Experimental

RFC 5392 - OSPF Extensions in Support of Inter-Autonomous System (AS) MPLS and GMPLS Traffic Engineering

Every requirement this repository extracted from RFC 5392, the tests bound to it, and what a reader has verified about them. This summary is enrolled and gated by ./le rfc check.

Overview

Positive

what Ze has

Tested both ways25.0%3 of 12 gated MUSTs

a positive test proves Ze does what the requirement demands and a negative one proves it refuses what the requirement forbids

One polarity plus reason41.7%5 of 12 gated MUSTs

the requirement admits no counter-case, so one polarity plus a recorded reason is the whole proof available for it

One polarity, unexcused0.0%0 of 12 gated MUSTs

one direction is tested, the other is neither tested nor excused, and nothing states which

Proven by a recorded break0.0%0 of 11 tagged units

a red was observed once under a recorded procedure, and the unit, the claim and the producer it rested on still hash to what was recorded. The break is not re-run. A test pair is not a proof until one has been observed

Neutral

measures that are neither good news nor bad

Gated MUSTs12of 30 this summary declares

MUST-level requirements the gate HOLDS. A population, not a result: the shares beside it are what says how Ze stands

Out of scope0of 12 gated MUSTs

an obligation that does not bind Ze. A {not-applicable} annotation says it never bound; a {feature-declined} annotation says its condition is an optional feature Ze does not offer, and quotes the RFC sentence that makes it optional. Scope, not coverage: it stays in the denominator every share on this page is taken over

Not applicable0.0%0 of 12 gated MUSTs

a {not-applicable} annotation says the obligation does not bind Ze, so no test is owed for it. It stays in the denominator every share here is taken over

Met below Ze0.0%0 of 12 gated MUSTs

a {lower-layer} annotation says a layer under Ze performs the behavior, on state Ze installs into that layer, and names the producer that installs it. The obligation binds Ze and is met; Ze proves none of it, because its own boundary carries no value the behavior reads

Optional feature declined0.0%0 of 12 gated MUSTs

a {feature-declined} annotation says the obligation is conditional on a feature the RFC makes optional and Ze does not offer, and it quotes the sentence that makes it optional. The condition is false, so nothing is owed and nothing is missing. It stays in the denominator every share here is taken over

Negative

what Ze owes

No test at all33.3%4 of 12 gated MUSTs

no test carries the requirement id, whether or not a gap states why

The 7 shares marked as a part above are the whole of the 12 gated MUSTs: they add to 100%. Proven by a recorded break is a share of TAGGED UNITS, a different population, so it is not one of them.

How to read the colors

A color names what the measure MEANS, not how well Ze scores on it. Green is a good outcome at any value, red is a bad one, and neither a population nor a scope count is an outcome, so both take no color. The number under the label is what says how far Ze has got.

Card	Tone here	Why that color
Gated MUSTs	neutral	no color: a population is a scale, and a larger one is neither good news nor bad. It is the accounting total
Out of scope	neutral	no color: an obligation that never bound Ze is neither an achievement nor a failure, and counting it either way would be a claim
Tested both ways	ok	green at every value: a test pair is the outcome this gate exists to produce, and the share under the label is what says how far Ze has got
One polarity plus reason	ok	green at every value: where no counter-case exists, one polarity IS the complete answer, and a recorded reason is what the gate demands beside it
One polarity, unexcused	ok	green at zero, RED above it: half a proof with no reason for the other half
No test at all	bad	green at zero, RED above it: a binding obligation nothing exercises is a claim with nothing behind it, whether or not a reason is stated
Not applicable	neutral	no color: an obligation that never bound Ze is neither an achievement nor a failure, and counting it either way would be a claim
Met below Ze	neutral	no color: an obligation met below Ze is neither a test Ze wrote nor work Ze owes, and the two green shares above are what says how much Ze proves itself
Optional feature declined	neutral	no color: an obligation whose condition Ze never meets is neither an achievement nor a failure. The absent FEATURE is disclosed on the RFC's own status row, as an implementation gap a later scope decision can revisit
Proven by a recorded break	ok	green at every value: an observed break is the outcome the discrimination gate exists to produce. The denominator is TAGGED UNITS, not obligations, so this share is not one of the parts above
Audit verdicts	warn	RED on the first weak, wrong or unimplemented verdict, amber while a verdict is no longer current or a gated MUST is unjudged, green when every one is judged sound and current

At a glance

Field	Value
Public status	Experimental
Enrolment	Enrolled
Requirements	30
Gated MUST-level	12
Not applicable, so out of scope	0
Declared gaps	4
Gated with no test	0
Nightly-only evidence	0
Test tags	11
Tagged units	11
Recorded audit verdicts	0
Discrimination records	0
Summary	`rfc/short/rfc5392.md`
Requirement shard	`rfc/requirements/rfc5392.md`
RFC text	`rfc/full/rfc5392.txt`

Enrolment

Enrolled: OSPF inter-AS TE (RFC 5392): OSPFv2 Opaque-type-6; 3 MET (Remote-AS required, Link-ID prohibited, re-advert rate-limit) + 5 single-polarity positive + 4 gap (OSPFv3 Inter-AS-TE-v3 function code 13 unimplemented)

What the public ledger says

Status: Experimental

What the ledger says is covered

OSPFv2 Inter-AS-TE-v2 (Opaque type 6): Remote-AS (21), IPv4/IPv6 Remote-ASBR-ID (22/24) sub-TLVs
Link-ID prohibition and Remote-AS requirement enforced on originate and receive
MinLSInterval-paced proxy origination with no adjacency or Hellos.

What the ledger says remains

Four MUST gaps: the OSPFv3 Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA (function code 13) is unimplemented, so the U-bit=1 rule (RFC5392-3.1.2-1), the v3 Neighbor-ID prohibition (RFC5392-3.2.1-2), and the v3 IPv6/IPv4 Remote-ASBR-ID inclusion rules (RFC5392-3.3.3-1, RFC5392-3.3.3-2) have no v3 carrier to bind.

Coverage

Bucket	Count	What it counts
Positive and negative tests	3	one part of the gated population
Annotated instead of tested	9	one part of the gated population
One polarity only	0	one part of the gated population
No test and no annotation	0	one part of the gated population
Evidence that runs nightly only	0	an overlay: each of these is also counted by the part it falls in
Gated MUST-level requirements	12	every gated MUST falls in exactly one bucket above

Positive and negative tests (3): RFC5392-3.2.1-4, RFC5392-3.2.1-1, RFC5392-4-3

Annotated instead of tested (9): RFC5392-3.3.1-1, RFC5392-3.1.2-1, RFC5392-3.2.1-2, RFC5392-3.3.2-1, RFC5392-3.3.2-2, RFC5392-3.3.3-1, RFC5392-3.3.3-2, RFC5392-4-1, RFC5392-4-2

Requirements

Requirement	Level	Section	Tests
`RFC5392-3.2.1-4`	The Remote-AS-Number sub-TLV (type 21) is included in the Link TLV of both the Inter-AS-TE-v2 and Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA; it is REQUIRED in any Link TLV advertising an inter-AS TE link (§3.2.1, §3.3.1) -- Ze (v2): `remote-as` mandatory in YANG + validateConfig; emitted as sub-TLV 21 (spec-ospf-ext-2)
	REQUIRED	3.2.1	positive`unit/verifyTestInterAsTEOriginateScopePolicy` negative`unit/verifyTestTEReceiveType6MissingRemoteASSkipped`
`RFC5392-3.3.1-1`	When only two octets are used for the AS number, the left (high-order) two octets of the Remote AS Number field MUST be set to zero (§3.3.1) -- Ze encodes the 4-octet field big-endian from a uint32, so a 2-byte ASN is zero-extended
	MUST	3.3.1	positive`unit/verifyTestInterAsTERemoteAsTLV` negative`no test`no negative test {single-polarity}: ze stores remote-as as a uint32 and encodes it big-endian into the fixed 4-octet field, so a 2-byte ASN is zero-extended by construction and no code path can set the high octets non-zero (internal/plugins/ospf/packet/te_interas.go:36, te_lsa.go:133)
`RFC5392-3.1.2-1`	The Inter-AS-TE-v3 U-bit is always set to 1 so an OSPFv3 router floods the LSA at its defined flooding scope even if it does not recognize the LS type (§3.1.2)
	MUST	3.1.2	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test {gap}: ze originates inter-AS TE only as the OSPFv2 Opaque-type-6 LSA; the OSPFv3 Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA (function code 13) is not implemented, so there is no LS Type or U-bit to set (internal/plugins/ospf/te.go:88-91)
`RFC5392-3.2.1-1`	The Link ID sub-TLV MUST NOT be used in the Link TLV of an Inter-AS-TE-v2 LSA (§3.2.1) -- Ze never emits sub-TLV 2 for an inter-AS link, and a received type-6 Link TLV carrying it is skipped (validateReceivedTELink)
	MUST NOT	3.2.1	positive`unit/verifyTestInterAsTEOriginateScopePolicy` negative`unit/verifyTestTEReceiveMalformedNoEntry`
`RFC5392-3.2.1-2`	The Neighbor ID sub-TLV MUST NOT be used in the Link TLV of an Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA (§3.2.1)
	MUST NOT	3.2.1	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test {gap}: ze implements no OSPFv3 Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA, so there is no v3 inter-AS Link TLV in which a Neighbor ID sub-TLV could be emitted or prohibited (internal/plugins/ospf/te.go:88-91)
`RFC5392-3.3.2-1`	In OSPFv2 advertisements, the IPv4 Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV (type 22) MUST be included if the neighboring ASBR has an IPv4 address (§3.3.2) -- Ze: `remote-asbr-ipv4` leaf emitted as sub-TLV 22; validateConfig requires at least one remote-asbr (spec-ospf-ext-2)
	MUST	3.3.2	positive`unit/verifyTestInterAsTEOriginateScopePolicy` negative`no test`no negative test {single-polarity}: ze emits sub-TLV 22 whenever the operator configures remote-asbr-ipv4; the remote ASBR's addresses are proxied from config, so ze cannot independently detect an IPv4 address and there is no adversarial negative (internal/plugins/ospf/packet/te_interas.go:38-39)
`RFC5392-3.3.2-2`	In OSPFv2, if the neighboring ASBR has no IPv4 address (not even an IPv4 TE Router ID), the IPv6 Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV MUST be included instead (§3.3.2)
	MUST	3.3.2	positive`unit/verifyTestInterAsTEIPv6AsbrIdType24` negative`no test`no negative test {single-polarity}: validateConfig requires at least one Remote ASBR ID, so a v4-less inter-AS link carries the IPv6 Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV 24; the selection is operator config and the only enforced rejection is neither-present (internal/plugins/ospf/te_config.go:163, packet/te_interas.go:41-44)
`RFC5392-3.3.3-1`	In OSPFv3 advertisements, the IPv6 Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV (type 24) MUST be included if the neighboring ASBR has an IPv6 address (§3.3.3)
	MUST	3.3.3	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test {gap}: OSPFv3 inter-AS TE (function code 13) is not implemented, so ze originates no OSPFv3 advertisement in which to require the IPv6 Remote ASBR ID (the type-24 codec exists but is only ever emitted into a v2 LSA) (internal/plugins/ospf/te.go:88-91)
`RFC5392-3.3.3-2`	In OSPFv3, if the neighboring ASBR has no IPv6 address, the IPv4 Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV MUST be included instead (§3.3.3)
	MUST	3.3.3	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test {gap}: ze implements no OSPFv3 Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA, so the v3 IPv4-fallback rule has no origination path to bind (internal/plugins/ospf/te.go:88-91)
`RFC5392-4-1`	Hellos MUST NOT be exchanged over the inter-AS link (§4) -- Ze proxies the inter-AS link from config only; the `inter-as` block forms no adjacency and sends no Hello on that link
	MUST NOT	4	positive`unit/verifyTestInterASTEOriginatesWithoutNeighbor` negative`no test`no negative test {single-polarity}: ze's inter-AS TE advertisement is a config-only proxy that forms no adjacency and requires no Full neighbor, so the feature originates no Hellos; ze provides no guard forcing the interface passive, so there is no enforced rejection to exercise as a negative (internal/plugins/ospf/te_originate.go:167-202, te_config.go:53)
`RFC5392-4-2`	An OSPF adjacency MUST NOT be formed on the inter-AS link (§4) -- the inter-AS advertisement is config-driven (a passive/loopback proxy link); no FSM runs on it
	MUST NOT	4	positive`unit/verifyTestInterASTEOriginatesWithoutNeighbor` negative`no test`no negative test {single-polarity}: inter-AS TE origination is decoupled from the adjacency FSM and never consults neighbor state, so the feature forms no adjacency; there is no guard rejecting an inter-as block on a non-passive interface, so no testable negative exists (internal/plugins/ospf/te_originate.go:167-202, te_config.go:45-53)
`RFC5392-4-3`	When re-advertising on TE parameter change, the ASBR MUST take precautions against excessive re-advertisements as described in [RFC3630] (§4)
	MUST	4	positive`unit/verifyTestInterASTEReAdvertiseRateLimited` negative`unit/verifyTestInterASTEReAdvertiseRateLimited`
`RFC5392-3.1.1-1`	The inter-AS TE link advertisement SHOULD be carried in a Type 10 Opaque LSA when flooding scope is limited to the ASBR's IGP area (§3.1.1) -- Ze: `inter-as scope area` (the default) originates a Type 10 opaque LSA
	SHOULD	3.1.1	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-3.1.1-2`	Configuration control of the Type 10 vs Type 11 (Inter-AS-TE-v2) choice SHOULD be provided in ASBR implementations that advertise inter-AS TE links (§3.1.1) -- Ze: the `inter-as scope { area \| as }` leaf selects Type 10 vs Type 11 per link
	SHOULD	3.1.1	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-3.1.2-2`	For the Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA, the S2/S1 bits SHOULD be set to 01 to limit flooding scope to the ASBR's IGP area (§3.1.2)
	SHOULD	3.1.2	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-3.1.2-3`	Configuration control of the 01 vs 10 (Inter-AS-TE-v3) scope choice SHOULD be provided in ASBR implementations that advertise inter-AS TE links (§3.1.2)
	SHOULD	3.1.2	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-3.2.1-3`	At least one of the IPv4-Remote-ASBR-ID and IPv6-Remote-ASBR-ID sub-TLV SHOULD be included in the Link TLV of both LSAs (§3.2.1) -- Ze: validateConfig requires at least one of `remote-asbr-ipv4` / `remote-asbr-ipv6`
	SHOULD	3.2.1	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-4-4`	When TE is enabled on an inter-AS link and the link is up, the ASBR SHOULD advertise this link using normal OSPF-TE procedures (§4) -- Ze originates the Opaque-type-6 LSA via the standard opaque origination pass
	SHOULD	4	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-4-5`	When the link is down or TE is disabled, the ASBR SHOULD withdraw the advertisement (§4) -- Ze's pull-model origination emits a Withdraw for a removed inter-AS instance (MaxAge-flush)
	SHOULD	4	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-4-6`	On TE parameter change, the ASBR SHOULD re-advertise the link (§4) -- a changed body re-originates on the next self-LSA pass under the carrier's MinLSInterval rate-limit
	SHOULD	4	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-4-7`	Routers/PCEs SHOULD NOT use inter-AS TE links to compute paths that exit an AS to a remote ASBR then immediately re-enter the AS through another TE link (§4)
	SHOULD NOT	4	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-4-8`	Such exit-and-re-enter paths SHOULD NOT be allowed except as a result of specific policy configurations at the computing router or PCE (§4)
	SHOULD NOT	4	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-5-1`	If a different remote AS number is received in a BGP OPEN than locally configured into OSPF-TE, local policy SHOULD be applied to alert the operator or suppress the OSPF advertisement (§5)
	SHOULD	5	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-5-2`	If BGP is used to exchange TE information (§4.1), the inter-AS BGP session SHOULD be secured per [RFC4271] for authentication and integrity (§5)
	SHOULD	5	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-3.3.2-3`	Use of the TE Router ID from the Router Address TLV [RFC3630] is RECOMMENDED for the IPv4 Remote ASBR ID value (§3.3.2)
	RECOMMENDED	3.3.2	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-3.3.3-3`	Use of the IPv6 TE Router ID from the IPv6 Router Address TLV [RFC5329] is RECOMMENDED for the IPv6 Remote ASBR ID value (§3.3.3)
	RECOMMENDED	3.3.3	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-2.1-1`	TE aggregation is not supported or recommended (§2.1, §3)
	NOT RECOMMENDED	2.1	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-3.1.1-3`	The inter-AS TE link advertisement MAY be carried in a Type 11 Opaque LSA when the information is intended to reach all routers (ABRs, ASBRs, PCEs) in the AS (Inter-AS-TE-v2) (§3.1.1)
	MAY	3.1.1	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-3.1.2-4`	For the Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA, the S2/S1 bits MAY be set to 10 when the information should reach all routers (ABRs, ASBRs, PCEs) in the AS (§3.1.2)
	MAY	3.1.2	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test
`RFC5392-3.3.2-4`	An IPv4 Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV and an IPv6 Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV MAY both be present in a Link TLV in OSPFv2 or OSPFv3 (§3.3.2, §3.3.3)
	MAY	3.3.2	positive`no test`no positive test negative`no test`no negative test

Gaps and untested MUSTs

Requirement	State	Reason
`RFC5392-3.1.2-1` The Inter-AS-TE-v3 U-bit is always set to 1 so an OSPFv3 router floods the LSA at its defined flooding scope even if it does not recognize the LS type (§3.1.2)	{gap}, no test	ze originates inter-AS TE only as the OSPFv2 Opaque-type-6 LSA; the OSPFv3 Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA (function code 13) is not implemented, so there is no LS Type or U-bit to set (internal/plugins/ospf/te.go:88-91)
`RFC5392-3.2.1-2` The Neighbor ID sub-TLV MUST NOT be used in the Link TLV of an Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA (§3.2.1)	{gap}, no test	ze implements no OSPFv3 Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA, so there is no v3 inter-AS Link TLV in which a Neighbor ID sub-TLV could be emitted or prohibited (internal/plugins/ospf/te.go:88-91)
`RFC5392-3.3.3-1` In OSPFv3 advertisements, the IPv6 Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV (type 24) MUST be included if the neighboring ASBR has an IPv6 address (§3.3.3)	{gap}, no test	OSPFv3 inter-AS TE (function code 13) is not implemented, so ze originates no OSPFv3 advertisement in which to require the IPv6 Remote ASBR ID (the type-24 codec exists but is only ever emitted into a v2 LSA) (internal/plugins/ospf/te.go:88-91)
`RFC5392-3.3.3-2` In OSPFv3, if the neighboring ASBR has no IPv6 address, the IPv4 Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV MUST be included instead (§3.3.3)	{gap}, no test	ze implements no OSPFv3 Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA, so the v3 IPv4-fallback rule has no origination path to bind (internal/plugins/ospf/te.go:88-91)

Proof state

A tagged unit reads unproven where no discrimination record exists for it: nothing in this tree has been observed to break it, so the claim its tag makes is unproven.

`RFC5392-3.2.1-4`

The Remote-AS-Number sub-TLV (type 21) is included in the Link TLV of both the Inter-AS-TE-v2 and Inter-AS-TE-v3 LSA; it is REQUIRED in any Link TLV advertising an inter-AS TE link (§3.2.1, §3.3.1) -- Ze (v2): `remote-as` mandatory in YANG + validateConfig; emitted as sub-TLV 21 (spec-ospf-ext-2)