MSEC WG L. Dondeti
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GDOIv2: An efficient group key distribution protocol
draft-ietf-msec-gdoiv2-00
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Abstract
This document specifies a group key distribution protocol based on
IKEv2 [2]; the new protocol is similar to IKEv2 in message and
payload formats, and message semantics to a large extent. The
protocol in conformance with MSEC key management architecture
contains two components: member registration and group rekeying, and
downloads a group security association from the GCKS to a member.
This protocol is independent of IKEv2 except in its likeness.
Conventions Used In This Document
This document recommends, as policy, what specifications for Internet
protocols -- and, in particular, IETF standards track protocol
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documents -- should include as normative language within them. The
capitalized keywords "SHOULD", "MUST", "REQUIRED", etc. are used in
the sense of how they would be used within other documents with the
meanings as specified in BCP 14, RFC 2119 [1].
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1 Why do we need another GSA management protocol? . . . . . 3
1.2 GDOIv2 usage scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. GDOIv2 protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1 Member registration and secure channel establishment . . . 3
2.1.1 Initial exchange:GSA_INIT_EXCH . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.2 Authenticated exchange:GSA_AUTH_EXCH . . . . . . . . . 5
3. GSA maintenance channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1 GSA rekey protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. GDOIv2 protocol details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Header and payload formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8.1 Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8.2 Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . 11
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1. Introduction and Overview
Data security encapsulation protocols such as IPsec and SRTP provide
confidentiality, message integrity, replay protection, and in some
instances access control, and data origin authentication. These
security services require state establishment, maintenance, and
teardown for correct operation. While these security associations
can be managed manually, automatic key management protocols are
essential for efficient and scalable operation. In case of
point-to-point security associations, IKE and its successor IKEv2 are
widely used for IPsec SAs, and MIKEY for SRTP associations. For
multi-point SAs or group SAs (GSA), GDOI, GSAKMP, and MIKEY have been
specified by the MSEC WG. This specification adds another protocol,
namely GDOIv2, to this collection.
1.1 Why do we need another GSA management protocol?
Given the collection of key management protocols mentioned above,
there is a question on the need for yet another group key management
protocol. First a look back at history: So far, we have two
experimental RFCs, viz., RFC 1949 [3] and RFC 2093 [4], and a
standards track RFC, RFC 3547 [5] specifying or describing group key
management protocols. Furthermore there is GSAKMP, currently a
standards track MSEC I-D, which borrows quite a few concepts from
IKEv2, but not quite similar to IKEv2. The protocol we propose is
mainly to reuse as much as the IKEv2 codebase, similar to GDOI
reusing payload and message formats of IKE [7] and ISAKMP [6] .
1.2 GDOIv2 usage scenarios
GDOIv2 is a key download protocol. Key download as opposed to key
negotiation has several interesting use cases.
o The first application is multicast security. As with GDOI, the
current version of the GDOIv2 spec limits the scope to single
sender multicast applications.
o The second intended application is point to point data security
associations facilitated by a centralized group key server.
o Others to be listed!
2. GDOIv2 protocol
2.1 Member registration and secure channel establishment
The first of two components in GSA establishment and maintenance is
member registration.
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2.1.1 Initial exchange:GSA_INIT_EXCH
The first step in the registration protocol is to establish a secure
channel with the group controller and key server (GCKS). This
exchange is similar to IKE_SA_INIT exchange of IKEv2. The
registering member proposes various combinations of algorithms in
SAi1 to constitute the secure channel, along with a nonce, Ni, and a
DH exponent, KEi. The GCKS has several options:
o In the first, it honors the member's request for registration and
sends the necessary information to complete the DH exchange: it
selects and specifies the parameters of the secure channel, and
includes a nonce Nr, and a public DH value of its own, KEr.
o The second option is for the GCKS to consider if the request for
secure channel establishment is spurious. It has no way to tell
except to throttle such requests by making the initiator do some
work before it invests any computing resources. This is known as
the DoS protection mode in IKEv2 and is explained in detail in
Section 2.1.1.1 .
o Finally, if none of the proposals are acceptable to the GCKS, it
may reject the initial exchange itself.
GSA_INIT_EXCH message is as follows:
Member->GCKS: M1: HDR, SAi1, KEi, Ni
GCKS->Member: M2: HDR, SAr1, KEr, Nr, [CERTREQ]
Figure 1: Secure channel establishment
2.1.1.1 DoS protection mode
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DoS protection exchange is as follows:
Member->GCKS: IM: HDR(A,0), SAi1, KEi, Ni
GCKS->Member: CM: HDR(A,0), N(COOKIE)
Member->GCKS: M1: HDR(A,0), N(COOKIE), SAi1, KEi, Ni
GCKS->Member: M2: HDR(A,B), SAr1, KEr, Nr, [CERTREQ]
IM: Initial Message from the Member
CM: Challenge Message from the GCKS
Figure 2: DoS protection mode of GSA_INIT_EXCH
2.1.2 Authenticated exchange:GSA_AUTH_EXCH
GSA_AUTH_EXCH message is as follows:
Member->GCKS: M3: HDR, SK{ G-ID, IDi, [ID_CERT,] [ID_CERTREQ,] AUTH,
[IDr,] [GM_CERT,] [GM_CERTREQ,] [POP_I] }
GCKS->Member: M4: HDR, SK{ IDr, [ID_CERT,] AUTH, GSA, KD [,SEQ]
[GCKS_CERT,] [,POP_R]}
Figure 3: Authenticated Exchange
The various payloads in the GSA_AUTH_EXCH messages have the following
purposes:
o G-ID: The group identity payload constructed using the IKEv2
Identification Payload specifies the secure group that M3 wants to
join.
o ID_CERT: The optional ID_CERT payload contains a certificate(s)
asserting the GCKS's or a member's claimed identity as in IDi or
IDr payloads.
o GM_CERT: The optional GM_CERT payload contains a certificate
asserting the group member's authorization to join the group G-ID
as member.
o GCKS_CERT: The optional GCKS_CERT payload contains a certificate
asserting the GCKS's authorization to serve the role of a group
controller and key server for the group G-ID.
o AUTH: The AUTH payload constitues the "authenticated" portion of
the 4 or 6 message AKE. In other words, the member in M3 and the
GCKS in M4 prove that they are indeed the entities that sent M1
and M2 respectively. A pre-established shared secret or a
certificate (optionally specified in the CERT payload) may be used
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for entity authentication.
o POP: Similar to the AUTH payload's use in providing host/entity
authentication, the POP payload is for member/GCKS authorization
to assume their claimed roles. The GM_CERT or GCKS_CERT is used
to sign a block of data, specified below, to constitute the POP
payload.
o GSA: The GSA payload contains the rekey and data security SA
payloads. Note that this SA is not negotiated; the GCKS simply
sends this SA.
o KD: The KD payload contains the secret keys corresponding the
rekey and the data security SAs included in the GSA payload.
o SEQ: The optional SEQ payload MUST be included if the GSA payload
contains a rekey SA. The SEQ payload contains a SEQ number for
replay protection of the rekey messages.
2.1.2.1 Key material computation
The key material computation and the AUTH payload are identical to
that described in the IKEv2 specification.
Key material and registration SA keys are computed as follows:
SKEYSEED = prf(Ni | Nr, g^ir)
{SK_d | SK_ai | SK_ar | SK_ei | SK_er | SK_pi | SK_pr }
= prf+ (SKEYSEED, Ni | Nr | SPIi | SPIr ), where
prf+ is defined as follows:
prf+ (K,S) = T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | ...
where:
T1 = prf (K, S | 0x01)
T2 = prf (K, T1 | S | 0x02)
T3 = prf (K, T2 | S | 0x03)
T4 = prf (K, T3 | S | 0x04)
Figure 4: Registration SA key material computation
2.1.2.2 Member and GCKS authentication
This specification supports pre-shared keys as well certificates for
entity authentication. M3 and M4 contain AUTH payloads that
essentially protect against man-in-the-middle attacks against the DH
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exchange in M1 and M2. The member and the GCKS construct AUTH
payloads by computing an HMAC over or signing a block of data
containing the message M1 or M2 they sent earlier, the other party's
nonce payload, and a prf over own identity. More formally, the block
of data for HMAC or signature is as follows:
Auth payload computation:
Auth payload in M3 is computed over:
auth-block-M3: M1 || Nr-Payload || prf(SK_pi, IDi-Payload)
Auth payload in M4 is computed over:
auth-block-M4: M2 || Ni-Payload || prf(SK_pr, IDr-Payload)
For shared secret based host authentication AUTH payload is
computed as follows:
AUTH = prf(prf(Shared Secret,"KeyPad:GDOIv2-AUTH-MX"),
<auth-block-MX>)
Figure 5: Auth payload computation
2.1.2.3 Proof of possession
Proof of possession payload (POP) provides a mechanism so that
members and/or GCKS can prove to the other party that they are indeed
authorized to be a member or the GCKS, respectively. For POP payload
derivation in GDOIv2, the member or the GCKS first constructs a
message block, POP-HASH, containing the two nonces exchanged in
GSA_INIT_EXCH and the prf over the ID payload as defined in the AUTH
payload construction. Next, the member or the GCKS signs the
POP-HASH value.
POP-HASH construction is as follows:
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POP payload :
POP payload in M3 is constructed over the following message block:
POP-HASH-M3: "KeyPad:GDOIv2-POP-M3" ||
Ni-Payload || Nr-Payload || prf(SK_pi, IDi-Payload)
POP payload in M4 is computed over:
POP-HASH-M4: "KeyPad:GDOIv2-POP-M4" ||
Ni-Payload || Nr-Payload || prf(SK_pr, IDr-Payload)
Figure 6: POP payload computation block
3. GSA maintenance channel
3.1 GSA rekey protocol
GSA rekey protocol is optional to implement, but it plays a crucial
role for large and dynamic groups.
The GCKS is responsible for rekeying of the secure group as per the
group policy. The GCKS uses multicast or multi-unicast to transport
the rekey message. When multi-unicast is used, it may be appropriate
in some scenarios to have a reply message from the member(s) to the
GCKS. The reply message is optional.
Rekey message is as follows:
Multicast:
GCKS->Member: HDR, SK {[N], SEQ, GSA, KD, [GCKS_CERT,] SIG}
Unicast:
GCKS->Member: HDR, SK {N, SEQ, GSA, KD, [GCKS_CERT,] SIG}
[Member->GCKS]: [HDR, SK {N, SEQ, AUTH}]
Figure 7: Rekey message
4. GDOIv2 protocol details
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5. Header and payload formats
To be copied from IKEv2 and GDOI specifications. We do anticipate
some minor changes however.
6. Security considerations
7. Acknowledgments
GDOIv2 is based on IKEv2 and GDOI. Several sections of this document
are quite identical to IKEv2 and GDOI specifications. We included
the text for completeness of this specification. We appreciate the
efforts of the contributors and editors of those protocols.
8. References
8.1 Normative References
[1] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[2] Kaufman, C., "Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol",
Internet-Draft: draft-ietf-ipsec-ikev2-14.txt (Work in
progress), May 2004.
8.2 Informative References
[3] Ballardie, T., "Scalable Multicast Key Distribution", RFC 1949,
May 1996.
[4] Harney, H. and C. Muckenhirn, "Group Key Management Protocol
(GKMP) Specification", RFC 2093, July 1997.
[5] Baugher, M., Weis, B., Hardjono, T. and H. Harney, "The Group
Domain of Interpretation", RFC 3547, July 2003.
[6] Maughan, D., Schneider, M. and M. Schertler, "Internet Security
Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)", RFC 2408,
November 1998.
[7] Harkins, D. and D. Carrel, "The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)",
RFC 2409, November 1998.
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Author's Address
Lakshminath Dondeti
Nortel Networks
600 Technology Park drive
Billerica, MA 01821
US
Phone: +1 978 288 6406
EMail: ldondeti@nortelnetworks.com
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