Re: Few Questions About SCTP NAT

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> On 25. Apr 2019, at 13:46, Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Sorry, seems I sent to the wrong email address.
> use tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead.
... I'm typically more responsive on this address than on the one
I use for mailing lists...
> 
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 6:45 PM Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> cc'ing linux-sctp.
>> 
>> On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 4:24 PM Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, Michael,
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to implement SCTP NAT
>>> (https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tsvwg-natsupp-12) on linux,
>>> but got some questions:
>>> 
>>> 1.
>>>                        +-------+
>>>               /--------| NAT 1 |--------\       /--\/--\
>>>   +------+   /         +-------+         \     /        \    +--------+
>>>   | Host |===                             ====| Internet |===| Host B |
>>>   |   A  |   \         +-------+         /     \        /    +--------+
>>>   +------+    \--------| NAT 2 |--------/       \--/\--/
>>>                        +-------+
>>> 
>>> In this topo, after 4 shake-hands and asconf:
>>> 
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>>   NAT 1  |  Int    |  Int   |   Ext    |   Ext  |    Priv   |
>>>          |  VTag   |  Port  |   VTag   |   Port |    Addr   |
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>>          |  1234   |    1   |    5678  |    2   |  10.0.0.1 |
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>> 
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>>   NAT 2  |  Int    |  Int   |   Ext    |   Ext  |    Priv   |
>>>          |  VTag   |  Port  |   VTag   |   Port |    Addr   |
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>>          |  1234   |    1   |    5678  |    2   |  10.1.0.1 |
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>> 
>>> Now there are 1 entry on nat1 and 1 entry on nat2. If the connection is
>>> shutdown via nat1, the entry on nat1 will be deleted, right? What about
>>> the entry on nat2, when can it be deleted?
Deletion of state is purely timer based. This applies to NAT1 and NAT2.
>>> 
>>> 2.
>>>                                            /--\/--\
>>>   +--------+              +-----+         /        \         +--------+
>>>   | Host A | <----------> | NAT | <----> | Internet | <----> | Host B |
>>>   +--------+              +-----+         \        /         +--------+
>>>                                            \--/\--/
>>> 
>>> In this topo,  if both paths with saddr 10.0.0.1 and 10.1.0.1 go through
>>> NAT, will there be 2 entries created on this NAT after 4 shake-hands and
>>> asconf like:
>>> 
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>>   NAT    |  Int    |  Int   |   Ext    |   Ext  |    Priv   |
>>>          |  VTag   |  Port  |   VTag   |   Port |    Addr   |
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>>          |  1234   |    1   |    5678  |    2   |  10.0.0.1 |
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>>          |  1234   |    1   |    5678  |    2   |  10.1.0.1 |
>>>          +---------+--------+----------+--------+-----------+
>>> 
>>> or it will be handled as "Internal Port Number and Verification Tag
>>> Collisions"?
Which section are you referring to?
>>> 
>>> 3.
>>> For multipath, each entry for one path should maintain a 'state', like
>>> closed, established, cookie-echo etc, right?  If they belong to a same
>>> association, especially when they're on different nats, how do we keep
>>> each entry's state consistent? or they don't have to be consistent?
You don't need such a state as long as you delete state purely timer based.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.

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