DHC Working Group                                               M. Stapp
Internet-Draft                                       Cisco Systems, Inc.
Expires: February 7, 2005                                       T. Lemon
                                                           Nominum, Inc.
                                                          August 9, 2004


      The Authentication Suboption for the DHCP Relay Agent Option
                 <draft-ietf-dhc-auth-suboption-05.txt>

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Abstract

   The DHCP Relay Agent Information Option (RFC 3046) conveys
   information between a DHCP Relay Agent and a DHCP server. This
   specification defines an authentication suboption for that option,
   containing a keyed hash in its payload. The suboption supports data
   integrity and replay protection for relayed DHCP messages.







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Table of Contents

   1.   Requirements Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.   DHCP Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.   Suboption Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.   Replay Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   6.   The Relay Identifier Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   7.   Computing Authentication Information . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     7.1  The HMAC-SHA1 Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   8.   Procedures for Sending Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.1  Replay Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.2  Packet Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.3  Checksum Computation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.4  Sending the Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   9.   Procedures for Processing Incoming Messages  . . . . . . . .   8
     9.1  Initial Examination  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     9.2  Replay Detection Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     9.3  Testing the Checksum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   10.  Relay Agent Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     10.1   Receiving Messages from Other Relay Agents . . . . . . .  10
     10.2   Sending Messages to Servers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     10.3   Receiving Messages from Servers  . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   11.  DHCP Server Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     11.1   Receiving Messages from Relay Agents . . . . . . . . . .  10
     11.2   Sending Reply Messages to Relay Agents . . . . . . . . .  10
   12.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   13.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     13.1   The Key ID Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     13.2   Protocol Vulnerabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   14.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
        Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
        Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
        Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
        Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . .  15
















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1. Requirements Terminology

   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 [2].

2. DHCP Terminology

   This document uses the terms "DHCP server" (or "server") and "DHCP
   client" (or "client") as defined in RFC 2131 [6]. The term "DHCP
   relay agent" refers to a "BOOTP relay agent" as defined in RFC 2131.

3. Introduction

   DHCP (RFC 2131 [6]) provides IP addresses and configuration
   information for IPv4 clients. It includes a relay-agent capability
   (RFC 951 [7], RFC 1542 [8]), in which processes within the network
   infrastructure receive broadcast messages from clients and forward
   them to servers as unicast messages. In network environments like
   DOCSIS data-over-cable and xDSL, for example, it has proven useful
   for the relay agent to add information to the DHCP message before
   forwarding it, using the relay-agent information option (RFC 3046
   [1]). The kind of information that relays add is often used in the
   server's decision making about the addresses and configuration
   parameters that the client should receive. The way that the
   relay-agent data is used in server decision-making tends to make that
   data very important, and highlights the importance of the trust
   relationship between the relay agent and the server.

   The existing DHCP Authentication specification (RFC 3118) [9] only
   covers communication between the DHCP client and server. Because
   relay-agent information is added after the client has sent its
   message, the DHCP Authentication specification explictly excludes
   relay-agent data from that authentication.

   The goal of this specification is to define methods that a relay
   agent can use to:
      1.  protect the integrity of relayed DHCP messages
      2.  provide replay protection for those messages
      3.  leverage existing mechanisms such as DHCP Authentication

   In order to meet these goals, we specify a new relay-agent suboption,
   the Authentication suboption. The format of this suboption is very
   similar to the format of the DHCP Authentication option, and the
   specification of the cryptographic methods and hash computation for
   the suboption are also similar to that specification.

   The Authentication suboption is included by relay agents that wish to



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   ensure the integrity of the data they include in the Relay Agent
   option. These relay agents are configured with the parameters
   necessary to generate cryptographic checksums of the data in the DHCP
   messages which they forward to DHCP servers. A DHCP server configured
   to process the Authentication suboption uses the information in the
   suboption to verify the checksum in the suboption, and continues
   processing the relay agent information option only if the checksum is
   valid. If the DHCP server sends a response, it includes an
   Authentication suboption in its response message. Relay agents test
   the checksums in DHCP server responses to decide whether to forward
   the responses.

4. Suboption Format


      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |     Code      |    Length     |   Algorithm   |  MBZ  |  RDM  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |  Replay Detection (64 bits)                                   |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |  Replay Detection cont.                                       |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                    Relay Identifier                           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      |                                                               |
      |                Authentication Information                     |
      |                                                               |
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   The code for the suboption is TBD. The length field includes the
   lengths of the algorithm, RDM, and all subsequent suboption fields in
   octets.

   The Algorithm field defines the algorithm used to generate the
   authentication information.

   Four bits are reserved for future use. These bits SHOULD be set to
   zero, and MUST be not be used when the suboption is processed.

   The Replay Detection Method (RDM) field defines the method used to
   generate the Replay Detection Data.

   The Replay Detection field contains a value used to detect replayed



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   messages, interpreted according to the RDM.

   The Relay Identifier field is used by relay agents that do not set
   giaddr, as described in RFC 3046 [1], Section 2.1.

   The Authentication Information field contains the data required to
   communicate algorithm-specific parameters, as well as the checksum.
   The checksum is usually a digest of the data in the DHCP packet
   computed using the method specified by the Algorithm field.

5. Replay Detection

   The replay-detection mechanism is based on the notion that a receiver
   can determine whether or not a message has a valid replay token
   value. The default RDM, with value 1, specifies that the Replay
   Detection field contains an increasing counter value. The receiver
   associates a replay counter with each sender, and rejects any message
   containing an authentication suboption with a Replay Detection
   counter value less than or equal to the last valid value. DHCP
   servers MAY identify relay agents by giaddr value or by other data in
   the message (e.g. data in other relay agent suboptions). Relay agents
   identify DHCP servers by source IP address. If the message's replay
   detection value is valid, and the checksum is also valid, the
   receiver updates its notion of the last valid replay counter value
   associated with the sender.

   All implementations MUST support the default RDM. Additional methods
   may be defined in the future, following the process described in
   Section 12.

   Receivers SHOULD perform the replay-detection check before testing
   the checksum. The keyed hash calculation is likely to be much more
   expensive than the replay-detection value check.

      DISCUSSION:
      This places a burden on the receiver to maintain some run-time
      state (the most-recent valid counter value) for each sender, but
      the number of members in a DHCP agent-server system is unlikely to
      be unmanageably large.

6. The Relay Identifier Field

   The Relay Agent Information Option [1] specification permits a relay
   agent to add a relay agent option to relayed messages without setting
   the giaddr field. In this case, the eventual receiver of the message
   needs a stable identifier to use in order to associate per-sender
   state such as Key ID and replay-detection counters.




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   A relay agent that adds a relay agent information option and sets
   giaddr MUST NOT set the Relay ID field. A relay agent that does not
   set giaddr MAY be configured to place a value in the Relay ID field.
   If the relay agent is configured to use the Relay ID field, it MAY be
   configured with a value to use, or it MAY be configured to generate a
   value based on some other data, such its MAC or IP addresses. If a
   relay generates a Relay ID value it SHOULD select a value that it can
   regenerate reliably, e.g. across reboots.

   Servers that process an Authentication Suboption SHOULD use the
   giaddr value to identify the sender if the giaddr field is set.
   Servers MAY be configured to use some other data in the message to
   identify the sender. If giaddr is not set, the server SHOULD use the
   Relay ID field if it is non-zero. If neither the giaddr nor the Relay
   ID field is set, the server MAY be configured to use some other data
   in the message, or it MAY increment an error counter.

7. Computing Authentication Information

   The Authentication Information field contains a keyed hash, generated
   by the sender. All algorithms are defined to process the data in the
   DHCP messages in the same way. The sender and receiver compute a hash
   across a buffer containing all of the bytes in the DHCP message,
   including the fixed DHCP message header, the DHCP options, and the
   relay agent suboptions, with the following exceptions. The value of
   the 'hops' field MUST be set to zero for the computation, because its
   value may be changed in transmission. The value of the 'giaddr' field
   MUST also be set to zero for the computation because it may be
   modified in networks where one relay agent adds the relay agent
   option but another relay agent sets 'giaddr' (see RFC 3046, section 
   2.1). In addition, because the relay agent option itself is included
   in the computation, the 'authentication information' field in the
   Authentication suboption is set to all zeroes. The relay agent option
   length, the Authentication suboption length and other Authentication
   suboption fields are all included in the computation.

   All implementations MUST support Algorithm 1, the HMAC-SHA1
   algorithm. Additional algorithms may be defined in the future,
   following the process described in Section 12.

7.1 The HMAC-SHA1 Algorithm

   Algorithm 1 is assigned to the HMAC [3] protocol, using the SHA-1 [4]
   hash function. This algorithm requires that a shared secret key be
   configured at the relay agent and the DHCP server. A 32-bit Key
   Identifier is associated with each shared key, and this identifier is
   carried in the first 4 bytes of the Authentication Information field
   of the Authentication suboption. The HMAC-SHA1 computation generates



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   a 20-byte hash value, which is placed in the Authentication
   Information field after the Key ID.

   The format of the Authentication suboption when Algorithm 1 is used
   is:


      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |     Code      |       38      |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1|  MBZ  |  RDM  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |  Replay Detection (64 bits)                                   |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |  Replay Detection cont.                                       |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                    Relay Identifier                           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                        Key ID (32 bits)                       |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      |                      HMAC-SHA1 (160 bits)                     |
      |                                                               |
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   The suboption length is 38. The RDM and Replay Detection fields are
   as specified in Section 5. The Relay ID field is set as specified in
   Section 6. The Key ID is set by the sender to the ID of the key used
   in computing the checksum, as an integer value in network byte-order.
   The HMAC result follows the Key ID.

   The Key ID exists only to allow the sender and receiver to specify a
   shared secret in cases where more than one secret is in use among a
   network's relays and DHCP servers. The Key ID values are entirely a
   matter of local configuration; they only need to be locally unique.
   This specification does not define any semantics or impose any
   requirements on this algorithm's Key ID values.

8. Procedures for Sending Messages

8.1 Replay Detection

   The sender obtains a replay-detection counter value to use, based on
   the RDM it is using. If the sender is using RDM 1, the default RDM,
   the value MUST be greater than any previously-sent value.




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8.2 Packet Preparation

   The sender sets the 'giaddr' field and the 'hops' field to all
   zeroes. The sender appends the relay agent information option to the
   client's packet, including the Authentication suboption. The sender
   selects an appropriate Replay Detection value. The sender places its
   identifier into the Relay ID field, if necessary, or sets the field
   to all zeroes. The sender sets the suboption length, places the
   Replay Detection value into the Replay Detection field of the
   suboption, and sets the algorithm to the algorithm number that it is
   using. If the sender is using HMAC-SHA1, it sets the Key ID field to
   the appropriate value. The sender sets the field which will contain
   the checksum to all zeroes. Other algorithms may specify additional
   preparation steps.

8.3 Checksum Computation

   The sender computes the checksum across the entire DHCP message,
   using the algorithm it has selected. The sender places the result of
   the computation into the Authentication Information field of the
   Authentication suboption.

8.4 Sending the Message

   The sender restores the values of the 'hops' and 'giaddr' fields, and
   sends the message.

9. Procedures for Processing Incoming Messages

9.1 Initial Examination

   The receiver examines the message, the value of the giaddr field, and
   determines whether the packet includes the relay agent information
   option. The receiver uses its configuration to determine whether it
   should expect an Authentication suboption. The receiver MUST support
   configuration that allows it to drop incoming messages that do not
   contain a valid relay agent information option and Authentication
   suboption.

   If the receiver determines that the Authentication suboption is
   present and that it should process the suboption, it uses the data in
   the message to determine which algorithm, key, and RDM to use in
   validating the message. If the receiver cannot determine which
   algorithm, key, and RDM to use, or if it does not support the value
   indicated in the message, it SHOULD drop the message. Because this
   situation could indicate a misconfiguration which could deny service
   to clients, receivers MAY attempt to notify their administrators or
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9.2 Replay Detection Check

   The receiver examines the RDM field.  Receivers MUST discard messages
   containing RDM values that they do not support. Because this may
   indicate a misconfiguration at the sender, an attempt SHOULD be made
   to indicate this condition to the administrator, by incrementing an
   error counter or writing a log message. If the receiver supports the
   RDM, it examines the value in the Replay Detection field using the
   procedures in the RDM and in Section 5. If the Replay value is not
   valid, the receiver MUST drop the message.

   Note that the receiver MUST NOT update its notion of the last valid
   Replay Detection value for the sender at this point. Until the
   checksum has been tested, the Replay Detection field cannot be
   trusted. If the receiver trusts the Replay Detection value without
   testing the checksum, a malicious host could send a replayed message
   with a Replay Detection value that was very high, tricking the
   receiver into rejecting legitimate values from the sender.

9.3 Testing the Checksum

   The receiver prepares the packet in order to test the checksum by
   setting the 'giaddr' and 'hops' fields to zero, and setting the
   Authentication Information field of the suboption to all zeroes.
   Using the algorithm and key associated with the sender, the receiver
   computes a hash of the message. The receiver compares the result of
   its computation with the value sent by the sender. If the checksums
   do not match, the receiver MUST drop the message. Otherwise, the
   receiver updates its notion of the last valid Replay Detection value
   associated with the sender, and processes the message.

10. Relay Agent Behavior

   DHCP Relay agents are typically configured with the addresses of one
   or more DHCP servers. A relay agent that implements this suboption
   requires an algorithm number for each server, as well as appropriate
   credentials (i.e. keys) to use. Relay implementations SHOULD support
   configuration which indicates that all relayed messages should
   include the authentication suboption. Use of the authentication
   suboption SHOULD be disabled by default. Relay agents MAY support
   configuration that indicates that certain destination servers support
   the authentication suboption, while other servers do not. Relay
   agents MAY support configuration of a single algorithm number and key
   to be used with all DHCP servers, or they MAY support configuration
   of different algorithms and keys for each server.






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10.1 Receiving Messages from Other Relay Agents

   There are network configurations in which one relay agent adds the
   relay agent option, and then forwards the DHCP message to another
   relay agent. For example, a layer-2 switch might be directly
   connected to a client, and it might forward messages to an
   aggregating router, which sets giaddr and then forwards the message
   to a DHCP server. When a DHCP relay which implements the
   Authentication suboption receives a message, it MAY use the
   procedures in Section 9 to verify the source of the message before
   forwarding it.

10.2 Sending Messages to Servers

   When the relay agent receives a broadcast packet from a client, it
   determines which DHCP servers (or other relay agents) should receive
   copies of the message. If the relay agent is configured to include
   the Authentication suboption, it determines which Algorithm and RDM
   to use, and then it performs the steps in Section 8.

10.3 Receiving Messages from Servers

   When the relay agent receives a message, it determines from its
   configuration whether it expects the message to contain a relay agent
   information option and an Authentication suboption. The relay agent
   MAY be configured to drop response messages that do not contain the
   Authentication suboption. The relay agent then follows the procedures
   in Section 9.

11. DHCP Server Behavior

   DHCP servers may interact with multiple relay agents. Server
   implementations MAY support configuration that associates the same
   algorithm and key with all relay agents. Servers MAY support
   configuration which specifies the algorithm and key to use with each
   relay agent individually.

11.1 Receiving Messages from Relay Agents

   When a DHCP server which implements the Authentication suboption
   receives a message, it performs the steps in Section 9.

11.2 Sending Reply Messages to Relay Agents

   When the server has prepared a reply message, it uses the incoming
   request message and its configuration to determine whether it should
   include a relay agent information option and an Authentication
   suboption. If the server is configured to include the Authentication



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   suboption, it determines which Algorithm and RDM to use, and then
   performs the steps in Section 8.

      DISCUSSION:
      This server behavior represents a slight variance from RFC 3046
      [1], Section 2.2. The Authentication suboption is not echoed back
      from the server to the relay: the server generates its own
      suboption.

12. IANA Considerations

   Section 4 defines a new suboption for the DHCP relay agent option,
   called the Authentication Suboption. IANA is requested to allocate a
   new suboption code from the relay agent option suboption number
   space.

   This specification introduces two new number-spaces for the
   Authentication suboption's 'Algorithm' and 'Replay Detection Method'
   fields. These number spaces are to be created and maintained by IANA.

   The Algorithm identifier is a one-byte value. Algorithm value 0 is
   reserved. Algorithm value 1 is assigned to the HMAC-SHA1 keyed hash
   as defined in Section 7.1. Additional algorithm values will be
   allocated and assigned through IETF consensus, as defined in RFC 2434
   [5].

   The RDM identifier is a four-bit value. RDM value 0 is reserved. RDM
   value 1 is assigned to the use of a monotonically increasing counter
   value as defined in Section 5. Additional RDM values will be
   allocated and assigned through IETF consensus, as defined in RFC 2434
   [5].

13. Security Considerations

   This specification describes a protocol to add source authentication
   and message integrity protection to the messages between DHCP relay
   agents and DHCP servers.

   The use of this protocol imposes a new computational burden on relay
   agents and servers, because they must perform cryptographic hash
   calculations when they send and receive messages. This burden may add
   latency to DHCP message exchanges. Because relay agents are involved
   when clients reboot, periods of very high reboot activity will result
   in the largest number of messages which have to be processed. During
   a cable MSO head-end reboot event, for example, the time required for
   all clients to be served may increase.





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13.1 The Key ID Field

   The Authentication suboption contains a four-byte Key ID, following
   the example of the DHCP Authentication RFC. Other authentication
   protocols, like DNS TSIG [10], use a key name. A key name is more
   flexible and potentially more human-readable than a key id. DHCP
   servers may well be configured to use key names for DNS updates using
   TSIG, so it might simplify DHCP server configuration if some of the
   key-management for both protocols could be shared.

   On the other hand, it is crucial to minimize the size expansion
   caused by the introduction of the relay agent information option.
   Named keys would require more physical space, and would entail more
   complex suboption encoding and parsing implementations. These
   considerations have led us to specify a fixed-length Key ID instead
   of a variable-length key name.

13.2 Protocol Vulnerabilities

   Because DHCP is a UDP protocol, messages between relays and servers
   may be delivered in a different order than the order in which they
   were generated. The replay-detection mechanism will cause receivers
   to drop packets which are delivered 'late', leading to client
   retries. The retry mechanisms which most clients implement should not
   cause this to be an enormous issue, but it will cause senders to do
   computational work which will be wasted if their messages are
   re-ordered.

   The DHC WG has developed two documents describing authentication of
   DHCP relay agent options to accommodate the requirements of different
   deployment scenarios: this document and Authentication of Relay Agent
   Options Using IPsec [11]. As we note in Section 11, the
   Authentication suboption can be used without pairwise keys between
   each relay and each DHCP server. In deployments where IPsec is
   readily available and pairwise keys can be managed efficiently, the
   use of IPsec as described in that document may be appropriate. If
   IPsec is not available or there are multiple relay agents for which
   multiple keys must be managed, the protocol described in this
   document may be appropriate.  As is the case whenever two
   alternatives are available, local network administration can choose
   whichever is more appropriate. Because the relay agents and the DHCP
   server are all in the same administrative domain, the appropriate
   mechanism can be configured on all interoperating DHCP server
   elements.

14. Acknowledgements

   The need for this specification was made clear by comments made by



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   Thomas Narten and John Schnizlein, and the use of the DHCP
   Authentication option format was suggested by Josh Littlefield, at
   IETF 53.

Normative References

   [1]  Patrick, M., "DHCP Relay Agent Information Option", RFC 3046,
        January 2001.

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

   [3]  Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M. and R. Canetti, "HMAC: Keyed-Hashing
        for Message Authentication", RFC 2104, February 1997.

   [4]  Eastlake, D. and P. Jones, "US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1)",
        RFC 3174, September 2001.

   [5]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
        Considerations Section in RFCs", RFC 2434, October 1998.

Informative References

   [6]   Droms, R., "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", RFC 2131,
         March 1997.

   [7]   Croft, B. and J. Gilmore, "Bootstrap Protocol", RFC 951,
         September 1985.

   [8]   Wimer, W., "Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap
         Protocol", RFC 1542, October 1993.

   [9]   Droms, R. and W. Arbaugh, "Authentication for DHCP Messages",
         RFC 3118, June 2001.

   [10]  Vixie, P., Gudmundsson, O., Eastlake, D. and B. Wellington,
         "Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (TSIG)", RFC
         2845, May 2000.

   [11]  Droms, R., "Authentication of Relay Agent Options Using IPsec
         (draft-ietf-dhc-relay-agent-ipsec-*.txt)", February 2004.










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Authors' Addresses

   Mark Stapp
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   1414 Massachusetts Ave.
   Boxborough, MA  01719
   USA

   Phone: 978.936.0000
   EMail: mjs@cisco.com


   Ted Lemon
   Nominum, Inc.
   950 Charter St.
   Redwood City, CA  94063
   USA

   EMail: Ted.Lemon@nominum.com
































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