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Network Working Group                                           J. TouchRequest for Comments: 5387                                       USC/ISICategory: Informational                                         D. Black                                                                     EMC                                                                 Y. Wang                                                               Microsoft                                                           November 2008Problem and Applicability Statementfor Better-Than-Nothing Security (BTNS)Status of This Memo   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this   memo is unlimited.Copyright Notice   Copyright (c) 2008 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.Abstract   The Internet network security protocol suite, IPsec, requires   authentication, usually of network-layer entities, to enable access   control and provide security services.  This authentication can be   based on mechanisms such as pre-shared symmetric keys, certificates   with associated asymmetric keys, or the use of Kerberos (via   Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys (KINK)).  The need to deploy   authentication information and its associated identities can be a   significant obstacle to the use of IPsec.   This document explains the rationale for extending the Internet   network security protocol suite to enable use of IPsec security   services without authentication.  These extensions are intended to   protect communication, providing "better-than-nothing security"   (BTNS).  The extensions may be used on their own (this use is called   Stand-Alone BTNS, or SAB) or may be used to provide network-layer   security that can be authenticated by higher layers in the protocolTouch, et al.                Informational                      [Page 1]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   stack (this use is called Channel-Bound BTNS, or CBB).  The document   also explains situations for which use of SAB and/or CBB extensions   are applicable.Table of Contents1. Introduction ....................................................31.1. Authentication .............................................31.2. IPsec Channels and Channel Binding .........................41.3. BTNS Methods ...............................................61.4. BTNS Scope .................................................61.5. Structure of This Document .................................72. Problem Statement ...............................................72.1. Network Layer ..............................................82.1.1. Authentication Identities ...........................82.1.2. Authentication Methods ..............................82.1.3. Current IPsec Limits on Unauthenticated Peers .......92.2. Higher Layer Issues ........................................92.2.1. Transport Protection from Packet Spoofing ...........92.2.2. Authentication at Multiple Layers ..................103. BTNS Overview and Threat Models ................................123.1. BTNS Overview .............................................123.2. BTNS and IPsec Security Services ..........................133.3. BTNS and IPsec Modes ......................................144. Applicability Statement ........................................154.1. Benefits ..................................................164.2. Vulnerabilities ...........................................164.3. Stand-Alone BTNS (SAB) ....................................174.3.1. Symmetric SAB ......................................174.3.2. Asymmetric SAB .....................................184.4. Channel-Bound BTNS (CBB) ..................................184.5. Summary of Uses, Vulnerabilities, and Benefits ............195. Security Considerations ........................................205.1. Threat Models and Evaluation ..............................205.2. Interaction with Other Security Services ..................205.3. MITM and Masquerader Attacks ..............................21      5.4. Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks and Resource           Consumptions ..............................................225.5. Exposure to Anonymous Access ..............................225.6. ICMP Attacks ..............................................225.7. Leap of Faith .............................................225.8. Connection Hijacking through Rekeying .....................245.9. Configuration Errors ......................................256. Related Efforts ................................................257. Acknowledgments ................................................258. Informative References .........................................26Touch, et al.                Informational                      [Page 2]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 20081.  Introduction   Network security is provided by a variety of protocols at different   layers in the stack.  At the network layer, the IPsec protocol suite   (consisting of IKE (Internet Key Exchange protocol), ESP   (Encapsulating Security Payload), and AH (Authentication Header)) is   used to secure IP traffic.  IPsec, including IKE, offers high levels   of security that provide protection from a wide array of possible   threats, but authentication is required [5][7][8].  In turn,   authentication requires deployment of authentication identities and   credentials, which can be an obstacle to IPsec usage.  This document   discusses this dependency and introduces "Better-Than-Nothing   Security" (BTNS) as one solution, whose goal is to provide a   generally useful means of applying IPsec security services without   requiring network-layer authentication.1.1.  Authentication   There are two primary architectural approaches to authentication:   employing out-of-band communications and using pre-deployed   information.  Out-of-band authentication can be done via a trusted   third party, via a separate communication channel to the peer, or via   the same channel as the communications to be secured but at a higher   layer.  Out-of-band authentication requires mechanisms and interfaces   to bind the authenticated identities to the secure communication   channels, and is out of scope for this document (although it may be   possible to extend the channel binding mode of BTNS to work with such   mechanisms).  Pre-deployed information includes identities, pre-   shared secrets, and credentials that have been authenticated by   trusted authorities (e.g., a certificate and its corresponding   private key).   This form of authentication often requires manual deployment and   coordination among communicating peers.  Furthermore, obtaining and   deploying credentials such as certificates signed by certification   authorities (CA) involves additional protocol and administrative   actions that may incur significant time and effort to perform.   These factors increase the work required to use IKE with IPsec for   peer authentication.  Consequently, some users and applications do   not use IPsec to protect traffic at the network layer, but rely   instead on higher-layer security protocols (e.g., TLS [4]) or operate   without any security.  AsSection 2.2.1 describes, higher-layer   security protocols may not be enough to protect against some   network-layer attacks.Touch, et al.                Informational                      [Page 3]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   To improve the situation, one could either reduce the hurdles to   obtain and configure authentication information or remove the   requirement for authentication in IPsec.  The latter approach is the   core idea of BTNS, which provides anonymous (unauthenticated) keying   for IPsec to create security associations (SAs) with peers that do   not possess requisite authentication credentials.  This requires   extensions to the IPsec architecture.  As the new BTNS modes for   IPsec relax the authentication requirement, the impacts, tradeoffs,   and risks must be thoroughly understood before applying BTNS to any   communications.  More specifically, this document addresses the   issues of whether and when network-layer authentication can be   omitted, the risks of using BTNS, and finally, the impacts to the   existing IPsec architecture.   BTNS employs a weaker notion of authenticated identity by comparison   to most authentication protocols; this weaker notion is bootstrapped   from the security association itself.  This notion, called   "continuity of association", doesn't mean "Bill Smith" or "owner of   shared secret X2YQ", but means "the entity with which I have been   communicating on connection #23".  Continuity of association is only   invariant within a single SA; it is not invariant across SAs, and   hence can only be used to provide protection during the lifetime of   an SA.  This is a core notion used by BTNS, particularly in the   absence of higher-layer authentication.  Continuity of association   can be viewed as a form of authentication in which an identity is not   authenticated across separate associations or out-of-band, but does   not change during the lifetime of the SA.1.2.  IPsec Channels and Channel Binding   When IPsec security services are used by higher-layer protocols, it   is important to bind those services to higher-layer protocol sessions   in order to ensure that the security services are consistently   applied to the higher-layer traffic involved.  The result of this   binding is an "IPsec channel", and the act of creating an IPsec   channel is an instance of channel binding.  Channel binding is   discussed inRFC 5056 [27] and in an associated connection latching   document [26].  This subsection summarizes the portions of these   documents that are essential to understanding certain aspects of   BTNS.   A secure channel is a packet, datagram, octet stream connection, or   sequence of connections between two endpoints that affords   cryptographic integrity and, optionally, confidentiality to data   exchanged over it [27].  Applying this concept to IPsec, an "IPsec   channel" is a packet flow associated with a higher-layer protocol   session, such as a TCP connection, where all the packets are   protected by IPsec SAs such that:Touch, et al.                Informational                      [Page 4]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   o  the peer's identity is the same for the lifetime of the packet      flow, and   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 [26].   The endpoints of an IPsec channel are the higher-layer protocol   endpoints, which are beyond the endpoints of the IPsec SAs involved.   This creates a need to bind each IPsec SA to the higher-layer   protocol session and its endpoints.  Failure to do this binding   creates vulnerabilities to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, where   what appears to be a single IPsec SA for the higher-layer protocol   traffic is actually two separate SAs concatenated by the attacker   acting as a traffic-forwarding proxy.   The combination of connection latching [26] with channel binding [27]   creates IPsec channels and binds IPsec SAs to higher-layer protocols.   Connection latching creates an IPsec channel by associating IPsec SAs   to higher-layer protocol sessions, and channel binding enables a   higher-layer protocol to bind its authentication to the IPsec SAs.   Caching of this "latch" across higher-layer protocol sessions is   necessary to counter inter-session spoofing attacks, and the channel   binding authentication should be performed on each higher-layer   protocol session.  Connection latching and channel binding are useful   not only for BTNS but also for IPsec SAs whose peers are fully   authenticated by IKE during creation of the SA.   Channel binding for IPsec is based on information obtained from the   SA creation process that uniquely identifies an SA pair.  Channel   binding can be accomplished by adding this identifying information to   higher-layer authentication mechanisms based on one-way hashes, key   exchanges, or (public key) cryptographic signatures; in all three   cases, the resulting higher-layer authentication resists man-in-the-   middle attacks on SA creation.  When each IKE peer uses a public-   private key pair for IKE authentication to create an SA pair, the   pair of public keys used (one for each peer) suffices for channel   binding; strong incorporation of this information into higher-layer   authentication causes that higher-layer authentication to fail when   an MITM attacker has concatenated separate SAs by acting as a   traffic-forwarding proxy.Touch, et al.                Informational                      [Page 5]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 20081.3.  BTNS Methods   There are two classes of scenarios in which BTNS may be used to apply   IPsec services without network-layer authentication:   1. Protection of traffic for a higher-layer protocol that does not      use authentication.  The resulting protection is "better than      nothing" because once an unauthenticated SA is successfully      created without an MITM, that SA's IPsec security services resist      subsequent MITM attacks even though the absence of authentication      allows the initial creation of the BTNS-based security association      (SA) to be subverted by an MITM.  This method of using BTNS is      called Stand-Alone BTNS (SAB) because it does not rely on any      security services outside of IPsec.   2. Protection of traffic generated by a higher-layer protocol that      uses authentication.  The "better-than-nothing" protection in this      case relies on the strength of the higher-layer protocol's      authentication and the channel binding of that authentication with      the BTNS-based SAs.  The level of protection may be comparable to      the level afforded by the use of network-layer IKE authentication      when the higher-layer protocol uses strong authentication and      strong channel binding is employed to associate the BTNS-based SA      with that higher-layer authentication.  This method of using BTNS      is called Channel-Bound BTNS (CBB) when the combination of the      higher-layer authentication and channel binding is sufficient to      detect an MITM attack on creation of a BTNS-based SA.   It is possible to combine IKE authentication for one end of an SA   pair with BTNS's absence of network-layer authentication for the   other end.  The resulting asymmetric authentication creates   asymmetric modes of BTNS that are discussed further inSection 3.2   below.1.4.  BTNS Scope   The scope of BTNS is to provide a generally useful means of applying   IPsec security services that does not require network-level   authentication credentials.  The following areas are outside this   scope of BTNS and hence are not discussed further in this document:   1. Use of security frameworks other than IPsec to provide security      services for higher-layer protocols.  There are a variety of      security service frameworks other than IPsec, such as TLS [4],      Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) [11], and Generic      Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) [10], as      well as a variety of non-IPsec security mechanisms, such as TCPTouch, et al.                Informational                      [Page 6]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008      MD5 [6], that are described in other documents.  BTNS is based on      IPsec by design; it will not always be the most appropriate      solution.   2. Use of the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) for IKE      authentication.Section 1.3 of RFC 3748 clearly restricts EAP's      applicability to network access protocols [1]:         "EAP was designed for use in network access authentication,         where IP layer connectivity may not be available.  Use of EAP         for other purposes, such as bulk data transport, is NOT         RECOMMENDED."      Hence, EAP authentication for IKE is only applicable to situations      where IKE is being used to establish network access (e.g., create      a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection).  In contrast, the      BTNS goal of general applicability encompasses many areas other      than network access and specifically includes protocols that      transfer large amounts of data, such as iSCSI [19] and NFSv4 [21].   3. Manual keying is not considered for BTNS because manual keying is      unsafe for protocols that transfer large amounts of data (e.g.,RFC 3723 forbids use of manual keying with the IP Storage      protocols, including iSCSI, for this reason [2]).1.5.  Structure of This Document   The next section discusses the motivations for BTNS, primarily based   on the implications of IKE's requirements for network-layer   authentication.Section 3 provides a high level overview of BTNS,   both SAB and CBB.Section 3 also includes descriptions of the   security services offered and the BTNS modes of operation (based on   combinations of SAB, CBB, and/or IKE authentication).Section 4   explores the applicability of all of the modes of BTNS.  This is   followed by a discussion of the risks and other security   considerations inSection 5.Section 6 briefly describes other   related efforts.2.  Problem Statement   This section describes the problems that motivated the development of   BTNS.  The primary concern is that IPsec is not widely utilized   despite rigorous development effort and emphasis on network security   by users and organizations.  There are also differing viewpoints on   which layer is best for securing network communications and how   security protocols at different layers should interact.  The   following discussion roughly categorizes these issues by layers:   network layer and higher layers.Touch, et al.                Informational                      [Page 7]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 20082.1.  Network Layer   At the network layer, one of the hurdles is to satisfy the   authentication requirements of IPsec and IKE.  This section discusses   some drawbacks of network-layer authentication and the results of   these requirements.2.1.1.  Authentication Identities   Current IPsec authentication supports several types of identities in   the Peer Authorization Database (PAD): IPv4 addresses, IPv6   addresses, DNS names, Distinguished Names,RFC 822 email addresses,   and Key IDs [8].  All require either certificates or pre-shared   secrets to authenticate.  The identities supported by the PAD can be   roughly categorized as network-layer identifiers or other   identifiers.   The first three types of identifiers -- IPv4 addresses, IPv6   addresses and DNS names -- are network-layer identifiers.  The main   deficiency of IP addresses as identifiers is that they often do not   consistently represent the same physical systems due to the   increasing use of dynamic address assignments (DHCP) and system   mobility.  The use of DNS names is also affected because the name to   address mapping is not always up to date as a result.  Stale mapping   information can cause inconsistencies between the IP address recorded   in the DNS for a named system and the actual IP address of that   system, leading to problems if the DNS is used to cross-check the IP   address from which a DNS name was presented as an identifier.  DNS   names are also not always under the control of the endpoint owner.   There are two main drawbacks with the other, non-network-layer   identifiers defined for the PAD.  The PAD functionality can be overly   restrictive because there are other forms of identifiers not covered   by the PAD specification (EAP does not loosen these restrictions in   general; seeSection 1.4).  Use of any non-network-layer identifiers   for IPsec authentication may result in multiple authentications for   the same or different identifiers at different layers, creating a   need to associate authentications and new error cases (e.g., one of   two authentications for the same identifier fails).  These issues are   also related to channel binding and are further discussed later in   this document.2.1.2.  Authentication Methods   As described earlier, certificates and pre-shared secrets are the   only methods of authentication accepted by current IPsec and IKE   specifications.  Pre-shared secrets require manual configuration and   out-of-band communications.  The verification process forTouch, et al.                Informational                      [Page 8]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   certificates is cumbersome, plus there are administrative and   potential monetary costs in obtaining certificates.  These factors   are among the possible reasons why IPsec is not widely used outside   of environments with the highest security requirements.2.1.3.  Current IPsec Limits on Unauthenticated Peers   Pre-configuration of Security Policy Database (SPD) "bypass" entries   to enable communication with unauthenticated peers only works if the   peer IP addresses are known in advance.  The lack of unauthenticated   IPsec modes often prevents secure communications at the network layer   with unauthenticated or unknown peers, even when they are   subsequently authenticated in a higher-layer protocol or application.   The lack of a channel binding API between IPsec and higher-layer   protocols may further force such communications to completely bypass   IPsec, leaving the network layer of such communications unprotected.2.2.  Higher-Layer Issues   For higher layers, the next subsection focuses on whether IPsec is   necessary if transport layer security is already in use.  The use of   IPsec in the presence of transport security provides further   motivation for reducing the administrative burdens of using IPsec.   This is followed by a discussion of the implications of using   authentication at both the network layer and a higher layer for the   same connection.2.2.1.  Transport Protection from Packet Spoofing   Consider the case of transport protocols.  Increases in network   performance and the use of long-lived connections have resulted in   increased vulnerability of connection-oriented transport protocols to   certain forms of attacks.  TCP, like many other protocols, is   susceptible to off-path third-party attacks, such as injection of a   TCP RST [24].  The Internet lacks comprehensive ingress filtering to   discard such spoofed traffic before it can cause damage.  These   attacks can affect BGP sessions between core Internet routers, and   are thus of significant concern [3][12].  As a result, a number of   proposed solutions have been developed, most of which are at the   transport layer.   Some of these solutions augment the transport protocol by improving   its own security, e.g., TCP MD5 [6].  Others modify the core TCP   processing rules to make it harder for off-path attackers to inject   meaningful packets either during the initial handshake (e.g., SYN   cookies) or after a connection is established (e.g., TCPsecure)   [15][23].  Some of these approaches are new to TCP, but have alreadyTouch, et al.                Informational                      [Page 9]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   been incorporated into other transport protocols (e.g., Stream   Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) [22]) or intermediate (so-called   layer 3.5) protocols (e.g., Host Identity Protocol (HIP) [14]).   TCP MD5 and its potential successor, TCP Auth [25], are based on   authentication; TCP-specific modifications that lack authentication   are, at best, temporary patches to the ubiquitous vulnerability to   spoofing attacks.  The obvious solution to spoofing is end-to-end   validation of the traffic, either at the transport layer or the   network layer.  The IPsec suite already provides authentication of a   network-layer packet and its contents, but the costs of an   authentication infrastructure required for the use of IPsec can be   prohibitive.  Similarly, TCP MD5 requires pre-shared keys, which can   likewise be prohibitive.  TCP Auth is currently under development,   and may include a BTNS-like mode.   Protecting systems from spoofed packets is ultimately an issue of   authentication, ensuring that a receiver's interpretation of the   source of a packet is accurate.  Authentication validates the   identity of the source of the packet.  The current IPsec suite   assumes that identity is validated either by a trusted third party --   e.g., a certification authority -- or by a pre-deployed shared   secret.  Such an identity is unique and invariant across associations   (pair-wise security configuration), and can be used to reject packets   that are not authentic.   With regard to BGP in particular, it has been understood that the use   of appropriate network- or transport-layer authentication is the   preferred protection from TCP spoofing attacks [3].  Authentication   at one router by itself does not provide overall BGP security because   that router remains at the mercy of all routers it peers with, since   it depends on them to also support authentication [25].  The reality   is that few Internet routers are configured to support authentication   at all, and the result is the use of unsecured TCP for sending BGP   packets.  BTNS allows an individual router to relax the need for   authentication in order to enable the use of protected sessions that   are not authenticated.  The latter is "better than nothing" in cases   where "nothing" is the alternative.  Although the routing community   has chosen solutions other than BTNS for protection of BGP's TCP   connections (e.g., TCP MD5), the discussion of BGP remains in this   document because it was a motivation for the development of BTNS.2.2.2.  Authentication at Multiple Layers   Some existing protocols used on the Internet provide authentication   above the network and transport layers but rely on the IPsec suite   for packet-by-packet cryptographic integrity and confidentiality   services.  Examples of such protocols include iSCSI [19] and theTouch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 10]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   remote direct data placement (RDDP) protocols [16][20].  With the   current IPsec suite, the result is two authentication operations: one   at the IPsec layer using an identity for IKE and an associated secret   or key, and another by the higher-layer protocol using a higher-layer   identity and secret or key.  With the current IPsec specifications,   this redundant authentication is necessary because the identity and   key formats differ between IPsec and the higher-layer protocol and/or   because there is no standard interface to pass authentication results   from IPsec up to the higher layer.  End-node software is then   responsible for ensuring that the identities used for these two   authentication operations are consistent in some fashion; determining   whether these identities are consistent is an authorization policy   decision.   Failure of the end-node software to enforce appropriate consistency   across authentication operations at different layers creates man-in-   the-middle attack opportunities at the network layer.  An attacker   may exploit this omission by interposing as a proxy; rather than   impersonate the attacked endpoints, the attacker need only   authenticate with identities that are acceptable to the attacked   endpoints.  The resulting success enables the attacker to obtain full   access to the higher-layer traffic by passing the higher-layer   authentication operation through without modification.  In the   complete absence of consistency checks on the identities used at   different layers, higher-layer traffic may be accessible to any   entity that can successfully authenticate at the network layer.   In principle, a single authentication operation should suffice to   protect the higher-layer traffic, removing the need for:   o  the second authentication operation,   o  configuration and management of the identities and secrets or keys      for the second authentication (even if the identities and secrets      or keys are the same, the two authentication operations may employ      different repositories for identities, secrets, and keys), and   o  determining in some fashion that the two authenticated identities      are consistent.  As noted above, there are significant potential      MITM vulnerabilities if this is not done.   IPsec may not always be present for these higher-layer protocols, and   even when present, may not always be used.  Hence, if there is a   choice, the higher-layer protocol authentication is preferable as it   will always be available for use, independent of IPsec.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 11]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   A "better-than-nothing" security approach to IPsec can address this   problem by setting up an IPsec security association without an   authentication, and then using an extended form of the higher-layer   authentication to establish that the higher-layer protocol session is   protected by a single IPsec SA.  This counters man-in-the-middle   (MITM) attacks on BTNS IPsec session establishment by terminating the   higher-layer session via an authentication failure when such an   attack occurs.  The result is that a single authentication operation   validates not only the higher-layer peer's identity but also   continuity of the security association to that peer.  This higher-   layer check for a single IPsec SA is referred in this document as   "channel binding", thus the name Channel-Bound BTNS (CBB) [27].3.  BTNS Overview and Threat Models   This section provides an overview of BTNS and the IPsec security   services that are offered when BTNS is used.  It also describes the   multiple operating modes of BTNS.3.1.  BTNS Overview   This is an overview of what is needed in IPsec to enable BTNS.  The   detailed specifications of the extensions are addressed by the   relevant protocol specifications.   The main update to IPsec is adding extensions to security policy that   permit secure communications with unauthenticated peers.  These   extensions are necessary for both IPsec and IKE.  For IPsec, the   first extension applies to the PAD, which specifies the forms of   authentication allowed for each IKE peer.  In addition to existing   forms of authentication, such as X.509 certificates and pre-shared   secrets, the extension adds an unauthenticated category in which the   public key presented by the peer serves as its identity (and is   authenticated by the peer demonstrating knowledge of the   corresponding private key) [28].  The second extension is that a flag   is added to each SPD entry to indicate whether BTNS lack of   authentication is acceptable for that SPD entry.   The changes to enable channel binding between IPsec and higher-layer   protocols or applications are more complex than the policy extensions   above.  They require specifying APIs and interactions between IPsec   and higher-layer protocols.  This document assumes such provisions   will be developed, but does not address their details.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 12]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 20083.2.  BTNS and IPsec Security Services   The changes and extensions of BTNS primarily affect IPsec policy as   described above.  Other parts of IPsec and IKE specifications are   unchanged.  BTNS does not require a separate IPsec implementation, as   BTNS can be integrated with any IPsec implementation in a system.   The scope of BTNS functionality applies only to the SAs matching the   policies that explicitly specify or enable BTNS modes in the PAD and   for which the corresponding SPD entries allow BTNS.  All other non-   BTNS policy entries, including entries in the SPD and the PAD, and   non-BTNS SAs are not affected by BTNS.   In principle, the result of removing the requirement that all SAs be   authenticated is that BTNS can establish secure IPsec connections in   a fashion similar to fully authenticated IKE, but BTNS cannot verify   or authenticate the peer identities of these SAs.  The following is a   list of security services offered by the IPsec protocol suite with   notes that address the differences created by the addition of BTNS.   1. Access Control      BTNS extends IPsec's access control services to allow      unauthenticated connections.  These extensions are integrated with      the IPsec PAD and SPD in a fashion that does not affect the access      controls associated with entries that do not use the BTNS      extensions.  For Channel-Bound BTNS, the authentication that      applies to the SA is performed at a higher layer in a fashion that      links higher-layer access control policy to IPsec's network-layer      access control mechanisms.   2. Data Origin Authentication      Stand-Alone BTNS weakens data origin authentication to continuity      of association, namely the assurance that traffic on an SA      continues to originate from the same unauthenticated source.      Channel-Bound BTNS relies on higher-layer authentication to      provide data origin authentication of protected network traffic.   3. Connectionless Integrity   4. Anti-Replay Protection   5. ConfidentialityTouch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 13]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   6. (Limited) Traffic Flow Confidentiality      For the security services offered by IPsec that are listed in      items 3 through 6, it is possible to establish secure IPsec      connections with rogue peers via BTNS because authentication is      not required.  On the other hand, once a secure connection is      established, the communication is protected by these security      services in the same fashion as a connection established by      conventional IPsec means.3.3.  BTNS and IPsec Modes   The previous sections have described two ways of using BTNS:  Stand-   Alone (SAB) and Channel-Bound (CBB).  Both of these can also be used   either symmetrically, where neither party authenticates at the   network layer, or asymmetrically, where only one party does not   authenticate at the network layer.  There are a number of cases to   consider, based on combinations of the endpoint security capabilities   of SAB, CBB, and conventional IKE authentication of an identity   (denoted as AUTH below).  The following tables show all of the   combinations based on the capabilities of the two security endpoints:           | AUTH  |  SAB  |                | CB-AUTH |   CBB   |      -----+-------+-------+         -------+---------+---------+           |       |       |                |         |         |      AUTH | AUTH  | A-SAB |         CB-AUTH| CB-AUTH |  A-CBB  |           |       |       |                |         |         |      -----+-------+-------+         -------+---------+---------+           |       |       |                |         |         |      SAB  | A-SAB | S-SAB |           CBB  |  A-CBB  |  S-CBB  |           |       |       |                |         |         |      -----+-------+-------+         -------+---------+---------+        No Channel Binding               With Channel Binding   There are six operating modes that result from the combinations.  The   first three modes consist of network-layer authentication schemes   used without channel binding to higher-layer authentication:   1. AUTH: both parties provide and authenticate conventional, IKE-      supported identities.   2. Symmetric SAB (S-SAB): neither party authenticates with a      conventional, IKE-supported identity.   3. Asymmetric SAB (A-SAB): one party does not authenticate with a      conventional, IKE-supported identity, but the other side does      authenticate with such an identity.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 14]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   The following three modes combine the network-layer behaviors with   channel binding to higher-layer authentication credentials:   4. CB-AUTH: channel binding is used and both parties authenticate      with conventional, IKE-supported identities.   5. Symmetric CBB (S-CBB): neither party authenticates with a      conventional, IKE-supported identity, but channel binding is used      to bind the SAs to higher-layer authentication operations.   6. Asymmetric CBB (A-CBB): asymmetric SAB (A-SAB) used with channel      binding; at the network layer, one party does not authenticate      with a conventional, IKE-supported identity, but the other party      does authenticate with such an identity.  Channel binding is used      to bind the SA to higher-layer authentication operations.   There are three security mechanisms involved in BTNS with channel   binding:   1. BTNS and IPsec at the network layer,   2. higher-layer authentication, and   3. the connection latching plus channel binding mechanisms that bind      the higher-layer authentication credentials with the secure IPsec      channel.   Authentication at both the network and higher layers can be either   bidirectional (both peers are authenticated) or unidirectional (one   of the two peers does not authenticate).  In contrast, when channel   binding is used, it must be applied at both ends of the communication   to prevent MITM attacks.  Existing channel binding mechanisms and   APIs for this purpose (e.g., as defined in GSS-API [10]) mandate the   exchange and verification of the channel binding values at both ends   to ensure that correct, non-spoofed channel characteristics are bound   to the higher-layer authentication.   Note: When any Stand-Alone BTNS (SAB) or Channel-Bound BTNS (CBB) is   used without being qualified as symmetric or asymmetric, the   symmetric mode is the intended default meaning.4.  Applicability Statement   BTNS is intended for services open to the public but for which   protected associations are desired, and for services that can be   authenticated at higher layers in the protocol stack.  BTNS can also   provide some level of protection for private services when the   alternative BTNS is no protection at all.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 15]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   BTNS uses the IPsec protocol suite, and therefore should not be used   in situations where IPsec and specifically IKE are unsuitable.  IPsec   and IKE incur additional computation overhead, and IKE further   requires message exchanges that incur round-trip latency to setup   security associations.  These may be undesirable in environments with   limited computational resources and/or high communication latencies.   This section provides an overview of the types of applications   suitable for various modes of BTNS.  The next two sections describe   the overall benefits and vulnerabilities, followed by the   applicability analysis for each BTNS mode.  The applicability   statement covers only the four BTNS-specific modes; the AUTH and   CB-AUTH modes are out of scope for this discussion.4.1.  Benefits   BTNS protects security associations after they are established by   reducing vulnerability to attacks from parties that are not   participants in the association.  BTNS-based SAs protect network and   transport layers without requiring network-layer authentication.   BTNS can be deployed without pre-deployment of authentication   material for IPsec or pre-shared information and can protect all   transport layer protocols using a common mechanism.   BTNS also helps protect systems from low-effort attacks on higher-   layer sessions or connections that disrupt valuable services or   resources.  BTNS raises the level of effort for many types of   network- and transport-layer attacks.  Simple transport layer packet   attacks are rejected because the malicious packet or packets are not   part of an IPsec SA.  The attacker is instead forced to establish an   unauthenticated IPsec SA and a transport connection for SAB,   requiring the attacker to perform as much work as a host engaging in   the higher-layer communication.  SAB thus raises the effort for a   DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack to that of emulating a   flash crowd.  For open services, there may be no way to distinguish   such a DDoS attack from an actual flash crowd.   BTNS also allows individual security associations to be established   for protection of higher-layer traffic without requiring pre-deployed   authentication credentials.4.2.  Vulnerabilities   BTNS removes the requirement that every IPsec SA be authenticated.   Hosts connecting to BTNS hosts are vulnerable to communicating with a   masquerader throughout the association for SAB, or until higher   layers provide additional authentication for CBB.  As a result,   authentication data (e.g., passwords) sent to a masquerading peerTouch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 16]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   could be disclosed to an attacker.  This is a deliberate design   tradeoff; in BTNS, network- and transport-layer access is no longer   controlled by the identity presented by the other host, opening hosts   to potential masquerading and flash crowd attacks.  Conversely, BTNS   can secure connections to hosts that are unable to authenticate at   the network layer, so the network and transport layers are more   protected than can be achieved via higher-layer authentication alone.   Lacking network-layer authentication information, other means must be   used to provide access control for local resources.  Traffic   selectors for the BTNS SPD entries can be used to limit which   interfaces, address ranges, and port ranges can access BTNS-enabled   services.  Rate limiting can further restrict resource usage.  For   SAB, these protections need to be considered throughout associations,   whereas for CBB they need be present only until higher-layer   protocols provide the missing authentication.  CBB also relies on the   effectiveness of the binding of higher-layer authentication to the   BTNS network association.4.3.  Stand-Alone BTNS (SAB)   SAB is intended for applications that are unable to use IKE-   compatible authentication credentials and do not employ higher-layer   authentication or other security protection.  SAB is also suitable   when the identities of either party are not important or are   deliberately omitted, but IPsec security services are desired (seeSection 3.2).  SAB is particularly applicable to long-lived   connections or sessions for which assurance that the entity at the   other end of the connection has not changed may be a good enough   substitute for the lack of authentication.  This section discusses   symmetric and asymmetric SAB.4.3.1.  Symmetric SAB   Symmetric SAB (S-SAB) is applicable when both parties lack network-   layer authentication information and that authentication is not   available from higher-layer protocols.  S-SAB can still provide some   forms of protection for network and transport protocols, but does not   provide authentication beyond continuity of association.  S-SAB is   useful in situations where transfer of large files or use of other   long-lived connections would benefit from not being interrupted by   attacks on the transport connection (e.g., via a false TCP RST), but   the particular endpoint identities are not important.   Open services, such as web servers, and peer-to-peer networks could   utilize S-SAB when their identities need not be authenticated but   their communication would benefit from protection.  Such services   might provide files that are either not validated or validated byTouch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 17]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   other means (e.g., published hashes).  These transmissions present a   target for off-path attacks that could be mitigated by S-SAB.  S-SAB   may also be useful for protecting voice-over-IP (VoIP) traffic   between peers, such as direct calls between VoIP clients.   S-SAB is also useful in protecting any transport protocol when the   endpoints do not deploy authentication, for whatever reason.  This is   the case for BGP TCP connections between core routers, where the   protection afforded by S-SAB is better than no protection at all,   even though BGP is not intended as an open service.   S-SAB can also serve as an intermediate step towards S-CBB.  S-SAB is   the effective result when an IPsec channel is used (via connection   latching), but the higher-layer authentication is not bound to the   IPsec SAs within the channel.4.3.2.  Asymmetric SAB   Asymmetric SAB (A-SAB) allows one party lacking network-layer   authentication information to establish associations with another   party that possesses authentication credentials for any applicable   IKE authentication mechanism.   Asymmetric SAB is useful for protecting transport connections for   open services on the Internet, e.g., commercial web servers, etc.  In   these cases, the server is typically authenticated by a widely known   CA, as is done with TLS at the application layer, but the clients   need not be authenticated [4].  Although this may result in IPsec and   TLS being used on the same connection, this duplication of security   services at different layers is necessary when protection is required   from the sorts of spoofing attacks described inSection 2 (e.g., TLS   cannot prevent a spoofed TCP RST, as the RST is processed by TCP   rather than being passed to TLS).   A-SAB can also secure transport for streaming media such as would be   used by webcasts for remote education and entertainment.4.4.  Channel-Bound BTNS (CBB)   CBB allows hosts without network-layer authentication information to   cryptographically bind BTNS-based IPsec SAs to authentication at   higher layers.  CBB is intended for applications that employ higher-   layer authentication but that also benefit from additional network-   layer security.  CBB provides network-layer security services without   requiring authentication at the network layer.  This enables IPsec   security services for applications that have IKE-incompatible   authentication credentials.  CBB allows IPsec to be used withTouch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 18]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   authentication mechanisms not supported by IKE and frees higher-layer   applications and protocols from duplicating security services already   available in IPsec.   Symmetric CBB integrates channel binding with S-SAB, as does   asymmetric CBB with A-SAB.  In both cases, the target applications   have similar characteristics at the network layer to their non-   channel-binding counterparts.  The only significant difference is the   binding of authentication credentials at a higher layer to the   resulting IPsec channels.   Although the modes of CBB refer to the authentication at the network   layer, higher-layer authentication can also be either asymmetric   (one-way) or symmetric (two-way).  Asymmetric CBB can be used to   complement one-way authentication at a higher layer by providing one-   way authentication of the opposite direction at the network layer.   Consider an application with one-way, client-only authentication.   The client can utilize A-CBB where the server must present IKE-   authenticated credentials at the network layer.  This form of A-CBB   achieves mutual authentication, albeit at separate layers.  Many   remote file system protocols, such as iSCSI and NFS, fit into this   category and can benefit from channel binding with IPsec for better   network-layer protection, including prevention of MITM attacks.   Mechanisms and interfaces for BTNS channel binding with IPsec are   discussed in further detail in [26].4.5.  Summary of Uses, Vulnerabilities, and Benefits   The following is a summary of the properties of each type of BTNS,   based on the previous subsections:                 SAB                          CBB     --------------------------------------------------------------     Uses     Open services                Same as SAB but with              Peer-to-peer                 higher-layer auth.,              Zero-config Infrastructure   e.g., iSCSI [19], NFSv4 [21]     Vuln.    Masqueraders                 Masqueraders until bound              Needs data rate limit        Needs data rate limit              Load on IPsec                Load on IPsec              Exposure to open access     Benefit  Protects L3 & L4             Protects L3 & L4              Avoids all auth. keys        Avoids L3 auth. keys                                           Full auth. once boundTouch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 19]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   Most of the potential vulnerabilities in the above table have been   discussed in previous sections of this document; some of the more   general issues, such as the increased load on IPsec processing, are   addressed in the Security Considerations section of this document.5.  Security Considerations   This section describes the threat models for BTNS and discusses other   security issues based on the threat models for different modes of   BTNS.  Some of the issues were mentioned previously in the document   but are listed again for completeness.5.1.  Threat Models and Evaluation   BTNS is intended to protect sessions from a variety of threats,   including on-path, man-in-the-middle attacks after key exchange, and   off-path attacks.  It is intended to protect the contents of a   session once established, but does not protect session establishment   itself.  This protection has value because it forces the attacker to   target connection establishment as opposed to waiting for a more   convenient time; this is of particular value for long-lived sessions.   BTNS is not intended to protect the key exchange itself, so this   presents an opportunity for a man-in-the-middle attack or a well-   timed attack from other sources.  Furthermore, Stand-Alone BTNS is   not intended to protect the endpoint from nodes masquerading as   legitimate clients of a higher-layer protocol or service.  Channel-   Bound BTNS can protect from such masquerading, though at a later   point after the security association is established, as a masquerade   attack causes a client authentication failure at a higher layer.   BTNS is also not intended to protect from DoS (Denial of Service)   attacks that seek to overload a CPU performing authentication or   other security computations, nor is BTNS intended to provide   protection from configuration mistakes.  These latter two threat   assumptions are also the case for IPsec.   The following sections discuss the implications of the threat models   in more details.5.2.  Interaction with Other Security Services   As with any aspect of network security, the use of BTNS must not   interfere with other security services.  Within IPsec, the scope of   BTNS is limited to the SPD and PAD entries that explicitly specify   BTNS and to the resulting SAD entries.  It is incumbent on system   administrators to deploy BTNS only where safe, preferably as an   alternative to the use of "bypass" SPD entries that exempt specifiedTouch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 20]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   traffic from IPsec cryptographic protection.  In other words, BTNS   should be used only as a substitute for no security, rather than as a   substitute for stronger security.  When the higher-layer   authentication required for CBB is not available, other methods, such   as IP address filtering, can help reduce the vulnerability of SAB to   exposure to anonymous access.5.3.  MITM and Masquerader Attacks   Previous sections have described how CBB can counter MITM and   masquerader attacks, even though BTNS does not protect key exchange   and does not authenticate peer identities at the network layer.   Nonetheless, there are some security issues regarding CBB that must   be carefully evaluated before deploying BTNS.   For regular IPsec/IKE, a man in the middle cannot subvert IKE   authentication, and hence an attempt to attack an IPsec SA via use of   two SAs concatenated by the attacker acting as a traffic-forwarding   proxy will cause an IKE authentication failure.  On the other hand, a   man-in-the-middle attack on IPsec with CBB is discovered later.  With   CBB, the IKE protocol will succeed because it is unauthenticated, and   the security associations will be set up.  The man in the middle will   not be discovered until the higher-layer authentication fails.  There   are two security concerns with this approach: possible exposure of   sensitive authentication information to the attackers, and resource   consumption before attacks are detected.   The exposure of information depends on the higher-layer   authentication protocols used in applications.  If the higher-layer   authentication requires exchange of sensitive information (e.g.,   passwords or password-derived materials) that are directly useful or   can be attacked offline, an attacker can gain such information even   though the attack can be detected.  Therefore, CBB must not be used   with higher-layer protocols that may expose sensitive information   during authentication exchange.  For example, Kerberos V AP exchanges   would leak little other than the target's krb5 principal name, while   Kerberos V AS exchanges using PA-ENC-TIMESTAMP pre-authentication   would leak material that can then be attacked offline.  The latter   should not be used with BTNS, even with Channel Binding.  Further,   the ways in which BTNS is integrated with the higher-layer protocol   must take into consideration vulnerabilities that could be introduced   in the APIs between these two systems or in the information that they   share.   The resource consumption issue is addressed in the next section on   DoS attacks.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 21]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 20085.4.  Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks and Resource Consumptions   A consequence of BTNS deployment is that more traffic requires   cryptographic operations; these operations increase the computation   required in IPsec implementations that receive protected traffic   and/or verify incoming traffic.  That additional computation raises   vulnerability to overloading, which may be the result of legitimate   flash crowds or a DoS or DDoS attack.  Although this may itself   present a substantial impediment to deployment, it is an issue for   all cryptographically protected communication systems.  This document   does not address the impact BTNS has on such increases in required   computation.   The effects of the increased resource consumption are twofold.  The   consumption raises the level of effort for attacks such as MITM, but   also consumes more resources to detect such attacks and to reject   spoofed traffic.  At the network layer, proper limits and access   controls for resources should be set up for all BTNS SAs.  CBB SAs   may be granted increased resource access after the higher-layer   authentications succeed.  The same principles apply to the higher-   layer protocols that use CBB SAs.  Special care must be taken to   avoid excessive resource usage before authentication is established   in these applications.5.5.  Exposure to Anonymous Access   The use of SAB by a service implies that the service is being offered   for open access, since network-layer authentication is not performed.   SAB should not be used with services that are not intended to be   openly available.5.6.  ICMP Attacks   This document does not consider ICMP attacks because the use of BTNS   does not change the existing IPsec guidelines on ICMP traffic   handling [8].  BTNS focuses on the authentication part of   establishing security associations.  BTNS does not alter the IPsec   traffic processing model and protection boundary.  As a result, the   entire IPsec packet processing guidelines, including ICMP processing,   remain applicable when BTNS is added to IPsec.5.7.  Leap of Faith   BTNS allows systems to accept and establish security associations   with peers without authenticating their identities.  This can enable   functionality similar to "Leap of Faith" authentication utilized in   other security protocols and applications such as the Secure Shell   Protocol (SSH) [29].Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 22]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   SSH implementations are allowed to accept unknown peer credentials   (host public keys) without authentication, and these unauthenticated   credentials may be cached in local databases for future   authentication of the same peers.  Similar to BTNS, such measures are   allowed due to the lack of "widely deployed key infrastructure" [29]   and to improve ease of use and end-user acceptance.   There are subtle differences between SSH and BTNS regarding Leap of   Faith, as shown in the following table:                                     |   SSH   |  BTNS   |      -------------------------------+---------+---------+       Accept unauthenticated        | Allowed | Allowed |       credentials                   |         |         |      -------------------------------+---------+---------+       Options/Warnings to reject    |   Yes   |   No    |       unauthenticated credentials   |         |         |      -------------------------------+---------+---------+       Cache unauthenticated         |Required | Allowed |       credential for future refs    |         |         |      -------------------------------+---------+---------+   SSH requires proper warnings and options in applications to reject   unauthenticated credentials, while BTNS accepts such credentials   automatically when they match the corresponding policy entries.  Once   SSH accepts a credential for the first time, that credential should   be cached and can be reused automatically without further warnings.   BTNS credentials can be cached for future use, but there is no   security advantage to doing so, as a new unauthenticated credential   that is allowed by the policy entries will be automatically accepted.   In addition, BTNS does not require IPsec to reuse credentials in a   manner similar to SSH.  When IPsec does reuse unauthenticated   credentials, there may be implementation advantages to caching them.   SSH-style credential caching for reuse with SAB could be addressed by   future extension(s) to BTNS; such extension(s) would need to provide   warnings about unauthenticated credentials and a mechanism for user   acceptance or rejection of them in order to establish a level of   authentication assurance comparable to SSH's "Leap of Faith".  Such   extension(s) would also need to deal with issues caused by the   absence of identities in BTNS.  At best, a cached BTNS credential   reauthenticates the network-layer source of traffic when the   credential is reused -- in contrast, SSH credential reuse   reauthenticates an identity.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 23]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   Network-layer reauthentication for SAB is further complicated by:   o  the ability of NATs to cause multiple independent network-layer      sources of traffic to appear to be one source (potentially      requiring acceptance and caching of multiple BTNS credentials),   o  the ability of multihoming to cause one network-layer source of      traffic to appear to be multiple sources (potentially triggering      unexpected warnings and requiring re-acceptance of the same BTNS      credential), and   o  interactions with both mobility and address ownership changes      (potentially requiring controlled BTNS credential reassignment      and/or invalidation).   These issues are left to be addressed by possible future work on the   addition of "Leap of Faith" functionality to BTNS.   In contrast, for CBB, credential caching and verification are usually   done at the higher-layer protocols or applications.  Caching   credentials for CBB at the BTNS level is not as important because the   channel binding will bind whatever credentials are presented (new or   cached) to the higher-layer protocol identity.5.8.  Connection Hijacking through Rekeying   Each IPsec SA has a limited lifetime (defined as a time and/or byte   count) and must be rekeyed or terminated when the lifetime expires.   Rekeying an SA provides a small window of opportunity where an on-   path attacker can step in and hijack the new SA created by rekeying   by spoofing the victim during rekeying.  BTNS, and particularly SAB,   simplify this attack by removing the need for the attacker to   authenticate as the victim or via the same non-BTNS PAD entry that   was used by the victim for the original SA.  CBB, on the other hand,   can detect such attacks by detecting the changes in the secure   channel properties.   This vulnerability is caused by the lack of inter-session binding or   latching of IKE SAs with the corresponding credentials of the two   peers.  Connection latching, together with channel binding, enables   such binding but requires higher-layer protocols or applications to   verify consistency of identities and authentication across the two   SAs.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 24]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 20085.9.  Configuration Errors   BTNS does not address errors of configuration that could result in   increased vulnerability; such vulnerability is already possible using   "bypass" SPD entries.  SPD entries that allow BTNS must be explicitly   flagged, and hence can be kept separate from SPD entries that do not   allow BTNS, just as "bypass" SPD entries are separate from entries   that create SAs with more conventional, stronger security.6.  Related Efforts   There have been a number of related efforts in the IETF and elsewhere   to reduce the configuration effort of deploying the Internet security   suite.   The IETF PKI4IPsec effort focused on providing an automatic   infrastructure for the configuration of Internet security services,   e.g., to assist in deploying signed certificates and CA information   [9].  The IETF KINK effort focused on adapting Kerberos [13] for IKE,   enabling IKE to utilize the Kerberos key distribution infrastructure   rather than requiring certificates or shared private keys [18].  KINK   takes advantage of an existing architecture for automatic key   management in Kerberos.  Opportunistic Encryption (OE) is a system   for automatic discovery of hosts willing to do a BTNS-like   encryption, with authentication being exchanged by leveraging   existing use of the DNS [17].  BTNS differs from all three in that   BTNS is intended to avoid the need for such infrastructure   altogether, rather than to automate it.7.  Acknowledgments   This document was inspired by discussions on the IETF TCPM WG about   the spoofed RST attacks on BGP routers and various solutions, as well   as discussions in the NFSv4 and IPS WGs about how to better integrate   with IPsec.  The concept of BTNS was the result of these discussions   as well as discussions with USC/ISI's T. Faber, A. Falk, and B. Tung,   and discussions on the IETF SAAG (Security Area open meeting) mailing   list and IPsec mailing list.  The authors would like to thank the   members of those WGs and lists, as well as the IETF BTNS BOFs and WG   and its associated ANONsec mailing list   (http://www.postel.org/anonsec) for their feedback -- in particular,   Steve Kent, Sam Hartman, Nicolas Williams, and Pekka Savola.   This document was prepared using 2-Word-v2.0.template.dot.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 25]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 20088.  Informative References   [1]   Aboba, B., Blunk, L., Vollbrecht, J., Carlson, J., and H.         Levkowetz, Ed., "Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)",RFC3748, June 2004.   [2]   Aboba, B., Tseng, J., Walker, J., Rangan, V., and F.         Travostino, "Securing Block Storage Protocols over IP",RFC3723, April 2004.   [3]   CERT Vulnerability Note VU#415294, "The Border Gateway Protocol         relies on persistent TCP sessions without specifying         authentication requirements", 4/20/2004.   [4]   Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security (TLS)         Protocol Version 1.2",RFC 5246, August 2008.   [5]   Harkins, D. and D. Carrel, "The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)",RFC 2409, November 1998.   [6]   Heffernan, A., "Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5         Signature Option",RFC 2385, August 1998.   [7]   Kaufman, C., Ed., "Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol",RFC4306, December 2005.   [8]   Kent, S. and K. Seo, "Security Architecture for the Internet         Protocol",RFC 4301, December 2005.   [9]   Korver, B., "The Internet IP Security PKI Profile of         IKEv1/ISAKMP, IKEv2, and PKIX",RFC 4945, August 2007.   [10]  Linn, J., "Generic Security Service Application Program         Interface Version 2, Update 1",RFC 2743, January 2000.   [11]  Melnikov, A., Ed., and K. Zeilenga, Ed., "Simple Authentication         and Security Layer (SASL)",RFC 4422, June 2006.   [12]  Murphy, S., "BGP Security Vulnerabilities Analysis",RFC 4272,         January 2006.   [13]  Neuman, C., Yu, T., Hartman, S., and K. Raeburn, "The Kerberos         Network Authentication Service (V5)",RFC 4120, July 2005.   [14]  Moskowitz, R., Nikander, P., Jokela, P., Ed., and T. Henderson,         "Host Identity Protocol",RFC 5201, April 2008.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 26]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008   [15]  Ramaiah, A., R Stewart, M. Dalal, "Improving TCP's Robustness         to Blind In-Window Attacks", Work in Progress, January 2008.   [16]  Recio, R., Metzler, B., Culley, P., Hilland, J., and D. Garcia,         "A Remote Direct Memory Access Protocol Specification",RFC5040, October 2007.   [17]  Richardson, M. and D. Redelmeier, "Opportunistic Encryption         using the Internet Key Exchange (IKE)",RFC 4322, December         2005.   [18]  Sakane, S., Kamada, K., Thomas, M., and J. Vilhuber,         "Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys (KINK)",RFC 4430,         March 2006.   [19]  Satran, J., Meth, K., Sapuntzakis, C., Chadalapaka, M., and E.         Zeidner, "Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI)",RFC 3720, April 2004.   [20]  Shah, H., Pinkerton, J., Recio, R., and P. Culley, "Direct Data         Placement over Reliable Transports",RFC 5041, October 2007.   [21]  Shepler, S., Callaghan, B., Robinson, D., Thurlow, R., Beame,         C., Eisler, M., and D. Noveck, "Network File System (NFS)         version 4 Protocol",RFC 3530, April 2003.   [22]  Stewart, R., Ed., "Stream Control Transmission Protocol",RFC4960, September 2007.   [23]  TCP SYN-cookies,http://cr.yp.to/syncookies.html   [24]  Touch, J., "Defending TCP Against Spoofing Attacks",RFC 4953,         July 2007.   [25]  Touch, J., A. Mankin, R. Bonica, "The TCP Authentication         Option", Work in Progress, November 2007.   [26]  Williams, N.,"IPsec Channels: Connection Latching", Work in         Progress, April 2008.   [27]  Williams, N., "On the Use of Channel Bindings to Secure         Channels",RFC 5056, November 2007.   [28]  Williams, N. and M. Richardson, "Better-Than-Nothing Security:         An Unauthenticated Mode of IPsec",RFC 5386, November 2008.   [29]  Ylonen, T. and C. Lonvick, Ed., "The Secure Shell (SSH)         Protocol Architecture",RFC 4251, January 2006.Touch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 27]

RFC 5387             BTNS Problem and Applicability        November 2008Authors' Addresses   Joe Touch   USC/ISI   4676 Admiralty Way   Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695   U.S.A.   Phone: +1 (310) 448-9151   EMail: touch@isi.edu   David L. Black   EMC Corporation   176 South Street   Hopkinton, MA 01748   USA   Phone: +1 (508) 293-7953   EMail: black_david@emc.com   Yu-Shun Wang   Microsoft   One Microsoft Way   Redmond, WA 98052   U.S.A.   Phone: +1 (425) 722-6980   EMail: yu-shun.wang@microsoft.comTouch, et al.                Informational                     [Page 28]

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