Definition of the ROLIE configuration checklist Extension
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Network Working Group                                        S. Banghart
Internet-Draft                                                      NIST
Intended status: Informational                                 B. Munyan
Expires: January 14, 2021                                   A. Montville
                                            Center for Internet Security
                                                               G. Alford
                                                           Red Hat, Inc.
                                                           July 13, 2020

       Definition of the ROLIE configuration checklist Extension
           draft-mandm-sacm-rolie-configuration-checklist-02

Abstract

   This document extends the Resource-Oriented Lightweight Information
   Exchange (ROLIE) core to add the information type categories and
   related requirements needed to support security configuration
   checklist use cases.  Additional categories, properties, and
   requirements based on content type enables a higher level of
   interoperability between ROLIE implementations, and richer metadata
   for ROLIE consumers.  Additionally, this document discusses
   requirements and usage of other ROLIE elements in order to best
   syndicate security configuration checklists.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  The 'configuration-checklist' information-type  . . . . . . .   3
   4.  rolie:property Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Handling Existing Checklist Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  atom:link Extensions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     7.1.  configuration-checklist information-type  . . . . . . . .   8
     7.2.  checklist:constributor property . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   9.  Privacy Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   10. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     10.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     10.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Appendix A.  Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11

1.  Introduction

   Default configurations for endpoints (operating systems,
   applications, etc.) are normally geared towards ease-of-use or ease-
   of-deployment, not security.  As such, many enterprises operate
   according to guidance provided to them by a control framework
   ([CIS_Critical_Controls], [PCI_DSS], [NIST_800-53] etc.), which often
   prescribe that an enterprise define a standard, security-minded
   configuration for each technology they operate.  Such standard
   configurations are often referred to as configuration checklists.
   This document defines an extension to the Resource-Oriented
   Lightweight Information Exchange (ROLIE) protocol
   [I-D.ietf-mile-rolie] to support the publication of configuration
   checklist information.  Configuration checklists contain a set of
   configuration recommendations for a given endpoint.  A configuration
   recommendation prescribes expected values pertaining to one or more