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<header >
<title > Security Labels in XMPP</title>
<abstract > This document describes the use of security labels in XMPP. The document
specifies how security label metadata is carried in XMPP, when this metadata
should or should not be provided, and how the metadata is to be processed.</abstract>
&LEGALNOTICE;
<number > 0258</number>
<status > Experimental</status>
<type > Standards Track</type>
<sig > Standards</sig>
<approver > Council</approver>
<dependencies >
<spec > XMPP Core</spec>
<spec > XEP-0001</spec>
</dependencies>
<supersedes />
<supersededby />
<shortname > sec-label</shortname>
<author >
<firstname > Kurt</firstname>
<surname > Zeilenga</surname>
<email > Kurt.Zeilenga@Isode.COM</email>
<jid > Kurt.Zeilenga@Isode.COM</jid>
</author>
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<revision >
<version > 0.5 (draft)</version>
<date > 2009-07-27</date>
<initials > kdz</initials>
<remark > <p > Remove &LABEL; /&EQUIVALENTLABEL; type= attribute. Clarify label catalog discovery. Clarify syntax of selector= attribute.</p> </remark>
</revision>
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<revision >
<version > 0.4</version>
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<date > 2009-07-23</date>
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<initials > kdz</initials>
<remark > <p > Update label catalogs to include user input selector.</p> </remark>
</revision>
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<revision >
<version > 0.3</version>
<date > 2009-03-20</date>
<initials > kdz</initials>
<remark > <p > Add text regarding default bg/fg colors. Correct examples.</p> </remark>
</revision>
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<revision >
<version > 0.2</version>
<date > 2009-03-10</date>
<initials > kdz</initials>
<remark > <p > Reworked discovery and various updates.</p> </remark>
</revision>
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<revision >
<version > 0.1</version>
<date > 2009-01-05</date>
<initials > psa</initials>
<remark > <p > Initial published version.</p> </remark>
</revision>
<revision >
<version > 0.0.081203</version>
<date > 2008-12-03</date>
<initials > kdz</initials>
<remark > <p > Initial draft.</p> </remark>
</revision>
</header>
<section1 topic= 'Introduction' anchor= 'intro' >
<p > A security label, sometimes referred to as a confidentiality label, is
a structured representation of the sensitivity of a piece of information. They are
used in conjunction with a clearance, a structured representation of what information
sensitivities a person (or other entity) is authorized to access, and a security
policy to control access to each piece of information. For instance, message could be
labeled as "SECRET", and hence requiring the sender and the receiver to have a
clearance granting access to "SECRET" information. &X.841; provides a discussion of
security labels, clearances, and security policy.</p>
<p > Sensitivity-based authorization is used in networks which operate under a set of
information classification rules, such as in government defense agency networks. The
standardized formats for security labels, clearances, and security policy are
generalized and do have application in non-government networks.</p>
<p > This document describes the use of security labels in &xmpp; . The document specifies
how security label metadata is carried in XMPP. It standardizes a mechanism for
carrying ESS Security Labels in XMPP, as well as provides for use of other label
formats. ESS Security Labels are specified in &rfc2634; . ESS Security Labels are
commonly used in conjunction with &X.500; clearances and either X.841 or &SDN.801c;
security policies.</p>
<example caption= "Message with ESS Security Label" > < ![CDATA[
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<message to= 'romeo@example.net' from= 'juliet@example.com/balcony' >
<body > This content is classified.</body>
<securitylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' >
<displaymarking fgcolor= 'black' bgcolor= 'red' > SECRET</displaymarking>
<label > <esssecuritylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0' >
MQYCAQQGASk=
</esssecuritylabel> </label>
</securitylabel>
</message>
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]]></example>
<example caption= "Message with IC-ISM Label" > < ![CDATA[
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<message to= 'romeo@example.net' from= 'juliet@example.com/balcony' >
<body > This content is classified.</body>
<securitylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' >
<displaymarking fgcolor= 'black' bgcolor= 'red' > SECRET</displaymarking>
<label > <icismlabel xmlns= 'http://example.gov/IC-ISM/0' classification= 'S'
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ownerProducer='USA'/></label>
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</securitylabel>
</message>
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]]></example>
<p > Note: The &IC-ISM; label example is for <em > illustrative purposes only</em> .</p>
<p > The document details when security label metadata should or should not be provided, and how
this metadata is to be processed.</p>
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<p > This document does <em > not</em> provide:
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<ul >
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<li > any mechanism for a client might discover the security policy
enforce at its home server, or any other server;</li>
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<li > any mechanism for a client to discover the user's clearance,
or the clearance of associated with any resource; nor</li>
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<li > any administrative mechanism for a client to configure
configure policy, clearance, and labels of any resource.</li>
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</ul>
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Such mechanisms may be introduced in subsequent documents.</p>
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</section1>
<section1 topic= 'Discovering Feature Support' anchor= 'disco' >
<p > If an entity supports the XMPP Security Label protocol, it MUST report that fact
by including a service discovery feature of "<tt > urn:xmpp:sec-label:0</tt> " in
response to a &xep0030; information request. Clients wishing to include a XMPP
Security Label element in any stanza they generate SHOULD determine if their
server supports the XMPP Security Label protocol. If their server does not
support XMPP Security Label, the client SHOULD NOT generate XMPP Security Labels
as the server not supporting this protocol will generally ignore XMPP Security
Labels as they would any other unrecognized element.</p>
<p > As each service domain may have different support for security labels, servers
should advertise and clients should perform appropriate discovery lookups on a
per service basis.</p>
<example caption= "Service Discovery information request" > < ![CDATA[
<iq type= 'get'
from='user@example.com/Work'
to='example.com'
id='disco1'>
<query xmlns= 'http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info' />
</iq>
]]></example>
<example caption= "Service Discovery information response" > < ![CDATA[
<iq type= 'result'
from='example.com'
to='user@example.com/Work'
id='disco1'>
<query xmlns= 'http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info' >
...
<feature var= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' />
...
</query>
</iq>
]]></example>
<!--
<p > A server should only include &IDENTITY; elements in the response for services
the user is cleared to use.</p>
-->
</section1>
<section1 topic= 'Protocol' anchor= 'protocol' >
<p > An element, &SECURITYLABEL; , is defined to carry security label metadata. This metadata
includes a security label, zero or more equivalent security labels, and optionally display
marking data.</p>
<example caption= "Labeled Message" > < ![CDATA[
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<message to= 'romeo@example.net' from= 'juliet@example.com/balcony' >
<body > This content is classified.</body>
<securitylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' >
<displaymarking fgcolor= 'black' bgcolor= 'red' > SECRET</displaymarking>
<label >
<esssecuritylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0'
>MQYCAQIGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
</label>
<equivalentlabel >
<esssecuritylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0'
>MRUCAgD9DA9BcXVhIChvYnNvbGV0ZSk=</esssecuritylabel>
</equivalentlabel>
</securitylabel>
</message>
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]]></example>
<p > The security label metadata is carried in an &SECURITYLABEL; element.
The &SECURITYLABEL; element which contains one and only one &LABEL; element,
zero or more &EQUIVALENTLABEL; elements, and an optional &DISPLAYMARKING; element.</p>
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<p > The &LABEL; provides the primary security label. It is commonly issued
by the sender under the security policy of that they and their home
server operating under. The &LABEL; contains either a single element
representing the primary security label or is empty to indicate use of
a default.</p>
<p > Each &EQUIVALENTLABEL; represents an equivalent security label under
other policies. Each &EQUIVALENTLABEL; contains a single element
representing the equivalent label. This element might be used when
a recepient is known to hold a clearance under a different policy
than the sender.</p>
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<p > The &DISPLAYMARKING; element contains a display string for use by
implementations which are unable to utilize the applicable security policy
to generate display markings. The element may optionally contain two
attributes, <tt > fgcolor=</tt> and <tt > bgcolor=</tt> , whose values are HTML
color strings (e.g., '<tt > red</tt> ' or '<tt > #ff0000</tt> '), for use in
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colorizing the display marking. The <tt > fgcolor=</tt> default is <tt > black</tt> .
The <tt > bgcolor=</tt> default is <tt > white</tt> .
</p>
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</section1>
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<section1 topic= 'Label Catalog Discovery' anchor= 'label-catalog' >
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<p > A client can request a catalog for a particular JID by sending
an catalog discovery request to the client's server. Where the JID
is hosted by some other server, the client's server is expected to
produce a suitable catalog (or fail the request). The client's server
may, as needed, query catalogs from other servers in order to
fulfill the client's request.</p>
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<p > While this specification does not preclude a client from directing
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a catalog request elsewhere, it is noted that catalog returned by
a party other than its server may not be directly useable by the
client. For instance, the client's server might require a particular
only-locally-known label be used in messages to a particular remote
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JID.</p>
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<p > It is RECOMMENDED the server publish catalogs of security label
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for use by clients.</p>
<p > Each catalog provided should only contain labels for which the client
is allowed to use (based upon the user's authorization) in a particular
context (such as in chatroom). A catalog may not be include the
complete set of labels available for the use by the client in the
context.</p>
<blockquote > Note: the single catalog per context approach used here
is likely inadequate in enviroments where there are a large number
of labels in use. It is expected that a more sophisticated approach
will be introduced in a subsequent revision of this
specification.</blockquote>
<p > As each service domain may have different support for security labels,
servers should advertise and clients should perform appropriate
discovery lookups on a per service basis.</p>
<p > To indicate the support for label catalog discovery, a server
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advertises the <tt > urn:xmpp:sec-label:catalog:1</tt> feature.
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The following pair of examples illustrates this feature discovery.</p>
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<p > Each item in the catalog may contain a selector attribute. The
value of this attribute represents the item's placement in a
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hierarchical organization of the items. The value of the selector
attribute conforms to the selector-value ABNF production:
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<blockquote >
< ![CDATA[
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selector-value = (<item > "|")*<item >
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]]>
</blockquote>
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</p>
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<p > where < item> is a sequence of characters not including "|".</p>
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<p > A value of "X|Y|Z" indicates that this item is "Z" in the
the "Y" subset of the "X" subset of items. This information may
be used, for instance, in generating label selection menus in
graphical user interfaces.</p>
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<blockquote > Note: use of unnecessarily deep hierarchies should be
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avoided.</blockquote>
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<example caption= "Label Catalog Feature Discovery request" > < ![CDATA[
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<iq type= 'get'
from='user@example.com/Work'
id='disco1'>
<query xmlns= 'http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info' />
</iq>
]]></example>
<example caption= "Label Information Feature Discovery response" > < ![CDATA[
<iq type= 'result'
from='example.com'
to='user@example.com/Work'
id='disco1'>
<query xmlns= 'http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info' >
...
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<feature var= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:catalog:1' />
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...
</query>
</iq>
]]></example>
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<p > The following example pair illustrates catalog discovery. Note that client directs the &IQ; to its server regardless of which catalog it requests (via the to= attribute of in &CATALOG; element).</p>
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<example caption= "Label Catalog request" > < ![CDATA[
<iq type= 'get' id= 'cat1' >
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<catalog xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:catalog:1' to= 'example.com' />
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</iq>
]]></example>
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<example caption= "Label Catalog Get response" > < ![CDATA[
<iq type= 'result' to= 'user@example.com/Work' id= 'cat1' >
<catalog xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:catalog:0'
to='example.com' name='Default'
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desc='an example set of labels'>
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<item selector= "Classified|SECRET" >
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<securitylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' >
<displaymarking fgcolor= 'black' bgcolor= 'red' > SECRET</displaymarking>
<label >
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<esssecuritylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0'
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>MQYCAQQGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
</label>
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</securitylabel>
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</item>
<item selector= "Classified|CONFIDENTIAL" >
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<securitylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' >
<displaymarking fgcolor= 'black' bgcolor= 'navy' > CONFIDENTIAL</displaymarking>
<label >
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<esssecuritylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0'
>MQYCAQMGASk</esssecuritylabel>
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</label>
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</securitylabel>
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</item>
<item selector= "Classified|RESTRICTED" >
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<securitylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' >
<displaymarking fgcolor= 'black' bgcolor= 'aqua' > RESTRICTED</displaymarking>
<label >
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<esssecuritylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0'
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>MQYCAQIGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
</label>
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</securitylabel>
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</item>
<item selector= "Unclassified|UNCLASSIFIED" >
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<securitylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' >
<displaymarking fgcolor= 'black' bgcolor= 'green' > UNCLASSIFIED</displaymarking>
<label >
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<esssecuritylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0'
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>MQMGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
</label>
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</securitylabel>
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</item>
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</catalog>
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</iq>
]]></example>
</section1>
<section1 topic= 'Use in XMPP' anchor= 'xmpp-use' >
<p > The sensitivity-based access control decisions discussed herein are to be
made independently of other access control decisions or other facilities.
That is, the sensitivity-based access control decisions are not conditional
on other factors.</p>
<p > It is intended that &SECURITYLABEL; elements are only used as prescribed by
this document, or other formal specifications. Any other use of
&SECURITYLABEL; SHOULD be viewed as a protocol violation. The stanza SHOULD
be discarded with, if approrpriate, an error response. Such error responses
SHOULD NOT include content from the violating stanza, excepting that
necessary to well-formed error responses.</p>
<p > When use of a &SECURITYLABEL; element is prescribed, that use is RECOMMENDED.
Absence of a &SECURITYLABEL; element implies the stanza has the default label
as specified in the governing security policy. Given that the governing
policy may not specify a default label, hence denying access to the stanza,
supporting clients SHOULD provide a &SECURITYLABEL; element where prescribed.</p>
<p > Typically, a client would allow the user to choose populate the
&SECURITYLABEL; from one of from a small set of security labels selections
known to it (through configuration and/or discovery and/or other means),
such as from a pull-down menu. That selection would include appropriate
values for the &LABEL; , &DISPLAYMARKING; , and &EQUIVALENTLABEL; elements.</p>
<p > A policy-aware client may provide the user with an interface allowing the
user to produce custom labeling data for inclusion in this set. A
policy-aware client SHOULD preclude the user from producing &LABEL; values
which the user's own clearance does not grant access to, and SHOULD preclude
sending any label which the user's own clearance does not grant access to.
Each &EQUIVALENTLABEL; value, if any, MUST be equivalent under an equivalent
policy to the &LABEL; . The &DISPLAYMARKING; element SHOULD be set the
display marking prescribed for the &LABEL; under the governing policy, or,
if the governing policy prescribes no display marking for the &LABEL; ,
absent.</p>
<p > A client which receives a stanza with &SECURITYLABEL; element is to promiently
display the &DISPLAYMARKING; value. A policy-aware may alternatively
promiently display the marking for the &LABEL; prescribed by the governing
policy.</p>
<p > Each server is expected to make a number of sensitivity-based authorization
decisions. Each decision is made by evaluating an Access Control Decision
Function (ACDF) with a governing policy, a clearance, and a security label.
The ACDF yields either <em > Grant</em> or <em > Deny</em> .</p>
<p > If the user holds a valid clearance (known to the server) under the
governing policy, the clearance input is the user's clearance. Otherwise,
if the governing policy provides a default clearance, the clearance input
is the default clearance. Otherwise, the clearance input is the nil clearance.
The nil clearance is a clearance for which the ACDF always returns Deny when
given as the clearance input.</p>
<p > If the stanza contains a &SECURITYLABEL; element and the either the &LABEL;
element or one of the &EQUIVALENTLABEL; elements contain an appropriate label,
that label input is that label. Otherwise, the label input is the default
label provided the governing policy or, if no default label is provided,
the nil label. The nil label is a label for which the ACDF always returns
Deny when given as the label input.</p>
<p > The term "effective clearance" and "effective label" refer, respectively,
to the clearance and label provided as input to the ACDF.</p>
<p > Not all sensitivity-based authorization decisions an XMPP server might make
involve a user clearance and/or stanza label. A server may only provide
service to users which hold an appropriate clearance as determined by calling
the ACDF with the user's clearance and a label associated with the service.
A clearance might also be associated with the service to restrict the set
of labels may be used in labeling stanzas. Labels and clearances can also
be associated with network interfaces, remote servers, chatrooms, pubsub
notes.</p>
<section2 topic= 'Use in Instant Messaging' anchor= 'im-use' >
<p > A client may provide a &SECURITYLABEL; element in any &MESSAGE; it sends.</p>
<!--
<p > The server will make, at a minimum, the following accessing control decisions:
<ul >
<li > TBD</li>
</ul>
</p>
-->
</section2>
<section2 topic= 'Use in Group Chat and Multi-User Chat' anchor= 'muc-use' >
<p > A client may provide a &SECURITYLABEL; element in &MESSAGE; stanzas.</p>
<section3 topic= 'Discovery' anchor= 'muc-disco' >
<p > A server SHOULD provide a label feature and information discovery for the room.</p>
<p > Clients SHOULD discover label feature and information on a per room basis.</p>
</section3>
<section3 topic= 'Sending Messages' anchor= 'muc-send' >
<p > Sending groupchat messages is similiar to sending normal messages, however
their are a few differences.</p>
<p > Groupchat messages are addressed to the room. The room clearance must
be suitable for the message label, else it should be rejected.</p>
<p > The room's clearance may allow a variety of labels to be used. Not all
partipants may be cleared for all labels allowed in the room. The server
MUST only deliver messages to partipants for which they are cleared to
receive.</p>
</section3>
<section3 topic= 'Private Messages' anchor= 'muc-private' >
<p > Private messages are treated as discussed in the "Use in Instant Messaging"
section. (Should private messages be restricted by room's configuration?)</p>
</section3>
<section3 topic= 'Invitations' anchor= 'muc-invite' >
<p > Invitations may be labeled.</p>
</section3>
<section3 topic= 'Changing Subject' anchor= 'muc-subject' >
<p > This section discusses semantics of &SECURITYLABEL; elements contained
in &MESSAGE; stanzas containing a &SUBJECT; element.</p>
<p > The presence of a &SECURITYLABEL; element indicates a request to change
the room's label, either to the provided label or, if the element is empty,
to unset the room's label. The server is to refuse the request if the
requestor is not authorized to change the subject, not cleared for the
requested label, or if the server is otherwise unwilling or unable to make
the change. If the label change is refused, so must the accompanied
subject change. Likewise, if the subject change is refused, so must the
accompanied label change.</p>
<p > Upon change of the room's label, the server MUST immediately remove from
the room all members whom are not cleared for that label.</p>
<p > In absence of a &SECURITYLABEL; element, the label associated with the
room is unchanged.</p>
<p > The room's label can also be changed through room configuration (to be
discussed in later revision of this document).</p>
</section3>
<!--
<section3 topic= 'Room Configuration' anchor= 'muc-config' >
<p > The server may allow for configuration of security label parameters
via room configuration mechanisms. The approach is intended to be
ad-hoc. Hence this section is intended to be illustrative, not
prescriptive.</p>
<example caption= "Room Configuration Form" > < ![CDATA[
<iq from= 'room@muc.example.com'
id='create1'
to='user@example.com/Work'
type='result'>
<query xmlns= 'http://jabber.org/protocol/muc#owner' >
<x xmlns= 'jabber:x:data' type= 'form' >
<title > "darkcave" room configuration</title>
...
<field label= 'Room Label' type= 'list-single' var= 'sec-label#label' >
<value > Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value>
<option label= 'SECRET' > <value > Catalog:SECRET</value> </option>
<option label= 'CONFIDENTIAL' > <value > Catalog:CONFIDENTIAL</value> </option>
<option label= 'UNCLASSIFED' > <value > Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value> </option>
<option label= 'Custom' > <value > Custom</value> </option>
</field>
<field label= 'Custom Room Label' type= 'text-single'
var='sec-label#custom-label'/>
<field label= 'Room Allowed Markings' type= 'list-multi' var= 'sec-label#clearance' >
<value > Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value>
<option label= 'SECRET' > <value > Catalog:SECRET</value> </option>
<option label= 'CONFIDENTIAL' > <value > Catalog:CONFIDENTIAL</value> </option>
<option label= 'UNCLASSIFED' > <value > Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value> </option>
<option label= 'Custom' > <value > Custom</value> </option>
</field>
<field label= 'Custom Room Clearance' type= 'text-single'
var='sec-label#custom-clearance'/>
<field label= 'Default Label' type= 'list-single' var= 'sec-label#default-label' >
<value > Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value>
<option label= 'SECRET' > <value > Catalog:SECRET</value> </option>
<option label= 'CONFIDENTIAL' > <value > Catalog:CONFIDENTIAL</value> </option>
<option label= 'UNCLASSIFED' > <value > Catalog:UNCLASSIFIED</value> </option>
<option label= 'Custom' > <value > Custom</value> </option>
</field>
</x>
</query>
</iq>
]]></example>
<p > In the above example, the server allows the room label to be set to one of
to a subset of labels from the label catalog (see below), using the display
name for selection, as well as custom label support. For custom label choice
support, the server offers an appropriate choice (the label= string should
be selected to avoid confusion with display markings used in label=
attributes). as well as a field for providing the custom label. Likewise
for the room clearance. The server also allows configuration of a default
label for use in handling of unlabeled messages.</p>
<p > Though offering choices from the label catalog is often desirable,
a server may only offer custom label and/or clearance support.</p>
<example caption= "Room Configuration Form" > < ![CDATA[
<iq from= 'room@muc.example.com'
id='create1'
to='user@example.com/Work'
type='result'>
<query xmlns= 'http://jabber.org/protocol/muc#owner' >
<x xmlns= 'jabber:x:data' type= 'form' >
<title > "darkcave" room configuration</title>
...
<field label= 'Room Label' type= 'text-single'
var='sec-label#custom-label'/>
<field label= 'Room Clearance' type= 'text-single'
var='sec-label#custom-clearance'/>
</x>
</query>
</iq>
]]></example>
</section3>
-->
</section2>
<section2 topic= 'Use in Presence' anchor= 'presence-use' >
<p > &SECURITYLABEL; elements are not to appear in &PRESENCE; stanzas. Server
SHALL treat any &PRESENCE; stanza that contains a &SECURITYLABEL; as a
protocol violation.</p>
<p > Presence information is subject to sensitivity-base authorization decisions,
however these decisions are made are made using a label associated with the
presence resource, such as a chatroom's label.</p>
</section2>
<section2 topic= 'Use in PubSub' anchor= 'pubsub-use' >
<section3 topic= 'Discovery' anchor= 'pubsub-disco' >
<p > A server SHOULD provide a label feature and information discovery for each node.</p>
<p > Clients SHOULD discover label feature and information on a per node basis.</p>
</section3>
<section3 topic= 'Publishing items with Security Labels' anchor= 'muc-send' >
<p > Each item may be individually labeled.</p>
<example caption= "Publishing with a Security Label" > < ![CDATA[
<iq type= 'set'
from='hamlet@denmark.lit/blogbot'
to='pubsub.shakespeare.lit'
id='pub1'>
<pubsub xmlns= 'http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub' >
<publish node= 'princely_musings' >
<item >
<entry xmlns= 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' >
<title > Soliloquy</title>
<summary >
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
</summary>
<link rel= 'alternate' type= 'text/html'
href='http://denmark.lit/2003/12/13/atom03'/>
<id > tag:denmark.lit,2003:entry-32397</id>
<published > 2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</published>
<updated > 2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated>
</entry>
<securitylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' >
<displaymarking fgcolor= 'black' bgcolor= 'green' > UNCLASSIFIED</displaymarking>
<label >
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<esssecuritylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0' > MQMGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
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</label>
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</securitylabel>
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</item>
</publish>
</pubsub>
</iq>
]]></example>
<p > The service then notifies appropriately cleared subscribers.</p>
<example caption= "Publishing with a Security Label" > < ![CDATA[
<message from= 'pubsub.shakespeare.lit' to= 'francisco@denmark.lit' id= 'foo' >
<event xmlns= 'http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub#event' >
<items node= princely_musings' >
<item id= 'ae890ac52d0df67ed7cfdf51b644e901' >
<entry xmlns= 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' >
<title > Soliloquy</title>
<summary >
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
</summary>
<link rel= 'alternate' type= 'text/html'
href='http://denmark.lit/2003/12/13/atom03'/>
<id > tag:denmark.lit,2003:entry-32397</id>
<published > 2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</published>
<updated > 2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated>
</entry>
<securitylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:0' >
<displaymarking fgcolor= 'black' bgcolor= 'green' > UNCLASSIFIED</displaymarking>
<label >
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<esssecuritylabel xmlns= 'urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0' > MQMGASk=</esssecuritylabel>
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</label>
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</securitylabel>
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</item>
</items>
</event>
</iq>
]]></example>
</section3>
</section2>
</section1>
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<section1 topic= 'Extension Considerations' anchor= 'exts' >
<p >
This extension is itself is extensible. In particular, the &LABEL; and &EQUIVALENTLABEL;
elements are designed to hold a range of security labels formats. XML namespaces SHOULD
be used to avoid name clashes.
</p>
</section1>
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<!--
<section1 topic= 'Implementation Notes' anchor= 'impl' >
<p > OPTIONAL.</p>
</section1>
-->
<section1 topic= 'Security Considerations' anchor= 'security' >
<p > This document is all about authorization, a key aspect of security. Hence,
security considerations are discussed through this document.</p>
<p > Security labels generally should be securely bound to the object. This may be
accomplished through use of &xmppe2e; signing, or possibly other signing
mechanisms.</p>
<p > Certain XMPP stanzas, such as &PRESENCE; stanzas, are not themselves subject
to any sensitity-based authorization decisions, and may be forwarded throughout
the XMPP network. The content of these stanzas should not contain information
requiring sensitivity-based dissemination controls.</p>
</section1>
<section1 topic= 'IANA Considerations' anchor= 'iana' >
<p > This document requires no interaction with &IANA; .</p>
</section1>
<section1 topic= 'XMPP Registrar Considerations' anchor= 'registrar' >
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<p > It is requested the ®ISTRAR; add the extension's namespaces
and schemas to appropriate XMPP registries.</p>
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</section1>
<section1 topic= 'XML Schemas' anchor= 'schema' >
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<section2 topic= 'Extension Schema' anchor= 'schema-sl' >
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<p >
<code > < ![CDATA[
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs= "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace= "urn:xmpp:sec-label:0"
xmlns="urn:xmpp:sec-label:0" elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > The protocol documented by this schema is defined in XEP-0258:
http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0258.html</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
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<xs:simpleType name= "colorCSS" >
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<xs:annotation >
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<xs:documentation > CSS colors (W3C colors + "orange")</xs:documentation>
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</xs:annotation>
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<xs:restriction base= "xs:string" >
<xs:enumeration value= "aqua" />
<xs:enumeration value= "black" />
<xs:enumeration value= "blue" />
<xs:enumeration value= "fuschia" />
<xs:enumeration value= "gray" />
<xs:enumeration value= "green" />
<xs:enumeration value= "lime" />
<xs:enumeration value= "maroon" />
<xs:enumeration value= "navy" />
<xs:enumeration value= "olive" />
<xs:enumeration value= "purple" />
<xs:enumeration value= "red" />
<xs:enumeration value= "silver" />
<xs:enumeration value= "teal" />
<xs:enumeration value= "white" />
<xs:enumeration value= "yellow" />
<xs:enumeration value= "orange" />
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
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<xs:simpleType name= "colorRGB" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > Hex encoded RGB</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:restriction base= "xs:string" >
<xs:pattern value= "#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}" />
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
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<xs:simpleType name= "color" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > Color</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:union memberTypes= "colorCSS colorRGB" />
</xs:simpleType>
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<xs:complexType name= "displaymarking" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > Display Marking</xs:documentation>
<xs:documentation > String to be prominently displayed along with labeled
object.</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleContent >
<xs:extension base= "xs:string" >
<xs:attribute name= "bgcolor" type= "color" use= "optional" default= "white" />
<xs:attribute name= "fgcolor" type= "color" use= "optional" default= "black" />
</xs:extension>
</xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name= "label" >
<xs:choice minOccurs= "0" >
<xs:any namespace= "##other" processContents= "lax" />
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name= "securitylabel" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > A Security Label</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType >
<xs:sequence >
<xs:element name= "displaymarking" type= "displaymarking" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > A Display Marking</xs:documentation>
<xs:documentation > To be prominently displayed</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name= "label" type= "label" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > The Primary Label</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name= "equivalentlabel" type= "label" minOccurs= "0" maxOccurs= "unbounded" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > An Equivalent Label</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
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]]></code>
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A copy of this schema is available at
<link url= 'http://www.xmpp.org/schemas/sec-label.xsd' >
http://www.xmpp.org/schemas/sec-label.xsd</link> .
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</p>
</section2>
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<section2 topic= '<catalog/> schema' anchor= 'schema-catalog' >
<p >
<code > < ![CDATA[
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs= "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sl= "urn:xmpp:sec-label:0"
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xmlns="urn:xmpp:sec-label:catalog:1" targetNamespace="urn:xmpp:sec-label:catalog:1"
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elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > The protocol documented by this schema is defined in XEP-0258:
http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0258.html</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:import schemaLocation= "xep258.xsd" namespace= "urn:xmpp:sec-label:0" />
<xs:attribute name= "to" type= "xs:string" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > Target JabberId</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:attribute>
<xs:attribute name= "name" type= "xs:string" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > Name</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:attribute>
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<xs:attribute name= "desc" type= "xs:string" >
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<xs:annotation >
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<xs:documentation > Description</xs:documentation>
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</xs:annotation>
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</xs:attribute>
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<xs:attribute name= "id" type= "xs:string" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > Identifer for current revision, commonly a hash</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:attribute>
<xs:attribute name= "size" type= "xs:integer" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > Number of items</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:attribute>
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<xs:attribute name= "selector" type= "xs:string" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > User input selector</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:attribute>
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<xs:element name= "catalog" >
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > A Catalog of Labels</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType >
<xs:sequence >
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<xs:element name= "item" maxOccurs= "unbounded" >
<xs:complexType >
<xs:sequence >
<xs:element ref= "sl:securitylabel" />
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute ref= "selector" use= "optional" />
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
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</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute ref= "to" use= "optional" />
<xs:attribute ref= "name" use= "optional" />
<xs:attribute ref= "desc" use= "optional" />
<xs:attribute ref= "id" use= "optional" />
<xs:attribute ref= "size" use= "optional" />
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
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]]></code>
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A copy of this schema is available at
<link url= 'http://www.xmpp.org/schemas/sec-label-catalog.xsd' >
http://www.xmpp.org/schemas/sec-label-catalog.xsd</link> .
</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic= '<esssecuritylabel/> schema' anchor= 'schema-ess' >
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<p >
<code > < ![CDATA[
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs= "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace= "urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0"
xmlns="urn:xmpp:sec-label:ess:0" elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xs:annotation >
<xs:documentation > The protocol documented by this schema is defined in XEP-0258:
http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0258.html </xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:element name= "esssecuritylabel" type= "xs:base64Binary" >
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<xs:annotation >
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<xs:documentation > An S/MIME ESS SecurityLabel [RFC2634]</xs:documentation>
<xs:documentation > Value is the base64 encoding of the BER/DER encoding of an ASN.1
ESSSecurityLabel type as defined in RFC 2634. </xs:documentation>
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</xs:annotation>
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</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
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]]></code>
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A copy of this schema is available at
<link url= 'http://www.xmpp.org/schemas/sec-label-ess.xsd' >
http://www.xmpp.org/schemas/sec-label-ess.xsd</link> .
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</p>
</section2>
</section1>
</xep>