On the Generation of Transient Numeric Identifiers
draft-gont-numeric-ids-generation-03

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Network Working Group                                            F. Gont
Internet-Draft                                    SI6 Networks / UTN-FRH
Intended status: Best Current Practice                           I. Arce
Expires: September 12, 2019                                    Quarkslab
                                                          March 11, 2019

           On the Generation of Transient Numeric Identifiers
                  draft-gont-numeric-ids-generation-03

Abstract

   This document performs an analysis of the security and privacy
   implications of different types of "numeric identifiers" used in IETF
   protocols, and tries to categorize them based on their
   interoperability requirements and the associated failure severity
   when such requirements are not met.  Subsequently, it provides advice
   on possible algorithms that could be employed to satisfy the
   interoperability requirements of each identifier type, while
   minimizing the security and privacy implications, thus providing
   guidance to protocol designers and protocol implementers.  Finally,
   describes a number of algorithms that have been employed in real
   implementations to generate transient numeric identifiers and
   analyzes their security and privacy properties.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Threat Model  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Issues with the Specification of Identifiers  . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  Protocol Failure Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.  Categorizing Identifiers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  Common Algorithms for Identifier Generation . . . . . . . . .   9
     7.1.  Category #1: Uniqueness (soft failure)  . . . . . . . . .   9
     7.2.  Category #2: Uniqueness (hard failure)  . . . . . . . . .  10
     7.3.  Category #3: Uniqueness, constant within context (soft-
           failure)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     7.4.  Category #4: Uniqueness, monotonically increasing within
           context (hard failure)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   8.  Common Vulnerabilities Associated with Transient Numeric
       Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     8.1.  Network Activity Correlation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     8.2.  Information Leakage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     8.3.  Exploitation of Semantics of Transient Numeric
           Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     8.4.  Exploitation of Collisions of Transient Numeric
           Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   9.  Vulnerability Analysis of Specific Transient Numeric
       Identifiers Categories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     9.1.  Category #1: Uniqueness (soft failure)  . . . . . . . . .  19
     9.2.  Category #2: Uniqueness (hard failure)  . . . . . . . . .  20
     9.3.  Category #3: Uniqueness, constant within context (soft
           failure)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     9.4.  Category #4: Uniqueness, monotonically increasing within
           context (hard failure)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20