Delay-Tolerant Networking E. Birrane
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BPSec Interoperability Cipher Suites
draft-birrane-dtn-bpsec-interop-cs-00
Abstract
This document defines a set of integrity and confidentiality cipher
suites suitable for testing the interoperability of Bundle Protocol
Security (BPSec) implementations.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Suite BIB-HMAC256-SHA256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Cipher Suite Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2. Key Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3. Canonicalization Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.4. Cipher Suite Parameter Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.5. Security Result Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Suite BCB-AES-GCM-128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1. Cipher Suite Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2. Key Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.3. Canonicalization Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.4. Cipher Suite Parameter Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.5. Security Result Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.1. Bundle Block Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Introduction
The Bundle Protocol Security (BPSec) [BPSEC] specification provides
inter-bundle integrity and confidentiality features for networks
deploying the Bundle Protocol (BP) [BPBIS]. BPSec defines a set of
BP extension blocks to carry cipher suite results and associated
meta-data, but does not define a common set of supported cipher
suites.
This document defines an integrity cipher suite and a confidentiality
cipher suite suitable for populating BPSec Block Integrity Blocks
(BIBs) and Block Confidentiality Blocks (BCBs), respectively.
This purpose of the cipher suites described in this document is
twofold. First, these suites should be used to test the
interoperability of BPSec implementations. Second, this
specification can serve as a template to be followed by other BPSec
cipher suite authors.
The intent of these cipher suite definitions is to provide a
mechanism for interoperability testing. There is no claim that these
cipher suites are suitable for operational deployment in any
particular networking scenario.
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2. Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
[RFC2119].
3. Suite BIB-HMAC256-SHA256
3.1. Cipher Suite Overview
The integrity cipher suite provides a signed hash over the security
target based on the use of the SHA-256 message digest algorithm
[RFC4634] combined with HMAC [RFC2104] with a 256 bit truncation
length. This formulation is based on the HMAC 256/256 algorithm
defined in [COSE] Table 7: HMAC Algorithm Values.
The BIB-HMAC256-SHA256 ciphersuite has ciphersuite ID value 0x01.
3.2. Key Considerations
Keys used with this specification MUST be symmetric and 256 bits in
length.
This cipher suite provides no requirements on the configuration or
management of keys.
3.3. Canonicalization Algorithms
BIB-HMAC256-SHA256 uses the standard canonicalization algorithms
defined in BPSec and operates over the entire contents of the
security target data block. This ciphersuite does not include
hashing over other parts of the target block header, such as the
block type and block length.
3.4. Cipher Suite Parameter Definitions
BIB-HMAC256-SHA256 defines the following cipher suite parameters.
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BIB-HMAC256-SHA256 Parameters
+------+------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
| Parm | Parm | CBOR Type | Description |
| Id | Name | | |
+------+------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
| 1 | Key | byte | Material encoded or proteted by the key |
| | | string | management system and used to transport |
| | | (major | an ephemeral key protected by a long- |
| | | type 2) | term key. |
+------+------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
Table 1
3.5. Security Result Definitions
BIB-HMAC256-SHA256 defines the following security results.
BIB-HMAC256-SHA256 Security Results
+----------+-----------+---------------------+----------------------+
| Result | Result | CBOR Type | Description |
| Id | Name | | |
+----------+-----------+---------------------+----------------------+
| 1 | Tag | byte string (major | The tag produced by |
| | | type 2) | HMAC. |
+----------+-----------+---------------------+----------------------+
Table 2
4. Suite BCB-AES-GCM-128
4.1. Cipher Suite Overview
The confidentiality cipher suite provides cipher text to replace the
data contents of the target block using the AES cipher operating in
GCM mode [AES-GCM]. This formulation is based on the A128GCM
algorithm defined in [COSE] Table 9: Algorithm Value for AES-GCM.
The BCB-AES-GCM-128 ciphersuite has ciphersuite ID value 0x02.
4.2. Key Considerations
Keys used with this specification MUST be symmetric and 128 bits in
length.
This cipher suite provides no requirements on the configuration or
management of keys.
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4.3. Canonicalization Algorithms
BCB-AES-GCM-128 uses the standard canonicalization algorithms defined
in BPSec and operates over the entire contents of the security target
data block. This ciphersuite does not include encryption over other
parts of the target block header, such as the block type and block
length.
4.4. Cipher Suite Parameter Definitions
BCB-AES-GCM-128 defines the following cipher suite parameters. It
should be noted in this specification there is no additional
authenticated data passed in to the AES-GCM cipher. The plaintext is
the only data input and MUST be the data contents of the target
block.
BCB-AES-GCM-128 Parameters
+------+----------------+---------+---------------------------------+
| Parm | Parm Name | CBOR | Description |
| Id | | Type | |
+------+----------------+---------+---------------------------------+
| 1 | Key | byte | Material encoded or proteted by |
| | | string | the key management system and |
| | | (major | used to transport an ephemeral |
| | | type 2) | key protected by a long-term |
| | | | key. |
| 2 | Initialization | byte | The initialization vector. A |
| | Vector | string | random value between 8-16 |
| | | (major | bytes. 12 bytes is recommended. |
| | | type 2) | |
+------+----------------+---------+---------------------------------+
Table 3
4.5. Security Result Definitions
BCB-AES-GCM-128 defines the following security results. It should be
noted that cipher-text is not a security result as the resultant
cipher text is stored in the target block. When operating in GCM
mode, AES produces cipher-text of the same size as its plain-text
and, therefore, no security results are necessary to capture padding
information.
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BCB-AES-GCM-128 Security Results
+--------+----------------+-------------+---------------------------+
| Result | Result Name | CBOR Type | Description |
| Id | | | |
+--------+----------------+-------------+---------------------------+
| 1 | Authentication | byte string | Output from the AES-GCM |
| | Tag | (major type | cipher. This value MUST |
| | | 2) | be 16 bytes long. |
+--------+----------------+-------------+---------------------------+
Table 4
5. IANA Considerations
5.1. Bundle Block Types
This specification allocates two block types from the existing "BPSec
Cipher Suite IDs" registry defined in [BPSEC].
Additional BPSec Cipher Suite IDs:
+-------+--------------------+---------------+
| Value | Description | Reference |
+-------+--------------------+---------------+
| 1 | BIB-HMAC256-SHA256 | This document |
| 2 | BCB-AES-GCM-128 | This document |
+-------+--------------------+---------------+
Table 5
6. References
6.1. Normative References
[AES-GCM] Dworkin, M., "NIST Special Publication 800-38D:
Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation:
Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC.", November 2007.
[BPBIS] Burleigh, S., Fall, K., and E. Birrane, "Bundle Protocol",
draft-ietf-dtn-bpbis-06 (work in progress), July 2016.
[RFC2104] Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M., and R. Canetti, "HMAC: Keyed-
Hashing for Message Authentication", RFC 2104,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2104, February 1997,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2104>.
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[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC4634] Eastlake 3rd, D. and T. Hansen, "US Secure Hash Algorithms
(SHA and HMAC-SHA)", RFC 4634, DOI 10.17487/RFC4634, July
2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4634>.
6.2. Informative References
[BPSEC] Birrane, E. and K. McKeever, "Bundle Security Protocol",
draft-ietf-dtn-bpsec-05 (work in progress), October 2015.
[COSE] Schaad, J., "CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE)",
draft-ietf-cose-msg-24 (work in progress), November 2016.
Author's Address
Edward J. Birrane, III
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd.
Laurel, MD 20723
US
Phone: +1 443 778 7423
Email: Edward.Birrane@jhuapl.edu
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