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Expect-CT Extension for HTTP Expect-CT Extension for HTTP
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Abstract Abstract
This document defines a new HTTP header field named Expect-CT, which This document defines a new HTTP header field named Expect-CT, which
allows web host operators to instruct user agents to expect valid allows web host operators to instruct user agents to expect valid
Signed Certificate Timestamps (SCTs) to be served on connections to Signed Certificate Timestamps (SCTs) to be served on connections to
these hosts. Expect-CT allows web host operators to discover these hosts. Expect-CT allows web host operators to discover
misconfigurations in their Certificate Transparency deployments. misconfigurations in their Certificate Transparency deployments.
Further, web host operaters can use Expect-CT to ensure that, if a UA Further, web host operaters can use Expect-CT to ensure that, if a UA
which supports Expect-CT accepts a misissued certificate, that which supports Expect-CT accepts a misissued certificate, that
certificate will be discoverable in Certificate Transparency logs. certificate will be discoverable in Certificate Transparency logs.
Note to Readers
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Working Group information can be found at http://httpwg.github.io/
[2]; source code and issues list for this draft can be found at
https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/labels/expect-ct [3].
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2. Server and Client Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. Server and Client Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Response Header Field Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1. Response Header Field Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.1. The report-uri Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.1.1. The report-uri Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.2. The enforce Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.1.2. The enforce Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.3. The max-age Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.1.3. The max-age Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.4. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.1.4. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2. Host Processing Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.2. Host Processing Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2.1. HTTP-over-Secure-Transport Request Type . . . . . . . 8 2.2.1. HTTP-over-Secure-Transport Request Type . . . . . . . 8
2.2.2. HTTP Request Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.2.2. HTTP Request Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3. User Agent Processing Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.3. User Agent Processing Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3.1. Missing or Malformed Expect-CT Header Fields . . . . 9 2.3.1. Missing or Malformed Expect-CT Header Fields . . . . 8
2.3.2. Expect-CT Header Field Processing . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.3.2. Expect-CT Header Field Processing . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3.3. Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.3.3. Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4. Evaluating Expect-CT Connections for CT Compliance . . . 11 2.4. Evaluating Expect-CT Connections for CT Compliance . . . 11
2.4.1. Skipping CT compliance checks . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.4.1. Skipping CT compliance checks . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3. Reporting Expect-CT Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. Reporting Expect-CT Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.1. Generating a violation report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.1. Generating a violation report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2. Sending a violation report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.2. Sending a violation report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3. Receiving a violation report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3.3. Receiving a violation report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Usability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4. Usability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Authoring Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5. Authoring Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.1. Hostile header attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7.1. Hostile header attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.2. Maximum max-age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7.2. Maximum max-age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.3. Amplification attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7.3. Amplification attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8.1. Header Field Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.1. Header Field Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8.2. Media Types Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.2. Media Types Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9.3. URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 9.3. URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Appendix A. Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Appendix A. Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
A.1. Since -07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 A.1. Since -07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
A.2. Since -06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A.2. Since -06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
A.3. Since -05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A.3. Since -05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A.4. Since -04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A.4. Since -04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A.5. Since -03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A.5. Since -03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A.6. Since -02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A.6. Since -02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A.7. Since -01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A.7. Since -01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A.8. Since -00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A.8. Since -00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
This document defines a new HTTP header field that enables UAs to This document defines a new HTTP header field that enables UAs to
identify web hosts that expect the presence of Signed Certificate identify web hosts that expect the presence of Signed Certificate
Timestamps (SCTs) [I-D.ietf-trans-rfc6962-bis] in subsequent Timestamps (SCTs) [I-D.ietf-trans-rfc6962-bis] in subsequent
Transport Layer Security (TLS) [RFC8446] connections. Transport Layer Security (TLS) [RFC8446] connections.
Web hosts that serve the Expect-CT HTTP header field are noted by the Web hosts that serve the Expect-CT HTTP header field are noted by the
UA as Known Expect-CT Hosts. The UA evaluates each connection to a UA as Known Expect-CT Hosts. The UA evaluates each connection to a
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the rate at which they emit reports, but an attacker may alter the the rate at which they emit reports, but an attacker may alter the
Expect-CT header's fields to induce UAs to submit different reports Expect-CT header's fields to induce UAs to submit different reports
to different URIs to still cause the same effect. to different URIs to still cause the same effect.
8. IANA Considerations 8. IANA Considerations
8.1. Header Field Registry 8.1. Header Field Registry
This document registers the "Expect-CT" header field in the This document registers the "Expect-CT" header field in the
"Permanent Message Header Field Names" registry located at "Permanent Message Header Field Names" registry located at
https://www.iana.org/assignments/message-headers [4]. https://www.iana.org/assignments/message-headers [1].
Header field name: Expect-CT Header field name: Expect-CT
Applicable protocol: http Applicable protocol: http
Status: experimental Status: experimental
Author/Change controller: IETF Author/Change controller: IETF
Specification document(s): This document Specification document(s): This document
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Change controller: IETF Change controller: IETF
9. References 9. References
9.1. Normative References 9.1. Normative References
[I-D.ietf-trans-rfc6962-bis] [I-D.ietf-trans-rfc6962-bis]
Laurie, B., Langley, A., Kasper, E., Messeri, E., and R. Laurie, B., Langley, A., Kasper, E., Messeri, E., and R.
Stradling, "Certificate Transparency Version 2.0", draft- Stradling, "Certificate Transparency Version 2.0", draft-
ietf-trans-rfc6962-bis-30 (work in progress), November ietf-trans-rfc6962-bis-42 (work in progress), August 2021.
2018.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>. <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC3339] Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet: [RFC3339] Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002, Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>. <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>.
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[FETCH] WHATWG, "Fetch - Living Standard", n.d., [FETCH] WHATWG, "Fetch - Living Standard", n.d.,
<https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org>. <https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org>.
[RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol [RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018, Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>. <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.
9.3. URIs 9.3. URIs
[1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/ [1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/message-headers
[2] http://httpwg.github.io/
[3] https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/labels/expect-ct
[4] https://www.iana.org/assignments/message-headers
Appendix A. Changes Appendix A. Changes
A.1. Since -07 A.1. Since -07
o Editorial changes o Editorial changes
o Specify that the end-entity certificate appears first in the o Specify that the end-entity certificate appears first in the
"validated-certificate-chain" field of an Expect-CT report. "validated-certificate-chain" field of an Expect-CT report.
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