| Internet-Draft | CSRAttrs | June 2023 |
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The Enrollment over Secure Transport (EST, RFC7030) is ambiguous in its specification of the CSR Attributes Response. This has resulted in implementation challenges and implementor confusion.¶
This document updates RFC7030 (EST) and clarifies how the CSR Attributes Response can be used by an EST server to specify both CSR attribute OIDs and also CSR attribute values, in particular X.509 extension values, that the server expects the client to include in subsequent CSR request.¶
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Enrollment over Secure Transport [RFC7030] (EST) has been used in a wide variety of applications. In particular, [RFC8994] and [RFC8995] describe a way to use it in order to build out an autonomic control plane (ACP) [RFC8368].¶
The ACP requires that each node be given a very specific subjectAltName. In the ACP specification, the solution was for the EST server to use section 2.6 of [RFC7030] to convey to the EST client the actual subjectAltName that will end up in its certificate.¶
As a result of some implementation challenges, it came to light that this particular way of using the CSR attributes was not universally agreed upon, and it was suggested that it went contrary to section 2.6.¶
Section 2.6 says that the CSR attributes "can provide additional descriptive information that the EST server cannot access itself". This is extended to mention also values that the EST server demands to use.¶
After significant discussion, it has been determined that Section 4.5 of [RFC7030] specification is sufficiently difficult to read and ambiguous to interpret that clarification is needed.¶
This document motivates the different use cases, and provides additional worked out examples.¶
Also, section 4.5.2 is extended to clarify the use of the existing ASN.1 syntax. This covers all uses and is fully backward compatible with the existing use.¶
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.¶
Replace the second paragraph with the following text:¶
These attributes can provide additional descriptive information that the EST server cannot access itself, such as the Media Access Control (MAC) address of an interface of the EST client. The EST server can also provide concrete values that it tells the client to include in the CSR, such as a specific X.509 Subject Alternative Name extension. Moreover, these attributes can indicate the kind of enrollment request, such as a specific elliptic curve or a specific hash function that the client is expected to use when generating the CSR.¶
The ASN.1 for CSR Attributes as defined in EST section 4.5.2 is as follows:¶
CsrAttrs ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (0..MAX) OF AttrOrOID
AttrOrOID ::= CHOICE (oid OBJECT IDENTIFIER, attribute Attribute }
Attribute { ATTRIBUTE:IOSet } ::= SEQUENCE {
type ATTRIBUTE.&id({IOSet}),
values SET SIZE(1..MAX) OF ATTRIBUTE.&Type({IOSet}{@type}) }
¶
This remains unchanged, such that bits-on-the-wire compatibility is maintained.¶
Key parts that were unclear were which OID to use in the 'type' field and that the 'values' field can contain an entire sequence of X.509 extensions.¶
The OID to use for such attributes in the 'type' field MUST be extensionRequest, which has the numerical value 1.2.840.113549.1.9.14. There MUST be only one such Attribute.¶
The 'values' field of this attribute MUST contain a set with exactly one element, and this element MUST by of type Extensions, as per Section 4.1 of [RFC5280]:¶
Extensions ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Extension
Extension ::= SEQUENCE {
extnID OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
critical BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
extnValue OCTET STRING
-- contains the DER encoding of an ASN.1 value
-- corresponding to the extension type identified
-- by extnID
}
¶
In each such Extensions sequence, an extnID OID MUST appear at most once.¶
An Extension comprises of the OID of the specific X.509 extension (extnID), optionally the 'critical' bit, and the extension value (extnValue).¶
With this understanding, the needs of [RFC8994] and [RFC8995] are satisfied with no change to the bits on the wire.¶
Each example has a high-level (english) explanation of what is expected. Some mapping back to the Attribute and Extension definitions above are included. The base64 encode DER is then shown. The output of "dumpasn1" is then provided to detail what the contents are.¶
A single subjectAltName extension is specified in a single Extension attribute. This is what might be created by an [RFC8995] Registrar that is asking for [RFC8994] AcpNodeName format otherNames.¶
<CODE BEGINS> MGQwYgYJKoZIhvcNAQkOMVUwUwYDVR0RAQH/BEmgRzBFBggr BgEFBQcICgw5cmZjODk5NCtmZDczOWZjMjNjMzQ0MDExMjIz MzQ0NTUwMDAwMDAwMCtAYWNwLmV4YW1wbGUuY29t <CODE ENDS>¶
There is a single subjectAltName Extension with an Attribute with Extension type.¶
<30 64>
0 100: SEQUENCE {
<30 62>
2 98: SEQUENCE {
<06 09>
4 9: OBJECT IDENTIFIER extensionRequest (1 2 840 113549 1 9 14)
: (PKCS #9 via CRMF)
<31 55>
15 85: SET {
<30 53>
17 83: SEQUENCE {
<06 03>
19 3: OBJECT IDENTIFIER subjectAltName (2 5 29 17)
: (X.509 extension)
<01 01>
24 1: BOOLEAN TRUE
<04 49>
27 73: OCTET STRING
: A0 47 30 45 06 08 2B 06 .G0E..+.
: 01 05 05 07 08 0A 0C 39 .......9
: 72 66 63 38 39 39 34 2B rfc8994+
: 66 64 37 33 39 66 63 32 fd739fc2
: 33 63 33 34 34 30 31 31 3c344011
: 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 22334455
: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00000000
: 2B 40 61 63 70 2E 65 78 +@acp.ex
: 61 6D 70 6C 65 2E 63 6F ample.co
: 6D m
: }
: }
: }
: }
¶
In this example, taken from [RFC7030], a few different attributes are included.¶
<CODE BEGINS> MEEGCSqGSIb3DQEJBzASBgcqhkjOPQIBMQcGBSuBBAAiMBYG CSqGSIb3DQEJDjEJBgcrBgEBAQEWBggqhkjOPQQDAw== <CODE ENDS>¶
<30 41>
0 65: SEQUENCE {
<06 09>
2 9: OBJECT IDENTIFIER challengePassword (1 2 840 113549 1 9 7)
: (PKCS #9)
<30 12>
13 18: SEQUENCE {
<06 07>
15 7: OBJECT IDENTIFIER ecPublicKey (1 2 840 10045 2 1)
: (ANSI X9.62 public key type)
<31 07>
24 7: SET {
<06 05>
26 5: OBJECT IDENTIFIER secp384r1 (1 3 132 0 34)
: (SECG (Certicom) named elliptic curve)
: }
: }
<30 16>
33 22: SEQUENCE {
<06 09>
35 9: OBJECT IDENTIFIER extensionRequest (1 2 840 113549 1 9 14)
: (PKCS #9 via CRMF)
<31 09>
46 9: SET {
<06 07>
48 7: OBJECT IDENTIFIER '1 3 6 1 1 1 1 22'
: }
: }
<06 08>
57 8: OBJECT IDENTIFIER ecdsaWithSHA384 (1 2 840 10045 4 3 3)
: (ANSI X9.62 ECDSA algorithm with SHA384)
: }
¶
A single subjectAltName extension is specified in a single Extension attribute.¶
<CODE BEGINS> MGYGCSqGSIb3DQEJBzASBgcqhkjOPQIBMQcGBSuBBAAiMDsG CSqGSIb3DQEJDjEuMCwGA1UdEQEB/wQioCAwHgYIKwYBBQUH CAoMEnBvdGF0b0BleGFtcGxlLmNvbQYIKoZIzj0EAwM= <CODE ENDS>¶
<30 66>
0 102: SEQUENCE {
<06 09>
2 9: OBJECT IDENTIFIER challengePassword (1 2 840 113549 1 9 7)
: (PKCS #9)
<30 12>
13 18: SEQUENCE {
<06 07>
15 7: OBJECT IDENTIFIER ecPublicKey (1 2 840 10045 2 1)
: (ANSI X9.62 public key type)
<31 07>
24 7: SET {
<06 05>
26 5: OBJECT IDENTIFIER secp384r1 (1 3 132 0 34)
: (SECG (Certicom) named elliptic curve)
: }
: }
<30 3B>
33 59: SEQUENCE {
<06 09>
35 9: OBJECT IDENTIFIER extensionRequest (1 2 840 113549 1 9 14)
: (PKCS #9 via CRMF)
<31 2E>
46 46: SET {
<30 2C>
48 44: SEQUENCE {
<06 03>
50 3: OBJECT IDENTIFIER subjectAltName (2 5 29 17)
: (X.509 extension)
<01 01>
55 1: BOOLEAN TRUE
<04 22>
58 34: OCTET STRING
: A0 20 30 1E 06 08 2B 06 . 0...+.
: 01 05 05 07 08 0A 0C 12 ........
: 70 6F 74 61 74 6F 40 65 potato@e
: 78 61 6D 70 6C 65 2E 63 xample.c
: 6F 6D om
: }
: }
: }
<06 08>
94 8: OBJECT IDENTIFIER ecdsaWithSHA384 (1 2 840 10045 4 3 3)
: (ANSI X9.62 ECDSA algorithm with SHA384)
: }
¶
A single subjectAltName extension is specified in a single Extension attribute.¶
<CODE BEGINS> MGgwZgYJKoZIhvcNAQkOMVkwVzBVBgNVHREBAf8ESzBJoEcG CCsGAQUFBwgKoDsWOXJmYzg5OTQrZmQ3MzlmYzIzYzM0NDAx MTIyMzM0NDU1MDAwMDAwMDArQGFjcC5leGFtcGxlLmNvbQ== <CODE ENDS>¶
<30 68>
0 104: SEQUENCE {
<30 66>
2 102: SEQUENCE {
<06 09>
4 9: OBJECT IDENTIFIER extensionRequest (1 2 840 113549 1 9 14)
: (PKCS #9 via CRMF)
<31 59>
15 89: SET {
<30 57>
17 87: SEQUENCE {
<30 55>
19 85: SEQUENCE {
<06 03>
21 3: OBJECT IDENTIFIER subjectAltName (2 5 29 17)
: (X.509 extension)
<01 01>
26 1: BOOLEAN TRUE
<04 4B>
29 75: OCTET STRING, encapsulates {
<30 49>
31 73: SEQUENCE {
<A0 47>
33 71: [0] {
<06 08>
35 8: OBJECT IDENTIFIER '1 3 6 1 5 5 7 8 10'
<A0 3B>
45 59: [0] {
<16 39>
47 57: IA5String
: 'rfc8994+fd739fc23c3440112233445500000000+@acp.ex'
: 'ample.com'
: }
: }
: }
: }
: }
: }
: }
: }
: }
¶
The security considerations from EST [RFC7030] section 6 are unchanged.¶
An EST server may use this mechanism to instruct the EST client about the identities it should include in the CSR it sends as part of enrollment. The client may only be aware of its IDevID Subject, which includes a manufacturer serial number. The EST server can use this mechanism to tell the client to include a specific fully qualified domain name in the CSR in order to complete domain ownership proofs required by the CA. Additionally, the EST server may deem the manufacturer serial number in an IDevID as personally identifiable information, and may want to specify a new random opaque identifier that the pledge should use in its CSR. This may be desirable if the CA and EST server have different operators.¶
No requests are made to IANA.¶
Corey Bonnell crafted example02 using a different tool, and this helped debug other running code.¶