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<front>
<title abbrev="IKEv2-based Shared Secret Key for O/TWAMP">IKEv2-based Shared Secret Key for O/TWAMP</title>

<author fullname="Kostas Pentikousis" initials="K.P." surname="Pentikousis" role="editor">
  <organization abbrev="EICT">EICT GmbH</organization>
  <address>
	  <postal>
		  <street>EUREF-Campus Haus 13</street>
		  <street>Torgauer Strasse 12-15</street>
		  <city>10829 Berlin</city>
		  <country>Germany</country>
	  </postal>
	  <email>k.pentikousis@eict.de</email>
  </address>
</author>

 <author initials="E" surname="Zhang" fullname="Emma Zhang">
	<organization abbrev="Huawei Technologies">Huawei Technologies </organization>
	<address>
		<postal>
			<street>Huawei Building, Q20, No.156, Rd. BeiQing</street>
			<city> Haidian District </city> 
			<region> Beijing </region>
			<code> 100095 </code> 
			<country>P. R. China</country> 
		</postal>
		<email> emma.zhanglijia@huawei.com </email>
    </address>
</author> 

<author initials="Y" surname="Cui" fullname="Yang Cui">
	<organization abbrev="Huawei Technologies">Huawei Technologies </organization>
	<address>
		<postal>
			<street>Otemachi First Square 1-5-1 Otemachi </street>
			<city>Chiyoda-ku</city> 
			<region>Tokyo </region>
			<code>100-0004</code> 
			<country>Japan</country> 
		</postal>
		<email> cuiyang@huawei.com </email>
    </address>
</author> 

<date year="2014" />

<area>Transport</area>
<workgroup>IPPM WG</workgroup>

<abstract><t>The O/TWAMP security mechanism requires that both the client and server endpoints possess a shared secret. Since the currently-standardized O/TWAMP security mechanism only supports a pre-shared key mode, large scale deployment of O/TWAMP is hindered significantly. At the same time, recent trends point to wider IKEv2 deployment which, in turn, calls for mechanisms and methods that enable tunnel end-users, as well as operators, to measure one-way and two-way network performance in a standardized manner. This document discusses the use of keys derived from an IKEv2 SA as the shared key in O/TWAMP. If the shared key can be derived from the IKEv2 SA, O/TWAMP can support certificate-based key exchange, which would allow for more operational flexibility and efficiency. The key derivation presented in this document can also facilitate automatic key management.</t> </abstract>

</front>

<middle>

<section title="Introduction">

<t>The One-way Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP) <xref target="RFC4656"/> and the Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) <xref target="RFC5357"/> can be used to measure network performance parameters, such as latency, bandwidth, and packet loss by sending probe packets and monitoring their experience in the network.  In order to guarantee the accuracy of network measurement results, security aspects must be considered. Otherwise, attacks may occur and the authenticity of the measurement results may be violated.  For example, if no protection is provided, an adversary in the middle may modify packet timestamps, thus altering the measurement results.</t>

<t>The currently-standardized O/TWAMP security mechanism <xref target="RFC4656"/> <xref target="RFC5357"/> requires that endpoints (i.e. both the client and the server) possess a shared secret. In today's network deployments, however, the use of pre-shared keys is far from optimal. For example, in wireless infrastructure networks, certain network elements, which can be seen as the two endpoints from an O/TWAMP perspective, support certificate-based security. For instance, consider the case in which one wants to measure IP performance between an eNB and SeGW. Both eNB and SeGW are 3GPP LTE nodes and support certificate mode and IKEv2. Since the currently standardized O/TWAMP security mechanism only supports pre-shared key mode, large scale deployment of O/TWAMP is hindered significantly. Furthermore, deployment and management of "shared secrets" for massive equipment installation consumes a tremendous amount of effort and is prone to human error.</t>

<t>With IKEv2 widely used, employing keys derived from IKEv2 SA as shared key can be considered as a viable alternative. In mobile telecommunication networks, the deployment rate of IPsec exceeds 95% with respect to the LTE serving network. In older-technology cellular networks, such as UMTS and GSM, IPsec use penetration is lower, but still quite significant. If the shared key can be derived from the IKEv2 SA, O/TWAMP can support cert-based key exchange and make it more flexible in practice and more efficient. The use of IKEv2 also makes it easier to extend automatic key management. In general, O/TWAMP measurement packets can be transmitted inside the IPsec tunnel, as it occurs with typical user traffic, or transmitted outside the IPsec tunnel. This may depend on the operator's policy and is orthogonal to the mechanism described in this document.</t>

<t>When IPsec is deployed, protecting O/TWAMP traffic in unauthenticated mode using IPsec is one option. Another option is to protect O/TWAMP traffic using O/TWAMP layer security established using the PSK derived from IKEv2 but bypassing the IPsec tunnel. Protecting unauthenticated O/TWAMP control and/or test traffic via AH or ESP cannot provide various security options, e.g. it cannot authenticate part of a O/TWAMP packet as mentioned in <xref target="RFC4656"/>. For measuring latency, timestamp is carried in O/TWAMP traffic. The sender has to fetch the timestamp, encrypt it, and send it. In this case, the middle step can be skipped, potentially improving accuracy as the sequence number can be encrypted and authenticated before the timestamp is fetched. It is the same case for the receiver since it can obtain the timestamp by skipping the decryption step. In such cases, protecting O/TWAMP traffic using O/TWAMP layer security but bypassing IPsec tunnel has its advantages. This document describes how to derive the shared secret key from the IKEv2 SA and employ the security service at the O/TWAMP layer. This method SHOULD be used when O/TWAMP traffic is bypassing IPsec protection and is running over an external network exactly between two IKEv2 systems.</t>

<t>After clarifying the terminology and scope in the subsequent sections, the remainder of this document is organized as follows. <xref target="Motivation"/> summarizes O/TWAMP protocol operation with respect to security. <xref target="Solution"/>  presents the method for binding TWAMP and IKEv2 for network measurements between the client and the server which both support IKEv2. Finally, <xref target="Security"/> discusses the security considerations arising from the proposed mechanisms.</t>

</section>

<section title="Terminology">

<t>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 <xref target="RFC2119"/>.</t> 
</section>

<section anchor="Scope" title="Scope and Applicability">

<t>This document specifies a method for enabling network measurements between a TWAMP client and a TWAMP server which both support IPsec. In short, the shared key used for securing TWAMP traffic is derived using IKEv2 [RFC7296]. This document reserves from the TWAMP-Modes registry the Mode value IANA.TBA.TWAMP.IKEv2Derived which MUST be used by TWAMP implementations compatible with this specification.</t>

<t>Although the control procedures described in this document are applicable to OWAMP per se, the lack of an established IANA registry for OWAMP Mode values technically prevents us from extending OWAMP Mode values. Therefore, independent OWAMP implementations SHOULD be checked for full compatibility with respect to the use of this Mode value. Until an IANA registry for OWAMP Mode values is established, the use this feature in OWAMP implementations MUST be arranged privately among consenting OWAMP users.</t> 
</section>

<section anchor="Motivation" title="O/TWAMP Security" >

<t>Security for O/TWAMP-Control and O/TWAMP-Test are briefly reviewed in the following subsections.</t>

<section title="O/TWAMP-Control Security">

<t>O/TWAMP uses a simple cryptographic protocol which relies on

<list style="symbols">
<t>AES in Cipher Block Chaining (AES-CBC) for confidentiality</t>
<t>HMAC-SHA1 truncated to 128 bits for message authentication</t></list></t>

<t>Three modes of operation are supported in the OWAMP-Control protocol: unauthenticated, 
authenticated, and encrypted.  In addition to these modes, the TWAMP-Control 
protocol also supports a mixed mode, i.e. the TWAMP-Control protocol 
operates in encrypted mode while TWAMP-Test protocol operates in unauthenticated mode. 
The authenticated, encrypted and mixed modes require that endpoints possess a 
shared secret, typically a passphrase.  The secret key is derived from the 
passphrase using a password-based key derivation function PBKDF2 (PKCS#5) <xref 
target="RFC2898"/>.</t>	

<t>In the unauthenticated mode, the security parameters are left unused.  In the 
authenticated, encrypted and mixed modes, the security parameters are negotiated 
during the control connection establishment.</t>

<t><xref target="MES" /> illustrates the initiation stage of the O/TWAMP-Control 
protocol between a client and the server. In short, the client opens a TCP 
connection to the server in order to be able to send O/TWAMP-Control commands. 
The server responds with a Server Greeting, which contains the Modes, Challenge, 
Salt, Count, and MBZ fields (see Section 3.1 of <xref target="RFC4656"/>).  If 
the client-preferred mode is available, the client responds with a Set-Up-
Response message, wherein the selected Mode, as well as the KeyID, Token and 
Client IV are included.  The Token is the concatenation of a 16-octet Challenge, 
a 16-octet AES Session-key used for encryption, and a 32-octet HMAC-SHA1 
Session-key used for authentication.  The Token is encrypted using AES-CBC.</t>

<figure anchor="MES" title="Initiation of O/TWAMP-Control"><artwork><![CDATA[ 
+--------+                  +--------+
| Client |                  | Server |
+--------+                  +--------+ 
    |                           |
    |<---- TCP Connection ----->|
    |                           |
    |<---- Greeting message ----|
    |                           |
    |----- Set-Up-Response ---->|
    |                           |
    |<---- Server-Start --------|
    |                           |]]>
</artwork></figure>

<t>Encryption uses a key derived from the shared secret associated with KeyID. 
In the authenticated, encrypted and mixed modes, all further communication is 
encrypted using the AES Session-key and authenticated with the HMAC Session-key. 
After receiving Set-Up-Response the server responds with a Server-Start message 
containing Server-IV. The client encrypts everything it transmits through the 
just-established O/TWAMP-Control connection using stream encryption with Client-
IV as the IV.  Correspondingly, the server encrypts its side of the connection 
using Server-IV as the IV.  The IVs themselves are transmitted in cleartext. 
Encryption starts with the block immediately following that containing the 
IV.</t>

<t>The AES Session-key and HMAC Session-key are generated randomly by the 
client.  The HMAC Session-key is communicated along with the AES Session-key 
during O/TWAMP-Control connection setup.   The HMAC Session-key is derived 
independently of the AES Session-key. </t> </section>	
	
<section title="O/TWAMP-Test Security">

<t>The O/TWAMP-Test protocol runs over UDP, using the client and server IP and 
port numbers that were negotiated during the Request-Session exchange.  O/TWAMP-
Test has the same mode with O/TWAMP-Control and all O/TWAMP-Test sessions 
inherit the corresponding O/TWAMP-Control session mode except when operating in 
mixed mode.</t>

<t>The O/TWAMP-Test packet format is the same in authenticated and encrypted 
modes.  The encryption and authentication operations are, however, different. 
Similarly with the respective O/TWAMP-Control session, each O/TWAMP-Test session 
has two keys: an AES Session-key and an HMAC Session-key.  However, there is a 
difference in how the keys are obtained:

<list style="hanging" hangIndent="8"> <t hangText="O/TWAMP-Control:"> the keys 
are generated by the client and communicated to the server during the control 
connection establishment with the Set-Up-Response message (as part of the 
Token).</t>

<t hangText="O/TWAMP-Test:"> the keys are derived from the O/TWAMP-Control keys 
and the session identifier (SID), which serve as inputs of the key derivation 
function (KDF). The O/TWAMP-Test AES Session-key is generated using the O/TWAMP-
Control AES Session-key, with the 16-octet session identifier (SID), for 
encrypting and decrypting the packets of the particular O/TWAMP-Test session. 
The O/TWAMP-Test HMAC Session-key is generated using the O/TWAMP-Control HMAC 
Session-key, with the 16-octet session identifier (SID), for authenticating the 
packets of the particular O/TWAMP-Test session.</t> </list></t>

</section>	
	
<section title="O/TWAMP Security Root">

<t>As discussed above, the AES Session-key and HMAC Session-key used by the 
O/TWAMP-Test protocol are derived from the AES Session-key and HMAC Session-key 
which are used in O/TWAMP-Control protocol.  The AES Session-key and HMAC 
Session-key used in the O/TWAMP-Control protocol are generated randomly by the 
client, and encrypted with the shared secret associated with KeyID.  Therefore, 
the security root is the shared secret key. Thus, for large deployments, key 
provision and management may become overly complicated. Comparatively, a 
certificate-based approach using IKEv2 can automatically manage the 
security root and solve this problem, as we explain in <xref 
target="Solution"></xref>.</t>

</section>
</section>

<section anchor="Solution" title="O/TWAMP for IPsec Networks" >

<t>This section presents a method of binding O/TWAMP and IKEv2 for network 
measurements between a client and a server which both support IPsec. In short, 
the shared key used for securing O/TWAMP traffic is derived using IKEv2 <xref 
target="RFC7296"/>.</t>

<section anchor="SharedKeyDerivation" title="Shared Key Derivation"> 

<t>In the authenticated, encrypted and mixed modes, the shared secret key MUST be derived 
from the IKEv2 Security Association (SA). Note that we explicitly opt to derive 
the shared secret key from the IKEv2 SA, rather than the child SA, since the use 
case whereby an IKEv2 SA can be created without generating any child SA is 
possible <xref target="RFC6023"/>.</t>

<t>When the shared secret key is derived from the IKEv2 SA, SK_d must be 
generated first. SK_d MUST be computed as per <xref target="RFC7296"/>.</t>

<t>The shared secret key MUST be generated as follows:</t>

<t><list><t>Shared secret key = PRF( SK_d, "IPPM" )</t></list></t> 

<t>Wherein the string "IPPM" comprises four ASCII characters and prf is a 
pseudorandom function. It is recommended that the shared secret key is derived 
in the IPsec layer. This way, the IPsec keying material is not exposed to the 
O/TWAMP client. Note, however, that the interaction between the O/TWAMP and 
IPsec layers is host-internal and implementation-specific. Therefore, this is 
clearly outside the scope of this document, which focuses on the interaction 
between the O/TWAMP client and server. That said, one possible way could be the 
following: at the client side, the IPSec layer can perform a lookup in the 
Security Association Database (SAD) using the IP address of the server and thus 
match the corresponding IKEv2 SA. At the server side, the IPSec layer can look 
up the corresponding IKEv2 SA by using the SPIs sent by the client, and 
therefore extract the shared secret key. In case that both client and server do 
support IKEv2 but there is no current IKEv2 SA, two alternative ways could be 
considered. First, the O/TWAMP client initiates the establishment of the IKEv2 
SA, logs this operation, and selects the mode which supports IKEv2. 
Alternatively, the O/TWAMP client does not initiate the establishment of the 
IKEv2 SA, logs an error for operational management purposes, and proceeds with 
the modes defined in <xref target="RFC4656"/><xref target="RFC5357"/><xref target="RFC5618"/>. Again, 
although both alternatives are feasible, they are in fact implementation-specific.</t>

<t>If rekeying for the IKEv2 SA or deletion of the IKEv2 SA occurs, the corresponding shared secret key generated from the SA can continue to be used until the O/TWAMP session terminates.</t> 

</section>

<section anchor="ServerGreetingUpdate" title="Server Greeting Message Update">

<t>To achieve a binding association between the key generated from IKEv2 and the O/TWAMP shared secret key, Server Greeting Message should be updated as in <xref target="ServerGreeting" />.</t>

<figure anchor="ServerGreeting" title="Server Greeting format"><artwork><![CDATA[
0                   1                   2                   3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
|                       Unused (12 octets)                      |
|                                                               |
|+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                           Modes                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
|                     Challenge (16 octets)                     |
|                                                               |
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
|                        Salt (16 octets)                       |
|                                                               |
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                        Count (4 octets)                       |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
|                        MBZ (12 octets)                        |
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+]]>
</artwork></figure>

<t>The Modes field in <xref target="ServerGreeting" /> will need to allow for support of key derivation as discussed in <xref target="SharedKeyDerivation"/>. As such, the Modes value extension MUST be supported by implementations compatible with this document, indicating support for deriving the shared key from the IKEv2 SA. The new Modes value indicating support for this specification is IANA.TBA.TWAMP.IKEv2Derived (note to IANA: 128 is preferred, i.e. bit in position 7). Clearly, an implementation compatible with this specification MUST support the authenticated, encrypted and mixed modes as per <xref target="RFC4656"/><xref target="RFC5357"/><xref target="RFC5618"/>. </t>

<t>The choice of this set of Modes values poses no backwards compatibility problems to existing O/TWAMP clients. Robust legacy client implementations would disregard the fact that the IANA.TBA.TWAMP.IKEv2Derived Modes bit in the Server Greeting is set. On the other hand, a client compatible with this specification can easily identify that the O/TWAMP server contacted does not support this specification. If the server supports other Modes, as one could assume, the client would then decide which Mode to use and indicate such accordingly as per <xref target="RFC4656"/><xref target="RFC5357"/>. A client compatible with this specification which decides not to employ IKEv2 derivation, can simply behave as a purely <xref target="RFC4656"/>/<xref target="RFC5357"/> compatible client.</t>

</section>

<section anchor="SetUpResponseUpdate" title="Set-Up-Response Update">

<t>The Set-Up-Response Message should be updated as in <xref target="Response" 
/>. When a O/TWAMP client compatible with this specification receives a Server 
Greeting indicating support for Mode IANA.TBA.TWAMP.IKEv2Derived it SHOULD reply 
to the O/TWAMP server with a Set-Up response that indicates so. For example, a 
compatible O/TWAMP client choosing the authenticated mode with IKEv2 shared 
secret key derivation should set Mode to 130, i.e. set the bits in positions 1 and 7 (TBD IANA) to one.</t>

<figure anchor="Response" title="Set-Up-Response Message"><artwork><![CDATA[
0                   1                   2                   3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                            Mode                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
|                     Key ID (80 octets)                        |
|                                                               |
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
|                     Token (16 octets)                         |
|                                                               |
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
|                    Client-IV (12 octets)                      |
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+]]>
</artwork></figure>

<t>The Security Parameter Index (SPI)(see <xref target="RFC4301"/> <xref 
target="RFC7296"/>) can uniquely identify the Security Association (SA). If the 
client supports the derivation of shared secret key from IKEv2 SA, it will 
choose the corresponding mode value and carry SPIi and SPIr in the Key ID field. 
SPIi and SPIr MUST be included in the Key ID field of Set-Up-Response Message to 
indicate the IKEv2 SA from which the O/TWAMP shared secret key derived from. The 
length of SPI is 4 octets. Therefore, the first 4 octets of Key ID field MUST carry 
SPIi and the second 4 octets MUST carry SPIr. The remaining bits of the Key ID field 
MUST set to zero.</t>

<t>A O/TWAMP server which supports the specification of this document, MUST 
obtain the SPIi and SPIr from the first 8 octets and ignore the remaining octets of 
the Key ID field. Then, the client and the server can derive the shared secret 
key based on the mode value and SPI. If the O/TWAMP server cannot find the IKEv2 
SA corresponding to the SPIi and SPIr received, it MUST log the event for 
operational management purposes. In addition, the O/TWAMP server SHOULD set the 
Accept field of the Server-Start message to the value 6 to indicate that server 
is not willing to conduct further transactions in this O/TWAMP-Control session 
since it can not find the corresponding IKEv2 SA.</t>

</section>

<section anchor="OWAMPTWAMPOverIpsec" title="O/TWAMP over an IPsec tunnel">

<t>IPsec AH <xref target="RFC4302"/> and ESP <xref target="RFC4303"/>  provide 
confidentiality and data integrity to IP datagrams. Thus an IPsec tunnel can be 
used to provide the protection needed for O/TWAMP Control and Test packets, 
even if the peers choose the unauthenticated  mode of operation. If the two endpoints are already connected through an IPSec tunnel it is RECOMMENDED that the O/TWAMP measurement packets are forwarded over the IPSec tunnel if the peers choose the unauthenticated mode 
in order to ensure authenticity and security. </t>

</section>
</section>

<section anchor="Security" title="Security Considerations">

<t>As the shared secret key is derived from the IKEv2 SA, the key derivation 
algorithm strength and limitations are as per <xref target="RFC7296"/>.  The 
strength of a key derived from a Diffie-Hellman exchange using any of the groups 
defined here depends on the inherent strength of the group, the size of the 
exponent used, and the entropy provided by the random number generator employed. 
The strength of all keys and implementation vulnerabilities, particularly Denial 
of Service (DoS) attacks are as defined in <xref target="RFC7296"/>.</t>

<t>As a more general note, the IPPM community may want to revisit the arguments listed 
in <xref target="RFC4656"/>,  Sec. 6.6. Other widely-used Internet security 
mechanisms, such as TLS and DTLS, may also be considered for future use over and 
above of what is already specified in <xref target="RFC4656"/> <xref 
target="RFC5357"/>.</t>

</section>

<section anchor="iana" title="IANA Considerations">

<t>IANA is requested to allocate the IANA.TBA.TWAMP.IKEv2Derived Modes value in the TWAMP-Modes registry.</t>

</section>

<section title="Acknowledgments">
	
<t>We thank Eric Chen, Yaakov Stein, Brian Trammell, Emily Bi, John Mattsson, and Steve Baillargeon for their comments and text suggestions.</t>

<t>Al Morton deserves a special mention for his thorough reviews and text contributions to this document as well as the constructive discussions over several IPPM meetings.</t>

</section>
</middle>

<back>
 
<references title="Normative References">
&RFC4656;
&RFC5357;
&RFC7296;
<?rfc include="reference.RFC.5618" ?>
<?rfc include="reference.RFC.2119" ?>
<?rfc include="reference.RFC.4302" ?>
<?rfc include="reference.RFC.4303" ?>
</references>

<references title="Informative References">
<?rfc include="reference.RFC.2898" ?>
<?rfc include="reference.RFC.4301" ?>
&RFC6023;

</references>

</back>

</rfc>

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