Internet Engineering Task Force A. Popov
Internet-Draft M. Nystroem
Intended status: Standards Track Microsoft Corp.
Expires: January 1, 2016 D. Balfanz, Ed.
A. Langley
Google Inc.
June 30, 2015
Token Binding over HTTP
draft-ietf-tokbind-https-01
Abstract
This document describes a collection of mechanisms that allow HTTP
servers to cryptographically bind authentication tokens (such as
cookies and OAuth tokens) to a TLS [RFC5246] connection.
We describe both _first-party_ as well as _federated_ scenarios. In
a first-party scenario, an HTTP server issues a security token (such
as a cookie) to a client, and expects the client to send the security
token back to the server at a later time in order to authenticate.
Binding the token to the TLS connection between client and server
protects the security token from theft, and ensures that the security
token can only be used by the client that it was issued to.
Federated token bindings, on the other hand, allow servers to
cryptographically bind security tokens to a TLS [RFC5246] connection
that the client has with a _different_ server than the one issuing
the token.
This Internet-Draft is a companion document to The Token Binding
Protocol [TBPROTO]
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. The Sec-Token-Binding Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Federation Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.3. HTTP Redirects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.4. Negotiated Key Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1. Security Token Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.3. Triple Handshake Vulnerability in TLS . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1. Introduction
The Token Binding Protocol [TBPROTO] defines a Token Binding ID for a
TLS connection between a client and a server. The Token Binding ID
of a TLS connection is related to a private key that the client
proves possession of to the server, and is long-lived (i.e.,
subsequent TLS connections between the same client and server have
the same Token Binding ID). When issuing a security token (e.g. an
HTTP cookie or an OAuth token) to a client, the server can include
the Token Binding ID in the token, thus cryptographically binding the
token to TLS connections between that particular client and server,
and inoculating the token against theft by attackers.
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While the Token Binding Protocol [TBPROTO] defines a message format
for establishing a Token Binding ID, it doesn't specify how this
message is embedded in higher-level protocols. The purpose of this
specification is to define how TokenBindingMessages are embedded in
HTTP (both versions 1.1 [RFC2616] and 2 [I-D.ietf-httpbis-http2]).
Note that TokenBindingMessages are only defined if the underlying
transport uses TLS. This means that Token Binding over HTTP is only
defined when the HTTP protocol is layered on top of TLS (commonly
referred to as HTTPS).
HTTP clients establish a Token Binding ID with a server by including
a special HTTP header in HTTP requests. The HTTP header value is a
TokenBindingMessage.
TokenBindingMessages allow clients to establish multiple Token
Binding IDs with the server, by including multiple TokenBinding
structures in the TokenBindingMessage. By default, a client will
establish a _provided_ Token Binding ID with the server, indicating a
Token Binding ID that the client will persistently use with the
server. Under certain conditions, the client can also include a
_referred_ Token Binding ID in the TokenBindingMessage, indicating a
Token Binding ID that the client is using with a _different_ server
than the one that the TokenBindingMessage is sent to. This is useful
in federation scenarios.
1.1. Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
2. The Sec-Token-Binding Header
Once a client and server have negotiated the Token Binding Protocol
with HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2 (see The Token Binding Protocol [TBPROTO]),
clients MUST include the Sec-Token-Binding header in their HTTP
requests. The ABNF of the Sec-Token-Binding header is:
Sec-Token-Binding = "Sec-Token-Binding" ":" [CFWS] EncodedTokenBindingMessage
The EncodedTokenBindingMessage is a web-safe Base64-encoding of the
TokenBindingMessage as defined in the TokenBindingProtocol [TBPROTO].
The TokenBindingMessage MUST contain a TokenBinding with
TokenBindingType provided_token_binding, which MUST be signed with
the Token Binding key used by the client for connections between
itself and the server that the HTTP request is sent to (clients use
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different Token Binding keys for different servers). The Token
Binding ID established by this TokenBinding is called a _Provided
Token Binding ID_
In HTTP/2, the client SHOULD use Header Compression
[I-D.ietf-httpbis-header-compression] to avoid the overhead of
repeating the same header in subsequent HTTP requests.
3. Federation Use Cases
3.1. Introduction
For privacy reasons, clients use different private keys to establish
Provided Token Binding IDs with different servers. As a result, a
server cannot bind a security token (such as an OAuth token or an
OpenID Connect identity token) to a TLS connection that the client
has with a different server. This is, however, a common requirement
in federation scenarios: For example, an Identity Provider may wish
to issue an identity token to a client and cryptographically bind
that token to the TLS connection between the client and a Relying
Party.
In this section we describe mechanisms to achieve this. The common
idea among these mechanisms is that a server (called the _Token
Consumer_ in this document) gives the client permission to reveal the
Provided Token Binding ID that is used between the client and itself,
to another server (called the _Token Provider_ in this document).
Also common across the mechanisms is how the Token Binding ID is
revealed to the Token Provider: The client uses the Token Binding
Protocol [TBPROTO], and includes a TokenBinding structure in the Sec-
Token-Binding HTTP header defined above. What differs between the
various mechanisms is _how_ the Token Consumer grants the permission
to reveal the Token Binding ID to the Token Provider. Below we
specify one such mechanism, which is suitable for redirect-based
interactions between Token Consumers and Token Providers.
3.2. Overview
In a Federated Sign-On protocol, an Identity Provider issues an
identity token to a client, which sends the identity token to a
Relying Party to authenticate itself. Examples of this include
OpenID Connect (where the identity token is called "ID Token") and
SAML (where the identity token is a SAML assertion).
To better protect the security of the identity token, the Identity
Provider may wish to bind the identity token to the TLS connection
between the client and the Relying Party, thus ensuring that only
said client can use the identity token: The Relying Party will
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compare the Token Binding ID in the identity token with the Token
Binding ID of the TLS connection between it an the client.
This is an example of a federation scenario, which more generally can
be described as follows:
o A Token Consumer causes the client to issue a token request to the
Token Provider. The goal is for the client to obtain a token and
then use it with the Token Consumer.
o The client delivers the token request to the Token Provider.
o The Token Provider issues the token. The token is issued for the
specific Token Consumer who requested it (thus preventing
malicious Token Consumers from using tokens with other Token
Consumers). The token is, however, typically a bearer token,
meaning that any client can use it with the Token Consumer, not
just the client to which it was issued.
o Therefore, in the previous step, the Token Provider may want to
include in the token the Token-Binding public key that the client
uses when communicating with the Token Consumer, thus _binding_
the token to client's Token-Binding keypair. The client proves
possession of the private key when communicating with the Token
Consumer through the Token Binding Protocol [TBPROTO], and reveals
the corresponding public key of this keypair as part of the Token
Binding ID. Comparing the public key from the token with the
public key from the Token Binding ID allows the Token Consumer to
verify that the token was sent to it by the legitimate client.
o To allow the Token Provider to include the Token-Binding public
key in the token, the Token Binding ID (between client and Token
Consumer) must therefore be communicated to the Token Provider
along with the token request. Communicating a Token Binding ID
involves proving possession of a private key and is described in
the Token Binding Protocol [TBPROTO].
The client will perform this last operation (proving possession of a
private key that corresponds to a Token Binding ID between the client
and the Token Consumer while delivering the token request to the
Token Provider) only if the Token Consumer permits the client to do
so.
Below, we specify how Token Consumers can grant this permission.
during redirect-based federation protocols.
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3.3. HTTP Redirects
When a Token Consumer redirects the client to a Token Provider as a
means to deliver the token request, it SHOULD include a Include-
Referer-Token-Binding-ID HTTP response header in its HTTP response.
The ABNF of the Include-Referer-Token-Binding-ID header is:
Include-Referer-Token-Binding-ID = "Include-Referer-Token-Binding-ID" ":"
[CFWS] %x74.72.75.65 ; "true", case-sensitive
Including this response header signals to the client that it should
reveal the Token Binding ID used between the client and the Token
Consumer to the Token Provider. In the absence of this response
header, the client will not disclose any information about the Token
Binding used between the client and the Token Consumer to the Token
Provider.
This header has only meaning if the HTTP status code is 302 or 301,
and MUST be ignored by the client for any other status codes. If the
client supports the Token Binding Protocol, and has negotiated the
Token Binding Protocol with both the Token Consumer and the Token
Provider, it already sends the following header to the Token Provider
with each HTTP request (see above):
Sec-Token-Binding: EncodedTokenBindingMessage
The TokenBindingMessage SHOULD contain a TokenBinding with
TokenBindingType referred_token_binding. If included, this
TokenBinding MUST be signed with the Token Binding key used by the
client for connections between itself and the Token Consumer (more
specifically, the web origin that issued the Include-Referer-Token-
Binding-ID response header). The Token Binding ID established by
this TokenBinding is called a _Referred Token Binding ID_.
As described above, the TokenBindingMessage MUST additionally contain
a Provided Token Binding ID, i.e., a TokenBinding structure with
TokenBindingType provided_token_binding, which MUST be signed with
the Token Binding key used by the client for connections between
itself and the Token Privider (more specifically, the web origin that
the token request sent to).
3.4. Negotiated Key Parameters
The Token Binding Protocol [TBPROTO] allows the server and client to
negotiate a signature algorithm used in the TokenBindingMessage. It
is possible that the Token Binding ID used between the client and the
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Token Consumer, and the Token Binding ID used between the client and
Token Provider, use different signature algorithms. The client MUST
use the signature algorithm negotiated with the Token Consumer in the
referred_token_binding TokenBinding of the TokenBindingMessage, even
if that signature algorithm is different from the one negotiated with
the origin that the header is sent to.
Token Providers SHOULD support all the SignatureAndHashAlgorithms
specified in the Token Binding Protocol [TBPROTO]. If a token
provider does not support the SignatureAndHashAlgorithm specified in
the referred_token_binding TokenBinding in the TokenBindingMessage,
it MUST issue an unbound token.
4. Security Considerations
4.1. Security Token Replay
The goal of the Federated Token Binding mechanisms is to prevent
attackers from exporting and replaying tokens used in protocols
between the client and Token Consumer, thereby impersonating
legitimate users and gaining access to protected resources. Bound
tokens can still be replayed by malware present in the client. In
order to export the token to another machine and successfully replay
it, the attacker also needs to export the corresponding private key.
The Token Binding private key is therefore a high-value asset and
MUST be strongly protected, ideally by generating it in a hardware
security module that prevents key export.
4.2. Privacy Considerations
The Token Binding protocol uses persistent, long-lived TLS Token
Binding IDs. To protect privacy, TLS Token Binding IDs are never
transmitted in clear text and can be reset by the user at any time,
e.g. when clearing browser cookies. Unique Token Binding IDs MUST be
generated for connections to different origins, so they cannot be
used by cooperating servers to link user identities.
4.3. Triple Handshake Vulnerability in TLS
The Token Binding protocol relies on the tls_unique value to
associate a TLS connection with a TLS Token Binding. The triple
handshake attack [TRIPLE-HS] is a known TLS protocol vulnerability
allowing the attacker to synchronize tls_unique values between TLS
connections. The attacker can then successfully replay bound tokens.
For this reason, the Token Binding protocol MUST NOT be negotiated
unless the Extended Master Secret TLS extension
[I-D.ietf-tls-session-hash] has also been negotiated.
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5. References
5.1. Normative References
[]
Peon, R. and H. Ruellan, "HPACK - Header Compression for
HTTP/2", draft-ietf-httpbis-header-compression-12 (work in
progress), February 2015.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,
Masinter, L., Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext
Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999.
[RFC4492] Blake-Wilson, S., Bolyard, N., Gupta, V., Hawk, C., and B.
Moeller, "Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Cipher Suites
for Transport Layer Security (TLS)", RFC 4492, May 2006.
[RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
May 2008.
[RFC5246] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
(TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246, August 2008.
[RFC5929] Altman, J., Williams, N., and L. Zhu, "Channel Bindings
for TLS", RFC 5929, July 2010.
[RFC7301] Friedl, S., Popov, A., Langley, A., and E. Stephan,
"Transport Layer Security (TLS) Application-Layer Protocol
Negotiation Extension", RFC 7301, July 2014.
[TBPROTO] Popov, A., "The Token Binding Protocol Version 1.0", 2014.
5.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-httpbis-http2]
Belshe, M., Peon, R., and M. Thomson, "Hypertext Transfer
Protocol version 2", draft-ietf-httpbis-http2-17 (work in
progress), February 2015.
[I-D.ietf-tls-session-hash]
Bhargavan, K., Delignat-Lavaud, A., Pironti, A., Langley,
A., and M. Ray, "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Session
Hash and Extended Master Secret Extension", draft-ietf-
tls-session-hash-05 (work in progress), April 2015.
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[TRIPLE-HS]
Bhargavan, K., Delignat-Lavaud, A., Fournet, C., Pironti,
A., and P. Strub, "Triple Handshakes and Cookie Cutters:
Breaking and Fixing Authentication over TLS. IEEE
Symposium on Security and Privacy", 2014.
Authors' Addresses
Andrei Popov
Microsoft Corp.
USA
Email: andreipo@microsoft.com
Magnus Nystroem
Microsoft Corp.
USA
Email: mnystrom@microsoft.com
Dirk Balfanz (editor)
Google Inc.
USA
Email: balfanz@google.com
Adam Langley
Google Inc.
USA
Email: agl@google.com
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