Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Curtail CONNECTION_CLOSE for small Initial (#3292)

Jana Iyengar <notifications@github.com> Wed, 11 December 2019 03:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Curtail CONNECTION_CLOSE for small Initial (#3292)
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janaiyengar approved this pull request.

A few editorial suggestions, but this looks good to me now.

> @@ -3479,10 +3498,10 @@ Datagrams containing Initial packets MAY exceed 1200 bytes if the client
 believes that the Path Maximum Transmission Unit (PMTU) supports the size that
 it chooses.
 
-A server MAY send a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame with error code PROTOCOL_VIOLATION in
-response to an Initial packet it receives from a client if the UDP datagram is
-smaller than 1200 bytes. It MUST NOT send any other frame type in response, or
-otherwise behave as if any part of the offending packet was processed as valid.
+A server MUST discard an Initial packet that is carried in a UDP datagram that
+is smaller than 1200 bytes.  A server MAY also immediately close the connection
+by sending a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame with an error code of PROTOCOL_VIOLATION;
+see {{immediate-close}}.

```suggestion
see {{immediate-close-hs}}.
```

> @@ -2491,6 +2494,22 @@ Handshake and 1-RTT packets prior to confirming the handshake; see Section 4.1.2
 of {{QUIC-TLS}}.  These packets can be coalesced into a single UDP datagram; see
 {{packet-coalesce}}.
 
+A CONNECTION_CLOSE frame might be sent in an Initial packet or in response to

```suggestion
An endpoint might send a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame in an Initial packet or in response to
```

> @@ -2491,6 +2494,22 @@ Handshake and 1-RTT packets prior to confirming the handshake; see Section 4.1.2
 of {{QUIC-TLS}}.  These packets can be coalesced into a single UDP datagram; see
 {{packet-coalesce}}.
 
+A CONNECTION_CLOSE frame might be sent in an Initial packet or in response to
+unauthenticated information received in Initial or Handshake packets.  An

```suggestion
unauthenticated information received in Initial or Handshake packets.
```

> @@ -2491,6 +2494,22 @@ Handshake and 1-RTT packets prior to confirming the handshake; see Section 4.1.2
 of {{QUIC-TLS}}.  These packets can be coalesced into a single UDP datagram; see
 {{packet-coalesce}}.
 
+A CONNECTION_CLOSE frame might be sent in an Initial packet or in response to
+unauthenticated information received in Initial or Handshake packets.  An
+immediate close in response might result in a denial of service for a legitimate

```suggestion
Such an immediate close might expose legitimate connections to a denial of service.
```

> @@ -2491,6 +2494,22 @@ Handshake and 1-RTT packets prior to confirming the handshake; see Section 4.1.2
 of {{QUIC-TLS}}.  These packets can be coalesced into a single UDP datagram; see
 {{packet-coalesce}}.
 
+A CONNECTION_CLOSE frame might be sent in an Initial packet or in response to
+unauthenticated information received in Initial or Handshake packets.  An
+immediate close in response might result in a denial of service for a legitimate
+connection.  QUIC does not include defensive measures for on-path attacks during

```suggestion
QUIC does not include defensive measures for on-path attacks during
```

> @@ -2491,6 +2494,22 @@ Handshake and 1-RTT packets prior to confirming the handshake; see Section 4.1.2
 of {{QUIC-TLS}}.  These packets can be coalesced into a single UDP datagram; see
 {{packet-coalesce}}.
 
+A CONNECTION_CLOSE frame might be sent in an Initial packet or in response to
+unauthenticated information received in Initial or Handshake packets.  An
+immediate close in response might result in a denial of service for a legitimate
+connection.  QUIC does not include defensive measures for on-path attacks during
+the handshake; see {{handshake-dos}}.  However, at the cost of reducing feedback
+about errors for legitimate peers, some forms of denial of service can be made
+more difficult for an attacker if endpoints discard illegal packets rather than
+terminating a connection with CONNECTION_CLOSE.  For this reason, endpoints MAY
+discard packets rather than immediately close if errors are detected in packets
+that lack authentication.
+
+An endpoint that has not established state, such as a server that detects an
+error in an Initial packet, does not enter the closing state.  An endpoint that
+has no state for the connection sends a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame without entering

```suggestion
has no state for the connection does not enter a closing or draining period
```

> @@ -2491,6 +2494,22 @@ Handshake and 1-RTT packets prior to confirming the handshake; see Section 4.1.2
 of {{QUIC-TLS}}.  These packets can be coalesced into a single UDP datagram; see
 {{packet-coalesce}}.
 
+A CONNECTION_CLOSE frame might be sent in an Initial packet or in response to
+unauthenticated information received in Initial or Handshake packets.  An
+immediate close in response might result in a denial of service for a legitimate
+connection.  QUIC does not include defensive measures for on-path attacks during
+the handshake; see {{handshake-dos}}.  However, at the cost of reducing feedback
+about errors for legitimate peers, some forms of denial of service can be made
+more difficult for an attacker if endpoints discard illegal packets rather than
+terminating a connection with CONNECTION_CLOSE.  For this reason, endpoints MAY
+discard packets rather than immediately close if errors are detected in packets
+that lack authentication.
+
+An endpoint that has not established state, such as a server that detects an
+error in an Initial packet, does not enter the closing state.  An endpoint that
+has no state for the connection sends a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame without entering
+a closing or draining period.

```suggestion
on sending a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame.
```

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