Network Working Group                                         J. Carlson
INTERNET-DRAFT                                          Sun Microsystems
Expires June 2001                                          December 2000


                PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Authentication Protocol
                   <draft-ietf-pppext-eap-srp-00.txt>

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Abstract

   The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) [1] provides a standard method for
   transporting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links.  PPP
   also defines an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) [2]
   framework to allow the use of multiple authentication mechanisms
   without fixing the mechanism to be used during initial link
   negotiation.  This document defines an authentication mechanism for
   EAP called SRP-SHA1, and allows the use of the Secure Remote Password
   (SRP) [3] protocol as a PPP link authentication method.







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Table of Contents

   1.      Introduction ...........................................    2
   2.      Detailed Description of EAP SRP-SHA1 Authentication ....    3
   2.1.    EAP SRP-SHA1 Packet Formats ............................    4
   2.2.    EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1 Request Packet .....................    5
   2.3.    EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1 Response Packet ....................    6
   2.4.    EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Request Packet .....................    7
   2.5.    EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Response Packet ....................    8
   2.6.    EAP SRP-SHA1 Success Packet ............................    9
   3.      Use with EAP ...........................................   11
   3.1.    One-Way Versus Bidirectional Encryption ................   11
   3.2.    One-Way Versus Mutual Authentication ...................   11
   3.3.    DESEbis Versus 3DES ....................................   12
   4.      Security Considerations ................................   12
   5.      Intellectual Property Rights Notices ...................   12
   5.1.    Patent Issues ..........................................   12
   5.2.    Full Copyright Statement ...............................   13
   6.      References .............................................   14
   7.      Author's Address .......................................   15
   8.      Appendix A - Well-Known Prime Modulus ..................   15


1.  Introduction

   PPP-EAP allows the use of multiple authentication mechanisms within a
   single negotiation framework.  This design overcomes the chief design
   limitation of the original PPP authentication mechanisms, PAP [4] and
   CHAP [5], which require that the protocol to be used for authentica-
   tion be chosen before the user's identity is known.  EAP also simpli-
   fies the process of adding authentication mechanisms to PPP.

   SRP is an open source protocol that provides strong, password-based
   authentication based on cryptographic hashing that is resistant to
   eavesdropping and active attacks.  Unlike PAP, the password never
   appears on the wire.  Unlike CHAP (and variants MS-CHAPv1 [6] and
   MS-CHAPv2 [7]), access to the cleartext password is not required for
   the authenticator.  Unlike all of these protocols, SRP is resistant
   to man-in-the-middle attacks.  As a side-effect, SRP also creates a
   session key that can be used for data encryption.

   SHA-1 [8] is a message digest algorithm that can be used as a hashing
   mechanism for SRP, producing an SRP variant known as SRP-SHA1.  For
   calculation of the shared key in SRP, SHA-1 is used in an interleaved
   form to produce 40 octet hashes.  See [3] for details.

   This document describes the message exchanges REQUIRED for one PPP
   peer to authenticate the other using EAP and SRP-SHA1.  As with all



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   PPP authentication mechanisms, the peers are independent and equal,
   and either or both may demand authentication from the other, and dif-
   ferent protocols may be used independently in each direction.

   When the PPP Encryption Control Protocol (ECP) [9] is used along with
   EAP SRP-SHA1, this document describes methods that SHOULD be used to
   generate the necessary shared keys from the SRP-SHA1 session key.
   Because authentication necessarily requires prior arrangement between
   the peers, pre-configured keys MAY be used in place of the SRP-SHA1
   session key, and any such selection is outside the scope of this
   document.

   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 BCP 14 [10].


2.  Detailed Description of EAP SRP-SHA1 Authentication

   Unlike CHAP, SRP-SHA1 requires more than one exchange to authenticate
   the peer.  For this reason, the usual EAP Request/Response is insuf-
   ficient, and two separate Request/Response messages are defined.

   With SRP, the authenticator must communicate at least three values to
   the authenticatee, referred to as 's' (the password salt), 'B' (an
   ephemeral public key), and 'M2' (a hash value).  The authenticatee
   must communicate at least three values to the authenticator, referred
   to as 'C' (the client name), 'A' (an ephemeral public key), and 'M1'
   (a hash value).

   (The value 'u' passed from authenticator to authenticatee in the gen-
   eral SRP algorithm is derived from the first 32 bits of a SHA-1 hash
   of the 'B' value itself in the SRP-SHA1 algorithm.  Thus, it does not
   need to be sent explicitly.)

   In order to send its last value (M1), the authenticatee needs A, B,
   and u.  However, in order to guarantee that the authenticatee's value
   chosen for A isn't a rogue value (see section 3.2.4 of the SRP
   description [11]), the value of u must not be sent until the authen-
   ticatee reveals A.  This implies that there are at least three steps
   -- authenticatee sends A, authenticator sends B, authenticatee sends
   M1.

   The adaptation described in this document uses the EAP Identity
   Request/Response mechanism to obtain C from the peer.  It then uses
   two new message types -- EAP SRP-SHA1 Parts 1 and 2 -- to handle the
   SRP authentication.  The Part 1 Request message contains s, g, and N.
   The Part 1 Response contains A.  The Part 2 Request continues with B



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   and the Part 2 Response contains M1.  Finally, the M2 value is
   returned in a modified EAP Success message.


2.1.  EAP SRP-SHA1 Packet Formats

   A summary of the PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Request/Response packet format is
   shown below.  The fields are transmitted from left to right.

    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      |  Identifier   |            Length             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Type      |  Type-Data ...
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-

   Code

       1 - Request
       2 - Response

   Identifier

       The identifier field is one octet and aids in matching responses
       with requests.

   Length

       The Length field is two octets and indicates the length of the
       EAP packet including the Code, Identifier, Length, Type, and Data
       fields.  Octets outside the range of the Length field should be
       treated as Data Link Layer padding and should be ignored on
       reception.

   Type

       TBD1 - EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1
       TBD2 - EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2

   Type-Data

       The format of the Type-Data field is determined by the Code
       field.  The formats associated with EAP SRP-SHA1 are described in
       the sections below.






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2.2.  EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1 Request Packet

   The PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1 Request packet is SHOULD be sent after
   the peer's identity has been obtained using the EAP Identity
   Request/Response packets described in [2].  Using the peer's unau-
   thenticated identity, the authenticator SHOULD look up the password
   salt, verifier ('v'), prime modulus, and generator values in an
   implementation-dependent manner.  Use of EAP Identity is not required
   by this specification, and determination of salt, verifier, prime
   modulus, and generator may be done in any convenient manner.

   A summary of the PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1 Request packet format is
   shown below.  Length and Type fields are as described above.  The
   fields are transmitted from left to right.

    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      |   Identifier  |            Length             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Type      |  Salt Length  |      Prime Modulus Length     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Salt ...                                                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Prime Modulus ...                                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Generator ...
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Code

       1 - Request

   Identifier

       The Identifier field is one octet and aids in matching responses
       with requests.  The Identifier field SHOULD be changed on each
       Request packet sent, but MAY be kept the same on retransmit.

   Type

       TBD1 - EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1

   Salt Length

       Length of the Salt field in octets.  This MUST be at least 4
       octets and MAY be any length up to 255 octets.  This field is not
       padded.



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   Prime Modulus Length

       Length of the Prime Modulus field in octets.  This value MAY be
       zero to select the 2048 bit value for N listed in Appendix A and
       select g=2.  In this case, neither the Prime Modulus nor the
       Generator field is present in the message.

       If the Prime Modulus Length field is non-zero, then it SHOULD be
       at least 64 octets (512 bits).  Longer values are RECOMMENDED.

   Salt

       Password salt string; may contain any values and be of any
       length, subject to link MTU restrictions.

   Prime Modulus

       Prime Modulus value.  This value (called 'N' in the SRP
       documentation) is in network byte order and has a length equal to
       the Prime Modulus Length field.

   Generator

       The Generator value.  This value (called 'g' in the SRP
       documentation) is in network byte order and fills the rest of the
       message without padding.  If the Prime Modulus Length field is
       omitted, then g is set to 2.


2.3.  EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1 Response Packet

   The PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1 Response message MUST be sent in reply to
   an EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1 Request message and MUST NOT be retransmitted
   on a time-out.  Duplicate and invalid Response messages MUST be
   ignored by the authenticator and SHOULD be logged.  Invalid Request
   messages MUST be acknowledged by the authenticatee with the EAP Nak
   message; this includes Request messages with an unacceptable modulus
   or generator value.

   A summary of the PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1 Response packet format is
   shown following.  Length and Type fields are as described above.  The
   fields are transmitted from left to right.









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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Code      |   Identifier  |            Length             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Type      |   Value A ...
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Code

       2 - Response

   Identifier

       The Identifier field is one octet and MUST match the Identifier
       from the most recently received Part 1 Request.

   Type

       TBD1 - EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 1

   Value A

       The result of (g**a) mod N, where 'a' is a randomly chosen number
       in the range 1 .. N (exclusive).  The randomly chosen number is
       the authenticatee's private key, and the Value A field is the
       corresponding public key.  This field is not padded.

       The A value MUST NOT be zero.  If the authenticator receives zero
       for this field, it SHOULD take action to disconnect the link.


2.4.  EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Request Packet

   The PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Request message MUST NOT be sent until a
   valid Part 1 Response message has be received.  The Part 2 Request
   message may be retransmitted on time-out.  Once a valid Part 1
   Response message has been received, it is not necessary to send
   another Part 1 Request unless re-authentication is desired.

   A summary of the PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Request packet format is
   shown following.  Length and Type fields are as described above.  The
   fields are transmitted from left to right.








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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Code      |   Identifier  |            Length             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Type      |   Value B ...
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Code

       1 - Request

   Identifier

       The Identifier field is one octet and aids in matching responses
       with requests.  The Identifier field MUST be changed on each
       Request packet sent.

   Type

       TBD2 - EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2

   Value B

       The result of (v + g**b) mod N, where 'b' is a randomly chosen
       number in the range 1 .. N (exclusive), and v is the stored
       verifier from the authentication database.  The randomly chosen
       number is the authenticator's private key, and the Value B field
       is the corresponding public key.  This field is not padded.

       The B value MUST NOT be zero.  If the authenticatee receives zero
       for this field, it SHOULD take action to disconnect the link.


2.5.  EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Response Packet

   The PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Response message MUST be sent by the
   authenticatee in response to a valid EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Request.
   The authenticator validates this message by calculating the M1 value
   from its own copies of A, B, and K, and compares the result.  If the
   values match, then the authentication is successful, and EAP Success
   SHOULD be returned.  If the values do not match, then EAP Failure
   SHOULD be returned and the link terminated.

   As described in SRP, the authenticatee computes x = SHA1(s,
   passphrase), and then computes K = SHA_Interleave((B - g^x)^(a + u*x)
   mod N).  The authenticator computes K = SHA1_Interleave((A * v^u)^b
   mod N).  M1 may then be computed as SHA1(A, B, K).



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   A summary of the PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Response packet format is
   shown below.  Length and Type fields are as described above.  The
   fields are transmitted from left to right.

    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      |   Identifier  |            Length             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Type      |                    Value M1                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         M1 (continued)                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         M1 (continued)                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         M1 (continued)                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         M1 (continued)                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       M1      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Code

       2 - Response

   Identifier

       The Identifier field is one octet and MUST match the Identifier
       from the most recently received Part 2 Request.

   Length

       25

   Type

       TBD2 - EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2

   Value M1

       The 20 octet result of SHA1(A, B, K).


2.6.  EAP SRP-SHA1 Success Packet

   The PPP EAP SRP-SHA1 Success message MUST be sent by the authentica-
   tor in response to a valid EAP SRP-SHA1 Part 2 Response packet, and



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   MUST NOT be retransmitted on an authenticator time-out.  The SRP-SHA1
   Success message MUST NOT be sent if a valid Part 2 Response has not
   been received.  If the authenticatee receives a Success message with
   invalid contents, it SHOULD terminate the link to avoid man-in-the-
   middle attacks.  An authenticatee SHOULD retransmit its Part 2
   Response message if a time-out occurs waiting for the Success mes-
   sage, and an authenticator MUST retransmit the Success message if a
   duplicate Part 2 Response is received.

   A summary of the PPP EAP Success packet format is shown below.
   Length and Type fields are as described above.  The fields are
   transmitted from left to right.

    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      |   Identifier  |            Length             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                            Value M2                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         M2 (continued)                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         M2 (continued)                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         M2 (continued)                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         M2 (continued)                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Code

       3 - Success

   Identifier

       The Identifier field is one octet and MUST match the Identifier
       from the most recently transmitted Part 2 Request and received
       Part 2 Response.

   Length

       24

   Value M2

       The 20 octet result of SHA1(A, B, K).





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3.  Use with ECP

   The 40 octet value K calculated by the SRP-SHA1 authentication pro-
   cedure SHOULD be used to form encryption keys if PPP encryption is in
   use.  For the DESEbis [12] algorithm, a shared 56 bit key is neces-
   sary, and for the 3DES [13] algorithm, a shared 168 bit key is
   required.  Complicating this, ECP may be negotiated in only one
   direction or both.  In addition, PPP authentication may be performed
   one-way (the most common case) or mutually, and when mutual authenti-
   cation is chosen, different authentication schemes may be used to
   authenticate each peer.  The effects of these details are described
   below.

   The "decryptor" is the peer that sends ECP Configure-Request suggest-
   ing an algorithm and receives a corresponding ECP Configure-Ack.  The
   "encryptor" is the sender of the ECP Configure-Ack, and will transmit
   the encrypted data.


3.1.  One-Way Versus Bidirectional Encryption

   When encryption is employed in only one direction, then the K value
   that is chosen for the shared key is the value associated with the
   EAP SRP-SHA1 authentication in which the decryptor is the authentica-
   tor.  If the decryptor did not authenticate its peer with EAP SRP-
   SHA1, then the K value associated with the other authentication ses-
   sion is used instead.


3.2.  One-Way Versus Mutual Authentication

   If only one peer authenticates the other using SRP-SHA1, and the
   other either does not authenticate its peer at all or uses a method
   that does not result in encryption keys, then the one K value associ-
   ated with this authentication SHOULD be used for both encryption ses-
   sions.  The first 20 octets of K are used for the encryption of data
   sent by the authenticatee to the authenticator, and the second 20
   octets of K are used for encryption of data in the opposite direc-
   tion.

   If mutual authentication with algorithms that produce encryption keys
   is done, such as SRP-SHA1, then two K values are produced.  The K
   values are used so that the encryptor is the authenticatee for the
   corresponding authentication session, and the decryptor is the
   authenticator.






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3.3.  DESEbis Versus 3DES

   For DESEbis, the first 8 octets of the key value are used.  DES keys
   are constructed such that the most significant bit (MSB) of each
   octet is reserved for parity.

   For 3DES, 24 octets of key value are used by most implementations.
   As for DESEbis, the MSBs are discarded.  If the 40 octet K value has
   been split into two 20 octet values because one-way authentication is
   in use, then an extra 4 octets are needed for each key.  The SHA-1
   algorithm is run again over the 40 octet K value to produce a 20
   octet hash.  This hash is split into two 10 octet values that are
   then appended to the two 20 octet values from the split K value.  The
   first 24 octets of each 30 octet value is used as the 3DES key.


4.  Security Considerations

   The security of SRP relies on having a prime modulus that is large
   enough to make brute force attack of the key exchange infeasible.  A
   length of at least 1024 bits is recommended.  In addition, the SRP
   document [3] describes tests that MUST be performed on the chosen
   modulus and generator values and random numbers.

   The hash values stored in the authenticator's database SHOULD be pro-
   tected against disclosure and the user's choice password SHOULD be
   restricted to limit the effectiveness of dictionary attacks.


5.  Intellectual Property Rights Notices


5.1.  Patent Issues

   The author hereby disclaims any patent interest in the EAP SRP-SHA1
   mechanism for PPP described in this document.

   A U.S. patent application has been filed by Thomas Wu on the SRP
   algorithm itself, and the IESG has been notified.  Mr. Wu permits
   free commercial and non-commercial use of SRP without requiring
   licensing or fees.

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6.  References

   [1]  W. Simpson, "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)," RFC 1661,
        07/1994

   [2]  L. Blunk, J. Vollbrecht, "PPP Extensible Authentication
        Protocol (EAP)," RFC 2284, 03/1998

   [3]  T. Wu, "The SRP Authentication and Key Exchange System,"
        RFC 2945, 09/2000

   [4]  B. Lloyd, W. Simpson, "PPP Authentication Protocols," RFC
        1334, 10/1992

   [5]  W. Simpson, "PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
        (CHAP)," RFC 1994, 08/1996

   [6]  G. Zorn, S. Cobb, "Microsoft PPP CHAP Extensions," RFC 2433,
        10/1998

   [7]  G. Zorn, "Microsoft PPP CHAP Extensions, Version 2," RFC 2759,
        01/2000

   [8]  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
        "Announcing the Secure Hash Standard," FIPS 180-1, U.S.
        Department of Commerce, 04/1995

   [9]  G. Meyer, "The PPP Encryption Control Protocol (ECP)," RFC 1968,
        06/1996

   [10] S. Bradner, "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
        Levels," BCP 14 and RFC 2119, 03/1997

   [11] T. Wu, "The Secure Remote Password Protocol", in
        Proceedings of the 1998 Internet Society Symposium on
        Network and Distributed Systems Security, San Diego, CA,
        pp. 97-111

   [12] K. Sklower, G. Meyer, "The PPP DES Encryption Protocol, Version
        2 (DESE-bis)," RFC 2419, September 1998.

   [13] H. Kummert, "The PPP Triple-DES Encryption Protocol (3DESE),"
        RFC 2420, September 1998.








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7.  Author's Address

   James Carlson
   Sun Microsystems
   1 Network Drive MS UBUR02-212
   Burlington MA  01803-2757

   Phone:  +1 781 442 2084        Email:  james.d.carlson@sun.com
   Fax:    +1 781 442 1677


8.  Appendix A - Well-Known Prime Modulus

   This 2048 bit prime modulus (and corresponding generator value 2) are
   borrowed from the SRP GSS-API mechanism, an IETF work in progress.

           0xAC, 0x6B, 0xDB, 0x41, 0x32, 0x4A, 0x9A, 0x9B,
           0xF1, 0x66, 0xDE, 0x5E, 0x13, 0x89, 0x58, 0x2F,
           0xAF, 0x72, 0xB6, 0x65, 0x19, 0x87, 0xEE, 0x07,
           0xFC, 0x31, 0x92, 0x94, 0x3D, 0xB5, 0x60, 0x50,
           0xA3, 0x73, 0x29, 0xCB, 0xB4, 0xA0, 0x99, 0xED,
           0x81, 0x93, 0xE0, 0x75, 0x77, 0x67, 0xA1, 0x3D,
           0xD5, 0x23, 0x12, 0xAB, 0x4B, 0x03, 0x31, 0x0D,
           0xCD, 0x7F, 0x48, 0xA9, 0xDA, 0x04, 0xFD, 0x50,
           0xE8, 0x08, 0x39, 0x69, 0xED, 0xB7, 0x67, 0xB0,
           0xCF, 0x60, 0x95, 0x17, 0x9A, 0x16, 0x3A, 0xB3,
           0x66, 0x1A, 0x05, 0xFB, 0xD5, 0xFA, 0xAA, 0xE8,
           0x29, 0x18, 0xA9, 0x96, 0x2F, 0x0B, 0x93, 0xB8,
           0x55, 0xF9, 0x79, 0x93, 0xEC, 0x97, 0x5E, 0xEA,
           0xA8, 0x0D, 0x74, 0x0A, 0xDB, 0xF4, 0xFF, 0x74,
           0x73, 0x59, 0xD0, 0x41, 0xD5, 0xC3, 0x3E, 0xA7,
           0x1D, 0x28, 0x1E, 0x44, 0x6B, 0x14, 0x77, 0x3B,
           0xCA, 0x97, 0xB4, 0x3A, 0x23, 0xFB, 0x80, 0x16,
           0x76, 0xBD, 0x20, 0x7A, 0x43, 0x6C, 0x64, 0x81,
           0xF1, 0xD2, 0xB9, 0x07, 0x87, 0x17, 0x46, 0x1A,
           0x5B, 0x9D, 0x32, 0xE6, 0x88, 0xF8, 0x77, 0x48,
           0x54, 0x45, 0x23, 0xB5, 0x24, 0xB0, 0xD5, 0x7D,
           0x5E, 0xA7, 0x7A, 0x27, 0x75, 0xD2, 0xEC, 0xFA,
           0x03, 0x2C, 0xFB, 0xDB, 0xF5, 0x2F, 0xB3, 0x78,
           0x61, 0x60, 0x27, 0x90, 0x04, 0xE5, 0x7A, 0xE6,
           0xAF, 0x87, 0x4E, 0x73, 0x03, 0xCE, 0x53, 0x29,
           0x9C, 0xCC, 0x04, 0x1C, 0x7B, 0xC3, 0x08, 0xD8,
           0x2A, 0x56, 0x98, 0xF3, 0xA8, 0xD0, 0xC3, 0x82,
           0x71, 0xAE, 0x35, 0xF8, 0xE9, 0xDB, 0xFB, 0xB6,
           0x94, 0xB5, 0xC8, 0x03, 0xD8, 0x9F, 0x7A, 0xE4,
           0x35, 0xDE, 0x23, 0x6D, 0x52, 0x5F, 0x54, 0x75,
           0x9B, 0x65, 0xE3, 0x72, 0xFC, 0xD6, 0x8E, 0xF2,
           0x0F, 0xA7, 0x11, 0x1F, 0x9E, 0x4A, 0xFF, 0x73



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