dnstap.proto revision 356345
1// dnstap: flexible, structured event replication format for DNS software
2//
3// This file contains the protobuf schemas for the "dnstap" structured event
4// replication format for DNS software.
5
6// Written in 2013-2014 by Farsight Security, Inc.
7//
8// To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all
9// copyright and related and neighboring rights to this file to the public
10// domain worldwide. This file is distributed without any warranty.
11//
12// You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along
13// with this file. If not, see:
14//
15// <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
16syntax = "proto2";
17
18package dnstap;
19
20// "Dnstap": this is the top-level dnstap type, which is a "union" type that
21// contains other kinds of dnstap payloads, although currently only one type
22// of dnstap payload is defined.
23// See: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/techniques#union
24message Dnstap {
25    // DNS server identity.
26    // If enabled, this is the identity string of the DNS server which generated
27    // this message. Typically this would be the same string as returned by an
28    // "NSID" (RFC 5001) query.
29    optional bytes      identity = 1;
30
31    // DNS server version.
32    // If enabled, this is the version string of the DNS server which generated
33    // this message. Typically this would be the same string as returned by a
34    // "version.bind" query.
35    optional bytes      version = 2;
36
37    // Extra data for this payload.
38    // This field can be used for adding an arbitrary byte-string annotation to
39    // the payload. No encoding or interpretation is applied or enforced.
40    optional bytes      extra = 3;
41
42    // Identifies which field below is filled in.
43    enum Type {
44        MESSAGE = 1;
45    }
46    required Type       type = 15;
47
48    // One of the following will be filled in.
49    optional Message    message = 14;
50}
51
52// SocketFamily: the network protocol family of a socket. This specifies how
53// to interpret "network address" fields.
54enum SocketFamily {
55    INET = 1;   // IPv4 (RFC 791)
56    INET6 = 2;  // IPv6 (RFC 2460)
57}
58
59// SocketProtocol: the transport protocol of a socket. This specifies how to
60// interpret "transport port" fields.
61enum SocketProtocol {
62    UDP = 1;    // User Datagram Protocol (RFC 768)
63    TCP = 2;    // Transmission Control Protocol (RFC 793)
64}
65
66// Message: a wire-format (RFC 1035 section 4) DNS message and associated
67// metadata. Applications generating "Message" payloads should follow
68// certain requirements based on the MessageType, see below.
69message Message {
70
71    // There are eight types of "Message" defined that correspond to the
72    // four arrows in the following diagram, slightly modified from RFC 1035
73    // section 2:
74
75    //    +---------+               +----------+           +--------+
76    //    |         |     query     |          |   query   |        |
77    //    | Stub    |-SQ--------CQ->| Recursive|-RQ----AQ->| Auth.  |
78    //    | Resolver|               | Server   |           | Name   |
79    //    |         |<-SR--------CR-|          |<-RR----AR-| Server |
80    //    +---------+    response   |          |  response |        |
81    //                              +----------+           +--------+
82
83    // Each arrow has two Type values each, one for each "end" of each arrow,
84    // because these are considered to be distinct events. Each end of each
85    // arrow on the diagram above has been marked with a two-letter Type
86    // mnemonic. Clockwise from upper left, these mnemonic values are:
87    //
88    //   SQ:        STUB_QUERY
89    //   CQ:      CLIENT_QUERY
90    //   RQ:    RESOLVER_QUERY
91    //   AQ:        AUTH_QUERY
92    //   AR:        AUTH_RESPONSE
93    //   RR:    RESOLVER_RESPONSE
94    //   CR:      CLIENT_RESPONSE
95    //   SR:        STUB_RESPONSE
96
97    // Two additional types of "Message" have been defined for the
98    // "forwarding" case where an upstream DNS server is responsible for
99    // further recursion. These are not shown on the diagram above, but have
100    // the following mnemonic values:
101
102    //   FQ:   FORWARDER_QUERY
103    //   FR:   FORWARDER_RESPONSE
104
105    // The "Message" Type values are defined below.
106
107    enum Type {
108        // AUTH_QUERY is a DNS query message received from a resolver by an
109        // authoritative name server, from the perspective of the authoritative
110        // name server.
111        AUTH_QUERY = 1;
112
113        // AUTH_RESPONSE is a DNS response message sent from an authoritative
114        // name server to a resolver, from the perspective of the authoritative
115        // name server.
116        AUTH_RESPONSE = 2;
117
118        // RESOLVER_QUERY is a DNS query message sent from a resolver to an
119        // authoritative name server, from the perspective of the resolver.
120        // Resolvers typically clear the RD (recursion desired) bit when
121        // sending queries.
122        RESOLVER_QUERY = 3;
123
124        // RESOLVER_RESPONSE is a DNS response message received from an
125        // authoritative name server by a resolver, from the perspective of
126        // the resolver.
127        RESOLVER_RESPONSE = 4;
128
129        // CLIENT_QUERY is a DNS query message sent from a client to a DNS
130        // server which is expected to perform further recursion, from the
131        // perspective of the DNS server. The client may be a stub resolver or
132        // forwarder or some other type of software which typically sets the RD
133        // (recursion desired) bit when querying the DNS server. The DNS server
134        // may be a simple forwarding proxy or it may be a full recursive
135        // resolver.
136        CLIENT_QUERY = 5;
137
138        // CLIENT_RESPONSE is a DNS response message sent from a DNS server to
139        // a client, from the perspective of the DNS server. The DNS server
140        // typically sets the RA (recursion available) bit when responding.
141        CLIENT_RESPONSE = 6;
142
143        // FORWARDER_QUERY is a DNS query message sent from a downstream DNS
144        // server to an upstream DNS server which is expected to perform
145        // further recursion, from the perspective of the downstream DNS
146        // server.
147        FORWARDER_QUERY = 7;
148
149        // FORWARDER_RESPONSE is a DNS response message sent from an upstream
150        // DNS server performing recursion to a downstream DNS server, from the
151        // perspective of the downstream DNS server.
152        FORWARDER_RESPONSE = 8;
153
154        // STUB_QUERY is a DNS query message sent from a stub resolver to a DNS
155        // server, from the perspective of the stub resolver.
156        STUB_QUERY = 9;
157
158        // STUB_RESPONSE is a DNS response message sent from a DNS server to a
159        // stub resolver, from the perspective of the stub resolver.
160        STUB_RESPONSE = 10;
161    }
162
163    // One of the Type values described above.
164    required Type               type = 1;
165
166    // One of the SocketFamily values described above.
167    optional SocketFamily       socket_family = 2;
168
169    // One of the SocketProtocol values described above.
170    optional SocketProtocol     socket_protocol = 3;
171
172    // The network address of the message initiator.
173    // For SocketFamily INET, this field is 4 octets (IPv4 address).
174    // For SocketFamily INET6, this field is 16 octets (IPv6 address).
175    optional bytes              query_address = 4;
176
177    // The network address of the message responder.
178    // For SocketFamily INET, this field is 4 octets (IPv4 address).
179    // For SocketFamily INET6, this field is 16 octets (IPv6 address).
180    optional bytes              response_address = 5;
181
182    // The transport port of the message initiator.
183    // This is a 16-bit UDP or TCP port number, depending on SocketProtocol.
184    optional uint32             query_port = 6;
185
186    // The transport port of the message responder.
187    // This is a 16-bit UDP or TCP port number, depending on SocketProtocol.
188    optional uint32             response_port = 7;
189
190    // The time at which the DNS query message was sent or received, depending
191    // on whether this is an AUTH_QUERY, RESOLVER_QUERY, or CLIENT_QUERY.
192    // This is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.
193    optional uint64             query_time_sec = 8;
194
195    // The time at which the DNS query message was sent or received.
196    // This is the seconds fraction, expressed as a count of nanoseconds.
197    optional fixed32            query_time_nsec = 9;
198
199    // The initiator's original wire-format DNS query message, verbatim.
200    optional bytes              query_message = 10;
201
202    // The "zone" or "bailiwick" pertaining to the DNS query message.
203    // This is a wire-format DNS domain name.
204    optional bytes              query_zone = 11;
205
206    // The time at which the DNS response message was sent or received,
207    // depending on whether this is an AUTH_RESPONSE, RESOLVER_RESPONSE, or
208    // CLIENT_RESPONSE.
209    // This is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.
210    optional uint64             response_time_sec = 12;
211
212    // The time at which the DNS response message was sent or received.
213    // This is the seconds fraction, expressed as a count of nanoseconds.
214    optional fixed32            response_time_nsec = 13;
215
216    // The responder's original wire-format DNS response message, verbatim.
217    optional bytes              response_message = 14;
218}
219
220// All fields except for 'type' in the Message schema are optional.
221// It is recommended that at least the following fields be filled in for
222// particular types of Messages.
223
224// AUTH_QUERY:
225//      socket_family, socket_protocol
226//      query_address, query_port
227//      query_message
228//      query_time_sec, query_time_nsec
229
230// AUTH_RESPONSE:
231//      socket_family, socket_protocol
232//      query_address, query_port
233//      query_time_sec, query_time_nsec
234//      response_message
235//      response_time_sec, response_time_nsec
236
237// RESOLVER_QUERY:
238//      socket_family, socket_protocol
239//      query_name, query_type, query_class
240//      query_message
241//      query_time_sec, query_time_nsec
242//      query_zone
243//      response_address, response_port
244
245// RESOLVER_RESPONSE:
246//      socket_family, socket_protocol
247//      query_name, query_type, query_class
248//      query_time_sec, query_time_nsec
249//      query_zone
250//      response_address, response_port
251//      response_message
252//      response_time_sec, response_time_nsec
253
254// CLIENT_QUERY:
255//      socket_family, socket_protocol
256//      query_message
257//      query_time_sec, query_time_nsec
258
259// CLIENT_RESPONSE:
260//      socket_family, socket_protocol
261//      query_time_sec, query_time_nsec
262//      response_message
263//      response_time_sec, response_time_nsec
264