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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                          T. Pauly
Request for Comments: 8598                                    Apple Inc.
Category: Standards Track                                     P. Wouters
ISSN: 2070-1721                                                  Red Hat
                                                                May 2019


                        Split DNS Configuration
        for the Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)

Abstract

   This document defines two Configuration Payload Attribute Types
   (INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN and INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA) for the Internet Key
   Exchange Protocol version 2 (IKEv2).  These payloads add support for
   private (internal-only) DNS domains.  These domains are intended to
   be resolved using non-public DNS servers that are only reachable
   through the IPsec connection.  DNS resolution for other domains
   remains unchanged.  These Configuration Payloads only apply to split-
   tunnel configurations.

Status of This Memo

   This is an Internet Standards Track document.

   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
   received public review and has been approved for publication by the
   Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
   Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.

   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
   https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8598.

















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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Protocol Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  Configuration Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.2.  Configuration Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.3.  Mapping DNS Servers to Domains  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.4.  Example Exchanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       3.4.1.  Simple Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       3.4.2.  Requesting Domains and DNSSEC Trust Anchors . . . . .   7
   4.  Payload Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     4.1.  INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN Configuration Attribute Type Request
           and Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     4.2.  INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA Configuration Attribute  . . . . . . .   9
   5.  INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN Usage Guidelines  . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   6.  INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA Usage Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16












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1.  Introduction

   Split-tunnel Virtual Private Network (VPN) configurations only send
   packets with a specific destination IP range, usually chosen from
   [RFC1918], via the VPN.  All other traffic is not sent via the VPN.
   This allows an enterprise deployment to offer remote access VPN
   services without needing to accept and forward all the non-
   enterprise-related network traffic generated by their remote users.
   Resources within the enterprise can be accessed by the user via the
   VPN, while all other traffic generated by the user is not sent over
   the VPN.

   These internal resources tend to only have internal-only DNS names
   and require the use of special internal-only DNS servers to get
   resolved.  Split DNS [RFC2775] is commonly configured as part of
   split-tunnel VPN configurations to allow remote access users to use
   special internal-only domain names.

   The IKEv2 protocol [RFC7296] negotiates configuration parameters
   using Configuration Payload Attribute Types.  This document defines
   two Configuration Payload Attribute Types that add support for
   trusted Split DNS domains.

   The INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute type is used to convey that the
   specified DNS domain MUST be resolved using the provided DNS
   nameserver IP addresses as specified in the INTERNAL_IP4_DNS and
   INTERNAL_IP6_DNS Configuration Payloads, causing these requests to
   use the IPsec connection.

   The INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attribute type is used to convey a DNSSEC
   trust anchor for such a domain.  This is required if the external
   view uses DNSSEC, which would prove the internal view does not exist
   or would expect a different DNSSEC key on the different versions
   (internal and external) of the enterprise domain.

   If an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN is sent by the responder, the responder
   MUST also include one or more INTERNAL_IP4_DNS or INTERNAL_IP6_DNS
   attributes that contain the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the internal DNS
   server.

   For the purposes of this document, DNS resolution servers accessible
   through an IPsec connection will be referred to as "internal DNS
   servers", and other DNS servers will be referred to as "external DNS
   servers".

   Other tunnel-establishment protocols already support the assignment
   of Split DNS domains.  For example, there are proprietary extensions
   to IKEv1 that allow a server to assign Split DNS domains to a client.



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   However, the IKEv2 standard does not include a method to configure
   this option.  This document defines a standard way to negotiate this
   option for IKEv2.

1.1.  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.

2.  Applicability

   If the negotiated IPsec connection is not a split-tunnel
   configuration, the INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN and INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA
   Configuration Payloads MUST be ignored.  This prevents generic (non-
   enterprise) VPN services from overriding the public DNS hierarchy,
   which could lead to malicious overrides of DNS and DNSSEC.

   Such configurations SHOULD instead use only the INTERNAL_IP4_DNS and
   INTERNAL_IP6_DNS Configuration Payloads to ensure all of the user's
   DNS traffic is sent through the IPsec connection and does not leak
   unencrypted information onto the local network, as the local network
   is often explicitly exempted from IPsec encryption.

   For split-tunnel configurations, an enterprise can require one or
   more DNS domains to be resolved via internal DNS servers.  This can
   be a special domain, such as "corp.example.com" for an enterprise
   that is publicly known to use "example.com".  In this case, the
   remote user needs to be informed what the internal-only domain names
   are and what the IP addresses of the internal DNS servers are.  An
   enterprise can also run a different version of its public domain on
   its internal network.  In that case, the VPN client is instructed to
   send DNS queries for the enterprise public domain (e.g.,
   "example.com") to the internal DNS servers.  A configuration for this
   deployment scenario is referred to as a Split DNS configuration.

   Split DNS configurations are often preferable to sending all DNS
   queries to the enterprise.  This allows the remote user to only send
   DNS queries for the enterprise to the internal DNS servers.  The
   enterprise remains unaware of all non-enterprise (DNS) activity of
   the user.  It also allows the enterprise DNS servers to only be
   configured for the enterprise DNS domains, which removes the legal
   and technical responsibility of the enterprise to resolve every DNS
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   A client using these Configuration Payloads will be able to request
   and receive Split DNS configurations using the INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN
   and INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA configuration attributes.  These attributes
   MUST be accompanied by one or more INTERNAL_IP4_DNS or
   INTERNAL_IP6_DNS configuration attributes.  The client device can
   then use the internal DNS server(s) for any DNS queries within the
   assigned domains.  DNS queries for other domains SHOULD be sent to
   the regular DNS service of the client unless it prefers to use the
   IPsec tunnel for all its DNS queries.  For example, the client could
   trust the IPsec-provided DNS servers more than the locally provided
   DNS servers, especially in the case of connecting to unknown or
   untrusted networks (e.g., coffee shops or hotel networks).  Or the
   client could prefer the IPsec-based DNS servers because they provide
   additional features compared to the local DNS servers.

3.  Protocol Exchange

   In order to negotiate which domains are considered internal to an
   IKEv2 tunnel, initiators indicate support for Split DNS in their
   CFG_REQUEST payloads, and responders assign internal domains (and
   DNSSEC trust anchors) in their CFG_REPLY payloads.  When Split DNS
   has been negotiated, the INTERNAL_IP4_DNS and INTERNAL_IP6_DNS DNS
   server configuration attributes will be interpreted as internal DNS
   servers that can resolve hostnames within the internal domains.

3.1.  Configuration Request

   To indicate support for Split DNS, an initiator includes one or more
   INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes as defined in Section 4 as part of the
   CFG_REQUEST payload.  If an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute is included
   in the CFG_REQUEST, the initiator MUST also include one or more
   INTERNAL_IP4_DNS or INTERNAL_IP6_DNS attributes in the CFG_REQUEST.

   The INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute sent by the initiator is usually
   empty but MAY contain a suggested domain name.

   The absence of INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes in the CFG_REQUEST
   payload indicates that the initiator does not support or is unwilling
   to accept a Split DNS configuration.

   To indicate support for receiving DNSSEC trust anchors for Split DNS
   domains, an initiator includes one or more INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA
   attributes as defined in Section 4 as part of the CFG_REQUEST
   payload.  If an INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attribute is included in the
   CFG_REQUEST, the initiator MUST also include one or more
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   includes an INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attribute but does not include an
   INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute, the responder MAY still respond with
   both INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA and INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes.

   An initiator MAY convey its current DNSSEC trust anchors for the
   domain specified in the INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute.  A responder
   can use this information to determine that it does not need to send a
   different trust anchor.  If the initiator does not wish to convey
   this information, it MUST use a length of 0.

   The absence of INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attributes in the CFG_REQUEST
   payload indicates that the initiator does not support or is unwilling
   to accept the DNSSEC trust anchor configuration.

3.2.  Configuration Reply

   Responders MAY send one or more INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes in
   their CFG_REPLY payload.  If an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute is
   included in the CFG_REPLY, the responder MUST also include one or
   both of the INTERNAL_IP4_DNS and INTERNAL_IP6_DNS attributes in the
   CFG_REPLY.  These DNS server configurations are necessary to define
   which servers can receive queries for hostnames in internal domains.
   If the CFG_REQUEST included an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute but the
   CFG_REPLY does not include an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute, the
   initiator MUST behave as if Split DNS configurations are not
   supported by the server, unless the initiator has been configured
   with local policy to define a set of Split DNS domains to use by
   default.

   Each INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN represents a domain that the DNS server
   addresses listed in INTERNAL_IP4_DNS and INTERNAL_IP6_DNS can
   resolve.

   If the CFG_REQUEST included INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes with non-
   zero lengths, the content MAY be ignored or be interpreted as a
   suggestion by the responder.

   For each DNS domain specified in an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute,
   one or more INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attributes MAY be included by the
   responder.  This attribute lists the corresponding internal DNSSEC
   trust anchor information of a DS record (see [RFC4034]).  The
   INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attribute MUST immediately follow the
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3.3.  Mapping DNS Servers to Domains

   All DNS servers provided in the CFG_REPLY MUST support resolving
   hostnames within all INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN domains.  In other words,
   the INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes in a CFG_REPLY payload form a
   single list of Split DNS domains that applies to the entire list of
   INTERNAL_IP4_DNS and INTERNAL_IP6_DNS attributes.

3.4.  Example Exchanges

3.4.1.  Simple Case

   In this example exchange, the initiator requests INTERNAL_IP4_DNS,
   INTERNAL_IP6_DNS, and INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes in the
   CFG_REQUEST but does not specify any value for either.  This
   indicates that it supports Split DNS but has no preference for which
   DNS requests will be routed through the tunnel.

   The responder replies with two DNS server addresses and two internal
   domains, "example.com" and "city.other.test".

   Any subsequent DNS queries from the initiator for domains such as
   "www.example.com" SHOULD use 198.51.100.2 or 198.51.100.4 to resolve.

   CP(CFG_REQUEST) =
     INTERNAL_IP4_ADDRESS()
     INTERNAL_IP4_DNS()
     INTERNAL_IP6_ADDRESS()
     INTERNAL_IP6_DNS()
     INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN()

   CP(CFG_REPLY) =
     INTERNAL_IP4_ADDRESS(198.51.100.234)
     INTERNAL_IP4_DNS(198.51.100.2)
     INTERNAL_IP4_DNS(198.51.100.4)
     INTERNAL_IP6_ADDRESS(2001:DB8:0:1:2:3:4:5/64)
     INTERNAL_IP6_DNS(2001:DB8:99:88:77:66:55:44)
     INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN(example.com)
     INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN(city.other.test)

3.4.2.  Requesting Domains and DNSSEC Trust Anchors

   In this example exchange, the initiator requests INTERNAL_IP4_DNS,
   INTERNAL_IP6_DNS, INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN and INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA
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   Any subsequent DNS queries from the initiator for domains such as
   "www.example.com" or "city.other.test" would be DNSSEC validated
   using the DNSSEC trust anchor received in the CFG_REPLY.

   In this example, the initiator has no existing DNSSEC trust anchors
   for the requested domain.  The "example.com" domain has DNSSEC trust
   anchors that are returned, while the "other.test" domain has no
   DNSSEC trust anchors.

   CP(CFG_REQUEST) =
     INTERNAL_IP4_ADDRESS()
     INTERNAL_IP4_DNS()
     INTERNAL_IP6_ADDRESS()
     INTERNAL_IP6_DNS()
     INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN()
     INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA()

   CP(CFG_REPLY) =
     INTERNAL_IP4_ADDRESS(198.51.100.234)
     INTERNAL_IP4_DNS(198.51.100.2)
     INTERNAL_IP4_DNS(198.51.100.4)
     INTERNAL_IP6_ADDRESS(2001:DB8:0:1:2:3:4:5/64)
     INTERNAL_IP6_DNS(2001:DB8:99:88:77:66:55:44)
     INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN(example.com)
     INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA(43547,8,1,B6225AB2CC613E0DCA7962BDC2342EA4...)
     INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA(31406,8,2,F78CF3344F72137235098ECBBD08947C...)
     INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN(city.other.test)
























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4.  Payload Formats

   All multi-octet fields representing integers are laid out in big-
   endian order (also known as "most significant byte first" or "network
   byte order").

4.1.  INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN Configuration Attribute Type Request and Reply

                        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
   +-+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
   |R|         Attribute Type      |            Length             |
   +-+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
   |                                                               |
   ~             Domain Name in DNS presentation format            ~
   |                                                               |
   +---------------------------------------------------------------+

   o  Reserved (1 bit) - Defined in IKEv2 RFC [RFC7296].

   o  Attribute Type (15 bits) - set to value 25 for
      INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN.

   o  Length (2 octets) - Length of domain name.

   o  Domain Name (0 or more octets) - A Fully Qualified Domain Name
      used for Split DNS rules, such as "example.com", in DNS
      presentation format and using an Internationalized Domain Names
      for Applications (IDNA) A-label [RFC5890].  Implementors need to
      be careful that this value is not null terminated.

4.2.  INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA Configuration Attribute

   An INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA Configuration Attribute can either be empty, or
   it can contain one trust anchor by containing a non-zero Length with
   a DNSKEY Key Tag, DNSKEY Algorithm, Digest Type and Digest Data
   fields.














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   An empty INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA CFG attribute:

                        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
   +-+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
   |R|       Attribute Type        |       Length (set to 0)       |
   +-+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+

   o  Reserved (1 bit) - Defined in IKEv2 RFC [RFC7296].

   o  Attribute Type (15 bits) - set to value 26 for INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA.

   o  Length (2 octets) - Set to 0 for an empty attribute.

   A non-empty INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA CFG attribute:

                        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
   +-+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
   |R|       Attribute Type        |            Length             |
   +-+-----------------------------+---------------+---------------+
   |        DNSKEY Key Tag         |  DNSKEY Alg   |  Digest Type  |
   +-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Digest Data                           ~
   |                                                               |
   +---------------------------------------------------------------+

   o  Reserved (1 bit) - Defined in IKEv2 RFC [RFC7296].

   o  Attribute Type (15 bits) - set to value 26 for INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA.

   o  Length (2 octets) - Length of DNSSEC trust anchor data (4 octets
      plus the length of the Digest Data).

   o  DNSKEY Key Tag (2 octets) - Delegation Signer (DS) Key Tag as
      specified in Section 5.1 of [RFC4034].

   o  DNSKEY Algorithm (1 octet) - DNSKEY algorithm value from the IANA
      DNS Security Algorithm Numbers Registry.

   o  Digest Type (1 octet) - DS algorithm value from the IANA
      Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR) Type Digest Algorithms
      Registry.

   o  Digest Data (1 or more octets) - The DNSKEY digest as specified in
      Section 5.1 of [RFC4034] in presentation format.




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   Each INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attribute in the CFG_REPLY payload MUST
   immediately follow a corresponding INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute.  As
   the INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA format itself does not contain the domain
   name, it relies on the preceding INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN to provide the
   domain for which it specifies the trust anchor.  Any
   INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attribute that is not immediately preceded by an
   INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN or another INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attribute applying
   to the same domain name MUST be ignored.

5.  INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN Usage Guidelines

   If a CFG_REPLY payload contains no INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes,
   the client MAY use the provided INTERNAL_IP4_DNS or INTERNAL_IP6_DNS
   servers as the default DNS server(s) for all queries.

   If a client is configured by local policy to only accept a limited
   set of INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN values, the client MUST ignore any other
   INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN values.

   For each INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN entry in a CFG_REPLY payload that is not
   prohibited by local policy, the client MUST use the provided
   INTERNAL_IP4_DNS or INTERNAL_IP6_DNS DNS servers as the only
   resolvers for the listed domains and its subdomains, and it MUST NOT
   attempt to resolve the provided DNS domains using its external DNS
   servers.  Other domain names SHOULD be resolved using some other
   external DNS resolver(s) that are configured independently from IKE.
   Queries for these other domains MAY be sent to the internal DNS
   resolver(s) listed in that CFG_REPLY message, but they have no
   guarantee of being answered.  For example, if the INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN
   attribute specifies "example.test", then "example.test",
   "www.example.test", and "mail.eng.example.test" MUST be resolved
   using the internal DNS resolver(s), but "otherexample.test" and
   "ple.test" MUST NOT be resolved using the internal resolver and MUST
   use the system's external DNS resolver(s).

   The initiator SHOULD allow the DNS domains listed in the
   INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes to resolve to special IP address
   ranges, such as those of [RFC1918], even if the initiator host is
   otherwise configured to block a DNS answer containing these special
   IP address ranges.

   When an IKE Security Association (SA) is terminated, the DNS
   forwarding MUST be unconfigured.  This includes deleting the DNS
   forwarding rules; flushing all cached data for DNS domains provided
   by the INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute, including negative cache
   entries; removing any obtained DNSSEC trust anchors from the list of
   trust anchors; and clearing the outstanding DNS request queue.




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   INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attributes SHOULD only be used on split-tunnel
   configurations where only a subset of traffic is routed into a
   private remote network using the IPsec connection.  If all traffic is
   routed over the IPsec connection, the existing global
   INTERNAL_IP4_DNS and INTERNAL_IP6_DNS can be used without creating
   specific DNS or DNSSEC exemptions.

6.  INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA Usage Guidelines

   DNS records can be used to publish specific records containing trust
   anchors for applications.  The most common record type is the TLSA
   record specified in [RFC6698].  This DNS record type publishes which
   Certification Authority (CA) certificate or End Entity (EE)
   certificate to expect for a certain host name.  These records are
   protected by DNSSEC and thus are trustable by the application.
   Whether to trust TLSA records instead of the traditional Web PKI
   depends on the local policy of the client.  By accepting an
   INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA trust anchor via IKE from the remote IKE server,
   the IPsec client might be allowing the remote IKE server to override
   the trusted certificates for TLS.  Similar override concerns apply to
   other public key or fingerprint-based DNS records, such as
   OPENPGPKEY, SMIMEA, or IPSECKEY records.

   Thus, installing an INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA trust anchor can be seen as
   the equivalent of installing an Enterprise CA certificate.  It allows
   the remote IKE/IPsec server to modify DNS answers, including DNSSEC
   cryptographic signatures, by overriding existing DNS information with
   a trust anchor conveyed via IKE and (temporarily) installed on the
   IKE client.  Of specific concern is the overriding of TLSA records
   based on [RFC6698], which represents a confirmation or override of an
   existing Web PKI TLS certificate.  Other DNS record types that convey
   cryptographic materials (public keys or fingerprints) are OPENPGPKEY,
   SMIMEA, SSHP, and IPSECKEY records.

   IKE clients willing to accept INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attributes MUST use
   a whitelist of one or more domains that can be updated out of band.
   IKE clients with an empty whitelist MUST NOT use any
   INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attributes received over IKE.  Such clients MAY
   interpret receiving an INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attribute for a non-
   whitelisted domain as an indication that their local configuration
   may need to be updated out of band.

   IKE clients should take care to only whitelist domains that apply to
   internal or managed domains rather than to generic Internet traffic.
   The DNS root zone (".") MUST be ignored if it appears in a whitelist.
   Other generic or public domains, such as Top-Level Domains (TLDs),
   similarly MUST be ignored if they appear in a whitelist unless the
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   implementation MAY interactively ask the user when a VPN profile is
   installed or activated to confirm this.  Alternatively, it MAY
   provide a special override keyword in its provisioning configuration
   to ensure non-interactive agreement can be achieved only by the party
   provisioning the VPN client, who presumably is a trusted entity by
   the end user.  Similarly, an entity might be using a special domain
   name, such as ".internal", for its internal-only view and might wish
   to force its provisioning system to accept such a domain in a Split
   DNS configuration.

   Any updates to this whitelist of domain names MUST happen via
   explicit human interaction or by a trusted automated provision system
   to prevent malicious invisible installation of trust anchors in case
   of an IKE server compromise.

   IKE clients SHOULD accept any INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA updates for
   subdomain names of the whitelisted domain names.  For example, if
   "example.net" is whitelisted, then INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA received for
   "antartica.example.net" SHOULD be accepted.

   IKE clients MUST ignore any received INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA attributes
   for a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) for which it did not receive
   and accept an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN Configuration Payload.

   In most deployment scenarios, the IKE client has an expectation that
   it is connecting to a specific organization or enterprise using a
   split-network setup.  A recommended policy would be to only accept
   INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA directives from that organization's DNS names.
   However, this might not be possible in all deployment scenarios, such
   as one where the IKE server is handing out a number of domains that
   are not within one parent domain.

7.  IANA Considerations

   This document defines two new IKEv2 Configuration Payload Attribute
   Types, which are allocated from the "IKEv2 Configuration Payload
   Attribute Types" namespace.

                                 Multi-
   Value    Attribute Type       Valued  Length      Reference
   ------   -------------------  ------  ----------  ---------------
   25       INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN   YES     0 or more  RFC 8598
   26       INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA    YES     0 or more  RFC 8598

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8.  Security Considerations

   As stated in Section 2, if the negotiated IPsec connection is not a
   split-tunnel configuration, the INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN and
   INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA Configuration Payloads MUST be ignored.
   Otherwise, generic VPN service providers could maliciously override
   DNSSEC-based trust anchors of public DNS domains.

   An initiator MUST only accept INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TAs for which it has a
   whitelist, since this mechanism allows the credential used to
   authenticate an IKEv2 association to be leveraged into authenticating
   credentials for other connections.  Initiators should ensure that
   they have sufficient trust in the responder when using this
   mechanism.  An initiator MAY treat a received INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA for
   a non-whitelisted domain as a signal to update the whitelist via a
   non-IKE provisioning mechanism.  See Section 6 for additional
   security considerations for DNSSEC trust anchors.

   The use of Split DNS configurations assigned by an IKEv2 responder is
   predicated on the trust established during IKE SA authentication.
   However, if IKEv2 is being negotiated with an anonymous or unknown
   endpoint (such as for Opportunistic Security [RFC7435]), the
   initiator MUST ignore Split DNS configurations assigned by the
   responder.

   If a host connected to an authenticated IKE peer is connecting to
   another IKE peer that attempts to claim the same domain via the
   INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN attribute, the IKE connection SHOULD only process
   the DNS information if the two connections are part of the same
   logical entity.  Otherwise, the client SHOULD refuse the DNS
   information and potentially warn the end user.  For example, if a VPN
   profile for "Example Corporation" is installed that provides two
   IPsec connections, one covering 192.168.100.0/24 and one covering
   10.13.14.0/24, it could be that both connections negotiate the same
   INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN and INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA values.  Since these are
   part of the same remote organization (or provisioning profile), the
   Configuration Payloads can be used.  However, if a user installs two
   VPN profiles from two different unrelated independent entities, both
   could be configured to use the same domain -- for example,
   ".internal".  These two connections MUST NOT be allowed to be active
   at the same time.

   If the initiator is using DNSSEC validation for a domain in its
   public DNS view and it requests and receives an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN
   attribute without an INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA, it will need to reconfigure
   its DNS resolver to allow for an insecure delegation.  It SHOULD NOT
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   public DNS view for which it has not explicitly requested such
   delegation, i.e., for which it has not used an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN
   request to specify the domain.

   Deployments that configure INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN domains should pay
   close attention to their use of indirect reference RRtypes in their
   internal-only domain names.  Examples of such RRtypes are NS, CNAME,
   DNAME, MX, or SRV records.  For example, if the MX record for
   "internal.example.com" points to "mx.internal.example.net", then both
   "internal.example.com" and "internal.example.net" should be sent
   using an INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN Configuration Payload.

   IKE clients MAY want to require whitelisted domains for Top-Level
   Domains (TLDs) and Second-Level Domains (SLDs) to further prevent
   malicious DNS redirections for well-known domains.  This prevents
   users from unknowingly giving DNS queries to third parties.  This is
   even more important if those well-known domains are not deploying
   DNSSEC, as the VPN service provider could then even modify the DNS
   answers without detection.

   The content of INTERNAL_DNS_DOMAIN and INTERNAL_DNSSEC_TA may be
   passed to another (DNS) program for processing.  As with any network
   input, the content SHOULD be considered untrusted and handled
   accordingly.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [RFC1918]  Rekhter, Y., Moskowitz, B., Karrenberg, D., de Groot, G.,
              and E. Lear, "Address Allocation for Private Internets",
              BCP 5, RFC 1918, DOI 10.17487/RFC1918, February 1996,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1918>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC4034]  Arends, R., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D., and S.
              Rose, "Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions",
              RFC 4034, DOI 10.17487/RFC4034, March 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4034>.

   [RFC5890]  Klensin, J., "Internationalized Domain Names for
              Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework",
              RFC 5890, DOI 10.17487/RFC5890, August 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5890>.



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   [RFC6698]  Hoffman, P. and J. Schlyter, "The DNS-Based Authentication
              of Named Entities (DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS)
              Protocol: TLSA", RFC 6698, DOI 10.17487/RFC6698, August
              2012, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6698>.

   [RFC7296]  Kaufman, C., Hoffman, P., Nir, Y., Eronen, P., and T.
              Kivinen, "Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2
              (IKEv2)", STD 79, RFC 7296, DOI 10.17487/RFC7296, October
              2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7296>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [RFC2775]  Carpenter, B., "Internet Transparency", RFC 2775,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2775, February 2000,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2775>.

   [RFC7435]  Dukhovni, V., "Opportunistic Security: Some Protection
              Most of the Time", RFC 7435, DOI 10.17487/RFC7435,
              December 2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7435>.

Authors' Addresses

   Tommy Pauly
   Apple Inc.
   One Apple Park Way
   Cupertino, California  95014
   United States of America

   Email: tpauly@apple.com


   Paul Wouters
   Red Hat

   Email: pwouters@redhat.com












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