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/*
* OpenVPN -- An application to securely tunnel IP networks
* over a single TCP/UDP port, with support for SSL/TLS-based
* session authentication and key exchange,
* packet encryption, packet authentication, and
* packet compression.
*
* Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Fox Crypto B.V. <openvpn@fox-it.com>
*
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
* as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program (see the file COPYING included with this
* distribution); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
/**
* @file Network protocol overview documentation file.
*/
/**
* @page network_protocol OpenVPN's network protocol
*
* Description of packet structure in OpenVPN's network protocol.
*
* This document describes the structure of packets exchanged between
* OpenVPN peers. It is based on the protocol description in the \c ssl.h
* file.
*
* @section network_protocol_external Outer structure of packets exchanged between OpenVPN peers
*
* VPN tunnel packets are transported between OpenVPN peers using the UDP
* or TCP protocols. Their structure is described below.
*
* @subsection network_protocol_external_structure External packet structure
*
* - packet length (16 bits, unsigned) [TCP-mode only]: always sent as
* plain text. Since TCP is a stream protocol, this packet length
* defines the packetization of the stream.
* - packet opcode and key_id (8 bits) [TLS-mode only]:
* - package message type (high 5 bits)
* - key_id (low 3 bits): the key_id refers to an already negotiated
* TLS session. OpenVPN seamlessly renegotiates the TLS session by
* using a new key_id for the new session. Overlap (controlled by
* user definable parameters) between old and new TLS sessions is
* allowed, providing a seamless transition during tunnel operation.
* - payload (n bytes)
*
* @subsection network_protocol_external_types Message types
*
* The type of a VPN tunnel packet is indicated by its opcode. The
* following describes the various opcodes available.
*
* - Control channel messages:
* - \ref P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_CLIENT_V1 -- %Key method 1, initial %key
* from client, forget previous state.
* - \ref P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_SERVER_V1 -- %Key method 1, initial %key
* from server, forget previous state.
* - \ref P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_CLIENT_V2 -- %Key method 2, initial %key
* from client, forget previous state.
* - \ref P_CONTROL_HARD_RESET_SERVER_V2 -- %Key method 2, initial %key
* from server, forget previous state.
* - \ref P_CONTROL_SOFT_RESET_V1 -- New %key, with a graceful
* transition from old to new %key in the sense that a transition
* window exists where both the old or new key_id can be used.
* - \ref P_CONTROL_V1 -- Control channel packet (usually TLS
* ciphertext).
* - \ref P_ACK_V1 -- Acknowledgement for control channel packets
* received.
* - Data channel messages:
* - \ref P_DATA_V1 -- Data channel packet containing data channel
* ciphertext.
* - \ref P_DATA_V2 -- Data channel packet containing peer-id and data
* channel ciphertext.
*
* @subsection network_protocol_external_key_id Session IDs and Key IDs
*
* OpenVPN uses two different forms of packet identifiers:
* - The first form is 64 bits and is used for all control channel
* messages. This form is referred to as a \c session_id.
* - Data channel messages on the other hand use a shortened form of 3
* bits for efficiency reasons since the vast majority of OpenVPN
* packets in an active tunnel will be data channel messages. This
* form is referred to as a \c key_id.
*
* The control and data channels use independent packet-id sequences,
* because the data channel is an unreliable channel while the control
* channel is a %reliable channel. Each use their own independent HMAC
* keys.
*
* @subsection network_protocol_external_reliable Control channel reliability layer
*
* Control channel messages (\c P_CONTROL_* and \c P_ACK_* message types)
* are TLS ciphertext packets which have been encapsulated inside of a
* reliability layer. The reliability layer is implemented as a
* straightforward acknowledge and retransmit model.
*
* Acknowledgments of received messages can be encoded in either the
* dedicated \c P_ACK_* record or they can be prepended to a \c
* P_CONTROL_* message.
*
* See the \link reliable Reliability Layer\endlink module for a detailed
* description.
*
* @section network_protocol_control Structure of control channel messages
*
* @subsection network_protocol_control_ciphertext Structure of ciphertext control channel messages
*
* Control channel packets in ciphertext form consist of the following
* parts:
*
* - local \c session_id (random 64 bit value to identify TLS session).
* - HMAC signature of entire encapsulation header for HMAC firewall
* [only if \c --tls-auth is specified] (usually 16 or 20 bytes).
* - packet-id for replay protection (4 or 8 bytes, includes sequence
* number and optional \c time_t timestamp).
* - acknowledgment packet-id array length (1 byte).
* - acknowledgment packet-id array (if length > 0).
* - acknowledgment remote session-id (if length > 0).
* - packet-id of this message (4 bytes).
* - TLS payload ciphertext (n bytes) (only for \c P_CONTROL_V1).
*
* Note that when \c --tls-auth is used, all message types are protected
* with an HMAC signature, even the initial packets of the TLS handshake.
* This makes it easy for OpenVPN to throw away bogus packets quickly,
* without wasting resources on attempting a TLS handshake which will
* ultimately fail.
*
* @subsection network_protocol_control_key_methods Control channel key methods and
*
* Once the TLS session has been initialized and authenticated, the TLS
* channel is used to exchange random %key material for bidirectional
* cipher and HMAC keys which will be used to secure data channel packets.
* OpenVPN currently implements two %key methods. %Key method 1 directly
* derives keys using random bits obtained from the \c rand_bytes() function.
* %Key method 2 mixes random %key material from both sides of the connection
* using the TLS PRF mixing function. %Key method 2 is the preferred method and
* is the default for OpenVPN 2.0+.
*
* The @ref key_generation "Data channel key generation" related page
* describes the %key methods in more detail.
*
* @subsection network_protocol_control_plaintext Structure of plaintext control channel messages
*
* - %Key method 1:
* - Cipher %key length in bytes (1 byte).
* - Cipher %key (n bytes).
* - HMAC %key length in bytes (1 byte).
* - HMAC %key (n bytes).
* - %Options string (n bytes, null terminated, client/server %options
* string should match).
* - %Key method 2:
* - Literal 0 (4 bytes).
* - %Key method (1 byte).
* - \c key_source structure (\c key_source.pre_master only defined
* for client -> server).
* - %Options string length, including null (2 bytes).
* - %Options string (n bytes, null terminated, client/server %options
* string must match).
* - [The username/password data below is optional, record can end at
* this point.]
* - Username string length, including null (2 bytes).
* - Username string (n bytes, null terminated).
* - Password string length, including null (2 bytes).
* - Password string (n bytes, null terminated).
*
* @section network_protocol_data Structure of data channel messages
*
* The P_DATA_* payload represents encapsulated tunnel packets which tend to be
* either IP packets or Ethernet frames. This is essentially the "payload" of
* the VPN. Data channel packets consist of a data channel header, and a
* payload. There are two possible formats:
*
* @par P_DATA_V1
* P_DATA_V1 packets have a 1-byte header, carrying the \ref P_DATA_V1 \c opcode
* and \c key_id, followed by the payload:\n
* <tt> [ 5-bit opcode | 3-bit key_id ] [ payload ] </tt>
*
* @par P_DATA_V2
* P_DATA_V2 packets have the same 1-byte opcode/key_id, but carrying the \ref
* P_DATA_V2 opcode, followed by a 3-byte peer-id, which uniquely identifies
* the peer:\n
* <tt> [ 5-bit opcode | 3-bit key_id ] [ 24-bit peer-id ] [ payload ] </tt>
*
* See @ref data_crypto for details on the data channel payload format.
*
*/
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