| Internet-Draft | Analytics Interface YANG Data Model | July 2023 |
| Lingga, et al. | Expires 25 January 2024 | [Page] |
This document describes an information model and a YANG data model for the Analytics Interface between an Interface to Network Security Functions (I2NSF) Analyzer and a Security Controller in an I2NSF system in a Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) environment. The YANG data model described in this document is based on the I2NSF NSF-Facing Interface and the I2NSF Monitoring Interface for enabling the delivery of analytics information based on monitoring data received from a Network Security Function (NSF).¶
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In Interface to Network Security Functions (I2NSF) [RFC8329], the Monitoring Interface [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-monitoring-data-model] is defined as an interface to collect monitoring data (e.g., network statistics and resources) from NSF(s). This data can be received by either a query or a report. In a query-based approach, the data is obtained by a request from a client (e.g., I2NSF Analyzer). But in a report-based approach, the data is provided to I2NSF Analyzer by a server (e.g., NSF) when either a notification or an alarm is triggered by an event. In this model, the report-based approach is used in the I2NSF system for realizing the Security Management Automation (SMA) for cloud-based security services [I-D.jeong-i2nsf-security-management-automation]. Thus, monitoring data is sent automatically by NSFs to an I2NSF Analyzer. Figure 1 shows the I2NSF Framework for Security Management Automation.¶
+------------+
| I2NSF User |
+------------+
^
| Consumer-Facing Interface
v
+-------------------+ Registration +-----------------------+
|Security Controller|<-------------------->|Developer's Mgmt System|
+-------------------+ Interface +-----------------------+
^ ^
| |
| | Analytics Interface +-----------------------+
| +------------------------>| I2NSF Analyzer |
| +-----------------+-----+
| NSF-Facing Interface ^
| |
+--------------------------+ |
| | |
v v |
+------+---------+ +-------+--------+ |
| NSF-1 | ... | NSF-N | Monitoring |
| (Firewall) | |(DDoS Mitigator)+--------------+
+------+---------+ +-------+--------+ Interface |
| |
+--------------------------------------------------+
The automatic reports of monitoring data by the NSFs are collected in a single instance (i.e., I2NSF Analyzer) to analyze them. By analyzing the monitoring data, a new security policy can be produced to further enhance the security of the network. To create the automated system, the analysis of the monitoring data should be performed automatically with the help of machine learning. The automated analysis is not in the scope of this document.¶
A new security policy needs to be delivered from the I2NSF Analyzer to the Security Controller so the new policy can be listed and monitored properly. For that purpose, this document introduces the Analytics Interface as an intermediary interface between the I2NSF Analyzer and the Security Controller. Then the new policy should be delivered directly to appropriate NSFs by the Security Controller via the NSF-Facing Interface [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface-dm].¶
Therefore, the purpose of this document is to provide an Analytics Interface to a Security Controller in an I2NSF Framework. With the provided Analytics Interface, the realization of Security Management Automation (SMA) is possible through a closed-loop security control in the I2NSF framework.¶
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.¶
This document uses the terminology described in [RFC8329].¶
This document follows the guidelines of [RFC8407] and adopts the Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA). The meaning of the symbols in tree diagrams is defined in [RFC8340].¶
This document introduces an Analytics Interface as an interface to deliver an analytics report for augmentation or generation of a security policy rule created by I2NSF Analyzer to Security Controller [I-D.jeong-i2nsf-security-management-automation]. This allows Security Controller to actively reinforce a target network with its security policy management. Figure 2 shows the high-level concept of Analytics Interface to deliver Analytics Information (i.e., Policy Reconfiguration and Feedback Information) to Security Controller.¶
+-----------------+
| Analytics |
| Interface |
+--------+--------+
^
|
+------------+-----------+
| |
+--------+--------+ +-------+-----+
| Policy | | Feedback |
| Reconfiguration | | Information |
+--------+--------+ +-------+-----+
^ ^
| |
+------------+-----------+
|
+-------------+------------+
| | |
+-----+-----+ +-----+----+ +-----+-----+
| NSF Name | | Problem | | Solution |
+-----------+ +----------+ +-----------+
Both policy reconfiguration and feedback information provide the following high-level abstraction:¶
Policy reconfiguration is the rearrangement of a security policy in a different form or combination of the existing security policy to enhance the security service in the network. A policy reconfiguration is generated by the I2NSF Analyzer after receiving and analyzing monitoring information of NSF Events from an NSF [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-monitoring-data-model].¶
Policy reconfiguration works together with the three I2NSF interfaces defined for the I2NSF Framework, i.e., NSF-Facing Interface [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface-dm], NSF Monitoring Interface [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-monitoring-data-model], and Analytics Interface, to create a closed-loop securty system for reinforcing the network security. Figure 3 shows an illustration of the closed-loop system for the I2NSF Framework.¶
+------------+ +----------+
| Security | <--------------------------| I2NSF |
| Controller | Analytics Interface | Analyzer |
+------------+ (Policy Reconfiguration) +----------+
| ^
| |
NSF-Facing | +---------+ | Monitoring
Interface | +------->| NSF-1 |-------+ | Interface
(Policy | | +---------+ | |(Monitoring
Configuration)| | | | Data &
| | +---------+ | | Statistics)
+-------+------->| NSF-2 |-------+-----+
| +---------+ |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| +---------+ |
+------->| NSF-n |-------+
+---------+
Figure 3 shows a closed-loop security system between Security Controller, NSF, and I2NSF Analyzer. The Security Controller delivers a security policy to an appropriate NSF via the NSF-Facing Interface [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface-dm]. The NSF will prepare for a security service according to the given configuration and provide a security service for the network. The NSF SHOULD also provide monitoring data (e.g., NSF Events and System Alarms) to be analyzed. This monitoring data can be delivered by the NSF to an I2NSF Analyzer via the Monitoring Interface [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-monitoring-data-model]. Then the I2NSF Analyzer analyzes the monitoring data for the reconfiguration of an existing security policy, the generation of a new security policy, and the feedback for security system management (e.g., the scaling-up or scaling-down of resources related to NSFs). To fully automate the closed-loop system, the I2NSF Analyzer should analyze the monitoring data automatically using machine learning techniques (e.g., Deep Learning [Deep-Learning]). The results of the analysis may trigger the reconfiguration of an existing security policy or the generation of a new security policy to strengthen the network security. The reconfiguration or configuration request will be delivered by the I2NSF Analyzer to the Security Controller via the Analytics Interface.¶
To realize the closed-loop security system, the Analytics Interface needs to properly follow the similar guidelines for the I2NSF Framework [RFC8329]. The Analytics Interface follows [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface-dm] to create a security policy to reconfigure an existing security policy of NSF(s) or to generate a new security policy.¶
Analytics Interface holds a list of security policies so that the (re)configuration of a security policy and the feedback information can be provided to the Security Controller. Each policy consists of a list of rule(s) to be enhanced on the NSF. Note that the synchronization of the list of security policies should be done between the Security Controller and the I2NSF Analyzer and the specific mechanism is out of the scope of this document. A (re)configured security policy rule should be able to cope with attacks or failures that can happen to the network in near future. Such a rule is reconfigured or generated by the I2NSF Analyzer to tackle a detected problem in the network. It uses the Event-Condition-Action (ECA) model as the basis for the design of I2NSF Policy (Re)configuration as described in [RFC8329] and [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-capability-data-model].¶
An example of Policy (Re)configuration is a DDoS Attack that is detected by a DDoS Mitigator. The DDoS Mitigator creates monitoring data and delivers it to the I2NSF Analyzer. The I2NSF Analyzer analyzes the monitoring data and generates a new policy to handle the DDoS Attack, such as a firewall rule to drop all packets from the source of the DDoS Attack.¶
The YANG tree structure for policy reconfiguration is provided through the augmentation of the NSF-Facing Interface YANG Module [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface-dm] as follows:¶
augment /i2nsfnfi:i2nsf-security-policy:
+--rw nsf-name? union
+--rw problem
+--rw (attack-detection)?
+--:(ddos-detected)
| +--rw ddos-detected
| +--rw attack-src-ip* inet:ip-address-no-zone
| +--rw attack-dst-ip* inet:ip-address-no-zone
| +--rw attack-src-port* inet:port-number
| +--rw attack-dst-port* inet:port-number
+--:(virus-detected)
| +--rw virus-detected
| +--rw virus-name? string
| +--rw virus-type? identityref
| +--rw host? union
| +--rw file-type? string
| +--rw file-name? string
| +--rw os? string
+--:(intrusion-detected)
| +--rw intrusion-detected
| +--rw protocol? identityref
| +--rw app? identityref
| +--rw attack-type? identityref
+--:(web-attack-detected)
| +--rw web-attack-detected
| +--rw attack-type? identityref
| +--rw req-method? identityref
| +--rw req-uri? string
| +--rw req-user-agent? string
| +--rw cookies? string
| +--rw req-host? string
| +--rw response-code? string
+--:(voip-vocn-detected)
+--rw voip-vocn-detected
+--rw source-voice-id* string
+--rw destination-voice-id* string
+--rw user-agent* string
The policy reconfiguration must include the following information:¶
Feedback information is information about problem(s) of an NSF for a security service such as either over-usage or malfunction of a system resource. This problem cannot be handled by creating a new policy. In the similar way with the policy reconfiguration in Section 3.1, the feedback information should be delivered by the I2NSF Analyzer to the Security Controller that will be able to handle the reported problem(s).¶
+------------+
| I2NSF |
| User |
+------+-----+
^
| Report
|
+-----------+ +------+-----+ Analytics +----------+
|Developer's|<----------+ Security |<---------------| I2NSF |
|Mgmt System| Query | Controller | Interface | Analyzer |
+-----------+ +------------+ +----------+
Figure 5 shows the handling of feedback information. For the feedback information, the given feedback is not a security policy, hence the Security Controller needs to take an action to handle the reported problem(s). The action includes the report to the I2NSF User and the query of the system resource management of the relevant NSF(s) to the Developer's Management System (DMS). DMS will communicate with the Management and Orchestration (MANO) Unit in the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Framework to deal with the system management issue(s) of the relevant NSFs [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-applicability]. The details of the handling process are out of the scope of this document.¶
The YANG tree structure for feedback information is provided with the use of the NSF Monitoring Interface YANG Module [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-monitoring-data-model] as follows:¶
module: ietf-i2nsf-analytics-interface
+--rw i2nsf-feedback-information* [nsf-name time]
+--rw nsf-name union
+--rw time yang:date-and-time
+--rw language? string
+--rw problem
| +--rw (alarm-type)?
| +--:(memory-alarm)
| | +--rw memory-alarm
| | +--rw usage? uint8
| | +--rw message? string
| | +--rw duration? uint32
| +--:(cpu-alarm)
| | +--rw cpu-alarm
| | +--rw usage? uint8
| | +--rw message? string
| | +--rw duration? uint32
| +--:(disk-alarm)
| | +--rw disk-alarm
| | +--rw disk-id? string
| | +--rw usage? uint8
| | +--rw message? string
| | +--rw duration? uint32
| +--:(hardware-alarm)
| | +--rw hardware-alarm
| | +--rw component-name? string
| | +--rw message? string
| | +--rw duration? uint32
| +--:(interface-alarm)
| +--rw interface-alarm
| +--rw interface-id? string
| +--rw interface-state? enumeration
| +--rw message? string
| +--rw duration? uint32
+--rw solution* string
Figure 6 shows the high-level abstraction of Feedback Information. The feedback information should include:¶
This section shows the YANG module of Analytics Interface. The YANG module in this document is referencing to [RFC6991] [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface-dm] [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-monitoring-data-model].¶
The YANG module makes references to [RFC5646] [RFC6265] [RFC8343] [RFC9110]¶
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-i2nsf-analytics-interface@2023-07-24.yang"
module ietf-i2nsf-analytics-interface {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace
"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-i2nsf-analytics-interface";
prefix
i2nsfai;
import ietf-inet-types{
prefix inet;
reference "RFC 6991";
}
import ietf-yang-types{
prefix yang;
reference "RFC 6991";
}
import ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface {
prefix i2nsfnfi;
reference
"Section 4 of draft-ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface-dm-29";
}
import ietf-i2nsf-monitoring-interface {
prefix i2nsfmi;
reference
"Section 8 of draft-ietf-i2nsf-nsf-monitoring-data-model-20";
}
organization
"IETF I2NSF (Interface to Network Security Functions)
Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/i2nsf>
WG List: <mailto:i2nsf@ietf.org>
Editor: Patrick Lingga
<mailto:patricklink@skku.edu>
Editor: Jaehoon Paul Jeong
<mailto:pauljeong@skku.edu>";
description
"This module is a YANG module for Analytics Interface.
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
(RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when, they appear
in all capitals, as shown here.
Copyright (c) 2023 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Revised BSD License
set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's
Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
(https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX
(https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfcXXXX); see the RFC itself
for full legal notices.";
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with an actual RFC number and remove
// this note.
revision "2023-07-24" {
description "Initial revision.";
reference
"RFC XXXX: I2NSF Analytics Interface YANG Data Model";
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with an actual RFC number and remove
// this note.
}
augment "/i2nsfnfi:i2nsf-security-policy" {
description
"Augment the NSF-Facing Interface Data Model for the policy
reconfiguration";
leaf nsf-name {
type union {
type string;
type inet:ip-address;
}
description
"The name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) of the NSF to be
configured. If the given nsf-name is not IP address, the
name can be an arbitrary string including FQDN (Fully
Qualified Domain Name).";
}
container problem {
description
"Problem: The issue that is emitted by an NSF via the
I2NSF Monitoring Interface such as DDoS detection, Virus
detection, Intrusion detection, Web-attack detection, and
VoIP/VoCN violation detection.";
choice attack-detection {
description
"The detected attack type";
case ddos-detected {
container ddos-detected {
leaf-list attack-src-ip {
type inet:ip-address-no-zone;
description
"The source IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of attack
traffic. It can hold multiple IPv4 or IPv6
addresses. Note that all IP addresses should not be
included, but only limited IP addresses are included
to conserve the server resources. The listed
attacking IP addresses can be an arbitrary sampling
of the 'top talkers', i.e., the attackers that send
the highest amount of traffic.";
}
leaf-list attack-dst-ip {
type inet:ip-address-no-zone;
description
"The destination IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of attack
traffic. It can hold multiple IPv4 or IPv6
addresses.";
}
leaf-list attack-src-port {
type inet:port-number;
description
"The transport-layer source ports of the DDoS attack.
Note that not all ports will have been seen on all
the corresponding source IP addresses.";
}
leaf-list attack-dst-port {
type inet:port-number;
description
"The transport-layer destination ports of the DDoS
attack. Note that not all ports will have been seen
on all the corresponding destination IP addresses.";
}
description
"A container for DDoS Attack";
}
description
"A DDoS Attack is detected";
}
case virus-detected {
container virus-detected {
leaf virus-name {
type string;
description
"The name of the detected virus";
}
leaf virus-type {
type identityref {
base i2nsfmi:virus-type;
}
description
"The virus type of the detected virus";
}
leaf host {
type union {
type string;
type inet:ip-address-no-zone;
}
description
"The name or IP address of the host/device. This is
used to identify the host/device that is infected by
the virus. If the given name is not an IP address,
the name can be an arbitrary string including a FQDN
(Fully Qualified Domain Name). The name MUST be
unique in the scope of management domain for
identifying the device that has been infected with
a virus.";
}
leaf file-type {
type string;
description
"The type of a file (indicated by the file's suffix,
e.g., .exe) where virus code is found (if
applicable).";
}
leaf file-name {
type string;
description
"The name of file virus code is found in (if
applicable).";
}
leaf os {
type string;
description
"The operating system of the device.";
}
description
"A Virus Attack is detected";
}
description
"A virus is detected";
}
case intrusion-detected {
container intrusion-detected {
leaf protocol {
type identityref {
base i2nsfmi:transport-protocol;
}
description
"The transport protocol type for
nsf-detection-intrusion notification";
}
leaf app {
type identityref {
base i2nsfmi:application-protocol;
}
description
"The employed application layer protocol";
}
leaf attack-type {
type identityref {
base i2nsfmi:intrusion-attack-type;
}
description
"The sub attack type for intrusion attack";
}
description
"An intrusion is detected";
}
}
case web-attack-detected {
container web-attack-detected {
leaf attack-type {
type identityref {
base i2nsfmi:web-attack-type;
}
description
"Concrete web attack type, e.g., SQL injection,
command injection, XSS, and CSRF.";
}
leaf req-method {
type identityref {
base i2nsfmi:req-method;
}
description
"The HTTP request method, e.g., PUT or GET.";
reference
"RFC 9110: HTTP Semantics - Request Methods";
}
leaf req-uri {
type string;
description
"The Requested URI";
}
leaf req-user-agent {
type string;
description
"The request user agent";
}
leaf cookies {
type string;
description
"The HTTP Cookies header field of the request from
the user agent. The cookie information needs to be
kept confidential and is NOT RECOMMENDED to be
included in the monitoring data unless the
information is absolutely necessary to help to
enhance the security of the network.";
reference
"RFC 6265: HTTP State Management Mechanism - Cookie";
}
leaf req-host {
type string;
description
"The domain name of the requested host";
}
leaf response-code {
type string;
description
"The HTTP Response code";
reference
"IANA Website: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Status Code Registry";
}
description
"A web attack is detected";
}
description
"A web attack is detected";
}
case voip-vocn-detected {
container voip-vocn-detected {
leaf-list source-voice-id {
type string;
description
"The detected source voice ID for Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) and Voice over Cellular Network
(VoCN) that violates the security policy.";
}
leaf-list destination-voice-id {
type string;
description
"The detected destination voice ID for Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Voice over Cellular
Network (VoCN) that violates the security policy.";
}
leaf-list user-agent {
type string;
description
"The detected user-agent for VoIP and VoCN that
violates the security policy.";
}
description
"A violation of VoIP/VoCN is detected";
}
description
"A violation of VoIP/VoCN is detected";
}
}
}
}
list i2nsf-feedback-information {
key "nsf-name time";
description
"Feedback information is information about problem(s) of an
NSF for a security service such as system resource over-usage
or malfunction. ";
leaf nsf-name {
type union {
type string;
type inet:ip-address;
}
description
"The name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) of the NSF to be
configured. If the given nsf-name is not IP address, the
name can be an arbitrary string including FQDN (Fully
Qualified Domain Name).";
}
leaf time {
type yang:date-and-time;
description
"The time of the feedback information delivered";
}
leaf language {
type string {
pattern '(([A-Za-z]{2,3}(-[A-Za-z]{3}(-[A-Za-z]{3})'
+ '{0,2})?|[A-Za-z]{4}|[A-Za-z]{5,8})(-[A-Za-z]{4})?'
+ '(-([A-Za-z]{2}|[0-9]{3}))?(-([A-Za-z0-9]{5,8}'
+ '|([0-9][A-Za-z0-9]{3})))*(-[0-9A-WY-Za-wy-z]'
+ '(-([A-Za-z0-9]{2,8}))+)*(-[Xx](-([A-Za-z0-9]'
+ '{1,8}))+)?|[Xx](-([A-Za-z0-9]{1,8}))+|'
+ '(([Ee][Nn]-[Gg][Bb]-[Oo][Ee][Dd]|[Ii]-'
+ '[Aa][Mm][Ii]|[Ii]-[Bb][Nn][Nn]|[Ii]-'
+ '[Dd][Ee][Ff][Aa][Uu][Ll][Tt]|[Ii]-'
+ '[Ee][Nn][Oo][Cc][Hh][Ii][Aa][Nn]'
+ '|[Ii]-[Hh][Aa][Kk]|'
+ '[Ii]-[Kk][Ll][Ii][Nn][Gg][Oo][Nn]|'
+ '[Ii]-[Ll][Uu][Xx]|[Ii]-[Mm][Ii][Nn][Gg][Oo]|'
+ '[Ii]-[Nn][Aa][Vv][Aa][Jj][Oo]|[Ii]-[Pp][Ww][Nn]|'
+ '[Ii]-[Tt][Aa][Oo]|[Ii]-[Tt][Aa][Yy]|'
+ '[Ii]-[Tt][Ss][Uu]|[Ss][Gg][Nn]-[Bb][Ee]-[Ff][Rr]|'
+ '[Ss][Gg][Nn]-[Bb][Ee]-[Nn][Ll]|[Ss][Gg][Nn]-'
+ '[Cc][Hh]-[Dd][Ee])|([Aa][Rr][Tt]-'
+ '[Ll][Oo][Jj][Bb][Aa][Nn]|[Cc][Ee][Ll]-'
+ '[Gg][Aa][Uu][Ll][Ii][Ss][Hh]|'
+ '[Nn][Oo]-[Bb][Oo][Kk]|[Nn][Oo]-'
+ '[Nn][Yy][Nn]|[Zz][Hh]-[Gg][Uu][Oo][Yy][Uu]|'
+ '[Zz][Hh]-[Hh][Aa][Kk][Kk][Aa]|[Zz][Hh]-'
+ '[Mm][Ii][Nn]|[Zz][Hh]-[Mm][Ii][Nn]-'
+ '[Nn][Aa][Nn]|[Zz][Hh]-[Xx][Ii][Aa][Nn][Gg])))';
}
default "en-US";
description
"The value in this field indicates the language tag
used for all of the text in the module
(i.e., 'leaf message' and 'leaf-list solution').
The attribute is encoded following the rules in Section 2.1
in RFC 5646. The default language tag is 'en-US'";
reference
"RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages";
}
container problem {
description
"The issue that is emitted by an NSF via the I2NSF Monitoring
Interface. The problem for feedback information includes the
system alarms, such as Memory alarm, CPU alarm, Disk alarm,
Hardware alarm, and Interface alarm.";
choice alarm-type {
description
"The detected alarm type";
case memory-alarm {
container memory-alarm {
leaf usage {
type uint8 {
range "0..100";
}
units "percent";
description
"The average usage for the duration of the alarm.";
}
leaf message {
type string;
description
"A message explaining the problem.";
}
leaf duration {
type uint32;
description
"Specify the duration of the first alarm triggered
until the feedback information is created.";
}
description
"The container for memory-alarm";
}
description
"The detected alarm type is memory-alarm";
}
case cpu-alarm {
container cpu-alarm {
leaf usage {
type uint8 {
range "0..100";
}
units "percent";
description
"The average usage for the duration of the alarm.";
}
leaf message {
type string;
description
"A message explaining the problem.";
}
leaf duration {
type uint32;
description
"Specify the duration of the first alarm triggered
until the feedback information is created.";
}
description
"The container for cpu-alarm";
}
description
"The detected alarm type is cpu-alarm";
}
case disk-alarm {
container disk-alarm {
leaf disk-id {
type string;
description
"The ID of the storage disk. It is a free form
identifier to identify the storage disk.";
}
leaf usage {
type uint8 {
range "0..100";
}
units "percent";
description
"The average usage for the duration of the alarm.";
}
leaf message {
type string;
description
"A message explaining the problem.";
}
leaf duration {
type uint32;
description
"Specify the duration of the first alarm triggered
until the feedback information is created.";
}
description
"The container for disk-alarm";
}
description
"The detected alarm type is disk-alarm";
}
case hardware-alarm {
container hardware-alarm {
leaf component-name {
type string;
description
"The hardware component responsible for generating
the message. Applicable for Hardware Failure
Alarm.";
}
leaf message {
type string;
description
"A message explaining the problem.";
}
leaf duration {
type uint32;
description
"Specify the duration of the first alarm triggered
until the feedback information is created.";
}
description
"The container for hardware-alarm";
}
description
"The detected alarm type is hardware-alarm";
}
case interface-alarm {
container interface-alarm {
leaf interface-id {
type string;
description
"The interface ID responsible for generating
the message.";
}
leaf interface-state {
type enumeration {
enum up {
value 1;
description
"The interface state is up and not congested.
The interface is ready to pass packets.";
}
enum down {
value 2;
description
"The interface state is down, i.e., does not pass
any packets.";
}
enum congested {
value 3;
description
"The interface state is up but congested.";
}
enum testing {
value 4;
description
"In some test mode. No operational packets can
be passed.";
}
enum unknown {
value 5;
description
"Status cannot be determined for some reason.";
}
enum dormant {
value 6;
description
"Waiting for some external event.";
}
enum not-present {
value 7;
description
"Some component (typically hardware) is
missing.";
}
enum lower-layer-down {
value 8;
description
"Down due to state of lower-layer interface(s).";
}
}
description
"The state of the interface. Applicable for Network
Interface Failure Alarm.";
reference
"RFC 8343: A YANG Data Model for Interface Management
- Operational States";
}
leaf message {
type string;
description
"A message explaining the problem.";
}
leaf duration {
type uint32;
description
"Specify the duration of the first alarm triggered
until the feedback information is created.";
}
description
"The container for interface-alarm";
}
description
"The detected alarm type is interface-alarm";
}
}
}
leaf-list solution {
type string;
description
"A possible solution given as feedback is in the form of
a free-form string (as a high-level instruction).";
}
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
This section shows XML configuration examples of analytics information including feedback policy rules, which is delivered by the I2NSF Analyzer to the Security Controller over the Analytics Interface after the I2NSF Analyzer analyzes monitoring data.¶
In this example, the scenario can be seen in Figure 8.¶
+---------------------------------+
+---------------+ | Secure Network (203.0.113.0/24) |
| DDoS Attacker | | |
| 192.0.2.8, | DDoS | +---------+ +---------+ |
| 192.0.2.9, +-------->| |Firewall | |Server 1 | |
| 192.0.2.10 | Attack | +---------+ +---------+ |
+---------------+ | | |
| v +---------+ |
| +---------+ |Server 2 | |
| |DDoS | ----> +---------+ |
| |Mitigator| |
| +---------+ +---------+ |
| |Server 3 | |
| +---------+ |
+---------------------------------+
In this scenario, a DDoS Mitigator detects a DDoS Attack and sends a notification to the I2NSF Analyzer as shown in Figure 9.¶
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<notification
xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:notification:1.0">
<eventTime>2021-08-27T09:00:01.00Z</eventTime>
<i2nsf-nsf-event
xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-i2nsf-monitoring-interface">
<acquisition-method>subscription</acquisition-method>
<emission-type>on-change</emission-type>
<dampening-type>on-repetition</dampening-type>
<i2nsf-nsf-detection-ddos>
<attack-type>i2nsfmi:syn-flood</attack-type>
<start-time>2021-08-27T09:00:00.00Z</start-time>
<attack-src-ip>192.0.2.8</attack-src-ip>
<attack-src-ip>192.0.2.9</attack-src-ip>
<attack-src-ip>192.0.2.10</attack-src-ip>
<attack-dst-ip>203.0.113.0/24</attack-dst-ip>
<attack-rate>100</attack-rate>
<message>A DDoS Attack is detected</message>
<nsf-name>DDoS_mitigator</nsf-name>
</i2nsf-nsf-detection-ddos>
</i2nsf-nsf-event>
</notification>
In the scenario shown in Figure 9, the description of the XML example is as follows:¶
After receiving the monitoring data, the I2NSF Analyzer analyzes it and creates a new feedback policy to enforce the security of the network. The I2NSF Analyzer delivers the feedback policy to the Security Controller as shown in Figure 10.¶
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<i2nsf-security-policy
xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-i2nsf-analytics-interface">
<system-policy-name>
feedback_policy_for_ddos_attack
</system-policy-name>
<rules>
<rule-name>deny_ddos_attack</rule-name>
<condition>
<ipv4>
<source-ipv4-range>
<start>192.0.2.8</start>
<end>192.0.2.10</end>
<source-ipv4-range>
</ipv4>
<context>
<time>
<start-date-time>2021-08-27T09:00:00.00Z</start-date-time>
</time>
</context>
</condition>
<actions>
<packet-action>
<ingress-action>drop</ingress-action>
</packet-action>
</actions>
</rules>
<nsf-name>Firewall</nsf-name>
<problem>
<ddos-detected>
<attack-src-ip>192.0.2.8</attack-src-ip>
<attack-src-ip>192.0.2.9</attack-src-ip>
<attack-src-ip>192.0.2.10</attack-src-ip>
<attack-dst-ip>203.0.113.0/24</attack-dst-ip>
</ddos-detected>
</problem>
</i2nsf-security-policy>
The policy reconfiguration in Figure 10 means the following:¶
In this scenario, an NSF is overloaded and sends a notification to the I2NSF Analyzer as shown in Figure 11.¶
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<notification
xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:notification:1.0">
<eventTime>2021-08-27T07:43:52.181088+00:00</eventTime>
<i2nsf-event
xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-i2nsf-monitoring-interface">
<acquisition-method>subscription</acquisition-method>
<emission-type>on-change</emission-type>
<dampening-type>on-repetition</dampening-type>
<language>en-US</language>
<i2nsf-system-detection-alarm>
<alarm-category>memory-alarm</alarm-category>
<usage>91</usage>
<threshold>90</threshold>
<message>Memory Usage Exceeded the Threshold</message>
<nsf-name>time_based_firewall</nsf-name>
<severity>high</severity>
</i2nsf-system-detection-alarm>
</i2nsf-event>
</notification>
In the scenario shown in Figure 11, the description of the XML example is as follows:¶
After receiving the monitoring data, the I2NSF Analyzer analyzes it and creates a new feedback policy to solve the problem that is detected by the NSF. The I2NSF Analyzer delivers the feedback information to the Security Controller as shown in Figure 12.¶
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<i2nsf-feedback-information
xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-i2nsf-analytics-interface">
<time>2021-08-27T08:43:52.000000+00:00</time>
<nsf-name>Firewall</nsf-name>
<language>en-US</language>
<problem>
<memory-alarm>
<usage>95</usage>
<message>Memory Usage Exceeded the Threshold</message>
<duration>3600</duration>
</memory-alarm>
</problem>
<solution>
Add more memory capacity to the NSF
</solution>
<solution>
Create a new NSF with the same security service
</solution>
</i2nsf-feedback-information>
The feedback information in Figure 12 means the following:¶
This document requests IANA to register the following URI in the "IETF XML Registry" [RFC3688]:¶
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-i2nsf-analytics-interface Registrant Contact: The IESG. XML: N/A; the requested URI is an XML namespace.¶
This document requests IANA to register the following YANG module in the "YANG Module Names" registry [RFC7950][RFC8525]:¶
name: ietf-i2nsf-analytics-interface namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-i2nsf-analytics-interface prefix: i2nsfai reference: RFC XXXX // RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with an actual RFC number and remove // this note.¶
The YANG module specified in this document defines a data schema designed to be accessed through network management protocols such as NETCONF [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040]. The lowest NETCONF layer is the secure transport layer, and the required secure transport is Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242]. The lowest RESTCONF layer is HTTPS, and the required secure transport is TLS [RFC8446].¶
The NETCONF access control model [RFC8341] provides a means of restricting access to specific NETCONF or RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or RESTCONF protocol operations and contents.¶
There are a number of data nodes defined in this YANG module that are writable/creatable/deletable (i.e., config true, which is the default). These data nodes may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. Write operations (e.g., edit-config) to these data nodes without proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations. The data model in this document uses the data model from NSF-Facing Interface data model, it MUST follow the Security Considerations mentioned in [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface-dm].¶
Some of the readable data nodes in this YANG module may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. Thus, it is important to control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or notification) to these data nodes. This document MUST also follow the Security Considerations about the readable data nodes mentioned in [I-D.ietf-i2nsf-nsf-facing-interface-dm].¶
This document is a product by the I2NSF Working Group (WG) including WG Chairs (i.e., Linda Dunbar and Yoav Nir) and Diego Lopez. This document took advantage of the review and comments from the following experts: Roman Danyliw and Tom Petch. The authors sincerely appreciate their sincere efforts and kind help.¶
This work was supported by Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korea Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)(2020-0-00395-003, Standard Development of Blockchain based Network Management Automation Technology).¶
This work was supported in part by Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korea Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)(No. 2022-0-01015, Development of Candidate Element Technology for Intelligent 6G Mobile Core Network).¶
The following are coauthors of this document:¶
The following changes are made from draft-lingga-i2nsf-analytics-interface-dm-01:¶