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kamailio/modules/auth_xkeys/README

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AUTH_XKEYS Module
Daniel-Constantin Mierla
<miconda@gmail.com>
Edited by
Daniel-Constantin Mierla
<miconda@gmail.com>
Copyright © 2015 asipto.com
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Table of Contents
1. Admin Guide
1. Overview
2. Dependencies
2.1. Kamailio Modules
2.2. External Libraries or Applications
3. Parameters
3.1. xkey (str)
4. Functions
4.1. auth_xkeys_add(hdr, kid, alg, data)
4.2. auth_xkeys_check(hdr, kid, alg, data)
List of Examples
1.1. Set xkey parameter
1.2. auth_xkeys_add usage
1.3. auth_xkeys_check usage
Chapter 1. Admin Guide
Table of Contents
1. Overview
2. Dependencies
2.1. Kamailio Modules
2.2. External Libraries or Applications
3. Parameters
3.1. xkey (str)
4. Functions
4.1. auth_xkeys_add(hdr, kid, alg, data)
4.2. auth_xkeys_check(hdr, kid, alg, data)
1. Overview
This module provides a custom mechanism to authenticate a SIP entity
using a list of shared keys.
It is similar to the API key based authentication used by many web
services. In short, the sender adds a particular header with a hash
token computed with the shared key and some values from the SIP request
(e.g., local IP, From/To/R-URI username, Call-ID, CSeq). The receiver
will check the hash value and decide whether the SIP message is
authenticated or not. The sender and receiver have to agree beforehand
on the name of the server, shared secret, algorithm to be used and what
data is going to be hashed.
The module is designed to work with many shared keys on the same group,
for more flexibility in adding/removing keys. The last added key in the
group is used to add the header, but older ones are used for matching
the hash value. That allows to change the active shared key without
affecting ongoing traffic. If one decides to use a new share key, add
it first to receiver (it will still authenticate with older key) and
then to the sender. Once both nodes are provisioned with the new key,
the older one can be removed.
For proper protection, it is recommended to use this authentication
mechanism over a secure channel (e.g., TLS, VPN, private network).
The benefit is avoiding the extra traffic and processing required by
WWW-Digest authentication schema (no more 401/407 and a follow up
request with credentials).
Another goal is to provide more elasticity for scalability needs of the
core SIP network nodes. Most of the nodes in the core network or the
interconnecting peers trust each other based on IP address. But adding
a new node requires updates to the exiting ones to trust the IP address
of the new node. On large deployments, that can become rather complex.
For example, as a replacement for IP trust relationships, the sender
can hash the local IP with the secret shared key, add it in the header
and the receiver will check if the source ip hased with the key results
in the same value.
Not being a challenge-reply mechanism, this can be used to authenticate
SIP responses from trusted peers.
2. Dependencies
2.1. Kamailio Modules
2.2. External Libraries or Applications
2.1. Kamailio Modules
The following modules must be loaded before this module:
* none.
2.2. External Libraries or Applications
The following libraries or applications must be installed before
running Kamailio with this module loaded:
* none
3. Parameters
3.1. xkey (str)
3.1. xkey (str)
Specify the attributes for a shared secret. The value is in the format
'name1=value1;name2=value2;...'. The attributes can be:
* id - the id of the group for keys
* name - the name of the key within group
* value - the value of the key
* expires - expiration time (seconds)
Default value is empty.
Example 1.1. Set xkey parameter
...
modparam("auth_xkeys", "xkey", "id=abc;name=xyz;value=secret;expires=72000")
...
4. Functions
4.1. auth_xkeys_add(hdr, kid, alg, data)
4.2. auth_xkeys_check(hdr, kid, alg, data)
4.1. auth_xkeys_add(hdr, kid, alg, data)
Add a header computed with the first key in the group kid, hasing with
algorithm alg over the content of parameter data. The parameters can
include variables.
The algorithm can be: sha256, sha384, sha512.
This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.
Example 1.2. auth_xkeys_add usage
...
auth_xkeys_add("X-My-Key", "abc", "sha256", "$Ri:$fu:$ru:$hdr(CSeq)");
...
4.2. auth_xkeys_check(hdr, kid, alg, data)
Check if the value of header hdr matches the value computed with the
first key in the group kid, hasing with algorithm alg over the content
of parameter data. The parameters can include variables.
The algorithm can be: sha256, sha384, sha512.
Note that the header is not removed by the function, it is recommended
to remove it if sending to untrusted destination.
This function can be used from ANY_ROUTE.
Example 1.3. auth_xkeys_check usage
...
if(!auth_xkeys_add("X-My-Key", "abc", "sha256", "$si:$fu:$ru:$hdr(CSeq)")) {
send_reply("403", "Forbidden");
exit;
}
remove_hf("X-My-Key");
...