TLS 1.3 Authentication and Integrity only Cipher Suites
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TLS                                                        N. Cam-Winget
Internet-Draft                                             Cisco Systems
Intended status: Informational                                 J. Visoky
Expires: July 6, 2020                                               ODVA
                                                         January 3, 2020

        TLS 1.3 Authentication and Integrity only Cipher Suites
              draft-camwinget-tls-ts13-macciphersuites-05

Abstract

   There are use cases, specifically in Internet of Things (IoT) and
   constrained environments that do not require confidentiality, though
   mutual authentication during tunnel establishment and message
   integrity is still mandated.  This document defines the use of HMAC
   only cipher suites for TLS 1.3.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Applicability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Cryptographic Negotiation Using Integrity only Cipher Suites    4
   5.  Record Payload Protection for Integrity only Cipher Suites  .   5
   6.  Key Schedule when using Integrity only Cipher Suites  . . . .   5
   7.  Error Alerts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   9.  Security and Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   10. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   11. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     11.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     11.2.  Informative Reference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

1.  Introduction

   There are several use cases in which communications privacy is not
   strictly needed, although authenticity of the communications
   transport is still very important.  For example, within the
   Industrial Automation space there could be TCP or UDP communications
   which command a robotic arm to move a certain distance at a certain
   speed.  Without authenticity guarantees an attacker could modify the
   packets to change the movement of the robotic arm, potentially
   causing physical damage.  However, the motion control commands are
   not considered to be sensitive information and thus there is no
   requirement to provide confidentiality.  Another IoT example with no
   strong requirement for confidentiality is the reporting of weather
   information; however, message authenticity is required to ensure
   integrity of the message..

   Besides having a strong need for authenticity and a weak need for
   confidentiality, many of these systems also have serious latency
   requirements.  Furthermore, several IoT devices (industrial or
   otherwise) have limited processing capability.  However, these IoT
   systems still gain great benefit from leveraging TLS 1.3 for secure
   communications.  Given the reduced need for confidentiality TLS 1.3
   [RFC8446] cipher suites that maintain data integrity without
   confidentiality are described in this document.

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2.  Terminology