UNIT 4 SECURITY PRACTICE
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Authentication applications – Kerberos
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X.509 Authentication services
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E‐mail security
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IP security
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Web security
Slides Courtesy of William Stallings, “Cryptography & Network Security”, Pearson Education, 4th EditionChapter‐1 Authentication Applications
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Authentication applications – Kerberos
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X.509 Authentication services
Authentication Applications
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will consider authentication functions
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developed to support application‐level
authentication & digital signatures
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will consider Kerberos – a private‐key
authentication service
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then X.509 ‐ a public‐key directory
authentication service
Kerberos
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trusted key server system from MIT
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provides centralised private‐key third‐party
authentication in a distributed network
– allows users access to services distributed through network – without needing to trust all workstations – rather all trust a central authentication server•
two versions in use: 4 & 5
Kerberos Requirements
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its first report identified requirements as:
– secure – reliable – transparent – scalable•
implemented using an authentication protocol
based on Needham‐Schroeder
Kerberos v4 Overview
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a basic third‐party authentication scheme
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have an Authentication Server (AS)
– users initially negotiate with AS to identify self – AS provides a non‐corruptible authentication credential (ticket granting ticket TGT)•
have a Ticket Granting server (TGS)
– users subsequently request access to other services from TGS on basis of users TGTKerberos v4 Dialogue
1. obtain ticket granting ticket from AS
• once per session2. obtain service granting ticket from TGT
• for each distinct service required3. client/server exchange to obtain service
• on every service requestKerberos Realms
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a Kerberos environment consists of:
– a Kerberos server – a number of clients, all registered with server – application servers, sharing keys with server•
this is termed a realm
– typically a single administrative domain•
if have multiple realms, their Kerberos servers
must share keys and trust
Kerberos Version 5
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developed in mid 1990’s
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specified as Internet standard RFC 1510
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provides improvements over v4
– addresses environmental shortcomings • encryption alg, network protocol, byte order, ticket lifetime, authentication forwarding, interrealm auth – and technical deficiencies • double encryption, non‐std mode of use, session keys, password attacksX.509 Authentication Service • part of CCITT X.500 directory service standards – distributed servers maintaining user info database • defines framework for authentication services – directory may store public‐key certificates – with public key of user signed by certification authority • also defines authentication protocols • uses public‐key crypto & digital signatures – algorithms not standardised, but RSA recommended • X.509 certificates are widely used
X.509 Certificates • issued by a Certification Authority (CA), containing: – version (1, 2, or 3) – serial number (unique within CA) identifying certificate – signature algorithm identifier – issuer X.500 name (CA) – period of validity (from ‐ to dates) – subject X.500 name (name of owner) – subject public‐key info (algorithm, parameters, key) – issuer unique identifier (v2+) – subject unique identifier (v2+) – extension fields (v3) – signature (of hash of all fields in certificate) • notation CA<<A>> denotes certificate for A signed by CA
Summary
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have considered:
– Kerberos trusted key server system – X.509 authentication and certificates
Chapter‐2 E‐Mail Security • PGP
Email Security
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email is one of the most widely used and
regarded network services
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currently message contents are not secure
– may be inspected either in transit – or by suitably privileged users on destination systemEmail Security Enhancements
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confidentiality
– protection from disclosure•
authentication
– of sender of message•
message integrity
– protection from modification•
non‐repudiation of origin
– protection from denial by senderPretty Good Privacy (PGP)
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widely used de facto secure email
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developed by Phil Zimmermann
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selected best available crypto algs to use
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integrated into a single program
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on Unix, PC, Macintosh and other systems
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originally free, now also have commercial
versions available
PGP Operation – Authentication
1. sender creates message
2. use SHA‐1 to generate 160‐bit hash of
message
3. signed hash with RSA using sender's private
key, and is attached to message
4. receiver uses RSA with sender's public key to
decrypt and recover hash code
5. receiver verifies received message using hash
of it and compares with decrypted hash code
PGP Operation – Confidentiality
1. sender generates message and 128‐bit
random number as session key for it
2. encrypt message using CAST‐128 / IDEA /
3DES in CBC mode with session key
3. session key encrypted using RSA with
recipient's public key, & attached to msg
4. receiver uses RSA with private key to decrypt
and recover session key
5. session key is used to decrypt message
PGP Operation –
Confidentiality &
Authentication
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can use both services on same message
– create signature & attach to message – encrypt both message & signature – attach RSA/ElGamal encrypted session keyPGP Operation – Compression
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by default PGP compresses message after
signing but before encrypting
– so can store uncompressed message & signature for later verification – & because compression is non deterministic•
uses ZIP compression algorithm
PGP Operation – Email
Compatibility
• when using PGP will have binary data to send (encrypted message etc) • however email was designed only for text • hence PGP must encode raw binary data into printable ASCII characters • uses radix‐64 algorithm – maps 3 bytes to 4 printable chars – also appends a CRC • PGP also segments messages if too bigPGP Session Keys
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need a session key for each message
– of varying sizes: 56‐bit DES, 128‐bit CAST or IDEA, 168‐bit Triple‐DES•
generated using ANSI X12.17 mode
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uses random inputs taken from previous uses
and from keystroke timing of user
PGP Public & Private Keys • since many public/private keys may be in use, need to identify which is actually used to encrypt session key in a message – could send full public‐key with every message – but this is inefficient • rather use a key identifier based on key – is least significant 64‐bits of the key – will very likely be unique • also use key ID in signatures
PGP Key Rings
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each PGP user has a pair of keyrings:
– public‐key ring contains all the public‐keys of other PGP users known to this user, indexed by key ID – private‐key ring contains the public/private key pair(s) for this user, indexed by key ID & encrypted keyed from a hashed passphrase•
security of private keys thus depends on the
pass‐phrase security
PGP Key Management • rather than relying on certificate authorities • in PGP every user is own CA – can sign keys for users they know directly • forms a “web of trust” – trust keys have signed – can trust keys others have signed if have a chain of signatures to them • key ring includes trust indicators • users can also revoke their keys
S/MIME
(Secure/Multipurpose
Internet Mail
Extensions)
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security enhancement to MIME email
– original Internet RFC822 email was text only – MIME provided support for varying content types and multi‐part messages – with encoding of binary data to textual form – S/MIME added security enhancements•
have S/MIME support in many mail agents
– eg MS Outlook, Mozilla, Mac Mail etcS/MIME Functions
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enveloped data
– encrypted content and associated keys•
signed data
– encoded message + signed digest•
clear‐signed data
– cleartext message + encoded signed digest•
signed & enveloped data
– nesting of signed & encrypted entitiesS/MIME Cryptographic
Algorithms
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digital signatures: DSS & RSA
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hash functions: SHA‐1 & MD5
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session key encryption: ElGamal & RSA
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message encryption: AES, Triple‐DES, RC2/40
and others
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MAC: HMAC with SHA‐1
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have process to decide which algs to use
S/MIME Messages
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S/MIME secures a MIME entity with a
signature, encryption, or both
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forming a MIME wrapped PKCS object
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have a range of content‐types:
– enveloped data – signed data – clear‐signed data – registration request – certificate only messageS/MIME Certificate Processing
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S/MIME uses X.509 v3 certificates
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managed using a hybrid of a strict X.509 CA
hierarchy & PGP’s web of trust
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each client has a list of trusted CA’s certs
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and own public/private key pairs & certs
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certificates must be signed by trusted CA’s
Certificate Authorities
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have several well‐known CA’s
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Verisign one of most widely used
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Verisign issues several types of Digital IDs
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increasing levels of checks & hence trust
Class Identity Checks Usage
1 name/email check web browsing/email
2 + enroll/addr check email, subs, s/w validate
Summary
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have considered:
– secure email – PGP
Chapter‐3 IP Security
IP Security
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have a range of application specific security
mechanisms
– eg. S/MIME, PGP, Kerberos, SSL/HTTPS•
however there are security concerns that cut
across protocol layers
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would like security implemented by the
network for all applications
IPSec
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general IP Security mechanisms
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provides
– authentication – confidentiality – key management•
applicable to use over LANs, across public &
private WANs, & for the Internet
Benefits of IPSec
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in a firewall/router provides strong security to
all traffic crossing the perimeter
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in a firewall/router is resistant to bypass
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is below transport layer, hence transparent to
applications
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can be transparent to end users
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can provide security for individual users
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secures routing architecture
IP Security Architecture
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specification is quite complex
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defined in numerous RFC’s
– incl. RFC 2401/2402/2406/2408 – many others, grouped by category•
mandatory in IPv6, optional in IPv4
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have two security header extensions:
– Authentication Header (AH)
IPSec Services
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Access control
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Connectionless integrity
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Data origin authentication
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Rejection of replayed packets
– a form of partial sequence integrity•
Confidentiality (encryption)
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Limited traffic flow confidentiality
Security Associations
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a one‐way relationship between sender &
receiver that affords security for traffic flow
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defined by 3 parameters:
– Security Parameters Index (SPI) – IP Destination Address – Security Protocol Identifier•
has a number of other parameters
– seq no, AH & EH info, lifetime etc•
have a database of Security Associations
Authentication Header (AH)
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provides support for data integrity &
authentication of IP packets
– end system/router can authenticate user/app – prevents address spoofing attacks by tracking sequence numbers•
based on use of a MAC
– HMAC‐MD5‐96 or HMAC‐SHA‐1‐96•
parties must share a secret key
Encapsulating Security
Payload (ESP)
• provides message content confidentiality & limited traffic flow confidentiality • can optionally provide the same authentication services as AH • supports range of ciphers, modes, padding – incl. DES, Triple‐DES, RC5, IDEA, CAST etc – CBC & other modes – padding needed to fill blocksize, fields, for traffic flowTransport vs Tunnel Mode ESP
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transport mode is used to encrypt &
optionally authenticate IP data
– data protected but header left in clear – can do traffic analysis but is efficient – good for ESP host to host traffic•
tunnel mode encrypts entire IP packet
– add new header for next hop – good for VPNs, gateway to gateway securityCombining Security
Associations
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SA’s can implement either AH or ESP
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to implement both need to combine SA’s
– form a security association bundle
– may terminate at different or same endpoints – combined by
• transport adjacency • iterated tunneling
Combining Security
Associations
Summary
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have considered:
– IPSec security framework – AH
Chapter‐4 Web Security
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SSL
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TLS
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SET
Web Security
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Web now widely used by business,
government, individuals
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but Internet & Web are vulnerable
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have a variety of threats
– integrity – confidentiality – denial of service – authentication•
need added security mechanisms
SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
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transport layer security service
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originally developed by Netscape
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version 3 designed with public input
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subsequently became Internet standard
known as TLS (Transport Layer Security)
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uses TCP to provide a reliable end‐to‐end
service
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SSL has two layers of protocols
SSL Architecture
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SSL connection
– a transient, peer‐to‐peer, communications link – associated with 1 SSL session•
SSL session
– an association between client & server – created by the Handshake Protocol – define a set of cryptographic parameters – may be shared by multiple SSL connectionsSSL Record Protocol Services
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message integrity
– using a MAC with shared secret key – similar to HMAC but with different padding•
confidentiality
– using symmetric encryption with a shared secret key defined by Handshake Protocol – AES, IDEA, RC2‐40, DES‐40, DES, 3DES, Fortezza, RC4‐40, RC4‐128 – message is compressed before encryptionSSL Change Cipher Spec
Protocol
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one of 3 SSL specific protocols which use the
SSL Record protocol
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a single message
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causes pending state to become current
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hence updating the cipher suite in use
SSL Alert Protocol • conveys SSL‐related alerts to peer entity • severity • warning or fatal • specific alert • fatal: unexpected message, bad record mac, decompression failure, handshake failure, illegal parameter • warning: close notify, no certificate, bad certificate, unsupported certificate, certificate revoked, certificate expired, certificate unknown • compressed & encrypted like all SSL data
SSL Handshake Protocol
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allows server & client to:
– authenticate each other – to negotiate encryption & MAC algorithms – to negotiate cryptographic keys to be used•
comprises a series of messages in phases
1. Establish Security Capabilities 2. Server Authentication and Key Exchange 3. Client Authentication and Key Exchange 4. FinishTLS (Transport Layer Security)
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IETF standard RFC 2246 similar to SSLv3
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with minor differences
– in record format version number – uses HMAC for MAC – a pseudo‐random function expands secrets – has additional alert codes – some changes in supported ciphers – changes in certificate types & negotiations – changes in crypto computations & paddingSecure Electronic
Transactions (SET)
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open encryption & security specification
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to protect Internet credit card transactions
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developed in 1996 by Mastercard, Visa etc
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not a payment system
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rather a set of security protocols & formats
– secure communications amongst parties – trust from use of X.509v3 certificates – privacy by restricted info to those who need itSET Transaction 1. customer opens account 2. customer receives a certificate 3. merchants have their own certificates 4. customer places an order 5. merchant is verified 6. order and payment are sent 7. merchant requests payment authorization 8. merchant confirms order 9. merchant provides goods or service 10. merchant requests payment
Dual Signature
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customer creates dual messages
– order information (OI) for merchant – payment information (PI) for bank•
neither party needs details of other
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but must know they are linked
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use a dual signature for this
– signed concatenated hashes of OI & PI DS=E(PRc, [H(H(PI)||H(OI))])SET Purchase Request
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SET purchase request exchange
consists of four messages
1. Initiate Request - get certificates
2. Initiate Response - signed response 3. Purchase Request - of OI & PI
Purchase Request – Merchant 1. verifies cardholder certificates using CA sigs 2. verifies dual signature using customer's public signature key to ensure order has not been tampered with in transit & that it was signed using cardholder's private signature key 3. processes order and forwards the payment information to the payment gateway for authorization (described later) 4. sends a purchase response to cardholder
Payment Gateway Authorization 1. verifies all certificates 2. decrypts digital envelope of authorization block to obtain symmetric key & then decrypts authorization block 3. verifies merchant's signature on authorization block 4. decrypts digital envelope of payment block to obtain symmetric key & then decrypts payment block 5. verifies dual signature on payment block 6. verifies that transaction ID received from merchant matches that in PI received (indirectly) from customer 7. requests & receives an authorization from issuer 8. sends authorization response back to merchant
Payment Capture
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merchant sends payment gateway a payment
capture request
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gateway checks request
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then causes funds to be transferred to
merchants account
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notifies merchant using capture response
Summary
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have considered:
– need for web security
– SSL/TLS transport layer security protocols – SET secure credit card payment protocols