Poll-Based Security Event Token (SET) Delivery Using HTTP
RFC 8936
| Document | Type | RFC - Proposed Standard (November 2020; No errata) | |
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| Authors | Annabelle Backman , Michael Jones , Marius Scurtescu , Morteza Ansari , Anthony Nadalin | ||
| Last updated | 2020-11-30 | ||
| Replaces | draft-ietf-secevent-delivery | ||
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| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Yaron Sheffer | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2019-11-19) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8936 (Proposed Standard) | |
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| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
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| Responsible AD | Benjamin Kaduk | ||
| Send notices to | Yaron Sheffer <yaronf.ietf@gmail.com> | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) A. Backman, Ed.
Request for Comments: 8936 Amazon
Category: Standards Track M. Jones, Ed.
ISSN: 2070-1721 Microsoft
M. Scurtescu
Coinbase
M. Ansari
A. Nadalin
Independent
November 2020
Poll-Based Security Event Token (SET) Delivery Using HTTP
Abstract
This specification defines how a series of Security Event Tokens
(SETs) can be delivered to an intended recipient using HTTP POST over
TLS initiated as a poll by the recipient. The specification also
defines how delivery can be assured, subject to the SET Recipient's
need for assurance.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
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(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.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Overview
1.1. Notational Conventions
1.2. Definitions
2. SET Delivery
2.1. Polling Delivery using HTTP
2.2. Polling HTTP Request
2.3. Polling HTTP Response
2.4. Poll Request
2.4.1. Poll-Only Request
2.4.2. Acknowledge-Only Request
2.4.3. Poll with Acknowledgement
2.4.4. Poll with Acknowledgement and Errors
2.5. Poll Response
2.5.1. Poll Error Response
2.6. Error Response Handling
3. Authentication and Authorization
4. Security Considerations
4.1. Authentication Using Signed SETs
4.2. HTTP Considerations
4.3. Confidentiality of SETs
4.4. Access Token Considerations
4.4.1. Bearer Token Considerations
5. Privacy Considerations
6. IANA Considerations
7. References
7.1. Normative References
7.2. Informative References
Appendix A. Unencrypted Transport Considerations
Acknowledgments
Authors' Addresses
1. Introduction and Overview
This specification defines how a stream of Security Event Tokens
(SETs) [RFC8417] can be transmitted to an intended SET Recipient
using HTTP [RFC7231] over TLS. The specification defines a method to
poll for SETs using HTTP POST. This is an alternative SET delivery
method to the one defined in [RFC8935].
Poll-based SET delivery is intended for scenarios where all of the
following apply:
* The recipient of the SET is capable of making outbound HTTP
requests.
* The transmitter is capable of hosting a TLS-enabled HTTP endpoint
that is accessible to the recipient.
* The transmitter and recipient are willing to exchange data with
one another.
In some scenarios, either push-based or poll-based delivery could be
used, and in others, only one of them would be applicable.
A mechanism for exchanging configuration metadata such as endpoint
URLs, cryptographic keys, and possible implementation constraints
such as buffer size limitations between the transmitter and recipient
is out of scope for this specification. How SETs are defined and the
process by which security events are identified for SET Recipients
are specified in [RFC8417].
1.1. Notational Conventions
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.
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