<?xmlversion="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <!DOCTYPE rfc SYSTEM'rfc2629.dtd' [ <!ENTITY rfc2119 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2119.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc2818 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2818.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc5246 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.5246.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc6455 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.6455.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc6570 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.6570.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc7230 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7230.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc7235 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7235.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc7525 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7525.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc7540 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7540.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc7692 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7692.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc8174 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8174.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc8441 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8441.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc8446 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8446.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc8620 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8620.xml'> <!ENTITY rfc8621 PUBLIC '' 'http://xml2rfc.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8621.xml'> ]> <?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='rfc2629.xslt' ?> <?rfc toc="yes"?> <?rfc comments="yes"?> <?rfc inline="yes"?> <?rfc symrefs="yes"?> <?rfc sortrefs="yes"?> <?rfc compact="yes"?> <?rfc subcompact="no"?> <?rfc tocdepth="3"?> <?rfc strict="yes"?>"rfc2629-xhtml.ent"> <rfc xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" category="std"ipr='trust200902' docName='draft-ietf-jmap-websocket-07'>ipr="trust200902" docName="draft-ietf-jmap-websocket-07" obsoletes="" updates="" submissionType="IETF" xml:lang="en" tocInclude="true" symRefs="true" sortRefs="true" tocDepth="3" version="3" number="8887" consensus="true"> <!-- xml2rfc v2v3 conversion 2.43.0 --> <front> <title abbrev="JMAPOverover WebSocket"> A JSON Meta Application Protocol (JMAP) Subprotocol for WebSocket </title> <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="8887"/> <author initials="K." surname="Murchison" fullname="Kenneth Murchison"> <organization abbrev="Fastmail">Fastmail US LLC</organization> <address> <postal> <street>1429 WalnutStreet -Street, Suite 1201</street> <city>Philadelphia</city> <region>PA</region> <code>19102</code><country>USA</country><country>United States of America</country> </postal> <email>murch@fastmailteam.com</email> <uri>http://www.fastmail.com/</uri> </address> </author> <date/>month="August" year="2020"/> <area>ART</area> <workgroup>JMAP</workgroup> <keyword>jmap</keyword> <keyword>websocket</keyword> <abstract> <t>This document defines a binding for the JSON Meta Application Protocol (JMAP) over a WebSocket transport layer. The WebSocket binding for JMAP provides higher performance than the current HTTP binding for JMAP. </t> </abstract><!-- <note title="Open Issues"> <t> <list style="symbols"> <t>Still need to craft some text to discuss/address potential security risks of using WebSocket compression.</t> </list> </t> </note> --></front> <middle> <sectiontitle='Introduction'>numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Introduction</name> <t><xreftarget='RFC8620'>JMAP</xref>target="RFC8620" format="default">JMAP</xref> over <xreftarget='RFC7235'>HTTP</xref>target="RFC7235" format="default">HTTP</xref> requires that every JMAP API request be authenticated. Depending on the type of authentication used by the JMAP client and the configuration of the JMAP server, authentication could be an expensive operation both in time and resources. In such circumstances, reauthenticating for every JMAP API request may harm performance.</t> <t>The <xreftarget='RFC6455'>WebSocket</xref>target="RFC6455" format="default">WebSocket</xref> binding for JMAP eliminates this performance hit by authenticating just the WebSocket handshake request and having those credentials remain in effect for the duration of the WebSocket connection. This binding supports JMAP API requests and responses, with optional support for push notifications.</t> <t>Furthermore, the WebSocket binding for JMAP can optionally <xreftarget='RFC7692'>compress</xref>target="RFC7692" format="default">compress</xref> both JMAP API requests and responses. Although compression of HTTP responses is ubiquitous, compression of HTTP requests has very low, ifany deployment,any, deployment and thereforeisn'tisn't a viable option for JMAP API requests over HTTP.</t> </section> <!-- Intro --> <sectiontitle='Conventionsnumbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Conventions Used in ThisDocument'> <t>TheDocument</name> <t> The key words"MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY","<bcp14>MUST</bcp14>", "<bcp14>MUST NOT</bcp14>", "<bcp14>REQUIRED</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHALL</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHALL NOT</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHOULD NOT</bcp14>", "<bcp14>RECOMMENDED</bcp14>", "<bcp14>NOT RECOMMENDED</bcp14>", "<bcp14>MAY</bcp14>", and"OPTIONAL""<bcp14>OPTIONAL</bcp14>" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 <xreftarget='RFC2119' />target="RFC2119"/> <xreftarget='RFC8174' />target="RFC8174"/> when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shownhere.</t> <t>The same terminology is used in thishere. </t> <t>This documentasuses the terminology defined in the core JMAPspecification.</t>specification <xref target="RFC8620"/>.</t> </section> <!-- Conventions --> <sectionanchor='discovery' title='Discoveringanchor="discovery" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Discovering Support for JMAP overWebSocket'>WebSocket</name> <t>The JMAP capabilities object is returned as part of the standard JMAP Session object (seeSection 2 of<xreftarget='RFC8620' />).target="RFC8620" sectionFormat="of" section="2"/>). Servers supporting this specificationMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> add a property named "urn:ietf:params:jmap:websocket" to the capabilities object. The value of this property is an objectwhich MUSTthat <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> contain the following information on server capabilities:<list style='symbols'></t> <ul spacing="normal"> <li> <t>url:"String" <vspace blankLines="1"/> The"String"</t> <t>The wss-URI (seeSection 3 of<xreftarget='RFC6455' />)target="RFC6455" sectionFormat="of" section="3"/>) to use for initiating aJMAP over WebSocketJMAP-over-WebSocket handshake (the "WebSocket URL endpoint"colloquially). </t>colloquially).</t> </li> <li> <t>supportsPush:"Boolean" <vspace blankLines="1"/> This"Boolean"</t> <t>This is true if the server supports push notifications over the WebSocket, as described in <xreftarget='push' />. </t> </list> <figure> <preamble> Example: </preamble> <artwork><![CDATA[target="push" format="default"/>.</t> </li> </ul> <t keepWithNext="true"> Example:</t> <artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[ "urn:ietf:params:jmap:websocket": { "url": "wss://server.example.com/jmap/ws/", "supportsPush": true } ]]></artwork></figure></t></section> <!-- discovery --> <sectionanchor='jmap' title='JMAP Subprotocol'>anchor="jmap" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>JMAP Subprotocol</name> <t>The term WebSocket subprotocol refers to an application-level protocol layered on top of a WebSocket connection. This document specifies the WebSocket JMAP subprotocol for carrying JMAP API requests, responses, and optional push notifications through a WebSocket connection. Binary data is handled perSection 6 of<xreftarget='RFC8620' /> viatarget="RFC8620" sectionFormat="of" section="6"/> (via a separate HTTP connection orstream.</t>stream) or per a future extension to JMAP or this specification.</t> <sectionanchor='authentication' title='Authentication'>anchor="authentication" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Authentication</name> <t>A JMAP WebSocket connection is authenticated by presenting auser'suser's <xreftarget='RFC7235'>credentialstarget="RFC7235" format="default">credentials in the HTTP request</xref> that initiates the WebSocket handshake. SeeSection 8.2 of<xreftarget='RFC8620' />target="RFC8620" sectionFormat="of" section="8.2"/> for recommendations regarding the selection of HTTP authentication schemes.</t> </section> <!-- authentication --> <sectionanchor='handshake' title='Handshake'>anchor="handshake" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Handshake</name> <t>The JMAP WebSocket client and JMAP WebSocket server negotiate the use of the WebSocket JMAP subprotocol during the WebSocket handshake, either viaaan HTTP/1.1 Upgrade request (seeSection 4 of<xreftarget='RFC6455' />)target="RFC6455" sectionFormat="of" section="4"/>) oraan HTTP/2 Extended CONNECT request (seeSection 5 of<xreftarget='RFC8441' />).target="RFC8441" sectionFormat="of" section="5"/>). The WebSocket JMAP subprotocol is also intended to run over future bindings of HTTP(e.g.(e.g., HTTP/3) provided that there is a defined mechanism for performing a WebSocket handshake over that binding.</t> <t>Regardless of the method used for the WebSocket handshake, the clientMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> first perform a TLS handshake on a JMAP <xreftarget='discovery'>WebSockettarget="discovery" format="default">WebSocket URL endpoint</xref> having the "wss://" scheme (WebSocket over TLS) in accordance with the requirements of running the particular binding of HTTP over TLS (see <xreftarget='RFC2818' />target="RFC2818" format="default"/> andSection 4.1 of<xreftarget='RFC6455' />target="RFC6455" sectionFormat="of" section="4.1"/> for HTTP/1.1 andSection 9.2 of<xreftarget='RFC7540' />target="RFC7540" sectionFormat="of" section="9.2"/> for HTTP/2). If the TLS handshake fails, the clientMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> close the connection. Otherwise, the clientMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> make an <xreftarget='RFC7235'>authenticated</xref>target="RFC7235" format="default">authenticated HTTPrequestrequest</xref> on the encryptedconnection,connection andMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> include the value "jmap" in the list of protocols for the "Sec-WebSocket-Protocol" header field.</t> <t>The reply from the serverMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> also contain a corresponding "Sec-WebSocket-Protocol" header field with a value of "jmap" in order for a JMAP subprotocol connection to be established.</t> <t>Once the handshake has successfully completed, the WebSocket connection is established and can be used for JMAP API requests, responses, and optional push notifications. Other message typesMUST NOT<bcp14>MUST NOT</bcp14> be transmitted over this connection.</t> <t>The credentials used for authenticating the HTTP request to initiate the handshake remain in effect for the duration of the WebSocket connection. If the authentication credentials for the user expire, the server can either treat subsequent requests as if they are unauthenticated or close the WebSocket connection. In the latter case, the serverMAY<bcp14>MAY</bcp14> send a Close frame with a status code of 1008 (PolicyViolation)Violation), as defined inSection 7.4.1 of<xreftarget='RFC6455' />.</t>target="RFC6455" sectionFormat="of" section="7.4.1"/>.</t> </section> <!-- handshake --> <sectionanchor='messages' title='WebSocket Messages'>anchor="messages" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>WebSocket Messages</name> <t>Data frame messages in the JMAP subprotocolMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be text frames and contain UTF-8 encoded data. The messagesMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be in the form of a single JMAP Request object (seeSection 3.3 of<xreftarget='RFC8620' />),target="RFC8620" sectionFormat="of" section="3.3"/>), JMAP WebSocketPushEnable object (see <xreftarget='pushenable' />),target="pushenable" format="default"/>), or JMAP WebSocketPushDisable object (see <xreftarget='pushdisable' />)target="pushdisable" format="default"/>) when sent from the client to the server, and MUST be in the form of a single JMAP Response object, JSON Problem Details object, or JMAP StateChange object (see Sections3.4, 3.6.1,<xref target="RFC8620" section="3.4" sectionFormat="bare"/>, <xref target="RFC8620" section="3.6.1" sectionFormat="bare"/>, and7.1 respectively<xref target="RFC8620" section="7.1" sectionFormat="bare"/> of <xreftarget='RFC8620' />)target="RFC8620" format="default"/>, respectively) when sent from the server to the client.</t> <t>Note that fragmented WebSocket messages (split over multiple text frames)MUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be coalesced prior to parsing them as JSON objects.</t> <sectionanchor='invalid' title='Handlinganchor="invalid" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Handling InvalidData'>Data</name> <t>If a client or server receives a binary frame, the endpoint can either ignore the frame or close the WebSocket connection. In the latter case, the endpointMAY<bcp14>MAY</bcp14> send a Close frame with a status code of 1003 (UnsupportedData)Data), as defined inSection 7.4.1 of<xreftarget='RFC6455' />.</t>target="RFC6455" sectionFormat="of" section="7.4.1"/>.</t> <t>If a client receives a message that is not in the form ofeithera JSON Problem Details object, a JMAP Response object, or a JMAP StateChange object, the client can either ignore the message or close the WebSocket connection. In the latter case, the endpointMAY<bcp14>MAY</bcp14> send a Close frame with a status code of 1007 (Invalid frame payloaddata Data)data), as defined inSection 7.4.1 of<xreftarget='RFC6455' />. </t>target="RFC6455" sectionFormat="of" section="7.4.1"/>.</t> <t>A serverMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> return an appropriate <xreftarget='errors'>JSONtarget="errors" format="default">JSON Problem Details object</xref> for any request-level errors(E.g.(e.g., an invalid JMAP object, an unsupported capability or method call, or exceeding a server request limit).</t> </section> <!-- invalid --> <sectionanchor='requests' title='JMAP Requests'>anchor="requests" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>JMAP Requests</name> <t>The specification extends the Request object with two additional arguments when used over a WebSocket:<list style='symbols'></t> <ul spacing="normal"> <li> <t>@type:"String" <vspace blankLines="1"/> This MUST"String"</t> <t>This <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be the string "Request".</t> </li> <li> <t>id: "String"(optional) <vspace blankLines="1"/> A(optional)</t> <t>A client-specified identifier for the request to be echoed back in the response to this request.</t></list></t></li> </ul> <t>JMAP over WebSocket allows the server to process requests out of order. The client-specified identifier is used as a mechanism for the client to correlate requests and responses.</t> <t>Additionally, the "maxConcurrentRequests" limit in the "capabilities" object (seeSection 2 of<xreftarget='RFC8620' />)target="RFC8620" sectionFormat="of" section="2"/>) also applies to requests made on the WebSocket connection. When using the WebSocket JMAP subprotocol over a binding of HTTP that allows multiplexing of requests(e.g.(e.g., HTTP/2), this limit applies to thethesum of requests made on both the JMAP API endpoint and the WebSocket connection.</t> </section> <!-- requests --> <sectionanchor='responses' title='JMAP Responses'>anchor="responses" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>JMAP Responses</name> <t>The specification extends the Response object with two additional arguments when used over a WebSocket:<list style='symbols'></t> <ul spacing="normal"> <li> <t>@type:"String" <vspace blankLines="1"/> This MUST"String"</t> <t>This <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be the string "Response".</t> </li> <li> <t>requestId: "String" (optional;MUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be returned if anididentifier is included in therequest) <vspace blankLines="1"/> Therequest)</t> <t>The client-specified identifier in the corresponding request.</t></list></t></li> </ul> </section> <!-- responses --> <sectionanchor='errors' title='JMAPanchor="errors" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>JMAP Request-LevelErrors'>Errors</name> <t>The specification extends the Problem Details object for request-level errors (seeSection 3.6.1 of<xreftarget='RFC8620' />)target="RFC8620" sectionFormat="of" section="3.6.1"/>) with two additional arguments when used over aWebSocket: <list style='symbols'>WebSocket:</t> <ul spacing="normal"> <li> <t>@type:"String" <vspace blankLines="1"/> This MUST"String"</t> <t>This <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be the string "RequestError".</t> </li> <li> <t>requestId: "String" (optional;MUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be returned if given in therequest) <vspace blankLines="1"/> Therequest)</t> <t>The client-specified identifier in the corresponding request.</t></list></t></li> </ul> </section> <!-- errors --> <sectionanchor='push' title='JMAPanchor="push" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>JMAP PushNotifications'> <t>JMAP over WebSocketNotifications</name> <t>JMAP-over-WebSocket servers that support push notifications on the WebSocket will advertise a "supportsPush" property with a value of true in the "urn:ietf:params:jmap:websocket" server capabilities object.</t> <sectionanchor='pushformat' title='Notification Format'>anchor="pushformat" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Notification Format</name> <t>All push notifications take the form of a standard StateChange object (seeSection 7.1 of<xreftarget='RFC8620' />).</t>target="RFC8620" sectionFormat="of" section="7.1"/>).</t> <t>The specification extends the StateChange object with one additional argument when used over a WebSocket:<list style='symbols'></t> <ul spacing="normal"> <li> <t>pushState: "String"(optional) <vspace blankLines="1"/> A(optional)</t> <t>A (preferably short) string that encodes the entire server state visible to the user (not just the objects returned in thiscall). <vspace blankLines="1"/> Thecall).</t> <t>The purpose of the "pushState" token is to allow a client to immediately get any changes that occurred whileisit was disconnected (see <xreftarget='pushenable'/>).target="pushenable" format="default"/>). If the server does not support "pushState" tokens, the client will have to issue a series of "/changes" requests (seeSection 5.2 of<xreftarget='RFC8620' />)target="RFC8620" sectionFormat="of" section="5.2"/>) upon reconnection to update its state to match that of the server.</t></list></t></li> </ul> </section> <!-- format --> <sectionanchor='pushenable' title='Enabling Notifications'>anchor="pushenable" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Enabling Notifications</name> <t>A client enables push notifications from the server for the current connection by sending a WebSocketPushEnable object to the server. A WebSocketPushEnable object has the following properties:<list style='symbols'></t> <ul spacing="normal"> <li> <t>@type:"String" <vspace blankLines="1"/> This MUST"String"</t> <t>This <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be the string "WebSocketPushEnable".</t> </li> <li> <t>dataTypes:"String[]|null" <vspace blankLines="1"/> A"String[]|null"</t> <t>A list of data type names(e.g. "Mailbox",(e.g., "Mailbox" or "Email") that the client is interested in. A StateChange notification will only be sent if the data for one of these types changes. Other types are omitted from the TypeState object. If null, changes will be pushed for all supported data types.</t> </li> <li> <t>pushState: "String"(optional) <vspace blankLines="1"/> The(optional)</t> <t>The last "pushState" token that the client received from the server. Upon receipt of a "pushState" token, the serverSHOULD<bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> immediately send all changes since that state token.</t></list></t></li> </ul> </section> <!-- enabling --> <sectionanchor='pushdisable' title='Disabling Notifications'>anchor="pushdisable" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Disabling Notifications</name> <t>A client disables push notifications from the server for the current connection by sending a WebSocketPushDisable object to the server. A WebSocketPushDisable object has the following property:<list style='symbols'></t> <ul spacing="normal"> <li> <t>@type:"String" <vspace blankLines="1"/> This MUST"String"</t> <t>This <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> be the string "WebSocketPushDisable".</t></list></t></li> </ul> </section> <!-- disabling --> </section> <!-- push --> </section> <!-- messages --> <sectiontitle='Examples'>numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Examples</name> <t>The following examples show WebSocket JMAP opening handshakes, a JMAP Core/echo request and response, and a subsequent closing handshake. The examples assume that the JMAP WebSocket URL endpoint has been advertised in the JMAP Session object as having a path of "/jmap/ws/" and that TLS negotiation has already succeeded. Note that folding of header fields is for editorial purposes only.</t><figure> <preamble><t keepWithNext="true"> WebSocket JMAP connection via HTTP/1.1 with push notifications for mail <xreftarget='RFC8621' />target="RFC8621" format="default"/> is enabled. This example assumes that the client has cached pushState "aaa" from a previous connection.</preamble> <artwork><![CDATA[</t> <artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[ [[ From Client ]] [[ From Server ]] GET /jmap/ws/ HTTP/1.1 Host: server.example.com Upgrade: websocket Connection: Upgrade Authorization: Basic Zm9vOmJhcg== Sec-WebSocket-Key: dGhlIHNhbXBsZSBub25jZQ== Sec-WebSocket-Protocol: jmap Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13 Origin: https://www.example.com HTTP/1.1 101 Switching Protocols Upgrade: websocket Connection: Upgrade Sec-WebSocket-Accept: s3pPLMBiTxaQ9kYGzzhZRbK+xOo= Sec-WebSocket-Protocol: jmap [WebSocket connection established] WS_DATA { "@type": "WebSocketPushEnable", "dataTypes": [ "Mailbox", "Email" ], "pushState": "aaa" } WS_DATA { "@type": "StateChange", "changed": { "a456": { "Mailbox": "d35ecb040aab" } }, "pushState": "bbb" } WS_DATA { "@type": "Request", "id": "R1", "using": [ "urn:ietf:params:jmap:core" ], "methodCalls": [ [ "Core/echo", { "hello": true, "high": 5 }, "b3ff" ] ] } WS_DATA { "@type": "Response", "requestId": "R1", "methodResponses": [ [ "Core/echo", { "hello": true, "high": 5 }, "b3ff" ] ] } WS_DATA The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. WS_DATA { "@type": "RequestError", "requestId": null, "type": "urn:ietf:params:jmap:error:notJSON", "status": 400, "detail": "The request did not parse as I-JSON." } [A new email is received] WS_DATA { "@type": "StateChange", "changed": { "a123": { "Email": "0af7a512ce70" } } "pushState": "ccc" } WS_CLOSE WS_CLOSE [WebSocket connection closed] ]]></artwork></figure> <figure> <preamble><t keepWithNext="true"> WebSocket JMAP connection onaan HTTP/2 streamwhichthat also negotiates <xreftarget='RFC7692'>compression</xref>: </preamble> <artwork><![CDATA[target="RFC7692" format="default">compression</xref>: </t> <artwork name="" type="" align="left" alt=""><![CDATA[ [[ From Client ]] [[ From Server ]] SETTINGS SETTINGS_ENABLE_CONNECT_PROTOCOL = 1 HEADERS + END_HEADERS :method = CONNECT :protocol = websocket :scheme = https :path = /jmap/ws/ :authority = server.example.com origin: https://example.com authorization = Basic Zm9vOmJhcg== sec-websocket-protocol = jmap sec-websocket-version = 13 sec-websocket-extensions = permessage-deflate origin = https://www.example.com HEADERS + END_HEADERS :status = 200 sec-websocket-protocol = jmap sec-websocket-extensions = permessage-deflate [WebSocket connection established] DATA WS_DATA [compressed text] DATA WS_DATA [compressed text] ... DATA + END_STREAM WS_CLOSE DATA + END_STREAM WS_CLOSE [WebSocket connection closed] [HTTP/2 stream closed] ]]></artwork></figure></section> <!-- examples --> </section> <!-- jmap --> <sectiontitle='Security Considerations' anchor='security'>anchor="security" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Security Considerations</name> <t>The security considerations for both WebSocket (seeSection 10 of<xreftarget='RFC6455' />)target="RFC6455" sectionFormat="of" section="10"/>) and JMAP (seeSection 8 of<xreftarget='RFC8620' />)target="RFC8620" sectionFormat="of" section="8"/>) apply to the WebSocket JMAP subprotocol. Specific security considerations are describedin subsections of this section.</t>below.</t> <sectiontitle='Connectionnumbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Connection Confidentiality andIntegrity'>Integrity</name> <t>To ensure the confidentiality and integrity of data sent and received via JMAP over WebSocket, the WebSocket connectionMUST<bcp14>MUST</bcp14> use <xreftarget='RFC5246'>TLStarget="RFC5246" format="default">TLS 1.2</xref> or later, following the recommendations in <xreftarget='RFC7525'>BCPtarget="RFC7525" format="default">BCP 195</xref>. ServersSHOULD<bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> support <xreftarget='RFC8446'>TLStarget="RFC8446" format="default">TLS 1.3</xref> or later.</t> </section> <sectiontitle='Non-Browser Clients'>numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Non-browser Clients</name> <t>JMAP over WebSocket can be used by clients both running inside and outside of a web browser. As such, the security considerations in Sections10.2<xref target="RFC6455" section="10.2" sectionFormat="bare"/> and10.1<xref target="RFC6455" section="10.1" sectionFormat="bare"/> of <xreftarget='RFC6455' />target="RFC6455" format="default"/> apply to those respective environments.</t> </section> </section> <!-- <section title='Privacy Considerations' anchor='privacy'> <t>TODO</t> </section> --> <sectiontitle='IANA Considerations' anchor='iana'>anchor="iana" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>IANA Considerations</name> <sectiontitle='Registrationnumbered="true" toc="default"> <name>Registration of the WebSocket JMAPSubprotocol'> <t>This specification requestsSubprotocol</name> <t>Per this specification, IANAto registerhas registered theWebSocket JMAP subprotocol underfollowing in the "WebSocket SubprotocolName" Registry withName Registry" within thefollowing data: <list style="hanging"> <t hangText="Subprotocol Identifier:">jmap</t> <t hangText="Subprotocol"WebSocket Protocol Registries". </t> <dl newline="false" spacing="normal"> <dt>Subprotocol Identifier:</dt> <dd>jmap</dd> <dt>Subprotocol CommonName:"> WebSocketName:</dt> <dd>WebSocket Transport for JMAP (JSON Meta ApplicationProtocol)</t> <t hangText="Subprotocol Definition:">RFCXXXX (this document)</t> </list></t>Protocol)</dd> <dt>Subprotocol Definition:</dt> <dd>RFC 8887</dd> </dl> </section> </section> <!-- IANA --> </middle> <back> <references> <name>References</name> <references> <name>Normative References</name> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2119.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2818.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.5246.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.6455.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7235.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7525.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7540.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7692.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8174.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8441.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8446.xml"/> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8620.xml"/> </references> <references> <name>Informative References</name> <xi:include href="https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8621.xml"/> </references> </references> <sectiontitle='Acknowledgments'>numbered="false" toc="default"> <name>Acknowledgments</name> <t>The author would like to thank the following individuals for contributing their ideas and support for writing this specification:Neil Jenkins, Robert Mueller, and Chris Newman.</t> </section> </middle> <back> <references title='Normative References'> &rfc2119; &rfc2818; &rfc5246; &rfc6455; &rfc7235; &rfc7525; &rfc7540; &rfc7692; &rfc8174; &rfc8441; &rfc8446; &rfc8620; </references> <references title='Informative References'> &rfc8621; </references> <section title="Change History (To be removed by RFC Editor before publication)"> <t>Changes since ietf-06: <list style='symbols'> <t>Removed open issue on security of WebSocket compression, per Alexey Melnikov.</t> </list> </t> <t>Changes since ietf-05: <list style='symbols'> <t>Renamed "webSocketUrl" to "url" and "supportsWebSocketPush" to "supportsPush", per Benjamin Schwartz.</t> <t>Added a security subsection with a nod to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 of RFC6455, per Leif Johansson.</t> <t>Clarified "unsupported JMAP" vs "unsupported JSON", per Benjamin Kaduk.</t> <t>Refer to RFC 7525 as BCP 195, per Benjamin Kaduk.</t> <t>Several editorial improvements from Benjamin Kaduk.</t> <t>Several editorial improvements from Murray Kucherawy.</t> </list> </t> <t>Changes since ietf-04: <list style='symbols'> <t>Require the use of TLS for JMAP over WebSocket (per Alissa Cooper and others).</t> <t>Added a section explaining how to handle unsupported messages (per Bob Briscoe).</t> <t>Added a section specifically addressing authentication of the WebSocket (per Leif Johansson).</t> <t>Corrected references into specific sections of RFC 8620 (per Martin Vigoureax).</t> <t>Made RFC 7692 a normative reference (per Barry Leiba).</t> <t>Clarified that the "maxConcurrentRequests" limit applies to the sum of all requests on the current connection (per Benjamin Kaduk).</t> <t>Clarified that the "pushState" token represents the entire server state visible to the user (per Banjamin Kaduk).</t> <t>Clarified that "WebSocketPushEnable/Disable" only effect the current connection (per Benjamin Kaduk).</t> <t>Several editorial improvements from Benjamin Kaduk.</t> </list> </t> <t>Changes since ietf-03: <list style='symbols'> <t>Updated JMAP Mail reference to RFC 8621.</t> <t>Specified that requestId MUST be present in a response if given in the request.</t> </list> </t> <t>Changes since ietf-02: <list style='symbols'> <t>Updated JMAP Core reference to RFC 8620.</t> <t>Added 'WebSocketPushDisable' object.</t> <t>Editorial and formatting changes.</t> </list> </t> <t>Changes since ietf-01: <list style='symbols'> <t>Changed 'wsURL' to 'webSocketUrl' and removed push query option.</t> <t>Added 'supportsWebSocketPush' capability.</t> <t>Added '@type' argument to Request object.</t> <t>Added 'WebSocketPushEnable' object.</t> <t>Added 'pushState' argument to StateChange object.</t> <t>Updated example.</t> <t>Minor Editorial changes.</t> </list> </t> <t>Changes since ietf-00: <list style='symbols'> <t>Added text describing advertisement of and selection of optional push notifications.</t> <t>Minor Editorial changes.</t> </list> </t> <t>Changes since murchison-02: <list style='symbols'> <t>Renamed as a JMAP WG document.</t> <t>Allow out of order processing.</t> <t>Allow push notifications.</t> <t>Modified examples.</t> <t>Add Security Considerations text.</t> <t>Minor Editorial changes.</t> </list> </t> <t>Changes since murchison-01: <list style='symbols'> <t>Updated WebSocket over HTTP/2 reference to RFC8144.</t> </list> </t> <t>Changes since murchison-00: <list style='symbols'> <t>Fleshed out section on discovery of support for JMAP over WebSocket.</t> <t>Allow JSON Problem Details objects to be returned by the server for toplevel errors.</t> <t>Mentioned the ability to compress JMAP API requests.</t> <t>Minor Editorial changes.</t> </list> </t><contact fullname="Neil Jenkins"/>, <contact fullname="Robert Mueller"/>, and <contact fullname="Chris Newman"/>.</t> </section> </back> </rfc>