[3383] Log when D2 is listening on non-loopback address

Added a check in D2Process to detect when D2 is using an
address other than loopback on which to listen and issue
a log warning.
Added simple unit tests that permit visual log inspection
barring a simple, automated way to do it.

diff --git a/src/bin/d2/d2_messages.mes b/src/bin/d2/d2_messages.mes
index 2849ae4bb0b76d4c64dc97bb12d54b2879de9db4..5782d5d35e3c63c220838ee7420917269ad74979 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/d2/d2_messages.mes
+++ b/src/bin/d2/d2_messages.mes
@@ -254,6 +254,14 @@ This is a debug message issued when the DHCP-DDNS application encountered an
 error while decoding a response to DNS Update message. Typically, this error
 will be encountered when a response message is malformed.
 
+% DHCP_DDNS_NOT_ON_LOOPBACK The DHCP-DDNS server has been configured to listen on %1 which is not the local loopback.  This is an insecure configuration supported for testing purposes only.
+This is a warning message issued When the DHCP-DDNS server is configured to
+listen at an address other than the loopback address (127.0.0.1 or ::1). It is
+possible for a malicious attacker to send bogus NameChangeRequests to it and
+change entries in the DNS. For this reason, addresses other than the IPv4 or
+IPv6 loopback addresses should only be used for testing purposes. A future
+version of Kea will implement authentication to guard against such attacks.
+
 % DHCP_DDNS_NO_ELIGIBLE_JOBS although there are queued requests, there are pending transactions for each Queue count: %1  Transaction count: %2
 This is a debug message issued when all of the queued requests represent clients
 for which there is a an update already in progress.  This may occur under

diff --git a/src/bin/d2/d2_process.cc b/src/bin/d2/d2_process.cc
index 187bfe11f044f68a7c66b8e759bc2f32ab0e0afc..cca71e21d380dbaa8f2f3473c8637cd925c5970d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/d2/d2_process.cc
+++ b/src/bin/d2/d2_process.cc
@@ -329,6 +329,13 @@ D2Process::reconfigureQueueMgr() {
         std::string ip_address;
         uint32_t port;
         getCfgMgr()->getContext()->getParam("ip_address", ip_address);
+
+        // Warn the user if the server address is not the loopback.
+        /// @todo Remove this once we provide a secure mechanism.
+        if (ip_address != "127.0.0.1" && ip_address != "::1") {
+            LOG_WARN(dctl_logger, DHCP_DDNS_NOT_ON_LOOPBACK).arg(ip_address);
+        }
+
         getCfgMgr()->getContext()->getParam("port", port);
         isc::asiolink::IOAddress addr(ip_address);
 

diff --git a/src/bin/d2/tests/d2_process_unittests.cc b/src/bin/d2/tests/d2_process_unittests.cc
index cbbdd3f379b089b1441bef06801f393ea208a265..bd6f77042a8b971c3495fddcccad65ebfe1b5c8b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/d2/tests/d2_process_unittests.cc
+++ b/src/bin/d2/tests/d2_process_unittests.cc
@@ -602,4 +602,52 @@ TEST_F(D2ProcessTest, fatalErrorShutdown) {
                 elapsed.total_milliseconds() <= 2100);
 }
 
+/// @brief Used to permit visual inspection of logs to ensure
+/// DHCP_DDNS_NOT_ON_LOOPBACK is issued when ip_address is not
+/// loopback.
+TEST_F(D2ProcessTest, notLoopbackTest) {
+    const char* config = "{ "
+                        "\"interface\" : \"\" , "
+                        "\"ip_address\" : \"0.0.0.0\" , "
+                        "\"port\" : 53001, "
+                        "\"tsig_keys\": [],"
+                        "\"forward_ddns\" : {},"
+                        "\"reverse_ddns\" : {}"
+                        "}";
+
+    // Note we don't care nor can we predict if this
+    // succeeds or fails. The address and port may or may
+    // not be valid on the test host.
+    runWithConfig(config);
+}
+
+
+/// @brief Used to permit visual inspection of logs to ensure
+/// DHCP_DDNS_NOT_ON_LOOPBACK is not issued.
+TEST_F(D2ProcessTest, v4LoopbackTest) {
+    const char* config = "{ "
+                        "\"interface\" : \"\" , "
+                        "\"ip_address\" : \"127.0.0.1\" , "
+                        "\"port\" : 53001, "
+                        "\"tsig_keys\": [],"
+                        "\"forward_ddns\" : {},"
+                        "\"reverse_ddns\" : {}"
+                        "}";
+    ASSERT_TRUE(runWithConfig(config));
+}
+
+/// @brief Used to permit visual inspection of logs to ensure
+/// DHCP_DDNS_NOT_ON_LOOPBACK is not issued.
+TEST_F(D2ProcessTest, v6LoopbackTest) {
+    const char* config = "{ "
+                        "\"interface\" : \"\" , "
+                        "\"ip_address\" : \"::1\" , "
+                        "\"port\" : 53001, "
+                        "\"tsig_keys\": [],"
+                        "\"forward_ddns\" : {},"
+                        "\"reverse_ddns\" : {}"
+                        "}";
+    ASSERT_TRUE(runWithConfig(config));
+}
+
 } // end of anonymous namespace