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Internet-Draft                                            August Cellars
Obsoletes: 8152 (if approved)                          24 September 2020
Intended status: Informational                                          
Expires: 28 March 2021


     CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE): Initial Algorithms
                   draft-ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-algs-12

Abstract

   Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) is a data format designed
   for small code size and small message size.  There is a need for the
   ability to have basic security services defined for this data format.
   THis document defines a set of algorithms that can be used with the
   CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE) protocol RFC XXXX.

Contributing to this document

   This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.

   The source for this draft is being maintained in GitHub.  Suggested
   changes should be submitted as pull requests at https://github.com/
   cose-wg/cose-rfc8152bis.  Instructions are on that page as well.
   Editorial changes can be managed in GitHub, but any substantial
   issues need to be discussed on the COSE mailing list.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Requirements Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.2.  Changes from RFC8152  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.3.  Document Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.4.  CBOR Grammar  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     1.5.  Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   2.  Signature Algorithms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.1.  ECDSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       2.1.1.  Security Considerations for ECDSA . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.2.  Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithms (EdDSAs) . . .   8
       2.2.1.  Security Considerations for EdDSA . . . . . . . . . .   9
   3.  Message Authentication Code (MAC) Algorithms  . . . . . . . .   9
     3.1.  Hash-Based Message Authentication Codes (HMACs) . . . . .   9
       3.1.1.  Security Considerations for HMAC  . . . . . . . . . .  11
     3.2.  AES Message Authentication Code (AES-CBC-MAC) . . . . . .  11
       3.2.1.  Security Considerations AES-CBC_MAC . . . . . . . . .  12
   4.  Content Encryption Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     4.1.  AES GCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       4.1.1.  Security Considerations for AES-GCM . . . . . . . . .  13
     4.2.  AES CCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       4.2.1.  Security Considerations for AES-CCM . . . . . . . . .  17
     4.3.  ChaCha20 and Poly1305 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       4.3.1.  Security Considerations for ChaCha20/Poly1305 . . . .  19
   5.  Key Derivation Functions (KDFs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     5.1.  HMAC-Based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function
           (HKDF)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     5.2.  Context Information Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   6.  Content Key Distribution Methods  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     6.1.  Direct Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
       6.1.1.  Direct Key  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
       6.1.2.  Direct Key with KDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     6.2.  Key Wrap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29



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       6.2.1.  AES Key Wrap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
     6.3.  Direct Key Agreement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
       6.3.1.  Direct ECDH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
     6.4.  Key Agreement with Key Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
       6.4.1.  ECDH with Key Wrap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
   7.  Key Object Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
     7.1.  Elliptic Curve Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
       7.1.1.  Double Coordinate Curves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38
     7.2.  Octet Key Pair  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
     7.3.  Symmetric Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
   8.  COSE Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     8.1.  Assignments for Existing Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . .  42
     8.2.  Assignments for Existing Key Types  . . . . . . . . . . .  42
     8.3.  Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
   9.  CBOR Encoding Restrictions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
   10. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
     10.1.  Changes to "COSE Key Types" registry.  . . . . . . . . .  45
     10.2.  Changes to "COSE Algorithms" registry  . . . . . . . . .  46
     10.3.  Changes to the "COSE Key Type Parameters" registry . . .  46
     10.4.  Expert Review Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46
   11. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
   12. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
     12.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
     12.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54

1.  Introduction

   There has been an increased focus on small, constrained devices that
   make up the Internet of Things (IoT).  One of the standards that has
   come out of this process is "Concise Binary Object Representation
   (CBOR)" [RFC7049].  CBOR extended the data model of JavaScript Object
   Notation (JSON) [STD90] by allowing for binary data, among other
   changes.  CBOR is being adopted by several of the IETF working groups
   dealing with the IoT world as their encoding of data structures.
   CBOR was designed specifically to be both small in terms of messages
   transported and implementation size and be a schema-free decoder.  A
   need exists to provide message security services for IoT, and using
   CBOR as the message-encoding format makes sense.

   The core COSE specification consists of two documents.
   [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct] contains the serialization
   structures and the procedures for using the different cryptographic
   algorithms.  This document provides an initial set of algorithms for
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1.1.  Requirements Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

1.2.  Changes from RFC8152

   *  Extract the sections dealing with specific algorithms into this
      document.  The sections dealing with structure and general
      processing rules are placed in [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct].

   *  Text clarifications and changes in terminology.

1.3.  Document Terminology

   In this document, we use the following terminology:

   Byte is a synonym for octet.

   Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a specialized web transfer
   protocol for use in constrained systems.  It is defined in [RFC7252].

   Authenticated Encryption (AE) [RFC5116] algorithms are encryption
   algorithms that provide an authentication check of the contents with
   the encryption service.  An example of an AE algorithm used in COSE
   is AES Key Wrap [RFC3394].  These algorithms are used for key
   encryption algorithms, but AEAD algorithms would be preferred.

   Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) [RFC5116]
   algorithms provide the same authentication service of the content as
   AE algorithms do.  They also allow for associated data to be included
   in the authentication service, but which is not part of the encrypted
   body.  An example of an AEAD algorithm used in COSE is AES-GCM
   [RFC5116].  These algorithms are used for content encryption and can
   be used for key encryption as well.

   The term 'byte string' is used for sequences of bytes, while the term
   'text string' is used for sequences of characters.

   The tables for algorithms contain the following columns:

   *  A name for use in documents for the algorithms.

   *  The value used on the wire for the algorithm.  One place this is
      used is the algorithm header parameter of a message.



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   *  A short description so that the algorithm can be easily identified
      when scanning the IANA registry.

   Additional columns may be present in the table depending on the
   algorithms.

1.4.  CBOR Grammar

   At the time that [RFC8152] was initially published, the CBOR Data
   Definition Language (CDDL) [RFC8610] had not yet been published.
   This document uses a variant of CDDL which is described in
   [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct].

1.5.  Examples

   A GitHub project has been created at [GitHub-Examples] that contains
   a set of testing examples as well.  Each example is found in a JSON
   file that contains the inputs used to create the example, some of the
   intermediate values that can be used for debugging, and the output of
   the example.  The results are encoded using both hexadecimal and CBOR
   diagnostic notation format.

   Some of the examples are designed to test failure case; these are
   clearly marked as such in the JSON file.  If errors in the examples
   in this document are found, the examples on GitHub will be updated,
   and a note to that effect will be placed in the JSON file.

2.  Signature Algorithms

   Section 9.1 of [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct] contains a generic
   description of signature algorithms.  The document defines signature
   algorithm identifiers for two signature algorithms.

2.1.  ECDSA

   ECDSA [DSS] defines a signature algorithm using ECC.  Implementations
   SHOULD use a deterministic version of ECDSA such as the one defined
   in [RFC6979].  The use of a deterministic signature algorithm allows
   for systems to avoid relying on random number generators in order to
   avoid generating the same value of 'k' (the per-message random
   value).  Biased generation of the value 'k' can be attacked, and
   collisions of this value leads to leaked keys.  It additionally
   allows for doing deterministic tests for the signature algorithm.
   The use of deterministic ECDSA does not lessen the need to have good
   random number generation when creating the private key.






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   The ECDSA signature algorithm is parameterized with a hash function
   (h).  In the event that the length of the hash function output is
   greater than the group of the key, the leftmost bytes of the hash
   output are used.

   The algorithms defined in this document can be found in Table 1.

              +=======+=======+=========+==================+
              | Name  | Value | Hash    | Description      |
              +=======+=======+=========+==================+
              | ES256 | -7    | SHA-256 | ECDSA w/ SHA-256 |
              +-------+-------+---------+------------------+
              | ES384 | -35   | SHA-384 | ECDSA w/ SHA-384 |
              +-------+-------+---------+------------------+
              | ES512 | -36   | SHA-512 | ECDSA w/ SHA-512 |
              +-------+-------+---------+------------------+

                     Table 1: ECDSA Algorithm Values

   This document defines ECDSA to work only with the curves P-256,
   P-384, and P-521.  This document requires that the curves be encoded
   using the 'EC2' (two coordinate elliptic curve) key type.
   Implementations need to check that the key type and curve are correct
   when creating and verifying a signature.  Future documents may define
   it to work with other curves and points in the future.

   In order to promote interoperability, it is suggested that SHA-256 be
   used only with curve P-256, SHA-384 be used only with curve P-384,
   and SHA-512 be used with curve P-521.  This is aligned with the
   recommendation in Section 4 of [RFC5480].

   The signature algorithm results in a pair of integers (R, S).  These
   integers will be the same length as the length of the key used for
   the signature process.  The signature is encoded by converting the
   integers into byte strings of the same length as the key size.  The
   length is rounded up to the nearest byte and is left padded with zero
   bits to get to the correct length.  The two integers are then
   concatenated together to form a byte string that is the resulting
   signature.

   Using the function defined in [RFC8017], the signature is:

   Signature = I2OSP(R, n) | I2OSP(S, n)

   where n = ceiling(key_length / 8)

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:



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   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'EC2'.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the ECDSA signature
      algorithm being used.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'sign' when
      creating an ECDSA signature.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'verify' when
      verifying an ECDSA signature.

2.1.1.  Security Considerations for ECDSA

   The security strength of the signature is no greater than the minimum
   of the security strength associated with the bit length of the key
   and the security strength of the hash function.

   Note: Use of a deterministic signature technique is a good idea even
   when good random number generation exists.  Doing so both reduces the
   possibility of having the same value of 'k' in two signature
   operations and allows for reproducible signature values, which helps
   testing.  There have been recent attacks involving faulting the
   device in order to extract the key.  This can be addressed by
   combining both randomness and determinism
   [I-D.mattsson-cfrg-det-sigs-with-noise].

   There are two substitution attacks that can theoretically be mounted
   against the ECDSA signature algorithm.

   *  Changing the curve used to validate the signature: If one changes
      the curve used to validate the signature, then potentially one
      could have two messages with the same signature, each computed
      under a different curve.  The only requirement on the new curve is
      that its order be the same as the old one and it be acceptable to
      the client.  An example would be to change from using the curve
      secp256r1 (aka P-256) to using secp256k1.  (Both are 256-bit
      curves.)  We currently do not have any way to deal with this
      version of the attack except to restrict the overall set of curves
      that can be used.












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   *  Change the hash function used to validate the signature: If one
      either has two different hash functions of the same length or can
      truncate a hash function, then one could potentially find
      collisions between the hash functions rather than within a single
      hash function (for example, truncating SHA-512 to 256 bits might
      collide with a SHA-256 bit hash value).  As the hash algorithm is
      part of the signature algorithm identifier, this attack is
      mitigated by including a signature algorithm identifier in the
      protected header bucket.

2.2.  Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithms (EdDSAs)

   [RFC8032] describes the elliptic curve signature scheme Edwards-curve
   Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA).  In that document, the signature
   algorithm is instantiated using parameters for edwards25519 and
   edwards448 curves.  The document additionally describes two variants
   of the EdDSA algorithm: Pure EdDSA, where no hash function is applied
   to the content before signing, and HashEdDSA, where a hash function
   is applied to the content before signing and the result of that hash
   function is signed.  For EdDSA, the content to be signed (either the
   message or the pre-hash value) is processed twice inside of the
   signature algorithm.  For use with COSE, only the pure EdDSA version
   is used.  This is because it is not expected that extremely large
   contents are going to be needed and, based on the arrangement of the
   message structure, the entire message is going to need to be held in
   memory in order to create or verify a signature.  This means that
   there does not appear to be a need to be able to do block updates of
   the hash, followed by eliminating the message from memory.
   Applications can provide the same features by defining the content of
   the message as a hash value and transporting the COSE object (with
   the hash value) and the content as separate items.

   The algorithms defined in this document can be found in Table 2.  A
   single signature algorithm is defined, which can be used for multiple
   curves.

                      +=======+=======+=============+
                      | Name  | Value | Description |
                      +=======+=======+=============+
                      | EdDSA | -8    | EdDSA       |
                      +-------+-------+-------------+

                      Table 2: EdDSA Algorithm Values

   [RFC8032] describes the method of encoding the signature value.

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:



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   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'OKP' (Octet Key
      Pair).

   *  The 'crv' field MUST be present, and it MUST be a curve defined
      for this signature algorithm.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match 'EdDSA'.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'sign' when
      creating an EdDSA signature.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'verify' when
      verifying an EdDSA signature.

2.2.1.  Security Considerations for EdDSA

   How public values are computed is not the same when looking at EdDSA
   and Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH); for this reason, the public
   key should not be used with the other algorithm.

   If batch signature verification is performed, a well-seeded
   cryptographic random number generator is REQUIRED (Section 8.2 of
   [RFC8032]).  Signing and non-batch signature verification are
   deterministic operations and do not need random numbers of any kind.

3.  Message Authentication Code (MAC) Algorithms

   Section 9.2 of [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct] contains a generic
   description of MAC algorithms.  This section defines the conventions
   for two MAC algorithms.

3.1.  Hash-Based Message Authentication Codes (HMACs)

   HMAC [RFC2104] [RFC4231] was designed to deal with length extension
   attacks.  The algorithm was also designed to allow for new hash
   algorithms to be directly plugged in without changes to the hash
   function.  The HMAC design process has been shown as solid since,
   while the security of hash algorithms such as MD5 has decreased over
   time; the security of HMAC combined with MD5 has not yet been shown
   to be compromised [RFC6151].

   The HMAC algorithm is parameterized by an inner and outer padding, a
   hash function (h), and an authentication tag value length.  For this
   specification, the inner and outer padding are fixed to the values
   set in [RFC2104].  The length of the authentication tag corresponds
   to the difficulty of producing a forgery.  For use in constrained
   environments, we define one HMAC algorithm that is truncated.  There
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   strength of the message tag is correspondingly reduced in strength.
   When truncating, the leftmost tag length bits are kept and
   transmitted.

   The algorithms defined in this document can be found in Table 3.

   +=============+=======+=========+============+======================+
   | Name        | Value | Hash    | Tag Length | Description          |
   +=============+=======+=========+============+======================+
   | HMAC        | 4     | SHA-256 | 64         | HMAC w/ SHA-256      |
   | 256/64      |       |         |            | truncated to 64 bits |
   +-------------+-------+---------+------------+----------------------+
   | HMAC        | 5     | SHA-256 | 256        | HMAC w/ SHA-256      |
   | 256/256     |       |         |            |                      |
   +-------------+-------+---------+------------+----------------------+
   | HMAC        | 6     | SHA-384 | 384        | HMAC w/ SHA-384      |
   | 384/384     |       |         |            |                      |
   +-------------+-------+---------+------------+----------------------+
   | HMAC        | 7     | SHA-512 | 512        | HMAC w/ SHA-512      |
   | 512/512     |       |         |            |                      |
   +-------------+-------+---------+------------+----------------------+

                       Table 3: HMAC Algorithm Values

   Some recipient algorithms transport the key, while others derive a
   key from secret data.  For those algorithms that transport the key
   (such as AES Key Wrap), the size of the HMAC key SHOULD be the same
   size as the output of the underlying hash function.  For those
   algorithms that derive the key (such as ECDH), the derived key MUST
   be the same size as the underlying hash function.

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:

   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'Symmetric'.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the HMAC algorithm
      being used.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'MAC create'
      when creating an HMAC authentication tag.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'MAC verify'
      when verifying an HMAC authentication tag.

   Implementations creating and validating MAC values MUST validate that
   the key type, key length, and algorithm are correct and appropriate
   for the entities involved.



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3.1.1.  Security Considerations for HMAC

   HMAC has proved to be resistant to attack even when used with
   weakened hash algorithms.  The current best known attack is to brute
   force the key.  This means that key size is going to be directly
   related to the security of an HMAC operation.

3.2.  AES Message Authentication Code (AES-CBC-MAC)

   AES-CBC-MAC is defined in [MAC].  (Note that this is not the same
   algorithm as AES Cipher-Based Message Authentication Code (AES-CMAC)
   [RFC4493].)

   AES-CBC-MAC is parameterized by the key length, the authentication
   tag length, and the Initialization Vector (IV) used.  For all of
   these algorithms, the IV is fixed to all zeros.  We provide an array
   of algorithms for various key lengths and tag lengths.  The
   algorithms defined in this document are found in Table 4.

     +=========+=======+============+============+==================+
     | Name    | Value | Key Length | Tag Length | Description      |
     +=========+=======+============+============+==================+
     | AES-MAC | 14    | 128        | 64         | AES-MAC 128-bit  |
     | 128/64  |       |            |            | key, 64-bit tag  |
     +---------+-------+------------+------------+------------------+
     | AES-MAC | 15    | 256        | 64         | AES-MAC 256-bit  |
     | 256/64  |       |            |            | key, 64-bit tag  |
     +---------+-------+------------+------------+------------------+
     | AES-MAC | 25    | 128        | 128        | AES-MAC 128-bit  |
     | 128/128 |       |            |            | key, 128-bit tag |
     +---------+-------+------------+------------+------------------+
     | AES-MAC | 26    | 256        | 128        | AES-MAC 256-bit  |
     | 256/128 |       |            |            | key, 128-bit tag |
     +---------+-------+------------+------------+------------------+

                    Table 4: AES-MAC Algorithm Values

   Keys may be obtained either from a key structure or from a recipient
   structure.  Implementations creating and validating MAC values MUST
   validate that the key type, key length, and algorithm are correct and
   appropriate for the entities involved.

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:

   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'Symmetric'.





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   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the AES-MAC algorithm
      being used.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'MAC create'
      when creating an AES-MAC authentication tag.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'MAC verify'
      when verifying an AES-MAC authentication tag.

3.2.1.  Security Considerations AES-CBC_MAC

   A number of attacks exist against Cipher Block Chaining Message
   Authentication Code (CBC-MAC) that need to be considered.

   *  A single key must only be used for messages of a fixed or known
      length.  If this is not the case, an attacker will be able to
      generate a message with a valid tag given two message and tag
      pairs.  This can be addressed by using different keys for messages
      of different lengths.  The current structure mitigates this
      problem, as a specific encoding structure that includes lengths is
      built and signed.  (CMAC also addresses this issue.)

   *  In cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, if the same key is used for
      both encryption and authentication operations, an attacker can
      produce messages with a valid authentication code.

   *  If the IV can be modified, then messages can be forged.  This is
      addressed by fixing the IV to all zeros.

4.  Content Encryption Algorithms

   Section 9.3 of [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct] contains a generic
   description of Content Encryption algorithms.  This document defines
   the identifier and usages for three content encryption algorithms.

4.1.  AES GCM

   The Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) mode is a generic AEAD block cipher
   mode defined in [AES-GCM].  The GCM mode is combined with the AES
   block encryption algorithm to define an AEAD cipher.

   The GCM mode is parameterized by the size of the authentication tag
   and the size of the nonce.  This document fixes the size of the nonce
   at 96 bits.  The size of the authentication tag is limited to a small
   set of values.  For this document however, the size of the
   authentication tag is fixed at 128 bits.

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      +=========+=======+==========================================+
      | Name    | Value | Description                              |
      +=========+=======+==========================================+
      | A128GCM | 1     | AES-GCM mode w/ 128-bit key, 128-bit tag |
      +---------+-------+------------------------------------------+
      | A192GCM | 2     | AES-GCM mode w/ 192-bit key, 128-bit tag |
      +---------+-------+------------------------------------------+
      | A256GCM | 3     | AES-GCM mode w/ 256-bit key, 128-bit tag |
      +---------+-------+------------------------------------------+

                   Table 5: Algorithm Value for AES-GCM

   Keys may be obtained either from a key structure or from a recipient
   structure.  Implementations encrypting and decrypting MUST validate
   that the key type, key length, and algorithm are correct and
   appropriate for the entities involved.

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:

   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'Symmetric'.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the AES-GCM algorithm
      being used.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'encrypt' or
      'wrap key' when encrypting.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'decrypt' or
      'unwrap key' when decrypting.

4.1.1.  Security Considerations for AES-GCM

   When using AES-GCM, the following restrictions MUST be enforced:

   *  The key and nonce pair MUST be unique for every message encrypted.

   *  The total number of messages encrypted for a single key MUST NOT
      exceed 2^32 [SP800-38d].  An explicit check is required only in
      environments where it is expected that it might be exceeded.

   *  A more recent analysis in [ROBUST] indicates that the the number
      of failed decryptions needs to be taken into account as part
      determining when a key roll-over is to be done.  Following the
      recommendation of for DTLS, the number of failed message
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   Consideration was given to supporting smaller tag values; the
   constrained community would desire tag sizes in the 64-bit range.
   Doing so drastically changes both the maximum messages size
   (generally not an issue) and the number of times that a key can be
   used.  Given that Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM) is the usual mode for
   constrained environments, restricted modes are not supported.

4.2.  AES CCM

   CCM is a generic authentication encryption block cipher mode defined
   in [RFC3610].  The CCM mode is combined with the AES block encryption
   algorithm to define a commonly used content encryption algorithm used
   in constrained devices.

   The CCM mode has two parameter choices.  The first choice is M, the
   size of the authentication field.  The choice of the value for M
   involves a trade-off between message growth (from the tag) and the
   probability that an attacker can undetectably modify a message.  The
   second choice is L, the size of the length field.  This value
   requires a trade-off between the maximum message size and the size of
   the Nonce.

   It is unfortunate that the specification for CCM specified L and M as
   a count of bytes rather than a count of bits.  This leads to possible
   misunderstandings where AES-CCM-8 is frequently used to refer to a
   version of CCM mode where the size of the authentication is 64 bits
   and not 8 bits.  These values have traditionally been specified as
   bit counts rather than byte counts.  This document will follow the
   convention of using bit counts so that it is easier to compare the
   different algorithms presented in this document.

   We define a matrix of algorithms in this document over the values of
   L and M.  Constrained devices are usually operating in situations
   where they use short messages and want to avoid doing recipient-
   specific cryptographic operations.  This favors smaller values of
   both L and M.  Less-constrained devices will want to be able to use
   larger messages and are more willing to generate new keys for every
   operation.  This favors larger values of L and M.

   The following values are used for L:

   16 bits (2):  This limits messages to 2^16 bytes (64 KiB) in length.
      This is sufficiently long for messages in the constrained world.
      The nonce length is 13 bytes allowing for 2^104 possible values of
      the nonce without repeating.

   64 bits (8):  This limits messages to 2^64 bytes in length.  The




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      nonce length is 7 bytes allowing for 2^56 possible values of the
      nonce without repeating.

   The following values are used for M:

   64 bits (8):  This produces a 64-bit authentication tag.  This
      implies that there is a 1 in 2^64 chance that a modified message
      will authenticate.

   128 bits (16):  This produces a 128-bit authentication tag.  This
      implies that there is a 1 in 2^128 chance that a modified message
      will authenticate.







































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    +====================+=======+====+=====+========+===============+
    | Name               | Value | L  | M   | Key    | Description   |
    |                    |       |    |     | Length |               |
    +====================+=======+====+=====+========+===============+
    | AES-CCM-16-64-128  | 10    | 16 | 64  | 128    | AES-CCM mode  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 128-bit key,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 64-bit tag,   |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 13-byte nonce |
    +--------------------+-------+----+-----+--------+---------------+
    | AES-CCM-16-64-256  | 11    | 16 | 64  | 256    | AES-CCM mode  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 256-bit key,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 64-bit tag,   |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 13-byte nonce |
    +--------------------+-------+----+-----+--------+---------------+
    | AES-CCM-64-64-128  | 12    | 64 | 64  | 128    | AES-CCM mode  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 128-bit key,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 64-bit tag,   |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 7-byte nonce  |
    +--------------------+-------+----+-----+--------+---------------+
    | AES-CCM-64-64-256  | 13    | 64 | 64  | 256    | AES-CCM mode  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 256-bit key,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 64-bit tag,   |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 7-byte nonce  |
    +--------------------+-------+----+-----+--------+---------------+
    | AES-CCM-16-128-128 | 30    | 16 | 128 | 128    | AES-CCM mode  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 128-bit key,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 128-bit tag,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 13-byte nonce |
    +--------------------+-------+----+-----+--------+---------------+
    | AES-CCM-16-128-256 | 31    | 16 | 128 | 256    | AES-CCM mode  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 256-bit key,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 128-bit tag,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 13-byte nonce |
    +--------------------+-------+----+-----+--------+---------------+
    | AES-CCM-64-128-128 | 32    | 64 | 128 | 128    | AES-CCM mode  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 128-bit key,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 128-bit tag,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 7-byte nonce  |
    +--------------------+-------+----+-----+--------+---------------+
    | AES-CCM-64-128-256 | 33    | 64 | 128 | 256    | AES-CCM mode  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 256-bit key,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 128-bit tag,  |
    |                    |       |    |     |        | 7-byte nonce  |
    +--------------------+-------+----+-----+--------+---------------+

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   Keys may be obtained either from a key structure or from a recipient
   structure.  Implementations encrypting and decrypting MUST validate
   that the key type, key length, and algorithm are correct and
   appropriate for the entities involved.

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:

   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'Symmetric'.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the AES-CCM algorithm
      being used.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'encrypt' or
      'wrap key' when encrypting.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'decrypt' or
      'unwrap key' when decrypting.

4.2.1.  Security Considerations for AES-CCM

   When using AES-CCM, the following restrictions MUST be enforced:

   *  The key and nonce pair MUST be unique for every message encrypted.
      Note that the value of L influences the number of unique nonces.

   *  The total number of times the AES block cipher is used MUST NOT
      exceed 2^61 operations.  This limitation is the sum of times the
      block cipher is used in computing the MAC value and in performing
      stream encryption operations.  An explicit check is required only
      in environments where it is expected that it might be exceeded.

   *  [I-D.ietf-quic-tls] contains an analysis on the use of AES-CCM in
      that environment.  Based on that reommendation, one should
      restrict the number of messages encrypted to 2^23.  If one is
      using the 64-bit tag, then the limits are signficantly smaller if
      one wants to keep the same integrity limits.  A protocol
      recommending this needs to analysis what level of integrity is
      acceptable for the smaller tag size.  It may be that to keep the
      desired integrity one needs to re-key as often as every 2^7
      messages.

   *  In addition to the number of messages successfully decrypted, the
      number of failed decryptions needs to be kept as well.  If the
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   [RFC3610] additionally calls out one other consideration of note.  It
   is possible to do a pre-computation attack against the algorithm in
   cases where portions of the plaintext are highly predictable.  This
   reduces the security of the key size by half.  Ways to deal with this
   attack include adding a random portion to the nonce value and/or
   increasing the key size used.  Using a portion of the nonce for a
   random value will decrease the number of messages that a single key
   can be used for.  Increasing the key size may require more resources
   in the constrained device.  See Sections 5 and 10 of [RFC3610] for
   more information.

4.3.  ChaCha20 and Poly1305

   ChaCha20 and Poly1305 combined together is an AEAD mode that is
   defined in [RFC8439].  This is an algorithm defined to be a cipher
   that is not AES and thus would not suffer from any future weaknesses
   found in AES.  These cryptographic functions are designed to be fast
   in software-only implementations.

   The ChaCha20/Poly1305 AEAD construction defined in [RFC8439] has no
   parameterization.  It takes a 256-bit key and a 96-bit nonce, as well
   as the plaintext and additional data as inputs and produces the
   ciphertext as an option.  We define one algorithm identifier for this
   algorithm in Table 7.

         +===================+=======+==========================+
         | Name              | Value | Description              |
         +===================+=======+==========================+
         | ChaCha20/Poly1305 | 24    | ChaCha20/Poly1305 w/     |
         |                   |       | 256-bit key, 128-bit tag |
         +-------------------+-------+--------------------------+

              Table 7: Algorithm Value for ChaCha20/Poly1305

   Keys may be obtained either from a key structure or from a recipient
   structure.  Implementations encrypting and decrypting MUST validate
   that the key type, key length, and algorithm are correct and
   appropriate for the entities involved.

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:

   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'Symmetric'.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the ChaCha20/Poly1305
      algorithm being used.





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   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'encrypt' or
      'wrap key' when encrypting.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'decrypt' or
      'unwrap key' when decrypting.

4.3.1.  Security Considerations for ChaCha20/Poly1305

   The key and nonce values MUST be a unique pair for every invocation
   of the algorithm.  Nonce counters are considered to be an acceptable
   way of ensuring that they are unique.

   A more recent analysis in [ROBUST] indicates that the the number of
   failed decryptions needs to be taken into account as part determining
   when a key roll-over is to be done.  Following the recommendation of
   for DTLS, the number of failed message decryptions should be limited
   to 2^36.

   [I-D.ietf-quic-tls] recommends that no more than 2^24.5 messages be
   encrypted under a single key.

5.  Key Derivation Functions (KDFs)

   Section 9.4 of [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct] contains a generic
   description of Key Derivation Functions.  This document defines a
   single context structure and a single KDF.  These elements are used
   for all of the recipient algorithms defined in this document that
   require a KDF process.  These algorithms are defined in Sections
   6.1.2, 6.3.1, and 6.4.1.

5.1.  HMAC-Based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF)

   The HKDF key derivation algorithm is defined in [RFC5869][HKDF].

   The HKDF algorithm takes these inputs:

      secret -- a shared value that is secret.  Secrets may be either
      previously shared or derived from operations like a Diffie-Hellman
      (DH) key agreement.












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      salt -- an optional value that is used to change the generation
      process.  The salt value can be either public or private.  If the
      salt is public and carried in the message, then the 'salt'
      algorithm header parameter defined in Table 9 is used.  While
      [RFC5869] suggests that the length of the salt be the same as the
      length of the underlying hash value, any positive salt length will
      improve the security as different key values will be generated.
      This parameter is protected by being included in the key
      computation and does not need to be separately authenticated.  The
      salt value does not need to be unique for every message sent.

      length -- the number of bytes of output that need to be generated.

      context information -- Information that describes the context in
      which the resulting value will be used.  Making this information
      specific to the context in which the material is going to be used
      ensures that the resulting material will always be tied to that
      usage.  The context structure defined in Section 5.2 is used by
      the KDFs in this document.

      PRF -- The underlying pseudorandom function to be used in the HKDF
      algorithm.  The PRF is encoded into the HKDF algorithm selection.

   HKDF is defined to use HMAC as the underlying PRF.  However, it is
   possible to use other functions in the same construct to provide a
   different KDF that is more appropriate in the constrained world.
   Specifically, one can use AES-CBC-MAC as the PRF for the expand step,
   but not for the extract step.  When using a good random shared secret
   of the correct length, the extract step can be skipped.  For the AES
   algorithm versions, the extract step is always skipped.

   The extract step cannot be skipped if the secret is not uniformly
   random, for example, if it is the result of an ECDH key agreement
   step.  This implies that the AES HKDF version cannot be used with
   ECDH.  If the extract step is skipped, the 'salt' value is not used
   as part of the HKDF functionality.

   The algorithms defined in this document are found in Table 8.













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       +==============+===================+========================+
       | Name         | PRF               | Description            |
       +==============+===================+========================+
       | HKDF SHA-256 | HMAC with SHA-256 | HKDF using HMAC        |
       |              |                   | SHA-256 as the PRF     |
       +--------------+-------------------+------------------------+
       | HKDF SHA-512 | HMAC with SHA-512 | HKDF using HMAC        |
       |              |                   | SHA-512 as the PRF     |
       +--------------+-------------------+------------------------+
       | HKDF AES-    | AES-CBC-MAC-128   | HKDF using AES-MAC as  |
       | MAC-128      |                   | the PRF w/ 128-bit key |
       +--------------+-------------------+------------------------+
       | HKDF AES-    | AES-CBC-MAC-256   | HKDF using AES-MAC as  |
       | MAC-256      |                   | the PRF w/ 256-bit key |
       +--------------+-------------------+------------------------+

                          Table 8: HKDF Algorithms

    +======+=======+======+============================+=============+
    | Name | Label | Type | Algorithm                  | Description |
    +======+=======+======+============================+=============+
    | salt | -20   | bstr | direct+HKDF-SHA-256,       | Random salt |
    |      |       |      | direct+HKDF-SHA-512,       |             |
    |      |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-128,       |             |
    |      |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-256, ECDH- |             |
    |      |       |      | ES+HKDF-256, ECDH-ES+HKDF- |             |
    |      |       |      | 512, ECDH-SS+HKDF-256,     |             |
    |      |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-512, ECDH-    |             |
    |      |       |      | ES+A128KW, ECDH-ES+A192KW, |             |
    |      |       |      | ECDH-ES+A256KW, ECDH-      |             |
    |      |       |      | SS+A128KW, ECDH-SS+A192KW, |             |
    |      |       |      | ECDH-SS+A256KW             |             |
    +------+-------+------+----------------------------+-------------+

                    Table 9: HKDF Algorithm Parameters

5.2.  Context Information Structure

   The context information structure is used to ensure that the derived
   keying material is "bound" to the context of the transaction.  The
   context information structure used here is based on that defined in
   [SP800-56A].  By using CBOR for the encoding of the context
   information structure, we automatically get the same type and length
   separation of fields that is obtained by the use of ASN.1.  This
   means that there is no need to encode the lengths for the base
   elements, as it is done by the encoding used in JOSE (Section 4.6.2
   of [RFC7518]).




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   The context information structure refers to PartyU and PartyV as the
   two parties that are doing the key derivation.  Unless the
   application protocol defines differently, we assign PartyU to the
   entity that is creating the message and PartyV to the entity that is
   receiving the message.  By doing this association, different keys
   will be derived for each direction as the context information is
   different in each direction.

   The context structure is built from information that is known to both
   entities.  This information can be obtained from a variety of
   sources:

   *  Fields can be defined by the application.  This is commonly used
      to assign fixed names to parties, but it can be used for other
      items such as nonces.

   *  Fields can be defined by usage of the output.  Examples of this
      are the algorithm and key size that are being generated.

   *  Fields can be defined by parameters from the message.  We define a
      set of header parameters in Table 10 that can be used to carry the
      values associated with the context structure.  Examples of this
      are identities and nonce values.  These header parameters are
      designed to be placed in the unprotected bucket of the recipient
      structure; they do not need to be in the protected bucket since
      they already are included in the cryptographic computation by
      virtue of being included in the context structure.

   +==========+=======+======+===========================+=============+
   | Name     | Label | Type | Algorithm                 | Description |
   +==========+=======+======+===========================+=============+
   | PartyU   | -21   | bstr | direct+HKDF-SHA-256,      | Party U     |
   | identity |       |      | direct+HKDF-SHA-512,      | identity    |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-128,      | information |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-256,      |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A256KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A256KW            |             |
   +----------+-------+------+---------------------------+-------------+
   | PartyU   | -22   | bstr | direct+HKDF-SHA-256,      | Party U     |
   | nonce    |       | /    | direct+HKDF-SHA-512,      | provided    |



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   |          |       | int  | direct+HKDF-AES-128,      | nonce       |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-256,      |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A256KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A256KW            |             |
   +----------+-------+------+---------------------------+-------------+
   | PartyU   | -23   | bstr | direct+HKDF-SHA-256,      | Party U     |
   | other    |       |      | direct+HKDF-SHA-512,      | other       |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-128,      | provided    |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-256,      | information |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A256KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A256KW            |             |
   +----------+-------+------+---------------------------+-------------+
   | PartyV   | -24   | bstr | direct+HKDF-SHA-256,      | Party V     |
   | identity |       |      | direct+HKDF-SHA-512,      | identity    |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-128,      | information |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-256,      |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A256KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A256KW            |             |
   +----------+-------+------+---------------------------+-------------+
   | PartyV   | -25   | bstr | direct+HKDF-SHA-256,      | Party V     |
   | nonce    |       | /    | direct+HKDF-SHA-512,      | provided    |
   |          |       | int  | direct+HKDF-AES-128,      | nonce       |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-256,      |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-256,         |             |



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   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A256KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A256KW            |             |
   +----------+-------+------+---------------------------+-------------+
   | PartyV   | -26   | bstr | direct+HKDF-SHA-256,      | Party V     |
   | other    |       |      | direct+HKDF-SHA-512,      | other       |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-128,      | provided    |
   |          |       |      | direct+HKDF-AES-256,      | information |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-256,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+HKDF-512,         |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-ES+A256KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A128KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A192KW,           |             |
   |          |       |      | ECDH-SS+A256KW            |             |
   +----------+-------+------+---------------------------+-------------+

                   Table 10: Context Algorithm Parameters

   We define a CBOR object to hold the context information.  This object
   is referred to as COSE_KDF_Context.  The object is based on a CBOR
   array type.  The fields in the array are:

   AlgorithmID:  This field indicates the algorithm for which the key
      material will be used.  This normally is either a key wrap
      algorithm identifier or a content encryption algorithm identifier.
      The values are from the "COSE Algorithms" registry.  This field is
      required to be present.  The field exists in the context
      information so that a different key is generated for each
      algorithm even of all of the other context information is the
      same.  In practice, this means if algorithm A is broken and thus
      finding the key is relatively easy, the key derived for algorithm
      B will not be the same as the key derived for algorithm A.

   PartyUInfo:  This field holds information about party U.  The
      PartyUInfo is encoded as a CBOR array.  The elements of PartyUInfo
      are encoded in the order presented below.  The elements of the
      PartyUInfo array are:




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      identity:  This contains the identity information for party U.
         The identities can be assigned in one of two manners.  First, a
         protocol can assign identities based on roles.  For example,
         the roles of "client" and "server" may be assigned to different
         entities in the protocol.  Each entity would then use the
         correct label for the data they send or receive.  The second
         way for a protocol to assign identities is to use a name based
         on a naming system (i.e., DNS, X.509 names).

         We define an algorithm parameter 'PartyU identity' that can be
         used to carry identity information in the message.  However,
         identity information is often known as part of the protocol and
         can thus be inferred rather than made explicit.  If identity
         information is carried in the message, applications SHOULD have
         a way of validating the supplied identity information.  The
         identity information does not need to be specified and is set
         to nil in that case.

      nonce:  This contains a nonce value.  The nonce can either be
         implicit from the protocol or be carried as a value in the
         unprotected header bucket.

         We define an algorithm parameter 'PartyU nonce' that can be
         used to carry this value in the message; however, the nonce
         value could be determined by the application and the value
         determined from elsewhere.

         This option does not need to be specified and is set to nil in
         that case.

      other:  This contains other information that is defined by the
         protocol.  This option does not need to be specified and is set
         to nil in that case.

   PartyVInfo:  This field holds information about party V.  The content
      of the structure is the same as for the PartyUInfo but for party
      V.

   SuppPubInfo:  This field contains public information that is mutually
      known to both parties.

      keyDataLength:  This is set to the number of bits of the desired
         output value.  This practice means if algorithm A can use two
         different key lengths, the key derived for longer key size will
         not contain the key for shorter key size as a prefix.

      protected:  This field contains the protected parameter field.  If




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         there are no elements in the protected field, then use a zero-
         length bstr.

      other:  This field is for free form data defined by the
         application.  An example is that an application could define
         two different byte strings to be placed here to generate
         different keys for a data stream versus a control stream.  This
         field is optional and will only be present if the application
         defines a structure for this information.  Applications that
         define this SHOULD use CBOR to encode the data so that types
         and lengths are correctly included.

   SuppPrivInfo:  This field contains private information that is
      mutually known private information.  An example of this
      information would be a preexisting shared secret.  (This could,
      for example, be used in combination with an ECDH key agreement to
      provide a secondary proof of identity.)  The field is optional and
      will only be present if the application defines a structure for
      this information.  Applications that define this SHOULD use CBOR
      to encode the data so that types and lengths are correctly
      included.

   The following CDDL fragment corresponds to the text above.

   PartyInfo = (
       identity : bstr / nil,
       nonce : bstr / int / nil,
       other : bstr / nil
   )

   COSE_KDF_Context = [
       AlgorithmID : int / tstr,
       PartyUInfo : [ PartyInfo ],
       PartyVInfo : [ PartyInfo ],
       SuppPubInfo : [
           keyDataLength : uint,
           protected : empty_or_serialized_map,
           ? other : bstr
       ],
       ? SuppPrivInfo : bstr
   ]

6.  Content Key Distribution Methods

   Section 9.5 of [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct] contains a generic
   description of content key distribution methods.  This document
   defines the identifiers and usage for a number of content key
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6.1.  Direct Encryption

   Direct encryption algorithm is defined in Section 9.5.1 of
   [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct].  Information about how to fill in
   the COSE_Recipient structure are detailed there.

6.1.1.  Direct Key

   This recipient algorithm is the simplest; the identified key is
   directly used as the key for the next layer down in the message.
   There are no algorithm parameters defined for this algorithm.  The
   algorithm identifier value is assigned in Table 11.

   When this algorithm is used, the protected field MUST be zero length.
   The key type MUST be 'Symmetric'.

                  +========+=======+===================+
                  | Name   | Value | Description       |
                  +========+=======+===================+
                  | direct | -6    | Direct use of CEK |
                  +--------+-------+-------------------+

                           Table 11: Direct Key

6.1.1.1.  Security Considerations for Direct Key

   This recipient algorithm has several potential problems that need to
   be considered:

   *  These keys need to have some method to be regularly updated over
      time.  All of the content encryption algorithms specified in this
      document have limits on how many times a key can be used without
      significant loss of security.

   *  These keys need to be dedicated to a single algorithm.  There have
      been a number of attacks developed over time when a single key is
      used for multiple different algorithms.  One example of this is
      the use of a single key for both the CBC encryption mode and the
      CBC-MAC authentication mode.

   *  Breaking one message means all messages are broken.  If an
      adversary succeeds in determining the key for a single message,
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6.1.2.  Direct Key with KDF

   These recipient algorithms take a common shared secret between the
   two parties and applies the HKDF function (Section 5.1), using the
   context structure defined in Section 5.2 to transform the shared
   secret into the CEK.  The 'protected' field can be of non-zero
   length.  Either the 'salt' parameter of HKDF or the 'PartyU nonce'
   parameter of the context structure MUST be present.  The salt/nonce
   parameter can be generated either randomly or deterministically.  The
   requirement is that it be a unique value for the shared secret in
   question.

   If the salt/nonce value is generated randomly, then it is suggested
   that the length of the random value be the same length as the output
   of the hash function underlying HKDF.  While there is no way to
   guarantee that it will be unique, there is a high probability that it
   will be unique.  If the salt/nonce value is generated
   deterministically, it can be guaranteed to be unique, and thus there
   is no length requirement.

   A new IV must be used for each message if the same key is used.  The
   IV can be modified in a predictable manner, a random manner, or an
   unpredictable manner (i.e., encrypting a counter).

   The IV used for a key can also be generated from the same HKDF
   functionality as the key is generated.  If HKDF is used for
   generating the IV, the algorithm identifier is set to "IV-
   GENERATION".

   The set of algorithms defined in this document can be found in
   Table 12.




















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   +=====================+=======+==============+=====================+
   | Name                | Value | KDF          | Description         |
   +=====================+=======+==============+=====================+
   | direct+HKDF-SHA-256 | -10   | HKDF SHA-256 | Shared secret w/    |
   |                     |       |              | HKDF and SHA-256    |
   +---------------------+-------+--------------+---------------------+
   | direct+HKDF-SHA-512 | -11   | HKDF SHA-512 | Shared secret w/    |
   |                     |       |              | HKDF and SHA-512    |
   +---------------------+-------+--------------+---------------------+
   | direct+HKDF-AES-128 | -12   | HKDF AES-    | Shared secret w/    |
   |                     |       | MAC-128      | AES-MAC 128-bit key |
   +---------------------+-------+--------------+---------------------+
   | direct+HKDF-AES-256 | -13   | HKDF AES-    | Shared secret w/    |
   |                     |       | MAC-256      | AES-MAC 256-bit key |
   +---------------------+-------+--------------+---------------------+

                      Table 12: Direct Key with KDF

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:

   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'Symmetric'.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the algorithm being
      used.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'deriveKey' or
      'deriveBits'.

6.1.2.1.  Security Considerations for Direct Key with KDF

   The shared secret needs to have some method to be regularly updated
   over time.  The shared secret forms the basis of trust.  Although not
   used directly, it should still be subject to scheduled rotation.

   While these methods do not provide for perfect forward secrecy, as
   the same shared secret is used for all of the keys generated, if the
   key for any single message is discovered, only the message (or series
   of messages) using that derived key are compromised.  A new key
   derivation step will generate a new key that requires the same amount
   of work to get the key.

6.2.  Key Wrap

   Key wrap is defined in Section 9.5.1 of
   [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct].  Information about how to fill in
   the COSE_Recipient structure is detailed there.




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6.2.1.  AES Key Wrap

   The AES Key Wrap algorithm is defined in [RFC3394].  This algorithm
   uses an AES key to wrap a value that is a multiple of 64 bits.  As
   such, it can be used to wrap a key for any of the content encryption
   algorithms defined in this document.  The algorithm requires a single
   fixed parameter, the initial value.  This is fixed to the value
   specified in Section 2.2.3.1 of [RFC3394].  There are no public key
   parameters that vary on a per-invocation basis.  The protected header
   bucket MUST be empty.

   Keys may be obtained either from a key structure or from a recipient
   structure.  Implementations encrypting and decrypting MUST validate
   that the key type, key length, and algorithm are correct and
   appropriate for the entities involved.

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:

   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'Symmetric'.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the AES Key Wrap
      algorithm being used.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'encrypt' or
      'wrap key' when encrypting.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'decrypt' or
      'unwrap key' when decrypting.

        +========+=======+==========+=============================+
        | Name   | Value | Key Size | Description                 |
        +========+=======+==========+=============================+
        | A128KW | -3    | 128      | AES Key Wrap w/ 128-bit key |
        +--------+-------+----------+-----------------------------+
        | A192KW | -4    | 192      | AES Key Wrap w/ 192-bit key |
        +--------+-------+----------+-----------------------------+
        | A256KW | -5    | 256      | AES Key Wrap w/ 256-bit key |
        +--------+-------+----------+-----------------------------+

                  Table 13: AES Key Wrap Algorithm Values

6.2.1.1.  Security Considerations for AES-KW

   The shared secret needs to have some method to be regularly updated
   over time.  The shared secret is the basis of trust.





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6.3.  Direct Key Agreement

   Key Transport is defined in Section 9.5.4 of
   [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct].  Information about how to fill in
   the COSE_Recipient structure is detailed there.

6.3.1.  Direct ECDH

   The mathematics for ECDH can be found in [RFC6090].  In this
   document, the algorithm is extended to be used with the two curves
   defined in [RFC7748].

   ECDH is parameterized by the following:

   *  Curve Type/Curve: The curve selected controls not only the size of
      the shared secret, but the mathematics for computing the shared
      secret.  The curve selected also controls how a point in the curve
      is represented and what happens for the identity points on the
      curve.  In this specification, we allow for a number of different
      curves to be used.  A set of curves are defined in Table 18.

      The math used to obtain the computed secret is based on the curve
      selected and not on the ECDH algorithm.  For this reason, a new
      algorithm does not need to be defined for each of the curves.

   *  Computed Secret to Shared Secret: Once the computed secret is
      known, the resulting value needs to be converted to a byte string
      to run the KDF.  The x-coordinate is used for all of the curves
      defined in this document.  For curves X25519 and X448, the
      resulting value is used directly as it is a byte string of a known
      length.  For the P-256, P-384, and P-521 curves, the x-coordinate
      is run through the I2OSP function defined in [RFC8017], using the
      same computation for n as is defined in Section 2.1.

   *  Ephemeral-Static or Static-Static: The key agreement process may
      be done using either a static or an ephemeral key for the sender's
      side.  When using ephemeral keys, the sender MUST generate a new
      ephemeral key for every key agreement operation.  The ephemeral
      key is placed in the 'ephemeral key' parameter and MUST be present
      for all algorithm identifiers that use ephemeral keys.  When using
      static keys, the sender MUST either generate a new random value or
      create a unique value.  For the KDFs used, this means either the
      'salt' parameter for HKDF (Table 9) or the 'PartyU nonce'
      parameter for the context structure (Table 10) MUST be present
      (both can be present if desired).  The value in the parameter MUST
      be unique for the pair of keys being used.  It is acceptable to
      use a global counter that is incremented for every static-static
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      the counter is saved to permanent storage in a way to avoid reuse
      of that counter value.  When using static keys, the static key
      should be identified to the recipient.  The static key can be
      identified either by providing the key ('static key') or by
      providing a key identifier for the static key ('static key id').
      Both of these header parameters are defined in Table 15.

   *  Key Derivation Algorithm: The result of an ECDH key agreement
      process does not provide a uniformly random secret.  As such, it
      needs to be run through a KDF in order to produce a usable key.
      Processing the secret through a KDF also allows for the
      introduction of context material: how the key is going to be used
      and one-time material for static-static key agreement.  All of the
      algorithms defined in this document use one of the HKDF algorithms
      defined in Section 5.1 with the context structure defined in
      Section 5.2.

   *  Key Wrap Algorithm: No key wrap algorithm is used.  This is
      represented in Table 14 as 'none'.  The key size for the context
      structure is the content layer encryption algorithm size.

   COSE does not have an Ephemeral-Ephemeral version defined.  The
   reason for this is that COSE is not an online protocol by itself and
   thus does not have a method to establish ephemeral secrets on both
   sides.  The expectation is that a protocol would establish the
   secrets for both sides, and then they would be used as static-static
   for the purposes of COSE, or that the protocol would generate a
   shared secret and a direct encryption would be used.

   The set of direct ECDH algorithms defined in this document are found
   in Table 14.




















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   +===========+=======+=========+============+======+=================+
   | Name      | Value | KDF     | Ephemeral- | Key  | Description     |
   |           |       |         | Static     | Wrap |                 |
   +===========+=======+=========+============+======+=================+
   | ECDH-ES   | -25   | HKDF -  | yes        | none | ECDH ES w/ HKDF |
   | +         |       | SHA-256 |            |      | - generate key  |
   | HKDF-256  |       |         |            |      | directly        |
   +-----------+-------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+
   | ECDH-ES   | -26   | HKDF -  | yes        | none | ECDH ES w/ HKDF |
   | +         |       | SHA-512 |            |      | - generate key  |
   | HKDF-512  |       |         |            |      | directly        |
   +-----------+-------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+
   | ECDH-SS   | -27   | HKDF -  | no         | none | ECDH SS w/ HKDF |
   | +         |       | SHA-256 |            |      | - generate key  |
   | HKDF-256  |       |         |            |      | directly        |
   +-----------+-------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+
   | ECDH-SS   | -28   | HKDF -  | no         | none | ECDH SS w/ HKDF |
   | +         |       | SHA-512 |            |      | - generate key  |
   | HKDF-512  |       |         |            |      | directly        |
   +-----------+-------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+

                      Table 14: ECDH Algorithm Values

    +===========+=======+==========+===================+=============+
    | Name      | Label | Type     | Algorithm         | Description |
    +===========+=======+==========+===================+=============+
    | ephemeral | -1    | COSE_Key | ECDH-ES+HKDF-256, | Ephemeral   |
    | key       |       |          | ECDH-ES+HKDF-512, | public key  |
    |           |       |          | ECDH-ES+A128KW,   | for the     |
    |           |       |          | ECDH-ES+A192KW,   | sender      |
    |           |       |          | ECDH-ES+A256KW    |             |
    +-----------+-------+----------+-------------------+-------------+
    | static    | -2    | COSE_Key | ECDH-SS+HKDF-256, | Static      |
    | key       |       |          | ECDH-SS+HKDF-512, | public key  |
    |           |       |          | ECDH-SS+A128KW,   | for the     |
    |           |       |          | ECDH-SS+A192KW,   | sender      |
    |           |       |          | ECDH-SS+A256KW    |             |
    +-----------+-------+----------+-------------------+-------------+
    | static    | -3    | bstr     | ECDH-SS+HKDF-256, | Static      |
    | key id    |       |          | ECDH-SS+HKDF-512, | public key  |
    |           |       |          | ECDH-SS+A128KW,   | identifier  |
    |           |       |          | ECDH-SS+A192KW,   | for the     |
    |           |       |          | ECDH-SS+A256KW    | sender      |
    +-----------+-------+----------+-------------------+-------------+

                   Table 15: ECDH Algorithm Parameters





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   This document defines these algorithms to be used with the curves
   P-256, P-384, P-521, X25519, and X448.  Implementations MUST verify
   that the key type and curve are correct.  Different curves are
   restricted to different key types.  Implementations MUST verify that
   the curve and algorithm are appropriate for the entities involved.

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:

   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'EC2' or 'OKP'.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the key agreement
      algorithm being used.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'derive key' or
      'derive bits' for the private key.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST be empty for the public
      key.

6.3.1.1.  Security Considerations for ECDH

   There is a method of checking that points provided from external
   entities are valid.  For the 'EC2' key format, this can be done by
   checking that the x and y values form a point on the curve.  For the
   'OKP' format, there is no simple way to do point validation.

   Consideration was given to requiring that the public keys of both
   entities be provided as part of the key derivation process (as
   recommended in Section 6.4 of [RFC7748]).  This was not done as COSE
   is used in a store and forward format rather than in online key
   exchange.  In order for this to be a problem, either the receiver
   public key has to be chosen maliciously or the sender has to be
   malicious.  In either case, all security evaporates anyway.

   A proof of possession of the private key associated with the public
   key is recommended when a key is moved from untrusted to trusted
   (either by the end user or by the entity that is responsible for
   making trust statements on keys).

6.4.  Key Agreement with Key Wrap

   Key Agreement with Key Wrap is defined in Section 9.5.5 of
   [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct].  Information about how to fill in
   the COSE_Recipient structure are detailed there.






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6.4.1.  ECDH with Key Wrap

   These algorithms are defined in Table 16.

   ECDH with Key Agreement is parameterized by the same header
   parameters as for ECDH; see Section 6.3.1, with the following
   modifications:

   *  Key Wrap Algorithm: Any of the key wrap algorithms defined in
      Section 6.2 are supported.  The size of the key used for the key
      wrap algorithm is fed into the KDF.  The set of identifiers are
      found in Table 16.







































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   +=========+=======+=========+============+========+================+
   | Name    | Value | KDF     | Ephemeral- | Key    | Description    |
   |         |       |         | Static     | Wrap   |                |
   +=========+=======+=========+============+========+================+
   | ECDH-ES | -29   | HKDF -  | yes        | A128KW | ECDH ES w/     |
   | +       |       | SHA-256 |            |        | Concat KDF and |
   | A128KW  |       |         |            |        | AES Key Wrap   |
   |         |       |         |            |        | w/ 128-bit key |
   +---------+-------+---------+------------+--------+----------------+
   | ECDH-ES | -30   | HKDF -  | yes        | A192KW | ECDH ES w/     |
   | +       |       | SHA-256 |            |        | Concat KDF and |
   | A192KW  |       |         |            |        | AES Key Wrap   |
   |         |       |         |            |        | w/ 192-bit key |
   +---------+-------+---------+------------+--------+----------------+
   | ECDH-ES | -31   | HKDF -  | yes        | A256KW | ECDH ES w/     |
   | +       |       | SHA-256 |            |        | Concat KDF and |
   | A256KW  |       |         |            |        | AES Key Wrap   |
   |         |       |         |            |        | w/ 256-bit key |
   +---------+-------+---------+------------+--------+----------------+
   | ECDH-SS | -32   | HKDF -  | no         | A128KW | ECDH SS w/     |
   | +       |       | SHA-256 |            |        | Concat KDF and |
   | A128KW  |       |         |            |        | AES Key Wrap   |
   |         |       |         |            |        | w/ 128-bit key |
   +---------+-------+---------+------------+--------+----------------+
   | ECDH-SS | -33   | HKDF -  | no         | A192KW | ECDH SS w/     |
   | +       |       | SHA-256 |            |        | Concat KDF and |
   | A192KW  |       |         |            |        | AES Key Wrap   |
   |         |       |         |            |        | w/ 192-bit key |
   +---------+-------+---------+------------+--------+----------------+
   | ECDH-SS | -34   | HKDF -  | no         | A256KW | ECDH SS w/     |
   | +       |       | SHA-256 |            |        | Concat KDF and |
   | A256KW  |       |         |            |        | AES Key Wrap   |
   |         |       |         |            |        | w/ 256-bit key |
   +---------+-------+---------+------------+--------+----------------+

              Table 16: ECDH Algorithm Values with Key Wrap

   When using a COSE key for this algorithm, the following checks are
   made:

   *  The 'kty' field MUST be present, and it MUST be 'EC2' or 'OKP'.

   *  If the 'alg' field is present, it MUST match the key agreement
      algorithm being used.

   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST include 'derive key' or
      'derive bits' for the private key.




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   *  If the 'key_ops' field is present, it MUST be empty for the public
      key.

7.  Key Object Parameters

   The COSE_Key object defines a way to hold a single key object.  It is
   still required that the members of individual key types be defined.
   This section of the document is where we define an initial set of
   members for specific key types.

   For each of the key types, we define both public and private members.
   The public members are what is transmitted to others for their usage.
   Private members allow for the archival of keys by individuals.
   However, there are some circumstances in which private keys may be
   distributed to entities in a protocol.  Examples include: entities
   that have poor random number generation, centralized key creation for
   multi-cast type operations, and protocols in which a shared secret is
   used as a bearer token for authorization purposes.

   Key types are identified by the 'kty' member of the COSE_Key object.
   In this document, we define four values for the member:

             +===========+=======+==========================+
             | Name      | Value | Description              |
             +===========+=======+==========================+
             | OKP       | 1     | Octet Key Pair           |
             +-----------+-------+--------------------------+
             | EC2       | 2     | Elliptic Curve Keys w/   |
             |           |       | x- and y-coordinate pair |
             +-----------+-------+--------------------------+
             | Symmetric | 4     | Symmetric Keys           |
             +-----------+-------+--------------------------+
             | Reserved  | 0     | This value is reserved   |
             +-----------+-------+--------------------------+

                        Table 17: Key Type Values

7.1.  Elliptic Curve Keys

   Two different key structures are defined for elliptic curve keys.
   One version uses both an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate, potentially
   with point compression ('EC2').  This is the traditional EC point
   representation that is used in [RFC5480].  The other version uses
   only the x-coordinate as the y-coordinate is either to be recomputed
   or not needed for the key agreement operation ('OKP').

   Applications MUST check that the curve and the key type are
   consistent and reject a key if they are not.



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    +=========+=======+==========+====================================+
    | Name    | Value | Key Type | Description                        |
    +=========+=======+==========+====================================+
    | P-256   | 1     | EC2      | NIST P-256 also known as secp256r1 |
    +---------+-------+----------+------------------------------------+
    | P-384   | 2     | EC2      | NIST P-384 also known as secp384r1 |
    +---------+-------+----------+------------------------------------+
    | P-521   | 3     | EC2      | NIST P-521 also known as secp521r1 |
    +---------+-------+----------+------------------------------------+
    | X25519  | 4     | OKP      | X25519 for use w/ ECDH only        |
    +---------+-------+----------+------------------------------------+
    | X448    | 5     | OKP      | X448 for use w/ ECDH only          |
    +---------+-------+----------+------------------------------------+
    | Ed25519 | 6     | OKP      | Ed25519 for use w/ EdDSA only      |
    +---------+-------+----------+------------------------------------+
    | Ed448   | 7     | OKP      | Ed448 for use w/ EdDSA only        |
    +---------+-------+----------+------------------------------------+

                         Table 18: Elliptic Curves

7.1.1.  Double Coordinate Curves

   The traditional way of sending ECs has been to send either both the
   x-coordinate and y-coordinate or the x-coordinate and a sign bit for
   the y-coordinate.  The latter encoding has not been recommended in
   the IETF due to potential IPR issues.  However, for operations in
   constrained environments, the ability to shrink a message by not
   sending the y-coordinate is potentially useful.

   For EC keys with both coordinates, the 'kty' member is set to 2
   (EC2).  The key parameters defined in this section are summarized in
   Table 19.  The members that are defined for this key type are:

   crv:  This contains an identifier of the curve to be used with the
        key.  The curves defined in this document for this key type can
        be found in Table 18.  Other curves may be registered in the
        future, and private curves can be used as well.

   x:   This contains the x-coordinate for the EC point.  The integer is
        converted to a byte string as defined in [SEC1].  Leading zero
        octets MUST be preserved.

   y:   This contains either the sign bit or the value of the
        y-coordinate for the EC point.  When encoding the value y, the
        integer is converted to an byte string (as defined in [SEC1])
        and encoded as a CBOR bstr.  Leading zero octets MUST be
        preserved.  The compressed point encoding is also supported.
        Compute the sign bit as laid out in the Elliptic-Curve-Point-to-



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        Octet-String Conversion function of [SEC1].  If the sign bit is
        zero, then encode y as a CBOR false value; otherwise, encode y
        as a CBOR true value.  The encoding of the infinity point is not
        supported.

   d:   This contains the private key.

   For public keys, it is REQUIRED that 'crv', 'x', and 'y' be present
   in the structure.  For private keys, it is REQUIRED that 'crv' and
   'd' be present in the structure.  For private keys, it is RECOMMENDED
   that 'x' and 'y' also be present, but they can be recomputed from the
   required elements and omitting them saves on space.

    +======+======+=======+========+=================================+
    | Key  | Name | Label | CBOR   | Description                     |
    | Type |      |       | Type   |                                 |
    +======+======+=======+========+=================================+
    | 2    | crv  | -1    | int /  | EC identifier - Taken from the  |
    |      |      |       | tstr   | "COSE Elliptic Curves" registry |
    +------+------+-------+--------+---------------------------------+
    | 2    | x    | -2    | bstr   | x-coordinate                    |
    +------+------+-------+--------+---------------------------------+
    | 2    | y    | -3    | bstr / | y-coordinate                    |
    |      |      |       | bool   |                                 |
    +------+------+-------+--------+---------------------------------+
    | 2    | d    | -4    | bstr   | Private key                     |
    +------+------+-------+--------+---------------------------------+

                       Table 19: EC Key Parameters

7.2.  Octet Key Pair

   A new key type is defined for Octet Key Pairs (OKP).  Do not assume
   that keys using this type are elliptic curves.  This key type could
   be used for other curve types (for example, mathematics based on
   hyper-elliptic surfaces).

   The key parameters defined in this section are summarized in
   Table 20.  The members that are defined for this key type are:

   crv:  This contains an identifier of the curve to be used with the
        key.  The curves defined in this document for this key type can
        be found in Table 18.  Other curves may be registered in the
        future and private curves can be used as well.

   x:   This contains the public key.  The byte string contains the
        public key as defined by the algorithm.  (For X25519, internally
        it is a little-endian integer.)



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   d:   This contains the private key.

   For public keys, it is REQUIRED that 'crv' and 'x' be present in the
   structure.  For private keys, it is REQUIRED that 'crv' and 'd' be
   present in the structure.  For private keys, it is RECOMMENDED that
   'x' also be present, but it can be recomputed from the required
   elements and omitting it saves on space.

   +======+==========+=======+=======+=================================+
   | Name | Key      | Label | Type  | Description                     |
   |      | Type     |       |       |                                 |
   +======+==========+=======+=======+=================================+
   | crv  | 1        | -1    | int / | EC identifier - Taken from the  |
   |      |          |       | tstr  | "COSE Elliptic Curves" registry |
   +------+----------+-------+-------+---------------------------------+
   | x    | 1        | -2    | bstr  | Public Key                      |
   +------+----------+-------+-------+---------------------------------+
   | d    | 1        | -4    | bstr  | Private key                     |
   +------+----------+-------+-------+---------------------------------+

                    Table 20: Octet Key Pair Parameters

7.3.  Symmetric Keys

   Occasionally it is required that a symmetric key be transported
   between entities.  This key structure allows for that to happen.

   For symmetric keys, the 'kty' member is set to 4 ('Symmetric').  The
   member that is defined for this key type is:

   k:  This contains the value of the key.

   This key structure does not have a form that contains only public
   members.  As it is expected that this key structure is going to be
   transmitted, care must be taken that it is never transmitted
   accidentally or insecurely.  For symmetric keys, it is REQUIRED that
   'k' be present in the structure.

             +======+==========+=======+======+=============+
             | Name | Key Type | Label | Type | Description |
             +======+==========+=======+======+=============+
             | k    | 4        | -1    | bstr | Key Value   |
             +------+----------+-------+------+-------------+

                    Table 21: Symmetric Key Parameters






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8.  COSE Capabilities

   There are some situations that have been identified where
   identification of capabilities of an algorithm or a key type need to
   be specified.  One example of this is in
   [I-D.ietf-core-oscore-groupcomm] where the capabilities of the
   counter signature algorithm are mixed into the traffic key derivation
   process.  This has a counterpart in the S/MIME specifications where
   SMIMECapabilities is defined in Section 2.5a.2 of [RFC8551].  This
   document defines the same concept for COSE.

   The algorithm identifier is not included in the capabilities data as
   it should be encoded elsewhere in the message.  The key type
   identifier is included in the capabilities data as it is not expected
   to be encoded elsewhere.

   Two different types of capabilities are defined: capabilities for
   algorithms and capabilities for key type.  Once defined by
   registration with IANA, the list of capabilities for an algorithm or
   key type is immutable.  If it is later found that a new capability is
   needed for a key type or an algorithm, it will require that a new
   code point be assigned to deal with that.  As a general rule, the
   capabilities are going to map to algorithm-specific header parameters
   or key parameters, but they do not need to do so.  An example of this
   is the HSS-LMS key capabilities defined below where the hash
   algorithm used is included.

   The capability structure is an array of values, the values included
   in the structure are dependent on a specific algorithm or key type.
   For algorithm capabilities, the first element should always be a key
   type value if applicable, but the items that are specific to a key
   (for example a curve) should not be included in the algorithm
   capabilities.  This means that if one wishes to enumerate all of the
   capabilities for a device which implements ECDH, it requires that all
   of the combinations of algorithms and key pairs to be specified.  The
   last example of Section 8.3 provides a case where this is done by
   allowing for a cross product to be specified between an array of
   algorithm capabilities and key type capabilities (see ECDH-ES+A25KW
   element).  For a key, the first element should be the key type value.
   While this means that the key type value will be duplicated if both
   an algorithm and key capability are used, the key type is needed in
   order to understand the rest of the values.









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8.1.  Assignments for Existing Algorithms

   For the current set of algorithms in the registry, those in this
   document as well as those in [RFC8230] and [I-D.ietf-cose-hash-sig],
   the capabilities list is an array with one element, the key type
   (from the "COSE Key Types" Registry).  It is expected that future
   registered algorithms could have zero, one, or multiple elements.

8.2.  Assignments for Existing Key Types

   There are a number of pre-existing key types, the following deals
   with creating the capability definition for those structures:

   *  OKP, EC2: The list of capabilities is:

      -  The key type value.  (1 for OKP or 2 for EC2.)

      -  One curve for that key type from the "COSE Elliptic Curve"
         registry.

   *  RSA: The list of capabilities is:

      -  The key type value (3).

   *  Symmetric: The list of capabilities is:

      -  The key type value (4).

   *  HSS-LMS: The list of capabilities is:

      -  The key type value (5),

      -  Algorithm identifier for the underlying hash function from the
         "COSE Algorithms" registry.

8.3.  Examples

   Capabilities can be use in a key derivation process to make sure that
   both sides are using the same parameters.  This is the approach that
   is being used by the group communication KDF in
   [I-D.ietf-core-oscore-groupcomm].  The three examples below show
   different ways that one might include things:

   *  Just an algorithm capability: This is useful if the protocol wants
      to require a specific algorithm such as ECDSA, but it is agnostic
      about which curve is being used.  This does require that the
      algorithm identifier be specified in the protocol.  See the first
      example.



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   *  Just a key type capability: This is useful if the protccol wants
      to require a specific a specific key type and curve, such as
      P-256, but will accept any algorithm using that curve (e.g. both
      ECDSA and ECDH).  See the second example.

   *  Both an algorithm and a key type capability: This is used if the
      protocol needs to nail down all of the options surrounding an
      algorithm E.g.  EdDSA with the curve X25519.  As with the first
      example, the algorithm identifier needs to be specified in the
      protocol.  See the third example which just concatenates the two
      capabilities together.

   Algorithm ECDSA

   0x8102                 / [2 \ EC2 \ ] /

   Key type EC2 with P-256 curve:

   0x820201               / [2 \ EC2 \, 1 \ P-256 \] /

   ECDH-ES + A256KW with an X25519 curve:

   0x8101820104           / [1 \ OKP \],[1 \ OKP \, 4 \ X25519 \] /

   The capabilities can also be used by and entity to advertise what it
   is capabable of doing.  The decoded example below is one of many
   encoding that could be used for that purpose.  Each array element
   includes three fields: the algorithm identifier, one or more
   algorithm capabilities, and one or more key type capabilities.






















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   [
    [-8 / EdDSA /,
      [1 / OKP key type /],
      [
        [1 / OKP /, 6 / Ed25519 / ],
        [1 /OKP/, 7 /Ed448 /]
      ]
    ],
    [-7 / ECDSA with SHA-256/,
      [2 /EC2 key type/],
      [
        [2 /EC2/, 1 /P-256/],
        [2 /EC2/, 3 /P-521/]
      ]
    ],
    [ -31 / ECDH-ES+A256KW/,
      [
        [ 2 /EC2/],
        [1 /OKP/ ]
      ],
      [
        [2 /EC2/, 1 /P-256/],
        [1 /OKP/, 4 / X25519/ ]
      ]
    ],
    [ 1 / A128GCM /,
      [ 4 / Symmetric / ],
      [ 4 / Symmetric /]
    ]
   ]

   Examining the above:

   *  The first element indicates that the entity supports EdDSA with
      curves Ed25519 and Ed448.

   *  The second element indicates that the entity supports ECDSA with
      curves P-256 and P-521.

   *  The third element indicates that the entity support ephemeral-
      static ECDH using AES256 key wrap.  The entity can support the
      P-256 curve with an EC2 key type and the X25519 curve with an OKP
      key type.

   *  The last element indicates that the entity supports AES-GCM of 128
      bits for content encryption.

   The entity does not advertise that it supports any MAC algorithms.



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9.  CBOR Encoding Restrictions

   This document limits the restrictions it imposes on how the CBOR
   Encoder needs to work.  It has been narrowed down to the following
   restrictions:

   *  The restriction applies to the encoding of the COSE_KDF_Context.

   *  Encoding MUST be done using definite lengths and the length of the
      MUST be the minimum possible length.  This means that the integer
      1 is encoded as "0x01" and not "0x1801".

   *  Applications MUST NOT generate messages with the same label used
      twice as a key in a single map.  Applications MUST NOT parse and
      process messages with the same label used twice as a key in a
      single map.  Applications can enforce the parse and process
      requirement by using parsers that will fail the parse step or by
      using parsers that will pass all keys to the application, and the
      application can perform the check for duplicate keys.

10.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to updte ll COSE registeries except for "COSE
   Header Parmeters" and "COSE Key Common Parameters" from [RFC8152] to
   [[This document]].

10.1.  Changes to "COSE Key Types" registry.

   IANA is requested to create a new column in the "COSE Key Types"
   registry.  The new column is to be labeled "Capabilities".  The new
   column is to be populated according the entries in Table 22.

             +=======+===========+==========================+
             | Value | Name      | Capabilities             |
             +=======+===========+==========================+
             | 1     | OKP       | [kty(1), crv]            |
             +-------+-----------+--------------------------+
             | 2     | EC2       | [kty(2), crv]            |
             +-------+-----------+--------------------------+
             | 3     | RSA       | [kty(3)]                 |
             +-------+-----------+--------------------------+
             | 4     | Symmetric | [kty(4)]                 |
             +-------+-----------+--------------------------+
             | 5     | HSS-LMS   | [kty(5), hash algorithm] |
             +-------+-----------+--------------------------+

                     Table 22: Key Type Capabilities




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10.2.  Changes to "COSE Algorithms" registry

   IANA is requested to create a new column in the "COSE Algorithms"
   registry.  The new column is to be labeled "Capabilities".  The new
   column is populated with "[kty]" for all current, non-provisional,
   registrations.  It is expected that the documents which define those
   algorithms will be expanded to include this registration.  If this is
   not done then the Designated Expert should be consulted before final
   registration for this document is done.

   IANA is requested to update the reference column in the "COSE
   Algorithms" registry to include [[This Document]] as a reference for
   all rows where it is not already present.

   IANA is requested to add a new row to the "COSE Algorithms" registry.

   +==========+===============+=============+============+=============+
   |Name      | Value         |Description  | Reference  | Recommended |
   +==========+===============+=============+============+=============+
   |IV        | IV-GENERATION |For doing IV | [[THIS     | No          |
   |Generation|               |generation   | DOCUMENT]] |             |
   |          |               |for symmetric|            |             |
   |          |               |algorithms.  |            |             |
   +----------+---------------+-------------+------------+-------------+

                                  Table 23

   The capabilities column for this registration is to be empty.

10.3.  Changes to the "COSE Key Type Parameters" registry

   IANA is requested to modify the description to "Public Key" for the
   line with "Key Type" of 2 and the "Name" of "x".  See Table 20 which
   has been modified with this change.

10.4.  Expert Review Instructions

   All of the IANA registries established by [RFC8152] are, at least in
   part, defined as expert review.  This section gives some general
   guidelines for what the experts should be looking for, but they are
   being designated as experts for a reason, so they should be given
   substantial latitude.

   Expert reviewers should take into consideration the following points:

   *  Point squatting should be discouraged.  Reviewers are encouraged
      to get sufficient information for registration requests to ensure
      that the usage is not going to duplicate one that is already



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      registered, and that the point is likely to be used in
      deployments.  The zones tagged as private use are intended for
      testing purposes and closed environments; code points in other
      ranges should not be assigned for testing.

   *  Specifications are required for the standards track range of point
      assignment.  Specifications should exist for specification
      required ranges, but early assignment before a specification is
      available is considered to be permissible.  Specifications are
      needed for the first-come, first-serve range if they are expected
      to be used outside of closed environments in an interoperable way.
      When specifications are not provided, the description provided
      needs to have sufficient information to identify what the point is
      being used for.

   *  Experts should take into account the expected usage of fields when
      approving point assignment.  The fact that there is a range for
      standards track documents does not mean that a standards track
      document cannot have points assigned outside of that range.  The
      length of the encoded value should be weighed against how many
      code points of that length are left, the size of device it will be
      used on, and the number of code points left that encode to that
      size.

   *  When algorithms are registered, vanity registrations should be
      discouraged.  One way to do this is to require registrations to
      provide additional documentation on security analysis of the
      algorithm.  Another thing that should be considered is requesting
      an opinion on the algorithm from the Crypto Forum Research Group
      (CFRG).  Algorithms that do not meet the security requirements of
      the community and the messages structures should not be
      registered.

11.  Security Considerations

   There are a number of security considerations that need to be taken
   into account by implementers of this specification.  The security
   considerations that are specific to an individual algorithm are
   placed next to the description of the algorithm.  While some
   considerations have been highlighted here, additional considerations
   may be found in the documents listed in the references.

   Implementations need to protect the private key material for any
   individuals.  There are some cases in this document that need to be
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   *  Using the same key for two different algorithms can leak
      information about the key.  It is therefore recommended that keys
      be restricted to a single algorithm.

   *  Use of 'direct' as a recipient algorithm combined with a second
      recipient algorithm exposes the direct key to the second
      recipient.

   *  Several of the algorithms in this document have limits on the
      number of times that a key can be used without leaking information
      about the key.

   The use of ECDH and direct plus KDF (with no key wrap) will not
   directly lead to the private key being leaked; the one way function
   of the KDF will prevent that.  There is, however, a different issue
   that needs to be addressed.  Having two recipients requires that the
   CEK be shared between two recipients.  The second recipient therefore
   has a CEK that was derived from material that can be used for the
   weak proof of origin.  The second recipient could create a message
   using the same CEK and send it to the first recipient; the first
   recipient would, for either static-static ECDH or direct plus KDF,
   make an assumption that the CEK could be used for proof of origin
   even though it is from the wrong entity.  If the key wrap step is
   added, then no proof of origin is implied and this is not an issue.

   Although it has been mentioned before, the use of a single key for
   multiple algorithms has been demonstrated in some cases to leak
   information about a key, provide the opportunity for attackers to
   forge integrity tags, or gain information about encrypted content.
   Binding a key to a single algorithm prevents these problems.  Key
   creators and key consumers are strongly encouraged not only to create
   new keys for each different algorithm, but to include that selection
   of algorithm in any distribution of key material and strictly enforce
   the matching of algorithms in the key structure to algorithms in the
   message structure.  In addition to checking that algorithms are
   correct, the key form needs to be checked as well.  Do not use an
   'EC2' key where an 'OKP' key is expected.

   Before using a key for transmission, or before acting on information
   received, a trust decision on a key needs to be made.  Is the data or
   action something that the entity associated with the key has a right
   to see or a right to request?  A number of factors are associated
   with this trust decision.  Some of the ones that are highlighted here
   are:

   *  What are the permissions associated with the key owner?

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   *  Have the restrictions associated with the key, such as algorithm
      or freshness, been checked and are they correct?

   *  Is the request something that is reasonable, given the current
      state of the application?

   *  Have any security considerations that are part of the message been
      enforced (as specified by the application or 'crit' parameter)?

   There are a large number of algorithms presented in this document
   that use nonce values.  For all of the nonces defined in this
   document, there is some type of restriction on the nonce being a
   unique value either for a key or for some other conditions.  In all
   of these cases, there is no known requirement on the nonce being both
   unique and unpredictable; under these circumstances, it's reasonable
   to use a counter for creation of the nonce.  In cases where one wants
   the pattern of the nonce to be unpredictable as well as unique, one
   can use a key created for that purpose and encrypt the counter to
   produce the nonce value.

   One area that has been getting exposure is traffic analysis of
   encrypted messages based on the length of the message.  This
   specification does not provide for a uniform method of providing
   padding as part of the message structure.  An observer can
   distinguish between two different messages (for example, 'YES' and
   'NO') based on the length for all of the content encryption
   algorithms that are defined in this document.  This means that it is
   up to the applications to document how content padding is to be done
   in order to prevent or discourage such analysis.  (For example, the
   text strings could be defined as 'YES' and 'NO '.)

   The analsys done in [I-D.ietf-quic-tls] is based on the number of
   records/packets that are sent.  This should map well to the number of
   messages sent when use COSE so that analysis should hold here as
   well.  It needs to be noted that the limits are based on the number
   of messages, but QUIC and DTLS are always pair-wise based endpoints,
   [I-D.ietf-core-oscore-groupcomm] use COSE in a group communication.
   Under these circumstances it may be that no one single entity will
   see all of the messages that are encrypted an therefore no single
   entity can trigger the rekey operation.

12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct]
              Schaad, J., "CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE):
              Structures and Process", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,



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              draft-ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-struct-13, 4 September 2020,
              <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-cose-rfc8152bis-
              struct-13>.

   [RFC2104]  Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M., and R. Canetti, "HMAC: Keyed-
              Hashing for Message Authentication", RFC 2104,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2104, February 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2104>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3394]  Schaad, J. and R. Housley, "Advanced Encryption Standard
              (AES) Key Wrap Algorithm", RFC 3394, DOI 10.17487/RFC3394,
              September 2002, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3394>.

   [RFC3610]  Whiting, D., Housley, R., and N. Ferguson, "Counter with
              CBC-MAC (CCM)", RFC 3610, DOI 10.17487/RFC3610, September
              2003, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3610>.

   [RFC5869]  Krawczyk, H. and P. Eronen, "HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand
              Key Derivation Function (HKDF)", RFC 5869,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5869, May 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5869>.

   [RFC6090]  McGrew, D., Igoe, K., and M. Salter, "Fundamental Elliptic
              Curve Cryptography Algorithms", RFC 6090,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6090, February 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6090>.

   [RFC6979]  Pornin, T., "Deterministic Usage of the Digital Signature
              Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature
              Algorithm (ECDSA)", RFC 6979, DOI 10.17487/RFC6979, August
              2013, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6979>.

   [RFC7049]  Bormann, C. and P. Hoffman, "Concise Binary Object
              Representation (CBOR)", RFC 7049, DOI 10.17487/RFC7049,
              October 2013, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7049>.

   [RFC8439]  Nir, Y. and A. Langley, "ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF
              Protocols", RFC 8439, DOI 10.17487/RFC8439, June 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8439>.

   [RFC7748]  Langley, A., Hamburg, M., and S. Turner, "Elliptic Curves
              for Security", RFC 7748, DOI 10.17487/RFC7748, January
              2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7748>.



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   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [AES-GCM]  National Institute of Standards and Technology,
              "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation:
              Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC",
              DOI 10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38D, NIST Special
              Publication 800-38D, November 2007,
              <https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-38D/SP-
              800-38D.pdf>.

   [DSS]      National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Digital
              Signature Standard (DSS)", DOI 10.6028/NIST.FIPS.186-4,
              FIPS PUB 186-4, July 2013,
              <http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/
              NIST.FIPS.186-4.pdf>.

   [MAC]      Menees, A., van Oorschot, P., and S. Vanstone, "Handbook
              of Applied Cryptography", 1996.

   [SEC1]     Certicom Research, "SEC 1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography",
              May 2009, <http://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf>.

   [RFC8032]  Josefsson, S. and I. Liusvaara, "Edwards-Curve Digital
              Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)", RFC 8032,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8032, January 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8032>.

   [RFC8017]  Moriarty, K., Ed., Kaliski, B., Jonsson, J., and A. Rusch,
              "PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.2",
              RFC 8017, DOI 10.17487/RFC8017, November 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8017>.

12.2.  Informative References

   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

   [RFC8610]  Birkholz, H., Vigano, C., and C. Bormann, "Concise Data
              Definition Language (CDDL): A Notational Convention to
              Express Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) and
              JSON Data Structures", RFC 8610, DOI 10.17487/RFC8610,
              June 2019, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8610>.





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   [RFC4231]  Nystrom, M., "Identifiers and Test Vectors for HMAC-SHA-
              224, HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-384, and HMAC-SHA-512",
              RFC 4231, DOI 10.17487/RFC4231, December 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4231>.

   [RFC4493]  Song, JH., Poovendran, R., Lee, J., and T. Iwata, "The
              AES-CMAC Algorithm", RFC 4493, DOI 10.17487/RFC4493, June
              2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4493>.

   [RFC5116]  McGrew, D., "An Interface and Algorithms for Authenticated
              Encryption", RFC 5116, DOI 10.17487/RFC5116, January 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5116>.

   [RFC5480]  Turner, S., Brown, D., Yiu, K., Housley, R., and T. Polk,
              "Elliptic Curve Cryptography Subject Public Key
              Information", RFC 5480, DOI 10.17487/RFC5480, March 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5480>.

   [RFC6151]  Turner, S. and L. Chen, "Updated Security Considerations
              for the MD5 Message-Digest and the HMAC-MD5 Algorithms",
              RFC 6151, DOI 10.17487/RFC6151, March 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6151>.

   [STD90]    Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
              Interchange Format", STD 90, RFC 8259, December 2017.

              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/std90>

   [RFC7252]  Shelby, Z., Hartke, K., and C. Bormann, "The Constrained
              Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 7252,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7252, June 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7252>.

   [RFC7518]  Jones, M., "JSON Web Algorithms (JWA)", RFC 7518,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7518, May 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7518>.

   [RFC8152]  Schaad, J., "CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE)",
              RFC 8152, DOI 10.17487/RFC8152, July 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8152>.

   [RFC8551]  Schaad, J., Ramsdell, B., and S. Turner, "Secure/
              Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 4.0
              Message Specification", RFC 8551, DOI 10.17487/RFC8551,
              April 2019, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8551>.






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   [RFC8230]  Jones, M., "Using RSA Algorithms with CBOR Object Signing
              and Encryption (COSE) Messages", RFC 8230,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8230, September 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8230>.

   [I-D.ietf-core-oscore-groupcomm]
              Tiloca, M., Selander, G., Palombini, F., and J. Park,
              "Group OSCORE - Secure Group Communication for CoAP", Work
              in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-core-oscore-
              groupcomm-09, 23 June 2020, <https://tools.ietf.org/html/
              draft-ietf-core-oscore-groupcomm-09>.

   [I-D.ietf-cose-hash-sig]
              Housley, R., "Use of the HSS/LMS Hash-based Signature
              Algorithm with CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE)",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-cose-hash-
              sig-09, 11 December 2019,
              <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-cose-hash-sig-09>.

   [SP800-38d]
              Dworkin, M., "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of
              Operation: Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC", NIST
              Special Publication 800-38D , November 2007,
              <https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/
              nistspecialpublication800-38d.pdf>.

   [SP800-56A]
              Barker, E., Chen, L., Roginsky, A., and M. Smid,
              "Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes
              Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography",
              DOI 10.6028/NIST.SP.800-56Ar2, NIST Special Publication
              800-56A, Revision 2, May 2013,
              <http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/
              NIST.SP.800-56Ar2.pdf>.

   [GitHub-Examples]
              "GitHub Examples of COSE",
              <https://github.com/cose-wg/Examples>.

   [I-D.mattsson-cfrg-det-sigs-with-noise]
              Mattsson, J., Thormarker, E., and S. Ruohomaa,
              "Deterministic ECDSA and EdDSA Signatures with Additional
              Randomness", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              mattsson-cfrg-det-sigs-with-noise-02, 11 March 2020,
              <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mattsson-cfrg-det-sigs-
              with-noise-02>.





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   [HKDF]     Krawczyk, H., "Cryptographic Extraction and Key
              Derivation: The HKDF Scheme", 2010,
              <https://eprint.iacr.org/2010/264.pdf>.

   [ROBUST]   Fischlin, M., Günther, F., and C. Janson, "Robust
              Channels: Handling Unreliable Networks in the Record
              Layers of QUIC and DTLS", February 2020,
              <https://www.felixguenther.info/docs/
              QUIP2020_RobustChannels.pdf>.

   [I-D.ietf-quic-tls]
              Thomson, M. and S. Turner, "Using TLS to Secure QUIC",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-quic-tls-30,
              9 September 2020,
              <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-quic-tls-30>.

Acknowledgments

   This document is a product of the COSE working group of the IETF.

   The following individuals are to blame for getting me started on this
   project in the first place: Richard Barnes, Matt Miller, and Martin
   Thomson.

   The initial version of the specification was based to some degree on
   the outputs of the JOSE and S/MIME working groups.

   The following individuals provided input into the final form of the
   document: Carsten Bormann, John Bradley, Brain Campbell, Michael B.
   Jones, Ilari Liusvaara, Francesca Palombini, Ludwig Seitz, and
   G&#246;ran Selander.

Author's Address

   Jim Schaad
   August Cellars

   Email: ietf@augustcellars.com













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