Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Q. Wu
Request for Comments: 8808 Huawei
Category: Standards Track B. Lengyel
ISSN: 2070-1721 Ericsson Hungary
Y. Niu
Huawei
August 2020
A YANG Data Model for Factory Default Settings
Abstract
This document defines a YANG data model with the "factory-reset" RPC
to allow clients to reset a server back to its factory default
condition. It also defines an optional "factory-default" datastore
to allow clients to read the factory default configuration for the
device.
The YANG data model in this document conforms to the Network
Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA) defined in RFC 8342.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Terminology
2. "Factory-Reset" RPC
3. "Factory-Default" Datastore
4. YANG Module
5. IANA Considerations
6. Security Considerations
7. References
7.1. Normative References
7.2. Informative References
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Authors' Addresses
1. Introduction
This document defines a YANG data model and associated mechanism to
reset a server to its factory default contents. This mechanism may
be used, for example, when the existing configuration has major
errors and so restarting the configuration process from scratch is
the best option.
A "factory-reset" remote procedure call (RPC) is defined within the
YANG data model. When resetting a device, all previous configuration
settings will be lost and replaced by the factory default contents.
In addition, an optional "factory-default" read-only datastore is
defined within the YANG data model. This datastore contains the data
to replace the contents of implemented read-write conventional
configuration datastores at reset and can also be used in the
<get-data> operation.
The YANG data model in this document conforms to the Network
Management Datastore Architecture defined in [RFC8342].
1.1. Terminology
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.
The following terms are defined in [RFC8342] and [RFC7950] and are
not redefined here:
* server
* startup configuration datastore
* candidate configuration datastore
* running configuration datastore
* intended configuration datastore
* operational state datastore
* conventional configuration datastore
* datastore schema
* RPC operation
This document defines the following term:
"factory-default" datastore: A read-only configuration datastore
holding a preset initial configuration that is used to initialize
the configuration of a server. This datastore is referred to as
"<factory-default>".
2. "Factory-Reset" RPC
This document introduces a new "factory-reset" RPC. Upon receiving
the RPC:
* All supported conventional read-write configuration datastores
(i.e., <running>, <startup>, and <candidate>) are reset to the
contents of <factory-default>.
* Read-only datastores receive their contents from other datastores
(e.g., <intended> gets its contents from <running>).
* All data in any dynamic configuration datastores MUST be
discarded.
* The contents of the <operational> datastore MUST reflect the
operational state of the device after applying the factory default
configuration.
In addition, the "factory-reset" RPC MUST restore nonvolatile storage
to factory condition. Depending on the system, this may entail
deleting dynamically generated files, such as those containing keys
(e.g., /etc/ssl/private), certificates (e.g., /etc/ssl), logs (e.g.,
/var/log), and temporary files (e.g., /tmp/*). Any other
cryptographic keys that are part of the factory-installed image will
be retained (such as an Initial Device Identifier (IDevID)
certificate [BRSKI]). When this process includes security-sensitive
data such as cryptographic keys or passwords, it is RECOMMENDED to
perform the deletion in as thorough a manner as possible (e.g.,
overwriting the physical storage medium with zeros and/or random bits
for repurposing or end-of-life (EOL) disposal) to reduce the risk of
the sensitive material being recoverable. The "factory-reset" RPC
MAY also be used to trigger some other resetting tasks such as
restarting the node or some of the software processes.
Note that operators should be aware that since all read-write
datastores are immediately reset to factory default, the device may
become unreachable as a host on the network. It is important to
understand how a given vendor's device will behave after the RPC is
executed. Implementors SHOULD reboot the device and get it properly
configured or otherwise restart processes needed to bootstrap it.
3. "Factory-Default" Datastore
Following the guidelines for defining datastores in Appendix A of
[RFC8342], this document introduces a new optional datastore resource
named "factory-default" that represents a preset initial
configuration that can be used to initialize the configuration of a
server. A device MAY implement the "factory-reset" RPC without
implementing the "factory-default" datastore, which would only
eliminate the ability to programmatically determine the factory
default configuration.
Name: "factory-default".
YANG modules: The "factory-default" datastore schema MUST be either
(1) the same as the conventional configuration datastores or
(2) a subset of the datastore schema for the conventional
configuration datastores.
YANG nodes: All "config true" data nodes.
Management operations: The contents of the datastore is set by the
server in an implementation-dependent manner. The contents cannot
be changed by management operations via the Network Configuration
Protocol (NETCONF), RESTCONF, the CLI, etc., unless specialized,
dedicated operations are provided. The datastore can be read
using the standard NETCONF/RESTCONF protocol operations. The
"factory-reset" operation copies the factory default contents to
<running> and, if present, <startup> and/or <candidate>. The
contents of these datastores is then propagated automatically to
any other read-only datastores, e.g., <intended> and
<operational>.
Origin: This document does not define a new origin identity, as it
does not interact with the <operational> datastore.
Protocols: RESTCONF, NETCONF, and other management protocols.
Defining YANG module: "ietf-factory-default".
The contents of <factory-default> are defined by the device vendor
and MUST persist across device restarts. If supported, the "factory-
default" datastore MUST be included in the list of datastores in the
YANG library [RFC8525].
4. YANG Module
This module uses the "datastore" identity [RFC8342] and the
"default-deny-all" extension statement from [RFC8341].
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-factory-default@2020-08-31.yang"
module ietf-factory-default {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-factory-default";
prefix fd;
import ietf-datastores {
prefix ds;
reference
"RFC 8342: Network Management Datastore Architecture
(NMDA)";
}
import ietf-netconf-acm {
prefix nacm;
reference
"RFC 8341: Network Configuration Access Control Model";
}
organization
"IETF Network Modeling (netmod) Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
WG List: <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>
Editor: Qin Wu
<mailto:bill.wu@huawei.com>
Editor: Balazs Lengyel
<mailto:balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com>
Editor: Ye Niu
<mailto:niuye@huawei.com>";
description
"This module provides functionality to reset a server to its
factory default configuration and, when supported, to
discover the factory default configuration contents
independently of resetting the server.
Copyright (c) 2020 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
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Relating to IETF Documents
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This version of this YANG module is part of RFC 8808; see the
RFC itself for full legal notices.";
revision 2020-08-31 {
description
"Initial revision.";
reference
"RFC 8808: A YANG Data Model for Factory Default Settings";
}
feature factory-default-datastore {
description
"Indicates that the factory default configuration is
available as a datastore.";
}
rpc factory-reset {
nacm:default-deny-all;
description
"The server resets all datastores to their factory
default contents and any nonvolatile storage back to
factory condition, deleting all dynamically
generated files, including those containing keys,
certificates, logs, and other temporary files.
Depending on the factory default configuration, after
being reset, the device may become unreachable on the
network.";
}
identity factory-default {
if-feature "factory-default-datastore";
base ds:datastore;
description
"This read-only datastore contains the factory default
configuration for the device that will be used to replace
the contents of the read-write conventional configuration
datastores during a 'factory-reset' RPC operation.";
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
5. IANA Considerations
IANA has registered the following URI in the "ns" subregistry within
the "IETF XML Registry" [RFC3688]:
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-factory-default
Registrant Contact: The IESG.
XML: N/A; the requested URI is an XML namespace.
IANA has registered the following YANG module in the "YANG Module
Names" subregistry [RFC6020] within the "YANG Parameters" registry:
Name: ietf-factory-default
Namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-factory-default
Prefix: fd
Reference: 8808
6. Security Considerations
The YANG module specified in this document defines a schema for data
that is designed to be accessed via network management protocols such
as NETCONF [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040]. The lowest NETCONF layer
is the secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement secure
transport is Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242]. The lowest RESTCONF layer
is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is TLS
[RFC8446].
The Network Configuration Access Control Model (NACM) [RFC8341]
provides the means to restrict access for particular NETCONF or
RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or
RESTCONF protocol operations and content.
Access to the "factory-reset" RPC operation and factory default
values of all configuration data nodes within the "factory-default"
datastore is considered sensitive and therefore has been restricted
by using the "default-deny-all" access control statement defined in
[RFC8341].
The "factory-reset" RPC can prevent any further management of the
device when the server is reset back to its factory default
condition, e.g., the session and client configurations are included
in the factory default contents or treated as dynamic files in
nonvolatile storage and overwritten by the "factory-reset" RPC.
The operational disruption caused by setting the configuration to
factory default contents or the lack of appropriate security control
on the factory default configuration varies greatly, depending on the
implementation and current configuration.
The nonvolatile storage is expected to be wiped clean and reset back
to the factory default state, but there is no guarantee that the data
is wiped clean according to any particular data-cleansing standard,
and the owner of the device MUST NOT rely on any sensitive data
(e.g., private keys) being forensically unrecoverable from the
device's nonvolatile storage after a "factory-reset" RPC has been
invoked.
7. References
7.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.
[RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.
[RFC6241] Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
(NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.
[RFC6242] Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6242>.
[RFC7950] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.
[RFC8040] Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8341] Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, March 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8341>.
[RFC8342] Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
(NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.
[RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.
[RFC8525] Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Watsen, K.,
and R. Wilton, "YANG Library", RFC 8525,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8525, March 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8525>.
7.2. Informative References
[BRSKI] Pritikin, M., Richardson, M. C., Eckert, T., Behringer, M.
H., and K. Watsen, "Bootstrapping Remote Secure Key
Infrastructures (BRSKI)", Work in Progress, Internet-
Draft, draft-ietf-anima-bootstrapping-keyinfra-43, 7
August 2020, <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-
anima-bootstrapping-keyinfra-43>.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Juergen Schoenwaelder, Ladislav Lhotka, Alex Campbell, Joe
Clarke, Robert Wilton, Kent Watsen, Joel Jaeggli, Lou Berger, Andy
Bierman, Susan Hares, Benjamin Kaduk, Stephen Kent, Stewart Bryant,
Éric Vyncke, Murray Kucherawy, Roman Danyliw, Tony Przygienda, and
John Heasley for reviewing, and providing important input to, this
document.
Contributors
Rohit R Ranade
Huawei
Email: rohitrranade@huawei.com
Authors' Addresses
Qin Wu
Huawei
Yuhua District
101 Software Avenue
Nanjing
Jiangsu, 210012
China
Email: bill.wu@huawei.com
Balazs Lengyel
Ericsson Hungary
Budapest
Magyar Tudosok korutja 11
1117
Hungary
Phone: +36-70-330-7909
Email: balazs.lengyel@ericsson.com
Ye Niu
Huawei
Email: niuye@huawei.com
