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4<Network Working Group>                                       Larry Zhu 
5Internet Draft                                       Karthik Jaganathan 
6Updates: 1964                                                 Microsoft 
7Category: Standards Track                                   Sam Hartman 
8draft-ietf-krb-wg-gssapi-cfx-06.txt                                 MIT 
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12          The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism: Version 2 
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14Status of this Memo 
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42    
43Abstract 
44    
45   This document defines protocols, procedures, and conventions to be 
46   employed by peers implementing the Generic Security Service 
47   Application Program Interface (GSS-API) when using the Kerberos 
48   Version 5 mechanism. 
49    
50   RFC-1964 is updated and incremental changes are proposed in response 
51   to recent developments such as the introduction of Kerberos 
52   cryptosystem framework.  These changes support the inclusion of new 
53   cryptosystems, by defining new per-message tokens along with their 
54   encryption and checksum algorithms based on the cryptosystem 
55   profiles.   
56    
57Conventions used in this document 
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62    
63   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", 
64   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this 
65   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC-2119]. 
66    
67   The term "little endian order" is used for brevity to refer to the 
68   least-significant-octet-first encoding, while the term "big endian 
69   order" is for the most-significant-octet-first encoding. 
70    
71Table of Contents 
72
73   1. Introduction ...............................................  2 
74   2. Key Derivation for Per-Message Tokens ......................  3 
75   3. Quality of Protection ......................................  4 
76   4. Definitions and Token Formats ..............................  4 
77   4.1. Context Establishment Tokens .............................  4 
78   4.1.1. Authenticator Checksum .................................  5 
79   4.2. Per-Message Tokens .......................................  8 
80   4.2.1. Sequence Number ........................................  8 
81   4.2.2. Flags Field ............................................  8 
82   4.2.3. EC Field ...............................................  9 
83   4.2.4. Encryption and Checksum Operations .....................  9 
84   4.2.5. RRC Field .............................................. 10 
85   4.2.6. Message Layouts ........................................ 10 
86   4.3. Context Deletion Tokens .................................. 11 
87   4.4. Token Identifier Assignment Considerations ............... 11 
88   5. Parameter Definitions ...................................... 12 
89   5.1. Minor Status Codes ....................................... 12 
90   5.1.1. Non-Kerberos-specific codes ............................ 12 
91   5.1.2. Kerberos-specific-codes ................................ 12 
92   5.2. Buffer Sizes ............................................. 13 
93   6. Backwards Compatibility Considerations ..................... 13 
94   7. Security Considerations .................................... 13 
95   8. Acknowledgments ............................................ 14 
96   9. Intellectual Property Statement ............................ 15
97   10. References ................................................ 15 
98   10.1. Normative References .................................... 15 
99   10.2. Informative References .................................. 15 
100   11. Author's Address .......................................... 15
101   Full Copyright Statement ...................................... 17  
102   
1031. Introduction 
104    
105   [KCRYPTO] defines a generic framework for describing encryption and 
106   checksum types to be used with the Kerberos protocol and associated 
107   protocols. 
108    
109   [RFC-1964] describes the GSS-API mechanism for Kerberos Version 5.  
110   It defines the format of context establishment, per-message and 
111   context deletion tokens and uses algorithm identifiers for each 
112   cryptosystem in per message and context deletion tokens.   
113    
114   The approach taken in this document obviates the need for algorithm 
115   identifiers.  This is accomplished by using the same encryption 
116   algorithm, specified by the crypto profile [KCRYPTO] for the session 
117   key or subkey that is created during context negotiation, and its 
118   required checksum algorithm.  Message layouts of the per-message 
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122   tokens are therefore revised to remove algorithm indicators and also 
123   to add extra information to support the generic crypto framework 
124   [KCRYPTO].  
125    
126   Tokens transferred between GSS-API peers for security context 
127   establishment are also described in this document.  The data 
128   elements exchanged between a GSS-API endpoint implementation and the 
129   Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) [KRBCLAR] are not specific to 
130   GSS-API usage and are therefore defined within [KRBCLAR] rather than 
131   within this specification. 
132    
133   The new token formats specified in this document MUST be used with 
134   all "newer" encryption types [KRBCLAR] and MAY be used with "older" 
135   encryption types, provided that the initiator and acceptor know, 
136   from the context establishment, that they can both process these new 
137   token formats. 
138    
139   "Newer" encryption types are those which have been specified along 
140   with or since the new Kerberos cryptosystem specification [KCRYPTO], 
141   as defined in section 3.1.3 of [KRBCLAR].  The list of not-newer 
142   encryption types is as follows [KCRYPTO]: 
143    
144             Encryption Type             Assigned Number     
145           ---------------------------------------------- 
146            des-cbc-crc                        1              
147            des-cbc-md4                        2              
148            des-cbc-md5                        3              
149            des3-cbc-md5                       5 
150            des3-cbc-sha1                      7 
151            dsaWithSHA1-CmsOID                 9            
152            md5WithRSAEncryption-CmsOID       10            
153            sha1WithRSAEncryption-CmsOID      11           
154            rc2CBC-EnvOID                     12            
155            rsaEncryption-EnvOID              13    
156            rsaES-OAEP-ENV-OID                14    
157            des-ede3-cbc-Env-OID              15            
158            des3-cbc-sha1-kd                  16                       
159            rc4-hmac                          23          
160    
1612. Key Derivation for Per-Message Tokens 
162    
163   To limit the exposure of a given key, [KCRYPTO] adopted "one-way" 
164   "entropy-preserving" derived keys, for different purposes or key 
165   usages, from a base key or protocol key.   
166    
167   This document defines four key usage values below that are used to 
168   derive a specific key for signing and sealing messages, from the 
169   session key or subkey [KRBCLAR] created during the context 
170   establishment. 
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172        Name                         Value 
173      ------------------------------------- 
174       KG-USAGE-ACCEPTOR-SEAL         22 
175       KG-USAGE-ACCEPTOR-SIGN         23 
176       KG-USAGE-INITIATOR-SEAL        24 
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181       KG-USAGE-INITIATOR-SIGN        25 
182          
183   When the sender is the context acceptor, KG-USAGE-ACCEPTOR-SIGN is 
184   used as the usage number in the key derivation function for deriving 
185   keys to be used in MIC tokens (as defined in section 4.2.6.1), and 
186   KG-USAGE-ACCEPTOR-SEAL is used for Wrap tokens(as defined in section 
187   4.2.6.2); similarly when the sender is the context initiator, KG-
188   USAGE-INITIATOR-SIGN is used as the usage number in the key 
189   derivation function for MIC tokens, KG-USAGE-INITIATOR-SEAL is used 
190   for Wrap Tokens.  Even if the Wrap token does not provide for 
191   confidentiality the same usage values specified above are used. 
192    
193   During the context initiation and acceptance sequence, the acceptor 
194   MAY assert a subkey, and if so, subsequent messages MUST use this 
195   subkey as the protocol key and these messages MUST be flagged as 
196   "AcceptorSubkey" as described in section 4.2.2. 
197 
1983. Quality of Protection 
199 
200   The GSS-API specification [RFC-2743] provides for Quality of 
201   Protection (QOP) values that can be used by applications to request 
202   a certain type of encryption or signing.  A zero QOP value is used 
203   to indicate the "default" protection; applications which do not use 
204   the default QOP are not guaranteed to be portable across 
205   implementations or even inter-operate with different deployment 
206   configurations of the same implementation.  Using an algorithm that 
207   is different from the one for which the key is defined may not be 
208   appropriate.  Therefore, when the new method in this document is 
209   used, the QOP value is ignored. 
210    
211   The encryption and checksum algorithms in per-message tokens are now 
212   implicitly defined by the algorithms associated with the session key 
213   or subkey.  Algorithms identifiers as described in [RFC-1964] are 
214   therefore no longer needed and removed from the new token headers. 
215 
2164. Definitions and Token Formats 
217    
218   This section provides terms and definitions, as well as descriptions 
219   for tokens specific to the Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API mechanism. 
220                                    
2214.1. Context Establishment Tokens 
222    
223   All context establishment tokens emitted by the Kerberos Version 5 
224   GSS-API mechanism SHALL have the framing described in section 3.1 of 
225   [RFC-2743], as illustrated by the following pseudo-ASN.1 structures: 
226    
227         GSS-API DEFINITIONS ::= 
228    
229         BEGIN 
230    
231         MechType ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER 
232         -- representing Kerberos V5 mechanism 
233    
234         GSSAPI-Token ::= 
235         -- option indication (delegation, etc.) indicated within 
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239         -- mechanism-specific token 
240         [APPLICATION 0] IMPLICIT SEQUENCE { 
241                 thisMech MechType, 
242                 innerToken ANY DEFINED BY thisMech 
243                    -- contents mechanism-specific 
244                    -- ASN.1 structure not required 
245                 } 
246    
247         END 
248    
249   Where the innerToken field starts with a two-octet token-identifier 
250   (TOK_ID) expressed in big endian order, followed by a Kerberos 
251   message.   
252    
253   Here are the TOK_ID values used in the context establishment tokens: 
254    
255         Token               TOK_ID Value in Hex  
256        ----------------------------------------- 
257         KRB_AP_REQ            01 00 
258         KRB_AP_REP            02 00 
259         KRB_ERROR             03 00 
260             
261   Where Kerberos message KRB_AP_REQUEST, KRB_AP_REPLY, and KRB_ERROR 
262   are defined in [KRBCLAR].   
263    
264   If an unknown token identifier (TOK_ID) is received in the initial 
265   context establishment token, the receiver MUST return 
266   GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED major status, and the returned output token 
267   MUST contain a KRB_ERROR message with the error code 
268   KRB_AP_ERR_MSG_TYPE [KRBCLAR]. 
269    
2704.1.1. Authenticator Checksum 
271 
272   The authenticator in the KRB_AP_REQ message MUST include the 
273   optional sequence number and the checksum field.  The checksum field 
274   is used to convey service flags, channel bindings, and optional 
275   delegation information.   
276    
277   The checksum type MUST be 0x8003. When delegation is used, a ticket-
278   granting ticket will be transferred in a KRB_CRED message.  This 
279   ticket SHOULD have its forwardable flag set.  The EncryptedData 
280   field of the KRB_CRED message [KRBCLAR] MUST be encrypted in the 
281   session key of the ticket used to authenticate the context. 
282    
283   The authenticator checksum field SHALL have the following format: 
284       
285      Octet        Name      Description 
286     ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
287      0..3         Lgth    Number of octets in Bnd field;  Represented  
288                           in little-endian order;  Currently contains   
289                           hex value 10 00 00 00 (16). 
290      4..19        Bnd     Channel binding information, as described in  
291                           section 4.1.1.2. 
292      20..23       Flags   Four-octet context-establishment flags in 
293                           little-endian order as described in section  
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297                           4.1.1.1.  
298      24..25       DlgOpt  The delegation option identifier (=1) in  
299                           little-endian order [optional].  This field  
300                           and the next two fields are present if and  
301                           only if GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set as described  
302                           in section 4.1.1.1.   
303      26..27       Dlgth   The length of the Deleg field in little- 
304                           endian order [optional]. 
305      28..(n-1)    Deleg   A KRB_CRED message (n = Dlgth + 28)  
306                           [optional].  
307      n..last      Exts    Extensions [optional]. 
308    
309   The length of the checksum field MUST be at least 24 octets when 
310   GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is not set (as described in section 4.1.1.1), and 
311   at least 28 octets plus Dlgth octets when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set.  
312   When GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set, the DlgOpt, Dlgth and Deleg fields 
313   of the checksum data MUST immediately follow the Flags field.  The 
314   optional trailing octets (namely the "Exts" field) facilitate 
315   future extensions to this mechanism.  When delegation is not used 
316   but the Exts field is present, the Exts field starts at octet 24 
317   (DlgOpt, Dlgth and Deleg are absent). 
318    
319   Initiators that do not support the extensions MUST NOT include more 
320   than 24 octets in the checksum field, when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is not 
321   set, or more than 28 octets plus the KRB_CRED in the Deleg field, 
322   when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set.  Acceptors that do not understand the 
323   extensions MUST ignore any octets past the Deleg field of the 
324   checksum data, when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set, or past the Flags field 
325   of the checksum data, when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is not set. 
326 
3274.1.1.1. Checksum Flags Field 
328    
329   The checksum "Flags" field is used to convey service options or 
330   extension negotiation information. 
331    
332   The following context establishment flags are defined in [RFC-2744].   
333    
334        Flag Name              Value     
335      --------------------------------- 
336       GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG           1        
337       GSS_C_MUTUAL_FLAG          2       
338       GSS_C_REPLAY_FLAG          4       
339       GSS_C_SEQUENCE_FLAG        8        
340       GSS_C_CONF_FLAG           16      
341       GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG          32     
342        
343   Context establishment flags are exposed to the calling application.  
344   If the calling application desires a particular service option then 
345   it requests that option via GSS_Init_sec_context() [RFC-2743].  If 
346   the corresponding return state values [RFC-2743] indicate that any 
347   of above optional context level services will be active on the 
348   context, the corresponding flag values in the table above MUST be 
349   set in the checksum Flags field. 
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355   Flag values 4096..524288 (2^12, 2^13, ..., 2^19) are reserved for 
356   use with legacy vendor-specific extensions to this mechanism. 
357    
358   All other flag values not specified herein are reserved for future 
359   use.  Future revisions of this mechanism may use these reserved 
360   flags and may rely on implementations of this version to not use 
361   such flags in order to properly negotiate mechanism versions.  
362   Undefined flag values MUST be cleared by the sender, and unknown 
363   flags MUST be ignored by the receiver.   
364    
3654.1.1.2. Channel Binding Information 
366    
367   These tags are intended to be used to identify the particular 
368   communications channel for which the GSS-API security context 
369   establishment tokens are intended, thus limiting the scope within 
370   which an intercepted context establishment token can be reused by an 
371   attacker (see [RFC-2743], section 1.1.6). 
372    
373   When using C language bindings, channel bindings are communicated 
374   to the GSS-API using the following structure [RFC-2744]: 
375 
376      typedef struct gss_channel_bindings_struct { 
377         OM_uint32       initiator_addrtype; 
378         gss_buffer_desc initiator_address; 
379         OM_uint32       acceptor_addrtype; 
380         gss_buffer_desc acceptor_address; 
381         gss_buffer_desc application_data; 
382      } *gss_channel_bindings_t; 
383    
384   The member fields and constants used for different address types 
385   are defined in [RFC-2744]. 
386    
387   The "Bnd" field contains the MD5 hash of channel bindings, taken 
388   over all non-null components of bindings, in order of declaration.  
389   Integer fields within channel bindings are represented in little-
390   endian order for the purposes of the MD5 calculation. 
391    
392   In computing the contents of the Bnd field, the following detailed 
393   points apply:  
394    
395   (1) For purposes of MD5 hash computation, each integer field and 
396   input length field SHALL be formatted into four octets, using 
397   little endian octet ordering.  
398    
399   (2) All input length fields within gss_buffer_desc elements of a 
400   gss_channel_bindings_struct even those which are zero-valued, SHALL 
401   be included in the hash calculation; the value elements of 
402   gss_buffer_desc elements SHALL be dereferenced, and the resulting 
403   data SHALL be included within the hash computation, only for the 
404   case of gss_buffer_desc elements having non-zero length specifiers.  
405    
406   (3) If the caller passes the value GSS_C_NO_BINDINGS instead of a 
407   valid channel binding structure, the Bnd field SHALL be set to 16 
408   zero-valued octets.  
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413   If the caller to GSS_Accept_sec_context [RFC-2743] passes in 
414   GSS_C_NO_CHANNEL_BINDINGS [RFC-2744] as the channel bindings then 
415   the acceptor MAY ignore any channel bindings supplied by the 
416   initiator, returning success even if the initiator did pass in 
417   channel bindings. 
418    
419   If the application supply, in the channel bindings, a buffer with a 
420   length field larger than 4294967295 (2^32 - 1), the implementation 
421   of this mechanism MAY chose to reject the channel bindings 
422   altogether, using major status GSS_S_BAD_BINDINGS [RFC-2743].  In 
423   any case, the size of channel binding data buffers that can be used 
424   (interoperable, without extensions) with this specification is 
425   limited to 4294967295 octets. 
426    
4274.2. Per-Message Tokens 
428    
429   Two classes of tokens are defined in this section:  "MIC" tokens, 
430   emitted by calls to GSS_GetMIC() and consumed by calls to 
431   GSS_VerifyMIC(), "Wrap" tokens, emitted by calls to GSS_Wrap() and 
432   consumed by calls to GSS_Unwrap(). 
433    
434   The new per-message tokens introduced here do not include the 
435   generic GSS-API token framing used by the context establishment 
436   tokens.  These new tokens are designed to be used with newer crypto 
437   systems that can, for example, have variable-size checksums.   
438    
4394.2.1. Sequence Number 
440 
441   To distinguish intentionally-repeated messages from maliciously-
442   replayed ones, per-message tokens contain a sequence number field, 
443   which is a 64 bit integer expressed in big endian order.  After 
444   sending a GSS_GetMIC() or GSS_Wrap() token, the sender's sequence 
445   numbers SHALL be incremented by one. 
446 
4474.2.2. Flags Field 
448 
449   The "Flags" field is a one-octet integer used to indicate a set of 
450   attributes for the protected message.  For example, one flag is 
451   allocated as the direction-indicator, thus preventing an adversary 
452   from sending back the same message in the reverse direction and 
453   having it accepted.   
454    
455   The meanings of bits in this field (the least significant bit is 
456   bit 0) are as follows: 
457    
458        Bit    Name             Description 
459       --------------------------------------------------------------- 
460        0   SentByAcceptor    When set, this flag indicates the sender  
461                              is the context acceptor.  When not set, 
462                              it indicates the sender is the context  
463                              initiator. 
464        1   Sealed            When set in Wrap tokens, this flag  
465                              indicates confidentiality is provided  
466                              for.  It SHALL NOT be set in MIC tokens. 
467        2   AcceptorSubkey    A subkey asserted by the context acceptor 
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472    
473   The rest of available bits are reserved for future use and MUST be 
474   cleared.  The receiver MUST ignore unknown flags. 
475    
4764.2.3. EC Field 
477 
478   The "EC" (Extra Count) field is a two-octet integer field expressed 
479   in big endian order.   
480    
481   In Wrap tokens with confidentiality, the EC field SHALL be used to 
482   encode the number of octets in the filler, as described in section 
483   4.2.4. 
484    
485   In Wrap tokens without confidentiality, the EC field SHALL be used 
486   to encode the number of octets in the trailing checksum, as 
487   described in section 4.2.4.   
488 
4894.2.4. Encryption and Checksum Operations 
490    
491   The encryption algorithms defined by the crypto profiles provide for 
492   integrity protection [KCRYPTO].  Therefore no separate checksum is 
493   needed.  
494    
495   The result of decryption can be longer than the original plaintext 
496   [KCRYPTO] and the extra trailing octets are called "crypto-system 
497   garbage" in this document.  However, given the size of any plaintext 
498   data, one can always find a (possibly larger) size so that, when 
499   padding the to-be-encrypted text to that size, there will be no 
500   crypto-system garbage added [KCRYPTO].  
501 
502   In Wrap tokens that provide for confidentiality, the first 16 octets 
503   of the Wrap token (the "header", as defined in section 4.2.6), SHALL 
504   be appended to the plaintext data before encryption.  Filler octets 
505   MAY be inserted between the plaintext data and the "header", and the 
506   values and size of the filler octets are chosen by implementations, 
507   such that there SHALL be no crypto-system garbage present after the 
508   decryption.  The resulting Wrap token is {"header" | 
509   encrypt(plaintext-data | filler | "header")}, where encrypt() is the 
510   encryption operation (which provides for integrity protection) 
511   defined in the crypto profile [KCRYPTO], and the RRC field (as 
512   defined in section 4.2.5) in the to-be-encrypted header contain the 
513   hex value 00 00.   
514           
515   In Wrap tokens that do not provide for confidentiality, the checksum 
516   SHALL be calculated first over the to-be-signed plaintext data, and 
517   then the first 16 octets of the Wrap token (the "header", as defined 
518   in section 4.2.6).  Both the EC field and the RRC field in the token 
519   header SHALL be filled with zeroes for the purpose of calculating 
520   the checksum.  The resulting Wrap token is {"header" | plaintext-
521   data | get_mic(plaintext-data | "header")},  where get_mic() is the 
522   checksum operation for the required checksum mechanism of the chosen 
523   encryption mechanism defined in the crypto profile [KCRYPTO].  
524    
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529   The parameters for the key and the cipher-state in the encrypt() and 
530   get_mic() operations have been omitted for brevity.   
531        
532   For MIC tokens, the checksum SHALL be calculated as follows: the 
533   checksum operation is calculated first over the to-be-signed 
534   plaintext data, and then the first 16 octets of the MIC token, where 
535   the checksum mechanism is the required checksum mechanism of the 
536   chosen encryption mechanism defined in the crypto profile [KCRYPTO]. 
537   
538   The resulting Wrap and MIC tokens bind the data to the token header, 
539   including the sequence number and the direction indicator.  
540   
5414.2.5. RRC Field 
542 
543   The "RRC" (Right Rotation Count) field in Wrap tokens is added to 
544   allow the data to be encrypted in-place by existing SSPI (Security 
545   Service Provider Interface) [SSPI] applications that do not provide 
546   an additional buffer for the trailer (the cipher text after the in-
547   place-encrypted data) in addition to the buffer for the header (the 
548   cipher text before the in-place-encrypted data).  The resulting Wrap 
549   token in the previous section, excluding the first 16 octets of the 
550   token header, is rotated to the right by "RRC" octets.  The net 
551   result is that "RRC" octets of trailing octets are moved toward the 
552   header.  Consider the following as an example of this rotation 
553   operation:  Assume that the RRC value is 3 and the token before the 
554   rotation is {"header" | aa | bb | cc | dd | ee | ff | gg | hh}, the 
555   token after rotation would be {"header" | ff | gg | hh | aa | bb | 
556   cc | dd | ee }, where {aa | bb | cc |...| hh} is used to indicate 
557   the octet sequence. 
558  
559   The RRC field is expressed as a two-octet integer in big endian 
560   order. 
561    
562   The rotation count value is chosen by the sender based on 
563   implementation details, and the receiver MUST be able to interpret 
564   all possible rotation count values, including rotation counts 
565   greater than the length of the token. 
566 
5674.2.6. Message Layouts 
568    
569   Per-message tokens start with a two-octet token identifier (TOK_ID) 
570   field, expressed in big endian order.  These tokens are defined 
571   separately in subsequent sub-sections. 
572    
5734.2.6.1. MIC Tokens 
574    
575   Use of the GSS_GetMIC() call yields a token (referred as the MIC 
576   token in this document), separate from the user  
577   data being protected, which can be used to verify the integrity of  
578   that data as received.  The token has the following format: 
579    
580      Octet no   Name        Description 
581      ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
582       0..1     TOK_ID     Identification field.  Tokens emitted by  
583                           GSS_GetMIC() contain the hex value 04 04  
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587                           expressed in big endian order in this field. 
588       2        Flags      Attributes field, as described in section  
589                           4.2.2. 
590       3..7     Filler     Contains five octets of hex value FF. 
591       8..15    SND_SEQ    Sequence number field in clear text,  
592                           expressed in big endian order.  
593       16..last SGN_CKSUM  Checksum of the "to-be-signed" data and  
594                           octet 0..15, as described in section 4.2.4. 
595    
596   The Filler field is included in the checksum calculation for 
597   simplicity.   
598    
5994.2.6.2. Wrap Tokens 
600    
601   Use of the GSS_Wrap() call yields a token (referred as the Wrap 
602   token in this document), which consists of a descriptive header, 
603   followed by a body portion that contains either the input user data 
604   in plaintext concatenated with the checksum, or the input user data 
605   encrypted.  The GSS_Wrap() token SHALL have the following format: 
606    
607      Octet no   Name        Description 
608      --------------------------------------------------------------- 
609       0..1     TOK_ID     Identification field.  Tokens emitted by  
610                           GSS_Wrap() contain the the hex value 05 04                 
611                           expressed in big endian order in this field. 
612       2        Flags      Attributes field, as described in section  
613                           4.2.2. 
614       3        Filler     Contains the hex value FF. 
615       4..5     EC         Contains the "extra count" field, in big  
616                           endian order as described in section 4.2.3. 
617       6..7     RRC        Contains the "right rotation count" in big  
618                           endian order, as described in section 4.2.5. 
619       8..15    SND_SEQ    Sequence number field in clear text, 
620                           expressed in big endian order. 
621       16..last Data       Encrypted data for Wrap tokens with  
622                           confidentiality, or plaintext data followed  
623                           by the checksum for Wrap tokens without  
624                           confidentiality, as described in section  
625                           4.2.4.         
626             
6274.3. Context Deletion Tokens 
628 
629   Context deletion tokens are empty in this mechanism.  Both peers to 
630   a security context invoke GSS_Delete_sec_context() [RFC-2743] 
631   independently, passing a null output_context_token buffer to 
632   indicate that no context_token is required.  Implementations of 
633   GSS_Delete_sec_context() should delete relevant locally-stored 
634   context information. 
635        
6364.4. Token Identifier Assignment Considerations 
637    
638   Token identifiers (TOK_ID) from 0x60 0x00 through 0x60 0xFF 
639   inclusive are reserved and SHALL NOT be assigned.  Thus by examining 
640   the first two octets of a token, one can tell unambiguously if it is 
641   wrapped with the generic GSS-API token framing.   
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645    
6465. Parameter Definitions 
647    
648   This section defines parameter values used by the Kerberos V5 GSS-
649   API mechanism.  It defines interface elements in support of 
650   portability, and assumes use of C language bindings per [RFC-2744]. 
651    
6525.1. Minor Status Codes 
653 
654   This section recommends common symbolic names for minor_status 
655   values to be returned by the Kerberos V5 GSS-API mechanism.  Use of 
656   these definitions will enable independent implementers to enhance 
657   application portability across different implementations of the 
658   mechanism defined in this specification.  (In all cases, 
659   implementations of GSS_Display_status() will enable callers to 
660   convert minor_status indicators to text representations.)  Each 
661   implementation should make available, through include files or other 
662   means, a facility to translate these symbolic names into the 
663   concrete values which a particular GSS-API implementation uses to 
664   represent the minor_status values specified in this section.  
665    
666   It is recognized that this list may grow over time, and that the 
667   need for additional minor_status codes specific to particular 
668   implementations may arise.  It is recommended, however, that 
669   implementations should return a minor_status value as defined on a 
670   mechanism-wide basis within this section when that code is 
671   accurately representative of reportable status rather than using a 
672   separate, implementation-defined code.  
673    
6745.1.1. Non-Kerberos-specific codes 
675 
676      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BAD_SERVICE_NAME  
677              /* "No @ in SERVICE-NAME name string" */ 
678      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BAD_STRING_UID 
679              /* "STRING-UID-NAME contains nondigits" */ 
680      GSS_KRB5_S_G_NOUSER 
681              /* "UID does not resolve to username" */ 
682      GSS_KRB5_S_G_VALIDATE_FAILED 
683              /* "Validation error" */ 
684      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BUFFER_ALLOC 
685              /* "Couldn't allocate gss_buffer_t data" */ 
686      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BAD_MSG_CTX 
687              /* "Message context invalid" */ 
688      GSS_KRB5_S_G_WRONG_SIZE 
689              /* "Buffer is the wrong size" */ 
690      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BAD_USAGE 
691              /* "Credential usage type is unknown" */ 
692      GSS_KRB5_S_G_UNKNOWN_QOP 
693              /* "Unknown quality of protection specified" */ 
694    
6955.1.2. Kerberos-specific-codes 
696    
697      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_CCACHE_NOMATCH  
698              /* "Client principal in credentials does not match   
699                 specified name" */ 
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703      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_KEYTAB_NOMATCH 
704              /* "No key available for specified service principal" */ 
705      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_TGT_MISSING 
706              /* "No Kerberos ticket-granting ticket available" */ 
707      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_NO_SUBKEY 
708              /* "Authenticator has no subkey" */ 
709      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_CONTEXT_ESTABLISHED 
710              /* "Context is already fully established" */ 
711      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_BAD_SIGN_TYPE 
712              /* "Unknown signature type in token" */ 
713      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_BAD_LENGTH 
714              /* "Invalid field length in token" */ 
715      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_CTX_INCOMPLETE 
716              /* "Attempt to use incomplete security context" */ 
717 
7185.2. Buffer Sizes 
719 
720   All implementations of this specification MUST be capable of 
721   accepting buffers of at least 16K octets as input to GSS_GetMIC(), 
722   GSS_VerifyMIC(), and GSS_Wrap(), and MUST be capable of accepting 
723   the output_token generated by GSS_Wrap() for a 16K octet input 
724   buffer as input to GSS_Unwrap().  Implementations SHOULD support 64K 
725   octet input buffers, and MAY support even larger input buffer sizes. 
726 
7276. Backwards Compatibility Considerations 
728 
729   The new token formats defined in this document will only be 
730   recognized by new implementations.  To address this, implementations 
731   can always use the explicit sign or seal algorithm in [RFC-1964] 
732   when the key type corresponds to "older" enctypes.  An alternative 
733   approach might be to retry sending the message with the sign or seal 
734   algorithm explicitly defined as in [RFC-1964].  However this would 
735   require either the use of a mechanism such as [RFC-2478] to securely 
736   negotiate the method or the use out of band mechanism to choose 
737   appropriate mechanism.  For this reason, it is RECOMMENDED that the 
738   new token formats defined in this document SHOULD be used only if 
739   both peers are known to support the new mechanism during context 
740   negotiation because of, for example, the use of "new" enctypes. 
741 
742   GSS_Unwrap() or GSS_VerifyMIC() can process a message token as 
743   follows: it can look at the first octet of the token header, if it 
744   is 0x60 then the token must carry the generic GSS-API pseudo ASN.1 
745   framing, otherwise the first two octets of the token contain the 
746   TOK_ID that uniquely identify the token message format. 
747    
7487. Security Considerations 
749    
750   Channel bindings are validated by the acceptor.  The acceptor can 
751   ignore the channel bindings restriction supplied by the initiator 
752   and carried in the authenticator checksum, if channel bindings are 
753   not used by GSS_Accept_sec_context [RFC-2743], and the acceptor does 
754   not prove to the initiator that it has the same channel bindings as 
755   the initiator, even if the client requested mutual authentication.  
756   This limitation should be taken into consideration by designers of 
757   applications that would use channel bindings, whether to limit the 
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761   use of GSS-API contexts to nodes with specific network addresses, to 
762   authenticate other established, secure channels using Kerberos 
763   Version 5, or for any other purpose. 
764    
765   Session key types are selected by the KDC.  Under the current 
766   mechanism, no negotiation of algorithm types occurs, so server-side 
767   (acceptor) implementations cannot request that clients not use 
768   algorithm types not understood by the server.  However, 
769   administrators can control what enctypes can be used for session 
770   keys for this mechanism by controlling the set of the ticket session 
771   key enctypes which the KDC is willing to use in tickets for a given 
772   acceptor principal.  The KDC could therefore be given the task of 
773   limiting session keys for a given service to types actually 
774   supported by the Kerberos and GSSAPI software on the server.  This 
775   does have a drawback for cases where a service principal name is 
776   used both for GSSAPI-based and non-GSSAPI-based communication (most 
777   notably the "host" service key), if the GSSAPI implementation does 
778   not understand (for example) AES [AES-KRB5] but the Kerberos 
779   implementation does.  It means that AES session keys cannot be 
780   issued for that service principal, which keeps the protection of 
781   non-GSSAPI services weaker than necessary.  KDC administrators 
782   desiring to limit the session key types to support interoperability 
783   with such GSSAPI implementations should carefully weigh the 
784   reduction in protection offered by such mechanisms against the 
785   benefits of interoperability. 
786    
7878. Acknowledgments 
788 
789  Ken Raeburn and Nicolas Williams corrected many of our errors in the 
790  use of generic profiles and were instrumental in the creation of 
791  this document.  
792   
793  The text for security considerations was contributed by Nicolas 
794  Williams and Ken Raeburn. 
795   
796  Sam Hartman and Ken Raeburn suggested the "floating trailer" idea, 
797  namely the encoding of the RRC field.   
798   
799  Sam Hartman and Nicolas Williams recommended the replacing our 
800  earlier key derivation function for directional keys with different 
801  key usage numbers for each direction as well as retaining the 
802  directional bit for maximum compatibility.   
803   
804  Paul Leach provided numerous suggestions and comments.  
805   
806  Scott Field, Richard Ward, Dan Simon, Kevin Damour, and Simon 
807  Josefsson also provided valuable inputs on this document. 
808   
809  Jeffrey Hutzelman provided comments and clarifications for the text 
810  related to the channel bindings.  
811   
812  Jeffrey Hutzelman and Russ Housley suggested many editorial changes. 
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819  Luke Howard provided implementations of this document for the 
820  Heimdal code base, and helped inter-operability testing with the 
821  Microsoft code base, together with Love Hornquist Astrand.  These 
822  experiments formed the basis of this document. 
823   
824  Martin Rex provided suggestions of TOK_ID assignment recommendations 
825  thus the token tagging in this document is unambiguous if the token 
826  is wrapped with the pseudo ASN.1 header.  
827   
828  This document retains some of the text of RFC-1964 in relevant 
829  sections. 
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852   
85310. References 
854    
85510.1. Normative References 
856    
857   [RFC-2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 
858   3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.  
859        
860   [RFC-2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate 
861   Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. 
862    
863   [RFC-2743] Linn, J., "Generic Security Service Application Program    
864   Interface Version 2, Update 1", RFC 2743, January 2000. 
865    
866   [RFC-2744] Wray, J., "Generic Security Service API Version 2: C-
867   bindings", RFC 2744, January 2000. 
868    
869   [RFC-1964] Linn, J., "The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism",    
870   RFC 1964, June 1996. 
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877   [KCRYPTO] RFC-Editor: To be replaced by RFC number for draft-ietf-
878   krb-wg-crypto.  Work in Progress. 
879    
880   [KRBCLAR] RFC-Editor: To be replaced by RFC number for draft-ietf-
881   krb-wg-kerberos-clarifications.  Work in Progress. 
882 
88310.2. Informative References 
884 
885   [SSPI] Leach, P., "Security Service Provider Interface", Microsoft 
886   Developer Network (MSDN), April 2003. 
887    
888   [AES-KRB5] RFC-Editor: To be replaced by RFC number for draft-
889   raeburn-krb-rijndael-krb.  Work in Progress. 
890    
891   [RFC-2478] Baize, E., Pinkas D., "The Simple and Protected GSS-API 
892   Negotiation Mechanism", RFC 2478, December 1998. 
893    
89411. Author's Address 
895    
896   Larry Zhu 
897   One Microsoft Way 
898   Redmond, WA 98052 - USA 
899   EMail: LZhu@microsoft.com 
900 
901   Karthik Jaganathan 
902   One Microsoft Way 
903   Redmond, WA 98052 - USA 
904   EMail: karthikj@microsoft.com 
905 
906   Sam Hartman 
907   Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
908   77 Massachusetts Avenue 
909   Cambridge, MA 02139 - USA 
910   Email: hartmans@MIT.EDU 
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