Key Update for OSCORE (KUDOS)
draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update-07
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draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update-07
CoRE Working Group R. Höglund
Internet-Draft M. Tiloca
Updates: 8613 (if approved) RISE AB
Intended status: Standards Track 4 March 2024
Expires: 5 September 2024
Key Update for OSCORE (KUDOS)
draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update-07
Abstract
This document defines Key Update for OSCORE (KUDOS), a lightweight
procedure that two CoAP endpoints can use to update their keying
material by establishing a new OSCORE Security Context. Accordingly,
it updates the use of the OSCORE flag bits in the CoAP OSCORE Option
as well as the protection of CoAP response messages with OSCORE, and
it deprecates the key update procedure specified in Appendix B.2 of
RFC 8613. Thus, this document updates RFC 8613. Also, this document
defines a procedure that two endpoints can use to update their OSCORE
identifiers, run either stand-alone or during a KUDOS execution.
Discussion Venues
This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.
Discussion of this document takes place on the Constrained RESTful
Environments Working Group mailing list (core@ietf.org), which is
archived at https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/core/.
Source for this draft and an issue tracker can be found at
https://github.com/core-wg/oscore-key-update.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Current Methods for Rekeying OSCORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Updated Protection of Responses with OSCORE . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Key Update for OSCORE (KUDOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1. Extensions to the OSCORE Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2. Function for Security Context Update . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3. Key Update with Forward Secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.3.1. Forward Message Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.3.2. Reverse Message Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.4. Avoiding Deadlocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.4.1. Scenario 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.4.2. Scenario 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.4.3. Scenario 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.5. Key Update with or without Forward Secrecy . . . . . . . 28
4.5.1. Handling and Use of Keying Material . . . . . . . . . 29
4.5.2. Selection of KUDOS Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.6. Preserving Observations Across Key Updates . . . . . . . 35
4.6.1. Management of Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.7. Retention Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4.8. Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4.8.1. KUDOS Interleaved with Other Message Exchanges . . . 39
4.8.2. Communication Overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.8.3. Well-Known KUDOS Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.8.4. Rekeying when Using SCHC with OSCORE . . . . . . . . 40
4.9. Signaling KUDOS support in EDHOC . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6.1. OSCORE Flag Bits Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6.2. EDHOC External Authorization Data Registry . . . . . . . 47
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6.3. The Well-Known URI Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
6.4. Resource Type (rt=) Link Target Attribute Values
Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Appendix A. Forward Message Flow using two CoAP Requests . . . . 51
Appendix B. Forward Message Flow with Response #1 unrelated to
Request #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Appendix C. Forward Message Flow Targeting a non-KUDOS Resource at
Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Appendix D. Document Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
D.1. Version -06 to -07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
D.2. Version -05 to -06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
D.3. Version -04 to -05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
D.4. Version -03 to -04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
D.5. Version -02 to -03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
D.6. Version -01 to -02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
D.7. Version -00 to -01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
1. Introduction
Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments (OSCORE)
[RFC8613] provides end-to-end protection of CoAP [RFC7252] messages
at the application-layer, ensuring message confidentiality and
integrity, replay protection, as well as binding of response to
request between a sender and a recipient.
To ensure secure communication when using OSCORE, peers may need to
update their shared keying material. Among other reasons,
approaching key usage limits
[I-D.irtf-cfrg-aead-limits][I-D.ietf-core-oscore-key-limits] requires
updating the OSCORE keying material before communications can
securely continue.
This document updates [RFC8613] as follows.
* It specifies KUDOS, a lightweight key update procedure that the
two peers can use in order to update their current keying material
and establish a new OSCORE Security Context. This deprecates and
replaces the procedure specified in Appendix B.2 of [RFC8613].
* With reference to the "OSCORE Flag Bits" registry defined in
Section 13.7 of [RFC8613] as part of the "Constrained RESTful
Environments (CoRE) Parameters" registry group, it updates the
entries with Bit Position 0 and 1 (see Section 6), both originally
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marked as "Reserved". That is, it defines and registers the usage
of the OSCORE flag bit with Bit Position 0, as the one intended to
expand the space for the OSCORE flag bits in the OSCORE Option
(see Section 4.1). Also, it marks the bit with Bit Position of 1
as "Unassigned".
* It updates the protection of CoAP responses with OSCORE originally
specified in Section 8.3 of [RFC8613], as defined in Section 3 of
this document.
Furthermore, this document specifies a method that two peers can use
to update their OSCORE identifiers. This can be run as a stand-alone
procedure, or instead integrated in a KUDOS execution.
1.1. Terminology
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
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
Readers are expected to be familiar with the terms and concepts
related to CoAP [RFC7252], Observe [RFC7641], CBOR [RFC8949], OSCORE
[RFC8613], and EDHOC [I-D.ietf-lake-edhoc].
This document additionally defines the following terminology.
* Initiator: the peer starting the KUDOS execution, by sending the
first KUDOS message.
* Responder: the peer that receives the first KUDOS message in a
KUDOS execution.
* Forward message flow: the KUDOS execution workflow where the
initiator acts as CoAP client (see Section 4.3.1).
* Reverse message flow: the KUDOS execution workflow where the
initiator acts as CoAP server (see Section 4.3.2).
* FS mode: the KUDOS execution mode that achieves forward secrecy
(see Section 4.3).
* No-FS mode: the KUDOS execution mode that does not achieve forward
secrecy (see Section 4.5).
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2. Current Methods for Rekeying OSCORE
Two peers communicating using OSCORE may choose to renew their shared
keying information by establishing a new OSCORE Security Context for
a variety of reasons. A particular reason is approaching limits set
for safe key usage [I-D.ietf-core-oscore-key-limits]. Practically,
when the relevant limits have been reached for an OSCORE Security
Context, the two peers have to establish a new OSCORE Security
Context, in order to continue using OSCORE for secure communication.
That is, the two peers have to establish new Sender and Recipient
Keys, as the keys actually used by the AEAD algorithm.
In addition to approaching the key usage limits, there may be other
reasons for a peer to initiate a key update procedure. These
include: the OSCORE Security Context approaching its expiration time;
application policies prescribing a regular key rollover; approaching
the exhaustion of the Sender Sequence Number space in the OSCORE
Sender Context.
It is RECOMMENDED that the peer initiating the key update procedure
starts it with some margin, i.e., well before actually experiencing
the trigger event forcing to perform a key update, e.g., the OSCORE
Security Context expiration or the exhaustion of the Sender Sequence
Number space. If the rekeying is not initiated ahead of these
events, it may become practically impossible to perform a key update
with certain methods.
Other specifications define a number of ways for rekeying OSCORE, as
summarized below.
* The two peers can run the procedure defined in Appendix B.2 of
[RFC8613]. That is, the two peers exchange three or four
messages, protected with temporary Security Contexts adding
randomness to the ID Context.
As a result, the two peers establish a new OSCORE Security Context
with new ID Context, Sender Key, and Recipient Key, while keeping
the same OSCORE Master Secret and OSCORE Master Salt from the old
OSCORE Security Context.
This procedure does not require any additional components to what
OSCORE already provides, and it does not provide forward secrecy.
The procedure defined in Appendix B.2 of [RFC8613] is used in
6TiSCH networks [RFC7554][RFC8180] when handling failure events.
That is, a node acting as Join Registrar/Coordinator (JRC) assists
new devices, namely "pledges", to securely join the network as per
the Constrained Join Protocol [RFC9031]. In particular, a pledge
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exchanges OSCORE-protected messages with the JRC, from which it
obtains a short identifier, link-layer keying material and other
configuration parameters. As per Section 8.3.3 of [RFC9031], a
JRC that experiences a failure event may likely lose information
about joined nodes, including their assigned identifiers. Then,
the reinitialized JRC can establish a new OSCORE Security Context
with each pledge, through the procedure defined in Appendix B.2 of
[RFC8613].
* The two peers can run the OSCORE profile [RFC9203] of the
Authentication and Authorization for Constrained Environments
(ACE) Framework [RFC9200].
When a CoAP client uploads an Access Token to a CoAP server as an
access credential, the two peers also exchange two nonces. Then,
the two peers use the two nonces together with information
provided by the ACE Authorization Server that issued the Access
Token, in order to derive an OSCORE Security Context.
This procedure does not provide forward secrecy.
* The two peers can run the EDHOC key exchange protocol based on
Diffie-Hellman and defined in [I-D.ietf-lake-edhoc], in order to
establish a pseudo-random key in a mutually authenticated way.
Then, the two peers can use the established pseudo-random key to
derive external application keys. This allows the two peers to
securely derive an OSCORE Master Secret and an OSCORE Master Salt,
from which an OSCORE Security Context can be established.
This procedure additionally provides forward secrecy.
EDHOC also specifies an optional function, EDHOC_KeyUpdate, to
perform a key update in a more efficient way than re-running
EDHOC. The two communicating peers call EDHOC_KeyUpdate with
equivalent input, which results in derivation of a new shared
pseudo-random key. Usage of EDHOC_KeyUpdate preserves forward
secrecy.
Note that EDHOC may be run standalone or as part of other
workflows, such as when using the EDHOC and OSCORE profile of ACE
[I-D.ietf-ace-edhoc-oscore-profile].
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* If one peer is acting as LwM2M Client and the other peer as LwM2M
Server, according to the OMA Lightweight Machine to Machine Core
specification [LwM2M], then the LwM2M Client peer may take the
initiative to bootstrap again with the LwM2M Bootstrap Server, and
receive again an OSCORE Security Context. Alternatively, the
LwM2M Server can instruct the LwM2M Client to initiate this
procedure.
If the OSCORE Security Context information on the LwM2M Bootstrap
Server has been updated, the LwM2M Client will thus receive a
fresh OSCORE Security Context to use with the LwM2M Server.
In addition to that, the LwM2M Client, the LwM2M Server as well as
the LwM2M Bootstrap server are required to use the procedure
defined in Appendix B.2 of [RFC8613] and overviewed above, when
they use a certain OSCORE Security Context for the first time
[LwM2M-Transport].
Manually updating the OSCORE Security Context at the two peers should
be a last resort option, and it might often be not practical or
feasible.
Even when any of the alternatives mentioned above is available, it is
RECOMMENDED that two OSCORE peers update their Security Context by
using the KUDOS procedure as defined in Section 4 of this document.
3. Updated Protection of Responses with OSCORE
The protection of CoAP responses with OSCORE is updated, by adding
the following text at the end of step 3 of Section 8.3 of [RFC8613].
| If the server is using a different Security Context for the
| response compared to what was used to verify the request (e.g.,
| due to an occurred key update), then the server MUST take the
| second alternative. That is, the server MUST include its Sender
| Sequence Number as Partial IV in the response and use it to build
| the AEAD nonce to protect the response.
|
| This prevents the server from using the same AEAD (key, nonce)
| pair for two responses, protected with different OSCORE Security
| Contexts. An exception is the procedure in Appendix B.2 of
| [RFC8613], which is secure although not complying with the above.
4. Key Update for OSCORE (KUDOS)
This section defines KUDOS, a lightweight procedure that two OSCORE
peers can use to update their keying material and establish a new
OSCORE Security Context.
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KUDOS relies on the OSCORE Option defined in [RFC8613] and extended
as defined in Section 4.1, as well as on the support function
updateCtx() defined in Section 4.2.
In order to run KUDOS, two peers perform a message exchange of
OSCORE-protected CoAP messages. This message exchange between the
two peers is defined in Section 4.3, with particular reference to the
stateful FS mode providing forward secrecy. Building on the same
message exchange, the possible use of the stateless no-FS mode is
defined in Section 4.5, as intended to peers that are not able to
write in non-volatile memory. Two peers MUST run KUDOS in FS mode if
they are both capable to.
The key update procedure has the following properties.
* KUDOS can be initiated by either peer. In particular, the CoAP
client or the CoAP server may start KUDOS by sending the first
rekeying message, by running KUDOS in the forward message flow
Section 4.3 or reverse message flow Section 4.3.2, respectively.
A peer that supports KUDOS MUST support both the forward message
flow and the reverse message flow.
* The new OSCORE Security Context enjoys forward secrecy, unless
KUDOS is run in no-FS mode (see Section 4.5).
* The same ID Context value used in the old OSCORE Security Context
is preserved in the new Security Context. Furthermore, the ID
Context value never changes throughout the KUDOS execution.
* KUDOS is robust against a peer rebooting, and it especially avoids
the reuse of AEAD (nonce, key) pairs.
* KUDOS completes in one round trip by exchanging two CoAP messages.
The two peers achieve mutual key confirmation in the following
exchange, which is protected with the newly established OSCORE
Security Context.
4.1. Extensions to the OSCORE Option
In order to support the message exchange for establishing a new
OSCORE Security Context, this document extends the use of the OSCORE
Option originally defined in [RFC8613] as follows.
* This document defines the usage of the eight least significant
bit, called "Extension-1 Flag", in the first byte of the OSCORE
Option containing the OSCORE flag bits. The registration of this
flag bit in the "OSCORE Flag Bits" registry is specified in
Section 6.1.
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When the Extension-1 Flag is set to 1, the second byte of the
OSCORE Option MUST include the OSCORE flag bits 8-15.
* This document defines the usage of the least significant bit
"Nonce Flag", 'd', in the second byte of the OSCORE Option
containing the OSCORE flag bits 8-15. This flag bit is specified
in Section 6.1.
When it is set to 1, the compressed COSE object contains a field
'x' and a field 'nonce', to be used for the steps defined in
Section 4.3. In particular, the 1 byte 'x' following 'kid
context' (if any) encodes the size of the following field 'nonce',
together with signaling bits that indicate the specific behavior
to adopt during the KUDOS execution.
Hereafter, a message is referred to as a "KUDOS (request/response)
message", if and only if the second byte of flags is present and
the 'd' bit is set to 1. If that is not the case, the message is
referred to as a "non KUDOS (request/response) message".
The encoding of 'x' is as follows:
- The four least significant bits encode the 'nonce' size in
bytes minus 1, namely 'm'.
- The fifth least significant bit is the "No Forward Secrecy" 'p'
bit. The sender peer indicates its wish to run KUDOS in FS
mode or in no-FS mode, by setting the 'p' bit to 0 or 1,
respectively. This makes KUDOS possible to run also for peers
that cannot support the FS mode. At the same time, two peers
MUST run KUDOS in FS mode if they are both capable to, as per
Section 4.3. The execution of KUDOS in no-FS mode is defined
in Section 4.5.
- The sixth least significant bit is the "Preserve Observations"
'b' bit. The sender peer indicates its wish to preserve
ongoing observations beyond the KUDOS execution or not, by
setting the 'b' bit to 1 or 0, respectively. The related
processing is defined in Section 4.6.
- The seventh least significant bit is the 'z' bit. When it is
set to 1, the compressed COSE object contains a field 'y' and a
field 'old_nonce', to be used for the steps defined in
Section 4.3. In particular, the 1 byte 'y' following 'nonce'
encodes the size of the following field 'old_nonce'. This bit
SHALL only be set in the second KUDOS message and only if it is
a CoAP request. For an example see the execution of KUDOS in
the reverse message flow shown in Figure 6.
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- The eight least significant bit is reserved for future use.
This bit SHALL be set to zero when not in use. According to
this specification, if this bit is set to 1, the message is
considered to be malformed and decompression fails as specified
in item 2 of Section 8.2 of [RFC8613].
The encoding of 'y' is as follows:
- The four least significant bits of the 'y' byte encode the
'old_nonce' size in bytes minus 1, namely 'w'.
- The fifth to seventh least significant bits SHALL be set to
zero when not in use. According to this specification, if
these bits are set to 1, the message is considered to be
malformed and decompression fails as specified in item 2 of
Section 8.2 of [RFC8613]
- The eight least significant bit is reserved for future use.
This bit SHALL be set to zero when not in use. According to
this specification, if this bit is set to 1, the message is
considered to be malformed and decompression fails as specified
in item 2 of Section 8.2 of [RFC8613].
* The second-to-eighth least significant bits in the second byte of
the OSCORE Option containing the OSCORE flag bits are reserved for
future use. These bits SHALL be set to zero when not in use.
According to this specification, if any of these bits are set to
1, the message is considered to be malformed and decompression
fails as specified in item 2 of Section 8.2 of [RFC8613].
Figure 1 shows extended OSCORE Option value, with the possible
presence of 'nonce' and 'old_nonce'.
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 <----- n bytes ----->
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---------------------+
|1|0|0|h|k| n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | d | Partial IV (if any) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---------------------+
<- 1 byte -> <----- s bytes ------> <- 1 byte -> <--- m + 1 bytes --->
+------------+----------------------+------------+--------------------+
| s (if any) | kid context (if any) | x (if any) | nonce (if any) |
+------------+----------------------+------------+--------------------+
/ \____
/ |
/ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
| |0|z|b|p| m | |
| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
<- 1 byte -> <--- w + 1 bytes --->
+------------+---------------------+------------------+
| y (if any) | old_nonce (if any) | kid (if any) ... |
+------------+---------------------+------------------+
/ \____
/ |
/ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
| |0|0|0|0| w | |
| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |
Figure 1: The extended OSCORE Option value, with the possible
presence of 'nonce' and 'old_nonce'
4.2. Function for Security Context Update
The updateCtx() function shown in Figure 2 takes as input the three
parameters X, N, and CTX_IN. In particular, X and N are built from
the 'x' and 'nonce' fields transported in the OSCORE Option value of
the exchanged KUDOS messages (see Section 4.1), while CTX_IN is the
OSCORE Security Context to update. The function returns a new OSCORE
Security Context CTX_OUT.
As a first step, the updateCtx() function builds the two CBOR byte
strings X_cbor and N_cbor, with value the input parameter X and N,
respectively. Then, it builds X_N, as the byte concatenation of
X_cbor and N_cbor.
After that, the updateCtx() function derives the new values of the
Master Secret and Master Salt for CTX_OUT. In particular, the new
Master Secret is derived through a KUDOS-Expand() step, which takes
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as input the Master Secret value from the Security Context CTX_IN,
the literal string "key update", X_N, and the length of the Master
Secret. Instead, the new Master Salt takes N as value.
The definition of KUDOS-Expand depends on the key derivation function
used for OSCORE by the two peers, as specified in CTX_IN. either peer
If the key derivation function is an HKDF Algorithm (see Section 3.1
of [RFC8613]), then KUDOS-Expand is mapped to HKDF-Expand [RFC5869],
as shown below. Also, the hash algorithm is the same one used by the
HKDF Algorithm specified in CTX_IN.
KUDOS-Expand(CTX_IN.MasterSecret, ExpandLabel, oscore_key_length) =
HKDF-Expand(CTX_IN.MasterSecret, ExpandLabel, oscore_key_length)
If a future specification updates [RFC8613] by admitting different
key derivation functions than HKDF Algorithms (e.g., KMAC as based on
the SHAKE128 or SHAKE256 hash functions), that specification has to
update also the present document in order to define the mapping
between such key derivation functions and KUDOS-Expand.
When an HKDF Algorithm is used, the derivation of new values follows
the same approach used in TLS 1.3, which is also based on HKDF-Expand
(see Section 7.1 of [RFC8446]) and used for computing new keying
material in case of key update (see Section 4.6.3 of [RFC8446]).
After that, the new Master Secret and Master Salt parameters are used
to derive a new Security Context CTX_OUT as per Section 3.2 of
[RFC8613]. Any other parameter required for the derivation takes the
same value as in the Security Context CTX_IN. Finally, the function
returns the newly derived Security Context CTX_OUT.
Since the updateCtx() function also takes X as input, the derivation
of CTX_OUT also considers as input the information from the 'x' field
transported in the OSCORE Option value of the exchanged KUDOS
messages. In turn, this ensures that, if successfully completed, a
KUDOS execution occurs as intended by the two peers.
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updateCtx(X, N, CTX_IN) {
CTX_OUT // The new Security Context
MSECRET_NEW // The new Master Secret
MSALT_NEW // The new Master Salt
X_cbor = bstr .cbor X // CBOR bstr wrapping of X
N_cbor = bstr .cbor N // CBOR bstr wrapping of N
X_N = X_cbor | N_cbor
oscore_key_length = < Size of CTX_IN.MasterSecret in bytes >
Label = "key update"
MSECRET_NEW = KUDOS-Expand-Label(CTX_IN.MasterSecret, Label,
X_N, oscore_key_length)
= KUDOS-Expand(CTX_IN.MasterSecret, ExpandLabel,
oscore_key_length)
MSALT_NEW = N;
< Derive CTX_OUT using MSECRET_NEW and MSALT_NEW,
together with other parameters from CTX_IN >
Return CTX_OUT;
}
Where ExpandLabel is defined as
struct {
uint16 length = oscore_key_length;
opaque label<7..255> = "oscore " + Label;
opaque context<0..255> = X_N;
} ExpandLabel;
Figure 2: Function for deriving a new OSCORE Security Context
4.3. Key Update with Forward Secrecy
This section defines the actual KUDOS procedure performed by two
peers to update their OSCORE keying material. A peer may want to run
KUDOS for a variety of reasons, including expiration of the OSCORE
Security Context, approaching limits for key usage
[I-D.ietf-core-oscore-key-limits], application policies, and imminent
exhaustion of the OSCORE Sender Sequence Number space. The
expiration time of an OSCORE Security Context and the key usage
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limits are hard limits, at which point a peer MUST stop using the
keying material in the OSCORE Security Context and has to perform a
rekeying before resuming secure communication with the other peer.
However, KUDOS can also be used for active rekeying, and a peer may
run the KUDOS procedure at any point in time and for any reason.
Before starting KUDOS, the two peers share the OSCORE Security
Context CTX_OLD. Once successfully completed the KUDOS execution,
the two peers agree on a newly established OSCORE Security Context
CTX_NEW.
The following specifically defines how KUDOS is run in its stateful
FS mode achieving forward secrecy. That is, in the OSCORE Option
value of all the exchanged KUDOS messages, the "No Forward Secrecy"
bit is set to 0.
In order to run KUDOS in FS mode, both peers have to be able to write
in non-volatile memory. From the newly derived Security Context
CTX_NEW, the peers MUST store to non-volatile memory the immutable
parts of the OSCORE Security Context as specified in Section 3.1 of
[RFC8613], with the possible exception of the Common IV, Sender Key,
and Recipient Key that can be derived again when needed, as specified
in Section 3.2.1 of [RFC8613]. If the peer is unable to write in
non-volatile memory, the two peers have to run KUDOS in its stateless
no-FS mode (see Section 4.5).
When running KUDOS, each peer contributes by generating a nonce value
N1 or N2, and providing it to the other peer. The size of the nonces
N1 and N2 is application specific, and the use of 8 byte nonce values
is RECOMMENDED. The nonces N1 and N2 SHOULD be random values. An
exception is described later in Section Section 4.5.1.
Furthermore, X1 and X2 are the value of the 'x' byte specified in the
OSCORE Option of the first and second KUDOS message, respectively.
The X1 and X2 values are calculated by the sender peer based on: the
length of nonce N1 and N2, specified in the 'nonce' field of the
OSCORE Option of the first and second KUDOS message, respectively; as
well as on the specific settings the peer wishes to run KUDOS with.
As defined in Section 4.3.1, these values are used by the peers to
build the input N and X to the updateCtx() function, in order to
derive a new OSCORE Security Context. As for any new OSCORE Security
Context, the Sender Sequence Number and the Replay Window are re-
initialized accordingly (see Section 3.2.2 of [RFC8613]).
After a peer has generated or received the value N1, and after a peer
has calculated or received the value X1, it shall retain these in
memory until it has received and processed the second KUDOS message.
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Once a peer has successfully derived the new OSCORE Security Context
CTX_NEW, that peer MUST use CTX_NEW to protect outgoing non KUDOS
messages, and MUST NOT use the originally shared OSCORE Security
Context CTX_OLD for protecting outgoing messages. Once CTX_NEW has
been derived, a peer deletes any OSCORE Security Context CTX_DEL
older than CTX_OLD, such that both CTX_DEL and CTX_OLD have the same
ID_CONTEXT or no ID Context. This can for instance occur in the
forward message flow when the initiator has just received KUDOS
Response #1 and immediately starts KUDOS again as initiator, before
sending any non KUDOS messages which would give the responder key
confirmation and allow it to safely discard CTX_OLD.
Also, that peer MUST terminate all the ongoing observations [RFC7641]
that it has with the other peer as protected with the old Security
Context CTX_OLD, unless the two peers have explicitly agreed
otherwise as defined in Section 4.6. More specifically, if either or
both peers indicate the wish to cancel their observations, those will
be all cancelled following a successful KUDOS execution.
Note that, even though that peer had no real reason to update its
OSCORE keying material, running KUDOS can be intentionally exploited
as a more efficient way to terminate all the ongoing observations
with the other peer, compared to sending one cancellation request per
observation (see Section 3.6 of [RFC7641]).
Once a peer has successfully decrypted and verified an incoming
message protected with CTX_NEW, that peer MUST discard the old
Security Context CTX_OLD.
The peer starting the KUDOS execution is denoted as initiator, while
the other peer is denoted as responder.
KUDOS may run with the initiator acting either as CoAP client or CoAP
server. The former case is denoted as the "forward message flow"
(see Section 4.3.1) and the latter as the "reverse message flow" (see
Section 4.3.2). The following properties hold for both the forward
and reverse message flow.
* The initiator always offers the fresh value N1.
* The responder always offers the fresh value N2
* The responder is always the first one deriving CTX_NEW.
* The initiator is always the first one achieving key confirmation,
hence the first one able to safely discard CTX_OLD.
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* Both the initiator and the responder use and preserve the same
respective OSCORE Sender ID and Recipient ID. Also, if CTX_OLD
specifies an OSCORE ID Context, both peers use and preserve the
same OSCORE ID Context.
If a KUDOS message is a CoAP request, then it can target two
different types of resources at the recipient CoAP server:
* The well-known KUDOS resource at /.well-known/kudos, or an
alternative KUDOS resource with resource type "core.kudos" (see
Sections Section 4.8.3 and Section 6.4). In such a case, no
application processing is expected at the CoAP server, and the
plain CoAP request composed before OSCORE protection should not
include an application payload.
* A non-KUDOS resource, i.e., an actual application resource that a
CoAP request can target in order to trigger application processing
at the CoAP server. In such a case, the plain CoAP request
composed before OSCORE protection may include an application
payload, if admitted by the request method.
Similarly, any CoAP response can also be a KUDOS message. If the
corresponding CoAP request has targeted a KUDOS resource, then the
plain CoAP response composed before OSCORE encryption should not
include an application payload. Otherwise, an application payload
may be included.
Once a peer acting as initiator (responder) has sent (received) the
first KUDOS message, that peer MUST NOT send a non KUDOS message to
the other peer, until having completed the key update process on its
side. The initiator completes the key update process when receiving
the second KUDOS message and successfully verifying it with CTX_NEW.
The responder completes the key update process when sending the
second KUDOS message, as protected with CTX_NEW.
In particular, CTX_OLD is the most recent OSCORE Security Context
that a peer has with a given ID Context or without ID Context, before
initiating the KUDOS procedure or upon having received and
successfully verified the first KUDOS message. In turn, CTX_NEW is
the most recent OSCORE Security Context that a peer has with a given
ID Context or without ID Context, before sending the second KUDOS
message or upon having received and successfully verified the second
KUDOS message.
In the following sections, 'Comb(a,b)' denotes the byte concatenation
of two CBOR byte strings, where the first one has value 'a' and the
second one has value 'b'. That is, Comb(a,b) = bstr .cbor a | bstr
.cbor b, where | denotes byte concatenation.
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4.3.1. Forward Message Flow
Figure 3 shows an example of KUDOS run in the forward message flow,
with the client acting as KUDOS initiator. Even though in this
example the first KUDOS message is a request and the second is a
response, KUDOS is not constrained to this request/response model and
a KUDOS execution can be performed with any combination of CoAP
requests and responses. Appendix A shows an example where both KUDOS
messages are CoAP requests. Furthermore, Appendix B presents an
example where KUDOS Response #2 is a response to a different request
than KUDOS Request #1.
Client Server
(initiator) (responder)
| |
Generate N1 | |
| |
CTX_1 = updateCtx( | |
X1, | |
N1, | |
CTX_OLD) | |
| |
| Request #1 |
Protect with CTX_1 |--------------------->| /.well-known/kudos
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| Partial IV: 0 |
| ... |
| d flag: 1 | CTX_1 = updateCtx(
| x: X1 | X1,
| nonce: N1 | N1,
| ... | CTX_OLD)
| } |
| Encrypted Payload { | Verify with CTX_1
| ... |
| } | Generate N2
| |
| | CTX_NEW = updateCtx(
| | Comb(X1,X2),
| | Comb(N1,N2),
| | CTX_OLD)
| |
| Response #1 |
|<---------------------| Protect with CTX_NEW
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
CTX_NEW = updateCtx( | Partial IV: 0 |
Comb(X1,X2), | ... |
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Comb(N1,N2), | d flag: 1 |
CTX_OLD) | x: X2 |
| nonce: N2 |
Verify with CTX_NEW | ... |
| } |
Discard CTX_OLD | Encrypted Payload { |
| ... |
| } |
| |
// The actual key update process ends here.
// The two peers can use the new Security Context CTX_NEW.
| |
| Request #2 |
Protect with CTX_NEW |--------------------->| /temp
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| } | Verify with CTX_NEW
| Encrypted Payload { |
| ... | Discard CTX_OLD
| Application Payload |
| } |
| |
| Response #2 |
|<---------------------| Protect with CTX_NEW
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
Verify with CTX_NEW | } |
| Encrypted Payload { |
| ... |
| Application Payload |
| } |
| |
Figure 3: Example of the KUDOS forward message flow.
First, the client generates a value N1, and uses the nonce N = N1 and
X = X1 together with the old Security Context CTX_OLD, in order to
derive a temporary Security Context CTX_1.
Then, the client prepares a CoAP request targeting the well-known
KUDOS resource (see Section 4.8.3) at "/.well-known/kudos". The
client protects this CoAP request using CTX_1 and sends it to the
server. When the client protects this request using OSCORE, it MUST
use 0 as the value of Partial IV. In particular, the request has the
'd' flag bit set to 1, and specifies X1 as 'x' and N1 as 'nonce' (see
Section 4.1). After that, the client deletes CTX_1.
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Upon receiving the OSCORE request, the server retrieves the value N1
from the 'nonce' field of the OSCORE Option, the value X1 from the
'x' byte of the OSCORE Option, and provides the updateCtx() function
with the input N = N1, X = X1, and CTX_OLD, in order to derive the
temporary Security Context CTX_1.
Figure 4 shows an example of how the two peers compute X and N
provided as input to the updateCtx() function, and how they compute
X_N within the updateCtx() function, when deriving CTX_1 (see
Section 4.2).
X1 and N1 expressed as raw values
X1 = 0x07
N1 = 0x018a278f7faab55a
updateCtx() is called with
X = 0x07
N = 0x018a278f7faab55a
In updateCtx(), X_cbor and N_cbor are built as CBOR byte strings
X_cbor = 0x4107 (h'07')
N_cbor = 0x48018a278f7faab55a (h'018a278f7faab55a')
In updateCtx(), X_N is the byte concatenation of X_cbor and N_cbor
X_N = 0x410748018a278f7faab55a
Figure 4: Example of X, N, and X_N when processing the first
KUDOS message
Then, the server verifies the request by using the Security Context
CTX_1.
After that, the server generates a value N2, and uses N = Comb(N1,
N2) and X = Comb(X1, X2) together with CTX_OLD, in order to derive
the new Security Context CTX_NEW.
An example of this nonce processing on the server with values for N1,
X1, N2, and X2 is presented in Figure 5.
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X1, X2, N1, and N2 expressed as raw values
X1 = 0x07
X2 = 0x07
N1 = 0x018a278f7faab55a
N2 = 0x25a8991cd700ac01
X1, X2, N1, and N2 as CBOR byte strings
X1 = 0x4107 (h'07')
X2 = 0x4107 (h'07')
N1 = 0x48018a278f7faab55a (h'018a278f7faab55a')
N2 = 0x4825a8991cd700ac01 (h'25a8991cd700ac01')
updateCtx() is called with
X = 0x41074107
N = 0x48018a278f7faab55a4825a8991cd700ac01
In updateCtx(), X_cbor and N_cbor are built as CBOR byte strings
X_cbor = 0x4441074107 (h'41074107')
N_cbor = 0x5248018a278f7faab55a4825a8991cd700ac01
(h'48018a278f7faab55a4825a8991cd700ac01')
In updateCtx(), X_N is the byte concatenation of X_cbor and N_cbor
X_N = 0x44410741075248018a278f7faab55a4825a8991cd700ac01
Figure 5: Example of X, N, and X_N when processing the second
KUDOS message
Then, the server sends an OSCORE response to the client, protected
with CTX_NEW. In particular, the response has the 'd' flag bit set
to 1 and specifies N2 as 'nonce'. Consistently with Section 3, the
server includes its Sender Sequence Number as Partial IV in the
response. After that, the server deletes CTX_1.
Upon receiving the OSCORE response, the client retrieves the value N2
from the 'nonce' field of the OSCORE Option, and the value X2 from
the 'x' byte of the OSCORE Option. Since the client has received a
response to an OSCORE request that it made with the 'd' flag bit set
to 1, the client provides the updateCtx() function with the input N =
Comb(N1, N2), X = Comb(X1, X2), and CTX_OLD, in order to derive
CTX_NEW. Finally, the client verifies the response by using CTX_NEW
and deletes CTX_OLD.
From then on, the two peers can protect their message exchanges by
using CTX_NEW. As soon as the server successfully verifies an
incoming message protected with CTX_NEW, the server deletes CTX_OLD.
In the example in Figure 3, the client takes the initiative and sends
a new OSCORE request protected with CTX_NEW.
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In case the server does not successfully verify the request, the same
error handling specified in Section 8.2 of [RFC8613] applies. This
does not result in deleting CTX_NEW. If the server successfully
verifies the request using CTX_NEW, the server deletes CTX_OLD and
can reply with an OSCORE response protected with CTX_NEW.
Note that the server achieves key confirmation only when receiving a
message from the client as protected with CTX_NEW. If the server
sends a non KUDOS request to the client protected with CTX_NEW before
then, and the server receives a 4.01 (Unauthorized) error response as
reply, the server SHOULD delete CTX_NEW and start a new KUDOS
execution acting as CoAP client, i.e., as initiator in the forward
message flow.
Also note that, if both peers reboot simultaneously, they will run
the KUDOS forward message flow as defined in this section. That is,
one of the two peers implementing a CoAP client will send KUDOS
Request #1 in Figure 3.
In case the KUDOS message Request #1 in Figure 3 targets a non-KUDOS
resource and the application at the server requires freshness for the
received requests, then the server does not deliver the request to
the application even if the request has been succesfully verified,
and the following KUDOS message (i.e., Response #1 in Figure 3) MUST
be a 4.01 (Unauthorized) error response.
Upon receiving the 4.01 (Unauthorized) error response as the second
KUDOS message Response #1, the client processes it like described
above. After successfully completing the KUDOS execution, the client
can send to the server a non-KUDOS request protected with CTX_NEW
(i.e., Request #2 in Figure 3). Presumably, this request targets the
same resource targeted by the previous Request #1, as the same
application request or a different one, if the application permits
it. Upon receiving, decrypting, and successfully verifying this
request protected with CTX_NEW, the server asserts the request as
fresh, leveraging the recent establishment of CTX_NEW.
An example of a KUDOS execution where Request #1 targets a non-KUDOS
resource is shown in Appendix C.
4.3.1.1. Avoiding In-Transit Requests During a Key Update
Before sending the KUDOS message Request #1 in Figure 3, the client
MUST ensure that it has no outstanding interactions with the server
(see Section 4.7 of [RFC7252]), with the exception of ongoing
observations [RFC7641] with that server.
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If there are any, the client MUST NOT initiate the KUDOS execution,
before either: i) having all those outstanding interactions cleared;
or ii) freeing up the Token values used with those outstanding
interactions, with the exception of ongoing observations with the
server.
Later on, this prevents a non KUDOS response protected with CTX_NEW
from cryptographically matching with both the corresponding request
also protected with CTX_NEW and with an older request protected with
CTX_OLD, in case the two requests were protected using the same
OSCORE Partial IV.
During an ongoing KUDOS execution the client MUST NOT send any non-
KUDOS requests to the server, even when NSTART is greater than 1 (see
Section 4.7 of [RFC7252]).
4.3.2. Reverse Message Flow
Figure 6 shows an example of KUDOS run in the reverse message flow,
with the server acting as initiator.
Client Server
(responder) (initiator)
| |
| Request #1 |
Protect with CTX_OLD |--------------------->| /temp
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| } | Verify with CTX_OLD
| Encrypted Payload { |
| ... | Generate N1
| Application Payload |
| } | CTX_1 = updateCtx(
| | X1,
| | N1,
| | CTX_OLD)
| |
| Response #1 |
|<---------------------| Protect with CTX_1
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
CTX_1 = updateCtx( | Partial IV: 0 |
X1, | ... |
N1, | d flag: 1 |
CTX_OLD) | x: X1 |
| nonce: N1 |
Verify with CTX_1 | ... |
| } |
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Generate N2 | Encrypted Payload { |
| ... |
CTX_NEW = updateCtx( | } |
Comb(X1,X2), | |
Comb(N1,N2), | |
CTX_OLD) | |
| |
| Request #2 |
Protect with CTX_NEW |--------------------->| /.well-known/kudos
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| d flag: 1 | CTX_NEW = updateCtx(
| x: X2 | Comb(X1,X2),
| nonce: N2 | Comb(N1,N2),
| y: w | CTX_OLD)
| old_nonce: N1 |
| ... |
| } |
| Encrypted Payload { | Verify with CTX_NEW
| ... |
| Application Payload |
| } | Discard CTX_OLD
| |
// The actual key update process ends here.
// The two peers can use the new Security Context CTX_NEW.
| |
| Response #2 |
|<---------------------| Protect with CTX_NEW
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
Verify with CTX_NEW | } |
| Encrypted Payload { |
Discard CTX_OLD | ... |
| Application Payload |
| } |
| |
Figure 6: Example of the KUDOS reverse message flow
First, the client sends a normal OSCORE request to the server,
protected with the old Security Context CTX_OLD and with the 'd' flag
bit set to 0.
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Upon receiving the OSCORE request and after having verified it with
CTX_OLD as usual, the server generates a value N1 and provides the
updateCtx() function with the input N = N1, X = X1, and CTX_OLD, in
order to derive the temporary Security Context CTX_1.
Then, the server sends an OSCORE response to the client, protected
with CTX_1. In particular, the response has the 'd' flag bit set to
1 and specifies N1 as 'nonce' (see Section 4.1). After that, the
server deletes CTX_1. Consistently with Section 3, the server
includes its Sender Sequence Number as Partial IV in the response.
After that, the server deletes CTX_1.
Upon receiving the OSCORE response, the client retrieves the value N1
from the 'nonce' field of the OSCORE Option, the value X1 from the
'x' byte of the OSCORE Option, and provides the updateCtx() function
with the input N = N1, X = X1, and CTX_OLD, in order to derive the
temporary Security Context CTX_1.
Then, the client verifies the response by using the Security Context
CTX_1.
After that, the client generates a value N2, and provides the
updateCtx() function with the input N = Comb(N1, N2), X = Comb(X1,
X2), and CTX_OLD, in order to derive the new Security Context
CTX_NEW. Then, the client sends an OSCORE request to the server,
protected with CTX_NEW. In particular, the request has the 'd' flag
bit set to 1 and specifies N2 as 'nonce' and N1 as 'old_nonce'.
After that, the client deletes CTX_1.
Upon receiving the OSCORE request, the server retrieves the values N1
from the 'old_nonce' field of the OSCORE Option, the value N2 from
the 'nonce' field of the OSCORE Option, and the value X2 from the 'x'
byte of the OSCORE Option. Then, the server verifies that: i) the
value N1 is identical to the value N1 specified in a previous OSCORE
response with the 'd' flag bit set to 1; and ii) the value N1 | N2
has not been received before in an OSCORE request with the 'd' flag
bit set to 1.
If the verification succeeds, the server provides the updateCtx()
function with the input N = Comb(N1, N2), X = Comb(X1, X2), and
CTX_OLD, in order to derive the new Security Context CTX_NEW.
Finally, the server verifies the request by using CTX_NEW and deletes
CTX_OLD.
From then on, the two peers can protect their message exchanges by
using CTX_NEW. In particular, as shown in the example in Figure 6,
the server can send an OSCORE response protected with CTX_NEW.
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In case the client does not successfully verify the response, the
same error handling specified in Section 8.4 of [RFC8613] applies.
This does not result in deleting CTX_NEW. If the client successfully
verifies the response using CTX_NEW, the client deletes CTX_OLD.
Note that, if the verification of the response fails, the client may
want to send again the normal OSCORE request to the server it
initially sent (to /temp in the example above), in order to ensure
the retrieval of the resource representation.
More generally, as soon as the client successfully verifies an
incoming message protected with CTX_NEW, the client deletes CTX_OLD.
Note that the client achieves key confirmation only when receiving a
message from the server as protected with CTX_NEW. If the client
sends a non KUDOS request to the server protected with CTX_NEW before
then, and the client receives a 4.01 (Unauthorized) error response as
reply, the client SHOULD delete CTX_NEW and start a new KUDOS
execution acting again as CoAP client, i.e., as initiator in the
forward message flow (see Section 4.3.1).
4.3.2.1. Avoiding In-Transit Requests During a Key Update
Before sending the KUDOS message Request #2 in Figure 6, the client
MUST ensure that it has no outstanding interactions with the server
(see Section 4.7 of [RFC7252]), with the exception of ongoing
observations [RFC7641] with that server.
If there are any, the client MUST NOT initiate the KUDOS execution,
before either: i) having all those outstanding interactions cleared;
or ii) freeing up the Token values used with those outstanding
interactions, with the exception of ongoing observations with the
server.
Later on, this prevents a non KUDOS response protected with the new
Security Context CTX_NEW from cryptographically matching with both
the corresponding request also protected with CTX_NEW and with an
older request protected with CTX_OLD, in case the two requests were
protected using the same OSCORE Partial IV.
During an ongoing KUDOS execution the client MUST NOT send any non-
KUDOS requests to the server, even when NSTART is greater than 1 (see
Section 4.7 of [RFC7252]).
4.4. Avoiding Deadlocks
This section defines how to avoid a deadlock in different scenarios.
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4.4.1. Scenario 1
In this scenario, an execution of KUDOS fails at PEER_1 acting as
initiator, but successfully completes at PEER_2 acting as responder.
After that, PEER_1 still stores CTX_OLD, while PEER_2 stores CTX_OLD
and the just derived CTX_NEW.
Then, PEER_1 starts a new KUDOS execution acting again as initiator,
by sending the first KUDOS message as a CoAP request. This is
protected with a temporary Security Context CTX_1, which is newly
derived from the retained CTX_OLD, and from the new values X1 and N1
exchanged in the present KUDOS execution.
Upon receiving the first KUDOS message, PEER_2, acting again as
responder, proceeds as follows.
1. PEER_2 attempts to verify the first KUDOS message by using a
temporary Security Context CTX_1'. This is derived from the
Security Context CTX_NEW established during the latest
successfully completed KUDOS execution.
2. The message verification inevitably fails. If PEER_2 is acting
as CoAP server, it MUST NOT reply with an unprotected 4.01
(Unauthorized) CoAP response yet.
3. PEER_2 MUST attempt to verify the first KUDOS message by using a
temporary Security Context CTX_1. This is newly derived from the
Security Context CTX_OLD retained after the latest successfully
completed KUDOS execution, and from the values X1 and N1
exchanged in the present KUDOS execution.
If the message verification fails, PEER_2: i) retains CTX_OLD and
CTX_NEW from the latest successfully completed KUDOS execution;
ii) if acting as CoAP server, replies with an unprotected 4.01
(Unauthorized) CoAP response.
If the message verification succeeds, PEER_2: i) retains CTX_OLD
from the latest successfully completed KUDOS execution; ii)
replaces CTX_NEW from the latest successfully completed KUDOS
execution with a new Security Context CTX_NEW', derived from
CTX_OLD and from the values X1, X2, N1, and N2 exchanged in the
present KUDOS execution; iii) replies with the second KUDOS
message, which is protected with the just derived CTX_NEW'.
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4.4.2. Scenario 2
In this scenario, an execution of KUDOS fails at PEER_1 acting as
initiator, but successfully completes at PEER_2 acting as responder.
After that, PEER_1 still stores CTX_OLD, while PEER_2 stores CTX_OLD
and the just derived CTX_NEW.
Then, PEER_2 starts a new KUDOS execution, this time acting as
initiator, by sending the first KUDOS message as a CoAP request.
This is protected with a temporary Security Context CTX_1, which is
newly derived from CTX_NEW established during the latest successfully
completed KUDOS execution, as well as from the new values X1 and N1
exchanged in the present KUDOS execution.
Upon receiving the first KUDOS message, PEER_1, this time acting as
responder, proceeds as follows.
1. PEER_1 attempts to verify the first KUDOS message by using a
temporary Security Context CTX_1', which is derived from the
retained Security Context CTX_OLD and from the values X1 and N1
exchanged in the present KUDOS execution.
2. The message verification inevitably fails. If PEER_1 is acting
as CoAP server, it replies with an unprotected 4.01
(Unauthorized) CoAP response.
3. If PEER_2 does not receive the second KUDOS message for a pre-
defined amount of time, or if it receives a 4.01 (Unauthorized)
CoAP response when acting as CoAP client, then PEER_2 can start a
new KUDOS execution for a maximum, pre-defined number of times.
In this case, PEER_2 sends a new first KUDOS message protected
with a temporary Security Context CTX_1', which is derived from
the retained CTX_OLD, as well as from the new values X1 and N1
exchanged in the present KUDOS execution.
During this time, PEER_2 does not delete CTX_NEW established
during the latest successfully completed KUDOS execution, and
does not delete CTX_OLD unless it successfully verifies an
incoming message protected with CTX_NEW.
4. Upon receiving such a new, first KUDOS message, PEER_1 verifies
it by using the temporary Security Context CTX_1', which is
derived from the Security Context CTX_OLD, and from the values X1
and N1 exchanged in the present KUDOS execution.
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If the message verification succeeds, PEER_1 derives an OSCORE
Security Context CTX_NEW' from CTX_OLD and from the values X1,
X2, N1, and N2 exchanged in the present KUDOS execution. Then,
it replies with the second KUDOS message, which is protected with
the latest, just derived CTX_NEW'.
5. Upon receiving such second KUDOS message, PEER_2 derives CTX_NEW'
from the retained CTX_OLD and from the values X1, X2, N1, and N2
exchanged in the present KUDOS execution. Then, PEER_2 attempts
to verify the KUDOS message using the just derived CTX_NEW'.
If the message verification succeeds, PEER_2 deletes the retained
CTX_OLD as well as the retained CTX_NEW established during the
immediately previously, successfully completed KUDOS execution.
4.4.3. Scenario 3
When KUDOS is run in the reverse message flow (see Section 4.3.2),
the two peers risk to run into a deadlock, if all the following
conditions hold.
* The client is a client-only device, i.e., it does not act as CoAP
server and thus does not listen for incoming requests.
* The server needs to execute KUDOS, which, due to the previous
point, can only be performed in its reverse message flow. That
is, the server has to wait for an incoming non KUDOS request, in
order to initiate KUDOS by replying with the first KUDOS message
as a response.
* The client sends only Non-confirmable CoAP requests to the server
and does not expect responses sent back as reply, hence freeing up
a request's Token value once the request is sent.
In such a case, in order to avoid experiencing a deadlock situation
where the server needs to execute KUDOS but cannot practically
initiate it, a client-only device that supports KUDOS SHOULD
intersperse Non-confirmable requests it sends to that server with
confirmable requests.
4.5. Key Update with or without Forward Secrecy
The FS mode of the KUDOS procedure defined in Section 4.3 ensures
forward secrecy of the OSCORE keying material. However, it requires
peers executing KUDOS to preserve their state (e.g., across a device
reboot), by writing information such as data from the newly derived
OSCORE Security Context CTX_NEW in non-volatile memory.
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This can be problematic for devices that cannot dynamically write
information to non-volatile memory. For example, some devices may
support only a single writing in persistent memory when initial
keying material is provided (e.g., at manufacturing or commissioning
time), but no further writing after that. Therefore, these devices
cannot perform a stateful key update procedure, and thus are not
capable to run KUDOS in FS mode to achieve forward secrecy.
In order to address these limitations, KUDOS can be run in its
stateless no-FS mode, as defined in the following. This allows two
peers to achieve the same results as when running KUDOS in FS mode
(see Section 4.3), with the difference that no forward secrecy is
achieved and no state information is required to be dynamically
written in non-volatile memory.
From a practical point of view, the two modes differ as to what exact
OSCORE Master Secret and Master Salt are used as part of the OSCORE
Security Context CTX_OLD provided as input to the updateCtx()
function (see Section 4.2).
If either or both peers are not able to write in non-volatile memory
the OSCORE Master Secret and OSCORE Master Salt from the newly
derived Security Context CTX_NEW, then the two peers have to run
KUDOS in no-FS mode.
4.5.1. Handling and Use of Keying Material
In the following, a device is denoted as "CAPABLE" if it is able to
store information in non-volatile memory (e.g., on disk), beyond a
one-time-only writing occurring at manufacturing or
(re-)commissioning time. If that is not the case, the device is
denoted as "non-CAPABLE".
The following terms are used to refer to OSCORE keying material.
* Bootstrap Master Secret and Bootstrap Master Salt. If pre-
provisioned during manufacturing or (re-)commissioning, these
OSCORE Master Secret and Master Salt are initially stored on disk
and are never going to be overwritten by the device.
* Latest Master Secret and Latest Master Salt. These OSCORE Master
Secret and Master Salt can be dynamically updated by the device.
In case of reboot, they are lost unless they have been stored on
disk.
Note that:
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* A peer running KUDOS can have none of the pairs above associated
with another peer, only one, or both.
* A peer that has neither of the pairs above associated with another
peer, cannot run KUDOS in any mode with that other peer.
* A peer that has only one of the pairs above associated with
another peer can attempt to run KUDOS with that other peer, but
the procedure might fail depending on the other peer's
capabilities. In particular:
- In order to run KUDOS in FS mode, a peer must be a CAPABLE
device. It follows that two peers have to both be CAPABLE
devices in order to be able to run KUDOS in FS mode with one
another.
- In order to run KUDOS in no-FS mode, a peer must have Bootstrap
Master Secret and Bootstrap Master Salt available as stored on
disk.
* A peer that is a non-CAPABLE device MUST support the no-FS mode.
* A peer that is a CAPABLE device MUST support the FS mode and the
no-FS mode.
* As an exception to the nonces being generated as random values
(see Section Section 4.3), a peer that is a CAPABLE device MAY use
a value obtained from a monotonically incremented counter as nonce
N1 or N2. This has privacy implications, which are described in
Section Section 5. In such a case, the peer MUST enforce measures
to ensure freshness of the nonce values. For example, the peer
can use the same procedure described in Appendix B.1.1 of
[RFC8613] for handling the OSCORE Sender Sequence Number values.
These measures require to regularly store the used counter values
in non-volatile memory, which makes non-CAPABLE devices unable to
safely use counter values as nonce values.
As a general rule, once successfully generated a new OSCORE Security
Context CTX (e.g., CTX is the CTX_NEW resulting from a KUDOS
execution, or it has been established through the EDHOC protocol
[I-D.ietf-lake-edhoc]), a peer considers the Master Secret and Master
Salt of CTX as Latest Master Secret and Latest Master Salt. After
that:
* If the peer is a CAPABLE device, it SHOULD store Latest Master
Secret and Latest Master Salt on disk.
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As an exception, this does not apply to possible temporary OSCORE
Security Contexts used during a key update procedure, such as
CTX_1 used during the KUDOS execution. That is, the OSCORE Master
Secret and Master Salt from such temporary Security Contexts are
not stored on disk.
* The peer MUST store Latest Master Secret and Latest Master Salt in
volatile memory, thus making them available to OSCORE message
processing and possible key update procedures.
4.5.1.1. Actions after Device Reboot
Building on the above, after having experienced a reboot, a peer A
checks whether it has stored on disk a pair P1 = (Latest Master
Secret, Latest Master Salt) associated with any another peer B.
* If a pair P1 is found, the peer A performs the following actions.
- The peer A loads the Latest Master Secret and Latest Master
Salt to volatile memory, and uses them to derive an OSCORE
Security Context CTX_OLD.
- The peer A runs KUDOS with the other peer B, acting as
initiator. If the peer A is a CAPABLE device, it stores on
disk the Master Secret and Master Salt from the newly
established OSCORE Security Context CTX_NEW, as Latest Master
Secret and Latest Master Salt, respectively.
* If a pair P1 is not found, the peer A checks whether it has stored
on disk a pair P2 = (Bootstrap Master Secret, Bootstrap Master
Salt) associated with the other peer B.
- If a pair P2 is found, the peer A performs the following
actions.
o The peer A loads the Bootstrap Master Secret and Bootstrap
Master Salt to volatile memory, and uses them to derive an
OSCORE Security Context CTX_OLD.
o If the peer A is a CAPABLE device, it stores on disk
Bootstrap Master Secret and Bootstrap Master Salt as Latest
Master Secret and Latest Master Salt, respectively. This
supports the situation where A is a CAPABLE device and has
never run KUDOS with the other peer B before.
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o The peer A runs KUDOS with the other peer B, acting as
initiator. If the peer A is a CAPABLE device, it stores on
disk the Master Secret and Master Salt from the newly
established OSCORE Security Context CTX_NEW, as Latest
Master Secret and Latest Master Salt, respectively.
- If a pair P2 is not found, the peer A has to use alternative
ways to establish a first OSCORE Security Context CTX_NEW with
the other peer B, e.g., by running the EDHOC protocol. After
that, if A is a CAPABLE device, it stores on disk the OSCORE
Master Secret and Master Salt from the newly established OSCORE
Security Context CTX_NEW, as Latest Master Secret and Latest
Master Salt, respectively.
Following a state loss (e.g., due to a reboot), a device MUST first
complete a successful KUDOS execution (with either of the workflows)
before exchanging OSCORE-protected application data with another
peer. An exception is a CAPABLE device implementing a functionality
for safely reusing old keying material, such as the one defined in
Appendix B.1 of [RFC8613].
4.5.2. Selection of KUDOS Mode
During a KUDOS execution, the two peers agree on whether to perform
the key update procedure in FS mode or no-FS mode, by leveraging the
"No Forward Secrecy" bit, 'p', in the 'x' byte of the OSCORE Option
value of the KUDOS messages (see Section 4.1). The 'p' bit
practically determines what OSCORE Security Context to use as CTX_OLD
during the KUDOS execution, consistently with the indicated mode.
* If the 'p' bit is set to 0 (FS mode), the updateCtx() function
used to derive CTX_1 or CTX_NEW considers as input CTX_OLD the
current OSCORE Security Context shared with the other peer as is.
In particular, CTX_OLD includes Latest Master Secret as OSCORE
Master Secret and Latest Master Salt as OSCORE Master Salt.
* If the 'p' bit is set to 1 (no-FS mode), the updateCtx() function
used to derive CTX_1 or CTX_NEW considers as input CTX_OLD the
current OSCORE Security Context shared with the other peer, with
the following difference: Bootstrap Master Secret is used as
OSCORE Master Secret and Bootstrap Master Salt is used as OSCORE
Master Salt. That is, every execution of KUDOS in no-FS mode
between these two peers considers the same pair (Master Secret,
Master Salt) in the OSCORE Security Context CTX_OLD provided as
input to the updateCtx() function, hence the impossibility to
achieve forward secrecy.
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A peer determines to run KUDOS either in FS or no-FS mode with
another peer as follows.
* If a peer A is a non-CAPABLE device, it MUST run KUDOS only in no-
FS mode. That is, when sending a KUDOS message, it MUST set to 1
the 'p' bit of the 'x' byte in the OSCORE Option value.
* If a peer A is a CAPABLE device, it SHOULD run KUDOS only in FS
mode. That is, when sending a KUDOS message, it SHOULD set to 0
the 'p' bit of the 'x' byte in the OSCORE Option value. An
exception applies in the following cases.
- The peer A is running KUDOS with another peer B, which A has
learned to be a non-CAPABLE device (and hence not able to run
KUDOS in FS mode).
Note that, if the peer A is a CAPABLE device, it is able to
store such information about the other peer B on disk and it
MUST do so. From then on, the peer A will perform every
execution of KUDOS with the peer B in no-FS mode, including
after a possible reboot.
- The peer A is acting as responder and running KUDOS with
another peer B without knowing its capabilities, and A receives
a KUDOS message where the 'p' bit of the 'x' byte in the OSCORE
Option value is set to 1.
* If a peer A is a CAPABLE device and has learned that another peer
B is also a CAPABLE device (and hence able to run KUDOS in FS
mode), then the peer A MUST NOT run KUDOS with the peer B in no-FS
mode. This also means that, if the peer A acts as responder when
running KUDOS with the peer B, the peer A MUST terminate the KUDOS
execution if it receives a KUDOS message from the peer B where the
'p' bit of the 'x' byte in the OSCORE Option value is set to 1.
Note that, if the peer A is a CAPABLE device, it is able to store
such information about the other peer B on disk and it MUST do so.
This ensures that the peer A will perform every execution of KUDOS
with the peer B in FS mode. In turn, this prevents a possible
downgrading attack, aimed at making A believe that B is a non-
CAPABLE device, and thus to run KUDOS in no-FS mode although the
FS mode can actually be used by both peers.
Within the limitations above, two peers running KUDOS generate the
new OSCORE Security Context CTX_NEW according to the mode indicated
per the bit 'p' set by the responder in the second KUDOS message.
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If, after having received the first KUDOS message, the responder can
continue performing KUDOS, the bit 'p' in the reply message has the
same value as in the bit 'p' set by the initiator, unless such latter
value is 0 and the responder is a non-CAPABLE device. More
specifically:
* If both peers are CAPABLE devices, they will run KUDOS in FS mode.
That is, both initiator and responder sets the 'p' bit to 0 in the
respective sent KUDOS message.
* If both peers are non-CAPABLE devices or only the peer acting as
initiator is a non-CAPABLE device, they will run KUDOS in no-FS
mode. That is, both initiator and responder sets the 'p' bit to 1
in the respective sent KUDOS message.
* If only the peer acting as initiator is a CAPABLE device and it
has knowledge of the other peer being a non-CAPABLE device, they
will run KUDOS in no-FS mode. That is, both initiator and
responder sets the 'p' bit to 1 in the respective sent KUDOS
message.
* If only the peer acting as initiator is a CAPABLE device and it
has no knowledge of the other peer being a non-CAPABLE device,
they will not run KUDOS in FS mode and will rather set to ground
for possibly retrying in no-FS mode. In particular, the initiator
sets the 'p' bit of its sent KUDOS message to 0. Then:
- If the responder is a server, it MUST consider the KUDOS
execution unsuccessful and MUST reply with a 5.03 (Service
Unavailable) error response. The response MUST be protected
with the newly derived OSCORE Security Context CTX_NEW. The
diagnostic payload MAY provide additional information. This
response is a KUDOS message, and it MUST have the 'd' bit and
the 'p' bit set to 1.
When receiving the error response, the initiator learns that
the responder is a non-CAPABLE device (and hence not able to
run KUDOS in FS mode), since the 'p' bit in the error response
is set to 1, while the 'p' bit in the corresponding request was
set to 0. Hence, the initiator MUST consider the KUDOS
execution unsuccessful, and MAY try running KUDOS again. If it
does so, the initiator MUST set the 'p' bit to 1, when sending
a new request as first KUDOS message.
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- If the responder is a client, it MUST consider the KUDOS
execution unsuccessful and MUST send to the initiator the
second KUDOS message as a new request, which MUST be protected
with the newly derived OSCORE Security Context CTX_NEW. In the
newly sent request, the 'p' bit MUST be set to 1.
When receiving the new request above, the initiator learns that
the responder is a non-CAPABLE device (and hence not able to
run KUDOS in FS mode), since the 'p' bit in the request is set
to 1, while the 'p' bit in the response previously sent as
first KUDOS message was set to 0. Also, the initiator SHOULD
NOT send any response to such a request, and the responder
SHOULD NOT expect any such response.
In either case, both KUDOS peers delete the OSCORE Security
Contexts CTX_1 and CTX_NEW. Also, both peers MUST retain CTX_OLD
for use during the next KUDOS execution in the no-FS mode. This
is in contrast with the typical behavior where CTX_OLD is deleted
upon reception of a message protected with CTX_NEW.
4.6. Preserving Observations Across Key Updates
As defined in Section 4.3, once a peer has completed the KUDOS
execution and successfully derived the new OSCORE Security Context
CTX_NEW, that peer normally terminates all the ongoing observations
it has with the other peer [RFC7641], as protected with the old
OSCORE Security Context CTX_OLD.
This section describes a method that the two peers can use to safely
preserve the ongoing observations that they have with one another,
beyond the completion of a KUDOS execution. In particular, this
method ensures that an Observe notification can never successfully
cryptographically match against the Observe requests of two different
observations, e.g., against an Observe request protected with CTX_OLD
and an Observe request protected with CTX_NEW.
The actual preservation of ongoing observations has to be agreed by
the two peers at each execution of KUDOS that they run with one
another, as defined in Section 4.6.1. If, at the end of a KUDOS
execution, the two peers have not agreed on that, they MUST terminate
the ongoing observations that they have with one another, just as
defined in Section 4.3.
[
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NOTE: While a dedicated signaling would have to be introduced, this
rationale may be of more general applicability, i.e., in case an
update of the OSCORE keying material is performed through a different
means than KUDOS.
]
4.6.1. Management of Observations
As per Section 3.1 of [RFC7641], a client can register its interest
in observing a resource at a server, by sending a registration
request including the Observe Option with value 0.
If the server registers the observation as ongoing, the server sends
back a successful response also including the Observe Option, hence
confirming that an entry has been successfully added for that client.
If the client receives back the successful response above from the
server, then the client also registers the observation as ongoing.
In case the client can ever consider to preserve ongoing observations
beyond a key update as defined below, then the client MUST NOT simply
forget about an ongoing observation if not interested in it anymore.
Instead, the client MUST send an explicit cancellation request to the
server, i.e., a request including the Observe Option with value 1
(see Section 3.6 of [RFC7641]). After sending this cancellation
request, if the client does not receive back a response confirming
that the observation has been terminated, the client MUST NOT
consider the observation terminated. The client MAY try again to
terminate the observation by sending a new cancellation request.
In case a peer A performs a KUDOS execution with another peer B, and
A has ongoing observations with B that it is interested to preserve
beyond the key update, then A can explicitly indicate its interest to
do so. To this end, the peer A sets to 1 the bit "Preserve
Observations", 'b', in the 'x' byte of the OSCORE Option value (see
Section 4.1), in the KUDOS message it sends to the other peer B.
If a peer acting as responder receives the first KUDOS message with
the bit 'b' set to 0, then the peer MUST set to 0 the bit 'b' in the
KUDOS message it sends as follow-up, regardless of its wish to
preserve ongoing observations with the other peer.
If a peer acting as initiator has sent the first KUDOS message with
the bit 'b' set to 0, the peer MUST ignore the bit 'b' in the follow-
up KUDOS message that it receives from the other peer.
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After successfully completing the KUDOS execution (i.e., after having
successfully derived the new OSCORE Security Context CTX_NEW), both
peers have expressed their interest in preserving their common
ongoing observations if and only if the bit 'b' was set to 1 in both
the exchanged KUDOS messages. In such a case, each peer X performs
the following actions.
1. The peer X considers all the still ongoing observations that it
has with the other peer, such that X acts as client in those
observations. If there are no such observations, the peer X
takes no further actions. Otherwise, it moves to step 2.
2. The peer X considers all the OSCORE Partial IV values used in the
Observe registration request associated with any of the still
ongoing observations determined at step 1.
3. The peer X determines the value PIV* as the highest OSCORE
Partial IV value among those considered at step 2.
4. In the Sender Context of the OSCORE Security Context shared with
the other peer, the peer X sets its own Sender Sequence Number to
(PIV* + 1), rather than to 0.
As a result, each peer X will "jump" beyond the OSCORE Partial IV
(PIV) values that are occupied and in use for ongoing observations
with the other peer where X acts as client.
Note that, each time it runs KUDOS, a peer must determine if it
wishes to preserve ongoing observations with the other peer or not,
before sending its KUDOS message.
To this end, the peer should also assess the new value that PIV*
would take after a successful completion of KUDOS, in case ongoing
observations with the other peer are going to be preserved. If the
peer considers such a new value of PIV* to be too close to or equal
to the maximum possible value admitted for the OSCORE Partial IV,
then the peer may choose to run KUDOS with no intention to preserve
its ongoing observations with the other peer, in order to "start
over" from a fresh, entirely unused PIV space.
Application policies can further influence whether attempting to
preserve observations beyond a key update is appropriate or not.
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4.7. Retention Policies
Applications MAY define policies that allow a peer to temporarily
keep the old Security Context CTX_OLD beyond having established the
new Security Context CTX_NEW and having achieved key confirmation,
rather than simply overwriting CTX_OLD with CTX_NEW. This allows the
peer to decrypt late, still on-the-fly incoming messages protected
with CTX_OLD.
When enforcing such policies, the following applies.
* Outgoing non KUDOS messages MUST be protected by using only
CTX_NEW.
* Incoming non KUDOS messages MUST first be attempted to decrypt by
using CTX_NEW. If decryption fails, a second attempt can use
CTX_OLD.
* When an amount of time defined by the policy has elapsed since the
establishment of CTX_NEW, the peer deletes CTX_OLD.
A peer MUST NOT retain CTX_OLD beyond the establishment of CTX_NEW
and the achievement of key confirmation, if any of the following
conditions holds: CTX_OLD is expired; limits set for safe key usage
have been reached [I-D.ietf-core-oscore-key-limits], for the
Recipient Key of the Recipient Context of CTX_OLD.
4.8. Discussion
KUDOS is intended to deprecate and replace the procedure defined in
Appendix B.2 of [RFC8613], as fundamentally achieving the same goal,
while displaying a number of improvements and advantages.
In particular, it is especially convenient for the handling of
failure events concerning the JRC node in 6TiSCH networks (see
Section 2). That is, among its intrinsic advantages compared to the
procedure defined in Appendix B.2 of [RFC8613], KUDOS preserves the
same ID Context value, when establishing a new OSCORE Security
Context.
Since the JRC uses ID Context values as identifiers of network nodes,
namely "pledge identifiers", the above implies that the JRC does not
have to perform anymore a mapping between a new, different ID Context
value and a certain pledge identifier (see Section 8.3.3 of
[RFC9031]). It follows that pledge identifiers can remain constant
once assigned, and thus ID Context values used as pledge identifiers
can be employed in the long-term as originally intended.
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4.8.1. KUDOS Interleaved with Other Message Exchanges
During a KUDOS execution, a peer that is a CoAP Client must be ready
to receive CoAP responses that are not KUDOS messages and that are
protected with a different OSCORE Security Context than the one that
was used to protect the corresponding request.
This can happen, for instance, when a CoAP client sends a request
and, shortly after that, it executes KUDOS. In such a case, the CoAP
request is protected with CTX_OLD, while the CoAP response from the
server is protected with CTX_NEW. Another case is when incoming
responses are Observe notifications protected with CTX_NEW, while the
corresponding request from the CoAP client that started the
observation was protected with CTX_OLD.
Another case is when running KUDOS in the reverse message flow, if
the client uses NSTART > 1 and one of its requests triggers a KUDOS
execution, i.e., the server replies with the first KUDOS message by
acting as responder. The other requests would be latest served by
the server after KUDOS has been completed.
4.8.2. Communication Overhead
Each of the two KUDOS messages displays a small communication
overhead. This is determined by the following, additional
information conveyed in the OSCORE option (see Section 4.1).
* The second byte of the OSCORE option.
* The byte 'x' of the OSCORE option.
* The nonce conveyed in the 'nonce' field of the OSCORE option. Its
size ranges from 1 to 16 bytes as indicated in the 'x' byte, and
is typically of 8 bytes.
Assuming nonces of the same size in both messages of the same KUDOS
execution, this results in the following minimum, typical, and
maximum communication overhead, when considering a nonce with size 1,
8, and 16 bytes, respectively. All the indicated values are in
bytes.
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+-------+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| | Forward message flow | Reverse message flow |
+-------+---------+---------+-------+---------------------------+
| Nonce | First | Second | Total | First | Second | Total |
| size | KUDOS | KUDOS | | KUDOS | KUDOS | |
| | message | message | | message | message | |
+-------+---------+---------+-------+---------+---------+-------+
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
+-------+-------------------+-------+---------+---------+-------+
| 8 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
+-------+---------+-----------------+---------+---------+-------+
| 16 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 18 | 19 | 37 |
+-------+---------+-----------------+---------+---------+-------+
4.8.3. Well-Known KUDOS Resource
According to this specification, KUDOS is transferred in POST
requests and 2.04 (Changed) responses. If a client wishes to execute
the KUDOS procedure as initiator without triggering any application
processing on the server, then the request sent as first KUDOS
message must target a KUDOS resource, e.g., at the Uri-Path "/.well-
known/kudos" (see Section 6.3), or at an alternative Uri-Path that
can be discovered, e.g., by using a resource directory [RFC9176]. In
order to discover a server's KUDOS resource, client applications can
use the resource type "core.kudos" (see Section 6.4).
4.8.4. Rekeying when Using SCHC with OSCORE
In the interest of rekeying, the following points must be taken into
account when using the Static Context Header Compression and
fragmentation (SCHC) framework [RFC8724] for compressing CoAP
messages protected with OSCORE, as defined in [RFC8824].
Compression of the OSCORE Partial IV has implications for the
frequency of rekeying. That is, if the Partial IV is compressed, the
communicating peers must perform rekeying more often, as the
available Partial IV space becomes smaller due to the compression.
For instance, if only 3 bits of the Partial IV are sent, then the
maximum PIV before having to rekey is only 2^3 - 1 = 7.
Furthermore, any time the SCHC context Rules are updated on an OSCORE
endpoint, that endpoint must perform a rekeying (see Section 9 of
[RFC8824]).
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That is, the use of SCHC plays a role in triggering KUDOS executions
and in affecting their cadence. Hence, the used SCHC Rules and their
update policies should ensure that the KUDOS executions occurring as
their side effect do not significantly impair the gain from message
compression.
4.9. Signaling KUDOS support in EDHOC
The EDHOC protocol defines the transport of additional External
Authorization Data (EAD) within an optional EAD field of the EDHOC
messages (see Section 3.8 of [I-D.ietf-lake-edhoc]). An EAD field is
composed of one or multiple EAD items, each of which specifies an
identifying 'ead_label' encoded as a CBOR integer, and an optional
'ead_value' encoded as a CBOR bstr.
This document defines a new EDHOC EAD item KUDOS_EAD and registers
its 'ead_label' in Section 6.2. By including this EAD item in an
outgoing EDHOC message, a sender peer can indicate whether it
supports KUDOS and in which modes, as well as query the other peer
about its support. Note that peers do not have to use this EDHOC EAD
item to be able to run KUDOS with each other, irrespective of the
modes they support. The possible values of the 'ead_value' are as
follows:
+------+----------+----------------------------------------------+
| Name | Value | Description |
+======+==========+==============================================+
| ASK | h'' | Used only in EDHOC message_1. It asks the |
| | (0x40) | recipient peer to specify in EDHOC message_2 |
| | | whether it supports KUDOS. |
+------+----------+----------------------------------------------+
| NONE | h'00' | Used only in EDHOC message_2 and message_3. |
| | (0x4100) | It specifies that the sender peer does not |
| | | support KUDOS. |
+------+----------+----------------------------------------------+
| FULL | h'01' | Used only in EDHOC message_2 and message_3. |
| | (0x4101) | It specifies that the sender peer supports |
| | | KUDOS in FS mode and no-FS mode. |
+------+----------+----------------------------------------------+
| PART | h'02' | Used only in EDHOC message_2 and message_3. |
| | (0x4102) | It specifies that the sender peer supports |
| | | KUDOS in no-FS mode only. |
+------+----------+----------------------------------------------+
When the KUDOS_EAD item is included in EDHOC message_1 with
'ead_value' ASK, a recipient peer that supports the KUDOS_EAD item
MUST specify whether it supports KUDOS in EDHOC message_2.
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When the KUDOS_EAD item is not included in EDHOC message_1 with
'ead_value' ASK, a recipient peer that supports the KUDOS_EAD item
MAY still specify whether it supports KUDOS in EDHOC message_2.
When the KUDOS_EAD item is included in EDHOC message_2 with
'ead_value' FULL or PART, a recipient peer that supports the
KUDOS_EAD item SHOULD specify whether it supports KUDOS in EDHOC
message_3. An exception applies in case, based on application
policies or other context information, the recipient peer that
receives EDHOC message_2 already knows that the sender peer is
supposed to have such knowledge.
When the KUDOS_EAD item is included in EDHOC message_2 with
'ead_value' NONE, a recipient peer that supports the KUDOS_EAD item
MUST NOT specify whether it supports KUDOS in EDHOC message_3.
In the following cases, the recipient peer silently ignores the
KUDOS_EAD item specified in the received EDHOC message, and does not
include a KUDOS_EAD item in the next EDHOC message it sends (if any).
* The recipient peer does not support the KUDOS_EAD item.
* The KUDOS_EAD item is included in EDHOC message_1 with 'ead_value'
different than ASK
* The KUDOS_EAD item is included in EDHOC message_2 or message_3
with 'ead_value' ASK.
* The KUDOS_EAD item is included in EDHOC message_4.
That is, by specifying 'ead_value' ASK in EDHOC message_1, a peer A
can indicate to the other peer B that it wishes to know if B supports
KUDOS and in what mode(s). In the following EDHOC message_2, B
indicates whether it supports KUDOS and in what mode(s), by
specifying either NONE, FULL, or PART as 'ead_value'. Specifying the
'ead_value' FULL or PART in EDHOC message_2 also asks A to indicate
whether it supports KUDOS in EDHOC message_3.
To further illustrate the functionality, two examples are presented
below as EDHOC executions where only the new KUDOS_EAD item is shown
when present, and assuming that no other EAD items are used by the
two peers.
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EDHOC EDHOC
Initiator Responder
| |
| EAD_1: (TBD_LABEL, ASK) |
+-------------------------------------------------------->|
| message_1 |
| |
| EAD_2: (TBD_LABEL, FULL) |
|<--------------------------------------------------------+
| message_2 |
| |
| EAD_3: (TBD_LABEL, FULL) |
+-------------------------------------------------------->|
| message_3 |
| |
In the example above, the Initiator asks the EDHOC Responder about
its support for KUDOS ('ead_value' = ASK). In EDHOC message_2, the
Responder indicates that it supports both the FS and no-FS mode of
KUDOS ('ead_value' = FULL). Finally, in EDHOC message_3, the
Initiator indicates that it also supports both the FS and no-FS mode
of KUDOS ('ead_value' = FULL). After the EDHOC execution has
successfully finished, both peers are aware that they both support
KUDOS, in the FS and no-FS modes.
EDHOC EDHOC
Initiator Responder
| |
| EAD_1: (TBD_LABEL, ASK) |
+-------------------------------------------------------->|
| message_1 |
| |
| EAD_2: (TBD_LABEL, NONE) |
|<--------------------------------------------------------+
| message_2 |
| |
+-------------------------------------------------------->|
| message_3 |
| |
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In this second example, the Initiator asks the EDHOC Responder about
its support for KUDOS ('ead_value' = ASK). In EDHOC message_2, the
Responder indicates that it does not support KUDOS at all
('ead_value' = NONE). Finally, in EDHOC message_3, the Initiator
does not include the KUDOS_EAD item, since it already knows that
using KUDOS with the other peer will not be possible. After the
EDHOC execution has successfully finished, the Initiator is aware
that the Responder does not support KUDOS, which the two peers are
not going to use with each other.
5. Security Considerations
This document mainly covers security considerations about using AEAD
keys in OSCORE and their usage limits, in addition to the security
considerations of [RFC8613].
Depending on the specific key update procedure used to establish a
new OSCORE Security Context, the related security considerations also
apply.
As mentioned in Section 4.3, it is RECOMMENDED that the size for
nonces N1 and N2 is 8 bytes. The application needs to set the size
of each nonce such that the probability of its value being repeated
is negligible. Note that the probability of collision of nonce
values is heightened by the birthday paradox. However, considering a
nonce size of 8 bytes there will be a collision on average after
approximately 2^32 instances of Response #1 messages.
Overall, the size of the nonces N1 and N2 should be set such that the
security level is harmonized with other components of the deployment.
Considering the constraints of embedded implementations, there might
be a need for allowing N1 and N2 values that are smaller in size.
This is acceptable, provided that safety, reliability, and robustness
within the system can still be assured. Although using nonces that
are smaller in size means that there will be a collision on average
after fewer KUDOS messages have been sent, this should not pose
significant problems even for a constrained server operating at a
capacity of one request per second.
The nonces exchanged in the KUDOS messages are sent in the clear, so
using random nonces is preferable for maintaining privacy. If
instead a counter value is used, this can leak some information about
the peers. Specifically, using counters will reveal the frequency of
rekeying procedures performed.
[TODO: Add more considerations.]
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6. IANA Considerations
This document has the following actions for IANA.
Note to RFC Editor: Please replace all occurrences of "[RFC-XXXX]"
with the RFC number of this specification and delete this paragraph.
6.1. OSCORE Flag Bits Registry
IANA is asked to add the following entries to the "OSCORE Flag Bits"
registry within the "Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE)
Parameters" registry group.
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+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
| Bit | Name | Description | Reference |
| Position | | | |
+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
| 0 | Extension-1 | Set to 1 if the OSCORE Option | [RFC-XXXX] |
| | Flag | specifies a second byte, | |
| | | which includes the OSCORE | |
| | | flag bits 8-15 | |
+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
| 8 | Extension-2 | Set to 1 if the OSCORE Option | [RFC-XXXX] |
| | Flag | specifies a third byte, | |
| | | which includes the OSCORE | |
| | | flag bits 16-23 | |
+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
| 15 | Nonce Flag | Set to 1 if nonce is present | [RFC-XXXX] |
| | | in the compressed COSE object | |
+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
| 16 | Extension-3 | Set to 1 if the OSCORE Option | [RFC-XXXX] |
| | Flag | specifies a fourth byte, | |
| | | which includes the OSCORE | |
| | | flag bits 24-31 | |
| | | | |
+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
| 24 | Extension-4 | Set to 1 if the OSCORE Option | [RFC-XXXX] |
| | Flag | specifies a fifth byte, | |
| | | which includes the OSCORE | |
| | | flag bits 32-39 | |
| | | | |
+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
| 32 | Extension-5 | Set to 1 if the OSCORE Option | [RFC-XXXX] |
| | Flag | specifies a sixth byte, | |
| | | which includes the OSCORE | |
| | | flag bits 40-47 | |
| | | | |
+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
| 40 | Extension-6 | Set to 1 if the OSCORE Option | [RFC-XXXX] |
| | Flag | specifies a seventh byte, | |
| | | which includes the OSCORE | |
| | | flag bits 48-55 | |
| | | | |
+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
| 48 | Extension-7 | Set to 1 if the OSCORE Option | [RFC-XXXX] |
| | Flag | specifies an eigth byte, | |
| | | which includes the OSCORE | |
| | | flag bits 56-63 | |
| | | | |
+----------+-------------+-------------------------------+------------+
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In the same registry, IANA is asked to mark as 'Unassigned' the entry
with Bit Position of 1, i.e., to update the entry as follows.
+----------+------------------+--------------------------+------------+
| Bit | Name | Description | Reference |
| Position | | | |
+----------+------------------+--------------------------+------------+
| 1 | Unassigned | | |
+----------+------------------+--------------------------+------------+
6.2. EDHOC External Authorization Data Registry
IANA is asked to add the following entries to the "EDHOC External
Authorization Data" registry defined in Section 10.5 of
[I-D.ietf-lake-edhoc] within the "Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman Over COSE
(EDHOC)" registry group.
+---------+--------------------------------------+--------------------+
| Label | Description | Reference |
+---------+--------------------------------------+--------------------+
| TBD1 | Indicates whether this peer supports | [RFC-XXXX] |
| | KUDOS and in which mode(s) | |
+---------+--------------------------------------+--------------------+
6.3. The Well-Known URI Registry
IANA is asked to add the 'kudos' well-known URI to the Well-Known
URIs registry as defined by [RFC8615].
* URI suffix: kudos
* Change controller: IETF
* Specification document(s): [RFC-XXXX]
* Related information: None
6.4. Resource Type (rt=) Link Target Attribute Values Registry
IANA is requested to add the resource type "core.kudos" to the
"Resource Type (rt=) Link Target Attribute Values" registry under the
registry group "Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Parameters".
* Value: "core.kudos"
* Description: KUDOS resource.
* Reference: [RFC-XXXX]
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7. References
7.1. Normative References
[I-D.ietf-lake-edhoc]
Selander, G., Mattsson, J. P., and F. Palombini,
"Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman Over COSE (EDHOC)", Work in
Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lake-edhoc-23, 22
January 2024, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
draft-ietf-lake-edhoc-23>.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC5869] Krawczyk, H. and P. Eronen, "HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand
Key Derivation Function (HKDF)", RFC 5869,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5869, May 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5869>.
[RFC7252] Shelby, Z., Hartke, K., and C. Bormann, "The Constrained
Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 7252,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7252, June 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7252>.
[RFC7641] Hartke, K., "Observing Resources in the Constrained
Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 7641,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7641, September 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7641>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8613] Selander, G., Mattsson, J., Palombini, F., and L. Seitz,
"Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments
(OSCORE)", RFC 8613, DOI 10.17487/RFC8613, July 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8613>.
[RFC8949] Bormann, C. and P. Hoffman, "Concise Binary Object
Representation (CBOR)", STD 94, RFC 8949,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8949, December 2020,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8949>.
7.2. Informative References
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[I-D.ietf-ace-edhoc-oscore-profile]
Selander, G., Mattsson, J. P., Tiloca, M., and R. Höglund,
"Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman Over COSE (EDHOC) and Object
Security for Constrained Environments (OSCORE) Profile for
Authentication and Authorization for Constrained
Environments (ACE)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
draft-ietf-ace-edhoc-oscore-profile-03, 23 October 2023,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-ace-
edhoc-oscore-profile-03>.
[I-D.ietf-core-oscore-key-limits]
Höglund, R. and M. Tiloca, "Key Usage Limits for OSCORE",
Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-core-oscore-
key-limits-02, 10 January 2024,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-core-
oscore-key-limits-02>.
[I-D.irtf-cfrg-aead-limits]
Günther, F., Thomson, M., and C. A. Wood, "Usage Limits on
AEAD Algorithms", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
irtf-cfrg-aead-limits-07, 31 May 2023,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-irtf-cfrg-
aead-limits-07>.
[LwM2M] Open Mobile Alliance, "Lightweight Machine to Machine
Technical Specification - Core, Approved Version 1.2, OMA-
TS-LightweightM2M_Core-V1_2-20201110-A", November 2020,
<http://www.openmobilealliance.org/release/LightweightM2M/
V1_2-20201110-A/OMA-TS-LightweightM2M_Core-
V1_2-20201110-A.pdf>.
[LwM2M-Transport]
Open Mobile Alliance, "Lightweight Machine to Machine
Technical Specification - Transport Bindings, Approved
Version 1.2, OMA-TS-LightweightM2M_Transport-
V1_2-20201110-A", November 2020,
<http://www.openmobilealliance.org/release/LightweightM2M/
V1_2-20201110-A/OMA-TS-LightweightM2M_Transport-
V1_2-20201110-A.pdf>.
[RFC7554] Watteyne, T., Ed., Palattella, M., and L. Grieco, "Using
IEEE 802.15.4e Time-Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) in the
Internet of Things (IoT): Problem Statement", RFC 7554,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7554, May 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7554>.
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[RFC8180] Vilajosana, X., Ed., Pister, K., and T. Watteyne, "Minimal
IPv6 over the TSCH Mode of IEEE 802.15.4e (6TiSCH)
Configuration", BCP 210, RFC 8180, DOI 10.17487/RFC8180,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8180>.
[RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.
[RFC8615] Nottingham, M., "Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers
(URIs)", RFC 8615, DOI 10.17487/RFC8615, May 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8615>.
[RFC8724] Minaburo, A., Toutain, L., Gomez, C., Barthel, D., and JC.
Zuniga, "SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header
Compression and Fragmentation", RFC 8724,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8724, April 2020,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8724>.
[RFC8824] Minaburo, A., Toutain, L., and R. Andreasen, "Static
Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained
Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 8824,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8824, June 2021,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8824>.
[RFC9031] Vučinić, M., Ed., Simon, J., Pister, K., and M.
Richardson, "Constrained Join Protocol (CoJP) for 6TiSCH",
RFC 9031, DOI 10.17487/RFC9031, May 2021,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9031>.
[RFC9176] Amsüss, C., Ed., Shelby, Z., Koster, M., Bormann, C., and
P. van der Stok, "Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE)
Resource Directory", RFC 9176, DOI 10.17487/RFC9176, April
2022, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9176>.
[RFC9200] Seitz, L., Selander, G., Wahlstroem, E., Erdtman, S., and
H. Tschofenig, "Authentication and Authorization for
Constrained Environments Using the OAuth 2.0 Framework
(ACE-OAuth)", RFC 9200, DOI 10.17487/RFC9200, August 2022,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9200>.
[RFC9203] Palombini, F., Seitz, L., Selander, G., and M. Gunnarsson,
"The Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments
(OSCORE) Profile of the Authentication and Authorization
for Constrained Environments (ACE) Framework", RFC 9203,
DOI 10.17487/RFC9203, August 2022,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9203>.
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Appendix A. Forward Message Flow using two CoAP Requests
This section presents an example of KUDOS run in the forward message
flow, with the client acting as KUDOS initiator, and both KUDOS
messages being CoAP requests.
Client/Server Client/Server
(initiator) (responder)
| |
Generate N1 | |
| |
CTX_1 = updateCtx( | |
X1, | |
N1, | |
CTX_OLD) | |
| |
| Request #1 |
Protect with CTX_1 |--------------------->| /.well-known/kudos
| Token: 0x4a |
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| Partial IV: 0 |
| ... |
| d flag: 1 | CTX_1 = updateCtx(
| x: X1 | X1,
| nonce: N1 | N1,
| ... | CTX_OLD)
| } |
| Encrypted Payload { | Verify with CTX_1
| ... |
| } | Generate N2
| |
| | CTX_NEW = updateCtx(
| | Comb(X1,X2),
| | Comb(N1,N2),
| | CTX_OLD)
| |
| Request #2 |
/.well-known/kudos |<---------------------| Protect with CTX_NEW
| Token: 0x7c |
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
CTX_NEW = updateCtx( | Partial IV: 0 |
Comb(X1,X2), | ... |
Comb(N1,N2), | d flag: 1 |
CTX_OLD) | x: X2 |
| nonce: N2 |
Verify with CTX_NEW | ... |
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| } |
Discard CTX_OLD | Encrypted Payload { |
| ... |
| } |
| |
// The actual key update process ends here.
// The two peers can use the new Security Context CTX_NEW.
| |
| Response #1 |
Protect with CTX_NEW |--------------------->|
| Token: 0x7c |
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| } | Verify with CTX_NEW
| Encrypted Payload { |
| ... | Discard CTX_OLD
| Application Payload |
| } |
| |
| Response #2 |
|<---------------------| Protect with CTX_NEW
| Token: 0x4a |
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
Verify with CTX_NEW | } |
| Encrypted Payload { |
| ... |
| Application Payload |
| } |
| |
Figure 7: Example of the KUDOS forward message flow where both
KUDOS messages are requests.
Appendix B. Forward Message Flow with Response #1 unrelated to Request
#1
This section presents an example of KUDOS run in the forward message
flow, with the client acting as KUDOS initiator, and where the second
KUDOS message Response #1 is not a response to the first KUDOS
message Request #2, but rather an unrelated Observe notification as a
response to the non-KUDOS message Request #1
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Client Server
(initiator) (responder)
| |
| Request #1 |
| (Registration) |
Protect with CTX_OLD |--------------------->| /obs
| Token: 0x4a |
| Observe: 0 |
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| Partial IV: 4324 |
| ... |
| } |
| Encrypted Payload { | Verify with CTX_OLD
| Observe: - |
| ... |
| } |
| |
Generate N1 | |
| |
CTX_1 = updateCtx( | |
X1, | |
N1, | |
CTX_OLD) | |
| |
| Request #2 |
Protect with CTX_1 |--------------------->| /.well-known/kudos
| Token: 0x7c |
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| Partial IV: 0 |
| ... |
| d flag: 1 | CTX_1 = updateCtx(
| x: X1 | X1,
| nonce: N1 | N1,
| ... | CTX_OLD)
| } |
| Encrypted Payload { | Verify with CTX_1
| ... |
| } | Generate N2
| |
| | CTX_NEW = updateCtx(
| | Comb(X1,X2),
| | Comb(N1,N2),
| | CTX_OLD)
| |
| Response #1 |
| (Notification) |
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|<---------------------| Protect with CTX_NEW
| Token: 0x4a |
| Observe: 1 |
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
CTX_NEW = updateCtx( | Partial IV: 0 |
Comb(X1,X2), | ... |
Comb(N1,N2), | d flag: 1 |
CTX_OLD) | x: X2 |
| nonce: N2 |
Verify with CTX_NEW | ... |
| } |
Discard CTX_OLD | Encrypted Payload { |
| Observe: - |
| ... |
| } |
| |
// The actual key update process ends here.
// The two peers can use the new Security Context CTX_NEW.
| Response #2 |
|<---------------------| Protect with CTX_NEW
| Token: 0x7c |
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
Verify with CTX_NEW | } |
| Encrypted Payload { |
| ... |
| Application Payload |
| } |
| |
Figure 8: Example of the KUDOS forward message flow where the
second KUDOS message Response #1 is not a response to Request #1.
Appendix C. Forward Message Flow Targeting a non-KUDOS Resource at
Server
This section presents an example of KUDOS run in the forward message
flow, with the client acting as KUDOS initiator, and with the KUDOS
message Request #1 targeting a non-KUDOS resource at the Uri-Path
"/temp". The server application has freshness requirements on the
requests targeting the resource at "/temp".
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Note the presence of an application payload in the KUDOS message
Request #1 and in the non-KUDOS message Request #2, both of which are
composed as PUT requests. That request method is part of the
encrypted payload, since it is protected by OSCORE.
Also note the fact that the KUDOS message Response #1 is composed as
a 4.01 (Unauthorized) response, while the non-KUDOS message Response
#2 is composed as a 2.04 (Changed) repsonse. Those response codes
are part of the encrypted payload, since they are protected by
OSCORE.
Client Server
(initiator) (responder)
| |
Generate N1 | |
| |
CTX_1 = updateCtx( | |
X1, | |
N1, | |
CTX_OLD) | |
| |
| Request #1 |
Protect with CTX_1 |--------------------->| /temp
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| Partial IV: 0 |
| ... |
| d flag: 1 | CTX_1 = updateCtx(
| x: X1 | X1,
| nonce: N1 | N1,
| ... | CTX_OLD)
| } |
| Encrypted Payload { | Verify with CTX_1
| 0.03 (PUT) |
| ... |
| Application Payload |
| } | Generate N2
| |
| | CTX_NEW = updateCtx(
| | Comb(X1,X2),
| | Comb(N1,N2),
| | CTX_OLD)
| |
| Response #1 |
|<---------------------| Protect with CTX_NEW
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
CTX_NEW = updateCtx( | Partial IV: 0 |
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Comb(X1,X2), | ... |
Comb(N1,N2), | d flag: 1 |
CTX_OLD) | x: X2 |
| nonce: N2 |
Verify with CTX_NEW | ... |
| } |
Discard CTX_OLD | Encrypted Payload { |
| 4.01 (Unauthorized) |
| ... |
| Application Payload |
| } |
| |
// The actual key update process ends here.
// The two peers can use the new Security Context CTX_NEW.
| |
| Request #2 |
Protect with CTX_NEW |--------------------->| /temp
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
| } | Verify with CTX_NEW
| Encrypted Payload { |
| 0.03 (PUT) |
| ... | Discard CTX_OLD
| Application Payload |
| } |
| |
| Response #2 |
|<---------------------| Protect with CTX_NEW
| OSCORE { |
| ... |
Verify with CTX_NEW | } |
| Encrypted Payload { |
| 2.04 (Changed) |
| ... |
| Application Payload |
| } |
| |
Figure 9: Example of the KUDOS forward message flow where the
KUDOS message Request #1 targets a non-KUDOS resource.
Appendix D. Document Updates
RFC EDITOR: PLEASE REMOVE THIS SECTION.
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D.1. Version -06 to -07
* Removed material about the ID update procedure, which has been
split out into a separate draft.
* Allow non-random nonces for CAPABLE devices.
* Editorial improvements.
* Permit flexible message flow with KUDOS messages as any request/
response.
* Enable sending KUDOS messages as regular application messages.
D.2. Version -05 to -06
* Mandate support for both the forward and reverse message flow.
* Mention the EDHOC and OSCORE profile of ACE as method for
rekeying.
* Clarify definition of KUDOS (request/response) message.
* Further extend the OSCORE option to transport N1 in the second
KUDOS message as a request.
* Mandate support for the no-FS mode on CAPABLE devices.
* Explain when KUDOS fails during selection of mode.
* Explicitly forbid using old keying material after reboot.
* Editorial improvements.
D.3. Version -04 to -05
* Note on client retransmissions if KUDOS execution fails in reverse
message flow.
* Specify what information needs to be written to non-volatile
memory to handle reboots.
* Extended recommendations and considerations on minimum size of
nonces N1 & N2.
* Arbitrary maximum size of the Recipient-ID Option.
* Detailed lifecycle of the OSCORE IDs update procedure.
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* Described examples of OSCORE IDs update procedure.
* Examples of OSCORE IDs update procedure integrated in KUDOS.
* Considerations about using SCHC for CoAP with OSCORE.
* Clarifications and editorial improvements.
D.4. Version -03 to -04
* Removed content about key usage limits.
* Use of "forward message flow" and "reverse message flow".
* Update to RFC 8613 extended to include protection of responses.
* Include EDHOC_KeyUpdate() in the methods for rekeying.
* Describe reasons for using the OSCORE ID update procedure.
* Clarifications on deletion of CTX_OLD and CTX_NEW.
* Added new section on preventing deadlocks.
* Clarified that peers can decide to run KUDOS at any point.
* Defined preservation of observations beyond OSCORE ID updates.
* Revised discussion section, including also communication overhead.
* Defined a well-known KUDOS resource and a KUDOS resource type.
* Editorial improvements.
D.5. Version -02 to -03
* Use of the OSCORE flag bit 0 to signal more flag bits.
* In UpdateCtx(), open for future key derivation different than
HKDF.
* Simplified updateCtx() to use only Expand(); used to be METHOD 2.
* Included the Partial IV if the second KUDOS message is a response.
* Added signaling of support for KUDOS in EDHOC.
* Clarifications on terminology and reasons for rekeying.
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* Updated IANA considerations.
* Editorial improvements.
D.6. Version -01 to -02
* Extended terminology.
* Moved procedure for preserving observations across key updates to
main body.
* Moved procedure to update OSCORE Sender/Recipient IDs to main
body.
* Moved key update without forward secrecy section to main body.
* Define signaling bits present in the 'x' byte.
* Modifications and alignment of updateCtx() with EDHOC.
* Rules for deletion of old EDHOC keys PRK_out and PRK_exporter.
* Describe CBOR wrapping of involved nonces with examples.
* Renamed 'id detail' to 'nonce'.
* Editorial improvements.
D.7. Version -00 to -01
* Recommendation on limits for CCM_8. Details in Appendix.
* Improved message processing, also covering corner cases.
* Example of method to estimate and not store 'count_q'.
* Added procedure to update OSCORE Sender/Recipient IDs.
* Added method for preserving observations across key updates.
* Added key update without forward secrecy.
Acknowledgments
The authors sincerely thank Christian Amsüss, Carsten Bormann, Rafa
Marin-Lopez, John Preuß Mattsson, and Göran Selander for their
feedback and comments.
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The work on this document has been partly supported by VINNOVA and
the Celtic-Next project CRITISEC; and by the H2020 projects SIFIS-
Home (Grant agreement 952652) and ARCADIAN-IoT (Grant agreement
101020259).
Authors' Addresses
Rikard Höglund
RISE AB
Isafjordsgatan 22
SE-16440 Stockholm Kista
Sweden
Email: rikard.hoglund@ri.se
Marco Tiloca
RISE AB
Isafjordsgatan 22
SE-16440 Stockholm Kista
Sweden
Email: marco.tiloca@ri.se
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