< draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-10.txt   draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-11.txt >
Network Working Group P. Wouters Network Working Group P. Wouters
Internet-Draft Red Hat Internet-Draft Red Hat
Intended status: Experimental April 19, 2016 Intended status: Experimental April 29, 2016
Expires: October 21, 2016 Expires: October 31, 2016
Using DANE to Associate OpenPGP public keys with email addresses Using DANE to Associate OpenPGP public keys with email addresses
draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-10 draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-11
Abstract Abstract
OpenPGP is a message format for email (and file) encryption that OpenPGP is a message format for email (and file) encryption that
lacks a standardized lookup mechanism to securely obtain OpenPGP lacks a standardized lookup mechanism to securely obtain OpenPGP
public keys. DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities ("DANE") is public keys. DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities ("DANE") is
a method for publishing public keys in DNS. This document specifies a method for publishing public keys in DNS. This document specifies
a DANE method for publishing and locating OpenPGP public keys in DNS a DANE method for publishing and locating OpenPGP public keys in DNS
for a specific email address using a new OPENPGPKEY DNS Resource for a specific email address using a new OPENPGPKEY DNS Resource
Record. Security is provided via Secure DNS, however the OPENPGPKEY Record. Security is provided via Secure DNS, however the OPENPGPKEY
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Table of Contents Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Experiment goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1. Experiment goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. The OPENPGPKEY Resource Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. The OPENPGPKEY Resource Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. The OPENPGPKEY RDATA component . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1. The OPENPGPKEY RDATA component . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.1. The OPENPGPKEY RDATA content . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1.1. The OPENPGPKEY RDATA content . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.2. Reducing the Transferable Public Key size . . . . . . 6 2.1.2. Reducing the Transferable Public Key size . . . . . . 6
2.2. The OPENPGPKEY RDATA wire format . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.2. The OPENPGPKEY RDATA wire format . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3. The OPENPGPKEY RDATA presentation format . . . . . . . . 6 2.3. The OPENPGPKEY RDATA presentation format . . . . . . . . 7
3. Location of the OPENPGPKEY record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Location of the OPENPGPKEY record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Email address variants and internationalization 4. Email address variants and internationalization
considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Application use of OPENPGPKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5. Application use of OPENPGPKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1. Obtaining an OpenPGP key for a specific email address . . 8 5.1. Obtaining an OpenPGP key for a specific email address . . 9
5.2. Confirming that an OpenPGP key is current . . . . . . . . 9 5.2. Confirming that an OpenPGP key is current . . . . . . . . 9
5.3. Public Key UIDs and query names . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.3. Public Key UIDs and query names . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. OpenPGP Key size and DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6. OpenPGP Key size and DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.1. MTA behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7.1. MTA behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7.2. MUA behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7.2. MUA behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.3. Response size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.3. Response size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.4. Email address information leak . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.4. Email address information leak . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.5. Storage of OPENPGPKEY data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.5. Storage of OPENPGPKEY data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.6. Security of OpenPGP versus DNSSEC . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7.6. Security of OpenPGP versus DNSSEC . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8. Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 8. Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.1. The GNU Privacy Guard (GNUpg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 8.1. The GNU Privacy Guard (GNUpg) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.2. hash-slinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8.2. hash-slinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8.3. openpgpkey-milter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 8.3. openpgpkey-milter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
9.1. OPENPGPKEY RRtype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9.1. OPENPGPKEY RRtype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 10. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Appendix A. Generating OPENPGPKEY records . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Appendix A. Generating OPENPGPKEY records . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Appendix B. OPENPGPKEY IANA template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
OpenPGP [RFC4880] public keys are used to encrypt or sign email OpenPGP [RFC4880] public keys are used to encrypt or sign email
messages and files. To encrypt an email message, or verify a messages and files. To encrypt an email message, or verify a
sender's OpenPGP signature, the email client (MUA) or the email sender's OpenPGP signature, the email client (MUA) or the email
server (MTA) needs to locate the recipient's OpenPGP public key. server (MTA) needs to locate the recipient's OpenPGP public key.
OpenPGP clients have relied on centralized "well-known" key servers OpenPGP clients have relied on centralized "well-known" key servers
that are accessed using the HTTP Keyserver Protocol [HKP]. that are accessed using the HTTP Keyserver Protocol [HKP].
Alternatively, users need to manually browse a variety of different Alternatively, users need to manually browse a variety of different
front-end websites. These key servers do not require a confirmation front-end websites. These key servers do not require a confirmation
of the email address used in the User ID of the uploaded OpenPGP of the email address used in the User ID of the uploaded OpenPGP
public key. Attackers can - and have - uploaded rogue public keys public key. Attackers can - and have - uploaded rogue public keys
with other people's email addresses to these key servers. with other people's email addresses to these key servers.
Once uploaded, public keys cannot be deleted. People who did not Once uploaded, public keys cannot be deleted. People who did not
pre-sign a key revocation can never remove their OpenPGP public key pre-sign a key revocation can never remove their OpenPGP public key
from these key servers once they have lost access to their private from these key servers once they have lost access to their private
key. This results in receiving encrypted email that cannot be key. This results in receiving encrypted email that cannot be
decrypted. decrypted.
Therefore, these keyservers are not well suited to support MUAs and Therefore, these keyservers are not well suited to support MUAs and
MTA's to automatically encrypt email - especially in the absence of MTAs to automatically encrypt email - especially in the absence of an
an interactive user. interactive user.
This document describes a mechanism to associate a user's OpenPGP This document describes a mechanism to associate a user's OpenPGP
public key with their email address, using the OPENPGPKEY DNS RRtype. public key with their email address, using the OPENPGPKEY DNS RRtype.
These records are published in the DNS zone of the user's email These records are published in the DNS zone of the user's email
address. If the user loses their private key, the OPENPGPKEY DNS address. If the user loses their private key, the OPENPGPKEY DNS
record can simply be updated or removed from the zone. record can simply be updated or removed from the zone.
The OPENPGPKEY data is secured using Secure DNS [RFC4035] The OPENPGPKEY data is secured using Secure DNS [RFC4035].
The main goal of the OPENPGPKEY resource record is to stop passive The main goal of the OPENPGPKEY resource record is to stop passive
attacks against plaintext emails. While it can also thwart some attacks against plaintext emails. While it can also thwart some
active attacks (such as people uploading rogue keys to keyservers in active attacks (such as people uploading rogue keys to keyservers in
the hopes that others will encrypt to these rogue keys), this the hopes that others will encrypt to these rogue keys), this
resource record is not a replacement for verifying OpenPGP public resource record is not a replacement for verifying OpenPGP public
keys via the web of trust signatures, or manually via a fingerprint keys via the web of trust signatures, or manually via a fingerprint
verification. verification.
1.1. Experiment goal 1.1. Experiment goal
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been made with various levels of support in terms of implementation been made with various levels of support in terms of implementation
and deployment. For each such experiment, specifications such as and deployment. For each such experiment, specifications such as
this will enable experiments to be carried out that may succeed or this will enable experiments to be carried out that may succeed or
that may uncover technical or other impediments to large- or small- that may uncover technical or other impediments to large- or small-
scale deployments. The IETF encourages those implementing and scale deployments. The IETF encourages those implementing and
deploying such experiments to publicly document their experiences so deploying such experiments to publicly document their experiences so
that future specifications in this space can benefit. that future specifications in this space can benefit.
This document defines an RRtype whose use is Experimental. The goal This document defines an RRtype whose use is Experimental. The goal
of the experiment is to see whether encrypted email usage will of the experiment is to see whether encrypted email usage will
increase if an automated discovery method is available to MTA's and increase if an automated discovery method is available to MTAs and
MUA's to help the enduser with email encryption key management. MUAs to help the enduser with email encryption key management.
It is unclear if this RRtype will scale to some of the larger email It is unclear if this RRtype will scale to some of the larger email
service deployments. Concerns have been raised about the size of the service deployments. Concerns have been raised about the size of the
OPENPGPKEY record and the size of the resulting DNS zone files. This OPENPGPKEY record and the size of the resulting DNS zone files. This
experiment hopefully will give the working group some insight into experiment hopefully will give the working group some insight into
whether this is a problem or not. whether this is a problem or not.
If the experiment is successful, it is expected that the findings of If the experiment is successful, it is expected that the findings of
the experiment will result in an updated document for standards track the experiment will result in an updated document for standards track
approval. approval.
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An OpenPGP Transferable Public Key can be arbitrarily large. DNS An OpenPGP Transferable Public Key can be arbitrarily large. DNS
records are limited in size. When creating OPENPGPKEY DNS records, records are limited in size. When creating OPENPGPKEY DNS records,
the OpenPGP Transferable Public Key should be filtered to only the OpenPGP Transferable Public Key should be filtered to only
contain appropriate and useful data. At a minimum, an OPENPGPKEY contain appropriate and useful data. At a minimum, an OPENPGPKEY
Transferable Public Key for the user hugh@example.com should contain: Transferable Public Key for the user hugh@example.com should contain:
o The primary key X o The primary key X
o One User ID Y, which SHOULD match 'hugh@example.com' o One User ID Y, which SHOULD match 'hugh@example.com'
o self-signature from X, binding X to Y o self-signature from X, binding X to Y
If the primary key is not encryption-capable, a relevant subkey If the primary key is not encryption-capable, at least one relevant
should be included resulting in an OPENPGPKEY Transferable Public Key subkey should be included resulting in an OPENPGPKEY Transferable
containing: Public Key containing:
o The primary key X o The primary key X
o One User ID Y, which SHOULD match 'hugh@example.com' o One User ID Y, which SHOULD match 'hugh@example.com'
o self-signature from X, binding X to Y o self-signature from X, binding X to Y
o encryption-capable subkey Z o encryption-capable subkey Z
o self-signature from X, binding Z to X o self-signature from X, binding Z to X
o [ other subkeys if relevant ... ] o [ other subkeys if relevant ... ]
The user can also elect to add a few third-party certifications which The user can also elect to add a few third-party certifications which
they believe would be helpful for validation in the traditional Web they believe would be helpful for validation in the traditional Web
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systems that ignore "noise" characters such as dots, so that local systems that ignore "noise" characters such as dots, so that local
parts johnsmith and John.Smith would be equivalent. Many systems parts johnsmith and John.Smith would be equivalent. Many systems
allow "extensions" such as john-ext or mary+ext where john or mary is allow "extensions" such as john-ext or mary+ext where john or mary is
treated as the effective local-part, and the ext is passed to the treated as the effective local-part, and the ext is passed to the
recipient for further handling. This can complicate finding the recipient for further handling. This can complicate finding the
OPENPGPKEY record associated with the dynamically created email OPENPGPKEY record associated with the dynamically created email
address. address.
[RFC5321] and its predecessors have always made it clear that only [RFC5321] and its predecessors have always made it clear that only
the recipient MTA is allowed to interpret the local-part of an the recipient MTA is allowed to interpret the local-part of an
address. MUA's and MTA's supporting OPENPGPKEY therefore MUST NOT address. Therefor, sending MUAs and MTAs supporting OPENPGPKEY MUST
perform any kind of mapping rules based on the email address. NOT perform any kind of mapping rules based on the email address.
Section 3 above defines how the local-part is used to determine the Section 3 above defines how the local-part is used to determine the
location in which one looks for an OPENPGPKEY record. Given the location in which one looks for an OPENPGPKEY record. Given the
variety of local-parts seen in email, designing a good experiment for variety of local-parts seen in email, designing a good experiment for
this is difficult as: a) some current implementations are known to this is difficult as: a) some current implementations are known to
lowercase at least US-ASCII local-parts, b) we know from (many) other lowercase at least US-ASCII local-parts, b) we know from (many) other
situations that any strategy based on guessing and making multiple situations that any strategy based on guessing and making multiple
DNS queries is not going to achieve consensus for good reasons, and DNS queries is not going to achieve consensus for good reasons, and
c) the underlying issues are just hard - see Section 10.1 of c) the underlying issues are just hard - see Section 10.1 of
[RFC6530] for discussion of just some of the issues that would need [RFC6530] for discussion of just some of the issues that would need
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However, while this specification is not the place to try to address However, while this specification is not the place to try to address
these issues with local-parts, doing so is also not required to these issues with local-parts, doing so is also not required to
determine the outcome of this experiment. If this experiment determine the outcome of this experiment. If this experiment
succeeds then further work on email addresses with non-ASCII local- succeeds then further work on email addresses with non-ASCII local-
parts will be needed and that would be better based on the findings parts will be needed and that would be better based on the findings
from this experiment, rather than doing nothing or starting this from this experiment, rather than doing nothing or starting this
experiment based on a speculative approach to what is a very complex experiment based on a speculative approach to what is a very complex
topic. topic.
5. Application use of OPENPGPKEY 5. Application use of OPENPGPKEY
The OPENPGPKEY record allows an application or service to obtain an The OPENPGPKEY record allows an application or service to obtain an
OpenPGP public key and use it for verifying a digital signature or OpenPGP public key and use it for verifying a digital signature or
encrypting a message to the public key. The DNS answer MUST pass encrypting a message to the public key. The DNS answer MUST pass
DNSSEC validation; if DNSSEC validation reaches any state other than DNSSEC validation; if DNSSEC validation reaches any state other than
"Secure" (as specified in [RFC4035]), the DNSSEC validation MUST be "Secure" (as specified in [RFC4035]), the DNSSEC validation MUST be
treated as a failure. treated as a failure.
5.1. Obtaining an OpenPGP key for a specific email address 5.1. Obtaining an OpenPGP key for a specific email address
If no OpenPGP public keys are known for an email address, an If no OpenPGP public keys are known for an email address, an
OPENPGPKEY DNS lookup MAY be performed to seek the OpenPGP public key OPENPGPKEY DNS lookup MAY be performed to seek the OpenPGP public key
that corresponds to that email address. This public key can then be that corresponds to that email address. This public key can then be
used to verify a received signed message or can be used to send out used to verify a received signed message or can be used to send out
an encrypted email message. An application whose attempt fails to an encrypted email message. An application whose attempt fails to
retrieve a DNSSEC verified OPENPGPKEY RR from the DNS should remember retrieve a DNSSEC verified OPENPGPKEY RR from the DNS should remember
that failure for some time to avoid sending out a DNS request for that failure for some time to avoid sending out a DNS request for
each email message the application is sending out; such DNS requests each email message the application is sending out; such DNS requests
constitute a privacy leak constitute a privacy leak.
5.2. Confirming that an OpenPGP key is current 5.2. Confirming that an OpenPGP key is current
Locally stored OpenPGP public keys are not automatically refreshed. Locally stored OpenPGP public keys are not automatically refreshed.
If the owner of that key creates a new OpenPGP public key, that owner If the owner of that key creates a new OpenPGP public key, that owner
is unable to securely notify all users and applications that have its is unable to securely notify all users and applications that have its
old OpenPGP public key. Applications and users can perform an old OpenPGP public key. Applications and users can perform an
OPENPGPKEY lookup to confirm the locally stored OpenPGP public key is OPENPGPKEY lookup to confirm the locally stored OpenPGP public key is
still the correct key to use. If the locally stored OpenPGP public still the correct key to use. If the locally stored OpenPGP public
key is different from the DNSSEC validated OpenPGP public key key is different from the DNSSEC validated OpenPGP public key
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plaintext email content, it is not a security measure against active plaintext email content, it is not a security measure against active
attacks. A user who publishes an OPENPGPKEY record in DNS still attacks. A user who publishes an OPENPGPKEY record in DNS still
expects senders to perform their due diligence by additional (non- expects senders to perform their due diligence by additional (non-
DNSSEC) verification of their public key via other out-of-band DNSSEC) verification of their public key via other out-of-band
methods before sending any confidential or sensitive information. methods before sending any confidential or sensitive information.
In other words, the OPENPGPKEY record MUST NOT be used to send In other words, the OPENPGPKEY record MUST NOT be used to send
sensitive information without additional verification or confirmation sensitive information without additional verification or confirmation
that the OpenPGP key actually belongs to the target recipient. that the OpenPGP key actually belongs to the target recipient.
DNSSEC does not protect the queries from Pervasive Monitoring as
defined in [RFC7258]. Since DNS queries are currently mostly
unencrypted, a query to lookup a target OPENPGPKEY record could
reveal that a user using the (monitored) recursive DNS server is
attempting to send encrypted email to a target. This information is
normally protected by the MUAs and MTAs by using TLS encryption using
STARTTLS. The DNS itself can mitigate some privacy concerns, but the
user needs to select a trusted DNS server that supports these privay
enhancing feaures. Recursive DNS servers can support DNS Query Name
Minimalisation [RFC7816] which limits leaking the QNAME to only the
recursive DNS server and the the nameservers of the actual zone being
queried for. Recursive DNS servers can also support TLS
[DNS-OVER-TLS] to ensure the path between the enduser and the
recursive DNS server is encrypted.
Various components could be responsible for encrypting an email Various components could be responsible for encrypting an email
message to a target recipient. It could be done by the sender's MUA message to a target recipient. It could be done by the sender's MUA
or a MUA plugin or the sender's MTA. Each of these have their own or a MUA plugin or the sender's MTA. Each of these have their own
characteristics. A MUA can ask the user to make a decision before characteristics. A MUA can ask the user to make a decision before
continuing. The MUA can either accept or refuse a message. The MTA continuing. The MUA can either accept or refuse a message. The MTA
must deliver the message as-is, or encrypt the message before must deliver the message as-is, or encrypt the message before
delivering. Each of these components should attempt to encrypt an delivering. Each of these components should attempt to encrypt an
unencrypted outgoing message whenever possible. unencrypted outgoing message whenever possible.
In theory, two different local-parts could hash to the same value. In theory, two different local-parts could hash to the same value.
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If multiple non-revoked OPENPGPKEY resource records are found, the If multiple non-revoked OPENPGPKEY resource records are found, the
MUA SHOULD pick the most secure OpenPGP public key based on its local MUA SHOULD pick the most secure OpenPGP public key based on its local
policy. policy.
The MUA MAY interact with the user to resolve any conflicts between The MUA MAY interact with the user to resolve any conflicts between
locally stored keyrings and OPENPGPKEY RRdata. locally stored keyrings and OPENPGPKEY RRdata.
A MUA that is encrypting a message SHOULD clearly indicate to the A MUA that is encrypting a message SHOULD clearly indicate to the
user the difference between encrypting to a locally stored and user the difference between encrypting to a locally stored and
previously user-verified public key and encrypting to public key previously user-verified public key and encrypting to a public key
obtained via an OPENPGPKEY resource record that was not manually obtained via an OPENPGPKEY resource record that was not manually
verified by the user in the past. verified by the user in the past.
7.3. Response size 7.3. Response size
To prevent amplification attacks, an Authoritative DNS server MAY To prevent amplification attacks, an Authoritative DNS server MAY
wish to prevent returning OPENPGPKEY records over UDP unless the wish to prevent returning OPENPGPKEY records over UDP unless the
source IP address has been confirmed with [EDNS-COOKIE]. Such source IP address has been confirmed with [EDNS-COOKIE]. Such
servers MUST NOT return REFUSED, but answer the query with an empty servers MUST NOT return REFUSED, but answer the query with an empty
Answer Section and the truncation flag set ("TC=1"). Answer Section and the truncation flag set ("TC=1").
7.4. Email address information leak 7.4. Email address information leak
The hashing of the local-part in this document is not a security The hashing of the local-part in this document is not a security
feature. Publishing OPENPGPKEY records however, will create a list feature. Publishing OPENPGPKEY records will create a list of hashes
of hashes of valid email addresses, which could simplify obtaining a of valid email addresses, which could simplify obtaining a list of
list of valid email addresses for a particular domain. It is valid email addresses for a particular domain. It is desirable to
desirable to not ease the harvesting of email addresses where not ease the harvesting of email addresses where possible.
possible.
The domain name part of the email address is not used as part of the The domain name part of the email address is not used as part of the
hash so that hashes can be used in multiple zones deployed using hash so that hashes can be used in multiple zones deployed using
DNAME [RFC6672]. This does makes it slightly easier and cheaper to DNAME [RFC6672]. This does makes it slightly easier and cheaper to
brute-force the SHA2-256 hashes into common and short local-parts, as brute-force the SHA2-256 hashes into common and short local-parts, as
single rainbow tables can be re-used across domains. This can be single rainbow tables can be re-used across domains. This can be
somewhat countered by using NSEC3. somewhat countered by using NSEC3.
DNS zones that are signed with DNSSEC using NSEC for denial of DNS zones that are signed with DNSSEC using NSEC for denial of
existence are susceptible to zone-walking, a mechanism that allows existence are susceptible to zone-walking, a mechanism that allows
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Interoperability: No report. Interoperability: No report.
9. IANA Considerations 9. IANA Considerations
9.1. OPENPGPKEY RRtype 9.1. OPENPGPKEY RRtype
This document uses a new DNS RR type, OPENPGPKEY, whose value 61 has This document uses a new DNS RR type, OPENPGPKEY, whose value 61 has
been allocated by IANA from the Resource Record (RR) TYPEs been allocated by IANA from the Resource Record (RR) TYPEs
subregistry of the Domain Name System (DNS) Parameters registry. subregistry of the Domain Name System (DNS) Parameters registry.
The IANA template for OPENPGPKEY is listed in Appendix B. It was
submitted to IANA on July 23, 2014, reference number #773394 and
approved on August 12, 2014.
10. Acknowledgments 10. Acknowledgments
This document is based on RFC-4255 and draft-ietf-dane-smime whose
This document is based on [RFC4255] and [draft-ietf-dane-smime] whose
authors are Paul Hoffman, Jacob Schlyter and W. Griffin. Olafur authors are Paul Hoffman, Jacob Schlyter and W. Griffin. Olafur
Gudmundsson provided feedback and suggested various improvements. Gudmundsson provided feedback and suggested various improvements.
Willem Toorop contributed the gpg and hexdump command options. Willem Toorop contributed the gpg and hexdump command options.
Daniel Kahn Gillmor provided the text describing the OpenPGP packet Daniel Kahn Gillmor provided the text describing the OpenPGP packet
formats and filtering options. Edwin Taylor contributed language formats and filtering options. Edwin Taylor contributed language
improvements for various iterations of this document. Text regarding improvements for various iterations of this document. Text regarding
email mappings was taken from draft-levine-dns-mailbox whose author email mappings was taken from [draft-levine-dns-mailbox] whose author
is John Levine. is John Levine.
11. References 11. References
11.1. Normative References 11.1. Normative References
[RFC1035] Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and [RFC1035] Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and
specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, DOI 10.17487/RFC1035, specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, DOI 10.17487/RFC1035,
November 1987, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1035>. November 1987, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1035>.
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Thayer, "OpenPGP Message Format", RFC 4880, DOI 10.17487/ Thayer, "OpenPGP Message Format", RFC 4880, DOI 10.17487/
RFC4880, November 2007, RFC4880, November 2007,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4880>. <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4880>.
[RFC5754] Turner, S., "Using SHA2 Algorithms with Cryptographic [RFC5754] Turner, S., "Using SHA2 Algorithms with Cryptographic
Message Syntax", RFC 5754, DOI 10.17487/RFC5754, January Message Syntax", RFC 5754, DOI 10.17487/RFC5754, January
2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5754>. 2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5754>.
11.2. Informative References 11.2. Informative References
[DNS-OVER-TLS]
Hu, Z., Zhu, L., Heidemann, J., Mankin, A., Wessels, D.,
and P. Hoffman, "Specification for DNS over TLS", draft-
ietf-dprive-dns-over-tls (work in progress), March 2016.
[EDNS-COOKIE] [EDNS-COOKIE]
Eastlake, Donald., "Domain Name System (DNS) Cookies", Eastlake, Donald., "Domain Name System (DNS) Cookies",
draft-ietf-dnsop-cookies (work in progress), August 2015. draft-ietf-dnsop-cookies (work in progress), August 2015.
[HKP] Shaw, D., "The OpenPGP HTTP Keyserver Protocol (HKP)", [HKP] Shaw, D., "The OpenPGP HTTP Keyserver Protocol (HKP)",
draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp (work in progress), March 2013. draft-shaw-openpgp-hkp (work in progress), March 2013.
[RFC3597] Gustafsson, A., "Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record [RFC3597] Gustafsson, A., "Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record
(RR) Types", RFC 3597, DOI 10.17487/RFC3597, September (RR) Types", RFC 3597, DOI 10.17487/RFC3597, September
2003, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3597>. 2003, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3597>.
[RFC4255] Schlyter, J. and W. Griffin, "Using DNS to Securely
Publish Secure Shell (SSH) Key Fingerprints", RFC 4255,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4255, January 2006,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4255>.
[RFC4398] Josefsson, S., "Storing Certificates in the Domain Name [RFC4398] Josefsson, S., "Storing Certificates in the Domain Name
System (DNS)", RFC 4398, DOI 10.17487/RFC4398, March 2006, System (DNS)", RFC 4398, DOI 10.17487/RFC4398, March 2006,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4398>. <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4398>.
[RFC5321] Klensin, J., "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", RFC 5321, [RFC5321] Klensin, J., "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", RFC 5321,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5321, October 2008, DOI 10.17487/RFC5321, October 2008,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5321>. <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5321>.
[RFC5322] Resnick, P., Ed., "Internet Message Format", RFC 5322, DOI [RFC5322] Resnick, P., Ed., "Internet Message Format", RFC 5322, DOI
10.17487/RFC5322, October 2008, 10.17487/RFC5322, October 2008,
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[RFC6698] Hoffman, P. and J. Schlyter, "The DNS-Based Authentication [RFC6698] Hoffman, P. and J. Schlyter, "The DNS-Based Authentication
of Named Entities (DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS) of Named Entities (DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Protocol: TLSA", RFC 6698, DOI 10.17487/RFC6698, August Protocol: TLSA", RFC 6698, DOI 10.17487/RFC6698, August
2012, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6698>. 2012, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6698>.
[RFC6982] Sheffer, Y. and A. Farrel, "Improving Awareness of Running [RFC6982] Sheffer, Y. and A. Farrel, "Improving Awareness of Running
Code: The Implementation Status Section", RFC 6982, DOI Code: The Implementation Status Section", RFC 6982, DOI
10.17487/RFC6982, July 2013, 10.17487/RFC6982, July 2013,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6982>. <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6982>.
[RFC7258] Farrell, S. and H. Tschofenig, "Pervasive Monitoring Is an
Attack", BCP 188, RFC 7258, DOI 10.17487/RFC7258, May
2014, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7258>.
[RFC7816] Bortzmeyer, S., "DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve
Privacy", RFC 7816, DOI 10.17487/RFC7816, March 2016,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7816>.
[Unicode52] [Unicode52]
The Unicode Consortium, "The Unicode Standard, Version The Unicode Consortium, "The Unicode Standard, Version
5.2.0, defined by: "The Unicode Standard, Version 5.2.0", 5.2.0, defined by: "The Unicode Standard, Version 5.2.0",
(Mountain View, CA: The Unicode Consortium, 2009. ISBN (Mountain View, CA: The Unicode Consortium, 2009. ISBN
978-1-936213-00-9).", October 2009. 978-1-936213-00-9).", October 2009.
[draft-ietf-dane-smime]
Hoffman, P. and J. Schlyter, "Using Secure DNS to
Associate Certificates with Domain Names For S/MIME",
draft-ietf-dane-smime (work in progress), February 2016.
[draft-levine-dns-mailbox]
Levine, J., "Encoding mailbox local-parts in the DNS",
draft-ietf-dane-smime (work in progress), September 2015.
Appendix A. Generating OPENPGPKEY records Appendix A. Generating OPENPGPKEY records
The commonly available GnuPG software can be used to generate a The commonly available GnuPG software can be used to generate a
minimum Transferable Public Key for the RRdata portion of an minimum Transferable Public Key for the RRdata portion of an
OPENPGPKEY record: OPENPGPKEY record:
gpg --export --export-options export-minimal,no-export-attributes \ gpg --export --export-options export-minimal,no-export-attributes \
hugh@example.com | base64 hugh@example.com | base64
The --armor or -a option of the gpg command should NOT be used, as it The --armor or -a option of the gpg command should NOT be used, as it
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The openpgpkey command in the hash-slinger software can be used to The openpgpkey command in the hash-slinger software can be used to
generate complete OPENPGPKEY records generate complete OPENPGPKEY records
~> openpgpkey --output rfc hugh@example.com ~> openpgpkey --output rfc hugh@example.com
c9[..]d6._openpgpkey.example.com. IN OPENPGPKEY mQCNAzIG[...] c9[..]d6._openpgpkey.example.com. IN OPENPGPKEY mQCNAzIG[...]
~> openpgpkey --output generic hugh@example.com ~> openpgpkey --output generic hugh@example.com
c9[..]d6._openpgpkey.example.com. IN TYPE61 \# 2313 99008d03[...] c9[..]d6._openpgpkey.example.com. IN TYPE61 \# 2313 99008d03[...]
Appendix B. OPENPGPKEY IANA template
A. Submission Date: 23-07-2014
B.1 Submission Type: [x] New RRTYPE [ ] Modification to RRTYPE
B.2 Kind of RR: [x] Data RR [ ] Meta-RR
C. Contact Information for submitter (will be publicly posted):
Name: Paul Wouters Email Address: pwouters@redhat.com
International telephone number: +1-647-896-3464
Other contact handles: paul@nohats.ca
D. Motivation for the new RRTYPE application.
Publishing RFC-4880 OpenPGP formatted keys in DNS with DNSSEC
protection to faciliate automatic encryption of emails in
defense against pervasive monitoring.
E. Description of the proposed RR type.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-00#section-2
F. What existing RRTYPE or RRTYPEs come closest to filling that need
and why are they unsatisfactory?
The CERT RRtype is the closest match. It unfortunately depends on
subtyping, and its use in general is no longer recommended. It
also has no human usable presentation format. Some usage types of
CERT require external URI's which complicates the security model.
This was discussed in the dane working group.
G. What mnemonic is requested for the new RRTYPE (optional)?
OPENPGPKEY
H. Does the requested RRTYPE make use of any existing IANA registry
or require the creation of a new IANA subregistry in DNS
Parameters? If so, please indicate which registry is to be used
or created. If a new subregistry is needed, specify the
allocation policy for it and its initial contents. Also include
what the modification procedures will be.
The RDATA part uses the key format specified in RFC-4880, which
itself uses
https://www.iana.org/assignments/pgp-parameters/pgp-parameters.xhtm
This RRcode just uses the formats specified in those registries
for its RRdata part.
I. Does the proposal require/expect any changes in DNS
servers/resolvers that prevent the new type from being processed
as an unknown RRTYPE (see [RFC3597])?
No.
J. Comments:
Currently, three software implementations of draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey
are using a private number.
Author's Address Author's Address
Paul Wouters Paul Wouters
Red Hat Red Hat
Email: pwouters@redhat.com Email: pwouters@redhat.com
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