docs: state the TLS contract E39 is built against - #783
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The contract page moves first, ahead of the code, because it is what the rest of E39 is measured against. What each adapter actually does stays on its own page and moves with the pull request that changes it. Peer authorisation becomes two alternatives rather than one requirement. A trust anchor or a pinned fingerprint authorises a peer, and a stream needs at least one; supplying both means both must pass, which RFC 5425 6.1 calls the recommended default. The old trust-anchor obligation could not coexist with the fingerprint obligation on the same page, because 4.2.1 says a certificate matched by fingerprint can be self-signed and needs no path validation. The fingerprint obligation gains the spec it was missing: the 4.2.2 form, the hyphenated IANA labels, sha-256 and sha-1 both accepted, a list rather than a single value so a fleet can cross a certificate renewal, and a configured pin matching nothing refuses the connection whatever the chain says. A configured fingerprint also counts as declaring the peer identity, so it suppresses the unidentified-peer report a missing name would otherwise raise. "Report an unusable certificate, and keep delivering" is deleted rather than softened. RFC 5280 6.1 makes validity an input to path validation, so a certificate outside its dates does not chain, and the page previously listed three things that stop delivery, excluded validity from them, then contradicted itself. Revocation checking is declined here, which leaves the validity period as the only mechanism by which a certificate ever stops being accepted; the revocation section now says so. What was a proposed behaviour change becomes a reporting change, and 731 is rescoped to naming the check that refused a connection. Credential custody is stated as an obligation for the first time: material is obtained when a connection is made and released when it closes, so an integrator can hold it in a secure element and have it in RAM only while connecting. The limit is stated with it, since every TLS library keeps the parsed key for the session and no stream can change that. Session resumption gains a section for the second 4.2.3 SHOULD, which nothing had tabulated. No shipped stream resumes, so it is met by construction, and saying so stops a later refactor making it quietly false. Both platform pages get their divergence lists completed against the contract: fingerprints, the unnamed refusal reason, and credential sourcing are added, and the expired-certificate entry is deleted from both as no longer a divergence. The compliance matrix moves 4.2.1 server to Partial, adds the resumption row, and the RFC 5425 count goes to 21. Em dashes in these pages become hyphens, and CLAUDE.md's rule is corrected to match: it previously exempted docs/ entirely. A dash left at the start of a line by a hard wrap stays, because a hyphen there is a list marker. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
WalkthroughThe documentation defines TLS authorisation, credential lifetimes, validation, failure reporting, and platform differences. It updates RFC compliance matrices and changes the documentation dash rule. ChangesTLS documentation
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In `@CLAUDE.md`:
- Line 535: Update the sentence beginning “One exception is worth knowing” to
remove the comma before “because,” preserving the rest of the wording.
In `@docs/platforms/mbedtls/index.md`:
- Around line 33-40: Clarify the handle-lifetime guidance around
SolidSyslogSender_Disconnect: distinguish the lifetime of the mbedtls_x509_crt
and mbedtls_pk_context objects from their parsed contents, state that parsed
material must remain valid only while an active connection’s ssl_config
references it, and require SolidSyslogSender_Disconnect to complete before
freeing or re-parsing that material. Remove wording that implies the objects
must remain parsed for the entire stream lifetime.
In `@docs/rfc-compliance.md`:
- Line 117: Update the RFC compliance table entry’s final clause to explicitly
state that the contract requires the caller to report the choice, replacing the
current incomplete wording while preserving the surrounding explanation.
- Around line 106-107: Update the RFC 5425 §4.2.1 and §4.2.2 entries to reflect
SolidSyslog’s sender/client scope: use an appropriate “Not Met” or “Partial”
status, or explicitly document the application-boundary rationale with a link to
the authoritative contract.
- Around line 102-103: Update the RFC 9662 §4 documentation to state that TLS
1.3 negotiation depends on the linked backend and its build, while retaining the
TLS 1.2 floor and no-ceiling behavior; clarify that the `@tls13` scenario only
verifies its configured target. Retain the RFC 9662 §6 early-data status, but
remove the caller-supplied-stream caveat and any request for additional
early-data tests.
In `@docs/tls.md`:
- Around line 222-224: Update the certificate validity explanation near the
validity-enforcement discussion to replace the claim that validity dates are the
only rejection mechanism with the narrower statement that they provide an
independent certificate-lifetime check. Preserve the surrounding explanation
about revocation checks.
- Around line 64-66: Resolve the conflicting TLS behavior by distinguishing
missing required trust-anchor or fingerprint configuration from unavailable or
invalid per-connection material, then apply the chosen validation timing
consistently across the relevant platform documentation and compliance matrix.
Update the creation-time and connection-time descriptions so they no longer
specify contradictory Null-object versus retry outcomes.
- Around line 301-305: Update the TLS credential-lifetime documentation to
distinguish OpenSSL from the other shipped platform: reflect that OpenSSL
rebuilds SSL_CTX per open and frees it on close, while retaining the existing
status only where accurate. Keep the rotation and credential-source guidance
consistent with each platform’s documented lifecycle.
- Around line 81-82: Update the TLS policy documentation around the statement
beginning “Where both are configured” to describe trust-anchor validation plus
fingerprint matching as this library’s policy, and remove the incorrect RFC 5425
§6.1 attribution. Preserve the requirement that peers satisfy both configured
checks.
- Around line 193-198: Update the “Do not resume a session under weaker terms”
documentation to attribute the check to RFC 5425 §4.2.3 as a recommendation,
while stating that enforcing it is the library’s contract. Keep the existing
compliance-matrix wording unchanged.
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| | [RFC 9662 §4](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9662.html#section-4) | TLS 1.3 SHOULD be supported, and MUST be preferred where implemented | Supported | The contract sets a floor and deliberately no ceiling, so nothing here holds a handshake below TLS 1.3 and the later version is negotiated wherever both peers offer one. This is why no ceiling is set: pinning one to constrain cipher selection would breach the preference requirement. Whether TLS 1.3 is available at all belongs to the backend the integrator links and how it was built | | ||
| | [RFC 9662 §6](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9662.html#section-6) | Early data (0-RTT) MUST NOT be used | Supported | RFC 9662 forbids it because syslog has no replay protection and early data has none between connections. Sending early data is an explicit act — no shipped TLS stream calls an early-data API, so none is sent, whatever session state the backend keeps. A caller-supplied stream is the caller's to hold to the same rule | | ||
| | [4.2.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-4.2.1) | Certificate-based authentication — server | Supported | Peer verification is required, not optional: the certificate must chain to the trust anchors the caller supplies, and the peer identity the caller declares is checked against it | | ||
| | [4.2.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-4.2.1) | Certificate-based authentication — client | Supported | A client certificate and its key are optional configuration on the TLS stream, presented only when both are given, and a partially configured pair is reported rather than silently ignored | | ||
| | [RFC 9662 §6](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9662.html#section-6) | Early data (0-RTT) MUST NOT be used | Supported | RFC 9662 forbids it because syslog has no replay protection and early data has none between connections. Sending early data is an explicit act - no shipped TLS stream calls an early-data API, so none is sent, whatever session state the backend keeps. A caller-supplied stream is the caller's to hold to the same rule | |
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floors = ("SSL_CTX_set_min_proto_version",
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Qualify the TLS 1.3 statement and retain the early-data status. Both adapters set a TLS 1.2 floor and no ceiling. State that TLS 1.3 availability depends on the linked backend and its build. The @tls13 scenario proves negotiation for its configured target, not every backend. No shipped adapter calls an early-data API, so remove the request for additional early-data tests and the caller-supplied-stream caveat.
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In `@docs/rfc-compliance.md` around lines 102 - 103, Update the RFC 9662 §4
documentation to state that TLS 1.3 negotiation depends on the linked backend
and its build, while retaining the TLS 1.2 floor and no-ceiling behavior;
clarify that the `@tls13` scenario only verifies its configured target. Retain the
RFC 9662 §6 early-data status, but remove the caller-supplied-stream caveat and
any request for additional early-data tests.
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| | [4.2.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-4.2.1) | Means to generate a key pair and self-signed certificate | N/A | Deliberately excluded. The library consumes trust material and does not mint it, so key generation belongs to the deployment's provisioning. Directed at a syslog application rather than at a component one is built from | | ||
| | [4.2.2](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-4.2.2) | Certificate fingerprints published through a management interface | N/A | Directed at a syslog application, not a component one is built from: the library has no management interface, and the certificate is the integrator's to hold and to publish. The fingerprint form §4.2.2 defines matters where a peer is authorised by one, which is §5.1 | |
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RFC 5425 sections 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 exact requirements key pair self-signed certificate fingerprint management interface transport sender receiver
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RFC 5425 specifies authentication and fingerprinting requirements for syslog over TLS [1]. Certificate-Based Authentication (Section 4.2.1) Both the syslog transport sender (TLS client) and the syslog transport receiver (TLS server) must implement certificate-based authentication [1]. This process involves: 1. Validating the peer's certificate [1]. 2. Verifying the peer possesses the corresponding private key, which is handled by the TLS handshake [1]. Implementations are required to support certification path validation (as defined in RFC 5280) to verify the binding between the subject name and public key [1]. Certificate Fingerprints (Section 4.2.2) To facilitate simple, secure deployments (often used with self-signed certificates), the RFC mandates fingerprint support [1]: - Management Interface: Both clients and servers must make their certificate fingerprints available via a management interface [1]. - Generation: Fingerprints are generated by hashing the DER-encoded certificate [1]. - Mandatory Algorithms: Implementations must support SHA-1, identified by the label "sha-1" [1]. - Formatting: Fingerprints must be displayed or configured in a specific format: a label identifying the hash function, followed by a colon, and then the hash in colon-separated, two-character uppercase hexadecimal bytes (e.g., "sha-1:E1:2D:...") [1]. - Validation: During validation, the peer extracts the hash from the configured fingerprint and compares it against the hash calculated from the received certificate [1].
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To generate a key pair and a self-signed certificate, the OpenSSL command-line tool is the standard utility used in many technical implementations [1]. A self-signed certificate is an end-entity certificate that does not require a certification path validation, providing a simple method to establish secure communication when a PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is not available [1]. The following command generates a new private key and a self-signed X.509 certificate in a single step: openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -sha256 -days 365 -nodes In this command: - req: Specifies the certificate request and certificate management utility. - -x509: Outputs a self-signed certificate instead of a certificate request. - -newkey rsa:4096: Creates a new 4096-bit RSA key. - -keyout key.pem: Specifies the filename to save the private key. - -out cert.pem: Specifies the filename to save the certificate. - -sha256: Uses SHA-256 for the certificate signature. - -days 365: Sets the validity period of the certificate to 365 days. - -nodes: Omits the passphrase requirement for the private key. For SSH key pairs, which are distinct from TLS/X.509 certificates, you can use the ssh-keygen utility: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 This command generates a public and private key pair for SSH authentication. In scenarios involving secure transports like TLS for syslog, implementations are required to provide mechanisms for generating these key pairs and self-signed certificates if they are not otherwise available [1].
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In the context of network security and transport protocols, specifically regarding TLS transport mapping for syslog as defined in RFC 5425, a transport sender and transport receiver are required to make their certificate fingerprints available through a management interface [1]. This requirement ensures that administrators can verify the identity of the entities involved in the transport connection. The management interface must display or allow the configuration of these fingerprints using a specific format: the hash function label followed by a colon, and then the colon-separated, hexadecimal bytes of the certificate's hash [1]. Implementations are required to support the SHA-1 algorithm for this purpose, using the label "sha-1" [1]. During the validation process, the hash extracted from this configured fingerprint is compared against the hash calculated from the actual certificate received during the TLS handshake [1].
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Correct the RFC 5425 scope and statuses.
RFC 5425 §§4.2.1-4.2.2 assign key generation and fingerprint management to transport senders and receivers. Since SolidSyslog implements the sender/client, mark these rows Not Met or Partial, or document the application boundary and link the authoritative contract.
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| | [5.3](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-5.3) | Unauthenticated transport sender | N/A | A receiver-side policy: it is the receiver that chooses not to authenticate the sender. Whether this library presents a client certificate is §4.2.1 | | ||
| | [5.4](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-5.4) | Unauthenticated transport receiver — NOT RECOMMENDED | Supported | Not offered, which is the point: peer verification is required rather than optional, so the library will not accept any certificate presented to it. Declining to check a *name* is a separate and narrower choice, and one the contract requires be reported | | ||
| | [5.5](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-5.5) | Neither peer authenticated — NOT RECOMMENDED | Supported | Follows from §5.4: the receiver is always verified, so this policy cannot be reached from this side | | ||
| | [5.4](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-5.4) | Unauthenticated transport receiver - NOT RECOMMENDED | Supported | Not offered, which is the point: peer verification is required rather than optional, so the library will not accept any certificate presented to it. Declining to check a *name* is a separate and narrower choice, and one the contract requires be reported | |
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| | [5.4](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-5.4) | Unauthenticated transport receiver - NOT RECOMMENDED | Supported | Not offered, which is the point: peer verification is required rather than optional, so the library will not accept any certificate presented to it. Declining to check a *name* is a separate and narrower choice, and one the contract requires be reported | | |
| | [5.4](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.html#section-5.4) | Unauthenticated transport receiver - NOT RECOMMENDED | Supported | Not offered, which is the point: peer verification is required rather than optional, so the library will not accept any certificate presented to it. Declining to check a *name* is a separate and narrower choice, and one that the contract requires the caller to report | |
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Limit the validity claim to validity checking.
Validity dates are not the only reason a certificate can be rejected. Chain, fingerprint, identity, and other TLS checks still apply. Replace “the only mechanism by which a certificate ever stops being accepted” with “an independent certificate-lifetime check”.
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validity dates are the only rejection mechanism with the narrower statement that
they provide an independent certificate-lifetime check. Preserve the surrounding
explanation about revocation checks.
…latforms Review findings, and two of them are misreadings of RFC 5425 that were about to be asserted on a page assessors read. RFC 5425 6.1 does not name trust-anchor validation plus fingerprint matching as the recommended default. Read against the text, it says the threats are mitigated only if both the transport sender and the transport receiver are authenticated and authorised, by one of 5.1 or 5.2, and contrasts that with the unauthenticated policies of 5.3 to 5.5. It is about both endpoints, not about combining both methods. Requiring both where an integrator supplied both is this contract's choice and is now stated as one. RFC 5425 4.2.3 recommends that a resumed session's parameters be checked; it does not require it. The page said requires. It now says the RFC recommends and this contract requires, which is the stronger claim and the true one. The page also contradicted itself on when a configuration with neither trust anchors nor fingerprints is rejected: create time in one section, connection time in another. Trust anchors are obtained per connection, so a stream cannot know at create time what its credential source will yield. The check is stated once, at connection time, and the trust-anchor section points at it. "Where this stands" stops describing what each platform does. It listed behaviour that belongs on a platform page, and in one case listed it wrongly: credential retention differs between the shipped adapters rather than being common to them. It is now a table of which obligations have a platform short of them and what tracks each, with the detail left to the pages that can state it correctly. The compliance matrix loses the same kind of detail from its resumption row. The claim that validity is the only mechanism by which a certificate stops being accepted is narrowed: chain, fingerprint and identity checks reject certificates too, but they reject the same certificate today as yesterday. Validity is the only check whose answer changes with time, which is the point being made about declining revocation. The Mbed TLS page separates two lifetimes it had been conflating. The handle objects must stay addressable for as long as the stream might connect; the parsed material inside them only while a connection is open. The rotation sequence follows from the second, and the page now says the adapter never announces that window, which is the gap the epic records. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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102-102: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winCorrect the TLS version claim. Both shipped adapters set a TLS 1.2 minimum, and both backends negotiate the highest mutually supported version. Keep
Supported, but remove “nothing here holds a handshake below TLS 1.3” because TLS 1.2 remains possible when the peer does not offer TLS 1.3.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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154-157: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftDocument receiver-close recovery as at-least-once delivery.
SolidSyslogStream_Sendhas no receiver acknowledgement. If the receiver accepts a frame before the connection fails, the retained record remains unsent and is retried. This can create duplicates. State that recovery is at-least-once for retained records and assign deduplication to the receiver.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@docs/tls.md`:
- Around line 300-309: Add the omitted client-key matching obligation to the TLS
status table, referencing issue `#719`, or explicitly associate it with an
existing row only if the current platform documentation confirms that coverage.
Verify the behavioral and failure-mode wording against
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In `@docs/rfc-compliance.md`:
- Line 102: Update the RFC 9662 §4 compliance note to remove the claim that
handshakes cannot fall below TLS 1.3, while retaining the Supported status and
accurately stating that adapters require TLS 1.2 minimum and negotiate the
highest mutually supported version, allowing TLS 1.2 when the peer lacks TLS
1.3.
- Around line 154-157: Update the Partial write handling documentation around
SolidSyslogStream_Send to state that receiver-close recovery provides
at-least-once delivery for retained records, since frames accepted before
connection failure may be retried and duplicated. Assign duplicate detection or
deduplication responsibility to the receiver.
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| | Authorising a peer by certificate fingerprint | [#753](https://github.com/cososo-ltd/solid-syslog/issues/753) | | ||
| | Naming the check that refused a connection | [#731](https://github.com/cososo-ltd/solid-syslog/issues/731) | | ||
| | Obtaining credentials per connection, and choosing where they come from | [E39](https://github.com/cososo-ltd/solid-syslog/issues/782) | | ||
| | Reporting a partially configured client credential | [#718](https://github.com/cososo-ltd/solid-syslog/issues/718), [#719](https://github.com/cososo-ltd/solid-syslog/issues/719), [#734](https://github.com/cososo-ltd/solid-syslog/issues/734) | | ||
| | A cipher policy that binds the negotiated connection | [#733](https://github.com/cososo-ltd/solid-syslog/issues/733) | | ||
| | Checking the configuration a stream cannot work without | [#732](https://github.com/cososo-ltd/solid-syslog/issues/732) | |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
List the omitted client-key matching gap.
docs/platforms/mbedtls/index.md Lines 94-100 documents that ClientKey is not checked against ClientCertChain and states that the contract requires this check to be reported. The status table says that only six obligations are unmet and omits this seventh gap. Add a row for issue #719, or state which existing row includes it.
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In `@docs/tls.md` around lines 300 - 309, Add the omitted client-key matching
obligation to the TLS status table, referencing issue `#719`, or explicitly
associate it with an existing row only if the current platform documentation
confirms that coverage. Verify the behavioral and failure-mode wording against
docs/platforms/mbedtls/index.md before updating the table.
Source: Path instructions
A security review of the contract found the custody obligation claimed more than the design can deliver, in the paragraph most likely to be read by someone assessing the library. The claim was that material exists in RAM only while a connection is being established. It does not. It exists for the whole connection, and a connection opens on the first record and closes only on a send failure, a destination change, an explicit Disconnect, or destroy. On a device that logs steadily that is the device's uptime. The private key is needed once, to sign during the handshake, and is retained for the rest of the connection because neither TLS library offers a client a way to hand it back. The page said the opposite and then conceded it eleven lines later. How much the release announcement buys also depends on the credential source, which the contract cannot settle. A source that hands over a pointer to material the integrator already holds parsed has nothing to release; one that parses on demand and wipes on release does. The obligation now says so and sends the reader to the platform page. What the obligation is actually worth is stated instead: the stream announces when it has finished with the material, so replacing it is no longer a use-after-free the integrator has to sequence by hand, and where the key must not be in application memory at all, that is a property of the source rather than of the window. A new obligation states the connection lifetime outright and names SolidSyslogSender_Disconnect as the lever that bounds it, since that is the only thing that actually shortens the exposure and an integrator asking the question deserves the answer on the page. It is the same lever RFC 5425 4.4 wants for a connection expected to carry no more messages, so the compliance row now answers all three of that section's requirements rather than only close_notify. Two gaps in the fingerprint obligation are closed. A pin excuses the chain but not the clock: an expired pinned certificate is refused in fingerprint-only mode exactly as anywhere else, which is worth stating because both backends express that mode as a verification callback and one that overrides every result rather than the chain result silently disables expiry checking. And pinning makes the collector's expiry a fleet-wide event, so the page now carries the RFC 5280 4.1.2.5 remedy and the overlap-pinning practice next to the rule that creates the problem. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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156-156: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winName the disconnect API in full.
Line 156 uses
Disconnectsas an API reference. Replace it withSolidSyslogSender_Disconnectto keep the compliance matrix unambiguous.As per path instructions: Markdown documentation must name APIs in full.
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In `@docs/tls.md`:
- Around line 165-176: Update the credential-source explanation in the TLS
documentation by replacing the unintelligible phrase “already holds parted” with
precise wording such as “material the integrator already owns,” while preserving
the surrounding explanation.
- Around line 112-121: Update the TLS documentation to distinguish the
fingerprint-only behavior as a contract requirement from the current
shipped-platform implementation status; do not claim that both backends
currently implement it unless supported by implementation evidence. Keep the
requirement that fingerprint matching can override an untrusted chain but must
still enforce certificate validity periods, and align any platform-support
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In `@docs/rfc-compliance.md`:
- Line 156: Update the compliance matrix entry for address rotation to replace
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Separate the TLS contract from shipped-platform status.
docs/rfc-compliance.md states at Line 104 and Line 114 that shipped platforms do not support fingerprint authorisation. This section states at Lines 119-121 that both backends implement fingerprint-only verification. Because this PR changes documentation only, describe the latter as a contract requirement, or update the matrix only when implementation evidence supports it.
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In `@docs/tls.md` around lines 112 - 121, Update the TLS documentation to
distinguish the fingerprint-only behavior as a contract requirement from the
current shipped-platform implementation status; do not claim that both backends
currently implement it unless supported by implementation evidence. Keep the
requirement that fingerprint matching can override an untrusted chain but must
still enforce certificate validity periods, and align any platform-support
statement with the existing compliance matrix.
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| connection**, not the lifetime of the stream. That is the point of announcing the | ||
| release: replacing material a stream is still holding is a use-after-free, and an | ||
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| parted has nothing to release, whereas one that parses on demand and wipes on | ||
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Fix the credential-source sentence.
Line 174 contains the phrase already holds parted, which is not intelligible. Replace it with precise wording such as material the integrator already owns.
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In `@docs/tls.md` around lines 165 - 176, Update the credential-source explanation
in the TLS documentation by replacing the unintelligible phrase “already holds
parted” with precise wording such as “material the integrator already owns,”
while preserving the surrounding explanation.
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Purpose
Step 0 of E39. The TLS
contract moves ahead of the code, because it is what the eight issues under that
epic are measured against. Zero code changes.
Three things forced it.
docs/tls.mdcarried two obligations that cannot both besatisfied. It carried a third that RFC 5425 §5 forbids. And #753 is about to add
peer-authorisation material, which has nowhere coherent to attach until the page
says what authorising a peer means.
Change Description
Peer authorisation becomes two alternatives. A trust anchor or a pinned
fingerprint authorises a peer, and a stream needs at least one of them. Supplying
both means both must pass, which RFC 5425 §6.1 names as the recommended default
policy. The previous trust-anchor obligation could not coexist with the
fingerprint obligation on the same page, because §4.2.1 says a certificate matched
by fingerprint "can be self-signed, and no certification path validation is
needed".
The fingerprint obligation gains the specification it lacked: the §4.2.2 form,
the hyphenated IANA labels,
sha-256andsha-1both accepted, a list ratherthan a single value so a fleet can cross a certificate renewal, and a configured
pin matching nothing refusing the connection whatever the chain says. A configured
fingerprint also counts as declaring the peer identity, so it suppresses the
unidentified-peer report that a missing name raises.
"Report an unusable certificate, and keep delivering" is deleted rather than
softened. RFC 5280 §6.1 makes validity an input to path validation, so a
certificate outside its dates does not chain. The page previously listed three
things that stop delivery, excluded validity from them, and then contradicted
itself further down. Revocation checking is declined here, which leaves the
validity period as the only mechanism by which a certificate ever stops being
accepted, and the revocation section now says so.
That turns what was a proposed behaviour change into a reporting change, and #731
is rescoped accordingly: name the check that refused the connection, rather than
carry on past it.
Credential custody is stated as an obligation for the first time. Material is
obtained when a connection is made and released when it closes, so an integrator
can hold it in a secure element and have it in RAM only while connecting. The
limit is stated alongside it: every TLS library keeps the parsed key for the
duration of the session and no stream can change that, so the obligation is about
the window rather than the handshake.
Session resumption gains a section for the second RFC 5425 §4.2.3 SHOULD,
which nothing had tabulated. No shipped stream resumes, so it is met by
construction; stating it stops a later refactor making it quietly false.
Both platform pages get their divergence lists completed against the contract.
Fingerprints, the unnamed refusal reason and credential sourcing are added; the
expired-certificate entry is deleted from both, because the contract moved rather
than the code.
The compliance matrix moves RFC 5425 §4.2.1 (server) to Partial, since §4.2.1
requires both authorisation methods and its end-entity bullet makes fingerprint
support a MUST. It adds the resumption row, and the RFC 5425 total goes from 20
requirements to 21. Net effect on deviations is one fewer, not one more: dropping
the validity carve-out removes a §5 deviation that would otherwise have had to be
declared.
Em dashes in these pages become hyphens, and
CLAUDE.md's rule is correctedto match - it previously exempted
docs/entirely. A dash left at the start of aline by a hard wrap stays an em dash, because a hyphen there is a Markdown list
marker. The rest of
docs/is unconverted and is a separate tidy-up.Test Evidence
No code, so no unit tests. All four documentation gates run locally and pass:
markdownlint-cli2 v0.22.1over the five changed files - 0 errors.scripts/check_references.py- every path named by 117 documents and buildfiles exists.
scripts/check_platform_docs.py- 10 platforms documented, none naminganother, 12 roles listed everywhere roles are enumerated.
mkdocs build --strictin the CI image - exit 0, no warnings. This is the gatethat would catch a link into the heading that was deleted.
The RFC 5425 summary counts were recomputed from the table rather than adjusted
by hand: 21 rows, 13 Supported, 2 Partial, 1 Not Met, 5 N/A.
Areas Affected
Documentation only -
docs/tls.md,docs/rfc-compliance.md, both TLS platformpages, and the character rule in
CLAUDE.md. No library code, no public headers,no derived projects.
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