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Network Working Group M. Daniele Request for Comments: 2454 Compaq Computer Corporation Category: Standards Track December 1998

             IP Version 6 Management Information Base
                  for the User Datagram Protocol

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 (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

 This document is one in the series of documents that define various
 MIB objects for IPv6.  Specifically, this document is the MIB module
 which defines managed objects for implementations of the User
 Datagram Protocol (UDP) over IP Version 6 (IPv6).
 This document also recommends a specific policy with respect to the
 applicability of RFC 2013 for implementations of IPv6.  Namely, that
 most of managed objects defined in RFC 2013 are independent of which
 IP versions underlie UDP, and only the UDP listener information is IP
 version-specific.
 This memo defines an experimental portion of the Management
 Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in
 IPv6-based internets.

1. Introduction

 A management system contains: several (potentially many) nodes, each
 with a processing entity, termed an agent, which has access to
 management instrumentation; at least one management station; and, a
 management protocol, used to convey management information between
 the agents and management stations.  Operations of the protocol are
 carried out under an administrative framework which defines
 authentication, authorization, access control, and privacy policies.

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 Management stations execute management applications which monitor and
 control managed elements.  Managed elements are devices such as
 hosts, routers, terminal servers, etc., which are monitored and
 controlled via access to their management information.
 Management information is viewed as a collection of managed objects,
 residing in a virtual information store, termed the Management
 Information Base (MIB).  Collections of related objects are defined
 in MIB modules.  These modules are written using a subset of OSI's
 Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) [1], termed the Structure of
 Management Information (SMI) [2].

2. Overview

 This document is one in the series of documents that define various
 MIB objects, and statements of conformance, for IPv6.  This document
 defines the required instrumentation for implementations of UDP over
 IPv6.

3. Transparency of IP versions to UDP

 The fact that UDP is carried over IPv6 as opposed to IPv4, is largely
 invisible to a UDP implementation.  A "UDPng" did not need to be
 defined, implementations simply need to support IPv6 addresses.
 As such, the managed objects already defined in [UDP MIB] are
 sufficient for managing UDP in the presence of IPv6.  These objects
 are equally applicable whether the managed node supports IPv4 only,
 IPv6 only, or both IPv4 and IPv6.
 For example, udpInDatagrams counts "The total number of UDP datagrams
 delivered to UDP users", regardless of which version of IP is used to
 deliver any of those datagrams.
 Stated differently, UDP implementations don't need separate counters
 for IPv4 and for IPv6.

4. Representing UDP Listeners

 The exception to the statements in section 3 is the udpTable.  Since
 IPv6 addresses cannot be represented with the IpAddress syntax, not
 all UDP endpoints can be represented in the udpTable defined in [UDP
 MIB].
 This memo defines a new, separate table to represent only those UDP
 endpoints that utilize an IPv6 address.  UDP endpoints on IPv4
 addresses continue to be represented in udpTable [UDP MIB].

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 A different approach would have been to define a new table to
 represent all UDP endpoints regardless of IP version.  This would
 require changes to [UDP MIB] and hence to existing (IPv4-only) UDP
 implementations.  The approach suggested in this memo has the
 advantage of leaving IPv4-only implementations intact.
 It is assumed that the objects defined in this memo will eventually
 be defined in an update to [UDP MIB].  For this reason, the module
 identity is assigned under the experimental portion of the MIB.

5. Conformance

 This memo contains conformance statements to define conformance to
 this MIB for UDP over IPv6 implementations.

6. Definitions

IPV6-UDP-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

IMPORTS

 MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP      FROM SNMPv2-CONF
 MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE,
 mib-2, experimental                  FROM SNMPv2-SMI
 Ipv6Address, Ipv6IfIndexOrZero       FROM IPV6-TC;

ipv6UdpMIB MODULE-IDENTITY

 LAST-UPDATED "9801290000Z"
 ORGANIZATION "IETF IPv6 MIB Working Group"
 CONTACT-INFO
      "               Mike Daniele
              Postal: Compaq Computer Corporation
                      110 Spitbrook Rd
                      Nashua, NH 03062.
                      US
              Phone:  +1 603 884 1423
              Email:  daniele@zk3.dec.com"
 DESCRIPTION
      "The MIB module for entities implementing UDP over IPv6."
 ::= { experimental 87 }

– objects specific to UDP for IPv6

udp OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 7 }

– the UDP over IPv6 Listener table

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– This table contains information about this entity's – UDP/IPv6 endpoints. Only endpoints utilizing IPv6 addresses – are contained in this table. This entity's UDP/IPv4 endpoints – are contained in udpTable.

ipv6UdpTable OBJECT-TYPE

 SYNTAX      SEQUENCE OF Ipv6UdpEntry
 MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
 STATUS      current
 DESCRIPTION
      "A table containing UDP listener information for
       UDP/IPv6 endpoints."
 ::= { udp 6 }

ipv6UdpEntry OBJECT-TYPE

 SYNTAX      Ipv6UdpEntry
 MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
 STATUS      current
 DESCRIPTION
      "Information about a particular current UDP listener.
       Note that conceptual rows in this table require an
       additional index object compared to udpTable, since
       IPv6 addresses are not guaranteed to be unique on the
       managed node."
 INDEX   { ipv6UdpLocalAddress,
           ipv6UdpLocalPort,
           ipv6UdpIfIndex }
 ::= { ipv6UdpTable 1 }

Ipv6UdpEntry ::= SEQUENCE {

 ipv6UdpLocalAddress    Ipv6Address,
 ipv6UdpLocalPort       INTEGER (0..65535),
 ipv6UdpIfIndex         Ipv6IfIndexOrZero }

ipv6UdpLocalAddress OBJECT-TYPE

 SYNTAX       Ipv6Address
 MAX-ACCESS   not-accessible
 STATUS       current
 DESCRIPTION
      "The local IPv6 address for this UDP listener.
       In the case of a UDP listener which is willing
       to accept datagrams for any IPv6 address
       associated with the managed node, the value ::0
       is used."
 ::= { ipv6UdpEntry 1 }

ipv6UdpLocalPort OBJECT-TYPE

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  SYNTAX     INTEGER (0..65535)
  MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
  STATUS     current
  DESCRIPTION
      "The local port number for this UDP listener."
  ::= { ipv6UdpEntry 2 }

ipv6UdpIfIndex OBJECT-TYPE

 SYNTAX     Ipv6IfIndexOrZero
 MAX-ACCESS   read-only
 STATUS     current
 DESCRIPTION
      "An index object used to disambiguate conceptual rows in
       the table, since the ipv6UdpLocalAddress/ipv6UdpLocalPort
       pair may not be unique.
       This object identifies the local interface that is
       associated with ipv6UdpLocalAddress for this UDP listener.
       If such a local interface cannot be determined, this object
       should take on the value 0.  (A possible example of this
       would be if the value of ipv6UdpLocalAddress is ::0.)
       The interface identified by a particular non-0 value of
       this index is the same interface as identified by the same
       value of ipv6IfIndex.
       The value of this object must remain constant during
       the life of this UDP endpoint."
 ::= { ipv6UdpEntry 3 }

– – conformance information –

ipv6UdpConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipv6UdpMIB 2 }

ipv6UdpCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipv6UdpConformance 1 } ipv6UdpGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipv6UdpConformance 2 }

– compliance statements

ipv6UdpCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE

 STATUS  current
 DESCRIPTION
      "The compliance statement for SNMPv2 entities which
       implement UDP over IPv6."
 MODULE  -- this module
 MANDATORY-GROUPS { ipv6UdpGroup }

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 ::= { ipv6UdpCompliances 1 }

ipv6UdpGroup OBJECT-GROUP

 OBJECTS   { -- these are defined in this module
             -- ipv6UdpLocalAddress (not-accessible)
             -- ipv6UdpLocalPort (not-accessible)
             ipv6UdpIfIndex }
 STATUS    current
 DESCRIPTION
      "The group of objects providing management of
       UDP over IPv6."
 ::= { ipv6UdpGroups 1 }

END

7. Acknowledgments

 This memo is a product of the IPng work group, and benefited
 especially from the contributions of the following working group
 members:
    Dimitry Haskin          Bay Networks
    Margaret Forsythe       Epilogue
    Tim Hartrick            Mentat
    Frank Solensky          FTP
    Jack McCann             DEC

8. References

 [1]           Information processing systems - Open Systems
               Interconnection - Specification of Abstract Syntax
               Notation One (ASN.1), International Organization for
               Standardization.  International Standard 8824,
               (December, 1987).
 [2]           McCloghrie, K., Editor, "Structure of Management
               Information for version 2 of the Simple Network
               Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1902, January 1996.
 [UDP MIB]     SNMPv2 Working Group, McCloghrie, K., Editor, "SNMPv2
               Management Information Base for the User Datagram
               Protocol using SMIv2", RFC 2013, November 1996.
 [IPV6 MIB TC] Haskin, D., and S. Onishi, "Management Information Base
               for IP Version 6: Textual Conventions and General
               Group", RFC 2465, December 1998.

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 [IPV6]        Deering, S., and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version
               6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998.
 [RFC2274]     Blumenthal, U., and B. Wijnen, "The User-Based Security
               Model for Version 3 of the Simple Network Management
               Protocol (SNMPv3)", RFC 2274, January 1998.
 [RFC2275]     Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R., and K. McCloghrie, "View-based
               Access Control Model for the Simple Network Management
               Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 2275, January 1998.

9. Security Considerations

 There are no management objects defined in this MIB that have a MAX-
 ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create.  So, if this MIB is
 implemented correctly, then there is no risk that an intruder can
 alter or create any management objects of this MIB via direct SNMP
 SET operations.
 There are a number of managed objects in this MIB that may be
 considered to contain sensitive information in some environments.
 For example, the MIB identifies UDP ports on which processes are
 listening.  Although this information might be considered sensitive
 in some environments (i.e., to identify ports on which to launch
 denial-of-service or other attacks), there are already other ways of
 obtaining similar information.  For example, sending a random UDP
 packet to an unused port prompts the generation of an ICMP port
 unreachable message.
 Therefore, it may be important in some environments to control read
 access to these objects and possibly to even encrypt the values of
 these object when sending them over the network via SNMP.  Not all
 versions of SNMP provide features for such a secure environment.
 SNMPv1 by itself does not provide encryption or strong
 authentication.
 It is recommended that the implementors consider the security
 features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework.  Specifically, the use
 of the User-based Security Model [RFC2274] and the View-based Access
 Control Model [RFC2275] is recommended.
 It is then a customer/user responsibility to ensure that the SNMP
 entity giving access to an instance of this MIB, is properly
 configured to give access to those objects only to those principals
 (users) that have legitimate rights to access them.

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10. Author's Address

 Mike Daniele
 Compaq Computer Corporation
 110 Spit Brook Rd
 Nashua, NH 03062
 Phone: +1-603-884-1423
 EMail: daniele@zk3.dec.com

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11. Full Copyright Statement

 Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.
 This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
 others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
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 included on all such copies and derivative works.  However, this
 document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing
 the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other
 Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of
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 followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than
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 The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be
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 This document and the information contained herein is provided on an
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 TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION
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