1 INTERNET-DRAFT Brian Tung
2 draft-ietf-cat-kerberos-pk-init-21.txt Clifford Neuman
3 expires April 25, 2005 USC/ISI
8 Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos
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41 This document describes protocol extensions (hereafter called
42 PKINIT) to the Kerberos protocol specification [1]. These
43 extensions provide a method for integrating public key cryptography
44 into the initial authentication exchange, by passing digital
45 certificates and associated authenticators in preauthentication data
51 A client typically authenticates itself to a service in Kerberos
52 using three distinct though related exchanges. First, the client
53 requests a ticket-granting ticket (TGT) from the Kerberos
54 authentication server (AS). Then, it uses the TGT to request a
55 service ticket from the Kerberos ticket-granting server (TGS).
56 Usually, the AS and TGS are integrated in a single device known as
57 a Kerberos Key Distribution Center, or KDC. (In this document, we
58 will refer to both the AS and the TGS as the KDC.) Finally, the
59 client uses the service ticket to authenticate itself to the
62 The advantage afforded by the TGT is that the client need explicitly
63 request a ticket and expose his credentials only once. The TGT and
64 its associated session key can then be used for any subsequent
65 requests. One result of this is that all further authentication is
66 independent of the method by which the initial authentication was
67 performed. Consequently, initial authentication provides a
68 convenient place to integrate public-key cryptography into Kerberos
71 As defined, Kerberos authentication exchanges use symmetric-key
72 cryptography, in part for performance. One cost of using
73 symmetric-key cryptography is that the keys must be shared, so that
74 before a client can authenticate itself, he must already be
75 registered with the KDC.
77 Conversely, public-key cryptography (in conjunction with an
78 established Public Key Infrastructure) permits authentication
79 without prior registration with a KDC. Adding it to Kerberos allows
80 the widespread use of Kerberized applications by clients without
81 requiring them to register first with a KDC--a requirement that has
82 no inherent security benefit.
84 As noted above, a convenient and efficient place to introduce
85 public-key cryptography into Kerberos is in the initial
86 authentication exchange. This document describes the methods and
87 data formats for integrating public-key cryptography into Kerberos
88 initial authentication.
93 This section describes extensions to [1] for supporting the use of
94 public-key cryptography in the initial request for a ticket.
96 Briefly, this document defines the following extensions to [1]:
98 1. The client indicates the use of public-key authentication by
99 including a special preauthenticator in the initial request.
100 This preauthenticator contains the client's public-key data
103 2. The KDC tests the client's request against its policy and
104 trusted Certification Authorities (CAs).
106 3. If the request passes the verification tests, the KDC
107 replies as usual, but the reply is encrypted using either:
109 a. a symmetric encryption key, signed using the KDC's
110 signature key and encrypted using the client's encryption
113 b. a key generated through a Diffie-Hellman exchange with
114 the client, signed using the KDC's signature key.
116 Any keying material required by the client to obtain the
117 Encryption key is returned in a preauthentication field
118 accompanying the usual reply.
120 4. The client obtains the encryption key, decrypts the reply,
121 and then proceeds as usual.
123 Section 3.1 of this document defines the necessary message formats.
124 Section 3.2 describes their syntax and use in greater detail.
127 3.1. Definitions, Requirements, and Constants
130 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
131 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
132 document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [12].
135 3.1.1. Required Algorithms
137 All PKINIT implementations MUST support the following algorithms:
139 - Reply key (or DH-derived key): AES256-CTS-HMAC-SHA1-96 etype.
141 - Signature algorithm: SHA-1 digest and RSA.
143 - Reply key delivery method: ephemeral-ephemeral Diffie-Hellman
144 with a non-zero nonce.
146 - Unkeyed checksum type for the paChecksum member of
147 PKAuthenticator: SHA1 (unkeyed), Kerberos checksum type 14
151 3.1.2. Defined Message and Encryption Types
153 PKINIT makes use of the following new preauthentication types:
158 PKINIT also makes use of the following new authorization data type:
160 AD-INITIAL-VERIFIED-CAS TBD
162 PKINIT introduces the following new error codes:
164 KDC_ERR_CLIENT_NOT_TRUSTED 62
165 KDC_ERR_KDC_NOT_TRUSTED 63
166 KDC_ERR_INVALID_SIG 64
168 KDC_ERR_CERTIFICATE_MISMATCH 66
169 KDC_ERR_CANT_VERIFY_CERTIFICATE 70
170 KDC_ERR_INVALID_CERTIFICATE 71
171 KDC_ERR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE 72
172 KDC_ERR_REVOCATION_STATUS_UNKNOWN 73
173 KDC_ERR_CLIENT_NAME_MISMATCH 75
175 PKINIT uses the following typed data types for errors:
178 TD-TRUSTED-CERTIFIERS 104
179 TD-CERTIFICATE-INDEX 105
180 TD-UNKEYED-CHECKSUM-INFO 109
182 PKINIT defines the following encryption types, for use in the AS-REQ
183 message (to indicate acceptance of the corresponding encryption OIDs
187 md5WithRSAEncryption-CmsOID 10
188 sha1WithRSAEncryption-CmsOID 11
190 rsaEncryption-EnvOID (PKCS1 v1.5) 13
191 rsaES-OAEP-EnvOID (PKCS1 v2.0) 14
192 des-ede3-cbc-EnvOID 15
194 The above encryption types are used by the client only within the
195 KDC-REQ-BODY to indicate which CMS [2] algorithms it supports. Their
196 use within Kerberos EncryptedData structures is not specified by this
199 The ASN.1 module for all structures defined in this document (plus
200 IMPORT statements for all imported structures) are given in Appendix
201 A. In the event of a discrepancy between Appendix A and the portions
202 of ASN.1 in the main text, the appendix is normative.
204 All structures defined in this document MUST be encoded using
205 Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER). All imported data structures
206 must be encoded according to the rules specified in Kerberos [1] or
207 CMS [2] as appropriate.
209 Interoperability note: Some implementations may not be able to
210 decode CMS objects encoded with BER but not DER; specifically, they
211 may not be able to decode infinite length encodings. To maximize
212 interoperability, implementers SHOULD encode CMS objects used in
216 3.1.3. Algorithm Identifiers
218 PKINIT does not define, but does make use of, the following
219 algorithm identifiers.
221 PKINIT uses the following algorithm identifier for Diffie-Hellman
226 PKINIT uses the following signature algorithm identifiers [8, 12]:
228 sha-1WithRSAEncryption (RSA with SHA1)
229 md5WithRSAEncryption (RSA with MD5)
230 id-dsa-with-sha1 (DSA with SHA1)
232 PKINIT uses the following encryption algorithm identifiers [5] for
233 encrypting the temporary key with a public key:
235 rsaEncryption (PKCS1 v1.5)
236 id-RSAES-OAEP (PKCS1 v2.0)
238 PKINIT uses the following algorithm identifiers [2] for encrypting
239 the reply key with the temporary key:
241 des-ede3-cbc (three-key 3DES, CBC mode)
242 rc2-cbc (RC2, CBC mode)
243 aes256_CBC (AES-256, CBC mode)
246 3.2. PKINIT Preauthentication Syntax and Use
248 This section defines the syntax and use of the various
249 preauthentication fields employed by PKINIT.
252 3.2.1. Client Request
254 The initial authentication request (AS-REQ) is sent as per [1]; in
255 addition, a preauthentication field contains data signed by the
256 client's private signature key, as follows:
258 WrapContentInfo ::= OCTET STRING (CONSTRAINED BY {
259 -- Contains a BER encoding of
263 WrapIssuerAndSerial ::= OCTET STRING (CONSTRAINED BY {
264 -- Contains a BER encoding of
265 -- IssuerAndSerialNumber
268 PA-PK-AS-REQ ::= SEQUENCE {
269 signedAuthPack [0] IMPLICIT WrapContentInfo,
270 -- Type is SignedData.
271 -- Content is AuthPack
273 trustedCertifiers [1] SEQUENCE OF TrustedCA OPTIONAL,
274 -- A list of CAs, trusted by
275 -- the client, used to certify
277 kdcCert [2] IMPLICIT WrapIssuerAndSerial
279 -- Identifies a particular KDC
280 -- certificate, if the client
285 TrustedCA ::= CHOICE {
287 -- Fully qualified X.500 name
288 -- as defined in RFC 3280 [4].
289 issuerAndSerial [2] IMPLICIT WrapIssuerAndSerial,
290 -- Identifies a specific CA
295 AuthPack ::= SEQUENCE {
296 pkAuthenticator [0] PKAuthenticator,
297 clientPublicValue [1] SubjectPublicKeyInfo OPTIONAL,
298 -- Defined in RFC 3280 [4].
299 -- Present only if the client
300 -- is using ephemeral-ephemeral
302 supportedCMSTypes [2] SEQUENCE OF AlgorithmIdentifier
304 -- List of CMS encryption types
305 -- supported by client in order
306 -- of (decreasing) preference.
310 PKAuthenticator ::= SEQUENCE {
311 cusec [0] INTEGER (0..999999),
312 ctime [1] KerberosTime,
313 -- cusec and ctime are used as
314 -- in [1], for replay
316 nonce [2] INTEGER (0..4294967295),
317 -- Binds reply to request,
318 -- MUST be zero when client
319 -- will accept cached
320 -- Diffie-Hellman parameters
321 -- from KDC. MUST NOT be
323 paChecksum [3] Checksum,
325 -- Performed over KDC-REQ-BODY,
330 The ContentInfo in the signedAuthPack is filled out as follows:
332 1. The eContent field contains data of type AuthPack. It MUST
333 contain the pkAuthenticator, and MAY also contain the
334 client's Diffie-Hellman public value (clientPublicValue).
336 2. The eContentType field MUST contain the OID value for
337 id-pkauthdata: { iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1)
338 security(5) kerberosv5(2) pkinit(3) pkauthdata(1)}
340 3. The signerInfos field MUST contain the signature over the
343 4. The certificates field MUST contain at least a signature
344 verification certificate chain that the KDC can use to
345 verify the signature over the AuthPack. The certificate
346 chain(s) MUST NOT contain the root CA certificate.
348 5. If a Diffie-Hellman key is being used, the parameters MUST
349 be chosen from Oakley Group 2 or 14. Implementations MUST
350 support Group 2; they are RECOMMENDED to support Group 14.
353 6. The KDC may wish to use cached Diffie-Hellman parameters.
354 To indicate acceptance of caching, the client sends zero in
355 the nonce field of the pkAuthenticator. Zero is not a valid
356 value for this field under any other circumstances. Since
357 zero is used to indicate acceptance of cached parameters,
358 message binding in this case is performed using only the
359 nonce in the main request.
362 3.2.2. Validation of Client Request
364 Upon receiving the client's request, the KDC validates it. This
365 section describes the steps that the KDC MUST (unless otherwise
366 noted) take in validating the request.
368 The KDC must look for a client certificate in the signedAuthPack.
369 If it cannot find one signed by a CA it trusts, it sends back an
370 error of type KDC_ERR_CANT_VERIFY_CERTIFICATE. The accompanying
371 e-data for this error is a TYPED-DATA (as defined in [1]). For this
372 error, the data-type is TD-TRUSTED-CERTIFIERS, and the data-value is
375 TrustedCertifiers ::= SEQUENCE OF Name
377 If, while verifying the certificate chain, the KDC determines that
378 the signature on one of the certificates in the signedAuthPack is
379 invalid, it returns an error of type KDC_ERR_INVALID_CERTIFICATE.
380 The accompanying e-data for this error is a TYPED-DATA, whose
381 data-type is TD-CERTIFICATE-INDEX, and whose data-value is the DER
382 encoding of the index into the CertificateSet field, ordered as sent
385 CertificateIndex ::= IssuerAndSerialNumber
386 -- IssuerAndSerialNumber of
387 -- certificate with invalid signature
389 If more than one certificate signature is invalid, the KDC MAY send
390 one TYPED-DATA per invalid signature.
392 The KDC MAY also check whether any certificates in the client's
393 chain have been revoked. If any of them have been revoked, the KDC
394 MUST return an error of type KDC_ERR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE; if the KDC
395 attempts to determine the revocation status but is unable to do so,
396 it SHOULD return an error of type KDC_ERR_REVOCATION_STATUS_UNKNOWN.
397 The certificate or certificates affected are identified exactly as
398 for an error of type KDC_ERR_INVALID_CERTIFICATE (see above).
400 In addition to validating the certificate chain, the KDC MUST also
401 check that the certificate properly maps to the client's principal name
402 as specified in the AS-REQ as follows:
404 1. If the KDC has its own mapping from the name in the
405 certificate to a Kerberos name, it uses that Kerberos
408 2. Otherwise, if the certificate contains a SubjectAltName
409 extension with a Kerberos name in the otherName field,
410 it uses that name. The otherName field (of type AnotherName)
411 in the SubjectAltName extension MUST contain the following:
415 krb5PrincipalName OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso (1) org (3) dod (6)
416 internet (1) security (5) kerberosv5 (2) 2 }
420 KRB5PrincipalName ::= SEQUENCE {
422 principalName [1] PrincipalName
425 If the KDC does not have its own mapping and there is no Kerberos
426 name present in the certificate, or if the name in the request does
427 not match the name in the certificate (including the realm name), or
428 if there is no name in the request, the KDC MUST return error code
429 KDC_ERR_CLIENT_NAME_MISMATCH. There is no accompanying e-data
432 Even if the chain is validated, and the names in the certificate and
433 the request match, the KDC may decide not to trust the client. For
434 example, the certificate may include an Extended Key Usage (EKU) OID
435 in the extensions field. As a matter of local policy, the KDC may
436 decide to reject requests on the basis of the absence or presence of
437 specific EKU OIDs. In this case, the KDC MUST return error code
438 KDC_ERR_CLIENT_NOT_TRUSTED. The PKINIT EKU OID is defined as:
440 { iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) kerberosv5(2)
441 pkinit(3) pkekuoid(4) }
443 If the client's signature on the signedAuthPack fails to verify, the KDC
444 MUST return error KDC_ERR_INVALID_SIG. There is no accompanying
445 e-data for this error.
447 The KDC MUST check the timestamp to ensure that the request is not
448 a replay, and that the time skew falls within acceptable limits.
449 The recommendations clock skew times in [1] apply here. If the
450 check fails, the KDC MUSTreturn error code KRB_AP_ERR_REPEAT or
451 KRB_AP_ERR_SKEW, respectively.
453 If the clientPublicValue is filled in, indicating that the client
454 wishes to use ephemeral-ephemeral Diffie-Hellman, the KDC checks to
455 see if the parameters satisfy its policy. If they do not, it MUST
456 return error code KDC_ERR_KEY_SIZE. The accompanying e-data is a
457 TYPED-DATA, whose data-type is TD-DH-PARAMETERS, and whose
458 data-value is the DER encoding of a DomainParameters (see [3]),
459 including appropriate Diffie-Hellman parameters with which to retry
462 The KDC MUST return error code KDC_ERR_CERTIFICATE_MISMATCH if the
463 client included a kdcCert field in the PA-PK-AS-REQ and the KDC does
464 not have the corresponding certificate.
466 The KDC MUST return error code KDC_ERR_KDC_NOT_TRUSTED if the client
467 did not include a kdcCert field, but did include a trustedCertifiers
468 field, and the KDC does not possesses a certificate issued by one of
469 the listed certifiers.
471 If there is a supportedCMSTypes field in the AuthPack, the KDC must
472 check to see if it supports any of the listed types. If it supports
473 more than one of the types, the KDC SHOULD use the one listed first.
474 If it does not support any of them, it MUST return an error of type
475 KRB5KDC_ERR_ETYPE_NOSUPP.
480 Assuming that the client's request has been properly validated, the
481 KDC proceeds as per [1], except as follows.
483 The KDC MUST set the initial flag and include an authorization data
484 of type AD-INITIAL-VERIFIED-CAS in the issued ticket. The value is
485 an OCTET STRING containing the DER encoding of InitialVerifiedCAs:
487 InitialVerifiedCAs ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {
489 Validated [1] BOOLEAN,
493 The KDC MAY wrap any AD-INITIAL-VERIFIED-CAS data in AD-IF-RELEVANT
494 containers if the list of CAs satisfies the KDC's realm's policy.
495 (This corresponds to the TRANSITED-POLICY-CHECKED ticket flag.)
496 Furthermore, any TGS must copy such authorization data from tickets
497 used in a PA-TGS-REQ of the TGS-REQ to the resulting ticket,
498 including the AD-IF-RELEVANT container, if present.
500 Application servers that understand this authorization data type
501 SHOULD apply local policy to determine whether a given ticket
502 bearing such a type *not* contained within an AD-IF-RELEVANT
503 container is acceptable. (This corresponds to the AP server
504 checking the transited field when the TRANSITED-POLICY-CHECKED flag
505 has not been set.) If such a data type is contained within an
506 AD-IF-RELEVANT container, AP servers MAY apply local policy to
507 determine whether the authorization data is acceptable.
509 The AS-REP is otherwise unchanged from [1]. The KDC encrypts the
510 reply as usual, but not with the client's long-term key. Instead,
511 it encrypts it with either a generated encryption key, or a key
512 derived from a Diffie-Hellman exchange. The contents of the
513 PA-PK-AS-REP indicate the type of encryption key that was used:
515 PA-PK-AS-REP ::= CHOICE {
516 dhSignedData [0] IMPLICIT WrapContentInfo,
517 -- Type is SignedData.
518 -- Content is KDCDHKeyInfo
520 encKeyPack [1] IMPLICIT WrapContentInfo,
521 -- Type is EnvelopedData.
522 -- Content is SignedData over
523 -- ReplyKeyPack (defined below).
527 KDCDHKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
528 subjectPublicKey [0] BIT STRING,
529 -- Equals public exponent
531 -- INTEGER encoded as payload
533 nonce [1] INTEGER (0..4294967295),
534 -- Binds reply to request.
535 -- Exception: A value of zero
536 -- indicates that the KDC is
537 -- using cached values.
538 dhKeyExpiration [2] KerberosTime OPTIONAL,
539 -- Expiration time for KDC's
544 The fields of the ContentInfo for dhSignedData are to be filled in
547 1. The eContent field contains data of type KDCDHKeyInfo.
549 2. The eContentType field contains the OID value for
550 id-pkdhkeydata: { iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1)
551 security(5) kerberosv5(2) pkinit(3) pkdhkeydata(2) }
553 3. The signerInfos field contains a single signerInfo, which is
554 the signature of the KDCDHKeyInfo.
556 4. The certificates field contains a signature verification
557 certificate chain that the client will use to verify the
558 KDC's signature over the KDCDHKeyInfo. This field may only
559 be left empty if the client did include a kdcCert field in
560 the PA-PK-AS-REQ, indicating that it has the KDC's
561 certificate. The certificate chain MUST NOT contain the
564 5. If the client and KDC agree to use cached parameters, the
565 KDC MUST return a zero in the nonce field and include the
566 expiration time of the cached values in the dhKeyExpiration
567 field. If this time is exceeded, the client MUST NOT use
568 the reply. If the time is absent, the client MUST NOT use
569 the reply and MAY resubmit a request with a non-zero nonce,
570 thus indicating non-acceptance of the cached parameters.
572 The KDC reply key is derived as follows:
574 1. Both the KDC and the client calculate the shared secret
579 where a and b are the client's and KDC's private exponents,
580 respectively. DHKey, padded first with leading zeros as
581 needed to make it as long as the modulus p, is represented
582 as a string of octets in big-endian order (such that the
583 size of DHKey in octets is the size of the modulus p).
585 2. Let K be the key-generation seed length [6] of the reply key
586 whose enctype is selected according to [1].
588 3. Define the function octetstring2key() as follows:
590 octetstring2key(h, x) == random-to-key(K-truncate(
597 where x is an octet string; h:octet string -> octet string
598 is a cryptographically strong hash function; | is the
599 concatenation operator; 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, etc. are each
600 represented as a single octet; random-to-key() is an
601 operation that generates a protocolkey from a bitstring of
602 length K; and K-truncate truncates its input to K bits.
603 Both K and random-to-key() are defined in the kcrypto
604 profile [6] for the enctype of the reply key.
606 A good example of h() is SHA1.
608 4. Define H to be a hash function based on operations of a
609 given checksum type [6], as follows:
611 H(x) = get_mic(dummy-key, x)
613 where x is an octet string.
615 H() MUST be a cryptographically strong hash, in order to be
616 suitable for use in the octetstring2key() operation above.
618 5. The client specifies a checksum type to use in the
619 paChecksum of the PKAuthenticator. If the H() operation
620 based on this checksum is not suitable for use in
621 octetstring2key(), or this checksum type is too weak or not
622 supported by the KDC, the KDC MUST return an error of type
623 KDC_ERR_PA_CKSUMTYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED. The accompanying e-data
624 for this error is a TYPED-DATA: the data-type is
625 TD-UNKEYED-CHECKSUM-INFO, and the data-value is the DER
628 UNKEYED-CHECKSUM-INFO ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {
633 This list is in the preference order (best choice first) of
634 the KDC, and the client SHOULD retry with the first
635 available checksum type.
637 6. When cached DH parameters are used, let n_c be the
638 clientDHNonce, and n_k be the serverDHNonce; otherwise, let
639 both n_c and n_k be empty octet strings. The reply key k is
641 k = octetstring2key(H, DHKey | n_c | n_k)
643 where H() is the hash function based on the checksum type
644 used in the paChecksum of the PKAuthenticator (as defined in
647 Both the KDC and the client calculate
648 the value g^(ab) mod p, where a and b are the client's and KDC's
649 private exponents, respectively. They both take the first k bits of
650 this secret value as a key generation seed, where the parameter k
651 (the size of the seed) is dependent on the selected key type, as
652 specified in [6]. The seed is then converted into a protocol key by
653 applying to it a random-to-key function, which is also dependent on
656 If the KDC and client are not using Diffie-Hellman, the KDC encrypts
657 the reply with an encryption key, packed in the encKeyPack, which
658 contains data of type ReplyKeyPack:
660 ReplyKeyPack ::= SEQUENCE {
661 replyKey [0] EncryptionKey,
663 -- Used to encrypt main reply.
664 -- MUST be at least as strong
665 -- as session key. (Using the
666 -- same enctype and a strong
667 -- prng should suffice, if no
668 -- stronger encryption system
670 nonce [1] INTEGER (0..4294967295),
671 -- Binds reply to request.
675 The fields of the ContentInfo for encKeyPack MUST be filled in as
678 1. The content is of type SignedData. The eContent for
679 the SignedData is of type ReplyKeyPack.
681 2. The eContentType for the SignedData contains the OID value
682 for id-pkrkeydata: { iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1)
683 security(5) kerberosv5(2) pkinit(3) pkrkeydata(3) }
685 3. The signerInfos field contains a single signerInfo, which is
686 the signature of the ReplyKeyPack.
688 4. The certificates field contains a signature verification
689 certificate chain that the client will use to verify the
690 KDC's signature over the ReplyKeyPack. This field may only
691 be left empty if the client included a kdcCert field in the
692 PA-PK-AS-REQ, indicating that it has the KDC's certificate.
693 The certificate chain MUST NOT contain the root CA
696 5. The contentType for the EnvelopedData contains the OID value
697 for id-signedData: { iso (1) member-body (2) us (840) rsadsi
698 (113549) pkcs (1) pkcs7 (7) signedData (2) }
700 6. The recipientInfos field is a SET which MUST contain exactly
701 one member of type KeyTransRecipientInfo. The encryptedKey
702 for this member contains the temporary key which is
703 encrypted using the client's public key.
705 7. The unprotectedAttrs or originatorInfo fields MAY be
709 3.2.4. Validation of KDC Reply
711 Upon receipt of the KDC's reply, the client proceeds as follows. If
712 the PA-PK-AS-REP contains a dhSignedData, the client obtains and
713 verifies the Diffie-Hellman parameters, and obtains the shared key
714 as described above. Otherwise, the message contains an encKeyPack,
715 and the client decrypts and verifies the temporary encryption key.
717 In either case, the client MUST check to see if the included
718 certificate contains a subjectAltName extension of type dNSName or
719 iPAddress (if the KDC is specified by IP address instead of name).
720 If it does, it MUST check to see if that extension matches the KDC
721 it believes it is communicating with, with matching rules specified
722 in RFC 2459. Exception: If the client has some external information
723 as to the identity of the KDC, this check MAY be omitted.
725 The client also MUST check that the KDC's certificate contains an
726 extendedKeyUsage OID of id-pkkdcekuoid:
728 { iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) kerberosv5(2)
729 pkinit(3) pkkdcekuoid(5) }
731 If all applicable checks are satisfied, the client then decrypts the
732 main reply with the resulting key, and then proceeds as described in
736 4. Security Considerations
738 PKINIT raises certain security considerations beyond those that can
739 be regulated strictly in protocol definitions. We will address them
742 PKINIT extends the cross-realm model to the public-key
743 infrastructure. Users of PKINIT must understand security policies
744 and procedures appropriate to the use of Public Key Infrastructures.
746 Standard Kerberos allows the possibility of interactions between
747 cryptosystems of varying strengths; this document adds interactions
748 with public-key cryptosystems to Kerberos. Some administrative
749 policies may allow the use of relatively weak public keys. Using
750 such keys to wrap data encrypted under stronger conventional
751 cryptosystems may be inappropriate.
753 PKINIT requires keys for symmetric cryptosystems to be generated.
754 Some such systems contain "weak" keys. For recommendations regarding
755 these weak keys, see [1].
757 PKINIT allows the use of a zero nonce in the PKAuthenticator when
758 cached Diffie-Hellman keys are used. In this case, message binding
759 is performed using the nonce in the main request in the same way as
760 it is done for ordinary AS-REQs (without the PKINIT
761 pre-authenticator). The nonce field in the KDC request body is
762 signed through the checksum in the PKAuthenticator, which
763 cryptographically binds the PKINIT pre-authenticator to the main
764 body of the AS Request and also provides message integrity for the
767 However, when a PKINIT pre-authenticator in the AS-REP has a
768 zero-nonce, and an attacker has somehow recorded this
769 pre-authenticator and discovered the corresponding Diffie-Hellman
770 private key (e.g., with a brute-force attack), the attacker will be
771 able to fabricate his own AS-REP messages that impersonate the KDC
772 with this same pre-authenticator. This compromised pre-authenticator
773 will remain valid as long as its expiration time has not been reached
774 and it is therefore important for clients to check this expiration
775 time and for the expiration time to be reasonably short, which
776 depends on the size of the Diffie-Hellman group.
778 If a client also caches its Diffie-Hellman keys, then the session key
779 could remain the same during multiple AS-REQ/AS-REP exchanges and an
780 attacker which compromised the session key could fabricate his own
781 AS-REP messages with a pre-recorded pre-authenticator until the
782 client starts using a new Diffie-Hellman key pair and while the KDC
783 pre-authenticator has not yet expired. It is therefore not
784 recommended for KDC clients to also cache their Diffie-Hellman keys.
786 Care should be taken in how certificates are chosen for the purposes
787 of authentication using PKINIT. Some local policies may require
788 that key escrow be used for certain certificate types. Deployers of
789 PKINIT should be aware of the implications of using certificates that
790 have escrowed keys for the purposes of authentication.
792 PKINIT does not provide for a "return routability" test to prevent
793 attackers from mounting a denial-of-service attack on the KDC by
794 causing it to perform unnecessary and expensive public-key
795 operations. Strictly speaking, this is also true of standard
796 Kerberos, although the potential cost is not as great, because
797 standard Kerberos does not make use of public-key cryptography.
799 The syntax for the AD-INITIAL-VERIFIED-CAS authorization data does
800 permit empty SEQUENCEs to be encoded. Such empty sequences may only
801 be used if the KDC itself vouches for the user's certificate. [This
802 seems to reflect the consensus of the Kerberos working group.]
807 The following people have made significant contributions to this
808 draft: Ari Medvinsky, Matt Hur, John Wray, Jonathan Trostle, Nicolas
809 Williams, Tom Yu, Sam Hartman, and Jeff Hutzelman.
811 Some of the ideas on which this document is based arose during
812 discussions over several years between members of the SAAG, the IETF
813 CAT working group, and the PSRG, regarding integration of Kerberos
814 and SPX. Some ideas have also been drawn from the DASS system.
815 These changes are by no means endorsed by these groups. This is an
816 attempt to revive some of the goals of those groups, and this
817 document approaches those goals primarily from the Kerberos
818 perspective. Lastly, comments from groups working on similar ideas
819 in DCE have been invaluable.
824 This draft expires January 25, 2004.
829 [1] RFC-Editor: To be replaced by RFC number for
830 draft-ietf-krb-wg-kerberos-clarifications.
832 [2] R. Housley. Cryptographic Message Syntax. April 1999. Request
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836 for the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and
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841 Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List
842 (CRL) Profile, April 2002. Request for Comments 3280.
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845 Specifications, October 1998. Request for Comments 2437.
847 [6] RFC-Editor: To be replaced by RFC number for
848 draft-ietf-krb-wg-crypto.
850 [7] S. Blake-Wilson, M. Nystrom, D. Hopwood, J. Mikkelsen, and
851 T. Wright. Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions, June 2003.
852 Request for Comments 3546.
854 [8] M. Myers, R. Ankney, A. Malpani, S. Galperin, and C. Adams.
855 Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Online Certificate Status
856 Protocol - OCSP, June 1999. Request for Comments 2560.
858 [9] NIST, Guidelines for Implementing and Using the NBS Encryption
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862 November 1998. Request for Comments 2409.
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868 Levels. March 1997. Request for Comments 2119 (BCP 14).
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903 E-mail: jtrostle@world.std.com
906 Appendix A. PKINIT ASN.1 Module
908 KerberosV5-PK-INIT-SPEC {
909 iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1)
910 security(5) kerberosV5(2) modules(4) pkinit(TBD)
911 } DEFINITIONS EXPLICIT TAGS ::= BEGIN
914 SubjectPublicKeyInfo, AlgorithmIdentifier, Name
915 FROM PKIX1Explicit88 { iso (1) identified-organization (3)
916 dod (6) internet (1) security (5) mechanisms (5)
917 pkix (7) id-mod (0) id-pkix1-explicit (18) }
919 ContentInfo, IssuerAndSerialNumber
920 FROM CryptographicMessageSyntax { iso(1) member-body(2)
921 us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs-9(9) smime(16)
924 KerberosTime, Checksum, TYPED-DATA, PrincipalName, Realm, EncryptionKey
925 FROM KerberosV5Spec2 { iso(1) identified-organization(3)
926 dod(6) internet(1) security(5) kerberosV5(2) modules(4)
929 id-pkinit OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
930 { iso (1) org (3) dod (6) internet (1) security (5)
931 kerberosv5 (2) pkinit (3) }
933 id-pkdhkeydata OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkinit 1 }
934 id-pkdhkeydata OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkinit 2 }
935 id-pkrkeydata OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkinit 3 }
936 id-pkekuoid OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkinit 4 }
937 id-pkkdcekuoid OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkinit 5 }
939 pa-pk-as-req INTEGER ::= TBD
940 pa-pk-as-rep INTEGER ::= TBD
941 pa-pk-ocsp-req INTEGER ::= TBD
942 pa-pk-ocsp-rep INTEGER ::= TBD
944 ad-initial-verified-cas INTEGER ::= TBD
946 td-dh-parameters INTEGER ::= TBD
947 td-trusted-certifiers INTEGER ::= 104
948 td-certificate-index INTEGER ::= 105
950 WrapContentInfo ::= OCTET STRING (CONSTRAINED BY {
951 -- Contains a BER encoding of
955 WrapIssuerAndSerial ::= OCTET STRING (CONSTRAINED BY {
956 -- Contains a BER encoding of
957 -- IssuerAndSerialNumber
960 PA-PK-AS-REQ ::= SEQUENCE {
961 signedAuthPack [0] IMPLICIT WrapContentInfo,
962 trustedCertifiers [1] SEQUENCE OF TrustedCA OPTIONAL,
963 kdcCert [2] IMPLICIT WrapIssuerAndSerial
968 TrustedCA ::= CHOICE {
970 issuerAndSerial [2] IMPLICIT WrapIssuerAndSerial,
974 AuthPack ::= SEQUENCE {
975 pkAuthenticator [0] PKAuthenticator,
976 clientPublicValue [1] SubjectPublicKeyInfo OPTIONAL,
977 supportedCMSTypes [2] SEQUENCE OF AlgorithmIdentifier
982 PKAuthenticator ::= SEQUENCE {
983 cusec [0] INTEGER (0..999999),
984 ctime [1] KerberosTime,
985 nonce [2] INTEGER (0..4294967295),
986 paChecksum [3] Checksum,
990 TrustedCertifiers ::= SEQUENCE OF Name
992 CertificateIndex ::= IssuerAndSerialNumber
994 KRB5PrincipalName ::= SEQUENCE {
996 principalName [1] PrincipalName
999 InitialVerifiedCAs ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {
1001 validated [1] BOOLEAN,
1005 PA-PK-AS-REP ::= CHOICE {
1006 dhSignedData [0] IMPLICIT WrapContentInfo,
1007 encKeyPack [1] IMPLICIT WrapContentInfo,
1011 KDCDHKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
1012 subjectPublicKey [0] BIT STRING,
1013 nonce [1] INTEGER (0..4294967295),
1014 dhKeyExpiration [2] KerberosTime OPTIONAL,
1018 ReplyKeyPack ::= SEQUENCE {
1019 replyKey [0] EncryptionKey,
1020 nonce [1] INTEGER (0..4294967295),
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