Software Inventory Message and Attributes (SWIMA) for PA-TNC
RFC 8412
| Document | Type | RFC - Proposed Standard (July 2018; No errata) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Schmidt , Daniel Haynes , Chris Coffin , David Waltermire , Jessica Fitzgerald-McKay | ||
| Last updated | 2018-07-05 | ||
| Replaces | draft-ietf-sacm-nea-swid-patnc | ||
| Stream | Internent Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized (tools) htmlized bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication (wg milestone: Dec 2017 - Submit SWIMA to IESG... ) | |
| Document shepherd | Karen O'Donoghue | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2018-01-24) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8412 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Action Holders |
(None)
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| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Benjamin Kaduk | ||
| Send notices to | Karen O'Donoghue <odonoghue@isoc.org>, sacm@ietf.org | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) C. Schmidt
Request for Comments: 8412 D. Haynes
Category: Standards Track C. Coffin
ISSN: 2070-1721 The MITRE Corporation
D. Waltermire
National Institute of Standards and Technology
J. Fitzgerald-McKay
United States National Security Agency
July 2018
Software Inventory Message and Attributes (SWIMA) for PA-TNC
Abstract
This document extends "PA-TNC: A Posture Attribute (PA) Protocol
Compatible with Trusted Network Connect (TNC)" (RFC 5792) by
providing specific attributes and message exchanges to allow
endpoints to report their installed software inventory information to
a NEA Server, as defined in "Network Endpoint Assessment (NEA):
Overview and Requirements" (RFC 5209).
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8412.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
1.1. Network Endpoint Assessment (NEA) ..........................6
1.2. Conventions Used in This Document ..........................7
1.3. Definitions ................................................7
2. Background ......................................................8
2.1. Supported Use Cases ........................................8
2.1.1. Use Software Inventory as an Access Control Factor ..8
2.1.2. Central Stores of Up-to-Date Endpoint
Software Inventory Data .............................9
2.1.3. PA-TNC Use Cases ....................................9
2.2. Use Cases That Are Not Supported ...........................9
2.3. SWIMA Requirements ........................................10
2.4. Non-SWIMA Requirements ....................................11
2.5. Assumptions ...............................................12
2.6. Assumptions Not Made ......................................12
3. System Requirements ............................................12
3.1. Data Sources ..............................................13
3.2. Data Models ...............................................14
3.3. Basic Attribute Exchange ..................................16
3.4. Core Software-Reporting Information .......................17
3.4.1. Software Identifiers ...............................17
3.4.2. Data Model Type ....................................19
3.4.3. Record Identifiers .................................19
3.4.4. Software Locators ..................................20
3.4.5. Source Identifiers .................................21
3.4.6. Using Software and Record Identifiers in
SWIMA Attributes ...................................22
3.5. Targeted Requests .........................................22
3.6. Monitoring Changes in an Endpoint's Software
Inventory Evidence Collection .............................23
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3.7. Reporting Change Events ...................................26
3.7.1. Event Identifiers ..................................27
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