1 INTERNET-DRAFT Brian Tung
2 draft-ietf-cat-kerberos-pk-init-09.txt Clifford Neuman
4 expires December 1, 1999 Matthew Hur
15 Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos
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50 This document defines extensions (PKINIT) to the Kerberos protocol
51 specification (RFC 1510 [1]) to provide a method for using public
52 key cryptography during initial authentication. The methods
53 defined specify the ways in which preauthentication data fields and
54 error data fields in Kerberos messages are to be used to transport
59 The popularity of public key cryptography has produced a desire for
60 its support in Kerberos [2]. The advantages provided by public key
61 cryptography include simplified key management (from the Kerberos
62 perspective) and the ability to leverage existing and developing
63 public key certification infrastructures.
65 Public key cryptography can be integrated into Kerberos in a number
66 of ways. One is to associate a key pair with each realm, which can
67 then be used to facilitate cross-realm authentication; this is the
68 topic of another draft proposal. Another way is to allow users with
69 public key certificates to use them in initial authentication. This
70 is the concern of the current document.
72 PKINIT utilizes Diffie-Hellman keys in combination with digital
73 signature keys as the primary, required mechanism. It also allows
74 for the use of RSA keys. Note that PKINIT supports the use of
75 separate signature and encryption keys.
77 PKINIT enables access to Kerberos-secured services based on initial
78 authentication utilizing public key cryptography. PKINIT utilizes
79 standard public key signature and encryption data formats within the
80 standard Kerberos messages. The basic mechanism is as follows: The
81 user sends a request to the KDC as before, except that if that user
82 is to use public key cryptography in the initial authentication
83 step, his certificate and a signature accompany the initial request
84 in the preauthentication fields. Upon receipt of this request, the
85 KDC verifies the certificate and issues a ticket granting ticket
86 (TGT) as before, except that the encPart from the AS-REP message
87 carrying the TGT is now encrypted utilizing either a Diffie-Hellman
88 derived key or the user's public key. This message is authenticated
89 utilizing the public key signature of the KDC.
91 The PKINIT specification may also be used as a building block for
92 other specifications. PKCROSS [3] utilizes PKINIT for establishing
93 the inter-realm key and associated inter-realm policy to be applied
94 in issuing cross realm service tickets. As specified in [4],
95 anonymous Kerberos tickets can be issued by applying a NULL
96 signature in combination with Diffie-Hellman in the PKINIT exchange.
97 Additionally, the PKINIT specification may be used for direct peer
98 to peer authentication without contacting a central KDC. This
99 application of PKINIT is described in PKTAPP [5] and is based on
100 concepts introduced in [6, 7]. For direct client-to-server
101 authentication, the client uses PKINIT to authenticate to the end
102 server (instead of a central KDC), which then issues a ticket for
103 itself. This approach has an advantage over TLS [8] in that the
104 server does not need to save state (cache session keys).
105 Furthermore, an additional benefit is that Kerberos tickets can
106 facilitate delegation (see [9]).
108 3. Proposed Extensions
110 This section describes extensions to RFC 1510 for supporting the
111 use of public key cryptography in the initial request for a ticket
112 granting ticket (TGT).
114 In summary, the following change to RFC 1510 is proposed:
116 * Users may authenticate using either a public key pair or a
117 conventional (symmetric) key. If public key cryptography is
118 used, public key data is transported in preauthentication
119 data fields to help establish identity. The user presents
120 a public key certificate and obtains an ordinary TGT that may
121 be used for subsequent authentication, with such
122 authentication using only conventional cryptography.
124 Section 3.1 provides definitions to help specify message formats.
125 Section 3.2 describes the extensions for the initial authentication
130 The extensions involve new preauthentication fields; we introduce
131 the following preauthentication types:
136 The extensions also involve new error types; we introduce the
139 KDC_ERR_CLIENT_NOT_TRUSTED 62
140 KDC_ERR_KDC_NOT_TRUSTED 63
141 KDC_ERR_INVALID_SIG 64
142 KDC_ERR_KEY_TOO_WEAK 65
143 KDC_ERR_CERTIFICATE_MISMATCH 66
144 KDC_ERR_CANT_VERIFY_CERTIFICATE 70
145 KDC_ERR_INVALID_CERTIFICATE 71
146 KDC_ERR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE 72
147 KDC_ERR_REVOCATION_STATUS_UNKNOWN 73
148 KDC_ERR_REVOCATION_STATUS_UNAVAILABLE 74
149 KDC_ERR_CLIENT_NAME_MISMATCH 75
150 KDC_ERR_KDC_NAME_MISMATCH 76
152 We utilize the following typed data for errors:
154 TD-PKINIT-CMS-CERTIFICATES 101
157 TD-TRUSTED-CERTIFIERS 104
158 TD-CERTIFICATE-INDEX 105
160 We utilize the following encryption types (which map directly to
164 md5WithRSAEncryption-CmsOID 10
165 sha1WithRSAEncryption-CmsOID 11
167 rsaEncryption-EnvOID (PKCS#1 v1.5) 13
168 rsaES-OAEP-ENV-OID (PKCS#1 v2.0) 14
169 des-ede3-cbc-Env-OID 15
171 These mappings are provided so that a client may send the
172 appropriate enctypes in the AS-REQ message in order to indicate
173 support for the corresponding OIDs (for performing PKINIT).
175 In many cases, PKINIT requires the encoding of an X.500 name as a
176 Realm. In these cases, the realm will be represented using a
177 different style, specified in RFC 1510 with the following example:
179 NAMETYPE:rest/of.name=without-restrictions
181 For a realm derived from an X.500 name, NAMETYPE will have the value
182 X500-RFC2253. The full realm name will appear as follows:
184 X500-RFC2253:RFC2253Encode(DistinguishedName)
186 where DistinguishedName is an X.500 name, and RFC2253Encode is a
187 readable UTF encoding of an X.500 name, as defined by
188 RFC 2253 [14] (part of LDAPv3).
190 To ensure that this encoding is unique, we add the following rule
191 to those specified by RFC 2253:
193 The order in which the attributes appear in the RFC 2253
194 encoding must be the reverse of the order in the ASN.1
195 encoding of the X.500 name that appears in the public key
196 certificate. The order of the relative distinguished names
197 (RDNs), as well as the order of the AttributeTypeAndValues
198 within each RDN, will be reversed. (This is despite the fact
199 that an RDN is defined as a SET of AttributeTypeAndValues, where
200 an order is normally not important.)
202 Similarly, PKINIT may require the encoding of an X.500 name as a
203 PrincipalName. In these cases, the name-type of the principal name
204 shall be set to KRB_NT-X500-PRINCIPAL. This new name type is
207 KRB_NT_X500_PRINCIPAL 6
209 The name-string shall be set as follows:
211 RFC2253Encode(DistinguishedName)
215 RFC 1510 specifies the ASN.1 structure for PrincipalName as follows:
217 PrincipalName ::= SEQUENCE {
218 name-type[0] INTEGER,
219 name-string[1] SEQUENCE OF GeneralString
222 For the purposes of encoding an X.500 name within this structure,
223 the name-string shall be encoded as a single GeneralString.
225 Note that name mapping may be required or optional based on
228 3.1.1. Encryption and Key Formats
230 In the exposition below, we use the terms public key and private
231 key generically. It should be understood that the term "public
232 key" may be used to refer to either a public encryption key or a
233 signature verification key, and that the term "private key" may be
234 used to refer to either a private decryption key or a signature
235 generation key. The fact that these are logically distinct does
236 not preclude the assignment of bitwise identical keys.
238 In the case of Diffie-Hellman, the key shall be produced from the
239 agreed bit string as follows:
241 * Truncate the bit string to the appropriate length.
242 * Rectify parity in each byte (if necessary) to obtain the key.
244 For instance, in the case of a DES key, we take the first eight
245 bytes of the bit stream, and then adjust the least significant bit
246 of each byte to ensure that each byte has odd parity.
248 3.1.2. Algorithm Identifiers
250 PKINIT does not define, but does permit, the algorithm identifiers
253 3.1.2.1. Signature Algorithm Identifiers
255 The following signature algorithm identifiers specified in [11] and
256 in [15] shall be used with PKINIT:
258 id-dsa-with-sha1 (DSA with SHA1)
259 md5WithRSAEncryption (RSA with MD5)
260 sha-1WithRSAEncryption (RSA with SHA1)
262 3.1.2.2 Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Algorithm Identifier
264 The following algorithm identifier shall be used within the
265 SubjectPublicKeyInfo data structure: dhpublicnumber
267 This identifier and the associated algorithm parameters are
268 specified in RFC 2459 [15].
270 3.1.2.3. Algorithm Identifiers for RSA Encryption
272 These algorithm identifiers are used inside the EnvelopedData data
273 structure, for encrypting the temporary key with a public key:
275 rsaEncryption (RSA encryption, PKCS#1 v1.5)
276 id-RSAES-OAEP (RSA encryption, PKCS#1 v2.0)
278 Both of the above RSA encryption schemes are specified in [16].
279 Currently, only PKCS#1 v1.5 is specified by CMS [11], although the
280 CMS specification says that it will likely include PKCS#1 v2.0 in
281 the future. (PKCS#1 v2.0 addresses adaptive chosen ciphertext
282 vulnerability discovered in PKCS#1 v1.5.)
284 3.1.2.4. Algorithm Identifiers for Encryption with Secret Keys
286 These algorithm identifiers are used inside the EnvelopedData data
287 structure in the PKINIT Reply, for encrypting the reply key with the
289 des-ede3-cbc (3-key 3-DES, CBC mode)
290 rc2-cbc (RC2, CBC mode)
292 The full definition of the above algorithm identifiers and their
293 corresponding parameters (an IV for block chaining) is provided in
294 the CMS specification [11].
296 3.2. Public Key Authentication
298 Implementation of the changes in this section is REQUIRED for
299 compliance with PKINIT.
301 It is assumed that all public keys are signed by some certification
302 authority (CA). The initial authentication request is sent as per
303 RFC 1510, except that a preauthentication field containing data
304 signed by the user's private key accompanies the request:
306 PA-PK-AS-REQ ::= SEQUENCE {
308 signedAuthPack [0] SignedData
309 -- defined in CMS [11]
310 -- AuthPack (below) defines the data
312 trustedCertifiers [1] SEQUENCE OF TrustedCas OPTIONAL,
313 -- CAs that the client trusts
314 kdcCert [2] IssuerAndSerialNumber OPTIONAL
315 -- as defined in CMS [11]
316 -- specifies a particular KDC
317 -- certificate if the client
319 -- must be accompanied by
320 -- a single trustedCertifier
321 encryptionCert [3] IssuerAndSerialNumber OPTIONAL
322 -- For example, this may be the
323 -- client's Diffie-Hellman
324 -- certificate, or it may be the
325 -- client's RSA encryption
329 TrustedCas ::= CHOICE {
330 principalName [0] KerberosName,
333 -- fully qualified X.500 name
334 -- as defined by X.509
335 issuerAndSerial [2] IssuerAndSerialNumber OPTIONAL
336 -- Since a CA may have a number of
337 -- certificates, only one of which
342 The SignedData data type is specified in the Cryptographic
343 Message Syntax, a product of the S/MIME working group of the IETF.
344 - The encapContentInfo field must contain the PKAuthenticator
345 and, optionally, the client's Diffie Hellman public value.
346 - The eContentType field shall contain the OID value for
347 id-data: iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549)
348 pkcs(1) pkcs7(7) data(1)
349 - The eContent field is data of the type AuthPack (below).
350 - The signerInfos field contains the signature of AuthPack.
351 - The Certificates field, when non-empty, contains the client's
352 certificate chain. If present, the KDC uses the public key from
353 the client's certificate to verify the signature in the request.
354 Note that the client may pass different certificates that are used
355 for signing or for encrypting. Thus, the KDC may utilize a
356 different client certificate for signature verification than the
357 one it uses to encrypt the reply to the client. For example, the
358 client may place a Diffie-Hellman certificate in this field in
359 order to convey its static Diffie Hellman certificate to the KDC
360 enable static-ephemeral Diffie-Hellman mode for the reply. As
361 another example, the client may place an RSA encryption
362 certificate in this field.
364 AuthPack ::= SEQUENCE {
365 pkAuthenticator [0] PKAuthenticator,
366 clientPublicValue [1] SubjectPublicKeyInfo OPTIONAL
367 -- if client is using Diffie-Hellman
370 PKAuthenticator ::= SEQUENCE {
371 kdcName [0] PrincipalName,
374 -- for replay prevention
375 ctime [3] KerberosTime,
376 -- for replay prevention
380 SubjectPublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
381 algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
383 subjectPublicKey BIT STRING
385 -- public exponent (INTEGER encoded
386 -- as payload of BIT STRING)
387 } -- as specified by the X.509 recommendation [10]
389 AlgorithmIdentifier ::= SEQUENCE {
390 algorithm ALGORITHM.&id,
391 parameters ALGORITHM.&type
392 } -- as specified by the X.509 recommendation [10]
394 If the client passes an issuer and serial number in the request,
395 the KDC is requested to use the referred-to certificate. If none
396 exists, then the KDC returns an error of type
397 KDC_ERR_CERTIFICATE_MISMATCH. It also returns this error if, on the
398 other hand, the client does not pass any trustedCertifiers,
399 believing that it has the KDC's certificate, but the KDC has more
400 than one certificate. The KDC should include information in the
401 KRB-ERROR message that indicates the KDC certificate(s) that a
402 client may utilize. This data is specified in the e-data, which
403 is defined in RFC 1510 revisions as a SEQUENCE of TypedData:
405 TypedData ::= SEQUENCE {
406 data-type [0] INTEGER,
407 data-value [1] OCTET STRING,
408 } -- per Kerberos RFC 1510 revisions
411 data-type = TD-PKINIT-CMS-CERTIFICATES = 101
412 data-value = CertificateSet // as specified by CMS [11]
414 The PKAuthenticator carries information to foil replay attacks,
415 to bind the request and response. The PKAuthenticator is signed
416 with the private key corresponding to the public key in the
417 certificate found in userCert (or cached by the KDC).
419 The trustedCertifiers field contains a list of certification
420 authorities trusted by the client, in the case that the client does
421 not possess the KDC's public key certificate. If the KDC has no
422 certificate signed by any of the trustedCertifiers, then it returns
423 an error of type KDC_ERR_KDC_NOT_TRUSTED.
425 KDCs should try to (in order of preference):
426 1. Use the KDC certificate identified by the serialNumber included
427 in the client's request.
428 2. Use a certificate issued to the KDC by the client's CA (if in the
429 middle of a CA key roll-over, use the KDC cert issued under same
430 CA key as user cert used to verify request).
431 3. Use a certificate issued to the KDC by one of the client's
433 If the KDC is unable to comply with any of these options, then the
434 KDC returns an error message of type KDC_ERR_KDC_NOT_TRUSTED to the
437 Upon receipt of the AS_REQ with PA-PK-AS-REQ pre-authentication
438 type, the KDC attempts to verify the user's certificate chain
439 (userCert), if one is provided in the request. This is done by
440 verifying the certification path against the KDC's policy of
441 legitimate certifiers. This may be based on a certification
442 hierarchy, or it may be simply a list of recognized certifiers in a
445 If the client's certificate chain contains no certificate signed by
446 a CA trusted by the KDC, then the KDC sends back an error message
447 of type KDC_ERR_CANT_VERIFY_CERTIFICATE. The accompanying e-data
448 is a SEQUENCE of one TypedData (with type TD-TRUSTED-CERTIFIERS=104)
449 whose data-value is an OCTET STRING which is the DER encoding of
451 TrustedCertifiers ::= SEQUENCE OF PrincipalName
452 -- X.500 name encoded as a principal name
455 If the signature on one of the certificates in the client's chain
456 fails verification, then the KDC returns an error of type
457 KDC_ERR_INVALID_CERTIFICATE. The accompanying e-data is a SEQUENCE
458 of one TypedData (with type TD-CERTIFICATE-INDEX=105) whose
459 data-value is an OCTET STRING which is the DER encoding of
461 CertificateIndex ::= INTEGER
462 -- 0 = 1st certificate,
463 -- (in order of encoding)
464 -- 1 = 2nd certificate, etc
466 The KDC may also check whether any of the certificates in the
467 client's chain has been revoked. If one of the certificates has
468 been revoked, then the KDC returns an error of type
469 KDC_ERR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE; if such a query reveals that the
470 certificate's revocation status is unknown, the KDC returns an
471 error of type KDC_ERR_REVOCATION_STATUS_UNKNOWN; if the revocation
472 status is unavailable, the KDC returns an error of type
473 KDC_ERR_REVOCATION_STATUS_UNAVAILABLE. In any of these three
474 cases, the affected certificate is identified by the accompanying
475 e-data, which contains a CertificateIndex as described for
476 KDC_ERR_INVALID_CERTIFICATE.
478 If the certificate chain can be verified, but the name of the
479 client in the certificate does not match the client's name in the
480 request, then the KDC returns an error of type
481 KDC_ERR_CLIENT_NAME_MISMATCH. There is no accompanying e-data
484 Finally, if the certificate chain is verified, but the KDC's name
485 or realm as given in the PKAuthenticator does not match the KDC's
486 actual principal name, then the KDC returns an error of type
487 KDC_ERR_KDC_NAME_MISMATCH. The accompanying e-data field is again
488 a SEQUENCE of one TypedData (with type TD-KRB-PRINCIPAL=102 or
489 TD-KRB-REALM=103 as appropriate) whose data-value is an OCTET
490 STRING whose data-value is the DER encoding of a PrincipalName or
491 Realm as defined in RFC 1510 revisions.
493 Even if all succeeds, the KDC may--for policy reasons--decide not
494 to trust the client. In this case, the KDC returns an error message
495 of type KDC_ERR_CLIENT_NOT_TRUSTED.
497 If a trust relationship exists, the KDC then verifies the client's
498 signature on AuthPack. If that fails, the KDC returns an error
499 message of type KDC_ERR_INVALID_SIG. Otherwise, the KDC uses the
500 timestamp (ctime and cusec) in the PKAuthenticator to assure that
501 the request is not a replay. The KDC also verifies that its name
502 is specified in the PKAuthenticator.
504 If the clientPublicValue field is filled in, indicating that the
505 client wishes to use Diffie-Hellman key agreement, then the KDC
506 checks to see that the parameters satisfy its policy. If they do
507 not (e.g., the prime size is insufficient for the expected
508 encryption type), then the KDC sends back an error message of type
509 KDC_ERR_KEY_TOO_WEAK. Otherwise, it generates its own public and
510 private values for the response.
512 The KDC also checks that the timestamp in the PKAuthenticator is
513 within the allowable window and that the principal name and realm
514 are correct. If the local (server) time and the client time in the
515 authenticator differ by more than the allowable clock skew, then the
516 KDC returns an error message of type KRB_AP_ERR_SKEW.
518 Assuming no errors, the KDC replies as per RFC 1510, except as
519 follows. The user's name in the ticket is determined by the
520 following decision algorithm:
522 1. If the KDC has a mapping from the name in the certificate
523 to a Kerberos name, then use that name.
525 2. If the certificate contains a Kerberos name in an extension
526 field, and local KDC policy allows, then use that name.
528 3. Use the name as represented in the certificate, mapping
529 as necessary (e.g., as per RFC 2253 for X.500 names). In
530 this case the realm in the ticket shall be the name of the
531 certification authority that issued the user's certificate.
533 The KDC encrypts the reply not with the user's long-term key, but
534 with a random key generated only for this particular response. This
535 random key is sealed in the preauthentication field:
537 PA-PK-AS-REP ::= CHOICE {
539 dhSignedData [0] SignedData,
540 -- Defined in CMS and used only with
541 -- Diffie-Helman key exchange
542 -- This choice MUST be supported
543 -- by compliant implementations.
544 encKeyPack [1] EnvelopedData,
546 -- The temporary key is encrypted
547 -- using the client public key
549 -- SignedReplyKeyPack, encrypted
550 -- with the temporary key, is also
555 If the Diffie-Hellman option is used, dhSignedData in PA-PK-AS-REP
556 provides authenticated Diffie-Hellman parameters of the KDC. The
557 reply key used to encrypt part of the KDC reply message is derived
558 from the Diffie-Hellman exchange:
559 - Both the KDC and the client calculate a secret value (g^ab mod p),
560 where a is the client's private exponent and b is the KDC's
562 - Both the KDC and the client take the first N bits of this secret
563 value and convert it into a reply key. N depends on the reply key
565 - If the reply key is DES, N=64 bits, where some of the bits are
566 replaced with parity bits, according to FIPS PUB 74.
567 - If the reply key is (3-key) 3-DES, N=192 bits, where some of the
568 bits are replaced with parity bits, according to FIPS PUB 74.
569 - The encapContentInfo field must contain the KdcDHKeyInfo as
571 - The eContentType field shall contain the OID value for
572 id-data: iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549)
573 pkcs(1) pkcs7(7) data(1)
574 - The certificates field must contain the certificates necessary
575 for the client to establish trust in the KDC's certificate
576 based on the list of trusted certifiers sent by the client in
577 the PA-PK-AS-REQ. This field may be empty if the client did
578 not send to the KDC a list of trusted certifiers (the
579 trustedCertifiers field was empty, meaning that the client
580 already possesses the KDC's certificate).
581 - The signerInfos field is a SET that must contain at least one
582 member, since it contains the actual signature.
584 Usage of EnvelopedData:
585 The EnvelopedData data type is specified in the Cryptographic
586 Message Syntax, a product of the S/MIME working group of the IETF.
587 It contains an temporary key encrypted with the PKINIT
588 client's public key. It also contains a signed and encrypted
590 - The originatorInfo field is not required, since that information
591 may be presented in the signedData structure that is encrypted
592 within the encryptedContentInfo field.
593 - The optional unprotectedAttrs field is not required for PKINIT.
594 - The recipientInfos field is a SET which must contain exactly one
595 member of the KeyTransRecipientInfo type for encryption
596 with an RSA public key.
597 - The encryptedKey field (in KeyTransRecipientInfo) contains
598 the temporary key which is encrypted with the PKINIT client's
600 - The encryptedContentInfo field contains the signed and encrypted
602 - The contentType field shall contain the OID value for
603 id-signedData: iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549)
604 pkcs(1) pkcs7(7) signedData(2)
605 - The encryptedContent field is encrypted data of the CMS type
606 signedData as specified below.
607 - The encapContentInfo field must contains the ReplyKeyPack.
608 - The eContentType field shall contain the OID value for
609 id-data: iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549)
610 pkcs(1) pkcs7(7) data(1)
611 - The eContent field is data of the type ReplyKeyPack (below).
612 - The certificates field must contain the certificates necessary
613 for the client to establish trust in the KDC's certificate
614 based on the list of trusted certifiers sent by the client in
615 the PA-PK-AS-REQ. This field may be empty if the client did
616 not send to the KDC a list of trusted certifiers (the
617 trustedCertifiers field was empty, meaning that the client
618 already possesses the KDC's certificate).
619 - The signerInfos field is a SET that must contain at least one
620 member, since it contains the actual signature.
622 KdcDHKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
623 -- used only when utilizing Diffie-Hellman
625 -- binds responce to the request
626 subjectPublicKey [2] BIT STRING
627 -- Equals public exponent (g^a mod p)
628 -- INTEGER encoded as payload of
632 ReplyKeyPack ::= SEQUENCE {
633 -- not used for Diffie-Hellman
634 replyKey [0] EncryptionKey,
635 -- used to encrypt main reply
636 -- ENCTYPE is at least as strong as
637 -- ENCTYPE of session key
639 -- binds response to the request
640 -- must be same as the nonce
641 -- passed in the PKAuthenticator
645 Since each certifier in the certification path of a user's
646 certificate is essentially a separate realm, the name of each
647 certifier must be added to the transited field of the ticket. The
648 format of these realm names is defined in Section 3.1 of this
649 document. If applicable, the transit-policy-checked flag should be
650 set in the issued ticket.
652 The KDC's certificate must bind the public key to a name derivable
653 from the name of the realm for that KDC. X.509 certificates shall
654 contain the principal name of the KDC as the SubjectAltName version
655 3 extension. Below is the definition of this version 3 extension, as
656 specified by the X.509 standard:
658 subjectAltName EXTENSION ::= {
660 IDENTIFIED BY id-ce-subjectAltName
663 GeneralNames ::= SEQUENCE SIZE(1..MAX) OF GeneralName
665 GeneralName ::= CHOICE {
666 otherName [0] INSTANCE OF OTHER-NAME,
670 OTHER-NAME ::= TYPE-IDENTIFIER
672 In this definition, otherName is a name of any form defined as an
673 instance of the OTHER-NAME information object class. For the purpose
674 of specifying a Kerberos principal name, INSTANCE OF OTHER-NAME will
675 be chosen and replaced by the type KerberosName:
677 KerberosName ::= SEQUENCE {
679 -- as define in RFC 1510
680 principalName [1] PrincipalName,
681 -- as define in RFC 1510
684 This specific syntax is identified within subjectAltName by setting
685 the OID id-ce-subjectAltName to krb5PrincipalName, where (from the
686 Kerberos specification) we have
688 krb5 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso (1)
695 krb5PrincipalName OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { krb5 2 }
697 This specification may also be used to specify a Kerberos name
698 within the user's certificate.
700 If a non-KDC X.509 certificate contains the principal name within
701 the subjectAltName version 3 extension , that name may utilize
702 KerberosName as defined below, or, in the case of an S/MIME
703 certificate [17], may utilize the email address. If the KDC
704 is presented with as S/MIME certificate, then the email address
705 within subjectAltName will be interpreted as a principal and realm
706 separated by the "@" sign, or as a name that needs to be
707 canonicalized. If the resulting name does not correspond to a
708 registered principal name, then the principal name is formed as
709 defined in section 3.1.
711 The client then extracts the random key used to encrypt the main
712 reply. This random key (in encPaReply) is encrypted with either the
713 client's public key or with a key derived from the DH values
714 exchanged between the client and the KDC.
716 3.2.2. Required Algorithms
718 Not all of the algorithms in the PKINIT protocol specification have
719 to be implemented in order to comply with the proposed standard.
720 Below is a list of the required algorithms:
722 - Diffie-Hellman public/private key pairs
723 - utilizing Diffie-Hellman ephemeral-ephemeral mode
724 - SHA1 digest and DSA for signatures
725 - 3-key triple DES keys derived from the Diffie-Hellman Exchange
726 - 3-key triple DES Temporary and Reply keys
728 4. Logistics and Policy
730 This section describes a way to define the policy on the use of
731 PKINIT for each principal and request.
733 The KDC is not required to contain a database record for users
734 who use public key authentication. However, if these users are
735 registered with the KDC, it is recommended that the database record
736 for these users be modified to an additional flag in the attributes
737 field to indicate that the user should authenticate using PKINIT.
738 If this flag is set and a request message does not contain the
739 PKINIT preauthentication field, then the KDC sends back as error of
740 type KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_REQUIRED indicating that a preauthentication
741 field of type PA-PK-AS-REQ must be included in the request.
743 5. Security Considerations
745 PKINIT raises a few security considerations, which we will address
748 First of all, PKINIT introduces a new trust model, where KDCs do not
749 (necessarily) certify the identity of those for whom they issue
750 tickets. PKINIT does allow KDCs to act as their own CAs, in order
751 to simplify key management, but one of the additional benefits is to
752 align Kerberos authentication with a global public key
753 infrastructure. Anyone using PKINIT in this way must be aware of
754 how the certification infrastructure they are linking to works.
756 Secondly, PKINIT also introduces the possibility of interactions
757 between different cryptosystems, which may be of widely varying
758 strengths. Many systems, for instance, allow the use of 512-bit
759 public keys. Using such keys to wrap data encrypted under strong
760 conventional cryptosystems, such as triple-DES, is inappropriate;
761 it adds a weak link to a strong one at extra cost. Implementors
762 and administrators should take care to avoid such wasteful and
763 deceptive interactions.
765 Lastly, PKINIT calls for randomly generated keys for conventional
766 cryptosystems. Many such systems contain systematically "weak"
767 keys. PKINIT implementations MUST avoid use of these keys, either
768 by discarding those keys when they are generated, or by fixing them
769 in some way (e.g., by XORing them with a given mask). These
770 precautions vary from system to system; it is not our intention to
771 give an explicit recipe for them here.
775 Certificate chains can potentially grow quite large and span several
776 UDP packets; this in turn increases the probability that a Kerberos
777 message involving PKINIT extensions will be broken in transit. In
778 light of the possibility that the Kerberos specification will
779 require KDCs to accept requests using TCP as a transport mechanism,
780 we make the same recommendation with respect to the PKINIT
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846 Request for Comments 2437.
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850 Request for Comments 2312
854 Some of the ideas on which this proposal is based arose during
855 discussions over several years between members of the SAAG, the IETF
856 CAT working group, and the PSRG, regarding integration of Kerberos
857 and SPX. Some ideas have also been drawn from the DASS system.
858 These changes are by no means endorsed by these groups. This is an
859 attempt to revive some of the goals of those groups, and this
860 proposal approaches those goals primarily from the Kerberos
861 perspective. Lastly, comments from groups working on similar ideas
862 in DCE have been invaluable.
866 This draft expires December 1, 1999.
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