Re: [netmod] Eric Rescorla's Discuss on draft-ietf-netmod-schema-mount-11: (with DISCUSS)

[Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]>]

OK, after reading your explanation and the example, I think I am clearer on
the use case and the text you propose seems appropriate. Why don't you
provide a new ID and I'll clear my DISCUSS

-Ekr


On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 9:05 AM joel jaeggli <[e-mail]> wrote:

> On 10/16/18 06:00, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> > I'm sorry, but I still don't think I understand the security impacts of
> > this well enough to know if this text is OK.
> >
> > Can you provide a more detailed explanation of what XPath expressions
> > can and cannot do here? Happy to discuss live either on the phone or in
> BKK
> I'm probably grossly simplifying the goal here, but.
>
> xpath statement allow for referencing another path or applying
> constraints e.g. when / must (rfc 6020)
>
> the canonical example in 6020 being something like
>
>   container interface {
>       leaf ifType {
>           type enumeration {
>               enum ethernet;
>               enum atm;
>           }
>       }
>       leaf ifMTU {
>           type uint32;
>       }
>       must "ifType != 'ethernet' or " +
>            "(ifType = 'ethernet' and ifMTU = 1500)" {
>           error-message "An ethernet MTU must be 1500";
>       }
>       must "ifType != 'atm' or " +
>            "(ifType = 'atm' and ifMTU <= 17966 and ifMTU >= 64)" {
>           error-message "An atm MTU must be  64 .. 17966";
>       }
>
> http://www.yang-central.org/twiki/pub/Main/YangDocuments/rfc6020.html#xpath
>
> Imposing constraints using nodes in mounted modules is kind of a key
> application of schema-mount.
>
> > -Ekr
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 5:45 AM Martin Bjorklund <[e-mail]
> > <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     Eric Rescorla <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> >     > That seems like it's going to have some pretty surprising
> >     consequences and
> >     > at minimum needs more information in the Security Considerations.
> >
> >     Ok.  Howabout we add a paragraph to the end of the Security
> >     Considerations section:
> >
> >       Care must be taken when the "parent-reference" XPath expressions
> are
> >       constructed, since the result of the evaluation of these
> expressions
> >       is added to the accessible tree for any XPath expression found in
> >       the mounted schema.
> >
> >
> >     /martin
> >
> >     > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:18 AM Martin Bjorklund <[e-mail]
> >     <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     > > Eric Rescorla <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> >     > > > I'm sorry but I don't understand this.
> >     > > >
> >     > > > Does the externally visible behavior of any mounted module
> >     depend in any
> >     > > > way on these XPATH references
> >     > >
> >     > > Yes, but note that these XPath expressions ("parent-reference")
> are
> >     > > read-only (config false in the YANG model).  Thus they are set
> >     by the
> >     > > implementation, and used to inform the operator about the
> >     environment
> >     > > in which other XPath expressions are evaluated.
> >     > >
> >     > >
> >     > > /martin
> >     > >
> >     > >
> >     > > >
> >     > > > -Ekr
> >     > > >
> >     > > >
> >     > > >
> >     > > >
> >     > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 6:38 AM Martin Bjorklund
> >     <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> >     > > >
> >     > > > > Eric Rescorla <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> >     > > > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 5:32 AM Martin Bjorklund
> >     <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>
> >     > > wrote:
> >     > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > Hi,
> >     > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > Eric Rescorla <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>
> wrote:
> >     > > > > > > > Eric Rescorla has entered the following ballot
> >     position for
> >     > > > > > > > draft-ietf-netmod-schema-mount-11: Discuss
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > > When responding, please keep the subject line intact
> >     and reply
> >     > > to all
> >     > > > > > > > email addresses included in the To and CC lines. (Feel
> >     free to
> >     > > cut
> >     > > > > this
> >     > > > > > > > introductory paragraph, however.)
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > > Please refer to
> >     > > > > > >
> https://www.ietf.org/iesg/statement/discuss-criteria.html
> >     > > > > > > > for more information about IESG DISCUSS and COMMENT
> >     positions.
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > > The document, along with other ballot positions, can
> >     be found
> >     > > here:
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-netmod-schema-mount/
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > >
> >
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >     > > > > > > > DISCUSS:
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > >
> >
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > > Rich version of this review at:
> >     > > > > > > > https://mozphab-ietf.devsvcdev.mozaws.net/D3506
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > > DETAIL
> >     > > > > > > > S 4.
> >     > > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > > >      It is worth emphasizing that the nodes
> specified in
> >     > > > > > > > >      "parent-reference" leaf-list are available in
> >     the mounted
> >     > > > > schema
> >     > > > > > > only
> >     > > > > > > > >      for XPath evaluations.  In particular, they
> >     cannot be
> >     > > accessed
> >     > > > > > > there
> >     > > > > > > > >      via network management protocols such as NETCONF
> >     > > [RFC6241] or
> >     > > > > > > > >      RESTCONF [RFC8040].
> >     > > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > > What are the security implications of this XPath
> reference
> >     > > outside
> >     > > > > the
> >     > > > > > > > mount jail? Specifically, how does it interact with
> >     the access
> >     > > > > control
> >     > > > > > > > for the enclosing module.
> >     > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > There is no such interaction, since access control comes
> >     into play
> >     > > > > > > when some external entity accesses the data through some
> >     management
> >     > > > > > > protocol, and the nodes from the "parent-reference"
> >     expressions
> >     > > cannot
> >     > > > > > > be accessed via management protocols.
> >     > > > > > >
> >     > > > > > > The last sentence of the quoted paragraph was supposed
> >     to make this
> >     > > > > > > clear, but it seems we might need some additional
> >     explanation?
> >     > > > > > >
> >     > > > > >
> >     > > > > > Yes, I think so. I guess I'm not clear on what the XPath
> >     expressions
> >     > > are
> >     > > > > > for if they
> >     > > > > > can't be accessed via the management protocols. How can
> >     they be used?
> >     > > > >
> >     > > > > These are XPath expressions defined in the YANG models
> >     themselves,
> >     > > > > such as "must" expressions or "leafrefs".   The description
> of
> >     > > > > "parent-reference" refer to them as:
> >     > > > >
> >     > > > >                [...] XPath
> >     > > > >                expressions whose context nodes are defined
> >     in the
> >     > > > >                mounted schema
> >     > > > >
> >     > > > >
> >     > > > >
> >     > > > > /martin
> >     > > > >
> >     > >
> >
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