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draft-urien-tls-llcp-00
TLS Working Group                                            P. Urien 
  Internet Draft                                      Telecom ParisTech 
  Intended status: Experimental                                         
                                                                        
                                                        August 14, 2012 
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                           draft-urien-tls-llcp-00.txt 
    
    
Abstract 
    
   This document describes the implementation, named LLCPS, of the TLS 
   protocol over the NFC (Near Field Communication) LLCP layer. The NFC 
   peer to peer (P2P) protocol may be used by any application that 
   needs communication between two devices at very small distances (a 
   few centimeters). LLCPS enforces a strong security in NFC P2P 
   exchanges, and may be deployed for many services, in the Internet Of 
   Things ecosystem, such as access control or ticketing operations. 
    
Requirements Language 
    
   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", 
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this 
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119. 
    
Status of this Memo 
    
   This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the 
   provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. 
    
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   This Internet-Draft will expire on February 2013. 
    
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Table of Contents 
    
   Abstract........................................................... 1 
   Requirements Language.............................................. 1 
   Status of this Memo................................................ 1 
   Copyright Notice................................................... 2 
   1 Overview......................................................... 4 
      1.1 About the NFC protocol...................................... 4 
      1.2 The LLCP layer.............................................. 6 
   2 TLS support over LLCP............................................ 8 
      2.1 Peer To Peer Link Establishment............................ 10 
      2.2 Inactivity Process......................................... 10 
          2.3.1 Initiator side ...................................... 11 
          2.3.2 Target side ......................................... 11 
          2.3.3 Connection choreography ............................. 12 
      2.4 Disconnection Process...................................... 12 
          2.4.1 Disconnection initiated by the Initiator ............ 12 
          2.4.2 Disconnection initiated by the Target ............... 12 
          2.4.3 Disconnection choreography .......................... 13 
      2.5 Sending Process............................................ 13 
      2.6 Receiving Process.......................................... 15 
   3 Example of LLCPS session........................................ 18 
      3.1 Protocol Activation and Parameters Selection............... 18 
          3.1.1 Initiator ATR-REQ ................................... 18 
          3.1.2 Target ATR-RESP ..................................... 18 
      3.2 LLCP connection............................................ 18 
      3.3 Target: sending Client Hello............................... 19 
      3.4 Inactivity Process......................................... 19 
      3.5 Server: sending Server Hello............................... 19 
      3.6 LLCP Inactivity Process.................................... 20 
      3.7 Client: sending Client Finished............................ 20 
      3.8 Exchanging Data............................................ 21 
          3.8.1 Sending data from client to server .................. 21 
          3.8.2 Sending data from server to client .................. 21 
      3.9 Closing TLS session, initiated by the Initiator............ 22 
   5 Security Considerations......................................... 22 
   4 IANA Considerations............................................. 22 
   6 References...................................................... 22 
      6.1 Normative References....................................... 22 
      6.2 Informative References..................................... 23 
   7 Authors' Addresses.............................................. 23 
 

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1 Overview 
    
1.1 About the NFC protocol 
    
   The Near Field Communication protocol (NFC) is based on standards 
   such as [ECMA340] or [ISO/IEC 18092]. It uses the 13,56 Mhz 
   frequency, with data rates ranging from 106 To 848 kbps. The working 
   distance between two nodes is about a few centimeters, with 
   electromagnetic fields ranging between 1 and 10 A/M. 
    
   There are two classes of working operations: 
    
   - Reader/Writer and Card Emulation. A device named "Reader" feeds 
   another device called "Card", thanks to a 13,56 MHz electromagnetic 
   field coupling. This mode is typically used with [ISO7816] 
   contactless smartcards or with NFC RFIDs. 
    
   - Peer To Peer (P2P). Two devices, the "Initiator" and the "Target" 
   establish a NFC communication link. In the "Active" mode these two 
   nodes are managing their own energy resources. In the "Passive" mode 
   the Initiator powers the Target via a 13,56 MHz electromagnetic 
   field coupling. 
    
   This draft focuses on P2P security, which is required by many 
   applications, targeting access control, transport, or other Internet 
   Of Things (IoT) items. Although the NFC protocol enables data 
   exchange at small physical distances, it doesn't support 
   standardized security features providing privacy or integrity. Thus, 
   protocols such as [SNEP] or [NPP], whose goal is to push NDEF [NDEF] 
   contents, are not today secured. In this draft we define a profile 
   for TLS support in P2P operations. 
    
   A P2P session (see figure 1) occurs in four logical phases: 
    
   1) Initialization and Anti-collision. The Initiator periodically 
   sends a request packet (and therefore generates a RF field), which 
   is acknowledged by a Target response packet. Because several Targets 
   may be located near the Initiator, an anti-collision mechanism is 
   managed by the Initiator in order to establish a session with a 
   single Target. 
   2) Protocol Activation and Parameters Selection. The Initiator 
   starts a logical session with a detected Target by sending a ATR-REQ 
   (Attribute-Request) message, which is confirmed by a Target ATR-RESP 
   (Attribute-Response) message. These messages fix the device IDs 
   (DIDi, Device ID Initiator and DIDt, Device ID Target) used in 
   further packet exchanges. Optional information fields (Gi for the 
   Initiator, and Gt for the Target) identify the protocol to be used 
   over the MAC level; in this document it is assumed that the LLCP 
   [LLCP] (Logical Link Control Protocol) protocol is selected by the 
   Gi and Gt bytes. Optionally some parameters are negotiated by 
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   3) Data Exchange. Frames are exchanged via the DEP (Data Exchange 
   Protocol) protocol. DEP works with DEP-REQ (DEP-Request) transmitted 
   by the Initiator and DEP-RESP (DEP-Response) delivered by the 
   Target. DEP provides error detection and recovery. It uses small 
   data unit size (from 64 to 256 bytes); however it supports a 
   chaining mode for larger sizes. DEP frames typically transport LLCP 
   packets, and provide an error free service 
   4) De-Activation. The Initiator may deactivate the Target by sending 
   a RLS-REQ (Release Request) message acknowledged by a RLS-RESP 
   (Release Response). 
    
   Usually, and for practical reasons, P2P sessions are established 
   between a unique Target and an Initiator, for example a mobile phone 
   and another NFC device. They are automatically started when the 
   distance between the two NFC modes is sufficiently small. The MAC 
   link may be broken at any time, as soon as the distance disables 
   radio operations. 
    
    
          Initiator                                              Target 
             |                                                      | 
             |<------ (1) Initialization and Anti-Collision ------->| 
             |                                                      | 
             |<- (2) Protocol Activation and Parameters Selection ->| 
             | ------------------- ATR-REQ -----------------------> | 
             | <------------------ ATR-RESP ----------------------- | 
             |                                                      | 
             |<---------------- (3) Data Exchange ----------------->| 
             |               LLCP packets over DEP frames           | 
             |                    TLS over LLCP                     | 
             |                                                      | 
             |<----------------(4) De-Activation ------------------>| 
             |                                                      | 
    
                           Figure 1. A NFC P2P Session 
    
   Due to the dissymmetry of the DEP protocol (see figure 2), in which 
   the Initiator sends requests and Target returns responses, the NFC-
   P2P MAC services are dissymmetric on the Initiator and Target sides. 
    
   - The Initiator delivers Data.Request-i and gets Data.Indication-i. 
   - The Target gets Data.Indication-t and delivers Data.Request-t 
    
   MAC services implemented by NFC controllers usually support such 
   dissymmetric primitives for Initiator and Target procedures (MAC 
   Data.request-i/t and Data.Indication-i/t). 
    
   The timeout value (between DEP-REQ and DEP-RESP messages) is deduced 
   from the RWT attribute (Response Waiting Time) returned by the 
   Target in the ATR-RESP message. RWT ranges between 0,6 ms and 9,9 

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   ms. It may be extended to the RWT-INT by a factor RTOX (RWT-INT = 
   RTOX x RWT) between 1 and 60, so the maximum value is about 6s. 
    
    
         Initiator                                         Target 
          |    |                                           |    | 
          |    |                                           |    | 
          |  Data.Request-i --- DEP-REQ --> Data.Indication-t   | 
          |                                        |            | 
          |                                    RWT-INT ms       | 
          |                                        |            | 
        Data.Indication-i <---- DEP-RESP --------- Data.Request-t 
    
    
         Figure 2. NFC-P2P MAC layer service, based on DEP frames 
    
1.2 The LLCP layer 
    
   The LLCP [LLCP] protocol works like a light LLC [IEEE 802.2] layer. 
   It provides two classes of services, connectionless transport and 
   connection-oriented transport. 
    
   This draft focuses on connection-oriented transport because we 
   believe that TLS services MUST be identified by a Service Name (SN). 
    
   An LLCP packet (see figure 3) comprises three mandatory fields, DSAP 
   (Destination Service Access Point, 6 bits), SSAP (Source Service 
   Access Point, 6 bits), and PTYPE (Protocol data unit type field, 4 
   bits). 
    
   An optional sequence field (8 bits) contains two 4 bits number N(S) 
   and N(R) respectively giving the number of the information SDU to be 
   sent and the number of the next information PDU to be received. 
    
   An optional Information field transports the LLCP payload. 
    
         <--------------LLCP Header--------------><-LLCP Payload -> 
         |  DSAP  | PTYPE  |  SSAP  |  Sequence   |  INFORMATION  | 
         | 6 bits | 4 bits | 6 bits | 0 or 8 bits |   M x 8 bits  | 
    
                      Figure 3. Structure of an LLCP packet 
    
   There are sixteen types of LLCP packets, identified by PTYPE values 
   ranging between 0 and 15. In this draft we use only six of these 
   PDUs. 
    
   1) Symmetry (SYMM, PTYPE=0, DSAP=SSAP=0, no Sequence, no 
   Information). This PDU is produced as soon as there is no 
   information to provide. This mechanism avoids timeout at the MAC 
   (DEP) level. SYMM SHOULD be generated after an inactivity period of 
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   2) Connect (CONNECT, PTYPE=4, No sequence, Information). This PDU 
   MUST include a SN (service name parameter) that identified the TLS 
   service ("com.ietf.tls"). It uses a DSAP value set to 1 (the SAP of 
   the Service Discovery Protocol, SDP) and a SSAP value ranging 
   between 16 and 31. It indicates the connection the well-known 
   service (WKS) SDP (SAP=1), which SHOULD deliver an ephemeral SAP 
   (SAP-client) ranging between 16 and 31. 
    
   3) Connection Complete (CC, PTYPE=6, No sequence, Optional 
   Information). This PDU notifies the successful connection to the 
   "com.ietf.tls" service. It allocates the SAP (DSAP=SAP-client) to be 
   used for this session identified by the tuple (SAP-server, SAP-
   client) 
    
   4) Disconnection (DISC, PTYPE=5, No sequence, No Information). This 
   PDU indicates the disconnection of the (SAP-server, SAP-client) 
   session. Null SAP values MAY be used to notify the disconnection of 
   the LLCP entity. 
    
   5) Disconnected Mode (DM, TYPE=7, No sequence, one byte of 
   Information). This PDU confirms the disconnection of the (SAP-
   server, SAP-client) session; one information byte gives the 
   "Disconnected Mode Reasons". Null SAP values notify the 
   disconnection of the LLCP entity. 
    
   6) Information (INFORMATION, PTYPE=10, Sequence, information). This 
   PDU transport a SDU; N(S) indicates the SDU number, N(R) indicates 
   the next SDU number to be received. In this draft the Receive 
   Windows Size (RW) MUST be set to one, which is the default LLCP 
   value. 
    
   7) Receive Ready (RR, PTYPE=11, sequence N(R) only, no Information). 
   This PDU is used for the acknowledgment of previously received 
   information PDU. It indicates the next sequence number (N(R)) to be 
   received. 
    
    
   According to [LLCP] some LLCP functional parameters are updated by 
   LLCP-Parameter attributes exchanged in LLCP packets or in ATR-REQ 
   and ATR-RESP messages. Parameters are encoding according to TLV 
   format, in which Type size is one byte, Length size is one byte and 
   Value is a set of L bytes. In this document we use 6 parameters. 
    
   1) Version Number (VERSION, T=01h, L=01h, V=10h). In this document 
   this option MUST be included in the general bytes of ATR-REQ and 
   ATR-RESP. 
    
   2) Maximum Information Unit Extension (MIUX, T=02h, L=02h). This 
   parameter extends the maximum size of the LLCP PDU (MIU), whose 
   default value is 128 bytes, according to the relation: MIU = MIUX + 

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   128. The MIUX parameter MAY be inserted in general bytes of ATR-REQ 
   and ATR-RESP, and in LLCP PDUs CONNECT and CC. 
    
   3) Well-Known Service List (WKS, T=03h, L=02h). This parameter 
   associates a bit to the instance of a well-known LLCP parameter. A 
   typical value is 00001h, indicating the availability of the DSP 
   service. WKS MAY be inserted in general bytes of ATR-REQ and ATR-
   RESP. 
    
   4) Link Timeout (LTO, T=04h, L=01h). This parameter indicates the 
   timeout value for the LLCP layer, in multiples of 10ms. LTO MAY be 
   inserted in general bytes of ATR-REQ and ATR-RESP. 
    
   5) Receive Windows Frame (RW, T=05h, L=01h). This parameter 
   indicates the size of the receive windows, its value ranges between 
   0 and 15. The default value is one, and MUST be set to one according 
   to this document. It MAY be inserted in LLCP PDUs CONNECT or CC. 
    
   6) Service Name (SN, T=06h). This parameter indicates the name of a 
   service. It MUST be inserted in the CONNECT PDU. In this document 
   its value is set to "com.ietf.tls". 
    
    
2 TLS support over LLCP 
    
   In NFC P2P mode the Initiator detects a Target and afterwards starts 
   and manages a data exchange session; it may optionally feed the 
   Target device. The Initiator has consequently a longer useful life 
   than the Target; it is a legitimate place to host TLS server in a 
   permanent way. Therefore in this section we assume that the 
   Initiator acts as the TLS server and the Target as the TLS client. 
    
   Each entity manages five exclusive processes 
    
   - The Connection Process (CP) 
   - The Disconnection Process (DP) 
   - The Sending Process (SP) 
   - The Receiving Process (RP) 
   - The Inactivity Process (IP) 
    
   The Inactivity Process MAY be started (see figure 4) each time a 
   receiving or sending buffer is empty; in this case it is assumed 
   that the computing time or the delay required before the next 
   input/output operation is greater than the LLCP timeout (LTO). 
    

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                     Initiator                           Target 
                        |                                  | 
                Connection Process                Connection Process 
                        |                                  | 
                    Send SYMM   ------------------>   Receive SYMM 
                  Receive DISC <------------------     Send DISC 
                    Send DM    ------------------->    Receive DM 
                  Receive SYMM <-------------------     Send SYMM 
                        |                                  | 
     =========================TLS Session============================ 
                        |                                  | 
                 Receiving Process                  Sending Process 
                        |                                  | 
                    Send SYMM        ------------->  Receive SYMM 
                Receive INFORMATION  <------------ Send INFORMATION 
                     Send RR         ------------->   Receive RR 
                   Receive SYMM      <-------------    Send SYMM 
                        |                                  | 
                 Inactivity Process                Receiving Process 
                        |                                  | 
                     Send SYMM  ------------------>  Receive SYMM 
                   Receive SYMM <-----------------    Send SYMM 
                        |                                  | 
                  Sending Process                          | 
                        |                                  | 
                 Send INFORMATION ---------------> Receive INFORMATION 
                    Receive RR    <--------------       Send RR 
                        |                                  | 
                 Receiving Process                 Inactivity Process 
                        |                                  | 
                    Send SYMM  ------------------->   Receive SYMM 
                  Receive SYMM <------------------     Send SYMM 
                        |                                  | 
                    Send SYMM        ------------>  Receiving Process 
                Receive INFORMATION  <-----------   Send INFORMATION 
                     Send RR         ------------>     Receive RR 
                   Receive SYMM      <-----------      Send SYMM 
                        |                                  | 
     ===========================End Of TLS Session===================== 
                        |                                  | 
               Inactivity Process                  Inactivity Process 
                        |                                  | 
              Disconnection Process                        | 
                        |                                  | 
                   Send Disc  ------------------->  Receive DISC 
                  Receive DM  <-------------------      Send DM 
                        |                                  | 
    
                    Figure 4. Overview of Process Operations 

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2.1 Peer To Peer Link Establishment 
    
   As described in section 1, the Initiator periodically probes the 
   presence of a Target. At the end of the "Protocol Activation and 
   Parameters Selection" phase, ATR-REQ and ATR-RESP messages have been 
   exchanged, and LLCP services are available on both Initiator and 
   Target nodes, including in particular the Data-Request-i/t and Data-
   Indication-i/t primitives. 
    
   Due to the ephemeral intrinsic nature of an NFC connection, the P2P 
   session may be broken at any time, which implies transmission or 
   reception errors notified by the MAC primitives. 
    
   As a consequence an LLCP session is assumed to be released at the 
   first MAC error. 
    
2.2 Inactivity Process 
    
   When the LLCP layer detects an inactivity period greater that a 
   given timeout value (see figure 5), it generates a SYMM PDU. 
   Therefore each time a LLCP layer is waiting for a non SYMM PDU, and 
   receives a SYMM PDU, it MUST acknowledge it by sending a SYMM PDU. A 
   maximum number (SYMM-Ct-i/t) of echoed SYMM PDU SHOULD be defined. 
    
    
                  Initiator                       Target 
                      |                             | 
    +------>  LLCP inactivity                       + <-------------+ 
    |                 |                             |               | 
    |      +----------+-----------+    +------------+-----------+   | 
    |      +  Inactivity Timeout  +    + Waiting for a LLCP PDU +   | 
    |      +----------+-----------+    +------------+-----------+   | 
    |                 |                             |               | 
    |          Send SYMM PDU      ---->    Reception of a PDU       | 
    |                 |                    |               |        | 
    |                 |                    |SYMM           |Other   | 
    |       Reception of a PDU    <----    |Send SYMM PDU  |PDU     | 
    |             |      |                    |            |        | 
    |         SYMM|      |Other        SYMM-Ct-t++         |        | 
    |  SYMM-Ct-i++|      |PDU                 |            |        | 
    +-------------+   +--+                    +------------|--------+ 
                      |                                    | 
            End Of LLCP Inactivity                  Send a LLCP PDU 
                       
                     Figure 5. Inactivity Process 
    
    
   The Inactivity Process (IP) MAY start between the Receiving Process 
   (RP) and the Sending Process (SP). 
    

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   Once a NFC P2P link is established, TLS server and client software 
   entities are activated. Procedures such as: 
    
   - SOCKET acceptllcp(char *ServiceName), and 
   - SOCKET connectllcp(char *ServiceName) 
    
   MAY be used respectively on Initiator and Target sides, in order to 
   get a SOCKET. This object supports additional facilities, typically 
   the following procedures: 
    
   - int sendllcp(SOCKET s, char *buffer, int length) 
   - int recvllcp(SOCKET s, char *buffer, int length) 
   - int closellcp(SOCKET s) 
    
   which are used for the LLCP session management. 
    
  2.3.1 Initiator side 
    
   The Initiator MUST transmit a SYMM LLCP PDU. 
    
   The Initiator MUST receive a CONNECT PDU, with DSAP=1, including the 
   option SN, whose value MUST be set to "com.ietf.tls". If the SN 
   value is incorrect the Initiator transmits a DM PDU with a reason 
   code. 
    
   The Initiator MUST send a CC PDU, with an SSAP ranging between 16 
   and 31. 
    
   The Initiator SHOULD receive a SYMM PDU. It MAY receive an 
   INFORMATION PDU but this behavior is not recommended, since it 
   complicates the implementation of the acceptllcp (and connectllcp) 
   procedure. 
    
  2.3.2 Target side 
    
   The Target MUST wait for the reception of a SYMM PDU 
    
   The Target MUST send a CONNECT PDU, with DSAP=1 and SSAP ranging 
   between 16 and 31, including the option SN, whose value MUST be set 
   to "com.ietf.tls. 
    
   The Target MUST receive a CC PDU. 
    
   The Target SHOULD send a SYMM PDU. It MAY send an INFORMATION PDU 
   but this behavior is not recommended, since it complicates the 
   implementation of the connectllcp (and acceptllcp) procedure. 
    

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  2.3.3 Connection choreography 
    
                 Initiator                              Target 
                     |                                     | 
            socket= acceptllcp()                 socket=connectllcp() 
                     |                                     | 
                 Send SYMMM       ------------>        Receive SYMM 
                     |                                     | 
               Receive CONNECT   <-------------  Send CONNECT, DSAP=1 
                  Check SN                       SN = "com.ietf.tls" 
                     |                                     | 
                  Send CC        -------------->       Receive CC 
           Allocate Ephemeral SAP                          | 
                     |                                     | 
                Receive SYMM     <--------------       Send SYMM 
                     |                                     | 
                   Done                                   Done 
    
                         Figure 6. Connection Choreography 
    
2.4 Disconnection Process 
    
   Due to the ephemeral nature of P2P NFC session, the disconnection 
   process MAY be unavailable. Nerveless it SHOULD be used for a 
   graceful closing of a TLS session. 
    
   The Disconnection Process is initiated by the Initiator or the 
   Target. 
    
  2.4.1 Disconnection initiated by the Initiator 
    
   The Initiator MUST sends a DISC PDU 
    
   The Target receives the DISC PDU 
    
   The Target MUST send the DM PDU. 
    
   The Initiator MUST receive a DM PDU 
    
  2.4.2 Disconnection initiated by the Target 
    
   The Target receives an LLCP PDU. If it receives DISC then it sends 
   DM; else it sends the DISC PDU. 
    
   The target waits for an LLCP PDU. Upon reception of a LLCP PDU it 
   MUST send SYMM. 
    

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  2.4.3 Disconnection choreography 
    
    
                     Initiator                            Target 
                         |                                  | 
                  closellcp(socket)                         | 
                         |                                  | 
                     Send DISC      -------------->    Receive DISC 
                         |                                  | 
                     Receive DM     <--------------      Send DM 
                         |                                  | 
                       Done 
    
               Figure 7. Disconnection initiated by the Initiator 
    
    
                Initiator                        Target 
                    |                              | 
                    |                      closellcp(socket) 
                    |                              | 
                Send SYMM   ------------->  Receive LLCP PDU 
                    |                        |            | 
                    |                        | DISC       |Other 
                    |<-----------------------+ Send DM    |(SYMM) 
                    |                        | Done       | 
                    |<------------------------------------+Send DISC 
              Receive LLCP PDU                            | 
                 |       |                                | 
                 [ DM    |DISC                     Receive LLCP PDU 
                 |       |Send DM                         | 
                         +------------------------------->| 
                         |                                | 
                         |<-------------------------------+Send SYMM 
                         |                                | 
                         |                               Done 
    
                  Figure 8. Disconnection initiated by the Target 
    
2.5 Sending Process 
    
   The data transmission is managed by the sendllcp(SOCKET s, char 
   *buffer, int length) procedure. 
    
   2.5.1 Initiator side 
    
   The buffer to be transmitted is segmented in LLCP INFORMATION 
   packets. 
    
   Each packet MUST be acknowledged by the Target with a RR PDU 
    
    

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           Initiator                                   Target 
              |                                          | 
        Sendllcp(buffer)                             recvllcp() 
              |                                          | 
      Send INFORMATION PDU -----------------> Receive INFORMATION PDU 
            NS-i++                                       | 
              |                                          | 
          Receive RR <--------------------------- Send RR(NR-t) 
              |                                          | 
      Send INFORMATION PDU -----------------> Receive INFORMATION PDU 
           NS-i++                                        | 
              |                                          | 
          Receive RR <--------------------------- Send RR(NR-t) 
              |                                          | 
         Buffer Empty                                    | 
              | 
            Done 
    
                     Figure 9. Sending Process, Initiator side. 
    
   2.5.2 Target side 
    
   The Target switches to the sending process, managed by the 
   sendllcp() procedure. 
    
   The Target MUST receive a SYMM PDU. 
    
   The buffer to be sent is segmented in INFORMATION PDUs. 
    
   Each INFORMATION PDU is sent by the Target to the Initiator and MUST 
   be acknowledged by a RR PDU. 
    
   Upon the reception of the last RR PDU a SYMM PDU MUST be sent by the 
   Target to the Initiator. 
    

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                         Initiator                     Target 
                            |                            | 
                        recvllcp()                 sendllcp(buffer) 
                            |                            | 
                        Send SYMM       -------->  Receive SYMM 
                            |                            | 
                Receive INFORMATION PDU <------- Send INFORMATION PDU 
                            |                         NS-t++ 
                            |                            | 
                     SEND RR(NR-i)      ------->     Receive RR 
                            |                            | 
                Receive INFORMATION PDU <------- Send INFORMATION PDU 
                            |                         NS-t++ 
                            |                            | 
                     SEND RR(NR-i)      ------->     Receive RR 
                            |                            | 
                            |                      Buffer Empty 
                            |                            | 
                      Receive SYMM      <-------     Send SYMM 
                            |                            | 
                                                        Done 
    
                    Figure 10. Sending Process, Target side. 
    
2.6 Receiving Process 
    
   The Receiving process is handled by the recvllcp(SOCKET s, char 
   *buffer, int length) procedure, which manages a reception buffer. 
    
   2.6.1 Initiator side 
    
   A1) If the reception buffer is empty, the Initiator sends a SYMM 
   PDU. This PDU starts the Target receiving process. The expected PDU 
   received from the Target is either an INFORMATION PDU or a SYMM PDU 
   (notifying an ephemeral inactivity state). 
    
   B1) If the reception buffer stores enough data, then the size 
   requested by the recvllcp() procedure is returned. If the buffer 
   gets empty after this operation, a RR PDU is sent to the Target. The 
   PDU received from the Target is either an INFORMATION PDU or a SYMM 
   PDU. 
    
   B2) Else, while there is not enough data in the buffer, the 
   following loop is performed 
   - Send RR PDU 
   - Receive INFORMATION PDU 
    
   B2.1) at this end of this loop the size requested by the recvllcp() 
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   operation, a RR PDU is sent to the Target. The PDU received from the 
   Target is either an INFORMATION PDU or a SYMM PDU. 
    
                         Initiator                     Target 
                            |                            | 
                      buffer empty                   sendllcp() 
                            |                            | 
     recvllcp()  ===>   Send SYMM       -------->  Receive SYMM 
                            |                            | 
                Receive INFORMATION PDU <------- Send INFORMATION PDU 
                            |                         NS-t++ 
     enough data <===       |                            | 
                            |                            | 
     recvllcp()  ===>       |                            | 
     enough data <===       |                            | 
                      buffer empty                       | 
                            |                            | 
                      Send RR(NR-i)      ------->   Receive RR 
                            |                            | 
                Receive INFORMATION PDU <------- Send INFORMATION PDU 
                            |                         NS-t++ 
                            |                            | 
     recvllcp()  ===>  Send RR(NR-i)      ------->   Receive RR 
                            |                            | 
                Receive INFORMATION PDU <------- Send INFORMATION PDU 
                            |                          NS-t++ 
     enough data <===       |                            | 
                            |                            | 
     recvllcp()  ===>       |                            | 
                     Send RR(NR-i)      ------->     Receive RR 
                            |                            | 
                Receive INFORMATION PDU <------- Send INFORMATION PDU 
                            |                          NS-t++ 
                            |                            | 
                 ===> Send RR(NR-i)      ------->     Receive RR 
                            |                            | 
                Receive INFORMATION PDU <------- Send INFORMATION PDU 
                            |                          NS-t++ 
     enough data <===       |                            | 
                      buffer empty                       | 
                            |                            | 
                     Send RR(NR-i)      ------->     Receive RR 
                            |                            | 
                            |                       buffer empty 
                            |                            | 
                      Receive SYMM      <-------     Send SYMM 
                            |                            | 
                           Done                         Done 
    
                  Figure 11. Receiving Process, Initiator side. 
    

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   2.6.2 Target side 
    
   A1) If the reception buffer stores enough data, then the size 
   requested by the recvllcp() procedure is returned. 
    
   B1) Else, while there is not enough data in the buffer, the 
   following loop is performed 
   - Receive INFORMATION PDU 
   - Send RR PDU 
    
           Initiator                   Target 
              |                          | 
        Sendllcp(buffer)            buffer empty 
              |                          | 
              |                          | <=== recvllcp() 
              |                          | 
      Send INFORMATION PDU ----> Receive INFORMATION PDU 
            NS-i++                       | 
              |                          | 
          Receive RR <------------ Send RR(NR-t) 
              |                          | 
              |                          | ===> enough data 
              |                          | 
              |                          | <=== recvllcp() 
              |                          | ===> enough data 
              |                          | 
              |                     buffer empty 
              |                          | 
              |                          | <=== recvllcp() 
              |                          | 
      Send INFORMATION PDU --> Receive INFORMATION PDU 
           NS-i++                        | 
              |                          | 
          Receive RR <------------ Send RR(NR-t) 
              |                          | 
      Send INFORMATION PDU --> Receive INFORMATION PDU 
           NS-i++                        | 
              |                          | 
          Receive RR <------------ Send RR(NR-t) 
              |                          | 
         buffer empty                    | ===> enough data 
              |                    buffer empty 
            Done                         | 
                                       Done 
    
                  Figure 12. Receiving Process, Initiator side. 
    
    

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3 Example of LLCPS session 
    
3.1 Protocol Activation and Parameters Selection 
    
  3.1.1 Initiator ATR-REQ 
    
   Raw-data: 
   5C A9 BE E1 C0 35 A0 BF 16 0F 00 00 00 02 46 66 
   6D 01 01 10 03 02 00 01 04 01 01 10 64 
    
   NFCID3i= 5C A9 BE E1 C0 35 A0 BF 16 0F 
   DIDi (Initiator ID) = 00 
   BSi= 00 
   BRi= 00 
   PPi= 02, 64 bytes of Transport Data, Gt bytes available 
   Magic Bytes: 46666d 
   Option: Version, Major=1, Minor=0 
   Option: WKS: Well-Known Service List 0x0001 
   Option: LTO: Link TimeOut 0x64 (1000 ms) 
     
    
  3.1.2 Target ATR-RESP 
    
   Raw-Data: 
   AA 99 88 77 66 55 44 33 22 11 00 00 00 09 03 46 
   66 6D 01 01 10 03 02 00 01 04 01 64 
    
   NFCID3t= AA 99 88 77 66 55 44 33 22 11 
   DIDt (Target ID)= 00 
   BSt= 00 
   BRt= 00 
   TO= 09, WT= 6363 ms 
   PPt= 03, 64 bytes of Transport Data, NAD available, Gt bytes 
   available 
   Magic Bytes: 46666d 
   Option: Version, Major=1, Minor=0 
   Option: WKS: Well-Known Service List 0x0001 
   Option: LTO: Link TimeOut 0x64 (1000 ms) 
    
3.2 LLCP connection 
    
   Initiator: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Tx-i: 00 00 
   Target: Sending CONNECT, ssap=27 dsap=1, option=SN("com.ietf.tls") 
   Rx_i: 05 1B 06 0C 63 6F 6D 2E 69 65 74 66 2E 74 6C 73 
   Initiator: Sending ConnectionComplete, ssap=16 dsap=27 
   Tx-i: 6D 90 
   Target: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Rx-i: 00 00 
    

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3.3 Target: sending Client Hello 
    
   RecvLLCP Initiator: request size=5, buffer empty, sending SYMM 
   Initiator: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Tx-i: 00 00 
    
    
   SendLLCP Target: request size=82 bytes, Waiting for SYMM 
   Target: Receiving SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Target: Sending INFORMATION, ssap=27 dsap=16 Nr=0, Ns=0 
   Rx-i: 43 1B 00 16 03 01 00 4D 01 00 00 49 03 01 50 1A  
         A9 6B 82 55 1C B5 AD FF BC 87 21 66 5F B5 98 41  
         9E 17 33 39 45 F9 78 86 46 D6 F6 75 51 10 20 E7  
         0A 41 FE 8C F9 A0 38 D3 28 72 E8 04 7E C2 37 22  
         05 13 24 AA DE 2F 6B 67 4C 19 CE A5 7D A0 86 00  
         02 00 04 01 00 
    
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size=5 bytes, buffer=82 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size=77 bytes, buffer=77 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: buffer empty, sending RR(1), ssap=16 dsap=27 
   Tx-i: 6F 50 01 
    
   SendLLCP_Target: Receiving RR(1), ssap=16 dsap=27 
   SendLLCP_Target: empty buffer, Done, Sending SYMM 
   Target: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
    
   Initiator: Receiving SYMM ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Rx-i: 00 00 
    
3.4 Inactivity Process 
    
   Initiator: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Tx-i: 00 00 
    
   RecvLLCP Target: request size=5 bytes, buffer empty 
   Target: Receiving SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Target: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
    
   Initiator: Receiving SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Rx-i: 00 00 
    
3.5 Server: sending Server Hello 
    
   SendLLCP_Initiator: request size=122 bytes 
   Initiator: Sending INFORMATION, ssap=16 dsap=27 Nr=1 Ns=0 
   Tx-i: 6F 10 01 16 03 01 00 4A 02 00 00 46 03 01 50 1A  
         A9 6B 6C 0E 31 E1 F3 0E CD 18 E7 6F 81 BF 5F 3C  
         FD DE 00 4C A4 12 AE DC DF E4 FF 82 09 5E 20 E7  
         0A 41 FE 8C F9 A0 38 D3 28 72 E8 04 7E C2 37 22  
         05 13 24 AA DE 2F 6B 67 4C 19 CE A5 7D A0 86 00  
         04 00 14 03 01 00 01 01 16 03 01 00 20 83 18 D1  

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         E3 BC 3A 94 26 91 3D FC F3 8E 01 46 5E 52 8E 67  
         A2 66 FC 5F D5 89 78 59 66 14 BA D3 B0 
    
   RecvLLCP_Target: Receiving INFORMATION, ssap=16 dsap=27 Nr=1 Ns=0 
   RecvLLCP_Target: sending RR(1), ssap=27 dsap=16 
   RecvLLCP_Target: request size=74 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Target: request size=5 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Target: request size=1 byte 
    
   SendLLCP Initiator: Receiving RR(1), ssap=27 dsap=16 
   Rx-i: 43 5B 01 
   SendLLCP_Initiator: buffer empty, Done 
    
   RecvLLCP_Target: request size=5 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Target: request size=32 bytes, Done, empty buffer 
    
    
3.6 LLCP Inactivity Process 
    
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size=5, empty buffer, sending SYMM 
   Initiator: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Tx-i: 00 00 
    
   Target: Receiving SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Target: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
    
   Initiator: Receiving SYMM ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Rx-i: 00 00 
    
3.7 Client: sending Client Finished 
    
   Initiator: Receiving SYMM ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Tx-i: 00 00 
    
   SendLLCP_Target: request size=43 bytes, Waiting for SYMM 
   Target: Receiving SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Target: Sending INFORMATION, ssap=27 dsap=16 Nr=1, Ns=1 
   Rx-i: 43 1B 11 14 03 01 00 01 01 16 03 01 00 20 57 DD  
         DE 29 9E E4 EF DD C5 18 87 50 C6 C7 B9 56 AD FA  
         EF 65 B2 24 48 04 2E FE 7D BD 97 E1 F3 3A 
    
   Initiator: Receiving INFORMATION, ssap=27 dsap=16 Nr=1, Ns=1 
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size= 5 bytes, buffer=43 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size= 1 bytes, buffer=38 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size= 5 bytes, buffer=37 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size=32 bytes, buffer=32 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: empty buffer, sending RR(2) 
   Initiator: Sending RR(2), ssap=16 dsap=27 
   Tx-i: 6F 50 02 
    
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   SendLLC_Target: empty buffer, Done, sending SYMM 
   Target: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
    
   Initiator: Receiving SYMM ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Rx-i: 00 00 
    
3.8 Exchanging Data 
    
  3.8.1 Sending data from client to server 
    
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size=5 bytes, empty buffer, sending SYMM 
   Initiator: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Tx-i: 00 00 
    
   Target: Receiving SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
   SendLLCP_Target: sending 27 bytes 
   Target: Sending INFORMATION, ssap=27 dsap=16 Nr=1, Ns=2 
    
   Initiator: Receiving INFORMATION, ssap=27 dsap=16 Nr=1, Ns=2 
   Rx-i: 43 1B 21 17 03 01 00 16 C2 D5 18 CB 0D AB 44 E5  
         0F 25 DB 83 6D 26 B7 74 E7 90 EF 33 8C FE 
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size= 5 bytes, buffer=27 bytes 
   RecvLLCP_Initiator: request size=22 bytes, buffer=22 bytes 
   Initiator: Sending RR(3), ssap=16 dsap=27 
   Tx-i: 6F 50 03 
    
   Target: Receiving RR(3), ssap=16 dsap=27 
   SendLLC_Target: empty buffer, Done, sending SYMM 
   Target: Sending SYMM, ssap=0 dsap=0 
    
   Initiator: Receiving SYMM ssap=0 dsap=0 
   Rx-i: 00 00 
    
  3.8.2 Sending data from server to client 
    
   SendLLCP Initiator: request size=27 bytes 
   Initiator: Sending INFORMATION, ssap=16 dsap=27 Nr=3 Ns=1 
   Tx-i: 6F 10 13 17 03 01 00 16 DC 82 FE B9 EA 1C 63 5C  
         AC 8C FE C9 A2 4F 8A FD 54 EE 18 F5 DB 30 
    
   RecvLLCP_Target: request size= 5 bytes 
   Target: Receiving INFORMATION, ssap=16 dsap=27 Nr=3 Ns=1 
   RecvLLCP_Target: sending RR(2) 
   Target: Sending RR(2), ssap=27 dsap=16 
   RecvLLCP_Target: request size=22 bytes, buffer=22 bytes, Done 
    
   Initiator: Receiving RR(2), ssap=27 dsap=16 
   Rx-i: 43 5B 02 
   SendLLCP Initiator: empty buffer, Done 
    
    

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3.9 Closing TLS session, initiated by the Initiator 
    
   Initiator: Sending DISC, ssap=16 dsap=27 
   Tx-i: 6D 50 
    
   Target: Receiving DISC, ssap=16 dsap=27 
   Target: Sending DM, ssap=27 dsap=16 
    
   Initiator: Receiving DM, ssap=27 dsap=16 
   Rx-i: 41 DB 00 
    
    
5 Security Considerations 
    
   To be done. 
    
4 IANA Considerations 
    
6 References 
    
6.1 Normative References 
    
   [TLS 1.0] Dierks, T., C. Allen, "The TLS Protocol Version 1.0", RFC 
   2246, January 1999 
    
   [TLS 1.1] Dierks, T., Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security 
   (TLS) Protocol Version 1.1", RFC 4346, April 2006 
    
   [TLS 1.2] Dierks, T., Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security 
   (TLS) Protocol Version 1.1", draft-ietf-tls-rfc4346-bis-10.txt, 
   March 2008 
    
   [ECMA340] "Near Field Communication Interface and Protocol (NFCIP-
   1)", Standard ECMA-340, December 2004 
    
   [ISO/IEC 18092] "Information technology - Telecommunications and 
   information exchange between systems - Near Field Communication - 
   Interface and Protocol (NFCIP-1)", April 2004 
    
   [LLCP] "Logical Link Control Protocol", Technical Specification, NFC 
   ForumTM, LLCP 1.1, June 2011 
    
   [SNEP] "Simple NDEF Exchange Protocol", Technical Specification, NFC 
   ForumTM, SNEP 1.0, August 2011 
    
   [NDEF] "NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF)", Technical Specification 
   NFC ForumTM, NDEF 1.0, July 2006. 
    
    

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   [ISO7816] ISO 7816, "Cards Identification - Integrated Circuit Cards 
   with Contacts", The International Organization for Standardization 
   (ISO) 
    
    
   [IEEE 802.2] IEEE Std 802.2, "IEEE Standard for Information 
   technology Telecommunications and information exchange between 
   systems Local and metropolitan area networks, Specific requirements, 
   Part 2: Logical Link Control", 1998 
    
6.2 Informative References 
    
   [NPP} "Android NDEF Push Protocol Specification Version 1", February 
   2011 
    
7 Authors' Addresses 
    
   Pascal Urien 
   Telecom ParisTech 
   23 avenue d' Italie 
   75013 Paris               Phone: NA 
   France                    Email: Pascal.Urien@telecom-paristech.fr 
    

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