Using Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) for Security Information Exchange
RFC 8600
| Document | Type | RFC - Proposed Standard (June 2019; No errata) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Cam-Winget , Syam Appala , Scott Pope , Peter Saint-Andre | ||
| Last updated | 2019-06-21 | ||
| Replaces | draft-appala-mile-xmpp-grid | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Takeshi Takahashi | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2018-11-04) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8600 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Action Holders |
(None)
|
||
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Alexey Melnikov | ||
| Send notices to | mile-chairs@ietf.org, mile@ietf.org, Takeshi Takahashi <takeshi_takahashi@nict.go.jp> | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | No IANA Actions | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) N. Cam-Winget, Ed.
Request for Comments: 8600 S. Appala
Category: Standards Track S. Pope
ISSN: 2070-1721 Cisco Systems
P. Saint-Andre
Mozilla
June 2019
Using Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)
for Security Information Exchange
Abstract
This document describes how to use the Extensible Messaging and
Presence Protocol (XMPP) to collect and distribute security incident
reports and other security-relevant information between network-
connected devices, primarily for the purpose of communication among
Computer Security Incident Response Teams and associated entities.
To illustrate the principles involved, this document describes such a
usage for the Incident Object Description Exchange Format (IODEF).
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/rfc8600.
Cam-Winget, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 8600 XMPP Grid June 2019
Copyright Notice
Copyright (c) 2019 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
document authors. All rights reserved.
This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal
Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
(https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of
publication of this document. Please review these documents
carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect
to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must
include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of
the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as
described in the Simplified BSD License.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Service Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Publish-Subscribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.1. Trust Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.2. Threat Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.3. Countermeasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.4. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
9. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
10. Operations and Management Considerations . . . . . . . . . . 25
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cam-Winget, et al. Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 8600 XMPP Grid June 2019
1. Introduction
This document defines an architecture, i.e., "XMPP-Grid", as a method
for using the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)
[RFC6120] to collect and distribute security incident reports and
other security-relevant information among network platforms,
endpoints, and any other network-connected device, primarily for the
purpose of communication among Computer Security Incident Response
Teams and associated entities. In effect, this document specifies an
Applicability Statement ([RFC2026], Section 3.2) that defines how to
use XMPP for the exchange of security notifications on a controlled-
access network among authorized entities.
Among other things, XMPP provides a publish-subscribe service
[XEP-0060] that acts as a broker, enabling control-plane functions by
which entities can discover available information to be published or
Show full document text