Ironfang Security Domains API

Domains the organisation has added, their ownership verification and authorisation.

Operations 8

GET /v1/domains List domains #
POST /v1/domains Add a domain #
GET /v1/domains/{domainId} Get a domain #
DELETE /v1/domains/{domainId} Remove a domain #
POST /v1/domains/{domainId}/verification/check Check the verification record now #
POST /v1/domains/{domainId}/verification/renew Issue a new verification token #
POST /v1/domains/{domainId}/authorisation Confirm authorisation to assess #
GET /v1/domains/{domainId}/discoveries Names discovered for a domain #

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OpenAPI Specification

ironfang-security-domains-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ironfang Security Domains API
  version: 0.1.0
  summary: External Security Check - verify a domain, run a low-impact external assessment, fix and recheck findings.
  description: 'Ironfang Security helps an organisation understand what it exposes to

    the internet, fix what matters and keep evidence that it did.'
  contact:
    name: Ironfang
    email: hello@ironfang.uk
    url: https://ironfang.com/contact
  termsOfService: https://ironfang.com/legal/terms
  license:
    name: Proprietary - use governed by the Ironfang terms of service
    url: https://ironfang.com/legal/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.ironfang.com/security
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Domains
  description: Domains the organisation has added, their ownership verification and authorisation.
paths:
  /v1/domains:
    get:
      tags:
      - Domains
      operationId: listDomains
      summary: List domains
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The organisation's domains, oldest first.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - items
                properties:
                  items:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/DomainSummary'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
    post:
      tags:
      - Domains
      operationId: addDomain
      summary: Add a domain
      description: Adds a domain and issues a DNS TXT verification challenge. Accepts what a person would type (a URL or a name with a trailing dot) and normalises it. Refuses IP addresses, public suffixes and reserved names. Adding a domain that was removed earlier restores it.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddDomainRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The domain, with its verification challenge.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Domain'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
  /v1/domains/{domainId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DomainId'
    get:
      tags:
      - Domains
      operationId: getDomain
      summary: Get a domain
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The domain.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Domain'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Domains
      operationId: removeDomain
      summary: Remove a domain
      description: Stops all checks of the domain and removes it from the list. Its scan history, findings and evidence are kept for the audit trail.
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Removed.
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
  /v1/domains/{domainId}/verification/check:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DomainId'
    post:
      tags:
      - Domains
      operationId: checkVerification
      summary: Check the verification record now
      description: Looks up the TXT record immediately rather than waiting for the automatic recheck. Limited to one check every few seconds per domain.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The domain after the check.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Domain'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
  /v1/domains/{domainId}/verification/renew:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DomainId'
    post:
      tags:
      - Domains
      operationId: renewVerification
      summary: Issue a new verification token
      description: Replaces an expired or failed challenge with a new token. Refused while the domain is verified.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The domain with its new challenge.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Domain'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
  /v1/domains/{domainId}/authorisation:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DomainId'
    post:
      tags:
      - Domains
      operationId: authoriseDomain
      summary: Confirm authorisation to assess
      description: Records that the acting user confirmed the current scan policy's statement for this verified domain. The record is immutable and names the policy and statement versions. A new policy version requires a new confirmation.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthoriseRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The domain with its authorisation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Domain'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
  /v1/domains/{domainId}/discoveries:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DomainId'
    get:
      tags:
      - Domains
      operationId: listDiscoveries
      summary: Names discovered for a domain
      description: Names found in certificate transparency logs. They are listed for review only and are not scanned.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Discoveries, alphabetically.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - items
                properties:
                  items:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Discovery'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
components:
  schemas:
    ScanSummary:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - domain_id
      - domain
      - kind
      - status
      - requested_at
      - progress
      - counts
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        domain_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        domain:
          type: string
        kind:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanKind'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanStatus'
        requested_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        started_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        finished_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        duration_ms:
          type: integer
        progress:
          type: object
          required:
          - total
          - completed
          properties:
            total:
              type: integer
            completed:
              type: integer
        counts:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanCounts'
        changes:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanChanges'
        recheck_finding_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        status_reason:
          type: string
          description: Why a scan was cancelled, stopped or failed.
    Verification:
      type: object
      required:
      - status
      - method
      - record
      - checks
      properties:
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/VerificationStatus'
        method:
          type: string
          enum:
          - dns_txt
        record:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/VerificationRecord'
        expires_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        last_checked_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        next_check_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        manual_check_available_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        verified_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        checks:
          type: integer
          description: How many times the record has been looked up.
        failure_reason:
          type: string
        observed_values:
          type: array
          description: TXT values seen at the record name on the last lookup, to help troubleshooting.
          items:
            type: string
        dns_provider:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DnsProvider'
    SeverityCounts:
      type: object
      required:
      - critical
      - high
      - medium
      - low
      - info
      properties:
        critical:
          type: integer
        high:
          type: integer
        medium:
          type: integer
        low:
          type: integer
        info:
          type: integer
    DnsProvider:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: e.g. cloudflare, route53, godaddy, namecheap, azure, google, other
        name:
          type: string
        help_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
    Discovery:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - source
      - first_seen_at
      - last_seen_at
      - in_scope
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
          enum:
          - certificate_transparency
        first_seen_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        last_seen_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        in_scope:
          type: boolean
          description: Always false in V1; discoveries are never scanned automatically.
    ScanChanges:
      type: object
      required:
      - new
      - fixed
      - reopened
      properties:
        new:
          type: integer
        fixed:
          type: integer
        reopened:
          type: integer
    AuthoriseRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - policy_version
      - statement_version
      - confirm
      properties:
        policy_version:
          type: string
        statement_version:
          type: string
        confirm:
          type: boolean
          const: true
    ScanBlockedReason:
      type: string
      description: Why a scan cannot start now.
      enum:
      - verification_required
      - authorisation_required
      - policy_outdated
      - scan_in_progress
      - scan_cooldown
      - daily_limit_reached
      - organisation_suspended
      - scans_paused
      - security_disabled
    AddDomainRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - domain
      properties:
        domain:
          type: string
          maxLength: 300
          examples:
          - example.co.uk
    VerificationRecord:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - name
      - host_label
      - value
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - TXT
        name:
          type: string
          description: Fully qualified record name.
        host_label:
          type: string
          description: The name relative to the domain, for providers that append the domain.
        value:
          type: string
    Domain:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DomainSummary'
      - type: object
        required:
        - verification
        - discoveries
        properties:
          verification:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Verification'
          authorisation:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Authorisation'
          discoveries:
            type: integer
            description: Number of discovered names.
    VerificationStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - waiting
      - checking
      - verified
      - failed
      - expired
      - lapsed
    ScanStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - queued
      - running
      - completed
      - partial
      - failed
      - cancelled
      - killed
    Problem:
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      - request_id
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
          - code
          - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: 'Stable error code. Among them: `unauthorized`, `forbidden`,

                `not_found`, `validation_failed`, `domain_invalid`,

                `domain_exists`, `domain_limit_reached`,

                `verification_pending_limit`, `verification_required`,

                `already_verified`, `authorisation_required`,

                `policy_outdated`, `scan_in_progress`, `scan_cooldown`,

                `daily_limit_reached`, `domain_rate_limited`, `scan_not_active`,

                `recheck_unavailable`, `recheck_cooldown`, `check_rate_limited`,

                `organisation_suspended`, `scans_paused`, `security_disabled`,

                `verification_expired`, `verification_unavailable`,

                `verification_pending_limit`, `finding_fixed`, `internal`.

                From the Ironfang API in front of the service:

                `api_keys_not_supported`, `permissions_unavailable`,

                `body_too_large`, `invalid_body`, `invalid_tenant`,

                `security_unavailable`, `security_timeout`.

                '
            message:
              type: string
            docs:
              type: string
              format: uri
            retry_after_seconds:
              type: integer
              description: Set on cooldowns and rate limits.
        request_id:
          type: string
    DomainSummary:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - display_name
      - verification_status
      - authorised
      - can_scan
      - open_findings
      - created_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
          description: ASCII (punycode) name.
        display_name:
          type: string
        verification_status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/VerificationStatus'
        authorised:
          type: boolean
        can_scan:
          type: boolean
        scan_blocked_reason:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanBlockedReason'
        next_scan_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the cooldown ends.
        latest_scan:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanSummary'
        open_findings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SeverityCounts'
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ScanKind:
      type: string
      enum:
      - full
      - recheck
    ScanCounts:
      type: object
      required:
      - critical
      - high
      - medium
      - low
      - info
      - passed
      - confirmed
      - unverified
      - errors
      properties:
        critical:
          type: integer
        high:
          type: integer
        medium:
          type: integer
        low:
          type: integer
        info:
          type: integer
        passed:
          type: integer
          description: Checks that observed a control working.
        confirmed:
          type: integer
          description: Findings with confirmed or high confidence.
        unverified:
          type: integer
          description: Findings with medium or low confidence.
        errors:
          type: integer
          description: Checks that could not complete.
    Authorisation:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - policy_version
      - statement
      - statement_version
      - accepted_at
      - accepted_by
      - current
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        policy_version:
          type: string
        statement:
          type: string
        statement_version:
          type: string
        accepted_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        accepted_by:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
        current:
          type: boolean
          description: False when the policy has changed and must be confirmed again.
    Person:
      type: object
      required:
      - label
      properties:
        label:
          type: string
  responses:
    Problem:
      description: An error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
  parameters:
    DomainId:
      name: domainId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Warden JWT
      description: 'A Warden user token. Each route also requires a tenant permission in

        the acting tenant (`X-Ironfang-Tenant`), resolved live from Warden:

        reads need `security.read`; everything that changes state needs

        `security.write`. A missing permission is 403; a permission lookup

        failure is 503. Platform API keys are not accepted yet.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: Ironfang Security documentation
  url: https://ironfang.com/security/docs