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22 We would like to create a simple, open, but complete format to describe
23 multiple network configurations for Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Cellular,
24 Bluetooth/WiFi-Direct, and VPN connections in a single file format, in order
25 to simplify and automate network configuration for users.
32 Configuring networks is a painful and error-prone experience for users. It
33 is a problem shared across desktop, laptop, tablet, and phone users of all
34 operating system types. It is exacerbated in business and schools which
35 often have complex network configurations (VPNs and
802.1X networking) that
36 change often and have many connected devices. Configuration of Wi-Fi is
37 still done manually, often by administrators physically standing next to
38 users working on devices. Certificate distribution is particularly painful
39 which often results in admins instead using passphrases to protect networks
40 or using protocols without client certificates that instead use LDAP
41 passwords for authentication. Even after networks are configured, updates to
42 the network configuration require another round of manual changes, and
43 accidental changes by a user or malicious changes by an attacker can break
44 connectivity or make connections less private or secure.
50 We propose a single-file format for network configuration that is
51 human-readable, can describe all of the common kinds of network
52 configurations, supports integrity checking, certificate and key
53 provisioning, and updating. The file can be encrypted with a single
54 passphrase so that upon entering the passphrase the entire configuration is
55 loaded. The format can be described as an open format to enable multiple OS
56 vendors to interoperate and share configuration editors.
60 This format neither supports configuring browser settings nor allows setting
61 other types of system policies.
66 <h1>Infrastructure
</h1>
68 A standalone configuration editor will be created, downloadable as a Chrome
69 app. This editor will allow creating, modifying, and encrypting an open
70 network configuration file in a way that is intuitive for a system
75 This file format may be delivered to a user and manually imported into a
80 This file format may be created by an administrator, stored in a policy
81 repository, and automatically pushed to a device.
88 <h1>Detailed Design
</h1>
90 We use JSON format for the files. The fields in a JSON file are always
91 case-sensitive, so the exact case of the fields in this section must be
92 matched. In addition, the values that are called out as explicit constants
93 must also match the case specified (e.g. WiFi must not be written as wifi,
94 etc.). This document describes a minimum set of required fields and optional
95 fields. Other fields may be created, however, see the
96 implementation-specific fields for guidelines for these fields.
100 The JSON consists of a top level dictionary containing
101 a
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> field which must have either the
102 value
<span class=
"value">EncryptedConfiguration
</span>
103 or
<span class=
"value">UnencryptedConfiguration
</span>.
107 For a description of the
<span class=
"type">EncryptedConfiguration
</span>
108 type, see the section on Encrypted Configuration
109 below. The
<span class=
"type">EncryptedConfiguration
</span> format encrypts
110 an unencrypted JSON object.
114 <h1>GUIDs and Updating
</h1>
116 This format allows for importing updated network configurations and
117 certificates by providing GUIDs to each network configuration and
118 certificate so they can be modified or even removed in future updates.
122 GUIDs are non-empty strings that are meant to be stable and unique. When
123 they refer to the same entity, they should be the same between ONC files. No
124 two different networks or certificates should have the same GUID, similarly
125 a network and certificate should not have the same GUID. A single ONC file
126 should not contain the same entity twice (with the same GUID). Failing any
127 of these tests indicates the ONC file is not valid.
131 Any GUID referred to in an ONC file must be present in the same ONC file. In
132 particular, it is an error to create a certificate in one ONC file and refer
133 to it in a NetworkConfiguration in another ONC file and not define it there,
134 even if the previous ONC file has been imported.
139 <h1>Implementation-specific fields
</h1>
141 As there are many different kinds of connections and some that are not yet
142 anticipated may require new fields. This format allows arbitrary other
147 Fields and values should follow these general guidelines:
152 Certificates (with and without keys) should always be placed in the
153 certificate section - specifically certificate contents should not be
154 placed in fields directly. Referring to certificates should be done using
155 a field whose name ends in Ref and whose value is the GUID of the
156 certificate, or if the certificate is not contained in this file, its
157 pattern can be described using a field ending in Pattern of
158 <span class=
"type">CertificatePattern
</span> type.
161 Fields should exist in the most-specific object in the hierarchy and
162 should be named CamelCase style.
165 Booleans and integers should be used directly instead of using a
166 stringified version of the type.
171 Any editor of network configuration information should allows the user to
172 modify any fields that are implementation-specific. It may not be present
173 directly in the UI but it should be able to import files with such settings
174 and leave preserve these settings on export.
179 <h1>Unencrypted Configuration
</h1>
181 When the top level
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> field
182 is
<span class=
"value">UnencryptedConfiguration
</span>, the top level JSON
183 has the
<span class=
"type">UnencryptedConfiguration
</span>
184 type.
<span class=
"type">UnencryptedConfiguration
</span> type contains the
188 <dl class=
"field_list">
189 <dt class=
"field">Type
</dt>
191 <span class=
"field_meta">
193 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
195 Must be
<span class=
"value">UnencryptedConfiguration
</span>.
198 <dt class=
"field">NetworkConfigurations
</dt>
200 <span class=
"field_meta">
202 <span class=
"type">array of NetworkConfiguration
</span>
204 Describes Wi-Fi, Ethernet, VPN, and wireless connections.
207 <dt class=
"field">Certificates
</dt>
209 <span class=
"field_meta">
211 <span class=
"type">array of Certificate
</span>
213 Contains certificates stored in X
.509 or PKCS#
12 format.
218 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
219 At least one array (either
<span class=
"field">NetworkConfigurations
</span>
220 and/or
<span class=
"field">Certificates
</span>) must be present.
224 <h1>Network Configuration
</h1>
226 Field
<span class=
"field">NetworkConfigurations
</span> is an array
227 of
<span class=
"type">NetworkConfiguration
</span> typed
228 objects. The
<span class=
"type">NetworkConfiguration
</span> type contains
232 <dl class=
"field_list">
233 <dt class=
"field">Ethernet
</dt>
235 <span class=
"field_meta">
236 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> is
237 <span class=
"value">Ethernet
</span>, otherwise ignored)
238 <span class=
"type">Ethernet
</span>
243 <dt class=
"field">GUID
</dt>
245 <span class=
"field_meta">
247 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
249 A unique identifier for this network connection, which exists to make it
250 possible to update previously imported configurations. Must be a non-empty
254 <dt class=
"field">IPConfigs
</dt>
256 <span class=
"field_meta">
257 (optional if
<span class=
"field">Remove
</span> is
258 <span class=
"value">false
</span>, otherwise ignored)
259 <span class=
"type">array of IPConfig
</span>
261 Static IPv4 or IPv6 parameters to associate with this connection.
264 <dt class=
"field">Name
</dt>
266 <span class=
"field_meta">
267 (required if
<span class=
"field">Remove
</span> is
268 <span class=
"value">false
</span>, otherwise ignored)
269 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
271 A user-friendly description of this connection. This name will not be used
272 for referencing and may not be unique. Instead it may be used for
273 describing the network to the user.
276 <dt class=
"field">Remove
</dt>
278 <span class=
"field_meta">
279 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
280 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
282 If set, remove this network configuration (only GUID should be set).
285 <dt class=
"field">ProxySettings
</dt>
287 <span class=
"field_meta">
288 (optional if
<span class=
"field">Remove
</span> is
289 <span class=
"value">false
</span>, otherwise ignored)
290 <span class=
"type">ProxySettings
</span>
292 Proxy settings for this network
295 <dt class=
"field">NameServers
</dt>
297 <span class=
"field_meta">
298 (optional if
<span class=
"field">Remove
</span> is
299 <span class=
"value">false
</span>, otherwise ignored)
300 <span class=
"type">array of string
</span>
302 Array of addresses to use for name servers. If not specified, DHCP values
306 <dt class=
"field">SearchDomains
</dt>
308 <span class=
"field_meta">
309 (optional if
<span class=
"field">Remove
</span> is
310 <span class=
"value">false
</span>, otherwise ignored)
311 <span class=
"type">array of string
</span>
313 Array of strings to append to names for resolution. Items in this array
314 should not start with a dot. Example:
315 <span class=
"snippet">[
"corp.acme.org",
"acme.org"]
</span>. If not
316 specified, DHCP values will be used.
319 <dt class=
"field">VPN
</dt>
321 <span class=
"field_meta">
322 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> is
323 <span class=
"value">VPN
</span>, otherwise ignored)
324 <span class=
"type">VPN
</span>
329 <dt class=
"field">WiFi
</dt>
331 <span class=
"field_meta">
332 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> is
333 <span class=
"value">WiFi
</span>, otherwise ignored)
334 <span class=
"type">WiFi
</span>
339 <dt class=
"field">Type
</dt>
341 <span class=
"field_meta">
342 (required if
<span class=
"field">Remove
</span> is
343 <span class=
"value">false
</span>, otherwise ignored)
344 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
347 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
348 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">Cellular
</span>,
349 <span class=
"value">Ethernet
</span>,
<span class=
"value">WiFi
</span>,
350 and
<span class=
"value">VPN
</span>.
352 Indicates which kind of connection this is.
357 <h1>Ethernet networks
</h1>
359 For Ethernet connections,
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> must be set to
360 <span class=
"value">Ethernet
</span> and the
361 field
<span class=
"field">Ethernet
</span> must be set to an object of
362 type
<span class=
"type">Ethernet
</span> containing the following fields:
365 <dl class=
"field_list">
366 <dt class=
"field">Authentication
</dt>
368 <span class=
"field_meta">
370 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
373 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
374 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">None
</span> and
375 <span class=
"value">8021X
</span>.
379 <dt class=
"field">EAP
</dt>
381 <span class=
"field_meta">
382 (required if
<span class=
"field">Authentication
</span> is
383 <span class=
"value">8021X
</span>, otherwise ignored)
384 <span class=
"type">EAP
</span>
394 Field
<span class=
"field">IPConfigs
</span> is an array
395 of
<span class=
"type">IPConfig
</span>
396 objects. Each
<span class=
"type">IPConfig
</span> object describes a
397 particular static IP configuration and contains the following fields:
400 <dl class=
"field_list">
401 <dt class=
"field">Type
</dt>
403 <span class=
"field_meta">
405 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
408 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
409 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">IPv4
</span>
410 and
<span class=
"value">IPv6
</span>
412 Describes the type of configuration this is.
415 <dt class=
"field">IPAddress
</dt>
417 <span class=
"field_meta">
419 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
421 Describes the IPv4 or IPv6 address of a connection, depending on the value
422 of
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> field. It should not contain the
423 routing prefix (i.e. should not end in something like /
64).
426 <dt class=
"field">RoutingPrefix
</dt>
428 <span class=
"field_meta">
430 <span class=
"type">integer
</span>
433 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
434 Must be a number in the range [
1,
32] for IPv4 and [
1,
128] for IPv6
437 Describes the routing prefix.
440 <dt class=
"field">Gateway
</dt>
442 <span class=
"field_meta">
444 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
446 Describes the gateway address to use for the configuration. Must match
447 address type specified in
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> field. If not
448 specified, DHCP values will be used.
451 <dt class=
"field">NameServers
</dt>
453 <span class=
"field_meta">
455 <span class=
"type">array of string
</span>
457 Array of addresses to use for name servers. Address format must match that
458 specified in the
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> field. Overrides values
459 in the top level NameServers field for this configuration. If not
460 specified, top level values will be used.
463 <dt class=
"field">SearchDomains
</dt>
465 <span class=
"field_meta">
467 <span class=
"type">array of string
</span>
469 Array of strings to append to names for resolution. Items in this array
470 should not start with a dot. Example:
<span class=
"snippet">[
471 "corp.acme.org",
"acme.org" ]
</span>. Overrides values in the top level
472 SearchDomains field for this configuration. If not specified, top level
479 <h1>Wi-Fi networks
</h1>
481 For Wi-Fi connections,
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> must be set to
482 <span class=
"value">WiFi
</span> and the
483 field
<span class=
"field">WiFi
</span> must be set to an object of
484 type
<span class=
"type">WiFi
</span> containing the following fields:
487 <dl class=
"field_list">
488 <dt class=
"field">AutoConnect
</dt>
490 <span class=
"field_meta">
491 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
492 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
494 Indicating that the network should be connected to automatically when in
498 <dt class=
"field">EAP
</dt>
500 <span class=
"field_meta">
501 (required if
<span class=
"field">Security
</span> is
502 <span class=
"value">WEP-
8021X
</span> or
503 <span class=
"value">WPA-EAP
</span>, otherwise ignored)
504 <span class=
"type">EAP
</span>
509 <dt class=
"field">HiddenSSID
</dt>
511 <span class=
"field_meta">
512 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
513 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
515 Indicating if the SSID will be broadcast.
518 <dt class=
"field">Passphrase
</dt>
520 <span class=
"field_meta">
521 (required if
<span class=
"field">Security
</span> is
522 <span class=
"value">WEP-PSK
</span> or
523 <span class=
"value">WPA-PSK
</span>, otherwise ignored)
524 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
526 Describes the passphrase for WEP/WPA/WPA2
527 connections. If
<span class=
"value">WEP-PSK
</span> is used, the passphrase
528 must be of the format
0x
<hex-number
>, where
<hex-number
> is
529 40,
104,
128, or
232 bits.
532 <dt class=
"field">Security
</dt>
534 <span class=
"field_meta">
536 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
539 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
540 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">None
</span>,
541 <span class=
"value">WEP-PSK
</span>,
542 <span class=
"value">WEP-
8021X
</span>,
543 <span class=
"value">WPA-PSK
</span>, and
544 <span class=
"value">WPA-EAP
</span>.
548 <dt class=
"field">SSID
</dt>
550 <span class=
"field_meta">
552 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
560 <h1>VPN networks
</h1>
562 There are many kinds of VPNs with widely varying configuration options. We
563 offer standard configuration options for a few common configurations at this
564 time, and may add more later. For all others, implementation specific fields
569 For VPN connections,
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> must be set
570 to
<span class=
"value">VPN
</span> and the
571 field
<span class=
"field">VPN
</span> must be set to an object of
572 type
<span class=
"type">VPN
</span> containing the following fields:
575 <dl class=
"field_list">
576 <dt class=
"field">AutoConnect
</dt>
578 <span class=
"field_meta">
579 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
580 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
582 Indicating that the network should be connected to automatically.
585 <dt class=
"field">Host
</dt>
587 <span class=
"field_meta">
589 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
591 Host name or IP address of server to connect to. The only scenario that
592 does not require a host is a VPN that encrypts but does not tunnel
593 traffic. Standalone IPsec (v1 or v2, cert or PSK based -- this is not the
594 same as L2TP over IPsec) is one such setup. For all other types of VPN,
595 the
<span class=
"field">Host
</span> field is required.
598 <dt class=
"field">IPsec
</dt>
600 <span class=
"field_meta">
601 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> is
602 <span class=
"value">IPsec
</span> or
603 <span class=
"value">L2TP-IPsec
</span>, otherwise ignored)
604 <span class=
"type">IPsec
</span>
606 IPsec layer settings.
609 <dt class=
"field">L2TP
</dt>
611 <span class=
"field_meta">
612 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> is
613 <span class=
"value">L2TP-IPsec
</span>, otherwise ignored)
614 <span class=
"type">L2TP
</span>
619 <dt class=
"field">OpenVPN
</dt>
621 <span class=
"field_meta">
622 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> is
623 <span class=
"value">OpenVPN
</span>, otherwise ignored)
624 <span class=
"type">OpenVPN
</span>
629 <dt class=
"field">Type
</dt>
631 <span class=
"field_meta">
633 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
636 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
637 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">IPsec
</span>,
638 <span class=
"value">L2TP-IPsec
</span>, and
639 <span class=
"value">OpenVPN
</span>.
646 <h1>IPsec-based VPN types
</h1>
648 The
<span class=
"type">IPsec
</span> type contains the following:
651 <dl class=
"field_list">
652 <dt class=
"field">AuthenticationType
</dt>
654 <span class=
"field_meta">
656 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
659 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
660 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">PSK
</span> and
661 <span class=
"value">Cert
</span>
665 <dt class=
"field">ClientCertPattern
</dt>
667 <span class=
"field_meta">
668 (required if
<span class=
"field">ClientCertType
</span>
669 is
<span class=
"value">Pattern
</span>, otherwise ignored)
670 <span class=
"type">CertificatePattern
</span>
672 Pattern describing the client certificate.
675 <dt class=
"field">ClientCertRef
</dt>
677 <span class=
"field_meta">
678 (required if
<span class=
"field">ClientCertType
</span>
679 is
<span class=
"value">Ref
</span>, otherwise ignored)
680 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
682 Reference to client certificate stored in certificate section.
685 <dt class=
"field">ClientCertType
</dt>
687 <span class=
"field_meta">
688 (required if
<span class=
"field">AuthenticationType
</span>
689 is
<span class=
"value">Cert
</span>, otherwise ignored)
690 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
693 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
694 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">Ref
</span> and
695 <span class=
"value">Pattern
</span>
699 <dt class=
"field">EAP
</dt>
701 <span class=
"field_meta">
702 (optional if
<span class=
"field">IKEVersion
</span> is
2, otherwise
704 <span class=
"type">EAP
</span>
706 Indicating that EAP authentication should be used with the provided
710 <dt class=
"field">Group
</dt>
712 <span class=
"field_meta">
713 (optional if
<span class=
"field">IKEVersion
</span> is
1, otherwise
715 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
717 Group name used for machine authentication.
720 <dt class=
"field">IKEVersion
</dt>
722 <span class=
"field_meta">
724 <span class=
"type">integer
</span>
726 Version of IKE protocol to use.
729 <dt class=
"field">PSK
</dt>
731 <span class=
"field_meta">
732 (optional if
<span class=
"field">AuthenticationType
</span>
733 is
<span class=
"value">PSK
</span>, otherwise ignored)
734 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
736 Pre-Shared Key. If not specified, user is prompted at time of
740 <dt class=
"field">SaveCredentials
</dt>
742 <span class=
"field_meta">
743 (optional if
<span class=
"field">AuthenticationType
</span>
744 is
<span class=
"value">PSK
</span>, otherwise ignored, defaults
745 to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
746 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
748 If
<span class=
"value">false
</span>, require user to enter credentials
749 (PSK) each time they connect.
752 <dt class=
"field">ServerCARef
</dt>
754 <span class=
"field_meta">
755 (required if
<span class=
"field">AuthenticationType
</span>
756 is
<span class=
"value">Cert
</span>, otherwise ignored)
757 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
759 Reference to server certificate authority stored in certificate section.
762 <dt class=
"field">XAUTH
</dt>
764 <span class=
"field_meta">
765 (optional if
<span class=
"field">IKEVersion
</span> is
1, otherwise
767 <span class=
"type">XAUTH
</span>
769 Describing XAUTH credentials. XAUTH is not used if this object is not
775 <span class=
"type">L2TP
</span> type contains the following:
778 <dl class=
"field_list">
779 <dt class=
"field">Password
</dt>
781 <span class=
"field_meta">
783 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
785 User authentication password. If not specified, user is prompted at time
789 <dt class=
"field">SaveCredentials
</dt>
791 <span class=
"field_meta">
792 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
793 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
795 If
<span class=
"value">false
</span>, require user to enter credentials
796 each time they connect.
799 <dt class=
"field">Username
</dt>
801 <span class=
"field_meta">
803 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
805 User identity. This value is subject to string expansions. If not
806 specified, user is prompted at time of connection.
811 <span class=
"type">XAUTH
</span> type contains the following:
814 <dl class=
"field_list">
815 <dt class=
"field">Password
</dt>
817 <span class=
"field_meta">
819 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
821 XAUTH password. If not specified, user is prompted at time of
825 <dt class=
"field">SaveCredentials
</dt>
827 <span class=
"field_meta">
828 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
829 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
831 If
<span class=
"value">false
</span>, require user to enter credentials
832 each time they connect.
835 <dt class=
"field">Username
</dt>
837 <span class=
"field_meta">
839 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
841 XAUTH user name. This value is subject to string expansions. If not
842 specified, user is prompted at time of connection.
847 <h1>IPsec IKE v1 VPN connections
</h1>
849 <span class=
"field">VPN.Type
</span> must
850 be
<span class=
"value">IPsec
</span>,
<span class=
"field">IKEVersion
</span>
851 must be
1. Do not use this for L2TP over IPsec. This may be used for
852 machine-authentication-only IKEv1 or for IKEv1 with XAUTH. See
853 the
<span class=
"type">IPsec
</span> type described below.
858 <h1>IPsec IKE v2 VPN connections
</h1>
860 <span class=
"field">VPN.Type
</span> must
861 be
<span class=
"value">IPsec
</span>,
<span class=
"field">IKEVersion
</span>
862 must be
2. This may be used with EAP-based user authentication.
867 <h1>L2TP over IPsec VPN connections
</h1>
869 There are two major configurations L2TP over IPsec which depend on how IPsec
870 is authenticated. In either case
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> must be
871 <span class=
"value">L2TP-IPsec
</span>. They are described below.
875 L2TP over IPsec with pre-shared key:
879 <li>The field
<span class=
"field">IPsec
</span> must be present and have the
882 <li><span class=
"field">IKEVersion
</span> must be
1.
</li>
883 <li><span class=
"field">AuthenticationType
</span> must be PSK.
</li>
884 <li><span class=
"field">XAUTH
</span> must not be set.
</li>
887 <li>The field
<span class=
"field">L2TP
</span> must be present.
</li>
894 <h1>OpenVPN connections and types
</h1>
896 <span class=
"field">VPN.Type
</span> must be
897 <span class=
"value">OpenVPN
</span>.
901 <span class=
"type">OpenVPN
</span> type contains the following:
904 <dl class=
"field_list">
905 <dt class=
"field">Auth
</dt>
907 <span class=
"field_meta">
908 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">SHA1
</span>)
909 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
913 <dt class=
"field">AuthRetry
</dt>
915 <span class=
"field_meta">
916 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">none
</span>)
917 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
920 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
921 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">none
</span>,
922 <span class=
"value">nointeract
</span>, and
923 <span class=
"value">interact
</span>.
925 Controls how OpenVPN responds to username/password verification
926 errors:
<br> Either fail with error on retry
927 (
<span class=
"value">none
</span>), retry without asking for authentication
928 (
<span class=
"value">nointeract
</span>), or ask again for authentication
929 each time (
<span class=
"value">interact
</span>).
932 <dt class=
"field">AuthNoCache
</dt>
934 <span class=
"field_meta">
935 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
936 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
938 Disable caching of credentials in memory.
941 <dt class=
"field">Cipher
</dt>
943 <span class=
"field_meta">
944 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">BF-CBC
</span>)
945 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
950 <dt class=
"field">ClientCertRef
</dt>
952 <span class=
"field_meta">
953 (required if
<span class=
"field">ClientCertType
</span> is
954 <span class=
"value">Ref
</span>, otherwise ignored)
955 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
957 Reference to client certificate stored in certificate section.
960 <dt class=
"field">ClientCertPattern
</dt>
962 <span class=
"field_meta">
963 (required if
<span class=
"field">ClientCertType
</span> is
964 <span class=
"value">Pattern
</span>, otherwise ignored)
965 <span class=
"type">CertificatePattern
</span>
967 Pattern to use to find the client certificate.
970 <dt class=
"field">ClientCertType
</dt>
972 <span class=
"field_meta">
974 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
977 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
978 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">Ref
</span>,
979 <span class=
"value">Pattern
</span>, and
<span class=
"value">None
</span>.
981 <span class=
"value">None
</span> implies that the server is configured to
982 not require client certificates.
985 <dt class=
"field">CompLZO
</dt>
987 <span class=
"field_meta">
988 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">adaptive
</span>)
989 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
991 Decides to fast LZO compression with
<span class=
"value">true
</span>
992 and
<span class=
"value">false
</span> as other values.
995 <dt class=
"field">CompNoAdapt
</dt>
997 <span class=
"field_meta">
998 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
999 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
1001 Disables adaptive compression.
1004 <dt class=
"field">KeyDirection
</dt>
1006 <span class=
"field_meta">
1008 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1010 Passed as --key-direction.
1013 <dt class=
"field">NsCertType
</dt>
1015 <span class=
"field_meta">
1017 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1019 If set, checks peer certificate type. Should only be set
1020 to
<span class=
"value">server
</span> if set.
1023 <dt class=
"field">Password
</dt>
1025 <span class=
"field_meta">
1027 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1029 XAUTH password. If not specified, user is prompted at time of connection.
1032 <dt class=
"field">Port
</dt>
1034 <span class=
"field_meta">
1035 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">1194</span>)
1036 <span class=
"type">integer
</span>
1038 Port for connecting to server.
1041 <dt class=
"field">Proto
</dt>
1043 <span class=
"field_meta">
1044 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">udp
</span>)
1045 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1047 Protocol for communicating with server.
1050 <dt class=
"field">PushPeerInfo
</dt>
1052 <span class=
"field_meta">
1053 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
1054 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
1058 <dt class=
"field">RemoteCertEKU
</dt>
1060 <span class=
"field_meta">
1062 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1064 Require that the peer certificate was signed with this explicit extended
1065 key usage in oid notation.
1068 <dt class=
"field">RemoteCertKU
</dt>
1070 <span class=
"field_meta">
1071 (optional, defaults to [])
1072 <span class=
"type">array of string
</span>
1074 Require the given array of key usage numbers. These are strings that are
1075 hex encoded numbers.
1078 <dt class=
"field">RemoteCertTLS
</dt>
1080 <span class=
"field_meta">
1081 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">server
</span>)
1082 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1085 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
1086 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">none
</span> and
1087 <span class=
"value">server
</span>.
1089 Require peer certificate signing based on RFC3280 TLS rules.
1092 <dt class=
"field">RenegSec
</dt>
1094 <span class=
"field_meta">
1095 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">3600</span>)
1096 <span class=
"type">integer
</span>
1098 Renegotiate data channel key after this number of seconds.
1101 <dt class=
"field">SaveCredentials
</dt>
1103 <span class=
"field_meta">
1104 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
1105 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
1107 If
<span class=
"value">false
</span>, require user to enter credentials
1108 each time they connect.
1111 <dt class=
"field">ServerCARef
</dt>
1113 <span class=
"field_meta">
1115 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1117 Reference to a certificate. Certificate authority to use for verifying
1121 <dt class=
"field">ServerCertRef
</dt>
1123 <span class=
"field_meta">
1125 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1127 Reference to a certificate. Peer's signed certificate.
1130 <dt class=
"field">ServerPollTimeout
</dt>
1132 <span class=
"field_meta">
1134 <span class=
"type">integer
</span>
1136 Spend no more than this number of seconds before trying the next server.
1139 <dt class=
"field">Shaper
</dt>
1141 <span class=
"field_meta">
1143 <span class=
"type">integer
</span>
1145 If not specified no bandwidth limiting, otherwise limit bandwidth of
1146 outgoing tunnel data to this number of bytes per second.
1149 <dt class=
"field">StaticChallenge
</dt>
1151 <span class=
"field_meta">
1153 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1155 String is used in static challenge response. Note that echoing is always
1159 <dt class=
"field">TLSAuthContents
</dt>
1161 <span class=
"field_meta">
1163 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1165 If not set, tls auth is not used. If set, this is the TLS Auth key
1166 contents (usually starts with
"-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static Key..."
1169 <dt class=
"field">TLSRemote
</dt>
1171 <span class=
"field_meta">
1173 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1175 If set, only allow connections to server hosts with X509 name or common
1176 name equal to this string.
1179 <dt class=
"field">Username
</dt>
1181 <span class=
"field_meta">
1183 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1185 OpenVPN user name. This value is subject to string expansions. If not
1186 specified, user is prompted at time of connection.
1189 <dt class=
"field">Verb
</dt>
1191 <span class=
"field_meta">
1193 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1195 Verbosity level, defaults to openvpn default if not specified.
1203 <h1>Client certificate patterns
</h1>
1205 In order to allow clients to securely key their private keys and request
1206 certificates through PKCS#
10 format or through a web flow, we provide
1207 alternative CertificatePattern types. The
1208 <span class=
"type">CertificatePattern
</span> type contains the following:
1211 <dl class=
"field_list">
1212 <dt class=
"field">IssuerCARef
</dt>
1214 <span class=
"field_meta">
1216 <span class=
"type">array of string
</span>
1218 Array of references to certificates. At least one must have signed the
1222 <dt class=
"field">Issuer
</dt>
1224 <span class=
"field_meta">
1226 <span class=
"type">IssuerSubjectPattern
</span>
1228 Pattern to match the issuer X
.509 settings against. If not specified, the
1229 only checks done will be a signature check against
1230 the
<span class=
"field">IssuerCARef
</span> field. Issuer of the
1231 certificate must match this field exactly to match the pattern.
1234 <dt class=
"field">Subject
</dt>
1236 <span class=
"field_meta">
1238 <span class=
"type">IssuerSubjectPattern
</span>
1240 Pattern to match the subject X
.509 settings against. If not specified, the
1241 subject settings are not checked and any certificate matches. Subject of
1242 the certificate must match this field exactly to match the pattern.
1245 <dt class=
"field">EnrollmentURI
</dt>
1247 <span class=
"field_meta">
1249 <span class=
"type">array of string
</span>
1251 If no certificate matches this CertificatePattern, the first URI from this
1252 array with a recognized scheme is navigated to, with the intention this
1253 informs the user how to either get the certificate or gets the certificate
1254 for the user. For instance, the array may be [
1255 "chrome-extension://asakgksjssjwwkeielsjs/fetch-client-cert.html",
1256 "http://intra/connecting-to-wireless.html" ] so that for Chrome browsers a
1257 Chrome app or extension is shown to the user, but for other browsers, a
1263 The
<span class=
"type">IssuerSubjectPattern
</span> type contains the
1267 <dl class=
"field_list">
1268 <dt class=
"field">CommonName
</dt>
1270 <span class=
"field_meta">
1272 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1274 Certificate subject's commonName must match this string if present.
1277 <dt class=
"field">Locality
</dt>
1279 <span class=
"field_meta">
1281 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1283 Certificate subject's location must match this string if present.
1286 <dt class=
"field">Organization
</dt>
1288 <span class=
"field_meta">
1290 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1292 At least one of certificate subject's organizations must match this string
1296 <dt class=
"field">OrganizationalUnit
</dt>
1298 <span class=
"field_meta">
1300 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1302 At least one of certificate subject's organizational units must match this
1308 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
1309 One field in
<span class=
"field">Subject
</span>,
1310 <span class=
"field">Issuer
</span>, or
<span class=
"field">IssuerCARef
</span>
1311 must be given for a
<span class=
"type">CertificatePattern
</span> typed field
1316 For a certificate to be considered matching, it must match all
1317 the fields in the certificate pattern. If multiple certificates match, the
1318 certificate with the latest issue date that is still in the past, and hence
1319 valid, will be used.
1323 If
<span class=
"field">EnrollmentURI
</span> is not given and no match is
1324 found to this pattern, the importing tool may show an error to the user.
1329 <h1>Proxy settings
</h1>
1331 Every network can be configured to use a
1332 proxy. The
<span class=
"type">ProxySettings
</span> type contains the
1336 <dl class=
"field_list">
1337 <dt class=
"field">Type
</dt>
1339 <span class=
"field_meta">
1341 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1344 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
1345 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">Direct
</span>,
1346 <span class=
"value">Manual
</span>,
<span class=
"value">PAC
</span>, and
1347 <span class=
"value">WPAD
</span>.
1349 <span class=
"value">PAC
</span> indicates Proxy Auto-Configuration.
1350 <span class=
"value">WPAD
</span> indicates Web Proxy Autodiscovery.
1353 <dt class=
"field">Manual
</dt>
1355 <span class=
"field_meta">
1356 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span>
1357 is
<span class=
"value">Manual
</span>, otherwise ignored)
1358 <span class=
"type">ManualProxySettings
</span>
1360 Manual proxy settings.
1363 <dt class=
"field">ExcludeDomains
</dt>
1365 <span class=
"field_meta">
1366 (optional if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span>
1367 is
<span class=
"value">Manual
</span>, otherwise ignored)
1368 <span class=
"type">array of string
</span>
1370 Domains and hosts for which to exclude proxy settings.
1373 <dt class=
"field">PAC
</dt>
1375 <span class=
"field_meta">
1376 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> is
1377 <span class=
"value">PAC
</span>, otherwise ignored)
1378 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1380 URL of proxy auto-config file.
1385 The
<span class=
"type">ManualProxySettings
</span> type contains the
1389 <dl class=
"field_list">
1390 <dt class=
"field">HTTPProxy
</dt>
1392 <span class=
"field_meta">
1394 <span class=
"type">ProxyLocation
</span>
1396 settings for HTTP proxy.
1399 <dt class=
"field">SecureHTTPProxy
</dt>
1401 <span class=
"field_meta">
1403 <span class=
"type">ProxyLocation
</span>
1405 settings for secure HTTP proxy.
1408 <dt class=
"field">FTPProxy
</dt>
1410 <span class=
"field_meta">
1412 <span class=
"type">ProxyLocation
</span>
1414 settings for FTP proxy
1417 <dt class=
"field">SOCKS
</dt>
1419 <span class=
"field_meta">
1421 <span class=
"type">ProxyLocation
</span>
1423 settings for SOCKS proxy.
1428 The
<span class=
"type">ProxyLocation
</span> type contains the following:
1431 <dl class=
"field_list">
1432 <dt class=
"field">Host
</dt>
1434 <span class=
"field_meta">
1436 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1438 Host (or IP address) to use for proxy
1441 <dt class=
"field">Port
</dt>
1443 <span class=
"field_meta">
1445 <span class=
"type">integer
</span>
1447 Port to use for proxy
1453 <h1>EAP configurations
</h1>
1455 For networks with
802.1X authentication, an
<span class=
"type">EAP
</span>
1456 type exists to configure the
1457 authentication. The
<span class=
"type">EAP
</span> type contains the
1461 <dl class=
"field_list">
1462 <dt class=
"field">AnonymousIdentity
</dt>
1464 <span class=
"field_meta">
1465 (optional if
<span class=
"field">Outer
</span> is
1466 <span class=
"value">PEAP
</span> or
<span class=
"value">EAP-TTLS
</span>,
1468 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1470 For tunnelling protocols only, this indicates the identity of the user
1471 presented to the outer protocol. This value is subject to string
1472 expansions. If not specified, use empty string.
1475 <dt class=
"field">ClientCertPattern
</dt>
1477 <span class=
"field_meta">
1478 (required if
<span class=
"field">ClientCertType
</span> is
1479 <span class=
"value">Pattern
</span>, otherwise ignored)
1480 <span class=
"type">CertificatePattern
</span>
1482 Pattern to use to find the client certificate.
1485 <dt class=
"field">ClientCertRef
</dt>
1487 <span class=
"field_meta">
1488 (required if
<span class=
"field">ClientCertType
</span> is
1489 <span class=
"value">Ref
</span>, otherwise ignored)
1490 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1492 Reference to client certificate stored in certificate section.
1495 <dt class=
"field">ClientCertType
</dt>
1497 <span class=
"field_meta">
1498 (optional)
<span class=
"type">string
</span>
1501 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
1502 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">Ref
</span>, and
1503 <span class=
"value">Pattern
</span>.
1507 <dt class=
"field">Identity
</dt>
1509 <span class=
"field_meta">
1511 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1513 Identity of user. For tunneling outer protocols
1514 (
<span class=
"value">PEAP
</span>,
<span class=
"value">EAP-TTLS
</span>, and
1515 <span class=
"value">EAP-FAST
</span>), this is used to authenticate inside
1516 the tunnel, and
<span class=
"field">AnonymousIdentity
</span> is used for
1517 the EAP identity outside the tunnel. For non-tunneling outer protocols,
1518 this is used for the EAP identity. This value is subject to string
1522 <dt class=
"field">Inner
</dt>
1524 <span class=
"field_meta">
1525 (optional if
<span class=
"field">Outer
</span> is
1526 <span class=
"value">EAP-FAST
</span>,
<span class=
"value">EAP-TTLS
</span>
1527 or
<span class=
"value">PEAP
</span>, otherwise ignored, defaults to
1528 <span class=
"value">Automatic
</span>)
1529 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1532 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
1533 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">Automatic
</span>,
1534 <span class=
"value">MD5
</span>,
<span class=
"value">MSCHAPv2
</span>,
1535 <span class=
"value">EAP-MSCHAPv2
</span>, and
1536 <span class=
"value">PAP
</span>.
1538 For tunneling outer protocols.
1541 <dt class=
"field">Outer
</dt>
1543 <span class=
"field_meta">
1545 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1548 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
1549 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">LEAP
</span>,
1550 <span class=
"value">EAP-AKA
</span>,
<span class=
"value">EAP-FAST
</span>,
1551 <span class=
"value">EAP-TLS
</span>,
<span class=
"value">EAP-TTLS
</span>,
1552 <span class=
"value">EAP-SIM
</span> and
<span class=
"value">PEAP
</span>.
1556 <dt class=
"field">Password
</dt>
1558 <span class=
"field_meta">
1560 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1562 Password of user. If not specified, defaults to prompting the user.
1565 <dt class=
"field">SaveCredentials
</dt>
1567 <span class=
"field_meta">
1568 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
1569 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
1571 If
<span class=
"value">false
</span>, require user to enter credentials
1572 each time they connect. Specifying
<span class=
"field">Identity
</span>
1573 and/or
<span class=
"field">Password
</span> when
1574 <span class=
"field">SaveCredentials
</span> is
1575 <span class=
"value">false
</span> is not allowed.
1578 <dt class=
"field">ServerCARef
</dt>
1580 <span class=
"field_meta">
1582 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1584 Reference to server certificate authority stored in certificate
1585 section. If not specified, client does not check the server certificate is
1586 signed by a specific CA. It will still check the server CA
1587 if
<span class=
"field">UseSystemCAs
</span> is set.
1590 <dt class=
"field">UseSystemCAs
</dt>
1592 <span class=
"field_meta">
1593 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">true
</span>)
1594 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
1596 Required server certificate to be signed by
"system default certificate
1597 authorities". If both
<span class=
"field">ServerCARef
</span>
1598 and
<span class=
"field">UseSystemCAs
</span> are supplied, a server
1599 certificate will be allowed if it either has a chain of trust to a system
1600 CA or to the given server CA. If
<span class=
"field">UseSystemCAs
</span>
1601 is
<span class=
"value">false
</span>, and
1602 no
<span class=
"field">ServerCARef
</span> is set, then the certificate
1603 must be a self signed certificate, and no CA signature is required.
1609 <h1>Cellular Networks
</h1>
1611 This format will eventually also cover configuration of cellular network
1612 technologies, however they are currently not supported.
1617 <h1>Bluetooth / WiFi Direct Networks
</h1>
1619 This format will eventually also cover configuration of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
1620 Direct network technologies, however they are currently not supported.
1627 <h1>Certificates
</h1>
1629 Certificate data is stored in a separate section. Each certificate may be
1630 referenced from within the NetworkConfigurations array using a certificate
1631 reference. A certificate reference is its GUID.
1635 The top-level field
<span class=
"field">Certificates
</span> is an array of
1636 objects of
<span class=
"type">Certificate
</span> type.
1640 The
<span class=
"type">Certificate
</span> type contains the following:
1643 <dl class=
"field_list">
1644 <dt class=
"field">GUID
</dt>
1646 <span class=
"field_meta">
1648 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1650 A unique identifier for this certificate. Must be a non-empty string.
1653 <dt class=
"field">PKCS12
</dt>
1655 <span class=
"field_meta">
1656 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> is
1657 <span class=
"value">Client
</span>, otherwise ignored)
1658 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1659 </span> For certificates with
1660 private keys, this is the base64 encoding of the a PKCS#
12 file.
1663 <dt class=
"field">Remove
</dt>
1665 <span class=
"field_meta">
1666 (optional, defaults to
<span class=
"value">false
</span>)
1667 <span class=
"type">boolean
</span>
1669 If
<span class=
"value">true
</span>, remove this certificate (only GUID
1673 <dt class=
"field">TrustBits
</dt>
1675 <span class=
"field_meta">
1676 (optional if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span>
1677 is
<span class=
"value">Server
</span>
1678 or
<span class=
"value">Authority
</span>, otherwise ignored, defaults to
1680 <span class=
"type">array of string
</span>
1682 An array of trust flags. Clients should ignore unknown flags. For
1683 backwards compatibility, each flag should only increase the trust and
1684 never restrict. The trust flag
<span class=
"value">Web
</span> implies that
1685 the certificate is to be trusted for HTTPS SSL identification. A typical
1686 web certificate authority would have
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> set
1687 to
<span class=
"value">Authority
</span> and
1688 <span class=
"field">TrustBits
</span> set to
1689 <span class=
"snippet">[
"Web"]
</span>.
1692 <dt class=
"field">Type
</dt>
1694 <span class=
"field_meta">
1695 (required if
<span class=
"field">Remove
</span> is
1696 <span class=
"value">false
</span>, otherwise ignored)
1697 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1700 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
1701 Allowed values are
<span class=
"value">Client
</span>,
1702 <span class=
"value">Server
</span>, and
1703 <span class=
"value">Authority
</span>.
1705 <span class=
"value">Client
</span> indicates the certificate is for
1706 identifying the user or device over HTTPS or for
1707 VPN/
802.1X.
<span class=
"value">Server
</span> indicates the certificate
1708 identifies an HTTPS or VPN/
802.1X peer.
1709 <span class=
"value">Authority
</span> indicates the certificate is a
1710 certificate authority and any certificates it issues should be
1711 trusted. Note that if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> disagrees with the
1712 x509 v3 basic constraints or key usage attributes, the
1713 <span class=
"field">Type
</span> field should be honored.
1716 <dt class=
"field">X509
</dt>
1718 <span class=
"field_meta">
1719 (required if
<span class=
"field">Type
</span> is
1720 <span class=
"value">Server
</span> or
1721 <span class=
"value">Authority
</span>, otherwise ignored)
1722 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1723 </span> For certificate
1724 without private keys, this is the X509 certificate in PEM format.
1729 The passphrase of the PKCS#
12 encoding must be empty. Encryption of key data
1730 should be handled at the level of the entire file, or the transport of the
1735 If a global-scoped network connection refers to a user-scoped certificate,
1736 results are undefined, so this configuration should be prohibited by the
1737 configuration editor.
1744 <h1>Encrypted Configuration
</h1>
1746 We assume that when this format is imported as part of policy that
1747 file-level encryption will not be necessary because the policy transport is
1748 already encrypted, but when it is imported as a standalone file, it is
1749 desirable to encrypt it. Since this file has private information (user
1750 names) and secrets (passphrases and private keys) in it, and we want it to
1751 be usable as a manual way to distribute network configuration, we must
1756 For this standalone export, the entire file will be encrypted in a symmetric
1757 fashion with a passphrase stretched using salted PBKDF2 using at least
20000
1758 iterations, and encrypted using an AES-
256 CBC mode cipher with an SHA-
1
1759 HMAC on the ciphertext.
1763 An encrypted ONC file's top level object will have the
1764 <span class=
"type">EncryptedConfiguration
</span>
1765 type.
<span class=
"type">EncryptedConfiguration
</span> type contains the
1769 <dl class=
"field_list">
1770 <dt class=
"field">Cipher
</dt>
1772 <span class=
"field_meta">
1774 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1776 The type of cipher used. Currently only
<span class=
"value">AES256
</span>
1780 <dt class=
"field">Ciphertext
</dt>
1782 <span class=
"field_meta">
1784 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1786 The raw ciphertext of the encrypted ONC file, base64 encoded.
1789 <dt class=
"field">HMAC
</dt>
1791 <span class=
"field_meta">
1793 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1795 The HMAC for the ciphertext, base64 encoded.
1798 <dt class=
"field">HMACMethod
</dt>
1800 <span class=
"field_meta">
1802 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1804 The method used to compute the Hash-based Message Authentication Code
1805 (HMAC). Currently only
<span class=
"value">SHA1
</span> is supported.
1808 <dt class=
"field">Salt
</dt>
1810 <span class=
"field_meta">
1812 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1814 The salt value used during key stretching.
1817 <dt class=
"field">Stretch
</dt>
1819 <span class=
"field_meta">
1821 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1823 The key stretching algorithm used. Currently
1824 only
<span class=
"value">PBKDF2
</span> is supported.
1827 <dt class=
"field">Iterations
</dt>
1829 <span class=
"field_meta">
1831 <span class=
"type">integer
</span>
1833 The number of iterations to use during key stretching.
1836 <dt class=
"field">IV
</dt>
1838 <span class=
"field_meta">
1840 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1842 The initial vector (IV) used for Cyclic Block Cipher (CBC) mode, base64
1846 <dt class=
"field">Type
</dt>
1848 <span class=
"field_meta">
1850 <span class=
"type">string
</span>
1852 The type of the ONC file, which must be set
1853 to
<span class=
"value">EncryptedConfiguration
</span>.
1858 <span class=
"rule_id"></span>
1859 When decrypted, the ciphertext must contain a JSON object of
1860 type
<span class=
"type">UnencryptedConfiguration
</span>.
1865 <h1>String Expansions
</h1>
1867 The values of some fields, such
1868 as
<span class=
"field">WiFi.EAP.Identity
</span>
1869 and
<span class=
"field">VPN.*.Username
</span>, are subject to string
1870 expansions. These allow one ONC to have basic user-specific variations.
1879 ${LOGIN_ID} - expands to the email address of the user, but before the
1883 ${LOGIN_EMAIL} - expands to the email address of the user.
1888 The following SED would properly handle resolution.
1893 s/\$\{LOGIN_ID\}/bobquail$
1/g
1896 s/\$\{LOGIN_EMAIL\}/bobquail@example.com$
1/g
1901 Example expansions, assuming the user was bobquail@example.com:
1906 "${LOGIN_ID}" -
> "bobquail"
1909 "${LOGIN_ID}@corp.example.com" -
> "bobquail@corp.example.com"
1912 "${LOGIN_EMAIL}" -
> "bobquail@example.com"
1915 "${LOGIN_ID}X" -
> "bobquailX"
1918 "${LOGIN_IDX}" -
> "${LOGIN_IDX}"
1921 "X${LOGIN_ID}" -
> "Xbobquail"
1929 This format should be sent in files ending in the .onc extension. When
1930 transmitted with a MIME type, the MIME type should be
1931 application/x-onc. These two methods make detection of data to be handled in
1932 this format, especially when encryption is used and the payload itself is
1940 <h1>Alternatives considered
</h1>
1942 For the overall format, we considered XML, ASN
.1, and protobufs. JSON and
1943 ASN
.1 seem more widely known than protobufs. Since administrators are
1944 likely to want to tweak settings that will not exist in common UIs, we
1945 should provide a format that is well known and human modifiable. ASN
.1 is
1946 not human modifiable. Protobufs formats are known by open source developers
1947 but seem less likely to be known by administrators. JSON serialization
1948 seems to have good support across languages.
1952 We considered sending the exact connection manager configuration format of
1953 an open source connection manager like connman. There are a few issues
1954 here, for instance, referencing certificates by identifiers not tied to a
1955 particular PKCS#
11 token, and tying to one OS's connection manager.
1962 This format should be sent in files ending in the .onc extension. When
1963 transmitted with a MIME type, the MIME type should be
1964 application/x-onc. These two methods make detection of data to be handled in
1965 this format, especially when encryption is used and the payload itself is
1974 <h1>Simple format example: PEAP/MSCHAPv2 network (per device)
</h1>
1978 "Type":
"UnencryptedConfiguration",
1979 "NetworkConfigurations": [
1981 "GUID":
"{f2c17903-b0e1-8593-b3ca74f977236bd7}",
1985 "AutoConnect": true,
1988 "UseSystemCAs": true
1990 "HiddenSSID": false,
1992 "Security":
"WPA-EAP"
2001 Notice that in this case, we do not provide a username and password - we set
2002 SaveCredentials to
<span class=
"value">false
</span> so we are prompted every
2003 time. We could have passed in username and password - but such a file should
2009 <h1>Complex format example: TLS network with client certs (per device)
</h1>
2013 "Type":
"UnencryptedConfiguration",
2014 "NetworkConfigurations": [
2016 "GUID":
"{00f79111-51e0-e6e0-76b3b55450d80a1b}",
2017 "Name":
"MyTTLSNetwork",
2020 "AutoConnect": false,
2022 "ClientCertPattern": {
2024 "http://fetch-my-certificate.com"
2027 "{6ed8dce9-64c8-d568-d225d7e467e37828}"
2030 "ClientCertType":
"Pattern",
2032 "ServerCARef":
"{6ed8dce9-64c8-d568-d225d7e467e37828}",
2033 "UseSystemCAs": true
2035 "HiddenSSID": false,
2036 "SSID":
"MyTTLSNetwork",
2037 "Security":
"WPA-EAP"
2043 "GUID":
"{6ed8dce9-64c8-d568-d225d7e467e37828}",
2044 "Type":
"Authority",
2045 "X509":
"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"
2052 In this example, the client certificate is not sent in the ONC format, but
2053 rather we send a certificate authority which we know will have signed the
2054 client certificate that is needed, along with an enrollment URI to navigate
2055 to if the required certificate is not yet available on the client.
2060 <h1>Simple format example: HTTPS Certificate Authority
</h1>
2063 In this example a new certificate authority is added to be trusted for HTTPS
2064 server authentication.
2069 "Type":
"UnencryptedConfiguration",
2070 "NetworkConfigurations": [],
2073 "GUID":
"{f31f2110-9f5f-61a7-a8bd7c00b94237af}",
2074 "TrustBits": [
"Web" ],
2075 "Type":
"Authority",
2076 "X509":
"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"
2084 <h1>Encrypted format example
</h1>
2087 In this example a simple wireless network is added, but the file is encrypted
2088 with the passphrase
"test0000".
2094 "Ciphertext":
"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",
2095 "HMAC":
"3ylRy5InlhVzFGakJ/9lvGSyVH0=",
2096 "HMACMethod":
"SHA1",
2097 "Iterations":
20000,
2098 "IV":
"hcm6OENfqG6C/TVO6p5a8g==",
2099 "Salt":
"/3O73QadCzA=",
2100 "Stretch":
"PBKDF2",
2101 "Type":
"EncryptedConfiguration"
2109 <h1>Standalone editor
</h1>
2112 The source code for a Chrome packaged app to generate ONC configuration can
2114 <a href=
"https://gerrit.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromiumos/platform/spigots.git;a=tree">"https://gerrit.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromiumos/platform/spigots.git;a=tree"</a>
2119 <h1>Internationalization and Localization
</h1>
2122 UIs will need to have internationalization and localizations - the file
2123 format will remain in English.
2128 <h1>Security Considerations
</h1>
2131 Data stored inside of open network configuration files is highly sensitive
2132 to users and enterprises. The file format itself provides adequate
2133 encryption options to allow standalone use-cases to be secure. For automatic
2134 updates sent by policy, the policy transport should be made secure. The file
2135 should not be stored unencrypted on disk as part of policy fetching and
2136 should be cleared from memory after use.
2141 <h1>Privacy Considerations
</h1>
2144 Similarly to the security considerations, user names will be present in
2145 these files for certain kinds of connections, so any places where the file
2146 is transmitted or saved to disk should be secure. On client device, when
2147 user names for connections that are user-specific are persisted to disk,
2148 they should be stored in a location that is encrypted. Users can also opt in
2149 these cases to not save their user credentials in the config file and will
2150 instead be prompted when they are needed.