]> Definitions of Managed Objects for IP Traffic Flow Security LabN Consulting, L.L.C.
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sec ipsecme MIB IPsec IP-TRAFFIC-FLOW-SECURITY-MIB This document describes managed objects for the management of IP Traffic Flow Security additions to Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) and IPsec. This document provides a read-only version of the objects defined in the YANG module for the same purpose, which is in "A YANG Data Model for IP Traffic Flow Security" (RFC 9348).
Introduction This document defines a Management Information Base (MIB) module for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. IP Traffic Flow Security (IP-TFS) extensions, as defined in , are enhancements to an IPsec tunnel Security Association (SA) to provide improved traffic confidentiality. The objects defined here are the same as , with the exception that only operational or state data is supported. By making operational data accessible via SNMP, existing network management systems can monitor IP-TFS. This data is listed in the MIB tree in . This module uses the YANG data model as a reference point for managed objects. Note that an IETF MIB model for IPsec was never standardized; however, the structures here could be adapted to existing proprietary MIB implementations where SNMP is used to manage networks.
The Internet-Standard Management Framework For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to . Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. MIB objects are generally accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the Structure of Management Information (SMI). This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58, , STD 58, and STD 58, .
Terminology and Concepts The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.
Overview This document defines the MIB for access to operational parameters of IP Traffic Flow Security (IP-TFS). IP-TFS, defined in , configures a Security Association for tunnel mode IPsec with characteristics that improve traffic confidentiality and reduce bandwidth efficiency loss. This document is based on the concepts and management model defined in . This document assumes familiarity with the IPsec concepts described in , IP-TFS as described in , and the IP-TFS management model described in . This document specifies an extensible operational model for IP-TFS. It reuses the management model defined in . It allows SNMP systems to read operational objects (which include configured objects) from IP-TFS.
Management Objects
MIB Tree The following is the MIB registration tree diagram for the IP-TFS extensions.
SNMP The following is the MIB for IP-TFS. The congestion control algorithm in is referenced in the MIB text. Author: Eric Kinzie " DESCRIPTION "This module defines the configuration and operational state for managing the IP Traffic Flow Security functionality (RFC 9349). Copyright (c) 2023 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors of the code. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). This version of this SNMP MIB module is part of RFC 9349; see the RFC itself for full legal notices." REVISION "202301310000Z" DESCRIPTION "Initial revision. Derived from the IP-TFS YANG Data Model." ::= { mib-2 246} -- -- Textual Conventions -- UnsignedShort ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION DISPLAY-HINT "d" STATUS current DESCRIPTION "xs:unsignedShort" SYNTAX Unsigned32 (0 .. 65535) NanoSeconds ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION DISPLAY-HINT "d-6" STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Represents the time unit value in nanoseconds." SYNTAX Integer32 -- Objects, Notifications & Conformances iptfsMIBObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iptfsMIB 1 } iptfsMIBConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iptfsMIB 2} -- -- IP-TFS MIB Object Groups -- iptfsGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iptfsMIBObjects 1 } ipsecStatsGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iptfsMIBObjects 2 } iptfsInnerStatsGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iptfsMIBObjects 3 } iptfsOuterStatsGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iptfsMIBObjects 4 } iptfsConfigTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF IptfsConfigTableEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The table containing configuration information for IP-TFS." ::= { iptfsGroup 1 } iptfsConfigTableEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX IptfsConfigTableEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An entry (conceptual row) containing the information on a particular IP-TFS SA." INDEX { iptfsConfigSaIndex } ::= { iptfsConfigTable 1 } IptfsConfigTableEntry ::= SEQUENCE { iptfsConfigSaIndex Integer32, -- identifier information congestionControl TruthValue, usePathMtuDiscovery TruthValue, outerPacketSize UnsignedShort, l2FixedRate CounterBasedGauge64, l3FixedRate CounterBasedGauge64, dontFragment TruthValue, maxAggregationTime NanoSeconds, windowSize UnsignedShort, sendImmediately TruthValue, lostPacketTimerInterval NanoSeconds } iptfsConfigSaIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 (1..16777215) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A unique value, greater than zero, for each SA. It is recommended that values are assigned contiguously, starting from 1. The value for each entry must remain constant at least from one re-initialization of an entity's network management system to the next re-initialization." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 1 } congestionControl OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "When set to true, the default, this enables the congestion control on-the-wire exchange of data that is required by congestion control algorithms, as defined by RFC 5348. When set to false, IP-TFS sends fixed-sized packets over an IP-TFS tunnel at a constant rate." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 2 } usePathMtuDiscovery OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Packet size is either auto-discovered or manually configured. If usePathMtuDiscovery is true, the system utilizes path-mtu to determine the maximum IP-TFS packet size. If the packet size is explicitly configured, then it will only be adjusted downward if use-path-mtu is set." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 3 } outerPacketSize OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX UnsignedShort MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "On transmission, the size of the outer encapsulating tunnel packet (i.e., the IP packet containing Encapsulating Security Payload)." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 4 } l2FixedRate OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX CounterBasedGauge64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The IP-TFS bit rate may be specified as a layer 2 wire rate. On transmission, the target bandwidth/bit rate in bits per second (bps) for the IP-TFS tunnel. This rate is the nominal timing for the fixed-size packet. If congestion control is enabled, the rate may be adjusted down." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 5 } l3FixedRate OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX CounterBasedGauge64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The IP-TFS bit rate may be specified as a layer 3 packet rate. On transmission, the target bandwidth/bit rate in bps for the IP-TFS tunnel. This rate is the nominal timing for the fixed-size packet. If congestion control is enabled, the rate may be adjusted down." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 6 } dontFragment OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "On transmission, disable packet fragmentation across consecutive IP-TFS tunnel packets; inner packets larger than what can be transmitted in outer packets will be dropped." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 7 } maxAggregationTime OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX NanoSeconds MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "On transmission, the maximum aggregation time is the maximum length of time a received inner packet can be held prior to transmission in the IP-TFS tunnel. Inner packets that would be held longer than this time, based on the current tunnel configuration, will be dropped rather than be queued for transmission." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 8 } windowSize OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX UnsignedShort MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "On reception, the maximum number of out-of-order packets that will be reordered by an IP-TFS receiver while performing the reordering operation. The value 0 disables any reordering." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 9 } sendImmediately OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "On reception, send inner packets as soon as possible; do not wait for lost or misordered outer packets. Selecting this option reduces the inner (user) packet delay but can amplify out-of-order delivery of the inner packet stream in the presence of packet aggregation and any reordering." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 10 } lostPacketTimerInterval OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX NanoSeconds MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "On reception, this interval defines the length of time an IP-TFS receiver will wait for a missing packet before considering it lost. If not using send-immediately, then each lost packet will delay inner (user) packets until this timer expires. Setting this value too low can impact reordering and reassembly." ::= { iptfsConfigTableEntry 11 } ipsecStatsTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF IpsecStatsTableEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The table containing basic statistics on IPsec." ::= { ipsecStatsGroup 1 } ipsecStatsTableEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX IpsecStatsTableEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An entry (conceptual row) containing the information on a particular IKE SA." INDEX { ipsecSaIndex } ::= { ipsecStatsTable 1 } IpsecStatsTableEntry ::= SEQUENCE { ipsecSaIndex Integer32, -- packet statistics information txPkts Counter64, txOctets Counter64, txDropPkts Counter64, rxPkts Counter64, rxOctets Counter64, rxDropPkts Counter64 } ipsecSaIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 (1..16777215) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A unique value, greater than zero, for each SA. It is recommended that values are assigned contiguously, starting from 1. The value for each entry must remain constant at least from one re-initialization of an entity's network management system to the next re-initialization." ::= { ipsecStatsTableEntry 1 } txPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Outbound Packet count." ::= { ipsecStatsTableEntry 2 } txOctets OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Outbound Packet bytes." ::= { ipsecStatsTableEntry 3 } txDropPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Outbound dropped packets count." ::= { ipsecStatsTableEntry 4 } rxPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Inbound Packet count." ::= { ipsecStatsTableEntry 5 } rxOctets OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Inbound Packet bytes." ::= { ipsecStatsTableEntry 6 } rxDropPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Inbound dropped packets." ::= { ipsecStatsTableEntry 7 } iptfsInnerStatsTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF IptfsInnerStatsSaEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The table containing information on IP-TFS inner packets." ::= { iptfsInnerStatsGroup 1 } iptfsInnerStatsTableEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX IptfsInnerStatsSaEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An entry containing the information on a particular IP-TFS SA." INDEX { iptfsInnerSaIndex } ::= { iptfsInnerStatsTable 1 } IptfsInnerStatsSaEntry ::= SEQUENCE { iptfsInnerSaIndex Integer32, txInnerPkts Counter64, txInnerOctets Counter64, rxInnerPkts Counter64, rxInnerOctets Counter64, rxIncompleteInnerPkts Counter64 } iptfsInnerSaIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 (1..16777215) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A unique value, greater than zero, for each SA. It is recommended that values are assigned contiguously, starting from 1. The value for each entry must remain constant at least from one re-initialization of an entity's network management system to the next re-initialization." ::= { iptfsInnerStatsTableEntry 1 } txInnerPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of IP-TFS inner packets sent. This count is whole packets only. A fragmented packet counts as one packet." ::= { iptfsInnerStatsTableEntry 2 } txInnerOctets OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of IP-TFS inner octets sent. This is inner packet octets only. This does not count padding." ::= { iptfsInnerStatsTableEntry 3 } rxInnerPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of IP-TFS inner packets received." ::= { iptfsInnerStatsTableEntry 4 } rxInnerOctets OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of IP-TFS inner octets received. This does not include padding or overhead." ::= { iptfsInnerStatsTableEntry 5 } rxIncompleteInnerPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of IP-TFS inner packets that were incomplete. Usually, this is due to fragments not received. Also, this may be due to misordering or errors in received outer packets." ::= { iptfsInnerStatsTableEntry 6 } iptfsOuterStatsTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF IptfsOuterStatsSaEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The table containing information on IP-TFS." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsGroup 1 } iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX IptfsOuterStatsSaEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An entry containing the information on a particular IP-TFS SA." INDEX { iptfsOuterSaIndex } ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTable 1 } IptfsOuterStatsSaEntry ::= SEQUENCE { iptfsOuterSaIndex Integer32, -- iptfs packet statistics information txExtraPadPkts Counter64, txExtraPadOctets Counter64, txAllPadPkts Counter64, txAllPadOctets Counter64, rxExtraPadPkts Counter64, rxExtraPadOctets Counter64, rxAllPadPkts Counter64, rxAllPadOctets Counter64, rxErroredPkts Counter64, rxMissedPkts Counter64 } iptfsOuterSaIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 (1..16777215) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A unique value, greater than zero, for each SA. It is recommended that values are assigned contiguously, starting from 1. The value for each entry must remain constant at least from one re-initialization of an entity's network management system to the next re-initialization." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 1 } txExtraPadPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of transmitted outer IP-TFS packets that included some padding." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 2 } txExtraPadOctets OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of transmitted octets of padding added to outer IP-TFS packets with data." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 3 } txAllPadPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of transmitted IP-TFS packets that were all padding with no inner packet data." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 4 } txAllPadOctets OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number transmitted octets of padding added to IP-TFS packets with no inner packet data." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 5 } rxExtraPadPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of received outer IP-TFS packets that included some padding." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 6 } rxExtraPadOctets OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of received octets of padding added to outer IP-TFS packets with data." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 7 } rxAllPadPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of received IP-TFS packets that were all padding with no inner packet data." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 8 } rxAllPadOctets OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number received octets of padding added to IP-TFS packets with no inner packet data." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 9 } rxErroredPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of IP-TFS outer packets dropped due to errors." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 10 } rxMissedPkts OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter64 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of IP-TFS outer packets missing indicated by a missing sequence number." ::= { iptfsOuterStatsTableEntry 11 } -- -- Iptfs Module Compliance -- iptfsMIBConformances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iptfsMIBConformance 1 } iptfsMIBGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iptfsMIBConformance 2 } iptfsMIBCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The compliance statement for entities that implement the IP-TFS MIB." MODULE -- this module MANDATORY-GROUPS { iptfsMIBConfGroup, ipsecStatsConfGroup, iptfsInnerStatsConfGroup, iptfsOuterStatsConfGroup } ::= { iptfsMIBConformances 1 } -- -- MIB Groups (Units of Conformance) -- iptfsMIBConfGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { congestionControl, usePathMtuDiscovery, outerPacketSize , l2FixedRate , l3FixedRate , dontFragment, maxAggregationTime, windowSize, sendImmediately, lostPacketTimerInterval } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects providing per SA IP-TFS configuration." ::= { iptfsMIBGroups 1 } ipsecStatsConfGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { txPkts, txOctets, txDropPkts, rxPkts, rxOctets, rxDropPkts } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects providing per SA basic statistics." ::= { iptfsMIBGroups 2 } iptfsInnerStatsConfGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { txInnerPkts, txInnerOctets, rxInnerPkts, rxInnerOctets, rxIncompleteInnerPkts } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects providing per SA IP-TFS inner packet statistics." ::= { iptfsMIBGroups 3 } iptfsOuterStatsConfGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { txExtraPadPkts, txExtraPadOctets, txAllPadPkts, txAllPadOctets, rxExtraPadPkts, rxExtraPadOctets, rxAllPadPkts, rxAllPadOctets, rxErroredPkts, rxMissedPkts } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects providing per SA IP-TFS outer packet statistics." ::= { iptfsMIBGroups 4 } END ]]>
IANA Considerations The MIB module in this document uses the following IANA-assigned OBJECT IDENTIFIER value, recorded in the "SMI Network Management MGMT Codes Internet-standard MIB" registry:
Decimal Name Description
246 iptfsMIB IP-TRAFFIC-FLOW-SECURITY-MIB
Security Considerations The MIB specified in this document can read the operational behavior of IP Traffic Flow Security. For the implications regarding write configuration, consult , which defines the functionality. There are no management objects defined in this MIB module that have a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create. So, if this MIB module is implemented correctly, then there is no risk that an intruder can alter or create any management objects of this MIB module via direct SNMP SET operations. Some of the objects in this MIB module may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. This includes INDEX objects with a MAX-ACCESS of not-accessible, and any indices from other modules exposed via AUGMENTS. It is thus important to control even GET and/or NOTIFY access to these objects and possibly to even encrypt the values of these objects when sending them over the network via SNMP. These are the tables and objects and their sensitivity/vulnerability:
  • iptfsInnerStatsTable and iptfsOuterStatsTable: Access to IP inner and outer Traffic Flow Security statistics can provide information that IP Traffic Flow Security obscures, such as the true activity of the flows using IP Traffic Flow Security.
SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 did not include adequate security. Even if the network itself is secure (for example by using IPsec), there is no control as to who on the secure network is allowed to access and GET (read) the objects in this MIB module. Implementations SHOULD provide the security features described by the SNMPv3 framework (see ), and implementations claiming compliance to the SNMPv3 standard MUST include full support for authentication and privacy via the User-based Security Model (USM) with the AES cipher algorithm . Implementations MAY also provide support for the Transport Security Model (TSM) in combination with a secure transport such as SSH or TLS/DTLS . Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT RECOMMENDED. Instead, it is RECOMMENDED to deploy SNMPv3 and to enable cryptographic security. It is then a customer/operator responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity giving access to an instance of this MIB module is properly configured to give access to the objects only to those principals (users) that have legitimate rights to indeed GET or SET (change/create/delete) them.
References Normative References Aggregation and Fragmentation Mode for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Its Use for IP Traffic Flow Security (IP-TFS) Informative References A YANG Data Model for IP Traffic Flow Security
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank , , and for their help and feedback on the MIB model.