| Internet-Draft | DRIP Auth Formats | August 2022 |
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This document describes how to add trust into the Broadcast Remote ID (RID) specification discussed in the DRIP Architecture. It defines a few message schemes (sent within the Authentication Message) that can be used to authenticate past messages sent by an unmanned aircraft (UA) and provide proof of UA trustworthiness even in the absence of Internet connectivity at the receiving node.¶
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operate usually in a volatile environment when it comes to communication. Unmanned Aircraft (UA) are generally small with little computational (or flying) horsepower to carry standard communication equipment. This limits the mediums of communication to few viable options.¶
Observer systems (e.g., smartphones and tablets) place further constraints on the communication options. The Broadcast Remote ID (RID) messages must be available to applications on these platforms without modifying the devices.¶
As discussed in [RFC9153] two communication schemes to a UAS for Remote ID (RID) are considered: Broadcast and Network RID.¶
This document focuses on adding trust to Broadcast RID (Section 3.2 of [RFC9153]) via the Authentication Message by combining dynamically signed data with an Attestation of the UA's identity from a DRIP Identity Management Entity (DIME).¶
This authentication approach also provides the missing, but United States (US) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandated, error correction for the Bluetooth 4.x transmissions (see Section 4). This is error correction not only for the authentication message itself, but indirectly, to other messages authenticated via the Manifest method (see Section 5.4).¶
A summary of addressed DRIP requirements is provided in Section 7¶
Without authentication, a UA Observer has no basis for trust. As the messages are sent via wireless broadcast, they may be sourced anywhere within wireless range and making any claims desired by the sender. The ASTM Authentication Message [F3411], as defined herein, provides a high level of trust on the message content and source. These messages are designed to provide the Observers with actionable information.¶
When an Observer receives a DRIP-based Authentication Message (Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 5.5) that only contains the UA DET, timestamps, and signature; it SHOULD use the DRIP Entity Tag (DET) to retrieve the Host Identity (HI) from DNS (Section 5, [drip-registries]) or a local cache to validate the signature. Once the Observer has the DET/HI pair, all further (or cached previous) DRIP Authentication Messages can be validated. The content signed over can now be trusted but not the context of it.¶
When an Observer receives a DRIP Link Authentication Message (Section 5.2), that contains Attestation Data of the UA DET DIME registration (Appendix B); it SHOULD use the DET of the DIME to retrieve the DIME HI from DNS (Section 5, [drip-registries]) or a local cache to validate the signature. The UA DET/HI pair is now known, as it is part of the Attestation Data, and all further (or cached previous) DRIP Authentication Messages using the UA DET can be validated.¶
An Observer can receive a series of DRIP Link Authentication Messages (Section 5.2) each one pertaining to a DIMEs registration on the registry chain. Similar to Section 1.1.2, each link can be validated. A chain of DIME Attestations (Section 1.1.2) can also be obtained via DNS. This is done by decomposing the received DET and altering the HID values and performing CERT lookups containing a copy of DIME Attestations.¶
While the content of DRIP Authentication Messages can be validated via their signature this does not resolves issues due to context of that information. After signature validation the Observer MUST use other sources of information, for example a visual confirmation of UA position, to correlate against and provided context. When a correlation does not make sense it SHOULD be rejected as if the signature failed to validate.¶
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.¶
This document makes use of the terms defined in [RFC9153]. In addition, the following terms are defined:¶
DRIP Entity Tag (DET):¶
DRIP Identity Management Entity:¶
Legacy Transports:¶
Extended Transports:¶
Hierarchial Host Identity Tag (HHIT):¶
Hierarchial ID (HID):¶
Host Identity (HI):¶
The initial standards for RID ([FAA-14CFR], [F3411]) do not address the concerns of trust in the UA space with communication in the Broadcast RID environment. This is a requirement that will need to be addressed for various different parties that have a stake in the UA industry.¶
DRIPs goal as stated in [RFC9153] is:¶
This document focuses on providing the first observable "link" of this trust chain over Broadcast RID; with an importance of the observer being offline. This first link is the primary stepping stone for an observer to gain access and use "enhanced related services".¶
A UA has the option of broadcasting using Bluetooth (4 and 5) or Wi-Fi (BEACON or NAN), see Section 6. With Bluetooth, FAA and other Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) mandate transmitting simultaneously over both 4 and 5. With Wi-Fi, use of BEACON is recommended. Wi-Fi NAN is another option, depending on the CAA.¶
Bluetooth 4.x presents a payload size challenge in that it can only transmit 25 bytes of payload where the others all can support larger payloads.¶
The ASTM Authentication Message has provisions in [F3411] to allow for other organizations to standardize additional Authentication formats beyond those explicitly in [F3411] that require use of a multi-party online validator system. This has a heavy reliance on real-time connectivity onto the Internet (specifically into UTM) that is not always guaranteed.¶
The standardization of specific formats to support the DRIP requirements in UAS RID for trustworthy communications over Broadcast RID is an important part of the chain of trust for a UAS ID. Per [drip-arch] in Section 5, there is a need to have Authentication formats to relay information for observers to determine trust. No existing formats (defined in [F3411] or other organizations leveraging this feature) provide the functionality to satisfy this goal resulting in the work reflected in this document.¶
The ASTM Authentication Message (Message Type 0x2) is a unique message in the Broadcast [F3411] standard as it is the only one that is larger than the Bluetooth 4.x frame size. To address this, it is defined as a set of "pages" that each fits into a single Bluetooth 4.x broadcast frame. For other media these pages are still used but all in a single frame.¶
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| Page Header | |
+---------------+ |
| |
| |
| Authentication Payload |
| |
| |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Page Header: (1 byte)
Authentication Type (4 bits)
Page Number (4 bits)
Authentication Payload: (23 bytes per page)
Authentication Payload, including headers. Null padded.
The Authentication Message is structured as a set of up to 16 pages. Over Bluetooth 4.x, these pages are "fragmented" into separate Bluetooth 4.x broadcast frames.¶
Either as a single Authentication Message or a set of fragmented Authentication Message Pages the structure(s) is further wrapped by outer ASTM framing and the specific link framing (Bluetooth or Wi-Fi).¶
[F3411] has the following example subset of Authentication Type's defined and that can be used in the Page Header:¶
| Authentication Type | Description |
|---|---|
| 0x3 | Message Set Signature |
| 0x5 | Specific Authentication Method |
This document leverages Authentication Type 0x5, Specific Authentication Method (SAM), as the principal authentication container, defining a set of SAM Types in Section 5. Message Set Signature (Authentication Type 0x3) is also used in parallel form to its use in [F3411]. However, the SAM formats provide a more complete authentication approach.¶
There is a technical maximum of 16 pages (indexed 0 to 15 in the Page Header) that can be sent for a single Authentication Message, with each page carrying a maximum 23-byte Authentication Payload. See Section 3.3.2 for more details.¶
The following is shown in its complete format.¶
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| Authentication Headers |
| +---------------+---------------+
| | |
+---------------+---------------+ |
. .
. Authentication Data / Signature .
. .
| |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| ADL | |
+---------------+ |
. .
. Additional Data .
. .
| |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Authentication Headers: (6-bytes)
As defined in F3411.
Authentication Data / Signature: (255-bytes max)
Opaque authentication data.
Additional Data Length (ADL): (1-byte - unsigned)
Length in bytes of Additional Data.
Additional Data: (255-bytes max):
Data that follows the Authentication Data / Signature but
is not considered part of the Authentication Data.
Figure 2 is the source data view of the data fields found in the Authentication Message as defined by [F3411]. This data is placed into Figure 1's Authentication Payload, spanning multiple pages.¶
When Additional Data is being sent, a single unsigned byte (Additional Data Length) directly follows the Authentication Data / Signature and has the length, in bytes, of the following Additional Data. For DRIP, this field is used to carry Forward Error Correction as defined in Section 4.¶
To keep consistent formatting across the different transports (Legacy and Extended) and their independent restrictions, the authentication data being sent is REQUIRED to fit within the page limit of the most constrained existing transport can support. Under Broadcast RID the transport that can hold the least amount of authentication data is Bluetooth 5.x and Wi-Fi BEACON at 9-pages.¶
As such DRIP transmitters are REQUIRED to adhere to the following when using the Authentication Message:¶
For Broadcast RID, Forward Error Correction (FEC) is provided by the lower layers in Extended Transports (Bluetooth 5.x, Wi-Fi NaN, and Wi-Fi BEACON). The Bluetooth 4.x Legacy Transport does not have supporting FEC so with DRIP Authentication the following application level FEC scheme is used to add FEC. This section is only used for Bluetooth 4.x transmission/reception.¶
The data added during FEC is not included in the Authentication Data / Signature but instead in the Additional Data field of Figure 2. This may cause the Authentication Message to exceed 9-pages, up to a maximum of 16-pages.¶
For any encoding the FEC data MUST start on a new ASTM Authentication Page. To do this, null padding is added before the actual FEC data starts and the length of the whole blob (null padding and FEC) is used as the Additional Data Length. To properly fit FEC data into an Authentication Page the number of parity-bytes is limited to 23 or a multiple thereof (size of Authentication data per page). That is, the Page Header (and anything before it) is omitted in the FEC process.¶
To generate the parity a simple XOR operation using the previous and current page is used. Only the 23-byte Authentication Page data is used in the XOR operation. For Page 0, a 23-byte null pad is used for the previous page. The resulting parity fills the last 23 bytes of the Additional Data field of Figure 2 with the Additional Data Length field being set to 23 or greater (depending on number of null pad bytes are needed to get onto the next page).¶
Page N-1: 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Page Header | | +---------------+ | | Authentication Data / Signature | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | ADL=33 | | +---------------+---------------+ | | Null Padding | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ Page N: 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Page Header | | +---------------+ | | | | Forward Error Correction | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
For Multiple Page FEC there are two variations: Frame Recovery and Page Recovery. Both follow a similar process, but are offset at what data is protected.¶
For DRIP the polynomial to use for Reed Solomon is: 1 + x^2 + x^3 + x^4 + x^8. This polynomial was selected as it commonly used in Reed Solomon implementations. A form of it was deployed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Voyager probes [VOYAGER]; a problem space with far tight constraints than RID.¶
Take the following example of an Authentication Message with 7 pages that 3 pages of parity are to be generated for. The first column is just the Page Header with a visual space here to show the boundary.¶
50 098960bf8c05042001001000a00145aac6b00abba268b7 51 2001001000a0014579d8a404d48f2ef9bb9a4470ada5b4 52 ff1352c7402af9d9ebd20034e8d7a12920f4d7e91c1a73 53 dca7d04e776150825863c512c6eb075a206a95c59b297e 54 f2935fd416f27b1b42fd5d9dfaa0dec79f32287f41b454 55 7101415def153a770d3e6c0b17ae560809bc634a822c1f 56 3b1064b80a000000000000000000000000000000000000¶
For Page Recovery the first column is ignored and the last 23-bytes of each page are extracted to have Reed Solomon performed on them in a column wise fashion to produce parity bytes. For the example the following 3-bytes of parity are generated with the first byte of each page:¶
dc6c2b = ReedSolomon.encoder(0920ffdcf2713b)¶
Each set of parity is the placed into a pseudo-frame as follows (each byte in its own message in the same column). Below is an example of the full parity generated and each 23-bytes of parity added into the additional pages as Additional Data:¶
57 dc6657acd30b2ec4aa582049f52adf9f922e62c469563a 58 6c636a59145a55417a3895fd543f19e94200be4abc5e94 59 02bba5e28f5896d754caf50016a983993b149b5c9e6eeb¶
Frame Recovery uses the full ASTM Message and performs Reed Solomon over each byte. Up to 240 (255 minus 15 pages maximum of FEC data) messages can be protected using Frame Recovery.¶
Below is an example of a number of messages. The first column is an additional ASTM Header that contain the Message Type; with a visual space for clarity. The last 24-bytes are the actual message contents; be it location information or an Authentication Page.¶
10 42012001001000a0014579d8a404d48f2ef9000000000000 11 249600006efeb019ee111ed37a097a0948081c10ffff0000 12 50098960bf8c05042001001000a00145aac6b00abba268b7 12 512001001000a0014579d8a404d48f2ef9bb9a4470ada5b4 12 52ff1352c7402af9d9ebd20034e8d7a12920f4d7e91c1a73 12 53dca7d04e776150825863c512c6eb075a206a95c59b297e 12 54f2935fd416f27b1b42fd5d9dfaa0dec79f32287f41b454 12 557101415def153a770d3e6c0b17ae560809bc634a822c1f 12 563b1064b80a000000000000000000000000000000000000 13 0052656372656174696f6e616c2054657374000000000000 14 02c2ffb019322d1ed3010000c008e40700fc080000000000 15 004e2e4f5031323334353600000000000000000000000000¶
A similar process is followed as in Section 4.1.2.1. Here every column of bytes has parity generated for it (even the ASTM Header). In the below example 5-bytes of parity are generated using the ASTM Header column:¶
6c3f42b8a8 = ReedSolomon.encoder(101112121212121212131415)¶
After doing this to all columns the following pseudo-frames would have been generated:¶
6c86337bf7ab746f5d62bb7f8de954104b121585d3975f6e92 3f06c1bce165b0e25930d57a63c24f751145e1dd8dc115029b 42e9979580327a6a14d421c12a33aa2e1a2e517daaee581016 b8012a7b3964f7b2720d387bfa77e945556f1831cd477ef3a3 a85bb403aada89926fb8fc2a14a9caacb4ec2f3a6ed2d8e9f9¶
These 25-byte chunks are now concatenated together and are placed in Authentication Pages, using the Additional Data, 23-bytes at a time. In the below figure the first column is the ASTM Header as before, the second column is the Page Header for each Authentication Page and then last column is the 23-bytes of data for each page.¶
12 57 6c86337bf7ab746f5d62bb7f8de954104b121585d3975f 12 58 6e923f06c1bce165b0e25930d57a63c24f751145e1dd8d 12 59 c115029b42e9979580327a6a14d421c12a33aa2e1a2e51 12 5a 7daaee581016b8012a7b3964f7b2720d387bfa77e94555 12 5b 6f1831cd477ef3a3a85bb403aada89926fb8fc2a14a9ca 12 5c acb4ec2f3a6ed2d8e9f900000000000000000000000000¶
Due to the nature of Bluetooth 4.x and the existing ASTM paging structure an optimization can be used. If a Bluetooth frame fails its CRC check, then the frame is dropped without notification to the upper protocol layers. From the Remote ID perspective this means the loss of a complete frame/message/page. In Authentication Messages, each page is already numbered so the loss of a page allows the receiving application to build a "dummy" page filling the entire page with nulls.¶
If Page 0 is being reconstructed an additional check of the Last Page Index to check against how many pages are actually present, MUST be performed for sanity. An additional check on the Length field SHOULD also be performed.¶
To determine if Single Page FEC or Multiple Page FEC has been used a simple check of the Last Page Index can be used. If the number of pages left after the Length of Authentication Data is exhausted than it is clear that the remaining pages are all FEC. The Additional Data Length byte can further confirm this; taking into account any null padding needed for page alignment.¶
Using the same methods as encoding, an XOR operation is used between the previous and current page (a 23-byte null pad is used as the start). The resulting 23-bytes should be data of the missing page.¶
To determine if Page Recovery or Frame Recovery is used two modulo checks with the ADL after the length of the null-pad is removed are needed. One against the value of 23, and the other against the value of 25. If 23 comes back with a value of 0 then Page Recovery is being used. If 25 comes back with 0 then Frame Recovery is used. Any other combination indicates an error.¶
To decode Page Recovery, dummy pages (pages with nulls as the data) are needed in the places no page was received. Then Reed Solomon can decode across the columns of the 23-bytes of each page. Erasures can be used as it is known which pages are missing and can improve the Reed Solomon results by specifying them.¶
To decode Frame Recovery, the receiver must first extract all FEC data from the pages; concatenate them and then break into 25-byte chunks. This will produce the pseudo-frames. Now Reed Solomon can be used to decode columns, with dummy frames inserted where needed.¶
The worst case scenario is when the Authentication Data / Signature ends perfectly on a page (Page N-1). This means the Additional Data Length would start the next page (Page N) and have 22-bytes worth of null padding to align the FEC into the next page (Page N+1). In this scenario an entire page (Page N) is being wasted just to carry the Additional Data Length. This should be avoided at all costs - in an effort to maintain efficiency.¶
All formats defined in this section are the content for the Authentication Data / Signature field in Figure 2 and uses the Specific Authentication Method (SAM, Authentication Type 0x5). The first byte of the Authentication Data / Signature of Figure 2, is used to multiplex between these various formats.¶
When sending data over a medium that does not have underlying Forward Error Correction (FEC), for example Bluetooth 4.x, then Section 4 MUST be used. Appendix A gives a high-level overview of a state machine for decoding and determining a trustworthiness state. Appendix C shows an example of using the formats defined in this section.¶
ASTM Message (25-bytes):¶
ASTM Message Hash (12-bytes):¶
Attestation Data (0 to 112 bytes):¶
Broadcast Attestation (136-bytes):¶
Current Manifest Hash (12-bytes):¶
Frame Type (1-byte):¶
Not Before Timestamp by UA (4-bytes):¶
Not After Timestamp by UA (4-bytes):¶
Not Before Timestamp) to avoid replay attacks. The offset used against the Unix-style timestamp is not defined in this document. Best practice identifying an acceptable offset should be used taking into consideration the UA environment, and propagation characteristics of the messages being sent and clock differences between the UA and Observers. A reasonable time would be to set Not After Timestamp 2 minutes ahead of Not Before Timestamp.¶
Previous Manifest Hash (12-bytes):¶
UA DRIP Entity Tag (16-bytes):¶
UA Signature (64-bytes):¶
Variations of the Attestation Structure format of [drip-registries] SHOULD be used when running DRIP Authentication under the DRIP SAM Types (filling the SAM Authentication Data field (Section 5.1.2.2)). The notable changes of the structure is that the timestamps are set by the UA and the Attestor Identity Information is set to the DET of the UA.¶
When using this structure, the UA is minimally self-attesting its DET. It may be attesting the DET registration in a specific HID (see Appendix B). The HI of the UA DET can be looked up by mechanisms described in [drip-registries] or by extracting it from Broadcast Attestation (see Section 5.2 and Section 6.3).¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | UA | | DRIP Entity Tag | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | . . . Attestation Data . . . | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not Before Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not After Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UA Signature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Figure 5 is the general format to hold authentication data when using SAM and is placed inside the Authentication Data / Signature field in Figure 2.¶
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+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| SAM Type | |
+---------------+ |
. .
. SAM Authentication Data .
. .
| |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
SAM Type (1 byte):
Byte defined by F3411 to multiplex SAMs
SAM Authentication Data (0 to 200 bytes):
Opaque SAM authentication data.
The SAM Type field is maintained by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and for DRIP four are planned to be allocated:¶
| SAM Type | Description |
|---|---|
| 0x01 | DRIP Link (Section 5.2) |
| 0x02 | DRIP Wrapper (Section 5.3) |
| 0x03 | DRIP Manifest (Section 5.4) |
| 0x04 | DRIP Frame (Section 5.5) |
This field has a maximum size of 200-bytes, as defined by Section 3.3.2. The Broadcast Attestation Structure (Section 5.1.1) SHOULD be used in this space.¶
The DRIP Link SAM Type is used to transmit Broadcast Attestations. For example, the Broadcast Attestation of the Registry (HDA) over the UA is sent (see Section 6.3) as a DRIP Link message. The structure is defined in [drip-registries] and an example of it can be found in Appendix B.¶
DRIP Link is important as its contents are used to provide trust in the DET/HI pair that the UA is currently broadcasting. This message does not require internet connectivity to perform signature validations of the contents when the registry DET/HI is in the receiver's cache. It also provides the UA HI so that connectivity is not required when performing validation of other DRIP Authentication Messages.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | . . . Broadcast Attestation . . . | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
This DRIP Authentication Message is used in conjunction with other DRIP SAM Types (such as Manifest or Wrapper) that contain data that is guaranteed to be unique and easily cross checked by the receiving device. A good candidate for this is using the DRIP Wrapper to encapsulate a Location Message (Message Type 0x2).¶
This SAM Type is used to wrap and sign over a list of other [F3411] Broadcast RID messages. It MUST use the Broadcast Attestation Structure (Section 5.1.1).¶
The Attestation Data field is filled with full (25-byte) [F3411] Broadcast RID messages. The minimum number being 1 and the maximum being 4. The encapsulated messages MUST be in Message Type order as defined by [F3411]. All message types except Authentication (Message Type 0x2) and Message Pack (Message Type 0xF) are allowed.¶
To determine the number of messages wrapped the receiver can check that the length of the Attestation Data field of the DRIP Broadcast Attestation (Section 5.1.1) is a multiple of 25-bytes.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | UA | | DRIP Entity Tag | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | ASTM Message | | | | | | | + +---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | +---------------+ | | | | ASTM Message | | | | | | | + +---------------+---------------+ | | | +---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | ASTM Message | | | | | + +---------------+ | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | ASTM Message | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not Before Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not After Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UA Signature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
To send the DRIP Wrapper over Extended Transports the messages being wrapped are co-located with the Authentication Message in a Message Pack (0xF). The ASTM Messages are removed from the DRIP Wrapper after signing (as they are redundant) leaving the following structure that is placed into the SAM Authentication Data of Figure 5 and sent in the same Message Pack.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | UA | | DRIP Entity Tag | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not Before Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not After Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UA Signature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
To verify the signature the receiver must concatenate all the messages in the Message Pack (excluding Authentication Message found in the same Message Pack) in Message Type order and place them between the UA DRIP Entity Tag and Not Before Timestamp before performing signature verification.¶
The functionality of Wrapper in this form is identical to Authentication Type 0x3 (Message Set Signature) when running over Extended Transports. What Wrapper provides is the same format but over both Extended and Legacy Transports allowing the transports to be similar. Message Set Signature also implies using the ASTM validator system architecture which relies on Internet connectivity for verification which the receiver may not have at the time of receipt of an Authentication Message. This is something Wrapper, and all DRIP Authentication Formats, avoids when the UA key is obtained via a DRIP Link Authentication Message.¶
The primary limitation of the Wrapper format is the bounding of up to 4 ASTM Messages that can be sent within it. Another limitation is that the format can not be used as a surrogate for messages it is wrapping. This is due to high potential a receiver on the ground does not support DRIP. Thus, when Wrapper is being used the wrapper data must effectively be sent twice, once as a single framed message (as specified in [F3411]) and then again wrapped within the Wrapper format.¶
This SAM Type is used to create message manifests. It MUST use the Broadcast Attestation Structure (Section 5.1.1).¶
By hashing previously sent messages and signing them we gain trust in UAs previous reports. An observer who has been listening for any length of time can hash received messages and cross-check against listed hashes. This is a way to evade the limitation of a maximum of 4 messages in the Wrapper Format and reduce overhead.¶
The Attestation Data field is filled with 12-byte hashes of previous [F3411] Broadcast messages. A receiver does not need to have received every message in the manifest to verify it. A manifest SHOULD typically encompass a single transmission cycle of messages being sent, see Section 6.4.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | UA | | DRIP Entity Tag | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | Previous Manifest Hash | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | Current Manifest Hash | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | ASTM Message Hash | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | ASTM Message Hash | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | ASTM Message Hash | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | ASTM Message Hash | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | ASTM Message Hash | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | ASTM Message Hash | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | ASTM Message Hash | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not Before Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not After Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UA Signature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
The number of hashes in the Manifest can be variable (3-9). An easy way to determine the number of hashes is to take the length of the data between the end of the UA DRIP Entity Tag and Not Before Timestamp by UA and divide it by the hash length (12). If this value is not rational, the message is invalid.¶
The hash algorithm used for the Manifest Message is the same hash algorithm used in creation of the DET [drip-rid] that is signing the Manifest.¶
An DET using cSHAKE128 [NIST.SP.800-185] computes the hash as follows:¶
cSHAKE128(ASTM Message, 96, "", "Remote ID Auth Hash")¶
Under this transport DRIP hashes the full ASTM Message being sent over the Bluetooth Advertising frame. For Authentication Messages all the Authentication Message Pages are concatenated together and hashed as one object. For all other Message Types the 25-byte message is hashed.¶
Under this transport DRIP hashes the full ASTM Message Pack (Message Type 0xF) - regardless of its content.¶
Two special hashes are included in all Manifest messages; a previous manifest hash, which links to the previous manifest message, as well as a current manifest hash. This gives a pseudo-blockchain provenance to the manifest message that could be traced back if the observer was present for extended periods of time.¶
A potential limitation to this format is dwell time of the UA. If the UA is not sticking to a general area then most likely the Observer will not obtain many (if not all) of the messages in the manifest. Examples of such scenarios include delivery or survey UA.¶
This SAM Type is for when the authentication data does not fit in other defined formats under DRIP and is reserved for future expansion under DRIP if required. This SAM Type MUST use the Broadcast Attestation Structure (Section 5.1.1).¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | UA | | DRIP Entity Tag | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Frame Type | | +---------------+ . . Frame Attestation Data . . . | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not Before Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Not After Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UA Signature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Byte to sub-type for future different DRIP Frame formats. It takes the first byte of Attestation Data in Section 5.1.1 leaving 111-bytes for Frame Attestation Data.¶
| Frame Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | Reserved | Reserved |
| 0xC0-0xFF | Experimental | Experimental Use |
With Legacy Advertisements the goal is to attempt to bring reliable receipt of the paged Authentication Message. FEC (Section 4) MUST be used, per mandated Remote ID rules (for example the US FAA Remote ID Rule [FAA-14CFR]), when using Legacy Advertising methods (such as Bluetooth 4.x).¶
Under ASTM Bluetooth 4.x rules, transmission of dynamic messages is at least every 1 second. DRIP Authentication Messages typically contain dynamic data (such as the DRIP Manifest or DRIP Wrapper) and must be sent at the dynamic rate of 1 per second.¶
Under the ASTM specification, Bluetooth 5.x, Wi-Fi NaN, and Wi-Fi BEACON transport of Remote ID is to use the Message Pack (Message Type 0xF) format for all transmissions. Under Message Pack messages are sent together (in Message Type order) in a single Bluetooth 5.x extended frame (up to 9 single frame equivalent messages under Bluetooth 4). Message Packs are required by ASTM to be sent at a rate of 1 per second (like dynamic messages).¶
Without any fragmentation or loss of pages with transmission Forward Error Correction (Section 4) MUST NOT be used as it is impractical.¶
It is REQUIRED that a UA send the following Authentication Formats to fulfill the [RFC9153]:¶
It is RECOMMENDED the following set of Authentication Formats are sent for support of offline Observers:¶
UAS operation may impact the frequency of sending DRIP Authentication messages. Where a UA is dwelling in one location, and the channel is heavily used by other devices, "occasional" message authentication may be sufficient for an observer. Contrast this with a UA traversing an area, and then every message should be authenticated as soon as possible for greatest success as viewed by the receiver.¶
Thus how/when these DRIP authentication messages are sent is up to each implementation. Further complication comes in contrasting Legacy and Extended Transports. In Legacy, each message is a separate hash within the Manifest. So, again in dwelling, may lean toward occasional message authentication. In Extended Transports, the hash is over the Message Pack so only few hashes need to be in a Manifest. A single Manifest can handle a potential two Message Packs (for a full set of messages) and a DRIP Link Authentication Message for the HDA UA assertion.¶
A separate issue is the frequency of transmitting the DRIP Link Authentication Message for the HDA UA assertion when using a Manifest Message. This message content is static; its hash never changes radically. The only change is the 4-byte timestamp in the Authentication Message headers. Thus, potentially, in a dwelling operation it can be sent once per minute, where its hash is in every Manifest. A receiver can cache all DRIP Link Authentication Message for the HDA UA assertion to mitigate potential packet loss.¶
The preferred mode of operation is to send the HDA UA assertion every 3 seconds and Manifest messages immediately after a set of UA operation messages (e.g. Basic, Location, and System messages).¶
The DRIP Wrapper MUST NOT be used in place of sending the ASTM messages as is. All receivers MUST be able to process all the messages specified in [F3411]. Sending them within the DRIP Wrapper makes them opaque to receivers lacking support for DRIP authentication messages. Thus, messages within a Wrapper are sent twice: in the clear and authenticated within the Wrapper. The DRIP Manifest format would seem to be a more efficient use of the transport channel.¶
The DRIP Wrapper has a specific use case for DRIP aware receivers. For receiver plotting received Location Messages (Message Type 0x2) on a map display an embedded Location Message in a DRIP Wrapper can be colored differently to signify trust in the Location data - be it current or previous Location reports that are wrapped.¶
The following [RFC9153] are addressed in this document:¶
GEN-1: Provable Ownership¶
GEN-2: Provable Binding¶
GEN-3: Provable Registration¶
DRIP requests the following SAM Type's to be allocated:¶
This document requests a new subregistry for Frame Type under the DRIP registry.¶
| Frame Type | Name | Description | | ---------- | ------------ | ---------------- | | 0x00 | Reserved | Reserved | | 0xC0-0xFF | Experimental | Experimental Use |¶
The astute reader may note that the DRIP Link messages, which are recommended to be sent, are static in nature and contain various timestamps. These Attestation Link messages can easily be replayed by an attacker who has copied them from previous broadcasts. There are two things to mitigate this in DRIP:¶
Note the discussion of Trust Timestamp Offsets here is in context of the DRIP Wrapper (Section 5.3) and DRIP Manifest (Section 5.4) messages. For DRIP Link (Section 5.2) messages these offsets are set by the Attestor (typically a registry) and have their own set of considerations as seen in [drip-registries].¶
The offset of the Trust Timestamp (defined as a very short Expiration Timestamp) is one that needs careful consideration for any implementation. The offset should be shorter than any given flight duration (typically less than an hour) but be long enough to be received and processed by Observers (larger than a few seconds). It recommended that 3-5 minutes should be sufficient to serve this purpose in any scenario, but is not limited by design.¶
ASTM Authentication has only 3 states: None, Invalid or Valid. This is because under ASTM the idea is that Authentication is done by an external service hosted somewhere on the Internet so it is assumed you will always get some sort of answer back. With DRIP this classification becomes more complex with the support of "offline" scenarios where the receiver does not have Internet connectivity. With the use of asymmetric keys this means the public key (PK) must somehow be obtained - [drip-registries] gets more into detail how these keys are stored on DNS and one reason for DRIP Authentication is to send PK's over Broadcast RID.¶
There are two keys of interest: the PK of the UA and the PK of the HDA (or Registry). This document gives a clear way to send the PK of the UA over the Broadcast RID messages. The key of the HDA can be sent over Broadcast RID using the same mechanisms (see Section 5.2 and Section 6.3) but is not required due to potential operational constraints of sending multiple DRIP Link messages. As such there are scenarios where you may have part of the key-chain but not all of it.¶
The intent of this appendix is to give some kind of recommended way to classify these various states and convey it to the user through colors and state names/text.¶
The table below lays out the RECOMMENDED colors to associate with state.¶
| State | Color | Details |
|---|---|---|
| None | Black | No Authentication being received |
| Partial | Gray | Authentication being received but missing pages |
| Unsupported | Brown | Authentication Type/SAM Type of received message not supported |
| Unverifiable | Yellow | Data needed for verification missing |
| Verified | Green | Valid verification results |
| Trusted | Blue | Valid verification results and HDA is marked as trusted |
| Questionable | Orange | Inconsistent verification results |
| Unverified | Red | Invalid verification results |
| Conflicting | Purple | Inconsistent verification results and HDA is marked as trusted |
This section gives some RECOMMENDED state flows that DRIP should follow. Note that the state diagrams do not have all error conditions mapped.¶
o--------------o | PROCESS | o--------------o +--------------+ | STATE | +--------------+ ooooo o N o Transition N ooooo +-----> Transition Option False/No -----> Transition Option True/Yes
o---------------------o ooooo +------+
| Start |---->o 1 o+----->| None |
o---------------------o ooooo +------+
|
v
ooooo +-------------+
o 2 o+----->| Unsupported |
ooooo +-------------+
| ^
v |
+---------+ ooooo |
| Partial |<-----+o 3 o |
+---------+ ooooo |
| |
v +
ooooo ooooo o-------------o
o 4 o------>o 5 o------>| SAM Decoder |
ooooo ooooo o-------------o
+
|
v
o------------------o
| AuthType Decoder |
o------------------o
| Transition | Transition Query | Next State/Process/Transition (Yes, No) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Receiving Authentication Pages? | 2, None |
| 2 | Authentication Type Supported? | 3, Unsupported |
| 3 | All Pages of Authentication Message Received? | 4, Partial |
| 4 | Is Authentication Type received 5? | 5, AuthType Decoder |
| 5 | Is SAM Type Supported? | SAM Decoder, Unsupported |
o-------------o ooooo o-----------------------------o
| SAM Decoder |---->o 6 o------>| DRIP Wrapper/Manifest/Frame |
o-------------o ooooo o-----------------------------o
+ | ^
| | |
v v |
o-----------o o--------------------o |
| DRIP Link |--->| Update State Cache | |
o-----------o o--------------------o |
| |
v |
o--------------o ooooo o----------------------o
| NOP / Return |<------+o 7 o----->| Extract Message from |
o--------------o ooooo | Verification Queue |
o----------------------o
| Transition | Transition Query | Next State/Process/Transition (Yes, No) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Is SAM Type DRIP Link? | DRIP Link, DRIP Wrapper/Manifest/Frame |
| 7 | Messages in Verification Queue? | Extract Message from Verification Queue, NOP / Return |
o-----------o ooooo ooooo +--------------+
| DRIP Link |----->o 8 o+----->o 9 o+----->| Unverifiable |
o-----------o ooooo ooooo +--------------+
| |
|-------------'
v
ooooo +------------+
o 10 o+----->| Unverified |
ooooo +------------+
|
v
o---------------------o
| Add UA DET/PK |
| to Key Cache |
o---------------------o
|
v
ooooo +----------+
o 11 o+------>| Verified |
ooooo +----------+
| ^
v |
o-------------------------o
| Mark UA DET/PK |
| as Trusted in Key Cache |
o-------------------------o
| Transition | Transition Query | Next State/Process/Transition (Yes, No) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Registry DET/PK in Key Cache? | 10, 9 |
| 9 | Registry PK found Online? | 10, Unverifiable |
| 10 | Registry Signature Verified? | Add UA DET/PK to Key Cache, Unverified |
| 11 | Registry DET/PK marked as Trusted in Key Cache? | Mark UA DET/PK as Trusted in Key Cache, Verified |
o-----------------------------o +--------------+
| DRIP Wrapper/Manifest/Frame | | Unverifiable |
o-----------------------------o +--------------+
| ^
v |
ooooo ooooo o--------------------o
o 12 o+----->o 13 o+----->| Add Message to |
ooooo ooooo | Verification Queue |
| | o--------------------o
| |
|-------------'
v
ooooo ooooo ooooo +------------+
o 14 o+----->o 15 o+----->o 16 o+----->| Unverified |
ooooo ooooo ooooo +------------+
| | |
v v |
ooooo +-------------+ |
o 17 o+----->| Conflicting | |
ooooo +-------------+ |
| |
v v
ooooo +--------------+
o 18 o---------------->| Questionable |
ooooo +--------------+
+
|
v
ooooo +----------+
o 19 o+----->| Verified |
ooooo +----------+
|
v
+---------+
| Trusted |
+---------+
| Transition | Transition Query | Next State/Process/Transition (Yes, No) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | UA DET/PK in Key Cache? | 14, 13 |
| 13 | UA PK found Online? | 14, Add Message to Verification Queue |
| 14 | UA Signature Verified? | 17, 15 |
| 15 | Has past Messages of this type been marked as Trusted? | Conflicting, 16 |
| 16 | Has past Messages of this type been marked as Questionable or Verified? | Questionable, Unverified |
| 17 | Has past Messages of this type been marked as Conflicting? | Conflicting, 18 |
| 18 | Has past Messages of this type been marked as Questionable or Unverified? | Questionable, 19 |
| 19 | Is UA DET/PK marked as Trusted in Key Cache? | Trusted, Verified |
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| |
| DRIP |
| Entity Tag of HDA |
| |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| |
| DRIP |
| Entity Tag of UA |
| |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| |
| |
| |
| Host Identity of UA |
| |
| |
| |
| |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| Not Before Timestamp by HDA |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| Not After Timestamp by HDA |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Signature by HDA |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
DRIP Entity Tag of HDA: (16-bytes)
DET of HDA.
DRIP Entity Tag of UA: (16-bytes)
DET of UA.
Host Identity of UA: (32-bytes)
HI of UA
Expiration Timestamp by HDA (4 bytes):
Timestamp denoting recommended time to trust data to.
Signing Timestamp by HDA (4 bytes):
Current time at signing.
HDA Signature (64 bytes):
Signature over preceding fields using the keypair of
the HDA.
In this example the UA is sending all DRIP Authentication Message formats (DRIP Link, DRIP Wrapper and DRIP Manifest) during flight, along with standard ASTM Messages. The objective is to show the combinations of messages that must be received to properly validate a DRIP equipped UA and examples of their various states (as described in Appendix A).¶
+-------------------+
.-----| Unmanned Aircraft |-----.
| +-------------------+ |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| | | |
O O O O
--|-- --|-- --|-- --|--
/ \ / \ / \ / \
A B C D
Broadcast Paths: Messages Received
1: DRIP Link
2: DRIP Link and DRIP Wrapper or DRIP Manifest
3: DRIP Wrapper or DRIP Manifest
4: None
Observers: Authentication State
A: Unverifiable
B: Verified, Trusted, Unverified, Questionable, or Conflicting
C: Unverifiable
D: None
¶
As the above example shows to properly authenticate both a DRIP Link and a DRIP Wrapper or DRIP Manifest are required.¶