LAMPS Working Group H. Brockhaus Internet-Draft D. von Oheimb Obsoletes: 4210 (if approved) Siemens Updates: 5912 (if approved) M. Ounsworth Intended status: Standards Track J. Gray Expires: 12 February 2023 Entrust 11 August 2022 Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure -- Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) draft-ietf-lamps-rfc4210bis-02 Abstract This document describes the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Management Protocol (CMP). Protocol messages are defined for X.509v3 certificate creation and management. CMP provides interactions between client systems and PKI components such as a Registration Authority (RA) and a Certification Authority (CA). This document includes the updates on RFC 4210 specified by CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] Section 2 and Appendix A.2 maintaining backward compatibility with CMP version 2 wherever possible and obsoleted both documents. Updates to CMP version 2 are: improving crypto agility, extending the polling mechanism, adding new general message types, and adding extended key usages to identify special CMP server authorizations. Introducing version 3 to be used only for changes to the ASN.1 syntax, which are: support of EnvelopedData instead of EncryptedValue and hashAlg for indicating a hash AlgorithmIdentifier in certConf messages. Appendix F of this document contains the updated 2002 ASN.1 module originating from RFC 5912. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Brockhaus, et al. 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Revised BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1. Changes Since RFC 2510 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.2. Changes Since RFC 4210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3. Changes Made by This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. PKI Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.1. PKI Management Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.1.1. Definitions of PKI Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.1.1.1. Subjects and End Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.1.1.2. Certification Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.1.1.3. Registration Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.1.1.4. Key Generation Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.1.2. PKI Management Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.1.3. PKI Management Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4. Assumptions and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.1. End Entity Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.2. Initial Registration/Certification . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.2.1. Criteria Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.2.1.1. Initiation of Registration/Certification . . . . 18 4.2.1.2. End Entity Message Origin Authentication . . . . 18 4.2.1.3. Location of Key Generation . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.2.1.4. Confirmation of Successful Certification . . . . 19 4.2.2. Mandatory Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.2.2.1. Centralized Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4.2.2.2. Basic Authenticated Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 2] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 4.3. Proof-of-Possession (POP) of Private Key . . . . . . . . 21 4.3.1. Signature Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4.3.2. Encryption Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.3.3. Key Agreement Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.4. Root CA Key Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.4.1. CA Operator Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4.4.2. Verifying Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.4.2.1. Verification in Cases 1, 4, 5, and 8 . . . . . . 25 4.4.2.2. Verification in Case 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.4.2.3. Verification in Case 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.4.2.4. Failure of Verification in Case 6 . . . . . . . . 27 4.4.2.5. Failure of Verification in Case 7 . . . . . . . . 27 4.4.3. Revocation - Change of CA Key . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.5. Extended Key Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5. Data Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5.1. Overall PKI Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5.1.1. PKI Message Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 5.1.1.1. ImplicitConfirm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 5.1.1.2. ConfirmWaitTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 5.1.1.3. OrigPKIMessage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 5.1.1.4. CertProfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 5.1.2. PKI Message Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 5.1.3. PKI Message Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 5.1.3.1. Shared Secret Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 5.1.3.2. Key Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 5.1.3.3. Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5.1.3.4. Multiple Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5.2. Common Data Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 5.2.1. Requested Certificate Contents . . . . . . . . . . . 37 5.2.2. Encrypted Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 5.2.3. Status codes and Failure Information for PKI Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 5.2.4. Certificate Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 5.2.5. Out-of-band root CA Public Key . . . . . . . . . . . 41 5.2.6. Archive Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 5.2.7. Publication Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 5.2.8. Proof-of-Possession Structures . . . . . . . . . . . 42 5.2.8.1. Inclusion of the Private Key . . . . . . . . . . 42 5.2.8.2. Indirect Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 5.2.8.3. Challenge-Response Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . 43 5.2.8.4. Summary of PoP Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5.2.9. GeneralizedTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 5.3. Operation-Specific Data Structures . . . . . . . . . . . 46 5.3.1. Initialization Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 5.3.2. Initialization Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 5.3.3. Certification Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 5.3.4. Certification Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 5.3.5. Key Update Request Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 3] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 5.3.6. Key Update Response Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 5.3.7. Key Recovery Request Content . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 5.3.8. Key Recovery Response Content . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 5.3.9. Revocation Request Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5.3.10. Revocation Response Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5.3.11. Cross Certification Request Content . . . . . . . . . 50 5.3.12. Cross Certification Response Content . . . . . . . . 51 5.3.13. CA Key Update Announcement Content . . . . . . . . . 51 5.3.14. Certificate Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5.3.15. Revocation Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5.3.16. CRL Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 5.3.17. PKI Confirmation Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 5.3.18. Certificate Confirmation Content . . . . . . . . . . 52 5.3.19. PKI General Message Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5.3.19.1. CA Protocol Encryption Certificate . . . . . . . 53 5.3.19.2. Signing Key Pair Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5.3.19.3. Encryption/Key Agreement Key Pair Types . . . . 54 5.3.19.4. Preferred Symmetric Algorithm . . . . . . . . . 54 5.3.19.5. Updated CA Key Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 5.3.19.6. CRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 5.3.19.7. Unsupported Object Identifiers . . . . . . . . . 54 5.3.19.8. Key Pair Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 5.3.19.9. Revocation Passphrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 5.3.19.10. ImplicitConfirm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 5.3.19.11. ConfirmWaitTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 5.3.19.12. Original PKIMessage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 5.3.19.13. Supported Language Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 5.3.19.14. CA Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 5.3.19.15. Root CA Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 5.3.19.16. Certificate Request Template . . . . . . . . . . 57 5.3.19.17. CRL Update Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 5.3.20. PKI General Response Content . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 5.3.21. Error Message Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 5.3.22. Polling Request and Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 6. Mandatory PKI Management Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 6.1. Root CA Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 6.2. Root CA Key Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 6.3. Subordinate CA Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 6.4. CRL production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 6.5. PKI Information Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 6.6. Cross Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 6.6.1. One-Way Request-Response Scheme: . . . . . . . . . . 66 6.7. End Entity Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 6.7.1. Acquisition of PKI Information . . . . . . . . . . . 68 6.7.2. Out-of-Band Verification of Root-CA Key . . . . . . . 68 6.8. Certificate Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 6.9. Key Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 7. Version Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 4] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 7.1. Supporting RFC 2510 Implementations . . . . . . . . . . . 70 7.1.1. Clients Talking to RFC 2510 Servers . . . . . . . . . 70 7.1.2. Servers Receiving Version cmp1999 PKIMessages . . . . 70 8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 8.1. Proof-Of-Possession with a Decryption Key . . . . . . . . 70 8.2. Proof-Of-Possession by Exposing the Private Key . . . . . 71 8.3. Attack Against Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange . . . . . . . 71 8.4. Private Keys for Certificate Signing and CMP Message Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 8.5. Entropy of Random Numbers, Key Pairs, and Shared Secret Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 8.6. Trust Anchor Provisioning Using CMP Messages . . . . . . 73 8.7. Authorizing Requests for Certificates with Specific EKUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 10. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Appendix A. Reasons for the Presence of RAs . . . . . . . . . . 77 Appendix B. The Use of Revocation Passphrase . . . . . . . . . . 78 Appendix C. Request Message Behavioral Clarifications . . . . . 80 Appendix D. PKI Management Message Profiles (REQUIRED) . . . . . 82 D.1. General Rules for Interpretation of These Profiles. . . . 82 D.2. Algorithm Use Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 D.3. Proof-of-Possession Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 D.4. Initial Registration/Certification (Basic Authenticated Scheme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 D.5. Certificate Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 D.6. Key Update Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Appendix E. PKI Management Message Profiles (OPTIONAL) . . . . . 91 E.1. General Rules for Interpretation of These Profiles. . . . 92 E.2. Algorithm Use Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 E.3. Self-Signed Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 E.4. Root CA Key Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 E.5. PKI Information Request/Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 E.6. Cross Certification Request/Response (1-way) . . . . . . 95 E.7. In-Band Initialization Using External Identity Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Appendix F. Compilable ASN.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Appendix G. History of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 1. Introduction [RFC Editor: please delete: Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 5] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 During IESG telechat the CMP Updates document was approved on condition that LAMPS provides a RFC4210bis document. Version -00 of this document shall be identical to RFC 4210 and version -01 incorporates the changes specified in CMP Updates Section 2 and Appendix A.2. A history of changes is available in Appendix G of this document. The authors of this document wish to thank Carlisle Adams, Stephen Farrell, Tomi Kause, and Tero Mononen, the original authors of RFC4210, for their work and invite them, next to further volunteers, to join the -bis activity as co-authors. ] [RFC Editor: Please perform the following substitution. * RFCXXXX --> the assigned numerical RFC value for this draft * RFCAAAA --> the assigned numerical RFC value for [I-D.ietf-lamps-cmp-updates] Add this RFC number to the list of obsoleted RFCs. * RFCBBBB --> the assigned numerical RFC value for [I-D.ietf-lamps-lightweight-cmp-profile] * RFCCCCC --> the assigned numerical RFC value for [I-D.ietf-lamps-cmp-algorithms] * RFCDDDD --> the assigned numerical RFC value for [I-D.ietf-lamps-rfc6712bis] * RFCEEEE --> the assigned numerical RFC value for [I-D.ietf-ace-cmpv2-coap-transport] ] This document describes the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Management Protocol (CMP). Protocol messages are defined for certificate creation and management. The term "certificate" in this document refers to an X.509v3 Certificate as defined in [ITU.X509.2000]. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 6] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 1.1. Changes Since RFC 2510 RFC 4210 [RFC4210] differs from RFC 2510 [RFC2510] in the following areas: * The PKI management message profile section is split to two appendices: the required profile and the optional profile. Some of the formerly mandatory functionality is moved to the optional profile. * The message confirmation mechanism has changed substantially. * A new polling mechanism is introduced, deprecating the old polling method at the CMP transport level. * The CMP transport protocol issues are handled in a separate document [I-D.ietf-lamps-rfc6712bis], thus the Transports section is removed. * A new implicit confirmation method is introduced to reduce the number of protocol messages exchanged in a transaction. * The new specification contains some less prominent protocol enhancements and improved explanatory text on several issues. 1.2. Changes Since RFC 4210 CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] and CMP Algorithms [RFCCCCC] updated RFC 4210 [RFC4210], supporting the PKI management operations specified in the Lightweight CMP Profile [RFCBBBB], in the following areas: * Add new extended key usages for various CMP server types, e.g., registration authority and certification authority, to express the authorization of the certificate holder to act as the indicated type of PKI management entity. * Extend the description of multiple protection to cover additional use cases, e.g., batch processing of messages. * Use the type EnvelopedData as the preferred choice next to EncryptedValue to better support crypto agility in CMP. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 7] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 For reasons of completeness and consistency the type EncryptedValue has been exchanged in all occurrences. This includes the protection of centrally generated private keys, encryption of certificates, and protection of revocation passphrases. To properly differentiate the support of EnvelopedData instead of EncryptedValue, the CMP version 3 is introduced in case a transaction is supposed to use EnvelopedData. Note: According to RFC 4211 [RFC4211] Section 2.1. point 9 the use of the EncryptedValue structure has been deprecated in favor of the EnvelopedData structure. RFC 4211 [RFC4211] offers the EncryptedKey structure, a choice of EncryptedValue and EnvelopedData for migration to EnvelopedData. * Offer an optional hashAlg field in CertStatus supporting case that a certificate needs to be confirmed that has a signature algorithm that does not indicate a specific hash algorithm to use for computing the certHash. * Add new general message types to request CA certificates, a root CA update, a certificate request template, or CRL updates. * Extend the use of polling to p10cr, certConf, rr, genm, and error messages. * Delete the mandatory algorithm profile in Appendix D.2 and refer instead to CMP Algorithms Section 7 [RFCCCCC]. 1.3. Changes Made by This Document This document obsoletes RFC 4210 [RFC4210]. It includes the changes specified by CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] Section 2 and Appendix D.2 as described in Section 1.2. 2. Requirements 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. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 8] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 3. PKI Management Overview The PKI must be structured to be consistent with the types of individuals who must administer it. Providing such administrators with unbounded choices not only complicates the software required, but also increases the chances that a subtle mistake by an administrator or software developer will result in broader compromise. Similarly, restricting administrators with cumbersome mechanisms will cause them not to use the PKI. Management protocols are REQUIRED to support on-line interactions between Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) components. For example, a management protocol might be used between a Certification Authority (CA) and a client system with which a key pair is associated, or between two CAs that issue cross-certificates for each other. 3.1. PKI Management Model Before specifying particular message formats and procedures, we first define the entities involved in PKI management and their interactions (in terms of the PKI management functions required). We then group these functions in order to accommodate different identifiable types of end entities. 3.1.1. Definitions of PKI Entities The entities involved in PKI management include the end entity (i.e., the entity to whom the certificate is issued) and the certification authority (i.e., the entity that issues the certificate). A registration authority MAY also be involved in PKI management. 3.1.1.1. Subjects and End Entities The term "subject" is used here to refer to the entity to whom the certificate is issued, typically named in the subject or subjectAltName field of a certificate. When we wish to distinguish the tools and/or software used by the subject (e.g., a local certificate management module), we will use the term "subject equipment". In general, the term "end entity" (EE), rather than "subject", is preferred in order to avoid confusion with the field name. It is important to note that the end entities here will include not only human users of applications, but also applications themselves (e.g., for IP security) or devices (e.g., routers or industrial control systems). This factor influences the protocols that the PKI management operations use; for example, application software is far more likely to know exactly which certificate extensions are required than are human users. PKI management entities are also end entities in the sense that they are sometimes Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 9] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 named in the subject or subjectAltName field of a certificate or cross-certificate. Where appropriate, the term "end entity" will be used to refer to end entities who are not PKI management entities. All end entities require secure local access to some information -- at a minimum, their own name and private key, the name of a CA that is directly trusted by this entity, and that CA's public key (or a fingerprint of the public key where a self-certified version is available elsewhere). Implementations MAY use secure local storage for more than this minimum (e.g., the end entity's own certificates or application-specific information). The form of storage will also vary -- from files to tamper-resistant cryptographic tokens. The information stored in such local, trusted storage is referred to here as the end entity's Personal Security Environment (PSE). Though PSE formats are beyond the scope of this document (they are very dependent on equipment, et cetera), a generic interchange format for PSEs is defined here: a certification response message MAY be used. 3.1.1.2. Certification Authority The certification authority (CA) may or may not actually be a real "third party" from the end entity's point of view. Quite often, the CA will actually belong to the same organization as the end entities it supports. Again, we use the term "CA" to refer to the entity named in the issuer field of a certificate. When it is necessary to distinguish the software or hardware tools used by the CA, we use the term "CA equipment". The CA equipment will often include both an "off-line" component and an "on-line" component, with the CA private key only available to the "off-line" component. This is, however, a matter for implementers (though it is also relevant as a policy issue). We use the term "root CA" to indicate a CA that is directly trusted by an end entity; that is, securely acquiring the value of a root CA public key requires some out-of-band step(s). This term is not meant to imply that a root CA is necessarily at the top of any hierarchy, simply that the CA in question is trusted directly. A "subordinate CA" is one that is not a root CA for the end entity in question. Often, a subordinate CA will not be a root CA for any entity, but this is not mandatory. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 10] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 3.1.1.3. Registration Authority In addition to end-entities and CAs, many environments call for the existence of a Registration Authority (RA) separate from the Certification Authority. The functions that the registration authority may carry out will vary from case to case but MAY include personal authentication, token distribution, checking certificate requests and authentication of their origin, revocation reporting, name assignment, key generation, archival of key pairs, et cetera. This document views the RA as an OPTIONAL component: when it is not present, the CA is assumed to be able to carry out the RA's functions so that the PKI management protocols are the same from the end- entity's point of view. Again, we distinguish, where necessary, between the RA and the tools used (the "RA equipment"). Note that an RA is itself an end entity. We further assume that all RAs are in fact certified end entities and that RAs have private keys that are usable for signing. How a particular CA equipment identifies some end entities as RAs is an implementation issue (i.e., this document specifies no special RA certification operation). We do not mandate that the RA is certified by the CA with which it is interacting at the moment (so one RA may work with more than one CA whilst only being certified once). In some circumstances, end entities will communicate directly with a CA even where an RA is present. For example, for initial registration and/or certification, the end entity may use its RA, but communicate directly with the CA in order to refresh its certificate. 3.1.1.4. Key Generation Authority A Key Generation Authority (KGA) is a PKI management entity generating key pairs on behalf of an end entity. Typically, such central key generation is performed by the CA itself. The KGA knows the private key that it generated for the end entity. The CA may delegate its authorization for generating key pairs on behalf of an end entity to another PKI management entity, such as an RA or a separate entity (see Section 4.5 for respective extended key usages). Note: When doing central generation of key pairs, implementers should consider the implications of server-side retention on the overall security of the system; in some case retention is good, for example for escrow reasons, but in other cases the server should clear its copy after delivery to the end entity. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 11] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 3.1.2. PKI Management Requirements The protocols given here meet the following requirements on PKI management 1. PKI management must conform to the ISO/IEC 9594-8/ITU-T X.509 standards. 2. It must be possible to regularly update any key pair without affecting any other key pair. 3. The use of confidentiality in PKI management protocols must be kept to a minimum in order to ease acceptance in environments where strong confidentiality might cause regulatory problems. 4. PKI management protocols must allow the use of different industry-standard cryptographic algorithms, see CMP Algorithms [RFCCCCC]. This means that any given CA, RA, or end entity may, in principle, use whichever algorithms suit it for its own key pair(s). 5. PKI management protocols must not preclude the generation of key pairs by the end entity concerned, by a KGA, by an RA, or by a CA. Key generation may also occur elsewhere, but for the purposes of PKI management we can regard key generation as occurring wherever the key is first present at an end entity, RA, or CA. 6. PKI management protocols must support the publication of certificates by the end entity concerned, by an RA, or by a CA. Different implementations and different environments may choose any of the above approaches. 7. PKI management protocols must support the production of Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) by allowing certified end entities to make requests for the revocation of certificates. This must be done in such a way that the denial-of-service attacks, which are possible, are not made simpler. 8. PKI management protocols must be usable over a variety of "transport" mechanisms, specifically including mail, HTTP, TCP/ IP, CoAP, and off-line file-based. 9. Final authority for certification creation rests with the CA. No RA or end entity equipment can assume that any certificate issued by a CA will contain what was requested; a CA may alter certificate field values or may add, delete, or alter extensions according to its operating policy. In other words, all PKI Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 12] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 entities (end-entities, RAs, and CAs) must be capable of handling responses to requests for certificates in which the actual certificate issued is different from that requested (for example, a CA may shorten the validity period requested). Note that policy may dictate that the CA must not publish or otherwise distribute the certificate until the requesting entity has reviewed and accepted the newly-created certificate (typically through use of the certConf message). 10. A graceful, scheduled change-over from one non-compromised CA key pair to the next (CA key update) must be supported (note that if the CA key is compromised, re-initialization must be performed for all entities in the domain of that CA). An end entity whose PSE contains the new CA public key (following a CA key update) must also be able to verify certificates verifiable using the old public key. End entities who directly trust the old CA key pair must also be able to verify certificates signed using the new CA private key (required for situations where the old CA public key is "hardwired" into the end entity's cryptographic equipment). 11. The functions of an RA may, in some implementations or environments, be carried out by the CA itself. The protocols must be designed so that end entities will use the same protocol regardless of whether the communication is with an RA or CA. Naturally, the end entity must use the correct RA or CA public key to protect the communication. 12. Where an end entity requests a certificate containing a given public key value, the end entity must be ready to demonstrate possession of the corresponding private key value. This may be accomplished in various ways, depending on the type of certification request. See Section 4.3 for details of the in- band methods defined for the PKIX-CMP (i.e., Certificate Management Protocol) messages. 3.1.3. PKI Management Operations The following diagram shows the relationship between the entities defined above in terms of the PKI management operations. The letters in the diagram indicate "protocols" in the sense that a defined set of PKI management messages can be sent along each of the lettered lines. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 13] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 +---+ cert. publish +------------+ j | | <--------------------- | End Entity | <------- | C | g +------------+ "out-of-band" | e | | ^ loading | r | | | initial | t | a | | b registration/ | | | | certification | / | | | key pair recovery | | | | key pair update | C | | | certificate update | R | PKI "USERS" V | revocation request | L | -------------------+-+-----+-+------+-+------------------- | | PKI MANAGEMENT | ^ | ^ | | ENTITIES a | | b a | | b | R | V | | | | e | g +------+ d | | | p | <------------ | RA | <-----+ | | | o | cert. | | ----+ | | | | s | publish +------+ c | | | | | i | | | | | | t | V | V | | o | g +------------+ i | r | <------------------------| CA |-------> | y | h +------------+ "out-of-band" | | cert. publish | ^ publication | | CRL publish | | +---+ | | cross-certification e | | f cross-certificate | | update | | V | +------+ | CA-2 | +------+ Figure 1: PKI Entities At a high level, the set of operations for which management messages are defined can be grouped as follows. 1. CA establishment: When establishing a new CA, certain steps are required (e.g., production of initial CRLs, export of CA public key). 2. End entity initialization: this includes importing a root CA public key and requesting information about the options supported by a PKI management entity. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 14] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 3. Certification: various operations result in the creation of new certificates: 1. initial registration/certification: This is the process whereby an end entity first makes itself known to a CA or RA, prior to the CA issuing a certificate or certificates for that end entity. The end result of this process (when it is successful) is that a CA issues a certificate for an end entity's public key, and returns that certificate to the end entity and/or posts that certificate in a public repository. This process may, and typically will, involve multiple "steps", possibly including an initialization of the end entity's equipment. For example, the end entity's equipment must be securely initialized with the public key of a CA, to be used in validating certificate paths. Furthermore, an end entity typically needs to be initialized with its own key pair(s). 2. key pair update: Every key pair needs to be updated regularly (i.e., replaced with a new key pair), and a new certificate needs to be issued. 3. certificate update: As certificates expire, they may be "refreshed" if nothing relevant in the environment has changed. 4. CA key pair update: As with end entities, CA key pairs need to be updated regularly; however, different mechanisms are required. 5. cross-certification request: One CA requests issuance of a cross-certificate from another CA. For the purposes of this standard, the following terms are defined. A "cross- certificate" is a certificate in which the subject CA and the issuer CA are distinct and SubjectPublicKeyInfo contains a verification key (i.e., the certificate has been issued for the subject CA's signing key pair). When it is necessary to distinguish more finely, the following terms may be used: a cross-certificate is called an "inter-domain cross- certificate" if the subject and issuer CAs belong to different administrative domains; it is called an "intra- domain cross-certificate" otherwise. 1. Note 1. The above definition of "cross-certificate" aligns with the defined term "CA-certificate" in X.509. Note that this term is not to be confused with the X.500 "cACertificate" attribute type, which is unrelated. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 15] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 2. Note 2. In many environments, the term "cross- certificate", unless further qualified, will be understood to be synonymous with "inter-domain cross- certificate" as defined above. 3. Note 3. Issuance of cross-certificates may be, but is not necessarily, mutual; that is, two CAs may issue cross-certificates for each other. 6. cross-certificate update: Similar to a normal certificate update, but involving a cross-certificate. 4. Certificate/CRL discovery operations: some PKI management operations result in the publication of certificates or CRLs: 1. certificate publication: Having gone to the trouble of producing a certificate, some means for publishing it is needed. The "means" defined in PKIX MAY involve the messages specified in Sections 5.3.13 to 5.3.16, or MAY involve other methods (LDAP, for example) as described in [RFC4510], [RFC4510] (the "Operational Protocols" documents of the PKIX series of specifications). 2. CRL publication: As for certificate publication. 5. Recovery operations: some PKI management operations are used when an end entity has "lost" its PSE: 1. key pair recovery: As an option, user client key materials (e.g., a user's private key used for decryption purposes) MAY be backed up by a CA, an RA, or a key backup system associated with a CA or RA. If an entity needs to recover these backed up key materials (e.g., as a result of a forgotten password or a lost key chain file), a protocol exchange may be needed to support such recovery. 6. Revocation operations: some PKI management operations result in the creation of new CRL entries and/or new CRLs: 1. revocation request: An authorized person advises a CA of an abnormal situation requiring certificate revocation. 7. PSE operations: whilst the definition of PSE operations (e.g., moving a PSE, changing a PIN, etc.) are beyond the scope of this specification, we do define a PKIMessage (CertRepMessage) that can form the basis of such operations. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 16] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Note that on-line protocols are not the only way of implementing the above operations. For all operations, there are off-line methods of achieving the same result, and this specification does not mandate use of on-line protocols. For example, when hardware tokens are used, many of the operations MAY be achieved as part of the physical token delivery. Later sections define a set of standard messages supporting the above operations. Transport protocols for conveying these exchanges in different environments (e.g., off-line: file-based, on-line: mail, HTTP [RFCDDDD], and CoAP [RFCEEEE]) are beyond the scope of this document and are specified separately. 4. Assumptions and Restrictions 4.1. End Entity Initialization The first step for an end entity in dealing with PKI management entities is to request information about the PKI functions supported and to securely acquire a copy of the relevant root CA public key(s). 4.2. Initial Registration/Certification There are many schemes that can be used to achieve initial registration and certification of end entities. No one method is suitable for all situations due to the range of policies that a CA may implement and the variation in the types of end entity which can occur. However, we can classify the initial registration/certification schemes that are supported by this specification. Note that the word "initial", above, is crucial: we are dealing with the situation where the end entity in question has had no previous contact with the PKI. Where the end entity already possesses certified keys, then some simplifications/alternatives are possible. Having classified the schemes that are supported by this specification we can then specify some as mandatory and some as optional. The goal is that the mandatory schemes cover a sufficient number of the cases that will arise in real use, whilst the optional schemes are available for special cases that arise less frequently. In this way, we achieve a balance between flexibility and ease of implementation. We will now describe the classification of initial registration/ certification schemes. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 17] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 4.2.1. Criteria Used 4.2.1.1. Initiation of Registration/Certification In terms of the PKI messages that are produced, we can regard the initiation of the initial registration/certification exchanges as occurring wherever the first PKI message relating to the end entity is produced. Note that the real-world initiation of the registration/certification procedure may occur elsewhere (e.g., a personnel department may telephone an RA operator). The possible locations are at the end entity, an RA, or a CA. 4.2.1.2. End Entity Message Origin Authentication The on-line messages produced by the end entity that requires a certificate may be authenticated or not. The requirement here is to authenticate the origin of any messages from the end entity to the PKI (CA/RA). In this specification, such authentication is achieved by two different means: * symmetric: The PKI (CA/RA) issuing the end entity with a secret value (initial authentication key) and reference value (used to identify the secret value) via some out-of-band means. The initial authentication key can then be used to protect relevant PKI messages. * asymmetric: Using a private key and certificate issued by another PKI trusted for initial authentication, e.g., an IDevID IEEE 802.1AR [IEEE_802.1AR_2018]. The trust establishment in this external PKI is out of scope of this document. Thus, we can classify the initial registration/certification scheme according to whether or not the on-line end entity -> PKI messages are authenticated or not. Note 1: We do not discuss the authentication of the PKI -> end entity messages here, as this is always REQUIRED. In any case, it can be achieved simply once the root-CA public key has been installed at the end entity's equipment or it can be based on the initial authentication key. Note 2: An initial registration/certification procedure can be secure where the messages from the end entity are authenticated via some out-of-band means (e.g., a subsequent visit). Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 18] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 4.2.1.3. Location of Key Generation In this specification, "key generation" is regarded as occurring wherever either the public or private component of a key pair first occurs in a PKIMessage. Note that this does not preclude a centralized key generation service by a KGA; the actual key pair MAY have been generated elsewhere and transported to the end entity, RA, or CA using a (proprietary or standardized) key generation request/ response protocol (outside the scope of this specification). Thus, there are three possibilities for the location of "key generation": the end entity, an RA, or a CA. 4.2.1.4. Confirmation of Successful Certification Following the creation of an initial certificate for an end entity, additional assurance can be gained by having the end entity explicitly confirm successful receipt of the message containing (or indicating the creation of) the certificate. Naturally, this confirmation message must be protected (based on the initial symmetric or asymmetric authentication key or other means). This gives two further possibilities: confirmed or not. 4.2.2. Mandatory Schemes The criteria above allow for a large number of initial registration/ certification schemes. This specification mandates that conforming CA equipment, RA equipment, and EE equipment MUST support the second scheme listed below (Section 4.2.2.2). Any entity MAY additionally support other schemes, if desired. 4.2.2.1. Centralized Scheme In terms of the classification above, this scheme is, in some ways, the simplest possible, where: * initiation occurs at the certifying CA; * no on-line message authentication is required; * "key generation" occurs at the certifying CA (see Section 4.2.1.3); * no confirmation message is required. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 19] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 In terms of message flow, this scheme means that the only message required is sent from the CA to the end entity. The message must contain the entire PSE for the end entity. Some out-of-band means must be provided to allow the end entity to authenticate the message received and to decrypt any encrypted values. 4.2.2.2. Basic Authenticated Scheme In terms of the classification above, this scheme is where: * initiation occurs at the end entity; * message authentication is REQUIRED; * "key generation" occurs at the end entity (see Section 4.2.1.3); * a confirmation message is REQUIRED. Note: An Initial Authentication Key (IAK) can be either a symmetric key or an asymmetric private key with a certificate issued by another PKI trusted for this purpose. The establishment of such trust is out of scope of this document. In terms of message flow, the basic authenticated scheme is as follows: End entity RA/CA ========== ============= out-of-band distribution of Initial Authentication Key (IAK) and reference value (RA/CA -> EE) Key generation Creation of certification request Protect request with IAK -->>-- certification request -->>-- verify request process request create response --<<-- certification response --<<-- handle response create confirmation -->>-- cert conf message -->>-- verify confirmation create response --<<-- conf ack (optional) --<<-- handle response Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 20] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 (Where verification of the cert confirmation message fails, the RA/CA MUST revoke the newly issued certificate if it has been published or otherwise made available.) 4.3. Proof-of-Possession (POP) of Private Key In order to prevent certain attacks and to allow a CA/RA to properly check the validity of the binding between an end entity and a key pair, the PKI management operations specified here make it possible for an end entity to prove that it has possession of (i.e., is able to use) the private key corresponding to the public key for which a certificate is requested. A given CA/RA is free to choose how to enforce POP (e.g., out-of-band procedural means versus PKIX-CMP in- band messages) in its certification exchanges (i.e., this may be a policy issue). However, it is REQUIRED that CAs/RAs MUST enforce POP by some means because there are currently many non-PKIX operational protocols in use (various electronic mail protocols are one example) that do not explicitly check the binding between the end entity and the private key. Until operational protocols that do verify the binding (for signature, encryption, and key agreement key pairs) exist, and are ubiquitous, this binding can only be assumed to have been verified by the CA/RA. Therefore, if the binding is not verified by the CA/RA, certificates in the Internet Public-Key Infrastructure end up being somewhat less meaningful. POP is accomplished in different ways depending upon the type of key for which a certificate is requested. If a key can be used for multiple purposes (e.g., an RSA key) then any appropriate method MAY be used (e.g., a key that may be used for signing, as well as other purposes, SHOULD NOT be sent to the CA/RA in order to prove possession). This specification explicitly allows for cases where an end entity supplies the relevant proof to an RA and the RA subsequently attests to the CA that the required proof has been received (and validated!). For example, an end entity wishing to have a signing key certified could send the appropriate signature to the RA, which then simply notifies the relevant CA that the end entity has supplied the required proof. Of course, such a situation may be disallowed by some policies (e.g., CAs may be the only entities permitted to verify POP during certification). 4.3.1. Signature Keys For signature keys, the end entity can sign a value to prove possession of the private key. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 21] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 4.3.2. Encryption Keys For encryption keys, the end entity can provide the private key to the CA/RA, or can be required to decrypt a value in order to prove possession of the private key (see Section 5.2.8). Decrypting a value can be achieved either directly or indirectly. The direct method is for the RA/CA to issue a random challenge to which an immediate response by the EE is required. The indirect method is to issue a certificate that is encrypted for the end entity (and have the end entity demonstrate its ability to decrypt this certificate in the confirmation message). This allows a CA to issue a certificate in a form that can only be used by the intended end entity. This specification encourages use of the indirect method because it requires no extra messages to be sent (i.e., the proof can be demonstrated using the {request, response, confirmation} triple of messages). 4.3.3. Key Agreement Keys For key agreement keys, the end entity and the PKI management entity (i.e., CA or RA) must establish a shared secret key in order to prove that the end entity has possession of the private key. Note that this need not impose any restrictions on the keys that can be certified by a given CA. In particular, for Diffie-Hellman keys the end entity may freely choose its algorithm parameters provided that the CA can generate a short-term (or one-time) key pair with the appropriate parameters when necessary. < ToDo: Possibly add a section describing a POP mechanism for KEM keys. > 4.4. Root CA Key Update This discussion only applies to CAs that are directly trusted by some end entities. Self-signed CAs SHALL be considered as directly trusted CAs. Recognizing whether a non-self-signed CA is supposed to be directly trusted for some end entities is a matter of CA policy and is thus beyond the scope of this document. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 22] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 The basis of the procedure described here is that the CA protects its new public key using its previous private key and vice versa. Thus, when a CA updates its key pair it must generate two extra cACertificate attribute values if certificates are made available using an X.500 directory (for a total of four: OldWithOld, OldWithNew, NewWithOld, and NewWithNew). When a CA changes its key pair, those entities who have acquired the old CA public key via "out-of-band" means are most affected. It is these end entities who will need access to the new CA public key protected with the old CA private key. However, they will only require this for a limited period (until they have acquired the new CA public key via the "out-of-band" mechanism). This will typically be easily achieved when these end entities' certificates expire. The data structure used to protect the new and old CA public keys is a standard certificate (which may also contain extensions). There are no new data structures required. Note 1: This scheme does not make use of any of the X.509 v3 extensions as it must be able to work even for version 1 certificates. The presence of the KeyIdentifier extension would make for efficiency improvements. Note 2:. While the scheme could be generalized to cover cases where the CA updates its key pair more than once during the validity period of one of its end entities' certificates, this generalization seems of dubious value. Not having this generalization simply means that the validity periods of certificates issued with the old CA key pair cannot exceed the end of the OldWithNew validity period. Note 3: This scheme ensures that end entities will acquire the new CA public key, at the latest by the expiry of the last certificate they owned that was signed with the old CA private key (via the "out-of- band" means). Certificate and/or key update operations occurring at other times do not necessarily require this (depending on the end entity's equipment). Note 4: In practice, a new root CA may have a slightly different subject DN, e.g., indicating a generation identifier like the year of issuance or a version number, for instance in an OU element. How to bridge trust to the new root CA certificate in a CA DN change or a cross-certificate scenario is out of scope for this document. 4.4.1. CA Operator Actions To change the key of the CA, the CA operator does the following: Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 23] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 1. Generate a new key pair; 2. Create a certificate containing the old CA public key signed with the new private key (the "old with new" certificate); 3. Create a certificate containing the new CA public key signed with the old private key (the "new with old" certificate); 4. Create a certificate containing the new CA public key signed with the new private key (the "new with new" certificate); 5. Publish these new certificates via the repository and/or other means (perhaps using a CAKeyUpdAnn message or RootCaKeyUpdateContent); 6. Export the new CA public key so that end entities may acquire it using the "out-of-band" mechanism (if required). The old CA private key is then no longer required. However, the old CA public key will remain in use for some time. The old CA public key is no longer required (other than for non-repudiation) when all end entities of this CA have securely acquired the new CA public key. The "old with new" certificate must have a validity period starting at the generation time of the old key pair and ending at the expiry date of the old public key. The "new with old" certificate must have a validity period starting at the generation time of the new key pair and ending at the time by which all end entities of this CA will securely possess the new CA public key (at the latest, the expiry date of the old public key). The "new with new" certificate must have a validity period starting at the generation time of the new key pair and ending at or before the time by which the CA will next update its key pair. < ToDo: The previous paragraph needs to be checked. The "ending AT OR BEFORE the time by which the CA will NEXT update its key pair" reads wrong. > 4.4.2. Verifying Certificates Normally when verifying a signature, the verifier verifies (among other things) the certificate containing the public key of the signer. However, once a CA is allowed to update its key there are a range of new possibilities. These are shown in the table below. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 24] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Repository contains NEW Repository contains only OLD and OLD public keys public key (due to, e.g., delay in publication) PSE PSE Contains PSE Contains PSE Contains Contains OLD public NEW public OLD public NEW public key key key key Signer's Case 1: Case 3: Case 5: Case 7: certifi- This is In this case Although the In this case cate is the the verifier CA operator the CA protected standard must access has not operator has using NEW case where the updated the not updated key pair the repository in repository the the repository verifier order to get verifier can and so the can the value of verify the verification directly the NEW certificate will FAIL verify the public key directly - certificate this is thus without the same as using the case 1. repository Signer's Case 2: Case 4: Case 6: Case 8: certifi- In this In this case The verifier Although the cate is case the the verifier thinks this CA operator protected verifier can directly is the has not using OLD must verify the situation of updated the key pair access the certificate case 2 and repository the repository without will access verifier can in order using the the verify the to get the repository repository; certificate value of however, the directly - the OLD verification this is thus public key will FAIL the same as case 4. Note: Instead of using a repository, the end entity can use the root CA update general message to request the respective certificates from a PKI management entity, see Section 5.3.19.15, and follow the required validation steps. 4.4.2.1. Verification in Cases 1, 4, 5, and 8 In these cases, the verifier has a local copy of the CA public key that can be used to verify the certificate directly. This is the same as the situation where no key change has occurred. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 25] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Note that case 8 may arise between the time when the CA operator has generated the new key pair and the time when the CA operator stores the updated attributes in the repository. Case 5 can only arise if the CA operator has issued both the signer's and verifier's certificates during this "gap" (the CA operator SHOULD avoid this as it leads to the failure cases described below) 4.4.2.2. Verification in Case 2 In case 2, the verifier must get access to the old public key of the CA. The verifier does the following: 1. Look up the caCertificate attribute in the repository and pick the OldWithNew certificate (determined based on validity periods; note that the subject and issuer fields must match); 2. Verify that this is correct using the new CA key (which the verifier has locally); 3. If correct, check the signer's certificate using the old CA key. Case 2 will arise when the CA operator has issued the signer's certificate, then changed the key, and then issued the verifier's certificate; so it is quite a typical case. 4.4.2.3. Verification in Case 3 In case 3, the verifier must get access to the new public key of the CA. In case a repository is used, the verifier does the following: 1. Look up the cACertificate attribute in the repository and pick the NewWithOld certificate (determined based on validity periods; note that the subject and issuer fields must match); 2. Verify that this is correct using the old CA key (which the verifier has stored locally); 3. If correct, check the signer's certificate using the new CA key. Case 3 will arise when the CA operator has issued the verifier's certificate, then changed the key, and then issued the signer's certificate; so it is also quite a typical case. Note: Alternatively, the verifier can use the root CA update general message to request the respective certificates from a PKI management entity, see Section 5.3.19.15, and follow the required validation steps. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 26] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 4.4.2.4. Failure of Verification in Case 6 In this case, the CA has issued the verifier's PSE, which contains the new key, without updating the repository attributes. This means that the verifier has no means to get a trustworthy version of the CA's old key and so verification fails. Note that the failure is the CA operator's fault. 4.4.2.5. Failure of Verification in Case 7 In this case, the CA has issued the signer's certificate protected with the new key without updating the repository attributes. This means that the verifier has no means to get a trustworthy version of the CA's new key and so verification fails. Note that the failure is again the CA operator's fault. 4.4.3. Revocation - Change of CA Key As we saw above, the verification of a certificate becomes more complex once the CA is allowed to change its key. This is also true for revocation checks as the CA may have signed the CRL using a newer private key than the one within the user's PSE. The analysis of the alternatives is the same as for certificate verification. 4.5. Extended Key Usage The Extended Key Usage (EKU) extension indicates the purposes for which the certified key pair may be used. It therefore restricts the use of a certificate to specific applications. A CA may want to delegate parts of its duties to other PKI management entities. This section provides a mechanism to both prove this delegation and enable automated means for checking the authorization of this delegation. Such delegation may also be expressed by other means, e.g., explicit configuration. To offer automatic validation for the delegation of a role by a CA to another entity, the certificates used for CMP message protection or signed data for central key generation MUST be issued by the delegating CA and MUST contain the respective EKUs. This proves the authorization of this entity by the delegating CA to act in the given role as described below. The OIDs to be used for these EKUs are: Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 27] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 id-kp-cmcCA OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) kp(3) 27 } id-kp-cmcRA OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) kp(3) 28 } id-kp-cmKGA OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) kp(3) 32 } Note: RFC 6402 section 2.10 [RFC6402] specifies OIDs for a CMC CA and a CMC RA. As the functionality of a CA and RA is not specific to using CMC or CMP as the certificate management protocol, these EKUs are re-used by CMP. The meaning of the id-kp-cmKGA EKU is as follows: CMP KGA: CMP Key Generation Authorities are CAs or are identified by the id-kp-cmKGA extended key usage. The CMP KGA knows the private key it generated on behalf of the end entity. This is a very sensitive service and needs specific authorization, which by default is with the CA certificate itself. The CA may delegate its authorization by placing the id-kp-cmKGA extended key usage in the certificate used to authenticate the origin of the generated private key. The authorization may also be determined through local configuration of the end entity. 5. Data Structures This section contains descriptions of the data structures required for PKI management messages. Section 6 describes constraints on their values and the sequence of events for each of the various PKI management operations. 5.1. Overall PKI Message All of the messages used in this specification for the purposes of PKI management use the following structure: Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 28] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 PKIMessage ::= SEQUENCE { header PKIHeader, body PKIBody, protection [0] PKIProtection OPTIONAL, extraCerts [1] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CMPCertificate OPTIONAL } PKIMessages ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF PKIMessage The PKIHeader contains information that is common to many PKI messages. The PKIBody contains message-specific information. The PKIProtection, when used, contains bits that protect the PKI message. The extraCerts field can contain certificates that may be useful to the recipient. For example, this can be used by a CA or RA to present an end entity with certificates that it needs to verify its own new certificate (if, for example, the CA that issued the end entity's certificate is not a root CA for the end entity). Note that this field does not necessarily contain a certification path; the recipient may have to sort, select from, or otherwise process the extra certificates in order to use them. 5.1.1. PKI Message Header All PKI messages require some header information for addressing and transaction identification. Some of this information will also be present in a transport-specific envelope. However, if the PKI message is protected, then this information is also protected (i.e., we make no assumption about secure transport). The following data structure is used to contain this information: Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 29] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 PKIHeader ::= SEQUENCE { pvno INTEGER { cmp1999(1), cmp2000(2), cmp2021(3) }, sender GeneralName, recipient GeneralName, messageTime [0] GeneralizedTime OPTIONAL, protectionAlg [1] AlgorithmIdentifier{ALGORITHM, {...}} OPTIONAL, senderKID [2] KeyIdentifier OPTIONAL, recipKID [3] KeyIdentifier OPTIONAL, transactionID [4] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL, senderNonce [5] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL, recipNonce [6] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL, freeText [7] PKIFreeText OPTIONAL, generalInfo [8] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF InfoTypeAndValue OPTIONAL } PKIFreeText ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF UTF8String The usage of pvno values is described in Section 7. The sender field contains the name of the sender of the PKIMessage. This name (in conjunction with senderKID, if supplied) should be sufficient to indicate the key to use to verify the protection on the message. If nothing about the sender is known to the sending entity (e.g., in the init. req. message, where the end entity may not know its own Distinguished Name (DN), e-mail name, IP address, etc.), then the "sender" field MUST contain a "NULL" value; that is, the SEQUENCE OF relative distinguished names is of zero length. In such a case, the senderKID field MUST hold an identifier (i.e., a reference number) that indicates to the receiver the appropriate shared secret information to use to verify the message. The recipient field contains the name of the recipient of the PKIMessage. This name (in conjunction with recipKID, if supplied) should be usable to verify the protection on the message. The protectionAlg field specifies the algorithm used to protect the message. If no protection bits are supplied (note that PKIProtection is OPTIONAL) then this field MUST be omitted; if protection bits are supplied, then this field MUST be supplied. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 30] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 senderKID and recipKID are usable to indicate which keys have been used to protect the message (recipKID will normally only be required where protection of the message uses Diffie-Hellman (DH) keys). These fields MUST be used if required to uniquely identify a key (e.g., if more than one key is associated with a given sender name). The senderKID SHOULD be used in any case. Note: The recommendation of using senderKID was changed since [RFC4210], where it was recommended to be omitted if not needed to identify the protection key. < ToDo: Possibly add a protection mechanism using KEM keys. > The transactionID field within the message header is to be used to allow the recipient of a message to correlate this with an ongoing transaction. This is needed for all transactions that consist of more than just a single request/response pair. For transactions that consist of a single request/response pair, the rules are as follows. A client MAY populate the transactionID field of the request. If a server receives such a request that has the transactionID field set, then it MUST set the transactionID field of the response to the same value. If a server receives such request with a missing transactionID field, then it MAY set transactionID field of the response. For transactions that consist of more than just a single request/ response pair, the rules are as follows. Clients SHOULD generate a transactionID for the first request. If a server receives such a request that has the transactionID field set, then it MUST set the transactionID field of the response to the same value. If a server receives such request with a missing transactionID field, then it MUST populate the transactionID field of the response with a server- generated ID. Subsequent requests and responses MUST all set the transactionID field to the thus established value. In all cases where a transactionID is being used, a given client MUST NOT have more than one transaction with the same transactionID in progress at any time (to a given server). Servers are free to require uniqueness of the transactionID or not, as long as they are able to correctly associate messages with the corresponding transaction. Typically, this means that a server will require the {client, transactionID} tuple to be unique, or even the transactionID alone to be unique, if it cannot distinguish clients based on transport-level information. A server receiving the first message of a transaction (which requires more than a single request/response pair) that contains a transactionID that does not allow it to meet the above constraints (typically because the transactionID is already in use) MUST send back an ErrorMsgContent with a PKIFailureInfo of transactionIdInUse. It is RECOMMENDED that the clients fill the transactionID field with Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 31] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 128 bits of (pseudo-) random data for the start of a transaction to reduce the probability of having the transactionID in use at the server. The senderNonce and recipNonce fields protect the PKIMessage against replay attacks. The senderNonce will typically be 128 bits of (pseudo-) random data generated by the sender, whereas the recipNonce is copied from the senderNonce of the previous message in the transaction. The messageTime field contains the time at which the sender created the message. This may be useful to allow end entities to correct/ check their local time for consistency with the time on a central system. The freeText field may be used to send a human-readable message to the recipient (in any number of languages). The first language used in this sequence indicates the desired language for replies. The generalInfo field may be used to send machine-processable additional data to the recipient. The following generalInfo extensions are defined and MAY be supported. 5.1.1.1. ImplicitConfirm This is used by the EE to inform the CA that it does not wish to send a certificate confirmation for issued certificates. id-it-implicitConfirm OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 13} ImplicitConfirmValue ::= NULL If the CA grants the request to the EE, it MUST put the same extension in the PKIHeader of the response. If the EE does not find the extension in the response, it MUST send the certificate confirmation. 5.1.1.2. ConfirmWaitTime This is used by the CA to inform the EE how long it intends to wait for the certificate confirmation before revoking the certificate and deleting the transaction. id-it-confirmWaitTime OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 14} ConfirmWaitTimeValue ::= GeneralizedTime Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 32] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 5.1.1.3. OrigPKIMessage An RA MAY include the original PKIMessage from the EE in this generalInfo field of the PKIHeader of a PKIMessage. This is used by the RA to inform the CA of the original PKIMessage that it received from the EE and modified in some way (e.g., added or modified particular field values or added new extensions) before forwarding the new PKIMessage. If the changes made by the RA to the original PKIMessage break the POP of a certificate request, the RA MUST set the popo field to RAVerified, see Section 5.2.8.4. This accommodates, for example, cases in which the CA wishes to check POP or other information on the original EE message. Although the infoValue is PKIMessages, it MUST contain exactly one PKIMessage. id-it-origPKIMessage OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 15} OrigPKIMessageValue ::= PKIMessages 5.1.1.4. CertProfile This is used by the EE to indicate specific certificate profiles, e.g., when requesting a new certificate or a certificate request template, see Section 5.3.19.16. id-it-certProfile OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 21} CertProfileValue ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF UTF8String When used in an ir/cr/kur/genm, the value MUST NOT contain more elements than the number of CertReqMsg or InfoTypeAndValue elements and the certificate profile names refer to the elements in the given order. When used in a p10cr, the value MUST NOT contain multiple certificate profile names. 5.1.2. PKI Message Body Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 33] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 PKIBody ::= CHOICE { ir [0] CertReqMessages, --Initialization Req ip [1] CertRepMessage, --Initialization Resp cr [2] CertReqMessages, --Certification Req cp [3] CertRepMessage, --Certification Resp p10cr [4] CertificationRequest, --PKCS #10 Cert. Req. popdecc [5] POPODecKeyChallContent --pop Challenge popdecr [6] POPODecKeyRespContent, --pop Response kur [7] CertReqMessages, --Key Update Request kup [8] CertRepMessage, --Key Update Response krr [9] CertReqMessages, --Key Recovery Req krp [10] KeyRecRepContent, --Key Recovery Resp rr [11] RevReqContent, --Revocation Request rp [12] RevRepContent, --Revocation Response ccr [13] CertReqMessages, --Cross-Cert. Request ccp [14] CertRepMessage, --Cross-Cert. Resp ckuann [15] CAKeyUpdAnnContent, --CA Key Update Ann. cann [16] CertAnnContent, --Certificate Ann. rann [17] RevAnnContent, --Revocation Ann. crlann [18] CRLAnnContent, --CRL Announcement pkiconf [19] PKIConfirmContent, --Confirmation nested [20] NestedMessageContent, --Nested Message genm [21] GenMsgContent, --General Message genp [22] GenRepContent, --General Response error [23] ErrorMsgContent, --Error Message certConf [24] CertConfirmContent, --Certificate confirm pollReq [25] PollReqContent, --Polling request pollRep [26] PollRepContent --Polling response } The specific types are described in Section 5.3 below. 5.1.3. PKI Message Protection Some PKI messages will be protected for integrity. Note If an asymmetric algorithm is used to protect a message and the relevant public component has been certified already, then the origin of the message can also be authenticated. On the other hand, if the public component is uncertified, then the message origin cannot be automatically authenticated, but may be authenticated via out-of-band means. When protection is applied, the following structure is used: PKIProtection ::= BIT STRING Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 34] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 The input to the calculation of PKIProtection is the DER encoding of the following data structure: ProtectedPart ::= SEQUENCE { header PKIHeader, body PKIBody } There MAY be cases in which the PKIProtection BIT STRING is deliberately not used to protect a message (i.e., this OPTIONAL field is omitted) because other protection, external to PKIX, will be applied instead. Such a choice is explicitly allowed in this specification. Examples of such external protection include CMS [RFC5652] and Security Multiparts [RFC1847] encapsulation of the PKIMessage (or simply the PKIBody (omitting the CHOICE tag), if the relevant PKIHeader information is securely carried in the external mechanism). It is noted, however, that many such external mechanisms require that the end entity already possesses a public-key certificate, and/or a unique Distinguished Name, and/or other such infrastructure-related information. Thus, they may not be appropriate for initial registration, key-recovery, or any other process with "boot-strapping" characteristics. For those cases it may be necessary that the PKIProtection parameter be used. In the future, if/when external mechanisms are modified to accommodate boot- strapping scenarios, the use of PKIProtection may become rare or non- existent. Depending on the circumstances, the PKIProtection bits may contain a Message Authentication Code (MAC) or signature. Only the following cases can occur: 5.1.3.1. Shared Secret Information In this case, the sender and recipient share secret information with sufficient entropy (established via out-of-band means). PKIProtection will contain a MAC value and the protectionAlg MAY be one of the options described in CMP Algorithms [RFCCCCC]. 5.1.3.2. Key Agreement Where the sender and receiver possess finite-field or elliptic-curve- based Diffie-Hellman certificates with compatible DH parameters, in order to protect the message the end entity must generate a symmetric key based on its private DH key value and the DH public key of the recipient of the PKI message. PKIProtection will contain a MAC value keyed with this derived symmetric key and the protectionAlg will be the following: Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 35] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 id-DHBasedMac OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {1 2 840 113533 7 66 30} DHBMParameter ::= SEQUENCE { owf AlgorithmIdentifier, -- AlgId for a One-Way Function mac AlgorithmIdentifier -- the MAC AlgId } In the above protectionAlg, OWF is applied to the result of the Diffie-Hellman computation. The OWF output (called "BASEKEY" for ease of reference, with a size of "H") is what is used to form the symmetric key. If the MAC algorithm requires a K-bit key and K <= H, then the most significant K bits of BASEKEY are used. If K > H, then all of BASEKEY is used for the most significant H bits of the key, OWF("1" || BASEKEY) is used for the next most significant H bits of the key, OWF("2" || BASEKEY) is used for the next most significant H bits of the key, and so on, until all K bits have been derived. [Here "N" is the ASCII byte encoding the number N and "||" represents concatenation.] Note: Hash algorithms that can be used as one-way functions are listed in CMP Algortihms [RFCCCCC] Section 2. 5.1.3.3. Signature In this case, the sender possesses a signature key pair and simply signs the PKI message. PKIProtection will contain the signature value and the protectionAlg will be an AlgorithmIdentifier for a digital signature (e.g., md5WithRSAEncryption or dsaWithSha-1). < ToDo: Possibly add a protection mechanism using KEM keys. > 5.1.3.4. Multiple Protection When receiving a protected PKI message, a PKI management entity such as an RA MAY forward that message adding its own protection (which is a MAC or a signature, depending on the information and certificates shared between the RA and the CA). Additionally, multiple PKI messages MAY be aggregated. There are several use cases for such messages. * The RA confirms having validated and authorized a message and forwards the original message unchanged. * A PKI management entity collects several messages that are to be forwarded in the same direction and forwards them in a batch. Request messages can be transferred as batch upstream (towards the Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 36] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 CA); response or announce messages can be transferred as batch downstream (towards an RA, but not to the EE). This can for instance be used when bridging an off-line connection between two PKI management entities. These use cases are accomplished by nesting the messages within a new PKI message. The structure used is as follows: NestedMessageContent ::= PKIMessages 5.2. Common Data Structures Before specifying the specific types that may be placed in a PKIBody, we define some data structures that are used in more than one case. 5.2.1. Requested Certificate Contents Various PKI management messages require that the originator of the message indicate some of the fields that are required to be present in a certificate. The CertTemplate structure allows an end entity or RA to specify as much as it wishes about the certificate it requires. CertTemplate is identical to a Certificate, but with all fields optional. Note: Even if the originator completely specifies the contents of a certificate it requires, a CA is free to modify fields within the certificate actually issued. If the modified certificate is unacceptable to the requester, the requester MUST send back a certConf message that either does not include this certificate (via a CertHash), or does include this certificate (via a CertHash) along with a status of "rejected". See Section 5.3.18 for the definition and use of CertHash and the certConf message. Note: Before requesting a new certificate, an end entity can request a certTemplate structure as a kind of certificate request template, in order to learn which data the CA expects to be present in the certificate request, see Section 5.3.19.16. See Appendix C and [RFC4211] for CertTemplate syntax. 5.2.2. Encrypted Values Where encrypted data (in this specification, private keys, certificates, or revocation passphrase) are sent in PKI messages, the EncryptedKey data structure is used. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 37] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 EncryptedKey ::= CHOICE { encryptedValue EncryptedValue, -- deprecated envelopedData [0] EnvelopedData } See CRMF [RFC4211] for EncryptedKey and EncryptedValue syntax and CMS [RFC5652] for EnvelopedData syntax. Using the EncryptedKey data structure offers the choice to either use EncryptedValue (for backward compatibility only) or EnvelopedData. The use of the EncryptedValue structure has been deprecated in favor of the EnvelopedData structure. Therefore, it is RECOMMENDED to use EnvelopedData. Note: The EncryptedKey structure defined in CRMF [RFC4211] is used here, which makes the update backward compatible. Using the new syntax with the untagged default choice EncryptedValue is bits-on- the-wire compatible with the old syntax. To indicate support for EnvelopedData the pvno cmp2021 has been introduced. Details on the usage of pvno values is described in Section 7. The EncryptedKey data structure is used in CMP to transport a private key, certificate, or revocation passphrase in encrypted form. EnvelopedData is used as follows: * It contains only one RecipientInfo structure because the content is encrypted only for one recipient. * It may contain a private key in the AsymmetricKeyPackage structure as defined in RFC 5958 [RFC5958] wrapped in a SignedData structure as specified in CMS section 5 [RFC5652] and [RFC8933] signed by the Key Generation Authority. * It may contain a certificate or revocation passphrase directly in the encryptedContent field. The content of the EnvelopedData structure, as specified in CMS section 6 [RFC5652], MUST be encrypted using a newly generated symmetric content-encryption key. This content-encryption key MUST be securely provided to the recipient using one of three key management techniques. The choice of the key management technique to be used by the sender depends on the credential available at the recipient: Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 38] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 * Recipient's certificate that contains a key usage extension asserting keyAgreement: The content-encryption key will be protected using the key agreement key management technique, as specified in CMS section 6.2.2 [RFC5652]. This is the preferred technique. * Recipient's certificate that contains a key usage extension asserting keyEncipherment: The content-encryption key will be protected using the key transport key management technique, as specified in CMS section 6.2.1 [RFC5652]. * A password or shared secret: The content-encryption key will be protected using the password-based key management technique, as specified in CMS section 6.2.4 [RFC5652]. 5.2.3. Status codes and Failure Information for PKI Messages All response messages will include some status information. The following values are defined. PKIStatus ::= INTEGER { accepted (0), grantedWithMods (1), rejection (2), waiting (3), revocationWarning (4), revocationNotification (5), keyUpdateWarning (6) } Responders may use the following syntax to provide more information about failure cases. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 39] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 PKIFailureInfo ::= BIT STRING { badAlg (0), badMessageCheck (1), badRequest (2), badTime (3), badCertId (4), badDataFormat (5), wrongAuthority (6), incorrectData (7), missingTimeStamp (8), badPOP (9), certRevoked (10), certConfirmed (11), wrongIntegrity (12), badRecipientNonce (13), timeNotAvailable (14), unacceptedPolicy (15), unacceptedExtension (16), addInfoNotAvailable (17), badSenderNonce (18), badCertTemplate (19), signerNotTrusted (20), transactionIdInUse (21), unsupportedVersion (22), notAuthorized (23), systemUnavail (24), systemFailure (25), duplicateCertReq (26) } PKIStatusInfo ::= SEQUENCE { status PKIStatus, statusString PKIFreeText OPTIONAL, failInfo PKIFailureInfo OPTIONAL } 5.2.4. Certificate Identification In order to identify particular certificates, the CertId data structure is used. See [RFC4211] for CertId syntax. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 40] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 5.2.5. Out-of-band root CA Public Key Each root CA must be able to publish its current public key via some "out-of-band" means. While such mechanisms are beyond the scope of this document, we define data structures that can support such mechanisms. There are generally two methods available: either the CA directly publishes its self-signed certificate, or this information is available via the Directory (or equivalent) and the CA publishes a hash of this value to allow verification of its integrity before use. OOBCert ::= Certificate The fields within this certificate are restricted as follows: * The certificate MUST be self-signed (i.e., the signature must be verifiable using the SubjectPublicKeyInfo field); * The subject and issuer fields MUST be identical; * If the subject field is NULL, then both subjectAltNames and issuerAltNames extensions MUST be present and have exactly the same value; * The values of all other extensions must be suitable for a self- signed certificate (e.g., key identifiers for subject and issuer must be the same). OOBCertHash ::= SEQUENCE { hashAlg [0] AlgorithmIdentifier OPTIONAL, certId [1] CertId OPTIONAL, hashVal BIT STRING } The intention of the hash value is that anyone who has securely received the hash value (via the out-of-band means) can verify a self-signed certificate for that CA. 5.2.6. Archive Options Requesters may indicate that they wish the PKI to archive a private key value using the PKIArchiveOptions structure. See [RFC4211] for PKIArchiveOptions syntax. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 41] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 5.2.7. Publication Information Requesters may indicate that they wish the PKI to publish a certificate using the PKIPublicationInfo structure. See [RFC4211] for PKIPublicationInfo syntax. 5.2.8. Proof-of-Possession Structures If the certification request is for a signing key pair (i.e., a request for a verification certificate), then the proof-of-possession of the private signing key is demonstrated through use of the POPOSigningKey structure. See Appendix C and [RFC4211] for POPOSigningKey syntax, but note that POPOSigningKeyInput has the following semantic stipulations in this specification. POPOSigningKeyInput ::= SEQUENCE { authInfo CHOICE { sender [0] GeneralName, publicKeyMAC PKMACValue }, publicKey SubjectPublicKeyInfo } On the other hand, if the certification request is for an encryption key pair (i.e., a request for an encryption certificate), then the proof-of-possession of the private decryption key may be demonstrated in one of three ways. 5.2.8.1. Inclusion of the Private Key By the inclusion of the private key (encrypted) in the CertRequest (in the thisMessage field of POPOPrivKey (see Appendix C) or in the PKIArchiveOptions control structure, depending upon whether or not archival of the private key is also desired). 5.2.8.2. Indirect Method By having the CA return not the certificate, but an encrypted certificate (i.e., the certificate encrypted under a randomly- generated symmetric key, and the symmetric key encrypted under the public key for which the certification request is being made) -- this is the "indirect" method mentioned previously in Section 4.3.2. The end entity proves knowledge of the private decryption key to the CA by providing the correct CertHash for this certificate in the certConf message. This demonstrates POP because the EE can only Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 42] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 compute the correct CertHash if it is able to recover the certificate, and it can only recover the certificate if it is able to decrypt the symmetric key using the required private key. Clearly, for this to work, the CA MUST NOT publish the certificate until the certConf message arrives (when certHash is to be used to demonstrate POP). See Section 5.3.18 for further details. 5.2.8.3. Challenge-Response Protocol By having the end entity engage in a challenge-response protocol (using the messages POPODecKeyChall and POPODecKeyResp; see below) between CertReqMessages and CertRepMessage -- this is the "direct" method mentioned previously in Section 4.3.2. (This method would typically be used in an environment in which an RA verifies POP and then makes a certification request to the CA on behalf of the end entity. In such a scenario, the CA trusts the RA to have done POP correctly before the RA requests a certificate for the end entity.) The complete protocol then looks as follows (note that req' does not necessarily encapsulate req as a nested message): EE RA CA ---- req ----> <--- chall --- ---- resp ---> ---- req' ---> <--- rep ----- ---- conf ---> <--- ack ----- <--- rep ----- ---- conf ---> <--- ack ----- This protocol is obviously much longer than the 3-way exchange given in Section 5.2.8.2 above, but allows a local Registration Authority to be involved and has the property that the certificate itself is not actually created until the proof-of-possession is complete. In some environments, a different order of the above messages may be required, such as the following (this may be determined by policy): Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 43] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 EE RA CA ---- req ----> <--- chall --- ---- resp ---> ---- req' ---> <--- rep ----- <--- rep ----- ---- conf ---> ---- conf ---> <--- ack ----- <--- ack ----- If the cert. request is for a key agreement key (KAK) pair, then the POP can use any of the 3 ways described above for enc. key pairs, with the following changes: (1) the parenthetical text of Section 5.2.8.2 is replaced with "(i.e., the certificate encrypted under the symmetric key derived from the CA's private KAK and the public key for which the certification request is being made)"; (2) the first parenthetical text of the challenge field of "Challenge" below is replaced with "(using PreferredSymmAlg (see Section 5.3.19.4 and Appendix E.5) and a symmetric key derived from the CA's private KAK and the public key for which the certification request is being made)". Alternatively, the POP can use the POPOSigningKey structure given in [RFC4211] (where the alg field is DHBasedMAC and the signature field is the MAC) as a fourth alternative for demonstrating POP if the CA already has a D-H certificate that is known to the EE. The challenge-response messages for proof-of-possession of a private decryption key are specified as follows (see [MvOV97], p.404 for details). Note that this challenge-response exchange is associated with the preceding cert. request message (and subsequent cert. response and confirmation messages) by the transactionID used in the PKIHeader and by the protection (MACing or signing) applied to the PKIMessage. POPODecKeyChallContent ::= SEQUENCE OF Challenge Challenge ::= SEQUENCE { owf AlgorithmIdentifier OPTIONAL, witness OCTET STRING, challenge OCTET STRING } Rand ::= SEQUENCE { int INTEGER, sender GeneralName } Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 44] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Note that the size of Rand needs to be appropriate for encryption under the public key of the requester. Given that "int" will typically not be longer than 64 bits, this leaves well over 100 bytes of room for the "sender" field when the modulus is 1024 bits. If, in some environment, names are so long that they cannot fit (e.g., very long DNs), then whatever portion will fit should be used (as long as it includes at least the common name, and as long as the receiver is able to deal meaningfully with the abbreviation). POPODecKeyRespContent ::= SEQUENCE OF INTEGER 5.2.8.4. Summary of PoP Options The text in this section provides several options with respect to POP techniques. Using "SK" for "signing key", "EK" for "encryption key", and "KAK" for "key agreement key", the techniques may be summarized as follows: RAVerified; SKPOP; EKPOPThisMessage; KAKPOPThisMessage; KAKPOPThisMessageDHMAC; EKPOPEncryptedCert; KAKPOPEncryptedCert; EKPOPChallengeResp; and KAKPOPChallengeResp. Given this array of options, it is natural to ask how an end entity can know what is supported by the CA/RA (i.e., which options it may use when requesting certificates). The following guidelines should clarify this situation for EE implementers. RAVerified. This is not an EE decision; the RA uses this if and only if it has verified POP before forwarding the request on to the CA, so it is not possible for the EE to choose this technique. SKPOP. If the EE has a signing key pair, this is the only POP method specified for use in the request for a corresponding certificate. EKPOPThisMessage and KAKPOPThisMessage. Whether or not to give up its private key to the CA/RA is an EE decision. If the EE decides to reveal its key, then these are the only POP methods available in this specification to achieve this (and the key pair type will determine which of these two methods to use). Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 45] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 KAKPOPThisMessageDHMAC. The EE can only use this method if (1) the CA has a DH certificate available for this purpose, and (2) the EE already has a copy of this certificate. If both these conditions hold, then this technique is clearly supported and may be used by the EE, if desired. EKPOPEncryptedCert, KAKPOPEncryptedCert, EKPOPChallengeResp, KAKPOPChallengeResp. The EE picks one of these (in the subsequentMessage field) in the request message, depending upon preference and key pair type. The EE is not doing POP at this point; it is simply indicating which method it wants to use. Therefore, if the CA/RA replies with a "badPOP" error, the EE can re-request using the other POP method chosen in subsequentMessage. Note, however, that this specification encourages the use of the EncryptedCert choice and, furthermore, says that the challenge-response would typically be used when an RA is involved and doing POP verification. Thus, the EE should be able to make an intelligent decision regarding which of these POP methods to choose in the request message. < ToDo: Possibly add a section describing a POP mechanism for KEM keys. > 5.2.9. GeneralizedTime GeneralizedTime is a standard ASN.1 type and SHALL be used as specified in RFC 5280 Section 4.1.2.5.2 [RFC5280]. 5.3. Operation-Specific Data Structures 5.3.1. Initialization Request An Initialization request message contains as the PKIBody a CertReqMessages data structure, which specifies the requested certificate(s). Typically, SubjectPublicKeyInfo, KeyId, and Validity are the template fields which may be supplied for each certificate requested (see the profiles defined in [RFCBBBB] Section 4.1.1, Appendix D.4 and Appendix E.7 for further information). This message is intended to be used for entities when first initializing into the PKI. See Appendix C and [RFC4211] for CertReqMessages syntax. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 46] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 5.3.2. Initialization Response An Initialization response message contains as the PKIBody an CertRepMessage data structure, which has for each certificate requested a PKIStatusInfo field, a subject certificate, and possibly a private key (normally encrypted using EnvelopedData, see [RFCBBBB] Section 4.1.6 for further information). See Section 5.3.4 for CertRepMessage syntax. Note that if the PKI Message Protection is "shared secret information" (see Section 5.1.3), then any certificate transported in the caPubs field may be directly trusted as a root CA certificate by the initiator. 5.3.3. Certification Request A Certification request message contains as the PKIBody a CertReqMessages data structure, which specifies the requested certificates (see the profiles defined in [RFCBBBB] Section 4.1.2 and Appendix D.2 for further information). This message is intended to be used for existing PKI entities who wish to obtain additional certificates. See Appendix C and [RFC4211] for CertReqMessages syntax. Alternatively, the PKIBody MAY be a CertificationRequest (this structure is fully specified by the ASN.1 structure CertificationRequest given in [RFC2986], see the profiles defined in [RFCBBBB] Section 4.1.4 for further information). This structure may be required for certificate requests for signing key pairs when interoperation with legacy systems is desired, but its use is strongly discouraged whenever not absolutely necessary. 5.3.4. Certification Response A Certification response message contains as the PKIBody a CertRepMessage data structure, which has a status value for each certificate requested, and optionally has a CA public key, failure information, a subject certificate, and an encrypted private key. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 47] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 CertRepMessage ::= SEQUENCE { caPubs [1] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CMPCertificate OPTIONAL, response SEQUENCE OF CertResponse } CertResponse ::= SEQUENCE { certReqId INTEGER, status PKIStatusInfo, certifiedKeyPair CertifiedKeyPair OPTIONAL, rspInfo OCTET STRING OPTIONAL -- analogous to the id-regInfo-utf8Pairs string defined -- for regInfo in CertReqMsg [RFC4211] } CertifiedKeyPair ::= SEQUENCE { certOrEncCert CertOrEncCert, privateKey [0] EncryptedKey OPTIONAL, -- see [RFC4211] for comment on encoding publicationInfo [1] PKIPublicationInfo OPTIONAL } CertOrEncCert ::= CHOICE { certificate [0] CMPCertificate, encryptedCert [1] EncryptedKey } A p10cr message contains exactly one CertificationRequestInfo data structure as specified in PKCS#10 [RFC2986] but no certReqId. Therefore, the certReqId in the corresponding certification response (cp) message MUST be set to -1. Only one of the failInfo (in PKIStatusInfo) and certificate (in CertifiedKeyPair) fields can be present in each CertResponse (depending on the status). For some status values (e.g., waiting), neither of the optional fields will be present. Given an EncryptedCert and the relevant decryption key, the certificate may be obtained. The purpose of this is to allow a CA to return the value of a certificate, but with the constraint that only the intended recipient can obtain the actual certificate. The benefit of this approach is that a CA may reply with a certificate even in the absence of a proof that the requester is the end entity that can use the relevant private key (note that the proof is not obtained until the certConf message is received by the CA). Thus, the CA will not have to revoke that certificate in the event that something goes wrong with the proof-of-possession (but MAY do so anyway, depending upon policy). Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 48] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 The use of EncryptedKey is described in Section 5.2.2. Note: To indicate support for EnvelopedData the pvno cmp2021 is introduced by this document. Details on the usage of different pvno values are described in Section 7. 5.3.5. Key Update Request Content For key update requests the CertReqMessages syntax is used. Typically, SubjectPublicKeyInfo, KeyId, and Validity are the template fields that may be supplied for each key to be updated (see the profiles defined in [RFCBBBB] Section 4.1.3 and Appendix D.6 for further information). This message is intended to be used to request updates to existing (non-revoked and non-expired) certificates (therefore, it is sometimes referred to as a "Certificate Update" operation). An update is a replacement certificate containing either a new subject public key or the current subject public key (although the latter practice may not be appropriate for some environments). SeeAppendix C and [RFC4211] for CertReqMessages syntax. 5.3.6. Key Update Response Content For key update responses, the CertRepMessage syntax is used. The response is identical to the initialization response. See Section 5.3.4 for CertRepMessage syntax. 5.3.7. Key Recovery Request Content For key recovery requests the syntax used is identical to the initialization request CertReqMessages. Typically, SubjectPublicKeyInfo and KeyId are the template fields that may be used to supply a signature public key for which a certificate is required (see Appendix D profiles for further information). See Appendix C and [RFC4211] for CertReqMessages syntax. Note that if a key history is required, the requester must supply a Protocol Encryption Key control in the request message. 5.3.8. Key Recovery Response Content For key recovery responses, the following syntax is used. For some status values (e.g., waiting) none of the optional fields will be present. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 49] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 KeyRecRepContent ::= SEQUENCE { status PKIStatusInfo, newSigCert [0] Certificate OPTIONAL, caCerts [1] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Certificate OPTIONAL, keyPairHist [2] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CertifiedKeyPair OPTIONAL } 5.3.9. Revocation Request Content When requesting revocation of a certificate (or several certificates), the following data structure is used (see the profiles defined in [RFCBBBB] Section 4.2 for further information). The name of the requester is present in the PKIHeader structure. RevReqContent ::= SEQUENCE OF RevDetails RevDetails ::= SEQUENCE { certDetails CertTemplate, crlEntryDetails Extensions OPTIONAL } 5.3.10. Revocation Response Content The revocation response is the response to the above message. If produced, this is sent to the requester of the revocation. (A separate revocation announcement message MAY be sent to the subject of the certificate for which revocation was requested.) RevRepContent ::= SEQUENCE { status SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF PKIStatusInfo, revCerts [0] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CertId OPTIONAL, crls [1] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CertificateList OPTIONAL } 5.3.11. Cross Certification Request Content Cross certification requests use the same syntax (CertReqMessages) as normal certification requests, with the restriction that the key pair MUST have been generated by the requesting CA and the private key MUST NOT be sent to the responding CA (see the profiles defined in Appendix E.6 for further information). This request MAY also be used by subordinate CAs to get their certificates signed by the parent CA. See Appendix C and [RFC4211] for CertReqMessages syntax. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 50] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 5.3.12. Cross Certification Response Content Cross certification responses use the same syntax (CertRepMessage) as normal certification responses, with the restriction that no encrypted private key can be sent. See Section 5.3.4 for CertRepMessage syntax. 5.3.13. CA Key Update Announcement Content When a CA updates its own key pair, the following data structure MAY be used to announce this event. CAKeyUpdAnnContent ::= SEQUENCE { oldWithNew Certificate, newWithOld Certificate, newWithNew Certificate } 5.3.14. Certificate Announcement This structure MAY be used to announce the existence of certificates. Note that this message is intended to be used for those cases (if any) where there is no pre-existing method for publication of certificates; it is not intended to be used where, for example, X.500 is the method for publication of certificates. CertAnnContent ::= Certificate 5.3.15. Revocation Announcement When a CA has revoked, or is about to revoke, a particular certificate, it MAY issue an announcement of this (possibly upcoming) event. RevAnnContent ::= SEQUENCE { status PKIStatus, certId CertId, willBeRevokedAt GeneralizedTime, badSinceDate GeneralizedTime, crlDetails Extensions OPTIONAL } A CA MAY use such an announcement to warn (or notify) a subject that its certificate is about to be (or has been) revoked. This would typically be used where the request for revocation did not come from the subject concerned. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 51] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 The willBeRevokedAt field contains the time at which a new entry will be added to the relevant CRLs. 5.3.16. CRL Announcement When a CA issues a new CRL (or set of CRLs) the following data structure MAY be used to announce this event. CRLAnnContent ::= SEQUENCE OF CertificateList 5.3.17. PKI Confirmation Content This data structure is used in the protocol exchange as the final PKIMessage. Its content is the same in all cases -- actually there is no content since the PKIHeader carries all the required information. PKIConfirmContent ::= NULL Use of this message for certificate confirmation is NOT RECOMMENDED; certConf SHOULD be used instead. Upon receiving a PKIConfirm for a certificate response, the recipient MAY treat it as a certConf with all certificates being accepted. 5.3.18. Certificate Confirmation Content This data structure is used by the client to send a confirmation to the CA/RA to accept or reject certificates. CertStatus ::= SEQUENCE { certHash OCTET STRING, certReqId INTEGER, statusInfo PKIStatusInfo OPTIONAL, hashAlg [0] AlgorithmIdentifier{DIGEST-ALGORITHM, {...}} OPTIONAL } The hashAlg field SHOULD be used only in exceptional cases where the signatureAlgorithm of the certificate to be confirmed does not specify a hash algorithm in the OID or in the parameters or does not define a hash algorithm to use with CMP, e.g., for EdDSA in [RFCCCCC] Section 3.3). Otherwise, the certHash value SHALL be computed using the same hash algorithm as used to create and verify the certificate signature. If hashAlg is used, the CMP version indicated by the certConf message header must be cmp2021(3). Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 52] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 For any particular CertStatus, omission of the statusInfo field indicates ACCEPTANCE of the specified certificate. Alternatively, explicit status details (with respect to acceptance or rejection) MAY be provided in the statusInfo field, perhaps for auditing purposes at the CA/RA. Within CertConfirmContent, omission of a CertStatus structure corresponding to a certificate supplied in the previous response message indicates REJECTION of the certificate. Thus, an empty CertConfirmContent (a zero-length SEQUENCE) MAY be used to indicate rejection of all supplied certificates. See Section 5.2.8, item (2), for a discussion of the certHash field with respect to proof-of- possession. 5.3.19. PKI General Message Content InfoTypeAndValue ::= SEQUENCE { infoType OBJECT IDENTIFIER, infoValue ANY DEFINED BY infoType OPTIONAL } -- where {id-it} = {id-pkix 4} = {1 3 6 1 5 5 7 4} GenMsgContent ::= SEQUENCE OF InfoTypeAndValue 5.3.19.1. CA Protocol Encryption Certificate This MAY be used by the EE to get a certificate from the CA to use to protect sensitive information during the protocol. GenMsg: {id-it 1}, < absent > GenRep: {id-it 1}, Certificate | < absent > EEs MUST ensure that the correct certificate is used for this purpose. 5.3.19.2. Signing Key Pair Types This MAY be used by the EE to get the list of signature algorithm whose subject public key values the CA is willing to certify. GenMsg: {id-it 2}, < absent > GenRep: {id-it 2}, SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF AlgorithmIdentifier Note: For the purposes of this exchange, rsaEncryption and rsaWithSHA1, for example, are considered to be equivalent; the question being asked is, "Is the CA willing to certify an RSA public key?" Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 53] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Note: In case several EC curves are supported, several id-ecPublicKey elements as defined in RFC 5480 [RFC5480] need to be given, one per named curve. 5.3.19.3. Encryption/Key Agreement Key Pair Types This MAY be used by the client to get the list of encryption/key agreement algorithms whose subject public key values the CA is willing to certify. GenMsg: {id-it 3}, < absent > GenRep: {id-it 3}, SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF AlgorithmIdentifier Note: In case several EC curves are supported, several id-ecPublicKey elements as defined in RFC 5480 [RFC5480] need to be given, one per named curve. 5.3.19.4. Preferred Symmetric Algorithm This MAY be used by the client to get the CA-preferred symmetric encryption algorithm for any confidential information that needs to be exchanged between the EE and the CA (for example, if the EE wants to send its private decryption key to the CA for archival purposes). GenMsg: {id-it 4}, < absent > GenRep: {id-it 4}, AlgorithmIdentifier 5.3.19.5. Updated CA Key Pair This MAY be used by the CA to announce a CA key update event. GenMsg: {id-it 5}, CAKeyUpdAnnContent 5.3.19.6. CRL This MAY be used by the client to get a copy of the latest CRL. GenMsg: {id-it 6}, < absent > GenRep: {id-it 6}, CertificateList 5.3.19.7. Unsupported Object Identifiers This is used by the server to return a list of object identifiers that it does not recognize or support from the list submitted by the client. GenRep: {id-it 7}, SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF OBJECT IDENTIFIER Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 54] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 5.3.19.8. Key Pair Parameters This MAY be used by the EE to request the domain parameters to use for generating the key pair for certain public-key algorithms. It can be used, for example, to request the appropriate P, Q, and G to generate the DH/DSA key, or to request a set of well-known elliptic curves. GenMsg: {id-it 10}, OBJECT IDENTIFIER -- (Algorithm object-id) GenRep: {id-it 11}, AlgorithmIdentifier | < absent > An absent infoValue in the GenRep indicates that the algorithm specified in GenMsg is not supported. EEs MUST ensure that the parameters are acceptable to it and that the GenRep message is authenticated (to avoid substitution attacks). 5.3.19.9. Revocation Passphrase This MAY be used by the EE to send a passphrase to a CA/RA for the purpose of authenticating a later revocation request (in the case that the appropriate signing private key is no longer available to authenticate the request). See Appendix B for further details on the use of this mechanism. GenMsg: {id-it 12}, EncryptedKey GenRep: {id-it 12}, < absent > The use of EncryptedKey is described in Section 5.2.2. 5.3.19.10. ImplicitConfirm See Section 5.1.1.1 for the definition and use of {id-it 13}. 5.3.19.11. ConfirmWaitTime See Section 5.1.1.2 for the definition and use of {id-it 14}. 5.3.19.12. Original PKIMessage See Section 5.1.1.3 for the definition and use of {id-it 15}. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 55] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 5.3.19.13. Supported Language Tags This MAY be used to determine the appropriate language tag to use in subsequent messages. The sender sends its list of supported languages (in order, most preferred to least); the receiver returns the one it wishes to use. (Note: each UTF8String MUST include a language tag.) If none of the offered tags are supported, an error MUST be returned. GenMsg: {id-it 16}, SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF UTF8String GenRep: {id-it 16}, SEQUENCE SIZE (1) OF UTF8String 5.3.19.14. CA Certificates This MAY be used by the client to get CA certificates. GenMsg: {id-it 17}, < absent > GenRep: {id-it 17}, SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CMPCertificate | < absent > 5.3.19.15. Root CA Update This MAY be used by the client to get an update of a root CA certificate, which is provided in the body of the request message. In contrast to the ckuann message this approach follows the request/ response model. GenMsg: {id-it 20}, RootCaCertValue | < absent > GenRep: {id-it 18}, RootCaKeyUpdateContent | < absent > RootCaCertValue ::= CMPCertificate RootCaKeyUpdateValue ::= RootCaKeyUpdateContent RootCaKeyUpdateContent ::= SEQUENCE { newWithNew CMPCertificate, newWithOld [0] CMPCertificate OPTIONAL, oldWithNew [1] CMPCertificate OPTIONAL } Note: In contrast to CAKeyUpdAnnContent, this type offers omitting newWithOld and oldWithNew in the GenRep message, depending on the needs of the EE. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 56] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 5.3.19.16. Certificate Request Template This MAY be used by the client to get a template containing requirements for certificate request attributes and extensions. The controls id-regCtrl-algId and id-regCtrl-rsaKeyLen MAY contain details on the types of subject public keys the CA is willing to certify. The id-regCtrl-algId control MAY be used to identify a cryptographic algorithm, see RFC 5280 Section 4.1.2.7 [RFC5280], other than rsaEncryption. The algorithm field SHALL identify a cryptographic algorithm. The contents of the optional parameters field will vary according to the algorithm identified. For example, when the algorithm is set to id-ecPublicKey, the parameters identify the elliptic curve to be used, see [RFC5480]. Note: The client may specify a profile name in the certProfile field, see Section 5.1.1.4. The id-regCtrl-rsaKeyLen control SHALL be used for algorithm rsaEncryption and SHALL contain the intended modulus bit length of the RSA key. GenMsg: {id-it 19}, < absent > GenRep: {id-it 19}, CertReqTemplateContent | < absent > CertReqTemplateValue ::= CertReqTemplateContent CertReqTemplateContent ::= SEQUENCE { certTemplate CertTemplate, keySpec Controls OPTIONAL } Controls ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF AttributeTypeAndValue id-regCtrl-algId OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) pkip(5) regCtrl(1) 11 } AlgIdCtrl ::= AlgorithmIdentifier{ALGORITHM, {...}} id-regCtrl-rsaKeyLen OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) pkip(5) regCtrl(1) 12 } RsaKeyLenCtrl ::= INTEGER (1..MAX) Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 57] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 The CertReqTemplateValue contains the prefilled certTemplate to be used for a future certificate request. The publicKey field in the certTemplate MUST NOT be used. In case the PKI management entity wishes to specify supported public-key algorithms, the keySpec field MUST be used. One AttributeTypeAndValue per supported algorithm or RSA key length MUST be used. Note: The Controls ASN.1 type is defined in CRMF Section 6 [RFC4211] 5.3.19.17. CRL Update Retrieval This MAY be used by the client to get new CRLs, specifying the source of the CRLs and the thisUpdate value of the latest CRL it already has, if available. A CRL source is given either by a DistributionPointName or the GeneralNames of the issuing CA. The DistributionPointName should be treated as an internal pointer to identify a CRL that the server already has and not as a way to ask the server to fetch CRLs from external locations. The server SHALL provide only those CRLs that are more recent than the ones indicated by the client. GenMsg: {id-it 22}, SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CRLStatus GenRep: {id-it 23}, SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CertificateList | < absent > CRLSource ::= CHOICE { dpn [0] DistributionPointName, issuer [1] GeneralNames } CRLStatus ::= SEQUENCE { source CRLSource, thisUpdate Time OPTIONAL } 5.3.20. PKI General Response Content GenRepContent ::= SEQUENCE OF InfoTypeAndValue Examples of GenReps that MAY be supported include those listed in the subsections of Section 5.3.19. 5.3.21. Error Message Content This data structure MAY be used by EE, CA, or RA to convey error info and by a PKI management entity to initiate delayed delivery of responses. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 58] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 ErrorMsgContent ::= SEQUENCE { pKIStatusInfo PKIStatusInfo, errorCode INTEGER OPTIONAL, errorDetails PKIFreeText OPTIONAL } This message MAY be generated at any time during a PKI transaction. If the client sends this request, the server MUST respond with a PKIConfirm response, or another ErrorMsg if any part of the header is not valid. In case a PKI management entity sends an error message to the EE with the pKIStatusInfo field containing the status "waiting", the EE SHOULD initiate polling as described in Section 5.3.22. If the EE does not initiate polling, both sides MUST treat this message as the end of the transaction (if a transaction is in progress). If protection is desired on the message, the client MUST protect it using the same technique (i.e., signature or MAC) as the starting message of the transaction. The CA MUST always sign it with a signature key. 5.3.22. Polling Request and Response This pair of messages is intended to handle scenarios in which the client needs to poll the server to determine the status of an outstanding response (i.e., when the "waiting" PKIStatus has been received). PollReqContent ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE { certReqId INTEGER } PollRepContent ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE { certReqId INTEGER, checkAfter INTEGER, -- time in seconds reason PKIFreeText OPTIONAL } In response to an ir, cr, p10cr, or kur request message, polling is initiated with an ip, cp, or kup response message containing status "waiting". For any type of request message, polling can be initiated with an error response messages with status "waiting". The following clauses describe how polling messages are used. It is assumed that multiple certConf messages can be sent during transactions. There will be one sent in response to each ip, cp, or kup that contains a CertStatus for an issued certificate. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 59] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 1 In response to an ip, cp, or kup message, an EE will send a certConf for all issued certificates and expect a PKIconf for each certConf. An EE will send a pollReq message in response to each CertResponse element of an ip, cp, or kup message with status "waiting" and in response to an error message with status "waiting". Its certReqId MUST be either the index of a CertResponse data structure with status "waiting" or -1 referring to the complete response. 2 In response to a pollReq, a CA/RA will return an ip, cp, or kup if one or more of still pending requested certificates are ready or the final response to some other type of request is available; otherwise, it will return a pollRep. 3 If the EE receives a pollRep, it will wait for at least the number of seconds given in the checkAfter field before sending another pollReq. 4 If the EE receives an ip, cp, or kup, then it will be treated in the same way as the initial response; if it receives any other response, then this will be treated as the final response to the original request. The following client-side state machine describes polling for individual CertResponse elements. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 60] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 START | v Send ir | ip v Check status of returned <------------------------+ certs | | | +------------------------>|<------------------+ | | | | | | (issued) v (waiting) | | Add to <----------- Check CertResponse ------> Add to | conf list for each certificate pending list | / | / | (conf list) / (empty conf list) | / ip | / +-----------------+ (empty pending list) / | pollRep END <---- Send certConf Send pollReq---------->Wait | ^ ^ | | | | | +-----------------+ +---------------+ (pending list) In the following exchange, the end entity is enrolling for two certificates in one request. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 61] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Step End Entity PKI -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Format ir 2 -> ir -> 3 Handle ir 4 Manual intervention is required for both certs. 5 <- ip <- 6 Process ip 7 Format pollReq 8 -> pollReq -> 9 Check status of cert requests 10 Certificates not ready 11 Format pollRep 12 <- pollRep <- 13 Wait 14 Format pollReq 15 -> pollReq -> 16 Check status of cert requests 17 One certificate is ready 18 Format ip 19 <- ip <- 20 Handle ip 21 Format certConf 22 -> certConf -> 23 Handle certConf 24 Format ack 25 <- pkiConf <- 26 Format pollReq 27 -> pollReq -> 28 Check status of certificate 29 Certificate is ready 30 Format ip 31 <- ip <- 31 Handle ip 32 Format certConf 33 -> certConf -> 34 Handle certConf 35 Format ack 36 <- pkiConf <- The following client-side state machine describes polling for a complete response message. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 62] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Start | | Send request | +----------- Receive response ------------+ | | | ip/cp/kup/error with | other | status "waiting" | response | | v | +------> Polling | | | | | | Send pollReq | | | Receive response | | | | | pollRep | other response | +-----------+------------------->+<-------------------+ | v Handle response | v End In the following exchange, the end entity is sending a general message request, and the response is delayed by the server. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 63] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Step End Entity PKI -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Format genm 2 -> genm -> 3 Handle genm 4 delay in response is necessary 5 Format error message "waiting" with certReqId set to -1 6 <- error <- 7 Process error 8 Format pollReq 9 -> pollReq -> 10 Check status of original request general message response not ready 11 Format pollRep 12 <- pollRep <- 13 Wait 14 Format pollReq 15 -> pollReq -> 16 Check status of original request general message response is ready 17 Format genp 18 <- genp <- 19 Handle genp 6. Mandatory PKI Management Functions Some of the PKI management functions outlined in Section 3.1 above are described in this section. This section deals with functions that are "mandatory" in the sense that all end entity and CA/RA implementations MUST be able to provide the functionality described. This part is effectively the profile of the PKI management functionality that MUST be supported. Note, however, that the management functions described in this section do not need to be accomplished using the PKI messages defined in Section 5 if alternate means are suitable for a given environment (see [RFCBBBB] Section 7 and Appendix D for profiles of the PKIMessages that MUST be supported). 6.1. Root CA Initialization [See Section 3.1.1.2 for this document's definition of "root CA".] A newly created root CA must produce a "self-certificate", which is a Certificate structure with the profile defined for the "newWithNew" certificate issued following a root CA key update. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 64] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 In order to make the CA's self certificate useful to end entities that do not acquire the self certificate via "out-of-band" means, the CA must also produce a fingerprint for its certificate. End entities that acquire this fingerprint securely via some "out-of-band" means can then verify the CA's self-certificate and, hence, the other attributes contained therein. The data structure used to carry the fingerprint is the OOBCertHash, see Section 5.2.5. 6.2. Root CA Key Update CA keys (as all other keys) have a finite lifetime and will have to be updated on a periodic basis. The certificates NewWithNew, NewWithOld, and OldWithNew (see Section 4.4.1) MAY be issued by the CA to aid existing end entities who hold the current self-signed CA certificate (OldWithOld) to transition securely to the new self- signed CA certificate (NewWithNew), and to aid new end entities who will hold NewWithNew to acquire OldWithOld securely for verification of existing data. 6.3. Subordinate CA Initialization [See Section 3.1.1.2 for this document's definition of "subordinate CA".] From the perspective of PKI management protocols, the initialization of a subordinate CA is the same as the initialization of an end entity. The only difference is that the subordinate CA must also produce an initial revocation list. 6.4. CRL production Before issuing any certificates, a newly established CA (which issues CRLs) must produce "empty" versions of each CRL which are to be periodically produced. 6.5. PKI Information Request When a PKI entity (CA, RA, or EE) wishes to acquire information about the current status of a CA, it MAY send that CA a request for such information. The CA MUST respond to the request by providing (at least) all of the information requested by the requester. If some of the information cannot be provided, then an error must be conveyed to the requester. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 65] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 If PKIMessages are used to request and supply this PKI information, then the request MUST be the GenMsg message, the response MUST be the GenRep message, and the error MUST be the Error message. These messages are protected using a MAC based on shared secret information (i.e., password-based MAC, see CMP Algorithms [RFCCCCC] Section 6.1) or a signature(if the end entity has an existing certificate). 6.6. Cross Certification The requester CA is the CA that will become the subject of the cross- certificate; the responder CA will become the issuer of the cross- certificate. The requester CA must be "up and running" before initiating the cross-certification operation. 6.6.1. One-Way Request-Response Scheme: The cross-certification scheme is essentially a one way operation; that is, when successful, this operation results in the creation of one new cross-certificate. If the requirement is that cross- certificates be created in "both directions", then each CA, in turn, must initiate a cross-certification operation (or use another scheme). This scheme is suitable where the two CAs in question can already verify each other's signatures (they have some common points of trust) or where there is an out-of-band verification of the origin of the certification request. Detailed Description: Cross certification is initiated at one CA known as the responder. The CA administrator for the responder identifies the CA it wants to cross certify and the responder CA equipment generates an authorization code. The responder CA administrator passes this authorization code by out-of-band means to the requester CA administrator. The requester CA administrator enters the authorization code at the requester CA in order to initiate the on- line exchange. The authorization code is used for authentication and integrity purposes. This is done by generating a symmetric key based on the authorization code and using the symmetric key for generating Message Authentication Codes (MACs) on all messages exchanged. (Authentication may alternatively be done using signatures instead of MACs, if the CAs are able to retrieve and validate the required public keys by some means, such as an out-of-band hash comparison.) Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 66] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 The requester CA initiates the exchange by generating a cross- certification request (ccr) with a fresh random number (requester random number). The requester CA then sends the ccr message to the responder CA. The fields in this message are protected from modification with a MAC based on the authorization code. Upon receipt of the ccr message, the responder CA validates the message and the MAC, saves the requester random number, and generates its own random number (responder random number). It then generates (and archives, if desired) a new requester certificate that contains the requester CA public key and is signed with the responder CA signature private key. The responder CA responds with the cross certification response (ccp) message. The fields in this message are protected from modification with a MAC based on the authorization code. Upon receipt of the ccp message, the requester CA validates the message (including the received random numbers) and the MAC. The requester CA responds with the certConf message. The fields in this message are protected from modification with a MAC based on the authorization code. The requester CA MAY write the requester certificate to the Repository as an aid to later certificate path construction. Upon receipt of the certConf message, the responder CA validates the message and the MAC, and sends back an acknowledgement using the PKIConfirm message. It MAY also publish the requester certificate as an aid to later path construction. Notes: 1. The ccr message must contain a "complete" certification request; that is, all fields except the serial number (including, e.g., a BasicConstraints extension) must be specified by the requester CA. 2. The ccp message SHOULD contain the verification certificate of the responder CA; if present, the requester CA must then verify this certificate (for example, via the "out-of-band" mechanism). (A simpler, non-interactive model of cross-certification may also be envisioned, in which the issuing CA acquires the subject CA's public key from some repository, verifies it via some out-of-band mechanism, and creates and publishes the cross-certificate without the subject CA's explicit involvement. This model may be perfectly legitimate for many environments, but since it does not require any protocol message exchanges, its detailed description is outside the scope of this specification.) Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 67] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 6.7. End Entity Initialization As with CAs, end entities must be initialized. Initialization of end entities requires at least two steps: * acquisition of PKI information * out-of-band verification of one root-CA public key (other possible steps include the retrieval of trust condition information and/or out-of-band verification of other CA public keys). 6.7.1. Acquisition of PKI Information The information REQUIRED is: * the current root-CA public key * (if the certifying CA is not a root-CA) the certification path from the root CA to the certifying CA together with appropriate revocation lists * the algorithms and algorithm parameters that the certifying CA supports for each relevant usage Additional information could be required (e.g., supported extensions or CA policy information) in order to produce a certification request that will be successful. However, for simplicity we do not mandate that the end entity acquires this information via the PKI messages. The end result is simply that some certification requests may fail (e.g., if the end entity wants to generate its own encryption key, but the CA doesn't allow that). The required information MAY be acquired as described in Section 6.5. 6.7.2. Out-of-Band Verification of Root-CA Key An end entity must securely possess the public key of its root CA. One method to achieve this is to provide the end entity with the CA's self-certificate fingerprint via some secure "out-of-band" means. The end entity can then securely use the CA's self-certificate. See Section 6.1 for further details. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 68] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 6.8. Certificate Request An initialized end entity MAY request an additional certificate at any time (for any purpose). This request will be made using the certification request (cr) message. If the end entity already possesses a signing key pair (with a corresponding verification certificate), then this cr message will typically be protected by the entity's digital signature. The CA returns the new certificate (if the request is successful) in a CertRepMessage. 6.9. Key Update When a key pair is due to expire, the relevant end entity MAY request a key update; that is, it MAY request that the CA issue a new certificate for a new key pair (or, in certain circumstances, a new certificate for the same key pair). The request is made using a key update request (kur) message (referred to, in some environments, as a "Certificate Update" operation). If the end entity already possesses a signing key pair (with a corresponding verification certificate), then this message will typically be protected by the entity's digital signature. The CA returns the new certificate (if the request is successful) in a key update response (kup) message, which is syntactically identical to a CertRepMessage. 7. Version Negotiation This section defines the version negotiation used to support older protocols between client and servers. If a client knows the protocol version(s) supported by the server (e.g., from a previous PKIMessage exchange or via some out-of-band means), then it MUST send a PKIMessage with the highest version supported by both it and the server. If a client does not know what version(s) the server supports, then it MUST send a PKIMessage using the highest version it supports, with the following exception. Version cmp2021 SHOULD only be used if cmp2021 syntax is needed for the request being sent or for the expected response. Note: Using cmp2000 as the default pvno is done to avoid extra message exchanges for version negotiation and to foster compatibility with cmp2000 implementations. Version cmp2021 syntax is only needed if a message exchange uses hashAlg (in CertStatus) or EnvelopedData. If a server receives a message with a version that it supports, then the version of the response message MUST be the same as the received version. If a server receives a message with a version higher or lower than it supports, then it MUST send back an ErrorMsg with the unsupportedVersion bit set (in the failureInfo field of the Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 69] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 pKIStatusInfo). If the received version is higher than the highest supported version, then the version in the error message MUST be the highest version the server supports; if the received version is lower than the lowest supported version then the version in the error message MUST be the lowest version the server supports. If a client gets back an ErrorMsgContent with the unsupportedVersion bit set and a version it supports, then it MAY retry the request with that version. 7.1. Supporting RFC 2510 Implementations RFC 2510 did not specify the behaviour of implementations receiving versions they did not understand since there was only one version in existence. With the introduction of the revision in [RFC4210], the following versioning behaviour is recommended. 7.1.1. Clients Talking to RFC 2510 Servers If, after sending a message with a protocol version number higher than cmp1999, a client receives an ErrorMsgContent with a version of cmp1999, then it MUST abort the current transaction. If a client receives a non-error PKIMessage with a version of cmp1999, then it MAY decide to continue the transaction (if the transaction hasn't finished) using RFC 2510 semantics. If it does not choose to do so and the transaction is not finished, then it MUST abort the transaction and send an ErrorMsgContent with a version of cmp1999. 7.1.2. Servers Receiving Version cmp1999 PKIMessages If a server receives a version cmp1999 message it MAY revert to RFC 2510 behaviour and respond with version cmp1999 messages. If it does not choose to do so, then it MUST send back an ErrorMsgContent as described above in Section 7. 8. Security Considerations 8.1. Proof-Of-Possession with a Decryption Key Some cryptographic considerations are worth explicitly spelling out. In the protocols specified above, when an end entity is required to prove possession of a decryption key, it is effectively challenged to decrypt something (its own certificate). This scheme (and many others!) could be vulnerable to an attack if the possessor of the decryption key in question could be fooled into decrypting an arbitrary challenge and returning the cleartext to an attacker. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 70] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Although in this specification a number of other failures in security are required in order for this attack to succeed, it is conceivable that some future services (e.g., notary, trusted time) could potentially be vulnerable to such attacks. For this reason, we re- iterate the general rule that implementations should be very careful about decrypting arbitrary "ciphertext" and revealing recovered "plaintext" since such a practice can lead to serious security vulnerabilities. 8.2. Proof-Of-Possession by Exposing the Private Key Note also that exposing a private key to the CA/RA as a proof-of- possession technique can carry some security risks (depending upon whether or not the CA/RA can be trusted to handle such material appropriately). Implementers are advised to: Exercise caution in selecting and using this particular POP mechanism When appropriate, have the user of the application explicitly state that they are willing to trust the CA/RA to have a copy of their private key before proceeding to reveal the private key. 8.3. Attack Against Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange A small subgroup attack during a Diffie-Hellman key exchange may be carried out as follows. A malicious end entity may deliberately choose D-H parameters that enable him/her to derive (a significant number of bits of) the D-H private key of the CA during a key archival or key recovery operation. Armed with this knowledge, the EE would then be able to retrieve the decryption private key of another unsuspecting end entity, EE2, during EE2's legitimate key archival or key recovery operation with that CA. In order to avoid the possibility of such an attack, two courses of action are available. (1) The CA may generate a fresh D-H key pair to be used as a protocol encryption key pair for each EE with which it interacts. (2) The CA may enter into a key validation protocol (not specified in this document) with each requesting end entity to ensure that the EE's protocol encryption key pair will not facilitate this attack. Option (1) is clearly simpler (requiring no extra protocol exchanges from either party) and is therefore RECOMMENDED. 8.4. Private Keys for Certificate Signing and CMP Message Protection A CA should not reuse its certificate signing key for other purposes such as protecting CMP responses and TLS connections. This way, exposure to other parts of the system and the number of uses of this particularly critical key is reduced to a minimum. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 71] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 8.5. Entropy of Random Numbers, Key Pairs, and Shared Secret Information Implementations must generate nonces and private keys from random input. The use of inadequate pseudo-random number generators (PRNGs) to generate cryptographic keys can result in little or no security. An attacker may find it much easier to reproduce the PRNG environment that produced the keys and to search the resulting small set of possibilities than brute-force searching the whole key space. As an example of predictable random numbers see [CVE-2008-0166]; consequences of low-entropy random numbers are discussed in Mining Your Ps and Qs [MiningPsQs]. The generation of quality random numbers is difficult. ISO/IEC 20543:2019 [ISO.20543-2019], NIST SP 800-90A Rev.1 [NIST_SP_800_90Ar1], BSI AIS 31 V2.0 [AIS31], and others offer valuable guidance in this area. If shared secret information is generated by a cryptographically secure random-number generator (CSRNG) it is safe to assume that the entropy of the shared secret information equals its bit length. If no CSRNG is used, the entropy of a shared secret information depends on the details of the generation process and cannot be measured securely after it has been generated. If user-generated passwords are used as shared secret information, their entropy cannot be measured and are typically insufficient for protected delivery of centrally generated keys or trust anchors. If the entropy of a shared secret information protecting the delivery of a centrally generated key pair is known, it should not be less than the security strength of that key pair; if the shared secret information is re-used for different key pairs, the security of the shared secret information should exceed the security strength of each individual key pair. For the case of a PKI management operation that delivers a new trust anchor (e.g., a root CA certificate) using caPubs or genm (a) that is not concluded in a timely manner or (b) where the shared secret information is re-used for several key management operations, the entropy of the shared secret information, if known, should not be less than the security strength of the trust anchor being managed by the operation. The shared secret information should have an entropy that at least matches the security strength of the key material being managed by the operation. Certain use cases may require shared secret information that may be of a low security strength, e.g., a human generated password. It is RECOMMENDED that such secret information be limited to a single PKI management operation. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 72] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Importantly for this section further information about algorithm use profiles and their security strength is available in CMP Algorithms [RFCCCC] Section 7. 8.6. Trust Anchor Provisioning Using CMP Messages A provider of trust anchors, which may be an RA involved in configuration management of its clients, MUST NOT include to-be- trusted CA certificates in a CMP message unless the specific deployment scenario can ensure that it is adequate that the receiving EE trusts these certificates, e.g., by loading them into its trust store. Whenever an EE receives in a CMP message, e.g., in the caPubs field of a certificate response or in a general response (genp), a CA certificate for use as a trust anchor, it MUST properly authenticate the message sender with existing trust anchors without requiring new trust anchors included in the message. Additionally, the EE MUST verify that the sender is an authorized source of trust anchors. This authorization is governed by local policy and typically indicated using shared secret information or with a signature-based message protection using a certificate issued by a PKI that is explicitly authorized for this purpose. 8.7. Authorizing Requests for Certificates with Specific EKUs When a CA issues a certificate containing extended key usage extensions as defined in Section 4.5, this expresses delegation of an authorization that originally is only with the CA certificate itself. Such delegation is a very sensitive action in a PKI and therefore special care must be taken when approving such certificate requests to ensure that only legitimate entities receive a certificate containing such an EKU. 9. IANA Considerations The IANA has already registered what is specified in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA]. No further action by the IANA is necessary for this document or any anticipated updates. 10. Acknowledgements The authors of this document wish to thank Carlisle Adams, Stephen Farrell, Tomi Kause, and Tero Mononen, the original authors of [RFC4210], for their work. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 73] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 We also thank all reviewers of this document for their valuable feedback. 11. References 11.1. 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, . [RFC2985] Nystrom, M. and B. Kaliski, "PKCS #9: Selected Object Classes and Attribute Types Version 2.0", RFC 2985, DOI 10.17487/RFC2985, November 2000, . [RFC2986] Nystrom, M. and B. Kaliski, "PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Specification Version 1.7", RFC 2986, DOI 10.17487/RFC2986, November 2000, . [RFC3629] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646", STD 63, RFC 3629, DOI 10.17487/RFC3629, November 2003, . [RFC4211] Schaad, J., "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF)", RFC 4211, DOI 10.17487/RFC4211, September 2005, . [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, . [RFC5480] Turner, S., Brown, D., Yiu, K., Housley, R., and T. Polk, "Elliptic Curve Cryptography Subject Public Key Information", RFC 5480, DOI 10.17487/RFC5480, March 2009, . [RFC5652] Housley, R., "Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)", STD 70, RFC 5652, DOI 10.17487/RFC5652, September 2009, . Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 74] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 [RFC5958] Turner, S., "Asymmetric Key Packages", RFC 5958, DOI 10.17487/RFC5958, August 2010, . [RFC6402] Schaad, J., "Certificate Management over CMS (CMC) Updates", RFC 6402, DOI 10.17487/RFC6402, November 2011, . [RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017, . [RFC8933] Housley, R., "Update to the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) for Algorithm Identifier Protection", RFC 8933, DOI 10.17487/RFC8933, October 2020, . [ITU.X509.2000] International Telecommunications Union, "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks", ITU-T Recommendation X.509, ISO Standard 9594-8, March 2000. [I-D.ietf-lamps-cmp-algorithms] Brockhaus, H., Aschauer, H., Ounsworth, M., and J. Gray, "Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) Algorithms", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lamps-cmp- algorithms-15, 2 June 2022, . [MvOV97] Menezes, A., van Oorschot, P., and S. Vanstone, "Handbook of Applied Cryptography", CRC Press ISBN 0-8493-8523-7, 1996. 11.2. Informative References [I-D.ietf-lamps-cmp-updates] Brockhaus, H., Oheimb, D. V., and J. Gray, "Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) Updates", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lamps-cmp-updates-23, 29 June 2022, . [I-D.ietf-lamps-lightweight-cmp-profile] Brockhaus, H., Oheimb, D. V., and S. Fries, "Lightweight Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) Profile", Work in Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 75] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lamps-lightweight- cmp-profile-13, 8 July 2022, . [I-D.ietf-ace-cmpv2-coap-transport] Sahni, M. and S. Tripathi, "CoAP Transfer for the Certificate Management Protocol", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-ace-cmpv2-coap-transport-04, 8 November 2021, . [I-D.ietf-lamps-rfc6712bis] Brockhaus, H., Oheimb, D. V., Ounsworth, M., and J. Gray, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure -- HTTP Transfer for the Certificate Management Protocol (CMP)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lamps-rfc6712bis-01, 11 August 2022, . [RFC1847] Galvin, J., Murphy, S., Crocker, S., and N. Freed, "Security Multiparts for MIME: Multipart/Signed and Multipart/Encrypted", RFC 1847, DOI 10.17487/RFC1847, October 1995, . [RFC2510] Adams, C. and S. Farrell, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocols", RFC 2510, DOI 10.17487/RFC2510, March 1999, . [RFC4210] Adams, C., Farrell, S., Kause, T., and T. Mononen, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocol (CMP)", RFC 4210, DOI 10.17487/RFC4210, September 2005, . [RFC4510] Zeilenga, K., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map", RFC 4510, DOI 10.17487/RFC4510, June 2006, . [RFC5912] Hoffman, P. and J. Schaad, "New ASN.1 Modules for the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)", RFC 5912, DOI 10.17487/RFC5912, June 2010, . Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 76] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 [IEEE_802.1AR_2018] IEEE, "IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Secure Device Identity", IEEE 802-1ar-2018, IEEE 802-1ar®-2018, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2018.8423794, 31 July 2018, . [NIST_SP_800_90Ar1] Barker, E. B., Kelsey, J. M., and NIST, "Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators", NIST Special Publications (General) 800-90Ar1, DOI 10.6028/NIST.SP.800-90Ar1, June 2015, . [CVE-2008-0166] National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), "National Vulnerability Database - CVE-2008-0166", 13 May 2008, . [MiningPsQs] Security'12: Proceedings of the 21st USENIX conference on Security symposium, Heninger, N., Durumeric, Z., Wustrow, E., and J. A. Halderman, "Mining Your Ps and Qs: Detection of Widespread Weak Keys in Network Devices", August 2012, . [ISO.20543-2019] International Organization for Standardization (ISO), "Information technology -- Security techniques -- Test and analysis methods for random bit generators within ISO/IEC 19790 and ISO/IEC 15408", ISO Draft Standard 20543-2019, October 2019. [AIS31] Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI), Killmann, W., and W. Schindler, "A proposal for: Functionality classes for random number generators, version 2.0", 18 September 2011, . Appendix A. Reasons for the Presence of RAs The reasons that justify the presence of an RA can be split into those that are due to technical factors and those which are organizational in nature. Technical reasons include the following. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 77] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 * If hardware tokens are in use, then not all end entities will have the equipment needed to initialize these; the RA equipment can include the necessary functionality (this may also be a matter of policy). * Some end entities may not have the capability to publish certificates; again, the RA may be suitably placed for this. * The RA will be able to issue signed revocation requests on behalf of end entities associated with it, whereas the end entity may not be able to do this (if the key pair is completely lost). Some of the organizational reasons that argue for the presence of an RA are the following. * It may be more cost effective to concentrate functionality in the RA equipment than to supply functionality to all end entities (especially if special token initialization equipment is to be used). * Establishing RAs within an organization can reduce the number of CAs required, which is sometimes desirable. * RAs may be better placed to identify people with their "electronic" names, especially if the CA is physically remote from the end entity. * For many applications, there will already be in place some administrative structure so that candidates for the role of RA are easy to find (which may not be true of the CA). Further reasons relevant for automated machine-to-machine certificate lifecycle management are available in the Lightweight CMP Profile [RFCBBBB]. Appendix B. The Use of Revocation Passphrase A revocation request must incorporate suitable security mechanisms, including proper authentication, in order to reduce the probability of successful denial-of-service attacks. A digital signature on the request -- REQUIRED to support within this specification if revocation requests are supported -- can provide the authentication required, but there are circumstances under which an alternative mechanism may be desirable (e.g., when the private key is no longer accessible and the entity wishes to request a revocation prior to re- certification of another key pair). In order to accommodate such circumstances, a password-based MAC, see CMP Algorithms [RFCCCCC] Section 6.1, on the request is also REQUIRED to support within this Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 78] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 specification (subject to local security policy for a given environment) if revocation requests are supported and if shared secret information can be established between the requester and the responder prior to the need for revocation. A mechanism that has seen use in some environments is "revocation passphrase", in which a value of sufficient entropy (i.e., a relatively long passphrase rather than a short password) is shared between (only) the entity and the CA/RA at some point prior to revocation; this value is later used to authenticate the revocation request. In this specification, the following technique to establish shared secret information (i.e., a revocation passphrase) is OPTIONAL to support. Its precise use in CMP messages is as follows. * The OID and value specified in Section 5.3.19.9 MAY be sent in a GenMsg message at any time, or MAY be sent in the generalInfo field of the PKIHeader of any PKIMessage at any time. (In particular, the EncryptedKey structure as described in Section 5.2.2 may be sent in the header of the certConf message that confirms acceptance of certificates requested in an initialization request or certificate request message.) This conveys a revocation passphrase chosen by the entity to the relevant CA/RA. When EnvelopedData is used, this is in the decrypted bytes of encryptedContent field. When EncryptedValue is used, this is in the decrypted bytes of the encValue field. Furthermore, the transfer is accomplished with appropriate confidentiality characteristics. * If a CA/RA receives the revocation passphrase (OID and value specified in Section 5.3.19.9) in a GenMsg, it MUST construct and send a GenRep message that includes the OID (with absent value) specified in Section 5.3.19.9. If the CA/RA receives the revocation passphrase in the generalInfo field of a PKIHeader of any PKIMessage, it MUST include the OID (with absent value) in the generalInfo field of the PKIHeader of the corresponding response PKIMessage. If the CA/RA is unable to return the appropriate response message for any reason, it MUST send an error message with a status of "rejection" and, optionally, a failInfo reason set. * Either the localKeyId attribute of EnvelopedData as specified in RFC 2985 [RFC2985] or the valueHint field of EncryptedValue MAY contain a key identifier (chosen by the entity, along with the passphrase itself) to assist in later retrieval of the correct passphrase (e.g., when the revocation request is constructed by the entity and received by the CA/RA). Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 79] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 * The revocation request message is protected by a password-based MAC, see CMP Algorithms [RFCCCCC] Section 6.1, with the revocation passphrase as the key. If appropriate, the senderKID field in the PKIHeader MAY contain the value previously transmitted in valueHint. Using the technique specified above, the revocation passphrase may be initially established and updated at any time without requiring extra messages or out-of-band exchanges. For example, the revocation request message itself (protected and authenticated through a MAC that uses the revocation passphrase as a key) may contain, in the PKIHeader, a new revocation passphrase to be used for authenticating future revocation requests for any of the entity's other certificates. In some environments this may be preferable to mechanisms that reveal the passphrase in the revocation request message, since this can allow a denial-of-service attack in which the revealed passphrase is used by an unauthorized third party to authenticate revocation requests on the entity's other certificates. However, because the passphrase is not revealed in the request message, there is no requirement that the passphrase must always be updated when a revocation request is made (that is, the same passphrase MAY be used by an entity to authenticate revocation requests for different certificates at different times). Furthermore, the above technique can provide strong cryptographic protection over the entire revocation request message even when a digital signature is not used. Techniques that do authentication of the revocation request by simply revealing the revocation passphrase typically do not provide cryptographic protection over the fields of the request message (so that a request for revocation of one certificate may be modified by an unauthorized third party to a request for revocation of another certificate for that entity). Appendix C. Request Message Behavioral Clarifications < ToDo: This appendix needs more detailed review to decide if something needs to be changed. > In the case of updates to [RFC4211], which cause interpretation or interoperability issues, [RFC4211] SHALL be the normative document. The following definitions are from [RFC4211]. They are included here in order to codify behavioral clarifications to that request message; otherwise, all syntax and semantics are identical to [RFC4211]. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 80] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 CertRequest ::= SEQUENCE { certReqId INTEGER, certTemplate CertTemplate, controls Controls OPTIONAL } -- If certTemplate is an empty SEQUENCE (i.e., all fields -- omitted), then controls MAY contain the -- id-regCtrl-altCertTemplate control, specifying a template -- for a certificate other than an X.509v3 public-key -- certificate. Conversely, if certTemplate is not empty -- (i.e., at least one field is present), then controls MUST -- NOT contain id-regCtrl-altCertTemplate. The new control is -- defined as follows: id-regCtrl-altCertTemplate OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-regCtrl 7} AltCertTemplate ::= AttributeTypeAndValue POPOSigningKey ::= SEQUENCE { poposkInput [0] POPOSigningKeyInput OPTIONAL, algorithmIdentifier AlgorithmIdentifier, signature BIT STRING } -- ********** -- * For the purposes of this specification, the ASN.1 comment -- * given in [RFC4211] pertains not only to certTemplate, but -- * also to the altCertTemplate control. -- ********** -- * The signature (using "algorithmIdentifier") is on the -- * DER-encoded value of poposkInput (i.e., the "value" OCTETs -- * of the POPOSigningKeyInput DER). NOTE: If CertReqMsg -- * certReq certTemplate (or the altCertTemplate control) -- * contains the subject and publicKey values, then poposkInput -- * MUST be omitted and the signature MUST be computed on the -- * DER-encoded value of CertReqMsg certReq (or the DER- -- * encoded value of AltCertTemplate). If -- * certTemplate/altCertTemplate does not contain both the -- * subject and public key values (i.e., if it contains only -- * one of these, or neither), then poposkInput MUST be present -- * and MUST be signed. -- ********** POPOPrivKey ::= CHOICE { thisMessage [0] BIT STRING, -- ********** -- * the type of "thisMessage" is given as BIT STRING in RFC 4211 -- * [RFC4211]; it should be "EncryptedKey" (in accordance with -- * Section 5.2.2 of this specification). Therefore, this -- * document makes the behavioral clarification of specifying Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 81] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- * that the contents of "thisMessage" MUST be encoded either as -- * "EnvelopedData" or "EncryptedValue" (only for backward -- * compatibility) and then wrapped in a BIT STRING. This -- * allows the necessary conveyance and protection of the -- * private key while maintaining bits-on-the-wire compatibility -- * with RFC4210 and [RFCAAAA]. -- ********** subsequentMessage [1] SubsequentMessage, dhMAC [2] BIT STRING } Appendix D. PKI Management Message Profiles (REQUIRED) This appendix contains detailed profiles for those PKIMessages that MUST be supported by conforming implementations (see Section 6). Note: Appendix D and E focus on PKI management operations managing certificates for human end entities. In contrast, the Lightweight CMP Profile [RFCBBBB] focuses on typical use cases of industrial and IoT scenarios supporting highly automated certificate lifecycle management scenarios. Profiles for the PKIMessages used in the following PKI management operations are provided: * initial registration/certification * basic authenticated scheme * certificate request * key update D.1. General Rules for Interpretation of These Profiles. 1. Where OPTIONAL or DEFAULT fields are not mentioned in individual profiles, they SHOULD be absent from the relevant message (i.e., a receiver can validly reject a message containing such fields as being syntactically incorrect). Mandatory fields are not mentioned if they have an obvious value (e.g., if not explicitly stated, pvno is cmp2000(2)). 2. Where structures occur in more than one message, they are separately profiled as appropriate. 3. The algorithmIdentifiers from PKIMessage structures are profiled separately. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 82] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 4. A "special" X.500 DN is called the "NULL-DN"; this means a DN containing a zero-length SEQUENCE OF RelativeDistinguishedNames (its DER encoding is then '3000'H). 5. Where a GeneralName is required for a field, but no suitable value is available (e.g., an end entity produces a request before knowing its name), then the GeneralName is to be an X.500 NULL-DN (i.e., the Name field of the CHOICE is to contain a NULL-DN). This special value can be called a "NULL-GeneralName". 6. Where a profile omits to specify the value for a GeneralName, then the NULL-GeneralName value is to be present in the relevant PKIMessage field. This occurs with the sender field of the PKIHeader for some messages. 7. Where any ambiguity arises due to naming of fields, the profile names these using a "dot" notation (e.g., "certTemplate.subject" means the subject field within a field called certTemplate). 8. Where a "SEQUENCE OF types" is part of a message, a zero-based array notation is used to describe fields within the SEQUENCE OF (e.g., crm[0].certReq.certTemplate.subject refers to a subfield of the first CertReqMsg contained in a request message). 9. All PKI message exchanges in Appendix D.4 to D.6 require a certConf message to be sent by the initiating entity and a PKIConfirm to be sent by the responding entity. The PKIConfirm is not included in some of the profiles given since its body is NULL and its header contents are clear from the context. Any authenticated means can be used for the protectionAlg (e.g., password-based MAC, if shared secret information is known, or signature). D.2. Algorithm Use Profile For specifications of algorithm identifiers and respective conventions for conforming implementations, please refer to CMP Algorithms Appendix 7.1 [RFCCCCC]. D.3. Proof-of-Possession Profile POP fields for use (in signature field of pop field of ProofOfPossession structure) when proving possession of a private signing key that corresponds to a public verification key for which a certificate has been requested. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 83] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Field Value Comment algorithmIdentifier MSG_SIG_ALG only signature protection is allowed for this proof signature present bits calculated using MSG_SIG_ALG Note: For examples of MSG_SIG_ALG OIDs see CMP Algorithms Section 3 [RFCCCCC]. Proof-of-possession of a private decryption key that corresponds to a public encryption key for which a certificate has been requested does not use this profile; the CertHash field of the certConf message is used instead. Not every CA/RA will do Proof-of-Possession (of signing key, decryption key, or key agreement key) in the PKIX-CMP in-band certification request protocol (how POP is done MAY ultimately be a policy issue that is made explicit for any given CA in its publicized Policy OID and Certification Practice Statement). However, this specification mandates that CA/RA entities MUST do POP (by some means) as part of the certification process. All end entities MUST be prepared to provide POP (i.e., these components of the PKIX-CMP protocol MUST be supported). D.4. Initial Registration/Certification (Basic Authenticated Scheme) An (uninitialized) end entity requests a (first) certificate from a CA. When the CA responds with a message containing a certificate, the end entity replies with a certificate confirmation. The CA sends a PKIConfirm back, closing the transaction. All messages are authenticated. This scheme allows the end entity to request certification of a locally-generated public key (typically a signature key). The end entity MAY also choose to request the centralized generation and certification of another key pair (typically an encryption key pair). Certification may only be requested for one locally generated public key (for more, use separate PKIMessages). The end entity MUST support proof-of-possession of the private key associated with the locally-generated public key. Preconditions: 1. The end entity can authenticate the CA's signature based on out- of-band means Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 84] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 2. The end entity and the CA share a symmetric MACing key Message flow: Step# End entity PKI 1 format ir 2 -> ir -> 3 handle ir 4 format ip 5 <- ip <- 6 handle ip 7 format certConf 8 -> certConf -> 9 handle certConf 10 format PKIConf 11 <- PKIConf <- 12 handle PKIConf For this profile, we mandate that the end entity MUST include all (i.e., one or two) CertReqMsg in a single PKIMessage, and that the PKI (CA) MUST produce a single response PKIMessage that contains the complete response (i.e., including the OPTIONAL second key pair, if it was requested and if centralized key generation is supported). For simplicity, we also mandate that this message MUST be the final one (i.e., no use of "waiting" status value). The end entity has an out-of-band interaction with the CA/RA. This transaction established the shared secret, the referenceNumber and OPTIONALLY the distinguished name used for both sender and subject name in the certificate template. See Section 8.5 for security considerations on quality of shared secret information. Initialization Request -- ir Field Value recipient CA name -- the name of the CA who is being asked to produce a certificate protectionAlg MSG_MAC_ALG -- only MAC protection is allowed for this request, based -- on initial authentication key senderKID referenceNum -- the reference number which the CA has previously issued -- to the end entity (together with the MACing key) transactionID present -- implementation-specific value, meaningful to end -- entity. -- [If already in use at the CA, then a rejection message MUST Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 85] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- be produced by the CA] senderNonce present -- 128 (pseudo-)random bits freeText any valid value body ir (CertReqMessages) only one or two CertReqMsg are allowed -- if more certificates are required, requests MUST be -- packaged in separate PKIMessages CertReqMsg one or two present -- see below for details, note: crm[0] means the first -- (which MUST be present), crm[1] means the second (which -- is OPTIONAL, and used to ask for a centrally-generated key) crm[0].certReq. fixed value of zero certReqId -- this is the index of the template within the message crm[0].certReq present certTemplate -- MUST include subject public key value, otherwise unconstrained crm[0].pop... optionally present if public key POPOSigningKey from crm[0].certReq.certTemplate is a signing key -- proof-of-possession MAY be required in this exchange -- (see Appendix D.3 for details) crm[0].certReq. optionally present controls.archiveOptions -- the end entity MAY request that the locally-generated -- private key be archived crm[0].certReq. optionally present controls.publicationInfo -- the end entity MAY ask for publication of resulting cert. crm[1].certReq fixed value of one certReqId -- the index of the template within the message crm[1].certReq present certTemplate -- MUST NOT include actual public key bits, otherwise -- unconstrained (e.g., the names need not be the same as in -- crm[0]). Note that subjectPublicKeyInfo MAY be present -- and contain an AlgorithmIdentifier followed by a -- zero-length BIT STRING for the subjectPublicKey if it is -- desired to inform the CA/RA of algorithm and parameter -- preferences regarding the to-be-generated key pair. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 86] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 crm[1].certReq. present [object identifier MUST be PROT_ENC_ALG] controls.protocolEncrKey -- if centralized key generation is supported by this CA, -- this short-term asymmetric encryption key (generated by -- the end entity) will be used by the CA to encrypt (a -- symmetric key used to encrypt) a private key generated by -- the CA on behalf of the end entity crm[1].certReq. optionally present controls.archiveOptions crm[1].certReq. optionally present controls.publicationInfo protection present -- bits calculated using MSG_MAC_ALG Initialization Response -- ip Field Value sender CA name -- the name of the CA who produced the message messageTime present -- time at which CA produced message protectionAlg MSG_MAC_ALG -- only MAC protection is allowed for this response senderKID referenceNum -- the reference number that the CA has previously issued to the -- end entity (together with the MACing key) transactionID present -- value from corresponding ir message senderNonce present -- 128 (pseudo-)random bits recipNonce present -- value from senderNonce in corresponding ir message freeText any valid value body ip (CertRepMessage) contains exactly one response for each request -- The PKI (CA) responds to either one or two requests as -- appropriate. crc[0] denotes the first (always present); -- crc[1] denotes the second (only present if the ir message -- contained two requests and if the CA supports centralized -- key generation). crc[0]. fixed value of zero certReqId Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 87] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- MUST contain the response to the first request in the -- corresponding ir message crc[0].status. present, positive values allowed: status "accepted", "grantedWithMods" negative values allowed: "rejection" crc[0].status. present if and only if failInfo crc[0].status.status is "rejection" crc[0]. present if and only if certifiedKeyPair crc[0].status.status is "accepted" or "grantedWithMods" certificate present unless end entity's public key is an encryption key and POP is done in this in-band exchange encryptedCert present if and only if end entity's public key is an encryption key and POP done in this in-band exchange publicationInfo optionally present -- indicates where certificate has been published (present -- at discretion of CA) crc[1]. fixed value of one certReqId -- MUST contain the response to the second request in the -- corresponding ir message crc[1].status. present, positive values allowed: status "accepted", "grantedWithMods" negative values allowed: "rejection" crc[1].status. present if and only if failInfo crc[0].status.status is "rejection" crc[1]. present if and only if certifiedKeyPair crc[0].status.status is "accepted" or "grantedWithMods" certificate present privateKey present -- see Appendix C, Request Message Behavioral Clarifications -- for backward compatibility reasons, use EncryptedValue publicationInfo optionally present -- indicates where certificate has been published (present -- at discretion of CA) protection present -- bits calculated using MSG_MAC_ALG extraCerts optionally present -- the CA MAY provide additional certificates to the end Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 88] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- entity Certificate confirm -- certConf Field Value sender present -- same as in ir recipient CA name -- the name of the CA who was asked to produce a certificate transactionID present -- value from corresponding ir and ip messages senderNonce present -- 128 (pseudo-) random bits recipNonce present -- value from senderNonce in corresponding ip message protectionAlg MSG_MAC_ALG -- only MAC protection is allowed for this message. The -- MAC is based on the initial authentication key shared -- between the EE and the CA. senderKID referenceNum -- the reference number which the CA has previously issued -- to the end entity (together with the MACing key) body certConf -- see Section 5.3.18, "PKI Confirmation Content", for the -- contents of the certConf fields. -- Note: two CertStatus structures are required if both an -- encryption and a signing certificate were sent. protection present -- bits calculated using MSG_MAC_ALG Confirmation -- PKIConf Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 89] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Field Value sender present -- same as in ip recipient present -- sender name from certConf transactionID present -- value from certConf message senderNonce present -- 128 (pseudo-) random bits recipNonce present -- value from senderNonce from certConf message protectionAlg MSG_MAC_ALG -- only MAC protection is allowed for this message. senderKID referenceNum body PKIConf protection present -- bits calculated using MSG_MAC_ALG D.5. Certificate Request An (initialized) end entity requests a certificate from a CA (for any reason). When the CA responds with a message containing a certificate, the end entity replies with a certificate confirmation. The CA replies with a PKIConfirm, to close the transaction. All messages are authenticated. The profile for this exchange is identical to that given in Appendix D.4, with the following exceptions: * sender name SHOULD be present * protectionAlg of MSG_SIG_ALG MUST be supported (MSG_MAC_ALG MAY also be supported) in request, response, certConfirm, and PKIConfirm messages; * senderKID and recipKID are only present if required for message verification; * body is cr or cp; * body may contain one or two CertReqMsg structures, but either CertReqMsg may be used to request certification of a locally- generated public key or a centrally-generated public key (i.e., the position-dependence requirement of Appendix D.4 is removed); * protection bits are calculated according to the protectionAlg field. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 90] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 D.6. Key Update Request An (initialized) end entity requests a certificate from a CA (to update the key pair and/or corresponding certificate that it already possesses). When the CA responds with a message containing a certificate, the end entity replies with a certificate confirmation. The CA replies with a PKIConfirm, to close the transaction. All messages are authenticated. The profile for this exchange is identical to that given inAppendix D.4, with the following exceptions: 1. sender name SHOULD be present 2. protectionAlg of MSG_SIG_ALG MUST be supported (MSG_MAC_ALG MAY also be supported) in request, response, certConfirm, and PKIConfirm messages; 3. senderKID and recipKID are only present if required for message verification; 4. body is kur or kup; 5. body may contain one or two CertReqMsg structures, but either CertReqMsg may be used to request certification of a locally- generated public key or a centrally-generated public key (i.e., the position-dependence requirement of Appendix D.4 is removed); 6. protection bits are calculated according to the protectionAlg field; 7. regCtrl OldCertId SHOULD be used (unless it is clear to both sender and receiver -- by means not specified in this document -- that it is not needed). Appendix E. PKI Management Message Profiles (OPTIONAL) This appendix contains detailed profiles for those PKIMessages that MAY be supported by implementations. Profiles for the PKIMessages used in the following PKI management operations are provided: * root CA key update * information request/response * cross-certification request/response (1-way) Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 91] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 * in-band initialization using external identity certificate Later versions of this document may extend the above to include profiles for the operations listed below (along with other operations, if desired). * revocation request * certificate publication * CRL publication E.1. General Rules for Interpretation of These Profiles. Identical to Appendix D.1. E.2. Algorithm Use Profile Identical to Appendix D.2. E.3. Self-Signed Certificates Profile of how a Certificate structure may be "self-signed". These structures are used for distribution of CA public keys. This can occur in one of three ways (see Section 4.4 above for a description of the use of these structures): Type Function ----------------------------------------------------------------- newWithNew a true "self-signed" certificate; the contained public key MUST be usable to verify the signature (though this provides only integrity and no authentication whatsoever) oldWithNew previous root CA public key signed with new private key newWithOld new root CA public key signed with previous private key Such certificates (including relevant extensions) must contain "sensible" values for all fields. For example, when present, subjectAltName MUST be identical to issuerAltName, and, when present, keyIdentifiers must contain appropriate values, et cetera. E.4. Root CA Key Update A root CA updates its key pair. It then produces a CA key update announcement message that can be made available (via some transport mechanism) to the relevant end entities. A confirmation message is not required from the end entities. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 92] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 ckuann message: Field Value Comment -------------------------------------------------------------- sender CA name CA name body ckuann(CAKeyUpdAnnContent) oldWithNew present see Appendix E.3 above newWithOld present see Appendix E.3 above newWithNew present see Appendix E.3 above extraCerts optionally present can be used to "publish" certificates (e.g., certificates signed using the new private key) E.5. PKI Information Request/Response The end entity sends a general message to the PKI requesting details that will be required for later PKI management operations. RA/CA responds with a general response. If an RA generates the response, then it will simply forward the equivalent message that it previously received from the CA, with the possible addition of certificates to the extraCerts fields of the PKIMessage. A confirmation message is not required from the end entity. Message Flows: Step# End entity PKI 1 format genm 2 -> genm -> 3 handle genm 4 produce genp 5 <- genp <- 6 handle genp genM: Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 93] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Field Value recipient CA name -- the name of the CA as contained in issuerAltName -- extensions or issuer fields within certificates protectionAlg MSG_MAC_ALG or MSG_SIG_ALG -- any authenticated protection alg. SenderKID present if required -- must be present if required for verification of message -- protection freeText any valid value body genr (GenReqContent) GenMsgContent empty SEQUENCE -- all relevant information requested protection present -- bits calculated using MSG_MAC_ALG or MSG_SIG_ALG genP: Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 94] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Field Value sender CA name -- name of the CA which produced the message protectionAlg MSG_MAC_ALG or MSG_SIG_ALG -- any authenticated protection alg. senderKID present if required -- must be present if required for verification of message -- protection body genp (GenRepContent) CAProtEncCert present (object identifier one of PROT_ENC_ALG), with relevant value -- to be used if end entity needs to encrypt information for -- the CA (e.g., private key for recovery purposes) SignKeyPairTypes present, with relevant value -- the set of signature algorithm identifiers that this CA will -- certify for subject public keys EncKeyPairTypes present, with relevant value -- the set of encryption/key agreement algorithm identifiers that -- this CA will certify for subject public keys PreferredSymmAlg present (object identifier one of PROT_SYM_ALG) , with relevant value -- the symmetric algorithm that this CA expects to be used -- in later PKI messages (for encryption) CAKeyUpdateInfo optionally present, with relevant value -- the CA MAY provide information about a relevant root CA -- key pair using this field (note that this does not imply -- that the responding CA is the root CA in question) CurrentCRL optionally present, with relevant value -- the CA MAY provide a copy of a complete CRL (i.e., -- fullest possible one) protection present -- bits calculated using MSG_MAC_ALG or MSG_SIG_ALG extraCerts optionally present -- can be used to send some certificates to the end -- entity. An RA MAY add its certificate here. E.6. Cross Certification Request/Response (1-way) Creation of a single cross-certificate (i.e., not two at once). The requesting CA MAY choose who is responsible for publication of the cross-certificate created by the responding CA through use of the PKIPublicationInfo control. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 95] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Preconditions: 1. Responding CA can verify the origin of the request (possibly requiring out-of-band means) before processing the request. 2. Requesting CA can authenticate the authenticity of the origin of the response (possibly requiring out-of-band means) before processing the response The use of certificate confirmation and the corresponding server confirmation is determined by the generalInfo field in the PKIHeader (see Section 5.1.1). The following profile does not mandate support for either confirmation. Message Flows: Step# Requesting CA Responding CA 1 format ccr 2 -> ccr -> 3 handle ccr 4 produce ccp 5 <- ccp <- 6 handle ccp ccr: Field Value sender Requesting CA name -- the name of the CA who produced the message recipient Responding CA name -- the name of the CA who is being asked to produce a certificate messageTime time of production of message -- current time at requesting CA protectionAlg MSG_SIG_ALG -- only signature protection is allowed for this request senderKID present if required -- must be present if required for verification of message -- protection recipKID present if required -- must be present if required for verification of message -- protection transactionID present -- implementation-specific value, meaningful to requesting CA. -- [If already in use at responding CA then a rejection message -- MUST be produced by responding CA] senderNonce present -- 128 (pseudo-)random bits Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 96] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 freeText any valid value body ccr (CertReqMessages) only one CertReqMsg allowed -- if multiple cross certificates are required, they MUST be -- packaged in separate PKIMessages certTemplate present -- details follow version v1 or v3 -- v3 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED signingAlg present -- the requesting CA must know in advance with which algorithm it -- wishes the certificate to be signed subject present -- may be NULL-DN only if subjectAltNames extension value proposed validity present -- MUST be completely specified (i.e., both fields present) issuer present -- may be NULL-DN only if issuerAltNames extension value proposed publicKey present -- the key to be certified (which must be for a signing algorithm) extensions optionally present -- a requesting CA must propose values for all extensions -- that it requires to be in the cross-certificate POPOSigningKey present -- see Section D3: Proof-of-possession profile protection present -- bits calculated using MSG_SIG_ALG extraCerts optionally present -- MAY contain any additional certificates that requester wishes -- to include ccp: Field Value sender Responding CA name -- the name of the CA who produced the message recipient Requesting CA name -- the name of the CA who asked for production of a certificate messageTime time of production of message -- current time at responding CA protectionAlg MSG_SIG_ALG -- only signature protection is allowed for this message senderKID present if required -- must be present if required for verification of message -- protection Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 97] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 recipKID present if required transactionID present -- value from corresponding ccr message senderNonce present -- 128 (pseudo-)random bits recipNonce present -- senderNonce from corresponding ccr message freeText any valid value body ccp (CertRepMessage) only one CertResponse allowed -- if multiple cross certificates are required they MUST be -- packaged in separate PKIMessages response present status present PKIStatusInfo.status present -- if PKIStatusInfo.status is one of: -- accepted, or -- grantedWithMods, -- then certifiedKeyPair MUST be present and failInfo MUST -- be absent failInfo present depending on PKIStatusInfo.status -- if PKIStatusInfo.status is: -- rejection -- then certifiedKeyPair MUST be absent and failInfo MUST be -- present and contain appropriate bit settings certifiedKeyPair present depending on PKIStatusInfo.status certificate present depending on certifiedKeyPair -- content of actual certificate must be examined by requesting CA -- before publication protection present -- bits calculated using MSG_SIG_ALG extraCerts optionally present -- MAY contain any additional certificates that responder wishes -- to include Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 98] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 E.7. In-Band Initialization Using External Identity Certificate An (uninitialized) end entity wishes to initialize into the PKI with a CA, CA-1. It uses, for authentication purposes, a pre-existing identity certificate issued by another (external) CA, CA-X. A trust relationship must already have been established between CA-1 and CA-X so that CA-1 can validate the EE identity certificate signed by CA-X. Furthermore, some mechanism must already have been established within the Personal Security Environment (PSE) of the EE that would allow it to authenticate and verify PKIMessages signed by CA-1 (as one example, the PSE may contain a certificate issued for the public key of CA-1, signed by another CA that the EE trusts on the basis of out- of-band authentication techniques). The EE sends an initialization request to start the transaction. When CA-1 responds with a message containing the new certificate, the end entity replies with a certificate confirmation. CA-1 replies with a PKIConfirm to close the transaction. All messages are signed (the EE messages are signed using the private key that corresponds to the public key in its external identity certificate; the CA-1 messages are signed using the private key that corresponds to the public key in a certificate that can be chained to a trust anchor in the EE's PSE). The profile for this exchange is identical to that given in Appendix D.4, with the following exceptions: * the EE and CA-1 do not share a symmetric MACing key (i.e., there is no out-of-band shared secret information between these entities); * sender name in ir MUST be present (and identical to the subject name present in the external identity certificate); * protectionAlg of MSG_SIG_ALG MUST be used in all messages; * external identity cert. MUST be carried in ir extraCerts field * senderKID and recipKID are not used; * body is ir or ip; * protection bits are calculated according to the protectionAlg field. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 99] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 Appendix F. Compilable ASN.1 Definitions This section contains the updated 2002 ASN.1 module for [RFC5912]. This module replaces the module in Section 9 of that document. The module contains those changes to the normative ASN.1 module from RFC4210 Appendix F [RFC4210] that were to update to 2002 ASN.1 standard done in [RFC5912] as well as changes made in this document. PKIXCMP-2021 { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-mod-cmp2021-02(100) } DEFINITIONS EXPLICIT TAGS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS AttributeSet{}, SingleAttribute{}, Extensions{}, EXTENSION, ATTRIBUTE FROM PKIX-CommonTypes-2009 {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-mod-pkixCommon-02(57)} AlgorithmIdentifier{}, SIGNATURE-ALGORITHM, ALGORITHM, DIGEST-ALGORITHM, MAC-ALGORITHM FROM AlgorithmInformation-2009 {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-mod-algorithmInformation-02(58)} Certificate, CertificateList, Time, id-kp FROM PKIX1Explicit-2009 {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-mod-pkix1-explicit-02(51)} DistributionPointName, GeneralNames, GeneralName, KeyIdentifier FROM PKIX1Implicit-2009 {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-mod-pkix1-implicit-02(59)} CertTemplate, PKIPublicationInfo, EncryptedKey, CertId, CertReqMessages, Controls, RegControlSet, id-regCtrl FROM PKIXCRMF-2009 { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-mod-crmf2005-02(55) } -- The import of EncryptedKey is added due to the updates made -- in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA]. EncryptedValue does not need to -- be imported anymore and is therefore removed here. Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 100] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- see also the behavioral clarifications to CRMF codified in -- Appendix C of this specification CertificationRequest FROM PKCS-10 {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-mod-pkcs10-2009(69)} -- (specified in RFC 2986 with 1993 ASN.1 syntax and IMPLICIT -- tags). Alternatively, implementers may directly include -- the [RFC2986] syntax in this module localKeyId FROM PKCS-9 {iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs-9(9) modules(0) pkcs-9(1)} -- The import of localKeyId is added due to the updates made in -- CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] EnvelopedData, SignedData FROM CryptographicMessageSyntax-2009 {iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs-9(9) smime(16) modules(0) id-mod-cms-2004-02(41)} -- The import of EnvelopedData and SignedData is added due to -- the updates made in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] ; -- the rest of the module contains locally defined OIDs and -- constructs CMPCertificate ::= CHOICE { x509v3PKCert Certificate, ... } -- This syntax, while bits-on-the-wire compatible with the -- standard X.509 definition of "Certificate", allows the -- possibility of future certificate types (such as X.509 -- attribute certificates, WAP WTLS certificates, or other kinds -- of certificates) within this certificate management protocol, -- should a need ever arise to support such generality. Those -- implementations that do not foresee a need to ever support -- other certificate types MAY, if they wish, comment out the -- above structure and "uncomment" the following one prior to -- compiling this ASN.1 module. (Note that interoperability -- with implementations that don't do this will be unaffected by -- this change.) -- CMPCertificate ::= Certificate PKIMessage ::= SEQUENCE { header PKIHeader, body PKIBody, Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 101] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 protection [0] PKIProtection OPTIONAL, extraCerts [1] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CMPCertificate OPTIONAL } PKIMessages ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF PKIMessage PKIHeader ::= SEQUENCE { pvno INTEGER { cmp1999(1), cmp2000(2), cmp2012(3) }, sender GeneralName, -- identifies the sender recipient GeneralName, -- identifies the intended recipient messageTime [0] GeneralizedTime OPTIONAL, -- time of production of this message (used when sender -- believes that the transport will be "suitable"; i.e., -- that the time will still be meaningful upon receipt) protectionAlg [1] AlgorithmIdentifier{ALGORITHM, {...}} OPTIONAL, -- algorithm used for calculation of protection bits senderKID [2] KeyIdentifier OPTIONAL, recipKID [3] KeyIdentifier OPTIONAL, -- to identify specific keys used for protection transactionID [4] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL, -- identifies the transaction; i.e., this will be the same in -- corresponding request, response, certConf, and PKIConf -- messages senderNonce [5] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL, recipNonce [6] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL, -- nonces used to provide replay protection, senderNonce -- is inserted by the creator of this message; recipNonce -- is a nonce previously inserted in a related message by -- the intended recipient of this message freeText [7] PKIFreeText OPTIONAL, -- this may be used to indicate context-specific instructions -- (this field is intended for human consumption) generalInfo [8] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF InfoTypeAndValue OPTIONAL -- this may be used to convey context-specific information -- (this field not primarily intended for human consumption) } PKIFreeText ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF UTF8String -- text encoded as UTF-8 String [RFC3629] PKIBody ::= CHOICE { -- message-specific body elements ir [0] CertReqMessages, --Initialization Request ip [1] CertRepMessage, --Initialization Response Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 102] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 cr [2] CertReqMessages, --Certification Request cp [3] CertRepMessage, --Certification Response p10cr [4] CertificationRequest, --imported from [RFC2986] popdecc [5] POPODecKeyChallContent, --pop Challenge popdecr [6] POPODecKeyRespContent, --pop Response kur [7] CertReqMessages, --Key Update Request kup [8] CertRepMessage, --Key Update Response krr [9] CertReqMessages, --Key Recovery Request krp [10] KeyRecRepContent, --Key Recovery Response rr [11] RevReqContent, --Revocation Request rp [12] RevRepContent, --Revocation Response ccr [13] CertReqMessages, --Cross-Cert. Request ccp [14] CertRepMessage, --Cross-Cert. Response ckuann [15] CAKeyUpdAnnContent, --CA Key Update Ann. cann [16] CertAnnContent, --Certificate Ann. rann [17] RevAnnContent, --Revocation Ann. crlann [18] CRLAnnContent, --CRL Announcement pkiconf [19] PKIConfirmContent, --Confirmation nested [20] NestedMessageContent, --Nested Message genm [21] GenMsgContent, --General Message genp [22] GenRepContent, --General Response error [23] ErrorMsgContent, --Error Message certConf [24] CertConfirmContent, --Certificate confirm pollReq [25] PollReqContent, --Polling request pollRep [26] PollRepContent --Polling response } PKIProtection ::= BIT STRING ProtectedPart ::= SEQUENCE { header PKIHeader, body PKIBody } id-PasswordBasedMac OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) member-body(2) usa(840) nt(113533) nsn(7) algorithms(66) 13 } PBMParameter ::= SEQUENCE { salt OCTET STRING, -- note: implementations MAY wish to limit acceptable sizes -- of this string to values appropriate for their environment -- in order to reduce the risk of denial-of-service attacks owf AlgorithmIdentifier{DIGEST-ALGORITHM, {...}}, -- AlgId for a One-Way Function iterationCount INTEGER, -- number of times the OWF is applied -- note: implementations MAY wish to limit acceptable sizes -- of this integer to values appropriate for their environment -- in order to reduce the risk of denial-of-service attacks mac AlgorithmIdentifier{MAC-ALGORITHM, {...}} Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 103] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- the MAC AlgId } id-DHBasedMac OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) member-body(2) usa(840) nt(113533) nsn(7) algorithms(66) 30 } DHBMParameter ::= SEQUENCE { owf AlgorithmIdentifier{DIGEST-ALGORITHM, {...}}, -- AlgId for a One-Way Function mac AlgorithmIdentifier{MAC-ALGORITHM, {...}} -- the MAC AlgId } PKIStatus ::= INTEGER { accepted (0), -- you got exactly what you asked for grantedWithMods (1), -- you got something like what you asked for; the -- requester is responsible for ascertaining the differences rejection (2), -- you don't get it, more information elsewhere in the message waiting (3), -- the request body part has not yet been processed; expect to -- hear more later (note: proper handling of this status -- response MAY use the polling req/rep PKIMessages specified -- in Section 5.3.22; alternatively, polling in the underlying -- transport layer MAY have some utility in this regard) revocationWarning (4), -- this message contains a warning that a revocation is -- imminent revocationNotification (5), -- notification that a revocation has occurred keyUpdateWarning (6) -- update already done for the oldCertId specified in -- CertReqMsg } PKIFailureInfo ::= BIT STRING { -- since we can fail in more than one way! -- More codes may be added in the future if/when required. badAlg (0), -- unrecognized or unsupported Algorithm Identifier badMessageCheck (1), -- integrity check failed (e.g., signature did not verify) badRequest (2), -- transaction not permitted or supported badTime (3), -- messageTime was not sufficiently close to the system time, -- as defined by local policy Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 104] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 badCertId (4), -- no certificate could be found matching the provided criteria badDataFormat (5), -- the data submitted has the wrong format wrongAuthority (6), -- the authority indicated in the request is different from the -- one creating the response token incorrectData (7), -- the requester's data is incorrect (for notary services) missingTimeStamp (8), -- when the timestamp is missing but should be there -- (by policy) badPOP (9), -- the proof-of-possession failed certRevoked (10), -- the certificate has already been revoked certConfirmed (11), -- the certificate has already been confirmed wrongIntegrity (12), -- not valid integrity, password based instead of signature or -- vice versa badRecipientNonce (13), -- not valid recipient nonce, either missing or wrong value timeNotAvailable (14), -- the TSA's time source is not available unacceptedPolicy (15), -- the requested TSA policy is not supported by the TSA unacceptedExtension (16), -- the requested extension is not supported by the TSA addInfoNotAvailable (17), -- the additional information requested could not be -- understood or is not available badSenderNonce (18), -- not valid sender nonce, either missing or wrong size badCertTemplate (19), -- not valid cert. template or missing mandatory information signerNotTrusted (20), -- signer of the message unknown or not trusted transactionIdInUse (21), -- the transaction identifier is already in use unsupportedVersion (22), -- the version of the message is not supported notAuthorized (23), -- the sender was not authorized to make the preceding -- request or perform the preceding action systemUnavail (24), -- the request cannot be handled due to system unavailability systemFailure (25), Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 105] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- the request cannot be handled due to system failure duplicateCertReq (26) -- certificate cannot be issued because a duplicate -- certificate already exists } PKIStatusInfo ::= SEQUENCE { status PKIStatus, statusString PKIFreeText OPTIONAL, failInfo PKIFailureInfo OPTIONAL } OOBCert ::= CMPCertificate OOBCertHash ::= SEQUENCE { hashAlg [0] AlgorithmIdentifier{DIGEST-ALGORITHM, {...}} OPTIONAL, certId [1] CertId OPTIONAL, hashVal BIT STRING -- hashVal is calculated over the DER encoding of the -- self-signed certificate with the identifier certID. } POPODecKeyChallContent ::= SEQUENCE OF Challenge -- One Challenge per encryption key certification request (in the -- same order as these requests appear in CertReqMessages). Challenge ::= SEQUENCE { owf AlgorithmIdentifier{DIGEST-ALGORITHM, {...}} OPTIONAL, -- MUST be present in the first Challenge; MAY be omitted in -- any subsequent Challenge in POPODecKeyChallContent (if -- omitted, then the owf used in the immediately preceding -- Challenge is to be used). witness OCTET STRING, -- the result of applying the one-way function (owf) to a -- randomly-generated INTEGER, A. [Note that a different -- INTEGER MUST be used for each Challenge.] challenge OCTET STRING -- the encryption (under the public key for which the cert. -- request is being made) of Rand. } -- Added in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] Rand ::= SEQUENCE { -- Rand is encrypted under the public key to form the challenge -- in POPODecKeyChallContent int INTEGER, Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 106] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- the randomly-generated INTEGER A (above) sender GeneralName -- the sender's name (as included in PKIHeader) } POPODecKeyRespContent ::= SEQUENCE OF INTEGER -- One INTEGER per encryption key certification request (in the -- same order as these requests appear in CertReqMessages). The -- retrieved INTEGER A (above) is returned to the sender of the -- corresponding Challenge. CertRepMessage ::= SEQUENCE { caPubs [1] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CMPCertificate OPTIONAL, response SEQUENCE OF CertResponse } CertResponse ::= SEQUENCE { certReqId INTEGER, -- to match this response with the corresponding request (a value -- of -1 is to be used if certReqId is not specified in the -- corresponding request, which can only be a p10cr) status PKIStatusInfo, certifiedKeyPair CertifiedKeyPair OPTIONAL, rspInfo OCTET STRING OPTIONAL -- analogous to the id-regInfo-utf8Pairs string defined -- for regInfo in CertReqMsg [RFC4211] } CertifiedKeyPair ::= SEQUENCE { certOrEncCert CertOrEncCert, privateKey [0] EncryptedKey OPTIONAL, -- see [RFC4211] for comment on encoding -- Changed from Encrypted Value to EncryptedKey as a CHOICE of -- EncryptedValue and EnvelopedData due to the changes made in -- CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- Using the choice EncryptedValue is bit-compatible to the -- syntax without this change publicationInfo [1] PKIPublicationInfo OPTIONAL } CertOrEncCert ::= CHOICE { certificate [0] CMPCertificate, encryptedCert [1] EncryptedKey -- Changed from Encrypted Value to EncryptedKey as a CHOICE of -- EncryptedValue and EnvelopedData due to the changes made in -- CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- Using the choice EncryptedValue is bit-compatible to the -- syntax without this change } Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 107] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 KeyRecRepContent ::= SEQUENCE { status PKIStatusInfo, newSigCert [0] CMPCertificate OPTIONAL, caCerts [1] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CMPCertificate OPTIONAL, keyPairHist [2] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CertifiedKeyPair OPTIONAL } RevReqContent ::= SEQUENCE OF RevDetails RevDetails ::= SEQUENCE { certDetails CertTemplate, -- allows requester to specify as much as they can about -- the cert. for which revocation is requested -- (e.g., for cases in which serialNumber is not available) crlEntryDetails Extensions{{...}} OPTIONAL -- requested crlEntryExtensions } RevRepContent ::= SEQUENCE { status SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF PKIStatusInfo, -- in same order as was sent in RevReqContent revCerts [0] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CertId OPTIONAL, -- IDs for which revocation was requested -- (same order as status) crls [1] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF CertificateList OPTIONAL -- the resulting CRLs (there may be more than one) } CAKeyUpdAnnContent ::= SEQUENCE { oldWithNew CMPCertificate, -- old pub signed with new priv newWithOld CMPCertificate, -- new pub signed with old priv newWithNew CMPCertificate -- new pub signed with new priv } CertAnnContent ::= CMPCertificate RevAnnContent ::= SEQUENCE { status PKIStatus, certId CertId, willBeRevokedAt GeneralizedTime, badSinceDate GeneralizedTime, crlDetails Extensions{{...}} OPTIONAL -- extra CRL details (e.g., crl number, reason, location, etc.) } CRLAnnContent ::= SEQUENCE OF CertificateList PKIConfirmContent ::= NULL Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 108] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 NestedMessageContent ::= PKIMessages -- CertReqTemplateContent, AttributeTypeAndValue, -- ExpandedRegControlSet, id-regCtrl-altCertTemplate, -- AltCertTemplate, regCtrl-algId, id-regCtrl-algId, AlgIdCtrl, -- regCtrl-rsaKeyLen, id-regCtrl-rsaKeyLen, and RsaKeyLenCtrl -- were added in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] CertReqTemplateContent ::= SEQUENCE { certTemplate CertTemplate, -- prefilled certTemplate structure elements -- The SubjectPublicKeyInfo field in the certTemplate MUST NOT -- be used. keySpec Controls OPTIONAL -- MAY be used to specify supported algorithms. -- Controls ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF AttributeTypeAndValue -- as specified in CRMF (RFC4211) } AttributeTypeAndValue ::= SingleAttribute{{ ... }} ExpandedRegControlSet ATTRIBUTE ::= { RegControlSet | regCtrl-altCertTemplate | regCtrl-algId | regCtrl-rsaKeyLen, ... } regCtrl-altCertTemplate ATTRIBUTE ::= { TYPE AltCertTemplate IDENTIFIED BY id-regCtrl-altCertTemplate } id-regCtrl-altCertTemplate OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-regCtrl 7 } AltCertTemplate ::= AttributeTypeAndValue -- specifies a template for a certificate other than an X.509v3 -- public-key certificate regCtrl-algId ATTRIBUTE ::= { TYPE AlgIdCtrl IDENTIFIED BY id-regCtrl-algId } id-regCtrl-algId OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-regCtrl 11 } AlgIdCtrl ::= AlgorithmIdentifier{ALGORITHM, {...}} -- SHALL be used to specify supported algorithms other than RSA regCtrl-rsaKeyLen ATTRIBUTE ::= { TYPE RsaKeyLenCtrl IDENTIFIED BY id-regCtrl-rsaKeyLen } id-regCtrl-rsaKeyLen OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-regCtrl 12 } RsaKeyLenCtrl ::= INTEGER (1..MAX) -- SHALL be used to specify supported RSA key lengths Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 109] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- RootCaKeyUpdateContent, CRLSource, and CRLStatus were added in -- CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] RootCaKeyUpdateContent ::= SEQUENCE { newWithNew CMPCertificate, -- new root CA certificate newWithOld [0] CMPCertificate OPTIONAL, -- X.509 certificate containing the new public root CA key -- signed with the old private root CA key oldWithNew [1] CMPCertificate OPTIONAL -- X.509 certificate containing the old public root CA key -- signed with the new private root CA key } CRLSource ::= CHOICE { dpn [0] DistributionPointName, issuer [1] GeneralNames } CRLStatus ::= SEQUENCE { source CRLSource, thisUpdate Time OPTIONAL } INFO-TYPE-AND-VALUE ::= TYPE-IDENTIFIER InfoTypeAndValue ::= SEQUENCE { infoType INFO-TYPE-AND-VALUE. &id({SupportedInfoSet}), infoValue INFO-TYPE-AND-VALUE. &Type({SupportedInfoSet}{@infoType}) } SupportedInfoSet INFO-TYPE-AND-VALUE ::= { ... } -- Example InfoTypeAndValue contents include, but are not limited -- to, the following (uncomment in this ASN.1 module and use as -- appropriate for a given environment): -- -- id-it-caProtEncCert OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 1} -- CAProtEncCertValue ::= CMPCertificate -- id-it-signKeyPairTypes OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 2} -- SignKeyPairTypesValue ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF -- AlgorithmIdentifier{{...}} -- id-it-encKeyPairTypes OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 3} -- EncKeyPairTypesValue ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF -- AlgorithmIdentifier{{...}} -- id-it-preferredSymmAlg OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 4} -- PreferredSymmAlgValue ::= AlgorithmIdentifier{{...}} -- id-it-caKeyUpdateInfo OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 5} -- CAKeyUpdateInfoValue ::= CAKeyUpdAnnContent Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 110] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- id-it-currentCRL OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 6} -- CurrentCRLValue ::= CertificateList -- id-it-unsupportedOIDs OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 7} -- UnsupportedOIDsValue ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF -- OBJECT IDENTIFIER -- id-it-keyPairParamReq OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 10} -- KeyPairParamReqValue ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER -- id-it-keyPairParamRep OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 11} -- KeyPairParamRepValue ::= AlgorithmIdentifier{{...}} -- id-it-revPassphrase OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 12} -- RevPassphraseValue ::= EncryptedKey -- - Changed from Encrypted Value to EncryptedKey as a CHOICE -- - of EncryptedValue and EnvelopedData due to the changes -- - made in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- - Using the choice EncryptedValue is bit-compatible to -- - the syntax without this change -- id-it-implicitConfirm OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 13} -- ImplicitConfirmValue ::= NULL -- id-it-confirmWaitTime OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 14} -- ConfirmWaitTimeValue ::= GeneralizedTime -- id-it-origPKIMessage OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 15} -- OrigPKIMessageValue ::= PKIMessages -- id-it-suppLangTags OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 16} -- SuppLangTagsValue ::= SEQUENCE OF UTF8String -- id-it-caCerts OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 17} -- CaCertsValue ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF -- CMPCertificate -- - id-it-caCerts added in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- id-it-rootCaKeyUpdate OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 18} -- RootCaKeyUpdateValue ::= RootCaKeyUpdateContent -- - id-it-rootCaKeyUpdate added in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- id-it-certReqTemplate OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 19} -- CertReqTemplateValue ::= CertReqTemplateContent -- - id-it-certReqTemplate added in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- id-it-rootCaCert OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 20} -- RootCaCertValue ::= CMPCertificate -- - id-it-rootCaCert added in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- id-it-certProfile OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 21} -- CertProfileValue ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF -- UTF8String -- - id-it-certProfile added in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- id-it-crlStatusList OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 22} -- CRLStatusListValue ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF -- CRLStatus -- - id-it-crlStatusList added in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- id-it-crls OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-it 23} -- CRLsValue ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF -- CertificateList Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 111] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- - id-it-crls added in CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- -- where -- -- id-pkix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { -- iso(1) identified-organization(3) -- dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7)} -- and -- id-it OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-pkix 4} -- -- -- This construct MAY also be used to define new PKIX Certificate -- Management Protocol request and response messages, or general- -- purpose (e.g., announcement) messages for future needs or for -- specific environments. GenMsgContent ::= SEQUENCE OF InfoTypeAndValue -- May be sent by EE, RA, or CA (depending on message content). -- The OPTIONAL infoValue parameter of InfoTypeAndValue will -- typically be omitted for some of the examples given above. -- The receiver is free to ignore any contained OBJECT IDs that it -- does not recognize. If sent from EE to CA, the empty set -- indicates that the CA may send -- any/all information that it wishes. GenRepContent ::= SEQUENCE OF InfoTypeAndValue -- Receiver MAY ignore any contained OIDs that it does not -- recognize. ErrorMsgContent ::= SEQUENCE { pKIStatusInfo PKIStatusInfo, errorCode INTEGER OPTIONAL, -- implementation-specific error codes errorDetails PKIFreeText OPTIONAL -- implementation-specific error details } CertConfirmContent ::= SEQUENCE OF CertStatus CertStatus ::= SEQUENCE { certHash OCTET STRING, -- the hash of the certificate, using the same hash algorithm -- as is used to create and verify the certificate signature certReqId INTEGER, -- to match this confirmation with the corresponding req/rep statusInfo PKIStatusInfo OPTIONAL, hashAlg [0] AlgorithmIdentifier{DIGEST-ALGORITHM, {...}} OPTIONAL Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 112] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 -- the hash algorithm to use for calculating certHash -- SHOULD NOT be used in all cases where the AlgorithmIdentifier -- of the certificate signature specifies a hash algorithm } PollReqContent ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE { certReqId INTEGER } PollRepContent ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE { certReqId INTEGER, checkAfter INTEGER, -- time in seconds reason PKIFreeText OPTIONAL } -- -- Extended Key Usage extension for PKI entities used in CMP -- operations, added due to the changes made in -- CMP Updates [RFCAAAA] -- The EKUs for the CA and RA are reused from CMC as defined in -- [RFC6402] -- -- id-kp-cmcCA OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 27 } -- id-kp-cmcRA OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 28 } id-kp-cmKGA OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 32 } END Appendix G. History of Changes Note: This appendix will be deleted in the final version of the document. From version 01 -> 02: * Added Section 3.1.1.4 introducing the Key Generation Authority * Added Section 5.1.1.3 containing description of origPKIMessage content moved here from Section 5.1.3.4 * Added ToDos on defining POP and message protection using KEM keys * Added a ToDo to Section 4.4.3 * Added a ToDo to Appendix C to do a more detailed review * Removed concrete algorithms and referred to CMP Algorithms instead * Added references to Appendix D and E as well as the Lightweight CMP Profile for further information * Broaden the scope from human users also to devices and services * Addressed idnits feedback, specifically changing from historic LDAP V2 to LDAP V3 (RFC4510) * Did some further editorial alignment to the XML Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 113] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 From version 00 -> 01: * Performed all updates specified in CMP Updates Section 2 and Appendix A.2. * Did some editorial allignment to the XML Version 00: This version consists of the text of RFC4210 with the following changes: * Introduced the authors of this document and thanked the authors of RFC4210 for their work. * Added a paragraph to the introduction explaining the background of this document. * Added the change history to this appendix. Authors' Addresses Hendrik Brockhaus Siemens Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse 1 80333 Munich Germany Email: hendrik.brockhaus@siemens.com URI: https://www.siemens.com David von Oheimb Siemens Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse 1 80333 Munich Germany Email: david.von.oheimb@siemens.com URI: https://www.siemens.com Mike Ounsworth Entrust 1187 Park Place Minneapolis, MN 55379 United States of America Email: mike.ounsworth@entrust.com URI: https://www.entrust.com Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 114] Internet-Draft RFC4210bis August 2022 John Gray Entrust 1187 Park Place Minneapolis, MN 55379 United States of America Email: john.gray@entrust.com URI: https://www.entrust.com Brockhaus, et al. Expires 12 February 2023 [Page 115]