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RFC 6313, "Export of Structured Data in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)", July 2011

Source of RFC: ipfix (ops)

Errata ID: 3232
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Paul Aitken
Date Reported: 2012-05-25
Verifier Name: Benoit Claise
Date Verified: 2012-06-04

Section 4.5.3 says:

   In the exceptional case of zero instances in the
   subTemplateMultiList, no data is encoded, only the Semantic field and
   Template ID field(s), and the Data Record Length field is set to
   zero.

It should say:

   In the exceptional case of zero instances in the
   subTemplateMultiList, no data is encoded, only the Semantic field and
   Template ID field(s), and the Data Records Length field is set to
   four.

Notes:

s/zero/four/ && s/Record/Records/

- because the Data Record Length field includes two bytes for the Template ID and two bytes for the Data Records Length field itself, as specified on page 23:

Data Records Length

This is the total length of the Data Records encoding for the
Template ID previously specified, including the two bytes for the
Template ID and the two bytes for the Data Records Length field
itself.

Therefore, a Data Records Length < 4 bytes is invalid. This should be noted in the "Data Records Length" definition.

Also note the pluralisation of "Records" in the definition.

Kudos to Manish Patil, manish.patil@guavus.com

Errata ID: 2909
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Paul Aitken
Date Reported: 2011-08-02
Verifier Name: Dan Romascanu
Date Verified: 2011-08-02

Section Figure 15 says:

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Set ID = 2             |      Length = 16 octets       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       Template ID = 257       |       Field Count = 2         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |0| observationTimeMicroSec=324 |       Field Length = 8        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |0|   digestHashValue = 326     |       Field Length = 4        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

It should say:

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Set ID = 2             |      Length = 16 octets       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       Template ID = 257       |       Field Count = 2         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |0| observationTimeMicrosec=324 |       Field Length = 8        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |0|   digestHashValue = 326     |       Field Length = 4        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Notes:

s/observationTimeMicroSec/observationTimeMicrosec/

Per RFC5477 and IANA's IPFIX registry, the correct name is "observationTimeMicroseconds".

Errata ID: 2873
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Paul Aitken
Date Reported: 2011-07-28
Verifier Name: Dan Romascanu
Date Verified: 2011-08-02

Section 11 says:

Two new IPFIX registries have been created, and the existing IPFIX
Information Element registry has been updated as detailed below.

It should say:

A new IPFIX registry has been created, and the existing IPFIX
Information Element registry has been updated as detailed below.

Notes:

Only one new registry has been created - for the "structured data types semantics", per section 11.4 of the document.

Errata ID: 2874
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Paul Aitken
Date Reported: 2011-07-28
Verifier Name: Dan Romascanu
Date Verified: 2011-08-02

Section 11 says:

   This document specifies several new IPFIX abstract data types, a new
   IPFIX Data Type Semantic, and several new Information Elements.

It should say:

This document specifies several new IPFIX abstract data types, a
new IPFIX Data Type Semantic, and several new Information
Elements. Furthermore, this document updates the schema at
http://www.iana.org/assignments/xml-registry/schema/ipfix.xsd with
the changes specified in Appendix A.

Notes:

Agreed addition of "Furthermore ,,. Appendix A." was overlooked during AUTH48.

Errata ID: 2884
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Paul Aitken
Date Reported: 2011-08-01
Verifier Name: Dan Romascanu
Date Verified: 2011-08-02

Section 10.1 says:

   "Reducing Redundancy in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) and Packet
   Sampling (PSAMP) Reports" [RFC5473] describes a bandwidth saving
   method for exporting Flow or packet information using the IP Flow
   Information Export (IPFIX) protocol.

   It defines the commonPropertiesID Information Element for exporting
   Common Properties.

It should say:

   "Reducing Redundancy in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) and Packet
   Sampling (PSAMP) Reports" [RFC5473] describes a bandwidth saving
   method for exporting Flow or packet information using the IP Flow
   Information Export (IPFIX) protocol.

   It discusses the commonPropertiesID Information Element for exporting
   Common Properties.

Notes:

s/defines/discusses/

- commonPropertiesId is not defined in [RFC5473], but in [RFC5101].
[RFC5473] doesn't have any IANA actions.

Errata ID: 2904
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Paul Aitken
Date Reported: 2011-08-01
Verifier Name: Dan Romascanu
Date Verified: 2011-08-02

Section 9.4 says:

        5-tuple (Flow Keys), octetCount, packetCount

...

   ------------------------------------------------------------------
   srcIP      | dstIP     | src  | dst  | proto | octetCount | packet
              |           | Port | Port |       |            | Count
   ------------------------------------------------------------------
   2001:DB8::1 2001:DB8::2  1025    80      6       108000      120
   ------------------------------------------------------------------

It should say:

        5-tuple (Flow Keys), octetTotalCount, packetTotalCount

...

   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   srcIP      | dstIP     | src  | dst  | proto | octetTotal | packetTotal
              |           | Port | Port |       |   Count    |    Count
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   2001:DB8::1 2001:DB8::2  1025    80      6       108000         120
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Notes:

s/octetCount/octetTotalCount/ (twice)
s/packetCount/packetTotalCount/ (twice)

"octetCount" and "packetCount" don't exist. Per RFC5102 and IANA's IPFIX registry, the correct names are octetTotalCount and packetTotalCount.

NB correct usage in the figure on page 43 and in Figure 20 indicates that these are not the DeltaCount form.

Status: Held for Document Update (3)

RFC 6313, "Export of Structured Data in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)", July 2011

Source of RFC: ipfix (ops)

Errata ID: 2885
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Paul Aitken
Date Reported: 2011-08-01
Held for Document Update by: Dan Romascanu

Section multiple says:

commonPropertiesID

It should say:

commonPropertiesId

Notes:

s/commonPropertiesID/commonPropertiesId/ (thrice)

- in sections 10.1, 10.1.1, and 10.1.2.

Per the definition in RFC 5101 and in IANA's IPFIX registry.

Errata ID: 2925
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Paul Aitken
Date Reported: 2011-08-08
Held for Document Update by: ron bonica

Section Appendix A says:

     <enumeration value="basicList">
       <annotation>
         <documentation>
           Represents a list of zero or more instances of
           any Information Element, primarily used for
           single-valued data types.  Examples include a list of port
           numbers, a list of interface indexes, and a list of AS in a
           BGP AS-PATH.
         </documentation>
       </annotation>
     </enumeration>

...

     <enumeration value="subTemplateList">
       <annotation>
         <documentation>
           Represents a list of zero or more instances of a
           structured data type, where the data type of each list
           element is the same and corresponds with a single
           Template Record.  Examples include a structured data type
           composed of multiple pairs of ("MPLS label stack entry
           position", "MPLS label stack value"), a structured
           data type composed of performance metrics, and a
           structured data type composed of multiple pairs of IP
           address.
         </documentation>
       </annotation>
     </enumeration>

...

     <enumeration value="subTemplateMultiList">
       <annotation>
         <documentation>
           Represents a list of zero or more instances of
           structured data types, where the data type of each
           list element can be different and corresponds with
           different Template definitions.  An example is a
           structured data type composed of multiple
           access-list entries, where entries can be
           composed of different criteria types.
         </documentation>
       </annotation>
     </enumeration>

It should say:

         <enumeration value="basicList">
           <annotation>
             <documentation>The type "basicList" represents a list
               of zero or more instances of any Information Element,
               primarily used for single-valued data types.
               Examples include a list of port numbers,
               a list of interface indexes,
               and a list of AS in a BGP AS-PATH.
             </documentation>
           </annotation>
         </enumeration>

...

         <enumeration value="subTemplateList">
           <annotation>
             <documentation>The type "subTemplateList" represents a list
               of zero or more instances of a structured data type,
               where the data type of each list element is the same
               and corresponds with a single Template Record.  Examples include
               a structured data type composed of multiple pairs of
               ("MPLS label stack entry position", "MPLS label stack value"),
               a structured data type composed of performance metrics, and
               a structured data type composed of multiple pairs of IP address.
             </documentation>
           </annotation>
         </enumeration>

...

         <enumeration value="subTemplateMultiList">
           <annotation>
             <documentation>The type "subTemplateMultiList" represents a list
               of zero or more instances of structured data types,
               where the data type of each list element can be different
               and corresponds with different Template definitions.
               An example is a structured data type composed of multiple
               access-list entries, where entries can be composed of
               different criteria types.
             </documentation>
           </annotation>
         </enumeration>

Notes:

Addition of 'The type "basicList"', 'The type "subTemplateList"' and 'The type "subTemplateMultiList"', for consistency with the existing descriptions which all begin 'The type xxx ...'.

Note that this refers to text on page 63, for modifications to the IPFIX schema. The schema has been updated with the corrected text above.

Errata ID: 2926
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Paul Aitken
Date Reported: 2011-08-08
Held for Document Update by: ron bonica

Section Appendix A says:

 <simpleType name="dataTypeSemantics">
   <restriction base="string">
     <enumeration value="List">
       <annotation>
         <documentation>
           Represents an arbitrary-length sequence of structured
           data elements, either composed of regular Information
           Elements or composed of data conforming to a Template
           Record.
         </documentation>
       </annotation>
     </enumeration>

It should say:

         <enumeration value="list">
           <annotation>
             <documentation>
               Represents an arbitrary-length sequence
               of zero or more structured data Information Elements,
               either composed of regular Information Elements
               or composed of data conforming to a Template Record.
             </documentation>
           </annotation>
         </enumeration>

Notes:

Insertion of missing "zero or more" per the definition in section 4.2.1:

4.2. New Data Type Semantic
4.2.1. List

A list represents an arbitrary-length sequence of zero or more
structured data Information Elements, either composed of regular
Information Elements or composed of data conforming to a Template
Record.

Note that this refers to the dataTypeSemantics on page 64, for modifications to the IPFIX schema. The schema has been updated with the corrected text above.

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