Network Working Group                                          A. Barbir
Internet-Draft                                           Nortel Networks
Expires: March 31, 2004                                        Oct. 2003


               OPES entities and end points communication
                      draft-ietf-opes-end-comm-04

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Abstract

   This memo documents tracing and non-blocking requirements for Open
   Pluggable Edge Services (OPES).














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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  OPES System  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.  Requirements for OPES Tracing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.1 What is traceable in an OPES Flow? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.2 Requirements for OPES System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   3.3 Requirements for OPES processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   3.4 Requirements for callout servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   4.  Requirements for OPES System Bypass (Non-blocking feature) . .  8
   4.1 What can be bypassed in an OPES Flow?  . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   4.2 Bypass requirements for OPES System  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   4.3 Bypass requirements for OPES processors  . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   4.4 Bypass requirements for callout servers  . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   5.  Protocol Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   6.  IANA considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   7.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   7.1 Tracing security considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   7.2 Bypass security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
       Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
       Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   A.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
       Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . 19



























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1. Introduction

   The Open Pluggable Edge Services (OPES) architecture [7] enables
   cooperative application services (OPES services) between a data
   provider, a data consumer, and zero or more OPES processors.  The
   application services under consideration analyze and possibly
   transform application-level messages exchanged between the data
   provider and the data consumer.

   This work specifies the requirements for providing tracing
   functionality for the OPES architecture [7]. Tracing functionality
   enables a data provider or a data consumer application to detect
   inappropriate actions that are performed by OPES entities. The work
   also develops requirements that can be used to fulfill IAB
   Notification and Bypass (Non-Blocking) requirements [2].

   The architecture document requires [7] that tracing is supported
   in-band. This design goal limits the type of application protocols
   that OPES can support. The details of what a trace record can convey
   are also dependent on the choice of the application level protocol.

   For these reasons, this work documents requirements for application
   protocols that need to support OPES traces and non-blocking
   mechanism. However, the architecture does not prevent implementers of
   developing out-of-band protocols and techniques to address these
   limitation.

























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2. OPES System

   This sections provides a definition of OPES System. This is needed in
   order to define what is traceable in an OPES Flow.

   Definition: An OPES System is a set of all OPES entities [7]
   authorized by either the data provider or the data consumer
   application to process a given application message.

   The nature of the authorization agreement determines if authority
   delegation is transitive (meaning an authorized entity is authorized
   to include other entities).

   If specific authority agreements allow for re-delegation, an OPES
   system can be formed by induction. In this case, an OPES system
   starts with entities directly authorized by a data provider (or a
   data consumer) application. The OPES system then includes any OPES
   entity authorized by an entity that is already in the OPES system.
   The authority delegation is always viewed in the context of a given
   application message.

   An OPES System is defined on an application message basis. Having an
   authority to process a message does not imply being involved in
   message processing. Thus, some OPES system members may not
   participate in processing of a message. Similarly, some members may
   process the same message several times.

   The above definition implies that there can be no more than two OPES
   systems [Client-side and server-side OPES systems can process the
   same message at the same time] processing the same message at a given
   time. This is based on the assumption that there is a single data
   provider and a single data consumer as far as a given application
   message is concerned.

   For example, consider a Content Delivery Network (CDN) delivering an
   image on behalf of a busy web site. OPES processors and services that
   the CDN uses to adapt and deliver the message comprise an OPES
   System. In a more complex example, an OPES System would contain CDN
   entries as well as 3rd-party OPES entities that CDN engages to
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3. Requirements for OPES Tracing

   In an OPES System tracing is defined as the inclusion of necessary
   information within a message in an OPES Flow that identify the
   collection of transformations or adaptations that have been performed
   on it before its delivery to an end point (for example, the data
   consumer application). An OPES trace represents a snap shot of the
   tracing information that have been added to a given application
   message. A trace represents the collections of transformations on an
   application message in the order that were performed.  A traceable
   entity can appear multiple times in a trace (every time it acts on a
   message).

   In an OPES System tracing is performed on per message basis. Trace
   format is dependent on the application protocol that is being adapted
   by OPES. A data consumer application can use OPES trace to infer the
   actions that have been performed by the OPES System.  Actions are the
   set of OPES services that were performed by OPES entities in an OPES
   System.

   In an OPES System, the task of providing tracing information, can
   depend on many factors. Some considerations are:

   o  Providers may be hesitant to reveal information about their
      internal network infrastructure.

   o  Within a service provider network, OPES processors may be
      configured to use non-routable, private IP addresses.

   o  A data consumer applications would prefer to have a single point
      of contact regarding the trace information.

   In an OPES System some OPES services are message-agnostic and operate
   on message content or parts of a message. Such services do not
   manipulate message headers. Other services can manipulate message
   headers. OPES providers require some freedom in the way they deliver
   tracing information to an end point.

3.1 What is traceable in an OPES Flow?

   This section focuses on identifying traceable entities in an OPES
   Flow.

   Tracing information provides a data consumer application (or a data
   provider application) with information about OPES entities that
   adapted the data. There are two distinct uses of OPES traces. First,
   a trace enables an "end (content provider or consumer) to detect the
   presence of OPES processors within an OPES System. Such "end" should



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   be able to see a trace entry, but does not need to be able to
   interpret it beyond identification of the OPES System.

   Second, the OPES System administrator is expected to be able to
   interpret the contents of an OPES trace. The trace can be relayed to
   the administrator by an end (data consumer or provider) without
   interpretation, as opaque data (e.g., a TCP packet or an HTTP message
   snapshot). The administrator can use the trace information to
   identify the participating OPES entities. The administrator can use
   the trace to identify the applied adaptation services along with
   other message-specific information.

   Since the administrators of various OPES Systems can have various
   ways of looking into tracing, they require the choice of freedom in
   what to put in trace records and how to format them. Trace records
   should be easy to extend beyond basic OPES requirements. Trace
   management algorithms should treat trace records as opaque data to
   the extent possible.

   At the implementation level, for a given trace, an OPES entity
   involved in handling the corresponding application message is
   traceable or traced if information about it appears in that trace.
   OPES entities have different levels of traceability requirements.
   Specifically,

   o  An OPES processor SHOULD add its entry to the trace.

   o  An OPES service May add its entry to the trace.

   o  An OPES entity MAY delegate addition of its trace entry to another
      OPES entity. For example, an OPES System can have a dedicated OPES
      processor for adding System entries; an OPES processor can use a
      callout service to manage all OPES trace manipulations (since such
      manipulations are OPES adaptations).

   In an OPES context, a good tracing approach is similar to a trouble
   ticket ready for submission to a known address. The address is
   printed on the ticket. The trace in itself is not necessarily a
   detailed description of what has happened. It is the responsibility
   of the operator to resolve the problems.

3.2 Requirements for OPES System

   The following requirements apply for information as related to an
   OPES System:

   o  An OPES system MUST add its identification to the trace.




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   o  An  OPES System MUST include information about its privacy policy.

   o  An OPES System MUST identify the party responsible for setting and
      enforcing that policy.

   o  An OPES System MUST include information pointing to a technical
      contact.

   o  An OPES System MUST include information that identifies, to the
      technical contact, the OPES  processors involved in processing the
      message.

   In addressing the above requirements and in order to reduce the size
   of the trace, an OPES System can provide a URL to the OPES System web
   page that has links to privacy and other policies.

3.3 Requirements for OPES processors

   Tracing requirements for OPES processors are:

   o  Each OPES processor MUST support tracing, policy can be used to
      turn tracing on and to determine its granularity.

   o  If tracing is turned on, OPES processor SHOULD add its unique
      identification to the trace. Here, uniqueness scope is the OPES
      System containing the processor.

   o  OPES processor SHOULD be able to trace it's own invocation and
      service(s) execution since it understands the application
      protocol.


3.4 Requirements for callout servers

   In an OPES system, it is the task of an OPES processor to add trace
   records to application messages. However, in some cases, callout
   servers May add trace information to application messages. This
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4. Requirements for OPES System Bypass (Non-blocking feature)

   IAB recommendation (3.3) [2] requires that the OPES architecture does
   not prevent a data consumer application from retrieving non-OPES
   version of content from a data provider application, provided that
   the non-OPES content exists. IAB recommendation (3.3) suggests that
   the Non-blocking feature (Bypass) be used to bypass faulty OPES
   intermediaries (once they have been identified, by some method).

   In addressing IAB consideration (3.3), one need to specify what
   constitute non-OPES content. In some cases, the definition of
   "non-OPES" content is provider-dependent and may include content
   adapted by OPES. Examples include content that is adapted for Black
   and White hand held devices or logging services. In other cases, the
   availability of certain content can be a function of the internal
   policy of a given organization that has contracted the services of an
   OPES provider. For example, Company A has as contract with an OPES
   provider to perform virus checking on all e-mail attachments. An
   employee X of Company A can issue a non-blocking request for the
   virus scanning service. However, the request could be ignored by the
   OPES provider since it contradicts its agreement with Company A.

   The above examples illustrates that the availability of non-OPES
   content can be a function of content providers (or consumers or both)
   policy and deployment scenarios [1]. For this reason, this work does
   not attempt to define what is an OPES content as opposed to non-OPES
   content. The meaning of OPES versus non-OPES content is assumed to be
   determined through various agreements between the OPES provider, data
   provider and data consumer application. The agreement will also
   determine what OPES services can be bypassed and in what order (if
   applicable).

   In an OPES System a Bypass request is defined as the act of avoiding
   the invocation of a service(s) that is identified by a URI within a
   message in an OPES Flow before its delivery to an end point (for
   example, the data consumer application).

4.1 What can be bypassed in an OPES Flow?

   In this work, the focus is on developing a bypass feature that allow
   a user to instruct the OPES System to bypass some or all of its
   services. The collection of OPES services that can be bypassed is a
   function of the agreement of the OPES provider with either (or both)
   the content provider or the content consumer applications. In the
   general case, a Bypass request is viewed as a bypass instruction that
   contains a URI that identifies an OPES entity or a group of OPES
   entities that perform a service (or services) to  be bypassed. An
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   identifier can be used to represent all possible URIs (i.e., all
   possible OPES services).

4.2 Bypass requirements for OPES System

   In an OPES System the Bypass feature is an end-to-end operation as
   opposed to a hop-by-hop operation. Bypass requests are generally
   client centric and go in the opposite direction of tracing requests.
   Bypass can be performed out of band or in-band. This work requires
   that the Bypass feature be performed in-band as an extension to an
   application specific protocol. Non-OPES entities should be able to
   safely ignore these extensions. The work does not prevent OPES
   Systems from developing their own out of band protocols.

   The following requirements apply for Bypass feature as related to an
   OPES System:

   o  An OPES system MUST support a Bypass feature. This means that the
      OPES System bypasses an entity whose URI is identified by an OPES
      end (usually data consumer application).

   o  An OPES System MUST treat a Bypass request as an end-to-end
      operation. This applies to the whole system.

   o  An  OPES System MUST include information about its bypass policy.

   o  An OPES System MUST identify the party responsible for setting and
      enforcing the bypass policy.

   o  An OPES System MUST include information that identifies, to a
      technical contact, the OPES  processors involved in processing the
      bypass request.

   In addressing the above requirements an OPES System can provide a URL
   to the OPES System web page that has links to Bypass and other
   policies.

   In order to facilitate the debugging (or data consumer user
   experience) of the bypass feature in an OPES System, it would be
   beneficial if non-bypassed entities include information related to
   why they ignored the bypass instruction. It is important to note that
   in some cases the tracing facility itself may be broken and the whole
   OPES System (or part) may need to be bypassed through the issue of a
   bypass instruction.

4.3 Bypass requirements for OPES processors

   For a given application protocol, in an OPES System there can be



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   services that operate on application message headers and those that
   just operate on content. This mix of service requires that an OPES
   processor that is calling the service(s) to handle the bypass
   request. In some cases, the first OPES processor that will get the
   bypass request may not be the first OPES processor that will know
   whether a non-OPES version of the content is available or not.

   Bypass requirements for OPES processors are:

   o  There MUST be at least one OPES processor in an OPES System that
      knows how to interpret and process a bypass request. This
      requirement applies to all bypass instructions, including  those
      that identify known-to-recipient entities.

   o  OPES processors that do not know how to process a bypass request
      MUST forward the request to the next application hop provided that
      the next hop speaks application protocol with OPES bypass support.

   o  The recipient of a bypass instruction with a URI that does not
      identify any known-to-recipient OPES entity MUST treat that URI as
      a wildcard identifier (meaning bypass all applicable services).

   o  OPES processor SHOULD be able to bypass it's own invocation and
      service(s) execution since it understands the application
      protocol.


4.4 Bypass requirements for callout servers

   In an OPES system, it is the task of an OPES processor to process
   bypass requests.  However, in some cases, callout servers May be
   involved in processing Bypass requests. This should be done under the
   control of the OPES System provider.


















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5. Protocol Binding

   The task of encoding tracing and bypass features is application
   protocol specific. Separate documents will address HTTP and other
   protocols.














































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6. IANA considerations

   This specification contains no IANA considerations. Application
   bindings MAY contain application-specific IANA considerations.















































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7. Security Considerations

   The security considerations for OPES are documented in [6]. This
   document is a requirement document for tracing and Bypass feature.
   The requirements that are stated in this document can be used to
   extend an application level protocol to support these features. As
   such, the work has security precautions.

7.1 Tracing security considerations

   The tracing facility for OPES architecture is implemented as a
   protocol extension. Inadequate implementations of the tracing
   facility may defeat safeguards built into the OPES architecture. The
   tracing facility by itself can become a target of malicious attacks
   or used to lunch attacks on an OPES System.

   Threats caused by or against the tracing facility can be viewed as
   threats at the application level in an OPES Flow. In this case, the
   threats can affect the data consumer and the data provider
   application.

   Since tracing information is a protocol extension, these traces can
   be injected in the data flow by non-OPES entities. In this case,
   there are risks that non-OPES entities can be compromised in a
   fashion that threat the overall integrity and effectiveness of an
   OPES System. For example, a non-OPES proxy can add fake tracing
   information into a trace. This can be done in the form of wrong, or
   unwanted, or non existent services. A non-OPES entity can inject
   large size traces that may cause buffer overflow in a data consumer
   application. The same threats can arise from compromised OPES
   entities. An attacker can control an OPES entity and inject wrong, or
   very large trace information that can overwhelm an end or the next
   OPES entity in an OPES flow. Similar threats can result from bad
   implementations of the tracing facility in trusted OPES entities.

   Compromised tracing information can be used to launch attacks on an
   OPES System that give the impression that unwanted content
   transformation was performed on the data. This can be achieved by
   inserting wrong entity (such OPES processor) identifiers. A
   compromised trace can affect the overall message integrity structure.
   This can affect entities that use message header information to
   perform services such as accounting, load balancing, or
   reference-based services.

   Compromised trace information can be used to launch DoS attacks that
   can overwhelm a data consumer application or an OPES entity in an
   OPES Flow. Inserting wrong tracing information can complicates the
   debugging tasks performed by system administrator during trouble



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   shooting of OPES System behavior.

   Specific protocol binding documents ought to take these security
   threats into consideration. It is recommended that protocol bindings
   provide safe features into their specifications. Such features may
   include a place holder in the message header that indicates the size
   of the trace. Other holders can include the option of signing the
   trace information as a proof of authenticity.

   As a precaution, OPES entities ought to be capable of verifying that
   the inserted traces are performed by legal OPES entities. This can be
   done as part of the authorization and authentication face. Policy can
   be used to indicate what trace information can be expected from a
   peer entity. Other application level related security concerns can be
   found in [6].

7.2 Bypass security considerations

   The bypass facility for OPES architecture is implemented as a
   protocol extension. Inadequate implementations of the bypass facility
   may defeat safeguards built into the OPES architecture. The bypass
   facility by itself can become a target of malicious attacks or used
   to lunch attacks on an OPES System.

   Threats caused by or against the bypass facility can be viewed as
   threats at the application level in an OPES Flow. In this case, the
   threats can affect the data consumer and the data provider
   application.

   There are risks for the OPES System by non-OPES entities, whereby,
   these entities can insert bypass instructions into the OPES Flow. The
   threat can come from compromised non-OPES entities. The threat might
   affect the overall integrity and effectiveness of an OPES System. For
   example, a non-OPES proxy can add bypass instruction to bypass
   legitimate OPES entities. The attack might result in overwhelming the
   original content provider servers, since the attack essentially
   bypass any load balancing techniques. In addition, such an attack is
   also equivalent to a DoS attack, whereby, a legitimate data consumer
   application may not be able to access some content from a content
   provider or its OPES version.

   Since an OPES Flow may include non-OPES entities, it is susceptible
   to man-in-the-middle attacks, whereby an intruder may inject bypass
   instructions into the data path. These attacks may affect content
   availability or disturb load balancing techniques in the network.

   The above threats can also arise by compromised OPES entities. An
   intruder can compromise an OPES entities and then use



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   man-in-the-middle techniques to disturb content availability to a
   data consumer application or overload a content provider server
   (essentially, some form of a DoS attack).

   Attackers can use the bypass instruction to affect the overall
   integrity of the OPES System. The ability to illegally introduce
   bypass instructions into a data flow may effect the accounting of the
   OPES System. It may also affect the quality of content that is
   delivered to the data consumer applications. Similar threats can
   arise from bad implementations of the bypass facility.

   Specific protocol binding documents ought to take these security
   threats into consideration. It is recommended that protocol bindings
   provide safe features into their specifications. Such features may
   include a place holder in the message header that indicates who
   originated the bypass request. Other holders can include the option
   of signing the bypass request as a proof of identity. Other
   application level related security concerns can be found in [6].

































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Normative References

   [1]  A. Barbir et al., "OPES Use Cases and Deployment Scenarios",
        Internet-Draft http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
        draft-ietf-opes-scenarios-01.txt, August 2002.














































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Informative References

   [2]  Floyd, S. and L. Daigle, "IAB Architectural and Policy
        Considerations for Open Pluggable Edge Services", RFC 3238,
        January 2002.

   [3]  Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Nielsen, H., Masinter, L.,
        Leach, P. and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol --
        HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999.

   [4]  A. Barbir et al., "Policy, Authorization and Enforcement
        Requirements of OPES", Internet-Draft http://www.ietf.org/
        internet-drafts/draft-ietf-opes-authorization-02.txt, February
        2003.

   [5]  Rousskov, A., "HTTP adaptation with OPES", Internet-Draft TBD,
        September 2003.

   [6]  A. Barbir et al., "Security Threats and Risks for Open Pluggable
        Edge Services", Internet-Draft http://www.ietf.org/
        internet-drafts/draft-ietf-opes-threats-02.txt, February 2003.

   [7]  A. Barbir et al., "An Architecture for Open Pluggable Edge
        Services (OPES)", Internet-Draft http://www.ietf.org/
        internet-drafts/draft-ietf-opes-architecture-04, December  2002.

   [8]  A. Barbir et al., "OPES Treatment of IAB Considerations",
        Internet-Draft http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
        draft-ietf-opes-iab-02.txt, February  2004.


Author's Address

   Abbie Barbir
   Nortel Networks
   3500 Carling Avenue
   Nepean, Ontario  K2H 8E9
   Canada

   Phone: +1 613 763 5229
   EMail: abbieb@nortelnetworks.com










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Appendix A. Acknowledgements

   Several people has contributed to this work. Many thanks to: Alex
   Rousskov, Hilarie Orman, Oscar Batuner, Markus Huffman, Martin
   Stecher, Marshall Rose and Reinaldo Penno.














































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