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Optimizing BFD Authentication
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draft-ietf-bfd-optimizing-authentication-14
Network Working Group                                    M. Jethanandani
Internet-Draft                                            Kloud Services
Updates: 5880 (if approved)                                    A. Mishra
Intended status: Standards Track                    Aalyria Technologies
Expires: 8 August 2024                                         A. Saxena
                                                       Ciena Corporation
                                                               M. Bhatia
                                                                  Google
                                                         5 February 2024

                     Optimizing BFD Authentication
              draft-ietf-bfd-optimizing-authentication-14

Abstract

   This document describes an optimization to BFD Authentication as
   described in Section 6.7 of BFD RFC 5880.  This document updates RFC
   5880.

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   Copyright (c) 2024 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
   document authors.  All rights reserved.

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   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
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   provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.2.  Note to RFC Editor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.3.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Authentication Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  NULL Auth Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  Optimizing Authentication YANG Model  . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.1.  Data Model Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.2.  Tree Diagram  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.3.  The YANG Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.1.  Auth Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.2.  IETF XML Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.3.  The YANG Module Names Registry  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.4.  Updated IANA Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Appendix A.  Updated BFD IANA Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Appendix B.  Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     B.1.  Single Hop BFD Configuration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25

1.  Introduction

   Authenticating every BFD [RFC5880] control packet with MD5
   Message-Digest Algorithm [RFC1321], or Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1)
   is a computationally intensive process.  This makes it difficult, if
   not impossible to authenticate every packet - particularly at faster
   rates.  Also, the recent escalating series of attacks on MD5 and
   SHA-1 described in Finding Collisions in the Full SHA-1
   [SHA-1-attack1] and New Collision Search for SHA-1 [SHA-1-attack2]
   raise concerns about their remaining useful lifetime as outlined in
   Updated Security Considerations for the MD5 Message-Digest and the
   HMAC-MD5 Algorithm [RFC6151] and Security Considerations for the
   SHA-0 and SHA-1 Message-Digest Algorithm [RFC6194].  If replaced by

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   stronger algorithms, the computational overhead, will make the task
   of authenticating every packet even more difficult to achieve.

   This document proposes that BFD control packets that signal a state
   change, a demand mode change (to D bit), a poll sequence change (P or
   F bit change) be categorized as a significant change.  Control
   packets that do not require a poll sequence, such as
   bfd.RequiredMinRxInterval or bfd.RequiredMinTxInterval, are also
   considered as a significant change.  In other words, the contents of
   an Up packet MUST NOT change aside from the authentication section
   without stronger authentication to take advantage of the method
   described in this document.

   In the Up state, most packets that are transmitted and received have
   no state change associated with them.  Limiting authentication to
   packets that affect a BFD session's state allows more sessions to be
   supported with this optimized method of authentication.

   Once the session has reached the Up state, the session can choose the
   Auth Type to be one of:

   *  No authentication, i.e., Authentication Present (A-bit) is zero.
      Having no authentication provides computational relief to the
      system.  However, a malicious user can blindly inject traffic that
      will be accepted by the BFD session.

   *  NULL Auth Type (Section 3) as defined in this document.  This type
      prevents blind injection, but is vulnerable to active attacks,
      where the attacker is aware of the sequence number, and
      potentially becomes the PITM.  However, periodic check with
      stronger authentication can thwart that attack as described below.

   *  Meticulous Keyed ISAAC authentication as described in Secure BFD
      Sequence Numbers [I-D.ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers].  This
      authentication type prevents the attack when the Up packets do not
      change, because only the paired devices know the shared secret,
      key, and sequence number to select the ISAAC result.

   To detect a Person In the Middle (PITM) attack when the session is in
   Up state, implementations have two options.  They can choose to use:

   *  Test periodic strong authentication using a Poll sequence.  To
      perform a strong authentication, a Poll sequence SHOULD be
      initiated by the sender.  If a Fin is not received within the
      Detect Interval, the session has been compromised, and should be
      brought down.  The interval for initiating a Poll sequence can be
      configured depending on the capability of the system.

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   *  Meticulous Keyed ISAAC as defined in Securing BFD Sequence Numbers
      [I-D.ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers].

   Most packets transmitted on a BFD session are BFD Up packets.
   Authenticating a small subset of these packets with a Poll sequence
   as described above, for example every one minute, significantly
   reduces the computational demand for the system while maintaining
   security of the session across the configured interval.

   The rest of this document is structured as follows: Section 2 talks
   about the changes to authentication mode as described in BFD
   [RFC5880].  Section 3 goes into the details of the new Authentication
   Type.

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 BCP 14 [RFC2119]
   [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown
   here.

1.2.  Note to RFC Editor

   This document uses several placeholder values throughout the
   document.  Please replace them as follows and remove this note before
   publication.

   RFC XXXX, where XXXX is the number assigned to this document at the
   time of publication.

   2024-02-05 with the actual date of the publication of this document.

1.3.  Terminology

   The following terms used in this document have been defined in BFD
   [RFC5880].

   *  Detect Multiplier

   *  Detection Time

   The following terms are introduced in this document.

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      +=============+==============================================+
      | Term        | Meaning                                      |
      +=============+==============================================+
      | significant | State change, a demand mode change (to D     |
      | change      | bit) or a poll sequence change (P or F bit). |
      |             | Control packets that do not require a poll   |
      |             | sequence, such as bfd.RequiredMinRxInterval  |
      |             | bfd.RequiredMinTxInterval, or bfd.DetectMult |
      |             | are also considered as a significant change. |
      +-------------+----------------------------------------------+
      | configured  | Interval at which BFD control packets are    |
      | interval    | retried with a stronger authentication.      |
      +-------------+----------------------------------------------+

                                 Table 1

2.  Authentication Mode

   The cryptographic authentication mechanisms specified in BFD
   [RFC5880] describes enabling and disabling of authentication as a one
   time operation.  As a security precaution, it mentions that
   authentication state be allowed to change at most once.  Once
   enabled, every packet must have Authentication Bit set and the
   associated Authentication Type appended.  In addition, it states that
   an implementation SHOULD NOT allow the authentication state to be
   changed based on the receipt of a BFD control packet.

   This document proposes that the authentication mode be modified to be
   enabled on demand.  Instead of authenticating every packet, BFD peers
   are configured for which packets need to be authenticated, and
   authenticate only those packets.  The remaining packets MAY be
   transmitted and received without authentication, or use a less
   expensive authentication.  For example, the two ends can be
   configured such that BFD control packets that indicate a significant
   change should be authenticated and enable authentication on those
   packets only.  If the two ends have previously been configured as
   such, but at least one side decides not to authenticate a significant
   change packet, then the BFD session will fail to come up.

   The proposal outlines which BFD control packets are required to be
   authenticated.  A BFD control packet that fails authentication is
   discarded, or a BFD control packet that was supposed to be
   authenticated, but was not; e.g. a significant change packet, is
   discarded.  However, there is no change to the state machine for BFD,
   as the decision of a significant change is still decided by how many
   valid consecutive packets were received, authenticated or otherwise.

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   The following table summarizes when the Auth Type should be set with
   a Auth or a OPT authentication type.  The table should be read with
   the column indicating the BFD state the receiver is currently in, and
   the row indicating the BFD state the receiver might transition to
   based on the BFD control packet received.  The intersection of the
   two indicates whether the received BFD control packet should have the
   Auth Type set to either Auth, or OPT.  The BFD state refers to the
   states in BFD state machine described in Section 6.2 of BFD
   [RFC5880].

               Read   : On state change from <column> to <row>
               Auth   : Strongly authenticated BFD control packet
               OPT    : Any or no authentication, as configured.
               n/a    : Invalid state transition.
               Select : Most packets OPT AUTH. Selective (periodic)
                        packets authenticated.
              +--------+--------+--------+--------+
              |        | DOWN   | INIT   | UP     |
              +--------+--------+--------+--------+
              | DOWN   |  OPT   |  Auth  |  Auth  |
              +--------+--------+--------+--------+
              | INIT   |  Auth  |  OPT   |  n/a   |
              +--------+--------+--------+--------+
              | UP     |  Auth  |  Auth  | Select |
              +--------+--------+--------+--------+

                   Figure 1: Optimized Authentication Map

   In other words, the contents of an Up packet MUST NOT change aside
   from the authentication section without stronger authentication.

   Implementations supporting this feature can send BFD packets with or
   without authentication that carries a meticulously increasing
   sequence number.  This meticulously increasing sequence number
   prevents replay attacks, and it supports BFD Stability
   [I-D.ietf-bfd-stability].

   The NULL Authentication type is defined in NULL Authentication Type
   (Section 3).  This authentication type does not provide any
   authentication of the BFD Control Up packets, but does carry a
   meticulously increasing sequence number compatible with this
   specification.

   Secure BFD Sequence Numbers [I-D.ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers]
   defines an authentication mechanism that does not provide any
   authentication of the BFD Control packets, carries a meticulously

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   increasing sequence number, but provides for a stronger mechanism to
   prevent active attacks against these procedures for Up packets
   without requiring strong authentication.

3.  NULL Auth Type

   This section describes a new Authentication Type as:

        0                   1                   2                   3
        0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |   Auth Type   |   Auth Len    |  Auth Key ID  |   Reserved    |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                        Sequence Number                        |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                        Figure 2: NULL Auth Type

   where:

   Auth Type: The Authentication Type, which in this case is TBD (NULL,
   to be assigned by IANA, with a suggested value of 6).

   Auth Len: The length of the NULL Auth Type, in bytes; i.e. 8 bytes

   Auth Key ID: The authentication key ID in use for this packet.  Must
   be set to zero.

   Reserved: This byte MUST be set to zero on transmit and ignored on
   receive.

   Sequence Number: The sequence number for this packet.
   Implementations will use sequence numbers (bfd.XmitAuthSeq) as
   defined in BFD [RFC5880].

4.  Optimizing Authentication YANG Model

4.1.  Data Model Overview

   The YANG 1.1 [RFC7950] model defined in this document augments the
   "ietf-bfd" module to add configuration relevant to the management of
   the feature defined in this document.  In particular, it adds crypto
   algorithms that are described in this model, and in Secure BFD
   Sequence Numbers [I-D.ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers].  It adds a
   feature statement to enable optimized authentication.  Finally, it
   adds a flag to enable optimized authentication, an interval value
   that specifies how often the BFD session should be re-authenticated
   once it is in the Up state, and the key chain that should be used in

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   the Up state.

4.2.  Tree Diagram

   The tree diagram for the YANG modules defined in this document use
   annotations defined in YANG Tree Diagrams.  [RFC8340].

   module: ietf-bfd-opt-auth

     augment /rt:routing/rt:control-plane-protocols
               /rt:control-plane-protocol/bfd:bfd/bfd-ip-sh:ip-sh
               /bfd-ip-sh:sessions/bfd-ip-sh:session
               /bfd-ip-sh:authentication:
       +--rw optimized-auth?    boolean {optimized-auth}?
       +--rw reauth-interval?   uint32
       +--rw up-auth-type?      key-chain:key-chain-ref
     augment /rt:routing/rt:control-plane-protocols
               /rt:control-plane-protocol/bfd:bfd/bfd-ip-mh:ip-mh
               /bfd-ip-mh:session-groups/bfd-ip-mh:session-group
               /bfd-ip-mh:authentication:
       +--rw optimized-auth?    boolean {optimized-auth}?
       +--rw reauth-interval?   uint32
       +--rw up-auth-type?      key-chain:key-chain-ref
     augment /rt:routing/rt:control-plane-protocols
               /rt:control-plane-protocol/bfd:bfd/bfd-lag:lag
               /bfd-lag:sessions/bfd-lag:session/bfd-lag:authentication:
       +--rw optimized-auth?    boolean {optimized-auth}?
       +--rw reauth-interval?   uint32
       +--rw up-auth-type?      key-chain:key-chain-ref
     augment /rt:routing/rt:control-plane-protocols
               /rt:control-plane-protocol/bfd:bfd/bfd-mpls:mpls
               /bfd-mpls:session-groups/bfd-mpls:session-group
               /bfd-mpls:authentication:
       +--rw optimized-auth?    boolean {optimized-auth}?
       +--rw reauth-interval?   uint32
       +--rw up-auth-type?      key-chain:key-chain-ref

4.3.  The YANG Model

   This YANG module imports YANG Key Chain [RFC8177], A YANG Data Model
   for Routing Management (NMDA version) [RFC8349], and YANG Data Model
   for Bidirectional Forwading Detection (BFD) [RFC9314].

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   <CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-bfd-opt-auth@2024-02-05.yang"
   module ietf-bfd-opt-auth {
     yang-version 1.1;
     namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bfd-opt-auth";
     prefix "bfdoa";

     import ietf-routing {
       prefix "rt";
       reference
         "RFC 8349: A YANG Data Model for Routing Management
          (NMDA version)";
     }

     import ietf-bfd {
       prefix bfd;
       reference
         "RFC 9314: YANG Data Model for Bidirectional
          Forwarding Detection.";
     }

     import ietf-bfd-ip-sh {
       prefix bfd-ip-sh;
       reference
         "RFC 9314: YANG Data Model for Bidirectional
          Forwarding Detection.";
     }

     import ietf-bfd-ip-mh {
       prefix bfd-ip-mh;
       reference
         "RFC 9314: YANG Data Model for Bidirectional
          Forwarding Detection.";
     }

     import ietf-bfd-lag {
       prefix bfd-lag;
       reference
         "RFC 9314: YANG Data Model for Bidirectional
          Forwarding Detection.";
     }

     import ietf-bfd-mpls {
       prefix bfd-mpls;
       reference
         "RFC 9314: YANG Data Model for Bidirectional
          Forwarding Detection.";
     }

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     import ietf-key-chain {
       prefix key-chain;
       reference
         "RFC 8177: YANG Key Chain.";
     }

     organization
       "IETF BFD Working Group";

     contact
       "WG Web:   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bfd>
        WG List:  <rtg-bfd@ietf.org>

        Authors: Mahesh Jethanandani (mjethanandani@gmail.com)
                 Ashesh Mishra (mishra.ashesh@gmail.com)
                 Ankur Saxena (ankurpsaxena@gmail.com)
                 Manav Bhatia (mnvbhatia@google.com).";

     description
       "This YANG module augments the base BFD YANG model to add
        attributes related to BFD Optimized Authentication.

        Copyright (c) 2024 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
        authors of the code.  All rights reserved.

        Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
        without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to
        the license terms contained in, the Revised BSD License set
        forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
        Relating to IETF Documents
        (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

        This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX
        (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfcXXXX); see the RFC itself
        for full legal notices.

        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 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when,
        they appear in all capitals, as shown here.";

     revision "2024-02-05" {
       description
         "Initial Version.";
       reference
         "RFC XXXX: Optimizing BFD Authentication.";

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     }

     feature optimized-auth {
       description
         "When enabled, this implementation supports optimized
          authentication as described in this document.";
     }

     identity no-auth {
       base key-chain:crypto-algorithm;
       description
         "No authentication will be used.";
     }

     identity null {
       base key-chain:crypto-algorithm;
       description
         "BFD Null type defined in this draft.";
       reference
         "RFC XXXX: Optimizing BFD Authentication.";
     }

     identity meticulous-keyed-isaac {
       base key-chain:crypto-algorithm;
       description
         "BFD ISAAC Keyed Meticulous.";
       reference
         "I-D.ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers: Securing BFD Sequence
                                                Numbers.";
     }

     augment "/rt:routing/rt:control-plane-protocols" +
             "/rt:control-plane-protocol/bfd:bfd/bfd-ip-sh:ip-sh" +
             "/bfd-ip-sh:sessions/bfd-ip-sh:session" +
             "/bfd-ip-sh:authentication" {
       leaf optimized-auth {
         if-feature optimized-auth;
         type boolean;
         default false;
         description
           "If set to true, BFD Single Hop Sessions will be
            enabled for optimized authentication.";
       }

       leaf reauth-interval {
         when "../optimized-auth = 'true'";
         type uint32;
         units "microseconds";

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         default "60000000";
         description
           "Interval of time after which a strong authentication
            should be enabled to prevent a Person-In-The-Middle
            attack. Default is 1 minute.

            This value SHOULD have jitter applied to it to avoid
            self-synchronization during expensive authentication
            operations.";
       }

       leaf up-auth-type {
         type key-chain:key-chain-ref;
         must "(../optimized-auth = 'true') and " +
              "(../bfd-ip-sh:meticulous = 'true')";
         description
           "The authentication type that should be used once the
            connection transitions to Up state. In case
            of optimized auth, the choices are Reserved (or no
            authentication), NULL Auth, or Meticulous Keyed ISAAC.";
       }
       description
         "Augment the 'bfd' container to add attributes related to BFD
          optimized authentication.";
     }

     augment "/rt:routing/rt:control-plane-protocols/" +
             "rt:control-plane-protocol/bfd:bfd/bfd-ip-mh:ip-mh/" +
             "bfd-ip-mh:session-groups/bfd-ip-mh:session-group/" +
             "bfd-ip-mh:authentication" {
       leaf optimized-auth {
         if-feature optimized-auth;
         type boolean;
         default false;
         description
           "If set to true, BFD Multi Hop Sessions will be
            enabled for optimized authentication.";
       }

       leaf reauth-interval {
         when "../optimized-auth = 'true'";
         type uint32;
         units "microseconds";
         default "60000000";
         description
           "Interval of time after which a strong authentication
            should be enabled to prevent a Person-In-The-Middle
            attack. Default is 1 minute.

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            This value SHOULD have jitter applied to it to avoid
            self-synchronization during expensive authentication
            operations.";
       }

       leaf up-auth-type {
         type key-chain:key-chain-ref;
         must "(../optimized-auth = 'true') and " +
              "(../bfd-ip-mh:meticulous = 'true')";
         description
           "The authentication type that should be used once the
            connection transitions to Up state. In case
            of optimized auth, the choices are Reserved (or no
            authentication), NULL Auth, or Meticulous Keyed ISAAC.";
       }
       description
         "Augment the 'bfd' container to add attributes related to BFD
          optimized authentication.";
     }

     augment "/rt:routing/rt:control-plane-protocols/" +
             "rt:control-plane-protocol/bfd:bfd/bfd-lag:lag/" +
             "bfd-lag:sessions/bfd-lag:session/" +
             "bfd-lag:authentication" {
       leaf optimized-auth {
         if-feature optimized-auth;
         type boolean;
         default false;
         description
           "If set to true, BFD LAG Sessions will be
            enabled for optimized authentication.";
       }

       leaf reauth-interval {
         when "../optimized-auth = 'true'";
         type uint32;
         units "microseconds";
         default "60000000";
         description
           "Interval of time after which a strong authentication
            should be enabled to prevent a Person-In-The-Middle
            attack. Default is 1 minute.

            This value SHOULD have jitter applied to it to avoid
            self-synchronization during expensive authentication
            operations.";
       }

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       leaf up-auth-type {
         type key-chain:key-chain-ref;
         must "(../optimized-auth = 'true') and " +
              "(../bfd-lag:meticulous = 'true')";
         description
           "The authentication type that should be used once the
            connection transitions to Up state. In case
            of optimized auth, the choices are Reserved (or no
            authentication), NULL Auth, or Meticulous Keyed ISAAC.";
       }
       description
         "Augment the 'bfd' container to add attributes related to BFD
          optimized authentication.";
     }

     augment "/rt:routing/rt:control-plane-protocols/" +
             "rt:control-plane-protocol/bfd:bfd/bfd-mpls:mpls/" +
             "bfd-mpls:session-groups/bfd-mpls:session-group/" +
             "bfd-mpls:authentication" {
       leaf optimized-auth {
         if-feature optimized-auth;
         type boolean;
         default false;
         description
           "If set to true, BFD MPLS Sessions will be
            enabled for optimized authentication.";
       }

       leaf reauth-interval {
         when "../optimized-auth = 'true'";
         type uint32;
         units "microseconds";
         default "60000000";
         description
           "Interval of time after which a strong authentication
            should be enabled to prevent a Person-In-The-Middle
            attack. Default is 1 minute.

            This value SHOULD have jitter applied to it to avoid
            self-synchronization during expensive authentication
            operations.";
       }

       leaf up-auth-type {
         type key-chain:key-chain-ref;
         must "(../optimized-auth = 'true') and " +
              "(../bfd-mpls:meticulous = 'true')";
         description

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           "The authentication type that should be used once the
            connection transitions to Up state. In case
            of optimized auth, the choices are Reserved (or no
            authentication), NULL Auth, or Meticulous Keyed ISAAC.";
       }
       description
         "Augment the 'bfd' container to add attributes related to BFD
          optimized authentication.";
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>

5.  IANA Considerations

   This documents requests two new authentication types, one URI, one
   YANG model, and an update to an existing IANA YANG model.

5.1.  Auth Type

   This document requests an update to the registry titled "BFD
   Authentication Types".  IANA is requested to assign two new BFD
   AuthType:

   *  NULL Auth Type (Section 3), with a suggested value of 6.

   *  Meticulous Keyed ISAAC Authentication
      [I-D.ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers] (Part
      meticulous-keyed-isaac-authentication), with a suggested value of
      7.

5.2.  IETF XML Registry

   This document registers one URIs in the "ns" subregistry of the "IETF
   XML" registry [RFC3688].  Following the format in [RFC3688], the
   following registration is requested:

   URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bfd-opt-auth
   Registrant Contact: The IESG
   XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.

5.3.  The YANG Module Names Registry

   This document registers one YANG modules in the "YANG Module Names"
   registry [RFC6020].  Following the format in [RFC6020], the following
   registrations are requested:

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   name:         ietf-bfd-opt-auth
   namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bfd-opt-auth
   prefix:       bfdoa
   reference:    RFC XXXX

5.4.  Updated IANA Module

   This document also requests an update to an existing IANA YANG module
   described in Updated BFD IANA Module (Appendix A)

6.  Security Considerations

   The YANG module specified in this document defines a schema for data
   that is designed to be accessed via network management protocols such
   as NETCONF [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040].  The lowest NETCONF layer
   is the secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement secure
   transport is Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242].  The lowest RESTCONF layer
   is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is TLS
   [RFC8446].  The NETCONF Access Control Model (NACM) [RFC8341]
   provides the means to restrict access for particular NETCONF or
   RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or
   RESTCONF protocol operations and content.

   There are a number of data nodes defined in this YANG module that are
   writable/creatable/deletable (i.e., config true, which is the
   default).  These data nodes may be considered sensitive or vulnerable
   in some network environments.  Write operations (e.g., edit-config)
   to these data nodes without proper protection can have a negative
   effect on network operations.  Some of the subtrees and data nodes
   and their sensitivity/vulnerability are described here.

   *  'optimized-auth' flag is used to enable optimized authentication
      for the session.  If this was not intended, or the other end is
      not configured with the same flag, the BFD session will fail to
      come up.

   *  'reauth-interval' specifies the interval in Up state, after which
      a strong authentication SHOULD be performed to prevent a Person-
      In-The-Middle (PITM) attack.  If this interval is set very low, or
      very high, then it will make optimization worthless.

   Some of the readable data nodes in this YANG module may be considered
   sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments.  It is thus
   important to control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or
   notification) to these data nodes.

   There are no read-only data nodes defined in this model.

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   Some of the RPC operations in this YANG module may be considered
   sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments.  It is thus
   important to control access to these operations.

   There are no RPC operations defined in this model.

   The approach described in this document enhances the ability to
   authenticate a BFD session by taking away the onerous requirement
   that every BFD control packet be authenticated.  By authenticating
   packets that affect the state of the session, the security of the BFD
   session is maintained.  In this mode, packets that are a significant
   change but are not authenticated, are dropped by the system.
   Therefore, a malicious user that tries to inject a non-authenticated
   packet; e.g. with a Down state to take a session down will fail.
   That combined with the proposal of using sequence number defined in
   Secure BFD Sequence Numbers [I-D.ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers]
   further enhances the security of BFD sessions.

7.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers]
              DeKok, A., Jethanandani, M., Agarwal, S., Mishra, A., and
              A. Saxena, "Meticulous Keyed ISAAC for BFD
              Authentication", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers-13, 4 February 2024,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-bfd-
              secure-sequence-numbers-13>.

   [I-D.ietf-bfd-stability]
              Mishra, A., Jethanandani, M., Saxena, A., Pallagatti, S.,
              Chen, M., and P. Fan, "BFD Stability", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-bfd-stability-12, 31 January
              2024, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-
              bfd-stability-12>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3688]  Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.

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   [RFC5880]  Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
              (BFD)", RFC 5880, DOI 10.17487/RFC5880, June 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5880>.

   [RFC6020]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
              the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.

   [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
              and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
              (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.

   [RFC6242]  Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
              Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6242>.

   [RFC7950]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
              RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.

   [RFC8040]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8177]  Lindem, A., Ed., Qu, Y., Yeung, D., Chen, I., and J.
              Zhang, "YANG Data Model for Key Chains", RFC 8177,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8177, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8177>.

   [RFC8340]  Bjorklund, M. and L. Berger, Ed., "YANG Tree Diagrams",
              BCP 215, RFC 8340, DOI 10.17487/RFC8340, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8340>.

   [RFC8341]  Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
              Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8341>.

   [RFC8349]  Lhotka, L., Lindem, A., and Y. Qu, "A YANG Data Model for
              Routing Management (NMDA Version)", RFC 8349,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8349, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8349>.

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   [RFC8446]  Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
              Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.

   [RFC9127]  Rahman, R., Ed., Zheng, L., Ed., Jethanandani, M., Ed.,
              Pallagatti, S., and G. Mirsky, "YANG Data Model for
              Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)", RFC 9127,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9127, October 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9127>.

   [RFC9314]  Jethanandani, M., Ed., Rahman, R., Ed., Zheng, L., Ed.,
              Pallagatti, S., and G. Mirsky, "YANG Data Model for
              Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)", RFC 9314,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9314, September 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9314>.

7.2.  Informative References

   [RFC1321]  Rivest, R., "The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm", RFC 1321,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC1321, April 1992,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1321>.

   [RFC6151]  Turner, S. and L. Chen, "Updated Security Considerations
              for the MD5 Message-Digest and the HMAC-MD5 Algorithms",
              RFC 6151, DOI 10.17487/RFC6151, March 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6151>.

   [RFC6194]  Polk, T., Chen, L., Turner, S., and P. Hoffman, "Security
              Considerations for the SHA-0 and SHA-1 Message-Digest
              Algorithms", RFC 6194, DOI 10.17487/RFC6194, March 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6194>.

   [SHA-1-attack1]
              Wang, X., Yin, Y., and H. Yu, "Finding Collisions in the
              Full SHA-1", 2005.

   [SHA-1-attack2]
              Wang, X., Yao, A., and F. Yao, "New Collision Search for
              SHA-1", 2005.

Appendix A.  Updated BFD IANA Module

   This section carries the updated IANA BFD Module, iana-bfd-types.yang
   module, first defined in YANG Data Model for Bidirectional Forward
   Detection (BFD) [RFC9127].  The updated module carries two new
   authentication type enum definitions, 'null' with a suggested value
   of 6, and 'meticulous-keyed-isaac' with a suggested value of 7.  This
   module should replace the version that currently exists in the IANA

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   registry.

   <CODE BEGINS> file "iana-bfd-types@2024-02-05.yang"
   =============== NOTE: '\' line wrapping per RFC 8792 ===============

   module iana-bfd-types {
     yang-version 1.1;
     namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:iana-bfd-types";
     prefix iana-bfd-types;

     organization
       "IANA";
     contact
       "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

        Postal: ICANN
                12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300
                Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536
                United States of America
        Tel:    +1 310 301 5800
        <mailto:iana@iana.org>";
     description
       "This module defines YANG data types for IANA-registered
        BFD parameters.

        This YANG module is maintained by IANA and reflects the
        'BFD Diagnostic Codes' and 'BFD Authentication Types'
        registries.

        Copyright (c) 2021 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
        authors of the code.  All rights reserved.

        Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
        without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to
        the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License set
        forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
        Relating to IETF Documents
        (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

        This version of this YANG module is part of RFC 9127; see the
        RFC itself for full legal notices.";
     reference
       "RFC 9127: YANG Data Model for Bidirectional Forwarding
        Detection (BFD)";

     revision 2024-02-05 {
       description
         "Add NULL and Meticulous ISAAC authentication type.";

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       reference
         "I-D.ietf-bfd-optimized-auth: Optimizing BFD Authentication.";
     }

     revision 2021-10-21 {
       description
         "Initial revision.";
       reference
         "RFC 9127: YANG Data Model for Bidirectional Forwarding
          Detection (BFD)";
     }

     /*
      * Type definitions
      */

     typedef diagnostic {
       type enumeration {
         enum none {
           value 0;
           description
             "No Diagnostic.";
         }
         enum control-expiry {
           value 1;
           description
             "Control Detection Time Expired.";
         }
         enum echo-failed {
           value 2;
           description
             "Echo Function Failed.";
         }
         enum neighbor-down {
           value 3;
           description
             "Neighbor Signaled Session Down.";
         }
         enum forwarding-reset {
           value 4;
           description
             "Forwarding Plane Reset.";
         }
         enum path-down {
           value 5;
           description
             "Path Down.";
         }

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         enum concatenated-path-down {
           value 6;
           description
             "Concatenated Path Down.";
         }
         enum admin-down {
           value 7;
           description
             "Administratively Down.";
         }
         enum reverse-concatenated-path-down {
           value 8;
           description
             "Reverse Concatenated Path Down.";
         }
         enum mis-connectivity-defect {
           value 9;
           description
             "Mis-connectivity defect.";
           reference
             "RFC 5880: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
              RFC 6428: Proactive Connectivity Verification, Continuity
              Check, and Remote Defect Indication for the MPLS Transpo\
   rt
              Profile";
         }
       }
       description
         "BFD diagnostic codes as defined in RFC 5880.  Values are
          maintained in the 'BFD Diagnostic Codes' IANA registry.
          Range is 0 to 31.";
       reference
         "RFC 5880: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)";
     }

     typedef auth-type {
       type enumeration {
         enum reserved {
           value 0;
           description
             "Reserved.";
         }
         enum simple-password {
           value 1;
           description
             "Simple Password.";
         }
         enum keyed-md5 {

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           value 2;
           description
             "Keyed MD5.";
         }
         enum meticulous-keyed-md5 {
           value 3;
           description
             "Meticulous Keyed MD5.";
         }
         enum keyed-sha1 {
           value 4;
           description
             "Keyed SHA1.";
         }
         enum meticulous-keyed-sha1 {
           value 5;
           description
             "Meticulous Keyed SHA1.";
         }
         enum null {
           value 6;
           description
             "NULL Auth.";
         }
         enum meticulous-keyed-isaac {
           value 7;
           description
             "Meticulous Keyed ISAAC.";
         }
       }
       description
         "BFD authentication type as defined in RFC 5880.  Values are
          maintained in the 'BFD Authentication Types' IANA registry.
          Range is 0 to 255.";
       reference
         "RFC 5880: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)";
     }
   }
   <CODE ENDS>

Appendix B.  Examples

   This section tries to show some examples in how the model can be
   configured.

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B.1.  Single Hop BFD Configuration

   This example demonstrates how a Single Hop BFD session can be
   configured for optimized authentication.

   =============== NOTE: '\' line wrapping per RFC 8792 ===============

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <key-chains
       xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-key-chain">
     <key-chain>
       <name>bfd-auth-config</name>
       <description>"An example for BFD Optimized Auth configuration."\
   </description>
       <key>
         <key-id>55</key-id>
         <lifetime>
           <send-lifetime>
             <start-date-time>2017-01-01T00:00:00Z</start-date-time>
             <end-date-time>2017-02-01T00:00:00Z</end-date-time>
           </send-lifetime>
           <accept-lifetime>
             <start-date-time>2016-12-31T23:59:55Z</start-date-time>
             <end-date-time>2017-02-01T00:00:05Z</end-date-time>
           </accept-lifetime>
         </lifetime>
         <crypto-algorithm xmlns:opt-auth=
         "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bfd-opt-auth">opt-auth:meti\
   culous-keyed-isaac</crypto-algorithm>
         <key-string>
           <keystring>testvector</keystring>
         </key-string>
       </key>
     </key-chain>
   </key-chains>
   <interfaces
       xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interfaces"
       xmlns:if-type="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:iana-if-type">
     <interface>
       <name>eth0</name>
       <type>if-type:ethernetCsmacd</type>
     </interface>
   </interfaces>
   <routing
       xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-routing"
       xmlns:bfd-types="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bfd-types"
       xmlns:iana-bfd-types="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:iana-bfd-type\
   s"

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       xmlns:opt-auth="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bfd-opt-auth">
     <control-plane-protocols>
       <control-plane-protocol>
         <type>bfd-types:bfdv1</type>
         <name>name:BFD</name>
         <bfd xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bfd">
           <ip-sh xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-bfd-ip-sh">
             <sessions>
               <session>
                 <interface>eth0</interface>
                 <dest-addr>2001:db8:0:113::101</dest-addr>
                 <desired-min-tx-interval>10000</desired-min-tx-interv\
   al>
                 <required-min-rx-interval>
                   10000
                 </required-min-rx-interval>
                 <authentication>
                   <meticulous>true</meticulous>
                   <opt-auth:optimized-auth>true</opt-auth:optimized-a\
   uth>
                   <opt-auth:reauth-interval>30000</opt-auth:reauth-in\
   terval>
                   <opt-auth:up-auth-type>bfd-auth-config</opt-auth:up\
   -auth-type>
                 </authentication>
               </session>
             </sessions>
           </ip-sh>
         </bfd>
       </control-plane-protocol>
     </control-plane-protocols>
   </routing>

Authors' Addresses

   Mahesh Jethanandani
   Kloud Services
   United States of America
   Email: mjethanandani@gmail.com

   Ashesh Mishra
   Aalyria Technologies
   Email: ashesh@aalyria.com

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   Ankur Saxena
   Ciena Corporation
   3939 N 1st Street
   San Jose, CA 95134
   United States of America
   Email: ankurpsaxena@gmail.com

   Manav Bhatia
   Google
   Doddanekkundi
   Bangalore 560048
   India
   Email: mnvbhatia@google.com

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