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draft-wilkinson-afs3-rxgk-07
Network Working Group                                       S. Wilkinson
Internet-Draft                                                       YFS
Intended status: Informational                                  B. Kaduk
Expires: January 16, 2014                                            MIT
                                                           July 15, 2013

                rxgk: GSSAPI based security class for RX
                      draft-wilkinson-afs3-rxgk-07

Abstract

   rxgk is a security class for the RX RPC protocol.  It uses the GSSAPI
   framework to provide an authentication service that provides
   authentication, confidentiality and integrity protection for the rxgk
   security class.  This document provides a general description of rxgk
   and how to integrate it into generic RX applications.  Application
   specific behaviour will be described, as necessary, in future
   documents.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Time Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Encryption Framework  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Key Usage Values  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Security Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Token Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   6.  Key Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     6.1.  RPC Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     6.2.  GSS Negotiation Loop  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     6.3.  Returned Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   7.  Combining Tokens  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     7.1.  Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     7.2.  Key Combination Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     7.3.  RPC Definition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     7.4.  Server Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     7.5.  Client Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   8.  The rxgk Security Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     8.1.  Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     8.2.  Rekeying  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     8.3.  Key Derivation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     8.4.  The Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     8.5.  The Response  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       8.5.1.  The Authenticator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     8.6.  Checking the Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     8.7.  Packet Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       8.7.1.  Authentication Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       8.7.2.  Integrity Protection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       8.7.3.  Encryption  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   9.  RXGK protocol error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   10. AFS-3 Registry Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   11. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   12. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     12.1.  Abort Packets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     12.2.  Token Expiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     12.3.  Nonce Lengths  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
   13. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     13.1.  Informational References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
     13.2.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   Appendix B.  Changes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     B.1.  Since 00  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     B.2.  Since 01  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     B.3.  Since 02  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     B.4.  Since 03  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     B.5.  Since 04  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28

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     B.7.  Since 06  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28

1.  Introduction

   rxgk is a GSSAPI [RFC2743] based security class for the rx [RX]
   protocol.  It provides authentication, confidentiality and integrity
   protection for rx RPC calls, using a security context established
   using any GSSAPI mechanism with confidentiality, mutual
   authentication, and PRF [RFC4401] support.  The External Data
   Representation Standardard, XDR [RFC4506], is used to represent data
   structures on the wire and in the code fragments contained within
   this document.

   Architecturally, rxgk is split into two parts.  The rxgk rx security
   class provides strong encryption using previously negotiated ciphers
   and keys.  It builds on the Kerberos crypto framework [RFC3961] for
   its encryption requirements, but is authentication mechanism
   independent -- the class itself does not require the use of either
   Kerberos, or GSSAPI.  The security class simply uses a previously
   negotiated encryption type, and master key.  The master key is never
   directly used, but instead a per-connection key is derived for each
   new secure connection that is established.

   The second portion of rxgk is a service which permits the negotiation
   of an encryption algorithm, and the establishment of a master key.
   This is done via a separate RPC exchange with a server, prior to the
   setup of any rxgk connections.  The exchange establishes an rxgk
   token, and a master key shared between client and server.  This
   exchange is protected within a GSSAPI security context.

1.1.  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 [RFC2119].

2.  Time Representation

   rxgk expresses absolute time as a 64-bit integer.  This contains the
   time relative to midnight, or 0 hour, January 1, 1970 UTC,
   represented in increments of 100 nanoseconds, excluding any leap
   seconds.  Negative times, whilst permitted by the representation,
   MUST NOT be used within rxgk.

   typedef hyper rxgkTime;

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3.  Encryption Framework

   Bulk data encryption within rxgk is performed using the encryption
   framework defined by RFC3961 [RFC3961].  Any algorithm which is
   defined using this framework and supported by both client and server
   may be used.

3.1.  Key Usage Values

   In order to avoid using the same key for multiple tasks, key
   derivation is employed.  To avoid any conflicts with other users of
   these keys, key usage numbers are allocated within the application
   space documented in section 4 of RFC4120 [RFC4120].

   const RXGK_CLIENT_ENC_PACKET            = 1026;
   const RXGK_CLIENT_MIC_PACKET            = 1027;
   const RXGK_SERVER_ENC_PACKET            = 1028;
   const RXGK_SERVER_MIC_PACKET            = 1029;
   const RXGK_CLIENT_ENC_RESPONSE          = 1030;
   const RXGK_SERVER_ENC_TOKEN             = 1036;

   The application of these key usage numbers is specified in Section 8.

4.  Security Levels

   rxgk supports the negotiation of a range of different security
   levels.  These, along with the protocol constants that represent them
   during key negotiation, are:

   Authentication only  (0) Provides only connection authentication,
         without either integrity or confidentiality protection.  This
         mode of operation can provide higher throughput, but is
         vulnerable to man in the middle attacks.  This corresponds to
         the traditional rxkad 'clear' security level.

   Integrity  (1) Provides integrity protection only.  Data is protected
         from modification by an attacker, but not against
         eavesdropping.  This corresponds to the traditional rxkad
         'auth' security level, authenticating the data payload as well
         as the Rx connection.

   Encryption  (2) Provides both integrity and confidentiality
         protection.  This corresponds to the traditional rxkad 'crypt'
         security level.

   The authentication only, or clear, security level provides faster
   throughput, at the expense of connection security.  The 'clear'

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   security level is vulnerable to a man in the middle altering the data
   passed over the connection, whereas the 'integrity' security level
   prevents such attacks by sending a cryptographic checksum of the data
   being transmitted.

   enum RXGK_Level {
       RXGK_LEVEL_CLEAR = 0,
       RXGK_LEVEL_AUTH = 1,
       RXGK_LEVEL_CRYPT = 2
   };

5.  Token Format

   An rxgk token is an opaque identifier which is specific to a
   particular application's implementation of rxgk.  The token is
   completely opaque to the client, which just receives it from one
   server and passes it to another.  The token MUST permit the receiving
   server to identify the corresponding user and session key for the
   incoming connection -- whether that be by decrypting the information
   within the token, or making the token a large random identifier which
   keys a lookup table on the server, or some other mechanism.  It is
   assumed that such mechanisms will conceptually "encrypt" a token by
   somehow associating the "encrypted" token with the associated
   unencrypted data, and will "decrypt" an encrypted token by using that
   association to find the unencrypted data.  As such, this document
   will use "encrypt" and "decrypt" to refer to these operations on
   tokens.  If the token is an encrypted blob, it should be encrypted
   using the key usage RXGK_SERVER_ENC_TOKEN.

   The token MUST NOT expose the session key on the wire.  The token
   MUST be sufficiently random that an attacker cannot predict suitable
   token values by observing other connections.  An attacker MUST NOT be
   able to forge tokens which convey a particular session key or
   identity.

6.  Key Negotiation

   rxgk uses an independent RX RPC service for key negotiation.  The
   location of this service is application dependent.  Within a given
   application protocol, a client MUST be able to locate the key
   negotiation service, and that service MUST be able to create tokens
   which can be read by the application server.  The simplest deployment
   has the negotiation service running on every application server, on
   the same transport endpoints, but using a separate, dedicated, rx
   service ID.

   The rxgk key negotiation service uses the service ID 34567.

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   GSS security context negotiation requires that the initiator specify
   a principal name for the acceptor; in the absence of application-
   specific knowledge, when using rxgk over a port number registered
   with IANA, the registered service name SHOULD be used to construct
   the target principal name as <service name>@<hostname> using the name
   type GSS_C_NT_HOSTBASED_SERVICE.

6.1.  RPC Interface

   The key negotiation protocol is defined by the RPC-L below.  The
   maximum length of data allowable in an RXGK_Data object,
   RXGK_MAXDATA, is application-specific, but MUST NOT be less than
   1048576.

       /* limits for variable-length arrays */
       const RXGK_MAXENCTYPES = 255;
       const RXGK_MAXLEVELS = 255;
       const RXGK_MAXMIC = 1024;
       const RXGK_MAXNONCE = 1024;
       /* const RXGK_MAXDATA = 1048576; */

       typedef int RXGK_Enctypes<RXGK_MAXENCTYPES>;
       typedef opaque RXGK_Data<RXGK_MAXDATA>;

       struct RXGK_StartParams {
           RXGK_Enctypes enctypes;
           RXGK_Level levels<RXGK_MAXLEVELS>;
           unsigned int lifetime;
           unsigned int bytelife;
           opaque client_nonce<RXGK_MAXNONCE>;
       };

       struct RXGK_ClientInfo {
           int errorcode;
           int enctype;
           RXGK_Level level;
           unsigned int lifetime;
           unsigned int bytelife;
           rxgkTime expiration;
           opaque mic<RXGK_MAXMIC>;
           RXGK_Data token;
           opaque server_nonce<RXGK_MAXNONCE>;
       };

       package RXGK_

       GSSNegotiate(IN RXGK_StartParams *client_start,
            IN RXGK_Data *input_token_buffer,

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            IN RXGK_Data *opaque_in,
            OUT RXGK_Data *output_token_buffer,
            OUT RXGK_Data *opaque_out,
            OUT unsigned int *gss_major_status,
            OUT unsigned int *gss_minor_status,
            OUT RXGK_Data *rxgk_info) = 1;

   The client populates RXGK_StartParams with its preferred options.
   The enctypes and levels parameters are lists of values supported by
   the client, and MUST be ordered from best to worst, with the client's
   favoured option occurring first within the list.  The parameters are:

   enctypes:  List of encryption types from the Kerberos Encryption Type
         Number registry created in RFC3961 and maintained by IANA.
         This list indicates the encryption types that the client is
         prepared to support.

   levels:  List of supported rxgk transport encryption levels.  See
         Section 4 for allowed values.

   lifetime:  The maximum number of seconds that a connection key should
         be used before rekeying.  A value of 0 indicates that the
         connection should not be rekeyed based on its lifetime.  This
         lifetime is advisory; Section 8.2 describes its use.

   bytelife:  The maximum amount of data to be transferred over the
         connection before it should be rekeyed, expressed as log base 2
         of the number of bytes.  A value of 0 indicates that there is
         no limit on the number of bytes that may be transmitted.  The
         byte lifetime is advisory -- a connection that is over its byte
         lifetime should be permitted to continue, but endpoints SHOULD
         attempt to rekey the connection (as per Section 8.2) at their
         earliest convenience.  The use of the bytelife to determine
         when to rekey a connection is described in Section 8.2 along
         with the lifetime.

   client_nonce:  A client-generated string of random bytes, to be used
         as input to the key generation.  This nonce SHOULD be at least
         20 octets in length.

   The client then continues the negotiation loop (described below) by
   calling GSS_Init_sec_context() to obtain an output token to send to
   the server.  The GSS service name is application dependent; for
   constructing a service name see Section 6.

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   The client then calls RXGK_GSSNegotiate, as defined above.  This
   takes the following parameters:

   client_start  The client params structure detailed above.  This will
         remain constant across the negotiation.

   input_token_buffer  The token produced by a call to
         GSS_Init_sec_context().

   opaque_in  An opaque token, which was returned by the server
         following a previous call to GSSNegotiate in this negotiation.
         If this is the first call, opaque_in should be zero-length.

   output_token_buffer  The token output by the server's call to
         GSS_Accept_sec_context().

   opaque_out  An opaque token, which the server may use to preserve
         state information between multiple RPCs in the same context
         negotiation.  The client should use this value as opaque_in in
         its next call to GSSNegotiate in this context negotiation.

   gss_major_status  The major status code output by the server's call
         to GSS_Accept_sec_context().

   gss_minor_status  The minor status code returned by
         GSS_Accept_sec_context().  Implementors should note that minor
         status codes are not portable between GSSAPI implementations.

   rxgk_info  If gss_major_status == GSS_S_COMPLETE this contains an
         encrypted block containing the server's response to the client.
         See below.

6.2.  GSS Negotiation Loop

   The client proceeds through a GSS security context initialization
   loop, with alternating calls to GSS_Init_sec_context() and the
   GSSNegotiate() RPC, until an error or success condition is reached.
   Each call to GSSNegotiate will return an output token from
   GSS_Accept_sec_context() and/or an output opaque to be used as an
   input for a subsequent call to GSSNegotiate, if such a subsequent
   call is necessary.

   All calls to GSSNegotiate in the loop MUST occur on the same Rx
   connection.

   Different GSS mechanisms will require a different number of full (or
   half) round trips.  The structure of the loop, with success and error
   conditions noted (noting that RX level errors may occur as well which

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   are not mentioned as part of the loop structure), is enumerated
   below.  The client drives the loop by calling the GSSNegotiate RPC.
   If the server detects a failure of the negotiation loop before a
   security context is established, the server reports this status to
   the client in the RPC return value as an appropriate com_err error
   code.  The steps of the loop are:

   1.  The client calls GSS_Init_sec_context(), supplying an input token
       if a token was returned by the previous (if any) call to
       GSSNegotiate().  The client MUST set the mutual_req_flag,
       conf_req_flag, and integ_req_flag booleans to true.

       *  If the major status code from GSS_Init_sec_context() indicates
          a GSSAPI error, the negotiation loop is in an error condition
          and terminates.

       *  If the major status code is GSS_S_COMPLETE and the
          mutual_state, conf_avail integ_avail flags are not all true,
          the negotiation loop is in an error condition and terminates.

       *  If the major status code is GSS_S_COMPLETE and the output
          token is zero length, this is a success condition and the
          negotiation loop terminates (this cannot happen on the first
          iteration of the loop).

       *  If the major status code is GSS_S_COMPLETE and the output
          token is of nonzero length, the negotiation loop proceeds and
          the token is sent to the server.

       *  Otherwise, if the major status code does not include
          GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED, the negotiation loop is in an error
          condition and terminates.

       *  If the major status code includes GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED and
          the output token is zero-length, the negotiation loop is in an
          error condition and terminates.

       *  If the major status code includes GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED, the
          output token is sent to the server, per the next step.

   2.  The client calls GSSNegotiate(), supplying the output token from
       GSS_Init_sec_context() and an input opaque if one was returned by
       a previous call to GSSNegotiate().

   3.  The server calls GSS_Accept_sec_context(), supplying the token it
       received from the client as input.  If there is an output token
       from GSS_Accept_sec_context(), the server returns it to the
       client in the output_token_buffer field of the GSSNegotiate()

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       RPC, along with the major and minor status codes from the call to
       GSS_Accept_sec_context().

       *  If the major status code from GSS_Accept_sec_context()
          indicates a GSSAPI error, the negotiation loop is in an error
          condition and terminates.

       *  If the major status code includes GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED and
          the output token is zero-length, the negotiation loop is in an
          error condition and terminates.

       *  If the major status code includes GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED, the
          server also returns an opaque identifier in the opaque_out
          field of the RPC, which will allow the server to associate a
          future RPC call with this partially formed security context.

       *  If the major status code is GSS_S_COMPLETE and the ret_flags
          output of GSS_Accept_sec_context() has the flags
          GSS_C_CONF_FLAG and GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG both set to true, the
          server constructs an RXGK_ClientInfo structure per below.  The
          server MAY use the gss_major_status and gss_minor_status
          output variables of the GSSNegotiate() RPC to report the
          status of GSSAPI calls other than GSS_Accept_sec_context()
          which are performed in the process of constructing the
          RXGK_ClientInfo structure.  If an error occurs during the
          construction of the RXGK_ClientInfo structure, that error is
          reported in the errorcode field of the RXGK_ClientInfo
          structure.

       *  If one or both of the GSS_C_CONF_FLAG and GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG
          flags are false, then the negotiated security context is
          unusable for rxgk.  The server constructs an RXGK_ClientInfo
          structure with the errorcode field set to indicate the bad
          quality of protection and all other fields empty, returning
          zero from the GSSNegotiate() RPC.

   4.  The client receives the results of the GSSNegotiate() RPC.

       *  If the server experienced an error condition, a nonzero value
          was returned by the GSSNegotiate() RPC and the loop terminates
          in failure.  In general, such an error should be reported back
          to the user and no automated failover should occur other than
          a limited number of retries.

       *  If the most recent call to GSS_Init_sec_context() returned the
          major status code GSS_S_COMPLETE and the GSSNegotiate() RPC
          returned an output token, the loop is in an error condition
          and terminates.

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       *  If the most recent call to GSS_Init_sec_context() returned the
          major status code GSS_S_COMPLETE and and the GSSNegotiate()
          RPC returned a zero-length token, the negotiation loop is in a
          success condition and terminates.

       *  If the most recent call to GSS_Init_sec_context() returned the
          major status code GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED and the GSSNegotiate()
          RPC returned an empty output token, the negotiation loop is in
          an error condition and terminates.

       *  Otherwise, the client proceeds to begin the next cycle of the
          negotiation loop.

   Failure of the negotiation loop or failure to establish a
   sufficiently protected security context will in general affect the
   client's future behavior, potentially even the security class used
   for future connections, so care should be taken to report errors in a
   secure fashion when possible.  A failure of the negotiation loop
   (reported as a nonzero RPC return value, i.e., an RX abort) may occur
   for transient reasons and should not necessarily be interpreted to
   mean that rxgk is not usable on this connection (see Section 12),
   whereas an error returned in the errorcode field of the
   RXGK_ClientInfo object is subject to GSS protection and is more
   likely to be usable for determining future actions.

6.3.  Returned Information

   Upon successful completion of the loop (negotiation of a GSS security
   context), rxgk_info contains the XDR representation of a
   RXGK_ClientInfo structure, encrypted using gss_wrap() with
   confidentiality protection (or potentially some weaker protection if
   an appropriate security context could not be negotiated).  The client
   should decrypt this structure using gss_unwrap().  If the value of
   conf_state returned from gss_unwrap() is zero, then the negotiation
   has failed to obtain a valid token.  In this case the value of the
   errorcode element may still be inspected for additional information.

   RXGK_ClientInfo contains the following server populated fields:

   errorcode  A policy (rather than connection establishment) error
         code.  If non-zero, an error has occurred, the resulting key
         negotiation has failed, and the rest of the values in this
         structure are undefined.  These policy error codes are from
         com_err tables [COMERR] and may represent such conditions as
         insufficient authorization or that the client has too many
         active connections to the service.  Error codes may be RXGK
         errors (see Section 10) or from an application-specific table.

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   enctype  The encryption type selected by the server.  This SHALL be
         one of the types listed by the client in its StartParams
         structure.

   level The rxgk security level selected by the server, see Section 4
         for allowed values.

   lifetime  The connection lifetime, in seconds, as determined by the
         server.  The server MAY honor the client's request, but the
         server MUST choose a value at least as restrictive as the value
         requested by the client.  A value of zero indicates that the
         connection should not be rekeyed based on its lifetime.

   bytelife  The maximum amount of data (as log base 2 of the number of
         bytes) that may be transfered using this key.  The server MAY
         honor the client's request, but the server MUST choose a value
         at least as restrictive as the value requested by the client.
         A value of 0 indicates that the connection should not be
         rekeyed based on the number of bytes transmitted over the
         connection.

   expiration  The time, expressed as an rxgkTime, at which this token
         expires.  The expiration time MAY be set administratively by
         the server, and SHOULD reflect the expiration time of the
         underlying GSSAPI credential.  The token SHOULD NOT expire
         later than the underlying GSSAPI credential.

   mic   The result of calling gss_get_mic() [RFC2744] over the XDR
         encoded representation of the StartParams request received by
         the server.

   token An rxgk token.  This is an opaque blob, as detailed in
         Section 5.

   server_nonce  The random nonce used by the server to create the K0
         contained within the rxgk token.  The length of this nonce
         SHOULD be the key generation seed length of the selected
         enctype.

   Upon receiving the server's response, the client MUST verify that the
   mic contained within it matches the MIC of the XDR representation of
   the StartParams structure it sent to the server (this prevents a man
   in the middle from performing a downgrade attack).  The client SHOULD
   also verify that the server's selected connection properties match
   those proposed by the client.

   The client may then compute K0, by taking the nonce it sent to the
   server (client_nonce) and the one it has just received

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   (server_nonce), combining them together, and passing them to
   GSS_Pseudo_random() with the GSS_C_PRF_KEY_FULL option:

    GSS_Pseudo_random(gssapi_context,
              GSS_C_PRF_KEY_FULL,
              client_nonce || server_nonce,
              K,
              *K0);

   || is the concatenation operation.

   K, the desired output length, is the key generation seed length as
   specified in the RFC3961 profile of the negotiated enctype.

   The ouput of GSS_Pseudo_random must then be passed through the
   random-to-key operation specified in the RFC3961 profile for the
   negotiated enctype in order to obtain the actual key K0.

   The GSS_Pseudo_random() operation is deterministic, ensuring that the
   client and server generate the same K0.  The gssapi_context parameter
   is the same context used in the client's GSS_Init_sec_context() call
   and the server's GSS_Accept_sec_context() call.

7.  Combining Tokens

7.1.  Overview

   A client may elect to combine multiple rxgk tokens in its possession
   into a single token.  This allows an rx connection to be secured
   using a combination of multiple, individually established identities,
   which provides additional security for a number of application
   protocols.

   Token combination is performed using the CombineTokens RPC call.  The
   client has two keys -- K0 and K1, and two tokens, T0 and T1.  The
   client calls the CombineTokens RPC with T0 and T1 and negotiates the
   enctype and security level of the new token, received as Tn.  Tn
   contains the new key Kn, as computed by the server.  Using the
   negotiated enctype returned by the server, the client then locally
   combines the two keys using a defined combination algorithm to
   produce Kn.

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7.2.  Key Combination Algorithm

   Assume that the tokens being combined are T0 and T1, with master keys
   K0 and K1.  The new master key for the combined token, Kn is computed
   using the KRB-FX-CF2 operation, described in section 5.1 of
   [RFC6113].  The PRF+ operations will correspond to their respective
   key enctypes, and the random-to-key operation will correspond to the
   negotiated new enctype.  The constants pepper1 and pepper2 required
   by this operation are defined as the ASCII strings "AFS" and "rxgk"
   respectively.

7.3.  RPC Definition

   The combine keys RPC is defined as:

       struct RXGK_CombineOptions {
           RXGK_Enctypes enctypes;
           RXGK_Level levels<RXGK_MAXLEVELS>;
       };

       struct RXGK_TokenInfo {
           RXGK_Enctype enctype;
           RXGK_Level level;
           unsigned int lifetime;
           unsigned int bytelife;
           rxgkTime expiration;
       }

       CombineTokens(IN RXGK_Data *token0, IN RXGK_Data *token1,
                     IN RXGK_CombineOptions *options,
                     OUT RXGK_Data *new_token,
                     OUT RXGK_TokenInfo *info) = 2;

7.4.  Server Operation

   The server receives token0 and token1 from the RPC call, as well as
   the options suggested by the client.  Upon receipt, the server
   decrypts these tokens using its private key.  Providing this
   decryption is successful, it now has copies of the master key from
   both tokens (K0 and K1).  The server then chooses an enctype and
   security level from the lists supplied by the client in the options
   argument.  The server SHOULD select the first entry from each list
   which is acceptable in the server's configuration, so as to respect
   any preferences indicated by the client.  The server then performs
   the key combination algorithm detailed above to obtain the new key,
   Kn.  The server then constructs a new token as follows.  The
   expiration field is set to the minimum of the expiration values of

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   the original tokens.  The lifetime, bytelife, and any application-
   specific data fields are each combined so that the result is the most
   restrictive of the two values in each of the original tokens.  The
   identity information associated with the tokens are combined in an
   application-specific manner to yield the identity information in the
   combined token (the identity combining operation may be non-
   commutative).  This new token contains the derived key, Kn.  The new
   token is encrypted with the server's private key, as normal, and
   returned to the client.  The enctype and level chosen by the server
   are returned in the info parameter, along with the computed lifetime,
   bytelife, and expiration.

   If the server is unable to perform the CombineTokens operation with
   the given arguments, a nonzero value is returned and the client's
   request fails.

   To reduce the potential for denial of service attacks, servers SHOULD
   only offer the CombineTokens operation to clients connecting over a
   secured rxgk connection.  CombineTokens SHOULD NOT be offered over an
   RXGK_LEVEL_CLEAR connection.

7.5.  Client Operation

   As detailed within the overview, the client calls the CombineTokens
   RPC using two tokens, T0 and T1, within its possession, as well as an
   RXGK_CombineOptions structure containing a list of acceptable
   enctypes and a list of acceptable security levels for the new token.
   The client SHOULD supply these lists sorted by preference, with the
   most preferred option appearing first in the list.  The client then
   receives a new token, Tn, from this call, as well as an
   RXGK_TokenInfo structure containing information relating to Tn.  The
   client needs the level element of the info parameter to determine
   what security level to use the new token at, and the enctype
   parameter to know which enctype's random-to-key function and key
   generation seed length to use in generating Kn.  With the negotiated
   enctype, the client can then perform the key combination algorithm
   described in Section 8.3.  The client can only make use of Tn to
   establish an rxgk protected connection if it can derive Kn, which it
   can only do if it already knows K0 and K1.

   Clients MUST use an rxgk secured connection for the CombineTokens
   operation.

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8.  The rxgk Security Class

8.1.  Overview

   When a new connection using rxgk is created by the client, the client
   stores the current timestamp as an rxgkTime (start_time for the rest
   of this discussion), and then uses this, along with other connection
   information, to derive a transport key from the current master key
   (see Section 8.3).

   This key is then used to protect the first message the client sends
   to the server.  The server follows the standard RX security
   establishment protocol, and responds to the client with a challenge
   [RX].  rxgk challenges simply contain a random nonce selected by the
   server.

   Upon receiving this challenge, the client uses the transport key to
   encrypt an authenticator, which contains the server's nonce, and some
   other connection information.  The client sends this authenticator,
   together with start_time and the current user's rxgk token, back to
   the server.

   The server decrypts the rxgk token to determine the master key in
   use, uses this to derive the transport key, which it in turn uses to
   decrypt the authenticator, and thus validate the connection.

8.2.  Rekeying

   As part of connection negotiation, the server and client agree upon
   advisory lifetimes (both time, and data, based) for connection keys.
   Each connection has a key number, which starts at 0.  When a
   connection exceeds one of its lifetimes, either side may elect to
   increment the key number.  When the other endpoint sees a key number
   increment, it should reset all of its connection counters.  Endpoints
   should accept packets encrypted with either the current, previous, or
   next key number, to allow for resends around the rekeying process.

   The key version number is contained within the 16 bit spare field of
   the RX header (used by previous security layers as a checksum field),
   and expressed as an unsigned value in network byte order.  If
   rekeying would cause this value to wrap, then the key version number
   MAY be stored locally as a 32-bit integer on both endpoints with only
   the low 16 bits transmitted on the wire.  If an endpoint cannot store
   a per-connection 32-bit key version number when the 16-bit key
   version number would wrap, that endpoint MUST terminate the
   connection.

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8.3.  Key Derivation

   In order to avoid the sharing of keys between multiple connections,
   each connection has its own transport key, TK, which is derived from
   the master key, K0.  Derivation is performed using the PRF+ function
   defined in [RFC4402], combined with the random-to-key function of
   K0's encryption type, as defined in RFC3961.  The PRF input data is
   the concatenation of the rx epoch, connection ID, start_time and key
   number, all in network byte order.  This gives:

   TK = random-to-key(PRF+(K0, L,
                       epoch || cid || start_time || key_number))

   L is the key generation seed length as specified in the RFC3961
   profile.

   epoch, cid and key_number are passed as 32 bit quantities; start_time
   is a 64 bit value.

   Note that start_time is selected by the client when it creates the
   connection, and shared with the server as part of its response.  Thus
   both sides of the negotiation are guaranteed to use the same value
   for start_time.

8.4.  The Challenge

   The rxgk challenge is an XDR encoded structure with the following
   signature:

    struct RXGK_Challenge {
        opaque nonce[20];
    };

   nonce:  20 octets of random data.

8.5.  The Response

   The rxgk response is an XDR encoded structure, with the following
   signature:

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    const RXGK_MAXAUTHENTICATOR = 1416  /* better fit in a packet! */
    struct RXGK_Response {
        rxgkTime start_time;
        RXGK_Data token;
        opaque authenticator<RXGK_MAXAUTHENTICATOR>
    };

   start_time:  The time since the Unix epoch (1970-01-01 00:00:00Z),
         expressed as an rxgkTime (see Section 2).

   authenticator:  The XDR encoded representation of an
         RXGK_Authenticator, encrypted with the transport key, and key
         usage RXGK_CLIENT_ENC_RESPONSE.

8.5.1.  The Authenticator

    struct RXGK_Authenticator {
    opaque nonce[20];
    opaque appdata<>
    RXGK_Level level;
    unsigned int epoch;
    unsigned int cid;
    unsigned int call_numbers<>;
    };

   nonce:  A copy of the nonce from the challenge.

   appdata:  An application specific opaque blob.

   level:  The desired security level for this particular connnection.
         This MUST NOT be less secure than the security level negotiated
         for the associated token.

   epoch:  The rx connection epoch.

   cid:  The rx connection ID.

   call_numbers:  The set of current rx call numbers for all available
         channels; unused channels should report a call number of zero.
         The length of this vector indicates the maximum number of calls
         per connection supported by the client.

8.6.  Checking the Response

   To check the validity of an rxgk response, the authenticator should
   be decrypted, the nonce from the decrypted authenticator compared

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   with the nonce sent in the RXGK_Challenge, and the connection ID and
   epoch compared with that of the current connection.  The call number
   vector (call_numbers) should be supplied to the rx implementation.
   The security level should be confirmed to be at least as secure as
   the security level of the token.  Failure of any of these steps MUST
   result in the failure of the security context.

8.7.  Packet Handling

   The way in which the rxgk security class handles packets depends upon
   the requested security level.  As noted in Section 4, 3 levels are
   currently defined -- authentication only, integrity protection and
   encryption.

   Connection parameters used when preparing a packet for transmission
   MUST be verified when processing a received packet.  Packet handling
   when receiving packets is the inverse of the packet preparation
   procedures, with explicit data length fields used to remove padding
   added for encryption.

8.7.1.  Authentication Only

   When running at the clear security level, RXGK_LEVEL_CLEAR, no
   manipulation of the payload is performed by the security class.

8.7.2.  Integrity Protection

   Packet payloads transmitted at the auth security level,
   RXGK_LEVEL_AUTH, consist of an opaque blob of MIC data followed by
   the unencrypted original payload data.

   The MIC data is generated by calling the RFC3961 get_mic operation
   using a key and a data input.  The RXGK_CLIENT_MIC_PACKET key usage
   number MUST be used for packets transmitted from the client to the
   server.  The RXGK_SERVER_MIC_PACKET key usage number MUST be used for
   packets transmitted from the server to the client.  The following
   data structure is the get_mic operation data input:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                           epoch                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                            cid                                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        call number                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                          sequence                             |

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   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       security index                          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        data length                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                  original packet payload                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   All fields MUST be in network byte order.  The data length field
   specifies the length of the original packet payload in octets,
   excluding padding required for encryption routines.

   The packet is transmitted with the following payload:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                            MIC                                ~
   |                                                               |
   |               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |               |                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                                               |
   |                                                               |
   ~                  original packet payload                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Note: The length of the MIC depends on which RFC3961 encryption type
   is used.  In particular, the original packet payload may not be word-
   aligned.

   Note: The data prepended to the original packet payload during the
   MIC generation is not transmitted.

8.7.3.  Encryption

   Using the encryption security level, RXGK_LEVEL_CRYPT, provides both
   integrity and confidentiality protection.

   The existing payload is prefixed with a psuedo header, to produce the
   following plaintext data for encryption before transmission.  All
   fields MUST be represented in network byte order for encryption.

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    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                           epoch                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                            cid                                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        call number                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                          sequence                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       security index                          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        data length                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                  original packet payload                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The data length is the length of the following data in octets, and is
   necessary so the receiving end can remove any padding added by the
   encryption routines.

   This plaintext is encrypted using an RFC3961 style encrypt()
   function, with the connection's transport key, using key usage
   RXGK_CLIENT_ENC_PACKET for messages from client to server, and
   RXGK_SERVER_ENC_PACKET for messages from server to client.  The
   encrypted block is transmitted to the peer as the payload of the
   packet.

9.  RXGK protocol error codes

   This document specifies several error codes for use by RXGK
   implementations (see Section 10 for the com_err table).  In general,
   when an endpoint receives any such error code, it should abort the
   current operation.  The various codes allow some information about
   why the operation failed to be conveyed to the peer so that future
   requests will be more likely to succeed.  The circumstances in which
   each error code should be used are as follows:

   RXGK_INCONSISTENCY  Used for errors internal to the security class,
         such as when invariant assertions are violated.  For example,
         when an incoming packet to a server contains flags that do not
         match the server's idea of the connection state, or attempting
         to allocate a new connection where a connection already exists.

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   RXGK_PACKETSHORT  The size of the packet is too small.  Used when a
         server is constructing a challenge packet but the required data
         would be larger than the server's allowed packet size.  Used
         when a reply packet received by the server is smaller than the
         expected size of a response packet.  Also used for the
         analogous situations on the other side of the challenge/
         response exchange.

   RXGK_BADCHALLENGE  A challenge or response packet (of the expected
         size) failed to decode properly or contained nonsense or
         useless data.

   RXGK_BADETYPE  Used when the supplied encryption type(s) are invalid
         or impermissible, such as for the GSSNegotiate and
         CombineTokens RPCs or when the client-supplied enctype list
         does not contain any entries that are acceptable to the server.

   RXGK_BADLEVEL  Used when the supplied security level(s) are invalid
         or impermissible, such as for the GSSNegotiate and
         CombineTokens RPCs or when the client-supplied list of security
         levels does not contain any entries that are acceptable to the
         server.

   RXGK_BADKEYNO  The client or client's token indicates the use of a
         key version number that is not present on the server.  May also
         be used when a key is presented that is not a valid key.

   RXGK_EXPIRED  The client presented an expired credential or token.

   RXGK_NOTAUTH  The caller is not authorized for the requested
         operation or the presented credentials are invalid.  In
         particular, may also be used when credentials are presented
         that have a start time in the future.  Note that many
         application error tables already include codes for "permission
         denied", which take precedence over this general error code.

   RXGK_BAD_TOKEN  The client failed to present a token or the presented
         token is invalid.  For cases including but not limited to:
         wrong size, fails to decode, zero or negative lifetime, starts
         too far in the future, and too long a lifetime.

   RXGK_SEALED_INCON  Encrypted or checksummed data does not verify or
         correctly decode.  The checksum is invalid, the sealed copy of
         the sequence and/or call number does not match the current
         state, or similar situations.

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   RXGK_DATA_LEN  The packet is too large, contains a zero-length iovec
         entry, or otherwise presents an unacceptable or invalid data
         length.

   RXGK_BAD_QOP  The negotiated level of protection is insufficient for
         the operation being performed.

10.  AFS-3 Registry Considerations

   This document requests that the AFS-3 registrar include a com_err
   error table for the RXGK module, as follows:

   error_table RXGK
   ec RXGK_INCONSISTENCY, "Security module structure inconsistent"
   ec RXGK_PACKETSHORT, "Packet too short for security challenge"
   ec RXGK_BADCHALLENGE, "Invalid security challenge"
   ec RXGK_BADETYPE, "Invalid or impermissible encryption type"
   ec RXGK_BADLEVEL, "Invalid or impermissible security level"
   ec RXGK_BADKEYNO, "Key version number not found"
   ec RXGK_EXPIRED, "Token has expired"
   ec RXGK_NOTAUTH, "Caller not authorized"
   ec RXGK_BAD_TOKEN, "Security object was passed a bad token"
   ec RXGK_SEALED_INCON, "Sealed data inconsistent"
   ec RXGK_DATA_LEN, "User data too long"
   ec RXGK_BAD_QOP, "Inadequate quality of protection available"
   end

   The error table base should be 1233242880, with codes within the
   table assigned relative numbers starting from 0 in the order
   appearing above.

11.  IANA Considerations

   This memo includes no request to IANA.

12.  Security Considerations

12.1.  Abort Packets

   RX Abort packets are not protected by the RX security layer.
   Therefore, caution should be exercised when relying on their results.
   In particular, clients MUST NOT use an error from GSSNegotiate or
   CombineTokens to determine whether to downgrade to another security
   class.

12.2.  Token Expiry

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   This document permits tokens to be issued with expiration times after
   the expiration time of the underlying GSSAPI credential, though
   implementations SHOULD NOT do so.  Allowing the expiration time of a
   credential to be artificially increased can break the invariants
   assumed by a security system, with potentially disastrous
   consequences.  For example, with the krb5 GSSAPI mechanism, access
   revocation may be implemented by refusing to issue new tickets (or
   renew existing tickets) for a principal; all access is assumed to be
   revoked once the maximum ticket lifetime has passed.  If an rxgk
   token is created with a longer lifetime than the kerberos ticket,
   this assumption is invalid, and the user whose access has supposedly
   been revoked may gain access to sensitive materials.  An application
   should only allow token expiration times to be extended after a
   security review of the assumptions made about credential expiration
   for the GSSAPI mechanism(s) in use with that application.  Such a
   review is needed to confirm that allowing token expiration times to
   be extended will not introduce vulnerabilities into the security
   eocsystem in which the application operates.

12.3.  Nonce Lengths

   The key negotiation protocol includes both client-and server-
   generated nonces as input.  Both nonces are important, but serve
   slightly different purposes.  A random nonce is also used in the
   challenge-response authentication protocol, which serves yet a
   different purpose.

   The client_nonce ensures that the StartParams structure is unique,
   and should be long enough that the client will not generate
   collisions within the lifetime of a given set of GSS credentials.
   The client_nonce also contributes to the uniqueness of the generated
   key when GSS initiator credentials are used to establish multiple GSS
   security contexts.

   The server_nonce serves primarily to add entropy to the generated
   key.  The maximum amount of entropy possible in the generated key is
   the key generation seed length, so using a longer nonce gives no
   benefit (unless the nonce is nonrandom).

   The authentication nonce is used to prevent replays of the
   authenticator.  It is specified as a fixed length to allow the length
   of the challenge packet to be used to indicate a new version of the
   challenge/response protocol, but is chosen to be long enough that the
   server will not accidentally reuse a nonce in a reasonable timeframe.

13.  References

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13.1.  Informational References

   [RX]       Zeldovich, N., "RX protocol specification", October 2002.

   [COMERR]   Raeburn, K., "A Common Error Description Library for
              UNIX", January 1989.

              This paper is available as com_err.texinfo within
              com_err.tar.Z.

13.2.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC2743]  Linn, J., "Generic Security Service Application Program
              Interface Version 2, Update 1", RFC 2743, January 2000.

   [RFC2744]  Wray, J., "Generic Security Service API Version 2 :
              C-bindings", RFC 2744, January 2000.

   [RFC3961]  Raeburn, K., "Encryption and Checksum Specifications for
              Kerberos 5", RFC 3961, February 2005.

   [RFC4120]  Neuman, C., Yu, T., Hartman, S., and K. Raeburn, "The
              Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)", RFC 4120,
              July 2005.

   [RFC4401]  Williams, N., "A Pseudo-Random Function (PRF) API
              Extension for the Generic Security Service Application
              Program Interface (GSS-API)", RFC 4401, February 2006.

   [RFC4402]  Williams, N., "A Pseudo-Random Function (PRF) for the
              Kerberos V Generic Security Service Application Program
              Interface (GSS-API) Mechanism", RFC 4402, February 2006.

   [RFC4506]  Eisler, M., "XDR: External Data Representation Standard",
              STD 67, RFC 4506, May 2006.

   [RFC6113]  Hartman, S. and L. Zhu, "A Generalized Framework for
              Kerberos Pre-Authentication", RFC 6113, April 2011.

Appendix A.  Acknowledgements

   rxgk was originally developed over a number of AFS Hackathons.  The
   editor of this document has assembled the protocol description from a
   number of notes taken at these meetings, and from a partial
   implementation in the Arla AFS client.

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   Thanks to Derrick Brashear, Jeffrey Hutzelman, Love Hornquist Astrand
   and Chaskiel Grundman for their original design work, and comments on
   this document, and apologies for any omissions or misconceptions in
   my archaeological work.

   Marcus Watts and Jeffrey Altman provided invaluable feedback on an
   earlier version of this document at the 2009 Edinburgh AFS Hackathon.

   The text describing the rxgkTime type is based on language from
   Andrew Deason.

Appendix B.  Changes

B.1.  Since 00

   Add a reference to RFC4402, which describes the PRF+ algorithm we are
   using.

   Change references to RXGK_Token to RXGK_Data for clarity, and add a
   definition of that type.

   Rename the 'ticket' member of RXGK_ClientInfo to 'token', for
   consistency, and make it a simple opaque.

   Add a length field to the packet header, so that we can remove
   padding.

   Remove versioning in the challenge and the response.

   Clarify that both bytelife and lifetime are advisory.

   Remove the RXGK_CLIENT_COMBINE_ORIG and RXGK_SERVER_COMBINE_NEW key
   derivations, as these are no longer used.

   Update the reference to draft-ietf-krb-wg-preauth-framework.

   Require that CombineTokens be offered over an rxgk authenticated
   connection.

   Pull our time definition out into its own section and define a type
   for it.

   Define an enum for the security level, and use that throughout.

B.2.  Since 01

   Spell check.

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   Remove a couple of stray references to afs_ types.

   Update start_time text to clarify that it uses rxgkTime.

   Make expiration also be an rxgkTime.

   Add a definition for RXGK_LEVEL_BIND.

   Add reference to RX.

   Add reference to XDR.

   Rename the gss_status output parameter from the GSSNegotiate RPC to
   gss_major_status, and update the supporting text.

   Add a new gss_minor_status output paramter to the GSSNegotiate RPC,
   but make clear that it is there for informational use only.

B.3.  Since 02

   Edit for grammar and punctuation.

   Remove RXGK_LEVEL_BIND.

   Make CombineTokens negotiate level and enctype.

   Allow key version rollover at 16 bits when rekeying.

   Add Security Considerations for increasing token expiry.

   Clarify behavior at RXGK_LEVEL_AUTH.

   Add RXGK com_err table and descriptions.

   Clean up call number vector and maxcalls support.

   Improve the description of the GSS negotiation loop.

   Give suggestions for acceptor principal names.

B.4.  Since 03

   Give guidance on the length of key negotiation nonces.

   Supply bounds for (most) variable-length arrays.

   Note that in-band errorcodes are for security sensitive errors.

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   Use abstract GSSAPI routine names, not the C binding names.

   Discuss packet handling for received packets.

B.5.  Since 04

   Correct omissions from description of GSS negotiation loop.

   Adjust limits on variable-length array lengths.

   Remove errorcode field from RXGK_TokenInfo.

B.6.  Since 05

   Add markup to split out the GSS negotiation control flow.

B.7.  Since 06

   Improvements to the GSS negotiation description.

   Add the RXGK_BAD_QOP error code.

Authors' Addresses

   Simon Wilkinson
   Your File System Inc

   Email: simon@sxw.org.uk

   Benjamin Kaduk
   MIT Kerberos Consortium

   Email: kaduk@mit.edu

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