CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE): Hash Algorithms
draft-ietf-cose-hash-algs-01
Network Working Group J. Schaad
Internet-Draft August Cellars
UpdatesRFC8152 (if approved) June 10, 2019
Intended status: Informational
Expires: December 12, 2019
CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE): Hash Algorithms
draft-ietf-cose-hash-algs-01
Abstract
The CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE) syntax RFC 8152 does
not define any direct methods for using hash algorithms. There are
however circumstances where hash algorithms are used: Indirect
signatures, where the hash of one or more external contents are
signed, or thumbprints, for identification of X.509 certificates or
other objects. This document defines a set of hash algorithms that
are identified by COSE Algorithm Identifiers.
Contributing to this document
The source for this draft is being maintained in GitHub. Suggested
changes should be submitted as pull requests at https://github.com/
cose-wg/X509 Editorial changes can be managed in GitHub, but any
substantial issues need to be discussed on the COSE mailing list.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Requirements Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Open Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Hash Algorithm Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. Example CBOR hash structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Hash Algorithm Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. SHA-1 Hash Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. SHA-2 Hash Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.3. SHAKE Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1. COSE Algorithm Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1. Introduction
The CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE) syntax does not define
any direct methods for the use of hash algorithms. It also does not
define a structure syntax that is used to encode a digested object
structure along the lines of the DigestedData ASN.1 structure in
[CMS]. This omission was intentional as a structure consisting of
just a digest identifier, the content, and a digest value does not by
itself provide any strong security service. Additionally, an
application is going to be better off defining this type of structure
so that it can include add any additional data that needs to be
hashed, as well as methods of obtaining the data.
While the above is true, there are some cases where having some
standard hash algorithms defined for COSE with a common identifier
makes a great deal of sense. Two of the cases where these are going
to be used are:
* Indirect signing of content, and
* Object identification.
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