Network Working Group N. Cam-Winget Internet-Draft H. Zhou Intended status: Standards Track Cisco Systems Expires: July 9, 2010 January 5, 2010 EAP TLV for NEA draft-cam-winget-eap-nea-tlv-00 Abstract This document describes how Network Endpoint Assessment (NEA) data can be carried inside of an EAP method using EAP-TLV. Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted to IETF in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. 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." 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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Specification Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. EAP NEA TLV Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Capabilities and Limitations of EAP-TLV as a PT for PB-TNC . . 4 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cam-Winget & Zhou Expires July 9, 2010 [Page 2] Internet-Draft EAP NEA TLV January 2010 1. Introduction NEA has standardized a transport agnostic Posture Broker protocol defined in [I-D.ietf-nea-pb-tnc] to effect a network endpoint assessment between a Posture Broker Client and a Posture Broker Server. The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) [RFC3748] defines an authentication transport mechanism that can be extended to transport the Posture Broker Protocol. [draft-cam-winget-eap-tlv-00] defines an EAP-TLV container to carry arbitrary data within an EAP method. This document describes an EAP-TLV that can be used to carry Posture Broker messages within an EAP method. This document also describes the capabilities and limitations of EAP as a transport mechanism for carrying NEA protocols. 2. Specification Requirements 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 [RFC2119] . 3. EAP NEA TLV Format The NEA EAP TLV Format is defined and described below. The fields are transmitted from left to right. 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |M|R| TLV Type | Length | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | | PB-TNC Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | PB-PA Message.... | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ M Cam-Winget & Zhou Expires July 9, 2010 [Page 3] Internet-Draft EAP NEA TLV January 2010 0 Optional TLV 1 Mandatory TLV R Reserved, set to zero (0) TLV Type The EAP NEA TLV type: TBD Length The length of the Value field in octets. PB-TNC Header The PB-TNC encapsulation header as described in [I-D.ietf-nea-pb-tnc]. PB-PA Message The message between the Posture Broker Client and Posture Broker Server as described in [I-D.ietf-nea-pb-tnc]. 4. Capabilities and Limitations of EAP-TLV as a PT for PB-TNC TBD 5. Security Considerations The EAP NEA TLV container carries network endpoint assessment information between the Posture Broker Client and the Posture Broker Server. As some of this data can be sensitive, it is highly recommended that the EAP NEA TLV container MUST be carried inside a protected EAP tunneled method. Cam-Winget & Zhou Expires July 9, 2010 [Page 4] Internet-Draft EAP NEA TLV January 2010 6. IANA Considerations The IANA is hereby requested to create a new registry for the EAP NEA TLV defined in Section 3. The purpose of this registry is uniquely identify when NEA Posture Broker Protocol packets are being transported in an EAP method. 7. Acknowledgements The authors would like to recognize Joe Salowey, Susan Thomson, Syam Appala and Subbu Srinivasan for providing input into this draft. 8. Normative References [I-D.ietf-nea-pb-tnc] Sahita, R., Hanna, S., and K. Narayan, "PB-TNC: A Posture Broker Protocol (PB) Compatible with TNC", draft-ietf-nea-pb-tnc-06 (work in progress), October 2009. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2434] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434, October 1998. [RFC3748] Aboba, B., Blunk, L., Vollbrecht, J., Carlson, J., and H. Levkowetz, "Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)", RFC 3748, June 2004. Authors' Addresses Nancy Cam-Winget Cisco Systems 80 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134 US Email: ncamwing@cisco.com Cam-Winget & Zhou Expires July 9, 2010 [Page 5] Internet-Draft EAP NEA TLV January 2010 Hao Zhou Cisco Systems 4125 Highlander Parkway Richfield, OH 44286 US Email: hzhou@cisco.com Cam-Winget & Zhou Expires July 9, 2010 [Page 6]