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draft-ietf-netmod-factory-default-15
NETMOD Working Group                                               Q. Wu
Internet-Draft                                                    Huawei
Intended status: Standards Track                              B. Lengyel
Expires: October 27, 2020                               Ericsson Hungary
                                                                  Y. Niu
                                                                  Huawei
                                                          April 25, 2020

             A YANG Data Model for Factory Default Settings
                  draft-ietf-netmod-factory-default-15

Abstract

   This document defines a YANG data model with the "factory-reset" RPC
   to allow clients to reset a server back to its factory default
   condition.  It also defines an optional "factory-default" datastore
   to allow clients to read the factory default configuration for the
   device.

   The YANG data model in this document conforms to the Network
   Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA) defined in RFC 8342.

Status of This Memo

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   publication of this document.  Please review these documents
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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Factory-Reset RPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Factory-Default Datastore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  YANG Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   8.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Appendix A.  Changes between revisions  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

1.  Introduction

   This document defines a YANG data model and associated mechanism to
   reset a server to its factory default content.  This mechanism may be
   used, e.g., when the existing configuration has major errors so re-
   starting the configuration process from scratch is the best option.

   A "factory-reset" RPC is defined within the YANG data model.  When
   resetting a device, all previous configuration settings will be lost
   and replaced by the factory default content.

   In addition, an optional "factory-default" read-only datastore is
   defined within the YANG data model, that contains the data to replace
   the contents of implemented read-write conventional configuration
   datastores at reset.  This datastore can also be used in the <get-
   data> operation.

   The YANG data model in this document conforms to the Network
   Management Datastore Architecture defined in [RFC8342].

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1.1.  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.

   The following terms are defined in [RFC8342] [RFC7950] and are not
   redefined here:

   o  server

   o  startup configuration datastore

   o  candidate configuration datastore

   o  running configuration datastore

   o  intended configuration datastore

   o  operational state datastore

   o  conventional configuration datastore

   o  datastore schema

   o  RPC operation

   The following terms are defined in this document as follows:

   o  factory-default datastore: A read-only configuration datastore
      holding a pre-set initial configuration that is used to initialize
      the configuration of a server.  This datastore is referred to as
      "<factory-default>".

2.  Factory-Reset RPC

   A new "factory-reset" remote procedure call (RPC) is introduced.
   Upon receiving the RPC:

   o  All supported conventional read-write configuration datastores
      (i.e. <running>, <startup>, and <candidate>) are reset to the
      contents of <factory-default>.

   o  Read-only datastores receive their content from other datastores
      (e.g., <intended> gets its content from <running>).

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   o  All data in any dynamic configuration datastores MUST be
      discarded.

   o  The contents of the <operational> datastore MUST reflect the
      operational state of the device after applying the factory default
      configuration.

   In addition, the "factory-reset" RPC MUST restore non-volatile
   storage to factory condition.  Depending on the system, this may
   entail deleting dynamically generated files, such as those containing
   keys (e.g., /etc/ssl/private), certificates (e.g., /etc/ssl), logs
   (e.g., /var/log), and temporary files (e.g., /tmp/*).  Any other
   cryptographic keys that are part of the factory-installed image will
   be retained (such as an IDevID certificate) [I-D.ietf-anima-
   bootstrapping-keyinfra].  When this process includes security-
   sensitive data such as cryptographic keys or passwords, it is
   RECOMMENDED to perform the deletion in a manner as thorough as
   possible (e.g., overwriting the physical storage medium with zeros
   and/or random bits for repurpose or end of life (EoL) disposal) to
   reduce the risk of the sensitive material being recoverable.  The
   "factory-reset" RPC MAY also be used to trigger some other resetting
   tasks such as restarting the node or some of the software processes.

   Note that operators should be aware that since all read-write
   datastores are immediately reset to factory default, the device may
   become unreachable as a host on the network.  It is important to
   understand how a given vendor's device will behave after the RPC is
   executed.  Implementors SHOULD reboot the device and get it properly
   configured or otherwise restart processes needed to bootstrap it.

3.  Factory-Default Datastore

   Following the guidelines for defining Datastores in the appendix A of
   [RFC8342], this document introduces a new optional datastore resource
   named "factory-default" that represents a pre-set initial
   configuration that can be used to initialize the configuration of a
   server.  A device MAY implement the "factory-reset" RPC without
   implementing the "factory-default" datastore, which would only
   eliminate the ability to programmatically determine the factory
   default configuration.

   o  Name: "factory-default"

   o  YANG modules: The factory default datastore schema MUST either be
      the same as the conventional configuration datastores, or a subset
      of the datastore schema for the conventional configuration
      datastores.

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   o  YANG nodes: all "config true" data nodes

   o  Management operations: The content of the datastore is set by the
      server in an implementation dependent manner.  The content can not
      be changed by management operations via NETCONF, RESTCONF, the CLI
      etc.  unless specialized, dedicated operations are provided.  The
      datastore can be read using the standard NETCONF/RESTCONF protocol
      operations.  The "factory-reset" operation copies the factory
      default content to <running> and, if present, <startup> and/or
      <candidate> and then the content of these datastores is propagated
      automatically to any other read only datastores, e.g., <intended>
      and <operational>.

   o  Origin: This document does not define a new origin identity as it
      does not interact with the <operational> datastore.

   o  Protocols: RESTCONF, NETCONF and other management protocol.

   o  Defining YANG module: "ietf-factory-default".

   The contents of <factory-default> are defined by the device vendor
   and MUST persist across device restarts.  If supported, the factory-
   default datastore MUST be included in the list of datastores in YANG
   library [RFC 8525].

4.  YANG Module

   This module uses the "datastore" identity [RFC8342], and the
   "default-deny-all" extension statement from [RFC8341].

 <CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-factory-default@2019-11-27.yang"
    module ietf-factory-default {
      yang-version 1.1;
      namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-factory-default";
      prefix fd;

      import ietf-datastores {
        prefix ds;
        reference
          "RFC 8342: Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA)";
      }
      import ietf-netconf-acm {
        prefix nacm;
        reference
         "RFC8341: Network Configuration Access Control Model";
      }

      organization

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        "IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";
      contact
        "WG Web:   <https://tools.ietf.org/wg/netconf/>
         WG List:  <mailto:netconf@ietf.org>

         Editor:   Qin Wu
                   <mailto:bill.wu@huawei.com>
         Editor:   Balazs Lengyel
                   <mailto:balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com>
         Editor:   Ye Niu
                   <mailto:niuye@huawei.com>";
      description
        "This module provides functionality to reset a server to its
         factory default configuration and, when supported, to discover
         the factory default configuration contents independent of
         resetting the server.

         Copyright (c) 2020 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
         authors of the code.  All rights reserved.

         Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
         without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
         to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License
         set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
         Relating to IETF Documents
         (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

         This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX;
         see the RFC itself for full legal notices.";
      // RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
      // and remove this note.
      // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
      // note.
      revision 2019-11-27 {
        description
          "Initial revision.";
        reference
          "RFC XXXX: Factory default Setting";
      }

      feature factory-default-datastore {
        description
          "Indicates that the factory default configuration is
           available as a datastore.";
      }

      rpc factory-reset {
        nacm:default-deny-all;

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        description
          "The server resets all datastores to their factory
          default content and any non-volatile storage back to
          factory condition, deleting all dynamically generated
          files, including those containing keys, certificates,
          logs, and other temporary files.

          Depending on the factory default configuration, after
          being reset, the device may become unreachable on the
          network.";
      }

      identity factory-default {
        if-feature "factory-default-datastore";
        base ds:datastore;
        description
          "This read-only datastore contains the factory default
          configuration for the device that will be used to replace
          the contents of the read-write conventional configuration
          datastores during a 'factory-reset' RPC operation.";
      }
    }
 <CODE ENDS>

5.  IANA Considerations

   This document registers one URI in the IETF XML Registry [RFC3688].
   The following registration has been made:

     URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-factory-default
     Registrant Contact: The IESG.
     XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.

   This document registers one YANG module in the YANG Module Names
   Registry [RFC6020].  The following registration has been made:

     name: ietf-factory-default
     namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-factory-default
     prefix: fd
     RFC: xxxx

6.  Security Considerations

   The YANG module defined in this document extends the base operations
   for NETCONF [RFC6241] and RESTCONF [RFC8040].  The lowest NETCONF
   layer is the secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement
   secure transport is Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242].  The lowest

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   RESTCONF layer is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure
   transport is TLS [RFC8446].

   Access to the "factory-reset" RPC operation and factory default
   values of all configuration data nodes within "factory-default"
   datastore is considered sensitive and therefore has been restricted
   using the "default-deny-all" access control defined in [RFC8341].

   The "factory-reset" RPC can prevent any further management of the
   device when the server is reset back to its factory default
   condition,e.g., the session and client config are included in the
   factory default contents or treated as dynamic files on the
   nonvoliatile storage and overwritten by the the "factory-reset" RPC.

   The operational disruption caused by setting the config to factory
   default contents or lacking appropriate security control on factory
   default configuration varies greatly depending on the implementation
   and current config.

   The non-volatile storage is expected to be wiped clean and reset back
   to the factory default state, but there is no guarantee that the data
   is wiped according to any particular data cleansing standard, and the
   owner of the device MUST NOT rely on any sensitive data (e.g.,
   private keys) being forensically unrecoverable from the device's non-
   volatile storage after a factory-reset RPC has been invoked.

7.  Acknowledgements

   Thanks to Juergen Schoenwaelder, Ladislav Lhotka, Alex Campbell, Joe
   Clarke, Robert Wilton, Kent Watsen, Joel Jaeggli, Lou Berger, Andy
   Bierman, Susan Hares, Benjamin Kaduk, Stephen Kent, Stewart Bryant,
   Eric Vyncke, Murray Kucherawy, Roman Danyliw, Tony Przygienda, John
   Heasley for reviewing this draft and providing important input to
   this document.

8.  Contributors

      Rohit R Ranade
      Huawei
      Email: rohitrranade@huawei.com

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

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   [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/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3688]  Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.

   [RFC6020]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
              the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.

   [RFC7950]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
              RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.

   [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/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8341]  Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
              Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8341>.

   [RFC8342]  Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
              (NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.

   [RFC8525]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "YANG Library", RFC 8525,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8525, March 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8525>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-anima-bootstrapping-keyinfra]
              Pritikin, M., Richardson, M., Eckert, T., Behringer, M.,
              and K. Watsen, "Bootstrapping Remote Secure Key
              Infrastructures (BRSKI)", draft-ietf-anima-bootstrapping-
              keyinfra-41 (work in progress), April 2020.

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   [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
              and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
              (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.

   [RFC6242]  Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
              Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6242>.

   [RFC8040]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.

   [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>.

Appendix A.  Changes between revisions

   Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor)

   v14 -15

   o  Address comments raised in IESG review.

   v13 - 14

   o  Address additional issues raised during AD review.

   v12 - 13

   o  Address issues raised during AD review.

   v11 - 12

   o  Fix IDnits and reference issues from Shepherd review.

   v10 - 11

   o  Incorporate additional Shepherd review's comments.

   v09 - 10

   o  Incorporate Shepherd review's comments.

   v08 - 09

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   o  Provide some guideline for operators and implementor who implement
      factory defaut method.

   v07 - 08

   o  Provide clarification and recommendation on the relationship
      between factory-reset RPC and reboot.

   o  Nits fixed based on YANG Doctor Review.

   v06 - 07

   o  Remove Factory default content specification;

   o  Remove reference to YANG instance data file format and zero touch
      provision [RFC8573];

   o  Remove copy-config operation extension on factory-default
      datastore

   v05 - 06

   o  Additional text to enhance security section.

   o  Add nacm:default-deny-all on "factory-reset" RPC.

   o  A few clarification on Factory default content specification.

   v03 - 04

   o  Additional text to clarify factory-reset RPC usage.

   v02 - 03

   o  Update security consideration section.

   v01 - v02

   o  Address security issue in the security consideration section.

   o  Remove an extension to the NETCONF <copy-config> operation which
      allows it to operate on the factory-default datastore.

   o  Add an extension to the NETCONF <get-config> operation which
      allows it to operate on the factory-default datastore.

   v00 - v01

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   o  Change YANG server into server defined in NMDA architecture based
      on discussion.

   o  Allow reset the content of all read-write configuraton datastores
      to its factory default content except <candidate>.

   o  Add clarification text on factory-reset protocol operation
      behavior.

   v03 - v00

   o  Change draft name from draft-wu to draft-ietf-netmod-factory-
      default-00 without content changes.

   v02 - v03

   o  Change reset-datastore RPC into factory-reset RPC to allow reset
      the whole device with factory default content.

   o  Remove target datastore parameter from factory-reset RPC.

   o  Other editorial changes.

   v01 - v02

   o  Add copy-config based on Rob's comment.

   o  Reference Update.

   v03 - v00 - v01

   o  Changed name from draft-wu-netconf-restconf-factory-restore to
      draft-wu-netmod-factory-default

   o  Removed copy-config ; reset-datastore is enough

   v02 - v03

   o  Restructured

   o  Made new datastore optional

   o  Removed Netconf capability

   o  Listed Open issues

   v01 - v02

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   o  -

   v00 - v01

   o  -

Authors' Addresses

   Qin Wu
   Huawei
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
   Nanjing, Jiangsu  210012
   China

   Email: bill.wu@huawei.com

   Balazs Lengyel
   Ericsson Hungary
   Magyar Tudosok korutja 11
   1117 Budapest
   Hungary

   Phone: +36-70-330-7909
   Email: balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com

   Ye Niu
   Huawei

   Email: niuye@huawei.com

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