RFC 7582
Multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN): Using Bidirectional P-Tunnels
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) E. Rosen Request for Comments: 7582 Juniper Networks, Inc. Updates: 6513, 6514, 6625 IJ. Wijnands Category: Standards Track Cisco Systems, Inc. ISSN: 2070-1721 Y. Cai Microsoft A. Boers July 2015 Multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN): Using Bidirectional P-TunnelsAbstract
A set of prior RFCs specify procedures for supporting multicast in BGP/MPLS IP VPNs. These procedures allow customer multicast data to travel across a service provider's backbone network through a set of multicast tunnels. The tunnels are advertised in certain BGP multicast auto-discovery routes, by means of a BGP attribute known as the "Provider Multicast Service Interface (PMSI) Tunnel" attribute. Encodings have been defined that allow the PMSI Tunnel attribute to identify bidirectional (multipoint-to-multipoint) multicast distribution trees. However, the prior RFCs do not provide all the necessary procedures for using bidirectional tunnels to support multicast VPNs. This document updates RFCs 6513, 6514, and 6625 by specifying those procedures. In particular, it specifies the procedures for assigning customer multicast flows (unidirectional or bidirectional) to specific bidirectional tunnels in the provider backbone, for advertising such assignments, and for determining which flows have been assigned to which tunnels. Status of This Memo This is an Internet Standards Track document. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7582.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4 1.1. Terminology ................................................4 1.2. Overview ...................................................9 1.2.1. Bidirectional P-Tunnel Technologies ................10 1.2.2. Reasons for Using Bidirectional P-Tunnels ..........11 1.2.3. Knowledge of Group-to-RP and/or Group-to-RPA Mappings ..............................12 1.2.4. PMSI Instantiation Methods .........................12 2. The All BIDIR-PIM Wildcard .....................................15 3. Using Bidirectional P-Tunnels ..................................15 3.1. Procedures Specific to the Tunneling Technology ...........15 3.1.1. BIDIR-PIM P-Tunnels ................................16 3.1.2. MP2MP LSPs .........................................17 3.2. Procedures Specific to the PMSI Instantiation Method ......17 3.2.1. Flat Partitioning ..................................17 3.2.1.1. When an S-PMSI Is a 'Match for Transmission' .............................19 3.2.1.2. When an I-PMSI Is a 'Match for Transmission' .............................20 3.2.1.3. When an S-PMSI Is a 'Match for Reception' .21 3.2.1.4. When an I-PMSI Is a 'Match for Reception' .22 3.2.2. Hierarchical Partitioning ..........................23 3.2.2.1. Advertisement of PE Distinguisher Labels ..24 3.2.2.2. When an S-PMSI Is a 'Match for Transmission' .............................25 3.2.2.3. When an I-PMSI Is a 'Match for Transmission' .............................26 3.2.2.4. When an S-PMSI Is a 'Match for Reception' .27 3.2.2.5. When an I-PMSI Is a 'Match for Reception' .27 3.2.3. Unpartitioned ......................................28 3.2.3.1. When an S-PMSI Is a 'Match for Transmission' .............................30 3.2.3.2. When an S-PMSI Is a 'Match for Reception' .30 3.2.4. Minimal Feature Set for Compliance .................31 4. Security Considerations ........................................32 5. References .....................................................32 5.1. Normative References ......................................32 5.2. Informative References ....................................33 Acknowledgments ...................................................34 Authors' Addresses ................................................34
1. Introduction
The RFCs that specify multicast support for BGP/MPLS IP VPNs ([RFC6513], [RFC6514], and [RFC6625]) allow customer multicast data to be transported across a service provider's network though a set of multicast tunnels. These tunnels are advertised in BGP multicast auto-discovery (A-D) routes, by means of a BGP attribute known as the "Provider Multicast Service Interface (PMSI) Tunnel" attribute. The base specifications allow the use of bidirectional (multipoint-to- multipoint) multicast distribution trees and describe how to encode the identifiers for bidirectional trees into the PMSI Tunnel attribute. However, those specifications do not provide all the necessary detailed procedures for using bidirectional tunnels; the full specification of these procedures was considered to be outside the scope of those documents. The purpose of this document is to provide all the necessary procedures for using bidirectional trees in a service provider's network to carry the multicast data of VPN customers.1.1. Terminology
This document uses terminology from [RFC6513] and, in particular, uses the prefixes "C-" and "P-", as specified in Section 3.1 of [RFC6513], to distinguish addresses in the "customer address space" from addresses in the "provider address space". The following terminology and acronyms are particularly important in this document: o MVPN Multicast Virtual Private Network -- a VPN [RFC4364] in which multicast service is offered. o VRF VPN Routing and Forwarding table [RFC4364]. o PE A Provider Edge router, as defined in [RFC4364]. o SP Service Provider. o LSP An MPLS Label Switched Path.
o P2MP
Point-to-Multipoint.
o MP2MP
Multipoint-to-multipoint.
o Unidirectional
Adjective for a multicast distribution tree in which all traffic
travels downstream from the root of the tree. Traffic can enter a
unidirectional tree only at the root. A P2MP LSP is one type of
unidirectional tree. Multicast distribution trees set up by
Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) [RFC4601]
are also unidirectional trees. Data traffic traveling along a
unidirectional multicast distribution tree is sometimes referred
to in this document as "unidirectional traffic".
o Bidirectional
Adjective for a multicast distribution tree in which traffic may
travel both upstream (towards the root) and downstream (away from
the root). Traffic may enter a bidirectional tree at any node.
An MP2MP LSP is one type of bidirectional tree. Multicast
distribution trees created by Bidirectional Protocol Independent
Multicast (BIDIR-PIM) [RFC5015] are also bidirectional trees.
Data traffic traveling along a bidirectional multicast
distribution tree is sometimes referred to in this document as
"bidirectional traffic".
o P-tunnel
A tunnel through the network of one or more SPs. In this
document, the P-tunnels we speak of are instantiated as
bidirectional multicast distribution trees.
o SSM
Source-Specific Multicast. When SSM is being used, a multicast
distribution tree carries traffic from only a single source.
o ASM
Any Source Multicast. When ASM is being used, some multicast
distribution trees ("share trees") carry traffic from multiple
sources.
o C-S
Multicast Source. A multicast source address, in the address
space of a customer network.
o C-G
Multicast Group. A multicast group address (destination address)
in the address space of a customer network. When used without
qualification, "C-G" may refer to either a unidirectional group
address or a bidirectional group address.
o C-G-BIDIR
A bidirectional multicast group address (i.e., a group address
whose IP multicast distribution tree is built by BIDIR-PIM).
o C-multicast flow or C-flow
A customer multicast flow. A C-flow travels through VPN customer
sites on a multicast distribution tree set up by the customer.
These trees may be unidirectional or bidirectional, depending upon
the multicast routing protocol used by the customer. A C-flow
travels between VPN customer sites by traveling through P-tunnels.
A C-flow from a particular customer source is identified by the
ordered pair (source address, group address), where each address
is in the customer's address space. The identifier of such a
C-flow is usually written as (C-S,C-G).
If a customer uses the ASM model, then some or all of the
customer's C-flows may be traveling along the same "shared tree".
In this case, we will speak of a "(C-*,C-G)" flow to refer to a
set of C-flows that travel along the same shared tree in the
customer sites.
o C-BIDIR flow or bidirectional C-flow
A C-flow that, in the VPN customer sites, travels along a
bidirectional multicast distribution tree. The term "C-BIDIR
flow" indicates that the customer's bidirectional tree has been
set up by BIDIR-PIM.
o RP
A Rendezvous Point, as defined in [RFC4601].
o C-RP
A Rendezvous Point whose address is in the customer's address
space.
o RPA
A Rendezvous Point Address, as defined in [RFC5015].
o C-RPA
An RPA in the customer's address space.
o P-RPA
An RPA in the SP's address space.
o Selective P-tunnel
A P-tunnel that is joined only by PE routers that need to receive
one or more of the C-flows that are traveling through that
P-tunnel.
o Inclusive P-tunnel
A P-tunnel that is joined by all PE routers that attach to sites
of a given MVPN.
o PMSI
Provider Multicast Service Interface. A PMSI is a conceptual
overlay on a Service Provider backbone, allowing a PE in a given
MVPN to multicast to other PEs in the MVPN. PMSIs are
instantiated by P-tunnels.
o I-PMSI
Inclusive PMSI. Traffic multicast by a PE on an I-PMSI is
received by all other PEs in the MVPN. I-PMSIs are instantiated
by Inclusive P-tunnels.
o S-PMSI
Selective PMSI. Traffic multicast by a PE on an S-PMSI is
received by some (but not necessarily all) of the other PEs in the
MVPN. S-PMSIs are instantiated by Selective P-tunnels.
o Intra-AS I-PMSI A-D route
Intra-AS (Autonomous System) Inclusive Provider Multicast Service
Interface Auto-Discovery route. Carried in BGP Update messages,
these routes can be used to advertise the use of Inclusive
P-tunnels. See [RFC6514], Section 4.1.
o S-PMSI A-D route
Selective Provider Multicast Service Interface Auto-Discovery
route. Carried in BGP Update messages, these routes are used to
advertise the fact that a particular C-flow or a particular set of
C-flows is bound to (i.e., is traveling through) a particular
P-tunnel. See [RFC6514], Section 4.3.
o (C-S,C-G) S-PMSI A-D route
An S-PMSI A-D route whose NLRI (Network Layer Reachability
Information) contains C-S in its "Multicast Source" field and C-G
in its "Multicast Group" field.
o (C-*,C-G) S-PMSI A-D route
An S-PMSI A-D route whose NLRI contains the wildcard (C-*) in its
"Multicast Source" field and C-G in its "Multicast Group" field.
See [RFC6625].
o (C-*,C-G-BIDIR) S-PMSI A-D route
An S-PMSI A-D route whose NLRI contains the wildcard (C-*) in its
"Multicast Source" field and C-G-BIDIR in its "Multicast Group"
field. See [RFC6625].
o (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route
An S-PMSI A-D route whose NLRI contains the wildcard C-* in its
"Multicast Source" field and the wildcard C-* in its "Multicast
Group" field. See [RFC6625].
o (C-*,C-*-BIDIR) S-PMSI A-D route
An S-PMSI A-D route whose NLRI contains the wildcard C-* in its
"Multicast Source" field and the wildcard "C-*-BIDIR" in its
"Multicast Group" field. See Section 2 of this document.
o (C-S,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route
An S-PMSI A-D route whose NLRI contains C-S in its "Multicast
Source" field and the wildcard C-* in its "Multicast Group" field.
See [RFC6625].
o Wildcard S-PMSI A-D route
A (C-*,C-G) S-PMSI A-D route, a (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route, a
(C-S,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route, or a (C-*,C-*-BIDIR) S-PMSI A-D route.
o PTA
PMSI Tunnel attribute, a BGP attribute that identifies a P-tunnel.
See [RFC6514], Section 8.
The terminology used for categorizing S-PMSI A-D routes will also be
used for categorizing the S-PMSIs advertised by those routes. For
example, the S-PMSI advertised by a (C-*,C-G) S-PMSI A-D route will
be known as a "(C-*,C-G) S-PMSI".
Familiarity with multicast concepts and terminology [RFC4601] is also
presupposed.
This specification uses the terms "match for transmission" and "match
for reception" as they are defined in [RFC6625]. When it is clear
from the context whether we are talking of transmission or reception,
we will sometimes talk simply of a C-flow "matching" an I-PMSI or
S-PMSI A-D route.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document, when and only when appearing in all caps, are to be
interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
1.2. Overview
The base documents for MVPN ([RFC6513] and [RFC6514]) define a "PMSI
Tunnel attribute" (PTA). This is a BGP Path attribute that may be
attached to the BGP "I-PMSI A-D routes" and "S-PMSI A-D routes" that
are defined in those documents. The base documents define the way in
which the identifier of a bidirectional P-tunnel is to be encoded in
the PTA. However, those documents do not contain the full set of
specifications governing the use of bidirectional P-tunnels; rather,
those documents declare the full set of specifications for using
bidirectional P-tunnels to be outside their scope. Similarly, the
use of bidirectional P-tunnels advertised in wildcard S-PMSI A-D routes is declared by [RFC6625] to be "outside the scope" of that document. This document provides the specifications governing the use of bidirectional P-tunnels to provide MVPN support. This includes the procedures for assigning C-flows to specific bidirectional P-tunnels, for advertising the fact that a particular C-flow has been assigned to a particular bidirectional P-tunnel, and for determining the bidirectional P-tunnel on which a given C-flow may be expected. The C-flows carried on bidirectional P-tunnels may, themselves, be either unidirectional or bidirectional. Procedures are provided for both cases. This document does not specify any new data encapsulations for bidirectional P-tunnels. Section 12 ("Encapsulations") of [RFC6513] applies unchanged. With regard to the procedures for using bidirectional P-tunnels to instantiate PMSIs, if there is any conflict between the procedures specified in this document and the procedures of [RFC6513], [RFC6514], or [RFC6625], the procedures of this document take precedence. The use of bidirectional P-tunnels to support extranets [MVPN-XNET] is outside the scope of this document. The use of bidirectional P-tunnels as "segmented P-tunnels" (see Section 8 of [RFC6513] and various sections of [RFC6514]) is also outside the scope of this document.1.2.1. Bidirectional P-Tunnel Technologies
This document supports two different technologies for creating and maintaining bidirectional P-tunnels: o Multipoint-to-multipoint Label Switched Paths (MP2MP LSPs) that are created through the use of the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Multipoint-to-Multipoint extensions [RFC6388]. o Multicast distribution trees that are created through the use of BIDIR-PIM [RFC5015]. Other bidirectional tunnel technologies are outside the scope of this document.
1.2.2. Reasons for Using Bidirectional P-Tunnels
Bidirectional P-tunnels can be used to instantiate I-PMSIs and/or S-PMSIs. An SP may decide to use bidirectional P-tunnels to instantiate certain I-PMSIs and/or S-PMSIs in order to provide its customers with C-BIDIR support, using the "Partitioned Set of PEs" technique discussed in Section 11.2 of [RFC6513] and Section 3.6 of [RFC6517]. This technique can be used whether the C-BIDIR flows are being carried on an I-PMSI or an S-PMSI. Even if an SP does not need to provide C-BIDIR support, it may still decide to use bidirectional P-tunnels, in order to save state in the network's transit nodes. For example, if an MVPN has n PEs attached to sites with multicast sources, and there is an I-PMSI for that MVPN, instantiating the I-PMSI with unidirectional P-tunnels (i.e., with P2MP multicast distribution trees) requires n multicast distribution trees, each one rooted at a different PE. If the I-PMSI is instantiated by a bidirectional P-tunnel, a single multicast distribution tree can be used, assuming appropriate support by the provisioning system. An SP may decide to use bidirectional P-tunnels for either or both of these reasons. Note that even if the reason for using bidirectional P-tunnels is to provide C-BIDIR support, the same P-tunnels can also be used to carry unidirectional C-flows, if that is the choice of the SP. These two reasons for using bidirectional P-tunnels may appear to be somewhat in conflict with each other, since (as will be seen in subsequent sections) the use of bidirectional P-tunnels for C-BIDIR support may require multiple bidirectional P-tunnels per VPN. Each such P-tunnel is associated with a particular "distinguished PE", and can only carry those C-BIDIR flows whose C-RPAs are reachable through its distinguished PE. However, on platforms that support MPLS upstream-assigned labels ([RFC5331]), PE Distinguisher Labels (Section 4 of [RFC6513] and Section 8 of [RFC6514]) can be used to aggregate multiple bidirectional P-tunnels onto a single outer bidirectional P-tunnel, thereby allowing one to provide C-BIDIR support with minimal state at the transit nodes. Since there are two fundamentally different reasons for using bidirectional P-tunnels, and since many deployed router platforms do not support upstream-assigned labels at the current time, this document specifies several different methods of using bidirectional P-tunnels to instantiate PMSIs. We refer to these as "PMSI Instantiation Methods". The method or methods deployed by any
particular SP will depend upon that SP's goals and engineering trade- offs and upon the set of platforms deployed by that SP. The rules for using bidirectional P-tunnels in I-PMSI or S-PMSI A-D routes are not exactly the same as the rules for using unidirectional P-tunnels, and the rules are also different for the different PMSI instantiation methods. Subsequent sections of this document specify the rules in detail.1.2.3. Knowledge of Group-to-RP and/or Group-to-RPA Mappings
If a VPN customer is making use of a particular ASM group address, the PEs of that VPN generally need to know the group-to-RP mappings that are used within the VPN. If a VPN customer is making use of BIDIR-PIM group addresses, the PEs need to know the group-to-RPA mappings that are used within the VPN. Commonly, the PEs obtain this knowledge either through provisioning or by participating in a dynamic "group-to-RP(A) mapping discovery protocol" that runs within the VPN. However, the way in which this knowledge is obtained is outside the scope of this document. The PEs also need to be able to forward traffic towards the C-RPs and/or C-RPAs and to determine whether the next-hop interface of the route to a particular C-RP(A) is a VRF interface or a PMSI. This is done by applying the procedures of [RFC6513], Section 5.1.1.2.4. PMSI Instantiation Methods
This document specifies three methods for using bidirectional P-tunnels to instantiate PMSIs: two partitioned methods (the Flat Partitioned Method and the Hierarchical Partitioned Method) and the Unpartitioned Method. o Partitioned Methods In the Partitioned Methods, a particular PMSI is instantiated by a set of bidirectional P-tunnels. These P-tunnels may be aggregated (as inner P-tunnels) into a single outer bidirectional P-tunnel ("Hierarchical Partitioning"), or they may be unaggregated ("Flat Partitioning"). Any PE that joins one of these P-tunnels can transmit a packet on it, and the packet will be received by all the other PEs that have joined the P-tunnel. For each such P-tunnel (each inner P-tunnel, in the case of Hierarchical Partitioning) there is one PE that is its distinguished PE. When a PE receives a packet from a given P-tunnel, the PE can determine from the packet's encapsulation the P-tunnel it has arrived on, and it can thus infer the identity of the distinguished PE associated with the packet. This association plays an important
role in the treatment of the packet, as specified later on in this
document.
The number of P-tunnels needed (the number of inner P-tunnels
needed, if Hierarchical Partitioning is used) depends upon a
number of factors that are described later in this document.
The Hierarchical Partitioned Method requires the use of upstream-
assigned MPLS labels (PE Distinguisher Labels) and requires the
use of the PE Distinguisher Labels attribute in BGP. The Flat
Partitioned Method requires neither of these.
The Partitioned Method (either Flat or Hierarchical) is a
prerequisite for implementing the "Partitioned Sets of PEs"
technique of supporting C-BIDIR, as discussed in [RFC6513],
Section 11.2. The Partitioned Method (either Flat or
Hierarchical) is also a prerequisite for applying the "Discarding
Packets from Wrong PE" technique, discussed in [RFC6513], Section
9.1.1, to a PMSI that is instantiated by a bidirectional P-tunnel.
The Flat Partitioned Method is a prerequisite for implementing the
"Partial Mesh of MP2MP P-Tunnels" technique for carrying customer
bidirectional (C-BIDIR) traffic, as discussed in [RFC6513],
Section 11.2.3.
The Hierarchical Partitioned Method is a prerequisite for
implementing the "Using PE Distinguisher Labels" technique of
carrying customer bidirectional (C-BIDIR) traffic, as discussed in
[RFC6513], Section 11.2.2.
Note that a particular deployment may choose to use the
Partitioned Methods for carrying the C-BIDIR traffic on
bidirectional P-tunnels, while carrying other traffic either on
unidirectional P-tunnels or on bidirectional P-tunnels using the
Unpartitioned Method. Routers in a given deployment must be
provisioned to know which PMSI instantiation method to use for
which PMSIs.
There may be ways of implementing the Partitioned Methods with
PMSIs that are instantiated by unidirectional P-tunnels. (See,
e.g., [MVPN-BIDIR-IR].) However, that is outside the scope of the
current document.
o Unpartitioned Method
In the Unpartitioned Method, a particular PMSI can be instantiated
by a single bidirectional P-tunnel. Any PE that joins the tunnel
can transmit a packet on it, and the packet will be received by
all the other PEs that have joined the tunnel. The receiving PEs
can determine the tunnel on which the packet was transmitted, but
they cannot determine which PE transmitted the packet, nor can
they associate the packet with any particular distinguished PE.
When the Unpartitioned Method is used, this document does not
mandate that only one bidirectional P-tunnel be used to
instantiate each PMSI. It allows for the case where more than one
P-tunnel is used. In this case, the transmitting PEs will have a
choice of which such P-tunnel to use when transmitting, and the
receiving PEs must be prepared to receive from any of those
P-tunnels. The use of multiple P-tunnels in this case provides
additional robustness, but it does not provide additional
functionality.
If bidirectional P-tunnels are being used to instantiate the PMSIs of
a given MVPN, one of these methods must be chosen for that MVPN. All
the PEs of that MVPN must be provisioned to know the method that is
being used for that MVPN.
I-PMSIs may be instantiated by bidirectional P-tunnels using either
the Partitioned (either Flat or Hierarchical) Methods or the
Unpartitioned Method. The method used for a given MVPN is determined
by provisioning. It SHOULD be possible to provision this on a per-
MVPN basis, but all the VRFs of a single MVPN MUST be provisioned to
use the same method for the given MVPN's I-PMSI.
If a bidirectional P-tunnel is used to instantiate an S-PMSI
(including the case of a (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI), either the Partitioned
Methods (either Flat or Hierarchical) or the Unpartitioned Method may
be used. The method used by a given VRF is determined by
provisioning. It is desirable to be able to provision this on a per-
MVPN basis. All the VRFs of a single MVPN MUST be provisioned to use
the same method for those of their S-PMSIs that are instantiated by
bidirectional P-tunnels.
If one of the Partitioned Methods is used, all the VRFs of a single
MVPN MUST be provisioned to use the same variant of the Partitioned
Methods, i.e., either they must all use the Flat Partitioned Method
or they must all use the Hierarchical Partitioned Method.
It is valid to use the Unpartitioned Method to instantiate the
I-PMSIs, while using one of the Partitioned Methods to instantiate
the S-PMSIs.
It is valid to instantiate some S-PMSIs by unidirectional P-tunnels
and others by bidirectional P-tunnels.
The procedures for the use of bidirectional P-tunnels, specified in subsequent sections of this document, depend on both the tunnel technology and the PMSI instantiation method. Note that this document does not specify procedures for every possible combination of tunnel technology and PMSI instantiation method.2. The All BIDIR-PIM Wildcard
[RFC6514] specifies the method of encoding C-multicast source and group addresses into the NLRI of certain BGP routes. [RFC6625] extends that specification by allowing the source and/or group address to be replaced by a wildcard. When an MVPN customer is using BIDIR-PIM, it is useful to be able to advertise an S-PMSI A-D route whose semantics are "by default, all BIDIR-PIM C-multicast traffic (within a given VPN) that has not been bound to any other P-tunnel is bound to the bidirectional P-tunnel identified by the PTA of this route". This can be especially useful if one is using a bidirectional P-tunnel to carry the C-BIDIR flows while using unidirectional P-tunnels to carry other C-flows. To do this, it is necessary to have a way to encode a (C-*,C-*) wildcard that is restricted to BIDIR-PIM C-groups. Therefore, we define a special value of the group wildcard, whose meaning is "all BIDIR-PIM groups". The "BIDIR-PIM groups wildcard" is encoded as a group field whose length is 8 bits and whose value is zero. That is, the "multicast group length" field contains the value 0x08, and the "multicast group" field is a single octet containing the value 0x00. (This encoding is distinct from the group wildcard encoding defined in [RFC6625]). We will use the notation (C-*,C-*-BIDIR) to refer to the "all BIDIR-PIM groups" wildcard.
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