PKIX Working Group R. Housley (RSA Laboratories) Internet Draft B. Kaliski (RSA Laboratories) expires June 2003 December 2002 Additional Algorithms and Identifiers for RSA Cryptography for use in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Drafts Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. Abstract This document supplements RFC 3279. It describes the conventions for using the RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm, the RSAES-OAEP key transport algorithm, and additional one-way hash functions with the PKCS #1 version 1.5 signature algorithm in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Encoding formats, algorithm identifiers, and parameter formats are specified. Housley & Kaliski [Page 1] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 Table of Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 RSA Public Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Common Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1 One-way Hash Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.2 Mask Generation Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 RSASSA-PSS Signature Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1 RSASSA-PSS Public Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.2 RSASSA-PSS Signature Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4 RSAES-OAEP Key Transport Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.1 RSAES-OAEP Public Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5 PKCS #1 Version 1.5 Signature Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6 ASN.1 Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7.1 Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7.2 Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8 Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9 IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 10 Author Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 11 Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Housley & Kaliski [Page 2] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 1 Introduction This document supplements RFC 3279 [PKALGS]. This document describes the conventions for using the RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm and the RSAES-OAEP key transport algorithm in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) [PROFILE]. Both of these RSA-based algorithms are specified in [P1v2.1]. The algorithm identifiers and associated parameters for subject public keys that employ either of these algorithms are specified, and the encoding format for RSASSA-PSS signatures is specified. Also, the algorithm identifiers for using the SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 one-way hash functions with the PKCS #1 version 1.5 signature algorithm [P1v1.5] are specified. This specification supplements RFC 3280 [PROFILE], which profile the X.509 Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) for use in the Internet. This specification extends the list of algorithms discussed in RFC 3279 [PKALGS]. The X.509 Certificate and CRL definitions use ASN.1 [X.208-88], the Basic Encoding Rules (BER) [X.209-88], and the Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) [X.509-88]. This specification defines the contents of the signatureAlgorithm, signatureValue, signature, and subjectPublicKeyInfo fields within Internet X.509 certificates and CRLs. For each algorithm, the appropriate alternatives for the keyUsage extension are provided. 1.1 Terminology The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [STDWORDS]. 1.2 RSA Public Keys RFC 3280 [PROFILE] specifies the profile for using X.509 Certificates in Internet applications. When a RSA public key will be used for RSASSA-PSS digital signatures or RSAES-OAEP key transport, the conventions specified in this section augment RFC 3280. Traditionally, the rsaEncryption object identifier is used to identify RSA public keys. However, to implement all of the recommendations described in the Security Considerations section of this document (see section 8), the certificate user needs to be able to determine the form of digital signature or key transport that the RSA private key owner associates with the public key. The rsaEncryption object identifier continues to identify the subject public key when the RSA private key owner does not wish to limit the use of the public key exclusively to either RSASSA-PSS or RSAES-OAEP. Housley & Kaliski [Page 3] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 In this case, the rsaEncryption object identifier MUST be used in the algorithm field within the subject public key information, and the parameters field MUST contain NULL. rsaEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 1 } Further discussion of the conventions associated with use of the rsaEncryption object identifier can be found in RFC 3279 (see [PKALGS], section 2.3.1). When the RSA private key owner wishes to limit the use of the public key exclusively to RSASSA-PSS, then the id-RSASSA-PSS object identifier MUST be used in the algorithm field within the subject public key information, and the parameters field MUST contain RSASSA- PSS-params. The id-RSASSA-PSS object identifier value and the RSASSA-PSS-params syntax are fully described in section 3 of this document. When the RSA private key owner wishes to limit the use of the public key exclusively to RSAES-OAEP, then the id-RSAES-OAEP object identifier MUST be used in the algorithm field within the subject public key information, and the parameters field MUST contain RSAES- OAEP-params. The id-RSAES-OAEP object identifier value and the RSAES-OAEP-params syntax are fully described in section 4 of this document. Regardless of the object identifier used, the RSA public key is encoded in the same manner in the subject public key information. The RSA public key MUST be encoded using the type RSAPublicKey type: RSAPublicKey ::= SEQUENCE { modulus INTEGER, -- n publicExponent INTEGER } -- e Here, the modulus is the modulus n, and publicExponent is the public exponent e. The DER encoded RSAPublicKey is carried in the subjectPublicKey BIT STRING within the subject public key information. The intended application for the key MAY be indicated in the key usage certificate extension (see [PROFILE], section 4.2.1.3). If the keyUsage extension is present in an end entity certificate that conveys an RSA public key with the id-RSASSA-PSS object identifier, then the key usage extension MUST contain one or both of Housley & Kaliski [Page 4] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 the following values: nonRepudiation; and digitalSignature. If the keyUsage extension is present in a certification authority certificate that conveys an RSA public key with the id-RSASSA-PSS object identifier, then the key usage extension MUST contain one or more of the following values: nonRepudiation; digitalSignature; keyCertSign; and cRLSign. When a certificate that conveys an RSA public key with the id-RSASSA- PSS object identifier, the certificate user MUST only use the certified RSA public key for RSASSA-PSS operations, and the certificate user MUST perform those operations using the one-way hash function, mask generation function, and trailer field identified in the subject public key algorithm identifier parameters within the certificate. If the keyUsage extension is present in a certificate that conveys an RSA public key with the id-RSAES-OAEP object identifier, then the key usage extension MUST contain only the following values: keyEncipherment; and dataEncipherment. However, both keyEncipherment and dataEncipherment SHOULD NOT be present. When a certificate that conveys an RSA public key with the id-RSAES- OAEP object identifier, the certificate user MUST only use the certified RSA public key for RSAES-OAEP operations, and the certificate user MUST perform those operations using the one-way hash function and mask generation function identified in the subject public key algorithm identifier parameters within the certificate. 2 Common Functions The RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm and the RSAES-OAEP key transport algorithm make use of one-way hash functions and mask generation functions. Housley & Kaliski [Page 5] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 2.1 One-way Hash Functions PKCS #1 version 2.1 [P1v2.1] supports four one-way hash functions for use with the RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm and the RSAES-OAEP key transport algorithm: SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 [SHA2]. While support for additional one-way hash functions could be added in the future, no other one-way hash functions are supported by this specification. These one-way hash functions are identified by the following object identifiers: id-sha1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3) oiw(14) secsig(3) algorithms(2) 26 } id-sha256 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 1 } id-sha384 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 2 } id-sha512 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 3 } There are two possible encodings for the AlgorithmIdentifier parameters field associated with these object identifiers. The two alternatives arise from the fact that when the 1988 syntax for AlgorithmIdentifier was translated into the 1997 syntax the OPTIONAL associated with the algorithm identifier parameters got lost. Later the OPTIONAL was recovered via a defect report, but by then many people thought that algorithm parameters were mandatory. Because of this history some implementations encode parameters as a NULL element and others omit them entirely. The correct encoding is to omit the parameters field; however, implementations must also handle an algorithm identifier parameters field which contains a NULL. The AlgorithmIdentifier parameters field is OPTIONAL. If present, the parameters field must contain a NULL. Implementations MUST accept an AlgorithmIdentifiers with absent parameters as well as AlgorithmIdentifiers with NULL parameters. Within this specification, there are many places where a NULL parameter is REQUIRED. To be clear, the following algorithm identifiers are used Housley & Kaliski [Page 6] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 when a NULL parameter MUST be present: sha1Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-sha1, NULL } sha256Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-sha256, NULL } sha384Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-sha384, NULL } sha512Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-sha512, NULL } 2.2 Mask Generation Functions One mask generation function is used with the RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm and the RSAES-OAEP key transport algorithm: MGF1 [P1v2.1]. No other mask generation functions are supported by this specification. MGF1 is identified by the following object identifier: id-mgf1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 8 } The parameters field associated with id-mgf1 MUST have a hashAlgorithm value, which identifies the hash function being used with MGF1. This value MUST be sha1Identifier, sha256Identifier, sha384Identifier, or sha512Identifier, as specified in section 2.1. Implementations MUST support the default value, sha1Identifier, and implementations MAY support the other three values. The following algorithm identifiers have been assigned for each of these alternatives: mgf1SHA1Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-mgf1, sha1Identifier } mgf1SHA256Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-mgf1, sha256Identifier } mgf1SHA384Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-mgf1, sha384Identifier } mgf1SHA512Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-mgf1, sha512Identifier } 3 RSASSA-PSS Signature Algorithm This section describes the conventions for using the RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm with the Internet X.509 certificate and CRL profile [PROFILE]. The RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm is specified Housley & Kaliski [Page 7] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 in PKCS #1 version 2.1 [P1v2.1]. The four one-way hash functions discussed in section 2.1 and the one mask generation function discussed in section 2.2 can be used with RSASSA-PSS. Conforming CAs and applications MUST support RSASSA-PSS digital signatures using SHA-1. The other three one-way hash functions MAY also be supported. Certificates and CRLs conforming to [PROFILE] may be signed with any public key signature algorithm. The certificate or CRL indicates the algorithm through an algorithm identifier which appears in the signatureAlgorithm field within the Certificate or CertificateList. This algorithm identifier is an object identifier (OID) and optional parameters. Section 3.1 specifies the object identifier and parameters for RSASSA-PSS digital signatures. The data to be signed (e.g., the one-way hash function output value) is formatted for the signature algorithm to be used. Then, a private key operation (e.g., RSA encryption) is performed to generate the signature value. This signature value is then ASN.1 encoded as a BIT STRING and included in the Certificate or CertificateList in the signature field. Section 3.2 specifies the format of RSASSA-PSS signature values. 3.1 RSASSA-PSS Public Keys When RSASSA-PSS is used in an AlgorithmIdentifier, the parameters MUST be present, and the parameters MUST employ the RSASSA-PSS-params syntax. id-RSASSA-PSS OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 10 } RSASSA-PSS-params ::= SEQUENCE { hashAlgorithm [0] HashAlgorithm DEFAULT sha1Identifier, maskGenAlgorithm [1] MaskGenAlgorithm DEFAULT mgf1SHA1Identifier, saltLength [2] INTEGER DEFAULT 20, trailerField [3] INTEGER DEFAULT 1 } The fields of type RSASSA-PSS-params have the following meanings: hashAlgorithm The hashAlgorithm field identifies the hash function. It MUST be one of the algorithm identifiers listed in section 2.1, and the default hash function is SHA-1. Implementations MUST support SHA-1, and implementations MAY support other one-way hash functions listed in section 2.1. Implementations that perform signature generation MUST omit the hashAlgorithm field Housley & Kaliski [Page 8] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 when SHA-1 is used, indicating that the default algorithm was used. Implementations that perform signature validation MUST recognize both the id-sha1 object identifier and an absent hashAlgorithm field as an indication that SHA-1 was used. maskGenAlgorithm The maskGenAlgorithm field identifies the mask generation function. It MUST be an algorithm identifier, and the default mask generation function is MGF1 with SHA-1. For MGF1, it is strongly RECOMMENDED that the underlying hash function be the same as the one identified by hashAlgorithm. Implementations MUST support MGF1. MGF1 requires a one-way hash function, and it is identified in the parameter field of the MGF1 algorithm identifier. Implementations MUST support SHA-1, and implementations MAY support other one-way hash functions listed in section 2.1. The MGF1 algorithm identifier is comprised of the id-mgf1 object identifier and a parameter that contains the algorithm identifier of the one-way hash function employed with MGF1. The SHA-1 algorithm identifier is comprised of the id- sha1 object identifier and a parameter of NULL. Implementations that perform signature generation MUST omit the maskGenAlgorithm field when MGF1 with SHA-1 is used, indicating that the default algorithm was used. Implementations that perform signature validation MUST recognize both the id-mgf1 and id-sha1 object identifiers as well as an absent maskGenAlgorithm field as an indication that MGF1 with SHA-1 was used. saltLength The saltLength field is the octet length of the salt. It MUST be an integer. For a given hashAlgorithm, the default value of saltLength is the number of octets in the hash value. Unlike the other fields of type RSASSA-PSS-params, saltLength does not need to be fixed for a given RSA key pair; a different value could be used for each RSASSA-PSS signature generated. trailerField The trailerField field is an integer. It provides compatibility with the draft IEEE P1363a [P1363a]. The value MUST be 1, which represents the trailer field with hexadecimal value 0xBC. Other trailer fields, including the trailer field composed of HashID concatenated with 0xCC that is specified in IEEE P1363a, are not supported. Implementations that perform signature generation MUST omit the trailerField field, indicating that the default trailer field value was used. Housley & Kaliski [Page 9] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 Implementations that perform signature validation MUST recognize both a present and an absent trailerField field. If the default values of the hashAlgorithm, maskGenAlgorithm, and trailerField fields of RSASSA-PSS-params are used, then the algorithm identifier will have the following value: rSASSA-PSS-Default-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { { id-RSASSA-PSS, { sha1Identifier, mgf1SHA1Identifier, 20, 1 } } 3.2 RSASSA-PSS Signature Values The output of the RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm is an octet string, which has the same length in octets as the RSA modulus n. Signature values in CMS [CMS] are represented as octet strings, and the output is used directly. However, signature values in certificates and CRLs [PROFILE] are represented as bit strings, and conversion is needed. To convert a signature value to a bit string, the most significant bit of the first octet of the signature value SHALL become the first bit of the bit string, and so on through the least significant bit of the last octet of the signature value, which SHALL become the last bit of the bit string. 4 RSAES-OAEP Key Transport Algorithm This section describes the conventions for using the RSAES-OAEP key transport algorithm with the Internet X.509 certificate and CRL profile [PROFILE]. RSAES-OAEP is specified in PKCS #1 version 2.1 [P1v2.1]. The four one-way hash functions discussed in section 2.1 and the one mask generation function discussed in section 2.2 can be used with RSAES-OAEP. Conforming CAs and applications MUST support RSAES-OAEP key transport algorithm using SHA-1. The other three one- way hash functions MAY also be supported. Certificates and CRLs conforming to [PROFILE] may be signed with any public key signature algorithm. The certificate or CRL indicates the algorithm through an algorithm identifier which appears in the signatureAlgorithm field within the Certificate or CertificateList. This algorithm identifier is an object identifier (OID) and optional parameters. Section 4.1 specifies the object identifier and parameters for RSAES-OAEP key transport. Housley & Kaliski [Page 10] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 4.1 RSAES-OAEP Public Keys When RSAES-OAEP is used in an AlgorithmIdentifier, the parameters MUST be present, and the parameters MUST employ the RSAES-OAEP-params syntax. id-RSAES-OAEP OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 7 } RSAES-OAEP-params ::= SEQUENCE { hashFunc [0] AlgorithmIdentifier DEFAULT sha1Identifier, maskGenFunc [1] AlgorithmIdentifier DEFAULT mgf1SHA1Identifier, pSourceFunc [2] AlgorithmIdentifier DEFAULT pSpecifiedEmptyIdentifier } pSpecifiedEmptyIdentifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-pSpecified, nullOctetString } nullOctetString OCTET STRING (SIZE (0)) ::= { ''H } The fields of type RSAES-OAEP-params have the following meanings: hashFunc The hashFunc field identifies the one-way hash function. It MUST be one of the algorithm identifiers listed in section 2.1, and the default hash function is SHA-1. Implementations MUST support SHA-1, and implementations MAY support other one-way hash functions listed in section 2.1. Implementations that perform encryption MUST omit the hashFunc field when SHA-1 is used, indicating that the default algorithm was used. Implementations that perform decryption MUST recognize both the id-sha1 object identifier and an absent hashFunc field as an indication that SHA-1 was used. maskGenFunc The maskGenFunc field identifies the mask generation function. It MUST be an algorithm identifier, and the default mask generation function is MGF1 with SHA-1. For MGF1, it is strongly RECOMMENDED that the underlying hash function be the same as the one identified by hashFunc. Implementations MUST support MGF1. MGF1 requires a one-way hash function, and it is identified in the parameter field of the MGF1 algorithm identifier. Implementations MUST support SHA-1, and Housley & Kaliski [Page 11] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 implementations MAY support other one-way hash functions listed in section 2.1. The MGF1 algorithm identifier is comprised of the id-mgf1 object identifier and a parameter that contains the algorithm identifier of the one-way hash function employed with MGF1. The SHA-1 algorithm identifier is comprised of the id- sha1 object identifier and a parameter of NULL. Implementations that perform encryption MUST omit the maskGenFunc field when MGF1 with SHA-1 is used, indicating that the default algorithm was used. Implementations that perform decryption MUST recognize both the id-mgf1 and id-sha1 object identifiers as well as an absent maskGenFunc field as an indication that MGF1 with SHA-1 was used. pSourceFunc The pSourceFunc field identifies the source (and possibly the value) of the encoding parameters, commonly called P. Implementations MUST represent P by an algorithm identifier, id-pSpecified, indicating that P is explicitly provided as an OCTET STRING in the parameters. The default value for P is an empty string. In this case, pHash in EME-OAEP contains the hash of a zero length string. Implementations MUST support a zero length P value. Implementations that perform encryption MUST omit the pSourceFunc field when a zero length P value is used, indicating that the default value was used. Implementations that perform decryption MUST recognize both the id-pSpecified object identifier and an absent pSourceFunc field as an indication that a zero length P value was used. Implementations that perform decryption MUST support a zero length P value, and they MAY support other values. If the default values of the hashFunc, maskGenFunc, and pSourceFunc fields of RSAES-OAEP-params are used, then the algorithm identifier will have the following value: rSAES-OAEP-Default-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-RSAES-OAEP, { sha1Identifier, mgf1SHA1Identifier, pSpecifiedEmptyIdentifier } } 5 PKCS #1 Version 1.5 Signature Algorithm RFC 2313 [P1v1.5] specifies the PKCS #1 Version 1.5 signature algorithm. This specification is also included in PKCS #1 Version 2.1 [P1v2.1]. RFC 3279 [PKALGS] specifies the use of the PKCS #1 Version 1.5 signature algorithm with the MD2, MD5, and the SHA-1 one- Housley & Kaliski [Page 12] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 way hash functions. This section specifies the algorithm identifiers for using the SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 one-way hash functions with the PKCS #1 version 1.5 signature algorithm. The RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm is preferred over the PKCS #1 Version 1.5 signature algorithm. Although no attacks are known against PKCS #1 Version 1.5 signature algorithm, in the interest of increased robustness, RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm is recommended for eventual adoption, especially by new applications. This section is included for compatibility with existing applications, and while still appropriate for new applications, a gradual transition to the RSASSA-PSS signature algorithm is encouraged. The PKCS #1 Version 1.5 signature algorithm with these one-way hash functions and the RSA encryption algorithm is implemented using the padding and encoding conventions described in RFC 2313 [P1v1.5]. The message digest is computed using the SHA-256, SHA-384, or SHA-512 one-way hash function. The PKCS #1 version 1.5 signature algorithm, as specified in RFC 2313 includes a data encoding step. In this step, the message digest and the object identifier for the one-way hash function used to compute the message digest are combined. When performing the data encoding step, the id-sha256, id-sha384, and id-sha512 object identifiers (see section 2.1) MUST be used to specify the SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 one-way hash functions, respectively. The object identifier used to identify the PKCS #1 version 1.5 signature algorithm with SHA-256 is: sha256WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 11 } The object identifier used to identify the PKCS #1 version 1.5 signature algorithm with SHA-384 is: sha384WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 12 } The object identifier used to identify the PKCS #1 version 1.5 signature algorithm with SHA-512 is: sha512WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 13 } When any of these three object identifiers appears within an AlgorithmIdentifier, the parameters MUST be NULL. The RSA signature generation process and the encoding of the result is described in detail in RFC 2313 [P1v1.5]. Housley & Kaliski [Page 13] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 6 ASN.1 Module PKIX1-PSS-OAEP-Algorithms { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-mod-pkix1-rsa-pkalgs(TBD) } DEFINITIONS EXPLICIT TAGS ::= BEGIN -- EXPORTS All; IMPORTS AlgorithmIdentifier FROM PKIX1Explicit88 -- RFC 3280 { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-pkix1-explicit(18) }; -- ============================ -- Basic object identifiers -- ============================ pkcs-1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) 1 } -- When rsaEncryption is used in an AlgorithmIdentifier the -- parameters MUST be present and MUST be NULL. rsaEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 1 } -- When id-RSAES-OAEP is used in an AlgorithmIdentifier the -- parameters MUST be present and MUST be RSAES-OAEP-params. id-RSAES-OAEP OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 7 } -- When id-pSpecified is used in an AlgorithmIdentifier the -- parameters MUST be an OCTET STRING. id-pSpecified OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 9 } Housley & Kaliski [Page 14] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 -- When id-RSASSA-PSS is used in an AlgorithmIdentifier the -- parameters MUST be present and MUST be RSASSA-PSS-params. id-RSASSA-PSS OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 10 } -- When id-mgf1 is used in an AlgorithmIdentifier the parameters -- MUST be present and MUST be a HashAlgorithm. id-mgf1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 8 } -- When the following OIDs are used in an AlgorithmIdentifier the -- parameters MUST be present and MUST be NULL. sha256WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 11 } sha384WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 12 } sha512WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 13 } -- When the following OIDs are used in an AlgorithmIdentifier the -- parameters SHOULD be absent, but if the parameters are present, -- they MUST be NULL. id-sha1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3) oiw(14) secsig(3) algorithms(2) 26 } id-sha256 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 1 } id-sha384 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 2 } id-sha512 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 3 } Housley & Kaliski [Page 15] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 -- ============= -- Constant -- ============= nullOctetString OCTET STRING (SIZE (0)) ::= { ''H } -- ========================= -- Algorithm Identifiers -- ========================= sha1Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-sha1, NULL } sha256Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-sha256, NULL } sha384Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-sha384, NULL } sha512Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-sha512, NULL } mgf1SHA1Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-mgf1, sha1Identifier } mgf1SHA256Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-mgf1, sha256Identifier } mgf1SHA384Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-mgf1, sha384Identifier } mgf1SHA512Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-mgf1, sha512Identifier } pSpecifiedEmptyIdentifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-pSpecified, nullOctetString } rSASSA-PSS-Default-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { { id-RSASSA-PSS, { sha1Identifier, mgf1SHA1Identifier, 20, 1 } } rSASSA-PSS-SHA256-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { { id-RSASSA-PSS, { sha256Identifier, mgf1SHA256Identifier, 20, 1 } } Housley & Kaliski [Page 16] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 rSASSA-PSS-SHA384-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { { id-RSASSA-PSS, { sha384Identifier, mgf1SHA384Identifier, 20, 1 } } rSASSA-PSS-SHA512-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { { id-RSASSA-PSS, { sha512Identifier, mgf1SHA512Identifier, 20, 1 } } rSAES-OAEP-Default-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-RSAES-OAEP, { sha1Identifier, mgf1SHA1Identifier, pSpecifiedEmptyIdentifier } } rSAES-OAEP-SHA256-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-RSAES-OAEP, { sha256Identifier, mgf1SHA256Identifier, pSpecifiedEmptyIdentifier } } rSAES-OAEP-SHA384-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-RSAES-OAEP, { sha384Identifier, mgf1SHA384Identifier, pSpecifiedEmptyIdentifier } } rSAES-OAEP-SHA512-Identifier AlgorithmIdentifier ::= { id-RSAES-OAEP, { sha512Identifier, mgf1SHA512Identifier, pSpecifiedEmptyIdentifier } } -- =================== -- Main structures -- =================== -- Used in SubjectPublicKeyInfo of X.509 Certificate. RSAPublicKey ::= SEQUENCE { modulus INTEGER, -- n publicExponent INTEGER } -- e Housley & Kaliski [Page 17] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 -- AlgorithmIdentifier parameters for id-RSASSA-PSS. -- Note that the tags in this Sequence are explicit. RSASSA-PSS-params ::= SEQUENCE { hashAlgorithm [0] HashAlgorithm DEFAULT sha1Identifier, maskGenAlgorithm [1] MaskGenAlgorithm DEFAULT mgf1SHA1Identifier, saltLength [2] INTEGER DEFAULT 20, trailerField [3] INTEGER DEFAULT 1 } HashAlgorithm ::= AlgorithmIdentifier MaskGenAlgorithm ::= AlgorithmIdentifier -- AlgorithmIdentifier parameters for id-RSAES-OAEP. -- Note that the tags in this Sequence are explicit. RSAES-OAEP-params ::= SEQUENCE { hashFunc [0] AlgorithmIdentifier DEFAULT sha1Identifier, maskGenFunc [1] AlgorithmIdentifier DEFAULT mgf1SHA1Identifier, pSourceFunc [2] AlgorithmIdentifier DEFAULT pSpecifiedEmptyIdentifier } END 7 References This section provides normative and informative references. 7.1 Normative References [P1v1.5] Kaliski, B., "PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5", RFC 2313, March 1998. [P1v2.1] J. Jonsson, J., and B. Kaliski, "PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.1", Internet-Draft, August 2002. [PROFILE] Housley, R., Polk, W., Ford, W. and D. Solo, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Certificate and CRL Profile", RFC 3280, April 2002. Housley & Kaliski [Page 18] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 [SHA2] National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), FIPS 180-2: Secure Hash Standard, 1 August 2002. [STDWORDS] S. Bradner, "Key Words for Use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", RFC 2119, March 1997. [X.208-88] CCITT Recommendation X.208: Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), 1988. [X.209-88] CCITT Recommendation X.209: Specification of Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), 1988. [X.509-88] CCITT Recommendation X.509: The Directory - Authentication Framework. 1988. 7.2 Informative References [CMS] Housley, R, "Cryptographic Message Syntax", RFC 3369, August 2002. [GUIDE] National Institute of Standards and Technology, Second Draft: "Key Management Guideline, Part 1: General Guidance." June 2002. [http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/kms/guideline-1.pdf] [P1363a] IEEE P1363 working group, IEEE P1363a D11: Standard Specifications for Public Key Cryptography: Additional Techniques, December 16, 2002 Available from http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1363/. [PKALGS] Polk, W., Housley, R., and L. Bassham, "Algorithms and Identifiers for the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) Profile", RFC 3279, April 2002. [RANDOM] Eastlake, D., Crocker, S. and J. Schiller, "Randomness Recommendations for Security, RFC 1750, December 1994. 8 Security Considerations This specification supplements RFC 3280 [PROFILE]. The security considerations section of that document applies to this specification as well. Implementations must protect the RSA private key. Compromise of the RSA private key may result in the disclosure of all messages Housley & Kaliski [Page 19] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 protected with that key. The generation of RSA public/private key pairs relies on a random numbers. 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, searching the resulting small set of possibilities, rather than brute force searching the whole key space. The generation of quality random numbers is difficult. RFC 1750 [RANDOM] offers important guidance in this area. Generally, good cryptographic practice employs a given RSA key pair in only one scheme. This practice avoids the risk that vulnerability in one scheme may compromise the security of the other, and may be essential to maintain provable security. While PKCS #1 Version 1.5 [P1v1.5] has been employed for both key transport and digital signature without any known bad interactions, such a combined use of an RSA key pair is not recommended in the future. Therefore, an RSA key pair used for RSASSA-PSS signature generation should not also be used for other purposes. For similar reasons, one RSA key pair should always be used with the same RSASSA-PSS parameters. Likewise, an RSA key pair used for RSAES-OAEP key transport should not also be used for other purposes. For similar reasons, one RSA key pair should always be used with the same RSAES-OAEP parameters. This specification requires implementation to support the SHA-1 one- way hash function for interoperability, but support for other one-way hash function is permitted. At the time of this writing, the best (known) collision attacks against SHA-1 are generic attacks with complexity 2^80, where 80 is one-half the bit length of the hash value. In general, when a one-way hash function is used with a digital signature scheme, a collision attack is easily translated into a signature forgery. Therefore, the use of SHA-1 in a digital signature scheme provides a security level of no more than 80 bits. If a greater level of security is desired, then a secure one-way hash function with a longer hash value is needed. SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 are reasonable choices [SHA2]. The metrics for choosing a one-way hash function for use in digital signatures do not directly apply to the RSAES-OAEP key transport algorithm, since a collision attack on the one-way hash function does not directly translate into an attack on the key transport algorithm, unless the encoding parameters P varies (in which case a collision the hash value for different encoding parameters might be exploited). Nevertheless, for consistency with the practice for digital signature schemes, and in case the encoding parameters P is not the empty string, it is recommended that the same rule of thumb be applied to Housley & Kaliski [Page 20] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 selection of a one-way hash function for use with RSAES-OAEP. That is, the one-way hash function should be selected so that the bit length of the hash value is at least twice as long as the desired security level in bits. This specification does not constrain the size of public keys or their parameters for use in the Internet PKI. However, the key size selected impacts the strength achieved when implementing cryptographic services. Selection of appropriate key sizes is critical to implementing appropriate security. However, a 1024-bit RSA public key and SHA-1 both provide a security level of about 80 bits. In [GUIDE], the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggests that a security level of 80 bits is adequate for the protection of sensitive information until 2015. If a security level greater than 80 bits is needed, then a longer RSA public key and a secure one-way hash function with a longer hash value are needed. Again, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 are reasonable choices for such a one-way hash function. For this reason, the algorithm identifiers for these one-way hash functions are included in the ASN.1 module in section 5. When using RSASSA-PSS, the same one-way hash function should be employed for the hashAlgorithm and the maskGenAlgorithm, but it is not required. Using the same one-way hash function helps with security analysis, and it reduces implementation complexity. When using RSAES-OAEP, the same one-way hash function should be employed for the hashFunc and the maskGenFunc, but it is not required. Using the same one-way hash function helps with security analysis, and it reduces implementation complexity. 9 IANA Considerations Within the certificates and CRLs, algorithms are identified by object identifiers. All of the object identifiers used in this document were assigned in Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) documents or by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). No further action by the IANA is necessary for this document or any anticipated updates. Housley & Kaliski [Page 21] INTERNET DRAFT December 2002 10 Author Addresses Russell Housley RSA Laboratories 918 Spring Knoll Drive Herndon, VA 20170 USA rhousley@rsasecurity.com Burt Kaliski RSA Laboratories 174 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford, MA 01730 USA bkaliski@rsasecurity.com 11 Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved. This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative works. In addition, the ASN.1 modules presented in Section 5 may be used in whole or in part without inclusion of the copyright notice. 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