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Network Working Group                                        N. WilliamsRequest for Comments: 5660                                           SunCategory: Standards Track                                   October 2009IPsec Channels: Connection LatchingAbstract   This document specifies, abstractly, how to interface applications   and transport protocols with IPsec so as to create "channels" by   latching "connections" (packet flows) to certain IPsec Security   Association (SA) parameters for the lifetime of the connections.   Connection latching is layered on top of IPsec and does not modify   the underlying IPsec architecture.   Connection latching can be used to protect applications against   accidentally exposing live packet flows to unintended peers, whether   as the result of a reconfiguration of IPsec or as the result of using   weak peer identity to peer address associations.  Weak association of   peer ID and peer addresses is at the core of Better Than Nothing   Security (BTNS); thus, connection latching can add a significant   measure of protection to BTNS IPsec nodes.   Finally, the availability of IPsec channels will make it possible to   use channel binding to IPsec channels.Status of This Memo   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.Copyright Notice   Copyright (c) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the   document authors.  All rights reserved.   This document is subject toBCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents   (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of   publication of this document.  Please review these documents   carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect   to this document.  Code Components extracted from this document mustWilliams                    Standards Track                     [Page 1]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of   the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as   described in the BSD License.Table of Contents1. Introduction ....................................................31.1. Conventions Used in This Document ..........................42. Connection Latching .............................................42.1. Latching of Quality-of-Protection Parameters ...............82.2. Connection Latch State Machine .............................92.3. Normative Model: ULP Interfaces to the Key Manager ........122.3.1. Race Conditions and Corner Cases ...................172.3.2. Example ............................................182.4. Informative Model: Local Packet Tagging ...................192.5. Non-Native Mode IPsec .....................................212.6. Implementation Note Regarding Peer IDs ....................223. Optional Features ..............................................223.1. Optional Protection .......................................224. Simultaneous Latch Establishment ...............................235. Connection Latching to IPsec for Various ULPs ..................235.1. Connection Latching to IPsec for TCP ......................24      5.2. Connection Latching to IPsec for UDP with           Simulated Connections .....................................24      5.3. Connection Latching to IPsec for UDP with           Datagram-Tagging APIs .....................................255.4. Connection Latching to IPsec for SCTP .....................255.5. Handling of BROKEN State for TCP and SCTP .................266. Security Considerations ........................................276.1. Impact on IPsec ...........................................276.2. Impact on IPsec of Optional Features ......................286.3. Security Considerations for Applications ..................286.4. Channel Binding and IPsec APIs ............................296.5. Denial-of-Service Attacks .................................297. Acknowledgements ...............................................308. References .....................................................308.1. Normative References ......................................308.2. Informative References ....................................30Williams                    Standards Track                     [Page 2]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 20091.  Introduction   IPsec protects packets with little or no regard for stateful packet   flows associated with upper-layer protocols (ULPs).  This exposes   applications that rely on IPsec for session protection to risks   associated with changing IPsec configurations, configurations that   allow multiple peers access to the same addresses, and/or weak   association of peer IDs and their addresses.  The latter can occur as   a result of "wildcard" matching in the IPsec Peer Authorization   Database (PAD), particularly when Better Than Nothing Security (BTNS)   [RFC5387] is used.   Applications that wish to use IPsec may have to ensure that local   policy on the various end-points is configured appropriately   [RFC5406] [USING-IPSEC].  There are no standard Application   Programming Interfaces (APIs) to do this (though there are non-   standard APIs, such as [IP_SEC_OPT.man]) -- a major consequence of   which, for example, is that applications must still use hostnames   (and, e.g., the Domain Name System [RFC1034]) and IP addresses in   existing APIs and must depend on an IPsec configuration that they may   not be able to verify.  In addition to specifying aspects of required   Security Policy Database (SPD) configuration, application   specifications must also address PAD/SPD configuration to strongly   bind individual addresses to individual IPsec identities and   credentials (certificates, public keys, etc.).   IPsec is, then, quite cumbersome for use by applications.  To address   this, we need APIs to IPsec.  Not merely APIs for configuring IPsec,   but also APIs that are similar to the existing IP APIs (e.g., "BSD   Sockets"), so that typical applications making use of UDP [RFC0768],   TCP [RFC0793], and Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)   [RFC4960] can make use of IPsec with minimal changes.   This document describes the foundation for IPsec APIs that UDP and   TCP applications can use: a way to bind the traffic flows for, e.g.,   TCP connections to security properties desired by the application.   We call these "connection latches" (and, in some contexts, "IPsec   channels").  The methods outlined below achieve this by interfacing   ULPs and applications to IPsec.   If widely adopted, connection latching could make application use of   IPsec much simpler, at least for certain classes of applications.   Connection latching, as specified herein, is primarily about watching   updates to the SPD and Security Association Database (SAD) to detect   changes that are adverse to an application's requirements for any   given packet flow, and to react accordingly (such as by synchronously   alerting the ULP and application before packets can be sent orWilliams                    Standards Track                     [Page 3]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   received under the new policy).  Under no circumstance are IPsec   policy databases to be modified by connection latching in any way   that can persist beyond the lifetime of the related packet flows, nor   reboots.  Under no circumstance is the PAD to be modified at all by   connection latching.  If all optional features of connection latching   are excluded, then connection latching can be implemented as a   monitor of SPD and SAD changes that intrudes in their workings no   more than is needed to provide synchronous alerts to ULPs and   applications.   We assume the reader is familiar with the IPsec architecture   [RFC4301] and Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2 (IKEv2)   [RFC4306].   Note: the terms "connection latch" and "IPsec channel" are used   interchangeably below.  The latter term relates to "channel binding"   [RFC5056].  Connection latching is suitable for use in channel   binding applications, or will be, at any rate, when the channel   bindings for IPsec channels are defined (the specification of IPsec   channel bindings is out of scope for this document).   Note: where this document mentions IPsec peer "ID" it refers to the   Internet Key Exchange (IKE) peer ID (e.g., the ID derived from a   peer's cert, as well as the cert), not the peer's IP address.1.1.  Conventions Used in This Document   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].   Abstract function names are all capitalized and denoted by a pair of   parentheses.  In their descriptions, the arguments appear within the   parentheses, with optional arguments surrounded by square brackets.   Return values, if any, are indicated by following the function   argument list with "->" and a description of the return value.  For   example, "FOO(3-tuple, [message])" would be a function named "FOO"   with two arguments, one of them optional, and returning nothing,   whereas "FOOBAR(handle) -> state" would be a function with a single,   required argument that returns a value.  The values' types are   described in the surrounding text.2.  Connection Latching   An "IPsec channel" is a packet flow associated with a ULP control   block, such as a TCP connection, where all the packets are protected   by IPsec SAs such that:Williams                    Standards Track                     [Page 4]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   o  the peer's identity is the same for the lifetime of the packet      flow;   o  the quality of IPsec protection used for the packet flow's      individual packets is the same for all of them for the lifetime of      the packet flow.   An IPsec channel is created when the associated packet flow is   created.  This can be the result of a local operation (e.g., a   connect()) that causes the initial outgoing packet for that flow to   be sent, or it can be the result of receiving the first/initiating   packet for that flow (e.g., a TCP SYN packet).   An IPsec channel is destroyed when the associated packet flow ends.   An IPsec channel can also be "broken" when the connection latch   cannot be maintained for some reason (see below), in which case the   ULP and application are informed.   IPsec channels are created by "latching" various parameters listed   below to a ULP connection when the connections are created.  The   REQUIRED set of parameters bound in IPsec channels is:   o  Type of protection: confidentiality and/or integrity protection;   o  Transport mode versus tunnel mode;   o  Quality of protection (QoP): cryptographic algorithm suites, key      lengths, and replay protection (seeSection 2.1);   o  Local identity: the local ID asserted to the peer, as per the      IPsec processing model [RFC4301] and BTNS [RFC5386];   o  Peer identity: the peer's asserted and authorized IDs, as per the      IPsec processing model [RFC4301] and BTNS [RFC5386].   The SAs that protect a given IPsec channel's packets may change over   time in that they may expire and be replaced with equivalent SAs, or   they may be re-keyed.  The set of SAs that protect an IPsec channel's   packets need not be related by anything other than the fact that they   must be congruent to the channel (i.e., the SAs' parameters must   match those that are latched into the channel).  In particular, it is   desirable that IPsec channels survive the expiration of IKE_SAs and   child SAs because operational considerations of the various key   exchange protocols then cannot affect the design and features of   connection latching.Williams                    Standards Track                     [Page 5]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   When a situation arises in which the SPD is modified, or an SA is   added to the SAD, such that the new policy and/or SA are not   congruent to an established channel (see previous paragraph), then we   consider this a conflict.  Conflict resolution is addressed below.   Requirements and recommendations:   o  If an IPsec channel is desired, then packets for a given      connection MUST NOT be sent until the channel is established.   o  If an IPsec channel is desired, then inbound packets for a given      connection MUST NOT be accepted until the channel is established.      That is, inbound packets for a given connection arriving prior to      the establishment of the corresponding IPsec channel must be      dropped or the channel establishment must fail.   o  Once an IPsec channel is established, packets for the latched      connection MUST NOT be sent unprotected nor protected by an SA      that does not match the latched parameters.   o  Once an IPsec channel is established, packets for the latched      connection MUST NOT be accepted unprotected nor protected by an SA      that does not match the latched parameters.  That is, such packets      must either be dropped or cause the channel to be terminated and      the application to be informed before data from such a packet can      be delivered to the application.   o  Implementations SHOULD provide programming interfaces for      inquiring the values of the parameters latched in a connection.   o  Implementations that provide such programming interfaces MUST make      available to applications all relevant and available information      about a peer's ID, including authentication information.  This      includes the peer certificate, when one is used, and the trust      anchor to which it was validated (but not necessarily the whole      certificate validation chain).   o  Implementations that provide such programming interfaces SHOULD      make available to applications any information about local and/or      remote public and private IP addresses, in the case of NAT-      traversal.   o  Implementations that provide such programming interfaces SHOULD      make available to applications the inner and outer local and peer      addresses whenever the latched connection uses tunnel-mode SAs.Williams                    Standards Track                     [Page 6]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   o  Implementations SHOULD provide programming interfaces for setting      the values of the parameters to be latched in a connection that      will be initiated or accepted, but these interfaces MUST limit      what values applications may request according to system policy      (i.e., the IPsec PAD and SPD) and the application's local      privileges.      (Typical system policy may not allow applications any choices      here.  Policy extensions allowing for optional protection are      described inSection 3.1.)   o  Implementations SHOULD create IPsec channels automatically by      default when the application does not explicitly request an IPsec      channel.  Implementations MAY provide a way to disable automatic      creation of connection latches.   o  The parameters latched in an IPsec channel MUST remain unchanged      once the channel is established.   o  Timeouts while establishing child SAs with parameters that match      those latched into an IPsec channel MUST be treated as packet loss      (as happens, for example, when a network partitions); normal ULP      and/or application timeout handling and retransmission      considerations apply.   o  Implementations that have a restartable key management process (or      "daemon") MUST arrange for existing latched connections to either      be broken and disconnected, or for them to survive the restart of      key exchange processes.  (This is implied by the above      requirements.)  For example, if such an implementation relies on      keeping some aspects of connection latch state in the restartable      key management process (e.g., values that potentially have large      representations, such as BTNS peer IDs), then either such state      must be restored on restart of such a process, or outstanding      connection latches must be transitioned to the CLOSED state.   o  Dynamic IPsec policy (seeSection 3.1) related to connection      latches, if any, MUST be torn down when latched connections are      torn down, and MUST NOT survive reboots.   o  When IKE dead-peer detection (DPD) concludes that the remote peer      is dead or has rebooted, then the system SHOULD consider all      connection latches with that peer to be irremediably broken.   We describe two models, one of them normative, of IPsec channels for   native IPsec implementations.  The normative model is based on   abstract programming interfaces in the form of function calls between   ULPs and the key management component of IPsec (basically, the SAD,Williams                    Standards Track                     [Page 7]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   augmented with a Latch Database (LD)).  The second model is based on   abstract programming interfaces between ULPs and the IPsec   (Encapsulating Security Payload / Authentication Header (ESP/AH))   layer in the form of meta-data tagging of packets within the IP   stack.   The two models given below are not, however, entirely equivalent.   One model cannot be implemented with Network Interface cards (NICs)   that offload ESP/AH but that do not tag incoming packets passed to   the host processor with SA information, nor allow the host processor   to so tag outgoing packets.  That same model can be easily extended   to support connection latching with unconnected datagram "sockets",   while the other model is rigidly tied to a notion of "connections"   and cannot be so extended.  There may be other minor differences   between the two models.  Rather than seek to establish equivalency   for some set of security guarantees, we instead choose one model to   be the normative one.   We also provide a model for non-native implementations, such as bump-   in-the-stack (BITS) and Security Gateway (SG) implementations.  The   connection latching model for non-native implementations is not full-   featured as it depends on estimating packet flow state, which may not   always be possible.  Nor can non-native IPsec implementations be   expected to provide APIs related to connection latching   (implementations that do could be said to be native).  As such, this   third model is not suitable for channel binding applications   [RFC5056].2.1.  Latching of Quality-of-Protection Parameters   In IPsec, the assumption of IKE initiator/responder roles is non-   deterministic.  That is, sometimes an IKE SA and child SAs will be   initiated by the "client" (e.g., the caller of the connect() BSD   sockets function) and sometimes by the "server" (e.g., the caller of   the accept() BSD Sockets function).  This means that the negotiation   of quality of protection is also non-deterministic unless one of the   peers offers a single cryptographic suite in the IKE negotiation.   When creating narrow child SAs with traffic selectors matching the   connection latch's 5-tuple, it is possible to constrain the IKE   Quality-of-Protection negotiation to a single cryptographic suite.   Therefore, implementations SHOULD provide an API for requesting the   use of such child SAs.  Implementors SHOULD consider an application   request for a specific QoP to imply a request for narrow child SAs.Williams                    Standards Track                     [Page 8]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   When using SAs with traffic selectors encompassing more than just a   single flow, then the system may only be able to latch a set of   cryptographic suites, rather than a single cryptographic suite.  In   such a case, an implementation MUST report the QoP being used as   indeterminate.2.2.  Connection Latch State Machine   Connection latches can exist in any of the following five states:   o  LISTENER   o  ESTABLISHED   o  BROKEN (there exist SAs that conflict with the given connection      latch, conflicting SPD changes have been made, or DPD has been      triggered and the peer is considered dead or restarted)   o  CLOSED (by the ULP, the application or administratively)   and always have an associated owner, or holder, such as a ULP   transmission control block (TCB).   A connection latch can be born in the LISTENER state, which can   transition only to the CLOSED state.  The LISTENER state corresponds   to LISTEN state of TCP (and other ULPs) and is associated with IP   3-tuples, and can give rise to new connection latches in the   ESTABLISHED state.   A connection latch can also be born in the ESTABLISHED and BROKEN   states, either through the direct initiative of a ULP or when an   event occurs that causes a LISTENER latch to create a new latch (in   either ESTABLISHED or BROKEN states).  These states represent an   active connection latch for a traffic flow's 5-tuple.  Connection   latches in these two states can transition to the other of the two   states, as well as to the CLOSED state.   Connection latches remain in the CLOSED state until their owners are   informed except where the owner caused the transition, in which case   this state is fleeting.  Transitions from ESTABLISHED or BROKEN   states to the CLOSED state should typically be initiated by latch   owners, but implementations SHOULD provide administrative interfaces   through which to close active latches.   Connection latches transition to the BROKEN state when there exist   SAs in the SAD whose traffic selectors encompass the 5-tuple bound by   the latch, and whose peer and/or parameters conflict with those bound   by the latch.  Transitions to the BROKEN state also take place whenWilliams                    Standards Track                     [Page 9]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   SPD changes occur that would cause the latched connection's packets   to be sent or received with different protection parameters than   those that were latched.  Transitions to the BROKEN state are also   allowed when IKEv2 DPD concludes that the remote peer is dead or has   rebooted.  Transitions to the BROKEN state always cause the   associated owner to be informed.  Connection latches in the BROKEN   state transition back to ESTABLISHED when all SA and/or SPD conflicts   are cleared.   Most state transitions are the result of local actions of the latch   owners (ULPs).  The only exceptions are: birth into the ESTABLISHED   state from latches in the LISTENER state, transitions to the BROKEN   state, transitions from the BROKEN state to ESTABLISHED, and   administrative transitions to the CLOSED state.  (Additionally, see   the implementation note about restartable key management processes inSection 2.)Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 10]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   The state diagram below makes use of conventions described inSection 1.1 and state transition events described inSection 2.3.      <CREATE_LISTENER_LATCH(3-tuple, ...)>                     :                     v    <CREATE_CONNECTION_LATCH(5-tuple, ...)>                /--------\           :   :         +------|LISTENER|......     :   :         |      \--------/     :     :   :   +--------------------+         |        :            :     :   :   |Legend:             |         |        :            :     :   :   | dotted lines denote|         |  <conn. trigger event>    :   :   |    latch creation  |         |      (e.g., TCP SYN :     :   :   |                    |         |       received,     :     :   :   | solid lines denote |         |       connect()     :     :   :   |    state transition|         |       called, ...)  v     v   :   |                    |         |        :        /-----------\ :   | semi-solid lines   |         |        :        |ESTABLISHED| :   |    denote async    |         |    <conflict>   \-----------/ :   |    notification    |         |        :         ^       |    :   +--------------------+         |        :         |      <conflict         |        :    <conflict    or DPD>         |        :     cleared>    |    :         |        :         |       |    :         |        :         |       v    v         |        :      /----------------\         |        :.....>|     BROKEN     |.-.-.-.-.-> <ALERT()>         |               \----------------/         |                       |      <RELEASE_LATCH()>   <RELEASE_LATCH()>         |                       |         |                       v         |                    /------\         +------------------->|CLOSED|                              \------/                Figure 1: Connection Latching State Machine   The details of the transitions depend on the model of connection   latching followed by any given implementation.  See the following   sections.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 11]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 20092.3.  Normative Model: ULP Interfaces to the Key Manager   This section describes the NORMATIVE model of connection latching.   In this section, we describe connection latching in terms of a   function-call interface between ULPs and the "key manager" component   of a native IPsec implementation.  Abstract interfaces for creating,   inquiring about, and releasing IPsec channels are described.   This model adds a service to the IPsec key manager (i.e., the   component that manages the SAD and interfaces with separate   implementations of, or directly implements, key exchange protocols):   management of connection latches.  There is also a new IPsec   database, the Latch Database (LD), that contains all connection latch   objects.  The LD does not persist across system reboots.   The traditional IPsec processing model allows the concurrent   existence of SAs with different peers but overlapping traffic   selectors.  Such behavior, in this model, directly violates the   requirements for connection latching (seeSection 2).  We address   this problem by requiring that connection latches be broken (and   holders informed) when such conflicts arise.   The following INFORMATIVE figure illustrates this model and API in   terms that are familiar to many implementors, though not applicable   to all:Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 12]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009      +--------------------------------------------+      |                       +--------------+     |      |                       |Administrator |     |      |                       |apps          |     |      |                       +--------------+     |      |                            ^      ^        |      |                            |      |        | user mode      |                            v      v        |      | +--------------+      +-------++--------+  |      | |App           |      |IKEv2  ||        |  |      | |              |      | +---+ || +----+ |  |      | |              |      | |PAD| || |SPD | |  |      | |              |      | +---+ || +--^-+ |  |      | +--------------+      +-+-----++----+---+  |      |   ^                     |           |      |      +---|---------------------|-----------|------+  user/kernel mode      |   |syscalls             |  PF_KEY   |      |  interface      |   |                     | [RFC2367] |      |      +---|---------------------|-----------|------+      |   v                     |           |      |      |+-------+   +------------|-----------|-----+|      ||ULP    |   | IPsec   key|manager    |     ||      |+-------+   |            |  +--------v----+||      | ^  ^       |            |  | Logical SPD |||      | |  |       |            |  +-----------^-+||      | |  |       |            +-------+      |  ||  kernel mode      | |  |       |                    |      |  ||      | |  |       | +----------+    +--v--+   |  ||      | |  +-------->| Latch DB |<-->| SAD |   |  ||      | |          | +----------+    +--^--+   |  ||      | |          +--------------------|------|--+|      +-|-------------------------------v------v---+      | | IPsec Layer  (ESP/AH)                    |      | |                                          |      +-v------------------------------------------+      |   IP Layer                                 |      +--------------------------------------------+         Figure 2: Informative Implementation Architecture Diagram   The ULP interfaces to the IPsec LD are as follows:   o  CREATE_LISTENER_LATCH(3-tuple, [type and quality-of-protection      parameters]) -> latch handle | errorWilliams                    Standards Track                    [Page 13]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009         If there is no conflicting connection latch object in the         LISTENER state for the given 3-tuple (local address, protocol,         and local port number), and local policy permits it, then this         operation atomically creates a connection latch object in the         LISTENER state for the given 3-tuple.         When a child SA is created that matches a listener latch's         3-tuple, but not any ESTABLISHED connection latch's 5-tuple         (local address, remote address, protocol, local port number,         and remote port number), then the key manager creates a new         connection latch object in the ESTABLISHED state.  The key         manager MUST inform the holder of the listener latch of         connection latches created as a result of the listener latch;         see the "ALERT()" interface below.   o  CREATE_CONNECTION_LATCH(5-tuple, [type and quality-of-protection      parameters], [peer ID], [local ID]) -> latch handle | error         If a) the requested latch does not exist (or exists, but is in         the CLOSED state), b) all the latch parameters are provided, or         if suitable SAs exist in the SAD from which to derive them, and         c) if there are no conflicts with the SPD and SAD, then this         creates a connection latch in the ESTABLISHED state.  If the         latch parameters are not provided and no suitable SAs exist in         the SAD from which to derive those parameters, then the key         manager MUST initiate child SAs, and if need be, IKE_SA, from         which to derive those parameters.         The key manager MAY delay the child SA setup and return         immediately after the policy check, knowing that the ULP that         requested the latch will subsequently output a packet that will         trigger the SA establishment.  Such an implementation may         require an additional, fleeting state in the connection latch         state machine, a "LARVAL" state, so to speak, that is not         described herein.         If the connection latch ultimately cannot be established,         either because of conflicts or because no SAs can be         established with the peer at the destination address, then an         error is returned to the ULP.  (If the key manager delayed SA         establishment, and SA establishment ultimately fails, then the         key manager has to inform the ULP, possibly asynchronously.         This is one of several details that implementors who use a         LARVAL state must take care of.)Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 14]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   o  RELEASE_LATCH(latch object handle)         Changes the state of the given connection latch to CLOSED; the         connection latch is then deleted.         The key manager MAY delete any existing child SAs that match         the given latch if it had been in the ESTABLISHED states.  If         the key manager does delete such SAs, then it SHOULD inform the         peer with an informational Delete payload (see IKEv2         [RFC4306]).   o  FIND_LATCH(5-tuple) -> latch handle | error         Given a 5-tuple returns a latch handle (or an error).   o  INQUIRE_LATCH(latch object handle) -> {latch state, latched      parameters} | error         Returns all available information about the given latch,         including its current state (or an error).   The IPsec LD interface to the ULP is as follows:   o  ALERT(latch object handle, 5-tuple, new state, [reason])         Alerts a ULP as to an asynchronous state change for the given         connection latch and, optionally, provides a reason for the         change.      This interface is to be provided by each ULP to the key manager.      The specific details of how this interface is provided are      implementation details, thus not specified here (for example, this      could be a "callback" function or "closure" registered as part of      the CREATE_LISTENER_LATCH() interface, or it could be provided      when the ULP is loaded onto the running system via a registration      interface provided by the key manager).   Needless to say, the LD is updated whenever a connection latch object   is created, deleted, or broken.   The API described above is a new service of the IPsec key manager.   In particular, the IPsec key manager MUST prevent conflicts amongst   latches, and it MUST prevent conflicts between any latch and existing   or proposed child SAs as follows:   o  Non-listener connection latches MUST NOT be created if there exist      conflicting SAs in the SAD at the time the connection latch is      requested or would be created (from a listener latch).  A child SAWilliams                    Standards Track                    [Page 15]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009      conflicts with another, in view of a latch, if and only if: a) its      traffic selectors and the conflicting SA's match the given      latch's, and b) its peer, type-of-protection, or quality-of-      protection parameters differ from the conflicting SA.   o  Child SA proposals that would conflict with an extant connection      latch and whose traffic selectors can be narrowed to avoid the      conflict SHOULD be narrowed (seeSection 2.9 of [RFC4306]);      otherwise, the latch MUST be transitioned to the BROKEN state.   o  Where child SA proposals that would conflict with an extant      connection latch cannot be narrowed to avoid the conflict, the key      manager MUST break the connection latch and inform the holder      (i.e., the ULP) prior to accepting the conflicting SAs.   Finally, the key manager MUST protect latched connections against SPD   changes that would change the quality of protection afforded to a   latched connection's traffic, or which would bypass it.  When such a   configuration change takes place, the key manager MUST respond in   either of the following ways.  The REQUIRED to implement behavior is   to transition into the BROKEN state all connection latches that   conflict with the given SPD change.  An OPTIONAL behavior is to   logically update the SPD as if a PROTECT entry had been added at the   head of the SPD-S with traffic selectors matching only the latched   connection's 5-tuple, and with processing information taken from the   connection latch.  Such updates of the SPD MUST NOT survive system   crashes or reboots.   ULPs create latched connections by interfacing with IPsec as follows:   o  For listening end-points, the ULP will request a connection latch      listener object for the ULP listener's 3-tuple.  Any latching      parameters requested by the application MUST be passed along.   o  When the ULP receives a packet initiating a connection for a      5-tuple matching a 3-tuple listener latch, then the ULP will ask      the key manager whether a 5-tuple connection latch was created.      If not, then the ULP will either reject the new connection or      accept it and inform the application that the new connection is      not latched.   o  When initiating a connection, the ULP will request a connection      latch object for the connection's 5-tuple.  Any latching      parameters requested by the application MUST be passed along.  If      no latch can be created, then the ULP MUST either return an error      to the application or continue with the new connection and inform      the application that the new connection is not latched.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 16]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   o  When a connection is torn down and no further packets are expected      for it, then the ULP MUST request that the connection latch object      be destroyed.   o  When tearing down a listener, the ULP MUST request that the      connection latch listener object be destroyed.   o  When a ULP listener rejects connections, the ULP will request the      destruction of any connection latch objects that may have been      created as a result of the peer's attempt to open the connection.   o  When the key manager informs a ULP that a connection latch has      transitioned to the BROKEN state, then the ULP MUST stop sending      packets and MUST drop all subsequent incoming packets for the      affected connection until it transitions back to ESTABLISHED.      Connection-oriented ULPs SHOULD act as though the connection is      experiencing packet loss.   o  When the key manager informs a ULP that a connection latch has      been administratively transitioned to the CLOSED state, then      connection-oriented ULPs MUST act as though the connection has      been reset by the peer.  Implementations of ULPs that are not      connection-oriented, and which have no API by which to simulate a      reset, MUST drop all inbound packets for that connection and MUST      NOT send any further packets -- the application is expected to      detect timeouts and act accordingly.   The main benefit of this model of connection latching is that it   accommodates IPsec implementations where ESP/AH handling is   implemented in hardware (for all or a subset of the host's SAD), even   where the hardware does not support tagging inbound packets with the   indexes of SAD entries corresponding to the SAs that protected them.2.3.1.  Race Conditions and Corner Cases   ULPs MUST drop inbound packets and stop sending packets immediately   upon receipt of a connection latch break message.  Otherwise, the ULP   will not be able to distinguish inbound packets that were protected   consistently with the connection's latch from inbound packets that   were not.  This may include dropping inbound packets that were   protected by a suitable SA; dropping such packets is no different,   from the ULP's point of view, than packet loss elsewhere on the   network at the IP layer or below -- harmless, from a security point   of view as the connection fails safe, but it can result in   retransmits.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 17]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   Another race condition is as follows.  A PROTECTed TCP SYN packet may   be received and decapsulated, but the SA that protected it could have   expired before the key manager creates the connection latch that   would be created by that packet.  In this case, the key manager will   have to initiate new child SAs so as to determine what the sender's   peer ID is so it can be included in the connection latch.  Here,   there is no guarantee that the peer ID for the new SAs will be the   same as those of the peer that sent the TCP SYN packet.  This race   condition is harmless: TCP will send a SYN+ACK to the wrong peer,   which will then respond with a RST -- the connection latch will   reflect the new peer however, so if the new peer is malicious it will   not be able to appear to be the old peer.  Therefore, this race   condition is harmless.2.3.2.  Example   Consider several systems with a very simple PAD containing a single   entry like so:                                               Child SA      Rule Remote ID                          IDs allowed  SPD Search by      ---- ---------                          -----------  -------------      1   <any valid to trust anchor X> 192.0.2/24      by-IP                           Figure 3: Example PAD   And a simple SPD like so:      Rule Local             Remote            Next  Action            TS                TS               Proto      ---- -----             ------            ----- ----------------       1   192.0.2/24:ANY    192.0.2/24:1-5000 TCP   PROTECT(ESP,...)       1   192.0.2/24:1-5000 192.0.2/24:ANY    TCP   PROTECT(ESP,...)       1   ANY         ANY         ANY   BYPASS                        Figure 4: [SG-A] SPD Table   Effectively this says: for TCP ports 1-5000 in our network, allow   only peers that have credentials issued by CA X and PROTECT that   traffic with ESP, otherwise, bypass all other traffic.   Now let's consider two hosts, A and B, in this network that wish to   communicate using port 4000, and a third host, C, that is also in the   same network and wishes to attack A and/or B.  All three hosts have   credentials and certificates issued by CA X.  Let's also imagine that   A is connected to its network via a wireless link and is dynamically   addressed.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 18]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   B is listening on port 4000.  A initiates a connection from port   32800 to B on port 4000.   We'll assume no IPsec APIs, but that TCP creates latches where   possible.   We'll consider three cases: a) A and B both support connection   latching, b) only A does, c) only B does.  For the purposes of this   example, the SAD is empty on all three hosts when A initiates its TCP   connection to B on port 4000.   When an application running on A initiates a TCP connection to B on   port 4000, A will begin by creating a connection latch.  Since the   SAD is empty, A will initiate an IKEv2 exchange to create an IKE_SA   with B and a pair of child SAs for the 5-tuple {TCP, A, 32800, B,   4000}, then a new latch will be created in ESTABLISHED state.   Sometime later, TCP will send a SYN packet protected by the A-to-B   child SA, per the SPD.   When an application running on B creates a TCP listener "socket" on   port 4000, B will create a LISTENER connection latch for the 3-tuple   {TCP, B, 4000}.  When B receives A's TCP SYN packet, it will then   create a connection latch for {TCP, B, 4000, A, 32800}.  Since, by   this point, child SAs have been created whose traffic selectors   encompass this 5-tuple and there are no other conflicting SAs in the   SAD, this connection latch will be created in the ESTABLISHED state.   If C attempts to mount a man-in-the-middle attack on A (i.e.,   pretends to have B's address(es)) any time after A created its   connection latch, then C's SAs with A will cause the connection latch   to break, and the TCP connection to be reset (since we assume no APIs   by which TCP could notify the application of the connection latch   break).  If C attempts to impersonate A to B, then the same thing   will happen on B.   If A does not support connection latching, then C will be able to   impersonate B to A at any time.  Without having seen the cleartext of   traffic between A and B, C will be limited by the TCP sequence   numbers to attacks such as RST attacks.  Similarly, if B does not   support connection latching, then C will be able to impersonate A to   B.2.4.  Informative Model: Local Packet Tagging   In this section, we describe connection latching in terms of   interfaces between ULPs and IPsec based on tagging packets as they go   up and down the IP stack.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 19]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   This section is INFORMATIVE.   In this model, the ULPs maintain connection latch objects and state,   rather than the IPsec key manager, as well as effectively caching a   subset of the decorrelated SPD in ULP TCBs.  Tagging packets, as they   move up and down the stack, with SA identifiers then allows the ULPs   to enforce connection latching semantics.  These tags, of course,   don't appear on the wire.   The interface between the ULPs and IPsec interface is as follows:   o  The IPsec layer tags all inbound protected packets addressed to      the host with the index of the SAD entry corresponding to the SA      that protected the packet.   o  The IPsec layer understands two types of tags on outbound packets:      *  a tag specifying a set of latched parameters (peer ID, quality         of protection, etc.) that the IPsec layer will use to find or         acquire an appropriate SA for protecting the outbound packet         (else IPsec will inform the ULP and drop the packet);      *  a tag requesting feedback about the SA used to protect the         outgoing packet, if any.   ULPs create latched connections by interfacing with IPsec as follows:   o  When the ULP passes a connection's initiating packet to IP, the      ULP requests feedback about the SA used to protect the outgoing      packet, if any, and may specify latching parameters requested by      the application.  If the packet is protected by IPsec, then the      ULP records certain parameters of the SA used to protect it in the      connection's TCB.   o  When a ULP receives a connection's initiating packet, it processes      the IPsec tag of the packet, and it records in the connection's      TCB the parameters of the SA that should be latched.   Once SA parameters are recorded in a connection's TCB, the ULP   enforces the connection's latch, or binding, to these parameters as   follows:   o  The ULP processes the IPsec tag of all inbound packets for a given      connection and checks that the SAs used to protect input packets      match the connection latches recorded in the TCBs.  Packets that      are not so protected are dropped (this corresponds to      transitioning the connection latch to the BROKEN state until theWilliams                    Standards Track                    [Page 20]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009      next acceptable packet arrives, but in this model, this transition      is imaginary) or cause the ULP to break the connection latch and      inform the application.   o  The ULP always requests that outgoing packets be protected by SAs      that match the latched connection by appropriately tagging      outbound packets.   By effectively caching a subset of the decorrelated SPD in ULP TCBs   and through its packet tagging nature, this method of connection   latching can also optimize processing of the SPD by obviating the   need to search it, both, on input and output, for packets intended   for the host or originated by the host.  This makes implementation of   the OPTIONAL "logical SPD" updates described in Sections2.3 and3.1   an incidental side effect of this approach.   This model of connection latching may not be workable with ESP/AH   offload hardware that does not support the packet tagging scheme   described above.   Note that this model has no explicit BROKEN connection latch state.   Extending the ULP/IPsec packet-tagging interface to the application   for use with connection-less datagram transports should enable   applications to use such transports and implement connection latching   at the application layer.2.5.  Non-Native Mode IPsec   This section is INFORMATIVE.   Non-native IPsec implementations, primarily BITS and SG, can   implement connection latching, too.  One major distinction between   native IPsec and BITS, bump-in-the-wire (BITW), or SG IPsec is the   lack of APIs for applications at the end-points in the case of the   latter.  As a result, there can be no uses of the latch management   interfaces as described inSection 2.3: not at the ULP end-points.   Therefore, BITS/BITW/SG implementations must discern ULP connection   state from packet inspection (which many firewalls can do) and   emulate calls to the key manager accordingly.   When a connection latch is broken, a BITS/BITW/SG implementation may   have to fake a connection reset by sending appropriate packets (e.g.,   TCP RST packets), for the affected connections.   As with all stateful middleboxes, this scheme suffers from the   inability of the middlebox to interact with the applications.  For   example, connection death may be difficult to ascertain.  Nor canWilliams                    Standards Track                    [Page 21]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   channel binding applications work with channels maintained by proxy   without being able to communicate (securely) about it with the   middlebox.2.6.  Implementation Note Regarding Peer IDs   One of the recommendations for connection latching implementors is to   make peer CERT payloads (certificates) available to the applications.   Additionally, raw public keys are likely to be used in the   construction of channel bindings for IPsec channels (see [IPSEC-CB]),   and they must be available, in any case, in order to implement leap-   of-faith at the application layer (see [RFC5386] and [RFC5387]).   Certificates and raw public keys are large bit strings, too large to   be reasonably kept in kernel-mode implementations of connection   latching (which will likely be the typical case).  Such   implementations should intern peer IDs in a user-mode database and   use small integers to refer to them from the kernel-mode SAD and LD.   Corruption of such a database is akin to corruption of the SAD/LD; in   the event of corruption, the implementation MUST act as though all   ESTABLISHED and BROKEN connection latches are administratively   transitioned to the CLOSED state.  Implementations without IPsec APIs   MAY hash peer IDs and use the hash to refer to them, preferably using   a strong hash algorithm.3.  Optional Features   At its bare minimum, connection latching is a passive layer atop   IPsec that warns ULPs of SPD and SAD changes that are incompatible   with the SPD/SAD state that was applicable to a connection when it   was established.   There are some optional features, such as (abstract) APIs.  Some of   these features make connection latching a somewhat more active   feature.  Specifically, the optional logical SPD updates described inSection 2.3 and the optional protection/bypass feature described in   the following sub-section.3.1.  Optional Protection   Given IPsec APIs, an application could request that a connection's   packets be protected where they would otherwise be bypassed; that is,   applications could override BYPASS policy.  Locally privileged   applications could request that their connections' packets be   bypassed rather than protected; that is, privileged applications   could override PROTECT policy.  We call this "optional protection".Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 22]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   Both native IPsec models of connection latching can be extended to   support optional protection.  With the model described inSection 2.4, optional protection comes naturally: the IPsec layer   need only check that the protection requested for outbound packets   meets or exceeds (as determined by local or system policy) the   quality of protection, if any, required by the SPD.  In the case of   the model described inSection 2.3, enforcement of minimum protection   requirements would be done by the IPsec key manager via the   connection latch state machine.   When an application requests, and local policy permits, either   additional protection or bypassing protection, then the SPD MUST be   logically updated such that there exists a suitable SPD entry   protecting or bypassing the exact 5-tuple recorded by the   corresponding connection latch.  Such logical SPD updates MUST be   made at connection latch creation time, and MUST be made atomically   (see the note about race conditions inSection 2.3).  Such updates of   the SPD MUST NOT survive system crashes or reboots.4.  Simultaneous Latch Establishment   Some connection-oriented ULPs, specifically TCP, support simultaneous   connections (where two clients connect to each other, using the same   5-tuple, at the same time).  Connection latching supports   simultaneous latching as well, provided that the key exchange   protocol does not make it impossible.   Consider two applications doing a simultaneous TCP connect to each   other and requesting an IPsec channel.  If they request the same   connection latching parameters, then the connection and channel   should be established as usual.  Even if the key exchange protocol in   use doesn't support simultaneous IKE_SA and/or child SA   establishment, provided one peer's attempt to create the necessary   child SAs succeeds, then the other peer should be able to notice the   new SAs immediately upon failure of its attempts to create the same.   If, however, the two peer applications were to request different   connection latching parameters, then the connection latch must fail   on one end or on both ends.5.  Connection Latching to IPsec for Various ULPs   The following sub-sections describe connection latching for each of   three transport protocols.  Note that for TCP and UDP, there is   nothing in the following sections that should not already be obvious   from the remainder of this document.  The section on SCTP, however,   specifies details related to SCTP multi-homing, that may not be as   obvious.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 23]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 20095.1.  Connection Latching to IPsec for TCP   IPsec connection latch creation/release for TCP [RFC0793] connections   is triggered when:   o  a TCP listener end-point is created (e.g., when the BSD Sockets      listen() function is called on a socket).  This should cause the      creation of a LISTENER connection latch.   o  a TCP SYN packet is received on an IP address and port number for      which there is a listener.  This should cause the creation of an      ESTABLISHED or BROKEN connection latch.   o  a TCP SYN packet is sent (e.g., as the result of a call to the BSD      Sockets connect() function).  This should cause the creation of an      ESTABLISHED or BROKEN connection latch.   o  any state transition of a TCP connection to the CLOSED state will      cause a corresponding transition for any associated connection      latch to the CLOSED state as well.   SeeSection 5.5 for how to handle latch transitions to the BROKEN   state.5.2.  Connection Latching to IPsec for UDP with Simulated Connections   UDP [RFC0768] is a connection-less transport protocol.  However, some   networking APIs (e.g., the BSD Sockets API) allow for emulation of   UDP connections.  In this case, connection latching can be supported   using either model given above.  We ignore, in this section, the fact   that the connection latching model described inSection 2.4 can   support per-datagram latching by extending its packet tagging   interfaces to the application.   IPsec connection latch creation/release for UDP connections is   triggered when:   o  an application creates a UDP "connection".  This should cause the      creation of an ESTABLISHED or BROKEN connection latch.   o  an application destroys a UDP "connection".  This should cause the      creation of an ESTABLISHED or BROKEN connection latch.   When a connection latch transitions to the BROKEN state and the   application requested (or system policy dictates it) that the   connection be broken, then UDP should inform the application, ifWilliams                    Standards Track                    [Page 24]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   there is a way to do so, or else it should wait, allowing the   application-layer keepalive/timeout strategy, if any, to time out the   connection.   What constitutes an appropriate action in the face of administrative   transitions of connection latches to the CLOSED state depends on   whether the implementation's "connected" UDP sockets API provides a   way for the socket to return an error indicating that it has been   closed.5.3.  Connection Latching to IPsec for UDP with Datagram-Tagging APIs   Implementations based on either model of connection latching can   provide applications with datagram-tagging APIs based on those   described inSection 2.4.  Implementations UDP with of the normative   model of IPsec connection latching have to confirm, on output, that   the application provided 5-tuple agrees with the application-provided   connection latch; on input, UDP can derive the tag by searching for a   connection latch matching incoming datagram's 5-tuple.5.4.  Connection Latching to IPsec for SCTP   SCTP [RFC4960], a connection-oriented protocol is similar, in some   ways, to TCP.  The salient difference, with respect to connection   latching, between SCTP and TCP is that SCTP allows each end-point to   be identified by a set of IP addresses, though, like TCP, each end-   point of an SCTP connection (or, rather, SCTP association) can only   have one port number.   We can represent the multiplicity of SCTP association end-point   addresses as a multiplicity of 5-tuples, each of which with its own   connection latch.  Alternatively, we can extend the connection latch   object to support a multiplicity of addresses for each end-point.   The first approach is used throughout this document; therefore, we   will assume that representation.   Of course, this approach results in N x M connection latches for any   SCTP associations (where one end-point has N addresses and the other   has M); whereas the alternative requires one connection latch per   SCTP association (with N + M addresses).  Implementors may choose   either approach.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 25]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   IPsec connection latch creation/release for SCTP connections is   triggered when:   o  an SCTP listener end-point is created (e.g., when the SCTP sockets      listen() function is called on a socket).  This should cause the      creation of a LISTENER connection latch for each address of the      listener.   o  an SCTP INIT chunk is received on an IP address and port number      for which there is a listener.  This should cause the creation of      one or more ESTABLISHED or BROKEN connection latches, one for each      distinct 5-tuple given the client and server's addresses.   o  an SCTP INIT chunk is sent (e.g., as the result of a call to the      SCTP sockets connect() function).  This should cause the creation      of one or more ESTABLISHED or BROKEN connection latches.   o  an SCTP Address Configuration Change Chunk (ASCONF) [RFC5061]      adding an end-point IP address is sent or received.  This should      cause the creation of one or more ESTABLISHED or BROKEN connection      latches.   o  any state transition of an SCTP association to the CLOSED state      will cause a corresponding transition for any associated      connection latches to the CLOSED state as well.   o  an SCTP ASCONF chunk [RFC5061] deleting an end-point IP address is      sent or received.  This should cause one or more associated      connection latches to be CLOSED.   SeeSection 5.5 for how to handle latch transitions to the BROKEN   state.5.5.  Handling of BROKEN State for TCP and SCTP   There are several ways to handle connection latch transitions to the   BROKEN state in the case of connection-oriented ULPs like TCP or   SCTP:   a.  Wait for a possible future transition back to the ESTABLISHED       state, until which time the ULP will not move data between the       two end-points of the connection.  ULP and application timeout       mechanisms will, of course, be triggered in the event of too       lengthy a stay in the BROKEN state.  SCTP can detect these       timeouts and initiate failover, in the case of multi-homed       associations.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 26]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   b.  Act as though the connection has been reset (RST message       received, in TCP, or ABORT message received, in SCTP).   c.  Act as though an ICMP destination unreachable message had been       received (in SCTP such messages can trigger path failover in the       case of multi-homed associations).   Implementations SHOULD provide APIs that allow applications either 1)   to be informed (asynchronously or otherwise) of latch breaks so that   they may choose a disposition, and/or 2) to select a specific   disposition a priori (before a latch break happens).  The options for   disposition are wait, close, or proceed with path failover.   Implementations MUST provide a default disposition in the event of a   connection latch break.  Though (a) is clearly the purist default, we   RECOMMEND (b) for TCP and SCTP associations where only a single path   remains (one 5-tuple), and (c) for multi-homed SCTP associations.   The rationale for this recommendation is as follows: a conflicting SA   most likely indicates that the original peer is gone and has been   replaced by another, and it's not likely that the original peer will   return; thus, failing faster seems reasonable.   Note that our recommended default behavior does not create off-path   reset denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.  To break a connection latch,   an attacker would first have to successfully establish an SA, with   one of the connection's end-points, that conflicts with the   connection latch and that requires multiple messages to be exchanged   between that end-point and the attacker.  Unless the attacker's   chosen victim end-point allows the attacker to claim IP address   ranges for its SAs, then the attacker would have to actually take   over the other end-point's addresses, which rules out off-path   attacks.6.  Security Considerations6.1.  Impact on IPsec   Connection latching effectively adds a mechanism for dealing with the   existence, in the SAD, of multiple non-equivalent child SAs with   overlapping traffic selectors.  This mechanism consists of, at   minimum, a local notification of transport protocols (and, through   them, applications) of the existence of such a conflict that affects   a transport layer's connections.  Affected transports are also   notified when the conflict is cleared.  The transports must drop   inbound packets, and must not send outbound packets for connections   that are affected by a conflict.  In this minimal form, connection   latching is a passive, local feature layered atop IPsec.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 27]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   We achieve this by adding a new type of IPsec database, the Latch   Database (LD), containing objects that represent a transport   protocol's interest in protecting a given packet flow from such   conflicts.  The LD is managed in conjunction with updates to the SAD   and the SPD, so that updates to either that conflict with established   connection latches can be detected.  For some IPsec implementations,   this may imply significant changes to their internals.  However, two   different models of connection latching are given, and we hope that   most native IPsec implementors will find at least one model to be   simple enough to implement in their stack.   This notion of conflicting SAs and how to deal with the situation   does not modify the basic IPsec architecture -- the feature of IPsec   that allows such conflicts to arise remains, and it is up to the   transport protocols and applications to select whether and how to   respond to them.   There are, however, interesting corner cases in the normative model   of connection latching that implementors must be aware of.  The notes   inSection 2.3.1 are particularly relevant.6.2.  Impact on IPsec of Optional FeaturesSection 3 describes optional features of connection latching where   the key manager takes on a somewhat more active, though still local,   role.  There are two such features: optional protect/bypass and   preservation of "logical" SPD entries to allow latched connections to   remain in the ESTABLISHED state in the face of adverse administrative   SPD (but not SAD) changes.  These two features interact with   administrative interfaces to IPsec; administrators must be made aware   of these features, and they SHOULD be given a way to break   ESTABLISHED connection latches.  Also, given recent trends toward   centralizing parts of IPsec policy, these two features can be said to   have non-local effects where they prevent distributed policy changes   from taking effect completely.6.3.  Security Considerations for Applications   Connection latching is not negotiated.  It is therefore possible for   one end of a connection to be using connection latching while the   other does not; in which case, it's possible for policy changes local   to the non-latched end to cause packets to be sent unprotected.  The   end doing connection latching will reject unprotected packets, but if   they bear sensitive data, then the damage may already be done.   Therefore, applications SHOULD check that both ends of a connection   are latched (such a check is implicit for applications that use   channel binding to IPsec).Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 28]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   Connection latching protects individual connections from weak peer   ID<->address binding, IPsec configuration changes, and from   configurations that allow multiple peers to assert the same   addresses.  But connection latching does not ensure that any two   connections with the same end-point addresses will have the same   latched peer IDs.  In other words, applications that use multiple   concurrent connections between two given nodes may not be protected   any more or less by use of IPsec connection latching than by use of   IPsec alone without connection latching.  Such multi-connection   applications can, however, examine the latched SA parameters of each   connection to ensure that all concurrent connections with the same   end-point addresses also have the same end-point IPsec IDs.   Connection latching protects against TCP RST attacks.  It does not   help, however, if the original peer of a TCP connection is no longer   available (e.g., if an attacker has been able to interrupt the   network connection between the two peers).6.4.  Channel Binding and IPsec APIs   IPsec channels are a prerequisite for channel binding [RFC5056] to   IPsec.  Connection latching provides such channels, but the channel   bindings for IPsec channels (latched connections) are not specified   herein -- that is a work in progress [IPSEC-CB].   Without IPsec APIs, connection latching provides marginal security   benefits over traditional IPsec.  Such APIs are not described herein;   see [ABSTRACT-API].6.5.  Denial-of-Service Attacks   Connection latch state transitions to the BROKEN state can be   triggered by on-path attackers and any off-path attackers that can   attack routers or cause an end-point to accept an ICMP Redirect   message.  Connection latching protects applications against on- and   off-path attackers in general, but not against on-path denial of   service specifically.   Attackers can break latches if they can trigger DPD on one or both   end-points and if they cause packets to not move between two end-   points.  Such attacks generally require that the attacker be on-path;   therefore, we consider it acceptable to break latches when DPD   concludes that a peer is dead or rebooted.   Attackers can also break latches if IPsec policy on a node allows the   attacker to use the IP address of a peer of that node.  SuchWilliams                    Standards Track                    [Page 29]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   configurations are expected to be used in conjunction with BTNS in   general.  Such attacks generally require that the attacker be on-   path.7.  Acknowledgements   The author thanks Michael Richardson for all his help, as well as   Stephen Kent, Sam Hartman, Bill Sommerfeld, Dan McDonald, Daniel   Migault, and many others who've participated in the BTNS WG or who've   answered questions about IPsec, connection latching implementations,   etc.8.  References8.1.  Normative References   [RFC0768]         Postel, J., "User Datagram Protocol", STD 6,RFC 768, August 1980.   [RFC0793]         Postel, J., "Transmission Control Protocol", STD 7,RFC 793, September 1981.   [RFC2119]         Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate                     Requirement Levels",BCP 14,RFC 2119, March 1997.   [RFC4301]         Kent, S. and K. Seo, "Security Architecture for the                     Internet Protocol",RFC 4301, December 2005.   [RFC4306]         Kaufman, C., "Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2)                     Protocol",RFC 4306, December 2005.   [RFC4960]         Stewart, R., "Stream Control Transmission                     Protocol",RFC 4960, September 2007.   [RFC5061]         Stewart, R., Xie, Q., Tuexen, M., Maruyama, S., and                     M. Kozuka, "Stream Control Transmission Protocol                     (SCTP) Dynamic Address Reconfiguration",RFC 5061,                     September 2007.   [RFC5386]         Williams, N. and M. Richardson, "Better-Than-                     Nothing Security: An Unauthenticated Mode of                     IPsec",RFC 5386, November 2008.8.2.  Informative References   [ABSTRACT-API]    Richardson, M., "An abstract interface between                     applications and IPsec", Work in Progress,                     November 2008.Williams                    Standards Track                    [Page 30]

RFC 5660               IPsec Connection Latching            October 2009   [IPSEC-CB]        Williams, N., "End-Point Channel Bindings for IPsec                     Using IKEv2 and Public Keys", Work in Progress,                     April 2008.   [IP_SEC_OPT.man]  Sun Microsystems, Inc., "ipsec(7P) man page,                     Solaris 10 Reference Manual Collection".   [RFC1034]         Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - concepts and                     facilities", STD 13,RFC 1034, November 1987.   [RFC2367]         McDonald, D., Metz, C., and B. Phan, "PF_KEY Key                     Management API, Version 2",RFC 2367, July 1998.   [RFC5056]         Williams, N., "On the Use of Channel Bindings to                     Secure Channels",RFC 5056, November 2007.   [RFC5387]         Touch, J., Black, D., and Y. Wang, "Problem and                     Applicability Statement for Better-Than-Nothing                     Security (BTNS)",RFC 5387, November 2008.   [RFC5406]         Bellovin, S., "Guidelines for Specifying the Use of                     IPsec Version 2",BCP 146,RFC 5406, February 2009.   [USING-IPSEC]     Dondeti, L. and V. Narayanan, "Guidelines for using                     IPsec and IKEv2", Work in Progress, October 2006.Author's Address   Nicolas Williams   Sun Microsystems   5300 Riata Trace Ct   Austin, TX  78727   US   EMail: Nicolas.Williams@sun.comWilliams                    Standards Track                    [Page 31]

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