From 2e8bd0ced8967644b0ad361df9b375075276593a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Poessinger Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 21:09:31 +0200 Subject: ifconfig: T2023: add initial MACsec abstraction --- python/vyos/ifconfig/macsec.py | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 python/vyos/ifconfig/macsec.py (limited to 'python/vyos/ifconfig/macsec.py') diff --git a/python/vyos/ifconfig/macsec.py b/python/vyos/ifconfig/macsec.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cea3f8d13 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/vyos/ifconfig/macsec.py @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +# Copyright 2020 VyOS maintainers and contributors +# +# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public +# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either +# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. +# +# This library 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 +# Lesser General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public +# License along with this library. If not, see . + +from vyos.ifconfig.interface import Interface + +@Interface.register +class MACsecIf(Interface): + """ + MACsec is an IEEE standard (IEEE 802.1AE) for MAC security, introduced in + 2006. It defines a way to establish a protocol independent connection + between two hosts with data confidentiality, authenticity and/or integrity, + using GCM-AES-128. MACsec operates on the Ethernet layer and as such is a + layer 2 protocol, which means it's designed to secure traffic within a + layer 2 network, including DHCP or ARP requests. It does not compete with + other security solutions such as IPsec (layer 3) or TLS (layer 4), as all + those solutions are used for their own specific use cases. + """ + + default = { + 'type': 'macsec', + 'cipher': '', + 'source_interface': '' + } + definition = { + **Interface.definition, + **{ + 'section': 'macsec', + 'prefixes': ['macsec', ], + }, + } + options = Interface.options + \ + ['cipher', 'source_interface'] + + def _create(self): + """ + Create MACsec interface in OS kernel. Interface is administrative + down by default. + """ + # create tunnel interface + cmd = 'ip link add link {source_interface} {ifname} type {type}' + cmd += ' cipher {cipher} encrypt on' + self._cmd(cmd.format(**self.config)) + + # interface is always A/D down. It needs to be enabled explicitly + self.set_admin_state('down') + + @staticmethod + def get_config(): + """ + MACsec interfaces require a configuration when they are added using + iproute2. This static method will provide the configuration dictionary + used by this class. + + Example: + >> dict = MACsecIf().get_config() + """ + config = { + 'cipher': '', + 'source_interface': '', + } + return config -- cgit v1.2.3