Request for Comments: 6727
Category: Standards Track
ISSN: 2070-1721
NEC Europe Ltd.
B. Claise
Cisco Systems, Inc.
J. Quittek
NEC Europe Ltd.
October 2012
Definitions of Managed Objects for Packet Sampling
Abstract
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This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it describes extensions to the IPFIX-SELECTOR-MIB module. For IP Flow Information eXport (IPFIX) implementations that use Packet Sampling (PSAMP) techniques, this memo defines the PSAMP- MIB module containing managed objects for providing information on applied packet selection functions and their parameters.
Status of This Memo
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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 in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6727.
Copyright Notice
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Copyright © 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved.
This document is subject to BCP 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.
Table of Contents
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1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Overview of PSAMP Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. Related IPFIX Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5. Structure of the PSAMP MIB module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5.1. Textual Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5.2. Packet Selection Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.2.1. Systematic Count-Based Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.2.2. Systematic Time-Based Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.2.3. Random n-out-of-N Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.2.4. Uniform Probabilistic Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.2.5. Property Match Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.2.6. Hash-Based Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 9. Acknowledgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework
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For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of RFC 3410 [RFC3410].
Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. MIB objects are generally accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the Structure of Management Information (SMI). This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58, RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and STD 58,RFC 2580 [RFC2580].
2. Introduction
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The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
This document is a product of the IP Flow Information eXport (IPFIX) Working Group (WG). Work on this document was started in the Packet Sampling (PSAMP) WG and moved to the IPFIX WG when the PSAMP WG was concluded.
Its purpose is to define managed objects for monitoring, PSAMP Devices performing packet selection by Sampling and Filtering as described in [RFC5475].
It is assumed that packet Sampling is performed according to the framework defined in [RFC5474]. In this document, the PSAMP terms that appear capitalized are used as defined in [RFC5475].
Managed objects in the PSAMP MIB module are defined as an extension of the IPFIX-MIB and IPFIX-SELECTOR-MIB modules [RFC6615]. Since the IPFIX MIB module is only for monitoring the same holds true for the PSAMP MIB module defined in this document. The definition of objects is in line with the PSAMP information model [RFC5477].
Section 3 gives an overview of the PSAMP documents, while Section 4 refers to the related IPFIX documents. Section 5 describes the structure of the PSAMP MIB module, and Section 6 contains the formal definition. Security issues are discussed in Section 7.
3. Overview of PSAMP Documents
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[RFC5474]: "A Framework for Packet Selection and Reporting" describes the PSAMP framework for network elements to select subsets of packets by statistical and other methods, and to export a stream of reports on the selected packets to a Collector.
[RFC5475]: "Sampling and Filtering Techniques for IP Packet Selection" describes the set of packet selection techniques supported by PSAMP.
[RFC5476]: "Packet Sampling (PSAMP) Protocol Specifications" specifies the export of packet information from a PSAMP Exporting Process to a PSAMP Collecting Process.
[RFC5477]: "Information Model for Packet Sampling Exports" defines an information and data model for PSAMP.
This document: "Definitions of Managed Objects for Packet Sampling" describes the PSAMP Management Information Base.
4. Related IPFIX Documents
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The IPFIX protocol provides network administrators with access to IP Flow information.
[RFC5101]: "Specification of the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of IP Traffic Flow Information" specifies how IPFIX Data Records and Templates are carried via a congestion- aware transport protocol from IPFIX Exporting Processes to IPFIX Collecting Processes. It also specifies the data types used in the PSAMP MIB module and their encoding.
[RFC6615]: The IPFIX-MIB "Definitions of Managed Objects for IP Flow Information Export" is the basis for this document because it extends the IPFIX SELECTOR MIB module defined there.
5. Structure of the PSAMP MIB module
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The IPFIX-MIB module defined in [RFC6615] has the concept of a packet Selection Process containing a set of Selector function instances. Selection Processes and functions are referenced in the ipfixSelectionProcessTable of the IPFIX-MIB module. The ipfixSelectionProcessTable identifies an instance of a Selector function by an OID. The OID points to an object that describes the Selector function. For simple Selector functions without parameters, the OID refers to an object that contains only one additional object indicating the current availability of the function. For functions that have one or more parameters, the object has a subtree that, in addition to an availability object, contains a table with a conceptual column for each parameter. Entries (conceptual rows) in this table represent different combinations of parameter values for instances of the Selector function.
The object ipfixSelectorFunctions in the IPFIX SELECTOR MIB module serves as the root for objects that describe instances of packet Selector functions. The IPFIX SELECTOR MIB module is a very small module that is defined in [RFC6615]. The top-level OIDs of the parameter trees located beneath ipfixSelectorFunctions are maintained by IANA. In the IPFIX SELECTOR MIB module as defined by [RFC6615], the object ipfixSelectorFunctions contains just a single trivial packet Selector function called ipfixFuncSelectAll that selects every packet and has no parameter:
ipfixSelectorMIB
+- ipfixSelectorObjects(1)-
+- ipfixSelectorFunctions(1)
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+- ipfixFuncSelectAll(1)
+- ipfixFuncSelectAllAvail(1)
The PSAMP MIB module defined in this document registers additional top-level OIDs for the parameter subtrees of its Selector functions in the IPFIX-SELECTOR-MIB Function sub-registry according to the procedures defined in [RFC6615]. It introduces six new subtrees beneath ipfixSelectorFunctions. Each of them describes a packet Selector function with one or more parameters. Naming and ordering of objects is fully in line with the guidelines given in Section 6.1 of [RFC6615]. All functions and their parameters are already listed in the overview of functions given by the table in Section 8.2.1 of [RFC5477].
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5.1. Textual Conventions
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The PSAMP MIB module imports two textual conventions that define data types used in this MIB module from other MIB modules. The Unsigned64TC data type is imported from the APPLICATION MIB module [RFC2564], and the Float64TC data type is imported from the FLOAT-TC- MIB module [RFC6340]. Those data types are defined according to [RFC5101]. Those data types are not an integral part of [RFC2578] but are needed to define objects in this MIB module that conform to the Information Elements defined for those objects in [RFC5477].
The Unsigned64TC textual convention describes an unsigned integer of 64 bits. It is imported from the APPLICATION MIB module. The Float64TC textual convention describes the format that is used for 64-bit floating point numbers.
5.2. Packet Selection Functions
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In general, different packet Selector functions have different parameters. The PSAMP MIB module contains six objects with subtrees that provide information on parameters of function instances of different Selector functions. All objects are named and structured according to Section 8.2.1 of [RFC5477]:
ipfixSelectorFunctions(1) +-- psampSampCountBased(2) +-- psampSampTimeBased(3) +-- psampSampRandOutOfN(4) +-- psampSampUniProb(5) +-- psampFiltPropMatch(6) +-- psampFiltHash(7)
Indexing of these functions in the PSAMP MIB module starts with index (2). The function ipfixFuncSelectAll with index (1) is already defined in the IPFIX SELECTOR MIB module as shown above.
The object tree for each of these functions is described below. Semantics of all functions and their parameters are described in detail in [RFC5475]. More information on the Selector Reports can also be found in Section 6.5.2 of [RFC5476].
5.2.1. Systematic Count-Based Sampling
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The first Selector function is systematic count-based Sampling. Its availability is indicated by object psampSampCountBasedAvail. The function has two parameters: psampSampCountBasedInterval and psampSampCountBasedSpace. Different combinations of values of these parameters for different instances of the Selector function are represented by different conceptual rows in the table psampSampCountBasedParamSetTable:
psampSampCountBased(2) +-- psampSampCountBasedAvail(1) +-- psampSampCountBasedParamSetTable(2) +-- psampSampCountBasedParamSetEntry(1) [psampSampCountBasedIndex] +-- psampSampCountBasedIndex(1) +-- psampSampCountBasedInterval(2) +-- psampSampCountBasedSpace(3)
5.2.2. Systematic Time-Based Sampling
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The second Selector function is systematic time-based Sampling. The structure of the subtree for this function is similar to the psampSampCountBased subtree. Parameters are psampSampTimeBasedInterval and psampSampTimeBasedSpace. They appear to be the same as for count-based Sampling, but their data types are different because they indicate time values instead of numbers of packets:
psampSampTimeBased(3) +-- psampSampTimeBasedAvail(1) +-- psampSampTimeBasedParamSetTable(2) +-- psampSampTimeBasedParamSetEntry(1) [psampSampTimeBasedIndex] +-- psampSampTimeBasedIndex(1) +-- psampSampTimeBasedInterval(2) +-- psampSampTimeBasedSpace(3)
5.2.3. Random n-out-of-N Sampling
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The third Selector function is random n-out-of-N Sampling. Parameters are psampSampRandOutOfNSize and psampSampRandOutOfNPopulation:
psampSampRandOutOfN(4) +-- psampSampRandOutOfNAvail(1) +-- psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetTable(2) +-- psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetEntry(1) [psampSampRandOutOfNIndex] +-- psampSampRandOutOfNIndex(1) +-- psampSampRandOutOfNSize(2) +-- psampSampRandOutOfNPopulation(3)
5.2.4. Uniform Probabilistic Sampling
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The fourth Selector function is uniform probabilistic Sampling. It has just a single parameter called psampSampUniProbProbability:
psampSampUniProb(5) +-- psampSampUniProbAvail(1) +-- psampSampUniProbParamSetTable(2) +-- psampSampUniProbParamSetEntry(1) [psampSampUniProbIndex] +-- psampSampUniProbIndex(1) +-- psampSampUniProbProbability(2)
5.2.5. Property Match Filtering
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The fifth Selector function is property match Filtering. For this Selector function, there is a broad variety of possible parameters that could be used. But, as stated in Section 8.2.1 of [RFC5477], there are no agreed parameters specified and the subtree for this function only contains an object indicating the availability of this function. Parameters cannot be retrieved via the PSAMP MIB module:
psampFiltPropMatch(6) +-- psampFiltPropMatchAvail(1)
5.2.6. Hash-Based Filtering
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The sixth Selector function is hash-based Filtering. The object psampFiltHashFunction is an enumeration that specifies the kind of hash function that is applied. These hash functions have quite a number of parameters, and the actual number may vary with the choice of the hash function applied. The common parameter set for all hash- based Filtering functions contains 7 parameters: psampFiltHashInitializerValue, psampFiltHashIpPayloadOffset, psampFiltHashIpPayloadSize, psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMin, psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMax, psampFiltHashOutputRangeMin, and psampFiltHashOutputRangeMax.
psampFiltHash(7) +-- psampFiltHashAvail(1) +-- psampFiltHashCapabilities(2) +-- psampFiltHashParamSetTable(3) +-- psampFiltHashParamSetEntry(1) [psampFiltHashIndex] +-- psampFiltHashIndex(1) +-- psampFiltHashFunction(2) +-- psampFiltHashInitializerValue(3) +-- psampFiltHashIpPayloadOffset(4) +-- psampFiltHashIpPayloadSize(5) +-- psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMin(6) +-- psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMax(7) +-- psampFiltHashOutputRangeMin(8) +-- psampFiltHashOutputRangeMax(9)Further parameters depend on the applied hash function and are not specified within the PSAMP MIB module.
6. Definitions
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PSAMP-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
IMPORTS
MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, Integer32, Unsigned32, mib-2 FROM SNMPv2-SMI -- RFC 2578 TruthValue FROM SNMPv2-TC -- RFC 2579 MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP FROM SNMPv2-CONF -- RFC 2580 Unsigned64TC FROM APPLICATION-MIB -- RFC 2564 Float64TC FROM FLOAT-TC-MIB -- RFC 6340 ipfixSelectorFunctions FROM IPFIX-SELECTOR-MIB; -- RFC 6615psampMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
LAST-UPDATED "201209051200Z" -- 5 September 2012 ORGANIZATION "IETF IPFIX Working Group" CONTACT-INFO "WG charter: http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ipfix/charter/ Mailing Lists: General Discussion: ipfix@ietf.org To Subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipfix Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ipfix/current/maillist.html-
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Thomas Dietz (editor)
NEC Europe Ltd.
NEC Laboratories Europe
Network Research Division
Kurfuersten-Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: +49 6221 4342-128
EMail: Thomas.Dietz@neclab.eu
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Benoit Claise Cisco Systems, Inc. De Kleetlaan 6a b1 Diegem 1831 Belgium Phone: +32 2 704 5622 EMail: bclaise@cisco.com Juergen Quittek NEC Europe Ltd. NEC Laboratories Europe Network Research Division Kurfuersten-Anlage 36 69115 Heidelberg Germany Phone: +49 6221 4342-115 EMail: quittek@neclab.eu" DESCRIPTION "The PSAMP MIB defines managed objects for packet sampling and filtering.-
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These objects provide information about managed nodes supporting packet sampling, including packet sampling capabilities, configuration, and statistics.
The PSAMP MIB module registers additional top-level OIDs for the parameter subtrees of its Selector functions in the IPFIX-SELECTOR-MIB Function sub-registry according to the procedures defined in RFC 6615.Copyright © 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
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This version of this MIB module is part of RFC 6727; see the RFC itself for full legal notices." -- Revision history REVISION "201209051200Z" -- 5 September 2012 DESCRIPTION "Initial version, published as RFC 6727." ::= { mib-2 212 } -- Top-level structure of the MIB psampObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { psampMIB 1 } psampConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { psampMIB 2 } --================================================================== -- Packet selection sampling methods group of objects --================================================================== --================================================================== --* Method 1: Systematic count-based Sampling --================================================================== -- Reference: RFC 5475 (Section 5.1), RFC 5476 (Section 6.5.2.1), -- and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2) psampSampCountBased OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipfixSelectorFunctions 2 }
psampSampCountBasedAvail OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the availability of systematic count-based sampling at the managed node. A Selector may be unavailable if it is implemented but currently disabled due to, e.g., administrative reasons, lack of resources, or similar." ::= { psampSampCountBased 1 } -- Parameter Set Table +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++psampSampCountBasedParamSetTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF PsampSampCountBasedParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table lists configurations of systematic count-based packet sampling. A parameter set describing a configuration contains two parameters: the sampling interval length and space." ::= { psampSampCountBased 2 }psampSampCountBasedParamSetEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX PsampSampCountBasedParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Defines an entry in the psampSampCountBasedParamSetTable." INDEX { psampSampCountBasedIndex } ::= { psampSampCountBasedParamSetTable 1 }PsampSampCountBasedParamSetEntry ::=
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SEQUENCE {
psampSampCountBasedIndex Integer32, psampSampCountBasedInterval Unsigned32, psampSampCountBasedSpace Unsigned32 }psampSampCountBasedIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (1..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The index of this parameter set in the psampSampCountBasedParamSetTable. It is used in the object ipfixSelectionProcessSelectorFunction entries of the ipfixSelectionProcessTable in the IPFIX-MIB as reference to this parameter set." ::= { psampSampCountBasedParamSetEntry 1 }psampSampCountBasedInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "packets" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the number of packets that are consecutively sampled. A value of 100 means that 100 consecutive packets are sampled." REFERENCE "RFC 5475 (Section 5.1) and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2)" ::= { psampSampCountBasedParamSetEntry 2 }psampSampCountBasedSpace OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "packets" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the number of packets between two intervals specified by the object psampSampCountBasedInterval. A value of 100 means that the next interval starts 100 packets (which are not sampled) after the current psampSampCountBasedInterval is over." REFERENCE "RFC 5475 (Section 5.1) and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2)" ::= { psampSampCountBasedParamSetEntry 3 } --================================================================== --* Method 2: Systematic time-based Sampling --================================================================== -- Reference: RFC 5475 (Section 5.1), RFC 5476 (Section 6.5.2.2), -- and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2) psampSampTimeBased OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipfixSelectorFunctions 3 }psampSampTimeBasedAvail OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the availability of systematic time-based sampling at the managed node. A Selector may be unavailable if it is implemented but currently disabled due to, e.g., administrative reasons, lack of resources, or similar." ::= { psampSampTimeBased 1 } -- Parameter Set Table +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++psampSampTimeBasedParamSetTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF PsampSampTimeBasedParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table lists configurations of systematic time-based packet sampling. A parameter set describing a configuration contains two parameters: the sampling interval length and the space." ::= { psampSampTimeBased 2 }psampSampTimeBasedParamSetEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX PsampSampTimeBasedParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Defines an entry in the psampSampTimeBasedParamSetTable." INDEX { psampSampTimeBasedIndex } ::= { psampSampTimeBasedParamSetTable 1 }PsampSampTimeBasedParamSetEntry ::=
SEQUENCE { psampSampTimeBasedIndex Integer32, psampSampTimeBasedInterval Unsigned32, psampSampTimeBasedSpace Unsigned32 }psampSampTimeBasedIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (1..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The index of this parameter set in the psampSampTimeBasedParamSetTable. It is used in the object ipfixSelectionProcessSelectorFunction entries of the ipfixSelectionProcessTable in the IPFIX-MIB as reference to this parameter set." ::= { psampSampTimeBasedParamSetEntry 1 }psampSampTimeBasedInterval OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "microseconds" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the time interval in microseconds during which all arriving packets are sampled." REFERENCE "RFC 5475 (Section 5.1) and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2)" ::= { psampSampTimeBasedParamSetEntry 2 }psampSampTimeBasedSpace OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "microseconds" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the time interval in microseconds between two intervals specified by the object psampSampTimeBasedInterval. A value of 100 means that the next interval starts 100 microseconds (during which no packets are sampled) after the current psampSampTimeBasedInterval is over." REFERENCE "RFC 5475 (Section 5.1) and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2)" ::= { psampSampTimeBasedParamSetEntry 3 } --================================================================== --* Method 3: Random n-out-of-N Sampling --================================================================== -- Reference: RFC 5475 (Section 5.2.1), RFC 5476 (Section 6.5.2.3), -- and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2) psampSampRandOutOfN OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipfixSelectorFunctions 4 }psampSampRandOutOfNAvail OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the availability of random n-out-of-N sampling at the managed node. A Selector may be unavailable if it is implemented but currently disabled due to, e.g., administrative reasons, lack of resources, or similar." ::= { psampSampRandOutOfN 1 } -- Parameter Set Table +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetTable OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF PsampSampRandOutOfNParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table lists configurations of random n-out-of-N sampling. A parameter set describing a configuration contains two parameters: the sampling size and the parent population." ::= { psampSampRandOutOfN 2 }psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX PsampSampRandOutOfNParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Defines an entry in the psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetTable." INDEX { psampSampRandOutOfNIndex } ::= { psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetTable 1 }PsampSampRandOutOfNParamSetEntry ::=
SEQUENCE { psampSampRandOutOfNIndex Integer32, psampSampRandOutOfNSize Unsigned32, psampSampRandOutOfNPopulation Unsigned32 }psampSampRandOutOfNIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (1..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The index of this parameter set in the psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetTable. It is used in the object ipfixSelectionProcessSelectorFunction entries of the ipfixSelectionProcessTable in the IPFIX-MIB as reference to this parameter set." ::= { psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetEntry 1 }psampSampRandOutOfNSize OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "packets" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the number of elements taken from the parent Population specified in psampSampRandOutOfNPopulation." REFERENCE "RFC 5475 (Section 5.2.1) and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2)" ::= { psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetEntry 2 }psampSampRandOutOfNPopulation OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "packets" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the number of elements in the parent Population." REFERENCE "RFC 5475 (Section 5.2.1) and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2)" ::= { psampSampRandOutOfNParamSetEntry 3 } --================================================================== --* Method 4: Uniform probabilistic Sampling --================================================================== -- Reference: RFC 5475 (Section 5.2.2), RFC 5476 (Section 6.5.2.4), -- and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2) psampSampUniProb OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipfixSelectorFunctions 5 }psampSampUniProbAvail OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the availability of random uniform probabilistic sampling at the managed node. A Selector may be unavailable if it is implemented but currently disabled due to, e.g., administrative reasons, lack of resources, or similar." ::= { psampSampUniProb 1 } -- Parameter Set Table +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Reference: RFC 5475 (Section 5.2.2.1) and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2) psampSampUniProbParamSetTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF PsampSampUniProbParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table lists configurations of random probabilistic sampling. A parameter set describing a configuration contains a single parameter only: the sampling probability." ::= { psampSampUniProb 2 }psampSampUniProbParamSetEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX PsampSampUniProbParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Defines an entry in the psampSampUniProbParamSetTable." INDEX { psampSampUniProbIndex } ::= { psampSampUniProbParamSetTable 1 }PsampSampUniProbParamSetEntry ::=
SEQUENCE { psampSampUniProbIndex Integer32, psampSampUniProbProbability Float64TC }psampSampUniProbIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (1..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The index of this parameter set in the psampSampUniProbParamSetTable. It is used in the object ipfixSelectionProcessSelectorFunction entries of the ipfixSelectionProcessTable in the IPFIX-MIB as reference to this parameter set." ::= { psampSampUniProbParamSetEntry 1 }psampSampUniProbProbability OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Float64TC MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the probability that a packet is sampled, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. The probability is equal for every packet. A value of 0 means no packet is sampled since the probability is 0. A value of 1 means all packets are sampled since the probability is 1. NaN (not a number) and infinity MUST NOT be used." REFERENCE "RFC 5475 (Section 5.2.2.1) and RFC 5477 (Section 8.2)" ::= { psampSampUniProbParamSetEntry 2 } --================================================================== -- Packet selection filtering methods for a group of objects --================================================================== --================================================================== --* Method 5: Property Match filtering --================================================================== -- Reserves Method 5; see RFC 5475 (Section 6.1), RFC 5476 -- (Section 6.5.2.5), and RFC 5477 psampFiltPropMatch OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipfixSelectorFunctions 6 }psampFiltPropMatchAvail OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the availability of property match filtering at the managed node. A Selector may be unavailable if it is implemented but currently disabled due to, e.g., administrative reasons, lack of resources, or similar." ::= { psampFiltPropMatch 1 } --================================================================== --* Method 6: Hash filtering --================================================================== -- Reference: RFC 5475 (Section 6.2), RFC 5476 (Section 6.5.2.6), -- and RFC 5477 (Section 8.3) psampFiltHash OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ipfixSelectorFunctions 7 }psampFiltHashAvail OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TruthValue MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the availability of hash filtering at the managed node. A Selector may be unavailable if it is implemented but currently disabled due to, e.g., administrative reasons, lack of resources, or similar." ::= { psampFiltHash 1 }psampFiltHashCapabilities OBJECT IDENTIFIER
::= { psampFiltHash 2 } -- Parameter Set Table +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Reference: RFC 5475, Sections 6.2, 3.8, and 7.1 psampFiltHashParamSetTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF PsampFiltHashParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table lists configurations of hash filtering. A parameter set describing a configuration contains eight parameters describing the hash function." ::= { psampFiltHash 3 }psampFiltHashParamSetEntry OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX PsampFiltHashParamSetEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Defines an entry in the psampFiltHashParamSetTable." INDEX { psampFiltHashIndex } ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetTable 1 }PsampFiltHashParamSetEntry ::=
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SEQUENCE {
psampFiltHashIndex Integer32, psampFiltHashFunction INTEGER, psampFiltHashInitializerValue Unsigned64TC, psampFiltHashIpPayloadOffset Unsigned64TC, psampFiltHashIpPayloadSize Unsigned64TC, psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMin Unsigned64TC, psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMax Unsigned64TC, psampFiltHashOutputRangeMin Unsigned64TC, psampFiltHashOutputRangeMax Unsigned64TC }psampFiltHashIndex OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Integer32 (1..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The index of this parameter set in the psampFiltHashParamSetTable. It is used in the object ipfixSelectionProcessSelectorFunction entries of the ipfixSelectionProcessTable in the IPFIX-MIB as reference to this parameter set." ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetEntry 1 }psampFiltHashFunction OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX INTEGER { crc32(1), ipsx(2), bob(3) } MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The hash function used by this filter. The PSAMP-MIB defines the following hash functions:bob(3): The BOB Hash Function as described in RFC 5475, Appendix A.2. " REFERENCE "RFC 5475 (Section 6.2 and Appendixes A.1 and A.2) and RFC 1141" ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetEntry 2 }
psampFiltHashInitializerValue OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned64TC MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the initializer value to the hash function." REFERENCE "RFC 5475, Sections 6.2, 3.8, and 7.1" ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetEntry 3 }psampFiltHashIpPayloadOffset OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned64TC MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the IP payload offset used by a Hash-based Selection Selector." REFERENCE "RFC 5475, Sections 6.2, 3.8, and 7.1" ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetEntry 4 }psampFiltHashIpPayloadSize OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned64TC MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the IP payload size used by a Hash-based Selection Selector." REFERENCE "RFC 5475, Sections 6.2, 3.8, and 7.1" ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetEntry 5 }psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMin OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned64TC MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the value for the beginning of a hash function's selected range." REFERENCE "RFC 5475, Sections 6.2, 3.8, and 7.1" ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetEntry 6 }psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMax OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned64TC MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the value for the end of a hash function's selected range." REFERENCE "RFC 5475, Sections 6.2, 3.8, and 7.1" ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetEntry 7 }psampFiltHashOutputRangeMin OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned64TC MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the value for the beginning of a hash function's potential output range." REFERENCE "RFC 5475, Sections 6.2, 3.8, and 7.1" ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetEntry 8 }psampFiltHashOutputRangeMax OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned64TC MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object specifies the value for the end of a hash function's potential output range." REFERENCE "RFC 5475, Sections 6.2, 3.8, and 7.1" ::= { psampFiltHashParamSetEntry 9 } --================================================================== -- Conformance information --================================================================== psampCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { psampConformance 1 } psampGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { psampConformance 2 } --================================================================== -- Compliance statements --==================================================================psampCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The implementation of all objects is optional and depends on the implementation of the corresponding functionality in the equipment." MODULE -- this module GROUP psampGroupSampCountBased DESCRIPTION "These objects must be implemented if systematic count-based sampling is implemented in the equipment." GROUP psampGroupSampTimeBased DESCRIPTION "These objects must be implemented if systematic time-based sampling is implemented in the equipment." GROUP psampGroupSampRandOutOfN DESCRIPTION "These objects must be implemented if random n-out-of-N sampling is implemented in the equipment." GROUP psampGroupSampUniProb DESCRIPTION "These objects must be implemented if uniform probabilistic sampling is implemented in the equipment." GROUP psampGroupFiltPropMatch DESCRIPTION "These objects must be implemented if the property match filtering is implemented in the equipment." GROUP psampGroupFiltHash DESCRIPTION "These objects must be implemented if hash filtering is implemented in the equipment." ::= { psampCompliances 1 } --================================================================== -- MIB groupings --==================================================================psampGroupSampCountBased OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { psampSampCountBasedAvail, psampSampCountBasedInterval, psampSampCountBasedSpace } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "These objects are needed if count based sampling is implemented." ::= { psampGroups 1 }psampGroupSampTimeBased OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { psampSampTimeBasedAvail, psampSampTimeBasedInterval, psampSampTimeBasedSpace } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "These objects are needed if time based sampling is implemented." ::= { psampGroups 2 }psampGroupSampRandOutOfN OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { psampSampRandOutOfNAvail, psampSampRandOutOfNSize, psampSampRandOutOfNPopulation } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "These objects are needed if random n-out-of-N sampling is implemented." ::= { psampGroups 3 }psampGroupSampUniProb OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { psampSampUniProbAvail, psampSampUniProbProbability } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "These objects are needed if uniform probabilistic sampling is implemented." ::= { psampGroups 4 }psampGroupFiltPropMatch OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { psampFiltPropMatchAvail } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "These objects are needed if property match filtering is implemented." ::= { psampGroups 5 }psampGroupFiltHash OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS { psampFiltHashAvail, psampFiltHashFunction, psampFiltHashInitializerValue, psampFiltHashIpPayloadOffset, psampFiltHashIpPayloadSize, psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMin, psampFiltHashSelectedRangeMax, psampFiltHashOutputRangeMin, psampFiltHashOutputRangeMax } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "These objects are needed if hash filtering is implemented." ::= { psampGroups 6 } END
7. Security Considerations
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There are no management objects defined in this MIB module that have a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create. So, if this MIB module is implemented correctly, then there is no risk that an intruder can alter or create any management objects of this MIB module via direct SNMP SET operations.
All tables in this MIB module may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments because objects in the tables may reveal information about the network infrastructure and device configuration. It is thus important to control even GET and/or NOTIFY access to these objects and possibly to even encrypt the values of these objects when sending them over the network via SNMP.
SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 did not include adequate security. Even if the network itself is secure (for example by using IPsec), there is no control as to who on the secure network is allowed to access and GET/SET (read/change/create/delete) the objects in this MIB module.
It is RECOMMENDED that implementers consider the security features provided by the SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410], section 8), including full support for the SNMPv3 cryptographic mechanisms (for authentication and privacy).
Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT RECOMMENDED. Instead, it is RECOMMENDED to deploy SNMPv3 and to enable cryptographic security. It is then a customer/operator responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity giving access to an instance of this MIB module is properly configured to give access to the objects only to those principals (users) who have legitimate rights to GET or SET (change/create/delete) them.
8. IANA Considerations
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The MIB module in this document uses the following IANA-assigned OBJECT IDENTIFIER value recorded in the SMI Numbers registry:
Descriptor OBJECT IDENTIFIER value
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psampMIB { mib-2 212 }
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Further, IANA has registered the following top-level OIDs in the IPFIX-SELECTOR-MIB Functions sub-registry at http://www.iana.org/assignments/smi-numbers according to the procedures set forth in [RFC6615]: Decimal Name Description Reference ------- ------------------- -------------------------------- --------- 2 psampSampCountBased Systematic Count-based Sampling [RFC6727] 3 psampSampTimeBased Systematic Time-based Sampling [RFC6727] 4 psampSampRandOutOfN Random n-out-of-N Sampling [RFC6727] 5 psampSampUniProb Universal Probabilistic Sampling [RFC6727] 6 psampFiltPropMatch Property Match Filtering [RFC6727] 7 psampFiltHash Hash-based Filtering [RFC6727]
The prerequisites set forth for addition of these OIDs are to be verified based on the content of this document.
9. Acknowledgment
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This document is a product of the PSAMP and IPFIX WGs. The authors would like to thank the following persons: Paul Aitken for his detailed review, Dan Romascanu, the MIB doctors, and many more, for the technical reviews and feedback.
10. References
10.1. Normative References
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[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2564] Kalbfleisch, C., Krupczak, C., Presuhn, R., and J. Saperia, "Application Management MIB", RFC 2564, May 1999. [RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Ed., Perkins, D., Ed., and J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999. [RFC2579] McCloghrie, K., Ed., Perkins, D., Ed., and J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April 1999. [RFC2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., and J. Schoenwaelder, "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580, April 1999. [RFC5101] Claise, B., "Specification of the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of IP Traffic Flow Information", RFC 5101, January 2008. [RFC5477] Dietz, T., Claise, B., Aitken, P., Dressler, F., and G. Carle, "Information Model for Packet Sampling Exports", RFC 5477, March 2009. [RFC6340] Presuhn, R., "Textual Conventions for the Representation of Floating-Point Numbers", RFC 6340, August 2011. [RFC6615] Dietz, T., Kobayashi, A., Claise, B., and G. Muenz, "Definitions of Managed Objects for IP Flow Information Export", RFC 6615, June 2012.
10.2. Informative References
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[RFC3410] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D., and B. Stewart, "Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet- Standard Management Framework", RFC 3410, December 2002. [RFC5474] Duffield, N., Chiou, D., Claise, B., Greenberg, A., Grossglauser, M., and J. Rexford, "A Framework for Packet Selection and Reporting", RFC 5474, March 2009. [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.
Authors' Addresses
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Thomas Dietz (editor)
NEC Europe Ltd.
NEC Laboratories Europe
Kurfuersten-Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
GermanyPhone: +49 6221 4342-128 EMail: dietz@neclab.eu Benoit Claise Cisco Systems, Inc. De Kleetlaan 6a b1 Diegem 1831 Belgium Phone: +32 2 704 5622 EMail: bclaise@cisco.com
Juergen Quittek
NEC Europe Ltd.
NEC Laboratories Europe
Kurfuersten-Anlage 36
69115 Heidelberg
GermanyPhone: +49 6221 4342-115 EMail: quittek@neclab.eu