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draft-altman-tls-channel-bindings-10
NETWORK WORKING GROUP                                          J. Altman
Internet-Draft                                          Secure Endpoints
Intended status: Standards Track                             N. Williams
Expires: October 1, 2010                                          Oracle
                                                                  L. Zhu
                                                   Microsoft Corporation
                                                          March 30, 2010

                        Channel Bindings for TLS
                draft-altman-tls-channel-bindings-10.txt

Abstract

   This document defines three channel binding types for Transport Layer
   Security (TLS), tls-unique, tls-server-end-point, and tls-unique-for-
   telnet, in accordance with RFC 5056 (On Channel Binding).

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Table of Contents

   1.    Conventions used in this document  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.    Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.    The 'tls-unique' Channel Binding Type  . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.1.  Description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.2.  Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   4.    The 'tls-server-end-point' Channel Binding Type  . . . . . .  7
   4.1.  Description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   4.2.  Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   5.    The 'tls-unique-for-telnet' Channel Binding Type . . . . . .  9
   5.1.  Description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   5.2.  Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   6.    Applicability of TLS Channel Binding Types . . . . . . . . . 11
   7.    Required Application Programming Interfaces  . . . . . . . . 14
   8.    Description of backwards-incompatible changes made
         herein to 'tls-unique' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
   9.    IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
   10.   Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   10.1. Cryptographic Algorithm Agility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   10.2. On Disclosure of Channel Bindings Data by Authentication
         Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
   11.   References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
   11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
   11.2. Normative References for 'tls-server-end-point'  . . . . . . 20
   11.3. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
         Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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1.  Conventions used in this document

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

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2.  Introduction

   Subsequent to the publication of "On Channel Bindings" [RFC5246],
   three channel binding types for Transport Layer Security (TLS) were
   proposed, reviewed and added to the IANA channel binding type
   registry, all in accordance with [RFC5246].  Those channel binding
   types are: 'tls-unique', 'tls-server-end-point', and 'tls-unique-for-
   telnet'.  It has become desirable to have these channel binding types
   re-registered through an RFC so as to make it easier to reference
   them, and to correct them to describe actual implementations.  This
   document does just that.  The authors of those three channel binding
   types have, or have indicated that they will, transferred "ownership"
   of those channel binding types to the IESG.

   We also provide some advice on the applicability of these channel
   binding types, as well as advice on when to use which.  And we
   provide an abstract API that TLS implementors should provide, by
   which to obtain channel bindings data for a TLS connection.

   WARNING: it turns out that the first implementor implemented and
   deployed something rather different than what was described in the
   IANA registration for 'tls-unique'.  Subsequently it was decided that
   we should adopt that form of 'tls-unique'.  This means that this
   document makes a backwards-incompatible change to 'tls-unique'.  See
   Section 8 for more details.

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3.  The 'tls-unique' Channel Binding Type

   IANA is hereby directed to update the registration of the 'tls-
   unique' channel binding type to match the following.  There are
   material and substantial changes from the original registration, both
   in the description as well as registration meta-data (such as
   registration ownership).

3.1.  Description

   Description: The first TLS Finished message sent (note: the Finished
   struct) in the most recent TLS handshake of the TLS connection being
   bound to (note: TLS connection, not session, so that the channel
   binding is specific to each connection regardless of whether session
   resumption is used).  If TLS re-negotiation takes place before the
   channel binding operation, then the first TLS Finished message sent
   of the latest/inner-most TLS connection is used.  Note that for full
   TLS handshakes the first Finished message is sent by the client,
   while for abbreviated TLS handshakes (session resumption) the first
   Finished message is sent by the server.

   WARNING: The definition, security and interoperability considerations
   of this channel binding type have changed since the original
   registration.  Implementors should read the document that last
   updated this registration for more information.

   Interoperability note:

      This definition of tls-unique means that the channel's bindings
      data may change over time, which in turn creates a synchronization
      problem should the channel's bindings data change between the time
      that the client initiates authentication with channel binding and
      the time that the server begins to process the client's first
      authentication message.  If that happens the authentication will
      fail spuriously.

      This synchronization problem can be avoided by clients and servers
      as follows, based on the fact that while servers may request TLS
      re-negotiation, only clients may initiate it.  Server applications
      MUST NOT request TLS re-negotiation during phases of the
      application protocol during which application layer authentication
      occurs.  Client applications SHOULD NOT initiate TLS re-
      negotiation between the start and completion of authentication.

      The rationale for making the server behavior a requirement while
      the client behavior is only a recommendation is that there
      typically exist TLS APIs for requesting re-negotiation on the
      server side of a TLS connection, while many client TLS stacks do

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      not provide fine-grained control over when TLS re-negotiation
      occurs.

      Application protocols should be designed in such a way that a
      server would never need to request TLS re-negotiation immediately
      before or during application-layer authentication.

3.2.  Registration

   o  Channel binding unique prefix: tls-unique

   o  Channel binding type: unique

   o  Channel type: TLS [RFC5246]

   o  Published specification: <this document>

   o  Channel binding is secret: no

   o  Description: <See specification>

   o  Intended usage: COMMON

   o  Person and email address to contact for further information: Larry
      Zhu (lzhu@microsoft.com), Nicolas Williams
      (Nicolas.Williams@sun.com).

   o  Owner/Change controller name and email address: IESG.

   o  Expert reviewer name and contact information: IETF TLS WG
      (tls@ietf.org, failing that, ietf@ietf.org)

   o  Note: see the published specification for advice on the
      applicability of this channel binding type.

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4.  The 'tls-server-end-point' Channel Binding Type

   IANA is hereby directed to update the registration of the 'tls-
   server-end-point' channel binding type to match the following.  Note
   that the only material changes from the original registration should
   be: the "owner" (now the IESG), the contacts, the published
   specfication, and a note indicating that the published specification
   should be consulted for applicability advice.  References were added
   to the description.  All other fields of the registration are copied
   here for the convenience of readers.

4.1.  Description

   Description: The hash of the TLS server's certificate [RFC5280] as it
   appears, octet for octet, in the server's Certificate message (note
   that the Certificate message contains a certificate_list, the first
   element of which is the server's certificate).

   The hash function is to be selected as follows:

   o  if the certificate's signatureAlgorithm uses a single hash
      function, and that hash function is either MD5 [RFC1321] or SHA-1
      [RFC3174] then use SHA-256 [FIPS-180-2];

   o  if the certificate's signatureAlgorithm uses a single hash
      function and that hash function neither MD5 nor SHA-1, then use
      the hash function associated with the certificate's
      signatureAlgorithm;

   o  if the certificate's signatureAlgorithm uses no hash functions or
      multiple hash functions, then this channel binding type's channel
      bindings are undefined at this time (updates to is channel binding
      type may occur to address this issue if it ever arises).

   The reason for using a hash of the certificate is that some
   implementations need to track the channel binding of a TLS session in
   kernel-mode memory, which is often at a premium.

4.2.  Registration

   o  Channel binding unique prefix: tls-server-end-point

   o  Channel binding type: end-point

   o  Channel type: TLS [RFC5246]

   o  Published specification: <this document>

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   o  Channel binding is secret: no

   o  Description: <See specification>

   o  Intended usage: COMMON

   o  Person and email address to contact for further information: Larry
      Zhu (lzhu@microsoft.com), Nicolas Williams
      (Nicolas.Williams@sun.com).

   o  Owner/Change controller name and email address: IESG.

   o  Expert reviewer name and contact information: IETF TLS WG
      (tls@ietf.org, failing that, ietf@ietf.org)

   o  Note: see the published specification for advice on the
      applicability of this channel binding type.

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5.  The 'tls-unique-for-telnet' Channel Binding Type

   IANA is hereby directed to update the registration of the 'tls-
   unique-for-telnet' channel binding type to match the following.  Note
   that the only material changes from the original registration should
   be: the "owner" (now the IESG), the contacts, the published
   specfication, and a note indicating that the published specification
   should be consulted for applicability advice.  The description is
   also clarified.  We also moved security considerations notes to the
   security considerations section of this document.  All other fields
   of the registration are copied here for the convenience of readers.

5.1.  Description

   Description: There is a proposal for adding a "StartTLS" extension to
   TELNET, and a channel binding extension for the various TELNET AUTH
   mechanisms whereby each side sends the other a "checksum" (MAC) of
   their view of the channel's bindings.  The client uses the TLS
   Finished messages (note: the Finished struct) sent by the client and
   server, each concatenated in that order and in their clear text form,
   of the first TLS handshake of the connection being bound to.  The
   server does the same but in the opposite concatenation order (server,
   then client).

5.2.  Registration

   o  Channel binding unique prefix: tls-unique-for-telnet

   o  Channel binding type: unique

   o  Channel type: TLS [RFC5246]

   o  Published specification: <this document>

   o  Channel binding is secret: no

   o  Description: <See specification>

   o  Intended usage: COMMON

   o  Person and email address to contact for further information: Jeff
      Altman (jaltman@secure-endpoints.com), Nicolas Williams
      (Nicolas.Williams@sun.com).

   o  Owner/Change controller name and email address: IESG.

   o  Expert reviewer name and contact information: IETF TLS WG
      (tls@ietf.org, failing that, ietf@ietf.org)

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   o  Note: see the published specification for advice on the
      applicability of this channel binding type.

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6.  Applicability of TLS Channel Binding Types

   The 'tls-unique-for-telnet' channel binding type is only applicable
   to TELNET [RFC0854], and is available for all TLS connections.

   The 'tls-unique' channel binding type is available for all TLS
   connections, while 'tls-server-end-point' is only available when TLS
   cipher suites with server certificates are used, specifically: cipher
   suites that use the Certificate handshake message, which typically
   involve the use of PKIX [RFC5280].  For example, 'tls-server-end-
   point' is available when using TLS ciphers suites such as (this is
   not an exhaustive list):

   o  TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_*

   o  TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_*

   o  TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_*

   o  TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_*

   o  TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_*

   o  TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_*

   o  TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_*

   o  TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_*

   o  TLS_RSA_PSK_WITH_*

   o  TLS_RSA_WITH_*

   o  TLS_SRP_SHA_DSS_WITH_*

   o  TLS_SRP_SHA_RSA_WITH_*

   but is not available when using TLS cipher suites such as (this is
   not an exhaustive list):

   o  TLS_DHE_PSK_WITH_*

   o  TLS_DH_anon_WITH_*

   o  TLS_ECDHE_PSK_WITH_*

   o  TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_*

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   o  TLS_KRB5_WITH_*

   o  TLS_PSK_WITH_*

   o  TLS_SRP_SHA_WITH_*

   Nor is 'tls-server-end-point' applicable for use with OpenPGP server
   certificates [RFC5081] [RFC4880] (since these don't use the
   Certificate handshake message).

   Therefore 'tls-unique' is generally better than 'tls-server-end-
   point'.  However, 'tls-server-end-point' may be used with existing
   TLS server-side proxies ("concentrators") without modification to the
   proxies, whereas 'tls-unique' may require firmware or software
   updates to server-side proxies.  Therefore there may be cases where
   'tls-server-end-point' may interoperate but where 'tls-unique' may
   not.

   Also, authentication mechanisms may arise which depend on channel
   bindings to contribute entropy, in which case unique channel bindings
   would have to always be used in preference to end-point channel
   bindings.  At this time there are no such mechanisms, though one such
   SASL mechanism has been proposed.  Whether such mechanisms should be
   allowed is out of scope for this document.

   In other words, for many applications there may be two potentially
   applicable TLS channel binding types.  Channel binding is all or
   nothing for the GSS-API [RFC2743], and likely other frameworks.
   Therefore agreement on the use of channel binding, and a particular
   channel binding type is necessary.  Such agreement can be obtained a
   priori, by convention, or negotiated.

   The specifics of whether and how to negotiate channel binding types
   are beyond the scope of this document.  However, it is RECOMMENDED
   that application protocols making use of TLS channel bindings, use
   'tls-unique' exclusively, except, perhaps, where server-side proxies
   are common in deployments of an application protocol.  In the latter
   case an application protocol MAY specify that 'tls-server-end-point'
   channel bindings must be used when available, with 'tls-unique' being
   used when 'tls-server-end-point' channel bindings are not available.
   Alternatively, the application may negotiate which channel binding
   type to use, or may make the choice of channel binding type
   configurable.

   Specifically, application protocol specifications MUST indicate at
   least one mandatory to implement channel binding type, MAY specify a
   negotiation protocol, MAY allow for out-of-band negotiation or
   configuration, and SHOULD have a preference for 'tls-unique' over

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   'tls-server-end-point'.

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7.  Required Application Programming Interfaces

   TLS implementations supporting the use of 'tls-unique' and/or 'tls-
   unique-for-telnet' channel binding types, MUST provide application
   programming interfaces by which applications (clients and servers
   both) may obtain the channel bindings for a TLS connection.  Such
   interfaces may be expressed in terms of extracting the channel
   bindings data for a given connection and channel binding type.
   Alternatively the implementor may provide interfaces by which to
   obtain the initial client Finished message, the initial server
   Finished message and/or the server certificate (in a form that
   matches the description of the 'tls-server-end-point' channel binding
   type).  In the latter case the application has to have knowledge of
   the channel binding type descriptions from this document.  This
   document takes no position on which form these application
   programming interfaces must take.

   TLS implementations supporting TLS re-negotiation SHOULD provide APIs
   that allow for application control over when re-negotiation can take
   place.  For example, a TLS client implementation may provide a
   "callback" interface to indicate that the server requested re-
   negotiation, but may not start re-negotiation until the application
   calls a function to indicate that now is a good time to re-negotiate.

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8.  Description of backwards-incompatible changes made herein to 'tls-
    unique'

   The original description of 'tls-unique' read as follows:

      |OLD| Description: The client's TLS Finished message (note: the
      |OLD| Finished struct) from the first handshake of the connection
      |OLD| (note: connection, not session, so that the channel binding
      |OLD| is specific to each connection regardless of whether session
      |OLD| resumption is used).

                     Original 'tls-unique' description

   In other words: the client's Finished message from the first handhske
   of a connection, regardless of whether that handshake was a full or
   abbreviated handshake, and regardless of how many subsequent
   handshakes (re-negotiations) might have followed.

   As explained in Section 2 this is no longer the description of 'tls-
   unique', and the new description is not backwards compatible with the
   original except in the case of TLS connections where: a) only one
   handshake has taken place before application-layer authentication,
   and b) that one handshake was a full handshake.

   This change has a number of implications:

   o  Backwards-incompatibility.  It is possible that some
      implementations of the original 'tls-unique' channel binding type
      may have been deployed.  We know of at least one TLS
      implementation that exports 'tls-unique' channel bindings with the
      original semantics, but we know of no deployed application using
      the same.  Implementations of the original and new 'tls-unique'
      channel binding type will only interoperate when: a) full TLS
      handshakes are used, b) TLS re-negotiation is not used.

   o  Security considerations -- see Section 10.

   o  Interoperability considerations.  As described in Section 3 the
      new definition of the 'tls-unique' channel binding type has an
      interoperability problem that may result in spurious
      authentication failures unless the application implements one or
      both of the the techniques described in that section.

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9.  IANA Considerations

   The IANA is hereby directed to update three existing channel binding
   type registrations.  See the rest of this document.

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10.  Security Considerations

   The Security Considerations sections of [RFC5056], [RFC5246] and
   [RFC5746] apply to this document.

   The TLS Finished messages (see section 7.4.9 of [RFC5246]) are known
   to both endpoints of a TLS connection, and are cryptographycally
   bound to it.  For implementations of TLS that correctly handle re-
   negotiation [RFC5746] each handshake on a TLS connection is bound to
   the preceding handshake, if any.  Therefore the TLS Finished messages
   can be safely used as a channel binding provided that the
   authentication mechanism doing the channel binding conforms to the
   requirements in [RFC5056].  Applications utilizing 'tls-unique'
   channel binding with TLS implementations without support for secure
   re-negotiation [RFC5746] MUST ensure that that ChangeCipherSpec has
   been used in any and all re-negotiations prior to application-layer
   authentication, and MUST discard any knowledge learned from the
   server prior to the completion of application-layer authentication.

   The server certificate, when present, is also cryptographically bound
   to the TLS connection through its use in key transport and/or
   authentication of the server (either by dint of its use in key
   transport, by its use in signing key agreement, or by its use in key
   agreement).  Therefore the server certificate is suitable as an end-
   point channel binding as described in [RFC5056].

10.1.  Cryptographic Algorithm Agility

   The 'tls-unique' and 'tls-unique-for-telnet' channel binding types do
   not add any use of cryptography beyond that used by TLS itself.
   Therefore these two channel binding types add no considerations with
   respect to cryptographic algorithm agility.

   The 'tls-server-end-point' channel binding type consist of a hash of
   a server certificate.  The reason for this is to produce manageably
   small channel binding data, as some implementations will be using
   kernel-mode memory (which is typically scarce) to store these.  This
   use of a hash algorithm is above and beyond TLS's use of
   cryptography, therefore the 'tls-server-end-point' channel binding
   type has a security consideration with respect to hash algorithm
   agility.  The algorithm to be used, however, is derived from the
   server certificate's signature algorithm as described in Section 4.1;
   to recap: use SHA-256 if the certificate signature algorithm uses MD5
   or SHA-1, else use whatever hash function the certificate uses
   (unless the signature algorithm uses no hash functions or more than
   one hash function, in which case 'tls-server-end-point' is
   undefined).  This construction automatically makes 'tls-server-end-
   point' hash algorithm agile, with a dependency on PKIX and TLS for

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   hash agility.

   Current proposals for randomized signatures algorithms
   [I-D.irtf-cfrg-rhash] [NIST-SP.800-106.2009] use hash functions in
   their construction -- a single hash function in each algorithm.
   Therefore the 'tls-server-end-point' channel binding type should be
   available even in cases where new signatures algorithms are used that
   are based on current randomized hashing proposals (but we cannot
   guarantee this, of course).

10.2.  On Disclosure of Channel Bindings Data by Authentication
       Mechanisms

   When these channel binding types were first considered, one issue
   that some commenters were concerned about was the possible impact on
   the security of the TLS channel, of disclosure of the channel
   bindings data by authentication mechanisms.  This can happen, for
   example, when an authentication mechanism transports the channel
   bindings data, with no confidentiality protection, over other
   transports (for example, in communicating with a trusted third
   party), or when the TLS channel provides no confidentiality
   protection and the authentication mechanism does not protect the
   confidentiality of the channel bindings data.  This section considers
   that concern.

   When the TLS connection uses a cipher suite that does not provide
   confidentiality protection, the TLS Finished messages will be visible
   to eavesdroppers, regardless of what the authentication mechanism
   does.  The same is true of the server certificate which, in any case,
   is generally visible to eavesdroppers.  Therefore we must consider
   our choices of TLS channel bindings here to be safe to disclose by
   definition -- if that were not the case then TLS with cipher suites
   that don't provide confidentiality protection would be unsafe.
   Furthermore, the TLS Finished message construction depends on the
   security of the TLS PRF, which in turn needs to be resistant to key
   recovery attacks, and we think that it is, as it is based on HMAC,
   and the master secret is, well, secret (and the result of key
   exchange).

   Note too that in the case of an attempted active man-in-the-middle
   attack, the attacker will already possess knowledge of the TLS
   finished messages for both inbound and outbound TLS channels (which
   will differ, given that the attacker cannot force them to be the
   same).  No additional information is obtained by the attacker from
   the authentication mechanism's disclosure of channel bindings data --
   the attacker already has it, even when cipher suites providing
   confidentiality protection are provided.

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   None of the channel binding types defined herein produce channel
   bindings data that must be kept secret.  Moreover, none of the
   channel binding types defined herein can be expected to be private
   (known only to the end-points of the channel), except that the unique
   TLS channel binding types can be expected to be private when a cipher
   suite that provides confidentiality protection is used to protect the
   Finished message exchanges and the application data records
   containing application-layer authentication messages.

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11.  References

11.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC5056]  Williams, N., "On the Use of Channel Bindings to Secure
              Channels", RFC 5056, November 2007.

   [RFC5246]  Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
              (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246, August 2008.

   [RFC5746]  Rescorla, E., Ray, M., Dispensa, S., and N. Oskov,
              "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Renegotiation Indication
              Extension", RFC 5746, February 2010.

11.2.  Normative References for 'tls-server-end-point'

   [FIPS-180-2]
              United States of America, National Institute of Standards
              and Technology, "Secure Hash Standard (Federal Information
              Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-2".

11.3.  Informative References

   [I-D.irtf-cfrg-rhash]
              Halevi, S. and H. Krawczyk, "Strengthening Digital
              Signatures via Randomized Hashing",
              draft-irtf-cfrg-rhash-01 (work in progress), October 2007.

   [NIST-SP.800-106.2009]
              National Institute of Standards and Technology, "NIST
              Special Publication 800-106: Randomized Hashing for
              Digital Signatures", February 2009.

   [RFC0854]  Postel, J. and J. Reynolds, "Telnet Protocol
              Specification", STD 8, RFC 854, May 1983.

   [RFC1321]  Rivest, R., "The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm", RFC 1321,
              April 1992.

   [RFC2743]  Linn, J., "Generic Security Service Application Program
              Interface Version 2, Update 1", RFC 2743, January 2000.

   [RFC3174]  Eastlake, D. and P. Jones, "US Secure Hash Algorithm 1
              (SHA1)", RFC 3174, September 2001.

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   [RFC4880]  Callas, J., Donnerhacke, L., Finney, H., Shaw, D., and R.
              Thayer, "OpenPGP Message Format", RFC 4880, November 2007.

   [RFC5081]  Mavrogiannopoulos, N., "Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport
              Layer Security (TLS) Authentication", RFC 5081,
              November 2007.

   [RFC5280]  Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S.,
              Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key
              Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List
              (CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, May 2008.

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Authors' Addresses

   Jeff Altman
   Secure Endpoints
   255 W 94TH ST PHB
   New York, NY  10025
   US

   Email: jaltman@secure-endpoints.com

   Nicolas Williams
   Oracle
   5300 Riata Trace Ct
   Austin, TX  78727
   US

   Email: Nicolas.Williams@oracle.com

   Larry Zhu
   Microsoft Corporation
   One Microsoft Way
   Redmond, WA  98052
   US

   Email: lzhu@microsoft.com

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