IOT Operations M. Sweet, Ed. Internet-Draft Lakeside Robotics Corporation Intended status: Experimental 14 April 2022 Expires: 16 October 2022 ACME-Based Provisioning of IoT Devices draft-sweet-iot-acme-01 Abstract This document extends the Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) [RFC8555] to provision X.509 certificates for local Internet of Things (IoT) devices that are accepted by existing web browsers and other software running on End User client devices. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." This Internet-Draft will expire on 16 October 2022. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2022 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. 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 and restrictions with respect to this document. Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 1] RFC draft-sweet-iot-acme-0ACME IoT Provisioning April 2022 Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.1. ACME Server Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2. ACME Server Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2.1. Root (CA) Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.2.2. Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.2.3. IoT Device Certificate Signing Requests . . . . . . . 5 3.2.4. IoT Device Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.3. Client Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.4. IoT Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.1. Certificate Signing Request Validation . . . . . . . . . 6 4.2. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.3. Storage of Key Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.4. Revocation and Reissuance/Regeneration . . . . . . . . . 7 4.5. Use of mDNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.1. DHCP Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.2. Service Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Appendix A. Change History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1. Introduction IoT devices are common on local networks and often utilize TLS [RFC8446] with self-signed X.509 certificates [RFC5280] to provide HTTPS [RFC2818] based web pages and services. Unfortunately, web browsers typically do not trust such certificates and show error messages intended to deter usage. This document defines a extensions to the Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) [RFC8555], a DHCP [RFC2131] option that provides the host name of the local ACME service, a DNS-SD [RFC6763] service for the local ACME service, and implementation guidance for client devices and software. Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 2] RFC draft-sweet-iot-acme-0ACME IoT Provisioning April 2022 Client Devices access the local ACME Server to obtain the local site's signing certificate, which is then used as a local trust anchor to validate IoT Device X.509 certificates. IoT Devices access the local ACME Server to obtain X.509 certificates for use on local network(s). X.509 certificates issued by the local ACME server are only valid when accessing the IoT Device for the local DNS domain, the mDNS (".local") domain, or any link-local or private IP addresses. Because devices often connect to multiple, unconnected networks, trust and usage of X.509 certificates provided by a local ACME server is limited to the currently connected network, essentially creating an intermediate trust level below global Certificate Authorities (CAs). 2. Terminology 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 "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels" [RFC2119]. ACME Client: A device that uses the ACME protocol to request certificate management actions, such as issuance or revocation. ACME Server: A device that implements the ACME protocol to respond to ACME Client requests, performing the requested actions if the client is authorized. Certificate Authority (CA): A trusted source for X.509 certificates used during negotiation of a TLS session. (TODO: Update from current TLS/X.509 specifications) Client Device: A computer, tablet, phone, or other End User device that accesses an IoT Device. End User: A person or software process that is authorized to use Client Devices and, through the Client Device, access and use IoT Devices. IoT Device: A camera, printer, switch, or other local device that provides services or functions to a Client Device. Media Access Control (MAC) Address: A unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. Service Set Identifier (SSID): The name associated with a wireless Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 3] RFC draft-sweet-iot-acme-0ACME IoT Provisioning April 2022 network. Trust On First Use (TOFU): An unauthenticated public key obtained on first contact (and retained for future use) will be good enough to secure future communication [RFC7435]. Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): A compact sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource [RFC3986]. 3. Specification 3.1. ACME Server Discovery Client and IoT devices discover the local ACME Server using one of two methods (in order of precedence): 1. Via DHCP Option NNN (ACME Server) when obtaining IPv4/IPv6 addresses. _Note:DHCP Option 60 (Vender Class Identifier [RFC3925]) with enterprise number 55357 (Lakeside Robotics Corporation) shall be used for purposes of prototyping this document._ 2. Via a subsequent DNS-SD query sent to the configured DNS server for the "_acme-server._tcp.domain" SRV record. Most home networks will use the DHCP Option, while larger (enterprise) networks providing a dedicated DNS domain will use the DNS-SD query. Note: DNS-SD queries MUST NOT be performed using Multicast DNS (mDNS) [RFC6762] for security reasons. 3.2. ACME Server Extensions ACME [RFC8555] defines a protocol for managing trusted X.509 certificates. Organizations such as "Let's Encrypt" provide publicly available ACME servers, and such servers have led to the ubiquitous usage of TLS for internet web and email servers. However, public ACME servers typically cannot access local (private) devices and will not issue certificates for the mDNS ".local" domain. A local ACME server can both access local devices and issue certificates for local domains. Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 4] RFC draft-sweet-iot-acme-0ACME IoT Provisioning April 2022 3.2.1. Root (CA) Certificate A local ACME server will typically generate a self-signed X.509 certificate as its root (CA) certificate and the local network's trust anchor. The certificate MUST use a SHA2 hash of at least 256 bits and MUST use either RSA encryption with a key length of at least 3072 bits or ECDSA encryption with the secp384r1 (P-384) or secp521r1 (P-521) curves. The expiration of the self-signed certificate MUST be between 1 and 10 years, inclusive. The certificate MUST contain subjectAltName extensions for ".local" and the local domain name(s), and MAY contain subjectAltName extensions for the current IP address(es) of the server. 3.2.2. Accounts ACME account objects contain an array of contact strings. Normally this array consists of "mailto:" URIs, however for local IoT devices an array of "https:" URIs should be used instead, one for each fully- qualified domain name used by the device. 3.2.3. IoT Device Certificate Signing Requests The certificate signing request supplied by the IoT Device MUST use a SHA2 hash of at least 256 bits and MUST use either RSA encryption with a key length of at least 3072 bits or ECDSA encryption with the secp384r1 (P-384) or secp521r1 (P-521) curves. The request MUST also contain subjectAltName extensions for ".local" and the local domain name(s), MAY contain subjectAltName extensions for the current IP address(es) of the device, and MUST NOT contain subjectAltName extensions for "localhost". For example, if the device name is "device-12cd56" and the local domain is "example.com", the signing request will at least contain two subjectAltName extensions with values "DNS:device-12cd56.example.com" and "DNS:device-12cd56.local". 3.2.4. IoT Device Certificates Certificates generated by the local ACME server MUST have an expiration of three months or less. 3.3. Client Device Configuration Client Devices, upon connecting to a network, MUST use ACME Server Discovery to determine whether the local network has an ACME Server. If it does, the Client Device connects to the server using HTTPS and copies the X.509 certificates for use in validating future connections to IoT Devices. The Client Device SHOULD utilize a TOFU validation policy for self-signed X.509 certificates unless otherwise configured, for example in a managed enterprise network environment. Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 5] RFC draft-sweet-iot-acme-0ACME IoT Provisioning April 2022 The Client Device MUST NOT use the supplied X.509 certificate when validating certificates on other networks. The certificate is typically associated with the network SSID and/or MAC address of the default router and MAY be associated with the local domain name. Client Devices MUST NOT use ".local" host names or IP addresses to validate the CA certificate since those values are not unique. A certificate MAY be used for multiple networks, for example with a wireless cable modem that provides both Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity. 3.4. IoT Device Configuration IoT Devices, upon connecting to a network, MUST use ACME Server Discovery to determine whether the local network as an ACME Server. If it does, the IoT Device connects to the server using HTTPS and uses the ACME protocol to obtain, renew, or verify an X.509 certificate for each network the device is connected to. The IoT Device SHOULD utilize a TOFU validation policy for self-signed X.509 certificates unless otherwise configured, for example in a managed enterprise network environment. The IoT Device MAY share certificates between networks when those networks utilize the same ACME server and X.509 certificate. 4. Security Considerations The security considerations of IoT provisioning are similar to those described in [RFC8555]. The following subsections describe additional security considerations. 4.1. Certificate Signing Request Validation The local ACME Server MUST validate the subjectAltName values in certificate signing requests from IoT Devices. DNS name suffixes MUST be restricted to ".local" and the configured local domain name(s), and the leftmost label MUST NOT be the name of the local ACME Server or "localhost". IP addresses MUST be limited to link- local, loopback, and private use addresses. 4.2. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Because the local ACME Server will often rely on a self-signed certificate and TOFU validation policy, a man-in-the-middle attack is possible with successful DHCP, DNS, and/or mDNS request interception and/or redirection. Such attacks can be detected using network monitoring tools, and the use of a long-lived root certificate helps to mitigate the possibility that a compromised network connection will go undetected by the Client Device. Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 6] RFC draft-sweet-iot-acme-0ACME IoT Provisioning April 2022 4.3. Storage of Key Material It is important for all devices to protect stored encryption keys from disclosure. Disclosure of the local ACME Server's private key will compromise all encrypted traffic on the local network. Disclosure of an IoT Device's private key will only affect that device's traffic. 4.4. Revocation and Reissuance/Regeneration All devices MUST provide a way for an End User to revoke or re-issue X.509 certificates and regenerate a new private/public key pair for certificates and certificate requests. The most common way is through a so-called "factory reset" process that restores a device to its original, factory configuration/state. 4.5. Use of mDNS Multicast DNS (mDNS) [RFC6762] has a number of known security limitations. DHCP Option NNN provides the local ACME Server's fully- qualified domain name which can be resolved using mDNS, providing a small window for a man-in-the-middle attack during initial device connection. Such attacks can be detected using network monitoring tools and/or through the use of a root X.509 certificate from a trusted, public CA on the local ACME Server. 5. IANA Considerations 5.1. DHCP Option In accordance with [RFC2132], IANA has added the following new DHCP option to the BOOTP Vendor Extensions and DHCP Options [DHCP-REGISTRY] registry: Tag: NNN Name: ACME Server Data Length: N (variable length) Meaning: Fully-qualified domain name of the local ACME server Reference: This document Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 7] RFC draft-sweet-iot-acme-0ACME IoT Provisioning April 2022 5.2. Service Name In accordance with [RFC6335], IANA has added the following new service name to the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry [SERVICE-REGISTRY]: Service Name: acme-server Port Number: None Transport Protocol: tcp Description: Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) server Assignee: Michael Sweet Contact: Michael Sweet Reference: This document Assignment Notes: Defined TXT keys: None 6. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, . [RFC2131] Droms, R., "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", RFC 2131, DOI 10.17487/RFC2131, March 1997, . [RFC2132] Alexander, S. and R. Droms, "DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions", RFC 2132, DOI 10.17487/RFC2132, March 1997, . [RFC2818] Rescorla, E., "HTTP Over TLS", RFC 2818, DOI 10.17487/RFC2818, May 2000, . [RFC3986] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66, RFC 3986, DOI 10.17487/RFC3986, January 2005, . Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 8] RFC draft-sweet-iot-acme-0ACME IoT Provisioning April 2022 [RFC5280] Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S., Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, DOI 10.17487/RFC5280, May 2008, . [RFC6762] Cheshire, S. and M. Krochmal, "Multicast DNS", RFC 6762, DOI 10.17487/RFC6762, February 2013, . [RFC6763] Cheshire, S. and M. Krochmal, "DNS-Based Service Discovery", RFC 6763, DOI 10.17487/RFC6763, February 2013, . [RFC6335] Cotton, M., Eggert, L., Touch, J., Westerlund, M., and S. Cheshire, "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry", BCP 165, RFC 6335, DOI 10.17487/RFC6335, August 2011, . [RFC7435] Dukhovni, V., "Opportunistic Security: Some Protection Most of the Time", RFC 7435, DOI 10.17487/RFC7435, December 2014, . [RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018, . [RFC8555] Barnes, R., Hoffman-Andrews, J., McCarney, D., and J. Kasten, "Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)", RFC 8555, DOI 10.17487/RFC8555, March 2019, . 7. Informative References [DHCP-REGISTRY] IANA, "BOOTP Vendor Extensions and DHCP Options", . [RFC3925] Littlefield, J., "Vendor-Identifying Vendor Options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version 4 (DHCPv4)", RFC 3925, DOI 10.17487/RFC3925, October 2004, . Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 9] RFC draft-sweet-iot-acme-0ACME IoT Provisioning April 2022 [SERVICE-REGISTRY] IANA, "Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry", . Appendix A. Change History [ RFC Editor: This section to be deleted before RFC publication ] April 14, 2022 - draft-sweet-acme-iot-01 * Added temporary use of DHCP vendor class option (60), per guidance from DHCP WG chair April 6, 2022 - draft-sweet-acme-iot-00 * Initial revision. Author's Address Michael Sweet (editor) Lakeside Robotics Corporation 1094 Valecrest St Blezard Valley Ontario P0M 1E0 Canada Email: msweet@msweet.org Sweet Expires 16 October 2022 [Page 10]