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Communicating Proxy Configurations in Provisioning Domains
draft-pauly-intarea-proxy-config-pvd-01

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draft-pauly-intarea-proxy-config-pvd-01
Network Working Group                                           T. Pauly
Internet-Draft                                               Apple, Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track                           D. Damjanovic
Expires: 15 April 2024                                         Microsoft
                                                         13 October 2023

       Communicating Proxy Configurations in Provisioning Domains
                draft-pauly-intarea-proxy-config-pvd-01

Abstract

   This document defines a mechanism for accessing provisioning domain
   information associated with a proxy, such as other proxy URIs that
   support different protocols and a list of DNS zones that are
   accessible via a proxy.

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

   Source for this draft and an issue tracker can be found at
   https://github.com/tfpauly/privacy-proxy.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Background  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.2.  Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Fetching PvD Additional Information for proxies . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Enumerating proxies within a PvD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Split DNS information for proxies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.1.  Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  Discovering proxies from network PvDs . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

1.  Introduction

   HTTP proxies that use the CONNECT method Section 9.3.6 of [HTTP]
   (often referred to as "forward" proxies) allow clients to open
   connections to hosts via a proxy.  These typically allow for TCP
   stream proxying, but can also support UDP proxying [CONNECTUDP] and
   IP packet proxying [CONNECTIP].  Such proxies are not just defined as
   hostnames and ports, but can use URI templates [URITEMPLATE].

   In order to make use of multiple related proxies, clients need a way
   to understand which proxies are associated with one another.

   Client can also benefit from learning about additional information
   associated with the proxy to optimize their proxy usage, such knowing
   that a proxy is configured to only allow access to a limited set of
   next hops.

   These improvements to client behavior can be achieved through the use
   of Provisioning Domains.  Provisioning Domains (PvDs) are defined in
   [PVD] as consistent sets of network configuration information, which
   can include proxy configuration details Section 2 of [PVD].

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   [PVDDATA] defines a JSON [JSON] format for describing Provisioning
   Domain Additional Information, which is an extensible dictionary of
   properties of the Provisioning Domain.

   This document defines several mechanisms to use PvDs to help clients
   understand how to use proxies:

   1.  A way to fetch PvD Additional Information associated with a known
       proxy URI (Section 2)

   2.  A way to list one or more proxy URIs in a PvD, allowing clients
       to learn about other proxy options given a known proxy
       (Section 3).

   3.  A way to define a limited set of DNS zones that are accessible
       through the proxy (Section 4).

   Additionally, this document partly describes how these mechanisms
   might be used to discover proxies associated with a network
   (Section 5).

1.1.  Background

   Other non-standard mechanisms for proxy configuration and discovery
   have been used historically, some of which are described in
   [RFC3040].

   Proxy Auto Configuration (PAC) files Section 6.2 of [RFC3040] are
   Javascript scripts that take URLs as input and provide an output of a
   proxy configuration to use.

   Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) Section 6.4 of [RFC3040]
   allows networks to advertise proxies to use by advertising a PAC
   file.  This solution squats on DHCP option 252.

   These common (but non-standard) mechanisms only support defining
   proxies by hostname and port, and do not support configuring a full
   URI template [URITEMPLATE].

   The mechanisms defined in this document are intended to offer a
   standard alternative that works for URI-based proxies and avoids
   dependencies on executing Javascript scripts, which can open up
   security vulnerabilities.

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1.2.  Requirements

   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.  Fetching PvD Additional Information for proxies

   This document defines a way to fetch PvD Additional Information
   associated with a proxy.  This PvD describes the properties of the
   network accessible through the proxy.

   In order to fetch PvD Additional Information associated with a proxy,
   a client issues an HTTP GET request for the well-known PvD URI
   (".well-known/pvd") [PVDDATA] and the host authority of the proxy.
   This is applicable for both proxies that are identified by a host and
   port only (such as SOCKS proxies and HTTP CONNECT proxies) and
   proxies that are identified by a URL.

   For example, a client would issue the following request for the PvD
   associated with "https://proxy.example.org/
   masque{?target_host,target_port}":

   :method = GET
   :scheme = https
   :authority = proxy.example.org
   :path = /.well-known/pvd
   accept = application/pvd+json

   For a HTTP CONNECT proxy on "proxy.example.org:8080", the client
   would send the following request:

   :method = GET
   :scheme = https
   :authority = proxy.example.org:8080
   :path = /.well-known/pvd
   accept = application/pvd+json

   Note that all proxies that are colocated on the same host and port
   share the same PvD Additional Information.  Proxy deployments that
   need separate PvD configuration properties SHOULD use different
   hosts.

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   PvD Additional Information is required to contain the "identifier",
   "expires", and "prefixes" keys.  For proxy PvDs as defined in this
   document, the "identifier" MUST match the hostname of the HTTP proxy.
   The "prefixes" array SHOULD be empty by default.

3.  Enumerating proxies within a PvD

   This document defines a new PvD Additional Information key, proxies,
   that is an array of strings that is a list of proxy URIs (or URI
   templates [URITEMPLATE]) that are available as part of a PvD.  The
   new key is registered in Section 7.

   The kind of proxy is implied by the URI scheme and any template
   variables.  For example, since UDP proxying [CONNECTUDP] has the URI
   template variables target_host and target_port, the URI
   "https://proxy.example.org:4443/masque{?target_host,target_port}"
   implies that the proxy supports UDP proxying.

   When a PvD that contains the proxies key is fetched from a known
   proxy using the method described in Section 2 the proxies list
   describes equivalent proxies (potentially supporting other protocols)
   that can be used in addition to the known proxy.

   Such cases are useful for informing clients of related proxies as a
   discovery method, with the assumption that the client already is
   aware of one proxy.  Many historical methods of configuring a proxy
   only allow configuring a single FQDN hostname for the proxy.  A
   client can attempt to fetch the PvD information from the well-known
   URI to learn the list of complete URIs that support non-default
   protocols, such as [CONNECTUDP] and [CONNECTIP].

3.1.  Example

   Given a known HTTP CONNECT proxy FQDN, "proxy.example.org", a client
   could request PvD Additional Information with the following request:

   :method = GET
   :scheme = https
   :authority = proxy.example.org
   :path = /.well-known/pvd
   accept = application/pvd+json

   If the proxy has a PvD definition for this FQDN, it would return the
   following response to indicate a PvD that has two related proxy URIs.

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:status = 200
content-type = application/pvd+json
content-length = 222

{
  "identifier": "proxy.example.org.",
  "expires": "2023-06-23T06:00:00Z",
  "prefixes": [],
  "proxies": ["https://proxy.example.org","https://proxy.example.org/masque{?target_host,target_port}"]
}

   The client would learn the URI template of the proxy that supports
   UDP using [CONNECTUDP], at "https://proxy.example.org/
   masque{?target_host,target_port}".

4.  Split DNS information for proxies

   Split DNS configurations are cases where only a subset of domains is
   routed through a VPN tunnel or a proxy.  For example, IKEv2 defines
   split DNS configuration in [IKEV2SPLIT].

   PvD Additional Information can be used to indicate that a proxy PvD
   has a split DNS configuration.

   Section 4.3 of [PVDDATA] defines the optional dnsZones key, which
   contains searchable and accessible DNS zones as an array of strings.

   When present in a PvD Additional Information dictionary that is
   retrieved for a proxy as described in Section 2, domains in the
   dnsZones array indicate specific zones that are accessible using the
   proxy.  If a hostname is not included in the enumerated zones, then a
   client SHOULD assume that the hostname will not be accessible through
   the proxy.

   Entries listed in dnsZones MUST NOT expand the set of domains that a
   client is willing to send to a particular proxy.  The list can only
   narrow the list of domains that the client is willing to send through
   the proxy.  For example, if the client has a local policy to only
   send requests for "example.com" to a proxy "proxy.example.com", and
   the dnsZones array contains "internal.example.com" and
   "other.company.com", the client would end up only proxying
   "internal.example.com" through the proxy.

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4.1.  Example

   Given a proxy URI template "https://proxy.example.org/
   masque{?target_host,target_port}", which in this case is for UDP
   proxying, the client could request PvD additional information with
   the following request:

   :method = GET
   :scheme = https
   :authority = proxy.example.org
   :path = /.well-known/pvd
   accept = application/pvd+json

   If the proxy has a PvD definition for this proxy, it could return the
   following response to indicate a PvD that has one accessible zone,
   "internal.example.org".

   :status = 200
   content-type = application/pvd+json
   content-length = 135

   {
     "identifier": "proxy.example.org.",
     "expires": "2023-06-23T06:00:00Z",
     "prefixes": [],
     "dnsZones": ["internal.example.org"]
   }

   The client could then choose to use this proxy only for accessing
   names that fall within the "internal.example.org" zone.

5.  Discovering proxies from network PvDs

   [PVDDATA] defines how PvD Additional Information is discovered based
   on network advertisements using Router Advertisements [RFC4861].  A
   network defining its configuration via PvD information can include
   the proxies key (Section 3) to inform clients of a list of proxies
   available on the network.

   This association of proxies with the network's PvD can be used as a
   mechanism to discover proxies, as an alternative to PAC files.
   However, client systems MUST NOT automatically send traffic over
   proxies advertised in this way without explicit configuration,
   policy, or user permission.  For example, a client can use this
   mechanism to choose between known proxies, such as if the client was
   already proxying traffic and has multiple options to choose between.

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   Further security and experience considerations are needed for these
   cases.

6.  Security Considerations

   Configuration advertised via PvD Additional Information, such DNS
   zones or associated proxies, can only be safely used when fetched
   over a secure TLS-protected connection, and the client has validated
   that that the hostname of the proxy, the identifier of the PvD, and
   the validated hostname identity on the certificate all match.

7.  IANA Considerations

   This document registers a new key in the "Additional Information PvD
   Keys" registry.

   JSON Key: proxies

   Description: Array of proxy URIs associated with this PvD

   Type: Array of strings

   Example: ["https://proxy.example.com", "https://proxy.example.com/
   masque{?target_host,target_port}"]

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [CONNECTIP]
              Pauly, T., Schinazi, D., Chernyakhovsky, A., Kühlewind,
              M., and M. Westerlund, "Proxying IP in HTTP", Work in
              Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-masque-connect-ip-13,
              28 April 2023, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-ietf-masque-connect-ip-13>.

   [CONNECTUDP]
              Schinazi, D., "Proxying UDP in HTTP", RFC 9298,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9298, August 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9298>.

   [HTTP]     Fielding, R., Ed., Nottingham, M., Ed., and J. Reschke,
              Ed., "HTTP Semantics", STD 97, RFC 9110,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9110, June 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110>.

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   [JSON]     Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
              Interchange Format", STD 90, RFC 8259,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8259, December 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8259>.

   [PVDDATA]  Pfister, P., Vyncke, É., Pauly, T., Schinazi, D., and W.
              Shao, "Discovering Provisioning Domain Names and Data",
              RFC 8801, DOI 10.17487/RFC8801, July 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8801>.

   [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>.

   [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>.

   [URITEMPLATE]
              Gregorio, J., Fielding, R., Hadley, M., Nottingham, M.,
              and D. Orchard, "URI Template", RFC 6570,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6570, March 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6570>.

8.2.  Informative References

   [IKEV2SPLIT]
              Pauly, T. and P. Wouters, "Split DNS Configuration for the
              Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)",
              RFC 8598, DOI 10.17487/RFC8598, May 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8598>.

   [PVD]      Anipko, D., Ed., "Multiple Provisioning Domain
              Architecture", RFC 7556, DOI 10.17487/RFC7556, June 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7556>.

   [RFC3040]  Cooper, I., Melve, I., and G. Tomlinson, "Internet Web
              Replication and Caching Taxonomy", RFC 3040,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3040, January 2001,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3040>.

   [RFC4861]  Narten, T., Nordmark, E., Simpson, W., and H. Soliman,
              "Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)", RFC 4861,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4861, September 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4861>.

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Authors' Addresses

   Tommy Pauly
   Apple, Inc.
   Email: tpauly@apple.com

   Dragana Damjanovic
   Microsoft
   Email: ddamjanovic@microsoft.com

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