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CDNI delegation using Automated Certificate Management Environment
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draft-ietf-cdni-delegation-acme-02
Content Delivery Networks Interconnection                  F. Fieau, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                                E. Stephan
Intended status: Standards Track                                  Orange
Expires: 25 November 2023                                      S. Mishra
                                                                 Verizon
                                                             24 May 2023

   CDNI delegation using Automated Certificate Management Environment
                   draft-ietf-cdni-delegation-acme-02

Abstract

   This document defines metadata to support delegating the delivery of
   HTTPS content between two or more interconnected CDNs.  Specifically,
   this document defines a CDNI Metadata interface object to enable
   delegation of X.509 certificates leveraging delegation schemes
   defined in RFC9115.  RFC9115 allows delegating entities to remain in
   full control of the delegation and be able to revoke it any time and
   this avoids the need to share private cryptographic key material
   between the involved entities.

About This Document

   This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.

   Status information for this document may be found at
   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-cdni-delegation-acme/.

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   Source for this draft and an issue tracker can be found at
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Table of Contents

   1.   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Advertising Delegation Metadata for CDNI through FCI  . . . .   3
   3.   ACME Delegation Metadata for CDNI  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  ACMEDelegationMethod Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.1.1.  Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.   IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.1.  CDNI MI ACMEDelegationMethod Payload Type . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     6.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

1.   Introduction

   Content delivery over HTTPS using two or more cooperating Content
   Delivery Networks (CDNs) along the path requires credential
   management, specifically when DNS-based redirection is used.  In such
   cases, an upstream CDN (uCDN) needs to delegate its credentials to a
   downstream (dCDN) for content delivery.

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   [RFC9115] defines delegation methods that allow a uCDN on behalf of
   the content provider, the holder of the domain, to generate on-demand
   an X.509 certificate that binds the designated domain name with a
   key-pair owned by the dCDN.  For further details, please refer to
   Section 1 of [RFC9115] and Section 5.1.2.1 of [RFC9115].

   This document defines CDNI Metadata to make use of HTTPS delegation
   between a uCDN and a dCDN based on the mechanism specified in
   [RFC9115].  Furthermore, it adds a delegation method to the "CDNI
   Payload Types" IANA registry.

   Section 1.1 defines terminology used in this document.  Section 2
   presents delegation metadata for the FCI interface.  Section 3
   addresses the metadata for handling HTTPS delegation with the
   Metadata Interface.  Section 4 addresses IANA registry for delegation
   methods.  Section 5 covers the security considerations.

1.1.  Terminology

   This document uses terminology from CDNI framework documents such as:
   CDNI framework document [RFC7336], CDNI requirements [RFC7337] and
   CDNI interface specifications documents: CDNI Metadata interface
   [RFC8006] and CDNI Footprint and Capabilities Advertisement interface
   [RFC8008].  It also uses terminology from Section 1.1 of [RFC8739].

   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.

2.  Advertising Delegation Metadata for CDNI through FCI

   The Footprint and Capabilities Advertisement interface (FCI) defined
   in [RFC8008] allows a dCDN to send a FCI capability type object to a
   uCDN.

   The FCI.Metadata object allows a dCDN to advertise the capabilities
   regarding the supported delegation methods and their configuration.

   The following is an example of the supported delegated methods
   capability object for a dCDN implementing the ACME delegation method.

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   {
     "capabilities": [
       {
         "capability-type": "FCI.Metadata",
         "capability-value": {
           "metadata": [
             "ACMEDelegationMethod",
             "... Other supported delegation methods ..."
           ]
         },
         "footprints": [
           "Footprint objects"
         ]
       }
     ]
   }

3.   ACME Delegation Metadata for CDNI

   When a uCDN delegates the delivery of HTTPS traffic to a dCDN using
   DNS Redirection [RFC7975], the dCDN must use a certificate bound to
   the origin's name to successfully authenticate to the end-user (see
   also Section 5.1.2.1 of [RFC9115]).

   To that end, this section defines the AcmeDelegationMethod object
   which describes metadata for using the ACME delegation interface
   [RFC9115].

   The ACMEDelegationMethod applies to both ACME STAR delegation, which
   provides a delegation model based on short-term certificates with
   automatic renewal (Section 2.3.2 of [RFC9115]), and non-STAR
   delegation, which allows delegation between CDNs using long-term
   certificates Section 2.3.3 of [RFC9115].

   Figure 1 provides a high-level view of the combined CDNI and ACME
   delegation message flows to obtain STAR certificate bound to the
   origin's name.

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.----.                .----.               .----.                 .----.
|dCDN|                |uCDN|               | CP |                 | CA |
'-+--'                '-+--'               '--+-'                 '--+-'
  |     GET metadata    |                     |                      |
  +--------[CDNI]------>|                     |                      |
  |   200 OK, metadata  |                     |                      |
  |  (inc. dele config) |                     |                      |
  |<-------[CDNI]-------+                     |                      |
  |                     |                     |                      |
  |    GET delegation   |                     |                      |
  +-----[ACME dele]---->|                     |                      |
  | 200 OK, delegation  |                     |                      |
  | (inc. CSR template) |                     |                      |
  |<----[ACME dele]-----+                     |                      |
  |                     |                     |                      |
  +----.                |                     |                      |
  |    |                |                     |                      |
  |  create key pair and|                     |                      |
  |  CSR w/ delegated   |                     |                      |
  |  name               |                     |                      |
  |    |                |                     |                      |
  |<---'                |                     |                      |
  |                     |                     |                      |
  |     POST Order1     |                     |                      |
  +-----[ACME dele]---->|                     |                      |
  |                     |   forward Order1    |                      |
  |                     +-----[ACME dele]---->|                      |
  |                     |                     |     POST Order2      |
  |                     |                     +-----[ACME STAR]----->|
  |                     |                     |                      |
  |                     |                     |<---authorizations--->|
  |                     |                     |                      |
  |<---wait issuance--->|<---wait issuance--->|<---wait issuance---->|
  |                                                                  |
  |              (unauthenticated) GET star-certificate              |
  +----------------------------------------------------------------->|
  |                          certificate #1                          |
  |<-----------------------------------------------------------------+
  |                              ...                                 |

   Figure 1: Example call-flow of STAR delegation in CDNI showing 2
                         levels of delegation

   Section 3.1 defines the objects used for bootstrapping the ACME
   delegation method between a uCDN and a delegate dCDN.

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3.1.  ACMEDelegationMethod Object

   The ACMEDelegationMethod object allows a uCDN to define both STAR and
   non-STAR delegation.  The dCDN, the consumer of the delegation, can
   determine the type of delegation by the presence (or absence) of the
   "star-lifetime" property.  That is, the presence of the "star-
   lifetime" property explicitly means a short-term delegation with
   lifetime of the certificate based on that property (and the optional
   "star-lifetime-adjust" attribute).  A non-STAR delegation will not
   have the "star-lifetime" property in the delegation.  See also the
   examples in Section 3.1.1.

   The ACMEDelegationMethod object is defined with the properties shown
   below.

   *  Property: acme-delegation

      -  Description: a URL pointing at an ACME delegation object,
         either STAR or non-STAR, associated with the dCDN account on
         the uCDN ACME server (see Section 2.3.1.3 of [RFC9115] for the
         details).

      -  Type: String

      -  Mandatory-to-Specify: Yes

   *  Property: time-window

      -  Description: Validity period of the certificate.  According to
         Section 4.3.4 of [RFC8006], a TimeWindow object is defined by a
         window "start" time, and a window "end" time.  In case of STAR
         method, the "start" and "end" properties of the window MUST be
         understood respectively as the start-date and end-date of the
         certificate validity.  In the case of the non-STAR method, the
         "start" and "end" properties of the window MUST be understood
         respectively as the notBefore and notAfter fields of the
         certificate.

      -  Type: TimeWindow

      -  Mandatory-to-Specify: Yes

   *  Property: star-lifetime

      -  Description: See Section 3.1.1 of [RFC8739]

      -  Type: Integer

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      -  Mandatory-to-Specify: Yes, only if a STAR delegation method is
         specified

   *  Property: star-lifetime-adjust

      -  Description: See Section 3.1.1 of [RFC8739]

      -  Type: Integer

      -  Mandatory-to-Specify: No

3.1.1.  Examples

   The following example shows an ACMEDelegationMethod object for a
   STAR-based ACME delegation.

   {
     "generic-metadata-type": "MI.ACMEDelegationMethod",
     "generic-metadata-value": {
       "acme-delegation": "https://acme.ucdn.example/delegation/ogfr",
       "time-window": {
         "start": 1665417434,
         "end": 1665676634
       },
       "star-lifetime": 345600,
       "star-lifetime-adjust": 259200
     }
   }

   The example below shows an ACMEDelegationMethod object for a non-STAR
   ACME delegation.  The delegation object is defined as per Section 4.3
   of [RFC8006].

   {
     "generic-metadata-type": "MI.ACMEDelegationMethod",
     "generic-metadata-value": {
       "acme-delegation": "https://acme.ucdn.example/delegation/wSi5",
       "time-window": {
         "start": 1570982234,
         "end": 1665417434
       }
     }
   }

4.   IANA Considerations

   This document requests the registration of the following entry under
   the "CDNI Payload Types" registry:

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                +=========================+===============+
                | Payload Type            | Specification |
                +=========================+===============+
                | MI.ACMEDelegationMethod | RFCthis       |
                +-------------------------+---------------+

                                  Table 1

   // RFC Editor: please replace RFCthis with the RFC number of this RFC
   // and remove this note.

4.1.  CDNI MI ACMEDelegationMethod Payload Type

   Purpose:  The purpose of this Payload Type is to distinguish
      AcmeDelegationMethod MI objects (and any associated capability
      advertisement)

   Interface:  MI/FCI

   Encoding:  See Section 3.1

5.  Security Considerations

   The metadata object defined in this document does not introduce any
   new security or privacy concerns over those already discussed in
   [RFC9115], [RFC8006] and [RFC8008].

   The reader is expected to understand the ACME delegation trust model
   (Section 7.1 of [RFC9115]) and security goal (Section 7.2 of
   [RFC9115]), in particular the criticality around the protection of
   the user account associated with the delegation, which authorizes all
   the security relevant operations between dCDN and uCDN over the ACME
   channel.  The dCDN's ACME account is also relevant to the privacy of
   the entire scheme; for example, the acme-delegation resource in the
   Metadata object is only accessible to the holder of the account key,
   who is allowed to fetch its content exclusively via POST-as-GET
   (Section 2.3.1.2 of [RFC9115]).

   In addition, the Metadata interface authentication and
   confidentiality requirements defined in Section 8 of [RFC8006] MUST
   be followed.

   Implementers MUST adhere to the security considerations defined in
   the CDNI Request Routing: Footprint and Capabilities Semantics,
   Section 7 of [RFC8008].

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   When TLS is used to achieve the above security objectives, the
   general TLS usage guidance in [RFC9325] MUST be followed.

6.  References

6.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.

   [RFC8006]  Niven-Jenkins, B., Murray, R., Caulfield, M., and K. Ma,
              "Content Delivery Network Interconnection (CDNI)
              Metadata", RFC 8006, DOI 10.17487/RFC8006, December 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8006>.

   [RFC8008]  Seedorf, J., Peterson, J., Previdi, S., van Brandenburg,
              R., and K. Ma, "Content Delivery Network Interconnection
              (CDNI) Request Routing: Footprint and Capabilities
              Semantics", RFC 8008, DOI 10.17487/RFC8008, December 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8008>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8739]  Sheffer, Y., Lopez, D., Gonzalez de Dios, O., Pastor
              Perales, A., and T. Fossati, "Support for Short-Term,
              Automatically Renewed (STAR) Certificates in the Automated
              Certificate Management Environment (ACME)", RFC 8739,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8739, March 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8739>.

   [RFC9115]  Sheffer, Y., López, D., Pastor Perales, A., and T.
              Fossati, "An Automatic Certificate Management Environment
              (ACME) Profile for Generating Delegated Certificates",
              RFC 9115, DOI 10.17487/RFC9115, September 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9115>.

   [RFC9325]  Sheffer, Y., Saint-Andre, P., and T. Fossati,
              "Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer
              Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security
              (DTLS)", BCP 195, RFC 9325, DOI 10.17487/RFC9325, November
              2022, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9325>.

6.2.  Informative References

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   [RFC7336]  Peterson, L., Davie, B., and R. van Brandenburg, Ed.,
              "Framework for Content Distribution Network
              Interconnection (CDNI)", RFC 7336, DOI 10.17487/RFC7336,
              August 2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7336>.

   [RFC7337]  Leung, K., Ed. and Y. Lee, Ed., "Content Distribution
              Network Interconnection (CDNI) Requirements", RFC 7337,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7337, August 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7337>.

   [RFC7975]  Niven-Jenkins, B., Ed. and R. van Brandenburg, Ed.,
              "Request Routing Redirection Interface for Content
              Delivery Network (CDN) Interconnection", RFC 7975,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7975, October 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7975>.

Acknowledgments

   We would like to thank authors of the [RFC9115], Antonio Augustin
   Pastor Perales, Diego Lopez, Thomas Fossati and Yaron Sheffer.
   Additionally, our gratitude to Thomas Fossati who participated in the
   drafting, reviewing and giving his feedback in finalizing this
   document.  We also thank CDNI co-chair Kevin Ma for his continual
   review and feedback during the development of this document.

Authors' Addresses

   Frédéric Fieau (editor)
   Orange
   40-48, avenue de la Republique
   92320 Chatillon
   France
   Email: frederic.fieau@orange.com

   Emile Stephan
   Orange
   2, avenue Pierre Marzin
   22300 Lannion
   France
   Email: emile.stephan@orange.com

   Sanjay Mishra
   Verizon
   13100 Columbia Pike
   Silver Spring,  MD 20904
   United States of America

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   Email: sanjay.mishra@verizon.com

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