[erlang-questions] 'ssl_otp_session_cache' ets table
Ingela Andin
ingela.andin@REDACTED
Thu Nov 6 15:51:25 CET 2014
Hi!
2014-11-06 14:39 GMT+01:00 Bogdan Andu <bog495@REDACTED>:
> Hi,
>
> i have tried to pass to execute th following forms of commands:
>
> erl -ssl session_lifetime 60
>
> erl -ssl session_lifetime '60'
>
> erl -ssl session_lifetime '[60]'
>
>
> in order to set a ssl session_lifetime of 60 seconds.
>
> in init of ssl_manager , after session_lifetime + 5 seconds a process is
> created to validate or invalidate sessions.
> So, after 65 seconds a foldl is called on sessions table to check sessions
> after formula:
> Now - TimeStamp < LifeTime
>
> However, even after I stop the client, the table 'ssl_otp_session_cache'
> 's size remains the same.
>
>
> After that once every ?CLEAN_SESSION_DB which is 60 seconds , the table
> is sweeped to delete any expired sessions,
>
> but also nothing happens.
>
>
There is also a delay in the actual deletion. In the first sweep the
sessions will only be invalidated as there may already be
spawned connection handlers that needs to read the session data before we
may delete it. It is a performance trade off.
Regards Ingela Erlang/OTP team - Ericsson AB
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Ingela Andin <ingela.andin@REDACTED>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>>
>> 2014-11-06 8:53 GMT+01:00 Bogdan Andu <bog495@REDACTED>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> on my production servers I have relayd (on OpenBSD) daemon as a reverse
>>> proxy to some webservers
>>> where one can fine tune some connection parameters, as well as some ssl
>>> parameters.
>>>
>>> I give a snippet from a relayd.conf configuration file on one of my
>>> production server:
>>>
>>> .............
>>> #
>>> # Relay and protocol for HTTP layer 7 loadbalancing and SSL acceleration
>>> #
>>> http protocol www_ssl_prot {
>>> header append "$REMOTE_ADDR" to "X-Forwarded-For"
>>> header append "$SERVER_ADDR:$SERVER_PORT" to "X-Forwarded-By"
>>> header change "Connection" to "close"
>>>
>>> response header change "Server" to "Apache 0.1"
>>>
>>> # Various TCP performance options
>>> tcp { nodelay, sack, socket buffer 65536, backlog 128 }
>>>
>>> ssl { no sslv2, no sslv3, tlsv1, ciphers "HIGH" }
>>> ssl session cache disable
>>> }
>>>
>>> the last directive tells relayd not to use ssl cache.
>>>
>>> This configuration is working for years and relayd was restarted once by
>>> accident - my fault.
>>>
>>> SO, y question is:
>>>
>>> can we have this configurable in Erlang, in other words, we might be
>>> able to start an erlang vm such as:
>>>
>>> erl -ssl session_cache 'disable' -name x@REDACTED ....
>>>
>>> The ssl option session_cache can be set to disabled by default and can
>>> take values either disable or enabled.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> You can already disable the reuse of the sessions using the server option *{reuse_sessions,
>> boolean()}* which default to true.
>> The thing we plan to do is to have a configurable limit on the table size
>> when sessions are reused.
>>
>> Regards Ingela Erlang/OTP team Ericsson AB
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Just to let you know...
>>>
>>> The statistics of a node running from yesterday when I opened this
>>> thread of discussion, using a single client:
>>>
>>> Node: 'n1@REDACTED' (Connected) (17/6.2) unix (openbsd 5.4.0) CPU:2 SMP
>>> +A:10
>>> Time: local time 09:48:48, up for 000:20:27:49, 0ms latency,
>>> Processes: total 681 (RQ 0) at 610275 RpI using 11526.4k (11805.8k
>>> allocated)
>>> Memory: Sys 94835.5k, Atom 407.7k/419.5k, Bin 176.4k, Code 9934.7k, Ets
>>> 80739.2k
>>>
>>> ...........
>>>
>>> So, can be this made configurable?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Ingela Andin <ingela.andin@REDACTED>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> 2014-11-05 14:15 GMT+01:00 Tony Rogvall <tony@REDACTED>:
>>>>
>>>>> I think the ssl session times is the problem here, and the lack of a
>>>>> maximum size.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can change the session time in the ssl environment:
>>>>> session_lifetime
>>>>> The default is set to 24 hours (in seconds) (if I read it correctly,
>>>>> in ssl_manager.erl)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Default values are always hard. It is the maximum recommended time for
>>>> a session to live
>>>> according to the spec.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I guess that a session_cache_size could be a nice thing to have,
>>>>> limiting the growth of the session cache.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yes I agree.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> In other words you have to estimate the life time of your clients and
>>>>> try to find a reasonable session_lifetime to match that, without
>>>>> blowing up
>>>>> the system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe the ssl_session_cache_api could be used to implement a strategy
>>>>> with a max size
>>>>> cache. Retire session least recently used, while performing the update?
>>>>> There is a time_stamp in the session that that could be used for this
>>>>> purpose.
>>>>>
>>>>> OTP: Why is a fixed limit not implemented in the standard
>>>>> ssl_session_cache?
>>>>> Could this be a target for DOS attacks?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We are aware of the problem, and it is on our todo list. One reason it
>>>> has not had top priority is that on the server side there are often other
>>>> mechanisms
>>>> like firewalls and webbserver settings that limits the problem. And
>>>> the reason why it was not implemented in the first place is that
>>>> implementations by nature
>>>> are iterative and at first you are faced with a lot of bigger problems
>>>> to solve and then you need to iterate and fine tune and fix things that you
>>>> now have a better understanding of.
>>>>
>>>> In current master there is a change to the session table that limits
>>>> the growth on the client side if the client behaves inappropriate. It also
>>>> splits the session table into
>>>> a server and a client table which is a better implementation as the
>>>> same Erlang node can be both a client and a server at the same time. So if
>>>> someone feels like contributing a max limit please base it on the master
>>>> branch, otherwise I suspect someone compiling about it did raise the
>>>> priority level a little.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards Ingela Erlang/OTP team - Ericsson AB
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> /Tony
>>>>>
>>>>> > On 5 nov 2014, at 13:08, Bogdan Andu <bog495@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I performed a series of test regarding the an Erlang SSL server.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > In this setup a major role is played by the table called
>>>>> 'ssl_otp_session_cache', and of course the processes using it.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The problem is that the size of table increases constantly and,
>>>>> because an ets table does not automatically deallocate memory unless the
>>>>> object are deleted from that table, the size of table remains the same even
>>>>> if there no ssl connections to server.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > For example, with a single client running 'ad infinitum' the table
>>>>> increases at a rate of 5 MBytes/hour. In 12 hours there are allocate around
>>>>> 60 MB of memory only for this table.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Some info about this:
>>>>> > $ erl -sname console@REDACTED -remsh n1@REDACTED -setcookie operator
>>>>> > Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.2] [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2]
>>>>> [async-threads:10] [kernel-poll:false]
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Eshell V6.2 (abort with ^G)
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > (n1@REDACTED)1> ets:i().
>>>>> > id name type size mem owner
>>>>> >
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> > 12 cookies set 0 291 auth
>>>>> > 4111 code set 410 26132 code_server
>>>>> > 8208 code_names set 58 7459 code_server
>>>>> > 12307 httpc_manager__session_cookie_db bag 0 291
>>>>> httpc_manager
>>>>> > 16404 ssl_otp_cacertificate_db set 0 291
>>>>> ssl_manager
>>>>> > 20501 ssl_otp_ca_file_ref set 0 291
>>>>> ssl_manager
>>>>> > 24598 ssl_otp_pem_cache set 3 360 ssl_manager
>>>>> > 28695 ssl_otp_session_cache ordered_set 138057 8421893
>>>>> ssl_manager
>>>>> > 32797 dets duplicate_bag 2 308 dets
>>>>> > 40990 ign_requests set 0 291
>>>>> inet_gethost_native
>>>>> > 45087 ign_req_index set 0 291
>>>>> inet_gethost_native
>>>>> > 2261635104 shell_records ordered_set 0 81
>>>>> <0.30638.37>
>>>>> > ac_tab ac_tab set 33 2216
>>>>> application_controller
>>>>> > code_map code_map set 100 2791 <0.72.0>
>>>>> > config config set 12 892 <0.72.0>
>>>>> > dets_owners dets_owners set 1 298 dets
>>>>> > dets_registry dets_registry set 1 299 dets
>>>>> > file_io_servers file_io_servers set 1 344
>>>>> file_server_2
>>>>> > global_locks global_locks set 0 291
>>>>> global_name_server
>>>>> > global_names global_names set 0 291
>>>>> global_name_server
>>>>> > global_names_ext global_names_ext set 0 291
>>>>> global_name_server
>>>>> > global_pid_ids global_pid_ids bag 0 291
>>>>> global_name_server
>>>>> > global_pid_names global_pid_names bag 0 291
>>>>> global_name_server
>>>>> > httpc_manager__handler_db httpc_manager__handler_db set 0
>>>>> 291 httpc_manager
>>>>> > httpc_manager__session_db httpc_manager__session_db set 0
>>>>> 291 httpc_manager
>>>>> > inet_cache inet_cache bag 0 291 inet_db
>>>>> > inet_db inet_db set 29 600 inet_db
>>>>> > inet_hosts_byaddr inet_hosts_byaddr bag 0 291 inet_db
>>>>> > inet_hosts_byname inet_hosts_byname bag 0 291 inet_db
>>>>> > inet_hosts_file_byaddr inet_hosts_file_byaddr bag 0 291
>>>>> inet_db
>>>>> > inet_hosts_file_byname inet_hosts_file_byname bag 0 291
>>>>> inet_db
>>>>> > models models set 3 28952 <0.72.0>
>>>>> > sys_dist sys_dist set 1 334 net_kernel
>>>>> > ok
>>>>> > (n1@REDACTED)5> ets:info(ssl_otp_session_cache).
>>>>> > undefined
>>>>> > (n1@REDACTED)7> (8421893*8)/1024.
>>>>> > 65796.0390625
>>>>> > (n1@REDACTED)8> memory().
>>>>> > [{total,92699464},
>>>>> > {processes,8964000},
>>>>> > {processes_used,8963152},
>>>>> > {system,83735464},
>>>>> > {atom,429569},
>>>>> > {atom_used,421768},
>>>>> > {binary,199040},
>>>>> > {code,10411520},
>>>>> > {ets,69163032}]
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The memory allocated to table 'ssl_otp_session_cache' is roughly 64
>>>>> MB in 12 hours.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On an OpenBSD platform such process gets killed immediately it hits
>>>>> some memory and/or CPU limits.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > To make this test on OpenBSD I had to put 'infinit' to memory,
>>>>> otherwise the Erlang VM would be killed.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > How can one control , tweak or configure this table such that it
>>>>> does not accumulate such data at such high rate.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I seems the table being created private, and there is no way to
>>>>> ets:delete_all_objects/1 from table manually.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I know that this table caches some SSL data related to clients, but
>>>>> the client has the same IP address,
>>>>> > and I wonder why is neccesary to store a lot of SSL connection info
>>>>> about the same client when only the ephemeral peer port
>>>>> > differs?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > How the size of this table can be held in reasonable limits and the
>>>>> rate it's size increases ?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Please if somebody shed some light on these issues.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thank you,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Bogdan
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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