Internet DRAFT - draft-ietf-kitten-pkinit-freshness
draft-ietf-kitten-pkinit-freshness
Kitten Working Group M. Short, Ed.
Internet-Draft S. Moore
Intended status: Standards Track P. Miller
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May 23, 2016
Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)
Freshness Extension
draft-ietf-kitten-pkinit-freshness-07
Abstract
This document describes how to further extend the Public Key
Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)
extension [RFC4556] to exchange an opaque data blob that a KDC can
validate to ensure that the client is currently in possession of the
private key during a PKINIT AS exchange.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Kerberos message flow using KRB_AS_REQ without pre-
authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Message Exchanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. Generation of KRB_AS_REQ Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2. Generation of KRB_ERROR Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3. Generation of KRB_AS_REQ Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.4. Receipt of KRB_AS_REQ Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.5. Receipt of second KRB_ERROR Message . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. PreAuthentication Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Extended PKAuthenticator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8. Interoperability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1. Introduction
The Kerberos PKINIT extension [RFC4556] defines two schemes for using
asymmetric cryptography in a Kerberos preauthenticator. One uses
Diffie-Hellman key exchange and the other depends on public key
encryption. The public key encryption scheme is less commonly used
for two reasons:
o Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Support for PKINIT [RFC5349]
only specified Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) key agreement,
so it cannot be used for public key encryption.
o Public key encryption requires certificates with an encryption
key, that is not deployed on many existing smart cards.
In the Diffie-Hellman exchange, the client uses its private key only
to sign the AuthPack structure (specified in Section 3.2.1 of
[RFC4556]), that is performed before any traffic is sent to the KDC.
Thus a client can generate requests with future times in the
PKAuthenticator, and then send those requests at those future times.
Unless the time is outside the validity period of the client's
certificate, the KDC will validate the PKAuthenticator and return a
TGT the client can use without possessing the private key.
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As a result, a client performing PKINIT with the Diffie-Hellman key
exchange does not prove current possession of the private key being
used for authentication. It proves only prior use of that key.
Ensuring that the client has current possession of the private key
requires that the signed PKAuthenticator data include information
that the client could not have predicted.
1.1. Kerberos message flow using KRB_AS_REQ without pre-authentication
Today, password-based AS exchanges [RFC4120] often begin with the
client sending a KRB_AS_REQ without pre-authentication. When the
principal requires pre-authentication, the KDC responds with a
KRB_ERROR containing information needed to complete an AS exchange,
such as the supported encryption types and salt values. This message
flow is illustrated below:
KDC Client
<---- AS-REQ without pre-authentication
KRB-ERROR ---->
<---- AS-REQ
AS-REP ---->
<---- TGS-REQ
TGS-REP ---->
Figure 1
We can use a similar message flow with PKINIT, allowing the KDC to
provide a token for the client to include in its KRB_AS_REQ to ensure
that the PA_PK_AS_REQ [RFC4556] was not pregenerated.
1.2. Requirements Language
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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
2. Message Exchanges
The following summarizes the message flow with extensions to
[RFC4120] and [RFC4556] required to support a KDC-provided freshness
token during the initial request for a ticket:
1. The client generates a KRB_AS_REQ as specified in Section 2.9.3
of [RFC4120] that contains no PA_PK_AS_REQ and includes a
freshness token request.
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2. The KDC generates a KRB_ERROR as specified in Section 3.1.3 of
[RFC4120] providing a freshness token.
3. The client receives the error as specified in Section 3.1.4 of
[RFC4120], extracts the freshness token, and includes it as part
of the KRB_AS_REQ as specified in [RFC4120] and [RFC4556].
4. The KDC receives and validates the KRB_AS_REQ as specified in
Section 3.2.2 of [RFC4556], then additionally validates the
freshness token.
5. The KDC and client continue as specified in [RFC4120] and
[RFC4556].
2.1. Generation of KRB_AS_REQ Message
The client indicates support of freshness tokens by adding a padata
element with padata-type PA_AS_FRESHNESS and padata-value of an empty
octet string.
2.2. Generation of KRB_ERROR Message
The KDC will respond with a KRB_ERROR [RFC4120] message with the
error-code KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_REQUIRED [RFC4120] adding a padata element
with padata-type PA_AS_FRESHNESS and padata-value of the freshness
token to the METHOD-DATA object.
2.3. Generation of KRB_AS_REQ Message
After the client receives the KRB-ERROR message containing a
freshness token, it extracts the PA_AS_FRESHNESS padata-value field
of the PA-DATA structure as an opaque data blob. The PA_AS_FRESHNESS
padata-value field of the PA-DATA structure SHALL then be added as an
opaque blob in the freshnessToken field when the client generates the
PKAuthenticator specified in Section 4 for the PA_PK_AS_REQ message.
This ensures that the freshness token value will be included in the
signed data portion of the KRB_AS_REQ value.
2.4. Receipt of KRB_AS_REQ Message
If the realm requires freshness and the PA_PK_AS_REQ message does not
contain the freshness token, the KDC MUST return a KRB_ERROR
[RFC4120] message with the error-code KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_FAILED
[RFC4120] with a padata element with padata-type PA_AS_FRESHNESS and
padata-value of the freshness token to the METHOD-DATA object.
When the PA_PK_AS_REQ message contains a freshness token, after
validating the PA_PK_AS_REQ message normally, the KDC will validate
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the freshnessToken value in the PKAuthenticator in an implementation-
specific way. If the freshness token is not valid, the KDC MUST
return a KRB_ERROR [RFC4120] message with the error-code
KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_EXPIRED [RFC6113]. The e-data field of the error
contains a METHOD-DATA object [RFC4120] which specifies a valid
PA_AS_FRESHNESS padata-value. Since the freshness tokens are
validated by KDCs in the same realm, standardizing the contents of
the freshness token is not a concern for interoperability.
2.5. Receipt of second KRB_ERROR Message
If a client receives a KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_EXPIRED KRB_ERROR message that
includes a freshness token, it SHOULD retry using the new freshness
token.
3. PreAuthentication Data Types
The following are the new PreAuthentication data types:
+----------------------+-------------------+
| Padata and Data Type | Padata-type Value |
+----------------------+-------------------+
| PA_AS_FRESHNESS | 150 |
+----------------------+-------------------+
4. Extended PKAuthenticator
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The PKAuthenticator structure specified in Section 3.2.1 of [RFC4556]
is extended to include a new freshnessToken as follows:
PKAuthenticator ::= SEQUENCE {
cusec [0] INTEGER (0..999999),
ctime [1] KerberosTime,
-- cusec and ctime are used as in [RFC4120], for
-- replay prevention.
nonce [2] INTEGER (0..4294967295),
-- Chosen randomly; this nonce does not need to
-- match with the nonce in the KDC-REQ-BODY.
paChecksum [3] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL,
-- MUST be present.
-- Contains the SHA1 checksum, performed over
-- KDC-REQ-BODY.
...,
freshnessToken [4] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL,
-- PA_AS_FRESHNESS padata value as recieved from the
-- KDC. MUST be present if sent by KDC
...
}
5. Acknowledgements
Douglas E. Engert, Sam Hartman, Henry B. Hotz, Nikos
Mavrogiannopoulos, Martin Rex, Nico Williams, and Tom Yu were key
contributors to the discovery of the freshness issue in PKINIT.
Sam Hartman, Greg Hudson, Jeffrey Hutzelman, Nathan Ide, Benjamin
Kaduk, Bryce Nordgren, Magnus Nystrom, Nico Williams and Tom Yu
reviewed the document and provided suggestions for improvements.
6. IANA Considerations
IANA is requested to assign numbers for PA_AS_FRESHNESS listed in the
Kerberos Parameters registry Pre-authentication and Typed Data as
follows:
+------+-----------------+------------+
| Type | Value | Reference |
+------+-----------------+------------+
| 150 | PA_AS_FRESHNESS | [This RFC] |
+------+-----------------+------------+
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7. Security Considerations
The freshness token SHOULD include signing, encrypting or sealing
data from the KDC to determine authenticity and prevent tampering.
Freshness tokens serve to guarantee that the client had the key when
constructing the AS-REQ. They are not required to be single use
tokens or bound to specific AS exchanges. Part of the reason the
token is opaque is to allow KDC implementers the freedom to add
additional functionality as long as the "freshness" guarantee
remains.
8. Interoperability Considerations
Since the client treats the KDC-provided data blob as opaque,
changing the contents will not impact existing clients. Thus
extensions to the freshness token do not impact client
interoperability.
Clients SHOULD NOT reuse freshness tokens across multiple exchanges.
There is no guarantee that a KDC will allow a once-valid token to be
used again. Thus clients that do not retry with a new freshness
token may not be compatible with KDCs, depending on how they choose
to implement freshness validation.
Since upgrading clients takes time, implementers may consider
allowing both freshness-token based exchanges and "legacy" exchanges
without use of freshness tokens. However, until freshness tokens are
required by the realm, the existing risks of pre-generated
PKAuthenticators will remain.
9. 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,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC4120] Neuman, C., Yu, T., Hartman, S., and K. Raeburn, "The
Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)", RFC 4120,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4120, July 2005,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4120>.
[RFC4556] Zhu, L. and B. Tung, "Public Key Cryptography for Initial
Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)", RFC 4556,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4556, June 2006,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4556>.
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[RFC5349] Zhu, L., Jaganathan, K., and K. Lauter, "Elliptic Curve
Cryptography (ECC) Support for Public Key Cryptography for
Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)", RFC 5349,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5349, September 2008,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5349>.
[RFC6113] Hartman, S. and L. Zhu, "A Generalized Framework for
Kerberos Pre-Authentication", RFC 6113,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6113, April 2011,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6113>.
Authors' Addresses
Michiko Short (editor)
Microsoft Corporation
USA
Email: michikos@microsoft.com
Seth Moore
Microsoft Corporation
USA
Email: sethmo@microsoft.com
Paul Miller
Microsoft Corporation
USA
Email: paumil@microsoft.com
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