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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                           F. GontRequest for Comments: 7126                        UTN-FRH / SI6 NetworksBCP: 186                                                     R. AtkinsonCategory: Best Current Practice                               ConsultantISSN: 2070-1721                                             C. Pignataro                                                                   Cisco                                                           February 2014Recommendations on Filtering of IPv4 Packets Containing IPv4 OptionsAbstract   This document provides advice on the filtering of IPv4 packets based   on the IPv4 options they contain.  Additionally, it discusses the   operational and interoperability implications of dropping packets   based on the IP options they contain.Status of This Memo   This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force   (IETF).  It has been approved for publication by the Internet   Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on BCPs is   available inSection 2 of RFC 5741.   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained athttp://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7126.Copyright Notice   Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the   document authors.  All rights reserved.   This document is subject toBCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents   (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of   publication of this document.  Please review these documents   carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect   to this document.  Code Components extracted from this document must   include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of   the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as   described in the Simplified BSD License.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 1]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014Table of Contents1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31.1.  Terminology and Conventions Used in This Document . . . .31.2.  Operational Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42.  IP Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43.  General Security Implications of IP Options . . . . . . . . .53.1.  Processing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5   4.  Advice on the Handling of Packets with Specific IP Options  .   74.1.  End of Option List (Type = 0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.2.  No Operation (Type = 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.3.  Loose Source and Record Route (LSRR) (Type = 131) . . . .84.4.  Strict Source and Record Route (SSRR) (Type = 137)  . . .104.5.  Record Route (Type = 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114.6.  Stream Identifier (Type = 136) (obsolete) . . . . . . . .124.7.  Internet Timestamp (Type = 68)  . . . . . . . . . . . . .134.8.  Router Alert (Type = 148) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144.9.  Probe MTU (Type = 11) (obsolete)  . . . . . . . . . . . .154.10. Reply MTU (Type = 12) (obsolete)  . . . . . . . . . . . .164.11. Traceroute (Type = 82)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164.12. DoD Basic Security Option (Type = 130)  . . . . . . . . .174.13. DoD Extended Security Option (Type = 133) . . . . . . . .204.14. Commercial IP Security Option (CIPSO) (Type = 134)  . . .224.15. VISA (Type = 142) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234.16. Extended Internet Protocol (Type = 145) . . . . . . . . .244.17. Address Extension (Type = 147)  . . . . . . . . . . . . .25     4.18. Sender Directed Multi-Destination Delivery (Type = 149) .  254.19. Dynamic Packet State (Type = 151) . . . . . . . . . . . .264.20. Upstream Multicast Pkt. (Type = 152)  . . . . . . . . . .264.21. Quick-Start (Type = 25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27     4.22.RFC3692-Style Experiment (Types = 30, 94, 158, and 222) .  284.23. Other IP Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 2]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20141.  Introduction   This document discusses the filtering of IPv4 packets based on the   IPv4 options they contain.  Since various protocols may use IPv4   options to some extent, dropping packets based on the options they   contain may have implications on the proper functioning of such   protocols.  Therefore, this document attempts to discuss the   operational and interoperability implications of such dropping.   Additionally, it outlines what a network operator might do in typical   enterprise or Service Provider environments.  This document also   draws and is partly derived from [RFC6274], which also received   review from the operational community.   We note that data seems to indicate that there is a current   widespread practice of blocking IPv4 optioned packets.  There are   various plausible approaches to minimize the potential negative   effects of IPv4 optioned packets while allowing some option   semantics.  One approach is to allow for specific options that are   expected or needed, and have a default deny.  A different approach is   to deny unneeded options and have a default allow.  Yet a third   possible approach is to allow for end-to-end semantics by ignoring   options and treating packets as un-optioned while in transit.   Experiments and currently available data tend to support the first or   third approaches as more realistic.  Some results regarding the   current state of affairs with respect to dropping packets containing   IP options can be found in [MEDINA] and [FONSECA].  Additionally,   [BREMIER-BARR] points out that the deployed Internet already has many   routers that do not process IP options.   We also note that while this document provides advice on dropping   packets on a "per IP option type", not all devices (routers, security   gateways, and firewalls) may provide this capability with such   granularity.  Additionally, even in cases in which such functionality   is provided, an operator might want to specify a dropping policy with   a coarser granularity (rather than on a "per IP option type"   granularity), as indicated above.   Finally, in scenarios in which processing of IP options by   intermediate systems is not required, a widespread approach is to   simply ignore IP options and process the corresponding packets as if   they do not contain any IP options.1.1.  Terminology and Conventions Used in This Document   The terms "fast path", "slow path", and associated relative terms   ("faster path" and "slower path") are loosely defined as inSection 2   of [RFC6398].Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 3]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   Because of the security-oriented nature of this document, we are   deliberately including some historical citations.  The goal is to   explicitly retain and show history, as well as remove ambiguity and   confusion.   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].1.2.  Operational Focus   All of the recommendations in this document have been made in an   effort to optimize for operational community consensus, as best the   authors have been able to determine that.  This has included not only   accepting feedback from public lists, but also accepting off-list   feedback from people at various network operators (e.g. Internet   Service Providers, content providers, educational institutions,   commercial firms).2.  IP Options   IP options allow for the extension of the Internet Protocol.  As   specified in [RFC0791], there are two cases for the format of an   option:   o  Case 1: A single byte of option-type.   o  Case 2: An option-type byte, an option-length byte, and the actual      option-data bytes.   IP options of Case 1 have the following syntax:   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- - - - - - - - -   |  option-type  |  option-data   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- - - - - - - - -   The length of IP options of Case 1 is implicitly specified by the   option-type byte.   IP options of Case 2 have the following syntax:   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- - - - - - - - -   |  option-type  | option-length |  option-data   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- - - - - - - - -   In this case, the option-length byte counts the option-type byte and   the option-length byte, as well as the actual option-data bytes.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 4]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   All current and future options, except "End of Option List" (Type =   0) and "No Operation" (Type = 1), are of Class 2.   The option-type has three fields:   o  1 bit: copied flag.   o  2 bits: option class.   o  5 bits: option number.   The copied flag indicates whether this option should be copied to all   fragments in the event the packet carrying it needs to be fragmented:   o  0 = not copied.   o  1 = copied.   The values for the option class are:   o  0 = control.   o  1 = reserved for future use.   o  2 = debugging and measurement.   o  3 = reserved for future use.   This format allows for the creation of new options for the extension   of the Internet Protocol (IP).   Finally, the option number identifies the syntax of the rest of the   option.   The "IP OPTION NUMBERS" registry [IANA-IP] contains the list of the   currently assigned IP option numbers.3.  General Security Implications of IP Options3.1.  Processing Requirements   Historically, most IP routers used a general-purpose CPU to process   IP packets and forward them towards their destinations.  This same   CPU usually also processed network management traffic (e.g., SNMP),   configuration commands (e.g., command line interface), and various   routing protocols (e.g., RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS) or other control   protocols (e.g., RSVP, ICMP).  In such architectures, it has been   common for the general-purpose CPU also to perform any packetGont, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 5]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   filtering that has been enabled on the router (or router interface).   An IP router built using this architecture often has a significant   Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack risk if the router   control plane (e.g., CPU) is overwhelmed by a large number of IPv4   packets that contain IPv4 options.   From about 1995 onwards, a growing number of IP routers have   incorporated silicon specialized for IP packet processing (i.e.,   Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Application-Specific Integrated   Circuit (ASIC)), thereby separating the function of IP packet   forwarding from the other functions of the router.  Such router   architectures tend to be more resilient to DDoS attacks that might be   seen in the global public Internet.  Depending upon various   implementation and configuration details, routers with a silicon   packet-forwarding engine can handle high volumes of IP packets   containing IP options without any adverse impact on packet-forwarding   rates or on the router's control plane (e.g., general-purpose CPU).   Some implementations have a configuration knob simply to forward all   IP packets containing IP options at wire-speed in silicon, as if the   IP packet did not contain any IP options ("ignore options &   forward").  Other implementations support wire-speed silicon-based   packet filtering, thereby enabling packets containing certain IP   options to be selectively dropped ("drop"), packets containing   certain other IP options to have those IP options ignored ("ignore   options & forward"), and other packets containing different IP   options to have those options processed, either on a general-purpose   CPU or using custom logic (e.g., FPGA, ASIC), while the packet is   being forwarded ("process option & forward").   Broadly speaking, any IP packet that requires processing by an IP   router's general-purpose CPU can be a DDoS risk to that router's   general-purpose CPU (and thus to the router itself).  However, at   present, the particular architectural and engineering details of the   specific IP router being considered are important to understand when   evaluating the operational security risks associated with a   particular IP packet type or IP option type.   Operators are urged to consider the capabilities of potential IP   routers for IP option filtering and handling as they make deployment   decisions in the future.   Additional considerations for protecting the control plane from   packets containing IP options can be found in [RFC6192].   Finally, in addition to advice to operators, this document also   provides advice to router, security gateway, and firewall   implementers in terms of providing the capability to filter packetsGont, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 6]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   with different granularities: both on a "per IP option type"   granularity (to maximize flexibility) as well as more coarse filters   (to minimize configuration complexity).4.  Advice on the Handling of Packets with Specific IP Options   The following subsections contain a description of each of the IP   options that have so far been specified, a discussion of possible   interoperability implications if packets containing such options are   dropped, and specific advice on whether to drop packets containing   these options in a typical enterprise or Service Provider   environment.4.1.  End of Option List (Type = 0)4.1.1.  Uses   This option is used to indicate the "end of options" in those cases   in which the end of options would not coincide with the end of the   Internet Protocol header.4.1.2.  Option Specification   Specified inRFC 791 [RFC0791].4.1.3.  Threats   No specific security issues are known for this IPv4 option.4.1.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   Packets containing any IP options are likely to include an End of   Option List.  Therefore, if packets containing this option are   dropped, it is very likely that legitimate traffic is blocked.4.1.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD NOT drop packets   because they contain this option.4.2.  No Operation (Type = 1)4.2.1.  Uses   The no-operation option is basically meant to allow the sending   system to align subsequent options in, for example, 32-bit   boundaries.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 7]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.2.2.  Option Specification   Specified inRFC 791 [RFC0791].4.2.3.  Threats   No specific security issues are known for this IPv4 option.4.2.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   Packets containing any IP options are likely to include a No   Operation option.  Therefore, if packets containing this option are   dropped, it is very likely that legitimate traffic is blocked.4.2.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD NOT drop packets   because they contain this option.4.3.  Loose Source and Record Route (LSRR) (Type = 131)RFC 791 states that this option should appear at most once in a given   packet.  Thus, if a packet contains more than one LSRR option, it   should be dropped, and this event should be logged (e.g., a counter   could be incremented to reflect the packet drop).  Additionally,   packets containing a combination of LSRR and SSRR options should be   dropped, and this event should be logged (e.g., a counter could be   incremented to reflect the packet drop).4.3.1.  Uses   This option lets the originating system specify a number of   intermediate systems a packet must pass through to get to the   destination host.  Additionally, the route followed by the packet is   recorded in the option.  The receiving host (end-system) must use the   reverse of the path contained in the received LSRR option.   The LSSR option can be of help in debugging some network problems.   Some Internet Service Provider (ISP) peering agreements require   support for this option in the routers within the peer of the ISP.4.3.2.  Option Specification   Specified inRFC 791 [RFC0791].Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 8]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.3.3.  Threats   The LSRR option has well-known security implications [RFC6274].   Among other things, the option can be used to:   o  Bypass firewall rules.   o  Reach otherwise unreachable internet systems.   o  Establish TCP connections in a stealthy way.   o  Learn about the topology of a network.   o  Perform bandwidth-exhaustion attacks.   Of these attack vectors, the one that has probably received least   attention is the use of the LSRR option to perform bandwidth   exhaustion attacks.  The LSRR option can be used as an amplification   method for performing bandwidth-exhaustion attacks, as an attacker   could make a packet bounce multiple times between a number of systems   by carefully crafting an LSRR option.      This is the IPv4 version of the IPv6 amplification attack that was      widely publicized in 2007 [Biondi2007].  The only difference is      that the maximum length of the IPv4 header (and hence the LSRR      option) limits the amplification factor when compared to the IPv6      counterpart.   Additionally, some implementations have been found to fail to include   proper sanity checks on the LSRR option, thus leading to security   issues.  These specific issues are believed to be solved in all   modern implementations.      [Microsoft1999] is a security advisory about a vulnerability      arising from improper validation of the Pointer field of the LSRR      option.   Finally, we note that some systems were known for providing a system-   wide toggle to enable support for this option for those scenarios in   which this option is required.  However, improper implementation of   such a system-wide toggle caused those systems to support the LSRR   option even when explicitly configured not to do so.      [OpenBSD1998] is a security advisory about an improper      implementation of such a system-wide toggle in 4.4BSD kernels.      This issue was resolved in later versions of the corresponding      operating system.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 9]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.3.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   Network troubleshooting techniques that may employ the LSRR option   (such as ping or traceroute with the appropriate arguments) would   break when using the LSRR option.  (Ping and traceroute without IPv4   options are not impacted.)  Nevertheless, it should be noted that it   is virtually impossible to use the LSRR option for troubleshooting,   due to widespread dropping of packets that contain the option.4.3.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD implement an option-   specific configuration knob to select whether packets with this   option are dropped, packets with this IP option are forwarded as if   they did not contain this IP option, or packets with this option are   processed and forwarded as per [RFC0791].  The default setting for   this knob SHOULD be "drop", and the default setting MUST be   documented.   Please note that treating packets with LSRR as if they did not   contain this option can result in such packets being sent to a   different device than the initially intended destination.  With   appropriate ingress filtering, this should not open an attack vector   into the infrastructure.  Nonetheless, it could result in traffic   that would never reach the initially intended destination.  Dropping   these packets prevents unnecessary network traffic and does not make   end-to-end communication any worse.4.4.  Strict Source and Record Route (SSRR) (Type = 137)4.4.1.  Uses   This option allows the originating system to specify a number of   intermediate systems a packet must pass through to get to the   destination host.  Additionally, the route followed by the packet is   recorded in the option, and the destination host (end-system) must   use the reverse of the path contained in the received SSRR option.   This option is similar to the Loose Source and Record Route (LSRR)   option, with the only difference that in the case of SSRR, the route   specified in the option is the exact route the packet must take   (i.e., no other intervening routers are allowed to be in the route).   The SSRR option can be of help in debugging some network problems.   Some ISP peering agreements require support for this option in the   routers within the peer of the ISP.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 10]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.4.2.  Option Specification   Specified inRFC 791 [RFC0791].4.4.3.  Threats   The SSRR option has the same security implications as the LSRR   option.  Please refer toSection 4.3 for a discussion of such   security implications.4.4.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   Network troubleshooting techniques that may employ the SSRR option   (such as ping or traceroute with the appropriate arguments) would   break when using the SSRR option.  (Ping and traceroute without IPv4   options are not impacted.)  Nevertheless, it should be noted that it   is virtually impossible to use the SSRR option for trouble-shooting,   due to widespread dropping of packets that contain such option.4.4.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD implement an option-   specific configuration knob to select whether packets with this   option are dropped, packets with this IP option are forwarded as if   they did not contain this IP option, or packets with this option are   processed and forwarded as per [RFC0791].  The default setting for   this knob SHOULD be "drop", and the default setting MUST be   documented.   Please note that treating packets with SSRR as if they did not   contain this option can result in such packets being sent to a   different device that the initially intended destination.  With   appropriate ingress filtering this should not open an attack vector   into the infrastructure.  Nonetheless, it could result in traffic   that would never reach the initially intended destination.  Dropping   these packets prevents unnecessary network traffic, and does not make   end-to-end communication any worse.4.5.  Record Route (Type = 7)4.5.1.  Uses   This option provides a means to record the route that a given packet   follows.4.5.2.  Option Specification   Specified inRFC 791 [RFC0791].Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 11]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.5.3.  Threats   This option can be exploited to map the topology of a network.   However, the limited space in the IP header limits the usefulness of   this option for that purpose.4.5.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   Network troubleshooting techniques that may employ the RR option   (such as ping with the RR option) would break when using the RR   option.  (Ping without IPv4 options is not impacted.)  Nevertheless,   it should be noted that it is virtually impossible to use such   techniques due to widespread dropping of packets that contain RR   options.4.5.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD implement an option-   specific configuration knob to select whether packets with this   option are dropped, packets with this IP option are forwarded as if   they did not contain this IP option, or packets with this option are   processed and forwarded as per [RFC0791].  The default setting for   this knob SHOULD be "drop", and the default setting MUST be   documented.4.6.  Stream Identifier (Type = 136) (obsolete)   The Stream Identifier option originally provided a means for the   16-bit SATNET stream Identifier to be carried through networks that   did not support the stream concept.   However, as stated bySection 3.2.1.8 of RFC 1122 [RFC1122] andSection 4.2.2.1 of RFC 1812 [RFC1812], this option is obsolete.   Therefore, it must be ignored by the processing systems.  See also   [IANA-IP] and [RFC6814].RFC 791 states that this option appears at most once in a given   datagram.  Therefore, if a packet contains more than one instance of   this option, it should be dropped, and this event should be logged   (e.g., a counter could be incremented to reflect the packet drop).4.6.1.  Uses   This option is obsolete.  There is no current use for this option.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 12]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.6.2.  Option Specification   Specified inRFC 791 [RFC0791], and deprecated inRFC 1122 [RFC1122]   andRFC 1812 [RFC1812].  This option has been formally obsoleted by   [RFC6814].4.6.3.  Threats   No specific security issues are known for this IPv4 option.4.6.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None.4.6.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop IP packets   containing a Stream Identifier option.4.7.  Internet Timestamp (Type = 68)4.7.1.  Uses   This option provides a means for recording the time at which each   system (or a specified set of systems) processed this datagram, and   it may optionally record the addresses of the systems providing the   timestamps.4.7.2.  Option Specification   Specified byRFC 791 [RFC0791].4.7.3.  Threats   The timestamp option has a number of security implications [RFC6274].   Among them are:   o  It allows an attacker to obtain the current time of the systems      that process the packet, which the attacker may find useful in a      number of scenarios.   o  It may be used to map the network topology in a similar way to the      IP Record Route option.   o  It may be used to fingerprint the operating system in use by a      system processing the datagram.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 13]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   o  It may be used to fingerprint physical devices by analyzing the      clock skew.   [Kohno2005] describes a technique for fingerprinting devices by   measuring the clock skew.  It exploits, among other things, the   timestamps that can be obtained by means of the ICMP timestamp   request messages [RFC0791].  However, the same fingerprinting method   could be implemented with the aid of the Internet Timestamp option.4.7.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   Network troubleshooting techniques that may employ the Internet   Timestamp option (such as ping with the Timestamp option) would break   when using the Timestamp option.  (Ping without IPv4 options is not   impacted.)  Nevertheless, it should be noted that it is virtually   impossible to use such techniques due to widespread dropping of   packets that contain Internet Timestamp options.4.7.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop IP packets   containing an Internet Timestamp option.4.8.  Router Alert (Type = 148)4.8.1.  Uses   The Router Alert option has the semantic "routers should examine this   packet more closely, if they participate in the functionality denoted   by the Value of the option".4.8.2.  Option Specification   The Router Alert option is defined inRFC 2113 [RFC2113] and later   updates to it have been clarified byRFC 5350 [RFC5350].  It contains   a 16-bit Value governed by an IANA registry (see [RFC5350]).4.8.3.  Threats   The security implications of the Router Alert option have been   discussed in detail in [RFC6398].  Basically, the Router Alert option   might be exploited to perform a DoS attack by exhausting CPU   resources at the processing routers.4.8.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   Applications that employ the Router Alert option (such as RSVP   [RFC2205]) would break.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 14]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.8.5.  Advice   This option SHOULD be allowed only in controlled environments, where   the option can be used safely.  [RFC6398] identifies some such   environments.  In unsafe environments, packets containing this option   SHOULD be dropped.   A given router, security gateway, or firewall system has no way of   knowing a priori whether this option is valid in its operational   environment.  Therefore, routers, security gateways, and firewalls   SHOULD, by default, ignore the Router Alert option.  Additionally,   routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD have a configuration   setting that governs their reaction in the presence of packets   containing the Router Alert option.  This configuration setting   SHOULD allow to honor and process the option, ignore the option, or   drop packets containing this option.4.9.  Probe MTU (Type = 11) (obsolete)4.9.1.  Uses   This option originally provided a mechanism to discover the Path-MTU.   It has been declared obsolete.4.9.2.  Option Specification   This option was originally defined inRFC 1063 [RFC1063] and was   obsoleted withRFC 1191 [RFC1191].  This option is now obsolete, asRFC 1191 obsoletesRFC 1063 without using IP options.4.9.3.  Threats   This option is obsolete.  This option could have been exploited to   cause a host to set its Path MTU (PMTU) estimate to an inordinately   low or an inordinately high value, thereby causing performance   problems.4.9.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None      This option is NOT employed with the modern "Path MTU Discovery"      (PMTUD) mechanism [RFC1191], which employs special ICMP messages      (Type 3, Code 4) in combination with the IP DF bit.  Packetization      Layer PMTUD (PLPMTUD) [RFC4821] can perform PMTUD without the need      for any special packets.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 15]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.9.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop IP packets that   contain a Probe MTU option.4.10.  Reply MTU (Type = 12) (obsolete)4.10.1.  Uses   This option originally provided a mechanism to discover the Path-MTU.   It is now obsolete.4.10.2.  Option Specification   This option was originally defined inRFC 1063 [RFC1063] and was   obsoleted withRFC 1191 [RFC1191].  This option is now obsolete, asRFC 1191 obsoletesRFC 1063 without using IP options.4.10.3.  Threats   This option is obsolete.  This option could have been exploited to   cause a host to set its PMTU estimate to an inordinately low or an   inordinately high value, thereby causing performance problems.4.10.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None      This option is NOT employed with the modern "Path MTU Discovery"      (PMTUD) mechanism [RFC1191], which employs special ICMP messages      (Type 3, Code 4) in combination with the IP DF bit.  PLPMTUD      [RFC4821] can perform PMTUD without the need of any special      packets.4.10.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop IP packets that   contain a Reply MTU option.4.11.  Traceroute (Type = 82)4.11.1.  Uses   This option originally provided a mechanism to trace the path to a   host.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 16]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.11.2.  Option Specification   This option was originally specified byRFC 1393 [RFC1393] as   "experimental", and it was never widely deployed on the public   Internet.  This option has been formally obsoleted by [RFC6814].4.11.3.  Threats   This option is obsolete.  Because this option required each router in   the path both to provide special processing and to send an ICMP   message, it could have been exploited to perform a DoS attack by   exhausting CPU resources at the processing routers.4.11.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None4.11.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop IP packets that   contain a Traceroute option.4.12.  DoD Basic Security Option (Type = 130)4.12.1.  Uses   This option [RFC1108] is used by Multi-Level Secure (MLS) end-systems   and intermediate systems in specific environments to:   o  transmit from source to destination in a network standard      representation the common security labels required by computer      security models [Landwehr81],   o  validate the datagram as appropriate for transmission from the      source and delivery to the destination, and,   o  ensure that the route taken by the datagram is protected to the      level required by all protection authorities indicated on the      datagram.   The DoD Basic Security Option (BSO) was implemented in IRIX   [IRIX2008] and is currently implemented in a number of operating   systems (e.g., Security-Enhanced Linux [SELinux2008], Solaris   [Solaris2008], and Cisco IOS [Cisco-IPSO]).  It is also currently   deployed in a number of high-security networks.  These networks are   typically either in physically secure locations, protected by   military/governmental communications security equipment, or both.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 17]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   Such networks are typically built using commercial off-the-shelf   (COTS) IP routers and Ethernet switches, but they are not normally   interconnected with the global public Internet.  MLS systems are much   more widely deployed now than they were at the time the then-IESG   decided to remove IPSO (IP Security Options) from the IETF Standards   Track.  Since nearly all MLS systems also support IPSO BSO and IPSO   ESO, this option is believed to have more deployment now than when   the IESG removed this option from the IETF Standards Track.   [RFC5570] describes a similar option recently defined for IPv6 and   has much more detailed explanations of how sensitivity label options   are used in real-world deployments.4.12.2.  Option Specification   It is specified byRFC 1108 [RFC1108], which obsoletedRFC 1038   [RFC1038] (which in turn obsoleted the Security Option defined inRFC791 [RFC0791]).RFC 791 [RFC0791] defined the "Security Option" (Type = 130),      which used the same option type as the DoD Basic Security option      discussed in this section.  Later,RFC 1038 [RFC1038] revised the      IP security options, and in turn was obsoleted byRFC 1108      [RFC1108].  The "Security Option" specified inRFC 791 is      considered obsolete bySection 3.2.1.8 of RFC 1122 [RFC1122] andSection 4.2.2.1 of RFC 1812 [RFC1812], and therefore the      discussion in this section is focused on the DoD Basic Security      option specified byRFC 1108 [RFC1108].Section 4.2.2.1 of RFC 1812 states that routers "SHOULD implement   [this option]".      Some private IP networks consider IP router-based per-interface      selective filtering of packets based on (a) the presence of an      IPSO option (including BSO and ESO) and (b) the contents of that      IPSO option to be important for operational security reasons.  The      recent IPv6 Common Architecture Label IPv6 Security Option      (CALIPSO) specification discusses this in additional detail,      albeit in an IPv6 context [RFC5570].      Such private IP networks commonly are built using both commercial      and open-source products -- for hosts, guards, firewalls,      switches, routers, etc.  Some commercial IP routers support this      option, as do some IP routers that are built on top of MLS      operating systems (e.g., on top of Trusted Solaris [Solaris2008]      or Security-Enhanced Linux [SELinux2008]).Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 18]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014      For example, many Cisco routers that run Cisco IOS include support      for selectively filtering packets that contain the IP Security      Options (IPSO) with per-interface granularity.  This capability      has been present in many Cisco routers since the early 1990s      [Cisco-IPSO-Cmds].  Some government-sector products reportedly      also support the IP Security Options (IPSO), for example, CANEWARE      [RFC4949].      Support for the IPSO Basic Security Option also is included in the      "IPsec Configuration Policy Information Model" [RFC3585] and in      the "IPsec Security Policy Database Configuration MIB" [RFC4807].Section 4.6.1 of the IP Security Domain of Interpretation      [RFC2407] includes support for labeled IPsec security associations      compatible with the IP Security Options.  (Note:RFC 2407 was      obsoleted by [RFC4306], which was obsoleted by [RFC5996].)4.12.3.  Threats   Presence of this option in a packet does not by itself create any   specific new threat.  Packets with this option ought not normally be   seen on the global public Internet.4.12.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   If packets with this option are blocked or if the option is stripped   from the packet during transmission from source to destination, then   the packet itself is likely to be dropped by the receiver because it   is not properly labeled.  In some cases, the receiver might receive   the packet but associate an incorrect sensitivity label with the   received data from the packet whose BSO was stripped by an   intermediate router or firewall.  Associating an incorrect   sensitivity label can cause the received information either to be   handled as more sensitive than it really is ("upgrading") or as less   sensitive than it really is ("downgrading"), either of which is   problematic.4.12.5.  Advice   A given IP router, security gateway, or firewall has no way to know a   priori what environment it has been deployed into.  Even closed IP   deployments generally use exactly the same commercial routers,   security gateways, and firewalls that are used in the public   Internet.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 19]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   Since operational problems result in environments where this option   is needed if either the option is dropped or IP packets containing   this option are dropped, but no harm results if the option is carried   in environments where it is not needed, the default configuration   SHOULD NOT (a) modify or remove this IP option or (b) drop an IP   packet because the IP packet contains this option.   A given IP router, security gateway, or firewall MAY be configured to   drop this option or to drop IP packets containing this option in an   environment known to not use this option.   For auditing reasons, routers, security gateways, and firewalls   SHOULD be capable of logging the numbers of packets containing the   BSO on a per-interface basis.  Also, routers, security gateways, and   firewalls SHOULD be capable of dropping packets based on the BSO   presence as well as the BSO values.4.13.  DoD Extended Security Option (Type = 133)4.13.1.  Uses   This option permits additional security labeling information, beyond   that present in the Basic Security Option (Section 4.12), to be   supplied in an IP datagram to meet the needs of registered   authorities.4.13.2.  Option Specification   The DoD Extended Security Option (ESO) is specified byRFC 1108   [RFC1108].      Some private IP networks consider IP router-based per-interface      selective filtering of packets based on (a) the presence of an      IPSO option (including BSO and ESO) and (b) based on the contents      of that IPSO option to be important for operational security      reasons.  The recent IPv6 CALIPSO option specification discusses      this in additional detail, albeit in an IPv6 context [RFC5570].      Such private IP networks commonly are built using both commercial      and open-source products -- for hosts, guards, firewalls,      switches, routers, etc.  Some commercial IP routers support this      option, as do some IP routers that are built on top of MLS      operating systems (e.g., on top of Trusted Solaris [Solaris2008]      or Security-Enhanced Linux [SELinux2008]).      For example, many Cisco routers that run Cisco IOS include support      for selectively filtering packets that contain the IP Security      Options (IPSO) with per-interface granularity.  This capabilityGont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 20]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014      has been present in many Cisco routers since the early 1990s      [Cisco-IPSO-Cmds].  Some government sector products reportedly      also support the IP Security Options (IPSO), for example, CANEWARE      [RFC4949].      Support for the IPSO Extended Security Option also is included in      the "IPsec Configuration Policy Information Model" [RFC3585] and      in the "IPsec Security Policy Database Configuration MIB"      [RFC4807].Section 4.6.1 of the IP Security Domain of      Interpretation [RFC2407] includes support for labeled IPsec      security associations compatible with the IP Security Options.4.13.3.  Threats   Presence of this option in a packet does not by itself create any   specific new threat.  Packets with this option ought not normally be   seen on the global public Internet.4.13.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   If packets with this option are blocked or if the option is stripped   from the packet during transmission from source to destination, then   the packet itself is likely to be dropped by the receiver because it   is not properly labeled.  In some cases, the receiver might receive   the packet but associate an incorrect sensitivity label with the   received data from the packet whose ESO was stripped by an   intermediate router or firewall.  Associating an incorrect   sensitivity label can cause the received information either to be   handled as more sensitive than it really is ("upgrading") or as less   sensitive than it really is ("downgrading"), either of which is   problematic.4.13.5.  Advice   A given IP router, security gateway, or firewall has no way to know a   priori what environment it has been deployed into.  Even closed IP   deployments generally use exactly the same commercial routers,   security gateways, and firewalls that are used in the public   Internet.   Since operational problems result in environments where this option   is needed if either the option is dropped or IP packets containing   this option are dropped, but no harm results if the option is carried   in environments where it is not needed, the default configuration   SHOULD NOT (a) modify or remove this IP option or (b) drop an IP   packet because the IP packet contains this option.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 21]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   A given IP router, security gateway, or firewall MAY be configured to   drop this option or to drop IP packets containing this option in an   environment known to not use this option.   For auditing reasons, routers, security gateways, and firewalls   SHOULD be capable of logging the numbers of packets containing the   ESO on a per-interface basis.  Also, routers, security gateways, and   firewalls SHOULD be capable of dropping packets based on the ESO   presence as well as the ESO values.4.14.  Commercial IP Security Option (CIPSO) (Type = 134)4.14.1.  Uses   This option was proposed by the Trusted Systems Interoperability   Group (TSIG), with the intent of meeting trusted networking   requirements for the commercial trusted systems marketplace.   It was implemented in IRIX [IRIX2008] and is currently implemented in   a number of operating systems (e.g., Security-Enhanced Linux   [SELinux2008] and Solaris [Solaris2008]).  It is also currently   deployed in a number of high-security networks.4.14.2.  Option Specification   This option is specified in [CIPSO] and [FIPS1994].  There are zero   known IP router implementations of CIPSO.  Several MLS operating   systems support CIPSO, generally the same MLS operating systems that   support IPSO.      The TSIG proposal was taken to the Commercial Internet Security      Option (CIPSO) Working Group of the IETF [CIPSOWG1994], and an      Internet-Draft was produced [CIPSO].  The Internet-Draft was never      published as an RFC, but the proposal was later standardized by      the U.S.  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as      "Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 188"      [FIPS1994].4.14.3.  Threats   Presence of this option in a packet does not by itself create any   specific new threat.  Packets with this option ought not normally be   seen on the global public Internet.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 22]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.14.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   If packets with this option are blocked or if the option is stripped   from the packet during transmission from source to destination, then   the packet itself is likely to be dropped by the receiver because it   is not properly labeled.  In some cases, the receiver might receive   the packet but associate an incorrect sensitivity label with the   received data from the packet whose CIPSO was stripped by an   intermediate router or firewall.  Associating an incorrect   sensitivity label can cause the received information either to be   handled as more sensitive than it really is ("upgrading") or as less   sensitive than it really is ("downgrading"), either of which is   problematic.4.14.5.  Advice   Because of the design of this option, with variable syntax and   variable length, it is not practical to support specialized filtering   using the CIPSO information.  No routers or firewalls are known to   support this option.  However, routers, security gateways, and   firewalls SHOULD NOT by default modify or remove this option from IP   packets and SHOULD NOT by default drop packets because they contain   this option.  For auditing reasons, routers, security gateways, and   firewalls SHOULD be capable of logging the numbers of packets   containing the CIPSO on a per-interface basis.  Also, routers,   security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD be capable of dropping   packets based on the CIPSO presence.4.15.  VISA (Type = 142)4.15.1.  Uses   This options was part of an experiment at the University of Southern   California (USC) and was never widely deployed.4.15.2.  Option Specification   The original option specification is not publicly available.  This   option has been formally obsoleted by [RFC6814].4.15.3.  Threats   Not possible to determine (other than the general security   implications of IP options discussed inSection 3), since the   corresponding specification is not publicly available.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 23]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.15.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None.4.15.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop IP packets that   contain this option.4.16.  Extended Internet Protocol (Type = 145)4.16.1.  Uses   The EIP option was introduced by one of the proposals submitted   during the IP Next Generation (IPng) efforts to address the problem   of IPv4 address exhaustion.4.16.2.  Option Specification   Specified in [RFC1385].  This option has been formally obsoleted by   [RFC6814].4.16.3.  Threats   This option is obsolete.  This option was used (or was intended to be   used) to signal that a packet superficially similar to an IPv4 packet   actually contained a different protocol, opening up the possibility   that an IPv4 node that simply ignored this option would process a   received packet in a manner inconsistent with the intent of the   sender.  There are no known threats arising from this option, other   than the general security implications of IP options discussed inSection 3.4.16.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None.4.16.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop packets that   contain this option.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 24]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.17.  Address Extension (Type = 147)4.17.1.  Uses   The Address Extension option was introduced by one of the proposals   submitted during the IPng efforts to address the problem of IPv4   address exhaustion.4.17.2.  Option Specification   Specified in [RFC1475].  This option has been formally obsoleted by   [RFC6814].4.17.3.  Threats   There are no known threats arising from this option, other than the   general security implications of IP options discussed inSection 3.4.17.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None.4.17.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop packets that   contain this option.4.18.  Sender Directed Multi-Destination Delivery (Type = 149)4.18.1.  Uses   This option originally provided unreliable UDP delivery to a set of   addresses included in the option.4.18.2.  Option Specification   This option is specified inRFC 1770 [RFC1770].  It has been formally   obsoleted by [RFC6814].4.18.3.  Threats   This option could have been exploited for bandwidth-amplification in   DoS attacks.4.18.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 25]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.18.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop IP packets that   contain a Sender Directed Multi-Destination Delivery option.4.19.  Dynamic Packet State (Type = 151)4.19.1.  Uses   The Dynamic Packet State option was used to specify the Dynamic   Packet State (DPS) in the context of the differentiated services   architecture.4.19.2.  Option Specification   The Dynamic Packet State option was specified in [DIFFSERV-DPS].  The   aforementioned document was meant to be published as "Experimental",   but never made it into an RFC.  This option has been formally   obsoleted by [RFC6814].4.19.3.  Threats   Possible threats include theft of service and denial of service.   However, we note that this option has never been widely implemented   or deployed.4.19.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None.4.19.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop packets that   contain this option.4.20.  Upstream Multicast Pkt. (Type = 152)4.20.1.  Uses   This option was meant to solve the problem of doing upstream   forwarding of multicast packets on a multi-access LAN.4.20.2.  Option Specification   This option was originally specified in [BIDIR-TREES].  It was never   formally standardized in the RFC series and was never widely   implemented and deployed.  Its use was obsoleted by [RFC5015], whichGont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 26]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   employs a control-plane mechanism to solve the problem of doing   upstream forwarding of multicast packets on a multi-access LAN.  This   option has been formally obsoleted by [RFC6814].4.20.3.  Threats   This option is obsolete.  A router that ignored this option instead   of processing it as specified in [BIDIR-TREES] could have forwarded   multicast packets to an unintended destination.4.20.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None.4.20.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD drop packets that   contain this option.4.21.  Quick-Start (Type = 25)4.21.1.  Uses   This IP Option is used in the specification of Quick-Start for TCP   and IP, which is an experimental mechanism that allows transport   protocols, in cooperation with routers, to determine an allowed   sending rate at the start and, at times, in the middle of a data   transfer (e.g., after an idle period) [RFC4782].4.21.2.  Option Specification   Specified inRFC 4782 [RFC4782], on the "Experimental" track.4.21.3.  ThreatsSection 9.6 of [RFC4782] notes that Quick-Start is vulnerable to two   kinds of attacks:   o  attacks to increase the routers' processing and state load, and,   o  attacks with bogus Quick-Start Requests to temporarily tie up      available Quick-Start bandwidth, preventing routers from approving      Quick-Start Requests from other connections.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 27]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.21.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   The Quick-Start functionality would be disabled, and additional   delays in TCP's connection establishment (for example) could be   introduced.  (Please seeSection 4.7.2 of [RFC4782].)  We note,   however, that Quick-Start has been proposed as a mechanism that could   be of use in controlled environments, and not as a mechanism that   would be intended or appropriate for ubiquitous deployment in the   global Internet [RFC4782].4.21.5.  Advice   A given router, security gateway, or firewall system has no way of   knowing a priori whether this option is valid in its operational   environment.  Therefore, routers, security gateways, and firewalls   SHOULD, by default, ignore the Quick-Start option.  Additionally,   routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD have a configuration   setting that governs their reaction in the presence of packets   containing the Quick-Start option.  This configuration setting SHOULD   allow to honor and process the option, ignore the option, or drop   packets containing this option.  The default configuration is to   ignore the Quick-Start option.      We note that if routers in a given environment do not implement      and enable the Quick-Start mechanism, only the general security      implications of IP options (discussed inSection 3) would apply.4.22.RFC3692-Style Experiment (Types = 30, 94, 158, and 222)Section 2.5 of RFC 4727 [RFC4727] allocates an option number with all   defined values of the "copy" and "class" fields forRFC3692-style   experiments.  This results in four distinct option type codes: 30,   94, 158, and 222.4.22.1.  Uses   It is only appropriate to use these values in explicitly configured   experiments; they MUST NOT be shipped as defaults in implementations.4.22.2.  Option Specification   Specified inRFC 4727 [RFC4727] in the context ofRFC3692-style   experiments.4.22.3.  Threats   No specific security issues are known for this IPv4 option.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 28]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20144.22.4.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   None.4.22.5.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD have configuration   knobs for IP packets that containRFC3692-style Experiment options to   select between "ignore & forward" and "drop & log".  Otherwise, no   legitimate experiment using these options will be able to traverse   any IP router.   Special care needs to be taken in the case of "drop & log".  Devices   SHOULD count the number of packets dropped, but the logging of drop   events SHOULD be limited so as to not overburden device resources.   The aforementioned configuration knob SHOULD default to "drop & log".4.23.  Other IP Options4.23.1.  Specification   Unrecognized IP options are to be ignored.  Section 3.2.1.8 ofRFC1122 [RFC1122] specifies this behavior as follows:      The IP and transport layer MUST each interpret those IP options      that they understand and silently ignore the others.   Additionally,Section 4.2.2.6 of RFC 1812 [RFC1812] specifies it as   follows:      A router MUST ignore IP options which it does not recognize.   This document adds that unrecognized IP options MAY also be logged.   Further, routers, security gateways, and firewalls MUST provide the   ability to log drop events of IP packets containing unrecognized or   obsolete options.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 29]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   A number of additional options are listed in the "IP OPTION NUMBERS"   IANA registry [IANA-IP] as of the time this document was last edited.   Specifically:   Copy Class Number Value Name   ---- ----- ------ ----- -------------------------------------------      0     0     10    10 ZSU    - Experimental Measurement      1     2     13   205 FINN   - Experimental Flow Control      0     0     15    15 ENCODE - ???      1     0     16   144 IMITD  - IMI Traffic Descriptor      1     0     22   150        - Unassigned (Released 18 Oct. 2005)   The ENCODE option (type 15) has been formally obsoleted by [RFC6814].4.23.2.  Threats   The lack of open specifications for these options makes it impossible   to evaluate their security implications.4.23.3.  Operational and Interoperability Impact if Blocked   The lack of open specifications for these options makes it impossible   to evaluate the operational and interoperability impact if packets   containing these options are blocked.4.23.4.  Advice   Routers, security gateways, and firewalls SHOULD have configuration   knobs for IP packets containing these options (or other options not   recognized) to select between "ignore & forward" and "drop & log".Section 4.23.1 points out that [RFC1122] and [RFC1812] specify that   unrecognized IP options MUST be ignored.  However, the previous   paragraph states that routers, security gateways, and firewalls   SHOULD have a configuration option for dropping and logging IP   packets containing unrecognized options.  While it is acknowledged   that this advice contradicts the previous RFCs' requirements, the   advice in this document reflects current operational reality.   Special care needs to be taken in the case of "drop & log".  Devices   SHOULD count the number of packets dropped, but the logging of drop   events SHOULD be limited so as to not overburden device resources.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 30]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 20145.  Security Considerations   This document provides advice on the filtering of IP packets that   contain IP options.  Dropping such packets can help to mitigate the   security issues that arise from use of different IP options.  Many of   the IPv4 options listed in this document are deprecated and cause no   operational impact if dropped.  However, dropping packets containing   IPv4 options that are in use can cause real operational problems in   deployed networks.  Therefore, the practice of dropping all IPv4   packets containing one or more IPv4 options without careful   consideration is not recommended.6.  Acknowledgements   The authors would like to thank (in alphabetical order) Ron Bonica,   C. M. Heard, Merike Kaeo, Panos Kampanakis, Suresh Krishnan, Arturo   Servin, SM, and Donald Smith for providing thorough reviews and   valuable comments.  Merike Kaeo also contributed text used in this   document.   The authors also wish to thank various network operations folks who   supplied feedback on earlier versions of this document but did not   wish to be named explicitly in this document.   Part of this document is initially based on the document "Security   Assessment of the Internet Protocol" [CPNI2008] that is the result of   a project carried out by Fernando Gont on behalf of UK CPNI (formerly   NISCC).  Fernando Gont would like to thank UK CPNI (formerly NISCC)   for their continued support.7.  References7.1.  Normative References   [RFC0791]  Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", STD 5,RFC 791, September              1981.   [RFC1122]  Braden, R., "Requirements for Internet Hosts -              Communication Layers", STD 3,RFC 1122, October 1989.   [RFC1191]  Mogul, J. and S. Deering, "Path MTU discovery",RFC 1191,              November 1990.   [RFC1812]  Baker, F., "Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers",RFC1812, June 1995.   [RFC2113]  Katz, D., "IP Router Alert Option",RFC 2113, February              1997.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 31]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate              Requirement Levels",BCP 14,RFC 2119, March 1997.   [RFC4727]  Fenner, B., "Experimental Values In IPv4, IPv6, ICMPv4,              ICMPv6, UDP, and TCP Headers",RFC 4727, November 2006.   [RFC4821]  Mathis, M. and J. Heffner, "Packetization Layer Path MTU              Discovery",RFC 4821, March 2007.   [RFC5015]  Handley, M., Kouvelas, I., Speakman, T., and L. Vicisano,              "Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-              PIM)",RFC 5015, October 2007.   [RFC6398]  Le Faucheur, F., "IP Router Alert Considerations and              Usage",BCP 168,RFC 6398, October 2011.   [RFC6814]  Pignataro, C. and F. Gont, "Formally Deprecating Some IPv4              Options",RFC 6814, November 2012.7.2.  Informative References   [BIDIR-TREES]              Estrin, D. and D. Farinacci, "Bi-Directional Shared Trees              in PIM-SM", Work in Progress, May 1999.   [BREMIER-BARR]              Bremier-Barr, A. and H. Levy, "Spoofing prevention              method", Proceedings of IEEE InfoCom 2005, Volume 1, pp.              536-547, March 2005.   [Biondi2007]              Biondi, P. and A. Ebalard, "IPv6 Routing Header Security",              CanSecWest 2007 Security Conference, 2007,              <http://www.secdev.org/conf/IPv6_RH_security-csw07.pdf>.   [CIPSOWG1994]              IETF CIPSO Working Group, "Commercial Internet Protocol              Security Option (CIPSO) Charter", 1994,              <http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/94jul/charters/cipso-charter.html>.   [CIPSO]    IETF CIPSO Working Group, "COMMERCIAL IP SECURITY OPTION              (CIPSO 2.2)", Work in Progress, 1992.   [CPNI2008] Gont, F., "Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol",              2008,              <http://www.gont.com.ar/papers/InternetProtocol.pdf>.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 32]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   [Cisco-IPSO-Cmds]              Cisco Systems, Inc., "IP Security Options Commands", Cisco              IOS Security Command Reference, Release 12.2,              <http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/security/command/reference/srfipso.html>.   [Cisco-IPSO]              Cisco Systems, Inc., "Configuring IP Security Options",              Cisco IOS Security Configuration Guide, Release 12.2,              2006, <http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/security/configuration/guide/scfipso.html>.   [DIFFSERV-DPS]              Stoica, I., Zhang, H., Venkitaram, N., and J. Mysore, "Per              Hop Behaviors Based on Dynamic Packet State", Work in              Progress, October 2002.   [FIPS1994]              FIPS, "Standard Security Label for Information Transfer",              Federal Information Processing Standards Publication, FIP              PUBS 188, 1994, <http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips188/fips188.pdf>.   [FONSECA]  Fonseca, R., Porter, G., Katz, R., Shenker, S., and I.              Stoica, "IP Options are not an option", EECS Department,              University of California, Berkeley, December 2005,              <http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2005/EECS-2005-24.html>.   [IANA-IP]  IANA, "IP OPTION NUMBERS",              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/ip-parameters>.   [IRIX2008] IRIX, "IRIX 6.5 trusted_networking(7) manual page", 2008,              <http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/              getdoc.cgi?coll=0650&db=man&fname=/usr/share/catman/a_man/              cat7/trusted_networking.z>.   [Kohno2005]              Kohno, T., Broido, A., and kc. Claffy, "Remote Physical              Device Fingerprinting", IEEE Transactions on Dependable              and Secure Computing, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2005.   [Landwehr81]              Landwehr, C., "Formal Models for Computer Security", ACM              Computing Surveys, Vol. 13, No. 3, Association for              Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, September 1981.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 33]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   [MEDINA]   Medina, A., Allman, M., and S. Floyd, "Measuring              Interactions Between Transport Protocols and Middleboxes",              Proc. 4th ACM SIGCOMM/USENIX Conference on Internet              Measurement, October 2004.   [Microsoft1999]              Microsoft, "Microsoft Security Program: Microsoft Security              Bulletin (MS99-038). Patch Available for "Spoofed Route              Pointer" Vulnerability", September 1999,              <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-038.mspx>.   [OpenBSD1998]              OpenBSD, "OpenBSD Security Advisory: IP Source Routing              Problem", February 1998,              <http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/sourceroute.txt>.   [RFC1038]  St. Johns, M., "Draft revised IP security option",RFC1038, January 1988.   [RFC1063]  Mogul, J., Kent, C., Partridge, C., and K. McCloghrie, "IP              MTU discovery options",RFC 1063, July 1988.   [RFC1108]  Kent, S., "U.S. Department of Defense Security Options for              the Internet Protocol",RFC 1108, November 1991.   [RFC1385]  Wang, Z., "EIP: The Extended Internet Protocol",RFC 1385,              November 1992.   [RFC1393]  Malkin, G., "Traceroute Using an IP Option",RFC 1393,              January 1993.   [RFC1475]  Ullmann, R., "TP/IX: The Next Internet",RFC 1475, June              1993.   [RFC1770]  Graff, C., "IPv4 Option for Sender Directed Multi-              Destination Delivery",RFC 1770, March 1995.   [RFC2205]  Braden, B., Zhang, L., Berson, S., Herzog, S., and S.              Jamin, "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1              Functional Specification",RFC 2205, September 1997.   [RFC2407]  Piper, D., "The Internet IP Security Domain of              Interpretation for ISAKMP",RFC 2407, November 1998.   [RFC3585]  Jason, J., Rafalow, L., and E. Vyncke, "IPsec              Configuration Policy Information Model",RFC 3585, August              2003.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 34]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014   [RFC4306]  Kaufman, C., "Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol",RFC4306, December 2005.   [RFC4782]  Floyd, S., Allman, M., Jain, A., and P. Sarolahti, "Quick-              Start for TCP and IP",RFC 4782, January 2007.   [RFC4807]  Baer, M., Charlet, R., Hardaker, W., Story, R., and C.              Wang, "IPsec Security Policy Database Configuration MIB",RFC 4807, March 2007.   [RFC4949]  Shirey, R., "Internet Security Glossary, Version 2",RFC4949, August 2007.   [RFC5350]  Manner, J. and A. McDonald, "IANA Considerations for the              IPv4 and IPv6 Router Alert Options",RFC 5350, September              2008.   [RFC5570]  StJohns, M., Atkinson, R., and G. Thomas, "Common              Architecture Label IPv6 Security Option (CALIPSO)",RFC5570, July 2009.   [RFC5996]  Kaufman, C., Hoffman, P., Nir, Y., and P. Eronen,              "Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)",RFC5996, September 2010.   [RFC6192]  Dugal, D., Pignataro, C., and R. Dunn, "Protecting the              Router Control Plane",RFC 6192, March 2011.   [RFC6274]  Gont, F., "Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol              Version 4",RFC 6274, July 2011.   [SELinux2008]              National Security Agency (United States), "Security-              Enhanced Linux - NSA/CSS", January 2009,              <http://www.nsa.gov/research/selinux/index.shtml>.   [Solaris2008]              "Solaris Trusted Extensions: Labeled Security for Absolute              Protection", 2008,              <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris10/overview/trusted-extensions-149944.pdf>.Gont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 35]

RFC 7126            Filtering of IP-Optioned Packets       February 2014Authors' Addresses   Fernando Gont   UTN-FRH / SI6 Networks   Evaristo Carriego 2644   Haedo, Provincia de Buenos Aires  1706   Argentina   Phone: +54 11 4650 8472   EMail: fgont@si6networks.com   URI:http://www.si6networks.com   RJ Atkinson   Consultant   McLean, VA  22103   USA   EMail: rja.lists@gmail.com   Carlos Pignataro   Cisco Systems, Inc.   7200-12 Kit Creek Road   Research Triangle Park, NC  27709   USA   EMail: cpignata@cisco.comGont, et al.              Best Current Practice                [Page 36]

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