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36.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>
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38.Dd November 13, 2012
39.Dt NG_L2TP 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm ng_l2tp
43.Nd L2TP protocol netgraph node type
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/types.h
46.In netgraph/ng_l2tp.h
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm l2tp
50node type implements the encapsulation layer of the L2TP protocol
51as described in RFC 2661.
52This includes adding the L2TP packet header for outgoing packets
53and verifying and removing it for incoming packets.
54The node maintains the L2TP sequence number state and handles
55control session packet acknowledgment and retransmission.
56.Sh HOOKS
57The
58.Nm l2tp
59node type supports the following hooks:
60.Bl -tag -width ".Va session_hhhh"
61.It Va lower
62L2TP frames.
63.It Va ctrl
64Control packets.
65.It Va session_hhhh
66Session 0xhhhh data packets.
67.El
68.Pp
69L2TP control and data packets are transmitted to, and received from,
70the L2TP peer via the
71.Dv lower
72hook.
73Typically this hook would be connected to the
74.Dv "inet/dgram/udp"
75hook of an
76.Xr ng_ksocket 4
77node for L2TP over UDP.
78.Pp
79The
80.Dv ctrl
81hook connects to the local L2TP management entity.
82L2TP control messages (without any L2TP headers) are transmitted
83and received on this hook.
84Messages written to this hook are guaranteed to be delivered to the
85peer reliably, in order, and without duplicates.
86.Pp
87Packets written to the
88.Dv ctrl
89hook must contain a two byte session ID prepended to the frame
90(in network order).
91This session ID is copied to the outgoing L2TP header.
92Similarly, packets read from the
93.Dv ctrl
94hook will have the received session ID prepended.
95.Pp
96Once an L2TP session has been created, the corresponding session
97hook may be used to transmit and receive the session's data frames:
98for the session with session ID
99.Dv 0xabcd ,
100the hook is named
101.Dv session_abcd .
102.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
103This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
104.Bl -tag -width foo
105.It Dv NGM_L2TP_SET_CONFIG Pq Ic setconfig
106This command updates the configuration of the node.
107It takes a
108.Vt "struct ng_l2tp_config"
109as an argument:
110.Bd -literal
111/* Configuration for a node */
112struct ng_l2tp_config {
113    u_char      enabled;        /* enables traffic flow */
114    u_char      match_id;       /* tunnel id must match 'tunnel_id' */
115    uint16_t    tunnel_id;      /* local tunnel id */
116    uint16_t    peer_id;        /* peer's tunnel id */
117    uint16_t    peer_win;       /* peer's max recv window size */
118    uint16_t    rexmit_max;     /* max retransmits before failure */
119    uint16_t    rexmit_max_to;  /* max delay between retransmits */
120};
121.Ed
122.Pp
123The
124.Va enabled
125field enables packet processing.
126Each time this field is changed back to zero the sequence
127number state is reset.
128In this way, reuse of a node is possible.
129.Pp
130The
131.Va tunnel_id
132field configures the local tunnel ID for the control connection.
133The
134.Va match_id
135field determines how incoming L2TP packets with a tunnel ID
136field different from
137.Va tunnel_id
138are handled.
139If
140.Va match_id
141is non-zero, they will be dropped; otherwise, they will be dropped
142only if the tunnel ID is non-zero.
143Typically
144.Va tunnel_id
145is set to the local tunnel ID as soon as it is known and
146.Va match_id
147is set to non-zero after receipt of the SCCRP or SCCCN control message.
148.Pp
149The peer's tunnel ID should be set in
150.Va peer_id
151as soon as it is learned, typically after receipt of a SCCRQ or SCCRP
152control message.
153This value is copied into the L2TP header for outgoing packets.
154.Pp
155The
156.Va peer_win
157field should be set from the
158.Dq "Receive Window Size"
159AVP received from the peer.
160The default value for this field is one; zero is an invalid value.
161As long as
162.Va enabled
163is non-zero, this value may not be decreased.
164.Pp
165The
166.Va rexmit_max
167and
168.Va rexmit_max_to
169fields configure packet retransmission.
170.Va rexmit_max_to
171is the maximum retransmission delay between packets, in seconds.
172The retransmit delay will start at a small value and increase
173exponentially up to this limit.
174The
175.Va rexmit_max
176sets the maximum number of times a packet will be retransmitted
177without being acknowledged before a failure condition is declared.
178Once a failure condition is declared, each additional retransmission
179will cause the
180.Nm l2tp
181node to send a
182.Dv NGM_L2TP_ACK_FAILURE Pq Ic ackfailure
183control message back to the node that sent the last
184.Dv NGM_L2TP_SET_CONFIG .
185Appropriate action should then be taken to shutdown the control connection.
186.It Dv NGM_L2TP_GET_CONFIG Pq Ic getconfig
187Returns the current configuration as a
188.Vt "struct ng_l2tp_config" .
189.It Dv NGM_L2TP_SET_SESS_CONFIG Pq Ic setsessconfig
190This control message configures a single data session.
191The corresponding hook must already be connected before sending this command.
192The argument is a
193.Vt "struct ng_l2tp_sess_config" :
194.Bd -literal
195/* Configuration for a session hook */
196struct ng_l2tp_sess_config {
197    uint16_t    session_id;     /* local session id */
198    uint16_t    peer_id;        /* peer's session id */
199    u_char      control_dseq;   /* whether we control data sequencing */
200    u_char      enable_dseq;    /* whether to enable data sequencing */
201    u_char      include_length; /* whether to include length field */
202};
203.Ed
204.Pp
205The
206.Va session_id
207and
208.Va peer_id
209fields configure the local and remote session IDs, respectively.
210.Pp
211The
212.Va control_dseq
213and
214.Va enable_dseq
215fields determine whether sequence numbers are used with L2TP data packets.
216If
217.Va enable_dseq
218is zero, then no sequence numbers are sent and incoming sequence numbers
219are ignored.
220Otherwise, sequence numbers are included on outgoing packets and checked
221on incoming packets.
222.Pp
223If
224.Va control_dseq
225is non-zero, then the setting of
226.Va enable_dseq
227will never change except by another
228.Dv NGM_L2TP_SET_SESS_CONFIG
229control message.
230If
231.Va control_dseq
232is zero, then the peer controls whether sequence numbers are used:
233if an incoming L2TP data packet contains sequence numbers,
234.Va enable_dseq
235is set to one, and conversely if an incoming L2TP data packet does not
236contain sequence numbers,
237.Va enable_dseq
238is set to zero.
239The current value of
240.Va enable_dseq
241is always accessible via the
242.Dv NGM_L2TP_GET_SESS_CONFIG
243control message (see below).
244Typically an LNS would set
245.Va control_dseq
246to one while a LAC would set
247.Va control_dseq
248to zero (if the Sequencing Required AVP were not sent), thus giving
249control of data packet sequencing to the LNS.
250.Pp
251The
252.Va include_length
253field determines whether the L2TP header length field is included
254in outgoing L2TP data packets.
255For incoming packets, the L2TP length field is always checked when present.
256.It Dv NGM_L2TP_GET_SESS_CONFIG Pq Ic getsessconfig
257This command takes a two byte session ID as an argument and returns
258the current configuration for the corresponding data session as a
259.Vt "struct ng_l2tp_sess_config" .
260The corresponding session hook must be connected.
261.It Dv NGM_L2TP_GET_STATS Pq Ic getstats
262This command returns a
263.Vt "struct ng_l2tp_stats"
264containing statistics of the L2TP tunnel.
265.It Dv NGM_L2TP_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats
266This command clears the statistics for the L2TP tunnel.
267.It Dv NGM_L2TP_GETCLR_STATS Pq Ic getclrstats
268Same as
269.Dv NGM_L2TP_GET_STATS ,
270but also atomically clears the statistics as well.
271.It Dv NGM_L2TP_GET_SESSION_STATS Pq Ic getsessstats
272This command takes a two byte session ID as an argument and returns a
273.Vt "struct ng_l2tp_session_stats"
274containing statistics for the corresponding data session.
275The corresponding session hook must be connected.
276.It Dv NGM_L2TP_CLR_SESSION_STATS Pq Ic clrsessstats
277This command takes a two byte session ID as an argument and
278clears the statistics for that data session.
279The corresponding session hook must be connected.
280.It Dv NGM_L2TP_GETCLR_SESSION_STATS Pq Ic getclrsessstats
281Same as
282.Dv NGM_L2TP_GET_SESSION_STATS ,
283but also atomically clears the statistics as well.
284.It Dv NGM_L2TP_SET_SEQ Pq Ic setsequence
285This command sets the sequence numbers of a not yet enabled node.
286It takes a
287.Vt "struct ng_l2tp_seq_config"
288as argument, where
289.Va xack
290and
291.Va nr
292respectively
293.Va ns
294and
295.Va rack
296must be the same.
297This option is particularly useful if one receives and processes
298the first packet entirely in userspace and wants to hand over further
299processing to the node.
300.El
301.Sh SHUTDOWN
302This node shuts down upon receipt of a
303.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
304control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
305.Sh SEE ALSO
306.Xr netgraph 4 ,
307.Xr ng_ksocket 4 ,
308.Xr ng_ppp 4 ,
309.Xr ng_pptpgre 4 ,
310.Xr ngctl 8
311.Rs
312.%A W. Townsley
313.%A A. Valencia
314.%A A. Rubens
315.%A G. Pall
316.%A G. Zorn
317.%A B. Palter
318.%T "Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP"
319.%O RFC 2661
320.Re
321.Sh HISTORY
322The
323.Nm l2tp
324node type was developed at Packet Design, LLC,
325.Pa http://www.packetdesign.com/ .
326.Sh AUTHORS
327.An Archie Cobbs Aq Mt archie@packetdesign.com
328