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diff --git a/contrib/bind9/doc/draft/draft-ietf-dnsext-tsig-sha-04.txt b/contrib/bind9/doc/draft/draft-ietf-dnsext-tsig-sha-04.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..a59595f5901da --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/bind9/doc/draft/draft-ietf-dnsext-tsig-sha-04.txt @@ -0,0 +1,580 @@ + +INTERNET-DRAFT Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +UPDATES RFC 2845 Motorola Laboratories +Expires: December 2005 June 2005 + + + HMAC SHA TSIG Algorithm Identifiers + ---- --- ---- --------- ----------- + <draft-ietf-dnsext-tsig-sha-04.txt> + + +Status of This Document + + By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any + applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware + have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes + aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. + + This draft is intended to be become a Proposed Standard RFC. + Distribution of this document is unlimited. Comments should be sent + to the DNSEXT working group mailing list <namedroppers@ops.ietf.org>. + + Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering + Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that + other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- + Drafts. + + Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months + and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any + time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference + material or to cite them other than a "work in progress." + + The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at + http://www.ietf.org/1id-abstracts.html + + The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at + http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html + + +Abstract + + Use of the TSIG DNS resource record requires specification of a + cryptographic message authentication code. Currently identifiers + have been specified only for the HMAC-MD5 and GSS TSIG algorithms. + This document standardizes identifiers and implementation + requirements for additional HMAC SHA TSIG algorithms and standardizes + how to specify and handle the truncation of HMAC values. + + +Copyright Notice + + Copyright (C) The Internet Society 2005. All Rights Reserved. + + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 1] + + +INTERNET-DRAFT HMAC-SHA TSIG Identifiers + + +Table of Contents + + Status of This Document....................................1 + Abstract...................................................1 + Copyright Notice...........................................1 + + Table of Contents..........................................2 + + 1. Introduction............................................3 + + 2. Algorithms and Identifiers..............................4 + + 3. Specifying Truncation...................................5 + 3.1 Truncation Specification...............................5 + + 4. TSIG Policy Provisions and Truncation Error.............7 + + 5. IANA Considerations.....................................8 + 6. Security Considerations.................................8 + 6. Copyright and Disclaimer................................8 + + 7. Normative References....................................9 + 8. Informative References..................................9 + + Author's Address..........................................10 + Expiration and File Name..................................10 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 2] + + +INTERNET-DRAFT HMAC-SHA TSIG Identifiers + + +1. Introduction + + [RFC 2845] specifies a TSIG Resource Record (RR) that can be used to + authenticate DNS queries and responses. This RR contains a domain + name syntax data item which names the authentication algorithm used. + [RFC 2845] defines the HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT name for + authentication codes using the HMAC [RFC 2104] algorithm with the MD5 + [RFC 1321] hash algorithm. IANA has also registered "gss-tsig" as an + identifier for TSIG authentication where the cryptographic operations + are delegated to GSS [RFC 3645]. + + In Section 2, this document specifies additional names for TSIG + authentication algorithms based on US NIST SHA algorithms and HMAC + and specifies the implementation requirements for those algorithms. + + In Section 3, this document specifies the meaning of inequality + between the normal output size of the specified hash function and the + length of MAC (message authentication code) data given in the TSIG + RR. In particular, it specifies that a shorter length field value + specifies truncation and a longer length field is an error. + + In Section 4, policy restrictions and implications related to + truncation and a new error code to indicate truncation shorter than + permitted by policy are described and specified. + + The use herein of MUST, SHOULD, MAY, MUST NOT, and SHOULD NOT is as + defined in [RFC 2119]. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 3] + + +INTERNET-DRAFT HMAC-SHA TSIG Identifiers + + +2. Algorithms and Identifiers + + TSIG Resource Records (RRs) [RFC 2845] are used to authenticate DNS + queries and responses. They are intended to be efficient symmetric + authentication codes based on a shared secret. (Asymmetric signatures + can be provided using the SIG RR [RFC 2931]. In particular, SIG(0) + can be used for transaction signatures.) Used with a strong hash + function, HMAC [RFC 2104] provides a way to calculate such symmetric + authentication codes. The only specified HMAC based TSIG algorithm + identifier has been HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT based on MD5 [RFC 1321]. + + The use of SHA-1 [FIPS 180-2, RFC 3174], which is a 160 bit hash, as + compared with the 128 bits for MD5, and additional hash algorithms in + the SHA family [FIPS 180-2, RFC 3874, SHA2draft] with 224, 256, 384, + and 512 bits, may be preferred in some cases particularly since + increasingly successful cryptanalytic attacks are being made on the + shorter hashes. Use of TSIG between a DNS resolver and server is by + mutual agreement. That agreement can include the support of + additional algorithms and may specify policies as to which algorithms + and truncations are acceptable subject to the restrication and + guidelines in Section 3 and 4 below. + + The current HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT identifier is included in the + table below for convenience. Implementations which support TSIG MUST + also implement HMAC SHA1 and HMAC SHA256 and MAY implement gss-tsig + and the other algorithms listed below. + + Mandatory HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT + Mandatory hmac-sha1 + Optional hmac-sha224 + Mandatory hmac-sha256 + Optional hamc-sha384 + Optional hmac-sha512 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 4] + + +INTERNET-DRAFT HMAC-SHA TSIG Identifiers + + +3. Specifying Truncation + + When space is at a premium and the strength of the full length of an + HMAC is not needed, it is reasonable to truncate the HMAC output and + use the truncated value for authentication. HMAC SHA-1 truncated to + 96 bits is an option available in several IETF protocols including + IPSEC and TLS. + + The TSIG RR [RFC 2845] includes a "MAC size" field, which gives the + size of the MAC field in octets. But [RFC 2845] does not specify what + to do if this MAC size differs from the length of the output of HMAC + for a particular hash function. Truncation is indicated by a MAC size + less than the HMAC size as specified below. + + + +3.1 Truncation Specification + + The specification for TSIG handling is changed as follows: + + 1. If "MAC size" field is greater than HMAC output length: + This case MUST NOT be generated and if received MUST cause the + packet to be dropped and RCODE 1 (FORMERR) to be returned. + + 2. If "MAC size" field equals HMAC output length: + Operation is as described in [RFC 2845] with the entire output + HMAC output present. + + 3. "MAC size" field is less than HMAC output length but greater than + that specified in case 4 below: + This is sent when the signer has truncated the HMAC output to + an allowable length, as described in RFC 2104, taking initial + octets and discarding trailing octets. TSIG truncation can only be + to an integral number of octets. On receipt of a packet with + truncation thus indicated, the locally calculated MAC is similarly + truncated and only the truncated values compared for + authentication. The request MAC used when calculating the TSIG MAC + for a reply is the trucated request MAC. + + 4. "MAC size" field is less than the larger of 10 (octets) and half + the length of the hash function in use: + With the exception of certain TSIG error messages described in + RFC 2845 section 3.2 where it is permitted that the MAC size be + zero, this case MUST NOT be generated and if received MUST cause + the packet to be dropped and RCODE 1 (FORMERR) to be returned. The + size limit for this case can also, for the hash functions + mentioned in this document, be stated as less than half the hash + function length for hash functions other than MD5 and less than 10 + octets for MD5. + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 5] + + +INTERNET-DRAFT HMAC-SHA TSIG Identifiers + + + SHA-1 truncated to 96 bits (12 octets) SHOULD be implemented. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 6] + + +INTERNET-DRAFT HMAC-SHA TSIG Identifiers + + +4. TSIG Policy Provisions and Truncation Error + + Use of TSIG is by mutual agreement between a resolver and server. + Implicit in such "agreement" are policies as to acceptable keys and + algorithms and, with the extensions in this doucment, truncations. In + particular note the following: + + Such policies MAY require the rejection of TSIGs even though they + use an algorithm for which implementation is mandatory. + + When a policy calls for the acceptance of a TSIG with a particular + algorithm and a particular non-zero amount of trunction it SHOULD + also permit the use of that algorithm with lesser truncation (a + longer MAC) up to the full HMAC output. + + Regardless of a lower acceptable truncated MAC length specified by + policy, a reply SHOULD be sent with a MAC at least as long as that in + the corresponding request unless the request specified a MAC length + longer than the HMAC output. + + Implementations permitting policies with multiple acceptable + algorithms and/or truncations SHOULD permit this list to be ordered + by presumed strength and SHOULD allow different truncations for the + same algorithm to be treatred as spearate entities in this list. When + so implemented, policies SHOULD accept a presumed stronger algorithm + and truncation than the minimum strength required by the policy. + + If a TSIG is received with truncation which is permitted under + Section 3 above but the MAC is too short for the policy in force, an + RCODE of TBA [22 suggested](BADTRUNC) MUST be returned. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 7] + + +INTERNET-DRAFT HMAC-SHA TSIG Identifiers + + +5. IANA Considerations + + This document, on approval for publication as a standards track RFC, + (1) registers the new TSIG algorithm identifiers listed in Section 2 + with IANA and (2) Section 4 allocates the BADTRUNC RCODE TBA [22 + suggested]. + + + + +6. Security Considerations + + For all of the message authentication code algorithms listed herein, + those producing longer values are believed to be stronger; however, + while there have been some arguments that mild truncation can + strengthen a MAC by reducing the information available to an + attacker, excessive truncation clearly weakens authentication by + reducing the number of bits an attacker has to try to brute force + [RFC 2104]. + + Significant progress has been made recently in cryptanalysis of hash + function of the type used herein, all of which ultimately derive from + the design of MD4. While the results so far should not effect HMAC, + the stronger SHA-1 and SHA-256 algorithms are being made mandatory + due to caution. + + See the Security Considerations section of [RFC 2845]. See also the + Security Considerations section of [RFC 2104] from which the limits + on truncation in this RFC were taken. + + + +6. Copyright and Disclaimer + + Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005). This document is subject to + the rights, licenses and restrictions contained in BCP 78, and except + as set forth therein, the authors retain all their rights. + + + This document and the information contained herein are provided on an + "AS IS" basis and THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS + OR IS SPONSORED BY (IF ANY), THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET + ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, + INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE + INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED + WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + + + + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 8] + + +INTERNET-DRAFT HMAC-SHA TSIG Identifiers + + +7. Normative References + + [FIPS 180-2] - "Secure Hash Standard", (SHA-1/224/256/384/512) US + Federal Information Processing Standard, with Change Notice 1, + February 2004. + + [RFC 1321] - Rivest, R., "The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm ", RFC + 1321, April 1992. + + [RFC 2104] - Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M., and R. Canetti, "HMAC: Keyed- + Hashing for Message Authentication", RFC 2104, February 1997. + + [RFC 2119] - Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate + Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. + + [RFC 2845] - Vixie, P., Gudmundsson, O., Eastlake 3rd, D., and B. + Wellington, "Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (TSIG)", + RFC 2845, May 2000. + + + +8. Informative References. + + [RFC 2931] - Eastlake 3rd, D., "DNS Request and Transaction + Signatures ( SIG(0)s )", RFC 2931, September 2000. + + [RFC 3174] - Eastlake 3rd, D. and P. Jones, "US Secure Hash Algorithm + 1 (SHA1)", RFC 3174, September 2001. + + [RFC 3645] - Kwan, S., Garg, P., Gilroy, J., Esibov, L., Westhead, + J., and R. Hall, "Generic Security Service Algorithm for Secret Key + Transaction Authentication for DNS (GSS-TSIG)", RFC 3645, October + 2003. + + [RFC 3874] - R. Housely, "A 224-bit One-way Hash Function: SHA-224", + September 2004, + + [SHA2draft] - Eastlake, D., T. Hansen, "US Secure Hash Algorithms + (SHA)", work in progress. + + + + + + + + + + + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 9] + + +INTERNET-DRAFT HMAC-SHA TSIG Identifiers + + +Author's Address + + Donald E. Eastlake 3rd + Motorola Laboratories + 155 Beaver Street + Milford, MA 01757 USA + + Telephone: +1-508-786-7554 (w) + + EMail: Donald.Eastlake@motorola.com + + + +Expiration and File Name + + This draft expires in December 2005. + + Its file name is draft-ietf-dnsext-tsig-sha-04.txt + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +D. Eastlake 3rd [Page 10] + |