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S/MIME WG                                             Sean Turner, IECA 
Internet Draft                                        February 12, 2008 
Intended Status: Information 
Updates: 3278 (once approved) 
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       Update to Use of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Algorithms 
                   in Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) 
                  draft-ietf-smime-rfc3278-update-00.txt 


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Abstract 

   RFC 3278 describes how to use Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) 
   public-key algorithms in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS).  
   This document updates RFC 3278 to add support for the SHA2 family of 
   hash algorithms. 
 
 
 
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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 [MUST]. 

Discussion 

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Table of Contents 

   1. Introduction...................................................2 
   2. Updates to Paragraph 2.1.1.....................................3 
   3. Updates to Paragraph 8.1.......................................3 
   4. Updates to Paragraph 9.........................................5 
   5. Changes to Security Considerations.............................5 
   6. Security Considerations........................................5 
   7. IANA Considerations............................................5 
   8. References.....................................................6 
      8.1. Normative References......................................6 
      8.2. Informative References....................................6 
    
1. Introduction 

   RFC 3278 describes how to use Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) 
   public-key algorithms in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS).  
   This document updates RFC 3278 to add support for the SHA2 family of 
   hash algorithms. 

   There are changes to four paragraphs: 

    - Paragraph 2.1.1 limited the digest algorithm to SHA-1. This 
      document expands the allowed algorithms to SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-
      284, and SHA-512. 

    - Paragraph 8.1 listed the algorithm identifiers for SHA-1 and SHA-1 
      with ECDSA. This document adds algorithms for SHA-224, SHA-256, 
      SHA-284, and SHA-512 and SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-284, and SHA-512 
      with ECDSA. 

    - Paragraph 9 references need to be updated. 


 
 
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    - Security considerations paragraph referring to definitions of SHA-
      224, SHA-256, SHA-284, and SHA-512 needs to be deleted. 

2. Updates to Paragraph 2.1.1 

   Old: 

      digestAlgorithm MUST contain the algorithm identifier sha-1 (see 
      Section 8.1) which identifies the SHA-1 hash algorithm. 

      signatureAlgorithm contains the algorithm identifier ecdsa-with-
      SHA1 (see Section 8.1) which identifies the ECDSA signature 
      algorithm. 

   New: 

      digestAlgorithm MUST contain the algorithm identifier of the hash 
      algorithm (see Section 8.1): id-sha1 identifies the SHA-1 hash 
      algorithm, id-sha224 identifies the SHA-224 hash algorithm, id-
      sha256 identifies the SHA-256 hash algorithm, id-sha384 
      identifies the SHA-384 algorithm, and id-sha512 identifies the 
      SHA-512 algorithm. 

      signatureAlgorithm contains the signature algorithm identifier 
      (see Section 8.1): ecdsa-with-SHA1, ecdsa-with-SHA224, ecdsa-
      with-SHA256, ecdsa-with-SHA384, ecdsa-with-SHA512. 

3. Updates to Paragraph 8.1 

   Old: 

      The algorithm identifiers used in this document are taken from 
      [X9.62], [SEC1] and [SEC2]. 

      The following object identifier indicates the hash algorithm used 
      in this document: 

        sha-1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3) 
        oiw(14) secsig(3) algorithm(2) 26 } 

   New: 

      The algorithm identifiers used in this document are taken from 
      [SMIME-SHA2] 

      The following object identifier indicates the hash algorithm used 
      in this document: 
 
 
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        id-sha1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-
        organization(3) oiw(14) secsig(3) algorithm(2) 26 } 

        id-sha224 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) 
        country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) 
        nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 4 } 

        id-sha256 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) 
        country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) 
        nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 1 } 

        id-sha384 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) 
        country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) 
        nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 2 } 

        id-sha512 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { joint-iso-itu-t(2) 
        country(16) us(840) organization(1) gov(101) csor(3) 
        nistalgorithm(4) hashalgs(2) 3 } 

   Old: 

      The following object identifier indicates the digital signature 
      algorithm used in this document: 

        ecdsa-with-SHA1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ansi-x9-62 
        signatures(4) 1 } 

   New: 

      The following object identifier indicates the digital signature 
      algorithm used in this document: 

        ecdsa-with-SHA1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ansi-x9-62 
        signatures(4) 1 } 

        ecdsa-with-SHA224 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ansi-x9-62 
        signatures(4) ecdsa-with-SHA2(3) 1 }  

        ecdsa-with-SHA256 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ansi-x9-62 
        signatures(4) ecdsa-with-SHA2(3) 2 }  

        ecdsa-with-SHA384 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ansi-x9-62 
        signatures(4) ecdsa-with-SHA2(3) 3 }  

        ecdsa-with-SHA512 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { ansi-x9-62 
        signatures(4) ecdsa-with-SHA2(3) 4 } 

 
 
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4. Updates to Paragraph 9 

   Add the following reference: 

      [SMIME-SHA2] Turner, S., "Using SHA2 Algorithms with 
      Cryptographic Message Syntax", work-in-progress. 

   Update the following references: 

   Old: 

      [PKI-ALG] Bassham, L., Housley R. and W. Polk, "Algorithms and 
      Identifiers for the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure 
      Certificate and CRL Profile", RFC 3279, April 2002. 

      [FIPS-180] FIPS 180-1, "Secure Hash Standard", National Institute 
      of Standards and Technology, April 17, 1995. 

   New: 

      [PKI-ALG] Turner, S., Brown, D., Yiu, K., Housley, R., and W. 
      Polk, " Elliptic Curve Cryptography Subject Public Key 
      Information", work-in-progress. 

      [FIPS] FIPS 180-2, "Secure Hash Standard", National Institute of 
      Standards and Technology, August 1, 2002. 

5. Changes to Security Considerations 

   Delete the following: 

      When 256, 384, and 512 bit hash functions succeed SHA-1 in future 
      revisions of [FIPS], [FIPS-186-2], [X9.62] and [SEC1], then they 
      can similarly succeed SHA-1 in a future revision of this 
      document. 

6. Security Considerations 

   No new security considerations to those already specified in 
   [RFC3278], [SMIME-SHA2], and [PKI-ALG]. 

7. IANA Considerations 

   None: All identifiers are already registered.  Please remove this 
   section prior to publication as an RFC. 


 
 
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8. References 

8.1. Normative References 

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

   [PKI-ALG]     Turner, S., Brown, D., Yiu, K., Housley, R., and W. 
                 Polk, "Elliptic Curve Cryptography Subject Public Key 
                 Information", work-in-progress. 

   [SMIME-SHA2]  Turner, S., "Using SHA2 Algorithms with Cryptographic 
                 Message Syntax", work-in-progress.  

   [RFC3278]     Blake-Wilson, S., Brown, D., and P. Lambert, "Use of 
                 Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Algorithms in 
                 Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)", RFC 3278, April 
                 2002. 

8.2. Informative References 

   None. 

























 
 
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Author's Addresses 

   Sean Turner 

   IECA, Inc. 
   3057 Nutley Street, Suite 106 
   Fairfax, VA 22031 
   USA 

   Email: turners@ieca.com  





































 
 
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