Re: [dhcwg] seDHCPv6 update and next steps ...

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Thu, 13 July 2017 00:26 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 20:25:21 -0400
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To: "Bernie Volz (volz)" <volz@cisco.com>
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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] seDHCPv6 update and next steps ...
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You mean for leasequery?   We should probably scope that out.   It's not
clear to me that there's an overlap in the use cases, though.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Bernie Volz (volz) <volz@cisco.com> wrote:

> Ok, thanks for your use case. We'll hopefully get more.
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> And,
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> since there may be a LDRA, the DHCPv6 parameters must be available
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> in-the-clear so that the LDRA can snoop any IA_NA/IA_PD assignments.
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> I think this can be solved in other ways, such as via the RAAN work.
> Though one issue with that is we need to figure out how to provide client
> details (i.e., client-id) that might be needed by relays.
>
> - Bernie (from iPad)
>
> On Jul 12, 2017, at 5:36 PM, Templin, Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
> wrote:
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> Hi Bernie,
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> My scenario is very simple. The client and server are connected to the same
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> link, and the link already supports link-layer security (e.g., IEEE
> 802.1X).
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> The client knows that it can trust the server because the server’s address
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> is in a list of known server addresses for the link that cannot be
> subverted
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> by an adversary and there is no opportunity for source address spoofing.
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> The server knows that the client is authorized to connect to the link
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> (e.g., due to 802.1X) but the server does not know whether the client
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> is authorized to use the DUID it is claiming in its DHCPv6 messages.
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> For example, trusted client ‘A’ could use trusted client ‘B’s DUID to
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> steal client ‘B’s service – an “insider attack”.
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>
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> So, what is needed from seDHCPv6 is for the client to authenticate itself
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> to the server so that it cannot steal the services of another client. And,
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> since there may be a LDRA, the DHCPv6 parameters must be available
>
> in-the-clear so that the LDRA can snoop any IA_NA/IA_PD assignments.
>
>
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> Thanks - Fred
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>
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> *From:* Bernie Volz (volz) [mailto:volz@cisco.com <volz@cisco.com>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 12, 2017 2:06 PM
> *To:* Templin, Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>;
> draft-ietf-dhc-sedhcpv6@tools.ietf.org; dhcwg@ietf.org
> *Subject:* RE: seDHCPv6 update and next steps ...
>
>
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> Hi Fred:
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> Thanks for your interest.
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>
> Could you clarify what you mean by authentication-only? As I see if in
> terms of authentication there is:
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> 1.       Authenticate the server to the client
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> 2.       Authenticate the client to the server
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> 3.       Or both
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>
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> There are also various degrees of authentication – for example, TOFU
> (Trust on First Use) to trusted third party (and what that might impose on
> certificate distribution / validation).
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>
>
> And, if you have a specific use model in mind (for example, if this is for
> AERO), having a brief summary of this and the authentication requirements
> would be useful.
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> I’d also suggest that understanding why other techniques, such as 802.1X,
> would not be appropriate could provide added value in understanding the
> requirements.
>
>
>
> -          Bernie
>
>
>
> *From:* Templin, Fred L [mailto:Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com
> <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 12, 2017 4:49 PM
> *To:* Bernie Volz (volz) <volz@cisco.com>; draft-ietf-dhc-sedhcpv6@tools.
> ietf.org; dhcwg@ietf.org
> *Subject:* RE: seDHCPv6 update and next steps ...
>
>
>
> Hi Bernie,
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, my plane does not arrive until ~16:00 CEST on Sunday. But,
> if
>
> this work is going back to first principles I would like to express an
> interest in
>
> an authentication-only mode of operation (i.e., no encryption). It would
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> avoid a “double-encryption” when encryption is already provided by the
>
> link layer between the client and server (or first-hop relay) and there are
>
> already other securing mechanisms in place between relays and servers.
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>
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> Thanks - Fred
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>
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>
> *From:* dhcwg [mailto:dhcwg-bounces@ietf.org <dhcwg-bounces@ietf.org>] *On
> Behalf Of *Bernie Volz (volz)
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 12, 2017 1:30 PM
> *To:* draft-ietf-dhc-sedhcpv6@tools.ietf.org; dhcwg@ietf.org
> *Subject:* [dhcwg] seDHCPv6 update and next steps ...
>
>
>
> Hi:
>
>
>
> There has been some discussion (most recently off the dhcwg mailing list)
> about the sedhcpv6 draft.
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>
>
> Previously, as discussed on the dhcwg mailing list a while back, there are
> some issues with the current draft (including the encryption issue; the key
> can’t be used to encrypt more data than the size of the key). And, while
> some of the co-authors have communicated recently, others have been quiet
> and it is not clear what the level of interest for each is in continuing.
> This work has sadly had a long road with several turns already.
>
>
>
> The discussion raised the question as to what the goals of this work
> should be. Some feel that we need to step back and first develop a
> “requirements document” to clearly detail what the goals of a securing
> DHCPv6 should be (for example, was the fairly recent push to add encryption
> appropriate?).
>
>
>
> Thus, Tomek and I feel that it would be worth having an interested group
> meet before the IETF-99 DHC WG session (which is on Wednesday, 7/19
> afternoon) to discuss this so that we could formulate a strategy. If you
> have interest, let us know. We propose to meet on Sunday at 14:00 (CEST) in
> Chez Louis (Hackathon) room – we can find a table there, or look for
> another place. (If there is remote participation interest, let us know and
> we’ll see what we might be able to accommodate.)
>
>
>
> We may also have extra time in the DHC WG session to discuss in detail
> there, but it could be helpful to have one or more proposals and, if we get
> the slides out quickly, give people some time to think about it before the
> WG session.
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>
>
> -          Bernie and Tomek
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