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draft-ietf-mls-extensions







Network Working Group                                          R. Robert
Internet-Draft                                               Phoenix R&D
Intended status: Informational                           23 October 2023
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             The Messaging Layer Security (MLS) Extensions
                      draft-ietf-mls-extensions-03

Abstract

   This document describes extensions to the Messaging Layer Security
   (MLS) protocol.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Change Log  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Safe Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.1.  Safe Extension API  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       2.1.1.  Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       2.1.2.  Common Data Structures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       2.1.3.  Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE) . . . . . . . . .   6
       2.1.4.  Signature Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.5.  Exporting Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.6.  Pre-Shared Keys (PSKs)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       2.1.7.  Extension Designer Tools  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     2.2.  Extension Design Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       2.2.1.  Storing State in Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   3.  Extensions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     3.1.  AppAck  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       3.1.1.  Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     3.2.  Targeted messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       3.2.1.  Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       3.2.2.  Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       3.2.3.  Encryption  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       3.2.4.  Authentication  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       3.2.5.  Guidance on authentication schemes  . . . . . . . . .  18
     3.3.  Content Advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       3.3.1.  Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       3.3.2.  Syntax  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       3.3.3.  Expected Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
       3.3.4.  Framing of application_data . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     3.4.  SelfRemove Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       3.4.1.  Extension Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     3.5.  Last resort KeyPackages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
       3.5.1.  Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
       3.5.2.  Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
   4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     4.1.  MLS Wire Formats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       4.1.1.  MLS Extension Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     4.2.  MLS Extension Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       4.2.1.  targeted_messages_capability MLS Extension  . . . . .  24
       4.2.2.  targeted_messages MLS Extension . . . . . . . . . . .  25
       4.2.3.  accepted_media_types MLS Extension  . . . . . . . . .  25
       4.2.4.  required_media_types MLS Extension  . . . . . . . . .  25
       4.2.5.  last_resort_key_package MLS Extension . . . . . . . .  26
     4.3.  MLS Proposal Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26



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       4.3.1.  Extension Proposal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
       4.3.2.  Extension Path Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
       4.3.3.  Extension External Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
       4.3.4.  AppAck Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
       4.3.5.  SelfRemove Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     4.4.  MLS Credential Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
       4.4.1.  Extension Credential  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     4.5.  MLS Signature Labels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
       4.5.1.  Labeled Extension Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
   5.  Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     5.1.  AppAck  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     5.2.  Targeted Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     5.3.  Content Advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     5.4.  SelfRemove  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     6.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30

1.  Introduction

   This document describes extensions to [mls-protocol] that are not
   part of the main protocol specification.  The protocol specification
   includes a set of core extensions that are likely to be useful to
   many applications.  The extensions described in this document are
   intended to be used by applications that need to extend the MLS
   protocol.

1.1.  Change Log

   RFC EDITOR PLEASE DELETE THIS SECTION.

   draft-03

   *  Add Last Resort KeyPackage extension

   *  Add Safe Extensions framework

   *  Add SelfRemove Proposal

   draft-02

   *  No changes (prevent expiration)

   draft-01

   *  Add Content Advertisement extensions



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   draft-00

   *  Initial adoption of draft-robert-mls-protocol-00 as a WG item.

   *  Add Targeted Messages extension (*)

2.  Safe Extensions

   The MLS specification is extensible in a variety of ways (see
   Section 13 of the [RFC9420]) and describes the negotiation and other
   handling of extensions and their data within the protocol.  However,
   it does not provide guidance on how extensions can or should safely
   interact with the base MLS protocol.  The goal of this section is to
   simplify the task of developing MLS extensions.

   More concretely, this section defines the Safe Extension API, a
   library of extension components which simplifies development and
   security analysis of extensions, provides general guidance on using
   the built-in functionality of the base MLS protocol to build
   extensions, defines specific examples of extensions built on top of
   the Safe Extension API alongside the built-in mechanisms of the base
   MLS protocol, defines a number of labels registered in IANA which can
   be safely used by extensions, so that the only value an extension
   developer must add to the IANA registry themselves is a unique
   ExtensionType.

2.1.  Safe Extension API

   The Safe Extension API is a library that defines a number of
   components from which extensions can be built.  In particular, these
   components provide extensions the ability to:

   *  Make use of selected private and public key material from the MLS
      specification, e.g. to encrypt, decrypt, sign, verify and derive
      fresh key material.

   *  Inject key material via PSKs in a safe way to facilitate state
      agreement without the use of a group context extension.

   *  Export secrets from MLS in a way that, in contrast to the built-in
      export functionality of MLS, preserves forward secrecy of the
      exported secrets within an epoch.

   The Safe Extension API is not an extension itself, it only defines
   components from which other extensions can be built.  Some of these
   components modify the MLS protocol and, therefore, so do the
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   Where possible, the API makes use of mechanisms defined in the MLS
   specification.  For example, part of the safe API is the use of the
   SignWithLabel function described in Section 5.1.2 of [RFC9420].

2.1.1.  Security

   An extension is called safe if it does not modify the base MLS
   protocol or other MLS extensions beyond using components of the Safe
   Extension API.  The Safe Extension API provides the following
   security guarantee: If an application uses MLS and only safe MLS
   extensions, then the security guarantees of the base MLS protocol and
   the security guarantees of safe extensions, each analyzed in
   isolation, still hold for the composed extended MLS protocol.  In
   other words, the Safe Extension API protects applications from
   careless extension developers.  As long as all used extensions are
   safe, it is not possible that a combination of extensions (the
   developers of which did not know about each other) impedes the
   security of the base MLS protocol or any used extension.  No further
   analysis of the combination is necessary.  This also means that any
   security vulnerabilities introduced by one extension do not spread to
   other extensions or the base MLS.

2.1.2.  Common Data Structures

   Most components of the Safe Extension API use the value ExtensionType
   which is a unique uint16 identifier assigned to an extension in the
   MLS Extension Types IANA registry (see Section 17.3 of [RFC9420]).

   Most Safe Extension API components also use the following data
   structure, which provides domain separation by extension_type of
   various extension_data.

   struct {
     ExtensionType extension_type;
     opaque extension_data<V>;
   } ExtensionContent;

   Where extension_type is set to the type of the extension to which the
   extension_data belongs.

   If in addition a label is required, the following data structure is
   used.

   struct {
     opaque label;
     ExtensionContent extension_content;
   } LabeledExtensionContent;




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2.1.3.  Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE)

   This component of the Safe Extension API allows extensions to make
   use of all HPKE key pairs generated by MLS.  An extension identified
   by an ExtensionType can use any HPKE key pair for any operation
   defined in [RFC9180], such as encryption, exporting keys and the PSK
   mode, as long as the info input to Setup<MODE>S and Setup<MODE>R is
   set to LabeledExtensionContent with extension_type set to
   ExtensionType.  The extension_data can be set to an arbitrary Context
   specified by the extension designer (and can be empty if not needed).
   For example, an extension can use a key pair PublicKey, PrivateKey to
   encrypt data as follows:

   SafeEncryptWithContext(ExtensionType, PublicKey, Context, Plaintext) =
       SealBase(PublicKey, LabeledExtensionContent, "", Plaintext)

   SafeDecryptWithContext(ExtensionType, PrivateKey, Context, KEMOutput, Ciphertext) =
       OpenBase(KEMOutput, PrivateKey, LabeledExtensionContent, "", Ciphertext)

   Where the fields of LabeledExtensionContent are set to

   label = "MLS 1.0 ExtensionData"
   extension_type = ExtensionType
   extension_data = Context

   For operations involving the secret key, ExtensionType MUST be set to
   the ExtensionType of the implemented extension, and not to the type
   of any other extension.  In particular, this means that an extension
   cannot decrypt data meant for another extension, while extensions can
   encrypt data to other extensions.

   In general, a ciphertext encrypted with a PublicKey can be decrypted
   by any entity who has the corresponding PrivateKey at a given point
   in time according to the MLS protocol (or extension).  For
   convenience, the following list summarizes lifetimes of MLS key
   pairs.

   *  The key pair of a non-blank ratchet tree node.  The PrivateKey of
      such a key pair is known to all members in the node’s subtree.  In
      particular, a PrivateKey of a leaf node is known only to the
      member in that leaf.  A member in the subtree stores the
      PrivateKey for a number of epochs, as long as the PublicKey does
      not change.  The key pair of the root node SHOULD NOT be used,
      since the external key pair recalled below gives better security.

   *  The external_priv, external_pub key pair used for external
      initialization.  The external_priv key is known to all group
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      for the current epoch.  Using this key pair gives better security
      guarantees than using the key pair of the root of the ratchet tree
      and should always be preferred.

   *  The init_key in a KeyPackage and the corresponding secret key.
      The secret key is known only to the owner of the KeyPackage and is
      deleted immediately after it is used to join a group.

2.1.4.  Signature Keys

   MLS session states contain a number of signature keys including the
   ones in the LeafNode structs.  Extensions can safely sign content and
   verify signatures using these keys via the SafeSignWithLabel and
   SafeVerifyWithLabel functions, respectively, much like how the basic
   MLS protocol uses SignWithLabel and VerifyWithLabel.

   In more detail, an extension identified by ExtensionType should sign
   and verify using:

   SafeSignWithLabel(ExtensionType, SignatureKey, Label, Content) =
       SignWithLabel(SignatureKey, "LabeledExtensionContent", LabeledExtensionContent)

   SafeVerifyWithLabel(ExtensionType, VerificationKey, Label, Content, SignatureValue) =
       VerifyWithLabel(VerificationKey, "LabeledExtensionContent", LabeledExtensionContent, SignatureValue)

   Where the fields of LabeledExtensionContent are set to

   label = Label
   extension_type = ExtensionType
   extension_data = Content

   For signing operations, the ExtensionType MUST be set to the
   ExtensionType of the implemented extension, and not to the type of
   any other extension.  In particular, this means that an extension
   cannot produce signatures in place of other extensions.  However,
   extensions can verify signatures computed by other extensions.  Note
   that domain separation is ensured by explicitly including the
   ExtensionType with every operation.

2.1.5.  Exporting Secrets

   An extension can use MLS as a group key agreement protocol by
   exporting symmetric keys.  Such keys can be exported (i.e. derived
   from MLS key material) in two phases per epoch: Either at the start
   of the epoch, or during the epoch.  Derivation at the start of the
   epoch has the added advantage that the source key material is deleted
   after use, allowing the derived key material to be deleted later even
   during the same MLS epoch to achieve forward secrecy.  The following



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   protocol secrets can be used to derive key from for use by
   extensions:

   *  epoch_secret at the beginning of an epoch

   *  extension_secret during an epoch

   The extension_secret is an additional secret derived from the
   epoch_secret at the beginning of the epoch in the same way as the
   other secrets listed in Table 4 of [RFC9420] using the label
   "extension".

   Any derivation performed by an extension either from the epoch_secret
   or the extension_secret has to use the following function:

   DeriveExtensionSecret(Secret, Label) =
     ExpandWithLabel(Secret, "ExtensionExport " + ExtensionType + " " + Label)

   Where ExpandWithLabel is defined in Section 8 of [RFC9420] and where
   ExtensionType MUST be set to the ExtensionType of the implemented
   extension.

2.1.6.  Pre-Shared Keys (PSKs)

   PSKs represent key material that is injected into the MLS key
   schedule when creating or processing a commit as defined in
   Section 8.4 of [RFC9420].  Its injection into the key schedule means
   that all group members have to agree on the value of the PSK.

   While PSKs are typically cryptographic keys which due to their
   properties add to the overall security of the group, the PSK
   mechanism can also be used to ensure that all members of a group
   agree on arbitrary pieces of data represented as octet strings
   (without the necessity of sending the data itself over the wire).
   For example, an extension can use the PSK mechanism to enforce that
   all group members have access to and agree on a password or a shared
   file.

   This is achieved by creating a new epoch via a PSK proposal.
   Transitioning to the new epoch requires using the information agreed
   upon.

   To facilitate using PSKs in a safe way, this document defines a new
   PSKType for extensions.  This provides domain separation between pre-
   shared keys used by the core MLS protocol and applications, and
   between those used by different extensions.





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   enum {
     reserved(0),
     external(1),
     resumption(2),
     extensions(3),
     (255)
   } PSKType;

   struct {
     PSKType psktype;
     select (PreSharedKeyID.psktype) {
       case external:
         opaque psk_id<V>;

       case resumption:
         ResumptionPSKUsage usage;
         opaque psk_group_id<V>;
         uint64 psk_epoch;

       case extensions:
         ExtensionType extension_type;
         opaque psk_id<V>;
     };
     opaque psk_nonce<V>;
   } PreSharedKeyID;

2.1.7.  Extension Designer Tools

   The safe extension API allows extension designers to sign and encrypt
   payloads without the need to register their own IANA labels.
   Following the same pattern, this document also provides ways for
   extension designers to define their own wire formats, proposals and
   credentials.

2.1.7.1.  Wire Formats

   Extensions can define their own MLS messages by using the
   mls_extension_message MLS Wire Format.  The mls_extension_message
   Wire Format is IANA registered specifically for this purpose and
   extends the select statement in the MLSMessage struct as follows:

   case mls_extension_message:
       ExtensionContent extension_content;

   The extension_type in extension_content MUST be set to the type of
   the extension in question.  Processing of self-defined wire formats
   has to be defined by the extension.




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2.1.7.2.  Proposals

   Similar to wire formats, extensions can define their own proposals by
   using one of three dedicated extension proposal types:
   extension_proposal, extension_path_proposal and
   extension_external_propsal.  Each type contains the same
   ExtensionContent struct, but is validated differently:
   extension_proposal requires no UpdatePath and can not be sent by an
   external sender extension_path_proposal requires an UpdatePath and
   can not be sent by an external sender extensions_external_proposal
   requires no UpdatePath and can be sent by an external sender.

   Each of the three proposal types is IANA registered and extends the
   select statement in the Proposal struct as follows:

   case extension_proposal:
       ExtensionContent extension_content;
   case extension_path_proposal:
       ExtensionContent extension_content;
   case extension_external_proposal:
       ExtensionContent extension_content;

   The extension_type MUST be set to the type of the extension in
   question.

   Processing and validation of self-defined proposals has to be defined
   by the extension.  However, validation rules can lead to a previously
   valid commit to become invalid, not the other way around.  This is
   with the exception of proposal validation for external commits, where
   self-defined proposals can be declared valid for use in external
   commits.  More concretely, if an external commit is invalid, only
   because the self-defined proposal is part of it (the last rule in
   external commit proposal validation in Section 12.2 of [RFC9420]),
   then the self-defined validation rules may rule that the commit is
   instead valid.

2.1.7.3.  Credentials

   Extension designers can also define their own credential types via
   the IANA registered extension_credential credential type.  The
   extension_credential extends the select statement in the Credential
   struct as follows:

   case extension_credential:
       ExtensionContent extension_content;






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   The extension_type in the extension_content must be set to that of
   the extension in question with the extension_data containing all
   other relevant data.  Note that any credential defined in this way
   has to meet the requirements detailed in Section 5.3 of the MLS
   specification.

2.2.  Extension Design Guidance

   While extensions can modify the protocol flow of MLS and the
   associated properties in arbitrary ways, the base MLS protocol
   already enables a number of functionalities that extensions can use
   without modifying MLS itself.  Extension authors should consider
   using these built-in mechanisms before employing more intrusive
   changes to the protocol.

2.2.1.  Storing State in Extensions

   Every type of MLS extension can have data associated with it and,
   depending on the type of extension (KeyPackage Extension,
   GroupContext Extension, etc.) that data is included in the
   corresponding MLS struct.  This allows the authors of an extension to
   make use of any authentication or confidentiality properties that the
   struct is subject to as part of the protocol flow.

   *  GroupContext Extensions: Any data in a group context extension is
      agreed-upon by all members of the group in the same way as the
      rest of the group state.  As part of the GroupContext, it is also
      sent encrypted to new joiners via Welcome messages and (depending
      on the architecture of the application) may be available to
      external joiners.  Note that in some scenarios, the GroupContext
      may also be visible to components that implement the delivery
      service.

   *  GroupInfo Extensions: GroupInfo extensions are included in the
      GroupInfo struct and thus sent encrypted and authenticated by the
      signer of the GroupInfo to new joiners as part of Welcome
      messages.  It can thus be used as a confidential and authenticated
      channel from the inviting group member to new joiners.  Just like
      GroupContext extensions, they may also be visible to external
      joiners or even parts of the delivery service.  Unlike
      GroupContext extensions, the GroupInfo struct is not part of the
      group state that all group members agree on.

   *  KeyPackage Extensions: KeyPackages (and the extensions they
      include) are pre-published by individual clients for asynchronous
      group joining.  They are included in Add proposals and become part
      of the group state once the Add proposal is committed.  They are,
      however, removed from the group state when the owner of the



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      KeyPackage does the first commit with a path.  As such, KeyPackage
      extensions can be used to communicate data to anyone who wants to
      invite the owner to a group, as well as the other members of the
      group the owner is added to.  Note that KeyPackage extensions are
      visible to the server that provides the KeyPackages for download,
      as well as any part of the delivery service that can see the
      public group state.

   *  LeafNode Extensions: LeafNodes are a part of every KeyPackage and
      thus follow the same lifecycle.  However, they are also part of
      any commit that includes an UpdatePath and clients generally have
      a leaf node in each group they are a member of.  Leaf node
      extensions can thus be used to include member-specific data in a
      group state that can be updated by the owner at any time.

3.  Extensions

3.1.  AppAck

   Type: Proposal

3.1.1.  Description

   An AppAck proposal is used to acknowledge receipt of application
   messages.  Though this information implies no change to the group, it
   is structured as a Proposal message so that it is included in the
   group's transcript by being included in Commit messages.

   struct {
       uint32 sender;
       uint32 first_generation;
       uint32 last_generation;
   } MessageRange;

   struct {
       MessageRange received_ranges<V>;
   } AppAck;

   An AppAck proposal represents a set of messages received by the
   sender in the current epoch.  Messages are represented by the sender
   and generation values in the MLSCiphertext for the message.  Each
   MessageRange represents receipt of a span of messages whose
   generation values form a continuous range from first_generation to
   last_generation, inclusive.

   AppAck proposals are sent as a guard against the Delivery Service
   dropping application messages.  The sequential nature of the
   generation field provides a degree of loss detection, since gaps in



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   the generation sequence indicate dropped messages.  AppAck completes
   this story by addressing the scenario where the Delivery Service
   drops all messages after a certain point, so that a later generation
   is never observed.  Obviously, there is a risk that AppAck messages
   could be suppressed as well, but their inclusion in the transcript
   means that if they are suppressed then the group cannot advance at
   all.

   The schedule on which sending AppAck proposals are sent is up to the
   application, and determines which cases of loss/suppression are
   detected.  For example:

   *  The application might have the committer include an AppAck
      proposal whenever a Commit is sent, so that other members could
      know when one of their messages did not reach the committer.

   *  The application could have a client send an AppAck whenever an
      application message is sent, covering all messages received since
      its last AppAck.  This would provide a complete view of any losses
      experienced by active members.

   *  The application could simply have clients send AppAck proposals on
      a timer, so that all participants' state would be known.

   An application using AppAck proposals to guard against loss/
   suppression of application messages also needs to ensure that AppAck
   messages and the Commits that reference them are not dropped.  One
   way to do this is to always encrypt Proposal and Commit messages, to
   make it more difficult for the Delivery Service to recognize which
   messages contain AppAcks.  The application can also have clients
   enforce an AppAck schedule, reporting loss if an AppAck is not
   received at the expected time.

3.2.  Targeted messages

3.2.1.  Description

   MLS application messages make sending encrypted messages to all group
   members easy and efficient.  Sometimes application protocols mandate
   that messages are only sent to specific group members, either for
   privacy or for efficiency reasons.

   Targeted messages are a way to achieve this without having to create
   a new group with the sender and the specific recipients – which might
   not be possible or desired.  Instead, targeted messages define the
   format and encryption of a message that is sent from a member of an
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   The goal is to provide a one-shot messaging mechanism that provides
   confidentiality and authentication.

   Targeted Messages makes use the Safe Extension API as defined in
   Section 2.1. reuse mechanisms from [mls-protocol], in particular
   [hpke].

3.2.2.  Format

   This extension uses the mls_extension_message WireFormat as defined
   in Section Section 2.1.7.1, where the content is a TargetedMessage.

   struct {
     opaque group_id<V>;
     uint64 epoch;
     uint32 recipient_leaf_index;
     opaque authenticated_data<V>;
     opaque encrypted_sender_auth_data<V>;
     opaque hpke_ciphertext<V>;
   } TargetedMessage;

   enum {
     hpke_auth_psk(0),
     signature_hpke_psk(1),
   } TargetedMessageAuthScheme;

   struct {
     uint32 sender_leaf_index;
     TargetedMessageAuthScheme authentication_scheme;
     select (authentication_scheme) {
       case HPKEAuthPsk:
       case SignatureHPKEPsk:
         opaque signature<V>;
     }
     opaque kem_output<V>;
   } TargetedMessageSenderAuthData;

   struct {
     opaque group_id<V>;
     uint64 epoch;
     uint32 recipient_leaf_index;
     opaque authenticated_data<V>;
     TargetedMessageSenderAuthData sender_auth_data;
   } TargetedMessageTBM;

   struct {
     opaque group_id<V>;
     uint64 epoch;



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     uint32 recipient_leaf_index;
     opaque authenticated_data<V>;
     uint32 sender_leaf_index;
     TargetedMessageAuthScheme authentication_scheme;
     opaque kem_output<V>;
     opaque hpke_ciphertext<V>;
   } TargetedMessageTBS;

   struct {
     opaque group_id<V>;
     uint64 epoch;
     opaque label<V> = "MLS 1.0 targeted message psk";
   } PSKId;

   Note that TargetedMessageTBS is only used with the
   TargetedMessageAuthScheme.SignatureHPKEPsk authentication mode.

3.2.3.  Encryption

   Targeted messages uses HPKE to encrypt the message content between
   two leaves.

3.2.3.1.  Sender data encryption

   In addition, TargetedMessageSenderAuthData is encrypted in a similar
   way to MLSSenderData as described in section 6.3.2 in [mls-protocol].
   The TargetedMessageSenderAuthData.sender_leaf_index field is the leaf
   index of the sender.  The
   TargetedMessageSenderAuthData.authentication_scheme field is the
   authentication scheme used to authenticate the sender.  The
   TargetedMessageSenderAuthData.signature field is the signature of the
   TargetedMessageTBS structure.  The
   TargetedMessageSenderAuthData.kem_output field is the KEM output of
   the HPKE encryption.

   The key and nonce provided to the AEAD are computed as the KDF of the
   first KDF.Nh bytes of the hpke_ciphertext generated in the following
   section.  If the length of the hpke_ciphertext is less than KDF.Nh,
   the whole hpke_ciphertext is used.  In pseudocode, the key and nonce
   are derived as:











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   sender_auth_data_secret
     = DeriveExtensionSecret(extension_secret, "targeted message sender auth data")

   ciphertext_sample = hpke_ciphertext[0..KDF.Nh-1]

   sender_data_key = ExpandWithLabel(sender_auth_data_secret, "key",
                         ciphertext_sample, AEAD.Nk)
   sender_data_nonce = ExpandWithLabel(sender_auth_data_secret, "nonce",
                         ciphertext_sample, AEAD.Nn)

   The Additional Authenticated Data (AAD) for the SenderAuthData
   ciphertext is the first three fields of TargetedMessage:

   struct {
     opaque group_id<V>;
     uint64 epoch;
     uint32 recipient_leaf_index;
   } SenderAuthDataAAD;

3.2.3.2.  Padding

   The TargetedMessage structure does not include a padding field.  It
   is the responsibility of the sender to add padding to the message as
   used in the next section.

3.2.4.  Authentication

   For ciphersuites that support it, HPKE mode_auth_psk is used for
   authentication.  For other ciphersuites, HPKE mode_psk is used along
   with a signature.  The authentication scheme is indicated by the
   authentication_scheme field in TargetedMessageContent.  See
   Section 3.2.5 for more information.

   For the PSK part of the authentication, clients export a dedicated
   secret:

   targeted_message_psk
     = DeriveExtensionSecret(extension_secret, "targeted message psk")

   The functions SealAuth and OpenAuth defined in [hpke] are used as
   described in Section 2.1.3 with an empty context.  Other functions
   are defined in [mls-protocol].

3.2.4.1.  Authentication with HPKE

   The sender MUST set the authentication scheme to
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   As described in Section 2.1.3 the hpke_context is a
   LabeledExtensionContent struct with the following content, where
   group_context is the serialized context of the group.

   label = "MLS 1.0 ExtensionData"
   extension_type = ExtensionType
   extension_data = group_context

   The sender then computes the following:

   (kem_output, hpke_ciphertext) = SealAuthPSK(receiver_node_public_key,
                                               hpke_context,
                                               targeted_message_tbm,
                                               message,
                                               targeted_message_psk,
                                               psk_id,
                                               sender_node_private_key)

   The recipient computes the following:

   message = OpenAuthPSK(kem_output,
                         receiver_node_private_key,
                         hpke_context,
                         targeted_message_tbm,
                         hpke_ciphertext,
                         targeted_message_psk,
                         psk_id,
                         sender_node_public_key)

3.2.4.2.  Authentication with signatures

   The sender MUST set the authentication scheme to
   TargetedMessageAuthScheme.SignatureHPKEPsk.  The signature is done
   using the signature_key of the sender's LeafNode and the
   corresponding signature scheme used in the group.

   The sender then computes the following with hpke_context defined as
   in Section 3.2.4.1:

   (kem_output, hpke_ciphertext) = SealPSK(receiver_node_public_key,
                                           hpke_context,
                                           targeted_message_tbm,
                                           message,
                                           targeted_message_psk,
                                           epoch)

   The signature is computed as follows, where the extension_type is the
   type of this extension (see Section 4).



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   signature = SafeSignWithLabel(extension_type, ., "TargetedMessageTBS", targeted_message_tbs)

   The recipient computes the following:

   message = OpenPSK(kem_output,
                     receiver_node_private_key,
                     hpke_context,
                     targeted_message_tbm,
                     hpke_ciphertext,
                     targeted_message_psk,
                     epoch)

   The recipient MUST verify the message authentication:

   SafeVerifyWithLabel.verify(extension_type,
                           sender_leaf_node.signature_key,
                           "TargetedMessageTBS",
                           targeted_message_tbs,
                           signature)

3.2.5.  Guidance on authentication schemes

   If the group’s ciphersuite does not support HPKE mode_auth_psk,
   implementations MUST choose
   TargetedMessageAuthScheme.SignatureHPKEPsk.

   If the group’s ciphersuite does support HPKE mode_auth_psk,
   implementations CAN choose TargetedMessageAuthScheme.HPKEAuthPsk if
   better efficiency and/or repudiability is desired.  Implementations
   SHOULD consult [hpke-security-considerations] beforehand.

3.3.  Content Advertisement

3.3.1.  Description

   This section describes two extensions to MLS.  The first allows MLS
   clients to advertise their support for specific formats inside MLS
   application_data.  These are expressed using the extensive IANA Media
   Types registry (formerly called MIME Types).  The
   accepted_media_types LeafNode extension lists the formats a client
   supports inside application_data.  The second, the
   required_media_types GroupContext extension specifies which media
   types need to be supported by all members of a particular MLS group.
   These allow clients to confirm that all members of a group can
   communicate.  Note that when the membership of a group changes, or
   when the policy of the group changes, it is responsibility of the
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   Finally, this document defines a minimal framing format so MLS
   clients can signal which media type is being sent when multiple
   formats are permitted in the same group.  As clients are upgraded to
   support new formats they can use these extensions to detect when all
   members support a new or more efficient encoding, or select the
   relevant format or formats to send.

   Note that the usage of IANA media types in general does not imply the
   usage of MIME Headers [RFC2045] for framing.  Vendor-specific media
   subtypes starting with vnd. can be registered with IANA without
   standards action as described in [RFC6838].  Implementations which
   wish to send multiple formats in a single application message, may be
   interested in the multipart/alternative media type defined in
   [RFC2046] or may use or define another type with similar semantics
   (for example using TLS Presentation Language syntax [RFC8446]).

3.3.2.  Syntax

   MediaType is a TLS encoding of a single IANA media type (including
   top-level type and subtype) and any of its parameters.  Even if the
   parameter_value would have required formatting as a quoted-string in
   a text encoding, only the contents inside the quoted-string are
   included in parameter_value.  MediaTypeList is an ordered list of
   MediaType objects.

   struct {
       opaque parameter_name<V>;
       /* Note: parameter_value never includes the quotation marks of an
        * RFC 2045 quoted-string */
       opaque parameter_value<V>;
   } Parameter;

   struct {
       /* media_type is an IANA top-level media type, a "/" character,
        * and the IANA media subtype */
       opaque media_type<V>;

       /* a list of zero or more parameters defined for the subtype */
       Parameter parameters<V>;
   } MediaType;

   struct {
       MediaType media_types<V>;
   } MediaTypeList;

   MediaTypeList accepted_media_types;
   MediaTypeList required_media_types;




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   Example IANA media types with optional parameters:

     image/png
     text/plain ;charset="UTF-8"
     application/json
     application/vnd.example.msgbus+cbor

   For the example media type for text/plain, the media_type field would
   be text/plain, parameters would contain a single Parameter with a
   parameter_name of charset and a parameter_value of UTF-8.

3.3.3.  Expected Behavior

   An MLS client which implements this section SHOULD include the
   accepted_media_types extension in its LeafNodes, listing all the
   media types it can receive.  As usual, the client also includes
   accepted_media_types in its capabilities field in its LeafNodes
   (including LeafNodes inside its KeyPackages).

   When creating a new MLS group for an application using this
   specification, the group MAY include a required_media_type extension
   in the GroupContext Extensions.  As usual, the client also includes
   required_media_types in its capabilities field in its LeafNodes
   (including LeafNodes inside its KeyPackages).  When used in a group,
   the client MUST include the required_media_types and
   accepted_media_types extensions in the list of extensions in
   RequiredCapabilities.

   MLS clients SHOULD NOT add an MLS client to an MLS group with
   required_media_types unless the MLS client advertises it can support
   all of the required MediaTypes.  As an exception, a client could be
   preconfigured to know that certain clients support the requried
   types.  Likewise, an MLS client is already forbidden from issuing or
   committing a GroupContextExtensions Proposal which introduces
   required extensions which are not supported by all members in the
   resulting epoch.

3.3.4.  Framing of application_data

   When an MLS group contains the required_media_types GroupContext
   extension, the application_data sent in that group is interpreted as
   ApplicationFraming as defined below:

     struct {
         MediaType media_type;
         opaque<V> application_content;
     } ApplicationFraming;




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   The media_type MAY be zero length, in which case, the media type of
   the application_content is interpreted as the first MediaType
   specified in required_media_types.

3.4.  SelfRemove Proposal

   The design of the MLS protocol prevents a member of an MLS group from
   removing itself immediately from the group.  (To cause an immediate
   change in the group, a member must send a Commit message.  However
   the sender of a Commit message knows the keying material of the new
   epoch and therefore needs to be part of the group.)  Instead a member
   wishing to remove itself can send a Remove Proposal and wait for
   another member to Commit its Proposal.

   Unfortunately, MLS clients that join via an External Commit ignore
   pending, but otherwise valid, Remove Proposals.  The member trying to
   remove itself has to monitor the group and send a new Remove Proposal
   in every new epoch until the member is removed.  In a group with a
   burst of external joiners, a member connected over a high-latency
   link (or one that is merely unlucky) might have to wait several
   epochs to remove itself.  A real-world situation in which this
   happens is a member trying to remove itself from a conference call as
   several dozen new participants are trying to join (often on the
   hour).

   This section describes a new SelfRemove Proposal extension type.  It
   is designed to be included in External Commits.

3.4.1.  Extension Description

   This document specifies a new MLS Proposal type called SelfRemove.
   Its syntax is described using the TLS Presentation Language
   [@!RFC8446] below (its content is an empty struct).  It is allowed in
   External Commits and requires an UpdatePath.  SelfRemove proposals
   are only allowed in a Commit by reference.  SelfRemove cannot be sent
   as an external proposal.















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   struct {} SelfRemove;

   struct {
       ProposalType msg_type;
       select (Proposal.msg_type) {
           case add:                      Add;
           case update:                   Update;
           case remove:                   Remove;
           case psk:                      PreSharedKey;
           case reinit:                   ReInit;
           case external_init:            ExternalInit;
           case group_context_extensions: GroupContextExtensions;
           case self_remove:              SelfRemove;
       };
   } Proposal;

   The description of behavior below only applies if all the members of
   a group support this extension in their capabilities; such a group is
   a "self-remove-capable group".

   An MLS client which supports this extension can send a SelfRemove
   Proposal whenever it would like to remove itself from a self-remove-
   capable group.  Because the point of a SelfRemove Proposal is to be
   available to external joiners (which are not yet members), these
   proposals MUST be sent in an MLS PublicMessage.

   Whenever a member receives a SelfRemove Proposal, it includes it
   along with any other pending Propsals when sending a Commit.  It
   already MUST send a Commit of pending Proposals before sending new
   application messages.

   When a member receives a Commit referencing one or more SelfRemove
   Proposals, it treats the proposal like a Remove Proposal, except the
   leaf node to remove is determined by looking in the Sender leaf_index
   of the original Proposal.  The member is able to verify that the
   Sender was a member.

   Whenever a new joiner is about to join a self-remove-capable group
   with an External Commit, the new joiner MUST fetch any pending
   SelfRemove Proposals along with the GroupInfo object, and include the
   SelfRemove Proposals in its External Commit by reference.  (An
   ExternalCommit can contain zero or more SelfRemove proposals).  The
   new joiner MUST validate the SelfRemove Proposal before including it
   by reference, except that it skips the validation of the
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   During validation, SelfRemove proposals are processed after Update
   proposals and before Remove proposals.  If there is a pending
   SelfRemove proposal for a specific leaf node and a pending Remove
   proposal for the same leaf node, the Remove proposal is invalid.  A
   client MUST NOT issue more than one SelfRemove proposal per epoch.

   The MLS Delivery Service (DS) needs to validate SelfRemove Proposals
   it receives (except that it cannot validate the membership_tag).  If
   the DS provides a GroupInfo object to an external joiner, the DS
   SHOULD attach any SelfRemove proposals known to the DS to the
   GroupInfo object.

   As with Remove proposals, clients need to be able to receive a Commit
   message which removes them from the group via a SelfRemove.  If the
   DS does not forward a Commit to a removed client, it needs to inform
   the removed client out-of-band.

3.5.  Last resort KeyPackages

   Type: KeyPackage extension

3.5.1.  Description

   Section 10 of [RFC9420] details that clients are required to pre-
   publish KeyPackages s.t. other clients can add them to groups
   asynchronously.  It also states that they should not be re-used:

      KeyPackages are intended to be used only once and SHOULD NOT be
      reused except in the case of a "last resort" KeyPackage (see
      Section 16.8).  Clients MAY generate and publish multiple
      KeyPackages to support multiple cipher suites.

   Section 16.8 of [RFC9420] then introduces the notion of last-resort
   KeyPackages as follows:

      An application MAY allow for reuse of a "last resort" KeyPackage
      in order to prevent denial-of-service attacks.

   However, [RFC9420] does not specify how to distinguish regular
   KeyPackages from last-resort ones.  The last_resort_key_package
   KeyPackage extension defined in this section fills this gap and
   allows clients to specifically mark KeyPackages as KeyPackages of
   last resort that MAY be used more than once in scenarios where all
   other KeyPackages have already been used.

   The extension allows clients that pre-publish KeyPackages to signal
   to the Delivery Service which KeyPackage(s) are meant to be used as
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   An additional benefit of using an extension rather than communicating
   the information out-of-band is that the extension is still present in
   Add proposals.  Clients processing such Add proposals can
   authenticate that a KeyPackage is a last-resort KeyPackage and MAY
   make policy decisions based on that information.

3.5.2.  Format

   The purpose of the extension is simply to mark a given KeyPackage,
   which means it carries no additional data.

   As a result, a LastResort Extension contains the ExtensionType with
   an empty extension_data field.

4.  IANA Considerations

   This document requests the addition of various new values under the
   heading of "Messaging Layer Security".  Each registration is
   organized under the relevant registry Type.

   RFC EDITOR: Please replace XXXX throughout with the RFC number
   assigned to this document

4.1.  MLS Wire Formats

4.1.1.  MLS Extension Message

   *  Value: 0x0006

   *  Name: mls_extension_message

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.2.  MLS Extension Types

4.2.1.  targeted_messages_capability MLS Extension

   The targeted_messages_capability MLS Extension Type is used in the
   capabilities field of LeafNodes to indicate the support for the
   Targeted Messages Extension.  The extension does not carry any
   payload.

   *  Value: 0x0006

   *  Name: targeted_messages_capability




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   *  Message(s): LN: This extension may appear in LeafNode objects

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.2.2.  targeted_messages MLS Extension

   The targeted_messages MLS Extension Type is used inside GroupContext
   objects.  It indicates that the group supports the Targeted Messages
   Extension.

   *  Value: 0x0007

   *  Name: targeted_messages

   *  Message(s): GC: This extension may appear in GroupContext objects

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.2.3.  accepted_media_types MLS Extension

   The accepted_media_types MLS Extension Type is used inside LeafNode
   objects.  It contains a MediaTypeList representing all the media
   types supported by the MLS client referred to by the LeafNode.

   *  Value: 0x0008

   *  Name: accepted_media_types

   *  Message(s): LN: This extension may appear in LeafNode objects

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.2.4.  required_media_types MLS Extension

   The required_media_types MLS Extension Type is used inside
   GroupContext objects.  It contains a MediaTypeList representing the
   media types which are mandatory for all MLS members of the group to
   support.

   *  Value: 0x0009

   *  Name: required_media_types



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   *  Message(s): GC: This extension may appear in GroupContext objects

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.2.5.  last_resort_key_package MLS Extension

   The last_resort_key_package MLS Extension Type is used inside
   KeyPackage objects.  It marks the KeyPackage for usage in last resort
   scenarios and contains no additional data.

   *  Value: 0x0009

   *  Name: last_resort_key_package

   *  Message(s): KP: This extension may appear in KeyPackage objects

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.3.  MLS Proposal Types

4.3.1.  Extension Proposal

   *  Value: 0x0008

   *  Name: extension_proposal

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Path Required: N

   *  External Sender: N

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.3.2.  Extension Path Proposal

   *  Value: 0x0009

   *  Name: extension_path_proposal

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Path Required: Y




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   *  External Sender: N

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.3.3.  Extension External Proposal

   *  Value: 0x000a

   *  Name: extension_external_proposal

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Path Required: N

   *  External Sender: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.3.4.  AppAck Proposal

   *  Value: 0x000b

   *  Name: app_ack

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Path Required: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.3.5.  SelfRemove Proposal

   The self_remove MLS Proposal Type is used for a member to remove
   itself from a group more efficiently than using a remove proposal
   type, as the self_remove type is permitted in External Commits.

   *  Value: 0x000c

   *  Name: self_remove

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  External: N

   *  Path Required: Y

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4.4.1.  Extension Credential

   *  Value: 0x0000

   *  Name: extension_credential

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

4.5.  MLS Signature Labels

4.5.1.  Labeled Extension Content

   *  Label: "LabeledExtensionContent"

   *  Recommended: Y

   *  Reference: RFC XXXX

5.  Security considerations

5.1.  AppAck

   TBC

5.2.  Targeted Messages

   In addition to the sender authentication, Targeted Messages are
   authenticated by using a preshared key (PSK) between the sender and
   the recipient.  The PSK is exported from the group key schedule using
   the label "targeted message psk".  This ensures that the PSK is only
   valid for a specific group and epoch, and the Forward Secrecy and
   Post-Compromise Security guarantees of the group key schedule apply
   to the targeted messages as well.  The PSK also ensures that an
   attacker needs access to the private group state in addition to the
   HPKE/signature's private keys.  This improves confidentiality
   guarantees against passive attackers and authentication guarantees
   against active attackers.

5.3.  Content Advertisement

   Use of the accepted_media_types and rejected_media_types extensions
   could leak some private information visible in KeyPackages and inside
   an MLS group.  They could be used to infer a specific implementation,
   platform, or even version.  Clients should consider carefully the
   privacy implications in their environment of making a list of
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5.4.  SelfRemove

   An external recipient of a SelfRemove Proposal cannot verify the
   membership_tag.  However, an external joiner also has no way to
   completely validate a GroupInfo object that it receives.  An insider
   can prevent an External Join by providing either an invalid GroupInfo
   object or an invalid SelfRemove Proposal.  The security properties of
   external joins does not change with the addition of this proposal
   type.

6.  References

6.1.  Normative References

   [RFC8446]  Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
              Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8446>.

   [RFC9180]  Barnes, R., Bhargavan, K., Lipp, B., and C. Wood, "Hybrid
              Public Key Encryption", RFC 9180, DOI 10.17487/RFC9180,
              February 2022, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9180>.

   [RFC9420]  Barnes, R., Beurdouche, B., Robert, R., Millican, J.,
              Omara, E., and K. Cohn-Gordon, "The Messaging Layer
              Security (MLS) Protocol", RFC 9420, DOI 10.17487/RFC9420,
              July 2023, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9420>.

6.2.  Informative References

   [hpke]     "Hybrid Public Key Encryption", n.d., <https://www.rfc-
              editor.org/rfc/rfc9180.html](https://www.rfc-
              editor.org/rfc/rfc9180.html>.

   [hpke-security-considerations]
              "HPKE Security Considerations", n.d., <https://www.rfc-
              editor.org/rfc/rfc9180.html#name-key-compromise-
              impersonatio](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/
              rfc9180.html#name-key-compromise-impersonatio>.

   [mls-protocol]
              "The Messaging Layer Security (MLS) Protocol", n.d.,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mls-
              protocol/](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-
              mls-protocol/>.







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   [RFC2045]  Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
              Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message
              Bodies", RFC 2045, DOI 10.17487/RFC2045, November 1996,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2045>.

   [RFC2046]  Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
              Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types", RFC 2046,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2046, November 1996,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2046>.

   [RFC6838]  Freed, N., Klensin, J., and T. Hansen, "Media Type
              Specifications and Registration Procedures", BCP 13,
              RFC 6838, DOI 10.17487/RFC6838, January 2013,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6838>.

Contributors

   Joel Alwen
   Amazon
   Email: alwenjo@amazon.com


   Konrad Kohbrok
   Phoenix R&D
   Email: konrad.kohbrok@datashrine.de


   Rohan Mahy
   Wire
   Email: rohan@wire.com


   Marta Mularczyk
   Amazon
   Email: mulmarta@amazon.com


Author's Address

   Raphael Robert
   Phoenix R&D
   Email: ietf@raphaelrobert.com









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