Internet-Draft ASPA Profile October 2022
Azimov, et al. Expires 27 April 2023 [Page]
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Network Working Group
Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-sidrops-aspa-profile-11
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Authors:
A. Azimov
Yandex
E. Uskov
JetLend
R. Bush
Internet Initiative Japan
J. Snijders
Fastly
R. Housley
Vigil Security
B. Maddison
Workonline

A Profile for Autonomous System Provider Authorization

Abstract

This document defines a profile for the Autonomous System Provider Authorization (ASPA) object in the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). An ASPA is a digitally signed object that provides a means of validating that a Customer Autonomous System (CAS) has authorized the members of a specified Provider AS set as its upstream provider(s) and/or connected Internet-exchange route server(s).

Requirements Language

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

The primary purpose of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) is to improve routing security [RFC6480]. As part of this infrastructure, a mechanism is needed to facilitate holders of Autonomous System (AS) numbers in their capacity as Customer to authorize other ASes as their Provider(s). A Provider AS (PAS) is a network that:

  1. offers its customers outbound (customer to Internet) data traffic connectivity and/or
  2. further propagates in all directions (towards providers, lateral peers, and customers) any BGP Updates that the customer may send.

The digitally signed Autonomous System Provider Authorization (ASPA) object described in this document provides the above-mentioned authorization mechanism.

The ASPA object is a cryptographically signed attestation by a Customer AS (CAS) that another AS listed in the ASPA is a Provider. When the CAS has multiple Providers, all Provider ASes are listed in the ASPA including any internet exchange point (IXP) route server (RS) AS that serves the CAS.

The ASPA uses the template for RPKI digitally signed objects [RFC6488], which defines a Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) [RFC5652] wrapper for the ASPA content as well as a generic validation procedure for RPKI signed objects. As ASPAs need to be validated with RPKI certificates issued by the current infrastructure, we assume the mandatory-to-implement algorithms in [RFC6485], or its successor.

To complete the specification of the ASPA (see Section 4 of [RFC6488]), this document defines:

  1. The object identifier (OID) that identifies the ASPA signed object. This OID appears in the eContentType field of the encapContentInfo object as well as the content-type signed attribute within the signerInfo structure.
  2. The ASN.1 syntax for the ASPA content, which is the payload signed by the CAS. The ASPA content is encoded using the ASN.1 [X680] Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) [X690].
  3. The steps required to validate an ASPA beyond the validation steps specified in [RFC6488].

2. ASPA Content Type

The content-type for an ASPA is defined as id-ct-ASPA, which has the numerical value of 1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.1.49. This OID MUST appear both within the eContentType in the encapContentInfo structure as well as the content-type signed attribute within the signerInfo structure (see [RFC6488]).

3. ASPA eContent

The content of an ASPA identifies the Customer AS (CAS) as well as the Set of Provider ASes (SPAS) that are authorized by the CAS to be its Providers.

Not all route servers (RS) at internet exchange points are transparent, e.g., in some cases the AS number of the RS would be present in the AS_PATH. In this case, the RS AS is acting as a provider AS, which propagates routes between its clients (i.e., customers). Thus, a CAS MUST add both upstream providers and any connected non-transparent RS AS to its SPAS.

If a Customer AS is connected to multiple transit providers/non-transparent route servers, all Provider ASes MUST be registered in a single ASPA object. This rule is important to avoid possible race conditions during updates of ASPAs.

The eContent of an ASPA is an instance of ASProviderAttestation, formally defined by the following ASN.1 [X680] module:

RPKI-ASPA-2022
  { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1)
     pkcs-9(9) smime(16) modules(0) id-mod-rpki-aspa-2022(TBD) }

DEFINITIONS IMPLICIT TAGS ::=
BEGIN

IMPORTS
  CONTENT-TYPE
  FROM CryptographicMessageSyntax-2010  -- RFC 6268
    { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1)
       pkcs-9(9) smime(16) modules(0) id-mod-cms-2009(58) } ;

id-ct-ASPA OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
  { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1)
    pkcs-9(9) id-smime(16) id-ct(1) 49 }

ct-ASPA CONTENT-TYPE ::=
  { TYPE ASProviderAttestation IDENTIFIED BY id-ct-ASPA }

ASProviderAttestation ::= SEQUENCE {
  version [0]   ASPAVersion DEFAULT v0,
  customerASID  ASID,
  providers     ProviderASSet }

ASPAVersion ::= INTEGER  { v0(0) }

ProviderASSet ::= SEQUENCE (SIZE(1..MAX)) OF ProviderAS

ProviderAS ::= SEQUENCE {
  providerASID  ASID,
  afiLimit      AddressFamilyIdentifier OPTIONAL }

ASID ::= INTEGER (0..4294967295)

AddressFamilyIdentifier ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE (2))

END

Note that this content appears as the eContent within the encapContentInfo as specified in [RFC6488].

3.1. version

The version number of the ASProviderAttestation MUST be v0.

3.2. customerASID

The customerASID field contains the AS number of the Customer Autonomous System that is the authorizing entity.

3.3. providers

The providers field contains the listing of ASes that are authorized as providers or route servers in the specified address family.

Each element contained in the providers field is an instance of ProviderAS.

In addition to the constraints described by the formal ASN.1 definition, the contents of the providers field MUST satisfy the following constraints:

  • The CustomerASID value MUST NOT appear in any providerASID field.
  • The elements of providers MUST be ordered in ascending numerical order by the value of the providerASID field.
  • Each value of providerASID MUST be unique (with respect to the other elements of providers).

3.3.1. ProviderAS

3.3.1.1. providerASID

The providerASID field contains the AS number of an AS that has been authorized by the customer AS as its provider or RS in the specified address family.

3.3.1.2. afiLimit

The afiLimit field optionally constrains the authorization given to the provider AS to a single address family.

If present, it contains the two-octet Address Family Identifier (AFI) for which the relation between the customer and provider is authorized. This specification only supports IPv4 and IPv6. Therefore, the value MUST be either 0001 or 0002, as specified in the Address Family Numbers registry [IANA-AF] maintained by IANA.

If omitted, the authorization is valid for both IPv4 and IPv6 announcements.

4. ASPA Validation

Before a relying party can use an ASPA to validate a routing announcement, the relying party MUST first validate the ASPA object itself. To validate an ASPA, the relying party MUST perform all the validation checks specified in [RFC6488] as well as the following additional ASPA-specific validation steps.

5. IANA Considerations

Please add the id-mod-rpki-aspa-2022 to the SMI Security for S/MIME Module Identifier (1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.0) registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/smi-numbers/smi-numbers.xml#security-smime-0) as follows:

    Decimal   | Description                   | Specification
    -----------------------------------------------------------
    TBD2      | id-mod-rpki-aspa-2022         | [ThisRFC]

Please add the ASPA to the SMI Security for S/MIME CMS Content Type (1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.1) registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/smi-numbers/smi-numbers.xml#security-smime-1) as follows:

    Decimal   | Description                   | Specification
    -----------------------------------------------------------
    49        | id-ct-ASPA                    | [ThisRFC]

Please add Autonomous System Provider Authorization to the RPKI Signed Object registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/rpki/rpki.xhtml#signed-objects) as follows:

    Name                                     | OID                         | Specification
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Autonomous System Provider Authorization | 1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.1.49  | [ThisRFC]

Please add an item for the Autonomous System Provider Authorization file extension to the "RPKI Repository Name Scheme" registry created by [RFC6481] as follows:


   Filename
   Extension  RPKI Object                               Reference
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      .asa    Autonomous System Provider Authorization  [draft-ietf-sidrops-aspa-profile]

6. Security Considerations

While it is not technically enforcable, it is highly recommended that for a given Customer AS, a single ASPA object be maintained which contains all providers/route servers. Administrating all providers in a single object helps prevent race conditions during ASPA updates that might affect prefix propagation. The software that provides hosting for ASPA records SHOULD support enforcement of this rule. In the case of the transition process between different CA registries, the ASPA records SHOULD be kept identical in all registries in terms of their authorization contents.

7. Implementation status

This section is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.

This section records the status of known implementations of the protocol defined by this specification at the time of posting of this Internet-Draft, and is based on a proposal described in RFC 7942. The description of implementations in this section is intended to assist the IETF in its decision processes in progressing drafts to RFCs. Please note that the listing of any individual implementation here does not imply endorsement by the IETF. Furthermore, no effort has been spent to verify the information presented here that was supplied by IETF contributors. This is not intended as, and must not be construed to be, a catalog of available implementations or their features. Readers are advised to note that other implementations may exist.

According to RFC 7942, "this will allow reviewers and working groups to assign due consideration to documents that have the benefit of running code, which may serve as evidence of valuable experimentation and feedback that have made the implemented protocols more mature. It is up to the individual working groups to use this information as they see fit".

8. Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Keyur Patel for helping kick-start the ASPA profile project, Ties de Kock & Tim Bruijnzeels for suggesting that the ProviderASSet be in a canonical form, and Kotikalapudi Sriram for review and several suggestions for improvements.

9. References

9.1. Normative References

[RFC2119]
Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC3779]
Lynn, C., Kent, S., and K. Seo, "X.509 Extensions for IP Addresses and AS Identifiers", RFC 3779, DOI 10.17487/RFC3779, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3779>.
[RFC5652]
Housley, R., "Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)", STD 70, RFC 5652, DOI 10.17487/RFC5652, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5652>.
[RFC6481]
Huston, G., Loomans, R., and G. Michaelson, "A Profile for Resource Certificate Repository Structure", RFC 6481, DOI 10.17487/RFC6481, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6481>.
[RFC6485]
Huston, G., "The Profile for Algorithms and Key Sizes for Use in the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)", RFC 6485, DOI 10.17487/RFC6485, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6485>.
[RFC6488]
Lepinski, M., Chi, A., and S. Kent, "Signed Object Template for the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)", RFC 6488, DOI 10.17487/RFC6488, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6488>.
[RFC8174]
Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[X680]
ITU-T, "Information technology -- Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation", ITU-T Recommendation X.680, .
[X690]
ITU-T, "Information Technology -- ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER)", ITU-T Recommendation X.690, .

9.2. Informative References

[aspa-demo]
Harrison, T., "RPKI ASPA Demo", , <https://github.com/APNIC-net/rpki-aspa-demo>.
[IANA-AF]
IANA, "Address Family Numbers", <https://www.iana.org/assignments/address-family-numbers/address-family-numbers.xhtml>.
[koenvh]
van Hove, K., "Relying Party Resiliency Platform", , <https://gitlab.com/Koenvh/relying-party-resiliency-platform/>.
[krill]
Bruijnzeels, T., "Krill", , <https://github.com/NLnetLabs/krill>.
[RFC6480]
Lepinski, M. and S. Kent, "An Infrastructure to Support Secure Internet Routing", RFC 6480, DOI 10.17487/RFC6480, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6480>.
[rpki-client]
Snijders, J., "rpki-client", , <https://www.rpki-client.org/>.
[rpkimancer]
Maddison, B., "rpkimancer-aspa", , <https://github.com/benmaddison/rpkimancer-aspa>.
[rpstir2]
Ma, D., "RPSTIR2", , <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/sidrops/pxqAGPmR0MA3NMe-NxYyiEZ7RXw>.

Authors' Addresses

Alexander Azimov
Yandex
Eugene Uskov
JetLend
Randy Bush
Internet Initiative Japan
Job Snijders
Fastly
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Russ Housley
Vigil Security, LLC
918 Spring Knoll Drive
Herndon, VA 20170
United States of America
Ben Maddison
Workonline
Cape Town
South Africa