Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
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Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
Finding Feature Information in This Module
Information About Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
Use of TTL Security Check in Existing Networks
TTL Security Check for OSPF Virtual and Sham Links
Benefits of the OSPF Support for TTL Security Check
How to Configure OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
Configuring TTL Security Check on All OSPF Interfaces
Configuring TTL Security Check on a per-Interface Basis
Configuring OSPF Graceful Shutdown on a per-Interface Basis
Configuration Examples for OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
Use of TTL Security Check in Existing Networks: Example
Feature Information for Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
First Published: January 14, 2008Last Updated: October 2, 2009This module describes configuration tasks to configure various options involving Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). This module contains tasks that use commands to configure a lightweight security mechanism to protect OSPF sessions from CPU utilization-based attacks and configure a router to shut down a protocol temporarily without losing the protocol configuration.
Finding Feature Information in This Module
Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest feature information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the "Feature Information for Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown" section.
Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco IOS and Catalyst OS software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.
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Information About Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
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Information About Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
To configure the OSPF features in this module, you should understand the following concepts:
TTL Security Check for OSPF
When the TTL Security Check feature is enabled, OSPF sends outgoing packets with an IP header Time-to-Live (TTL) value of 255 and discards incoming packets that have TTL values less than a configurable threshold. Because each router that forwards an IP packet decrements the TTL, packets received via a direct (one hop) connection will have a value of 255. Packets that cross two hops will have a value of 254, and so on. The receive threshold is configured in terms of the maximum number of hops a packet may have traveled. The value for this hop-count argument is a number from 1 to 254, with a default of 1.
The TTL Security Check feature may be configured under the OSPF router submode, in which case it applies to all the interfaces on which OSPF runs, or it may be configured on a per-interface basis.
Use of TTL Security Check in Existing Networks
If you have OSPF running in your network and want to implement TTL security on an interface-by-interface basis without any network interruptions, use the ip ospf ttl-security command and set the hop-count argument to 254. This setting causes outgoing packets to be sent with a TTL value of 255, but allows any value for input packets. Later, once the router at the other end of the link has had TTL security enabled, you can start enforcing the hop limit for incoming packets by using the same ip ospf ttl-security command with no hop count specified. This process ensures that OSPF packets will not be dropped because of a temporary mismatch in TTL security.
TTL Security Check for OSPF Virtual and Sham Links
In OSPF, all areas must be connected to a backbone area. If there is a break in backbone continuity, or the backbone is purposefully partitioned, you can establish a virtual link. The virtual link must be configured in both routers. The configuration information in each router consists of the other virtual endpoint (the other Area Border Router [ABR]) and the nonbackbone area that the two routers have in common (called the transit area). Note that virtual links cannot be configured through stub areas. Sham links are similar to virtual links in many ways, but sham links are used in Layer 3 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) networks to connect provider edge (PE) routers across the MPLS backbone.
To establish a virtual link or a sham link, use the area virtual-link or area sham-link cost command, respectively, in router configuration mode. To configure the TTL Security Check feature on a virtual link or a sham link, configure the ttl-security keyword and the hop-count argument in either command. Note that the hop-count argument value is mandatory in this case.
Benefits of the OSPF Support for TTL Security Check
The OSPF Support for TTL Security Check feature protects OSPF neighbor sessions from CPU utilization-based attacks and reduces the effectiveness of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against an OSPF autonomous system. When this feature is enabled, a host cannot attack an OSPF session if the host is not a member of the local or remote OSPF network or if the host is not directly connected to a network segment between the local and remote OSPF networks.
OSPF Graceful Shutdown
The OSPF Graceful Shutdown feature provides the ability to temporarily shut down the OSPF protocol in the least disruptive manner and notify its neighbors that it is going away. All traffic that has another path through the network will be directed to that alternate path. A graceful shutdown of the OSPF protocol can be initiated using the shutdown command in router configuration mode.
This feature also provides the ability to shut down OSPF on a specific interface. In this case, OSPF will not advertise the interface or form adjacencies over it; however, all of the OSPF interface configuration will be retained. To initiate a graceful shutdown of an interface, use the ip ospf shutdown command in interface configuration mode.
How to Configure OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
This section contains the following tasks:
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Configuring TTL Security Check on All OSPF Interfaces
Perform this task to configure TTL security check on all OSPF interfaces. This ensures that OSPF neighbor sessions are protected from CPU utilization-based attacks and reduces the effectiveness of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against an OSPF autonomous system.
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Configuring TTL Security Check on a per-Interface Basis
Perform this task to configure TTL security check on an individual interface.
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Configuring OSPF Graceful Shutdown on a per-Interface Basis
Perform this task to configure a graceful shutdown on a individual OSPF interface.
When the ip ospf shutdown interface command is entered, the interface on which it is configured sends a link-state update advising its neighbors that is going down, which allows those neighbors to begin routing OSPF traffic around this router.
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Configuration Examples for OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
This section provides the following configuration example:
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Use of TTL Security Check in Existing Networks: Example
The following example shows how to enable TTL security in an existing OSPF network on a per-interface basis.
Configuring TTL security in an existing network is a three-step process:
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configure terminal
! Configure the following command on the sending side router.
interface ethernet 0/1
ip ospf ttl-security hops 254
! Configure the next command on the receiving side router.
interface ethernet 0/1
ip ospf ttl-security
! Reconfigure the sending side with no hop count.
ip ospf ttl-security
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Additional References
The following sections provide references related to the OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown features.
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Feature Information for Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
Table 1 lists the features in this module and provides links to specific configuration information. Only features that were introduced or modified in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRC, 12.2(33)SB, 15.0(1)M, or a later release appear in the table.
Not all commands may be available in your Cisco IOS software release. For release information about a specific command, see the command reference documentation.
Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and software image support. Cisco Feature Navigator enables you to determine which Cisco IOS and Catalyst OS software images support a specific software release, feature set, or platform. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.
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Table 1 Feature Information for Configuring OSPF TTL Security Check and OSPF Graceful Shutdown
OSPF Graceful Shutdown
12.2(33)SRC
12.2(33)SB 15.0(1)MThis feature provides the ability to temporarily shut down a protocol in the least disruptive manner and notify its neighbors that it is going away.
A graceful shutdown of a protocol can be initiated on all OSPF interfaces or on a specific interface.
The following sections provide information about this feature:
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The following commands were introduced or modified: ip ospf shutdown, show ip ospf interface, and show ip ospf, shutdown (router OSPF).
In Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SB, support was added for the Cisco 10000 series routers.
OSPF TTL Security Check
12.2(33)SRC 15.0(1)M
This feature increases protection against OSPF DoS attacks, enables checking of TTL values on OSPF packets from neighbors, and allows users to set TTL values sent to neighbors.
The following sections provide information about this feature:
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The following commands were introduced or modified: area sham-link cost, area virtual-link, debug ip ospf adj, ip ospf ttl-security, show ip ospf interface, show ip ospf neighbor, show ip ospf traffic, and ttl-security all-interfaces,.
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