BESS WG: We recently made some changes to the Packet Walk-Through for BGP SDWAN usage https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bess-bgp-sdwan-usage/ . Since the draft is already a WG draft, want to solicit feedback from the WG if the changes are appropriate.
5.1 Packet Walk-Through for Scenario #1 (Homogeneous WAN) (This is referring to a type of SDWAN network with edge nodes encrypting all traffic over WAN to other edge nodes, regardless of whether the underlay is private or public.). A single IPsec security association (SA) protects data in one direction. Under the Scenario #1, two SAs must be present to secure traffic in both directions between any two end points, which can be two C-PE nodes, two client ports, or two prefixes. Upon power up, a SDWAN node can learn client routes from the Client facing ports in the same way as EVPN described in RFC8388. Controller, i.e. BGP-RR, facilitates the IPsec SA establishment and rekey management as described in [SECURE-EVPN]. Controller manages how client's routes are associated with individual IPSec SA. Using Figure 2 of the Section 3.2 as an example. Let's assume that the IPsec SAs terminate at the C-PE nodes. To enable full mesh communication within client CN2 that are attached to C-PE1, C-PE3, and C-PE4, six one directional IPsec SAs must be established: C-PE1 <-> C-PE3; C-PE1 <-> C-PE4; C-PE3 <-> C-PE4. The C-PE node address (or loopback address) acts as the Next Hop address for the prefixes attached to the C-PE node. When a C-PE receives a packet from its client port, the C-PE uses the IPsec SA whose destination address matches the Next Hop address of the packet's destination to encrypt the packet and forward the encrypted packet to the target C-PE via one of the C-PE's WAN ports. When a C-PE receives an encrypted packet from its WAN port, it decrypted the packet and forward the inner packet to the client port based on the inner packet's destination address. Any issues with this description? Thanks, Linda Dunbar
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