DANE and DNSSEC Authentication Chain Extension for TLS

DANE and DNSSEC
Authentication Chain
Extension for TLS
Shumon Huque (with Melinda Shore,
Richard Barnes, and Willem Toorop)
IETF 93, DANE Working Group
July 20th 2015, Prague, Czech Republic

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dnssec_chain
• A proposed new TLS extension.
• TLS server delivers a DANE record and the
chain of DNSKEY & DS records needed to
authenticate it.
• TLS client authenticates the record chain with a
locally conﬁgured trust anchor (normally the root
key).

struct {
opaque rrset<0..2^16-1>;
opaque rrsig<0..2^16-1>;
} RRset
RRset AuthenticationChain<0..2^16-1>;
wire format RRset
wire format RRsig record
Records are ordered starting from target DANE record
going up to the trust anchor zone (normally the DNS root).

For the HTTPS site “www.example.com” where
there are zone cuts at “com” & “example.com”:
DNSSEC chain will include the following order
of RRsets (and corresponding RRsig records):
_443._tcp.www.example.com. TLSA
example.com. DNSKEY
example.com. DS
com. DNSKEY
com. DS
. DNSKEY

Rationale
• TLS client doesn’t need to perform the DANE
related DNS queries itself:
• avoids associated latency penalty.
• works around middleboxes that might interfere
with attempted DANE/DNSSEC queries.
• TLS client can authenticate the record itself
without needing access to a validating resolver to
which it has a secure connection.

Rationale
• Another possible use case:
• Link layer authentication, e.g. 802.1X and EAP
methods that employ TLS: EAP-TLS, EAP-
TTLS, TEAP, etc.
• TLS client cannot do any DNS queries by
design in this case.

Server side
• Build the DNSSEC authentication chain.
• Return the chain in the dnssec_chain extension
of ServerHello when the client asks for it.
• Cache and reuse it across multiple connections.
• Periodically rebuild the chain as TTLs and
signature validity periods require.

Client side
• Send dnssec_chain extension in ClientHello.
• Obtain dnssec chain from server and authenticate
it with locally conﬁgured trust anchor.
• Use DANE record to authenticate the server’s
certiﬁcate.
• Perform trust anchor maintenance (RFC 5011), or
obtain this via an external service.

Future work
• Dealing properly with CNAME, DNAME, and
wildcards.

Under consideration ..
• Client can cache DNS records.
• Client sends list of unexpired cached records it
possesses to server.
• Server delivers shorter chain with those records
omitted.

Prototypes?
• Prototype code being developed.

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