X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/fce82eca42de488efa9d9019727c97bbe25a19e7..386ab6457bb9dd4901391ffe7ceb5fbe08705c09:/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 8e083d63a..d762f9754 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -3664,7 +3664,7 @@ in processing. .new .cindex debugging "UTF-8 in" .cindex UTF-8 "in debug output" -The &`noutf8`& selector disables the use of +The &`noutf8`& selector disables the use of UTF-8 line-drawing characters to group related information. When disabled. ascii-art is used instead. Using the &`+all`& option does not set this modifier, @@ -6615,6 +6615,25 @@ lookup types support only literal keys. the implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name (see section &<>&). .next +.new +.cindex lookup json +.cindex json "lookup type" +.cindex JSON expansions +&(json)&: The given file is a text file with a JSON structure. +An element of the structure is extracted, defined by the search key. +The key is a list of subelement selectors +(colon-separated by default but changeable in the usual way) +which are applied in turn to select smaller and smaller portions +of the JSON structure. +If a selector is numeric, it must apply to a JSON array; the (zero-based) +nunbered array element is selected. +Otherwise it must apply to a JSON object; the named element is selected. +The final resulting element can be a simple JSON type or a JSON object +or array; for the latter two a string-representation os the JSON +is returned. +For elements of type string, the returned value is de-quoted. +.wen +.next .cindex "linear search" .cindex "lookup" "lsearch" .cindex "lsearch lookup type" @@ -6733,6 +6752,12 @@ be followed by optional colons. &*Warning*&: Unlike most other single-key lookup types, a file of data for &((n)wildlsearch)& can &'not'& be turned into a DBM or cdb file, because those lookup types support only literal keys. + +.next +.cindex "lookup" "spf" +If Exim is built with SPF support, manual lookups can be done +(as opposed to the standard ACL condition method. +For details see section &<>&. .endlist ilist @@ -9387,6 +9412,8 @@ This forces an expansion failure (see section &<>&); .new .vitem "&*${extract json{*&<&'key'&>&*}{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}&&& {*&<&'string3'&>&*}}*&" +.vitem "&*${extract jsons{*&<&'key'&>&*}{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}&&& + {*&<&'string3'&>&*}}*&" .cindex "expansion" "extracting from JSON object" .cindex JSON expansions The key and <&'string1'&> are first expanded separately. Leading and trailing @@ -9400,6 +9427,11 @@ The expanded <&'string1'&> must be of the form: The braces, commas and colons, and the quoting of the member name are required; the spaces are optional. Matching of the key against the member names is done case-sensitively. +For the &"json"& variant, +if a returned value is a JSON string, it retains its leading and +trailing quotes. +For the &"jsons"& variant, which is intended for use with JSON strings, the +leading and trailing quotes are removed. . XXX should be a UTF-8 compare The results of matching are handled as above. @@ -9440,6 +9472,8 @@ empty (for example, the fifth field above). .new .vitem "&*${extract json{*&<&'number'&>&*}}&&& {*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}{*&<&'string3'&>&*}}*&" +.vitem "&*${extract jsons{*&<&'number'&>&*}}&&& + {*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}{*&<&'string3'&>&*}}*&" .cindex "expansion" "extracting from JSON array" .cindex JSON expansions The <&'number'&> argument must consist entirely of decimal digits, @@ -9447,6 +9481,11 @@ apart from leading and trailing white space, which is ignored. Field selection and result handling is as above; there is no choice of field separator. +For the &"json"& variant, +if a returned value is a JSON string, it retains its leading and +trailing quotes. +For the &"jsons"& variant, which is intended for use with JSON strings, the +leading and trailing quotes are removed. .wen @@ -10032,7 +10071,7 @@ expansion items. .vitem &*$rheader_*&<&'header&~name'&>&*:*&&~or&~&*$rh_*&<&'header&~name'&>&*:*& This item inserts &"raw"& header lines. It is described with the &%header%& -expansion item above. +expansion item in section &<>& above. .vitem "&*${run{*&<&'command'&>&*&~*&<&'args'&>&*}{*&<&'string1'&>&*}&&& {*&<&'string2'&>&*}}*&" @@ -11734,7 +11773,7 @@ When a message is submitted locally (that is, not over a TCP connection) the value of &$authenticated_id$& is normally the login name of the calling process. However, a trusted user can override this by means of the &%-oMai%& command line option. -This second case also sets up inforamtion used by the +This second case also sets up information used by the &$authresults$& expansion item. .vitem &$authenticated_fail_id$& @@ -11991,6 +12030,7 @@ This is not strictly an expansion variable. It is expansion syntax for inserting the message header line with the given name. Note that the name must be terminated by colon or white space, because it may contain a wide variety of characters. Note also that braces must &'not'& be used. +See the full description in section &<>& above. .vitem &$headers_added$& .vindex "&$headers_added$&" @@ -19609,7 +19649,9 @@ be enclosed in quotes if it contains white space. A list of hosts, whether obtained via &%route_data%& or &%route_list%&, is always separately expanded before use. If the expansion fails, the router declines. The result of the expansion must be a colon-separated list of names -and/or IP addresses, optionally also including ports. The format of each item +and/or IP addresses, optionally also including ports. +If the list is written with spaces, it must be protected with quotes. +The format of each item in the list is described in the next section. The list separator can be changed as described in section &<>&. @@ -24111,6 +24153,8 @@ DKIM signing options. For details see section &<>&. .option delay_after_cutoff smtp boolean true +.cindex "final cutoff" "retries, controlling" +.cindex retry "final cutoff" This option controls what happens when all remote IP addresses for a given domain have been inaccessible for so long that they have passed their retry cutoff times. @@ -25866,10 +25910,13 @@ For local deliveries, one delivery attempt is always made for any subsequent messages. If this delivery fails, the address fails immediately. The post-cutoff retry time is not used. +.cindex "final cutoff" "retries, controlling" +.cindex retry "final cutoff" If the delivery is remote, there are two possibilities, controlled by the .oindex "&%delay_after_cutoff%&" &%delay_after_cutoff%& option of the &(smtp)& transport. The option is true by -default. Until the post-cutoff retry time for one of the IP addresses is +default. Until the post-cutoff retry time for one of the IP addresses, +as set by the &%retry_data_expire%& option, is reached, the failing email address is bounced immediately, without a delivery attempt taking place. After that time, one new delivery attempt is made to those IP addresses that are past their retry times, and if that still fails, @@ -25995,6 +26042,7 @@ included by setting AUTH_CRAM_MD5=yes AUTH_CYRUS_SASL=yes AUTH_DOVECOT=yes +AUTH_EXTERNAL=yes AUTH_GSASL=yes AUTH_HEIMDAL_GSSAPI=yes AUTH_PLAINTEXT=yes @@ -26006,15 +26054,20 @@ authentication mechanism (RFC 2195), and the second provides an interface to the Cyrus SASL authentication library. The third is an interface to Dovecot's authentication system, delegating the work via a socket interface. -The fourth provides an interface to the GNU SASL authentication library, which +.new +The fourth provides for negotiation of authentication done via non-SMTP means, +as defined by RFC 4422 Appendix A. +.wen +The fifth provides an interface to the GNU SASL authentication library, which provides mechanisms but typically not data sources. -The fifth provides direct access to Heimdal GSSAPI, geared for Kerberos, but +The sixth provides direct access to Heimdal GSSAPI, geared for Kerberos, but supporting setting a server keytab. -The sixth can be configured to support +The seventh can be configured to support the PLAIN authentication mechanism (RFC 2595) or the LOGIN mechanism, which is -not formally documented, but used by several MUAs. The seventh authenticator +not formally documented, but used by several MUAs. +The eighth authenticator supports Microsoft's &'Secure Password Authentication'& mechanism. -The eighth is an Exim authenticator but not an SMTP one; +The last is an Exim authenticator but not an SMTP one; instead it can use information from a TLS negotiation. The authenticators are configured using the same syntax as other drivers (see @@ -26144,12 +26197,15 @@ output, and Exim carries on processing. .option server_set_id authenticators string&!! unset .vindex "&$authenticated_id$&" +.vindex "&$authenticated_fail_id$&" When an Exim server successfully authenticates a client, this string is expanded using data from the authentication, and preserved for any incoming messages in the variable &$authenticated_id$&. It is also included in the log lines for incoming messages. For example, a user/password authenticator configuration might preserve the user name that was used to authenticate, and refer to it subsequently during delivery of the message. +On a failing authentication the expansion result is instead saved in +the &$authenticated_fail_id$& variable. If expansion fails, the option is ignored. @@ -26473,7 +26529,7 @@ to be returned. If the result of a successful expansion is an empty string, expansion is &"1"&, &"yes"&, or &"true"&, authentication succeeds and the generic &%server_set_id%& option is expanded and saved in &$authenticated_id$&. For any other result, a temporary error code is returned, with the expanded -string as the error text +string as the error text. &*Warning*&: If you use a lookup in the expansion to find the user's password, be sure to make the authentication fail if the user is unknown. @@ -27243,6 +27299,143 @@ msn: +. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// + +.chapter "The external authenticator" "CHAPexternauth" +.scindex IIDexternauth1 "&(external)& authenticator" +.scindex IIDexternauth2 "authenticators" "&(external)&" +.cindex "authentication" "Client Certificate" +.cindex "authentication" "X509" +.cindex "Certificate-based authentication" +The &(external)& authenticator provides support for +authentication based on non-SMTP information. +The specification is in RFC 4422 Appendix A +(&url(https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4422)). +It is only a transport and negotiation mechanism; +the process of authentication is entirely controlled +by the server configuration. + +The client presents an identity in-clear. +It is probably wise for a server to only advertise, +and for clients to only attempt, +this authentication method on a secure (eg. under TLS) connection. + +One possible use, compatible with the +K-9 Mail Andoid client (&url(https://k9mail.github.io/)), +is for using X509 client certificates. + +It thus overlaps in function with the TLS authenticator +(see &<>&) +but is a full SMTP SASL authenticator +rather than being implicit for TLS-connection carried +client certificates only. + +The examples and discussion in this chapter assume that +client-certificate authentication is being done. + +The client must present a certificate, +for which it must have been requested via the +&%tls_verify_hosts%& or &%tls_try_verify_hosts%& main options +(see &<>&). +For authentication to be effective the certificate should be +verifiable against a trust-anchor certificate known to the server. + +.section "External options" "SECTexternsoptions" +.cindex "options" "&(external)& authenticator (server)" +The &(external)& authenticator has two server options: + +.option server_param2 external string&!! unset +.option server_param3 external string&!! unset +.cindex "variables (&$auth1$& &$auth2$& etc)" "in &(external)& authenticator" +These options are expanded before the &%server_condition%& option +and the result are placed in &$auth2$& and &$auth3$& resectively. +If the expansion is forced to fail, authentication fails. Any other expansion +failure causes a temporary error code to be returned. + +They can be used to clarify the coding of a complex &%server_condition%&. + +.section "Using external in a server" "SECTexternserver" +.cindex "AUTH" "in &(external)& authenticator" +.cindex "numerical variables (&$1$& &$2$& etc)" &&& + "in &(external)& authenticator" +.vindex "&$auth1$&, &$auth2$&, etc" +.cindex "base64 encoding" "in &(external)& authenticator" + +When running as a server, &(external)& performs the authentication test by +expanding a string. The data sent by the client with the AUTH command, or in +response to subsequent prompts, is base64 encoded, and so may contain any byte +values when decoded. The decoded value is treated as +an identity for authentication and +placed in the expansion variable &$auth1$&. + +For compatibility with previous releases of Exim, the value is also placed in +the expansion variable &$1$&. However, the use of this +variable for this purpose is now deprecated, as it can lead to confusion in +string expansions that also use them for other things. + +.vindex "&$authenticated_id$&" +Once an identity has been received, +&%server_condition%& is expanded. If the expansion is forced to fail, +authentication fails. Any other expansion failure causes a temporary error code +to be returned. If the result of a successful expansion is an empty string, +&"0"&, &"no"&, or &"false"&, authentication fails. If the result of the +expansion is &"1"&, &"yes"&, or &"true"&, authentication succeeds and the +generic &%server_set_id%& option is expanded and saved in &$authenticated_id$&. +For any other result, a temporary error code is returned, with the expanded +string as the error text. + +Example: +.code +ext_ccert_san_mail: + driver = external + public_name = EXTERNAL + + server_advertise_condition = $tls_in_certificate_verified + server_param2 = ${certextract {subj_altname,mail,>:} \ + {$tls_in_peercert}} + server_condition = ${if forany {$auth2} \ + {eq {$item}{$auth1}}} + server_set_id = $auth1 +.endd +This accepts a client certificate that is verifiable against any +of your configured trust-anchors +(which usually means the full set of public CAs) +and which has a mail-SAN matching the claimed identity sent by the client. + +Note that, up to TLS1.2, the client cert is on the wire in-clear, including the SAN, +The account name is therefore guessable by an opponent. +TLS 1.3 protects both server and client certificates, and is not vulnerable +in this way. +Likewise, a traditional plaintext SMTP AUTH done inside TLS is not. + + +.section "Using external in a client" "SECTexternclient" +.cindex "options" "&(external)& authenticator (client)" +The &(external)& authenticator has one client option: + +.option client_send external string&!! unset +This option is expanded and sent with the AUTH command as the +identity being asserted. + +Example: +.code +ext_ccert: + driver = external + public_name = EXTERNAL + + client_condition = ${if !eq{$tls_out_cipher}{}} + client_send = myaccount@smarthost.example.net +.endd + + +.ecindex IIDexternauth1 +.ecindex IIDexternauth2 + + + + + . //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// . //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @@ -27298,20 +27491,25 @@ tls: driver = tls server_param1 = ${certextract {subj_altname,mail,>:} \ {$tls_in_peercert}} - server_condition = ${if forany {$auth1} \ + server_condition = ${if and { {eq{$tls_in_certificate_verified}{1}} \ + {forany {$auth1} \ {!= {0} \ {${lookup ldap{ldap:///\ mailname=${quote_ldap_dn:${lc:$item}},\ ou=users,LDAP_DC?mailid} {$value}{0} \ - } } } } + } } } }}} server_set_id = ${if = {1}{${listcount:$auth1}} {$auth1}{}} .endd This accepts a client certificate that is verifiable against any of your configured trust-anchors (which usually means the full set of public CAs) and which has a SAN with a good account name. -Note that the client cert is on the wire in-clear, including the SAN, -whereas a plaintext SMTP AUTH done inside TLS is not. + +Note that, up to TLS1.2, the client cert is on the wire in-clear, including the SAN, +The account name is therefore guessable by an opponent. +TLS 1.3 protects both server and client certificates, and is not vulnerable +in this way. +Likewise, a traditional plaintext SMTP AUTH done inside TLS is not. . An alternative might use . .code @@ -28014,6 +28212,15 @@ checks are made: that the host name (the one in the DNS A record) is valid for the certificate. The option defaults to always checking. +.new +Do not use a client certificate that contains an "OCSP Must-Staple" extension. +TLS 1.2 and below does not support client-side OCSP stapling, and +(as of writing) the TLS libraries do not provide for it even with +TLS 1.3. +Be careful when using the same certificate for server- and +client-certificate for this reason. +.wen + The &(smtp)& transport has two OCSP-related options: &%hosts_require_ocsp%&; a host-list for which a Certificate Status is requested and required for the connection to proceed. The default