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NT Domain Authentication Protocol - draft


From: aleph1 () DFW NET (Aleph One)
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 16:54:01 -0500


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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 12:59:20 +0100 (BST)
From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl () switchboard net>
To: ntsecurity () iss net
Subject: [NTSEC] NT Domain Authentication Protocol - draft

for a first posting, this is a bit large: i'm really sorry about that.
future versions will be available from:

        http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl/cifsntdomain.txt

and a txt2html converted version:

        http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl/cifsntdomain.html


Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (lkcl () switchboard net)
Web site under construction  (http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl)
"Confront difficulties while they are still easy"


NT Domain Authentication
------------------------

Author:         Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (lkcl () switchboard net)

Version:                0.004 (02oct97)

Distribution:   Unlimited and encouraged.

Liability:      Absolutely none accepted for use, misuse, lack of use,
                misunderstandings, mistakes, or anything else that a
                lawyer can think of or not think of.

Sources:        Packet Traces from Netmonitor (Service Pack 1 and above)
                Paul Ashton and Luke Leighton's other "NT Domain Auth" doc.
                CIFS documentation - cifs6.txt

Original:       http://mailhost.cb1.com/~lkcl/cifsntdomain.txt


Contents:

1) Introduction

2) Structures and notes

   2.1) Notes
   2.2) Structures

3) Transact Named Pipe Header/Tail

   3.1) Header
   3.2) Tail

4) NTLSA Transact Named Pipe

   4.1) LSA Open Policy
   4.2) LSA Query Info Policy
   4.3) LSA Enumerate Trusted Domains
   4.4) LSA Open Secret
   4.5) LSA Close
   4.6) LSA Lookup SIDS
   4.7) LSA Lookup Names

5) NETLOGON rpc Transact Named Pipe

   5.1) LSA Request Challenge
   5.2) LSA Authenticate 2
   5.3) LSA Server Password Set
   5.4) LSA SAM Logon
   5.5) LSA SAM Logoff

6) \\MAILSLOT\NET\NTLOGON

   6.1) Query for PDC
   6.2) SAM Logon



1) Introduction
---------------


This document contains information to provide an NT workstation with login
services, without the need for an NT server.

The packets described here can be easily derived from (and are probably
better understood using) Netmon.exe.  You will need to use the version
of Netmon that matches your system, in order to correctly decode the
NETLOGON and lsarpc Transact pipes.  This document is derived from NT
Service Pack 1 and its corresponding version of Netmon.  It is intended
that an annotated packet trace be produced, which will likely be more
instructive than this document.

Also needed, to fully implement NT Domain Login Services, is the
document describing the cryptographic part of the NT authentication.
This document is available from comp.protocols.smb; from the ntsecurity.net
digest and from the samba digest, amongst other sources.

A c-code implementation, provided by Linus Nordberg <linus () incolumitas se>
of this protocol is available from:

http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/digest/currentyear/0547.html


Also used to provide debugging information is the Check Build version of
NT workstation, and enabling full debugging in NETLOGON.  This is
achieved by setting the following REG_SZ registry key to 0x1ffffff:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters

- Incorrect direct editing of the registry can cause your machine to fail.


This document is by no means complete or authoritative.



2) Notes and Structures
-----------------------


2.1) Notes
----------

- In the SMB Transact pipes, some "Structures", described here, appear to be
  4-byte aligned with the SMB header, at their start.  Exactly which
  "Structures" need aligning is not precisely known or documented.

- In the UDP NTLOGON Mailslots, some "Structures", described here, appear to be
  2-byte aligned with the start of the mailslot, at their start.

- Domain SID is of the format S-revision-version-auth1-auth2...authN.
  e.g S-1-5-123-456-789-123-456.  the 5 could be a sub-revision.

- any undocumented buffer pointers must be non-zero if the string buffer it
  refers to contains characters.  exactly what value they should be is unknown.
  0x0000 0002 seems to do the trick to indicate that the buffer exists.  a
  NULL buffer pointer indicates that the string buffer is of zero length.


2.2) Structures
---------------

- sizeof VOID* is 32 bits.

- sizeof char is 8 bits.

- UTIME is 32 bits, indicating time in seconds since 01jan1970.  documented
  in cifs6.txt (section 3.5 page, page 30).

- NTTIME is 64 bits.  documented in cifs6.txt (section 3.5 page, page 30).

- DOM_SID (domain SID structure) is:

        UINT32             num of sub-authorities in domain SID
        UINT8              SID revision number
        UINT8              num of sub-authorities in domain SID
        UINT8[6]           6 bytes for domain SID
        UINT16[n_subauths] domain SID sub-authorities

  Note: the domain SID is documented elsewhere.

- STR (string) is:

        char[]             null-terminated string of ascii characters.

- UNIHDR (unicode string header) is:

        UINT16             max length of unicode string
        UINT16             length of unicode string
        UINT32             4 - undocumented.

- UNIHDR2 (unicode string header plus buffer pointer) is:

        UNIHDR             unicode string header
        VOID*              undocumented buffer pointer

- UNISTR (unicode string) is:

        UINT16[]           null-terminated string of unicode characters.

- UNISTR2 (aligned unicode string) is:

        UINT8[]            padding to get unicode string 4-byte aligned
                           with the start of the SMB header.
        UINT32             max length of unicode string
        UINT32             0 - undocumented
        UINT32             length of unicode string
        UINT16[]           string of uncode characters.

- DOM_SID2 (domain SID structure, SIDS stored in unicode) is:

        UINT32             5 - SID type
        UINT32             0 - undocumented
        UNIHDR2            domain SID unicode string header
        UNISTR             domain SID unicode string

  Note: the SID type indicates, for example, an alias; a well-known group etc.
        this is documented somewhere.

- DOM_RID (domain RID structure) is:

        UINT32             5 - well-known SID.  1 - user SID (see ShowACLs)
        UINT32             5 - undocumented
        UINT32             domain RID
        UINT32             0 - domain index out of above reference domains


- LOG_INFO (server, account, client structure) is:

  Note: logon server name starts with two '\' characters and is upper case.

  Note: account name is the logon client name from the LSA Request Challenge,
        with a $ on the end of it, in upper case.

        VOID*       undocumented buffer pointer
        UNISTR2     logon server unicode string
        UNISTR2     account name unicode string
        UINT16      sec_chan - security channel type
        UNISTR2     logon client machine unicode string

- CREDS (credentials + time stamp)

        char[8]     credentials
        UTIME       time stamp

- CLNT_INFO (server, account, client structure, client credentials) is:

  Note: whenever this structure appears in a request, you must take a copy
        of the client-calculated credentials received, because they will be
        used in subsequent credential checks.  the presumed intention is to
        maintain an authenticated request/response trail.

        LOG_INFO    logon account info
        CREDS       client-calculated credentials + client time

- SAM_INFO (sam logon/logoff id info structure) is:

        CLNT_INFO   client identification/authentication info
        CRED        return credentials - ignored.
        UINT16      logon level
        UINT32      undocumented - auth_level?

        switch (auth_level)
        case 1:
        {
            UINT8[]       ???? padding, for 4-byte alignment with SMB header?
            UNIHDR        domain name unicode header
            UINT32        param control
            UINT64        logon ID
            UNIHDR        user name unicode header
            UNIHDR        workgroup name unicode header
            char[16]      rc4 LM OWF Password
            char[16]      rc4 NT OWF Password
            UNISTR2       domain name unicode string
            UNISTR2       user name unicode string
            UNISTR2       workgroup name unicode string
        }

- GID (group id info) is:

        UINT32      group id
        UINT32      user attributes (only used by NT 3.1 and 3.51)


3) Transact Named Pipe Header/Tail
----------------------------------

3.1) Header
----------

The start of each of the NTLSA and NETLOGON named pipes begins with:

00  UINT8         5 - RPC major version
01  UINT8         0 - RPC minor version
02  UINT8         2 - RPC response packet
03  UINT8         3 - first frag + last frag
04  UINT32        0x0000 0010 - packed data representation
08  UINT16        fragment length - data size (bytes) inc header and tail.
0A  UINT16        0 - authentication length
0C  UINT32        call identifier.  matches 12th UINT32 of incoming RPC data.
10  UINT32        allocation hint - data size (bytes) minus header and tail.
14  UINT16        0 - presentation context identifier
16  UINT8         0 - cancel count
17  UINT8         0 - reserved
18  ......        start of data (goes on for allocation_hint bytes)


3.2 Tail
--------

The end of each of the NTLSA and NETLOGON named pipes ends with:

    ......        end of data
    UINT32        return code



4) NTLSA Transact Named Pipe
----------------------------

Defines for this pipe, identifying the query are:

- LSA Open Policy:          0x2c
- LSA Query Info Policy:    0x07
- LSA Close:                0x00
- LSA Enumerate Trusted Domains: 0x0d
- LSA Lookup SIDs:               0x0f
- LSA Lookup Names:              0x0e
- LSA Open Secret:               0x1c


4.1) LSA Open Policy
--------------------

Note:   The policy handle can be anything you like.

Request:

    no extra data.

Response:

    char[20]  policy handle

    return    0 - indicates success


4.2) LSA Query Info Policy
--------------------------

Note:   The info class in response must be the same as that in the request.

Request:

starting from offset 44:

    UINT16    info class (also a policy handle?)

Response:

    VOID*     undocumented buffer pointer
    UINT16    info class (same as info class in request).

    switch (info class)
    case 3:
    case 5:
    {
        UINT8[]     ??? padding to get 4-byte alignment with start of SMB header
        UINT16      domain name string length * 2
        UINT16      domain name string length * 2
        VOID*       undocumented domain name string buffer pointer
        VOID*       undocumented domain SID string buffer pointer
        UNISTR      domain name (unicode string)
        DOM_SID     domain SID
    }

    return    0 - indicates success


4.3) LSA Enumerate Trusted Domains
----------------------------------

Request:

    no extra data

Response:

    UINT32     0 - enumeration context
    UINT32     0 - entries read
    UINT32     0 - trust information

    return     0x8000 001a - "no trusted domains" success code


4.4) LSA Open Secret
--------------------

Request:

    no extra data

Response:

    UINT32    0 - undocumented
    UINT32    0 - undocumented
    UINT32    0 - undocumented
    UINT32    0 - undocumented
    UINT32    0 - undocumented

    return    0x0C00 0034 - "no such secret" success code


4.5) LSA Close
--------------

Request:

    no extra data

Response:

    UINT32    0 - undocumented
    UINT32    0 - undocumented
    UINT32    0 - undocumented
    UINT32    0 - undocumented
    UINT32    0 - undocumented

    return    0 - indicates success


4.6) LSA Lookup SIDS
--------------------

Note:   num_entries in response must be same as num_entries in request.

Request:

    char[20]           policy handle
    UINT32             num_entries
    VOID*              undocumented domain SID buffer pointer
    VOID*              undocumented domain name buffer pointer
    VOID*[num_entries] undocumented domain SID pointers to be looked up.
    DOM_SID[num_entries] domain SIDs to be looked up.
    char[16]           completely undocumented 16 bytes.

Response:

    VOID*                 undocumented buffer pointer.
    UINT32                num referenced domains?
    VOID*                 undocumented domain name buffer pointer.
    UINT32                32 - max number of entries
    UINT32                4 - num referenced domains?

    UNIHDR2               domain name unicode string header
    UNIHDR2[num_ref_doms] referenced domain unicode string headers

    UNISTR                domain name unicode string
    DOM_SID               domain SID

    DOM_SID[num_ref_doms] referenced domain SIDs

    UINT32                num_entries (listed above)
    VOID*                 undocumented buffer pointer
    UINT32                num_entries (listed above)

    DOM_SID2[num_entries] domain SIDs (from Request, listed above).

    UINT32                num_entries (listed above)

    return                0 - indicates success


4.7) LSA Lookup Names
---------------------

Note:   num_entries in response must be same as num_entries in request.

Request:

    char[20]           policy handle
    UINT32             num_entries
    UINT32             num_entries
    VOID*              undocumented domain SID buffer pointer
    VOID*              undocumented domain name buffer pointer
    NAME[num_entries]  names to be looked up.
    char[]             undocumented bytes - falsely translated SID structure?

Response:

    VOID*                 undocumented buffer pointer.
    UINT32                num referenced domains?
    VOID*                 undocumented domain name buffer pointer.
    UINT32                32 - max number of entries
    UINT32                4 - num referenced domains?

    UNIHDR2               domain name unicode string header
    UNIHDR2[num_ref_doms] referenced domain unicode string headers

    UNISTR                domain name unicode string
    DOM_SID               domain SID

    DOM_SID[num_ref_doms] referenced domain SIDs

    UINT32                num_entries (listed above)
    VOID*                 undocumented buffer pointer
    UINT32                num_entries (listed above)

    DOM_RID[num_entries]  domain SIDs (from Request, listed above).

    UINT32                num_entries (listed above)

    return                0 - indicates success



5) NETLOGON rpc Transact Named Pipe
-----------------------------------

Defines for this pipe, identifying the query are:

- LSA Request Challenge:     0x04
- LSA Server Password Set:   0x06
- LSA SAM Logon:             0x02
- LSA SAM Logoff:            0x03
- LSA Authenticate 2:        0x0f
- LSA Logon Control:         0x0e


5.1) LSA Request Challenge
--------------------------

Note:   logon server name starts with two '\' characters and is upper case.

Note:   logon client is the machine, not the user.

Note:   the initial LanManager password hash, against which the challenge
        is issued, is the machine name itself (lower case).  there will be
        calls issued (LSA Server Password Set) which will change this, later.
        refusing these calls allows you to always deal with the same password
        (i.e the LM# of the machine name in lower case).

Request:

    VOID*       undocumented buffer pointer
    UNISTR2     logon server unicode string
    UNISTR2     logon client unicode string
    char[8]     client challenge

Response:

    char[8]     server challenge

    return    0 - indicates success



5.2) LSA Authenticate 2
-----------------------

Note:   in between request and response, calculate the client credentials,
        and check them against the client-calculated credentials (this
        process uses the previously received client credentials).

Note:   neg_flags in the response is the same as that in the request.

Note:   you must take a copy of the client-calculated credentials received
        here, because they will be used in subsequent authentication packets.

Request:

    LOG_INFO    client identification info

    char[8]     client-calculated credentials
    UINT8[]     padding to 4-byte align with start of SMB header.
    UINT32      neg_flags - negotiated flags (usual value is 0x0000 01ff)

Response:

    char[8]     server credentials.
    UINT32      neg_flags - same as neg_flags in request.

    return    0 - indicates success.  failure value unknown.


5.3) LSA Server Password Set
----------------------------

Note:   the new password is suspected to be a DES encryption using the old
        password to generate the key.

Note:   in between request and response, calculate the client credentials,
        and check them against the client-calculated credentials (this
        process uses the previously received client credentials).

Note:   the server credentials are constructed from the client-calculated
        credentials and the client time + 1 second.

Note:   you must take a copy of the client-calculated credentials received
        here, because they will be used in subsequent authentication packets.

Request:

    CLNT_INFO   client identification/authentication info
    char[]      new password - undocumented.

Response:

    CREDS       server credentials.  server time stamp appears to be ignored.

    return    0 - indicates success; 0xC000 006a indicates failure


5.4) LSA SAM Logon
------------------

Note:   valid_user is True iff the username and password hash are valid for
        the requested domain.

Request:

    SAM_INFO    sam_id structure

Response:

    VOID*       undocumented buffer pointer
    CREDS       server credentials.  server time stamp appears to be ignored.

    if (valid_user)
    {
        VOID*             non-zero - undocumented buffer pointer.

        NTTIME            logon time
        NTTIME            logoff time
        NTTIME            kickoff time
        NTTIME            password last set time
        NTTIME            password can change time
        NTTIME            password must change time

        UNIHDR            username unicode string header
        UNIHDR            user's full name unicode string header
        UNIHDR            logon script unicode string header
        UNIHDR            profile path unicode string header
        UNIHDR            home directory unicode string header
        UNIHDR            home directory drive unicode string header

        UINT16            logon count
        UINT16            bad password count

        UINT32            User ID
        UINT32            Group ID
        UINT32            num groups
        VOID*             undocumented buffer pointer to groups.

        UINT32            user flags
        char[16]          unused user session key

        UNIHDR            logon server unicode string header
        UNIHDR            logon domain unicode string header
        VOID*             undocumented logon domain id pointer
        char[40]          unused padding bytes.

        UINT32            0 - num_sids
        VOID*             NULL - undocumented pointer to SIDs.

        UNISTR2           username unicode string
        UNISTR2           user's full name unicode string
        UNISTR2           logon script unicode string
        UNISTR2           profile path unicode string
        UNISTR2           home directory unicode string
        UNISTR2           home directory drive unicode string

        UINT32            num groups
        GID[num_groups]   group info

        UNISTR2           logon server unicode string
        UNISTR2           logon domain unicode string

        DOM_SID[2?]       undocumented - domain SIDs
        DOM_SID           domain SID

        UINT32    1 - Authoritative response; 0 - Non-Auth?

        return    0 - indicates success
    }
    else
    {
        VOID*     0x0000 0000 - undocumented buffer pointer
        UINT32    1 - Authoritative response; 0 - Non-Auth?

        return    0xC000 0064 - indicates failure
    }


5.5) LSA SAM Logoff
--------------------

Note:   presumably, the SAM_INFO structure is validated, and a (currently
        undocumented) error code returned if the Logoff is invalid.

Request:

    SAM_INFO    sam_id structure

Response:

    VOID*       undocumented buffer pointer
    CREDS       server credentials.  server time stamp appears to be ignored.



6) \\MAILSLOT\NET\NTLOGON
-------------------------

Note:   mailslots will contain a response mailslot, to which the response
        should be sent.  the target NetBIOS name is REQUEST_NAME<20>, where
        REQUEST_NAME is the name of the machine that sent the request.


6.1) Query for PDC
------------------

Note:   NTversion, LMNTtoken, LM20token in response are the same as those
        given in the request.

Request:

    UINT16         0x0007 - Query for PDC
    STR            machine name
    STR            response mailslot
    UINT8[]        padding to 2-byte align with start of mailslot.
    UNISTR         machine name
    UINT32         NTversion
    UINT16         LMNTtoken
    UINT16         LM20token

Response:

    UINT16         0x000A - Respose to Query for PDC
    STR            machine name (in uppercase)
    UINT8[]        padding to 2-byte align with start of mailslot.
    UNISTR         machine name
    UNISTR         domain name
    UINT32         NTversion (same as received in request)
    UINT16         LMNTtoken (same as received in request)
    UINT16         LM20token (same as received in request)


6.2) SAM Logon
--------------

Note:   machine name in response is preceded by two '\' characters.

Note:   NTversion, LMNTtoken, LM20token in response are the same as those
        given in the request.

Note:   user name in the response is presumably the same as that in the request.

Request:

    UINT16         0x0012 - SAM Logon
    UINT16         request count
    UNISTR         machine name
    UNISTR         user name
    STR            response mailslot
    UINT32         alloweable account
    UINT32         domain SID size
    char[sid_size] domain SID, of sid_size bytes.
    UINT8[]        ???? padding to 4? 2? -byte align with start of mailslot.
    UINT32         NTversion
    UINT16         LMNTtoken
    UINT16         LM20token

Response:

    UINT16         0x0013 - Response to SAM Logon
    UNISTR         machine name
    UNISTR         user name - workstation trust account
    UNISTR         domain name
    UINT32         NTversion
    UINT16         LMNTtoken
    UINT16         LM20token



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