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Network Working Group S. Suehring
Internet-Draft Sentry Insurance
Expires February 8, 2004 J. Salowey
Cisco Systems
August 8, 2003
SCP/SFTP/SSH URI Format
draft-ietf-secsh-scp-sftp-ssh-uri-00.txt
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Abstract
This document describes the Uniform Resource Identifiers used to
locate resources for the SCP, SFTP, and SSH protocols. The document
describes the generic syntax involved in URI definitions as well as
specific definitions for each protocol. These specific definitions
may include user credentials such as username and password and also
may include other parameters such as fingerprint. In addition,
security considerations and examples are also provided within this
document.
General Syntax
The URI for each protocol shall consist of the scheme and the scheme
specific portion separated by a colon ":", as discussed in RFC 2396
[1]. This specification shall adopt the definitions "port", "host",
"scheme", "userinfo", and "authority" from RFC 2396.
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SSH URI
The SSH scheme shall consist of the protocol acronym followed by a
colon ":" and a double slash "//" in accordance with RFC 2718 [2].
The first component of the scheme specific portion MAY include
credentials (userinfo) consisting of a username and optionally also
including a password. Including the password in the URL is NOT
RECOMMENDED. The username and password components are separated by
a single colon ":".
Following the userinfo, if present, the at-sign "@" shall
precede the authority section of the URI. Optionally, the
authority section MAY also include the port preceded by a colon ":".
If the port is not included, port 22 is assumed. Following the port
additional parameters may be specified. These parameters are
defined in the connection parameters section.
ssh_URI = "ssh://" [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ]
[;conn-parameter=value]
SCP and SFTP URI
For SCP and SFTP, the scheme portion (scp: or sftp:) is followed by
a double slash "//".
Both SCP and SFTP URLs are terminated by a single slash "/" followed
by the path information to the requested resource.
The first component of the scheme specific portion MAY include
credentials (userinfo) consisting of a username and optionally also
including a password. Including the password in the URL is NOT
RECOMMENDED. The username and password components are separated by
a single colon ":".
Following the userinfo, if present, the at-sign "@" shall precede
the authority section of the URL. Optionally, the authority section
MAY also include the port preceded by a colon ":". If the port is
not included, port 22 is assumed. Following the port additional
parameters may be specified. These parameters are defined in the
connection parameters section.
scp_URI = "scp://" [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ]
[ ; parameter = value ] [ abs_path ]
Following the port additional parameters may be specified. These
parameters are defined in the connection parameters section.
Following the path additional sftp specific parameters may be
specified.
sftp_URI = "sftp://" [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ]
[;conn-parameter=value] [ abs_path ] [;sftp-parameter=value]
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Parameters
SSH connection parameters
The following parameters are associated with an SSH connection and
are applicable to SSH, SFTP and SCP. All parameters are optional
and MUST NOT overwrite configured defaults. Individual parameters
are separated by a comma (",").
fingerprint
The fingerprint parameter contains the fingerprint of the host key
for the host specified in the URL. The fingerprint is encoded as
in [3]. This parameter MUST NOT overwrite a key that is already
configured for the host. They fingerprint MAY be used to validate
the authenticity of the host key if the URL was obtained from an
authenticated source with its integrity protected. If this
parameter is not included then the validity of the host key is
validated using another method. See Security Considerations section
for additional considerations. There MUST be only one fingerprint
parameter for a given URL.
cipher
The cipher parameter indicates an acceptable encryption mechanism to
use in making the connection. The value is the string specifying the
SSH cipher type. This parameter MUST NOT add a mechanism to a
configured list of default configured acceptable encryption types.
If this parameter is not specified then the default configured cipher
list is used. There may be more than one cipher parameter.
integrity
The integrity parameter indicates an acceptable data integrity
mechanism to use in making the connection. The value is the string
specifying the SSH data integrity type. This parameter MUST NOT add
a mechanism to a configured list of default configured acceptable
data integrity types. If this parameter is not specified then the
default configured data integrity list is used. There may be more
than one integrity parameter.
key-xchg
The key-xchg parameter indicates an acceptable key exchange mechanism
to use when making the connection. The value is the string
specifying the SSH key exchange type. This parameter MUST NOT add a
mechanism to a configured list of default configured acceptable key
exchange types. If this parameter is not specified then the default
configured key exchange list is used. There may be more than one
key-xchg parameter.
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host-key-alg
The host-key-alg parameter indicates an host key to use when making
the connection. The value is the string specifying the SSH host key
type. This parameter MUST NOT add a mechanism to a configured list
of default configured acceptable host key types. If this parameter
is not specified then the default configured host key type list is
used. There may be more than one host-key-alg parameter.
user-auth
The user-auth parameter indicates a user authentication mechanism to
use when making the connection. The value is the string specifying
the SSH user authentication mechanism type. This parameter MUST NOT
add a mechanism to a configured list of default configured
acceptable user authentication mechanism types. If this parameter
is not specified then the default configured user authentication
mechanism type list is used. There may be more than one user-auth
parameter.
SFTP Parameters
The SFTP parameters determine how to handle the file transfer
character translation.
newline
The newline parameter determines how the server translates new line
indicators. The possible choices are usually "\r" or "\n" or "\r\n".
The default is "\r\n".
typecode
The typecode identifies the type of file which determines how it
will be treated. Possible values are "i" for binary files, "a" for
text files, and "d" for directory listings.
Examples
The following section shows basic examples of URLs for each
protocol. This section should not be considered to include all
possible combinations of URLs for each protocol.
ssh://user@host
ssh://user@host:2222
ssh://joeuser@example.com;fingerprint=c1:b1:30:29:d7:b8:de:6c
:97:77:10:d7:46:41:63:87,cipher=aes-cbc
scp://user:password@host/file.txt
sftp://user@host/dir/path/file.txt
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sftp://joeuser@example.com:2222;fingerprint=c1:b1:30:29:d7:b8
:de:6c:97:77:10:d7:46:41:63:87,cipher=
aes-cbc/pub/docs/test.txt;typecode=a
Security Considerations
In general, URIs themselves have no security considerations.
However, since the password for each scheme can optionally be
included within the URL it should be noted that doing so poses a
security risk. Since URLs are usually sent in the clear with no
encryption or other security, any password or other credentials
(userinfo) included could be seen by a potential attacker.
The fingerprint should only be used to validate the host key only if
the URL can be determined to be authentic from a trusted entity.
For example, the URL may be received through secure email or HTTPS
from a trusted and verifiable source. It is possible that the SSH
implementation may not be able to determine if the URL is authentic
in which case it SHOULD prompt the user to either allow or disallow
the connection based on the information provided. The SSH
implementation MUST NOT overwrite a currently configured public key
based on the URL alone.
The other connection parameters MUST NOT add any mechanism to the
list of configured acceptable mechanisms defined in the SSH client.
Normative References
[1] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., Masinter, L., "Uniform Resource
Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax", RFC 2396, August 1998.
[2] Masinter, L., et. al., "Guidelines for new URL Schemes", RFC
2718, November 1999.
[3] Markus Friedl, "SSH Fingerprint Format",
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
draft-ietf-secsh-fingerprint-01.txt,
work in progress
Non-Normative References
Mealling, M., Denenberg, R., "Report from the Joint W3C/IETF URI
Planning Interest Group: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), URLs,
and Uniform Resource Names (URNs): Clarifications and
Recommendations", RFC 3305, August 2002.
Author Information
Steve Suehring
Sentry Insurance
1800 North Point Dr, G2/61-17
Stevens Point, WI 54481
suehring@braingia.com
Joseph Salowey
Cisco Systems
2901 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
E-mail: jsalowey@cisco.com
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