunnels

tunnelIfTable OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF TunnelIfEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The (conceptual) table containing information on configured
        tunnels."
::= { tunnel 1 }

tunnelIfEntry OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     TunnelIfEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "An entry (conceptual row) containing the information on a
        particular configured tunnel."
INDEX      { ifIndex }
::= { tunnelIfTable 1 }

TunnelIfEntry ::= SEQUENCE {

tunnelIfLocalAddress            IpAddress,
tunnelIfRemoteAddress           IpAddress,
tunnelIfEncapsMethod            INTEGER,
tunnelIfHopLimit                Integer32,
tunnelIfSecurity                INTEGER,
tunnelIfTOS                     Integer32

}

tunnelIfLocalAddress OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     IpAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The address of the local endpoint of the tunnel (i.e., the
        source address used in the outer IP header), or 0.0.0.0 if
        unknown."
::= { tunnelIfEntry 1 }

tunnelIfRemoteAddress OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     IpAddress
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The address of the remote endpoint of the tunnel (i.e., the
        destination address used in the outer IP header), or 0.0.0.0
        if unknown."
::= { tunnelIfEntry 2 }

tunnelIfEncapsMethod OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     INTEGER {
               other(1),   -- none of the following
               direct(2),  -- no intermediate header
               gre(3),     -- GRE encapsulation
               minimal(4), -- Minimal encapsulation
               l2tp(5),    -- L2TP encapsulation
               pptp(6),    -- PPTP encapsulation
               l2f(7),     -- L2F encapsulation
               udp(8),     -- UDP encapsulation
               atmp(9)     -- ATMP encapsulation
           }
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The encapsulation method used by the tunnel. The value
        direct indicates that the packet is encapsulated directly
        within a normal IPv4 header, with no intermediate header,
        and unicast to the remote tunnel endpoint (e.g., an RFC 2003
        IP-in-IP tunnel, or an RFC 1933 IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel). The
        value minimal indicates that a Minimal Forwarding Header
        (RFC 2004) is inserted between the outer header and the
        payload packet. The value UDP indicates that the payload
        packet is encapsulated within a normal UDP packet (e.g., RFC
        1234).  The remaining protocol-specific values indicate that
        a header of the protocol of that name is inserted between
        the outer header and the payload header."
::= { tunnelIfEntry 3 }

tunnelIfHopLimit OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     Integer32 (0..255)
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The TTL to use in the outer IP header. A value of 0
        indicates that the value is copied from the payload's
        header."
::= { tunnelIfEntry 4 }

tunnelIfSecurity OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     INTEGER {
               none(1),   -- no security
               ipsec(2),  -- IPSEC security
               other(3)
           }
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The method used by the tunnel to secure the outer IP
        header.  The value ipsec indicates that IPsec is used
        between the tunnel endpoints for authentication or
        encryption or both.  More specific security-related
        information may be available in a MIB for the security
        protocol in use."
::= { tunnelIfEntry 5 }

tunnelIfTOS OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     Integer32 (-2..63)
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The method used to set the high 6 bits of the TOS in the
        outer IP header.  A value of -1 indicates that the bits are
        copied from the payload's header. A value of -2 indicates
        that a traffic conditioner is invoked and more information
        may be available in a traffic conditioner MIB.  A value
        between 0 and 63 inclusive indicates that the bit field is
        set to the indicated value."
::= { tunnelIfEntry 6 }

tunnelConfigTable OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     SEQUENCE OF TunnelConfigEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The (conceptual) table containing information on configured
        tunnels.  This table can be used to map a set of tunnel
        endpoints to the associated ifIndex value.  It can also be
        used for row creation.  Note that every row in the
        tunnelIfTable with a fixed destination address should have a
        corresponding row in the tunnelConfigTable, regardless of
        whether it was created via SNMP."
::= { tunnel 2 }

tunnelConfigEntry OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     TunnelConfigEntry
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "An entry (conceptual row) containing the information on a
        particular configured tunnel."
INDEX      { tunnelConfigLocalAddress,
             tunnelConfigRemoteAddress,
             tunnelConfigEncapsMethod,
             tunnelConfigID }
::= { tunnelConfigTable 1 }

TunnelConfigEntry ::= SEQUENCE {

tunnelConfigLocalAddress            IpAddress,
tunnelConfigRemoteAddress           IpAddress,
tunnelConfigEncapsMethod            INTEGER,
tunnelConfigID                      Integer32,
tunnelConfigIfIndex                 InterfaceIndexOrZero,
tunnelConfigStatus                  RowStatus

}

tunnelConfigLocalAddress OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     IpAddress
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The address of the local endpoint of the tunnel, or 0.0.0.0
        if the device is free to choose any of its addresses at
        tunnel establishment time."
::= { tunnelConfigEntry 1 }

tunnelConfigRemoteAddress OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     IpAddress
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The address of the remote endpoint of the tunnel."
::= { tunnelConfigEntry 2 }

tunnelConfigEncapsMethod OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     INTEGER {
               other(1),   -- none of the following
               direct(2),  -- no intermediate header
               gre(3),     -- GRE encapsulation
               minimal(4), -- Minimal encapsulation
               l2tp(5),    -- L2TP encapsulation
               pptp(6),    -- PPTP encapsulation
               l2f(7),     -- L2F encapsulation
               udp(8),     -- UDP encapsulation
               atmp(9)
           }
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The encapsulation method used by the tunnel."
::= { tunnelConfigEntry 3 }

tunnelConfigID OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     Integer32 (1..2147483647)
MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "An identifier used to distinguish between multiple tunnels
        of the same encapsulation method, with the same endpoints.
        If the encapsulation protocol only allows one tunnel per set
        of endpoint addresses (such as for GRE or IP-in-IP), the
        value of this object is 1.  For encapsulation methods (such
        as L2F) which allow multiple parallel tunnels, the manager
        is responsible for choosing any ID which does not conflict
        with an existing row, such as choosing a random number."
::= { tunnelConfigEntry 4 }

tunnelConfigIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     InterfaceIndexOrZero
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "If the value of tunnelConfigStatus for this row is active,
        then this object contains the value of ifIndex corresponding
        to the tunnel interface.  A value of 0 is not legal in the
        active state, and means that the interface index has not yet
        been assigned."
::= { tunnelConfigEntry 5 }

tunnelConfigStatus OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX     RowStatus
MAX-ACCESS read-create
STATUS     current
DESCRIPTION
        "The status of this row, by which new entries may be
        created, or old entries deleted from this table. The agent
        need not support setting this object to createAndWait or
        notInService since there are no other writable objects in
        this table, and writable objects in rows of corresponding
        tables such as the tunnelIfTable may be modified while this
        row is active.
        To create a row in this table for an encapsulation method
        which does not support multiple parallel tunnels with the
        same endpoints, the management station should simply use a
        tunnelConfigID of 1, and set tunnelConfigStatus to
        createAndGo.  For encapsulation methods such as L2F which
        allow multiple parallel tunnels, the management station may
        select a pseudo-random number to use as the tunnelConfigID
        and set tunnelConfigStatus to createAndGo.  In the event
        that this ID is already in use and an inconsistentValue is
        returned in response to the set operation, the management
        station should simply select a new pseudo-random number and
        retry the operation.
        Creating a row in this table will cause an interface index
        to be assigned by the agent in an implementation-dependent
        manner, and corresponding rows will be instantiated in the
        ifTable and the tunnelIfTable.  The status of this row will
        become active as soon as the agent assigns the interface
        index, regardless of whether the interface is operationally
        up.
        Deleting a row in this table will likewise delete the
        corresponding row in the ifTable and in the tunnelIfTable."
::= { tunnelConfigEntry 6 }

-- conformance information

tunnelMIBConformance

              OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { tunnelMIB 2 }

tunnelMIBCompliances

              OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { tunnelMIBConformance 1 }

tunnelMIBGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { tunnelMIBConformance 2 }

-- compliance statements

tunnelMIBCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE

STATUS  current
DESCRIPTION
        "The compliance statement for the IP Tunnel MIB."
MODULE  -- this module
MANDATORY-GROUPS { tunnelMIBBasicGroup }
    OBJECT      tunnelIfHopLimit
    MIN-ACCESS  read-only
    DESCRIPTION
        "Write access is not required."
    OBJECT      tunnelIfTOS
    MIN-ACCESS  read-only
    DESCRIPTION
        "Write access is not required."
    OBJECT      tunnelConfigStatus
    MIN-ACCESS  read-only
    DESCRIPTION
        "Write access is not required."
= { tunnelMIBCompliances 1 }

-- units of conformance

tunnelMIBBasicGroup OBJECT-GROUP

OBJECTS { tunnelIfLocalAddress, tunnelIfRemoteAddress,
   tunnelIfEncapsMethod, tunnelIfHopLimit, tunnelIfTOS,
   tunnelIfSecurity, tunnelConfigIfIndex, tunnelConfigStatus }
STATUS  current
DESCRIPTION
        "A collection of objects to support basic management of IP
        Tunnels."
::= { tunnelMIBGroups 1 }

END

Security Considerations

This MIB contains readable objects whose values provide information related to IP tunnel interfaces. There are also a number of objects that have a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create, such as those which allow an administrator to dynamically configure tunnels.

While unauthorized access to the readable objects is relatively innocuous, unauthorized access to the write-able objects could cause a denial of service, or could cause unauthorized creation and/or manipulation of tunnels. Hence, the support for SET operations in a non-secure environment without proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations.

SNMPv1 by itself is such an insecure environment. Even if the network itself is secure (for example by using IPSec [24]), even then, there is no control as to who on the secure network is allowed to access and SET (change/create/delete) the objects in this MIB.

It is recommended that the implementers consider the security features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework. Specifically, the use of the User-based Security Model RFC 2574 [12] and the View-based Access Control Model RFC 2575 [15] is recommended.

It is then a customer/user responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity giving access to this MIB, is properly configured to give access to those objects only to those principals (users) that have legitimate rights to access them.

Acknowledgements

This MIB module was updated based on feedback from the IETF's Interfaces MIB (IF-MIB) and Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions (PPPEXT) Working Groups.

Author's Address

Dave Thaler Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399

Phone: +1 425 703 8835 EMail: [email protected]

References

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    Describing SNMP Management Frameworks", RFC 2571, April 1999.

[2] Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification of

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[3] Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Concise MIB Definitions", STD 16,

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[9] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser,

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[10] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Transport

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[12] Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model (USM)

    for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
    (SNMPv3)", RFC 2574, April 1999.

[13] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Protocol

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[14] Levi, D., Meyer, P. and B. Stewart, "SNMPv3 Applications", RFC

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[15] Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R. and K. McCloghrie, "View-based Access

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    Encapsulation (GRE)", RFC 1701, October 1994.

[17] Hanks, S., Li, T., Farinacci, D. and P. Traina, "Generic Routing

    Encapsulation over IPv4 networks", RFC 1702, October 1994.

[18] Perkins, C., "IP Encapsulation within IP", RFC 2003, October

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[19] Perkins, C., "Minimal Encapsulation within IP", RFC 2004,

    October 1996.

[20] Townsley, W., Valencia, A., Rubens, A., Pall, G., Zorn, G. and

    B. Palter, "Layer Two Tunneling Protocol "L2TP"", RFC 2661,
    August 1999.

[21] Hamzeh, K., Pall, G., Verthein, W. Taarud, J., Little, W. and G.

    Zorn, "Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol", RFC 2637, July 1999.

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    2107, February 1997.

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    using SMIv2", RFC 2233, November 1997.

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    RFC 2401, November 1998.

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    Forwarding (Protocol) "L2F"", RFC 2341, May 1998.

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    Hosts and Routers", RFC 1933, April 1996.

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    the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and
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