Using Pre-Shared Key (PSK) in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
draft-ietf-lamps-cms-mix-with-psk-02
INTERNET-DRAFT R. Housley
Intended Status: Proposed Standard Vigil Security
Expires: 14 June 2019 14 December 2018
Using Pre-Shared Key (PSK) in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
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Abstract
The invention of a large-scale quantum computer would pose a serious
challenge for the cryptographic algorithms that are widely deployed
today. The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) supports key transport
and key agreement algorithms that could be broken by the invention of
such a quantum computer. By storing communications that are
protected with the CMS today, someone could decrypt them in the
future when a large-scale quantum computer becomes available. Once
quantum-secure key management algorithms are available, the CMS will
be extended to support the new algorithms, if the existing syntax
does not accommodate them. In the near-term, this document describes
a mechanism to protect today's communication from the future
invention of a large-scale quantum computer by mixing the output of
key transport and key agreement algorithms with a pre-shared key.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. ASN.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3. Version Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. KeyTransPSKRecipientInfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. KeyAgreePSKRecipientInfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. Key Derivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. ASN.1 Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1. Introduction
The invention of a large-scale quantum computer would pose a serious
challenge for the cryptographic algorithms that are widely deployed
today. It is an open question whether or not it is feasible to build
a large-scale quantum computer, and if so, when that might happen.
However, if such a quantum computer is invented, many of the
cryptographic algorithms and the security protocols that use them
would become vulnerable.
The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) [RFC5652][RFC5803] supports
key transport and key agreement algorithms that could be broken by
the invention of a large-scale quantum computer [C2PQ]. These
algorithms include RSA [RFC8017], Diffie-Hellman [RFC2631], and
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman [RFC5753]. As a result, an adversary
that stores CMS-protected communications today, could decrypt those
communications in the future when a large-scale quantum computer
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