Internet DRAFT - draft-amringer-jose-ecdh-ss
draft-amringer-jose-ecdh-ss
(No Working Group) G. Amringer
Internet-Draft January 12, 2020
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Use of Static-Static ECDH in JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE)
draft-amringer-jose-ecdh-ss-00
Abstract
This document defines how to use the Static-Static mode of ECDH in
JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE).
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Notation and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Static-
Static . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.1. Header Parameters Used for ECDH Key Agreement . . . . . . 3
2.1.1. "spk" (Sender Public Key) Header Parameter . . . . . 3
2.1.2. "apu" (Agreement PartyUInfo) Header Parameter . . . . 3
2.2. Header Parameters Used for Key Encryption . . . . . . . . 4
2.2.1. "iv" (Initialization Vector) Header Parameter . . . . 4
2.2.2. "tag" (Authentication Tag) Header Parameter . . . . . 4
3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.3. URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1. Introduction
The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) JOSE Working Group defined
the ECDH-ES as a key agreement mechanism in the JOSE context. This
document defines how to use the ECDH key agreement mechanism in
Static-Static mode in JOSE in an interoperable manner.
This document defines the conventions to use in the context of
[RFC7516]
1.1. Notation and Conventions
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
The JOSE key format ("JSON Web Key (JWK)") is defined by [RFC7517]
and thumbprints for it ("JSON Web Key (JWK) Thumbprint") in
[RFC7638].
2. Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Static-Static
This section defines the specifics of key agreement with Elliptic
Curve Diffie-Hellman Static-Static, in combination with the Concat
KDF, as defined in Section 5.8.2.1 of NIST.800-56A [1] for use as a
symmetric key to wrap the CEK with the "C20PKW", "XC20PKW", "A128KW",
"A192KW", "A256KW" algorithms, in the Key Agreement with Key Wrapping
mode.
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This mode is used as defined as the atlernate way for ECDH-ES in
Section 4.6.2 of RFC7518 [2] where the "apu" parameter MUST represent
a random 512-bit value (analogous to PartyAInfo in Ephemeral-Static
mode in [RFC2631]).
The following "alg" (algorithm) Header Parameter values are used to
indicate that the JWE Encrypted Key is the result of encrypting the
CEK using the corresponding algorithm:
+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| "alg" value | Key Management Algorithm |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| ECDH-SS | ECDH-SS using Concat KDF for use directly as a |
| | symmetric key |
| ECDH-SS+C20PKW | ECDH-SS using Concat KDF and CEK wrapped with |
| | C20PKW |
| ECDH-SS+XC20PKW | ECDH-SS using Concat KDF and CEK wrapped with |
| | XC20PKW |
| ECDH-SS+A128KW | ECDH-SS using Concat KDF and CEK wrapped with |
| | A128KW |
| ECDH-SS+A192KW | ECDH-SS using Concat KDF and CEK wrapped with |
| | A192KW |
| ECDH-SS+A256KW | ECDH-SS using Concat KDF and CEK wrapped with |
| | A256KW |
+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------+
2.1. Header Parameters Used for ECDH Key Agreement
The following Header Parameters are used.
2.1.1. "spk" (Sender Public Key) Header Parameter
The "spk" (sender public key) value created by the originator for the
use in key agreement algorithms. This key is represented either
directly as a JSON Web Key [JWK] public key value, or encapsulated
inside a JWE encoded using the compact serialization. The JWK MUST
contain only public key parameters and SHOULD contain only the
minimum JWK parameters necessary to represent the key; other JWK
parameters included can be checked for consistency and honored, or
they can be ignored. This Header Parameter MUST be present and MUST
be understood and processed by implementations when an algorithm from
this document is used.
2.1.2. "apu" (Agreement PartyUInfo) Header Parameter
The "apu" (agreement PartyUInfo) value for key agreement, represented
as a base64url-encoded string. Its value contains a random 512-bit
value. Use of this Header Parameter is REQUIRED. This Header
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Parameter MUST be understood and processed by implementations when an
algorithm from this document is used.
2.2. Header Parameters Used for Key Encryption
The following Header Parameters are used when the chosen "alg"
algorithm includes a key encryption step.
2.2.1. "iv" (Initialization Vector) Header Parameter
The "iv" (initialization vector) Header Parameter value is the
base64url-encoded representation of the 96-bit or 192-bit nonce value
used for the key encryption operation. This Header Parameter MUST be
present and MUST be understood and processed by implementations when
an algorithm from this document is used.
2.2.2. "tag" (Authentication Tag) Header Parameter
The "tag" (authentication tag) Header Parameter value is the
base64url-encoded representation of the 128-bit Authentication Tag
value resulting from the key encryption operation. This Header
Parameter MUST be present and MUST be understood and processed by
implementations when these algorithms are used.
3. IANA Considerations
The following is added to the "JSON Web Signature and Encryption
Algorithms" registry:
o Algorithm Name: "ECDH-SS" o Algorithm Description: ECDH-SS using
Concat KDF o Algorithm Usage Location(s): "alg" o JOSE Implementation
Requirements: Optional o Change Controller: IESG o Specification
Document(s): Section 2 of [RFC-THIS] o Algorithm Analysis
Documents(s): [RFC8439]
o Algorithm Name: "ECDH-SS+C20PKW" o Algorithm Description: ECDH-SS
using Concat KDF and "C20PKW" o Algorithm Usage Location(s): "alg" o
JOSE Implementation Requirements: Optional o Change Controller: IESG
o Specification Document(s): Section 2 of [RFC-THIS] o Algorithm
Analysis Documents(s): [I-D.irtf-cfrg-xchacha]
o Algorithm Name: "ECDH-SS+XC20PKW" o Algorithm Description: ECDH-SS
using Concat KDF and "XC20PKW" o Algorithm Usage Location(s): "alg" o
JOSE Implementation Requirements: Optional o Change Controller: IESG
o Specification Document(s): Section 2 of [RFC-THIS] o Algorithm
Analysis Documents(s): [I-D.irtf-cfrg-xchacha]
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o Algorithm Name: "ECDH-SS+A128KW" o Algorithm Description: ECDH-SS
using Concat KDF and "A128KW" o Algorithm Usage Location(s): "alg" o
JOSE Implementation Requirements: Optional o Change Controller: IESG
o Specification Document(s): Section 2 of [RFC-THIS] o Algorithm
Analysis Documents(s): [I-D.irtf-cfrg-xchacha]
o Algorithm Name: "ECDH-SS+A192KW" o Algorithm Description: ECDH-SS
using Concat KDF and "A192KW" o Algorithm Usage Location(s): "alg" o
JOSE Implementation Requirements: Optional o Change Controller: IESG
o Specification Document(s): Section 2 of [RFC-THIS] o Algorithm
Analysis Documents(s): [I-D.irtf-cfrg-xchacha]
o Algorithm Name: "ECDH-SS+A256KW" o Algorithm Description: ECDH-SS
using Concat KDF and "A256KW" o Algorithm Usage Location(s): "alg" o
JOSE Implementation Requirements: Optional o Change Controller: IESG
o Specification Document(s): Section 2 of [RFC-THIS] o Algorithm
Analysis Documents(s): [I-D.irtf-cfrg-xchacha]
4. References
4.1. Normative References
[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>.
[RFC2631] Rescorla, E., "Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method",
RFC 2631, DOI 10.17487/RFC2631, June 1999,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2631>.
[RFC7516] Jones, M. and J. Hildebrand, "JSON Web Encryption (JWE)",
RFC 7516, DOI 10.17487/RFC7516, May 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7516>.
[RFC7517] Jones, M., "JSON Web Key (JWK)", RFC 7517,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7517, May 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7517>.
[RFC7638] Jones, M. and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web Key (JWK)
Thumbprint", RFC 7638, DOI 10.17487/RFC7638, September
2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7638>.
[RFC8439] Nir, Y. and A. Langley, "ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF
Protocols", RFC 8439, DOI 10.17487/RFC8439, June 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8439>.
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4.2. Informative References
[I-D.irtf-cfrg-xchacha]
Arciszewski, S., "XChaCha: eXtended-nonce ChaCha and
AEAD_XChaCha20_Poly1305", draft-irtf-cfrg-xchacha-01 (work
in progress), July 2019.
4.3. URIs
[1] https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-56a/rev-3/final
[2] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7518#section-4.6.2
Author's Address
Guillaume Amringer
Canada
Email: g.amringer@gmail.com
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