IPP Mail Archive: RE: IPP> SEC - Security parameters for IPP scheme

RE: IPP> SEC - Security parameters for IPP scheme

Paul Moore (paulmo@microsoft.com)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 11:49:00 -0700

Thats a proposed solution - whats the requirement?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl-Uno Manros [SMTP:manros@cp10.es.xerox.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 11:29 AM
> To: Paul Moore; ipp@pwg.org
> Subject: RE: IPP> SEC - Security parameters for IPP scheme
>
> At 11:21 AM 8/7/98 PDT, Paul Moore wrote:
> >What is the requirement from Keith?
> >
>
> To have security parameters in the ipp scheme, so you know how to map the
> ipp scheme to the underlying layer, in particular how to start off the
> communication with the IPP server if you use TLS.
>
> Carl-Uno
>
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Carl-Uno Manros [SMTP:manros@cp10.es.xerox.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 10:31 AM
> >> To: ipp@pwg.org
> >> Subject: IPP> SEC - Security parameters for IPP scheme
> >>
> >> All,
> >>
> >> John Wenn and Daniel Manchala have worked on coming up with a proposal
> on
> >> how to add security paameters to the "ipp" scheme, to meet another
> >> requirement from our Area Director Keith Moore. This text was not
> deemed
> >> suitable for inclusion in the just circulated draft on the Internet
> >> Printing Protocol Scheme, as it has not yet been reviewed in the WG,
> but
> >> you should view this as complementary to scheme draft.
> >>
> >> I would expect us to discuss this proposal on the DL and in the Toronto
> >> meeting.
> >>
> >> Carl-Uno
> >>
> >> ------
> >>
> >> 1.0 Introduction
> >>
> >> It is required that the Internet Printing Protocol be able to
> >> operate within a secure environment. Wherever possible, IPP
> >> ought to make use of existing security protocols and services.
> >> IPP will not invent new security features when the requirements
> >> described in this document can be met by existing protocols and
> >> services. Examples of such services include Secure Sockets
> >> (SSL) [SSL2, SSL3], Digest Access Authentication in HTTP
> >> [HTTP], and the Content MD-5[MD5] Header Field in MIME.
> >>
> >>
> >> IPP [IPP-PRO, IPP-MOD, IPP-REQ] makes use of the "ipp:" URL
> >> scheme with HTTP 1.1 as a transport protocol, in which URL path
> >> names and MIME types are used to encode IPP from the HTTP
> >> protocol data stream. Security attributes like the mechanism
> >> used (TLS[TLS], SSL[SSL2, SSL3], DAA, etc), type and strength
> >> of encryption, signature and integrity algorithms used (e.g:
> >> RSA - 40 [RSA], MD5[MD5], etc.,) are specified as parameters as
> >> part of the ipp URL.
> >>
> >> IPP Scheme Syntax and Security Parameters
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> The syntax for the IPP [IPP] scheme is identical to the
> >> existing "http" scheme except for the scheme name, security
> >> attributes and different default port. This syntax could also
> >> be used for later versions of HTTP [HTTP] protocol that could
> >> specify the security attributes as part of the http:// URL.
> >>
> >> IPP syntax:
> >>
> >> ipp://host[:port]/<IPP-specific-abs-path>/parameters
> >>
> >> Parameters can be specified as follows:
> >> AUTH = secure-protocol [ ":" protocol optional parameters]
> >> where
> >> secure-protocol := "TLS" | "SSL3" | "SSL2" | "DAA"
> >>
> >> TLS parameters := [ key-exchange "-" strength ";"
> >> encryption-algorithm "-" strength ";"
> >> hash-function "-" strength].
> >>
> >> SSL3 parameters := [ key-exchange "-" strength ";"
> >> encryption-algorithm "-" strength ";"
> >> hash-function "-" strength].
> >>
> >> DAA parameters := [hash-function "-" strength].
> >>
> >> If optional parameters are not supplied, standard default
> >> parameters will be used.
> >>
> >> In the future other protocols like IPV6 could also be used as
> >> the secure protocol.
> >>
> >> key exchange is the specific algorithm used to securely
> >> exchange public keys between the client and server. The exact
> >> values are specified by the specific protocol. For example,
> >> TLS specifies allowed key exchange values in Appendix C of the
> >> standard. Examples of key exchange algorithms include RSA, DH
> >> and variants.
> >>
> >> encryption algorithm is the specific algortithm used to
> >> achieve confidentiality. Like key exchange, the exact values
> >> are specified by the specific protocol. Examples of such
> >> algorithms include 3DES[3DES], RC4 and IDEA. Encryption
> >> algorithm always should be specified with the strength of
> >> encryption key in bits.
> >>
> >> hash-function is the specific algorithm used to perform a
> >> message digest on the data being sent. Like key exchange, the
> >> exact values are specified by the specific protocol. Example
> >> of a hash-function could be MD5[MD5]. Strength could be the bit
> >> value of the resulting hash.
> >>
> >> For the case of TLS[TLS] and SSL[SSL2, SSL3], the client
> >> presents a list of acceptable parameters to the server, and the
> >> server chooses one among the specified list. In this scheme, if
> >> a parameter is specified, it is the preferred value for the
> >> parameter. Other values may be configured. For SSL, the client
> >> translates the URI into a https URI. For TLS, the client
> >> translates the URI into a TLS compatible URI. {This
> >> compatiblity is still not finalized by the TLS standard
> >> group}.
> >>
> >> In the case of DAA[DAA], the URI is used as a security input.
> >> In this scheme, the translated URI (http method) is used as the
> >> input.
> >>
> >>
> >> TRANSLATION OF IPP SCHEME INTO HTTP SCHEME.
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> Translation of the ipp scheme into http depends upon whether
> >> proxy servers, tunnels or gateways are used. Parameters are
> >> translated into header fields in the HTTP protocol. Section 4.5
> >> of RFC 2068 describes the general header fields used. It is
> >> proposed to add a security-protocol protocol that corresponds
> >> to the AUTH parameter of the ipp protocol. In order not to
> >> confuse with the WWW-Authenticate response header that a server
> >> sends to the client when it wants to be authenticated, we use
> >> the general header field security-protocol to specify that the
> >> client requests a connection of type specified in the
> >> security-protocol. The AUTH parameter directly translates into
> >> the HTTP [HTTP] security-protocol header as follows:
> >>
> >> security-protocol = protocol [
> >> ":" encryption-algorithm "-" strength ";"
> >> signature-algorithm "-" strength ";"
> >> hash-function "-" strength]
> >>
> >> where protocol specifies the protocol used for security e.g:
> >> TLS, SSL3, SSL2, DAA, etc.
> >>
> >> Associated with this IPP scheme is an IANA-assigned TCP [TCP]
> >> port number, 631, which is the default port number used by
> >> clients to contact IPP servers that are represented by IPP
> >> URLs. If another port number is explitly specified, that port
> >> will be used by the client.
> >>
> >> The IPP scheme implies all of the same protocol semantics as
> >> that of the HTTP [HTTP] scheme, except that, by default, the
> >> port number used by clients to connect to the server is port
> >> 631. The semantics for clients configured for proxy access is
> >> different as described below.
> >>
> >> The implementation impact of using the new scheme on the
> >> existing specifications is mainly in the HTTP headers area.
> >> The IPP scheme URI is explicitly stored in the application/ipp
> >> MIME object.
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >> HTTP Header Usage
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> When an IPP client obtains an IPP URL, the interpretation
> >> (translation) of this URL by the client can take one of two
> >> forms, depending upon whether the client is configured to use
> >> an HTTP 1.1 proxy server. In both cases, the security
> >> parameters are passed as part of the HTTP headers to the
> >> server. This ensures that the IPP scheme's security parameters
> >> are received by the server, and the server can reconstruct the
> >> ipp URI at it's end.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> IPP Client Configured with no proxy server
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> When an IPP client (no proxy configured) obtains an "ipp:" URL
> >> such as
> >>
> >> "ipp://myhost.com/myprinter/myqueue/AUTH=TLS;RSA-EXPORT40;NULL;MD5",
> >> it MUST open an TCP connection to port 631 on myhost.com, with
> >> the following example headers:
> >>
> >> POST /myprinter/myqueue HTTP/1.1
> >> Host: myhost.com:631
> >> Security-Protocol: TLS; RSA-EXPORT40; NULL; MD5
> >> Content-type: application/ipp
> >> Transfer-Encoding: chunked
> >> ...
> >>
> >> In the above example, the client indicates that it wants to
> >> communicate using the TLS protocol using RSA for encryption and
> >> 40 bit export variety key, no signature and a message digest
> >> using MD5 one-way hash function.
> >>
> >> IPP Client Configured for Proxy Service
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> When an IPP client that uses a proxy named "myproxy.com"
> >> obtains the URL
> >>
> >> "ipp://myhost.com/myprinter/myqueue/AUTH=TLS;RSA-EXPORT40;NULL;MD5",
> >> it MUST open a TCP connection to myproxy.com with the following
> >> example headers:
> >>
> >> POST http://myhost.com:631/myprinter/myqueue HTTP/1.1
> >> Host: myproxy.com:8080
> >> Security-Protocol: TLS; RSA-EXPORT40; NULL; MD5
> >> Content-type: application/ipp
> >> Transfer-Encoding: chunked
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Note that the virtual host problem is still being debated in
> >> the TLS working group, and the above translation for proxy
> >> service may have to be changed.
> >>
> >>
> >> SERVER GENERATED URIs:
> >> -----------------------------------------
> >>
> >> At the server end several URIs are generated in response to a
> >> client's request (job query, job cancel, etc.). These URIs will
> >> use the IPP method with IPP security parameters. The client
> >> will then use these URIs for their specific needs. The
> >> security protocol must match the security protocol used
> >> initially by the client to communicate with the server. The
> >> individual security parameters must match the security
> >> parameters actually used. Note that these parameters may differ
> >> from the parameters specified in the original IPP URI.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Carl-Uno Manros
> >> Principal Engineer - Advanced Printing Standards - Xerox Corporation
> >> 701 S. Aviation Blvd., El Segundo, CA, M/S: ESAE-231
> >> Phone +1-310-333 8273, Fax +1-310-333 5514
> >> Email: manros@cp10.es.xerox.com
> >
> >
> Carl-Uno Manros
> Principal Engineer - Advanced Printing Standards - Xerox Corporation
> 701 S. Aviation Blvd., El Segundo, CA, M/S: ESAE-231
> Phone +1-310-333 8273, Fax +1-310-333 5514
> Email: manros@cp10.es.xerox.com