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Network Working Group                                         P. Hoffman
Internet-Draft                                            VPN Consortium
Obsoletes: 3664 (if approved)                             March 28, 2005
Expires: September 29, 2005


 The AES-XCBC-PRF-128 Algorithm for the Internet Key Exchange Protocol
                                 (IKE)
                    draft-hoffman-rfc3664bis-00.txt

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Abstract

   Some implementations of IP Security (IPsec) may want to use a
   pseudo-random function derived from the Advanced Encryption Standard
   (AES).  This document describes such an algorithm, called AES-XCBC-
   PRF-128.




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1.  Introduction

   [AES-XCBC-MAC] describes a method to use the Advanced Encryption
   Standard (AES) as a message authentication code (MAC) whose output is
   96 bits long.  While 96 bits is considered appropriate for a MAC, it
   is too short to be useful as a long-lived pseudo-random (PRF) in
   either IKE version 1 or version 2.  Both versions of IKE use the PRF
   to create keys in a fashion that is dependent on the length of the
   output of the PRF.  Using a PRF that has 96 bits of output creates
   keys that are easier to attack with brute force than a PRF that uses
   128 bits of output.

   Fortunately, there is a very simple method to use much of
   [AES-XCBC-MAC] as a PRF whose output is 128 bits: omit the step that
   truncates the 128-bit value to 96 bits.

1.1  Differences from RFC 3664

   This document specifies the same algorithm as RFC 3664 except that
   the restriction on keys having to be exactly 128 bits from
   [AES-XCBC-MAC] is removed.  Implementations of RFC 3664 will have the
   same bits-on-the-wire results as this algorithm; the only difference
   is that keys that were not equal in length to 128 bits will no loger
   be rejected, but instead will be made 128 bits in accordance with
   [HMAC-definition].

2.  The AES-XCBC-PRF-128 Algorithm

   The AES-XCBC-PRF-128 algorithm is identical to [AES-XCBC-MAC] except
   for two changes:

   o  The key length restriction of exactly 128 bits in [AES-XCBC-MAC]
      is changed.  The key for the AES-XCBC-PRF-128 algorithm is created
      using the formula in [HMAC-definition].  This brings
      AES-XCBC-PRF-128 in alignment with HMAC-SHA1 and HMAC-MD5 when
      used as PRFs in IKE.

   o  The truncation step in section 4.3 of [AES-XCBC-MAC] is *not*
      performed.  That is, there is no processing after section 4.2 of
      [AES-XCBC-MAC].

   The test vectors in section 4.6 can be used for AES-XCBC-PRF-128, but
   only those listed as "AES-XCBC-MAC", not "AES-XCBC-MAC-96".

3.  Security Considerations

   The security provided by AES-XCBC-MAC-PRF is based upon the strengths
   of AES and HMAC.  At the time of this writing, there are no known



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   practical cryptographic attacks against AES or AES-XCBC-MAC-PRF or
   HMACs.

   As is true with any cryptographic algorithm, part of its strength
   lies in the security of the key management mechanism, the strength of
   the associated secret key, and upon the correctness of the
   implementations in all of the participating systems.  [AES-XCBC-MAC]
   contains test vectors to assist in verifying the correctness of the
   AES-XCBC-MAC-PRF code.  The test vectors all show the full MAC value
   before it is truncated to 96 bits.  The PRF makes use of the full MAC
   value, not the truncated one.

4.  Normative References

   [AES-XCBC-MAC]
              Frankel, S. and H. Herbert, "The AES-XCBC-MAC-96 Algorithm
              and Its Use With IPsec", RFC 3566, September 2003.

   [HMAC-definition]
              Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M. and R. Canetti, "HMAC:
              Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication", RFC 2104,
              February 1997.


Author's Address

   Paul Hoffman
   VPN Consortium

   Email: paul.hoffman@vpnc.org





















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