Network Working Group F. Maino
Internet-Draft Cisco Systems
Intended status: Standards Track V. Ermagan
Expires: January 8, 2021 Google
A. Cabellos
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
D. Saucez
INRIA
July 7, 2020

LISP-Security (LISP-SEC)
draft-ietf-lisp-sec-21

Abstract

This memo specifies LISP-SEC, a set of security mechanisms that provides origin authentication, integrity and anti-replay protection to LISP's EID-to-RLOC mapping data conveyed via mapping lookup process. LISP-SEC also enables verification of authorization on EID-prefix claims in Map-Reply messages.

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 BCP14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

The Locator/ID Separation Protocol [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6830bis],[I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis] is a network-layer-based protocol that enables separation of IP addresses into two new numbering spaces: Endpoint Identifiers (EIDs) and Routing Locators (RLOCs). EID-to-RLOC mappings are stored in a database, the LISP Mapping System, and made available via the Map-Request/Map-Reply lookup process. If these EID-to-RLOC mappings, carried through Map-Reply messages, are transmitted without integrity protection, an adversary can manipulate them and hijack the communication, impersonate the requested EID, or mount Denial of Service or Distributed Denial of Service attacks. Also, if the Map-Reply message is transported unauthenticated, an adversarial LISP entity can overclaim an EID-prefix and maliciously redirect traffic directed to a large number of hosts. The LISP-SEC threat model, described in Section 3, is built on top of the LISP threat model defined in [RFC7835], that includes a detailed description of "overclaiming" attack.

This memo specifies LISP-SEC, a set of security mechanisms that provides origin authentication, integrity and anti-replay protection to LISP's EID-to-RLOC mapping data conveyed via mapping lookup process. LISP-SEC also enables verification of authorization on EID-prefix claims in Map-Reply messages, ensuring that the sender of a Map-Reply that provides the location for a given EID-prefix is entitled to do so according to the EID prefix registered in the associated Map-Server. Map-Register/Map-Notify security, including the right for a LISP entity to register an EID-prefix or to claim presence at an RLOC, is out of the scope of LISP-SEC as those protocols are protected by the security mechanisms specified in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis]. However, LISP-SEC extends the Map-Register message to allow an ITR to securely downgrade to non LISP-SEC Map-Requests. Additional security considerations are described in Section 6.

2. Definition of Terms

[I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis].

For definitions of other terms, notably Map-Request, Map-Reply, Ingress Tunnel Router (ITR), Egress Tunnel Router (ETR), Map-Server (MS), and Map-Resolver (MR) please consult the LISP specification

3. LISP-SEC Threat Model

LISP-SEC addresses the control plane threats, described in section 3.7 and 3.8 of [RFC7835], that target EID-to-RLOC mappings, including manipulations of Map-Request and Map-Reply messages, and malicious ETR EID prefix overclaiming. LISP-SEC makes two main assumptions: (1) the LISP mapping system is expected to deliver a Map-Request message to their intended destination ETR as identified by the EID, and (2) no man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack can be mounted within the LISP Mapping System. How the Mapping System is protected from MITM attacks depends from the particular Mapping Systems used, and is out of the scope of this memo. Furthermore, while LISP-SEC enables detection of EID prefix overclaiming attacks, it assumes that Map-Servers can verify the EID prefix authorization at time of registration.

According to the threat model described in [RFC7835] LISP-SEC assumes that any kind of attack, including MITM attacks, can be mounted outside of the boundaries of the LISP mapping system. An on-path attacker, outside of the LISP mapping system can, for example, hijack Map-Request and Map-Reply messages, spoofing the identity of a LISP node. Another example of on-path attack, called overclaiming attack, can be mounted by a malicious Egress Tunnel Router (ETR), by overclaiming the EID-prefixes for which it is authoritative. In this way the ETR can maliciously redirect traffic directed to a large number of hosts.

4. Protocol Operations

The goal of the security mechanisms defined in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis] is to prevent unauthorized insertion of mapping data by providing origin authentication and integrity protection for the Map-Register, and by using the nonce to detect unsolicited Map-Reply sent by off-path attackers.

LISP-SEC builds on top of the security mechanisms defined in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis] to address the threats described in Section 3 by leveraging the trust relationships existing among the LISP entities participating to the exchange of the Map-Request/Map-Reply messages. Those trust relationships are used to securely distribute, as described in Section 7.4, a per-message One-Time Key (OTK) that provides origin authentication, integrity and anti-replay protection to mapping data conveyed via the mapping lookup process, and that effectively prevent overclaiming attacks. The processing of security parameters during the Map-Request/Map-Reply exchange is as follows:

Section 5 provides the detailed description of the LISP-SEC control messages and their processing, while the rest of this section describes the flow of LISP protocol operations at each entity involved in the Map-Request/Map-Reply exchange:

  1. The ITR, upon needing to transmit a Map-Request message, generates and stores an OTK (ITR-OTK). This ITR-OTK is included into the Encapsulated Control Message (ECM) that contains the Map-Request sent to the Map-Resolver. ITR-OTK confidentiality and integrity protection MUST be provided in the path between the ITR and the Map-Resolver. This can be achieved either by encrypting the ITR-OTK with the pre-shared secret known to the ITR and the Map-Resolver (as specified in Section 5.5), or by enabling DTLS between the ITR and the Map-Resolver.
  2. The Map-Resolver decapsulates the ECM message, decrypts the ITR-OTK, if needed, and forwards through the Mapping System the received Map-Request and the ITR-OTK, as part of a new ECM message. The LISP Mapping System delivers the ECM to the appropriate Map-Server, as identified by the EID destination address of the Map-Request. As mentioned in Section 3, how the Mapping System is protected from MITM attacks depends from the particular Mapping Systems used, and is out of the scope of this memo.
  3. The Map-Server is configured with the location mappings and policy information for the ETR responsible for the EID destination address. Using this preconfigured information, the Map-Server, after the decapsulation of the ECM message, finds the longest match EID-prefix that covers the requested EID in the received Map-Request. The Map-Server adds this EID-prefix, together with an HMAC computed using the ITR-OTK, to a new Encapsulated Control Message that contains the received Map-Request.
  4. The Map-Server derives a new OTK, the MS-OTK, by applying a Key Derivation Function (KDF) to the ITR-OTK. This MS-OTK is included in the Encapsulated Control Message that the Map-Server uses to forward the Map-Request to the ETR. MS-OTK confidentiality and integrity protection MUST be provided in the path between the Map-Server and the ETR. This can be achieved either by encrypting the MS-OTK with the pre-shared secret known to the Map-Server and the ETR (as specified in Section 5.5), or by enabling DTLS between the Map-Server and the ETR.
  5. If the Map-Server is acting in proxy mode, as specified in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis], the ETR is not involved in the generation of the Map-Reply and steps 6 and 7 are skipped. In this case the Map-Server generates the Map-Reply on behalf of the ETR as described in Section 5.7.2.
  6. The ETR, upon receiving the ECM encapsulated Map-Request from the Map-Server, decrypts the MS-OTK, if needed, and originates a Map-Reply that contains the EID-to-RLOC mapping information as specified in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis].
  7. The ETR computes an HMAC over the Map-Reply, keyed with MS-OTK to protect the integrity of the whole Map-Reply. The ETR also copies the EID-prefix authorization data that the Map-Server included in the ECM encapsulated Map-Request into the Map-Reply message. The ETR then sends the complete Map-Reply message to the requesting ITR.
  8. The ITR, upon receiving the Map-Reply, uses the locally stored ITR-OTK to verify the integrity of the EID-prefix authorization data included in the Map-Reply by the Map-Server. The ITR computes the MS-OTK by applying the same KDF (as specified in the ECM encapsulated Map-Reply) used by the Map-Server, and verifies the integrity of the Map-Reply. If the integrity checks fail, the Map-Reply MUST be discarded. Also, if the EID-prefixes claimed by the ETR in the Map-Reply are not equal or more specific than the EID-prefix authorization data inserted by the Map-Server, the ITR MUST discard the Map-Reply.

5. LISP-SEC Control Messages Details

LISP-SEC metadata associated with a Map-Request is transported within the Encapsulated Control Message that contains the Map-Request.

LISP-SEC metadata associated with the Map-Reply is transported within the Map-Reply itself.

5.1. Encapsulated Control Message LISP-SEC Extensions

LISP-SEC uses the ECM defined in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis] with S bit set to 1 to indicate that the LISP header includes Authentication Data (AD). The format of the LISP-SEC ECM Authentication Data is defined in Figure 1 . OTK-AD stands for One-Time Key Authentication Data and EID-AD stands for EID Authentication Data.

 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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|  ECM AD Type  |V|  Unassigned |        Requested HMAC ID      |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+\
|              OTK Length       |     Key ID    | OTK Wrap. ID  | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
|                       One-Time-Key Preamble ...               | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+OTK-AD
|                   ... One-Time-Key Preamble                   | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
~                      One-Time Key (128 bits)                  ~/
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ <---+
|           EID-AD Length       |           KDF ID              |     |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+     |
| Record Count  |E| Unassigned  |         EID HMAC ID           |EID-AD
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+\    |
|  Unassigned   | EID mask-len  |           EID-AFI             | |   |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Rec |
~                          EID-prefix ...                       ~ |   |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+/    |
~                            EID HMAC                           ~     |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ <---+          

Figure 1: LISP-SEC ECM Authentication Data

5.2. Map-Reply LISP-SEC Extensions

LISP-SEC uses the Map-Reply defined in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis], with Type set to 2, and S-bit set to 1 to indicate that the Map-Reply message includes Authentication Data (AD). The format of the LISP-SEC Map-Reply Authentication Data is defined in Figure 2. PKT-AD is the Packet Authentication Data that covers the Map-Reply payload.

 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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|  MR AD Type   |                Unassigned                     |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ <---+
|           EID-AD Length       |           KDF ID              |     |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+     |
| Record Count  |   Unassigned  |         EID HMAC ID           |EID-AD
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+\    |
|  Unassigned   | EID mask-len  |           EID-AFI             | |   |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Rec |
~                          EID-prefix ...                       ~ |   |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+/    |
~                            EID HMAC                           ~     |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ <---+
|         PKT-AD Length         |         PKT HMAC ID           |\
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
~                            PKT HMAC                           ~PKT-AD
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+/        

Figure 2: LISP-SEC Map-Reply Authentication Data

5.3. Map-Register LISP-SEC Extentions

This memo is allocating one of the bits marked as Unassigned in the Map-Register message defined in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis]. More precisely, the second bit after the Type field in a Map-Register message is allocated as the S bit. The S bit indicates to the Map-Server that the registering ETR is LISP-SEC enabled. An ETR that supports LISP-SEC MUST set the S bit in its Map-Register messages.

5.4. ITR Processing: Generating a Map-Request

Upon creating a Map-Request, the ITR generates a random ITR-OTK that is stored locally (until the corresponding Map-Reply is received), together with the nonce generated as specified in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis].

ITR-OTK confidentiality and integrity protection MUST be provided in the path between the ITR and the Map-Resolver. This can be achieved either by encrypting the ITR-OTK with the pre-shared secret known to the ITR and the Map-Resolver (see Section 5.5), or by enabling DTLS between the ITR and the Map-Resolver.

The Map-Request MUST be encapsulated in an ECM, with the S-bit set to 1, to indicate the presence of Authentication Data.

ITR-OTK is wrapped with the algorithm specified by the OTK Wrapping ID field. See Section 5.5 for further details on OTK encryption. If the NULL-KEY-WRAP-128 algorithm is selected and DTLS is not enabled in the path between the ITR and the Map-Resolver, the Map-Request MUST be dropped and an appropiate log action SHOULD be taken.

The Requested HMAC ID field contains the suggested HMAC algorithm to be used by the Map-Server and the ETR to protect the integrity of the ECM Authentication data and of the Map-Reply.

The KDF ID field specifies the suggested key derivation function to be used by the Map-Server to derive the MS-OTK. A KDF Value of NONE (0), MAY be used to specify that the ITR has no preferred KDF ID.

The EID-AD length is set to 4 bytes, since the Authentication Data does not contain EID-prefix Authentication Data, and the EID-AD contains only the KDF ID field.

5.4.1. PITR Processing

The processing performed by a PITR is equivalent to the processing of an ITR. However, if the PITR is directly connected to a Mapping System such as LISP+ALT [RFC6836], the PITR performs the functions of both the ITR and the Map-Resolver forwarding the Map-Request encapsulated in an ECM header that includes the Authentication Data fields as described in Section 5.6.

5.5. Encrypting and Decrypting an OTK

MS-OTK confidentiality and integrity protection MUST be provided in the path between the Map-Server and the ETR. This can be achieved either by enabling DTLS between the Map-Server and the ITR or by encrypting the MS-OTK with the pre-shared secret known to the Map-Server and the ETR [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis].

Similarly, ITR-OTK confidentiality and integrity protection MUST be provided in the path between the ITR and the Map-Resolver. This can be achieved either by enabling DTLS between the Map-Server and the ITR, or by encrypting the ITR-OTK with the pre-shared secret known to the ITR and the Map-Resolver. The ITR/Map-Resolver pre-shared key is similar to the Map-Server/ETR pre-shared key. However, to prevent ETR's overclaiming attacks, the ITR/Map-Resolver pre-shared secret MUST have a different value than the Map-Server/ETR pre-shared secret.

This section describes OTK processing in the ITR/Map-Resolver path, as well as in the Map-Server/ETR path.

It's important to note that, to prevent ETR's overclaiming attacks, the ITR/Map-Resolver pre-shared secret MUST be different from the Map-Server/ETR pre-shared secret.

The OTK is wrapped using the algorithm specified in the OTK Wrapping ID field. This field identifies both the:

[RFC4868] to derive a per-message encryption key (per-msg-key), as well as the AES-KEY-WRAP-128 Key Wrap algorithm used to encrypt a 128-bit OTK, according to [RFC3394].

Implementations of this specification MUST support OTK Wrapping ID AES-KEY-WRAP-128+HKDF-SHA256 that specifies the use of the HKDF-SHA256 Key Derivation Function specified in

The key wrapping process for OTK Wrapping ID AES-KEY-WRAP-128+HKDF-SHA256 is described below:

  1. The KDF algorithm is identified by the field 'OTK Wrapping ID' according to the table in Section Section 7.4.
  2. The Key Wrap algorithm is identified by the field 'OTK Wrapping ID' according to the table in Section Section 7.4.
  3. If the NULL-KEY-WRAP-128 algorithm (defined in) is selected and DTLS is not enabled, the Map-Request MUST be dropped and an appropiate log action SHOULD be taken.
  4. The pre-shared secret used to derive the per-msg-key is represented by PSK[Key ID], that is the pre-shared secret identified by the 'Key ID'.
  5. The per-message encryption key key is computed as:
  6. According to [RFC3394] the per-msg-key is used to wrap the OTK with AES-KEY-WRAP-128. The AES Key Wrap Initialization Value MUST be set to 0xA6A6A6A6A6A6A6A6 (64 bits). The output of the AES Key Wrap operation is 192-bit long. The most significant 64-bit are copied in the One-Time Key Preamble field, while the 128 less significant bits are copied in the One-Time Key field of the LISP-SEC Authentication Data.

When decrypting an encrypted OTK the receiver MUST verify that the Initialization Value resulting from the AES Key Wrap decryption operation is equal to 0xA6A6A6A6A6A6A6A6. If this verification fails the receiver MUST discard the entire message.

5.5.1. Unencrypted OTK

MS-OTK confidentiality and integrity protection MUST be provided in the path between the Map-Server and the ETR. Similarly, ITR-OTK confidentiality and integrity protection MUST be provided in the path between the ITR and the Map-Resolver.

However, when DTLS is enabled the OTK MAY be sent unencrypted as transport layer security is providing confidentiality and integrity protection.

When a 128-bit OTK is sent unencrypted the OTK Wrapping ID is set to NULL_KEY_WRAP_128, and the OTK Preamble is set to 0x0000000000000000 (64 bits).

5.6. Map-Resolver Processing

Upon receiving an encapsulated Map-Request with the S-bit set, the Map-Resolver decapsulates the ECM message. The ITR-OTK, if encrypted, is decrypted as specified in Section 5.5.

Protecting the confidentiality of the ITR-OTK and, in general, the security of how the Map-Request is handed by the Map-Resolver to the Map-Server, is specific to the particular Mapping System used, and outside of the scope of this memo.

In Mapping Systems where the Map-Server is compliant with [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis], the Map-Resolver originates a new ECM header with the S-bit set, that contains the unencrypted ITR-OTK, as specified in Section 5.5, and the other data derived from the ECM Authentication Data of the received encapsulated Map-Request.

The Map-Resolver then forwards to the Map-Server the received Map-Request, encapsulated in the new ECM header that includes the newly computed Authentication Data fields.

5.7. Map-Server Processing

Upon receiving an ECM encapsulated Map-Request with the S-bit set to 1, the Map-Server process the Map-Request according to the value of the security-capable S-bit and of the proxy map-reply P-bit contained in the Map-Register sent by the ETRs authoritative for that prefix during registration.

Processing of the Map-Request MUST proceed in the order described in the table below, applying the processing corresponding to the first rule that matches the conditions indicated in the first column:

Matching Condition Processing
1. At least one of the ETRs authoritative for the EID prefix included in the Map-Request registered with the P-bit set to 1 The Map-Server MUST generate a LISP-SEC protected Map-Reply as specified in Section 5.7.2. The ETR-Cant-Sign E-bit in the EID Authentication Data (EID-AD) MUST be set to 0.
2. At least one of the ETRs authoritative for the EID prefix included in the Map-Request registered with the S-bit set to 1 The Map-Server MUST generate a LISP-SEC protected Encapsulated Map-Request (as specified in Section 5.7.1), to be sent to one of the authoritative ETRs that registered with the S-bit set to 1 (and the P-bit set to 0). If there is at least one ETR that registered with the S-bit set to 0, the ETR-Cant-Sign E-bit of the EID-AD MUST be set to 1 to signal the ITR that a non LISP-SEC Map-Request might reach additional ETRs that have LISP-SEC disabled.
3. All the ETRs authoritative for the EID prefix included in the Map-Request registered with the S-bit set to 0 The Map-Server MUST send a Negative Map-Reply protected with LISP-SEC, as described in Section 5.7.2. The ETR-Cant-Sign E-bit MUST be set to 1 to signal the ITR that a non LISP-SEC Map-Request might reach additional ETRs that have LISP-SEC disabled.

In this way the ITR that sent a LISP-SEC protected Map-Request always receives a LISP-SEC protected Map-Reply. However, the ETR-Cant-Sign E-bit set to 1 specifies that a non LISP-SEC Map-Request might reach additional ETRs that have LISP-SEC disabled. This mechanism allows the ITR to securely downgrade to non LISP-SEC requests, if so desired.

5.7.1. Generating a LISP-SEC Protected Encapsulated Map-Request

The Map-Server decapsulates the ECM and generates a new ECM Authentication Data. The Authentication Data includes the OTK-AD and the EID-AD, that contains EID-prefix authorization information, that are eventually received by the requesting ITR.

The Map-Server updates the OTK-AD by deriving a new OTK (MS-OTK) from the ITR-OTK received with the Map-Request. MS-OTK is derived applying the key derivation function specified in the KDF ID field. If the algorithm specified in the KDF ID field is not supported, the Map-Server uses a different algorithm to derive the key and updates the KDF ID field accordingly.

MS-OTK confidentiality and integrity protection MUST be provided in the path between the Map-Server and the ETR. This can be achieved either by enabling DTLS between the Map-Server and the ETR, or by encrypting the MS-OTK with the pre-shared secret known to the Map-Server and the ETR.

The Map-Request MUST be encapsulated in an ECM, with the S-bit set to 1, to indicate the presence of Authentication Data.

MS-OTK is wrapped with the algorithm specified by the OTK Wrapping ID field. See Section 5.5 for further details on OTK encryption. If the NULL-KEY-WRAP-128 algorithm is selected and DTLS is not enabled in the path between the Map-Server and the ETR, the Map-Request MUST be dropped and an appropiate log action SHOULD be taken.

The Map-Server includes in the EID-AD the longest match registered EID-prefix for the destination EID, and an HMAC of this EID-prefix. The HMAC is keyed with the ITR-OTK contained in the received ECM Authentication Data, and the HMAC algorithm is chosen according to the Requested HMAC ID field. If The Map-Server does not support this algorithm, the Map-Server uses a different algorithm and specifies it in the EID HMAC ID field. The scope of the HMAC operation covers the entire EID-AD, from the EID-AD Length field to the EID HMAC field, which must be set to 0 before the computation.

The Map-Server then forwards the updated ECM encapsulated Map-Request, that contains the OTK-AD, the EID-AD, and the received Map-Request to an authoritative ETR as specified in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis].

5.7.2. Generating a Proxy Map-Reply

LISP-SEC proxy Map-Reply are generated according to [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis], with the Map-Replay S-bit set to 1. The Map-Reply includes the Authentication Data that contains the EID-AD, computed as specified in Section 5.7.1, as well as the PKT-AD computed as specified in Section 5.8.

5.8. ETR Processing

Upon receiving an ECM encapsulated Map-Request with the S-bit set, the ETR decapsulates the ECM message. The OTK field, if encrypted, is decrypted as specified in Section 5.5 to obtain the unencrypted MS-OTK.

The ETR then generates a Map-Reply as specified in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis] and includes the Authentication Data that contains the EID-AD, as received in the encapsulated Map-Request, as well as the PKT-AD.

The EID-AD is copied from the Authentication Data of the received encapsulated Map-Request.

The PKT-AD contains the HMAC of the whole Map-Reply packet, keyed with the MS-OTK and computed using the HMAC algorithm specified in the Requested HMAC ID field of the received encapsulated Map-Request. If the ETR does not support the Requested HMAC ID, it uses a different algorithm and updates the PKT HMAC ID field accordingly. The scope of the HMAC operation covers the entire PKT-AD, from the Map-Reply Type field to the PKT HMAC field, which must be set to 0 bendlfore the computation.

Finally the ETR sends the Map-Reply to the requesting ITR as specified in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis].

5.9. ITR Processing: Receiving a Map-Reply

In response to an encapsulated Map-Request that has the S-bit set, an ITR MUST receive a Map-Reply with the S-bit set, that includes an EID-AD and a PKT-AD. If the Map-Reply does not include both ADs, the ITR MUST discard it. In response to an encapsulated Map-Request with S-bit set to 0, the ITR expects a Map-Reply with S-bit set to 0, and the ITR SHOULD discard the Map-Reply if the S-bit is set.

Upon receiving a Map-Reply, the ITR must verify the integrity of both the EID-AD and the PKT-AD, and MUST discard the Map-Reply if one of the integrity checks fails. After processing the Map-Reply, the ITR must discard the <nonce,ITK-OTK> pair associated to the Map-Reply

The integrity of the EID-AD is verified using the ITR-OTK (stored locally for the duration of this exchange) to re-compute the HMAC of the EID-AD using the algorithm specified in the EID HMAC ID field. If the EID HMAC ID field does not match the Requested HMAC ID the ITR SHOULD discard the Map-Reply and send, at the first opportunity it needs to, a new Map-Request with a different Requested HMAC ID field, according to ITR's local policy. The scope of the HMAC operation covers the entire EID-AD, from the EID-AD Length field to the EID HMAC field, which must be set to 0 before the computation of the HMAC.

ITR MUST set the EID HMAC ID field to 0 before computing the HMAC.

To verify the integrity of the PKT-AD, first the MS-OTK is derived from the locally stored ITR-OTK using the algorithm specified in the KDF ID field. This is because the PKT-AD is generated by the ETR using the MS-OTK. If the KDF ID in the Map-Reply does not match the KDF ID requested in the Map-Request, the ITR SHOULD discard the Map-Reply and send, at the first opportunity it needs to, a new Map-Request with a different KDF ID, according to ITR's local policy. Without consistent configuration of involved entities, extra delays may be experienced. However, since HKDF-SHA1-128 is specified as mandatory to implement in Section 7.5, the process will eventually converge.

The derived MS-OTK is then used to re-compute the HMAC of the PKT-AD using the Algorithm specified in the PKT HMAC ID field. If the PKT HMAC ID field does not match the Requested HMAC ID the ITR SHOULD discard the Map-Reply and send, at the first opportunity it needs to, a new Map-Request with a different Requested HMAC ID according to ITR's local policy or until all HMAC IDs supported by the ITR have been attempted.

Each individual Map-Reply EID-record is considered valid only if: (1) both EID-AD and PKT-AD are valid, and (2) the intersection of the EID-prefix in the Map-Reply EID-record with one of the EID-prefixes contained in the EID-AD is not empty. After identifying the Map-Reply record as valid, the ITR sets the EID-prefix in the Map-Reply record to the value of the intersection set computed before, and adds the Map-Reply EID-record to its EID-to-RLOC cache, as described in [I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis]. An example of Map-Reply record validation is provided in Section 5.9.1.

The ITR SHOULD send SMR triggered Map-Requests over the mapping system in order to receive a secure Map-Reply. If an ITR accepts piggybacked Map-Replies, it SHOULD also send a Map-Request over the mapping system in order to verify the piggybacked Map-Reply with a secure Map-Reply.

5.9.1. Map-Reply Record Validation

The payload of a Map-Reply may contain multiple EID-records. The whole Map-Reply is signed by the ETR, with the PKT HMAC, to provide integrity protection and origin authentication to the EID-prefix records claimed by the ETR. The Authentication Data field of a Map-Reply may contain multiple EID-records in the EID-AD. The EID-AD is signed by the Map-Server, with the EID HMAC, to provide integrity protection and origin authentication to the EID-prefix records inserted by the Map-Server.

Upon receiving a Map-Reply with the S-bit set, the ITR first checks the validity of both the EID HMAC and of the PKT-AD HMAC. If either one of the HMACs is not valid, a log action MUST be taken and the Map-Reply MUST NOT be processed any further. If both HMACs are valid, the ITR proceeds with validating each individual EID-record claimed by the ETR by computing the intersection of each one of the EID-prefix contained in the payload of the Map-Reply with each one of the EID-prefixes contained in the EID-AD. An EID-record is valid only if at least one of the intersections is not the empty set.

For instance, the Map-Reply payload contains 3 mapping record EID-prefixes:

The EID-AD contains two EID-prefixes:

The EID-record with EID-prefix 2001:db8:102::/48 is not eligible to be used by the ITR since it is not included in any of the EID-ADs signed by the Map-Server. A log action MUST be taken.

The EID-record with EID-prefix 2001:db8:103::/48 is eligible to be used by the ITR because it matches the second EID-prefix contained in the EID-AD.

The EID-record with EID-prefix 2001:db8:200::/40 is not eligible to be used by the ITR since it is not included in any of the EID-ADs signed by the Map-Server. A log action MUST be taken. In this last example the ETR is trying to over claim the EID-prefix 2001:db8:200::/40, but the Map-Server authorized only 2001:db8:203::/48, hence the EID-record is discarded.

6. Security Considerations

6.1. Mapping System Security

The LISP-SEC threat model described in Section 3, assumes that the LISP Mapping System is working properly and eventually delivers Map-Request messages to a Map-Server that is authoritative for the requested EID.

It is assumed that the Mapping System ensures the confidentiality of the OTK, and the integrity of the Map-Reply data. However, how the LISP Mapping System is secured is out of the scope of this document.

Similarly, Map-Register security, including the right for a LISP entity to register an EID-prefix or to claim presence at an RLOC, is out of the scope of LISP-SEC.

6.2. Random Number Generation

The ITR-OTK MUST be generated by a properly seeded pseudo-random (or strong random) source. See [RFC4086] for advice on generating security-sensitive random data

6.3. Map-Server and ETR Colocation

If the Map-Server and the ETR are colocated, LISP-SEC does not provide protection from overclaiming attacks mounted by the ETR. However, in this particular case, since the ETR is within the trust boundaries of the Map-Server, ETR's overclaiming attacks are not included in the threat model.

6.4. Deploying LISP-SEC

This memo is written according to [RFC2119]. Specifically, the use of the key word SHOULD "or the adjective 'RECOMMENDED', mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course".

Those deploying LISP-SEC according to this memo, should carefully weight how the LISP-SEC threat model applies to their particular use case or deployment. If they decide to ignore a particular recommendation, they should make sure the risk associated with the corresponding threats is well understood.

As an example, in certain closed and controlled deployments, it is possible that the threat associated with a MiTM between the xTR and the Mapping System is very low, and after carfeul consideration it may be decided to allow a NULL key wrapping algorithm while carrying the OTKs between the xTR and the Mapping System.

As an example at the other end of the spectrum, in certain other deployments, attackers may be very sophisticated, and force the deployers to enforce very strict policies in term of HMAC algorithms accepted by an ITR.

Similar considerations apply to the entire LISP-SEC threat model, and should guide the deployers and implementors whenever they encounter the key word SHOULD across this memo.

6.5. Shared Keys Provisioning

Provisioning of the keys shared between the ITR and the Map-Resolver as well as between the ETR and the Map-Server should be performed via an orchestration infrastructure and it is out of the scope of this draft. It is recommended that both shared keys are refreshed at periodical intervals to address key aging or attackers gaining unauthorized access to the shared keys. Shared keys should be unpredictable random values.

6.6. Replay Attacks

An attacker can capture a valid Map-Request and/or Map-Reply and replay it, however once the ITR receives the original Map-Reply the <nonce,ITR-OTK> pair stored at the ITR will be discarded. If a replayed Map-Reply arrives at the ITR, there is no <nonce,ITR-OTK> that matches the incoming Map-Reply and will be discarded.

In case of replayed Map-Request, the Map-Server, Map-Resolver and ETR will have to do a LISP-SEC computation. This is equivalent to a valid LISP-SEC computation and an attacker does not obtain any benefit.

6.7. Message Privacy

DTLS [RFC6347] SHOULD be used to provide communication privacy and to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery to the messages exchanged between the ITR, Map-Resolver, Map-Server, and ETR.

6.8. Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service Attacks

LISP-SEC mitigates the risks of Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service attacks by protecting the integrity and authenticating the origin of the Map-Request/Map-Reply messages, and by preventing malicious ETRs from overclaiming EID prefixes that could re-direct traffic directed to a potentially large number of hosts.

7. IANA Considerations

7.1. ECM AD Type Registry

IANA is requested to create the "ECM Authentication Data Type" registry with values 0-255, for use in the ECM LISP-SEC Extensions Section 5.1. The registry MUST be initially populated with the following values:

Name                     Value        Defined In
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Reserved                 0             This memo
LISP-SEC-ECM-EXT         1             This memo

HMAC Functions

Values 2-255 are unassigned. They are to be assigned according to the "Specification Required" policy defined in [RFC5226].

7.2. Map-Reply AD Type Registry

IANA is requested to create the "Map-Reply Authentication Data Type" registry with values 0-255, for use in the Map-Reply LISP-SEC Extensions Section 5.2. The registry MUST be initially populated with the following values:

Name                     Value        Defined In
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Reserved                 0             This memo
LISP-SEC-MR-EXT          1             This memo

HMAC Functions

Values 2-255 are unassigned. They are to be assigned according to the "Specification Required" policy defined in [RFC5226].

7.3. HMAC Functions

IANA is requested to create the "LISP-SEC Authentication Data HMAC ID" registry with values 0-65535 for use as Requested HMAC ID, EID HMAC ID, and PKT HMAC ID in the LISP-SEC Authentication Data:

Name                     Number        Defined In
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NONE                     0             This memo
AUTH-HMAC-SHA-1-96       1             [RFC2104]
AUTH-HMAC-SHA-256-128    2             [RFC6234]

HMAC Functions

Values 3-65535 are unassigned. They are to be assigned according to the "Specification Required" policy defined in [RFC5226].

AUTH-HMAC-SHA-1-96 MUST be supported, AUTH-HMAC-SHA-256-128 SHOULD be supported.

7.4. Key Wrap Functions

IANA is requested to create the "LISP-SEC Authentication Data Key Wrap ID" registry with values 0-65535 for use as OTK key wrap algorithms ID in the LISP-SEC Authentication Data:

Name                        Number     KEY WRAP       KDF
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Reserved                       0       None           None
NULL-KEY-WRAP-128              1       This memo      None
AES-KEY-WRAP-128+HKDF-SHA256   2       [RFC3394]      [RFC4868]

Key Wrap Functions

Values 3-65535 are unassigned. They are to be assigned according to the "Specification Required" policy defined in [RFC5226].

NULL-KEY-WRAP-128, and AES-KEY-WRAP-128+HKDF-SHA256 MUST be supported.

NULL-KEY-WRAP-128 is used to carry an unencrypted 128-bit OTK, with a 64-bit preamble set to 0x0000000000000000 (64 bits).

7.5. Key Derivation Functions

IANA is requested to create the "LISP-SEC Authentication Data Key Derivation Function ID" registry with values 0-65535 for use as KDF ID in the LISP-SEC Authentication Data:

Name                     Number        Defined In
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NONE                     0             This memo
HKDF-SHA1-128            1             [RFC5869]

Key Derivation Functions

Values 2-65535 are unassigned. They are to be assigned according to the "Specification Required" policy defined in [RFC5226].

HKDF-SHA1-128 MUST be supported

8. Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge Pere Monclus, Dave Meyer, Dino Farinacci, Brian Weis, David McGrew, Darrel Lewis and Landon Curt Noll for their valuable suggestions provided during the preparation of this document.

9. References

9.1. Normative References

[I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis] Farinacci, D., Maino, F., Fuller, V. and A. Cabellos-Aparicio, "Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Control-Plane", Internet-Draft draft-ietf-lisp-rfc6833bis-27, January 2020.
[RFC2104] Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M. and R. Canetti, "HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication", RFC 2104, DOI 10.17487/RFC2104, February 1997.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997.
[RFC3394] Schaad, J. and R. Housley, "Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Key Wrap Algorithm", RFC 3394, DOI 10.17487/RFC3394, September 2002.
[RFC4086] Eastlake 3rd, D., Schiller, J. and S. Crocker, "Randomness Requirements for Security", BCP 106, RFC 4086, DOI 10.17487/RFC4086, June 2005.
[RFC4868] Kelly, S. and S. Frankel, "Using HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-384, and HMAC-SHA-512 with IPsec", RFC 4868, DOI 10.17487/RFC4868, May 2007.
[RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", RFC 5226, DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008.
[RFC5869] Krawczyk, H. and P. Eronen, "HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF)", RFC 5869, DOI 10.17487/RFC5869, May 2010.
[RFC6347] Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer Security Version 1.2", RFC 6347, DOI 10.17487/RFC6347, January 2012.
[RFC6836] Fuller, V., Farinacci, D., Meyer, D. and D. Lewis, "Locator/ID Separation Protocol Alternative Logical Topology (LISP+ALT)", RFC 6836, DOI 10.17487/RFC6836, January 2013.
[RFC7835] Saucez, D., Iannone, L. and O. Bonaventure, "Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Threat Analysis", RFC 7835, DOI 10.17487/RFC7835, April 2016.
[RFC8060] Farinacci, D., Meyer, D. and J. Snijders, "LISP Canonical Address Format (LCAF)", RFC 8060, DOI 10.17487/RFC8060, February 2017.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017.

9.2. Informative References

[I-D.ietf-lisp-rfc6830bis] Farinacci, D., Fuller, V., Meyer, D., Lewis, D. and A. Cabellos-Aparicio, "The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)", Internet-Draft draft-ietf-lisp-rfc6830bis-32, March 2020.

Authors' Addresses

Fabio Maino Cisco Systems 170 Tasman Drive San Jose, California 95134 USA EMail: fmaino@cisco.com
Vina Ermagan Google California USA EMail: ermagan@gmail.com
Albert Cabellos Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya c/ Jordi Girona s/n Barcelona, 08034 Spain EMail: acabello@ac.upc.edu
Damien Saucez INRIA 2004 route des Lucioles - BP 93 Sophia Antipolis, France EMail: damien.saucez@inria.fr