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2<Network Working Group>                                       Larry Zhu 
3Internet Draft                                       Karthik Jaganathan 
4Updates: 1964                                                 Microsoft 
5Category: Standards Track                                   Sam Hartman 
6draft-ietf-krb-wg-gssapi-cfx-07.txt                                 MIT 
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10          The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism: Version 2 
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12Status of this Memo 
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40    
41Abstract 
42    
43   This document defines protocols, procedures, and conventions to be 
44   employed by peers implementing the Generic Security Service 
45   Application Program Interface (GSS-API) when using the Kerberos 
46   Version 5 mechanism. 
47    
48   RFC-1964 is updated and incremental changes are proposed in response 
49   to recent developments such as the introduction of Kerberos 
50   cryptosystem framework.  These changes support the inclusion of new 
51   cryptosystems, by defining new per-message tokens along with their 
52   encryption and checksum algorithms based on the cryptosystem 
53   profiles.   
54    
55Conventions used in this document 
56  
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60    
61   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", 
62   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this 
63   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC-2119]. 
64    
65   The term "little endian order" is used for brevity to refer to the 
66   least-significant-octet-first encoding, while the term "big endian 
67   order" is for the most-significant-octet-first encoding. 
68    
69Table of Contents 
70
71   1. Introduction ...............................................  2 
72   2. Key Derivation for Per-Message Tokens ......................  3 
73   3. Quality of Protection ......................................  4 
74   4. Definitions and Token Formats ..............................  4 
75   4.1. Context Establishment Tokens .............................  4 
76   4.1.1. Authenticator Checksum .................................  5 
77   4.2. Per-Message Tokens .......................................  8 
78   4.2.1. Sequence Number ........................................  8 
79   4.2.2. Flags Field ............................................  8 
80   4.2.3. EC Field ...............................................  9 
81   4.2.4. Encryption and Checksum Operations .....................  9 
82   4.2.5. RRC Field .............................................. 10 
83   4.2.6. Message Layouts ........................................ 10 
84   4.3. Context Deletion Tokens .................................. 11 
85   4.4. Token Identifier Assignment Considerations ............... 11 
86   5. Parameter Definitions ...................................... 12 
87   5.1. Minor Status Codes ....................................... 12 
88   5.1.1. Non-Kerberos-specific codes ............................ 12 
89   5.1.2. Kerberos-specific-codes ................................ 12 
90   5.2. Buffer Sizes ............................................. 13 
91   6. Backwards Compatibility Considerations ..................... 13 
92   7. Security Considerations .................................... 13 
93   8. Acknowledgments ............................................ 14 
94   9. Intellectual Property Statement ............................ 15
95   10. References ................................................ 15 
96   10.1. Normative References .................................... 15 
97   10.2. Informative References .................................. 15 
98   11. Author's Address .......................................... 15
99   Full Copyright Statement ...................................... 17  
100   
1011. Introduction 
102    
103   [KCRYPTO] defines a generic framework for describing encryption and 
104   checksum types to be used with the Kerberos protocol and associated 
105   protocols. 
106    
107   [RFC-1964] describes the GSS-API mechanism for Kerberos Version 5.  
108   It defines the format of context establishment, per-message and 
109   context deletion tokens and uses algorithm identifiers for each 
110   cryptosystem in per message and context deletion tokens.   
111    
112   The approach taken in this document obviates the need for algorithm 
113   identifiers.  This is accomplished by using the same encryption 
114   algorithm, specified by the crypto profile [KCRYPTO] for the session 
115   key or subkey that is created during context negotiation, and its 
116   required checksum algorithm.  Message layouts of the per-message 
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120   tokens are therefore revised to remove algorithm indicators and also 
121   to add extra information to support the generic crypto framework 
122   [KCRYPTO].  
123    
124   Tokens transferred between GSS-API peers for security context 
125   establishment are also described in this document.  The data 
126   elements exchanged between a GSS-API endpoint implementation and the 
127   Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) [KRBCLAR] are not specific to 
128   GSS-API usage and are therefore defined within [KRBCLAR] rather than 
129   within this specification. 
130    
131   The new token formats specified in this document MUST be used with 
132   all "newer" encryption types [KRBCLAR] and MAY be used with "older" 
133   encryption types, provided that the initiator and acceptor know, 
134   from the context establishment, that they can both process these new 
135   token formats. 
136    
137   "Newer" encryption types are those which have been specified along 
138   with or since the new Kerberos cryptosystem specification [KCRYPTO], 
139   as defined in section 3.1.3 of [KRBCLAR].  The list of not-newer 
140   encryption types is as follows [KCRYPTO]: 
141    
142             Encryption Type             Assigned Number     
143           ---------------------------------------------- 
144            des-cbc-crc                        1              
145            des-cbc-md4                        2              
146            des-cbc-md5                        3              
147            des3-cbc-md5                       5 
148            des3-cbc-sha1                      7 
149            dsaWithSHA1-CmsOID                 9            
150            md5WithRSAEncryption-CmsOID       10            
151            sha1WithRSAEncryption-CmsOID      11           
152            rc2CBC-EnvOID                     12            
153            rsaEncryption-EnvOID              13    
154            rsaES-OAEP-ENV-OID                14    
155            des-ede3-cbc-Env-OID              15            
156            des3-cbc-sha1-kd                  16                       
157            rc4-hmac                          23          
158    
1592. Key Derivation for Per-Message Tokens 
160    
161   To limit the exposure of a given key, [KCRYPTO] adopted "one-way" 
162   "entropy-preserving" derived keys, for different purposes or key 
163   usages, from a base key or protocol key.   
164    
165   This document defines four key usage values below that are used to 
166   derive a specific key for signing and sealing messages, from the 
167   session key or subkey [KRBCLAR] created during the context 
168   establishment. 
169    
170        Name                         Value 
171      ------------------------------------- 
172       KG-USAGE-ACCEPTOR-SEAL         22 
173       KG-USAGE-ACCEPTOR-SIGN         23 
174       KG-USAGE-INITIATOR-SEAL        24 
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179       KG-USAGE-INITIATOR-SIGN        25 
180          
181   When the sender is the context acceptor, KG-USAGE-ACCEPTOR-SIGN is 
182   used as the usage number in the key derivation function for deriving 
183   keys to be used in MIC tokens (as defined in section 4.2.6.1), and 
184   KG-USAGE-ACCEPTOR-SEAL is used for Wrap tokens(as defined in section 
185   4.2.6.2); similarly when the sender is the context initiator, KG-
186   USAGE-INITIATOR-SIGN is used as the usage number in the key 
187   derivation function for MIC tokens, KG-USAGE-INITIATOR-SEAL is used 
188   for Wrap Tokens.  Even if the Wrap token does not provide for 
189   confidentiality the same usage values specified above are used. 
190    
191   During the context initiation and acceptance sequence, the acceptor 
192   MAY assert a subkey, and if so, subsequent messages MUST use this 
193   subkey as the protocol key and these messages MUST be flagged as 
194   "AcceptorSubkey" as described in section 4.2.2. 
195 
1963. Quality of Protection 
197 
198   The GSS-API specification [RFC-2743] provides for Quality of 
199   Protection (QOP) values that can be used by applications to request 
200   a certain type of encryption or signing.  A zero QOP value is used 
201   to indicate the "default" protection; applications which do not use 
202   the default QOP are not guaranteed to be portable across 
203   implementations or even inter-operate with different deployment 
204   configurations of the same implementation.  Using an algorithm that 
205   is different from the one for which the key is defined may not be 
206   appropriate.  Therefore, when the new method in this document is 
207   used, the QOP value is ignored. 
208    
209   The encryption and checksum algorithms in per-message tokens are now 
210   implicitly defined by the algorithms associated with the session key 
211   or subkey.  Algorithms identifiers as described in [RFC-1964] are 
212   therefore no longer needed and removed from the new token headers. 
213 
2144. Definitions and Token Formats 
215    
216   This section provides terms and definitions, as well as descriptions 
217   for tokens specific to the Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API mechanism. 
218                                    
2194.1. Context Establishment Tokens 
220    
221   All context establishment tokens emitted by the Kerberos Version 5 
222   GSS-API mechanism SHALL have the framing described in section 3.1 of 
223   [RFC-2743], as illustrated by the following pseudo-ASN.1 structures: 
224    
225         GSS-API DEFINITIONS ::= 
226    
227         BEGIN 
228    
229         MechType ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER 
230         -- representing Kerberos V5 mechanism 
231    
232         GSSAPI-Token ::= 
233         -- option indication (delegation, etc.) indicated within 
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237         -- mechanism-specific token 
238         [APPLICATION 0] IMPLICIT SEQUENCE { 
239                 thisMech MechType, 
240                 innerToken ANY DEFINED BY thisMech 
241                    -- contents mechanism-specific 
242                    -- ASN.1 structure not required 
243                 } 
244    
245         END 
246    
247   Where the innerToken field starts with a two-octet token-identifier 
248   (TOK_ID) expressed in big endian order, followed by a Kerberos 
249   message.   
250    
251   Here are the TOK_ID values used in the context establishment tokens: 
252    
253         Token               TOK_ID Value in Hex  
254        ----------------------------------------- 
255         KRB_AP_REQ            01 00 
256         KRB_AP_REP            02 00 
257         KRB_ERROR             03 00 
258             
259   Where Kerberos message KRB_AP_REQUEST, KRB_AP_REPLY, and KRB_ERROR 
260   are defined in [KRBCLAR].   
261    
262   If an unknown token identifier (TOK_ID) is received in the initial 
263   context establishment token, the receiver MUST return 
264   GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED major status, and the returned output token 
265   MUST contain a KRB_ERROR message with the error code 
266   KRB_AP_ERR_MSG_TYPE [KRBCLAR]. 
267    
2684.1.1. Authenticator Checksum 
269 
270   The authenticator in the KRB_AP_REQ message MUST include the 
271   optional sequence number and the checksum field.  The checksum field 
272   is used to convey service flags, channel bindings, and optional 
273   delegation information.   
274    
275   The checksum type MUST be 0x8003. When delegation is used, a ticket-
276   granting ticket will be transferred in a KRB_CRED message.  This 
277   ticket SHOULD have its forwardable flag set.  The EncryptedData 
278   field of the KRB_CRED message [KRBCLAR] MUST be encrypted in the 
279   session key of the ticket used to authenticate the context. 
280    
281   The authenticator checksum field SHALL have the following format: 
282       
283      Octet        Name      Description 
284     ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
285      0..3         Lgth    Number of octets in Bnd field;  Represented  
286                           in little-endian order;  Currently contains   
287                           hex value 10 00 00 00 (16). 
288      4..19        Bnd     Channel binding information, as described in  
289                           section 4.1.1.2. 
290      20..23       Flags   Four-octet context-establishment flags in 
291                           little-endian order as described in section  
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295                           4.1.1.1.  
296      24..25       DlgOpt  The delegation option identifier (=1) in  
297                           little-endian order [optional].  This field  
298                           and the next two fields are present if and  
299                           only if GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set as described  
300                           in section 4.1.1.1.   
301      26..27       Dlgth   The length of the Deleg field in little- 
302                           endian order [optional]. 
303      28..(n-1)    Deleg   A KRB_CRED message (n = Dlgth + 28)  
304                           [optional].  
305      n..last      Exts    Extensions [optional]. 
306    
307   The length of the checksum field MUST be at least 24 octets when 
308   GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is not set (as described in section 4.1.1.1), and 
309   at least 28 octets plus Dlgth octets when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set.  
310   When GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set, the DlgOpt, Dlgth and Deleg fields 
311   of the checksum data MUST immediately follow the Flags field.  The 
312   optional trailing octets (namely the "Exts" field) facilitate 
313   future extensions to this mechanism.  When delegation is not used 
314   but the Exts field is present, the Exts field starts at octet 24 
315   (DlgOpt, Dlgth and Deleg are absent). 
316    
317   Initiators that do not support the extensions MUST NOT include more 
318   than 24 octets in the checksum field, when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is not 
319   set, or more than 28 octets plus the KRB_CRED in the Deleg field, 
320   when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set.  Acceptors that do not understand the 
321   extensions MUST ignore any octets past the Deleg field of the 
322   checksum data, when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is set, or past the Flags field 
323   of the checksum data, when GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG is not set. 
324 
3254.1.1.1. Checksum Flags Field 
326    
327   The checksum "Flags" field is used to convey service options or 
328   extension negotiation information. 
329    
330   The following context establishment flags are defined in [RFC-2744].   
331    
332        Flag Name              Value     
333      --------------------------------- 
334       GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG           1        
335       GSS_C_MUTUAL_FLAG          2       
336       GSS_C_REPLAY_FLAG          4       
337       GSS_C_SEQUENCE_FLAG        8        
338       GSS_C_CONF_FLAG           16      
339       GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG          32     
340        
341   Context establishment flags are exposed to the calling application.  
342   If the calling application desires a particular service option then 
343   it requests that option via GSS_Init_sec_context() [RFC-2743].  If 
344   the corresponding return state values [RFC-2743] indicate that any 
345   of above optional context level services will be active on the 
346   context, the corresponding flag values in the table above MUST be 
347   set in the checksum Flags field. 
348    
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353   Flag values 4096..524288 (2^12, 2^13, ..., 2^19) are reserved for 
354   use with legacy vendor-specific extensions to this mechanism. 
355    
356   All other flag values not specified herein are reserved for future 
357   use.  Future revisions of this mechanism may use these reserved 
358   flags and may rely on implementations of this version to not use 
359   such flags in order to properly negotiate mechanism versions.  
360   Undefined flag values MUST be cleared by the sender, and unknown 
361   flags MUST be ignored by the receiver.   
362    
3634.1.1.2. Channel Binding Information 
364    
365   These tags are intended to be used to identify the particular 
366   communications channel for which the GSS-API security context 
367   establishment tokens are intended, thus limiting the scope within 
368   which an intercepted context establishment token can be reused by an 
369   attacker (see [RFC-2743], section 1.1.6). 
370    
371   When using C language bindings, channel bindings are communicated 
372   to the GSS-API using the following structure [RFC-2744]: 
373 
374      typedef struct gss_channel_bindings_struct { 
375         OM_uint32       initiator_addrtype; 
376         gss_buffer_desc initiator_address; 
377         OM_uint32       acceptor_addrtype; 
378         gss_buffer_desc acceptor_address; 
379         gss_buffer_desc application_data; 
380      } *gss_channel_bindings_t; 
381    
382   The member fields and constants used for different address types 
383   are defined in [RFC-2744]. 
384    
385   The "Bnd" field contains the MD5 hash of channel bindings, taken 
386   over all non-null components of bindings, in order of declaration.  
387   Integer fields within channel bindings are represented in little-
388   endian order for the purposes of the MD5 calculation. 
389    
390   In computing the contents of the Bnd field, the following detailed 
391   points apply:  
392    
393   (1) For purposes of MD5 hash computation, each integer field and 
394   input length field SHALL be formatted into four octets, using 
395   little endian octet ordering.  
396    
397   (2) All input length fields within gss_buffer_desc elements of a 
398   gss_channel_bindings_struct even those which are zero-valued, SHALL 
399   be included in the hash calculation; the value elements of 
400   gss_buffer_desc elements SHALL be dereferenced, and the resulting 
401   data SHALL be included within the hash computation, only for the 
402   case of gss_buffer_desc elements having non-zero length specifiers.  
403    
404   (3) If the caller passes the value GSS_C_NO_BINDINGS instead of a 
405   valid channel binding structure, the Bnd field SHALL be set to 16 
406   zero-valued octets.  
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411   If the caller to GSS_Accept_sec_context [RFC-2743] passes in 
412   GSS_C_NO_CHANNEL_BINDINGS [RFC-2744] as the channel bindings then 
413   the acceptor MAY ignore any channel bindings supplied by the 
414   initiator, returning success even if the initiator did pass in 
415   channel bindings. 
416    
417   If the application supply, in the channel bindings, a buffer with a 
418   length field larger than 4294967295 (2^32 - 1), the implementation 
419   of this mechanism MAY chose to reject the channel bindings 
420   altogether, using major status GSS_S_BAD_BINDINGS [RFC-2743].  In 
421   any case, the size of channel binding data buffers that can be used 
422   (interoperable, without extensions) with this specification is 
423   limited to 4294967295 octets. 
424    
4254.2. Per-Message Tokens 
426    
427   Two classes of tokens are defined in this section:  "MIC" tokens, 
428   emitted by calls to GSS_GetMIC() and consumed by calls to 
429   GSS_VerifyMIC(), "Wrap" tokens, emitted by calls to GSS_Wrap() and 
430   consumed by calls to GSS_Unwrap(). 
431    
432   The new per-message tokens introduced here do not include the 
433   generic GSS-API token framing used by the context establishment 
434   tokens.  These new tokens are designed to be used with newer crypto 
435   systems that can, for example, have variable-size checksums.   
436    
4374.2.1. Sequence Number 
438 
439   To distinguish intentionally-repeated messages from maliciously-
440   replayed ones, per-message tokens contain a sequence number field, 
441   which is a 64 bit integer expressed in big endian order.  After 
442   sending a GSS_GetMIC() or GSS_Wrap() token, the sender's sequence 
443   numbers SHALL be incremented by one. 
444 
4454.2.2. Flags Field 
446 
447   The "Flags" field is a one-octet integer used to indicate a set of 
448   attributes for the protected message.  For example, one flag is 
449   allocated as the direction-indicator, thus preventing an adversary 
450   from sending back the same message in the reverse direction and 
451   having it accepted.   
452    
453   The meanings of bits in this field (the least significant bit is 
454   bit 0) are as follows: 
455    
456        Bit    Name             Description 
457       --------------------------------------------------------------- 
458        0   SentByAcceptor    When set, this flag indicates the sender  
459                              is the context acceptor.  When not set, 
460                              it indicates the sender is the context  
461                              initiator. 
462        1   Sealed            When set in Wrap tokens, this flag  
463                              indicates confidentiality is provided  
464                              for.  It SHALL NOT be set in MIC tokens. 
465        2   AcceptorSubkey    A subkey asserted by the context acceptor 
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470    
471   The rest of available bits are reserved for future use and MUST be 
472   cleared.  The receiver MUST ignore unknown flags. 
473    
4744.2.3. EC Field 
475 
476   The "EC" (Extra Count) field is a two-octet integer field expressed 
477   in big endian order.   
478    
479   In Wrap tokens with confidentiality, the EC field SHALL be used to 
480   encode the number of octets in the filler, as described in section 
481   4.2.4. 
482    
483   In Wrap tokens without confidentiality, the EC field SHALL be used 
484   to encode the number of octets in the trailing checksum, as 
485   described in section 4.2.4.   
486 
4874.2.4. Encryption and Checksum Operations 
488    
489   The encryption algorithms defined by the crypto profiles provide for 
490   integrity protection [KCRYPTO].  Therefore no separate checksum is 
491   needed.  
492    
493   The result of decryption can be longer than the original plaintext 
494   [KCRYPTO] and the extra trailing octets are called "crypto-system 
495   residue" in this document.  However, given the size of any plaintext 
496   data, one can always find a (possibly larger) size so that, when 
497   padding the to-be-encrypted text to that size, there will be no 
498   crypto-system residue added [KCRYPTO].  
499 
500   In Wrap tokens that provide for confidentiality, the first 16 octets 
501   of the Wrap token (the "header", as defined in section 4.2.6), SHALL 
502   be appended to the plaintext data before encryption.  Filler octets 
503   MAY be inserted between the plaintext data and the "header", and the 
504   values and size of the filler octets are chosen by implementations, 
505   such that there SHALL be no crypto-system residue present after the 
506   decryption.  The resulting Wrap token is {"header" | 
507   encrypt(plaintext-data | filler | "header")}, where encrypt() is the 
508   encryption operation (which provides for integrity protection) 
509   defined in the crypto profile [KCRYPTO], and the RRC field (as 
510   defined in section 4.2.5) in the to-be-encrypted header contain the 
511   hex value 00 00.   
512           
513   In Wrap tokens that do not provide for confidentiality, the checksum 
514   SHALL be calculated first over the to-be-signed plaintext data, and 
515   then the first 16 octets of the Wrap token (the "header", as defined 
516   in section 4.2.6).  Both the EC field and the RRC field in the token 
517   header SHALL be filled with zeroes for the purpose of calculating 
518   the checksum.  The resulting Wrap token is {"header" | plaintext-
519   data | get_mic(plaintext-data | "header")},  where get_mic() is the 
520   checksum operation for the required checksum mechanism of the chosen 
521   encryption mechanism defined in the crypto profile [KCRYPTO].  
522    
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527   The parameters for the key and the cipher-state in the encrypt() and 
528   get_mic() operations have been omitted for brevity.   
529        
530   For MIC tokens, the checksum SHALL be calculated as follows: the 
531   checksum operation is calculated first over the to-be-signed 
532   plaintext data, and then the first 16 octets of the MIC token, where 
533   the checksum mechanism is the required checksum mechanism of the 
534   chosen encryption mechanism defined in the crypto profile [KCRYPTO]. 
535   
536   The resulting Wrap and MIC tokens bind the data to the token header, 
537   including the sequence number and the direction indicator.  
538   
5394.2.5. RRC Field 
540 
541   The "RRC" (Right Rotation Count) field in Wrap tokens is added to 
542   allow the data to be encrypted in-place by existing SSPI (Security 
543   Service Provider Interface) [SSPI] applications that do not provide 
544   an additional buffer for the trailer (the cipher text after the in-
545   place-encrypted data) in addition to the buffer for the header (the 
546   cipher text before the in-place-encrypted data).  The resulting Wrap 
547   token in the previous section, excluding the first 16 octets of the 
548   token header, is rotated to the right by "RRC" octets.  The net 
549   result is that "RRC" octets of trailing octets are moved toward the 
550   header.  Consider the following as an example of this rotation 
551   operation:  Assume that the RRC value is 3 and the token before the 
552   rotation is {"header" | aa | bb | cc | dd | ee | ff | gg | hh}, the 
553   token after rotation would be {"header" | ff | gg | hh | aa | bb | 
554   cc | dd | ee }, where {aa | bb | cc |...| hh} is used to indicate 
555   the octet sequence. 
556  
557   The RRC field is expressed as a two-octet integer in big endian 
558   order. 
559    
560   The rotation count value is chosen by the sender based on 
561   implementation details, and the receiver MUST be able to interpret 
562   all possible rotation count values, including rotation counts 
563   greater than the length of the token. 
564 
5654.2.6. Message Layouts 
566    
567   Per-message tokens start with a two-octet token identifier (TOK_ID) 
568   field, expressed in big endian order.  These tokens are defined 
569   separately in subsequent sub-sections. 
570    
5714.2.6.1. MIC Tokens 
572    
573   Use of the GSS_GetMIC() call yields a token (referred as the MIC 
574   token in this document), separate from the user  
575   data being protected, which can be used to verify the integrity of  
576   that data as received.  The token has the following format: 
577    
578      Octet no   Name        Description 
579      ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
580       0..1     TOK_ID     Identification field.  Tokens emitted by  
581                           GSS_GetMIC() contain the hex value 04 04  
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585                           expressed in big endian order in this field. 
586       2        Flags      Attributes field, as described in section  
587                           4.2.2. 
588       3..7     Filler     Contains five octets of hex value FF. 
589       8..15    SND_SEQ    Sequence number field in clear text,  
590                           expressed in big endian order.  
591       16..last SGN_CKSUM  Checksum of the "to-be-signed" data and  
592                           octet 0..15, as described in section 4.2.4. 
593    
594   The Filler field is included in the checksum calculation for 
595   simplicity.   
596    
5974.2.6.2. Wrap Tokens 
598    
599   Use of the GSS_Wrap() call yields a token (referred as the Wrap 
600   token in this document), which consists of a descriptive header, 
601   followed by a body portion that contains either the input user data 
602   in plaintext concatenated with the checksum, or the input user data 
603   encrypted.  The GSS_Wrap() token SHALL have the following format: 
604    
605      Octet no   Name        Description 
606      --------------------------------------------------------------- 
607       0..1     TOK_ID     Identification field.  Tokens emitted by  
608                           GSS_Wrap() contain the the hex value 05 04                 
609                           expressed in big endian order in this field. 
610       2        Flags      Attributes field, as described in section  
611                           4.2.2. 
612       3        Filler     Contains the hex value FF. 
613       4..5     EC         Contains the "extra count" field, in big  
614                           endian order as described in section 4.2.3. 
615       6..7     RRC        Contains the "right rotation count" in big  
616                           endian order, as described in section 4.2.5. 
617       8..15    SND_SEQ    Sequence number field in clear text, 
618                           expressed in big endian order. 
619       16..last Data       Encrypted data for Wrap tokens with  
620                           confidentiality, or plaintext data followed  
621                           by the checksum for Wrap tokens without  
622                           confidentiality, as described in section  
623                           4.2.4.         
624             
6254.3. Context Deletion Tokens 
626 
627   Context deletion tokens are empty in this mechanism.  Both peers to 
628   a security context invoke GSS_Delete_sec_context() [RFC-2743] 
629   independently, passing a null output_context_token buffer to 
630   indicate that no context_token is required.  Implementations of 
631   GSS_Delete_sec_context() should delete relevant locally-stored 
632   context information. 
633        
6344.4. Token Identifier Assignment Considerations 
635    
636   Token identifiers (TOK_ID) from 0x60 0x00 through 0x60 0xFF 
637   inclusive are reserved and SHALL NOT be assigned.  Thus by examining 
638   the first two octets of a token, one can tell unambiguously if it is 
639   wrapped with the generic GSS-API token framing.   
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643    
6445. Parameter Definitions 
645    
646   This section defines parameter values used by the Kerberos V5 GSS-
647   API mechanism.  It defines interface elements in support of 
648   portability, and assumes use of C language bindings per [RFC-2744]. 
649    
6505.1. Minor Status Codes 
651 
652   This section recommends common symbolic names for minor_status 
653   values to be returned by the Kerberos V5 GSS-API mechanism.  Use of 
654   these definitions will enable independent implementers to enhance 
655   application portability across different implementations of the 
656   mechanism defined in this specification.  (In all cases, 
657   implementations of GSS_Display_status() will enable callers to 
658   convert minor_status indicators to text representations.)  Each 
659   implementation should make available, through include files or other 
660   means, a facility to translate these symbolic names into the 
661   concrete values which a particular GSS-API implementation uses to 
662   represent the minor_status values specified in this section.  
663    
664   It is recognized that this list may grow over time, and that the 
665   need for additional minor_status codes specific to particular 
666   implementations may arise.  It is recommended, however, that 
667   implementations should return a minor_status value as defined on a 
668   mechanism-wide basis within this section when that code is 
669   accurately representative of reportable status rather than using a 
670   separate, implementation-defined code.  
671    
6725.1.1. Non-Kerberos-specific codes 
673 
674      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BAD_SERVICE_NAME  
675              /* "No @ in SERVICE-NAME name string" */ 
676      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BAD_STRING_UID 
677              /* "STRING-UID-NAME contains nondigits" */ 
678      GSS_KRB5_S_G_NOUSER 
679              /* "UID does not resolve to username" */ 
680      GSS_KRB5_S_G_VALIDATE_FAILED 
681              /* "Validation error" */ 
682      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BUFFER_ALLOC 
683              /* "Couldn't allocate gss_buffer_t data" */ 
684      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BAD_MSG_CTX 
685              /* "Message context invalid" */ 
686      GSS_KRB5_S_G_WRONG_SIZE 
687              /* "Buffer is the wrong size" */ 
688      GSS_KRB5_S_G_BAD_USAGE 
689              /* "Credential usage type is unknown" */ 
690      GSS_KRB5_S_G_UNKNOWN_QOP 
691              /* "Unknown quality of protection specified" */ 
692    
6935.1.2. Kerberos-specific-codes 
694    
695      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_CCACHE_NOMATCH  
696              /* "Client principal in credentials does not match   
697                 specified name" */ 
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701      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_KEYTAB_NOMATCH 
702              /* "No key available for specified service principal" */ 
703      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_TGT_MISSING 
704              /* "No Kerberos ticket-granting ticket available" */ 
705      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_NO_SUBKEY 
706              /* "Authenticator has no subkey" */ 
707      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_CONTEXT_ESTABLISHED 
708              /* "Context is already fully established" */ 
709      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_BAD_SIGN_TYPE 
710              /* "Unknown signature type in token" */ 
711      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_BAD_LENGTH 
712              /* "Invalid field length in token" */ 
713      GSS_KRB5_S_KG_CTX_INCOMPLETE 
714              /* "Attempt to use incomplete security context" */ 
715 
7165.2. Buffer Sizes 
717 
718   All implementations of this specification MUST be capable of 
719   accepting buffers of at least 16K octets as input to GSS_GetMIC(), 
720   GSS_VerifyMIC(), and GSS_Wrap(), and MUST be capable of accepting 
721   the output_token generated by GSS_Wrap() for a 16K octet input 
722   buffer as input to GSS_Unwrap().  Implementations SHOULD support 64K 
723   octet input buffers, and MAY support even larger input buffer sizes. 
724 
7256. Backwards Compatibility Considerations 
726 
727   The new token formats defined in this document will only be 
728   recognized by new implementations.  To address this, implementations 
729   can always use the explicit sign or seal algorithm in [RFC-1964] 
730   when the key type corresponds to "older" enctypes.  An alternative 
731   approach might be to retry sending the message with the sign or seal 
732   algorithm explicitly defined as in [RFC-1964].  However this would 
733   require either the use of a mechanism such as [RFC-2478] to securely 
734   negotiate the method or the use out of band mechanism to choose 
735   appropriate mechanism.  For this reason, it is RECOMMENDED that the 
736   new token formats defined in this document SHOULD be used only if 
737   both peers are known to support the new mechanism during context 
738   negotiation because of, for example, the use of "new" enctypes. 
739 
740   GSS_Unwrap() or GSS_VerifyMIC() can process a message token as 
741   follows: it can look at the first octet of the token header, if it 
742   is 0x60 then the token must carry the generic GSS-API pseudo ASN.1 
743   framing, otherwise the first two octets of the token contain the 
744   TOK_ID that uniquely identify the token message format. 
745    
7467. Security Considerations 
747    
748   Channel bindings are validated by the acceptor.  The acceptor can 
749   ignore the channel bindings restriction supplied by the initiator 
750   and carried in the authenticator checksum, if channel bindings are 
751   not used by GSS_Accept_sec_context [RFC-2743], and the acceptor does 
752   not prove to the initiator that it has the same channel bindings as 
753   the initiator, even if the client requested mutual authentication.  
754   This limitation should be taken into consideration by designers of 
755   applications that would use channel bindings, whether to limit the 
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759   use of GSS-API contexts to nodes with specific network addresses, to 
760   authenticate other established, secure channels using Kerberos 
761   Version 5, or for any other purpose. 
762    
763   Session key types are selected by the KDC.  Under the current 
764   mechanism, no negotiation of algorithm types occurs, so server-side 
765   (acceptor) implementations cannot request that clients not use 
766   algorithm types not understood by the server.  However, 
767   administrators can control what enctypes can be used for session 
768   keys for this mechanism by controlling the set of the ticket session 
769   key enctypes which the KDC is willing to use in tickets for a given 
770   acceptor principal.  The KDC could therefore be given the task of 
771   limiting session keys for a given service to types actually 
772   supported by the Kerberos and GSSAPI software on the server.  This 
773   does have a drawback for cases where a service principal name is 
774   used both for GSSAPI-based and non-GSSAPI-based communication (most 
775   notably the "host" service key), if the GSSAPI implementation does 
776   not understand (for example) AES [AES-KRB5] but the Kerberos 
777   implementation does.  It means that AES session keys cannot be 
778   issued for that service principal, which keeps the protection of 
779   non-GSSAPI services weaker than necessary.  KDC administrators 
780   desiring to limit the session key types to support interoperability 
781   with such GSSAPI implementations should carefully weigh the 
782   reduction in protection offered by such mechanisms against the 
783   benefits of interoperability. 
784    
7858. Acknowledgments 
786 
787  Ken Raeburn and Nicolas Williams corrected many of our errors in the 
788  use of generic profiles and were instrumental in the creation of 
789  this document.  
790   
791  The text for security considerations was contributed by Nicolas 
792  Williams and Ken Raeburn. 
793   
794  Sam Hartman and Ken Raeburn suggested the "floating trailer" idea, 
795  namely the encoding of the RRC field.   
796   
797  Sam Hartman and Nicolas Williams recommended the replacing our 
798  earlier key derivation function for directional keys with different 
799  key usage numbers for each direction as well as retaining the 
800  directional bit for maximum compatibility.   
801   
802  Paul Leach provided numerous suggestions and comments.  
803   
804  Scott Field, Richard Ward, Dan Simon, Kevin Damour, and Simon 
805  Josefsson also provided valuable inputs on this document. 
806   
807  Jeffrey Hutzelman provided comments and clarifications for the text 
808  related to the channel bindings.  
809   
810  Jeffrey Hutzelman and Russ Housley suggested many editorial changes. 
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817  Luke Howard provided implementations of this document for the 
818  Heimdal code base, and helped inter-operability testing with the 
819  Microsoft code base, together with Love Hornquist Astrand.  These 
820  experiments formed the basis of this document. 
821   
822  Martin Rex provided suggestions of TOK_ID assignment recommendations 
823  thus the token tagging in this document is unambiguous if the token 
824  is wrapped with the pseudo ASN.1 header.  
825   
826  John Linn wrote the original Kerberos Version 5 mechanism 
827  specification [RFC-1964], of which some of the text has been retained
828  in this document. 
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85210. References 
853    
85410.1. Normative References 
855    
856   [RFC-2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 
857   3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.  
858        
859   [RFC-2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate 
860   Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. 
861    
862   [RFC-2743] Linn, J., "Generic Security Service Application Program    
863   Interface Version 2, Update 1", RFC 2743, January 2000. 
864    
865   [RFC-2744] Wray, J., "Generic Security Service API Version 2: C-
866   bindings", RFC 2744, January 2000. 
867    
868   [RFC-1964] Linn, J., "The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism",    
869   RFC 1964, June 1996. 
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874   [KCRYPTO] RFC-Editor: To be replaced by RFC number for draft-ietf-
875   krb-wg-crypto.  Work in Progress. 
876    
877   [KRBCLAR] RFC-Editor: To be replaced by RFC number for draft-ietf-
878   krb-wg-kerberos-clarifications.  Work in Progress. 
879 
88010.2. Informative References 
881 
882   [SSPI] Leach, P., "Security Service Provider Interface", Microsoft 
883   Developer Network (MSDN), April 2003. 
884    
885   [AES-KRB5] RFC-Editor: To be replaced by RFC number for draft-
886   raeburn-krb-rijndael-krb.  Work in Progress. 
887    
888   [RFC-2478] Baize, E., Pinkas D., "The Simple and Protected GSS-API 
889   Negotiation Mechanism", RFC 2478, December 1998. 
890    
89111. Author's Address 
892    
893   Larry Zhu 
894   One Microsoft Way 
895   Redmond, WA 98052 - USA 
896   EMail: LZhu@microsoft.com 
897 
898   Karthik Jaganathan 
899   One Microsoft Way 
900   Redmond, WA 98052 - USA 
901   EMail: karthikj@microsoft.com 
902 
903   Sam Hartman 
904   Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
905   77 Massachusetts Avenue 
906   Cambridge, MA 02139 - USA 
907   Email: hartmans@MIT.EDU 
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