An Information Model for the Monitoring of Network Security Functions (NSF)
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draft-zhang-i2nsf-info-model-monitoring-00
Network Working Group D. Zhang
Internet-Draft Y. Wu
Intended status: Experimental Aliababa Group
Expires: September 18, 2016 L. Xia
Huawei
March 17, 2016
An Information Model for the Monitoring of Network Security Functions
(NSF)
draft-zhang-i2nsf-info-model-monitoring-00
Abstract
In this draft, an information model for the capability interface
monitoring network security functions (NSF) is proposed.
Requirements Language
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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Common Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. System Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.1. Memory Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.2. CPU Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.3. DISK Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.4. Session Table Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.5. Interface Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Security Event Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2.1. DDoS Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2.2. Virus Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2.3. Intrusion Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2.4. Botnet Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2.5. Web Attack Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1. Attack Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1.1. DDoS Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1.2. Virus Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.1.3. Intrusion Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.1.4. Botnet Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.1.5. Web Attack Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2. Service Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2.1. Traffic Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2.2. Policy HIT Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2.3. DPI Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3. System Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.4. Operation Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.5. Running Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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1. Introduction
According to [I-D.merged-i2nsf-framework], the interface provided by
a NSF (e.g., FW, AAA, IPS, Anti- DDOS, or Anti-Virus) for other
network entities (e.g., I2NSF client, or network/security controller)
to control and monitor the NSF is referred to as a 'capability
interface'. In practice, the NSF can communicate with the network
entities though the capability interface in either a 'push' or a
'pull' way. The NSF can send out a report about its status or about
certain network event proactively or send out message as a reply to
network entities who control or monitor it. This memo will not go
into the design details of capability interface. Instead, this draft
is engaged in specifying the information that a NSF needs to provided
in the monitoring part of the capability interface.
In this memo, the following types of reports that a NSF may need to
provide are considerred:
o The alarm triggered by a certain status in NSF
o The alarm triggered by a certain security event
o The report about the security events occured in a certain period
o The report about the status of NSF in a certain period
2. Common Information
There are some information that should be provided in each message
sent from a NSF to the network entity monitoring it.
o Time Stampe: indicate the time when the message is generated.
o NSF name: the name (or IP) of the device generatign the message.
o Vendor name: the name of the NSF vendor
o Type of NSF: inidcate what type the NSF is (e.g., firewall, WAF,
IPS)
o NSF model
o Vesion: The version of the interface
o NSF Version: The software version of the NSF
o Type of report: Alarm, periodical report, etc.
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3. Alarm
An alarm is the message generated by a NSF. An alarm could be
triggered by certain abnormal conditions occurred in a NSF (referred
to as a System Alarm) or a detected network abnormal conditions
(referred to as a Security Event Alarm).
3.1. System Alarm
3.1.1. Memory Alarm
The following information should be included in a Memory Alarm:
o event _Name: MEM_USAGE_HIGH
o usage:the usage rate of memory
o threshold: the threshold triggering the event
o message: The memory usage exceeded the threshold
3.1.2. CPU Alarm
The following information should be included in a CPU Alarm:
o event _Name: 'MEM_USAGE_HIGH'
o usage:the usage rate of CPU
o threshold: the threshold triggering the event
o message: 'The CPU usage exceeded the threshold'
3.1.3. DISK Alarm
The following information should be included in a Disk Alarm:
o event _Name: 'MEM_USAGE_HIGH'
o usage:the usage rate of disk
o threshold: the threshold triggering the event
o message: 'The disk usage exceeded the threshold'
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3.1.4. Session Table Alarm
The following information should be included in a Session
Table Alarm:
o event _Name: 'SESSION_USAGE_HIGH'
o current: the number of concurrent sessions
o Max:the maximum number of sessions that the session table can
support
o threshold: the threshold triggering the event
o message: 'The number of session table exceeded the threshold'
3.1.5. Interface Alarm
The following information should be included in a Interface Alarm:
o event _Name: 'IFNET_State'
o interface_Name:the name of interface
o state: 'UP' or'DOWN'
o message: 'The disk usage exceeded the threshold'
3.2. Security Event Alarm
3.2.1. DDoS Alarm
The following information should be included in a DDoS Alarm:
o event_Name: 'SEC_EVENT_DDoS'
o sub_attack_type: any one of Syn flood, ACK flood, SYN-ACK flood,
FIN/RST flood, TCP Connection flood, UDP flood, Icmp flood, HTTPS
flood, HTTP flood, DNS query flood, DNS reply flood, SIP flood,
and etc.
o dst_ip: the IP address of a victum under attack
o dst_port: the port numbers that the attrack traffic aims at.
o start_time: The time stampe indicating when the attack started
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o end_time:The time stampe indicating when the attack ended. If the
attack is still undergoing when sending out the alarm, this field
can be empty.
o attack_rate: the PPS of attack traffic
o attack_speed: the bps of attack traffic
3.2.2. Virus Alarm
The following information should be included in a Virus Alarm:
o event_Name: 'SEC_EVENT_Virus'
o virus_type: type of the virus, e.g.,
trojan，worm，macro Virus type
o virus_name
o dst_ip: The destination IP address of the packet where the virus
is found
o src_ip: The source IP address of the packet where the virus is
found
o src_port: The source port of the packet where the virus is found
o dst_port: The destination port of the packet where the virus is
found
o src_zone: The source security zone of the packet where the virus
is found
o dst_zone: The destination security zone of the packet where the
virus is found
o file_type: The type of the file where the virus is hided within
o file_name: The name of the file where the virus is hided within
o virus_info: The brief introduction of virus
o raw_info: The information describing the packet triggering the
event.
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3.2.3. Intrusion Alarm
The following information should be included in a Intrustion Alarm:
o event_name: the name of event：SEC_EVENT_Intrusion
o sub_attack_type: attack type，e.g., brutal
force、buffer overflow
o src_ip: The source IP address of the packet
o dst_ip: The destination IP address of the packet
o src_port:The source port number of the packet
o dst_port; The destination port number of the packet
o src_zone :the source security zone of the packet
o dst_zone: the destination security zone of the packet
o protocol: The employed transport layer
protocol，e.g.,TCP、UDP
o app: The employed application layer
protocol，e.g.,HTTP、FTP
o rule_id: The ID of the rule being triggered
o rule_name: The name of the rule being triggered
o intrusion_info: Simple description of intrusion
o raw_info: The information describing the packet triggering the
event.
3.2.4. Botnet Alarm
The following information should be included in a Botnet Alarm:
o event_name: the name of event：SEC_EVENT_Botnet
o botnet_name: The name of the detected botnet
o src_ip: The source IP address of the packet
o dst_ip: The destination IP address of the packet
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o src_port: The source port number of the packet
o dst_port: The destination port number of the packet
o src_zone: the source security zone of the packet
o dst_zone: the destination security zone of the packet
o protocol: The employed transport layer
protocol，e.g.,TCP、UDP
o app: The employed application layer
protocol，e.g.,HTTP、FTP
o role: The role of the communicating parties within the botnet:
1. the packet from zombie host to the attacker
2. The packet from the attacker to the zombie host
3. The packet from the IRC/WEB server to the zombie host
4. The packet from the zombie host to the IRC/WEB server
5. The packet from the attacker to the IRC/WEB server
6. The packet from the IRC/WEB server to the attacker
7. The packet from the zombie host to the victim
o botnet_info: Simple description of Botnet
o raw_info: The information describing the packet triggering the
event.
3.2.5. Web Attack Alarm
The following information should be included in a Web Attack Alarm:
o event_name: the name of event：SEC_EVENT_WebAttack
o sub_attack_type: Concret web attack type，e.g.，sql
injection 、command injection 、XSS、CSRF
o src_ip: The source IP address of the packet
o dst_ip: The destination IP address of the packet
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o src_port: The source port number of the packet
o dst_port: The destination port number of the packet
o src_zone: the source security zone of the packet
o dst_zone: the destination security zone of the packet
o req_method: the method of requirement. For instance, 'PUT' or
'GET' in HTTP.
o req_url: Requested URL
4. Reports
Different from Alarms, a report normally triggered by a timmer or a
request from the NE monitoring the device. So compared to alarms, a
report contains more statical information.
4.1. Attack Report
4.1.1. DDoS Report
Besides the fields in an DDoS Alarm, the following information should
be included in a DDoS Report:
o attack_type: attack type： DDoS
o attack_ave_rate: The average pps of the attack traffic within the
recorded time
o attack_ave_speed: The average bps of the attack traffic within the
recorded time
o attack_pkt_ num: The number attack packets within the recorded
time
o rule_id: The ID of the rule being triggered
o rule_name: The name of the rule being triggered
o attack_ src_ip: The source IP addresses of attack traffics. If
there are a large amount of IP addresses, then pick a certain
number of resources according to different rules.
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4.1.2. Virus Report
Besides the fields in an Virus Alarm, the following information
should be included in a Virus Report:
o attack_type: attack type： Virus
*
o protocol The transport layer protocol
o app The name of the application layer protocol
o times The time of detecting the virus
o action The actions dealing with the virus, e.g.,
alert，block os The OS that the virus will affect, e.g.,
all，android，ios，unix，windows
4.1.3. Intrusion Report
Besides the fields in an Intrusion Alarm, the following information
should be included in a Intrusion Report:
o attack_type: attack type： Intrusion
o times: The times of intrusions happened in the recorded time
action STRING The actions dealing with the intrusions, e.g.,
alert，block
o os: The OS that the intrusion will affect, e.g., all, android,
ios, unix, windows
o action: The actions dealing with the intrusions, e.g., alert,
block
o attack_rate: NUM the pps of attack traffic
o attack_speed: NUM the bps of attack traffic
4.1.4. Botnet Report
Besides the fields in an Botnet Alarm, the following information
should be included in a Botnet Report:
o attack_type: attack type： Botnet
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o botnet_pkt_num:The number of the packets sent to or from the
detected botnet
o action: The actions dealing with the detected packets, e.g.,
alert，block
o os: The OS that the attack aiming at, e.g., all，androidA
292;ios，unix，windows等。
4.1.5. Web Attack Report
Besides the fields in an Web Attack Alarm, the following information
should be included in a Web Attack Report:
o attack_type: attack type： Web Attack
o rsp_code: response code
o req_clientapp: the client application
o req_cookies: Cookies
o req_host: The domain name of the requested host
o raw_info: The information describing the packet triggering the
event.
4.2. Service Report
4.2.1. Traffic Report
TBD
4.2.2. Policy HIT Report
TBD
4.2.3. DPI Report
4.3. System Report
4.4. Operation Report
4.5. Running Report
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5. IANA Considerations
This document makes no request of IANA.
Note to RFC Editor: this section may be removed on publication as an
RFC.
6. Security Considerations
TBD
7. Acknowledgements
8. References
8.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
8.2. Informative References
[I-D.merged-i2nsf-framework]
Ed, E., Lopez, D., Dunbar, L., Strassner, J., Zhuang, X.,
Parrott, J., Krishnan, R., and S. Durbha, "Framework for
Interface to Network Security Functions", draft-merged-
i2nsf-framework-04 (work in progress), October 2015.
Authors' Addresses
Dacheng Zhang
Aliababa Group
Email: dacheng.zdc@alibaba-inc.com
Yi Wu
Aliababa Group
Email: anren.wy@alibaba-inc.com
Liang Xia
Huawei
Email: frank.xialiang@huawei.com
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