Network Working Group A. Backman, Ed. Internet-Draft Amazon Intended status: Standards Track M. Jones, Ed. Expires: September 11, 2019 Microsoft M. Scurtescu Coinbase M. Ansari Cisco A. Nadalin Microsoft March 10, 2019 Poll-Based Security Event Token (SET) Delivery Using HTTP draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll-02 Abstract This specification defines how a series of Security Event Tokens (SETs) may be delivered to an intended recipient using HTTP POST over TLS initiated as a poll by the recipient. The specification also defines how delivery can be assured, subject to the SET Recipient's need for assurance. 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/. 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction and Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1. Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. SET Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1. Polling Delivery using HTTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2. Polling HTTP Request Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.3. Polling HTTP Response Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.4. Poll Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4.1. Poll Only Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.4.2. Acknowledge Only Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.4.3. Poll with Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.4.4. Poll with Acknowledgement and Errors . . . . . . . . 9 2.5. Poll Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.6. Error Response Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. Authentication and Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.1. Use of Tokens as Authorizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.1. Authentication Using Signed SETs . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.2. HTTP Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.3. TLS Support Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.4. Access Token Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.4.1. Bearer Token Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Appendix A. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Appendix B. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1. Introduction and Overview This specification defines how a stream of Security Event Tokens (SETs) [RFC8417] can be transmitted to an intended SET Recipient using HTTP [RFC7231] over TLS. The specification defines a method to poll for SETs using HTTP POST. Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 2] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 1.1. Notational Conventions 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. Throughout this document, all figures MAY contain spaces and extra line wrapping for readability and due to space limitations. 1.2. Definitions This specification utilizes terminology defined in [RFC8417], as well as the terms defined below: SET Transmitter An entity that delivers SETs in its possession to one or more SET Recipients. 2. SET Delivery When an event occurs, the SET Transmitter constructs a SET [RFC8417] that describes the event. The SET Transmitter determines the SET Recipients that the SET should be distributed to. How SETs are defined and the process by which events are identified for SET Recipients is out of scope of this specification. When a SET is available for a SET Recipient, the SET Transmitter attempts to deliver the SET by queueing s the SET in a buffer so that a SET Recipient can poll for SETs using HTTP/1.1 POST. In Poll-Based SET Delivery Using HTTP, zero or more SETs are delivered in a JSON [RFC8259] document to a SET Recipient in response to an HTTP POST request to the SET Transmitter. Then in a following request, the SET Recipient acknowledges received SETs and can poll for more. All requests and responses are JSON documents and use a "Content-Type" of "application/json", as described in Section 2.1. After successful (acknowledged) SET delivery, SET Transmitters are not be required to retain or record SETs for recovery. Once a SET is acknowledged, the SET Recipient SHALL be responsible for retention and recovery. Transmitted SETs SHOULD be self-validating (e.g., signed) if there is a requirement to verify they were issued by the SET Transmitter at a later date when de-coupled from the original delivery where Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 3] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 authenticity could be checked via the HTTP or TLS mutual authentication. Upon receiving a SET, the SET Recipient reads the SET and validates it. The SET Recipient MUST acknowledge receipt to the SET Transmitter. The SET Recipient SHALL NOT use the event acknowledgement mechanism to report event errors other than relating to the parsing and validation of the SET. 2.1. Polling Delivery using HTTP This method allows a SET Recipient to use HTTP POST (Section 4.3.3 of [RFC7231]) to acknowledge SETs and to check for and receive zero or more SETs. Requests MAY be made at a periodic interval (short polling) or requests MAY wait, pending availability of new SETs using long polling, per Section 2 of [RFC6202]. The delivery of SETs in this method is facilitated by HTTP POST requests initiated by the SET Recipient in which: o The SET Recipient makes a request for available SETs using an HTTP POST to a pre-arranged endpoint provided by the SET Transmitter. Or, o After validating previously received SETs, the SET Recipient initiates another poll request using HTTP POST that includes acknowledgement of previous SETs and waits for the next batch of SETs. The purpose of the acknowledgement is to inform the SET Transmitter that delivery has succeeded and redelivery is no longer required. Before acknowledgement, SET Recipients SHOULD ensure that received SETs have been validated and retained in a manner appropriate to the recipient's requirements. The level and method of retention of SETs by SET Recipients is out of scope of this specification. 2.2. Polling HTTP Request Attributes When initiating a poll request, the SET Recipient constructs a JSON document that consists of polling request parameters and SET acknowledgement parameters in the form of JSON attributes. The request payloads are delivered in a JSON document, as described in Section 2.4 and Section 2.5. When making a request, the HTTP header "Content-Type" is set to "application/json". Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 4] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 The following JSON attributes are used in a polling request: Request Processing Parameters maxEvents An OPTIONAL JSON integer value indicating the maximum number of unacknowledged SETs that SHOULD be returned. If more than the maximum number of SETs are available, the oldest SETs available SHOULD be returned first. A value of "0" MAY be used by SET Recipients that would like to perform an acknowledge only request. This enables the Recipient to use separate HTTP requests for acknowledgement and reception of SETs. If this parameter is omitted, no limit is placed on the number of SETs to be returned. returnImmediately An OPTIONAL JSON boolean value that indicates the SET Transmitter SHOULD return an immediate response even if no results are available (short polling). The default value is "false" indicates the request is to be treated as an HTTP Long Poll, per Section 2 of [RFC6202]. The timeout for the request is part of the configuration between the participants, which is out of scope of this specification. SET Acknowledgment Parameters ack Which is an array of Strings that each correspond to the "jti" of a successfully received SET. If there are no outstanding SETs to acknowledge, the attribute MAY be omitted. When acknowledging a SET, the SET Transmitter is released from any obligation to retain the SET (e.g., for a future retry to receive). setErrs A JSON Object that contains one or more nested JSON attributes that correspond to the "jti" of each invalid SET received. The value of each is a JSON object whose contents is an "err" attribute and "description" attribute whose value correspond to the errors described in Section 2.6. 2.3. Polling HTTP Response Attributes In response to a poll request, the SET Transmitter checks for available SETs and responds with a JSON document containing the following JSON attributes: sets Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 5] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 A JSON object that contains zero or more nested JSON attributes. Each nested attribute corresponds to the "jti" of a SET to be delivered and whose value is a JSON String containing the value of the encoded corresponding SET. If there are no outstanding SETs to be transmitted, the JSON object SHALL be empty. moreAvailable A JSON boolean value that indicates if more unacknowledged SETs are available to be returned. When making a response, the HTTP header "Content-Type" is set to "application/json". 2.4. Poll Request The SET Recipient performs an HTTP POST (see Section 4.3.4 of [RFC7231]) to a pre-arranged polling endpoint URI to check for SETs that are available. Because the SET Recipient has no prior SETs to acknowledge, the "ack" and "errs" request parameters are omitted. If after a period of time, negotiated between the SET Transmitter and Recipient, a SET Transmitter MAY redeliver SETs it has previously delivered. The SET Recipient SHOULD accept repeat SETs and acknowledge the SETs regardless of whether the Recipient believes it has already acknowledged the SETs previously. A SET Transmitter MAY limit the number of times it attempts to deliver a SET. If the SET Recipient has received SETs from the SET Transmitter, the SET Recipient SHOULD parse and validate received SETs to meet its own requirements and SHOULD acknowledge receipt in a timely fashion (e.g., seconds or minutes) so that the SET Transmitter can mark the SETs as received. SET Recipients SHOULD acknowledge receipt before taking any local actions based on the SETs to avoid unnecessary delay in acknowledgement, where possible. Poll requests have three variations: Poll Only In which a SET Recipient asks for the next set of events where no previous SET deliveries are acknowledged (such as in the initial poll request). Acknowledge Only In which a SET Recipient sets the "maxEvents" attribute to "0" along with "ack" and "err" attributes indicating the SET Recipient is acknowledging previously received SETs and does not want to receive any new SETs in response to the request. Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 6] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 Combined Acknowledge and Poll In which a SET Recipient is both acknowledging previously received SETs using the "ack" and "err" attributes and will wait for the next group of SETs in the SET Transmitters response. 2.4.1. Poll Only Request In the case where no SETs were received in a previous poll (see Figure 7), the SET Recipient simply polls without acknowledgement parameters ("sets" and "setErrs"). The following is an example request made by a SET Recipient that has no outstanding SETs to acknowledge and is polling for available SETs. The following is a non-normative example poll request to the endpoint: "https://nofity.exampleidp.com/Events". POST /Events HTTP/1.1 Host: notify.exampleidp.com Authorization: Bearer h480djs93hd8 Accept: application/json { "returnImmediately": true } Figure 1: Example Initial Poll Request A SET Recipient can poll using default parameter values by passing an empty JSON object. The following is a non-normative example default poll request to the endpoint: "https://nofity.exampleidp.com/Events". POST /Events HTTP/1.1 Host: notify.exampleidp.com Authorization: Bearer h480djs93hd8 Accept: application/json {} Figure 2: Example Default Poll Request Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 7] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 2.4.2. Acknowledge Only Request In this variation, the SET Recipient acknowledges previously received SETs and indicates it does not want to receive SETs in response by setting the "maxEvents" attribute to "0". This variation might be used, for instance, when a SET Recipient needs to acknowledge received SETs independently (e.g., on separate threads) from the process of receiving SETs. The following is a non-normative example poll with acknowledgement of SETs received (for example as shown in Figure 6). POST /Events HTTP/1.1 Host: notify.exampleidp.com Authorization: Bearer h480djs93hd8 Content-Type: application/json Authorization: Bearer h480djs93hd8 { "ack": [ "4d3559ec67504aaba65d40b0363faad8", "3d0c3cf797584bd193bd0fb1bd4e7d30" ], "maxEvents": 0, "returnImmediately": true } Figure 3: Example Acknowledge Only Request 2.4.3. Poll with Acknowledgement This variation allows a recipient thread to simultaneously acknowledge previously received SETs and wait for the next group of SETs in a single request. Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 8] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 The following is a non-normative example poll with acknowledgement of SETs received in Figure 6. POST /Events HTTP/1.1 Host: notify.exampleidp.com Authorization: Bearer h480djs93hd8 Content-Type: application/json Authorization: Bearer h480djs93hd8 { "ack": [ "4d3559ec67504aaba65d40b0363faad8", "3d0c3cf797584bd193bd0fb1bd4e7d30" ], "returnImmediately": false } Figure 4: Example Poll with Acknowledgement and No Errors In the above acknowledgement, the SET Recipient has acknowledged receipt of two SETs and has indicated it wants to wait until the next SET is available. 2.4.4. Poll with Acknowledgement and Errors In the case where errors were detected in previously delivered SETs, the SET Recipient MAY use the "setErrs" attribute to communicate the errors in the following poll request. Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 9] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 The following is a non-normative example of a response acknowledging one successfully received SET and one SET with an error from the two SETs received in in Figure 6. POST /Events HTTP/1.1 Host: notify.exampleidp.com Authorization: Bearer h480djs93hd8 Content-Type: application/json Authorization: Bearer h480djs93hd8 { "ack": ["3d0c3cf797584bd193bd0fb1bd4e7d30"], "setErrs": { "4d3559ec67504aaba65d40b0363faad8": { "err": "jwtAud", "description": "The audience value was invalid." } }, "returnImmediately": true } Figure 5: Example Poll Acknowledgement with Error 2.5. Poll Response In response to a poll request, the service provider MAY respond immediately if SETs are available to be delivered. If no SETs are available at the time of the request, the SET Transmitter SHALL delay responding until a SET is available or the timeout interval has elapsed unless the poll request parameter "returnImmediately" is "true". As described in Section 2.3, a JSON document is returned containing a number of attributes including "sets" which SHALL contain zero or more SETs. Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 10] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 The following is a non-normative example response to the request shown Section 2.4. This example shows two SETs are returned. HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/json Location: https://notify.exampleidp/Events { "sets": { "4d3559ec67504aaba65d40b0363faad8": "eyJhbGciOiJub25lIn0. eyJqdGkiOiI0ZDM1NTllYzY3NTA0YWFiYTY1ZDQwYjAzNjNmYWFkOCIsImlhdCI6MTQ 1ODQ5NjQwNCwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zY2ltLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiYXVkIjpbIm h0dHBzOi8vc2NpbS5leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9GZWVkcy85OGQ1MjQ2MWZhNWJiYzg3OTU5M 2I3NzU0IiwiaHR0cHM6Ly9zY2ltLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tL0ZlZWRzLzVkNzYwNDUxNmIx ZDA4NjQxZDc2NzZlZTciXSwiZXZlbnRzIjp7InVybjppZXRmOnBhcmFtczpzY2ltOmV 2ZW50OmNyZWF0ZSI6eyJyZWYiOiJodHRwczovL3NjaW0uZXhhbXBsZS5jb20vVXNlcn MvNDRmNjE0MmRmOTZiZDZhYjYxZTc1MjFkOSIsImF0dHJpYnV0ZXMiOlsiaWQiLCJuY W1lIiwidXNlck5hbWUiLCJwYXNzd29yZCIsImVtYWlscyJdfX19.", "3d0c3cf797584bd193bd0fb1bd4e7d30": "eyJhbGciOiJub25lIn0. eyJqdGkiOiIzZDBjM2NmNzk3NTg0YmQxOTNiZDBmYjFiZDRlN2QzMCIsImlhdCI6MTQ 1ODQ5NjAyNSwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zY2ltLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiYXVkIjpbIm h0dHBzOi8vamh1Yi5leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9GZWVkcy85OGQ1MjQ2MWZhNWJiYzg3OTU5M 2I3NzU0IiwiaHR0cHM6Ly9qaHViLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tL0ZlZWRzLzVkNzYwNDUxNmIx ZDA4NjQxZDc2NzZlZTciXSwic3ViIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zY2ltLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tL1V zZXJzLzQ0ZjYxNDJkZjk2YmQ2YWI2MWU3NTIxZDkiLCJldmVudHMiOnsidXJuOmlldG Y6cGFyYW1zOnNjaW06ZXZlbnQ6cGFzc3dvcmRSZXNldCI6eyJpZCI6IjQ0ZjYxNDJkZ jk2YmQ2YWI2MWU3NTIxZDkifSwiaHR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9zY2ltL2V2ZW50 L3Bhc3N3b3JkUmVzZXRFeHQiOnsicmVzZXRBdHRlbXB0cyI6NX19fQ." } } Figure 6: Example Poll Response In the above example, a two SETs whose "jti" are "4d3559ec67504aaba65d40b0363faad8" and "3d0c3cf797584bd193bd0fb1bd4e7d30" are delivered. Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 11] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 The following is a non-normative example response to the request shown Section 2.4 showing no new SETs or unacknowledged SETs are available. HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/json Location: https://notify.exampleidp/Events { "sets": {} } Figure 7: Example No SETs Poll Response Upon receiving the JSON document (e.g., as shown in Figure 6), the SET Recipient parses and verifies the received SETs and notifies the SET Transmitter via the next poll request to the SET Transmitter, as described in Section 2.4.3 or Section 2.4.4. 2.6. Error Response Handling If a SET is invalid, error codes from the IANA "Security Event Token Delivery Error Codes" registry established by [I-D.ietf-secevent-http-push] are used in error responses. An error response SHALL include a JSON object that provides details about the error. The JSON object includes the JSON attributes: err A value from the IANA "Security Event Token Delivery Error Codes" registry that identifies the error. description A human-readable string that provides additional diagnostic information. When included as part of a batch of SETs, the above JSON is included as part of the "setErrs" attribute, as defined in Section 2.3 and Section 2.4.4. 3. Authentication and Authorization The SET delivery method described in this specification is based upon HTTP and depends on the use of TLS and/or standard HTTP authentication and authorization schemes as per [RFC7235]. For example, the following methodologies could be used among others: TLS Client Authentication Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 12] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 Event delivery endpoints MAY request TLS mutual client authentication, per Section 7.3 of [RFC5246]. Bearer Tokens Bearer tokens [RFC6750] MAY be used when combined with TLS and a token framework such as OAuth 2.0 [RFC6749]. For security considerations regarding the use of bearer tokens in SET delivery, see Section 4.4.1. Basic Authentication Use of HTTP BASIC authentication should be avoided due to its use of a single factor that is based upon a relatively static, symmetric secret. When used, implementers SHOULD combine the use of basic authentication with other factors. The security considerations of HTTP BASIC are well documented in [RFC7617] and SHOULD be considered along with using signed SETs (see SET Payload Authentication below). As per Section 4.1 of [RFC7235], a SET delivery endpoint SHALL indicate supported HTTP authentication schemes via the "WWW- Authenticate" header. Because SET Delivery describes a simple function, authorization for the ability to pick-up or deliver SETs can be derived by considering the identity of the SET issuer, or via an authentication method above. This specification considers authentication as a feature to prevent denial-of-service attacks. Because SETs are not commands, SET Recipients are free to ignore SETs that are not of interest after acknowledging their receipt. For illustrative purposes only, SET delivery examples show an OAuth2 bearer token value [RFC6750] in the authorization header. This is not intended to imply that bearer tokens are preferred. However, the use of bearer tokens in the specification does reflect common practice. 3.1. Use of Tokens as Authorizations When using bearer tokens or proof-of-possession tokens that represent an authorization grant such as issued by OAuth (see [RFC6749]), implementers SHOULD consider the type of authorization granted, any authorized scopes (see Section 3.3 of [RFC6749]), and the security subject(s) that SHOULD be mapped from the authorization when considering local access control rules. Section 6 of the OAuth Assertions draft [RFC7521], documents common scenarios for authorization including: Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 13] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 o Clients using an assertion to authenticate and/or act on behalf of itself; o Clients acting on behalf of a user; and, o A Client acting on behalf of an anonymous user (e.g., see next section). When using OAuth access tokens, implementers MUST take into account the threats and countermeasures documented in the security considerations for the use of client authorizations (see Section 8 of [RFC7521]). When using other token formats or frameworks, implementers MUST take into account similar threats and countermeasures, especially those documented by the relevant specifications. 4. Security Considerations 4.1. Authentication Using Signed SETs In scenarios where HTTP authorization or TLS mutual authentication are not used or are considered weak, JWS signed SETs SHOULD be used (see [RFC7515] and Security Considerations [RFC8417]). This enables the SET Recipient to validate that the SET issuer is authorized to deliver the SET. 4.2. HTTP Considerations SET delivery depends on the use of Hypertext Transfer Protocol and thus subject to the security considerations of HTTP Section 9 of [RFC7230] and its related specifications. As stated in Section 2.7.1 of [RFC7230], an HTTP requestor MUST NOT generate the "userinfo" (i.e., username and password) component (and its "@" delimiter) when an "http" URI reference is generated with a message as they are now disallowed in HTTP. 4.3. TLS Support Considerations SETs may contain sensitive information that is considered PII (e.g., subject claims). In such cases, SET Transmitters and SET Recipients MUST encrypt the SET, either with a transport-layer security mechanism, with JWE [RFC7516], or both. Event delivery endpoints MUST support TLS 1.2 [RFC5246] and MAY support additional transport- layer mechanisms meeting its security requirements. When using TLS, the client MUST perform a TLS/SSL server certificate check, per [RFC6125]. Implementation security considerations for TLS can be found in "Recommendations for Secure Use of TLS and DTLS" [RFC7525]. Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 14] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 4.4. Access Token Considerations When using access tokens such as those issued by OAuth 2.0 [RFC6749], implementers MUST take into account threats and countermeasures documented in Section 8 of [RFC7521]. 4.4.1. Bearer Token Considerations Due to the possibility of interception, Bearer tokens MUST be exchanged using TLS. Bearer tokens MUST have a limited lifetime that can be determined directly or indirectly (e.g., by checking with a validation service) by the service provider. By expiring tokens, clients are forced to obtain a new token (which usually involves re-authentication) for continued authorized access. For example, in OAuth2, a client MAY use an OAuth refresh token to obtain a new bearer token after authenticating to an authorization server, per Section 6 of [RFC6749]. Implementations supporting OAuth bearer tokens need to factor in security considerations of this authorization method [RFC7521]. Since security is only as good as the weakest link, implementers also need to consider authentication choices coupled with OAuth bearer tokens. The security considerations of the default authentication method for OAuth bearer tokens, HTTP BASIC, are well documented in [RFC7617], therefore implementers are encouraged to prefer stronger authentication methods. Designating the specific methods of authentication and authorization are out of scope for the delivery of SETs, however this information is provided as a resource to implementers. 5. Privacy Considerations If a SET needs to be retained for audit purposes, a JWS signature MAY be used to provide verification of its authenticity. SET Transmitters SHOULD attempt to deliver SETs that are targeted to the specific business and protocol needs of subscribers. When sharing personally identifiable information or information that is otherwise considered confidential to affected users, SET Transmitters and Recipients MUST have the appropriate legal agreements and user consent or terms of service in place. The propagation of subject identifiers can be perceived as personally identifiable information. Where possible, SET Transmitters and Recipients SHOULD devise approaches that prevent propagation, for Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 15] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 example, the passing of a hash value that requires the subscriber to already know the subject. 6. IANA Considerations There are no IANA considerations. 7. References 7.1. Normative References [I-D.ietf-secevent-http-push] Backman, A., Jones, M., Scurtescu, M., Ansari, M., and A. Nadalin, "Push-Based Security Event Token (SET) Delivery Using HTTP", draft-ietf-secevent-http-push-04 (work in progress), January 2019. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, . [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, . [RFC5246] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246, DOI 10.17487/RFC5246, August 2008, . [RFC6125] Saint-Andre, P. and J. Hodges, "Representation and Verification of Domain-Based Application Service Identity within Internet Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX) Certificates in the Context of Transport Layer Security (TLS)", RFC 6125, DOI 10.17487/RFC6125, March 2011, . [RFC7231] Fielding, R., Ed. and J. Reschke, Ed., "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content", RFC 7231, DOI 10.17487/RFC7231, June 2014, . [RFC7515] Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web Signature (JWS)", RFC 7515, DOI 10.17487/RFC7515, May 2015, . Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 16] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 [RFC7516] Jones, M. and J. Hildebrand, "JSON Web Encryption (JWE)", RFC 7516, DOI 10.17487/RFC7516, May 2015, . [RFC7519] Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web Token (JWT)", RFC 7519, DOI 10.17487/RFC7519, May 2015, . [RFC7525] Sheffer, Y., Holz, R., and P. Saint-Andre, "Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)", BCP 195, RFC 7525, DOI 10.17487/RFC7525, May 2015, . [RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017, . [RFC8259] Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format", STD 90, RFC 8259, DOI 10.17487/RFC8259, December 2017, . [RFC8417] Hunt, P., Ed., Jones, M., Denniss, W., and M. Ansari, "Security Event Token (SET)", RFC 8417, DOI 10.17487/RFC8417, July 2018, . 7.2. Informative References [RFC3339] Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002, . [RFC6202] Loreto, S., Saint-Andre, P., Salsano, S., and G. Wilkins, "Known Issues and Best Practices for the Use of Long Polling and Streaming in Bidirectional HTTP", RFC 6202, DOI 10.17487/RFC6202, April 2011, . [RFC6749] Hardt, D., Ed., "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework", RFC 6749, DOI 10.17487/RFC6749, October 2012, . [RFC6750] Jones, M. and D. Hardt, "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: Bearer Token Usage", RFC 6750, DOI 10.17487/RFC6750, October 2012, . Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 17] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 [RFC7230] Fielding, R., Ed. and J. Reschke, Ed., "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing", RFC 7230, DOI 10.17487/RFC7230, June 2014, . [RFC7235] Fielding, R., Ed. and J. Reschke, Ed., "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Authentication", RFC 7235, DOI 10.17487/RFC7235, June 2014, . [RFC7521] Campbell, B., Mortimore, C., Jones, M., and Y. Goland, "Assertion Framework for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants", RFC 7521, DOI 10.17487/RFC7521, May 2015, . [RFC7617] Reschke, J., "The 'Basic' HTTP Authentication Scheme", RFC 7617, DOI 10.17487/RFC7617, September 2015, . Appendix A. Acknowledgments The editors would like to thank the members of the SCIM working group, which began discussions of provisioning events starting with draft-hunt-scim-notify-00 in 2015. The editors would like to thank Phil Hunt and the other the authors of draft-ietf-secevent-delivery-02, on which this draft is based. The editors would like to thank the participants in the SecEvents working group for their contributions to this specification. Appendix B. Change Log [[ to be removed by the RFC Editor before publication as an RFC ]] Draft 00 - AB - Based on draft-ietf-secevent-delivery-02 with the following additions: o Renamed to "Poll-Based SET Token Delivery Using HTTP" o Removed references to the HTTP Push delivery method. Draft 01 - mbj: o Addressed problems identified in my 18-Jul-18 review message titled "Issues for both the Push and Poll Specs". Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 18] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 o Changes to align terminology with RFC 8417, for instance, by using the already defined term SET Recipient rather than SET Receiver. o Applied editorial and minor normative corrections. o Updated Marius' contact information. o Begun eliminating redundancies between this specification and "Push-Based Security Event Token (SET) Delivery Using HTTP" [I-D.ietf-secevent-http-push], referencing, rather that duplicating common normative text. Draft 02 - mbj: o Removed vestigial language remaining from when the push and poll delivery methods were defined in a common specification. o Replaced remaining uses of the terms Event Transmitter and Event Recipient with the correct terms SET Transmitter and SET Recipient. o Removed uses of the unnecessary term "Event Stream". o Removed dependencies between the semantics of "maxEvents" and "returnImmediately". o Said that PII in SETs is to be encrypted with TLS, JWE, or both. o Corrected grammar and spelling errors. Authors' Addresses Annabelle Backman (editor) Amazon Email: richanna@amazon.com Michael B. Jones (editor) Microsoft Email: mbj@microsoft.com URI: http://self-issued.info/ Backman, et al. Expires September 11, 2019 [Page 19] Internet-Draft draft-ietf-secevent-http-poll March 2019 Marius Scurtescu Coinbase Email: marius.scurtescu@coinbase.com Morteza Ansari Cisco Email: morteza.ansari@cisco.com Anthony Nadalin Microsoft Email: tonynad@microsoft.com Backman, et al. 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