Internet DRAFT - draft-ciphersuites-in-sec-syslog
draft-ciphersuites-in-sec-syslog
Internet Engineering Task Force C. Lonvick
Internet-Draft
Updates: 5425 6012 (if approved) S. Turner
Intended status: Standards Track sn3rd
Expires: 2 August 2022 J. Salowey
Salesforce
29 January 2022
Updates to the Cipher Suites in Secure Syslog
draft-ciphersuites-in-sec-syslog-01
Abstract
This document updates the cipher suites in RFC 5425, Transport Layer
Security (TLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog, and RFC 6012, Datagram
Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog. It
also updates the transport protocol in RFC 6012.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Support for Updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Updates to RFC 5425 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. Updates to RFC 6012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. Authors Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1. Introduction
The Syslog Working Group produced Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Transport Mapping for Syslog [RFC5425] and Datagram Transport Layer
Security (DTLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog [RFC6012].
Both [RFC5425] and [RFC6012] MUST support certificates as defined in
[RFC5280].
[RFC5425] requires that implementations "MUST" support TLS 1.2
[RFC5246] and are "REQUIRED" to support the mandatory to implement
cipher suite TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA (Section 4.2).
[RFC6012] requires that implementations "MUST" support DTLS 1.0
[RFC4347] and are also "REQUIRED" to support the mandatory to
implement cipher suite TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA (Section 5.2).
The TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA cipher suite has been found to be
weak and the community is moving away from it and towards more robust
suites.
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The DTLS 1.0 transport [RFC4347] has been deprecated by [BCP195] and
the community is moving to DTLS 1.2 [RFC6347] and DTLS 1.3
[I-D.ietf-tls-dtls13].
This document updates [RFC5425] and [RFC6012] to deprecate the use of
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA and to make new recommendations to a
mandatory to implement cipher suite to be used for implementations.
This document also updates [RFC6012] to make a recommendation of a
mandatory to implement secure datagram transport.
2. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
3. Support for Updating
[I-D.salowey-tls-rfc8447bis] generally reminds us that cryptographic
algorithms and parameters will be broken or weakened over time.
Blindly implementing the cryptographic algorithms listed in any
specification is not advised. Implementers and users need to check
that the cryptographic algorithms specified continue to provide the
expected level of security.
As the Syslog Working Group determined, Syslog clients and servers
MUST use certificates as defined in [RFC5280]. Since both [RFC5425]
and [RFC6012] REQUIRE the use of TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, it is
very likely that RSA certificates have been implemented in devices
adhering to those specifications. [BCP195] notes that ECDHE cipher
suites exist for both RSA and ECDSA certificates, so moving to an
ECDHE cipher suite will not require replacing or moving away from any
currently installed RSA-based certificates.
[I-D.saviram-tls-deprecate-obsolete-kex] documents that the cipher
suite TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA has been found to be weak. As
such, the community is moving away from that and other weak suites
and towards more robust suites such as
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, which is also listed as a
currently Recommended algorithm in [I-D.salowey-tls-rfc8447bis].
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Along those lines, [I-D.ietf-uta-rfc7525bis] notes that
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA does not provide forward secrecy, a
feature that is highly desirable in securing event messages. That
document also goes on to recommend
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 as a cipher suite that does
provide forward secrecy.
Therefore, the mandatory to implement cipher suites listed in
[RFC5425] and [RFC6012] must be updated so that implementations of
secure syslog are still considered to provide an acceptable and
expected level of security.
Additionally, [BCP195] [RFC8996] deprecates the use of DTLS 1.0
[RFC4347], which is the mandatory to implement transport protocol for
[RFC6012]. Therefore, the transport protocol for [RFC6012] must be
updated.
4. Updates to RFC 5425
Implementations of [RFC5425] MUST NOT offer
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA. The mandatory to implement cipher
suite is REQUIRED to be TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256.
Implementations of [RFC5425] MUST continue to use TLS 1.2 [RFC5246]
as the mandatory to implement transport protocol.
Implementations of [RFC5425] MAY use TLS 1.3 [RFC8446] as a transport
as long as they support the currently recommended cipher suites.
EDITOR's NOTE: Need to address 0-RTT considerations.
5. Updates to RFC 6012
Implementations of [RFC6012] MUST NOT offer
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA. The mandatory to implement cipher
suite is REQUIRED to be TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256.
As specified in [BCP195], implementations of [RFC6012] must not use
DTLS 1.0 [RFC4347]. Implementations MUST use DTLS 1.2 [RFC6347].
DTLS 1.2 [RFC6347] implementations are REQUIRED to support the
mandatory to implement cipher suite, which is
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256.
Implementations of [RFC6012] MAY use DTLS 1.3 [I-D.ietf-tls-dtls13]
as a transport as long as they support the currently recommended
cipher suites.
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EDITOR's NOTE: Need to address 0-RTT considerations.
6. Authors Notes
This section will be removed prior to publication.
This is version -01. Comments were received regarding the -00
version that this document should not imply that the use of DTLS1.0
is being deprecated by this I-D since that was done by RFC 8996.
Edits have been made to clarify that. Also, the authors want this
document to update RFC 6012 because it says more about cipher suites
than RFC 8996 and, since there will be 1.3, we're saying ya' gotta
use 1.2 (for now).
Members of IEC 62351 TC 57 WG15, who prompted this work, have
proposed the following text to be inserted into their documents.
| The selection of TLS connection parameters such as cipher suites,
| session resumption and renegotiation shall be reused from IEC
| 62351-3 specification. Note that port TCP/6514 is assigned by
| IANA to RFC 5425 (syslog-tls). The RFC requires the support of
| TLS1.2 and a SHA-1 based cipher suite, but does not mandate its
| use. The cipher does not align with IEC 62351-3 Ed.2 for
| profiling TLS. Nevertheless, RFC 5425 does not rule out to use
| stronger cipher suites. With this, clients and server supporting
| the selection of cipher suites stated in IEC 62351-3 Ed2 will not
| experience interoperability problems. Caution has to be taken in
| environments in which interworking with existing services
| utilizing syslog over TLS is intended. For these, the syslog
| server needs to be enabled to support the required cipher suites.
| This ensures connectivity with clients complying to this document
| and others complying to RFC 5425. Note that meanwhile the work on
| an update of RFC 5425 and RFC 6012 has started. It targets the
| adoption of stronger cipher suites for TLS and DTLS to protect
| syslog communication.
Comments on this text are welcome.
7. Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Arijit Kumar Bose, Steffen Fries and
the members of IEC TC57 WG15 for their review, comments, and
suggestions. The authors would also like to thank Tom Petch and
Juergen Schoenwaelder for their comments and constructive feedback.
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8. IANA Considerations
This document makes no requests to IANA.
9. Security Considerations
[BCP195] deprecates an insecure DTLS transport protocol from
[RFC6012] and deprecates insecure cipher suits from [RFC5425] and
[RFC6012]. This document specifies mandatory to implement cipher
suites to those RFCs and the latest version of the DTLS protocol to
[RFC6012].
10. References
10.1. Normative References
[BCP14] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, May 2017.
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp14>
[BCP195] Sheffer, Y., Holz, R., and P. Saint-Andre,
"Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer
Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security
(DTLS)", BCP 195, RFC 7525, May 2015.
Moriarty, K. and S. Farrell, "Deprecating TLS 1.0 and TLS
1.1", BCP 195, RFC 8996, March 2021.
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp195>
[RFC4347] Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer
Security", RFC 4347, DOI 10.17487/RFC4347, April 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4347>.
[RFC5246] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
(TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5246, August 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5246>.
[RFC5280] Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S.,
Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key
Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List
(CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, DOI 10.17487/RFC5280, May 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5280>.
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[RFC5425] Miao, F., Ed., Ma, Y., Ed., and J. Salowey, Ed.,
"Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport Mapping for
Syslog", RFC 5425, DOI 10.17487/RFC5425, March 2009,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5425>.
[RFC6012] Salowey, J., Petch, T., Gerhards, R., and H. Feng,
"Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Transport
Mapping for Syslog", RFC 6012, DOI 10.17487/RFC6012,
October 2010, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6012>.
[RFC6347] Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer
Security Version 1.2", RFC 6347, DOI 10.17487/RFC6347,
January 2012, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6347>.
[RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.
10.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-tls-dtls13]
Rescorla, E., Tschofenig, H., and N. Modadugu, "The
Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Protocol Version
1.3", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-tls-
dtls13, 30 April 2021,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-tls-
dtls13>.
[I-D.ietf-uta-rfc7525bis]
Sheffer, Y., Holz, R., Saint-Andre, P., and T. Fossati,
"Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer
Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security
(DTLS)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-uta-
rfc7525bis-04, 2 December 2021,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-uta-
rfc7525bis-04>.
[I-D.salowey-tls-rfc8447bis]
Salowey, J. and S. Turner, "IANA Registry Updates for TLS
and DTLS", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
salowey-tls-rfc8447bis-01, 2 December 2021,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-salowey-tls-
rfc8447bis-01>.
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[I-D.saviram-tls-deprecate-obsolete-kex]
Aviram, N., "Deprecating Obsolete Key Exchange Methods in
TLS", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-aviram-tls-
deprecate-obsolete-kex-00, 9 July 2021,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-aviram-tls-
deprecate-obsolete-kex-00>.
Authors' Addresses
Chris Lonvick
Email: lonvick.ietf@gmail.com
Sean Turner
sn3rd
Email: sean@sn3rd.com
Joe Salowey
Salesforce
Email: joe@salowey.net
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