Thanks Alberto. I can take care of the 6830bis and 6833bis changes if we need 
clarifications since it seems we have "opened" these documents for minor 
changes (per Luigi's email for 6834bis). I am waiting for Albert to give me the 
green flag for makingt the edits.

Dino

> On Apr 27, 2022, at 3:04 PM, Alberto Rodriguez-Natal (natal) 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alvaro, Dino,
>  
> I scanned through the comments and discussion and it seems that we’re all on 
> the same page. Thanks to both for the great suggestions. Give me some time to 
> provide some comments here, since I don’t have the bandwidth right now. I’d 
> also try to close vendor-lcaf before moving into PubSub.
>  
> Thanks!
> Alberto
>  
> From: Dino Farinacci <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 9:04 PM
> To: Alvaro Retana <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected] list <[email protected]>, [email protected] 
> <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [lisp] AD Review of draft-ietf-lisp-pubsub-09
> 
> I agree with all your suggestions and hope Alberto will use as input to the 
> changes he makes for the next rev.
> 
> >> [major] This is the only place, including rfc6830bis/rfc6833bis, where
> >>> "proxy-reply mode" is used. Is this operation specified anywhere,
> >>> maybe using a different name? This seems to be related to the
> >>> Map-Server being able to offer non-authoritative Map-Replies -- please
> >>> be specific.
> >> 
> >> In 6833bis, we refer to the P-bit in the Map-Register as "proxy Map-Reply
> >> bit". And occurs 11 times in 6833bis.
> > 
> > Ah, ok.  Please just be consistent with the terminology.  Not everyone
> > is as familiar with lisp -- including me, of course! :-)
> 
> We will make the pubsub be consistent with the text from 6833bis.
> 
> >> [major] What happens if one of these assumptions is not met? If the
> >>> rest of the specification is followed (setting the I and N bits, etc.)
> >>> what are the "failure scenarios" if the conditions are not met?
> >> 
> >> When the N bit is not set, the message is processed like a regular
> >> Map-Request (and state is not put in the subscription cache on the map-
> >> server). That wasn't clear? Alberto?
> > 
> > The assumptions I was referring to are these:
> > 
> > 129   3.  Deployment Assumptions
> > 
> > 131      The specification described in this document makes the following
> > 132      deployment assumptions:
> > 
> > 134      (1)  A unique 128-bit xTR-ID (plus a 64-bit Site-ID) identifier is
> > 135           assigned to each xTR.
> > 
> > 137      (2)  Map-Servers are configured in proxy-reply mode, i.e., they are
> > 138           solicited to generate and send Map-Reply messages for the
> > 139           mappings they are serving.
> > 
> > I think all I'm looking for is a short explanation that the pubsub
> > will not work.  Maybe something like this:
> > 
> >    If either assumption is not met, a subscription cannot be
> >    established and the network will continue operating without
> >    this enhancement.
> 
> Agree.
> 
> >> 144 4. Map-Request PubSub Additions
> >>> ...
> >>> 190 xTR-ID bit (I-bit): This bit is set to 1 to indicate that a 128
> >>> 191 bit xTR-ID and a 64 bit Site-ID fields are present at the end of
> >>> 192 the Map-Request message. For PubSub operation, an xTR MUST be
> >>> 193 configured with an xTR-ID and Site-ID, and it MUST set the I bit
> >>> 194 to 1 and include its xTR-ID and Site-ID in the Map-Request
> >>> 195 messages it generates.
> > ...
> >>> [major] "MUST set the I bit to 1 and include its xTR-ID and Site-ID"
> >>> 
> >>> What should the receiver do if the I bit is set but the ID fields are
> >>> not included?
> > ...
> >> 
> >> We will fix this. If the I bit not set, the Map-Request is not processed 
> >> as a
> >> subscribe-request.
> > 
> > The question was the other way around: what if the I-bit is set but
> > the IDs are not included?   The lengths are handled by the IP/UDP
> 
> Then there will be a parsing error and the last 128-bits/64-bits of the 
> packet will be mistakenly processed as an xTR-ID/Site-ID. It means the sender 
> did not conform to the spec. It is an implementation bug.
> 
> > header lengths, so the Map-Request (and the rest of the packet) may
> > have the correct length while still having the I-bit set.
> > 
> > I assume the answer is that the subscription cannot be processed and
> > "normal" processing is done...but it should be stated in the document.
> 
> No, that is not what happens. And I believe we DON'T need to change 6833bis 
> for this. Or the pubsub draft. If the sender sets the I-bit, it is saying the 
> the xTR-ID/Site-ID are at the end of the message. A receiver can detect the 
> error because after processing that last EID-record, if there are no bytes 
> left from processing the message, it can conclude that the I-bit was set 
> errorneously.
> 
> > 
> >>> 253 (3) The Map-Server MUST send the Map-Notify to one of the ITR-RLOCs
> >>> 254 received in the Map-Request (which one is implementation
> >>> 255 specific).
> >>> 
> >>> [major] Does this need to be specified here? Where are Map-Notify
> >>> messages sent to? I couldn't find a specific answer, but it seems to
> >>> me that choosing a destination address should be pretty "basic"; i.e.
> >>> something that should have been specified in the base spec.
> >> 
> >> It is basic but there are many choices, *especially* in the presents of 
> >> NATs.
> >> You can send to one of the "Local" RLOCs or to the source IP address of the
> >> Map-Request. If you want to get the message back to the xTR you need to use
> >> the source IP address.
> > 
> > Yes.  The point was that choosing an address is not an issue that
> > comes up only when sending Map-Notify messages when using pubsub -- it
> > is a general issue.  Any considerations should be mentioned in the
> > "general" document (rfc6833bis) so that all extensions can benefit and
> > don't have to include additional text about it.
> 
> Well not totally true. It is only used because an ITR-RLOC is included in a 
> Map-Request, so a responding Map-Reply message should use it. Since a 
> Map-Notify is a Map-Request ack for a subscribption requesst, its only these 
> two types of messages that have this issue. All other "replies" to "query 
> type messages" uses the source IP address from the query.
> 
> > 
> > 
> >>> 331 When the xTR receives a Map-Notify with an EID not local to the xTR,
> >>> 332 the xTR knows that the Map-Notify has been received to update an
> >>> 333 entry on its map-cache. Processing of unsolicited Map-Notify
> >>> 334 messages MUST be explicitly enabled via configuration at the xTR.
> >>> 335 The xTR MUST keep track of the last nonce seen in a Map-Notify
> >>> 336 received as a publication from the Map-Server for the EID-Record. If
> >>> 337 a Map-Notify received as a publication has a nonce value that is not
> >>> 338 greater than the saved nonce, the xTR drops the Map-Notify message
> >>> 339 and logs the fact a replay attack could have occurred. To compare
> >>> 340 two nonces, the xTR uses the serial number arithmetic defined in
> >>> 341 [RFC1982] with SERIAL_BITS = 64. The nonce field space (64 bits) is
> >>> 342 considered large enough to not be depleted during normal operation of
> >>> 343 the protocol (e.g., assuming a fast publication rate of one Map-
> >>> 344 Notify per EID-Record per Map-Server per second, the nonce field
> >>> 345 space will not be depleted in 0.5 trillion years). The same
> >>> 346 considerations discussed in Section 5.6 of [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis]
> >>> 347 regarding storing Map-Register nonces apply here for Map-Notify
> >>> 348 nonces.
> >>> 
> >>> [major] "Processing of unsolicited Map-Notify messages MUST be
> >>> explicitly enabled via configuration at the xTR."
> >>> 
> >>> rfc6833bis added the Map-Notify-Ack, but it doesn't require
> >>> configuration anywhere to process unsolicited Map-Notify messages.
> >>> IOW, this requirement is not in line with rfc6833bis.
> >> 
> >> Its because in 6833bis all Map-Notify messages are always solicited.
> > 
> > Yes, I missed that.
> > 
> > Can it be assumed that if the xTR sends a "subscription request" it
> > will accept unsolicited Map-Notify messages?  This may be an
> 
> Yes, but I'd argue about terminology. The Map-Notify is solicited because of 
> the subscripton request. But the actual message is soliciting an acknowedge 
> Map-Notify message.
> 
> We call it unsolicited, because some time later, if there is an RLOC-change 
> to an EID subscribed, the message will come without any message requesting it 
> (i.e. it is event triggered).
> 
> > implementation detail, but it seems to me that adding the extra
> > configuration step is unnecessary if the xTR is requesting the
> > information.
> 
> Right.
> 
> Dino
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Alvaro.
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