Internet DRAFT - draft-mahy-lamps-im-keyusage
draft-mahy-lamps-im-keyusage
LAMPS WG R. Mahy
Internet-Draft Wire
Intended status: Informational 23 October 2023
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X.509 Certificate Extended Key Usage (EKU) for Instant Messaging URIs
draft-mahy-lamps-im-keyusage-00
Abstract
RFC 5280 specifies several extended key purpose identifiers
(KeyPurposeIds) for X.509 certificates. This document defines
Instant Messaging (IM) identity KeyPurposeIds for inclusion in the
Extended Key Usage (EKU) extension of X.509 v3 public key
certificates
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Conventions and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. The IM URI Extended Key Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
Instant Messaging (IM) systems using the Messaging Layer Security
(MLS) [RFC9420] protocol can incorporate per-client identity
certificate credentials. The subjectAltName of these certificates
can be an IM URI, for example. Since IM clients could be very
numerous, operators are reticent to issue certificates for these
users that might accidentally be used to validate a TLS connection
because it has the KeyPurposeId id-kp-serverAuth or id-kp-clientAuth.
An explanation of MLS credentials as they apply to Instant Messaging
is described in [I-D.barnes-mimi-identity-arch]. These credentials
are expected to be heavily used in the More Instant Messaging
Interoperability (MIMI) Working Group.
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2. Conventions and Definitions
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
3. The IM URI Extended Key Usage
This specification defines the KeyPurposeId id-kp-imUri, which is
used for signing messages to prove the identity of an Instant
Messaging client.
id-kp OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1)
security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) kp(3) }
id-kp-imUri OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp TBD }
4. Security Considerations
The Security Considerations of [RFC5280] are applicable to this
document. This extended key purpose does not introduce new security
risks but instead reduces existing security risks by providing means
to identify if the certificate is generated to sign IM credentials.
5. IANA Considerations
IANA is requested to register the following OIDs in the "SMI Security
for PKIX Extended Key Purpose" registry (1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3). These
OIDs are defined in Section 4.
+=========+=============+============+
| Decimal | Description | References |
+=========+=============+============+
| TBD | id-kp-imUri | This-RFC |
+---------+-------------+------------+
Table 1
6. References
6.1. Normative References
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[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/rfc/rfc2119>.
[RFC5280] Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S.,
Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key
Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List
(CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, DOI 10.17487/RFC5280, May 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5280>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.
6.2. Informative References
[I-D.barnes-mimi-identity-arch]
Barnes, R. and R. Mahy, "Identity for E2E-Secure
Communications", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
barnes-mimi-identity-arch-00, 24 October 2022,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-barnes-mimi-
identity-arch-00>.
[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>.
Author's Address
Rohan Mahy
Wire
Email: rohan.mahy@wire.com
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