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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                      S. D'AntonioRequest for Comments: 7014                  Univ. of Napoli "Parthenope"Category: Standards Track                                       T. ZsebyISSN: 2070-1721                                          CAIDA/FhG FOKUS                                                                C. Henke                                         Tektronix Communications Berlin                                                               L. Peluso                                                    University of Napoli                                                          September 2013Flow Selection TechniquesAbstract   The Intermediate Flow Selection Process is the process of selecting a   subset of Flows from all observed Flows.  The Intermediate Flow   Selection Process may be located at an IP Flow Information Export   (IPFIX) Exporter or Collector, or within an IPFIX Mediator.  It   reduces the effort of post-processing Flow data and transferring Flow   Records.  This document describes motivations for using the   Intermediate Flow Selection process and presents Intermediate Flow   Selection techniques.  It provides an information model for   configuring Intermediate Flow Selection Process techniques and   discusses what information about an Intermediate Flow Selection   Process should be exported.Status of This Memo   This is an Internet Standards Track document.   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has   received public review and has been approved for publication by the   Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on   Internet Standards 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/rfc7014.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 1]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013Copyright Notice   Copyright (c) 2013 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.   This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF   Contributions published or made publicly available before November   10, 2008.  The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this   material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow   modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process.   Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling   the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified   outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may   not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format   it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other   than English.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 2]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013Table of Contents1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41.1.  Requirements Language  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4   3.  Difference between Intermediate Flow Selection Process and       Packet Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7   4.  Difference between Intermediate Flow Selection Process and       Intermediate Selection Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9   5.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process within the IPFIX       Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9     5.1.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process in the Metering           Process  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11     5.2.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process in the Exporting           Process  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11     5.3.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process as a Function of           the IPFIX Mediator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process Techniques . . . . . . . .126.1.  Flow Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126.1.1.  Property Match Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126.1.2.  Hash-Based Flow Filtering  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136.2.  Flow Sampling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136.2.1.  Systematic Sampling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136.2.2.  Random Sampling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14     6.3.  Flow-State Dependent Intermediate Flow Selection           Process  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146.4.  Flow-State Dependent Packet Selection  . . . . . . . . . .15   7.  Configuration of Intermediate Flow Selection Process       Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167.1.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process Parameters . . . . . .177.2.  Description of Flow-State Dependent Packet Selection . . .19   8.  Information Model for Intermediate Flow Selection Process       Configuration and Reporting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229.1.  Registration of Information Elements . . . . . . . . . . .229.1.1.  flowSelectorAlgorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229.1.2.  flowSelectedOctetDeltaCount  . . . . . . . . . . . . .249.1.3.  flowSelectedPacketDeltaCount . . . . . . . . . . . . .249.1.4.  flowSelectedFlowDeltaCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249.1.5.  selectorIDTotalFlowsObserved . . . . . . . . . . . . .259.1.6.  selectorIDTotalFlowsSelected . . . . . . . . . . . . .259.1.7.  samplingFlowInterval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269.1.8.  samplingFlowSpacing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269.1.9.  flowSamplingTimeInterval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279.1.10. flowSamplingTimeSpacing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279.1.11. hashFlowDomain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289.2.  Registration of Object Identifier  . . . . . . . . . . . .2810. Security and Privacy Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . .28D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 3]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 201311. Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3012. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3012.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3012.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311.  Introduction   This document describes Intermediate Flow Selection Process   techniques for network traffic measurements.  A Flow is defined as a   set of packets with common properties, as described in [RFC7011].  An   Intermediate Flow Selection Process can be executed to limit the   resource demands for capturing, storing, exporting, and post-   processing Flow Records.  It also can be used to select a particular   set of Flows that are of interest to a specific application.  This   document provides a categorization of Intermediate Flow Selection   Process techniques and describes configuration and reporting   parameters for them.   This document also addresses configuration and reporting parameters   for Flow-state dependent packet selection as described in [RFC5475],   although this technique is categorized as packet selection.  The   reason is that Flow-state dependent packet selection techniques often   aim at the reduction of resources for Flow capturing and Flow   processing.  Furthermore, these techniques were only briefly   discussed in [RFC5475].  Therefore, configuration and reporting   considerations for Flow-state dependent packet selection techniques   have been included in this document.1.1.  Requirements Language   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 inRFC 2119 [RFC2119].2.  Terminology   This document is consistent with the terminology introduced in   [RFC7011], [RFC5470], [RFC5475], and [RFC3917].  As in [RFC7011] and   [RFC5476], the first letter of each IPFIX specific and Packet   Sampling (PSAMP) specific term is capitalized, along with the   Intermediate Flow Selection Process specific terms defined here.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 4]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   * Packet Classification      Packet Classification is a process by which packets are mapped to      specific Flow Records, based on packet properties or external      properties (e.g., interface).  The properties (e.g., header      information, packet content, Autonomous System (AS) number) make      up the Flow Key.  If a Flow Record for a specific Flow Key value      already exists, the Flow Record is updated; otherwise, a new Flow      Record is created.   * Intermediate Flow Selection Process      An Intermediate Flow Selection Process is an Intermediate Process,      as defined in [RFC6183] that takes Flow Records as its input and      selects a subset of this set as its output.  The Intermediate Flow      Selection Process is a more general concept than the Intermediate      Selection Process as defined in [RFC6183].  While an Intermediate      Selection Process selects Flow Records from a sequence based upon      criteria-evaluated Flow Record values and only passes on those      Flow Records that match the criteria, an Intermediate Flow      Selection Process selects Flow Records using selection criteria      applicable to a larger set of Flow characteristics and      information.   * Flow Cache      A Flow Cache is the set of Flow Records.   * Flow Selection State      An Intermediate Flow Selection Process maintains state information      for use by the Flow Selector.  At a given time, the Flow Selection      State may depend on Flows and packets observed at and before that      time, as well as other variables.  Examples include:      (i)   sequence number of packets and Flow Records;      (ii)  number of selected Flows;      (iii) number of observed Flows;      (iv)  current Flow Cache occupancy;      (v)   Flow specific counters, lower and upper bounds;      (vi)  Intermediate Flow Selection Process timeout intervals.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 5]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   * Flow Selector      A Flow Selector defines the action of an Intermediate Flow      Selection Process on a single Flow of its input.  The Flow      Selector can make use of the following information in order to      establish whether or not a Flow has to be selected:      (i)   the content of the Flow Record;      (ii)  any state information related to the Metering Process or            Exporting Process;      (iii) any Flow Selection State that may be maintained by the            Intermediate Flow Selection Process.   * Complete Flow      A Complete Flow consists of all the packets that enter the      Intermediate Flow Selection Process within the Flow timeout      interval and that belong to the same Flow, per the definition of      "Flow" in [RFC5470].  For this definition, only packets that      arrive at the Intermediate Flow Selection Process are considered.   * Flow Position      Flow Position is the position of a Flow Record within the Flow      Cache.   * Flow Filtering      Flow Filtering selects flows based on a deterministic function on      the Flow Record content, Flow Selection State, external properties      (e.g., ingress interface), or external events (e.g., violated      Access Control List).  If the relevant parts of the Flow Record      content can already be observed at the packet level (e.g., Flow      Keys from packet header fields), Flow Filtering can be performed      at the packet level by Property Match Filtering, as described in      [RFC5475].   * Hash-based Flow Filtering      Hash-based Flow Filtering is a deterministic Flow filter function      that selects flows based on a hash function.  The hash function is      calculated over parts of the Flow Record content or external      properties that are called the Hash Domain.  If the hash value      falls into a predefined Hash Selection Range, the Flow is      selected.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 6]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   * Flow-state Dependent Intermediate Flow Selection Process      The Flow-state dependent Intermediate Flow Selection Process is a      selection function that selects or drops Flows based on the      current Flow Selection State.  The selection can be either      deterministic, random, or non-uniform random.   * Flow-state Dependent Packet Selection      Flow-state dependent packet selection is a selection function that      selects or drops packets based on the current Flow Selection      State.  The selection can be either deterministic, random, or non-      uniform random.  Flow-state dependent packet selection can be used      to implement a preference for the selection of packets belonging      to specific Flows.  For example, the selection probability of      packets belonging to Flows that are already within the Flow Cache      may be higher than for packets that have not been recorded yet.   * Flow Sampling      Flow Sampling selects flows based on Flow Record sequence or      arrival times (e.g., entry in Flow Cache, arrival time at Exporter      or Mediator).  The selection can be systematic (e.g., every n-th      Flow) or based on a random function (e.g., select each Flow Record      with probability p, or randomly select n out of N Flow Records).3.  Difference between Intermediate Flow Selection Process and Packet    Selection   The Intermediate Flow Selection Process differs from packet selection   as described in [RFC5475].  Packet selection techniques consider   packets as the basic element, and the parent population consists of   all packets observed at an Observation Point.  In contrast to this,   the basic elements in Flow selection are the Flows.  The parent   population consists of all observed Flows, and the Intermediate Flow   Selection Process operates on the Flows.  The major characteristics   of the Intermediate Flow Selection Process are the following:   -  The Intermediate Flow Selection Process takes Flows as basic      elements.  For packet selection, packets are considered as basic      elements.   -  The Intermediate Flow Selection Process typically takes place      after Packet Classification, because the classification rules      determine to which Flow a packet belongs.  The Intermediate Flow      Selection Process can be performed before Packet Classification.      In that case, the Intermediate Flow Selection Process is based on      the Flow Key (and also on a hash value over the Flow Key) but notD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 7]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013      on characteristics that are only available after Packet      Classification (e.g., Flow size, Flow duration).  Packet selection      can be applied before and after Packet Classification.  As an      example, packet selection before Packet Classification can be      random packet selection, whereas packet selection after Packet      Classification can be Flow-state dependent packet selection (as      described in [RFC5475]).   -  The Intermediate Flow Selection Process operates on Complete      Flows.  That means that after the Intermediate Flow Selection      Process, either all packets of the Flow are kept or all packets of      the Flow are discarded.  That means that if the Intermediate Flow      Selection Process is preceded by a packet selection process, the      Complete Flow consists only of the packets that were not discarded      during the packet selection.   There are some techniques that are difficult to unambiguously   categorize into one of the categories.  Here, some guidance is given   on how to categorize such techniques:   -  Techniques that can be considered as both packet selection and an      Intermediate Flow Selection Process: some packet selection      techniques result in the selection of Complete Flows and therefore      can be considered as packet selection or as an Intermediate Flow      Selection Process at the same time.  An example is Property Match      Filtering of all packets to a specific destination address.  If      Flows are defined based on destination addresses, such a packet      selection also results in an Intermediate Flow Selection Process      and can be considered as packet selection or as an Intermediate      Flow Selection Process.   -  Flow-state Dependent Packet Selection: there exist techniques that      select packets based on the Flow state, e.g., based on the number      of already observed packets belonging to the Flow.  Examples of      these techniques from the literature include "Sample and Hold"      [EsVa01], "Fast Filtered Sampling" [MSZC10], and the "Sticky      Sampling" algorithm presented in [MaMo02].  Such techniques can be      used to influence which Flows are captured (e.g., increase the      selection of packets belonging to large Flows) and reduce the      number of Flows that need to be stored in the Flow Cache.      Nevertheless, such techniques do not necessarily select Complete      Flows, because they do not ensure that all packets of a selected      Flow are captured.  Therefore, Flow-state dependent packet      selection techniques that do not ensure that either all or no      packets of a Flow are selected, strictly speaking, have to be      considered as packet selection techniques and not as Intermediate      Flow Selection Process techniques.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 8]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20134.  Difference between Intermediate Flow Selection Process and    Intermediate Selection Process   The Intermediate Flow Selection Process differs from the Intermediate   Selection Process, since the Intermediate Flow Selection Process uses   selection criteria that apply to a larger set of Flow information and   properties than those used by the Intermediate Selection Process.   The typical function of an Intermediate Selection Process is Property   Match Filtering, which selects a Flow Record if the value of a   specific field in the Flow Record matches a configured value or falls   within a configured range.  This means that the selection criteria   used by an Intermediate Selection Process are evaluated only on Flow   Record values.  An Intermediate Flow Selection Process makes its   decision on whether a Flow has to be selected or not by taking into   account not only information related to the content of the Flow   Record but also any Flow Selection State information or variable that   can be used to select Flows in order to meet application requirements   or resource constraints (e.g., Flow Cache occupancy, export link   capacity).  Examples include flow counters, Intermediate Flow   Selection Process timeout intervals, and Flow Record time   information.5.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process within the IPFIX Architecture   An Intermediate Flow Selection Process can be deployed at any of   three places within the IPFIX architecture.  As shown in Figure 1,   the Intermediate Flow Selection Process can occur   1.  in the Metering Process at the IPFIX Exporter   2.  in the Exporting Process at the Collector   3.  within a MediatorD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                    [Page 9]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013                +===========================================+                |  IPFIX Exporter        +----------------+ |                |                        | Metering Proc. | |                | +-----------------+    +----------------+ |                | |    Metering     |    |  Intermediate  | |                | |    Process      | or | Flow Selection | |                | |                 |    |     Process    | |                | +-----------------+----+----------------+ |                | |           Exporting Process           | |                | +----|-------------------------------|--+ |                +======|===============================|====+                       |                               |                       |                               |                +======|========================+      |                |      |  Mediator              |      |                |    +-V-------------------+    |      |                |    | Collecting Process  |    |      |                |    +---------------------+    |      |                |    | Intermediate Flow   |    |      |                |    | Selection Process   |    |      |                |    +---------------------+    |      |                |    |  Exporting Process  |    |      |                |    +-|-------------------+    |      |                +======|========================+      |                       |                               |                       |                               |                +======|===============================|=====+                |      |         Collector             |     |                | +----V-------------------------------V-+   |                | |         Collecting Process           |   |                | +--------------------------------------+   |                | | Intermediate Flow Selection Process  |   |                | +--------------------------------------+   |                | |           Exporting Process          |   |                | +------------------------------|-------+   |                +================================|===========+                                                 |                                                 |                                                 V                                          +------------------+                                          |       IPFIX      |                                          +------------------+     Figure 1: Potential Intermediate Flow Selection Process Locations   In contrast to packet selection, the Intermediate Flow Selection   Process is always applied after the packets are classified into   Flows.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 10]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20135.1.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process in the Metering Process   An Intermediate Flow Selection Process in the Metering Process uses   packet information to update the Flow Records in the Flow Cache.  The   Intermediate Flow Selection Process, before Packet Classification,   can be based on the Flow Key (and also on a hash value over the Flow   Key) but not on characteristics that are only available after Packet   Classification (e.g., Flow size, Flow duration).  Here, an   Intermediate Flow Selection Process is applied to reduce resources   for all subsequent processes or to select specific Flows of interest   in cases where such Flow characteristics are already observable at   the packet level (e.g., Flows to specific IP addresses).  In   contrast, Flow-state dependent packet selection is a packet selection   technique, because it does not necessarily select Complete Flows.5.2.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process in the Exporting Process   An Intermediate Flow Selection Process in the Exporting Process works   on Flow Records and can therefore depend on Flow characteristics that   are only visible after the classification of packets, such as Flow   size and Flow duration.  The Exporting Process may implement policies   for exporting only a subset of the Flow Records that have been stored   in the system's memory, in order to offload Flow export and Flow   post-processing.  An Intermediate Flow Selection Process in the   Exporting Process may select only the subset of Flow Records that are   of interest to the user's application or select only as many Flow   Records as can be handled by the available resources (e.g., limited   export link capacity).5.3.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process as a Function of the IPFIX      Mediator   As shown in Figure 1, the Intermediate Flow Selection Process can be   performed within an IPFIX Mediator [RFC6183].  The Intermediate Flow   Selection Process takes a Flow Record stream as its input and selects   Flow Records from a sequence based upon criteria-evaluated record   values.  The Intermediate Flow Selection Process can again apply an   Intermediate Flow Selection Process technique to obtain Flows of   interest to the application.  Further, the Intermediate Flow   Selection Process can base its selection decision on the correlation   of data from different IPFIX Exporters, e.g., by only selecting Flows   that were recorded on two or more IPFIX Exporters.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 11]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20136.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process Techniques   An Intermediate Flow Selection Process technique selects either all   or none of the packets of a Flow; otherwise, the technique has to be   considered as packet selection.  A difference between Flow Filtering   and Flow sampling is recognized.6.1.  Flow Filtering   Flow Filtering is a deterministic function on the IPFIX Flow Record   content.  If the relevant Flow characteristics are already observable   at the packet level (e.g., Flow Keys), Flow Filtering can be applied   before aggregation at the packet level.  In order to be compliant   with IPFIX, at least one of this document's Flow Filtering schemes   MUST be implemented.6.1.1.  Property Match Filtering   Property Match Filtering is performed similarly to Property Match   Filtering for packet selection as described in [RFC5475].  The   difference is that Flow Record fields are used here, instead of   packet fields, to derive the selection decision.  Property Match   Filtering is used to select a specific subset of the Flows that are   of interest to a particular application (e.g., all Flows to a   specific destination, all large Flows, etc.).  Properties on which   the filtering is based can be Flow Keys, Flow Timestamps, or Per-Flow   Counters as described in [RFC7012].  Examples include the Flow size   in bytes, the number of packets in the Flow, the observation time of   the first or last packet, and the maximum packet length.  An example   of Property Match Filtering is to select Flows with more than a   threshold number of observed octets.  The selection criteria can be a   specific value, a set of specific values, or an interval.  For   example, a Flow is selected if destinationIPv4Address and the total   number of packets of the Flow equal two predefined values.  An   Intermediate Flow Selection Process using Property Match Filtering in   the Metering Process relies on properties that are observable at the   packet level (e.g., Flow Key).  For example, a Flow is selected if   sourceIPv4Address and sourceIPv4PrefixLength equal, respectively, two   specific values.   An Intermediate Flow Selection Process using Property Match Filtering   in the Exporting Process is based on properties that are only visible   after Packet Classification, such as Flow size and Flow duration.  An   example is the selection of the largest Flows or a percentage of   Flows with the longest lifetime.  Another example is to select and   remove from the Flow Cache the Flow Record with the lowest Flow   volume per current Flow lifetime if the Flow Cache is full.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 12]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   An Intermediate Flow Selection Process using Property Match Filtering   within an IPFIX Mediator selects a Flow Record if the value of a   specific field in the Flow Record equals a configured value or falls   within a configured range [RFC6183].6.1.2.  Hash-Based Flow Filtering   Hash-based Flow Filtering uses a hash function h to map the Flow Key   c onto a Hash Range R.  A Flow is selected if the hash value h(c) is   within the Hash Selection Range S, which is a subset of R.  Hash-   based Flow Filtering can be used to emulate a random sampling process   but still enable the correlation between selected Flow subsets at   different Observation Points.  Hash-based Flow Filtering is similar   to Hash-based packet selection and is in fact identical when Hash-   based packet selection uses the Flow Key that defines the Flow as the   hash input.  Nevertheless, there may be the incentive to apply Hash-   based Flow Filtering, but not at the packet level, in the Metering   Process, for example, when the size of the selection range, and   therefore the sampling probability, are dependent on the number of   observed Flows.  If Hash-based Flow Filtering is used to select the   same subset of flows at different Observation Points, the Hash Domain   MUST only include parts of the Flow Record content that are invariant   on the Flow path.  Refer also to the Trajectory Sampling application   example of coordinated packet selection [RFC5475], which explains the   hash-based filtering approach at the packet level.6.2.  Flow Sampling   Flow sampling operates on Flow Record sequence or arrival times.  It   can use either a systematic or a random function for the Intermediate   Flow Selection Process.  Flow sampling usually aims at the selection   of a representative subset of all Flows in order to estimate   characteristics of the whole set (e.g., mean Flow size in the   network).6.2.1.  Systematic Sampling   Systematic sampling is a deterministic selection function.  It may be   a periodic selection of the N-th Flow Record that arrives at the   Intermediate Flow Selection Process.  Systematic sampling MAY be   applied in the Metering Process.  An example would be to create,   besides the Flow Cache of selected Flows, an additional data   structure that saves the Flow Key values of the Flows that are not   selected.  The selection of a Flow would then be based on the first   packet of a Flow.  Every time a packet belonging to a new Flow (which   is not in the data structure of either the selected or non-selected   Flows) arrives at the Observation Point, a counter is increased.  IfD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 13]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   the counter is increased to a multiple of N, a new Flow Cache entry   is created; if the counter is not a multiple of N, the Flow Key value   is added to the data structure for non-selected Flows.   Systematic sampling can also be time-based.  Time-based systematic   sampling is applied by only creating Flows that are observed between   time-based start and stop triggers.  The time interval may be applied   at the packet level in the Metering Process or after aggregation at   the Flow level, e.g., by selecting a Flow arriving at the Exporting   Process every n seconds.6.2.2.  Random Sampling   Random Flow sampling is based on a random process that requires the   calculation of random numbers.  One can differentiate between n-out-   of-N and probabilistic Flow sampling.6.2.2.1.  n-out-of-N Flow Sampling   In n-out-of-N Sampling, n elements are selected out of the parent   population, which consists of N elements.  One example would be to   generate n different random numbers in the range [1,N] and select all   Flows that have a Flow Position equal to one of the random numbers.6.2.2.2.  Probabilistic Flow Sampling   In probabilistic Sampling, the decision of whether or not a Flow is   selected is made in accordance with a predefined selection   probability.  For probabilistic Sampling, the Sample Size can vary   for different trials.  The selection probability does not necessarily   have to be the same for each Flow.  Therefore, a difference between   uniform probabilistic sampling (with the same selection probability   for all Flows) and non-uniform probabilistic sampling (where the   selection probability can vary for different Flows) is recognized.   For non-uniform probabilistic Flow sampling, the sampling probability   may be adjusted according to the Flow Record content.  An example   would be to increase the selection probability of large-volume Flows   over small-volume Flows, as described in [DuLT01].6.3.  Flow-State Dependent Intermediate Flow Selection Process   The Flow-state dependent Intermediate Flow Selection Process can be a   deterministic or random Intermediate Flow Selection Process, based on   the Flow Record content and the Flow state that may be kept   additionally for each of the Flows.  External processes may update   counters, bounds, and timers for each of the Flow Records, and the   Intermediate Flow Selection Process utilizes this information for the   selection decision.  A review of Flow-state dependent IntermediateD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 14]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   Flow Selection Process techniques that aim at the selection of the   most frequent items by keeping additional Flow state information can   be found in [CoHa08].  The Flow-state dependent Intermediate Flow   Selection Process can only be applied after packet aggregation, when   a packet has been assigned to a Flow.  The Intermediate Flow   Selection Process then decides, based on the Flow state for each   Flow, whether it is kept in the Flow Cache or not.  Two Flow-state   dependent Intermediate Flow Selection Process Algorithms are   described here:   The Frequent algorithm [KaPS03] is a technique that aims at the   selection of all flows that at least exceed a 1/k fraction of the   Observed Packet Stream.  The algorithm has only a Flow Cache of size   k-1, and each Flow in the Flow Cache has an additional counter.  The   counter is incremented each time a packet belonging to the Flow in   the Flow Cache is observed.  If the observed packet does not belong   to any Flow, all counters are decremented; if any of the Flow   counters has a value of zero, the Flow is replaced with a Flow formed   from the new packet.   Lossy counting is a selection technique that identifies all Flows   whose packet count exceeds a certain percentage of the whole observed   packet stream (e.g., 5% of all packets) with a certain estimation   error e.  Lossy counting separates the observed packet stream in   windows of size N=1/e, where N is an amount of consecutive packets.   For each observed Flow, an additional counter will be held in the   Flow state.  The counter is incremented each time a packet belonging   to the Flow is observed, and all counters are decremented at the end   of each window.  Also, all Flows with a counter of zero are removed   from the Flow Cache.6.4.  Flow-State Dependent Packet Selection   Flow-state dependent packet selection is not an Intermediate Flow   Selection Process technique but a packet selection technique.   Nevertheless, configuration and reporting parameters for this   technique will be described in this document.  An example is the   "Sample and Hold" algorithm [EsVa01], which tries to implement a   preference for large-volume Flows in the selection.  When a packet   arrives, it is selected when a Flow Record for this packet already   exists.  If there is no Flow Record, the packet is selected according   to a certain probability that is dependent on the packet size.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 15]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20137.  Configuration of Intermediate Flow Selection Process Techniques   This section describes the configuration parameters of the Flow   selection techniques presented above.  It provides the basis for an   information model to be adopted in order to configure the   Intermediate Flow Selection Process within an IPFIX Device.  The   information model with the Information Elements (IEs) for   Intermediate Flow Selection Process configuration is described   together with the reporting IEs inSection 8.  Table 1 gives an   overview of the defined Intermediate Flow Selection Process   techniques, where they can be applied, and what their input   parameters are.  Depending on where the Flow selection techniques are   applied, different input parameters can be configured.   +-------------------+--------------------+--------------------------+   | Location          | Selection          | Selection Input          |   |                   | Technique          |                          |   +-------------------+--------------------+--------------------------+   | In the Metering   | Flow-state         | packet sampling          |   | Process           | Dependent Packet   | probabilities, Flow      |   |                   | Selection          | Selection State, packet  |   |                   |                    | properties               |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Metering   | Property Match     | Flow Record IEs,         |   | Process           | Flow Filtering     | Selection Interval       |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Metering   | Hash-based Flow    | selection range, hash    |   | Process           | Filtering          | function, Flow Key, seed |   |                   |                    | (optional)               |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Metering   | Time-based         | Flow Position (derived   |   | Process           | Systematic Flow    | from arrival time of     |   |                   | sampling           | packets), Flow Selection |   |                   |                    | State                    |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Metering   | Sequence-based     | Flow Position (derived   |   | Process           | Systematic Flow    | from packet position),   |   |                   | sampling           | Flow Selection State     |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Metering   | Random Flow        | random number generator  |   | Process           | sampling           | or list and packet       |   |                   |                    | position, Flow state     |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Exporting  | Property Match     | Flow Record content,     |   | Process/ within   | Flow Filtering     | filter function          |   | the IPFIX         |                    |                          |   | Mediator          |                    |                          |   |                   |                    |                          |D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 16]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   | In the Exporting  | Hash-based Flow    | selection range, hash    |   | Process/ within   | Filtering          | function, hash input     |   | the IPFIX         |                    | (Flow Keys and other     |   | Mediator          |                    | Flow properties)         |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Exporting  | Flow-state         | Flow state parameters,   |   | Process/ within   | Dependent          | random number generator  |   | the IPFIX         | Intermediate Flow  | or list                  |   | Mediator          | Selection Process  |                          |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Exporting  | Time-based         | Flow arrival time, Flow  |   | Process/ within   | Systematic Flow    | state                    |   | the IPFIX         | sampling           |                          |   | Mediator          |                    |                          |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Exporting  | Sequence-based     | Flow Position, Flow      |   | Process/ within   | Systematic Flow    | state                    |   | the IPFIX         | sampling           |                          |   | Mediator          |                    |                          |   |                   |                    |                          |   | In the Exporting  | Random Flow        | random number generator  |   | Process/ within   | sampling           | or list and Flow         |   | the IPFIX         |                    | Position, Flow state     |   | Mediator          |                    |                          |   +-------------------+--------------------+--------------------------+    Table 1: Overview of Intermediate Flow Selection Process Techniques7.1.  Intermediate Flow Selection Process Parameters   This section defines what parameters are required to describe the   most common Intermediate Flow Selection Process techniques.   Intermediate Flow Selection Process Parameters:   For Property Match Filtering:   -  Information Element as specified in [IANA-IPFIX]):      Specifies the Information Element that is used as the property in      the filter expression.Section 8 specifies the Information      Elements that MUST be exported by an Intermediate Flow Selection      Process using Property Match Filtering.   -  Selection Value or Value Interval:      Specifies the value or interval of the filter expression.  Packets      and Flow Records that have a value equal to the Selection Value or      within the Interval will be selected.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 17]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   For Hash-based Flow Filtering:   -  Hash Domain:      Specifies the bits from the packet or Flow that are taken as the      hash input to the hash function.   -  Hash Function:      Specifies the name of the hash function that is used to calculate      the hash value.  Possible hash functions are BOB [RFC5475], IP      Shift-XOR (IPSX) [RFC5475], and CRC-32 [Bra75].   -  Hash Selection Range:      Flows that have a hash value within the Hash Selection Range are      selected.  The Hash Selection Range can be a value interval or      arbitrary hash values within the Hash Range of the hash function.   -  Random Seed or Initializer Value:      Some hash functions require an initializing value.  In order to      make the selection decision more secure, one can choose a random      seed that configures the hash function.   For Flow-state Dependent Intermediate Flow Selection Process:   -  Frequency threshold:      Specifies the frequency threshold s for Flow-state dependent Flow      Selection techniques that try to find the most frequent items      within a dataset.  All Flows that exceed the defined threshold      will be selected.   -  Accuracy parameter:      Specifies the accuracy parameter e for techniques that deal with      the issue of mining frequent items in a dataset.  The accuracy      parameter defines the maximum error, i.e., no Flows that have a      true frequency less than (s - e) N are selected, where s is the      frequency threshold and N is the total number of packets.   The above list of parameters for Flow-state dependent Flow Selection   techniques is suitable for the presented frequent item and lossy   counting algorithms.  Nevertheless, a variety of techniques exist   with very specific parameters not defined here.   For Systematic time-based Flow sampling:   -  Interval length (in usec):      Defines the length of the sampling interval during which Flows are      selected.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 18]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   -  Spacing (in usec):      Defines the spacing in usec between the end of one sampling      interval and the start of the next interval.   For Systematic count-based Flow sampling:   -  Interval length:      Defines the number of Flows that are selected within the sampling      interval.   -  Spacing:      Defines the spacing, in number of observed Flows, between the end      of one sampling interval and the start of the next interval.   For random n-out-of-N Flow sampling:   -  Population Size N:      The number of all Flows in the Population from which the sample is      drawn.   -  Sampling Size n:      The number of Flows that are randomly drawn from the population N.   For probabilistic Flow sampling:   -  Sampling probability p:      Defines the probability by which each of the observed Flows is      selected.7.2.  Description of Flow-State Dependent Packet Selection   The configuration of Flow-state dependent packet selection has not   been described in [RFC5475]; therefore, the parameters are defined   here:   For Flow-state Dependent Packet Selection:   -  Packet selection probability per possible Flow state interval:      Defines multiple {Flow interval, packet selection probability}      value pairs that configure the sampling probability, depending on      the current Flow state.   -  Additional parameters:      For the configuration of Flow-state dependent packet selection,      additional parameters or packet properties may be required, e.g.,      the packet size [EsVa01].D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 19]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20138.  Information Model for Intermediate Flow Selection Process    Configuration and Reporting   This section specifies the Information Elements that MUST be exported   by an Intermediate Flow Selection Process in order to support the   interpretation of measurement results from Flow measurements.  The   information is mainly used to report how many packets and Flows have   been observed in total and how many of them were selected.  This   helps, for instance, to calculate the Attained Selection Fraction   (see also [RFC5476]), which is an important parameter for providing   an accuracy statement.  The IEs can provide reporting information   about Flow Records, packets, or bytes.  The reported metrics are the   total number of elements and the number of selected elements.  The   number of dropped elements can be derived from this information.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 20]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   Table 2 shows a list of Intermediate Flow Selection Process   Information Elements:   ID   Name                         | ID   Name   ----------------------------------+----------------------------------   301  selectionSequenceID          | 302  selectorID                                     |   390  flowSelectorAlgorithm        |   1  octetDeltaCount                                     |   391  flowSelectedOctetDeltaCount  |   2  packetDeltaCount                                     |   392  flowSelectedPacketDeltaCount |   3  originalFlowsPresent                                     |   393  flowSelectedFlowDeltaCount   | 394  selectorIDTotalFlowsObserved                                     |   395  selectorIDTotalFlowsSelected | 396  samplingFlowInterval                                     |   397  samplingFlowSpacing          | 309  samplingSize                                     |   310  samplingPopulation           | 311  samplingProbability                                     |   398  flowSamplingTimeInterval     | 399  flowSamplingTimeSpacing                                     |   326  digestHashValue              | 400  hashFlowDomain                                     |   329  hashOutputRangeMin           | 330  hashOutputRangeMax                                     |   331  hashSelectedRangeMin         | 332  hashSelectedRangeMax                                     |   333  hashDigestOutput             | 334  hashInitialiserValue                                     |   320  absoluteError                | 321  relativeError                                     |   336  upperCILimit                 | 337  lowerCILimit                                     |   338  confidenceLevel              |     Table 2: Intermediate Flow Selection Process Information ElementsD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 21]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20139.  IANA Considerations9.1.  Registration of Information Elements   IANA has registered the following IEs in the "IPFIX Information   Elements" registry athttp://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix/.9.1.1.  flowSelectorAlgorithm   Description:      This Information Element identifies the Intermediate Flow      Selection Process technique (e.g., Filtering, Sampling) that is      applied by the Intermediate Flow Selection Process.  Most of these      techniques have parameters; configuration parameter(s) MUST be      clearly specified.  Further Information Elements are needed to      fully specify packet selection with these methods and all their      parameters.  Further method identifiers may be added to the list      below.  It might be necessary to define new Information Elements      to specify their parameters.  The flowSelectorAlgorithm registry      is maintained by IANA.  New assignments for the registry will be      administered by IANA, on a First Come First Served basis      [RFC5226], subject to Expert Review [RFC5226].  Please note that      the purpose of the flow selection techniques described in this      document is the improvement of measurement functions as defined in      the Introduction (Section 1).  Before adding new flow selector      algorithms, their intended purposes should be determined,      especially if those purposes contradict any policies defined in      [RFC2804].  The designated expert(s) should consult with the      community if a request that runs counter to [RFC2804] is received.      The registry can be updated when specifications of the new      method(s) and any new Information Elements are provided.  The      group of experts must double-check the flowSelectorAlgorithm      definitions and Information Elements with already-defined      flowSelectorAlgorithm definitions and Information Elements for      completeness, accuracy, and redundancy.  Those experts will      initially be drawn from the Working Group Chairs and document      editors of the IPFIX and PSAMP Working Groups.  The following      identifiers for Intermediate Flow Selection Process Techniques are      defined here:D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 22]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013         +----+------------------------+--------------------------+         | ID |       Technique        |      Parameters          |         +----+------------------------+--------------------------+         | 1  | Systematic count-based | flowSamplingInterval     |         |    | Sampling               | flowSamplingSpacing      |         +----+------------------------+--------------------------+         | 2  | Systematic time-based  | flowSamplingTimeInterval |         |    | Sampling               | flowSamplingTimeSpacing  |         +----+------------------------+--------------------------+         | 3  | Random n-out-of-N      | samplingSize             |         |    | Sampling               | samplingPopulation       |         +----+------------------------+--------------------------+         | 4  | Uniform probabilistic  | samplingProbability      |         |    | Sampling               |                          |         +----+------------------------+--------------------------+         | 5  | Property Match         | Information Element      |         |    | Filtering              | Value Range              |         +----+------------------------+--------------------------+         |   Hash-based Filtering      | hashInitialiserValue     |         +----+------------------------+ hashFlowDomain           |         | 6  | using BOB              | hashSelectedRangeMin     |         +----+------------------------+ hashSelectedRangeMax     |         | 7  | using IPSX             | hashOutputRangeMin       |         +----+------------------------+ hashOutputRangeMax       |         | 8  | using CRC              |                          |         +----+------------------------+--------------------------+         | 9  | Flow-state Dependent   |No agreed Parameters      |         |    | Intermediate Flow      |                          |         |    | Selection Process      |                          |         +----+------------------------+--------------------------+          Table 3: Intermediate Flow Selection Process Techniques   Abstract Data Type: unsigned16   ElementId: 390   Data Type Semantics: identifier   Status: currentD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 23]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20139.1.2.  flowSelectedOctetDeltaCount   Description:      This Information Element specifies the volume in octets of all      Flows that are selected in the Intermediate Flow Selection Process      since the previous report.   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64   ElementId: 391   Units: octets   Status: current9.1.3.  flowSelectedPacketDeltaCount   Description:      This Information Element specifies the volume in packets of all      Flows that were selected in the Intermediate Flow Selection      Process since the previous report.   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64   ElementId: 392   Units: packets   Status: current9.1.4.  flowSelectedFlowDeltaCount   Description:      This Information Element specifies the number of Flows that were      selected in the Intermediate Flow Selection Process since the last      report.   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64   ElementId: 393   Units: flows   Status: currentD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 24]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20139.1.5.  selectorIDTotalFlowsObserved   Description:      This Information Element specifies the total number of Flows      observed by a Selector, for a specific value of SelectorID.  This      Information Element should be used in an Options Template scoped      to the observation to which it refers.  SeeSection 3.4.2.1 of the      IPFIX protocol document [RFC7011].   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64   ElementId: 394   Units: flows   Status: current9.1.6.  selectorIDTotalFlowsSelected   Description:      This Information Element specifies the total number of Flows      selected by a Selector, for a specific value of SelectorID.  This      Information Element should be used in an Options Template scoped      to the observation to which it refers.  SeeSection 3.4.2.1 of the      IPFIX protocol document [RFC7011].   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64   ElementId: 395   Units: flows   Status: currentD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 25]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20139.1.7.  samplingFlowInterval   Description:      This Information Element specifies the number of Flows that are      consecutively sampled.  A value of 100 means that 100 consecutive      Flows are sampled.  For example, this Information Element may be      used to describe the configuration of a systematic count-based      Sampling Selector.   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64   ElementId: 396   Units: flows   Status: current9.1.8.  samplingFlowSpacing   Description:      This Information Element specifies the number of Flows between two      "samplingFlowInterval"s.  A value of 100 means that the next      interval starts 100 Flows (which are not sampled) after the      current "samplingFlowInterval" is over.  For example, this      Information Element may be used to describe the configuration of a      systematic count-based Sampling Selector.   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64   ElementId: 397   Units: flows   Status: currentD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 26]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20139.1.9.  flowSamplingTimeInterval   Description:      This Information Element specifies the time interval in      microseconds during which all arriving Flows are sampled.  For      example, this Information Element may be used to describe the      configuration of a systematic time-based Sampling Selector.   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64   ElementId: 398   Units: microseconds   Status: current9.1.10.  flowSamplingTimeSpacing   Description:      This Information Element specifies the time interval in      microseconds between two "flowSamplingTimeInterval"s.  A value of      100 means that the next interval starts 100 microseconds (during      which no Flows are sampled) after the current      "flowsamplingTimeInterval" is over.  For example, this Information      Element may be used to describe the configuration of a systematic      time-based Sampling Selector.   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64   ElementId: 399   Units: microseconds   Status: currentD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 27]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 20139.1.11.  hashFlowDomain   Description:      This Information Element specifies the Information Elements that      are used by the Hash-based Flow Selector as the Hash Domain.   Abstract Data Type: unsigned16   ElementId: 400   Data Type Semantics: identifier   Status: Current9.2.  Registration of Object Identifier   IANA has registered the following OID in the IPFIX-SELECTOR-MIB   Functions subregistry athttp://www.iana.org/assignments/smi-numbers   according to the procedures set forth in [RFC6615].   +---------+-----------------------+---------------------+-----------+   | Decimal | Name                  | Description         | Reference |   +---------+-----------------------+---------------------+-----------+   | 8       | flowSelectorAlgorithm | This Object         | [RFC7014] |   |         |                       | Identifier          |           |   |         |                       | identifies the      |           |   |         |                       | Intermediate Flow   |           |   |         |                       | Selection Process   |           |   |         |                       | technique (e.g.,    |           |   |         |                       | Filtering,          |           |   |         |                       | Sampling) that is   |           |   |         |                       | applied by the      |           |   |         |                       | Intermediate Flow   |           |   |         |                       | Selection Process   |           |   +---------+-----------------------+---------------------+-----------+               Table 4: Object Identifiers to Be Registered10.  Security and Privacy Considerations   Flow data exported by Exporting Processes, and collected by   Collecting Processes, can be sensitive for privacy reasons and need   to be protected.  Privacy considerations for collected data are   provided in [RFC7011].   Some of the described Intermediate Flow Selection Process techniques   (e.g., Flow sampling, hash-based Flow Filtering) aim at the selectionD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 28]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   of a representative subset of flows in order to estimate parameters   of the population.  An adversary may have incentives to influence the   selection of flows, for example, to circumvent accounting or to avoid   the detection of packets that are part of an attack.   Security considerations concerning the choice of a hash function for   Hash-based packet selection have been discussed inSection 6.2.3 of   [RFC5475] and are also appropriate for Hash-based Flow Selection.   [RFC5475] discusses the possibility of crafting Packet Streams that   are disproportionately selected or can be used to discover hash   function parameters.  It also describes vulnerabilities of different   hash functions to these attacks and discusses practices to minimize   these vulnerabilities.   For other sampling approaches, an adversary can gain knowledge about   the start and stop triggers in time-based systematic Sampling, e.g.,   by sending test packets.  This knowledge might allow adversaries to   modify their send schedule in such a way that their packets are   disproportionately selected or not selected.  For random Sampling, an   input to the encryption process, like the Initialization Vector of   the CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) mode, should be used to prevent an   adversary from predicting the selection decision [Dw01].   Further security threats can occur when Intermediate Flow Selection   Process parameters are configured or communicated to other entities.   The protocol(s) for the configuration and reporting of Intermediate   Flow Selection Process parameters are out of scope for this document.   Nevertheless, a set of initial requirements for future configuration   and reporting protocols are stated below:   1.  Protection against disclosure of configuration information:       Intermediate Flow Selection Process configuration information       describes the Intermediate Flow Selection Process and its       parameters.  This information can be useful to attackers.       Attackers may craft packets that never fit the selection criteria       in order to prevent Flows from being seen by the Intermediate       Flow Selection Process.  They can also craft a lot of packets       that fit the selection criteria and overload or bias subsequent       processes.  Therefore, any transmission of configuration data       (e.g., to configure a process or to report its actual status)       should be protected by encryption.   2.  Protection against modification of configuration information:       Sending incorrect configuration information to the Intermediate       Flow Selection Process can lead to a malfunction of the       Intermediate Flow Selection Process.  Additionally, reporting       incorrect configuration information from the Intermediate Flow       Selection Process to other processes can lead to incorrectD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 29]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013       estimations at subsequent processes.  Therefore, any protocol       that transmits configuration information should prevent an       attacker from modifying configuration information.  Data       integrity can be achieved by authenticating the data.   3.  Protection against malicious nodes sending configuration       information:       The remote configuration of Intermediate Flow Selection Process       techniques should be protected against access by unauthorized       nodes.  This can be achieved by access control lists at the       device that hosts the Intermediate Flow Selection Process (e.g.,       IPFIX Exporter, IPFIX Mediator, or IPFIX Collector) and by source       authentication.  The reporting of configuration data from an       Intermediate Flow Selection Process has to be protected in the       same way.  That means that protocols that report configuration       data from the Intermediate Flow Selection Process to other       processes also need to protect against unauthorized nodes       reporting configuration information.   The security threats that originate from communicating configuration   information to and from Intermediate Flow Selection Processes cannot   be assessed solely with the information given in this document.  A   further and more detailed assessment of security threats is necessary   when a specific protocol for the configuration or reporting   configuration data is proposed.11.  Acknowledgments   We would like to thank the IPFIX group, especially Brian Trammell,   Paul Aitken, and Benoit Claise, for fruitful discussions and for   proofreading the document.12.  References12.1.  Normative References   [RFC2119]     Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate                 Requirement Levels",BCP 14,RFC 2119, March 1997.   [RFC5475]     Zseby, T., Molina, M., Duffield, N., Niccolini, S., and                 F. Raspall, "Sampling and Filtering Techniques for IP                 Packet Selection",RFC 5475, March 2009.   [RFC5476]     Claise, B., Johnson, A., and J. Quittek, "Packet                 Sampling (PSAMP) Protocol Specifications",RFC 5476,                 March 2009.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 30]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   [RFC6615]     Dietz, T., Kobayashi, A., Claise, B., and G. Muenz,                 "Definitions of Managed Objects for IP Flow Information                 Export",RFC 6615, June 2012.   [RFC7011]     Claise, B., Ed., Trammell, B., Ed., and P. Aitken,                 "Specification of the IP Flow Information Export                 (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of Flow Information",                 STD 77,RFC 7011, September 2013.   [RFC7012]     Claise, B., Ed. and B. Trammell, Ed., "Information                 Model for IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)",RFC 7012, September 2013.12.2.  Informative References   [Bra75]       Brayer, K., "Evaluation of 32 Degree Polynomials in                 Error Detection on the SATIN IV Autovon Error                 Patterns", National Technical Information Service,                 August 1975.   [CoHa08]      Cormode, G. and M. Hadjieleftheriou, "Finding Frequent                 Items in Data Streams", Proceedings of the 34th                 International Conference on Very Large DataBases                 (VLDB), Auckland, New Zealand, Volume 1, Issue 2, pages                 1530-1541, August 2008.   [DuLT01]      Duffield, N., Lund, C., and M. Thorup, "Charging from                 Sampled Network Usage", ACM SIGCOMM Internet                 Measurement Workshop (IMW) 2001, pages 245-256, San                 Francisco, CA, USA, November 2001.   [Dw01]        Dworkin, M., "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of                 Operation - Methods and Techniques", NIST Special                 Publication 800-38A, December 2001.   [EsVa01]      Estan, C. and G,. Varghese, "New Directions in Traffic                 Measurement and Accounting: Focusing on the Elephants,                 Ignoring the Mice", ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement                 Workshop (IMW) 2001, San Francisco, CA, USA,                 November 2001.   [IANA-IPFIX]  IANA, "IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Entities                 Registry", <http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix/>.   [KaPS03]      Karp, R., Papadimitriou, C., and S. Shenker, "A simple                 algorithm for finding frequent elements in sets and                 bags", ACM Transactions on Database Systems, Volume 28,                 pages 51-55, March 2003.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 31]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013   [MSZC10]      Mai, J., Sridharan, A., Zang, H., and C. Chuah, "Fast                 Filtered Sampling", Computer Networks Volume 54, Issue                 11, pages 1885-1898, ISSN 1389-1286, August 2010.   [MaMo02]      Manku, G. and R. Motwani, "Approximate Frequency Counts                 over Data Streams", Proceedings of the 28th                 International Conference on Very Large DataBases                 (VLDB), Hong Kong, China, pages 346-357, August 2002.   [RFC2804]     IAB and IESG, "IETF Policy on Wiretapping",RFC 2804,                 May 2000.   [RFC3917]     Quittek, J., Zseby, T., Claise, B., and S. Zander,                 "Requirements for IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)",RFC 3917, October 2004.   [RFC5226]     Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing                 an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs",BCP 26,RFC 5226, May 2008.   [RFC5470]     Sadasivan, G., Brownlee, N., Claise, B., and J.                 Quittek, "Architecture for IP Flow Information Export",RFC 5470, March 2009.   [RFC6183]     Kobayashi, A., Claise, B., Muenz, G., and K. Ishibashi,                 "IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Mediation:                 Framework",RFC 6183, April 2011.D'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 32]

RFC 7014                Flow Selection Techniques         September 2013Authors' Addresses   Salvatore D'Antonio   University of Napoli "Parthenope"   Centro Direzionale di Napoli Is. C4   Naples  80143   Italy   Phone: +39 081 5476766   EMail: salvatore.dantonio@uniparthenope.it   Tanja Zseby   CAIDA/FhG FOKUS   San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)   University of California, San Diego (UCSD)   9500 Gilman Drive   La Jolla, CA  92093-0505   USA   EMail: tanja.zseby@tuwien.ac.at   Christian Henke   Tektronix Communications Berlin   Wohlrabedamm 32   Berlin  13629   Germany   Phone: +49 17 2323 8717   EMail: christian.henke@tektronix.com   Lorenzo Peluso   University of Napoli   Via Claudio 21   Napoli  80125   Italy   Phone: +39 081 7683821   EMail: lorenzo.peluso@unina.itD'Antonio, et al.            Standards Track                   [Page 33]

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