Dear RTGWG members, a new I-D version of the scalable zero-touch routing protocol KIRA is available. This ID-based routing protocol is meant to be used to establish control plane connectivity between networked devices. Recent simulations showed that it is not only highly scalable (simulated up to 500,000 nodes) but that it works also quite well in mobile ad-hoc networks or even LEO satellite networks. There is also running code (Rust on Linux).
This could be an approach to master our ever increasing complexity and dynamics of our network infrastructure (see also https://labs.ripe.net/author/roland-bless/how-to-never-lose-control-over-your-network/). I cannot believe that nobody in the IETF is interested in working on this, so I kindly request your comments and questions here on the list. Regards, Roland A new version of Internet-Draft draft-bless-rtgwg-kira-03.txt has been successfully submitted by Roland Bless and posted to the IETF repository. Name: draft-bless-rtgwg-kira Revision: 03 Title: Kademlia-directed ID-based Routing Architecture (KIRA) Date: 2025-07-03 Group: Individual Submission Pages: 56 URL:https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-bless-rtgwg-kira-03.txt Status:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-bless-rtgwg-kira/ HTML:https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-bless-rtgwg-kira-03.html HTMLized:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-bless-rtgwg-kira Diff:https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-bless-rtgwg-kira-03 Abstract: This document describes the Kademlia-directed ID-based Routing Architecture KIRA. KIRA is a scalable zero-touch distributed routing solution that is tailored to control planes. It prioritizes scalable and resilient connectivity over route efficiency (stretched paths are acceptable vs. routing protocol overhead). KIRA's self-assigned topological independent IDs can be embedded into IPv6 addresses. Combined with further self-organization mechanisms from Kademlia, KIRA achieves a zero-touch solution that provides scalable IPv6 connectivity without requiring any manual configuration. For example, it can connect hundreds of thousands of routers and devices in a single network without requiring any form of hierarchy (like areas). It works well in various topologies and is loop-free even during convergence. This self-contained solution, and especially the independence from any manual configuration, make it suitable as resilient base for all management and control tasks, allowing to recover from the most complex failure scenarios. The architecture consists of the ID-based network layer routing protocol R²/Kad in its Routing Tier (using source routing) and a PathID-based Forwarding Tier (using PathIDs as labels for paths). KIRA’s tightly integrated add-on services (e.g., name resolution as well as fast and efficient topology discovery) provide a perfect basis for autonomic network management solutions. _______________________________________________ rtgwg mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
