RFC 2769 (rfc2769) - Page 2 of 42

Routing Policy System Replication

RFC 2769           Routing Policy System Replication       February 2000


Table of Contents

   1  Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2  Data Representation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3  Authentication and Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4  Repository Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5  Additions to RPSL  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
      5.1  repository object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
      5.2  delegated attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
      5.3  integrity attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   6  Interactions with a Repository or Mirror . . . . . . . . . . .  11
      6.1  Initial Transaction Submission  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
      6.2  Redistribution of Transactions  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
      6.3  Transaction Commit and Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   7  Data Format Summaries, Transaction Encapsulation and Processing 13
      7.1  Transaction Submit and Confirm  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
      7.2  Redistribution of Transactions  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
      7.3  Redistribution Protocol Description . . . . . . . . . . .  16
           7.3.1 Explicitly Requesting Transactions  . . . . . . . .  21
           7.3.2 Heartbeat Processing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
      7.4  Transaction Commit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
      7.5  Database Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
      7.6  Authenticating Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   A  Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
      A.1  Initial Object Submission and Redistribution  . . . . . .  27
      A.2  Transaction Redistribution Encoding . . . . . . . . . . .  29
      A.3  Transaction Protocol Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
      A.4  Transaction Redistribution  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   B  Technical Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
      B.1  Server Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
           B.1.1 getting connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
           B.1.2 rolling transaction logs forward and back . . . . .  35
           B.1.3 committing or disposing of transactions . . . . . .  36
           B.1.4 dealing with concurrency  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
      B.2  Repository Mirroring for Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . .  36
      B.3  Trust Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
      B.4  A Router as a Minimal Mirror  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38
      B.5  Dealing with Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38
   C  Deployment Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
   D  Privacy of Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
   References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
   Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
   Full Copyright Statement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42







Villamizar, et al.          Standards Track