Network Working Group Jon Callas Category: INTERNET-DRAFT Network Associates draft-ietf-openpgp-formats-05.txt Expires Dec 1998 Lutz Donnerhacke June 1998 IN-Root-CA Individual Network e.V. Hal Finney Network Associates Rodney Thayer EIS Corporation OpenPGP Message Format draft-ietf-openpgp-formats-05.txt Copyright 1998 by The Internet Society. All Rights Reserved. Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft. 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." To view the entire list of current Internet-Drafts, please check the "1id-abstracts.txt" listing contained in the Internet-Drafts Shadow Directories on ftp.is.co.za (Africa), ftp.nordu.net (Northern Europe), ftp.nis.garr.it (Southern Europe), munnari.oz.au (Pacific Rim), ftp.ietf.org (US East Coast), or ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast). Abstract This document is maintained in order to publish all necessary information needed to develop interoperable applications based on the OpenPGP format. It is not a step-by-step cookbook for writing an application. It describes only the format and methods needed to read, check, generate, and write conforming packets crossing any network. It does not deal with storage and implementation questions. It does, however, discuss implementation issues necessary to avoid security flaws. Open-PGP software uses a combination of strong public-key and symmetric cryptography to provide security services for electronic communications and data storage. These services include confidentiality, key management, authentication, and digital signatures. This document specifies the message formats used in OpenPGP. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 1] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Table of Contents Status of this Memo 1 Abstract 1 Table of Contents 2 1. Introduction 5 1.1. Terms 5 2. General functions 5 2.1. Confidentiality via Encryption 5 2.2. Authentication via Digital signature 6 2.3. Compression 7 2.4. Conversion to Radix-64 7 3. Data Element Formats 7 3.1. Scalar numbers 7 3.2. Multi-Precision Integers 7 3.3. Key IDs 8 3.4. Text 8 3.5. Time fields 8 3.6. String-to-key (S2K) specifiers 8 3.6.1. String-to-key (S2k) specifier types 8 3.6.1.1. Simple S2K 8 3.6.1.2. Salted S2K 9 3.6.1.3. Iterated and Salted S2K 9 3.6.2. String-to-key usage 10 3.6.2.1. Secret key encryption 10 3.6.2.2. Symmetric-key message encryption 11 4. Packet Syntax 11 4.1. Overview 11 4.2. Packet Headers 11 4.2.1. Old-Format Packet Lengths 12 4.2.2. New-Format Packet Lengths 12 4.2.2.1. One-Octet Lengths 13 4.2.2.2. Two-Octet Lengths 13 4.2.2.3. Five-Octet Lengths 13 4.2.2.4. Partial Body Lengths 13 4.2.3. Packet Length Examples 13 4.3. Packet Tags 14 5. Packet Types 14 5.1. Public-Key Encrypted Session Key Packets (Tag 1) 14 5.2. Signature Packet (Tag 2) 16 5.2.1. Signature Types 16 5.2.2. Version 3 Signature Packet Format 18 5.2.3. Version 4 Signature Packet Format 20 5.2.3.1. Signature Subpacket Specification 20 5.2.3.2. Signature Subpacket Types 22 5.2.3.3. Signature creation time 22 5.2.3.4. Issuer 23 5.2.3.5. Key expiration time 23 5.2.3.6. Preferred symmetric algorithms 23 5.2.3.7. Preferred hash algorithms 23 5.2.3.8. Preferred compression algorithms 23 5.2.3.9. Signature expiration time 24 Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 2] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 5.2.3.10.Exportable 24 5.2.3.11.Revocable 24 5.2.3.12.Trust signature 24 5.2.3.13.Regular expression 24 5.2.3.14.Revocation key 25 5.2.3.15.Notation Data 25 5.2.3.16.Key server preferences 26 5.2.3.17.Preferred key server 26 5.2.3.18.Primary user id 26 5.2.3.19.Policy URL 26 5.2.3.20.Key Flags 26 5.2.3.21.Signer's User ID 27 5.2.3.22.Reason for Revocation 27 5.2.4. Computing Signatures 28 5.2.4.1. Subpacket Hints 29 5.3. Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session-Key Packets (Tag 3) 29 5.4. One-Pass Signature Packets (Tag 4) 30 5.5. Key Material Packet 31 5.5.1. Key Packet Variants 31 5.5.1.1. Public Key Packet (Tag 6) 31 5.5.1.2. Public Subkey Packet (Tag 14) 31 5.5.1.3. Secret Key Packet (Tag 5) 31 5.5.1.4. Secret Subkey Packet (Tag 7) 31 5.5.2. Public Key Packet Formats 31 5.5.3. Secret Key Packet Formats 33 5.6. Compressed Data Packet (Tag 8) 35 5.7. Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet (Tag 9) 35 5.8. Marker Packet (Obsolete Literal Packet) (Tag 10) 36 5.9. Literal Data Packet (Tag 11) 36 5.10. Trust Packet (Tag 12) 37 5.11. User ID Packet (Tag 13) 37 6. Radix-64 Conversions 37 6.1. An Implementation of the CRC-24 in "C" 38 6.2. Forming ASCII Armor 38 6.3. Encoding Binary in Radix-64 40 6.4. Decoding Radix-64 41 6.5. Examples of Radix-64 42 6.6. Example of an ASCII Armored Message 42 7. Cleartext signature framework 42 7.1. Dash-Escaped Text 43 8. Regular Expressions 44 9. Constants 44 9.1. Public Key Algorithms 44 9.2. Symmetric Key Algorithms 45 9.3. Compression Algorithms 45 9.4. Hash Algorithms 45 10. Packet Composition 46 10.1. Transferable Public Keys 46 10.2. OpenPGP Messages 47 11. Enhanced Key Formats 47 11.1. Key Structures 47 11.2. Key IDs and Fingerprints 48 Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 3] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 12. Notes on Algorithms 49 12.1. Symmetric Algorithm Preferences 49 12.2. Other Algorithm Preferences 50 12.2.1. Compression Preferences 50 12.2.2. Hash Algorithm Preferences 51 12.3. Plaintext 51 12.4. RSA 51 12.5. Elgamal 51 12.6. DSA 52 12.7. OpenPGP CFB mode 52 13. Security Considerations 53 14. Implementation Nits 54 15. Authors and Working Group Chair 55 16. References 56 17. Full Copyright Statement 57 Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 4] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 1. Introduction This document provides information on the message-exchange packet formats used by OpenPGP to provide encryption, decryption, signing, and key management functions. It builds on the foundation provided in RFC 1991 "PGP Message Exchange Formats." 1.1. Terms * OpenPGP - This is a definition for security software that uses PGP 5.x as a basis. * PGP - Pretty Good Privacy. PGP is a family of software systems developed by Philip R. Zimmermann from which OpenPGP is based. * PGP 2.6.x - This version of PGP has many variants, hence the term PGP 2.6.x. It used only RSA, MD5, and IDEA for its cryptographic transforms. * PGP 5.x - This version of PGP is formerly known as "PGP 3" in the community and also in the predecessor of this document, RFC1991. It has new formats and corrects a number of problems in the PGP 2.6.x design. It is referred to here as PGP 5.x because that software was the first release of the "PGP 3" code base. "PGP", "Pretty Good", and "Pretty Good Privacy" are trademarks of Network Associates, Inc. 2. General functions OpenPGP provides data integrity services for messages and data files by using these core technologies: - digital signatures - encryption - compression - radix-64 conversion In addition, OpenPGP provides key management and certificate services, but many of these are beyond the scope of this document. 2.1. Confidentiality via Encryption OpenPGP uses two encryption methods to provide confidentiality: symmetric-key encryption and public key encryption. With public-key encryption, the object is encrypted using a symmetric encryption algorithm. Each symmetric key is used only once. A new "session key" is generated as a random number for each message. Since it is used only once, the session key is bound to the message and Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 5] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 transmitted with it. To protect the key, it is encrypted with the receiver's public key. The sequence is as follows: 1. The sender creates a message. 2. The sending OpenPGP generates a random number to be used as a session key for this message only. 3. The session key is encrypted using each recipient's public key. These "encrypted session keys" start the message. 4. The sending OpenPGP encrypts the message using the session key, which forms the remainder of the message. Note that the message is also usually compressed. 5. The receiving OpenPGP decrypts the session key using the recipient's private key. 6. The receiving OpenPGP decrypts the message using the session key. If the message was compressed, it will be decompressed. With symmetric-key encryption, an object may encrypted with a symmetric key derived from a passphrase (or other shared secret), or a two-stage mechanism similar to the public-key method described above in which a session key is itself encrypted with a symmetric algorithm keyed from a shared secret. Both digital signature and confidentiality services may be applied to the same message. First, a signature is generated for the message and attached to the message. Then, the message plus signature is encrypted using a symmetric session key. Finally, the session key is encrypted using public-key encryption and prefixed to the encrypted block. 2.2. Authentication via Digital signature The digital signature uses a hash code or message digest algorithm, and a public-key signature algorithm. The sequence is as follows: 1. The sender creates a message. 2. The sending software generates a hash code of the message. 3. The sending software generates a signature from the hash code using the sender's private key. 4. The binary signature is attached to the message. 5. The receiving software keeps a copy of the message signature. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 6] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 6. The receiving software generates a new hash code for the received message and verifies it using the message's signature. If the verification is successful, the message is accepted as authentic. 2.3. Compression OpenPGP implementations MAY compress the message after applying the signature but before encryption. 2.4. Conversion to Radix-64 OpenPGP's underlying native representation for encrypted messages, signature certificates, and keys is a stream of arbitrary octets. Some systems only permit the use of blocks consisting of seven-bit, printable text. For transporting OpenPGP's native raw binary octets through channels that are not safe to raw binary data, a printable encoding of these binary octets is needed. OpenPGP provides the service of converting the raw 8-bit binary octet stream to a stream of printable ASCII characters, called Radix-64 encoding or ASCII Armor. Implementations SHOULD provide Radix-64 conversions. Note that many applications, particularly messaging applications, will want more advanced features as described in the OpenPGP-MIME document, RFC2015. An application that implements OpenPGP for messaging SHOULD implement OpenPGP-MIME. 3. Data Element Formats This section describes the data elements used by OpenPGP. 3.1. Scalar numbers Scalar numbers are unsigned, and are always stored in big-endian format. Using n[k] to refer to the kth octet being interpreted, the value of a two-octet scalar is ((n[0] << 8) + n[1]). The value of a four-octet scalar is ((n[0] << 24) + (n[1] << 16) + (n[2] << 8) + n[3]). 3.2. Multi-Precision Integers Multi-Precision Integers (also called MPIs) are unsigned integers used to hold large integers such as the ones used in cryptographic calculations. An MPI consists of two pieces: a two-octet scalar that is the length of the MPI in bits followed by a string of octets that contain the actual integer. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 7] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 These octets form a big-endian number; a big-endian number can be made into an MPI by prefixing it with the appropriate length. Examples: (all numbers are in hexadecimal) The string of octets [00 01 01] forms an MPI with the value 1. The string [00 09 01 FF] forms an MPI with the value of 511. Additional rules: The size of an MPI is ((MPI.length + 7) / 8) + 2 octets. The length field of an MPI describes the length starting from its most significant non-zero bit. Thus, the MPI [00 02 01] is not formed correctly. It should be [00 01 01]. 3.3. Key IDs A Key ID is an eight-octet scalar that identifies a key. Implementations SHOULD NOT assume that Key IDs are unique. The section, "Enhanced Key Formats" below describes how Key IDs are formed. 3.4. Text The default character set for text is the UTF-8 [RFC2044] encoding of Unicode [ISO10646]. 3.5. Time fields A time field is an unsigned four-octet number containing the number of seconds elapsed since midnight, 1 January 1970 UTC. 3.6. String-to-key (S2K) specifiers String-to-key (S2K) specifiers are used to convert passphrase strings into symmetric-key encryption/decryption keys. They are used in two places, currently: to encrypt the secret part of private keys in the private keyring, and to convert passphrases to encryption keys for symmetrically encrypted messages. 3.6.1. String-to-key (S2k) specifier types There are three types of S2K specifiers currently supported, as follows: 3.6.1.1. Simple S2K This directly hashes the string to produce the key data. See below for how this hashing is done. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 8] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Octet 0: 0x00 Octet 1: hash algorithm Simple S2K hashes the passphrase to produce the session key. The manner in which this is done depends on the size of the session key (which will depend on the cipher used) and the size of the hash algorithm's output. If the hash size is greater than or equal to the session key size, the high-order (leftmost) octets of the hash are used as the key. If the hash size is less than the key size, multiple instances of the hash context are created -- enough to produce the required key data. These instances are preloaded with 0, 1, 2, ... octets of zeros (that is to say, the first instance has no preloading, the second gets preloaded with 1 octet of zero, the third is preloaded with two octets of zeros, and so forth). As the data is hashed, it is given independently to each hash context. Since the contexts have been initialized differently, they will each produce different hash output. Once the passphrase is hashed, the output data from the multiple hashes is concatenated, first hash leftmost, to produce the key data, with any excess octets on the right discarded. 3.6.1.2. Salted S2K This includes a "salt" value in the S2K specifier -- some arbitrary data -- that gets hashed along with the passphrase string, to help prevent dictionary attacks. Octet 0: 0x01 Octet 1: hash algorithm Octets 2-9: 8-octet salt value Salted S2K is exactly like Simple S2K, except that the input to the hash function(s) consists of the 8 octets of salt from the S2K specifier, followed by the passphrase. 3.6.1.3. Iterated and Salted S2K This includes both a salt and an octet count. The salt is combined with the passphrase and the resulting value is hashed repeatedly. This further increases the amount of work an attacker must do to try dictionary attacks. Octet 0: 0x03 Octet 1: hash algorithm Octets 2-9: 8-octet salt value Octet 10: count, a one-octet, coded value Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 9] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 The count is coded into a one-octet number using the following formula: #define EXPBIAS 6 count = ((Int32)16 + (c & 15)) << ((c >> 4) + EXPBIAS); The above formula is in C, where "Int32" is a type for a 32-bit integer, and the variable "c" is the coded count, Octet 10. Iterated-Salted S2K hashes the passphrase and salt data multiple times. The total number of octets to be hashed is specified in the encoded count in the S2K specifier. Note that the resulting count value is an octet count of how many octets will be hashed, not an iteration count. Initially, one or more hash contexts are set up as with the other S2K algorithms, depending on how many octets of key data are needed. Then the salt, followed by the passphrase data is repeatedly hashed until the number of octets specified by the octet count has been hashed. The one exception is that if the octet count is less than the size of the salt plus passphrase, the full salt plus passphrase will be hashed even though that is greater than the octet count. After the hashing is done the data is unloaded from the hash context(s) as with the other S2K algorithms. 3.6.2. String-to-key usage Implementations SHOULD use salted or iterated-and-salted S2K specifiers, as simple S2K specifiers are more vulnerable to dictionary attacks. 3.6.2.1. Secret key encryption An S2K specifier can be stored in the secret keyring to specify how to convert the passphrase to a key that unlocks the secret data. Older versions of PGP just stored a cipher algorithm octet preceding the secret data or a zero to indicate that the secret data was unencrypted. The MD5 hash function was always used to convert the passphrase to a key for the specified cipher algorithm. For compatibility, when an S2K specifier is used, the special value 255 is stored in the position where the hash algorithm octet would have been in the old data structure. This is then followed immediately by a one-octet algorithm identifier, and then by the S2K specifier as encoded above. Therefore, preceding the secret data there will be one of these possibilities: 0: secret data is unencrypted (no pass phrase) 255: followed by algorithm octet and S2K specifier Cipher alg: use Simple S2K algorithm using MD5 hash Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 10] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 This last possibility, the cipher algorithm number with an implicit use of MD5 and IDEA, is provided for backward compatibility; it MAY be understood, but SHOULD NOT be generated, and is deprecated. These are followed by an 8-octet Initial Vector for the decryption of the secret values, if they are encrypted, and then the secret key values themselves. 3.6.2.2. Symmetric-key message encryption OpenPGP can create a Symmetric-key Encrypted Session Key (ESK) packet at the front of a message. This is used to allow S2K specifiers to be used for the passphrase conversion or to create messages with a mix of symmetric-key ESKs and public-key ESKs. This allows a message to be decrypted either with a passphrase or a public key. PGP 2.X always used IDEA with Simple string-to-key conversion when encrypting a message with a symmetric algorithm. This is deprecated, but MAY be used for backward-compatibility. 4. Packet Syntax This section describes the packets used by OpenPGP. 4.1. Overview An OpenPGP message is constructed from a number of records that are traditionally called packets. A packet is a chunk of data that has a tag specifying its meaning. An OpenPGP message, keyring, certificate, and so forth consists of a number of packets. Some of those packets may contain other OpenPGP packets (for example, a compressed data packet, when uncompressed, contains OpenPGP packets). Each packet consists of a packet header, followed by the packet body. The packet header is of variable length. 4.2. Packet Headers The first octet of the packet header is called the "Packet Tag." It determines the format of the header and denotes the packet contents. The remainder of the packet header is the length of the packet. Note that the most significant bit is the left-most bit, called bit 7. A mask for this bit is 0x80 in hexadecimal. +---------------+ PTag |7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0| +---------------+ Bit 7 -- Always one Bit 6 -- New packet format if set Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 11] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 PGP 2.6.x only uses old format packets. Thus, software that interoperates with those versions of PGP must only use old format packets. If interoperability is not an issue, either format may be used. Note that old format packets have four bits of content tags, and new format packets have six; some features cannot be used and still be backward-compatible. Old format packets contain: Bits 5-2 -- content tag Bits 1-0 - length-type New format packets contain: Bits 5-0 -- content tag 4.2.1. Old-Format Packet Lengths The meaning of the length-type in old-format packets is: 0 - The packet has a one-octet length. The header is 2 octets long. 1 - The packet has a two-octet length. The header is 3 octets long. 2 - The packet has a four-octet length. The header is 5 octets long. 3 - The packet is of indeterminate length. The header is 1 octet long, and the implementation must determine how long the packet is. If the packet is in a file, this means that the packet extends until the end of the file. In general, an implementation SHOULD NOT use indeterminate length packets except where the end of the data will be clear from the context, and even then it is better to use a definite length, or a new-format header. The new-format headers described below have a mechanism for precisely encoding data of indeterminate length. 4.2.2. New-Format Packet Lengths New format packets have four possible ways of encoding length: 1. A one-octet Body Length header encodes packet lengths of up to 191 octets. 2. A two-octet Body Length header encodes packet lengths of 192 to 8383 octets. 3. A five-octet Body Length header encodes packet lengths of up to 4,294,967,295 (0xFFFFFFFF) octets in length. (This actually encodes a four-octet scalar number.) Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 12] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 4. When the length of the packet body is not known in advance by the issuer, Partial Body Length headers encode a packet of indeterminite length, effectively making it a stream. 4.2.2.1. One-Octet Lengths A one-octet Body Length header encodes a length of from 0 to 191 octets. This type of length header is recognized because the one octet value is less than 192. The body length is equal to: bodyLen = 1st_octet; 4.2.2.2. Two-Octet Lengths A two-octet Body Length header encodes a length of from 192 to 8383 octets. It is recognized because its first octet is in the range 192 to 223. The body length is equal to: bodyLen = ((1st_octet - 192) << 8) + (2nd_octet) + 192 4.2.2.3. Five-Octet Lengths A five-octet Body Length header consists of a single octet holding the value 255, followed by a four-octet scalar. The body length is equal to: bodyLen = (2nd_octet << 24) | (3rd_octet << 16) | (4th_octet << 8) | 5th_octet 4.2.2.4. Partial Body Lengths A Partial Body Length header is one octet long and encodes the length of only part of the data packet. This length is a power of 2, from 1 to 1,073,741,824 (2 to the 30th power). It is recognized by its one octet value that is greater than or equal to 224, and less than 255. The partial body length is equal to: partialBodyLen = 1 << (1st_octet & 0x1f); Each Partial Body Length header is followed by a portion of the packet body data. The Partial Body Length header specifies this portion's length. Another length header (of one of the three types -- one octet, two-octet, or partial) follows that portion. The last length header in the packet MUST NOT be a partial Body Length header. Partial Body Length headers may only be used for the non-final parts of the packet. 4.2.3. Packet Length Examples A packet with length 100 may have its length encoded in one octet: 0x64. This is followed by 100 octets of data. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 13] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 A packet with length 1723 may have its length coded in two octets: 0xC5, 0xFB. This header is followed by the 1723 octets of data. A packet with length 100000 may have its length encoded in five octets: 0xFF, 0x00, 0x01, 0x86, 0xA0. It might also be encoded in the following octet stream: 0xEF, first 32768 octets of data; 0xE1, next two octets of data; 0xE0, next one octet of data; 0xF0, next 65536 octets of data; 0xC5, 0xDD, last 1693 octets of data. This is just one possible encoding, and many variations are possible on the size of the Partial Body Length headers, as long as a regular Body Length header encodes the last portion of the data. Note also that the last Body Length header can be a zero-length header. An implementation MAY use Partial Body Lengths for data packets, be they literal, compressed, or encrypted. The first partial length MUST be at least 512 octets long. Partial Body Lengths MUST NOT be used for any other packet types. Please note that in all of these explanations, the total length of the packet is the length of the header(s) plus the length of the body. 4.3. Packet Tags The packet tag denotes what type of packet the body holds. Note that old format headers can only have tags less than 16, whereas new format headers can have tags as great as 63. The defined tags (in decimal) are: 0 -- Reserved - a packet tag must not have this value 1 -- Public-Key Encrypted Session Key Packet 2 -- Signature Packet 3 -- Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session Key Packet 4 -- One-Pass Signature Packet 5 -- Secret Key Packet 6 -- Public Key Packet 7 -- Secret Subkey Packet 8 -- Compressed Data Packet 9 -- Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet 10 -- Marker Packet 11 -- Literal Data Packet 12 -- Trust Packet 13 -- User ID Packet 14 -- Subkey Packet 60 to 63 -- Private or Experimental Values 5. Packet Types 5.1. Public-Key Encrypted Session Key Packets (Tag 1) Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 14] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 A Public-Key Encrypted Session Key packet holds the session key used to encrypt a message. Zero or more Encrypted Session Key packets (either Public-Key or Symmetric-Key) may precede a Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet, which holds an encrypted message. The message is encrypted with the session key, and the session key is itself encrypted and stored in the Encrypted Session Key packet(s). The Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet is preceded by one Public-Key Encrypted Session Key packet for each OpenPGP key to which the message is encrypted. The recipient of the message finds a session key that is encrypted to their public key, decrypts the session key, and then uses the session key to decrypt the message. The body of this packet consists of: - A one-octet number giving the version number of the packet type. The currently defined value for packet version is 3. An implementation should accept, but not generate a version of 2, which is equivalent to V3 in all other respects. - An eight-octet number that gives the key ID of the public key that the session key is encrypted to. - A one-octet number giving the public key algorithm used. - A string of octets that is the encrypted session key. This string takes up the remainder of the packet, and its contents are dependent on the public key algorithm used. Algorithm Specific Fields for RSA encryption - multiprecision integer (MPI) of RSA encrypted value m**e mod n. Algorithm Specific Fields for Elgamal encryption: - MPI of Elgamal (Diffie-Hellman) value g**k mod p. - MPI of Elgamal (Diffie-Hellman) value m * y**k mod p. The value "m" in the above formulas is derived from the session key as follows. First the session key is prefixed with a one-octet algorithm identifier that specifies the symmetric encryption algorithm used to encrypt the following Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet. Then a two-octet checksum is appended which is equal to the sum of the preceding octets, including the algorithm identifier and session key, modulo 65536. This value is then padded as described in PKCS-1 block type 02 [PKCS1] to form the "m" value used in the formulas above. Note that when an implementation forms several PKESKs with one session key, forming a message that can be decrypted by several keys, the implementation MUST make new PKCS-1 padding for each key. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 15] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 An implementation MAY accept or use a Key ID of zero as a "wild card" or "speculative" Key ID. In this case, the receiving implementation would try all available private keys, checking for a valid decrypted session key. This format helps reduce traffic analysis of messages. 5.2. Signature Packet (Tag 2) A signature packet describes a binding between some public key and some data. The most common signatures are a signature of a file or a block of text, and a signature that is a certification of a user ID. Two versions of signature packets are defined. Version 3 provides basic signature information, while version 4 provides an expandable format with subpackets that can specify more information about the signature. PGP 2.6.x only accepts version 3 signatures. Implementations MUST accept V3 signatures. Implementations SHOULD generate V4 signatures. Implementations MAY generate a V3 signature that can be verified by PGP 2.6.x. Note that if an implementation is creating an encrypted and signed message that is encrypted to a V3 key, it is reasonable to create a V3 signature. 5.2.1. Signature Types There are a number of possible meanings for a signature, which are specified in a signature type octet in any given signature. These meanings are: 0x00: Signature of a binary document. Typically, this means the signer owns it, created it, or certifies that it has not been modified. 0x01: Signature of a canonical text document. Typically, this means the signer owns it, created it, or certifies that it has not been modified. The signature is calculated over the text data with its line endings converted to and trailing blanks removed. 0x02: Standalone signature. This signature is a signature of only its own subpacket contents. It is calculated identically to a signature over a zero-length binary document. Note that it doesn't make sense to have a V3 standalone signature. 0x10: Generic certification of a User ID and Public Key packet. The issuer of this certification does not make any particular assertion as to how well the certifier has checked that the owner of the key is in fact the person described by the user ID. Note that all PGP "key signatures" are this type of Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 16] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 certification. 0x11: Persona certification of a User ID and Public Key packet. The issuer of this certification has not done any verification of the claim that the owner of this key is the user ID specified. 0x12: Casual certification of a User ID and Public Key packet. The issuer of this certification has done some casual verification of the claim of identity. 0x13: Positive certification of a User ID and Public Key packet. The issuer of this certification has done substantial verification of the claim of identity. Please note that the vagueness of these certification claims is not a flaw, but a feature of the system. Because PGP places final authority for validity upon the receiver of a certification, it may be that one authority's casual certification might be more rigorous than some other authority's positive certification. These classifications allow a certification authority to issue fine-grained claims. 0x18: Subkey Binding Signature This signature is a statement by the top-level signing key indicates that it owns the subkey. This signature is calculated directly on the subkey itself, not on any User ID or other packets. 0x1F: Signature directly on a key This signature is calculated directly on a key. It binds the information in the signature subpackets to the key, and is appropriate to be used for subpackets that provide information about the key, such as the revocation key subpacket. It is also appropriate for statements that non-self certifiers want to make about the key itself, rather than the binding between a key and a name. 0x20: Key revocation signature The signature is calculated directly on the key being revoked. A revoked key is not to be used. Only revocation signatures by the key being revoked, or by an authorized revocation key, should be considered valid revocation signatures. 0x28: Subkey revocation signature The signature is calculated directly on the subkey being revoked. A revoked subkey is not to be used. Only revocation signatures by the top-level signature key that is bound to this subkey, or by an authorized revocation key, should be considered valid revocation signatures. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 17] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 0x30: Certification revocation signature This signature revokes an earlier user ID certification signature (signature class 0x10 through 0x13). It should be issued by the same key that issued the revoked signature or an authorized revocation key The signature should have a later creation date than the signature it revokes. 0x40: Timestamp signature. This signature is only meaningful for the timestamp contained in it. 5.2.2. Version 3 Signature Packet Format The body of a version 3 Signature Packet contains: - One-octet version number (3). - One-octet length of following hashed material. MUST be 5. - One-octet signature type. - Four-octet creation time. - Eight-octet key ID of signer. - One-octet public key algorithm. - One-octet hash algorithm. - Two-octet field holding left 16 bits of signed hash value. - One or more multi-precision integers comprising the signature. This portion is algorithm specific, as described below. The data being signed is hashed, and then the signature type and creation time from the signature packet are hashed (5 additional octets). The resulting hash value is used in the signature algorithm. The high 16 bits (first two octets) of the hash are included in the signature packet to provide a quick test to reject some invalid signatures. Algorithm Specific Fields for RSA signatures: - multiprecision integer (MPI) of RSA signature value m**d. Algorithm Specific Fields for DSA signatures: - MPI of DSA value r. - MPI of DSA value s. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 18] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 The signature calculation is based on a hash of the signed data, as described above. The details of the calculation are different for DSA signature than for RSA signatures. With RSA signatures, the hash value is encoded as described in PKCS-1 section 10.1.2, "Data encoding", producing an ASN.1 value of type DigestInfo, and then padded using PKCS-1 block type 01 [PKCS1]. This requires inserting the hash value as an octet string into an ASN.1 structure. The object identifier for the type of hash being used is included in the structure. The hexadecimal representations for the currently defined hash algorithms are: - MD2: 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xF7, 0x0D, 0x02, 0x02 - MD5: 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xF7, 0x0D, 0x02, 0x05 - RIPEMD-160: 0x2B, 0x24, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01 - SHA-1: 0x2B, 0x0E, 0x03, 0x02, 0x1A The ASN.1 OIDs are: - MD2: 1.2.840.113549.2.2 - MD5: 1.2.840.113549.2.5 - RIPEMD-160: 1.3.36.3.2.1 - SHA-1: 1.3.14.3.2.26 The full hash prefixes for these are: MD2: 0x30, 0x20, 0x30, 0x0C, 0x06, 0x08, 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xF7, 0x0D, 0x02, 0x02, 0x05, 0x00, 0x04, 0x10 MD5: 0x30, 0x20, 0x30, 0x0C, 0x06, 0x08, 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xF7, 0x0D, 0x02, 0x05, 0x05, 0x00, 0x04, 0x10 RIPEMD-160: 0x30, 0x21, 0x30, 0x09, 0x06, 0x05, 0x2B, 0x24, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x04, 0x14 SHA-1: 0x30, 0x21, 0x30, 0x09, 0x06, 0x05, 0x2b, 0x0E, 0x03, 0x02, 0x1A, 0x05, 0x00, 0x04, 0x14 DSA signatures SHOULD use hashes with a size of 160 bits, to match q, the size of the group generated by the DSA key's generator value. The hash function result is treated as a 160 bit number and used directly in the DSA signature algorithm. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 19] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 5.2.3. Version 4 Signature Packet Format The body of a version 4 Signature Packet contains: - One-octet version number (4). - One-octet signature type. - One-octet public key algorithm. - One-octet hash algorithm. - Two-octet scalar octet count for following hashed subpacket data. - Hashed subpacket data. (zero or more subpackets) - Two-octet scalar octet count for following unhashed subpacket data. - Unhashed subpacket data. (zero or more subpackets) - Two-octet field holding left 16 bits of signed hash value. - One or more multi-precision integers comprising the signature. This portion is algorithm specific, as described above. The data being signed is hashed, and then the signature data from the version number through the hashed subpacket data (inclusive) is hashed. The resulting hash value is what is signed. The left 16 bits of the hash are included in the signature packet to provide a quick test to reject some invalid signatures. There are two fields consisting of signature subpackets. The first field is hashed with the rest of the signature data, while the second is unhashed. The second set of subpackets is not cryptographically protected by the signature and should include only advisory information. The algorithms for converting the hash function result to a signature are described in a section below. 5.2.3.1. Signature Subpacket Specification The subpacket fields consist of zero or more signature subpackets. Each set of subpackets is preceded by a two-octet scalar count of the length of the set of subpackets. Each subpacket consists of a subpacket header and a body. The header consists of: Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 20] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 - the subpacket length (1, 2, or 5 octets) - the subpacket type (1 octet) and is followed by the subpacket specific data. The length includes the type octet but not this length. Its format is similar to the "new" format packet header lengths, but cannot have partial body lengths. That is: if the 1st octet < 192, then lengthOfLength = 1 subpacketLen = 1st_octet if the 1st octet >= 192 and < 255, then lengthOfLength = 2 subpacketLen = ((1st_octet - 192) << 8) + (2nd_octet) + 192 if the 1st octet = 255, then lengthOfLength = 5 subpacket length = [four-octet scalar starting at 2nd_octet] The value of the subpacket type octet may be: 2 = signature creation time 3 = signature expiration time 4 = exportable 5 = trust signature 6 = regular expression 7 = revocable 9 = key expiration time 10 = placeholder for backward compatibility 11 = preferred symmetric algorithms 12 = revocation key 16 = issuer key ID 20 = notation data 21 = preferred hash algorithms 22 = preferred compression algorithms 23 = key server preferences 24 = preferred key server 25 = primary user id 26 = policy URL 27 = key flags 28 = signer's user id 29 = reason for revocation 100 to 110 = internal or user-defined An implementation SHOULD ignore any subpacket of a type that it does not recognize. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 21] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Bit 7 of the subpacket type is the "critical" bit. If set, it denotes that the subpacket is one that is critical for the evaluator of the signature to recognize. If a subpacket is encountered that is marked critical but is unknown to the evaluating software, the evaluator SHOULD consider the signature to be in error. An evaluator may "recognize" a subpacket, but not implement it. The purpose of the critical bit is to allow the signer to tell an evaluator that it would prefer a new, unknown feature to generate an error than be ignored. Implementations SHOULD implement "preferences". 5.2.3.2. Signature Subpacket Types A number of subpackets are currently defined. Some subpackets apply to the signature itself and some are attributes of the key. Subpackets that are found on a self-signature are placed on a user id certification made by the key itself. Note that a key may have more than one user id, and thus may have more than one self-signature, and differing subpackets. A self-signature is a binding signature made by the key the signature refers to. There are three types of self-signatures, the certification signatures (types 0x10-0x13), the direct-key signature (type 0x1f), and the subkey binding signature (type 0x18). For certification self-signatures, each user ID may have a self-signature, and thus different subpackets in those self-signatures. For subkey binding signatures, each subkey in fact has a self-signature. Subpackets that appear in a certification self-signature apply to the username, and subpackets that appear in the subkey self-signature apply to the subkey. Lastly, subpackets on the direct key signature apply to the entire key. Implementing software should interpret a self-signature's preference subpackets as narrowly as possible. For example, suppose a key has two usernames, Alice and Bob. Suppose that Alice prefers the symmetric algorithm CAST5, and Bob prefers IDEA or Triple-DES. If the software locates this key via Alice's name, then the preferred algorithm is CAST5, if software locates the key via Bob's name, then the preferred algorithm is IDEA. If the key is located by key id, then algorithm of the default user id of the key provides the default symmetric algorithm. A subpacket may be found either in the hashed or unhashed subpacket sections of a signature. If a subpacket is not hashed, then the information in it cannot be considered definitive because it is not part of the signature proper. 5.2.3.3. Signature creation time (4 octet time field) Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 22] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 The time the signature was made. MUST be present in the hashed area. 5.2.3.4. Issuer (8 octet key ID) The OpenPGP key ID of the key issuing the signature. MUST be present in the hashed area. 5.2.3.5. Key expiration time (4 octet time field) The validity period of the key. This is the number of seconds after the key creation time that the key expires. If this is not present or has a value of zero, the key never expires. This is found only on a self-signature. 5.2.3.6. Preferred symmetric algorithms (sequence of one-octet values) Symmetric algorithm numbers that indicate which algorithms the key holder prefers to use. The subpacket body is an ordered list of octets with the most preferred listed first. It is assumed that only algorithms listed are supported by the recipient's software. Algorithm numbers in section 9. This is only found on a self-signature. 5.2.3.7. Preferred hash algorithms (array of one-octet values) Message digest algorithm numbers that indicate which algorithms the key holder prefers to receive. Like the preferred symmetric algorithms, the list is ordered. Algorithm numbers are in section 6. This is only found on a self-signature. 5.2.3.8. Preferred compression algorithms (array of one-octet values) Compression algorithm numbers that indicate which algorithms the key holder prefers to use. Like the preferred symmetric algorithms, the list is ordered. Algorithm numbers are in section 6. If this subpacket is not included, ZIP is preferred. A zero denotes that uncompressed data is preferred; the key holder's software might have no compression software in that implementation. This is only found on a self-signature. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 23] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 5.2.3.9. Signature expiration time (4 octet time field) The validity period of the signature. This is the number of seconds after the signature creation time that the signature expires. If this is not present or has a value of zero, it never expires. 5.2.3.10. Exportable (1 octet of exportability, 0 for not, 1 for exportable) Signature's exportability status. Packet body contains a boolean flag indicating whether the signature is exportable. Signatures that are not exportable are ignored during export and import operations. If this packet is not present the signature is assumed to be exportable. 5.2.3.11. Revocable (1 octet of revocability, 0 for not, 1 for revocable) Signature's revocability status. Packet body contains a boolean flag indicating whether the signature is revocable. Signatures that are not revocable have any later revocation signatures ignored. They represent a commitment by the signer that he cannot revoke his signature for the life of his key. If this packet is not present, the signature is revocable. 5.2.3.12. Trust signature (1 octet "level" (depth), 1 octet of trust amount) Signer asserts that the key is not only valid, but also trustworthy, at the specified level. Level 0 has the same meaning as an ordinary validity signature. Level 1 means that the signed key is asserted to be a valid trusted introducer, with the 2nd octet of the body specifying the degree of trust. Level 2 means that the signed key is asserted to be trusted to issue level 1 trust signatures, i.e. that it is a "meta introducer". Generally, a level n trust signature asserts that a key is trusted to issue level n-1 trust signatures. The trust amount is in a range from 0-255, interpreted such that values less than 120 indicate partial trust and values of 120 or greater indicate complete trust. Implementations SHOULD emit values of 60 for partial trust and 120 for complete trust. 5.2.3.13. Regular expression (null-terminated regular expression) Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 24] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Used in conjunction with trust signature packets (of level > 0) to limit the scope of trust that is extended. Only signatures by the target key on user IDs that match the regular expression in the body of this packet have trust extended by the trust packet. The regular expression uses the same syntax as the Henry Spencer's "almost public domain" regular expression package. A description of the syntax is found in a section below. 5.2.3.14. Revocation key (1 octet of class, 1 octet of algid, 20 octets of fingerprint) Authorizes the specified key to issue revocation signatures for this key. Class octet must have bit 0x80 set, other bits are for future expansion to other kinds of signature authorizations. This is found on a self-signature. Authorizes the specified key to issue revocation signatures for this key. Class octet must have bit 0x80 set. If the bit 0x40 is set, then this means that the revocation information is sensitive. Other bits are for future expansion to other kinds of authorizations. This is found on a self-signature. If the "sensitive" flag is set, the keyholder feels this subpacket contains private trust information that describes a real-world sensitive relationship. If this flag is set, implementations SHOULD NOT export this signature to other users except in cases where the data needs to be available: when the signature is being sent to the designated revoker, or when it is accompanied by a revocation signature from that revoker. Note that it may be appropriate to isolate this subpacket within a separate signature so that it is not combined with other subpackets that need to be exported. 5.2.3.15. Notation Data (4 octets of flags, 2 octets of name length (M), 2 octets of value length (N), M octets of name data, N octets of value data) This subpacket describes a "notation" on the signature that the issuer wishes to make. The notation has a name and a value, each of which are strings of octets. There may be more than one notation in a signature. Notations can be used for any extension the issuer of the signature cares to make. The "flags" field holds four octets of flags. All undefined flags MUST be zero. Defined flags are: First octet: 0x80 = human-readable. This note is text, a note from one person to another, and has no meaning to software. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 25] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Other octets: none. 5.2.3.16. Key server preferences (N octets of flags) This is a list of flags that indicate preferences that the key holder has about how the key is handled on a key server. All undefined flags MUST be zero. First octet: 0x80 = No-modify the key holder requests that this key only be modified or updated by the key holder or an administrator of the key server. This is found only on a self-signature. 5.2.3.17. Preferred key server (String) This is a URL of a key server that the key holder prefers be used for updates. Note that keys with multiple user ids can have a preferred key server for each user id. Note also that since this is a URL, the key server can actually be a copy of the key retrieved by ftp, http, finger, etc. 5.2.3.18. Primary user id (1 octet, boolean) This is a flag in a user id's self signature that states whether this user id is the main user id for this key. It is reasonable for an implementation to resolve ambiguities in preferences, etc. by referring to the primary user id. If this flag is absent, its value is zero. If more than one user id in a key is marked as primary, the implementation may resolve the ambiguity in any way it sees fit. 5.2.3.19. Policy URL (String) This subpacket contains a URL of a document that describes the policy that the signature was issued under. 5.2.3.20. Key Flags (Octet string) This subpacket contains a list of binary flags that hold information about a key. It is a string of octets, and an implementation MUST NOT assume a fixed size. This is so it can grow over time. If a list is shorter than an implementation expects, the unstated flags are Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 26] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 considered to be zero. The defined flags are: First octet: 0x01 - This key may be used to certify other keys. 0x02 - This key may be used to sign data. 0x04 - This key may be used to encrypt communications. 0x08 - This key may be used to encrypt storage. 0x10 - The private component of this key may have been split by a secret-sharing mechanism. 0x80 - The private component of this key may be in the possession of more than one person. Usage notes: The flags in this packet may appear in self-signatures or in certification signatures. They mean different things depending on who is making the statement -- for example, a certification signature that has the "sign data" flag is stating that the certification is for that use. On the other hand, the "communications encryption" flag in a self-signature is stating a preference that a given key be used for communications. Note however, that it is a thorny issue to determine what is "communications" and what is "storage." This decision is left wholly up to the implementation; the authors of this document do not claim any special wisdom on the issue, and realize that accepted opinion may change. The "split key" (0x10) and "group key" (0x80) flags are placed on a self-signature only; they are meaningless on a certification signature. They SHOULD be placed only on a direct-key signature (type 0x1f) or a subkey signature (type 0x18), one that refers to the key the flag applies to. 5.2.3.21. Signer's User ID This subpacket allows a keyholder to state which user id is responsible for the signing. Many keyholders use a single key for different purposes, such as business communications as well as personal communications. This subpacket allows such a keyholder to state which of their roles is making a signature. 5.2.3.22. Reason for Revocation (1 octet of revocation code, N octets of reason string) Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 27] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 This subpacket is used only in key revocation and certification revocation signatures. It describes the reason why the key or certificate was revoked. The first octet contains a machine-readable code that denotes the reason for the revocation: 0x00 - No reason specified (key revocations or cert revocations) 0x01 - Key is superceded (key revocations) 0x02 - Key material has been compromised (key revocations) 0x03 - Key is no longer used (key revocations) 0x20 - User id information is no longer valid (cert revocations) Following the recovation code is a string of octets which gives information about the reason for revocation in human-readable form (UTF-8). The string may be null, that is, of zero length. The length of the subpacket is the length of the reason string plus one. 5.2.4. Computing Signatures All signatures are formed by producing a hash over the signature data, and then using the resulting hash in the signature algorithm. The signature data is simple to compute for document signatures (types 0x00 and 0x01), for which the document itself is the data. For standalone signatures, this is a null string. When a signature is made over a key, the hash data starts with the octet 0x99, followed by a two-octet length of the key, and then body of the key packet. (Note that this is an old-style packet header for a key packet with two-octet length.) A subkey signature (type 0x18) then hashes the subkey, using the same format as the main key. Key revocation signatures (types 0x20 and 0x28) hash only the key being revoked. A certification signature (type 0x10 through 0x13) hashes the user id being bound to the key into the hash context after the above data. A V3 certification hashes the contents of the name packet, without any header. A V4 certification hashes the constant 0xb4 (which is an old-style packet header with the length-of-length set to zero), a four-octet number giving the length of the username, and then the username data. Once the data body is hashed, then a trailer is hashed. A V3 signature hashes five octets of the packet body, starting from the signature type field. This data is the signature type, followed by the four-octet signature time. A V4 signature hashes the packet body starting from its first field, the version number, through the end of the hashed subpacket data. Thus, the fields hashed are the signature version, the signature type, the public key algorithm, the hash algorithm, the hashed subpacket length, and the hashed subpacket body. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 28] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 V4 signatures also hash in a final trailer of six octets: the version of the signature packet, i.e. 0x04; 0xFF; a four-octet, big-endian number that is the length of the hashed data from the signature packet (note that this number does not include these final six octets. After all this has been hashed, the resulting hash field is used in the signature algorithm, and placed at the end of the signature packet. 5.2.4.1. Subpacket Hints An implementation SHOULD put the two mandatory subpackets, creation time and issuer, as the first subpackets in the subpacket list, simply to make it easier for the implementer to find them. It is certainly possible for a signature to contain conflicting information in subpackets. For example, a signature may contain multiple copies of a preference or multiple expiration times. In most cases, an implementation SHOULD use the last subpacket in the signature, but MAY use any conflict resolution scheme that makes more sense. Please note that we are intentionally leaving conflict resolution to the implementer; most conflicts are simply syntax errors, and the wishy-washy language here allows a receiver to be generous in what they accept, while putting pressure on a creator to be stingy in what they generate. Some apparent conflicts may actually make sense -- for example, suppose a keyholder has an V3 key and a V4 key that share the same RSA key material. Either of these keys can verify a signature created by the other, and it may be reasonable for a signature to contain an issuer subpacket for each key, as a way of explicitly tying those keys to the signature. 5.3. Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session-Key Packets (Tag 3) The Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session Key packet holds the symmetric-key encryption of a session key used to encrypt a message. Zero or more Encrypted Session Key packets and/or Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session Key packets may precede a Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet that holds an encrypted message. The message is encrypted with a session key, and the session key is itself encrypted and stored in the Encrypted Session Key packet or the Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session Key packet. If the Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet is preceded by one or more Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session Key packets, each specifies a passphrase that may be used to decrypt the message. This allows a message to be encrypted to a number of public keys, and also to one or more pass phrases. This packet type is new, and is not generated by PGP 2.x or PGP 5.0. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 29] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 The body of this packet consists of: - A one-octet version number. The only currently defined version is 4. - A one-octet number describing the symmetric algorithm used. - A string-to-key (S2K) specifier, length as defined above. - Optionally, the encrypted session key itself, which is decrypted with the string-to-key object. If the encrypted session key is not present (which can be detected on the basis of packet length and S2K specifier size), then the S2K algorithm applied to the passphrase produces the session key for decrypting the file, using the symmetric cipher algorithm from the Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session Key packet. If the encrypted session key is present, the result of applying the S2K algorithm to the passphrase is used to decrypt just that encrypted session key field, using CFB mode with an IV of all zeros. The decryption result consists of a one-octet algorithm identifier that specifies the symmetric-key encryption algorithm used to encrypt the following Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet, followed by the session key octets themselves. Note: because an all-zero IV is used for this decryption, the S2K specifier MUST use a salt value, either a a Salted S2K or an Iterated-Salted S2K. The salt value will insure that the decryption key is not repeated even if the passphrase is reused. 5.4. One-Pass Signature Packets (Tag 4) The One-Pass Signature packet precedes the signed data and contains enough information to allow the receiver to begin calculating any hashes needed to verify the signature. It allows the Signature Packet to be placed at the end of the message, so that the signer can compute the entire signed message in one pass. A One-Pass Signature does not interoperate with PGP 2.6.x or earlier. The body of this packet consists of: - A one-octet version number. The current version is 3. - A one-octet signature type. Signature types are described in section 5.2.3. - A one-octet number describing the hash algorithm used. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 30] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 - A one-octet number describing the public key algorithm used. - An eight-octet number holding the key ID of the signing key. - A one-octet number holding a flag showing whether the signature is nested. A zero value indicates that the next packet is another One-Pass Signature packet that describes another signature to be applied to the same message data. 5.5. Key Material Packet A key material packet contains all the information about a public or private key. There are four variants of this packet type, and two major versions. Consequently, this section is complex. 5.5.1. Key Packet Variants 5.5.1.1. Public Key Packet (Tag 6) A Public Key packet starts a series of packets that forms an OpenPGP key (sometimes called an OpenPGP certificate). 5.5.1.2. Public Subkey Packet (Tag 14) A Public Subkey packet (tag 14) has exactly the same format as a Public Key packet, but denotes a subkey. One or more subkeys may be associated with a top-level key. By convention, the top-level key provides signature services, and the subkeys provide encryption services. Note: in PGP 2.6.x, tag 14 was intended to indicate a comment packet. This tag was selected for reuse because no previous version of PGP ever emitted comment packets but they did properly ignore them. Public Subkey packets are ignored by PGP 2.6.x and do not cause it to fail, providing a limited degree of backward compatibility. 5.5.1.3. Secret Key Packet (Tag 5) A Secret Key packet contains all the information that is found in a Public Key packet, including the public key material, but also includes the secret key material after all the public key fields. 5.5.1.4. Secret Subkey Packet (Tag 7) A Secret Subkey packet (tag 7) is the subkey analog of the Secret Key packet, and has exactly the same format. 5.5.2. Public Key Packet Formats There are two versions of key-material packets. Version 3 packets were first generated by PGP 2.6. Version 2 packets are identical in Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 31] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 format to Version 3 packets, but are generated by PGP 2.5 or before. V2 packets are deprecated and they MUST NOT be generated. PGP 5.0 introduced version 4 packets, with new fields and semantics. PGP 2.6.x will not accept key-material packets with versions greater than 3. OpenPGP implementations SHOULD create keys with version 4 format. An implementation MAY generate a V3 key to ensure interoperability with old software; note, however, that V4 keys correct some security deficiencies in V3 keys. These deficiencies are described below. An implementation MUST NOT create a V3 key with a public key algorithm other than RSA. A version 3 public key or public subkey packet contains: - A one-octet version number (3). - A four-octet number denoting the time that the key was created. - A two-octet number denoting the time in days that this key is valid. If this number is zero, then it does not expire. - A one-octet number denoting the public key algorithm of this key - A series of multi-precision integers comprising the key material: - a multiprecision integer (MPI) of RSA public modulus n; - an MPI of RSA public encryption exponent e. V3 keys SHOULD only be used for backward compatibility because of three weaknesses in them. First, it is relatively easy to construct a V3 key that has the same key ID as any other key because the key ID is simply the low 64 bits of the public modulus. Secondly, because the fingerprint of a V3 key hashes the key material, but not its length, which increases the opportunity for fingerprint collisions. Third, there are minor weaknesses in the MD5 hash algorithm that make developers prefer other algorithms. See below for a fuller discussion of key IDs and fingerprints. The version 4 format is similar to the version 3 format except for the absence of a validity period. This has been moved to the signature packet. In addition, fingerprints of version 4 keys are calculated differently from version 3 keys, as described in section "Enhanced Key Formats." A version 4 packet contains: Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 32] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 - A one-octet version number (4). - A four-octet number denoting the time that the key was created. - A one-octet number denoting the public key algorithm of this key - A series of multi-precision integers comprising the key material. This algorithm-specific portion is: Algorithm Specific Fields for RSA public keys: - multiprecision integer (MPI) of RSA public modulus n; - MPI of RSA public encryption exponent e. Algorithm Specific Fields for DSA public keys: - MPI of DSA prime p; - MPI of DSA group order q (q is a prime divisor of p-1); - MPI of DSA group generator g; - MPI of DSA public key value y (= g**x where x is secret). Algorithm Specific Fields for Elgamal public keys: - MPI of Elgamal prime p; - MPI of Elgamal group generator g; - MPI of Elgamal public key value y (= g**x where x is secret). 5.5.3. Secret Key Packet Formats The Secret Key and Secret Subkey packets contain all the data of the Public Key and Public Subkey packets, with additional algorithm-specific secret key data appended, in encrypted form. The packet contains: - A Public Key or Public Subkey packet, as described above - One octet indicating string-to-key usage conventions. 0 indicates that the secret key data is not encrypted. 255 indicates that a string-to-key specifier is being given. Any other value is a symmetric-key encryption algorithm specifier. - [Optional] If string-to-key usage octet was 255, a one-octet symmetric encryption algorithm. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 33] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 - [Optional] If string-to-key usage octet was 255, a string-to-key specifier. The length of the string-to-key specifier is implied by its type, as described above. - [Optional] If secret data is encrypted, eight-octet Initial Vector (IV). - Encrypted multi-precision integers comprising the secret key data. These algorithm-specific fields are as described below. - Two-octet checksum of the plaintext of the algorithm-specific portion (sum of all octets, mod 65536). Algorithm Specific Fields for RSA secret keys: - multiprecision integer (MPI) of RSA secret exponent d. - MPI of RSA secret prime value p. - MPI of RSA secret prime value q (p < q). - MPI of u, the multiplicative inverse of p, mod q. Algorithm Specific Fields for DSA secret keys: - MPI of DSA secret exponent x. Algorithm Specific Fields for Elgamal secret keys: - MPI of Elgamal secret exponent x. Secret MPI values can be encrypted using a passphrase. If a string-to-key specifier is given, that describes the algorithm for converting the passphrase to a key, else a simple MD5 hash of the passphrase is used. Implementations SHOULD use a string-to-key specifier; the simple hash is for backward compatibility. The cipher for encrypting the MPIs is specified in the secret key packet. Encryption/decryption of the secret data is done in CFB mode using the key created from the passphrase and the Initial Vector from the packet. A different mode is used with V3 keys (which are only RSA) than with other key formats. With V3 keys, the MPI bit count prefix (i.e., the first two octets) is not encrypted. Only the MPI non-prefix data is encrypted. Furthermore, the CFB state is resynchronized at the beginning of each new MPI value, so that the CFB block boundary is aligned with the start of the MPI data. With V4 keys, a simpler method is used. All secret MPI values are encrypted in CFB mode, including the MPI bitcount prefix. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 34] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 The 16-bit checksum that follows the algorithm-specific portion is the algebraic sum, mod 65536, of the plaintext of all the algorithm-specific octets (including MPI prefix and data). With V3 keys, the checksum is stored in the clear. With V4 keys, the checksum is encrypted like the algorithm-specific data. This value is used to check that the passphrase was correct. 5.6. Compressed Data Packet (Tag 8) The Compressed Data packet contains compressed data. Typically, this packet is found as the contents of an encrypted packet, or following a Signature or One-Pass Signature packet, and contains literal data packets. The body of this packet consists of: - One octet that gives the algorithm used to compress the packet. - The remainder of the packet is compressed data. A Compressed Data Packet's body contains an block that compresses some set of packets. See section "Packet Composition" for details on how messages are formed. ZIP-compressed packets are compressed with raw RFC1951 DEFLATE blocks. Note that PGP V2.6 uses 13 bits of compression. If an implementation uses more bits of compression, PGP V2.6 cannot decompress it. ZLIB-compressed packets are compressed with RFC1950 ZLIB-style blocks. 5.7. Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet (Tag 9) The Symmetrically Encrypted Data packet contains data encrypted with a symmetric-key algorithm. When it has been decrypted, it will typically contain other packets (often literal data packets or compressed data packets). The body of this packet consists of: - Encrypted data, the output of the selected symmetric-key cipher operating in PGP's variant of Cipher Feedback (CFB) mode. The symmetric cipher used may be specified in an Public-Key or Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session Key packet that precedes the Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet. In that case, the cipher algorithm octet is prefixed to the session key before it is encrypted. If no packets of these types precede the encrypted data, the IDEA algorithm is used with the session key calculated as the MD5 hash of the passphrase. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 35] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 The data is encrypted in CFB mode, with a CFB shift size equal to the cipher's block size. The Initial Vector (IV) is specified as all zeros. Instead of using an IV, OpenPGP prefixes a 10-octet string to the data before it is encrypted. The first eight octets are random, and the 9th and 10th octets are copies of the 7th and 8th octets, respectively. After encrypting the first 10 octets, the CFB state is resynchronized if the cipher block size is 8 octets or less. The last 8 octets of ciphertext are passed through the cipher and the block boundary is reset. The repetition of 16 bits in the 80 bits of random data prefixed to the message allows the receiver to immediately check whether the session key is incorrect. 5.8. Marker Packet (Obsolete Literal Packet) (Tag 10) An experimental version of PGP used this packet as the Literal packet, but no released version of PGP generated Literal packets with this tag. With PGP 5.x, this packet has been re-assigned and is reserved for use as the Marker packet. The body of this packet consists of: - The three octets 0x50, 0x47, 0x50 (which spell "PGP" in UTF-8). Such a packet MUST be ignored when received. It may be placed at the beginning of a message that uses features not available in PGP 2.6.x in order to cause that version to report that newer software is necessary to process the message. 5.9. Literal Data Packet (Tag 11) A Literal Data packet contains the body of a message; data that is not to be further interpreted. The body of this packet consists of: - A one-octet field that describes how the data is formatted. If it is a 'b' (0x62), then the literal packet contains binary data. If it is a 't' (0x74), then it contains text data, and thus may need line ends converted to local form, or other text-mode changes. RFC 1991 also defined a value of 'l' as a 'local' mode for machine-local conversions. This use is now deprecated. - File name as a string (one-octet length, followed by file name), if the encrypted data should be saved as a file. If the special name "_CONSOLE" is used, the message is considered to be "for your eyes only". This advises that the message data is unusually sensitive, and the receiving program should process it more carefully, perhaps avoiding storing the received data to disk, Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 36] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 for example. - A four-octet number that indicates the modification date of the file, or the creation time of the packet, or a zero that indicates the present time. - The remainder of the packet is literal data. Text data is stored with text endings (i.e. network-normal line endings). These should be converted to native line endings by the receiving software. 5.10. Trust Packet (Tag 12) The Trust packet is used only within keyrings and is not normally exported. Trust packets contain data that record the user's specifications of which key holders are trustworthy introducers, along with other information that implementing software uses for trust information. Trust packets SHOULD NOT be emitted to output streams that are transferred to other users, and they SHOULD be ignored on any input other than local keyring files. 5.11. User ID Packet (Tag 13) A User ID packet consists of data that is intended to represent the name and email address of the key holder. By convention, it includes an RFC822 mail name, but there are no restrictions on its content. The packet length in the header specifies the length of the user id. If it is text, it is encoded in UTF-8. 6. Radix-64 Conversions As stated in the introduction, OpenPGP's underlying native representation for objects is a stream of arbitrary octets, and some systems desire these objects to be immune to damage caused by character set translation, data conversions, etc. In principle, any printable encoding scheme that met the requirements of the unsafe channel would suffice, since it would not change the underlying binary bit streams of the native OpenPGP data structures. The OpenPGP standard specifies one such printable encoding scheme to ensure interoperability. OpenPGP's Radix-64 encoding is composed of two parts: a base64 encoding of the binary data, and a checksum. The base64 encoding is identical to the MIME base64 content-transfer-encoding [RFC 2045, Section 6.8]. An OpenPGP implementation MAY use ASCII Armor to protect the raw binary data. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 37] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 The checksum is a 24-bit CRC converted to four characters of radix-64 encoding by the same MIME base64 transformation, preceded by an equals sign (=). The CRC is computed by using the generator 0x864CFB and an initialization of 0xB704CE. The accumulation is done on the data before it is converted to radix-64, rather than on the converted data. A sample implementation of this algorithm is in the next section. The checksum with its leading equal sign MAY appear on the first line after the Base64 encoded data. Rationale for CRC-24: The size of 24 bits fits evenly into printable base64. The nonzero initialization can detect more errors than a zero initialization. 6.1. An Implementation of the CRC-24 in "C" #define CRC24_INIT 0xb704ce #define CRC24_POLY 0x1864cfb typedef long crc24; crc24 crc_octets(unsigned char *octets, size_t len) { crc24 crc = CRC24_INIT; int i; while (len--) { crc ^= *octets++; for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) { crc <<= 1; if (crc & 0x1000000) crc ^= CRC24_POLY; } } return crc; } 6.2. Forming ASCII Armor When OpenPGP encodes data into ASCII Armor, it puts specific headers around the data, so OpenPGP can reconstruct the data later. OpenPGP informs the user what kind of data is encoded in the ASCII armor through the use of the headers. Concatenating the following data creates ASCII Armor: - An Armor Header Line, appropriate for the type of data - Armor Headers Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 38] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 - A blank (zero-length, or containing only whitespace) line - The ASCII-Armored data - An Armor Checksum - The Armor Tail, which depends on the Armor Header Line. An Armor Header Line consists of the appropriate header line text surrounded by five (5) dashes ('-', 0x2D) on either side of the header line text. The header line text is chosen based upon the type of data that is being encoded in Armor, and how it is being encoded. Header line texts include the following strings: BEGIN PGP MESSAGE Used for signed, encrypted, or compressed files BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK Used for armoring public keys BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK Used for armoring private keys BEGIN PGP MESSAGE, PART X/Y Used for multi-part messages, where the armor is split amongst Y parts, and this is the Xth part out of Y. BEGIN PGP MESSAGE, PART X Used for multi-part messages, where this is the Xth part of an unspecified number of parts. Requires the MESSAGE-ID Armor Header to be used. BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE Used for detached signatures, OpenPGP/MIME signatures, and signatures following clearsigned messages The Armor Headers are pairs of strings that can give the user or the receiving OpenPGP implementation some information about how to decode or use the message. The Armor Headers are a part of the armor, not a part of the message, and hence are not protected by any signatures applied to the message. The format of an Armor Header is that of a key-value pair. A colon (':' 0x38) and a single space (0x20) separate the key and value. OpenPGP should consider improperly formatted Armor Headers to be corruption of the ASCII Armor. Unknown keys should be reported to the user, but OpenPGP should continue to process the message. Currently defined Armor Header Keys are: Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 39] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 - "Version", that states the OpenPGP Version used to encode the message. - "Comment", a user-defined comment. - "MessageID", a 32-character string of printable characters. The string must be the same for all parts of a multi-part message that uses the "PART X" Armor Header. MessageID strings should be unique enough that the recipient of the mail can associate all the parts of a message with each other. A good checksum or cryptographic hash function is sufficient. - "Hash", a comma-separated list of hash algorithms used in this message. This is used only in clear-signed messages. - "Charset", a description of the character set that the plantext is in. Please note that OpenPGP defines text to be in UTF-8, so this Armor Header Key is only useful for backwards compatibility. An implementation MAY implement it; an implementation MAY ignore it. The MessageID SHOULD NOT appear unless it is in a multi-part message. If it appears at all, it MUST be computed from the finished (encrypted, signed, etc.) message in a deterministic fashion, rather than contain a purely random value. This is to allow the legitimate recipient to determine that the MessageID cannot serve as a covert means of leaking cryptographic key information. The Armor Tail Line is composed in the same manner as the Armor Header Line, except the string "BEGIN" is replaced by the string "END." 6.3. Encoding Binary in Radix-64 The encoding process represents 24-bit groups of input bits as output strings of 4 encoded characters. Proceeding from left to right, a 24-bit input group is formed by concatenating three 8-bit input groups. These 24 bits are then treated as four concatenated 6-bit groups, each of which is translated into a single digit in the Radix-64 alphabet. When encoding a bit stream with the Radix-64 encoding, the bit stream must be presumed to be ordered with the most-significant-bit first. That is, the first bit in the stream will be the high-order bit in the first 8-bit octet, and the eighth bit will be the low-order bit in the first 8-bit octet, and so on. +--first octet--+-second octet--+--third octet--+ |7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0|7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0| +-----------+---+-------+-------+---+-----------+ |5 4 3 2 1 0|5 4 3 2 1 0|5 4 3 2 1 0|5 4 3 2 1 0| +--1.index--+--2.index--+--3.index--+--4.index--+ Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 40] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Each 6-bit group is used as an index into an array of 64 printable characters from the table below. The character referenced by the index is placed in the output string. Value Encoding Value Encoding Value Encoding Value Encoding 0 A 17 R 34 i 51 z 1 B 18 S 35 j 52 0 2 C 19 T 36 k 53 1 3 D 20 U 37 l 54 2 4 E 21 V 38 m 55 3 5 F 22 W 39 n 56 4 6 G 23 X 40 o 57 5 7 H 24 Y 41 p 58 6 8 I 25 Z 42 q 59 7 9 J 26 a 43 r 60 8 10 K 27 b 44 s 61 9 11 L 28 c 45 t 62 + 12 M 29 d 46 u 63 / 13 N 30 e 47 v 14 O 31 f 48 w (pad) = 15 P 32 g 49 x 16 Q 33 h 50 y The encoded output stream must be represented in lines of no more than 76 characters each. Special processing is performed if fewer than 24 bits are available at the end of the data being encoded. There are three possibilities: 1. The last data group has 24 bits (3 octets). No special processing is needed. 2. The last data group has 16 bits (2 octets). The first two 6-bit groups are processed as above. The third (incomplete) data group has two zero-value bits added to it, and is processed as above. A pad character (=) is added to the output. 3. The last data group has 8 bits (1 octet). The first 6-bit group is processed as above. The second (incomplete) data group has four zero-value bits added to it, and is processed as above. Two pad characters (=) are added to the output. 6.4. Decoding Radix-64 Any characters outside of the base64 alphabet are ignored in Radix-64 data. Decoding software must ignore all line breaks or other characters not found in the table above. In Radix-64 data, characters other than those in the table, line breaks, and other white space probably indicate a transmission error, about which a warning message or even a message rejection might be appropriate under some circumstances. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 41] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Because it is used only for padding at the end of the data, the occurrence of any "=" characters may be taken as evidence that the end of the data has been reached (without truncation in transit). No such assurance is possible, however, when the number of octets transmitted was a multiple of three and no "=" characters are present. 6.5. Examples of Radix-64 Input data: 0x14fb9c03d97e Hex: 1 4 f b 9 c | 0 3 d 9 7 e 8-bit: 00010100 11111011 10011100 | 00000011 11011001 11111110 6-bit: 000101 001111 101110 011100 | 000000 111101 100111 111110 Decimal: 5 15 46 28 0 61 37 62 Output: F P u c A 9 l + Input data: 0x14fb9c03d9 Hex: 1 4 f b 9 c | 0 3 d 9 8-bit: 00010100 11111011 10011100 | 00000011 11011001 pad with 00 6-bit: 000101 001111 101110 011100 | 000000 111101 100100 Decimal: 5 15 46 28 0 61 36 pad with = Output: F P u c A 9 k = Input data: 0x14fb9c03 Hex: 1 4 f b 9 c | 0 3 8-bit: 00010100 11111011 10011100 | 00000011 pad with 0000 6-bit: 000101 001111 101110 011100 | 000000 110000 Decimal: 5 15 46 28 0 48 pad with = = Output: F P u c A w = = 6.6. Example of an ASCII Armored Message -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: OpenPrivacy 0.99 yDgBO22WxBHv7O8X7O/jygAEzol56iUKiXmV+XmpCtmpqQUKiQrFqclFqUDBovzS vBSFjNSiVHsuAA== =njUN -----END PGP MESSAGE----- Note that this example is indented by two spaces. 7. Cleartext signature framework It is desirable to sign a textual octet stream without ASCII Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 42] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 armoring the stream itself, so the signed text is still readable without special software. In order to bind a signature to such a cleartext, this framework is used. (Note that RFC 2015 defines another way to clear sign messages for environments that support MIME.) The cleartext signed message consists of: - The cleartext header '-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----' on a single line, - One or more "Hash" Armor Headers, - Exactly one empty line not included into the message digest, - The dash-escaped cleartext that is included into the message digest, - The ASCII armored signature(s) including the Armor Header and Armor Tail Lines. If the "Hash" armor header is given, the specified message digest algorithm is used for the signature. If there are no such headers, MD5 is used, an implementation MAY omit them for V2.x compatibility. If more than one message digest is used in the signature, the "Hash" armor header contains a comma-delimited list of used message digests. Current message digest names are described below with the algorithm IDs. 7.1. Dash-Escaped Text The cleartext content of the message must also be dash-escaped. Dash escaped cleartext is the ordinary cleartext where every line starting with a dash '-' (0x2D) is prefixed by the sequence dash '-' (0x2D) and space ' ' (0x20). This prevents the parser from recognizing armor headers of the cleartext itself. The message digest is computed using the cleartext itself, not the dash escaped form. As with binary signatures on text documents, a cleartext signature is calculated on the text using canonical line endings. The line ending (i.e. the ) before the '-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----' line that terminates the signed text is not considered part of the signed text. Also, any trailing whitespace (spaces, and tabs, 0x09) at the end of any line is ignored when the cleartext signature is calculated. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 43] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 8. Regular Expressions A regular expression is zero or more branches, separated by '|'. It matches anything that matches one of the branches. A branch is zero or more pieces, concatenated. It matches a match for the first, followed by a match for the second, etc. A piece is an atom possibly followed by '*', '+', or '?'. An atom followed by '*' matches a sequence of 0 or more matches of the atom. An atom followed by '+' matches a sequence of 1 or more matches of the atom. An atom followed by '?' matches a match of the atom, or the null string. An atom is a regular expression in parentheses (matching a match for the regular expression), a range (see below), '.' (matching any single character), '^' (matching the null string at the beginning of the input string), '$' (matching the null string at the end of the input string), a '\' followed by a single character (matching that character), or a single character with no other significance (matching that character). A range is a sequence of characters enclosed in '[]'. It normally matches any single character from the sequence. If the sequence begins with '^', it matches any single character not from the rest of the sequence. If two characters in the sequence are separated by '-', this is shorthand for the full list of ASCII characters between them (e.g. '[0-9]' matches any decimal digit). To include a literal ']' in the sequence, make it the first character (following a possible '^'). To include a literal '-', make it the first or last character. 9. Constants This section describes the constants used in OpenPGP. Note that these tables are not exhaustive lists; an implementation MAY implement an algorithm not on these lists. See the section "Notes on Algorithms" below for more discussion of the algorithms. 9.1. Public Key Algorithms ID Algorithm -- --------- 1 - RSA (Encrypt or Sign) 2 - RSA Encrypt-Only 3 - RSA Sign-Only 16 - Elgamal (Encrypt-Only), see [ELGAMAL] 17 - DSA (Digital Signature Standard) 18 - Elliptic Curve Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 44] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 19 - ECDSA 20 - Elgamal (Encrypt or Sign) 21 - Diffie-Hellman (X9.42) 100 to 110 - Private/Experimental algorithm. Implementations MUST implement DSA for signatures, and Elgamal for encryption. Implementations SHOULD implement RSA keys. Implementations MAY implement any other algorithm. 9.2. Symmetric Key Algorithms ID Algorithm -- --------- 0 - Plaintext or unencrypted data 1 - IDEA 2 - Triple-DES (DES-EDE, as per spec - 168 bit key derived from 192) 3 - CAST5 (128 bit key) 4 - Blowfish (128 bit key, 16 rounds) 5 - SAFER-SK128 (13 rounds) 6 - DES/SK 100 to 110 - Private/Experimental algorithm. Implementations MUST implement Triple-DES. Implementations SHOULD implement IDEA and CAST5.Implementations MAY implement any other algorithm. 9.3. Compression Algorithms ID Algorithm -- --------- 0 - Uncompressed 1 - ZIP (RFC1951) 2 - ZLIB (RFC1950) 100 to 110 - Private/Experimental algorithm. Implementations MUST implement uncompressed data. Implementations SHOULD implement ZIP. 9.4. Hash Algorithms ID Algorithm Text Name -- --------- ---- ---- 1 - MD5 "MD5" 2 - SHA-1 "SHA1" 3 - RIPE-MD/160 "RIPEMD160" 4 - HAVAL (5 pass, 160-bit) "HAVAL-5-160" 5 - MD2 "MD2" 6 - TIGER/192 "TIGER192" 100 to 110 - Private/Experimental algorithm. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 45] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Implementations MUST implement SHA-1. Implementations SHOULD implement MD5. 10. Packet Composition OpenPGP packets are assembled into sequences in order to create messages and to transfer keys. Not all possible packet sequences are meaningful and correct. This describes the rules for how packets should be placed into sequences. 10.1. Transferable Public Keys OpenPGP users may transfer public keys. The essential elements of a transferable public key are: - One Public Key packet - Zero or more revocation signatures - One or more User ID packets - After each User ID packet, zero or more signature packets (certifications) - Zero or more Subkey packets - After each Subkey packet, one signature packet, optionally a revocation. The Public Key packet occurs first. Each of the following User ID packets provides the identity of the owner of this public key. If there are multiple User ID packets, this corresponds to multiple means of identifying the same unique individual user; for example, a user may have more than one email address, and construct a User ID for each one. Immediately following each User ID packet, there are zero or more signature packets. Each signature packet is calculated on the immediately preceding User ID packet and the initial Public Key packet. The signature serves to certify the corresponding public key and user ID. In effect, the signer is testifying to his or her belief that this public key belongs to the user identified by this user ID. After the User ID packets there may be one or more Subkey packets. In general, subkeys are provided in cases where the top-level public key is a signature-only key. However, any V4 key may have subkeys, and the subkeys may be encryption-only keys, signature-only keys, or general-purpose keys. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 46] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Each Subkey packet must be followed by one Signature packet, which should be a subkey binding signature issued by the top level key. Subkey and Key packets may each be followed by a revocation Signature packet to indicate that the key is revoked. Revocation signatures are only accepted if they are issued by the key itself, or by a key that is authorized to issue revocations via a revocation key subpacket in a self-signature by the top level key. Transferable public key packet sequences may be concatenated to allow transferring multiple public keys in one operation. 10.2. OpenPGP Messages An OpenPGP message is a packet or sequence of packets that corresponds to the following grammatical rules (comma represents sequential composition, and vertical bar separates alternatives): OpenPGP Message :- Encrypted Message | Signed Message | Compressed Message | Literal Message. Compressed Message :- Compressed Data Packet. Literal Message :- Literal Data Packet. ESK :- Pubic Key Encrypted Session Key Packet | Symmetric-Key Encrypted Session Key Packet. ESK Sequence :- ESK | ESK Sequence, ESK. Encrypted Message :- Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet | ESK Sequence, Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packet. One-Pass Signed Message :- One-Pass Signature Packet, OpenPGP Message, Signature Packet. Signed Message :- Signature Packet, OpenPGP Message | One-Pass Signed Message. In addition, decrypting a Symmetrically Encrypted Data packet and decompressing a Compressed Data packet must yield a valid OpenPGP Message. 11. Enhanced Key Formats 11.1. Key Structures The format of an OpenPGP V3 key is as follows. Entries in square brackets are optional and ellipses indicate repetition. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 47] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 RSA Public Key [Revocation Self Signature] User ID [Signature ...] [User ID [Signature ...] ...] Each signature certifies the RSA public key and the preceding user ID. The RSA public key can have many user IDs and each user ID can have many signatures. The format of an OpenPGP V4 key that uses two public keys is similar except that the other keys are added to the end as 'subkeys' of the primary key. Primary-Key [Revocation Self Signature] [Direct Key Self Signature...] User ID [Signature ...] [User ID [Signature ...] ...] [[Subkey [Binding-Signature-Revocation] Primary-Key-Binding-Signature] ...] A subkey always has a single signature after it that is issued using the primary key to tie the two keys together. This binding signature may be in either V3 or V4 format, but V4 is prefered, of course. In the above diagram, if the binding signature of a subkey has been revoked, the revoked binding signature may be removed, leaving only one signature. In a key that has a main key and subkeys, the primary key MUST be a key capable of signing. The subkeys may be keys of any other type. There may be other constructions of V4 keys, too. For example, there may be a single-key RSA key in V4 format, a DSA primary key with an RSA encryption key, or RSA primary key with an Elgamal subkey, etc. It is also possible to have a signature-only subkey. This permits a primary key that collects certifications (key signatures) but is used only used for certifying subkeys that are used for encryption and signatures. 11.2. Key IDs and Fingerprints For a V3 key, the eight-octet key ID consists of the low 64 bits of the public modulus of the RSA key. The fingerprint of a V3 key is formed by hashing the body (but not the two-octet length) of the MPIs that form the key material (public modulus n, followed by exponent e) with MD5. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 48] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 A V4 fingerprint is the 160-bit SHA-1 hash of the one-octet Packet Tag, followed by the two-octet packet length, followed by the entire Public Key packet starting with the version field. The key ID is either the low order 64 bits of the fingerprint. Here are the fields of the hash material, with the example of a DSA key: a.1) 0x99 (1 octet) a.2) high order length octet of (b)-(f) (1 octet) a.3) low order length octet of (b)-(f) (1 octet) b) version number = 4 (1 octet); c) time stamp of key creation (4 octets); d) algorithm (1 octet): 7 = DSA (example); e) Algorithm specific fields. Algorithm Specific Fields for DSA keys (example): e.1) MPI of DSA prime p; e.2) MPI of DSA group order q (q is a prime divisor of p-1); e.3) MPI of DSA group generator g; e.4) MPI of DSA public key value y (= g**x where x is secret). Note that it is possible for there to be collisions of key IDs -- two different keys with the same key ID. Note that there is a much smaller, but still non-zero probability that two different keys have the same fingerprint. Also note that if V3 and V4 format keys share the same RSA key material, they will have different key ids as well as different fingerprints. 12. Notes on Algorithms 12.1. Symmetric Algorithm Preferences The symmetric algorithm preference is an ordered list of algorithms that the keyholder accepts. Since it is found on a self-signature, it is possible that a keyholder may have different preferences. For example, Alice may have TripleDES only specified for "alice@work.com" but CAST5, Blowfish, and TripleDES specified for "alice@home.org". Note that it is also possible for preferences to be in a subkey's binding signature. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 49] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Since TripleDES is the MUST-implement algorithm, if it is not explicitly in the list, it is tacitly at the end. However, it is good form to place it there explicitly. Note also that if an implementation does not implement the preference, then it is implicitly a TripleDES-only implementation. An implementation MUST not use a symmetric algorithm that is not in the recipient's preference list. When encrypting to more than one recipient, the implementation finds a suitable algorithm by taking the intersection of the preferences of the recipients. Note that the MUST-implement algorithm, TripleDES, ensures that the intersection is not null. The implementation may use any mechanism to pick an algorithm in the intersection. If an implementation can decrypt a message that a keyholder doesn't have in their preferences, the implementation SHOULD decrypt the message anyway, but MUST warn the keyholder than protocol has been violated. (For example, suppose that Alice, above, has software that implements all algorithms in this specification. Nonetheless, she prefers subsets for work or home. If she is sent a message encrypted with IDEA, which is not in her preferences, the software warns her that someone sent her an IDEA-encrypted message, but it would ideally decrypt it anyway.) An implementation that is striving for backward compatibility MAY consider a V3 key with a V3 self-signature to be an implicit preference for IDEA, and no ability to do TripleDES. This is technically non-compliant, but an implementation MAY violate the above rule in this case only and use IDEA to encrypt the message, provided that the message creator is warned. Ideally, though, the implementation would follow the rule by actually generating two messages, because it is possible that the OpenPGP user's implementation does not have IDEA, and thus could not read the message. Consenquently, an implementation MAY, but SHOULD NOT use IDEA in an algorithm conflict with a V3 key. 12.2. Other Algorithm Preferences Other algorithm preferences work similarly to the symmetric algorithm preference, in that they specify which algorithms the keyholder accepts. There are two interesting cases that other comments need to be made about, though, the compression preferences and the hash preferences. 12.2.1. Compression Preferences Compression has been an integral part of PGP since its first days. OpenPGP and all previous versions of PGP have offered compression. And in this specification, the default is for messages to be compressed, although an implementation is not required to do so. Consequently, the compression preference gives a way for a keyholder to request that messages not be compressed, presumably because they Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 50] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 are using a minimal implementation that does not include compression. Additionally, this gives a keyholder a way to state that it can support alternate algorithms. Like the algorithm preferences, an implementation MUST NOT use an algorithm that is not in the preference vector. If the preferences are mot present, then they are assumed to be [ZIP(1), UNCOMPRESSED(0)]. 12.2.2. Hash Algorithm Preferences Typically, the choice of a hash algorithm is something the signer does, rather than the verifier, because a signer does not typically know who is going to be verifying the signature. This preference, though, allows a protocol based upon digital signatures ease in negotiation. Thus, if Alice is authenticating herself to Bob with a signature, it makes sense for her to use a hash algorithm that Bob's software uses. This preference allows Bob to state in his key which algorithms Alice may use. 12.3. Plaintext Algorithm 0, "plaintext," may only be used to denote secret keys that are stored in the clear. Implementations must not use plaintext in Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packets; they must use Literal Data Packets to encode unencrypted or literal data. 12.4. RSA There are algorithm types for RSA-signature-only, and RSA-encrypt-only keys. These types are deprecated. The "key flags" subpacket in a signature is a much better way to express the same idea, and generalizes it to all algorithms. An implementation SHOULD NOT create such a key, but MAY interpret it. An implementation SHOULD NOT implement RSA keys of size less than 768 bits. It is permissible for an implementation to support RSA merely for backward compatibility; for example, such an implementation would support V3 keys with IDEA symmetric cryptography. Note that this is an exception to the other MUST-implement rules. An implementation that supports RSA in V4 keys MUST implement the MUST-implement features. 12.5. Elgamal If an Elgamal key is to be used for both signing and encryption, extra care must be taken in creating the key. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 51] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 An ElGamal key consists of a generator g, a prime modulus p, a secret exponent x, and a public value y = g^x mod p. The generator and prime must be chosen so that solving the discrete log problem is intractable. The group g should generate the multiplicative group mod p-1 or a large subgroup of it, and the order of g should have at least one large prime factor. A good choice is to use a "strong" Sophie-Germain prime in choosing p, so that both p and (p-1)/2 are primes. In addition, a result of Bleichenbacher [BLEICHENBACHER] shows that if the generator g has only small prime factors, and if g divides the order of the group it generates, then signatures can be forged. In particular, choosing g=2 is a bad choice if the group order may be even. On the other hand, a generator of 2 is a fine choice for an encryption-only key, as this will make the encryption faster. While verifying Elgamal signatures, note that it is important to test that r and s are less than p. If this test is not done then signatures can be trivially forged by using large r values of approximately twice the length of p. This attack is also discussed in the Bleichenbacher paper. Details on safe use of Elgamal signatures may be found in [MENEZES], which discusses all the weaknesses described above. If an implementation allows Elgamal signatures, then it MUST use the algorithm identifier 20 for an Elgamal public key that can sign. An implementation SHOULD NOT implement Elgamal keys of size less than 768 bits. For long-term security, Elgamal keys should be 1024 bits or longer. 12.6. DSA An implementation SHOULD NOT implement DSA keys of size less than 768 bits. Note that present DSA is limited to a maximum of 1024 bit keys, which are recommended for long-term use. 12.7. OpenPGP CFB mode OpenPGP does symmetric encryption using a variant of Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB mode). This section describes the procedure it uses in detail. This mode is what is used for Symmetrically Encrypted Data Packets; the mechanism used for encrypting secret key material is similar, but described in those sections above. OpenPGP CFB mode uses an initialization vector (IV) of all zeros, and prefixes the plaintext with ten bytes of random data, such that bytes 9 and 10 match bytes 7 and 8. It does a CFB "resync" after encrypting those ten bytes. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 52] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Note that for an algorithm that has a larger block size than 64 bits, the equivalent function will be done with that entire block. Step by step, here is the procedure: 1. The feedback register (FR) is set to the IV, which is all zeros. 2. FR is encrypted to produce FRE (FR Encrypted). This is the encryption of an all-zero value. 3. FRE is xored with the first 8 bytes of random data prefixed to the plaintext to produce C1-C8, the first 8 bytes of ciphertext. 4. FR is loaded with C1-C8. 5. FR is encrypted to produce FRE, the encryption of the first 8 bytes of ciphertext. 6. The left two bytes of FRE get xored with the next two bytes of data that were prefixed to the plaintext. This produces C9-C10, the next two bytes of ciphertext. 7. (The resync step) FR is loaded with C3-C10. 8. FR is encrypted to produce FRE. 9. FRE is xored with the first 8 bytes of the given plaintext, now that we have finished encrypting the 10 bytes of prefixed data. This produces C11-C18, the next 8 bytes of ciphertext. 10. FR is loaded with C11-C18 11. FR is encrypted to produce FRE. 12. FRE is xored with the next 8 bytes of plaintext, to produce the next 8 bytes of ciphertext. These are loaded into FR and the process is repeated until the plaintext is used up. 13. Security Considerations As with any technology involving cryptography, you should check the current literature to determine if any algorithms used here have been found to be vulnerable to attack. This specification uses Public Key Cryptography technologies. Possession of the private key portion of a public-private key pair is assumed to be controlled by the proper party or parties. Certain operations in this specification involve the use of random numbers. An appropriate entropy source should be used to generate these numbers. See RFC 1750. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 53] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 The MD5 hash algorithm has been found to have weaknesses (pseudo-collisions in the compress function) that make some people deprecate its use. They consider the SHA-1 algorithm better. Many security protocol designers think that it is a bad idea to use a single key for both privacy (encryption) and integrity (signatures). In fact, this was one of the motivating forces behind the V4 key format with separate signature and encryption keys. If you as an implementor promote dual-use keys, you should at least be aware of this controversy. The DSA algorithm will work with any 160-bit hash, but it is sensitive to the quality of the hash algorithm, if the hash algorithm is broken, it can leak the secret key. The Digital Signature Standard (DSS) specifies that DSA be used with SHA-1. RIPEMD-160 is considered by many cryptographers to be as strong. An implementation should take care which hash algorithms are used with DSA, as a weak hash can not only allow a signature to be forged, but could leak the secret key. These same considerations about the quality of the hash algorithm apply to Elgamal signatures. If you are building an authentication system, the recipient may specify a preferred signing algorithm. However, the signer would be foolish to use a weak algorithm simply because the recipient requests it. Some of the encryption algorithms mentioned in this document have been analyzed less than others. For example, although CAST5 is presently considered strong, it has been analyzed less than Triple-DES. Other algorithms may have other controversies surrounding them. Some technologies mentioned here may be subject to government control in some countries. 14. Implementation Nits This section is a collection of comments to help an implementer, particularly with an eye to backward compatibility. Previous implementations of PGP are not OpenPGP-compliant. Often the differences are small, but small differences are frequently more vexing than large differences. Thus, this list of potential problems and gotchas for a developer who is trying to be backward-compatible. * PGP 5.x does not accept V4 signatures for anything other than key material. * PGP 5.x does not recognize the "five-octet" lengths in new-format headers or in signature subpacket lengths. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 54] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 * PGP 5.0 rejects an encrypted session key if the keylength differs from the the S2K symmetric algorithm. This is a bug in its validation function. * PGP 5.0 does not handle multiple one-pass signature headers and trailers. Signing one will compress the one-pass signed literal and prefix a V3 signature instead of doing a nested one-pass signature. * When exporting a private key, PGP 2.x generates the header "BEGIN PGP SECRET KEY BLOCK" instead of "BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK". All previous versions ignore the implied data type, and look directly at the packet data type. * In a clear-signed signature, PGP 5.0 will figure out the correct hash algorithm if there is no "Hash:" header, but it will reject a mismatch between the header and the actual agorithm used. The "standard" (i.e. Zimmermann/Finney/et al.) version of PGP 2.x rejects the "Hash:" header and assumes MD5. There are a number of enhanced variants of PGP 2.6.x that have been modified for SHA-1 signatures. * PGP 5.0 can read an RSA key in V4 format, but can only recognize it with a V3 keyid, and can properly use only a V3 format RSA key. * There are many ways possible for for two keys to have the same key material, but different fingerprints (and thus key ids). Perhaps the most interesting is an RSA key that has been "upgraded" to V4 format, but since a V4 fingerprint is constructed by hashing the key creation time along with other things, two V4 keys created at different times, yet with the same key material will have different fingerprints. * If an implemtation is using zlib to interoperate with PGP 2.x, then the "windowBits" parameter should be set to -13. 15. Authors and Working Group Chair The working group can be contacted via the current chair: John W. Noerenberg, II Qualcomm, Inc 6455 Lusk Blvd San Diego, CA 92131 USA Email: jwn2@qualcomm.com Tel: +1 619-658-3510 The principal authors of this draft are: Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 55] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 Jon Callas Network Associates, Inc. 4200 Bohannon Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA Email: jon@pgp.com Tel: +1-650-473-2860 Lutz Donnerhacke IKS GmbH Wildenbruchstr. 15 07745 Jena, Germany EMail: lutz@iks-jena.de Tel: +49-3641-675642 Hal Finney Network Associates, Inc. 4200 Bohannon Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA Email: hal@pgp.com Rodney Thayer EIS Corporation Clearwater, FL 33767, USA Email: rodney@unitran.com This draft also draws on much previous work from a number of other authors who include: Derek Atkins, Charles Breed, Dave Del Torto, Marc Dyksterhouse, Gail Haspert, Gene Hoffman, Paul Hoffman, Raph Levine, Colin Plumb, Will Price, William Stallings, Mark Weaver, and Philip R. Zimmermann. 16. References [BLEICHENBACHER] Bleichenbacher, Daniel, "Generating ElGamal signatures without knowing the secret key," Eurocrypt 96. Note that the version in the proceedings has an error. A revised version is available at the time of writing from [DONNERHACKE] Donnerhacke, L., et. al, "PGP263in - an improved international version of PGP", ftp://ftp.iks-jena.de/mitarb/lutz/crypt/software/pgp/ [ELGAMAL] T. ElGamal, "A Public-Key Cryptosystem and a Signature Scheme Based on Discrete Logarithms," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, v. IT-31, n. 4, 1985, pp. 469-472. [ISO-10646] ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993. International Standard -- Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane. UTF-8 is described in Annex R, adopted but not yet published. UTF-16 is described in Annex Q, adopted but not yet published. Callas, et al. Expires Dec 15, 1998 [Page 56] INTERNET-DRAFT OpenPGP Message Format June 15, 1998 [MENEZES] Alfred Menezes, Paul van Oorschot, and Scott Vanstone, "Handbook of Applied Cryptography," CRC Press, 1996. [PKCS1] RSA Laboratories, "PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Standard," version 1.5, November 1993 [RFC822] D. Crocker, "Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text messages", RFC 822, August 1982 [RFC1423] D. Balenson, "Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part III: Algorithms, Modes, and Identifiers", RFC 1423, October 1993 [RFC1641] Goldsmith, D., and M. Davis, "Using Unicode with MIME", RFC 1641, Taligent inc., July 1994. [RFC1750] Eastlake, Crocker, & Schiller., Randomness Recommendations for Security. December 1994. [RFC1951] Deutsch, P., DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3. May 1996. [RFC1983] G. Malkin., Internet Users' Glossary. August 1996. [RFC1991] Atkins, D., Stallings, W., and P. Zimmermann, "PGP Message Exchange Formats", RFC 1991, August 1996. [RFC2015] Elkins, M., "MIME Security with Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)", RFC 2015, October 1996. [RFC2044] F. Yergeau., UTF-8, a transformation format of Unicode and ISO 10646. October 1996. [RFC2045] Borenstein, N., and Freed, N., "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies.", November 1996 [RFC2119] Bradner, S., Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Level. March 1997. 17. Full Copyright Statement Copyright 1998 by The Internet Society. 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. 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