Signature Authentication in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2)
RFC 7427


Document	Type	RFC - Proposed Standard (January 2015; Errata) Updates RFC 7296 Was draft-kivinen-ipsecme-signature-auth (ipsecme WG)
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                        T. Kivinen
Request for Comments: 7427                                 INSIDE Secure
Updates: 7296                                                  J. Snyder
Category: Standards Track                                       Opus One
ISSN: 2070-1721                                             January 2015

Signature Authentication in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2)

Abstract

   The Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) protocol has limited
   support for the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA).
   The current version only includes support for three Elliptic Curve
   groups, and there is a fixed hash algorithm tied to each group.  This
   document generalizes IKEv2 signature support to allow any signature
   method supported by PKIX and also adds signature hash algorithm
   negotiation.  This is a generic mechanism and is not limited to
   ECDSA; it can also be used with other signature algorithms.

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   Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
   Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.

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Kivinen & Snyder             Standards Track                    [Page 1]
RFC 7427            Signature Authentication in IKEv2       January 2015

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Authentication Payload  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Hash Algorithm Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  Selecting the Public Key Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Appendix A.  Commonly Used ASN.1 Objects  . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     A.1.  PKCS#1 1.5 RSA Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       A.1.1.  sha1WithRSAEncryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       A.1.2.  sha256WithRSAEncryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       A.1.3.  sha384WithRSAEncryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       A.1.4.  sha512WithRSAEncryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     A.2.  DSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       A.2.1.  dsa-with-sha1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       A.2.2.  dsa-with-sha256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     A.3.  ECDSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       A.3.1.  ecdsa-with-sha1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       A.3.2.  ecdsa-with-sha256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       A.3.3.  ecdsa-with-sha384 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       A.3.4.  ecdsa-with-sha512 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     A.4.  RSASSA-PSS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       A.4.1.  RSASSA-PSS with Empty Parameters  . . . . . . . . . .  15
       A.4.2.  RSASSA-PSS with Default Parameters  . . . . . . . . .  16
       A.4.3.  RSASSA-PSS with SHA-256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   Appendix B.  IKEv2 Payload Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     B.1.  sha1WithRSAEncryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18

1.  Introduction

   This document adds a new IKEv2 [RFC7296] authentication method to

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Signature Authentication in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2)RFC 7427

Signature Authentication in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2)
RFC 7427