rfc:rfc3162
Network Working Group B. Aboba Request for Comments: 3162 Microsoft Category: Standards Track G. Zorn
Cisco Systems
D. Mitton
Circular Logic UnLtd.
August 2001
RADIUS and IPv6
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Abstract
This document specifies the operation of RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) when run over IPv6 as well as the RADIUS attributes used to support IPv6 network access.
1. Introduction
This document specifies the operation of RADIUS [4]-[8] over IPv6 [13] as well as the RADIUS attributes used to support IPv6 network access.
Note that a NAS sending a RADIUS Access-Request may not know a-priori
whether the host will be using IPv4, IPv6, or both. For example,
within PPP, IPv6CP [11] occurs after LCP, so that address assignment
will not occur until after RADIUS authentication and authorization
has completed.
Therefore it is presumed that the IPv6 attributes described in this document MAY be sent along with IPv4-related attributes within the same RADIUS message and that the NAS will decide which attributes to use. The NAS SHOULD only allocate addresses and prefixes that the client can actually use, however. For example, there is no need for
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the NAS to reserve use of an IPv4 address for a host that only supports IPv6; similarly, a host only using IPv4 or 6to4 [12] does not require allocation of an IPv6 prefix.
The NAS can provide IPv6 access natively, or alternatively, via other methods such as IPv6 within IPv4 tunnels [15] or 6over4 [14]. The choice of method for providing IPv6 access has no effect on RADIUS usage per se, although if it is desired that an IPv6 within IPv4 tunnel be opened to a particular location, then tunnel attributes should be utilized, as described in [6], [7].
1.1. Requirements language
In this document, the key words "MAY", "MUST, "MUST NOT", "optional", "recommended", "SHOULD", and "SHOULD NOT", are to be interpreted as described in [1].
2. Attributes
2.1. NAS-IPv6-Address
Description
This Attribute indicates the identifying IPv6 Address of the NAS
which is requesting authentication of the user, and SHOULD be
unique to the NAS within the scope of the RADIUS server. NAS-
IPv6-Address is only used in Access-Request packets. NAS-IPv6-
Address and/or NAS-IP-Address MAY be present in an Access-Request
packet; however, if neither attribute is present then NAS-
Identifier MUST be present.
A summary of the NAS-IPv6-Address Attribute 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 | Address
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Address
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Address
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Address
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Address |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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Type
95 for NAS-IPv6-Address
Length
18
Address
The Address field is 16 octets.
3.2. Framed-Interface-Id
Description
This Attribute indicates the IPv6 interface identifier to be
configured for the user. It MAY be used in Access-Accept packets.
If the Interface-Identifier IPv6CP option [11] has been
successfully negotiated, this Attribute MUST be included in an
Access-Request packet as a hint by the NAS to the server that it
would prefer that value. It is recommended, but not required,
that the server honor the hint.
A summary of the Framed-Interface-Id Attribute 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-Id
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Interface-Id
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Interface-Id |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Type
96 for Framed-Interface-Id
Length
10
Interface-Id
The Interface-Id field is 8 octets.
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2.3. Framed-IPv6-Prefix
Description
This Attribute indicates an IPv6 prefix (and corresponding route)
to be configured for the user. It MAY be used in Access-Accept
packets, and can appear multiple times. It MAY be used in an
Access-Request packet as a hint by the NAS to the server that it
would prefer these prefix(es), but the server is not required to
honor the hint. Since it is assumed that the NAS will plumb a
route corresponding to the prefix, it is not necessary for the
server to also send a Framed-IPv6-Route attribute for the same
prefix.
A summary of the Framed-IPv6-Prefix Attribute 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 | Reserved | Prefix-Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Prefix
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Prefix
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Prefix
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Prefix |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Type
97 for Framed-IPv6-Prefix
Length
At least 4 and no larger than 20.
Reserved
This field, which is reserved and MUST be present, is always set
to zero.
Prefix-Length
The length of the prefix, in bits. At least 0 and no larger than
128.
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Prefix
The Prefix field is up to 16 octets in length. Bits outside of
the Prefix-Length, if included, must be zero.
2.4. Login-IPv6-Host
Description
This Attribute indicates the system with which to connect the
user, when the Login-Service Attribute is included. It MAY be
used in Access-Accept packets. It MAY be used in an Access-
Request packet as a hint to the server that the NAS would prefer
to use that host, but the server is not required to honor the
hint.
A summary of the Login-IPv6-Host Attribute 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 | Address
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Address
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Address
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Address
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Address |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Type
98 for Login-IPv6-Host
Length
18
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Address
The Address field is 16 octets in length. The value
0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF indicates that the NAS SHOULD
allow the user to select an address or name to be connected to.
The value 0 indicates that the NAS SHOULD select a host to connect
the user to. Other values indicate the address the NAS SHOULD
connect the user to.
2.5. Framed-IPv6-Route
Description
This Attribute provides routing information to be configured for
the user on the NAS. It is used in the Access-Accept packet and
can appear multiple times.
A summary of the Framed-IPv6-Route Attribute format is shown below. The fields are transmitted from left to right.
0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- | Type | Length | Text ... +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
Type
99 for Framed-IPv6-Route
Length
>=3
Text
The Text field is one or more octets, and its contents are
implementation dependent. The field is not NUL (hex 00)
terminated. It is intended to be human readable and MUST NOT
affect operation of the protocol.
For IPv6 routes, it SHOULD contain a destination prefix optionally
followed by a slash and a decimal length specifier stating how
many high order bits of the prefix to use. That is followed by a
space, a gateway address, a space, and one or more metrics
(encoded in decimal) separated by spaces. Prefixes and addresses
are formatted as described in [16]. For example,
"2000:0:0:106::/64 2000::106:a00:20ff:fe99:a998 1".
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Whenever the gateway address is the IPv6 unspecified address the
IP address of the user SHOULD be used as the gateway address. The
unspecified address can be expressed in any of the acceptable
formats described in [16]. For example, "2000:0:0:106::/64 :: 1".
2.6. Framed-IPv6-Pool
Description
This Attribute contains the name of an assigned pool that SHOULD
be used to assign an IPv6 prefix for the user. If a NAS does not
support multiple prefix pools, the NAS MUST ignore this Attribute.
A summary of the Framed-IPv6-Pool Attribute format is shown below. The fields are transmitted from left to right.
0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Type | Length | String... +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Type
100 for Framed-IPv6-Pool
Length
>= 3
String
The string field contains the name of an assigned IPv6 prefix pool
configured on the NAS. The field is not NUL (hex 00) terminated.
3. Table of Attributes
The following table provides a guide to which attributes may be found in which kinds of packets, and in what quantity.
Request Accept Reject Challenge Accounting # Attribute Request 0-1 0 0 0 0-1 95 NAS-IPv6-Address 0-1 0-1 0 0 0-1 96 Framed-Interface-Id 0+ 0+ 0 0 0+ 97 Framed-IPv6-Prefix 0+ 0+ 0 0 0+ 98 Login-IPv6-Host 0 0+ 0 0 0+ 99 Framed-IPv6-Route 0 0-1 0 0 0-1 100 Framed-IPv6-Pool
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4. References
[1] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March, 1997.
[2] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of Unicode and ISO
10646", RFC 2044, October 1996.
[3] Aboba, B. and J. Vollbrecht, "Proxy Chaining and Policy
Implementation in Roaming", RFC 2607, June 1999.
[4] Rigney, C., Rubens, A., Simpson, W. and S. Willens, "Remote
Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)", RFC 2865, June
2000.
[5] Rigney, C., "RADIUS Accounting", RFC 2866, June 2000.
[6] Zorn, G., Mitton, D. and B. Aboba, "RADIUS Accounting
Modifications for Tunnel Protocol Support", RFC 2867, June
2000.
[7] Zorn, G., Leifer, D., Rubens, A., Shriver, J., Holdrege, M.
and I. Goyret, "RADIUS Attributes for Tunnel Protocol Support",
RFC 2868, June 2000.
[8] Rigney, C., Willats, W. and P. Calhoun, "RADIUS Extensions",
RFC 2869, June 2000.
[9] Kent S. and R. Atkinson, "Security Architecture for the
Internet Protocol", RFC 2401, November 1998.
[10] Alvestrand, H. and T. Narten, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434, October
1998.
[11] Haskin, D. and E. Allen, "IP Version 6 over PPP", RFC 2472,
December 1998.
[12] Carpenter, B. and K. Moore, "Connection of IPv6 Domains via
IPv4 Clouds", RFC 3056, February 2001.
[13] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)
Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998.
[14] Carpenter, B. and C. Jung, "Transmission of IPv6 over IPv4
Domains without Explicit Tunnels", RFC 2529, March 1999.
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[15] Gilligan, R. and E. Nordmark, "Transition Mechanisms for IPv6
Hosts and Routers", RFC 2893, August 2000.
[16] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture", RFC 2373, July 1998.
5. Security Considerations
This document describes the use of RADIUS for the purposes of authentication, authorization and accounting in IPv6-enabled networks. In such networks, the RADIUS protocol may run either over IPv4 or over IPv6. Known security vulnerabilities of the RADIUS protocol are described in [3], [4] and [8].
Since IPSEC [9] is mandatory to implement for IPv6, it is expected that running RADIUS implementations supporting IPv6 will typically run over IPSEC. Where RADIUS is run over IPSEC and where certificates are used for authentication, it may be desirable to avoid management of RADIUS shared secrets, so as to leverage the improved scalability of public key infrastructure.
Within RADIUS, a shared secret is used for hiding of attributes such as User-Password [4] and Tunnel-Password [7]. In addition, the shared secret is used in computation of the Response Authenticator [4], as well as the Message-Authenticator attribute [8]. Therefore, in RADIUS a shared secret is used to provide confidentiality as well as integrity protection and authentication. As a result, only use of IPSEC ESP with a non-null transform can provide security services sufficient to substitute for RADIUS application-layer security. Therefore, where IPSEC AH or ESP null is used, it will typically still be necessary to configure a RADIUS shared secret.
However, where RADIUS is run over IPSEC ESP with a non-null transform, the secret shared between the NAS and the RADIUS server MAY NOT be configured. In this case, a shared secret of zero length MUST be assumed.
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6. IANA Considerations
This document requires the assignment of six new RADIUS attribute numbers for the following attributes:
NAS-IPv6-Address
Framed-Interface-Id
Framed-IPv6-Prefix
Login-IPv6-Host
Framed-IPv6-Route
Framed-IPv6-Pool
See section 3 for the registered list of numbers.
7. Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino of IIJ Research Laboratory, Darran Potter of Cisco and Carl Rigney of Lucent for contributions to this document.
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8. Authors' Addresses
Bernard Aboba Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: +1 425 936 6605 Fax: +1 425 936 7329 EMail: bernarda@microsoft.com
Glen Zorn Cisco Systems, Inc. 500 108th Avenue N.E., Suite 500 Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: +1 425 471 4861 EMail: gwz@cisco.com
Dave Mitton Circular Logic UnLtd. 733 Turnpike Street #154 North Andover, MA 01845
Phone: 978 683-1814 Email: david@mitton.com
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