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Forward Secrecy for the Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA' FS)
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IANA expert review comments I have reviewed the proposed registration in draft-ietf-emu-aka-pfs and it seems ok to me. In addition, I noticed one typo in the IANA considerations section (8). The text: This extension of EAP-AKA' shares its attribute space and subtypes with Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Subscriber Identity Modules (EAP-SIM) [RFC4186], EAP-AKA [RFC4186], and EAP-AKA' [RFC9048]. has a wrong RFC number for EAP-AKA. It should be " EAP-AKA [RFC4187]". Br, Vesa
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draft-ietf-emu-aka-pfs-12
Network Working Group                                           J. Arkko
Internet-Draft                                                K. Norrman
Updates: 5448, 9048 (if approved)                      J. Preuß Mattsson
Intended status: Standards Track                                Ericsson
Expires: 22 August 2024                                 19 February 2024

 Forward Secrecy for the Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for
             Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA' FS)
                       draft-ietf-emu-aka-pfs-12

Abstract

   This document updates RFC 9048, the improved Extensible
   Authentication Protocol Method for 3GPP Mobile Network Authentication
   and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA'), with an optional extension providing
   ephemeral key exchange.  Similarly, this document also updates the
   earlier version of the EAP-AKA' specification in RFC 5448.  The
   extension EAP-AKA' Forward Secrecy (EAP-AKA' FS), when negotiated,
   provides forward secrecy for the session keys generated as a part of
   the authentication run in EAP-AKA'.  This prevents an attacker who
   has gained access to the long-term key from obtaining session keys
   established in the past, assuming these have been properly deleted.
   In addition, EAP-AKA' FS mitigates passive attacks (e.g., large scale
   pervasive monitoring) against future sessions.  This forces attackers
   to use active attacks instead.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Protocol Design and Deployment Objectives . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Background  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.1.  AKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.2.  EAP-AKA' Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.3.  Attacks Against Long-Term Keys in Smart Cards . . . . . .   8
   5.  Protocol Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   6.  Extensions to EAP-AKA'  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     6.1.  AT_PUB_ECDHE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     6.2.  AT_KDF_FS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     6.3.  Forward Secrecy Key Derivation Functions  . . . . . . . .  14
     6.4.  ECDHE Groups  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     6.5.  Message Processing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       6.5.1.  EAP-Request/AKA'-Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       6.5.2.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Identity  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       6.5.3.  EAP-Request/AKA'-Challenge  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       6.5.4.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       6.5.5.  EAP-Request/AKA'-Reauthentication . . . . . . . . . .  18
       6.5.6.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Reauthentication  . . . . . . . . .  18
       6.5.7.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Synchronization-Failure . . . . . .  18
       6.5.8.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Authentication-Reject . . . . . . .  18
       6.5.9.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Client-Error  . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       6.5.10. EAP-Request/AKA'-Notification . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       6.5.11. EAP-Response/AKA'-Notification  . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     7.1.  Deployment Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     7.2.  Security Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     7.3.  Denial-of-Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     7.4.  Identity Privacy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     7.5.  Unprotected Data and Privacy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     7.6.  Forward Secrecy within AT_ENCR  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     7.7.  Post-Quantum Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28

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   Appendix A.  Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33

1.  Introduction

   Many different attacks have been reported as part of revelations
   associated with pervasive surveillance.  Some of the reported attacks
   involved compromising the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM)
   card supply chain.  Attacks revealing the AKA long-term key may occur
   for instance, during the manufacturing process of USIM cards, during
   the transfer of the cards and associated information to the operator,
   and when a system is running.  Since the publication of reports about
   such attacks [Heist2015], manufacturing and provisioning processes
   have gained much scrutiny and have improved.

   However, the danger of resourceful attackers attempting to gain
   information about long-term keys is still a concern because these
   keys are high-value targets.  Note that the attacks are largely
   independent of the used authentication technology; the issue is not
   vulnerabilities in algorithms or protocols, but rather the
   possibility of someone gaining unauthorized access to key material.
   Furthermore, an explicit goal of the IETF is to ensure that we
   understand the surveillance concerns related to IETF protocols and
   take appropriate countermeasures [RFC7258].

   While strong protection of manufacturing and other processes is
   essential in mitigating surveillance and other risks associated with
   AKA long-term keys, there are also protocol mechanisms that can help.

   This document updates [RFC9048], the Improved 3GPP Mobile Network
   Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA') method, with an optional
   extension providing ephemeral key exchange minimizing the impact of
   long-term key compromise and strengthens the identity privacy
   requirements.  This is important, given the large number of users of
   AKA in mobile networks.

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   The extension, when negotiated, provides Forward Secrecy (FS)
   [DOW1992] for the session key generated as a part of the
   authentication run in EAP-AKA'.  This prevents an attacker who has
   gained access to the long-term key in a USIM card from getting access
   to past session keys.  In addition to FS, the included Diffie-Hellman
   exchange, forces attackers to be active if they want access to future
   session keys even if they have access to the long-term key.  This is
   beneficial, because active attacks demand much more resources to
   launch, and are easier to detect.  As with other protocols, an active
   attacker with access to the long-term key material will of course be
   able to attack all future communications, but risks detection,
   particularly if done at scale.

   It should also be noted that 5G network architecture [TS.33.501]
   includes the use of the EAP framework for authentication.  While any
   methods can be run, the default authentication method within that
   context will be EAP-AKA'.  As a result, improvements in EAP-AKA'
   security have a potential to improve security for many users.

2.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

3.  Protocol Design and Deployment Objectives

   The extension specified here re-uses large portions of the current
   structure of 3GPP interfaces and functions, with the rationale that
   this will make the construction more easily adopted.  In particular,
   the construction keeps the interface between the USIM and the mobile
   terminal intact.  As a consequence, there is no need to roll out new
   credentials to existing subscribers.  The work is based on an earlier
   paper [TrustCom2015], and uses much of the same material, but applied
   to EAP rather than the underlying AKA method.

   It has been a goal to implement this change as an extension of the
   widely supported EAP-AKA' method, rather than a completely new
   authentication method.  The extension is implemented as a set of new,
   optional attributes, that are provided alongside the base attributes
   in EAP-AKA'.  Old implementations can ignore these attributes, but
   their presence will nevertheless be verified as part of base EAP-AKA'
   integrity verification process, helping protect against bidding down
   attacks.  This extension does not increase the number of rounds
   necessary to complete the protocol.

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   The use of this extension is at the discretion of the authenticating
   parties.  It should be noted that FS and defenses against passive
   attacks do not solve all problems, but they can provide a partial
   defense that increases the cost and risk associated with pervasive
   surveillance.

   While adding forward secrecy to the existing mobile network
   infrastructure can be done in multiple different ways, this document
   specifies a solution that is relatively easily deployable.  In
   particular:

   *  As noted above, no new credentials are needed; there is no change
      to USIM cards.

   *  FS property can be incorporated into any current or future system
      that supports EAP, without changing any network functions beyond
      the EAP endpoints.

   *  Key generation happens at the endpoints, enabling highest grade
      key material to be used both by the endpoints and the intermediate
      systems (such as access points that are given access to specific
      keys).

   *  While EAP-AKA' is just one EAP method, for practical purposes
      forward secrecy being available for both EAP-TLS [RFC5216]
      [RFC9190] and EAP-AKA' ensures that for many practical systems
      forward secrecy can be enabled for either all or significant
      fraction of users.

4.  Background

   The reader is assumed to have basic understanding of the EAP
   framework [RFC3748].

4.1.  AKA

   We use the term Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) for the main
   authentication and key agreement protocol used by 3GPP mobile
   networks from the third generation (3G) and onward.  Later
   generations adds new features to AKA, but the core remains the same.
   It is based on challenge-response mechanisms and symmetric
   cryptography.  In contrast to its earlier GSM counterparts, AKA
   provides long key lengths and mutual authentication.  The phone
   typically executes AKA in a USIM.  USIM is technically just an
   application that can reside on a removable UICC (Universal Integrated
   Circuit Card), an embedded UICC, or integrated in a Trusted Execution
   Environment (TEE).  In this document we use the term "USIM card" to
   refer to any Subscriber Identity Module capable of running AKA.

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   The goal of AKA is to mutually authenticate the USIM and the so-
   called home environment, which is the authentication server in the
   subscribers home operator's network.

   AKA works in the following manner:

   *  The USIM and the home environment have agreed on a long-term
      symmetric key beforehand.

   *  The actual authentication process starts by having the home
      environment produce an authentication vector, based on the long-
      term key and a sequence number.  The authentication vector
      contains a random part RAND, an authenticator part AUTN used for
      authenticating the network to the USIM, an expected result part
      XRES, a 128-bit session key for integrity check IK, and a 128-bit
      session key for encryption CK.

   *  The authentication vector is passed to the serving network, which
      uses it to authenticate the device.

   *  The RAND and the AUTN are delivered to the USIM.

   *  The USIM verifies the AUTN, again based on the long-term key and
      the sequence number.  If this process is successful (the AUTN is
      valid and the sequence number used to generate AUTN is within the
      correct range), the USIM produces an authentication result RES and
      sends it to the serving network.

   *  The serving network verifies that the result from the USIM matches
      the expected value in the authentication vector.  If it does, the
      USIM is considered authenticated, and IK and CK can be used to
      protect further communications between the USIM and the home
      environment.

4.2.  EAP-AKA' Protocol

   When AKA is embedded into EAP, the authentication processing on the
   network side is moved to the home environment.  The 3GPP
   authentication database (AD) generates authentication vectors.  The
   3GPP authentication server takes the role of EAP server.  The USIM
   combined with the mobile phone takes the role of the client.  The
   difference between EAP-AKA [RFC4187] and EAP-AKA' [RFC9048] is that
   EAP-AKA' binds the derived keys to the name of access network.
   Figure 1 describes the basic flow in the EAP-AKA' authentication
   process.  The definition of the full protocol behavior, along with
   the definition of attributes AT_RAND, AT_AUTN, AT_MAC, and AT_RES can
   be found in [RFC9048] and [RFC4187].  Note the use of EAP-terminology
   from hereon.  That is, the 3GPP serving network takes on the role of

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   an EAP access network.

    Peer                                                        Server
      |                                                            |
      |                                       EAP-Request/Identity |
      |<-----------------------------------------------------------+
      |                                                            |
      | EAP-Response/Identity                                      |
      | (Includes user's Network Access Identifier, NAI)           |
      +----------------------------------------------------------->|
      |      +-----------------------------------------------------+--+
      |      | Server determines the network name and ensures that    |
      |      | the given access network is authorized to use the      |
      |      | claimed name. The server then runs the AKA' algorithms |
      |      | generating RAND and AUTN, derives session keys from    |
      |      | CK' and IK'. RAND and AUTN are sent as AT_RAND and     |
      |      | AT_AUTN attributes, whereas the network name is        |
      |      | transported in the AT_KDF_INPUT attribute. AT_KDF      |
      |      | signals the used key derivation function. The session  |
      |      | keys are used to create the AT_MAC attribute.          |
      |      +-----------------------------------------------------+--+
      |                                                            |
      |                                 EAP-Request/AKA'-Challenge |
      |           (AT_RAND, AT_AUTN, AT_KDF, AT_KDF_INPUT, AT_MAC) |
      |<-----------------------------------------------------------+
   +--+-----------------------------------------------------+      |
   | The peer determines what the network name should be,   |      |
   | based on, e.g., what access technology it is using.    |      |
   | The peer also retrieves the network name sent by the   |      |
   | network from the AT_KDF_INPUT attribute. The two names |      |
   | are compared for discrepancies, and if they do not     |      |
   | match, the authentication is aborted. Otherwise, the   |      |
   | network name from AT_KDF_INPUT attribute is used in    |      |
   | running the AKA' algorithms, verifying AUTN from       |      |
   | AT_AUTN and MAC from AT_MAC attributes. The peer then  |      |
   | generates RES. The peer also derives session keys from |      |
   | CK'/IK'. The AT_RES and AT_MAC attributes are          |      |
   | constructed.                                           |      |
   +--+-----------------------------------------------------+      |
      |                                                            |
      | EAP-Response/AKA'-Challenge                                |
      | (AT_RES, AT_MAC)                                           |
      +----------------------------------------------------------->|
      |      +-----------------------------------------------------+--+
      |      | Server checks the RES and MAC values received in       |
      |      | AT_RES and AT_MAC, respectively. Success requires both |
      |      | compared values match, respectively.                   |
      |      +-----------------------------------------------------+--+

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      |                                                            |
      |                                                EAP-Success |
      |<-----------------------------------------------------------+
      |                                                            |

                 Figure 1: EAP-AKA' Authentication Process

4.3.  Attacks Against Long-Term Keys in Smart Cards

   The general security properties and potential vulnerabilities of AKA
   and EAP-AKA' are discussed in [RFC9048].

   An important question in that discussion relates to the potential
   compromise of long-term keys, as discussed earlier.  Attacks on long-
   term keys are not specific to AKA or EAP-AKA', and all security
   systems fail at least to some extent if key material is stolen.
   However, it would be preferable to retain some security even in the
   face of such attacks.  This document specifies a mechanism that
   reduces risks to compromise of key material belonging to previous
   sessions, before the long-term keys were compromised.  It also forces
   attackers to be active even after the compromise.

5.  Protocol Overview

   Forward secrecy for EAP-AKA' is achieved by using an Elliptic Curve
   Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) exchange [RFC7748].  To provide FS, the
   exchange must be run in an ephemeral manner, i.e., both sides
   generate temporary keys according to the negotiated ciphersuite,
   e.g., for X25519 this is done as specified in [RFC7748].  This method
   is referred to as ECDHE, where the last 'E' stands for Ephemeral.
   The two initially registered elliptic curves and their wire formats
   are chosen to align with the elliptic curves and formats specified
   for Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) encryption in
   Appendix C.3.4 of 3GPP TS 33.501 [TS.33.501].

   The enhancements in the EAP-AKA' FS protocol are compatible with the
   signaling flow and other basic structures of both AKA and EAP-AKA'.
   The intent is to implement the enhancement as optional attributes
   that legacy implementations ignore.

   The purpose of the protocol is to achieve mutual authentication
   between the EAP server and peer, and to establish keying material for
   secure communication between the two.  This document specifies the
   calculation of key material, providing new properties that are not
   present in key material provided by EAP-AKA' in its original form.

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   Figure 2 below describes the overall process.  Since the goal has
   been to not require new infrastructure or credentials, the flow
   diagrams also show the conceptual interaction with the USIM card and
   the home environment.  Recall that the home environment represent the
   3GPP Authentication Database (AD) and server.  The details of those
   interactions are outside the scope of this document, however, and the
   reader is referred to the 3GPP specifications.  For 5G this is
   specified in 3GPP TS 33.501 [TS.33.501]

    USIM           Peer                        Server              AD
      |              |                            |                |
      |              |           EAP-Req/Identity |                |
      |              |<---------------------------+                |
      |              |                            |                |
      |              | EAP-Resp/Identity          |                |
      |              | (Privacy-Friendly)         |                |
      |              +--------------------------->|                |
      |      +-------+----------------------------+----------------+--+
      |      | Server now has an identity for the peer. The server    |
      |      | then asks the help of AD to run AKA algorithms,        |
      |      | generating RAND, AUTN, XRES, CK, IK. Typically, the    |
      |      | AD performs the first part of key derivations so that  |
      |      | the authentication server gets the CK' and IK' keys    |
      |      | already tied to a particular network name.             |
      |      +-------+----------------------------+----------------+--+
      |              |                            |                |
      |              |                            | ID, key deriv. |
      |              |                            | function,      |
      |              |                            | network name   |
      |              |                            +--------------->|
      |              |                            |                |
      |              |                            |    RAND, AUTN, |
      |              |                            | XRES, CK', IK' |
      |              |                            |<---------------+
      |      +-------+----------------------------+----------------+--+
      |      | Server now has the needed authentication vector. It    |
      |      | generates an ephemeral key pair, sends the public key  |
      |      | of that key pair and the first EAP method message to   |
      |      | the peer. In the message the AT_PUB_ECDHE attribute    |
      |      | carries the public key and the AT_KDF_FS attribute     |
      |      | carries other FS-related parameters. Both of these are |
      |      | skippable attributes that can be ignored if the peer   |
      |      | does not support this extension.                       |
      |      +-------+----------------------------+----------------+--+
      |              |                            |                |
      |              |     EAP-Req/AKA'-Challenge |                |
      |              |  AT_RAND, AT_AUTN, AT_KDF, |                |
      |              |   AT_KDF_FS, AT_KDF_INPUT, |                |

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      |              |       AT_PUB_ECDHE, AT_MAC |                |
      |              |<---------------------------+                |
   +--+--------------+----------------------------+---------+      |
   | The peer checks if it wants to do the FS extension. If |      |
   | yes, it will eventually respond with AT_PUB_ECDHE and  |      |
   | AT_MAC. If not, it will ignore AT_PUB_ECDHE and        |      |
   | AT_KDF_FS and base all calculations on basic EAP-AKA'  |      |
   | attributes, continuing just as in EAP-AKA' per RFC     |      |
   | 9048 rules. In any case, the peer needs to query the   |      |
   | auth parameters from the USIM card.                    |      |
   +--+--------------+----------------------------+---------+      |
      |              |                            |                |
      |   RAND, AUTN |                            |                |
      |<-------------+                            |                |
      |              |                            |                |
      | CK, IK, RES  |                            |                |
      +------------->|                            |                |
   +--+--------------+----------------------------+---------+      |
   | The peer now has everything to respond. If it wants to |      |
   | participate in the FS extension, it will then generate |      |
   | its key pair, calculate a shared key based on its key  |      |
   | pair and the server's public key. Finally, it proceeds |      |
   | to derive all EAP-AKA' key values and constructs a     |      |
   | full response.                                         |      |
   +--+--------------+----------------------------+---------+      |
      |              |                            |                |
      |              | EAP-Resp/AKA'-Challenge    |                |
      |              | AT_RES, AT_PUB_ECDHE,      |                |
      |              | AT_MAC                     |                |
      |              +--------------------------->|                |
      |      +-------+----------------------------+----------------+--+
      |      | The server now has all the necessary values. It        |
      |      | generates the ECDHE shared secret and checks the RES   |
      |      | and MAC values received in AT_RES and AT_MAC,          |
      |      | respectively. Success requires both to be found        |
      |      | correct. Note that when this document is used,         |
      |      | the keys generated from EAP-AKA' are based on CK, IK,  |
      |      | and the ECDHE value. Even if there was an attacker who |
      |      | held the long-term key, only an active attacker could  |
      |      | have determined the generated session keys; in basic   |
      |      | EAP-AKA' the generated keys are only based on CK and   |
      |      | IK.                                                    |
      |      +-------+----------------------------+----------------+--+
      |              |                            |                |
      |              |                EAP-Success |                |
      |              |<---------------------------+                |
      |              |                            |                |

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                Figure 2: EAP-AKA' FS Authentication Process

6.  Extensions to EAP-AKA'

6.1.  AT_PUB_ECDHE

   The AT_PUB_ECDHE carries an ECDHE value.

   The format of the AT_PUB_ECDHE attribute is shown below.

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | AT_PUB_ECDHE  | Length        | Value                         |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The fields are as follows:

   AT_PUB_ECDHE
      This is set to TBA1 BY IANA.

   Length
      The length of the attribute, set as other attributes in EAP-AKA
      [RFC4187].  The length is expressed in multiples of 4 bytes.  The
      length includes the attribute type field, the Length field itself,
      and the Value field (along with any padding).

   Value
      This value is the sender's ECDHE public key.  The value depends on
      AT_KDF_FS and is calculated as follows:

      *  For X25519, the length of this value is 32 bytes, encoded as
         specified in [RFC7748] Section 5.

      *  For P-256, the length of this value is 33 bytes, encoded using
         the compressed form specified in Section 2.3.3 of [SEC1].

      Because the length of the attribute must be a multiple of 4 bytes,
      the sender pads the Value field with zero bytes when necessary.
      To retain the security of the keys, the sender SHALL generate a
      fresh value for each run of the protocol.

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6.2.  AT_KDF_FS

   The AT_KDF_FS indicates the used or desired forward secrecy key
   generation function, if the Forward Secrecy (FS) extension is used.
   It will also indicate the used or desired ECDHE group.  A new
   attribute is needed to carry this information, as AT_KDF carries the
   basic KDF value which is still used together with the forward secrecy
   KDF value.  The basic KDF value is also used by those EAP peers that
   cannot or do not want to use this extension.

   This document only specifies the behavior relating to the following
   combinations of basic KDF values and forward secrecy KDF values: The
   basic KDF value in AT_KDF is 1, as specified in [RFC5448] and
   [RFC9048], and the forward secrecy KDF values in AT_KDF_FS are 1 or
   2, as specified below and in Section 6.3.

   Any future specifications that add either new basic KDF or new
   forward secrecy KDF values need to specify how they are treated and
   what combinations are allowed.  This requirement is an update to how
   [RFC5448] and [RFC9048] may be extended in the future.

   The format of the AT_KDF_FS attribute is shown below.

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | AT_KDF_FS     | Length        | FS Key Derivation Function    |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The fields are as follows:

   AT_KDF_FS
      This is set to TBA2 BY IANA.

   Length
      The length of the attribute, MUST be set to 1.

   FS Key Derivation Function
      An enumerated value representing the forward secrecy key
      derivation function that the server (or peer) wishes to use.  See
      Section 6.3 for the functions specified in this document.  Note:
      This field has a different name space than the similar field in
      the AT_KDF attribute Key Derivation Function defined in [RFC9048].

   Servers MUST send one or more AT_KDF_FS attributes in the EAP-
   Request/AKA'-Challenge message.  These attributes represent the
   desired functions ordered by preference, the most preferred function
   being the first attribute.  The most preferred function is the only

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   one that the server includes a public key value for, however.  So for
   a set of AT_KDF_FS attributes, there is always only one AT_PUB_ECDHE
   attribute.

   Upon receiving a set of these attributes:

   *  If the peer supports and is willing to use the FS Key Derivation
      Function indicated by the first AT_KDF_FS attribute, and is
      willing and able to use the extension defined in this document,
      the function is taken into use without any further negotiation.

   *  If the peer does not support this function or is unwilling to use
      it, it responds to the server with an indication that a different
      function is needed.  Similarly with the negotiation process
      defined in [RFC9048] for AT_KDF, the peer sends EAP-Response/AKA'-
      Challenge message that contains only one attribute, AT_KDF_FS with
      the value set to the desired alternative function from among the
      ones suggested by the server earlier.  If there is no suitable
      alternative, the peer has a choice of either falling back to EAP-
      AKA' or behaving as if AUTN had been incorrect and failing
      authentication (see Figure 3 of [RFC4187]).  The peer MUST fail
      the authentication if there are any duplicate values within the
      list of AT_KDF_FS attributes (except where the duplication is due
      to a request to change the key derivation function; see below for
      further information).

   *  If the peer does not recognize the extension defined in this
      document or is unwilling to use it, it ignores the AT_KDF_FS
      attribute.

   Upon receiving an EAP-Response/AKA'-Challenge with AT_KDF_FS from the
   peer, the server checks that the suggested AT_KDF_FS value was one of
   the alternatives in its offer.  The first AT_KDF_FS value in the
   message from the server is not a valid alternative.  If the peer has
   replied with the first AT_KDF_FS value, the server behaves as if
   AT_MAC of the response had been incorrect and fails the
   authentication.  For an overview of the failed authentication process
   in the server side, see Section 3 and Figure 2 in [RFC4187].
   Otherwise, the server re-sends the EAP-Response/AKA'-Challenge
   message, but adds the selected alternative to the beginning of the
   list of AT_KDF_FS attributes, and retains the entire list following
   it.  Note that this means that the selected alternative appears twice
   in the set of AT_KDF values.  Responding to the peer's request to
   change the FS Key Derivation Function is the only valid situation
   where such duplication may occur.

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   When the peer receives the new EAP-Request/AKA'-Challenge message, it
   MUST check that the requested change, and only the requested change
   occurred in the list of AT_KDF_FS attributes.  If yes, it continues.
   If not, it behaves as if AT_MAC had been incorrect and fails the
   authentication.  If the peer receives multiple EAP-Request/AKA'-
   Challenge messages with differing AT_KDF_FS attributes without having
   requested negotiation, the peer MUST behave as if AT_MAC had been
   incorrect and fail the authentication.

6.3.  Forward Secrecy Key Derivation Functions

   Two new FS Key Derivation Function types are defined for "EAP-AKA'
   with ECDHE and X25519", represented by value 1, and "EAP-AKA' with
   ECDHE and P-256", represented by value 2.  These represent a
   particular choice of key derivation function and at the same time
   selects an ECDHE group to be used.

   The FS Key Derivation Function type value is only used in the
   AT_KDF_FS attribute.  When the forward secrecy extension is used, the
   AT_KDF_FS attribute determines how to derive the keys MK_ECDHE, K_re,
   MSK, and EMSK.  The AT_KDF_FS attribute should not be confused with
   the different range of key derivation functions that can be
   represented in the AT_KDF attribute as defined in [RFC9048].  When
   the forward secrecy extension is used, the AT_KDF attribute only
   specifies how to derive the keys MK, K_encr, and K_aut.

   Key derivation in this extension produces exactly the same keys for
   internal use within one authentication run as EAP-AKA' [RFC9048]
   does.  For instance, K_aut that is used in AT_MAC is still exactly as
   it was in EAP-AKA'.  The only change to key derivation is in re-
   authentication keys and keys exported out of the EAP method, MSK and
   EMSK.  As a result, EAP-AKA' attributes such as AT_MAC continue to be
   usable even when this extension is in use.

   When the FS Key Derivation Function field in the AT_KDF_FS attribute
   is set to 1 or 2 and the Key Derivation Function field in the AT_KDF
   attribute is set to 1, the Master Key (MK) and accompanying keys are
   derived as follows.

       MK       = PRF'(IK'|CK',"EAP-AKA'"|Identity)
       MK_ECDHE = PRF'(IK'|CK'|SHARED_SECRET,"EAP-AKA' FS"|Identity)
       K_encr   = MK[0..127]
       K_aut    = MK[128..383]
       K_re     = MK_ECDHE[0..255]
       MSK      = MK_ECDHE[256..767]
       EMSK     = MK_ECDHE[768..1279]

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   Requirements for how to securely generate, validate, and process the
   ephemeral public keys depend on the elliptic curve.

   For P-256 the SHARED_SECRET is the shared secret computed as
   specified in Section 5.7.1.2 of [SP-800-56A].  Public key validation
   requirements are defined in Section 5 of [SP-800-56A].  At least
   partial public-key validation MUST be done for the ephemeral public
   keys.  The uncompressed y-coordinate can be computed as described in
   Section 2.3.4 of [SEC1].

   For X25519 the SHARED_SECRET is the shared secret computed as
   specified in Section 6.1 of [RFC7748].  Both the peer and the server
   MAY check for zero-value shared secret as specified in Section 6.1 of
   [RFC7748].

      Note: The way that shared secret is tested for zero can, if
      performed inappropriately, provide an ability for attackers to
      listen to CPU power usage side channels.  Refer to [RFC7748] for a
      description of how to perform this check in a way that it does not
      become a problem.

   If validation of the other party's ephemeral public key or the shared
   secret fails, a party MUST behave as if the current EAP-AKA'
   authentication process starts again from the beginning.

   The rest of computation proceeds as defined in Section 3.3 of
   [RFC9048].

   For readability, an explanation of the notation used above is copied
   here: [n..m] denotes the substring from bit n to m.  PRF' is a new
   pseudo-random function specified in [RFC9048].  K_encr is the
   encryption key, 128 bits, K_aut is the authentication key, 256 bits,
   K_re is the re-authentication key, 256 bits, MSK is the Master
   Session Key, 512 bits, and EMSK is the Extended Master Session Key,
   512 bits.  MSK and EMSK are outputs from a successful EAP method run
   [RFC3748].

   CK and IK are produced by the AKA algorithm.  IK' and CK' are derived
   as specified in [RFC9048] from IK and CK.

   The value "EAP-AKA'" is an eight-characters-long ASCII string.  It is
   used as is, without any trailing NUL characters.  Similarly, "EAP-
   AKA' FS" is an eleven-characters-long ASCII string, also used as is.

   Identity is the peer identity as specified in Section 7 of [RFC4187].
   A privacy-friendly identifier [RFC9048] SHALL be used.

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6.4.  ECDHE Groups

   The selection of suitable groups for the elliptic curve computation
   is necessary.  The choice of a group is made at the same time as
   deciding to use of particular key derivation function in AT_KDF_FS.

   For "EAP-AKA' with ECDHE and X25519" the group is the Curve25519
   group specified in [RFC7748].  The support for this group is
   REQUIRED.

   For "EAP-AKA' with ECDHE and P-256" the group is the NIST P-256 group
   (SEC group secp256r1), specified in Section 3.2.1.3 of [SP-800-186]
   or alternatively Section 2.4.2 of [SEC2].  The support for this group
   is REQUIRED.

   The term "support" here means that the group MUST be implemented.

6.5.  Message Processing

   This section specifies the changes related to message processing when
   this extension is used in EAP-AKA'.  It specifies when a message may
   be transmitted or accepted, which attributes are allowed in a
   message, which attributes are required in a message, and other
   message-specific details, where those details are different for this
   extension than the base EAP-AKA' or EAP-AKA protocol.  Unless
   otherwise specified here, the rules from [RFC9048] or [RFC4187]
   apply.

6.5.1.  EAP-Request/AKA'-Identity

   No changes, except that the AT_KDF_FS or AT_PUB_ECDHE attributes MUST
   NOT be added to this message.  The appearance of these attributes in
   a received message MUST be ignored.

6.5.2.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Identity

   No changes, except that the AT_KDF_FS or AT_PUB_ECDHE attributes MUST
   NOT be added to this message.  The appearance of these attributes in
   a received message MUST be ignored.  The peer identifier SHALL comply
   with the privacy-friendly requirements of [RFC9190].  An example of a
   compliant way of constructing a privacy-friendly peer identifier is
   using a non-NULL SUCI [TS.33.501].

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6.5.3.  EAP-Request/AKA'-Challenge

   The server sends the EAP-Request/AKA'-Challenge on full
   authentication as specified by [RFC4187] and [RFC9048].  The
   attributes AT_RAND, AT_AUTN, and AT_MAC MUST be included and checked
   on reception as specified in [RFC4187].  They are also necessary for
   backwards compatibility.

   In EAP-Request/AKA'-Challenge, there is no message-specific data
   covered by the MAC for the AT_MAC attribute.  The AT_KDF_FS and
   AT_PUB_ECDHE attributes MUST be included.  The AT_PUB_ECDHE attribute
   carries the server's public Diffie-Hellman key.  If either AT_KDF_FS
   or AT_PUB_ECDHE is missing on reception, the peer MUST treat it as if
   neither one was sent, and the assume that the extension defined in
   this document is not in use.

   The AT_RESULT_IND, AT_CHECKCODE, AT_IV, AT_ENCR_DATA, AT_PADDING,
   AT_NEXT_PSEUDONYM, AT_NEXT_REAUTH_ID and other attributes may be
   included as specified in Section 9.3 of [RFC4187].

   When processing this message, the peer MUST process AT_RAND, AT_AUTN,
   AT_KDF_FS, AT_PUB_ECDHE before processing other attributes.  Only if
   these attributes are verified to be valid, the peer derives keys and
   verifies AT_MAC.  If the peer is unable or unwilling to perform the
   extension specified in this document, it proceeds as defined in
   [RFC9048].  Finally, if there is an error error, see Section 6.3.1.
   of [RFC4187].

6.5.4.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Challenge

   The peer sends EAP-Response/AKA'-Challenge in response to a valid
   EAP-Request/AKA'-Challenge message, as specified by [RFC4187] and
   [RFC9048].  If the peer supports and is willing to perform the
   extension specified in this protocol, and the server had made a valid
   request involving the attributes specified in Section 6.5.3, the peer
   responds per the rules specified below.  Otherwise, the peer responds
   as specified in [RFC4187] and [RFC9048] and ignores the attributes
   related to this extension.  If the peer has not received attributes
   related to this extension from the Server, and has a policy that
   requires it to always use this extension, it behaves as if AUTN had
   been incorrect and fails the authentication.

   The AT_MAC attribute MUST be included and checked as specified in
   [RFC9048].  In EAP-Response/AKA'-Challenge, there is no message-
   specific data covered by the MAC.  The AT_PUB_ECDHE attribute MUST be
   included, and carries the peer's public Diffie-Hellman key.

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   The AT_RES attribute MUST be included and checked as specified in
   [RFC4187].  When processing this message, the Server MUST process
   AT_RES before processing other attributes.  The Server derives keys
   and verifies AT_MAC only when this attribute is verified to be valid.

   If the Server has proposed the use of the extension specified in this
   protocol, but the peer ignores and continues the basic EAP-AKA'
   authentication, the Server makes policy decision of whether this is
   allowed.  If this is allowed, it continues the EAP-AKA'
   authentication to completion.  If it is not allowed, the Server MUST
   behave as if authentication failed.

   The AT_CHECKCODE, AT_RESULT_IND, AT_IV, AT_ENCR_DATA and other
   attributes may be included as specified in Section 9.4 of [RFC4187].

6.5.5.  EAP-Request/AKA'-Reauthentication

   No changes, but note that the re-authentication process uses the keys
   generated in the original EAP-AKA' authentication, which, if the
   extension specified in this document is in use, employs key material
   from the Diffie-Hellman procedure.

6.5.6.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Reauthentication

   No changes, but as discussed in Section 6.5.5, re-authentication is
   based on the key material generated by EAP-AKA' and the extension
   defined in this document.

6.5.7.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Synchronization-Failure

   No changes, except that the AT_KDF_FS or AT_PUB_ECDHE attributes MUST
   NOT be added to this message.  The appearance of these attributes in
   a received message MUST be ignored.

6.5.8.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Authentication-Reject

   No changes, except that the AT_KDF_FS or AT_PUB_ECDHE attributes MUST
   NOT be added to this message.  The appearance of these attributes in
   a received message MUST be ignored.

6.5.9.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Client-Error

   No changes, except that the AT_KDF_FS or AT_PUB_ECDHE attributes MUST
   NOT be added to this message.  The appearance of these attributes in
   a received message MUST be ignored.

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6.5.10.  EAP-Request/AKA'-Notification

   No changes.

6.5.11.  EAP-Response/AKA'-Notification

   No changes.

7.  Security Considerations

   This section deals only with the changes to security considerations
   as they differ from EAP-AKA', or as new information has been gathered
   since the publication of [RFC9048].

   As discussed in Section 1, forward secrecy is an important
   countermeasure against adversaries who gain access to the long-term
   keys.  The long-term keys can be best protected with good processes,
   e.g., restricting access to the key material within a factory or
   among personnel, etc.  Even so, not all attacks can be entirely ruled
   out.  For instance, well-resourced adversaries may be able to coerce
   insiders to collaborate, despite any technical protection measures.
   The zero trust principles suggest that we assume that breaches are
   inevitable or have potentially already occurred, and that we need to
   minimize the impact of these breaches [NSA-ZT] [NIST-ZT].  One type
   of breach is key compromise or key exfiltration.

   If a mechanism without ephemeral key exchange such as (5G-AKA, EAP-
   AKA') is used the effects of key compromise are devastating.  There
   are serious consequences of not properly providing forward secrecy
   for the key establishment.  For both control and user plane, and both
   directions:

   1.  An attacker can decrypt 5G communication that they previously
       recorded.

   2.  A passive attacker can eavesdrop (decrypt) all future 5G
       communication.

   3.  An active attacker can impersonate the UE or the Network and
       inject messages in an ongoing 5G connection between the real UE
       and the real network.

   Best practice security today is to mandate forward secrecy (as is
   done in WPA3, EAP-TLS 1.3, EAP-TTLS 1.3, IKEv2, SSH, QUIC, WireGuard,
   Signal, etc.).  It is recommended that in deployments, EAP-AKA
   methods without forward secrecy be phased out in the long term.

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   This extension provide assistance against passive attacks from
   attackers that have compromised the key material on USIM cards.
   Passive attacks are attractive for attackers performing large scale
   pervasive monitoring as they require much less resources and are much
   harder to detect.  The extension also provides protection against
   active attacks as the attacker is forced to be on path during the AKA
   run and subsequent communication between the parties.  Without
   forward secrecy an active attacker that has compromised the long-term
   key can inject messages in an connection between the real Peer and
   the real server without being on path.  This extension is most useful
   when used in a context where the MSK/EMSK are used in protocols not
   providing forward secrecy.  For instance, if used with IKEv2
   [RFC7296], the session keys produced by IKEv2 have this property, so
   better characteristics of the MSK and EMSK is not that useful.
   However, typical link layer usage of EAP does not involve running
   another, forward secure, key exchange.  Therefore, using EAP to
   authenticate access to a network is one situation where the extension
   defined in this document can be helpful.

   This extension generates keying material using the ECDHE exchange in
   order to gain the FS property.  This means that once an EAP-AKA'
   authentication run ends, the session that it was used to protect is
   closed, and the corresponding keys are destroyed, even someone who
   has recorded all of the data from the authentication run and session
   and gets access to all of the AKA long-term keys cannot reconstruct
   the keys used to protect the session or any previous session, without
   doing a brute force search of the session key space.

   Even if a compromise of the long-term keys has occurred, FS is still
   provided for all future sessions, as long as the attacker does not
   become an active attacker.

   The extension does not provide protection against active attackers
   with access to the long-term key that mount an on-path attack on
   future EAP-AKA' runs will be able to eavesdrop on the traffic
   protected by the resulting session key(s).  Still, past sessions
   where FS was in use remain protected.

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   Using EAP-AKA' FS once provides forward secrecy.  Forward secrecy
   limits the effect of key leakage in one direction (compromise of a
   key at time T2 does not compromise some key at time T1 where T1 <
   T2).  Protection in the other direction (compromise at time T1 does
   not compromise keys at time T2) can be achieved by rerunning ECDHE
   frequently.  If a long-term authentication key has been compromised,
   rerunning EAP-AKA' FS gives protection against passive attackers.
   Using the terms in [RFC7624], forward secrecy without rerunning ECDHE
   does not stop an attacker from doing static key exfiltration.
   Frequently rerunning EC(DHE) forces an attacker to do dynamic key
   exfiltration (or content exfiltration).

7.1.  Deployment Considerations

   Achieving FS requires that when a connection is closed, each endpoint
   MUST destroy not only the ephemeral keys used by the connection but
   also any information that could be used to recompute those keys.

   Similarly, other parts of the system matter.  For instance, when the
   keys generated by EAP are transported to a pass-through
   authenticator, such transport must also provide forward secure
   encryption with respect to the long-term keys used to establish its
   security.  Otherwise, an adversary may attack the transport
   connection used to carry keys from EAP, and use this method to gain
   access to current and past keys from EAP, which in turn would lead to
   the compromise of anything protected by those EAP keys.

   Of course, these considerations apply to any EAP method, not only
   this one.

7.2.  Security Properties

   The following security properties of EAP-AKA' are impacted through
   this extension:

   Protected ciphersuite negotiation
      EAP-AKA' has a negotiation mechanism for selecting the key
      derivation functions, and this mechanism has been extended by the
      extension specified in this document.  The resulting mechanism
      continues to be secure against bidding down attacks.

      There are two specific needs in the negotiation mechanism:

      Negotiating key derivation function within the extension
         The negotiation mechanism allows changing the offered key
         derivation function, but the change is visible in the final
         EAP- Request/AKA'-Challenge message that the server sends to
         the peer.  This message is authenticated via the AT_MAC

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         attribute, and carries both the chosen alternative and the
         initially offered list.  The peer refuses to accept a change it
         did not initiate.  As a result, both parties are aware that a
         change is being made and what the original offer was.

      Negotiating the use of this extension
         This extension is offered by the server through presenting the
         AT_KDF_FS and AT_PUB_ECDHE attributes in the EAP-Request/AKA'-
         Challenge message.  These attributes are protected by AT_MAC,
         so attempts to change or omit them by an adversary will be
         detected.

         Except of course, if the adversary holds the long-term key and
         is willing to engage in an active attack.  Such an attack can,
         for instance, forge the negotiation process so that no FS will
         be provided.  However, as noted above, an attacker with these
         capabilities will in any case be able to impersonate any party
         in the protocol and perform on-path attacks.  That is not a
         situation that can be improved by a technical solution.
         However, as discussed in the introduction, even an attacker
         with access to the long-term keys is required to be on path on
         each AKA run and subsequent communication, which makes mass
         surveillance more laborious.

         The security properties of the extension also depend on a
         policy choice.  As discussed in Section 6.5.4, both the peer
         and the server make a policy decision of what to do when it was
         willing to perform the extension specified in this protocol,
         but the other side does not wish to use the extension.
         Allowing this has the benefit of allowing backwards
         compatibility to equipment that did not yet support the
         extension.  When the extension is not supported or negotiated
         by the parties, no FS can obviously be provided.

         If turning off the extension specified in this protocol is not
         allowed by policy, the use of legacy equipment that does not
         support this protocol is no longer possible.  This may be
         appropriate when, for instance, support for the extension is
         sufficiently widespread, or required in a particular version of
         a mobile network.

   Key derivation
      This extension provides forward secrecy.  As described in several
      places in this specification, this can be roughly summarized as
      that an attacker with access to long-term keys is unable to obtain
      session keys of ended past sessions, assuming these sessions
      deleted all relevant session key material.  This extension does
      not change the properties related to re-authentication.  No new

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      Diffie-Hellman run is performed during the re-authentication
      allowed by EAP-AKA'.  However, if this extension was in use when
      the original EAP-AKA' authentication was performed, the keys used
      for re-authentication (K_re) are based on the Diffie-Hellman keys,
      and hence continue to be equally safe against expose of the long-
      term key as the original authentication.

7.3.  Denial-of-Service

   In addition, it is worthwhile to discuss Denial-of-Service attacks
   and their impact on this protocol.  The calculations involved in
   public key cryptography require computing power, which could be used
   in an attack to overpower either the peer or the server.  While some
   forms of Denial-of-Service attacks are always possible, the following
   factors help mitigate the concerns relating to public key
   cryptography and EAP-AKA' FS.

   *  In 5G context, other parts of the connection setup involve public
      key cryptography, so while performing additional operations in
      EAP-AKA' is an additional concern, it does not change the overall
      situation.  As a result, the relevant system components need to be
      dimensioned appropriately, and detection and management mechanisms
      to reduce the effect of attacks need to be in place.

   *  This specification is constructed so that a separation between the
      USIM and Peer on client side and the Server and AD on network side
      is possible.  This ensures that the most sensitive (or legacy)
      system components cannot be the target of the attack.  For
      instance, EAP-AKA' and public key cryptography takes place in the
      phone and not the low-power USIM card.

   *  EAP-AKA' has been designed so that the first actual message in the
      authentication process comes from the Server, and that this
      message will not be sent unless the user has been identified as an
      active subscriber of the operator in question.  While the initial
      identity can be spoofed before authentication has succeeded, this
      reduces the efficiency of an attack.

   *  Finally, this memo specifies an order in which computations and
      checks must occur.  When processing the EAP-Request/AKA'-Challenge
      message, for instance, the AKA authentication must be checked and
      succeed before the peer proceeds to calculating or processing the
      FS related parameters (see Section 6.5.4).  The same is true of
      EAP-Response/AKA'-Challenge (see Section 6.5.4).  This ensures
      that the parties need to show possession of the long-term key in
      some way, and only then will the FS calculations become active.
      This limits the Denial-of-Service to specific, identified
      subscribers.  While botnets and other forms of malicious parties

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      could take advantage of actual subscribers and their key material,
      at least such attacks are (a) limited in terms of subscribers they
      control, and (b) identifiable for the purposes of blocking the
      affected subscribers.

7.4.  Identity Privacy

   As specified in Section 6.5, the peer identity sent in the Identity
   Response message needs to follow the privacy-friendly requirements in
   [RFC9190].

7.5.  Unprotected Data and Privacy

   Unprotected data and metadata can reveal sensitive information and
   need to be selected with care.  In particular, this applies to
   AT_KDF, AT_KDF_FS, AT_PUB_ECDHE, and AT_KDF_INPUT.  AT_KDF,
   AT_KDF_FS, and AT_PUB_ECDHE reveal the used cryptographic algorithms,
   if these depend on the peer identity they leak information about the
   peer.  AT_KDF_INPUT reveals the network name, although that is done
   on purpose to bind the authentication to a particular context.

   An attacker observing network traffic may use the above types of
   information for traffic flow analysis or to track an endpoint.

7.6.  Forward Secrecy within AT_ENCR

   They keys K_encr and K_aut are calculated and used before the shared
   secret from the ephemeral key exchange is available.

   K_encr and K_aut are used to encrypt and MAC data in the EAP-Req/
   AKA'-Challenge message, especially the DH g^x ephemeral pub key.  At
   that point the server does not yet have the corresponding g^y from
   the peer and cannot compute the shared secret.  K_aut is then used as
   the authentication key for the shared secret.

   For K_encr though, none of the encrypted data sent in the EAP-Req/
   AKA'-Challenge message in the AT_ENCR attribute will be forward
   secret.  That data may include re-authentication pseudonyms, so an
   adversary compromising the long-term key would be able to link re-
   authentication protocol-runs when pseudonyms are used, within a
   sequence of runs followed after a full EAP-AKA' authentication.  No
   such linking would be possible across different full authentaction
   runs.  If the pseudonum linkage risk is not acceptable, one way to
   avoid the linkage is to always require full EAP-AKA' authentication.

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7.7.  Post-Quantum Considerations

   As of the publication of this document, it is unclear when or even if
   a quantum computer of sufficient size and power to exploit elliptic
   curve cryptography will exist.  Deployments that need to consider
   risks decades into the future should transition to Post- Quantum
   Cryptography (PQC) in the not-too-distant future.  Other systems may
   employ PQC when the quantum threat is more imminent.  Current PQC
   algorithms have limitations compared to Elliptic Curve Cryptography
   (ECC) and the data sizes could be problematic for some constrained
   systems.  If a Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computer (CRQC) is
   built it could recover the SHARED_SECRET from the ECDHE public keys.

   This would not affect the ability of EAP-AKA' - with or without this
   extension - to authenticate properly, however.  As symmetric key
   cryptography is safe even if CRQCs are built, an adversary still will
   not be able to disrupt authentication as it requires computing a
   correct AT_MAC value.  This computation requires the K_aut key which
   is based on MK and, ultimately, CK' and IK', but not SHARED_SECRET.

   Other output keys do include SHARED_SECRET via MK_ECDHE, but still
   include also CK' and IK' which are entirely based on symmetric
   cryptography.  As a result, an adversary with a quantum computer
   still cannot compute the other output keys either.

   However, if the adversary has also obtained knowledge of the long-
   term key, they could then compute CK', IK', and SHARED_SECRET, and
   any derived output keys.  This means that the introduction of a
   powerful enough quantum computer would disable this protocol
   extension's ability to provide the forward security capability.  This
   would make it necessary to update the current ECC algorithms in this
   document to PQC algorithms.  This document does not add such
   algorithms, but a future update can do that.

   Symmetric algorithms used in EAP-AKA' FS such as HMAC-SHA-256 and the
   algorithms use to generate AT_AUTN and AT_RES are practically secure
   against even large robust quantum computers.  EAP-AKA' FS is
   currently only specified for use with ECDHE key exchange algorithms,
   but use of any Key Encapsulation Method (KEM), including Post-Quantum
   Cryptography (PQC) KEMs, can be specified in the future.  While the
   key exchange is specified with terms of the Diffie-Hellman protocol,
   the key exchange adheres to a KEM interface.  AT_PUB_ECDHE would then
   contain either the ephemeral public key of the server or the
   SHARED_SECRET encapsulated with the server's public key.  Note that
   the use of a KEM might require other changes such as including the
   ephemeral public key of the server in the key derivation to retain
   the property that both parties contribute randomness to the session
   key.

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8.  IANA Considerations

   This extension of EAP-AKA' shares its attribute space and subtypes
   with Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for Global System for
   Mobile Communications (GSM) Subscriber Identity Modules (EAP-SIM)
   [RFC4186], EAP-AKA [RFC4187], and EAP-AKA' [RFC9048].

   Two new values (TBA1, TBA2) in the skippable range need to be
   assigned for AT_PUB_ECDHE (Section 6.1) and AT_KDF_FS (Section 6.2)
   in the "Attribute Types" registry under the "EAP-AKA and EAP-SIM
   Parameters" group.

   Also, IANA is requested to create a new registry "EAP-AKA' AT_KDF_FS
   Key Derivation Function Values" to represent FS Key Derivation
   Function types.  The "EAP-AKA' with ECDHE and X25519" and "EAP-AKA'
   with ECDHE and P-256" types (1 and 2, see Section 6.3) need to be
   assigned, along with one reserved value.  The initial contents of
   this registry is illustrated in Table 1; new values can be created
   through the Specification Required policy [RFC8126].  Expert
   reviewers should ensure that the referenced specification is clearly
   identified and stable, and that the proposed addition is reasonable
   for the given category of allocation.

         +=========+==================+=========================+
         | Value   | Description      | Reference               |
         +=========+==================+=========================+
         | 0       | Reserved         | [TBD BY IANA: THIS RFC] |
         +---------+------------------+-------------------------+
         | 1       | EAP-AKA' with    | [TBD BY IANA: THIS RFC] |
         |         | ECDHE and X25519 |                         |
         +---------+------------------+-------------------------+
         | 2       | EAP-AKA' with    | [TBD BY IANA: THIS RFC] |
         |         | ECDHE and P-256  |                         |
         +---------+------------------+-------------------------+
         | 3-65535 | Unassigned       | [TBD BY IANA: THIS RFC] |
         +---------+------------------+-------------------------+

            Table 1: Initial Content of the EAP-AKA' AT_KDF_FS
                 Key Derivation Function Values Registry

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

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   [RFC3748]  Aboba, B., Blunk, L., Vollbrecht, J., Carlson, J., and H.
              Levkowetz, Ed., "Extensible Authentication Protocol
              (EAP)", RFC 3748, DOI 10.17487/RFC3748, June 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3748>.

   [RFC4187]  Arkko, J. and H. Haverinen, "Extensible Authentication
              Protocol Method for 3rd Generation Authentication and Key
              Agreement (EAP-AKA)", RFC 4187, DOI 10.17487/RFC4187,
              January 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4187>.

   [RFC5448]  Arkko, J., Lehtovirta, V., and P. Eronen, "Improved
              Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3rd
              Generation Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA')",
              RFC 5448, DOI 10.17487/RFC5448, May 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5448>.

   [RFC7624]  Barnes, R., Schneier, B., Jennings, C., Hardie, T.,
              Trammell, B., Huitema, C., and D. Borkmann,
              "Confidentiality in the Face of Pervasive Surveillance: A
              Threat Model and Problem Statement", RFC 7624,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7624, August 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7624>.

   [RFC7748]  Langley, A., Hamburg, M., and S. Turner, "Elliptic Curves
              for Security", RFC 7748, DOI 10.17487/RFC7748, January
              2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7748>.

   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC9048]  Arkko, J., Lehtovirta, V., Torvinen, V., and P. Eronen,
              "Improved Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for
              3GPP Mobile Network Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-
              AKA')", RFC 9048, DOI 10.17487/RFC9048, October 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9048>.

   [SP-800-186]
              NIST, "Recommendations for Discrete Logarithm-based
              Cryptography: Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters",
              NIST Special Publication 800-186, February 2023,
              <https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-186>.

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   [SEC1]     Certicom Research, "SEC 1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography",
              Standards for Efficient Cryptography 1 (SEC 1) Version
              2.0, May 2009, <https://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf>.

   [SEC2]     Certicom Research, "SEC 2: Recommended Elliptic Curve
              Domain Parameters", Standards for Efficient Cryptography 2
              (SEC 2) Version 2.0, January 2010,
              <https://www.secg.org/sec2-v2.pdf>.

   [SP-800-56A]
              Barker, E., Chen, L., Roginsky, A., Vassilev, A., and R.
              Davis, "Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment
              Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography",
              NIST Special Publication 800-56A Revision 3, April 2018,
              <https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-56Ar3>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [RFC4186]  Haverinen, H., Ed. and J. Salowey, Ed., "Extensible
              Authentication Protocol Method for Global System for
              Mobile Communications (GSM) Subscriber Identity Modules
              (EAP-SIM)", RFC 4186, DOI 10.17487/RFC4186, January 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4186>.

   [RFC5216]  Simon, D., Aboba, B., and R. Hurst, "The EAP-TLS
              Authentication Protocol", RFC 5216, DOI 10.17487/RFC5216,
              March 2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5216>.

   [RFC7258]  Farrell, S. and H. Tschofenig, "Pervasive Monitoring Is an
              Attack", BCP 188, RFC 7258, DOI 10.17487/RFC7258, May
              2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7258>.

   [RFC7296]  Kaufman, C., Hoffman, P., Nir, Y., Eronen, P., and T.
              Kivinen, "Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2
              (IKEv2)", STD 79, RFC 7296, DOI 10.17487/RFC7296, October
              2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7296>.

   [RFC9190]  Preuß Mattsson, J. and M. Sethi, "EAP-TLS 1.3: Using the
              Extensible Authentication Protocol with TLS 1.3",
              RFC 9190, DOI 10.17487/RFC9190, February 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9190>.

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   [TrustCom2015]
              Arkko, J., Norrman, K., Näslund, M., and B. Sahlin, "A
              USIM compatible 5G AKA protocol with perfect forward
              secrecy", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on
              Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and
              Communications (TrustCom) 2015, August 2015,
              <https://doi.org/10.1109/Trustcom.2015.506>.

   [Heist2015]
              Scahill, J. and J. Begley, "The Great SIM Heist", February
              2015,
              <https://theintercept.com/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/>.

   [DOW1992]  Diffie, W., Van Oorschot, P., and M. Wiener,
              "Authentication and Authenticated Key Exchanges", Designs,
              Codes and Cryptography 2 pp. 107-125, June 1992,
              <https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00124891>.

   [TS.33.501]
              3GPP, "Security architecture and procedures for 5G
              System", 3GPP TS 33.501 18.1.0, March 2023.

   [NIST-ZT]  National Institute of Standards and Technology,
              "Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture", December 2022,
              <https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/
              zta-nist-sp-1800-35b-preliminary-draft-2.pdf>.

   [NSA-ZT]   National Security Agency, "Embracing a Zero Trust Security
              Model", February 2021, <https://media.defense.gov/2021/
              Feb/25/2002588479/-1/-1/0/
              CSI_EMBRACING_ZT_SECURITY_MODEL_UOO115131-21.PDF>.

Appendix A.  Change Log

   RFC Editor: Please remove this appendix.

   The -12 version of the WG draft has the following changes, most due
   to IESG review comments in January 2023:

   *  Update the draft track to Standards Track.

   *  Clarified the calculation of the Length field in the AT_ECDHE
      attribute, along with padding requirements.

   *  Avoided the use of keywords in operational recommendations, e.g.,
      about deployment.

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   *  Changed the definition of what "supported" means to focus on
      feature being implemented, but not require that it is usable
      during a protocol run, because configuration, new security
      information, etc. might imply that a particular feature is
      implemented but disabled for policy reasons.

   *  Changed the MITM terminology to be on-path attacks.

   *  Corrected a reference typo in the IANA considerations section.

   *  Shortened the abstract and introduction to the key aspects and
      removed duplication.

   *  Several editorial changes.

   The -11 version of the WG draft has the following changes:

   *  Addressed IETF Last Call comments from directorates, Security AD,
      Meiling Cheng, and a detailed review from the author Karl.  In
      particular:

   *  Replaced the reference to the deprecated FIPS 186-4 with SP
      800-186.

   *  Changed HSS (Home Subscriber Server) to Authentication Database
      (AD) as HSS is a 4G term.

   *  Explained difference between EAP-AKA and EAP-AKA'

   *  Explained that the emphemeral key exhange provide more that
      forward secrecy and how this is important to mitigate pervasive
      monitoring.

   *  Included links for the zero trust principles.

   *  Explained why K_encr and K_auth not being protected by the ECDHE
      addition.

   *  Added that a future introduction of KEM might require additional
      changes.

   *  Explained how ephemeral key exchange is linked to pervasive
      monitoring.

   *  Changed SIM to USIM everywhere.  A USIM is required for AKA.

   *  Changed to long-term key instead of long-term secret or long-term
      shared secret.

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   *  Reference updates.

   *  Various editorial improvements.

   The -10 version of the WG draft has the following changes:

   *  Various nits found by Peter Yee.

   The -09 version of the WG draft has the following changes:

   *  Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) versions for all figures has been
      added and the figures has been slightly modified to render nicely
      with aasvg.

   *  A reference has been added to the Section in SEC1 describing how
      to do decompression.

   *  The strengthened identity protection requirements are now
      mentioned in the introduction.

   *  Corrections and clarifications were made in the IANA
      considerations.  The table in the IANA section has been made into
      a proper xml table.

   *  Reference updates.

   *  Various editorial improvements.

   The -08 version of the WG draft has the following changes:

   *  Further clarification of key calculation in Section 6.3.

   *  Support for the NIST P-256 group has been made mandatory in
      Section 6.4, in order to align the requirements with 3GPP SUCI
      encryption requirements.

   *  The interaction between AT_KDF and AT_KDF_FS has been specified
      more clearly, including specifying how future specifications need
      to specify the treatment of new combinations.

   *  Addition of a discussion about the impacts of potential future
      quantum computing attacks with specific impacts to this extension.

   *  Addition of a discussion about metadata/unprotected data in
      Section 7.5.

   *  Reference updates.

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   *  Various editorial improvements.

   The -07 version of the WG draft has the following changes:

   *  The impact of forward secrecy explanation has been improved in the
      abstract and security considerations.

   *  The draft now more forcefully explains why the authors believe it
      is important to migrate existing systems to use forward secrecy,
      and makes a recommendation for this migration.

   *  The draft does no longer refer to issues within the smart cards
      but rather the smart card supply chain.

   *  The rationale for chosen algorithms is explained.

   *  Also, the authors have checked the language relating to the public
      value encoding, and believe it is exactly according to the
      references ([RFC7748] Section 6.1 and [SEC2] Section 2.7.1)

   The -06 version of the WG draft is a refresh and a reference update.
   However, the following should be noted:

   *  The draft now uses "forward secrecy" terminology and references
      RFC 7624 per recommendations on mailing list discussion.

   *  There's been mailing list discussion about the encoding of the
      public values; the current text requires confirmation from the
      working group that it is sufficient.

   The -05 version of the WG draft takes into account feedback from the
   working group list, about the number of bytes needed to encode P-256
   values.

   The -04 version of the WG draft takes into account feedback from the
   May 2020 WG interim meeting, correcting the reference to the NIST
   P-256 specification.

   The -03 version of the WG draft is first of all a refresh; there are
   no issues that we think need addressing, beyond the one for which
   there is a suggestion in -03: The document now suggests an alternate
   group/curve as an optional one besides X25519.  The specific choice
   of particular groups and algorithms is still up to the working group.

   The -02 version of the WG draft took into account additional reviews,
   and changed the document to update RFC 5448 (or rather, its
   successor, [RFC9048]), changed the wording of the recommendation with
   regards to the use of this extension, clarified the references to the

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   definition of X25519 and Curve25519, clarified the distinction to
   ECDH methods that use partially static keys, and simplified the use
   of AKA and USIM card terminology.  Some editorial changes were also
   made.

   The -00 and -01 versions of the WG draft made no major changes, only
   updates to some references.

   The -05 version is merely a refresh while the draft was waiting for
   WG adoption.

   The -04 version of this draft made only editorial changes.

   The -03 version of this draft changed the naming of various protocol
   components, values, and notation to match with the use of ECDH in
   ephemeral mode.  The AT_KDF_FS negotiation process was clarified in
   that exactly one key is ever sent in AT_KDF_ECDHE.  The option of
   checking for zero key values IN ECDHE was added.  The format of the
   actual key in AT_PUB_ECDHE was specified.  Denial-of-service
   considerations for the FS process have been updated.  Bidding down
   attacks against this extension itself are discussed extensively.
   This version also addressed comments from reviewers, including the
   August review from Mohit Sethi, and comments made during IETF-102
   discussion.

Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to note that the technical solution in this
   document came out of the TrustCom paper [TrustCom2015], whose authors
   were J. Arkko, K. Norrman, M. Näslund, and B. Sahlin.  This document
   uses also a lot of material from [RFC4187] by J. Arkko and
   H. Haverinen as well as [RFC5448] by J. Arkko, V. Lehtovirta, and
   P. Eronen.

   The authors would also like to thank Ben Campbell, Meiling Chen,
   Roman Danyliw, Linda Dunbar, Tim Evans, Zhang Fu, Russ Housley, Tero
   Kivinen, Murray Kucherawy, Warren Kumari, Eliot Lear, Vesa
   Lehtovirta, Kathleen Moriarty, Prajwol Kumar Nakarmi, Francesca
   Palombini, Anand R. Prasad, Michael Richardson, Göran Rune, Bengt
   Sahlin, Joseph Salowey, Mohit Sethi, Orie Steele, Rene Struik, Vesa
   Torvinen, Sean Turner, Helena Vahidi Mazinani, Robert Wilton, Paul
   Wouters, Bo Wu, Peter Yee, and many other people at the IETF, GSMA
   and 3GPP groups for interesting discussions in this problem space.

Authors' Addresses

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   Jari Arkko
   Ericsson
   FI-02420 Jorvas
   Finland
   Email: jari.arkko@piuha.net

   Karl Norrman
   Ericsson
   SE-16483 Stockholm
   Sweden
   Email: karl.norrman@ericsson.com

   John Preuß Mattsson
   Ericsson
   SE-164 40 Kista
   Sweden
   Email: john.mattsson@ericsson.com

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