Internet Engineering Task Force B. Harris Internet-Draft Updates: 4250 (if approved) L. Velvindron Intended status: Standards Track cyberstorm.mu Expires: March 28, 2019 September 24, 2018 Ed25519 and Ed448 public key algorithms for the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol draft-ietf-curdle-ssh-ed25519-ed448-05 Abstract This document describes the use of the Ed25519 and Ed448 digital signature algorithm in the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." This Internet-Draft will expire on March 28, 2019. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2018 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Harris & Velvindron Expires March 28, 2019 [Page 1] Internet-Draft Ed25519 for SSH September 2018 1. Introduction Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC4251] is a secure remote-login protocol. It provides for an extensible variety of public key algorithms for identifying servers and users to one another. Ed25519 [RFC8032] is a digital signature system. OpenSSH 6.5 [OpenSSH-6.5] introduced support for using Ed25519 for server and user authentication and was then followed by other SSH implementations. This document describes the method implemented by OpenSSH and others, and formalizes its use of the name "ssh-ed25519". Additionally, it also describes the use of Ed448 and formalizes its use of the name "ssh-ed448". [TO BE REMOVED: Please send comments on this draft to curdle@ietf.org.] 2. Conventions Used in This Document The descriptions of key and signature formats use the notation introduced in [RFC4251], Section 3 [RFC4251] and the string data type from [RFC4251], Section 5 [RFC4251]. 3. Public Key Algorithm This document describes a public key algorithm for use with SSH in accordance with [RFC4253], Section 6.6 [RFC4253]. The name of the algorithm is "ssh-ed25519". This algorithm only supports signing and not encryption. Additionally, this document describes another public key algorithm. The name of the algorithm is "ssh-ed448". This algorithm only supports signing and not encryption. 4. Public Key Format The "ssh-ed25519" key format has the following encoding: string "ssh-ed25519" string key Here 'key' is the 32-octet public key described by [RFC8032], Section 5.1.5 [RFC8032]. The "ssh-ed448" key format has the following encoding: string "ssh-ed448" string key Harris & Velvindron Expires March 28, 2019 [Page 2] Internet-Draft Ed25519 for SSH September 2018 Here 'key' is the 57-octet public key described by [RFC8032], Section 5.2.5 [RFC8032]. 5. Signature Algorithm Signatures are generated according to the procedure in [RFC8032], Section 5.2.6 [RFC8032]. 6. Signature Format The "ssh-ed25519" key format has the following encoding: string "ssh-ed25519" string signature Here 'signature' is the 64-octet signature produced in accordance with [RFC8032], Section 5.1.6 [RFC8032]. The "ssh-ed448" key format has the following encoding: string "ssh-ed448" string signature Here 'signature' is the 57-octet signature produced in accordance with [RFC8032], Section 5.2.6 [RFC8032]. 7. Verification Algorithm ED25519 signatures are verified according to the procedure in [RFC8032], Section 5.1.7 [RFC8032]. ED448 signatures are verified according to the procedure in [RFC8032], Section 5.2.7 [RFC8032]. 8. SSHFP DNS resource records Usage and generation of SSHFP DNS resource record is described in [RFC4255]. The generation of SSHFP resource records for "ssh- ed25519" keys is described in [RFC7479]. This section illustrates the generation of SSHFP resource records for "ssh-ed448" keys and the document specifies the corresponding Ed448 code point to the "SSHFP RR Types for public key algorithms" IANA registry. The generation of SSHFP resource records for "ssh-ed25519" keys is described in [RFC7479]. The generation of SSHFP resource records for "ssh-ed448" keys is described as follows. Harris & Velvindron Expires March 28, 2019 [Page 3] Internet-Draft Ed25519 for SSH September 2018 the SSHFP Resource Record for the Ed448 public key with SHA-256 fingerprint would be example be: ssh.hackers.mu. IN SSHFP TBD 2 ( a87f1b687ac0e57d2a081a2f2826723 34d90ed316d2b818ca9580ea384d924 01 ) The 2 here indicates SHA-256 [RFC6594]. 9. IANA Considerations This document augments the Public Key Algorithm Names in [RFC4250], Section 4.6.2 [RFC4250]. IANA is requested to add to the Public Key Algorithm Names registry [IANA-PKA] with the following entry: Public Key Algorithm Name Reference ------------------------- ---------- ssh-ed25519 This Draft ssh-ed448 This Draft IANA is requested to add the following entry to the "SSHFP RR Types for public key algorithms" registry [IANA-SSHFP]: +--------+-------------+------------+ | Value | Description | Reference | +--------+-------------+------------+ | TBD | Ed448 | [this-draft] | +--------+-------------+------------+ We suggest 6 as value. [TO BE REMOVED: This registration should take place at the following location: ] 10. Security Considerations The security considerations in [RFC4251], Section 9 [RFC4251] apply to all SSH implementations, including those using Ed25519 and Ed448. The security considerations in [RFC8032], Section 8 [RFC8032] and [RFC7479] apply to all uses of Ed25519 and Ed448 including those in SSH. Harris & Velvindron Expires March 28, 2019 [Page 4] Internet-Draft Ed25519 for SSH September 2018 11. Acknowledgements The OpenSSH implementation of Ed25519 in SSH was written by Markus Friedl. We are also grateful to Mark Baushke and Daniel Migault for their comments. 12. References 12.1. Normative References [RFC4250] Lehtinen, S. and C. Lonvick, Ed., "The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Assigned Numbers", RFC 4250, DOI 10.17487/RFC4250, January 2006, . [RFC4251] Ylonen, T. and C. Lonvick, Ed., "The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Architecture", RFC 4251, DOI 10.17487/RFC4251, January 2006, . [RFC4253] Ylonen, T. and C. Lonvick, Ed., "The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol", RFC 4253, DOI 10.17487/RFC4253, January 2006, . [RFC4255] Schlyter, J. and W. Griffin, "Using DNS to Securely Publish Secure Shell (SSH) Key Fingerprints", RFC 4255, DOI 10.17487/RFC4255, January 2006, . [RFC6594] Sury, O., "Use of the SHA-256 Algorithm with RSA, Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA), and Elliptic Curve DSA (ECDSA) in SSHFP Resource Records", RFC 6594, DOI 10.17487/RFC6594, April 2012, . [RFC8032] Josefsson, S. and I. Liusvaara, "Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)", RFC 8032, DOI 10.17487/RFC8032, January 2017, . 12.2. Informative References [IANA-PKA] Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), "Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Parameters: Public Key Algorithm Names", May 2017, . Harris & Velvindron Expires March 28, 2019 [Page 5] Internet-Draft Ed25519 for SSH September 2018 [IANA-SSHFP] Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), "Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Parameters: Public Key Algorithm Names", May 2017, . [OpenSSH-6.5] Friedl, M., Provos, N., de Raadt, T., Steves, K., Miller, D., Tucker, D., Rice, T., and B. Lindstrom, "OpenSSH 6.5 release notes", January 2014, . [RFC7479] Moonesamy, S., "Using Ed25519 in SSHFP Resource Records", RFC 7479, DOI 10.17487/RFC7479, March 2015, . Authors' Addresses Ben Harris 2A Eachard Road CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HY UNITED KINGDOM Email: bjh21@bjh21.me.uk Loganaden Velvindron cyberstorm.mu 88, Avenue De Plevitz Roches Brunes Mauritius Email: loganaden@gmail.com Harris & Velvindron Expires March 28, 2019 [Page 6]