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EdDSA value for IPSECKEY
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Authors Robert Moskowitz , Tero Kivinen , Michael Richardson
Last updated 2022-12-28
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draft-moskowitz-ipsecme-ipseckey-eddsa-08
IPSECME                                                     R. Moskowitz
Internet-Draft                                            HTT Consulting
Intended status: Standards Track                              T. Kivinen
Expires: 1 July 2023                                                    
                                                           M. Richardson
                                                               Sandelman
                                                        28 December 2022

                        EdDSA value for IPSECKEY
               draft-moskowitz-ipsecme-ipseckey-eddsa-08

Abstract

   This document assigns a value for EdDSA Public Keys to the IPSECKEY
   IANA registry.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  IPSECKEY support for EdDSA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     3.1.  IANA IPSECKEY Registry Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
       3.1.1.  Reformat Algorithm Type Field Subregistry . . . . . .   3
       3.1.2.  Add to Algorithm Type Field Subregistry . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   5.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     5.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     5.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Appendix A.  IPSECKEY EdDSA example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4

1.  Introduction

   IPSECKEY [RFC4025) is a resource record (RR) for the Domain Name
   System (DNS) that is used to store public keys for use in IP security
   (IPsec) systems.  The IPSECKEY RR relies on the IPSECKEY Algorithm
   Type Field registry [IANA-IPSECKEY] to enumerate the permissible
   formats for the public keys.

   This document adds support for Edwards-Curve Digital Security
   Algorithm (EdDSA) public keys in the format defined in [RFC8080] to
   the IPSECKEY RR.

2.  IPSECKEY support for EdDSA

   When using the EdDSA public key in the IPSECKEY RR, then the value
   TBD1 is used as an algorithm and the public key is formatted as
   specified in Section 3 of the "Edwards-Curve Digital Security
   Algorithm (EdDSA) for DNSSEC" ([RFC8080]) document.

   Value  Description                Format description    Reference

   TBD1   An EdDSA Public Key        [RFC8080], Sec. 3     [ThisRFC]

3.  IANA Considerations

3.1.  IANA IPSECKEY Registry Update

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3.1.1.  Reformat Algorithm Type Field Subregistry

   This document requests IANA to add a new field "Format description"
   to the "Algorithm Type Field" subregistry of the "IPSECKEY Resource
   Record Parameters" [IANA-IPSECKEY].  Also, this document requests
   IANA to update the "Description" field in existing entries of that
   registry to explicitly state that is for "Public" keys:

   Value  Description                Format description    Reference
   0      No key is present                                [RFC4025]
   1      A DSA Public Key           [RFC2536], Sec. 2     [RFC4025]
   2      A RSA Public Key           [RFC3110], Sec. 2     [RFC4025]
   3      An ECDSA Public Key        [RFC6605], Sec. 4     [RFC8005]

   IANA is requested to update the reference of that registry by adding
   the RFC number to be assigned to this document.

3.1.2.  Add to Algorithm Type Field Subregistry

   Further, this document requests IANA to make the following addition
   to the "IPSECKEY Resource Record Parameters" [IANA-IPSECKEY]
   registry:

   IPSECKEY:
      This document defines the new IPSECKEY value TBD1 (suggested: 4)
      (Section 2) in the "Algorithm Type Field" subregistry of the
      "IPSECKEY Resource Record Parameters" registry.

   Value  Description                Format description    Reference

   TBD1   An EdDSA Public Key        [RFC8080], Sec. 3     [ThisRFC]

4.  Security Considerations

   No new issues than [RFC4025] describes.

5.  References

5.1.  Normative References

   [IANA-IPSECKEY]
              IANA, "IPSECKEY Resource Record Parameters",
              <https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipseckey-rr-parameters/
              ipseckey-rr-parameters.xhtml>.

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   [RFC8080]  Sury, O., Edmonds, R., and RFC Publisher, "Edwards-Curve
              Digital Security Algorithm (EdDSA) for DNSSEC", RFC 8080,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8080, February 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8080>.

5.2.  Informative References

   [RFC4025]  Richardson, M. and RFC Publisher, "A Method for Storing
              IPsec Keying Material in DNS", RFC 4025,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4025, March 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4025>.

Appendix A.  IPSECKEY EdDSA example

   The following is an example of an IPSECKEY RR with an EdDSA public
   key base64 encode with no gateway:

      foo.example.com. IN IPSECKEY (
            10 0 4 . 3WTXgUvpn1RlCXnm80gGY2LZ/ErUUEZtZ33IDi8yfhM= )

   The associated EdDSA private key (in hex):

      c7be71a45cbf87785f639dc4fd1c82637c21b5e02488939976ece32b9268d0b7

Acknowledgments

   Thanks to Security Area director, Paul Wouters, for initial review.
   And Security Area director, Roman Danyliw, for final reviews and
   draft shepherding.

Authors' Addresses

   Robert Moskowitz
   HTT Consulting
   Oak Park, MI 48237
   United States of America
   Email: rgm@labs.htt-consult.com

   Tero Kivinen
   Email: kivinen@iki.fi

   Michael C. Richardson
   Sandelman Software Works
   Email: mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca

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   URI:   https://www.sandelman.ca/

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