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author | Anders Svensson <[email protected]> | 2011-10-03 15:31:27 +0200 |
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committer | Anders Svensson <[email protected]> | 2011-10-06 16:29:46 +0200 |
commit | 30a7d3935e57bd4c6b7e64f8b25eb0a11c0e7c80 (patch) | |
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Documentation updates
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-rw-r--r-- | lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_soc.xml | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_tcp.xml | 34 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_transport.xml | 38 |
4 files changed, 97 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml index 2cad70e3bc..43c497f50a 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml @@ -367,6 +367,19 @@ capabilities exchange message. Optional, defaults to the empty list.</p> </item> +<tag><c>{'Inband-Security-Id', [Unsigned32()]}</c></tag> +<item> +<p> +Values of Inband-Security-Id AVPs sent in an outgoing +capabilities exchange message. +Optional, defaults to the empty list, which is equivalent to a +list containing only 0 (= NO_INBAND_SECURITY).</p> + +<p> +If 1 (= TLS) is specified then TLS is selected if the CER/CEA received +from the peer offers it.</p> +</item> + <tag><c>{'Acct-Application-Id', [Unsigned32()]}</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -683,6 +696,14 @@ in question.</p> AVP's used to construct outgoing CER/CEA messages. Any AVP specified takes precedence over a corresponding value specified for the service in question.</p> + +<p> +Specifying a capability as a transport option +may be particularly appropriate for Inband-Security-Id in case +TLS is desired over TCP as implemented by +<seealso marker="diameter_tcp">diameter_tcp(3)</seealso> but +not over SCTP as implemented by +<seealso marker="diameter_sctp">diameter_sctp(3)</seealso>.</p> </item> <tag><c>{watchdog_timer, TwInit}</c></tag> diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_soc.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_soc.xml index 4f8581a904..6b9ef9f756 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_soc.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_soc.xml @@ -57,9 +57,13 @@ including the P Flag in the AVP header.</p> <item> <p> -There is no TLS support. -It's unclear (aka uninvestigated) how TLS would impact -diameter but IPsec can be used without it needing to know.</p> +There is no TLS support over SCTP. +RFC 3588 requires that a Diameter server support TLS but in +practise this seems to mean TLS over SCTP since there are limitations +with running over SCTP: see RFC 6083 (DTLS over SCTP), which is a +response to RFC 3436 (TLS over SCTP). +The current RFC 3588 draft acknowledges this by equating +TLS with TLS/TCP and DTLS/SCTP but we do not yet support DTLS.</p> </item> <item> diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_tcp.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_tcp.xml index a502e53972..916700927f 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_tcp.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_tcp.xml @@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ It can be specified as the value of a transport_module option to <seealso marker="diameter#add_transport">diameter:add_transport/2</seealso> and implements the behaviour documented in -<seealso marker="diameter_transport">diameter_transport(3)</seealso>.</p> +<seealso marker="diameter_transport">diameter_transport(3)</seealso>. +TLS security is supported, a connection being upgraded if +TLS is negotiated during capabilities exchange.</p> <marker id="start"/> </description> @@ -60,10 +62,14 @@ and implements the behaviour documented in <v>Type = connect | accept</v> <v>Ref = reference()</v> <v>Svc = #diameter_service{}</v> -<v>Opt = {raddr, ip_address()} | {rport, integer()} | term()</v> +<v>Opt = OwnOpt | TlsOpt | TcpOpt</v> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>LAddr = ip_address()</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> +<v>OwnOpt = {raddr, ip_address()} + | {rport, integer()}</v> +<v>TlsOpt = {ssl_options, list()}</v> +<v>TcpOpt = term()</v> </type> <desc> @@ -74,8 +80,11 @@ marker="diameter_transport#start">diameter_transport(3)</seealso>.</p> <p> The only diameter_tcp-specific argument is the options list. Options <c>raddr</c> and <c>rport</c> specify the remote address -and port for a connecting transport and not valid for a listening +and port for a connecting transport and are not valid for a listening transport. +Option <c>ssl_options</c> specifies options to be passed +to ssl:connect/2 of ssl:ssl_accept/2 in case capabilities exchange +results in TLS being chosen for inband security. Remaining options are any accepted by gen_tcp:connect/3 for a connecting transport, or gen_tcp:listen/2 for a listening transport, with the exception of <c>binary</c>, <c>packet</c> and <c>active</c>. @@ -85,6 +94,24 @@ to specify the local listening port, the default being the standardized Note that option <c>ip</c> specifies the local address.</p> <p> +The <c>ssl_options</c> option must be specified if and only if +the transport in question has specified an Inband-Security-Id +AVP with value TLS on the relevant call to +<seealso +marker="diameter#start_service">start_service/2</seealso> or +<seealso +marker="diameter#add_transport">add_transport/2</seealso>, +so that the transport process will receive notification of +whether or not to commence with a TLS handshake following capabilities +exchange. +Failing to specify <c>ssl_options</c> on a TLS-capable transport +for which TLS is negotiated will cause TLS handshake to fail. +Failing to specify TLS capability when <c>ssl_options</c> has been +specified will cause the transport process to wait for a notification +that will not be forthcoming, which will eventually cause the RFC 3539 +watchdog to take down the connection.</p> + +<p> If the service specifies more than one Host-IP-Address and option <c>ip</c> is unspecified then then the first of the service's addresses is used as the local address.</p> @@ -104,6 +131,7 @@ The returned local address list has length one.</p> <title>SEE ALSO</title> <p> +<seealso marker="diameter">diameter(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="diameter_transport">diameter_transport(3)</seealso></p> </section> diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_transport.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_transport.xml index 37cc871e75..087a90b099 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_transport.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_transport.xml @@ -143,6 +143,34 @@ connection. Pid is the pid() of the parent process.</p> </item> +<tag><c>{diameter, {tls, Ref, Type, Bool}}</c></tag> +<item> +<p> +Indication of whether or not capabilities exchange has selected +inband security using TLS. +Ref is a reference() that must be included in the +<c>{diameter, {tls, Ref}}</c> reply message to the transport's +parent process (see below). +Type is either <c>connect</c> or <c>accept</c> depending on +whether the process has been started for a connecting or listening +transport respectively. +Bool is a boolean() indicating whether or not the transport connection +should be upgraded to TLS.</p> + +<p> +If TLS is requested (Bool = true) then a connecting process should +initiate a TLS handshake with the peer and an accepting process should +prepare to accept a handshake. +A successful handshake should be followed by a <c>{diameter, {tls, Ref}}</c> +message to the parent process. +A failed handshake should cause the process to exit.</p> + +<p> +This message is only sent to a transport process over whose +<c>Inband-Security-Id</c> configuration has indicated support for +TLS.</p> +</item> + </taglist> <p> @@ -184,6 +212,16 @@ How the <c>transport_data</c> is used/interpreted is up to the transport module.</p> </item> +<tag><c>{diameter, {tls, Ref}}</c></tag> +<item> +<p> +Acknowledgment of a successful TLS handshake. +Ref is the reference() received in the +<c>{diameter, {tls, Ref, Type, Bool}}</c> message in response +to which the reply is sent. +A transport must exit if a handshake is not successful.</p> +</item> + </taglist> </section> |