RFC6071

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) S. Frankel Request for Comments: 6071 NIST Obsoletes: 2411 S. Krishnan Category: Informational Ericsson ISSN: 2070-1721 February 2011

 IP Security (IPsec) and Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Document Roadmap

Abstract

Over the past few years, the number of RFCs that define and use IPsec and Internet Key Exchange (IKE) has greatly proliferated. This is complicated by the fact that these RFCs originate from numerous IETF working groups: the original IPsec WG, its various spin-offs, and other WGs that use IPsec and/or IKE to protect their protocols' traffic.

This document is a snapshot of IPsec- and IKE-related RFCs. It includes a brief description of each RFC, along with background information explaining the motivation and context of IPsec's outgrowths and extensions. It obsoletes RFC 2411, the previous "IP Security Document Roadmap."

The obsoleted IPsec roadmap (RFC 2411) briefly described the interrelationship of the various classes of base IPsec documents. The major focus of RFC 2411 was to specify the recommended contents of documents specifying additional encryption and authentication algorithms.

Status of This Memo

This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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       2.2.1. Differences between "Old" IPsec (IPsec-v2) and

Introduction

IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols that provides security to Internet communications at the IP layer. The most common current use of IPsec is to provide a Virtual Private Network (VPN), either between two locations (gateway-to-gateway) or between a remote user and an enterprise network (host-to-gateway); it can also provide end-to-end, or host-to-host, security. IPsec is also used by other Internet protocols (e.g., Mobile IP version 6 (MIPv6)) to protect some or all of their traffic. IKE (Internet Key Exchange) is the key negotiation and management protocol that is most commonly used to provide dynamically negotiated and updated keying material for IPsec. IPsec and IKE can be used in conjunction with both IPv4 and IPv6.

In addition to the base documents for IPsec and IKE, there are numerous RFCs that reference, extend, and in some cases alter the core specifications. This document obsoletes RFC2411. It attempts to list and briefly describe those RFCs, providing context and rationale where indicated. The title of each RFC is followed by a letter that indicates its category in the RFC series RFC2026, as follows:

  o S: Standards Track (Proposed Standard, Draft Standard, or
       Standard)

  o E: Experimental

  o B: Best Current Practice

  o I: Informational

For each RFC, the publication date is also given.

This document also categorizes the requirements level of each cryptographic algorithm for use with IKEv1, IKEv2, IPsec-v2, and IPsec-v3. These requirements are summarized in Appendix A. These levels are current as of February 2011; subsequent RFCs may result in altered requirement levels.

This document does not define requirement levels; it simply restates those found in the IKE and IPsec RFCs. If there is a conflict between this document and any other RFC, then the other RFC takes precedence.

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC2119.

IPsec/IKE Background Information

Interrelationship of IPsec/IKE Documents

The main documents describing the set of IPsec protocols are divided into seven groups. This is illustrated in Figure 1. There is a main Architecture document that broadly covers the general concepts, security requirements, definitions, and mechanisms defining IPsec technology.

There are an Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) Protocol document and an Authentication Header (AH) Protocol document that cover the packet format and general issues regarding the respective protocols. The "Encryption Algorithm" document set, shown on the left, is the set of documents describing how various encryption algorithms are used for ESP. The "Combined Algorithm" document set, shown in the middle, is the set of documents describing how various combined mode algorithms are used to provide both encryption and integrity protection for ESP. The "Integ-Protection Algorithm" document set, shown on the right, is the set of documents describing how various integrity-protection algorithms are used for both ESP and AH.

The "IKE" documents, shown at the bottom, are the documents describing the IETF Standards-Track key management schemes.

                         +--------------+
                         | Architecture |
                         +--------------+
                            v         v
           +<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-+         +->->->->->->->->+
           v                                           v
  +----------+                                      +----------+
  |   ESP    |                                      |    AH    |
  | Protocol |                                      | Protocol |
  +----------+                                      +----------+
    v      v                                          v       v
    v      +->->->->->->->->+->->->->->->->->+        v       v
    v      v                v                v        v       v
    v      v                v                v        v       v
    v  +------------+   +-----------+    +----------------+   v
    v  | +------------+ | +------------+ | +----------------+ v
    v  | | Encryption | | | Combined   | | |Integ-Protection| v
    v  +-| Algorithm  | +-| Algorithm  | +-| Algorithm      | v
    v    +------------+   +------------+   +----------------+ v
    v        v                  v                   v         v
    v        v                  v                   v         v
    +>->->->-+->->->->->->->->->--<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-+-<-<-<-<-+
                                ^
                                ^
                          +------------+
                          |    IKE     |
                          |  Protocol  |
                          +------------+

           Figure 1. IPsec/IKE Document Interrelationships

Versions of IPsec

Two versions of IPsec can currently be found in implementations. The "new" IPsec (referred to as IPsec-v3 in this document; see Section 3.1.1 for the RFC descriptions) obsoleted the "old" IPsec (referred to as IPsec-v2 in this document; see Section 3.1.2 for the RFC descriptions); however, IPsec-v2 is still commonly found in operational use. In this document, when the unqualified term IPsec is used, it pertains to both versions of IPsec. An earlier version of IPsec (defined in RFCs 1825-1829), obsoleted by IPsec-v2, is not covered in this document.

Differences between "Old" IPsec (IPsec-v2) and "New" IPsec

    (IPsec-v3)

IPsec-v3 incorporates "lessons learned" from implementation and operational experience with IPsec-v2 and its predecessor, IPsec-v1.

Knowledge was gained about the barriers to IPsec deployment, the scenarios in which IPsec is most effective, and the requirements that needed to be added to IPsec to facilitate its use with other protocols. In addition, the documentation for IPsec-v3 clarifies and expands details that were underspecified or ambiguous in IPsec-v2.

Changes to the architecture document RFC4301 include:

  o More detailed descriptions of IPsec processing, both unicast and
    multicast, and the interactions among the various IPsec
    databases

  o In IPsec-v2, an SA (Security Association) is uniquely identified
    by a combination of the SPI (Security Parameters Index),
    protocol (ESP or AH) and the destination address.  In IPsec-v3,
    a unicast SA is uniquely identified by the SPI and, optionally,
    by the protocol; a multicast SA is identified by a combination
    of the SPI and the destination address and, optionally, the
    source address.

  o More flexible SPD (Security Policy Database) selectors,
    including ranges of values and ICMP message types as selectors

  o Decorrelated (order-independent) SAD (Security Association
    Database) replaced the former ordered SAD

  o Extended sequence numbers (ESNs) were added

  o Mandatory algorithms defined in standalone document

  o AH RFC4302 is mandatory to implement (MUST) in IPsec-v2,
    optional (MAY) in IPsec-v3

Changes to ESP RFC4303 include:

  o Combined mode algorithms were added, necessitating changes to
    packet format and processing

  o NULL authentication, mandatory (MUST) in ESP-v2, is optional
    (MAY) in ESP-v3

Versions of IKE

Two versions of IKE can currently be found in implementations. The "new" IKE (generally referred to as IKEv2) obsoleted the "old" IKE (generally referred to as IKEv1); however, IKEv1 is still commonly found in operational use. In this document, when the unqualified term IKE is used, it pertains to both versions of IKE.

Differences between IKEv1 and IKEv2

As with IPsec-v3, IKEv2 incorporates "lessons learned" from implementation and operational experience with IKEv1. Knowledge was gained about the barriers to IKE deployment, the scenarios in which IKE is most effective, and the requirements that needed to be added to IKE to facilitate its use with other protocols as well as in general-purpose use. The documentation for IKEv2 replaces multiple, at times contradictory, documents with a single document; it also clarifies and expands details that were underspecified or ambiguous in IKEv1.

Once an IKE negotiation is successfully completed, the peers have established two pairs of one-way (inbound and outbound) SAs. Since IKE always negotiates pairs of SAs, the term "SA" is generally used to refer to a pair of SAs (e.g., an "IKE SA" or an "IPsec SA" is in reality a pair of one-way SAs). The first SA, the IKE SA, is used to protect IKE traffic. The second SA provides IPsec protection to data traffic between the peers and/or other devices for which the peers are authorized to negotiate. It is called the IPsec SA in IKEv1 and, in the IKEv2 RFCs, it is referred to variously as a CHILD_SA, a child SA, and an IPsec SA. This document uses the term "IPsec SA". To further complicate the terminology, since IKEv1 consists of two sequential negotiations, called phases, the IKE SA is also referred to as a Phase 1 SA and the IPsec SA is referred to as a Phase 2 SA.

Changes to IKE include:

  o Replaced multiple alternate exchange types with a single,
    shorter exchange

  o Streamlined negotiation format to avoid combinatorial bloat for
    multiple proposals

  o Protect responder from committing significant resources to the
    exchange until the initiator's existence and identity are
    confirmed

  o Reliable exchanges: every request expects a response

  o Protection of IKE messages based on ESP, rather than a method
    unique to IKE

  o Add traffic selectors: distinct from peer IDs and more flexible

  o Support of EAP-based authentication methods and asymmetric
    authentication (i.e., initiator and responder can use different
    authentication methods)

IPsec and IKE IANA Registries

Numerous IANA registries contain values that are used in IPsec, IKE, and related protocols. They include:

  o  IKE Attributes
     (http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipsec-registry): values used
     during IKEv1 Phase 1 exchanges, defined in RFC2409.

  o  "Magic Numbers" for Internet Security Association and Key
     Management Protocol (ISAKMP)
     (http://www.iana.org/assignments/isakmp-registry): values used
     during IKEv1 Phase 2 exchanges, defined in RFC2407,
     RFC2408, and numerous other cryptographic algorithm RFCs.

  o  IKEv2 Parameters
     (http://www.iana.org/assignments/ikev2-parameters): values used
     in IKEv2 exchanges, defined in RFC5996 and numerous other
     cryptographic algorithm RFCs.

  o  Cryptographic Suites for IKEv1, IKEv2, and IPsec
     (http://www.iana.org/assignments/crypto-suites): names of
     cryptographic suites in RFC4308 and RFC4869.

IPsec Documents

Base Documents

IPsec protections are provided by two special headers: the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) Header and the Authentication Header (AH). In IPv4, these headers take the form of protocol headers; in IPv6, they are classified as extension headers. There are three base IPsec documents: one that describes the IP security architecture, and one for each of the IPsec headers.

"Old" IPsec (IPsec-v2)

RFC 2401, Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol

      (S, November 1998)

RFC2401 specifies the mechanisms, procedures, and components required to provide security services at the IP layer. It also describes their interrelationship and the general processing required to inject IPsec protections into the network architecture.

The components include:

  - SA (Security Association): a one-way (inbound or outbound)
    agreement between two communicating peers that specifies the
    IPsec protections to be provided to their communications.  This
    includes the specific security protections, cryptographic
    algorithms, and secret keys to be applied, as well as the
    specific types of traffic to be protected.

  - SPI (Security Parameters Index): a value that, together with the
    destination address and security protocol (AH or ESP), uniquely
    identifies a single SA.

  - SAD (Security Association Database): each peer's SA repository.
    The RFC describes how this database functions (SA lookup, etc.)
    and the types of information it must contain to facilitate SA
    processing; it does not dictate the format or layout of the
    database.  SAs can be established in either transport mode or
    tunnel mode (see below).

  - SPD (Security Policy Database): an ordered database that
    expresses the security protections to be afforded to different
    types and classes of traffic.  The three general classes of
    traffic are traffic to be discarded, traffic that is allowed
    without IPsec protection, and traffic that requires IPsec
    protection.

RFC 2401 describes general inbound and outbound IPsec processing; it also includes details on several special cases: packet fragments, ICMP messages, and multicast traffic.

RFC 2402, IP Authentication Header (S, November 1998)

RFC2402 defines the Authentication Header (AH), which provides integrity protection; it also provides data-origin authentication, access control, and, optionally, replay protection. A transport mode AH SA, used to protect peer-to-peer communications, protects upper- layer data, as well as those portions of the IP header that do not vary unpredictably during packet delivery. A tunnel mode AH SA can be used to protect gateway-to-gateway or host-to-gateway traffic; it can optionally be used for host-to-host traffic. This class of AH SA protects the inner (original) header and upper-layer data, as well as those portions of the outer (tunnel) header that do not vary unpredictably during packet delivery. Because portions of the IP header are not included in the AH calculations, AH processing is more complex than ESP processing. AH also does not work in the presence of Network Address Translation (NAT). Unlike IPsec-v3, IPsec-v2 classifies AH as mandatory to implement.

RFC 2406, IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

      (S, November 1998)

RFC2406 defines the IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP), which provides confidentiality (encryption) and/or integrity protection; it also provides data-origin authentication, access control, and, optionally, replay and/or traffic analysis protection. A transport mode ESP SA protects the upper-layer data, but not the IP header. A tunnel mode ESP SA protects the upper-layer data and the inner header, but not the outer header.

"New" IPsec (IPsec-v3)

RFC 4301, Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol

      (S, December 2005)

RFC4301 obsoletes RFC2401, and it includes a more complete and detailed processing model. The most notable changes are detailed above in Section 2.2.1. IPsec-v3 processing incorporates an additional database:

  - PAD (Peer Authorization Database): contains information
    necessary to conduct peer authentication, providing a link
    between IPsec and the key management protocol (e.g., IKE)

RFC 4302, IP Authentication Header (S, December 2005)

RFC4302 obsoletes RFC2402. Unlike IPsec-v2, IPsec-v3 classifies AH as optional.

RFC 4303, IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

      (S, December 2005)

RFC4303 obsoletes RFC2406. The most notable changes are detailed above in Section 2.2.1.

Additions to IPsec

Once the IKEv1 and IPsec-v2 RFCs were finalized, several additions were defined in separate documents: negotiation of NAT traversal, extended sequence numbers, UDP encapsulation of ESP packets, opportunistic encryption, and IPsec-related ICMP messages. Additional uses of IPsec transport mode were also described: protection of manually configured IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnels and protection of IP-in-IP tunnels. These documents describe atypical uses of IPsec transport mode, but do not define any new IPsec features.

Once the original IPsec Working Group concluded, additional IPsec- related issues were handled by the IPsecME (IPsec Maintenance and Extensions) Working Group. One such problem is the capability of middleboxes to distinguish unencrypted ESP packets (ESP-NULL) from encrypted ones in a fast and accurate manner. Two solutions are described: a new protocol that requires changes to IKEv2 and IPsec-v3 and a heuristic method that imposes no new requirements. Another issue that was addressed is the problem of using IKE and IPsec in a high-availability environment.

RFC 3947, Negotiation of NAT-Traversal in the IKE

    (S, January 2005)

RFC3947 defines an optional extension to IKEv1. It enables IKEv1 to detect whether there are any NATs between the negotiating peers and whether both peers support NAT traversal. It also describes how IKEv1 can be used to negotiate the use of UDP encapsulation of ESP packets for the IPsec SA. For IKEv2, this capability is described in RFC5996.

RFC 3948, UDP Encapsulation of IPsec ESP Packets

    (S, January 2005)

RFC3948 is an optional extension for IPsec-v2 and IPsec-v3. It defines how to encapsulate ESP packets in UDP packets to enable the traversal of NATs that discard packets with protocols other than UDP or TCP. This makes it possible for ESP packets to pass through the NAT device without requiring any change to the NAT device itself. The use of this solution is negotiated by IKE, as described in RFC3947 for IKEv1 and RFC5996 for IKEv2.

RFC 4304, Extended Sequence Number (ESN) Addendum to IPsec

    Domain of Interpretation (DOI) for Internet Security Association
    and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) (S, December 2005)

The use of ESNs allows IPsec to use 64-bit sequence numbers for replay protection, but to send only 32 bits of the sequence number in the packet, enabling shorter packets and avoiding a redesign of the packet format. The larger sequence numbers allow an existing IPsec SA to be used for larger volumes of data. RFC4304 describes an optional extension to IKEv1 that enables IKEv1 to negotiate the use of ESNs for IPsec SAs. For IKEv2, this capability is described in RFC5996.

RFC 4322, Opportunistic Encryption using the Internet Key

    Exchange (IKE) (I, December 2005)

Opportunistic encryption allows a pair of end systems to use encryption without any specific pre-arrangements. RFC4322 specifies a mechanism that uses DNS to distribute the public keys of each system involved and uses DNS Security (DNSSEC) to secure the mechanism against active attackers. It specifies the changes that are needed in existing IPsec and IKE implementations. The majority of the changes are needed in the IKE implementation and these changes relate to the handling of key acquisition requests, the lookup of public keys and TXT records, and the interactions with firewalls and other security facilities that may be co-resident on the same gateway.

RFC 4891, Using IPsec to Secure IPv6-in-IPv4 Tunnels

    (I, May 2007)

RFC4891 describes how to use IKE and transport-mode IPsec to provide security protection to manually configured IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnels. This document uses standard IKE and IPsec, without any new extensions. It does not apply to tunnels that are initiated in an automated manner (e.g., 6to4 tunnels RFC3056).

RFC 3884, Use of IPsec Transport Mode for Dynamic Routing

    (I, September 2004)

RFC3884 describes the use of transport-mode IPsec to secure IP-in- IP tunnels, which constitute the links of a multi-hop, distributed virtual network (VN). This allows the traffic to be dynamically routed via the VN's trusted routers, rather than routing all traffic through a statically routed IPsec tunnel. This RFC has not been widely adopted.

RFC 5840, Wrapped Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) for

    Traffic Visibility  (S, April 2010)

ESP, as defined in RFC4303, does not allow a network device to easily determine whether protected traffic that is passing through the device is encrypted or only integrity protected (referred to as ESP-NULL packets). RFC5840 extends ESPv3 to provide explicit notification of integrity-protected packets, and extends IKEv2 to negotiate this capability between the IPsec peers.

RFC 5879, Heuristics for Detecting ESP-NULL packets

    (I, May 2010)

RFC5879 offers an alternative approach to differentiating between ESP-encrypted and ESP-NULL packets through packet inspection. This method does not require any change to IKE or ESP; it can be used with ESP-v2 or ESP-v3.

General Considerations

RFC 3715, IPsec-Network Address Translation (NAT) Compatibility

    Requirements (I, March 2004)

RFC3715 "describes known incompatibilities between NAT and IPsec, and describes the requirements for addressing them". This is a critical issue, since IPsec is frequently used to provide VPN access to the corporate network for telecommuters, and NATs are widely deployed in home gateways, hotels, and other access networks typically used for remote access.

RFC 5406, Guidelines for Specifying the Use of IPsec Version 2

    (B, February 2009)

RFC5406 offers guidance to protocol designers on how to ascertain whether IPsec is the appropriate security mechanism to provide an interoperable security solution for the protocol. If this is not the case, it advises against attempting to define a new security protocol; rather, it suggests using another standards-based security protocol. The details in this document apply only to IPsec-v2.

RFC 2521, ICMP Security Failures Messages (E, March 1999)

RFC2521 specifies an ICMP message for indicating failures related to the use of IPsec protocols (AH and ESP). The specified ICMP message defines several codes for handling common failure modes for IPsec. The failures that are signaled by this message include invalid or expired SPIs, failure of authenticity or integrity checks on datagrams, decryption and decompression errors, etc. These messages can be used to trigger automated session-key management or to signal to an operator the need to manually reconfigure the SAs. This RFC has not been widely adopted. Furthermore, RFC4301 discusses the pros and cons of relying on unprotected ICMP messages.

RFC 6027, IPsec Cluster Problem Statement (I, October 2010)

RFC6027 describes the problems of using IKE and IPsec in a high availability environment, in which one or both of the peers are clusters of gateways. It details the numerous types of stateful

information shared by IKE and IPsec peers that would have to be available to other members of the cluster in order to provide high- availability, load sharing, and/or failover capabilities.

IKE Documents

Base Documents

IKEv1

IKE is the preferred key management protocol for IPsec. It is used for peer authentication; to negotiate, modify, and delete SAs; and to negotiate authenticated keying material for use within those SAs. The standard peer authentication methods used by IKEv1 (pre-shared secret keys and digital certificates) had several shortcomings related to use of IKEv1 to enable remote user authentication to a corporate VPN: it could not leverage the use of legacy authentication systems (e.g. RADIUS databases) to authenticate a remote user to a security gateway; and it could not be used to configure remote users with network addresses or other information needed in order to access the internal network. Automatic key distribution is required for IPsec-v2, but alternatives to IKE may be used to satisfy that requirement.

Several Internet Drafts were written to address these problems: two such documents include "Extended Authentication within IKE (XAUTH)" [IKE-XAUTH] (and its predecessor, "Extended Authentication within ISAKMP/Oakley (XAUTH)" [ISAKMP-XAUTH]) and "The ISAKMP Configuration Method" [IKE-MODE-CFG] (and its predecessor [ISAKMP-MODE-CFG]). These Internet Drafts did not progress to RFC status due to security flaws and other problems related to these solutions. However, many current IKEv1 implementations incorporate aspects of these solutions to facilitate remote user access to corporate VPNs. These solutions were not standardized, and different implementations implemented different versions. Thus, there is no assurance that the implementations adhere fully to the suggested solutions or that one implementation can interoperate with others that claim to incorporate the same features. Furthermore, these solutions have known security issues. All of those problems and security issues have been solved in IKEv2; thus, use of these non-standardized IKEv1 solutions is not recommended.

RFC 2409, The Internet Key Exchange (IKE) (S, November 1998)

This document defines a key exchange protocol that can be used to negotiate authenticated keying material for SAs. This document implements a subset of the Oakley protocol in conjunction with ISAKMP to obtain authenticated keying material for use with ISAKMP, and for

other security associations such as AH and ESP for the IETF IPsec DOI. While, historically, IKEv1 was created by combining two security protocols, ISAKMP and Oakley, in practice, the combination (along with the IPsec DOI) has commonly been viewed as one protocol, IKEv1. The protocol's origins can be seen in the organization of the documents that define it.

RFC 2408, Internet Security Association and Key Management

      Protocol (ISAKMP) (S, November 1998)

This document defines procedures and packet formats to establish, negotiate, modify, and delete Security Associations (SAs). It is intended to support the negotiation of SAs for security protocols at all layers of the network stack. ISAKMP can work with many different key exchange protocols, each with different security properties.

RFC 2407, The Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation

      for ISAKMP (S, November 1998)

Within ISAKMP, a Domain of Interpretation is used to group related protocols using ISAKMP to negotiate security associations. Security protocols sharing a DOI choose security protocol and cryptographic transforms from a common namespace and share key exchange protocol identifiers. This document defines the Internet IP Security DOI (IPSEC DOI), which instantiates ISAKMP for use with IP when IP uses ISAKMP to negotiate security associations.

RFC 2412, The OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol

      (I, November 1998)

RFC2412 describes a key establishment protocol that two authenticated parties can use to agree on secure and secret keying material. The Oakley protocol describes a series of key exchanges -- called "modes" -- and details the services provided by each (e.g., perfect forward secrecy for keys, identity protection, and authentication). This document provides additional theory and background to explain some of the design decisions and security features of IKE and ISAKMP; it does not include details necessary for the implementation of IKEv1.

IKEv2

RFC 4306, Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol

      (S, December 2005)

This document contains the original description of version 2 of the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol. It covers what was previously covered by separate documents: ISAKMP, IKE, and DOI. It also

addresses NAT traversal, legacy authentication, and remote address acquisition. IKEv2 is not interoperable with IKEv1. Automatic key distribution is required for IPsec-v3, but alternatives to IKE may be used to satisfy that requirement. This document has been superseded by RFC5996.

RFC 4718, IKEv2 Clarifications and Implementation Guidelines

      (I, October 2006)

RFC4718 clarifies many areas of the original IKEv2 specification RFC4306 that were seen as potentially difficult to understand for developers who were not intimately familiar with the specification and its history. It does not introduce any changes to the protocol, but rather provides descriptions that are less prone to ambiguous interpretations. The goal of this document was to encourage the development of interoperable implementations. The clarifications in this document have been included in the new version of the IKEv2 specification RFC5996.

RFC 5996, Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)

      (S, September 2010)

RFC5996 combines the original IKEv2 RFC RFC4306 with the Clarifications RFC RFC4718, and resolves many implementation issues discovered by the community since the publication of these two documents. This document was developed by the IPsecME (IPsec Maintenance and Extensions) Working Group, after the conclusion of the original IPsec Working Group. Automatic key distribution is required for IPsec-v3, but alternatives to IKE may be used to satisfy that requirement.

Additions and Extensions

Peer Authentication Methods

RFC 4478, Repeated Authentication in Internet Key Exchange

      (IKEv2) Protocol (E, April 2006)

RFC4478 addresses a problem unique to remote access scenarios. How can the gateway (the IKE responder) force the remote user (the IKE initiator) to periodically reauthenticate, limiting the damage in the case where an unauthorized user gains physical access to the remote host? This document defines a new status notification, that a responder can send to an initiator, which notifies the initiator that the IPsec SA will be revoked unless the initiator reauthenticates within a specified period of time. This optional extension applies only to IKEv2, not to IKEv1.

RFC 4739, Multiple Authentication Exchanges in the Internet

      Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol (E, November 2006)

IKEv2 supports several mechanisms for authenticating the parties but each endpoint uses only one of these mechanisms to authenticate itself. RFC4739 specifies an extension to IKEv2 that allows the use of multiple authentication exchanges, using either different mechanisms or the same mechanism. This extension allows, for instance, performing certificate-based authentication of the client host followed by an EAP authentication of the user. This also allows for authentication by multiple administrative domains, if needed. This optional extension applies only to IKEv2, not to IKEv1.

RFC 4754, IKE and IKEv2 Authentication Using the Elliptic

      Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) (S, January 2007)

RFC4754 describes how the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) may be used as the authentication method within the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols. ECDSA provides many benefits including computational efficiency, small signature sizes, and minimal bandwidth compared to other available digital signature methods like RSA and DSA. This optional extension applies to both IKEv1 and IKEv2.

RFC 5998, An Extension for EAP-Only Authentication in IKEv2

      (S, September 2010)

IKEv2 allows an initiator to use EAP for peer authentication, but requires the responder to authenticate through the use of a digital signature. RFC5998 extends IKEv2 so that EAP methods that provide mutual authentication and key agreement can also be used to provide peer authentication for the responder. This optional extension applies only to IKEv2, not to IKEv1.

Certificate Contents and Management (PKI4IPsec)

The format, contents, and interpretation of Public Key Certificates (PKCs) proved to be a source of interoperability problems within IKE and IPsec. PKI4IPsec was an attempt to set in place some common procedures and interpretations to mitigate those problems.

RFC 4809, Requirements for an IPsec Certificate Management

      Profile (I, February 2007)

RFC4809 enumerates requirements for Public Key Certificate (PKC) lifecycle transactions between different VPN System and PKI System products in order to better enable large scale, PKI-enabled IPsec

deployments with a common set of transactions. This document discusses requirements for both the IPsec and the PKI products. These optional requirements apply to both IKEv1 and IKEv2.

RFC 4945, The Internet IP Security PKI Profile of

      IKEv1/ISAKMP, IKEv2, and PKIX (S, August 2007)

RFC4945 defines a profile of the IKE and Public Key Infrastructure using X.509 (PKIX) frameworks in order to provide an agreed-upon standard for using PKI technology in the context of IPsec. It also documents the contents of the relevant IKE payloads and further specifies their semantics. In addition, it summarizes the current state of implementations and deployment and provides advice to avoid common interoperability issues. This optional extension applies to both IKEv1 and IKEv2.

RFC 4806, Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Extensions

      to IKEv2 (S, February 2007)

When certificates are used with IKEv2, the communicating peers need a mechanism to determine the revocation status of the peer's certificate. OCSP is one such mechanism. RFC4806 defines the "OCSP Content" extension to IKEv2. This document is applicable when OCSP is desired and security policy (e.g., firewall policy) prevents one of the IKEv2 peers from accessing the relevant OCSP responder directly. This optional extension applies only to IKEv2, not to IKEv1.

Dead Peer Detection

RFC 3706, A Traffic-Based Method of Detecting Dead Internet

      Key Exchange (IKE) Peers (I, February 2004)

When two peers communicate using IKE and IPsec, it is possible for the connectivity between the two peers to drop unexpectedly. But the SAs can still remain until their lifetimes expire, resulting in the packets getting tunneled into a "black hole". RFC3706 describes an approach to detect peer liveliness without needing to send messages at regular intervals. This RFC defines an optional extension to IKEv1; dead peer detection (DPD) is an integral part of IKEv2, which refers to this feature as a "liveness check" or "liveness test".

Remote Access

The IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming (MOBIKE) protocol enables two additional capabilities for IPsec VPN users: 1) moving from one address to another without re-establishing existing SAs and 2) using

multiple interfaces simultaneously. These solutions are limited to IPsec VPNs; they are not intended to provide more general mobility or multihoming capabilities.

The IPsecME Working Group identified some missing components needed for more extensive IKEv2 and IPsec-v3 support for remote access clients. These include efficient client resumption of a previously established session with a VPN gateway, efficient client redirection to an alternate VPN gateway, and support for IPv6 client configuration using IPsec configuration payloads.

RFC 4555, IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming Protocol (MOBIKE)

      (S, June 2006)

IKEv2 assumes that an IKE SA is created implicitly between the IP address pair that is used during the protocol execution when establishing the IKEv2 SA. IPsec-related documents had no provision to change this pair after an IKE SA was created. RFC4555 defines extensions to IKEv2 that enable an efficient management of IKE and IPsec Security Associations when a host possesses multiple IP addresses and/or where IP addresses of an IPsec host change over time.

RFC 4621, Design of the IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming

      (MOBIKE) Protocol (I, August 2006)

RFC4621 discusses the involved network entities and the relationship between IKEv2 signaling and information provided by other protocols. It also records design decisions for the MOBIKE protocol, background information, and records discussions within the working group.

RFC 5266, Secure Connectivity and Mobility Using Mobile IPv4

      and IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming (MOBIKE) (B, June 2008)

RFC5266 describes a solution using Mobile IPv4 (MIPv4) and mobility extensions to IKEv2 (MOBIKE) to provide secure connectivity and mobility to enterprise users when they roam into untrusted networks.

RFC 5723, Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)

      Session Resumption (S, January 2010)

RFC5723 enables a remote client that has been disconnected from a gateway to re-establish SAs with the gateway in an expedited manner, without repeating the complete IKEv2 negotiation. This capability requires changes to IKEv2. This optional extension applies only to IKEv2, not to IKEv1.

RFC 5685, Re-direct Mechanism for the Internet Key Exchange

      Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) (S, November 2009)

RFC5685 enables a gateway to securely redirect VPN clients to another VPN gateway, either during or after the IKEv2 negotiation. Possible reasons include, but are not limited to, an overloaded gateway or a gateway that needs to shut down. This requires changes to IKEv2. This optional extension applies only to IKEv2, not to IKEv1.

RFC 5739, IPv6 Configuration in Internet Key Exchange Protocol

      Version 2 (IKEv2) (E, February 2010)

In IKEv2, a VPN gateway can assign an internal network address to a remote VPN client. This is accomplished through the use of configuration payloads. For an IPv6 client, the assignment of a single address is not sufficient to enable full-fledged IPv6 communications. RFC5739 proposes several solutions that might remove this limitation. This optional extension applies only to IKEv2, not to IKEv1.

Cryptographic Algorithms and Suites

Two basic requirements must be met for an algorithm to be used within IKE and/or IPsec: assignment of one or more IANA values and an RFC that describes how to use the algorithm within the relevant protocol, packet formats, special considerations, etc. For each RFC that describes a cryptographic algorithm, this roadmap will classify its requirement level for each protocol, as either MUST, SHOULD, or MAY RFC2119; SHOULD+, SHOULD-, or MUST- RFC4835; optional; undefined; or N/A (not applicable). A designation of "optional" means that the algorithm meets the two basic requirements, but its use is not specifically recommended for that protocol. "Undefined" means that one of the basic requirements is not met: either there is no relevant IANA number for the algorithm or there is no RFC specifying how it should be used within that specific protocol. "N/A" means that use of the algorithm is inappropriate in the context (e.g., NULL encryption for IKE, which always requires encryption; or combined mode algorithms, a new feature in IPsec-v3, for use with IPsec-v2).

This document categorizes the requirement level of each algorithm for IKEv1, IKEv2, IPsec-v2, and IPsec-v3. If an algorithm is recommended for use within IKEv1 or IKEv2, it is used either to protect the IKE SA's traffic (encryption and integrity-protection algorithms) or to generate keying material (Diffie-Hellman or DH groups, Pseudorandom Functions or PRFs). If an algorithm is recommended for use within IPsec, it is used to protect the IPsec/child SA's traffic, and IKE is capable of negotiating its use for that purpose. These requirements

are summarized in Table 1 (Appendix A). These levels are current as of February 2011; subsequent RFCs may result in altered requirement levels. For algorithms, this could mean the introduction of new algorithms or upgrading or downgrading the requirement levels of current algorithms.

The IANA registries for IKEv1 and IKEv2 include IANA values for various cryptographic algorithms. IKE uses these values to negotiate IPsec SAs that will provide protection using those algorithms. If a specific algorithm lacks a value for IKEv1 and/or IKEv2, that algorithm's use is classified as "undefined" (no IANA #) within IPsec-v2 and/or IPsec-v3.

Algorithm Requirements

Specifying a core set of mandatory algorithms for each protocol facilitates interoperability. Defining those algorithms in an RFC separate from the base protocol RFC enhances algorithm agility. IPsec-v3 and IKEv2 each have an RFC that specifies their mandatory- to-implement (MUST), recommended (SHOULD), optional (MAY), and deprecated (SHOULD NOT) algorithms. For IPsec-v2, this is included in the base protocol RFC. That was originally the case for IKEv1, but IKEv1's algorithm requirements were updated in RFC4109.

RFC 4835, Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements

    for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication
    Header (AH) (S, April 2007)

RFC4835 specifies the encryption and integrity-protection algorithms for IPsec (both versions). Algorithms for IPsec-v2 were originally defined in RFC2402 and RFC2406. RFC4305 obsoleted those requirements, and was in turn obsoleted by RFC4835. Therefore, RFC4835 applies to IPsec-v2 as well as IPsec-v3. Combined mode algorithms are mentioned, but not assigned a requirement level.

RFC 4307, Cryptographic Algorithms for Use in the Internet Key

    Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) (S, December 2005)

RFC4307 specifies the encryption and integrity-protection algorithms used by IKEv2 to protect its own traffic, the Diffie- Hellman (DH) groups used within IKEv2, and the pseudorandom functions used by IKEv2 to generate keys, nonces, and other random values. RFC4307 contains conflicting requirements for IKEv2 encryption and integrity-protection algorithms. Where there are contradictory requirements, this document takes its requirement levels from Section

3.1.1, "Encrypted Payload Algorithms", rather than from Section 3.1.3, "IKEv2 Transform Type 1 Algorithms", or Section 3.1.4, "IKEv2 Transform Type 2 Algorithms".

RFC 4109, Algorithms for Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1)

    (S, May 2005)

RFC4109 updates IKEv1's algorithm specifications, which were originally defined in RFC2409. It specifies the encryption and integrity-protection algorithms used by IKEv1 to protect its own traffic; the Diffie-Hellman (DH) groups used within IKEv1; the hash and pseudorandom functions used by IKEv1 to generate keys, nonces and other random values; and the authentication methods and algorithms used by IKEv1 for peer authentication.

Encryption Algorithms

The encryption-algorithm RFCs describe how to use these algorithms to encrypt IKE and/or ESP traffic, providing confidentiality protection to the traffic. They describe any special constraints, requirements, or changes to packet format appropriate for the specific algorithm. In general, they do not describe the detailed algorithmic computations; the reference section of each RFC includes pointers to documents that define the inner workings of the algorithm. Some of the RFCs include sample test data, to enable implementors to compare their results with standardized output.

When any encryption algorithm is used to provide confidentiality, the use of integrity protection is strongly recommended. If the encryption algorithm is a stream cipher, omitting integrity protection seriously compromises the security properties of the algorithm.

DES, as described in RFC2405, was originally a required algorithm for IKEv1 and ESP-v2. Since the use of DES is now deprecated, this roadmap does not include RFC2405.

RFC 2410, The NULL Encryption Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec

    (S, November 1998)

RFC2410 is a tongue-in-cheek description of the no-op encryption algorithm (i.e., using ESP without encryption). In order for IKE to negotiate the selection of the NULL encryption algorithm for use in an ESP SA, an identifying IANA number is needed. This number (the value 11 for ESP_NULL) is found on the IANA registries for both IKEv1 and IKEv2, but it is not mentioned in RFC2410.

Requirement levels for ESP-NULL:

 IKEv1 - N/A
 IKEv2 - N/A
 ESP-v2 - MUST RFC4835
 ESP-v3 - MUST RFC4835

NOTE: RFC 4307 erroneously classifies ESP-NULL as MAY for IKEv2; this has been corrected in an errata submission for RFC 4307.

RFC 2451, The ESP CBC-Mode Cipher Algorithms (S, November 1998)

RFC2451 describes how to use encryption algorithms in cipher-block- chaining (CBC) mode to encrypt IKE and ESP traffic. It specifically mentions Blowfish, CAST-128, Triple DES (3DES), International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA), and RC5, but it is applicable to any block-cipher algorithm used in CBC mode. The algorithms mentioned in the RFC all have a 64-bit blocksize and a 64-bit random Initialization Vector (IV) that is sent in the packet along with the encrypted data.

Requirement levels for 3DES-CBC:

 IKEv1 - MUST RFC4109
 IKEv2 - MUST- RFC4307
 ESP-v2 - MUST RFC4835
 ESP-v3 - MUST- RFC4835

Requirement levels for other CBC algorithms (Blowfish, CAST, IDEA, RC5):

 IKEv1 - optional
 IKEv2 - optional
 ESP-v2 - optional
 ESP-v3 - optional

RFC 3602, The AES-CBC Cipher Algorithm and Its Use with IPsec

    (S, September. 2003)

RFC3602 describes how to use AES in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode to encrypt IKE and ESP traffic. AES is the successor to DES. AES-CBC is a block-mode cipher with a 128-bit blocksize, a random IV that is sent in the packet along with the encrypted data, and keysizes of 128, 192 and 256 bits. If AES-CBC is implemented, 128-bit keys are MUST; the other sizes are MAY. RFC3602 includes IANA values for use in IKEv1 and ESP-v2. A single IANA value is defined for AES-CBC, so IKE negotiations need to specify the keysize.

Requirement levels for AES-CBC with 128-bit keys:

 IKEv1 - SHOULD RFC4109
 IKEv2 - SHOULD+ RFC4307
 ESP-v2 - MUST RFC4835
 ESP-v3 - MUST RFC4835

Requirement levels for AES-CBC with 192- or 256-bit keys:

 IKEv1 - optional
 IKEv2 - optional
 ESP-v2 - optional
 ESP-v3 - optional

RFC 3686, Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Counter Mode

    With IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
    (S, January 2004)

RFC3686 describes how to use AES in counter (CTR) mode to encrypt ESP traffic. AES-CTR is a stream cipher with a 32-bit random nonce (1/SA) and a 64-bit IV. If AES-CTR is implemented, 128-bit keys are MUST; 192- and 256-byte keys are MAY. Reuse of the IV with the same key and nonce compromises the data's security; thus, AES-CTR should not be used with manual keying. AES-CTR can be pipelined and parallelized; it uses only the AES encryption operations for both encryption and decryption.

Requirement levels for AES-CTR:

 IKEv1 - undefined (no IANA #)
 IKEv2 - optional RFC5930
 ESP-v2 - SHOULD RFC4835
 ESP-v3 - SHOULD RFC4835

RFC 5930, Using Advanced Encryption Standard Counter Mode (AES-

    CTR) with the Internet Key Exchange version 02 (IKEv2) Protocol
    (I, July 210).

RFC5930 extends RFC3686 to enable the use of AES-CTR to provide encryption and integrity protection for IKEv2 messages.

RFC 4312, The Camellia Cipher Algorithm and Its Use with IPsec

    (S, December 2005)

RFC4312 describes how to use Camellia in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode to encrypt IKE and ESP traffic. Camellia-CBC is a block- mode cipher with a 128-bit blocksize, a random IV that is sent in the packet along with the encrypted data, and keysizes of 128, 192, and

256 bits. If Camellia-CBC is implemented, 128-bit keys are MUST; the other sizes are MAY. RFC4312 includes IANA values for use in IKEv1 and IPsec-v2. A single IANA value is defined for Camellia-CBC, so IKEv1 negotiations need to specify the keysize.

RFC 5529, Modes of Operation for Camellia for Use with IPsec

    (S, April 2009)

RFC5529 describes the use of the Camellia block-cipher algorithm in conjunction with several different modes of operation. It describes the use of Camellia in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode and counter (CTR) mode as an encryption algorithm within ESP. It also describes the use of Camellia in Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM) mode as a combined mode algorithm in ESP. This document defines how to use IKEv2 to generate keying material for a Camellia ESP SA; it does not define how to use Camellia within IKEv2 to protect an IKEv2 SA's traffic. However, this RFC, in conjunction with IKEv2's generalized description of block-mode encryption, provide enough detail to allow the use of Camellia-CBC algorithms within IKEv2. All three modes can use keys of length 128 bits, 192 bits, or 256 bits. RFC5529 includes IANA values for use in IKEv2 and IPsec-v3. A single IANA value is defined for each Camellia mode, so IKEv2 negotiations need to specify the keysize.

Requirement levels for Camellia-CBC:

 IKEv1 - optional
 IKEv2 - optional
 ESP-v2 - optional
 ESP-v3 - optional

Requirement levels for Camellia-CTR:

 IKEv1 - undefined (no IANA #)
 IKEv2 - undefined (no RFC)
 ESP-v2 - optional (but no IANA #, so cannot be negotiated by IKE)
 ESP-v3 - optional

Requirement levels for Camellia-CCM:

 IKEv1 - N/A
 IKEv2 - undefined (no RFC)
 ESP-v2 - N/A
 ESP-v3 - optional

RFC 4196, The SEED Cipher Algorithm and Its Use with IPsec

    (S, October 2005)

RFC4196 describes how to use SEED in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode to encrypt ESP traffic. It describes how to use IKEv1 to negotiate a SEED-ESP SA, but does not define the use of SEED to protect IKEv1 traffic. SEED-CBC is a block-mode cipher with a 128-bit blocksize, a random IV that is sent in the packet along with the encrypted data, and a keysize of 128 bits. RFC4196 includes IANA values for use in IKEv1 and IPsec-v2. RFC4196 includes test data.

Requirement levels for SEED-CBC:

 IKEv1 - undefined (no IANA #)
 IKEv2 - undefined (no IANA #)
 ESP-v2 - optional
 ESP-v3 - optional (but no IANA #, so cannot be negotiated by IKE)

Integrity-Protection (Authentication) Algorithms

The integrity-protection algorithm RFCs describe how to use these algorithms to authenticate IKE and/or IPsec traffic, providing integrity protection to the traffic. This protection is provided by computing an Integrity Check Value (ICV), which is sent in the packet. The RFCs describe any special constraints, requirements, or changes to packet format appropriate for the specific algorithm. In general, they do not describe the detailed algorithmic computations; the reference section of each RFC includes pointers to documents that define the inner workings of the algorithm. Some of the RFCs include sample test data, to enable implementors to compare their results with standardized output.

Some of these algorithms generate a fixed-length ICV, which is truncated when it is included in an IPsec-protected packet. For example, standard HMAC-SHA-1 (Hashed Message Authentication Code) generates a 160-bit ICV, which is truncated to 96 bits when it is used to provide integrity protection to an ESP or AH packet. The individual RFC descriptions mention those algorithms that are truncated. When these algorithms are used to protect IKEv2 SAs, they are also truncated. For IKEv1, HMAC-SHA-1 and HMAC-MD5 are negotiated by requesting the hash algorithms SHA-1 and MD5, respectively; these algorithms are not truncated when used to protect an IKEv1 SA. For HMAC-SHA-1 and HMAC-MD5, the IKEv2 IANA registry contains values for both the truncated version and the standard non- truncated version; thus, IKEv2 has the capability to negotiate either version of the algorithm. However, only the truncated version is used for IKEv2 SAs and for IPsec SAs. The non-truncated version is

reserved for use by the Fibre Channel protocol RFC4595. For the other algorithms (AES-XCBC, HMAC-SHA-256/384/512, AES-CMAC, and HMAC- RIPEMD), only the truncated version can be used for both IKEv2 and IPsec-v3 SAs.

One other algorithm, AES-GMAC RFC4543, can also provide integrity protection. It has two versions: an integrity-protection algorithm for use within AH-v3, and a combined mode algorithm with null encryption for use within ESP-v3. RFC4543 is described in Section 5.4, "Combined Mode Algorithms".

RFC 2404, The Use of HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and AH

    (S, November 1998)

RFC2404 describes HMAC-SHA-1, an integrity-protection algorithm with a 512-bit blocksize, and a 160-bit key and Integrity Check Value (ICV). For use within IPsec, the ICV is truncated to 96 bits. This is currently the most commonly used integrity-protection algorithm.

Requirement levels for HMAC-SHA-1:

 IKEv1 - MUST RFC4109
 IKEv2 - MUST RFC4307
 IPsec-v2 - MUST RFC4835
 IPsec-v3 - MUST RFC4835

RFC 3566, The AES-XCBC-MAC-96 Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec

    (S, September 2003)

RFC3566 describes AES-XCBC-MAC, a variant of CBC-MAC, which is secure for messages of varying lengths (unlike classic CBC-MAC). It is an integrity-protection algorithm with a 128-bit blocksize and a 128-bit key and ICV. For use within IPsec, the ICV is truncated to 96 bits. RFC3566 includes test data.

Requirement levels for AES-XCBC-MAC:

 IKEv1 - undefined (no RFC)
 IKEv2 - optional
 IPsec-v2 - SHOULD+ RFC4835
 IPsec-v3 - SHOULD+ RFC4835

RFC 4868, Using HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-384, and HMAC-SHA-512

    with IPsec (S, May 2007)

RFC4868 describes a family of algorithms, successors to HMAC-SHA-1. HMAC-SHA-256 has a 512-bit blocksize and a 256-bit key and ICV. HMAC-SHA-384 has a 1024-bit blocksize and a 384-bit key and ICV.

HMAC-SHA-512 has a 1024-bit blocksize and a 512-bit key and ICV. For use within IKE and IPsec, the ICV is truncated to half its original size (128 bits, 192 bits, or 256 bits). Each of the three algorithms has its own IANA value, so IKE does not have to negotiate the keysize.

Requirement levels for HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-384, HMAC-SHA-512:

 IKEv1 - optional
 IKEv2 - optional
 IPsec-v2 - optional
 IPsec-v3 - optional

RFC 2403, The Use of HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH

    (S, November 1998)

RFC2403 describes HMAC-MD5, an integrity-protection algorithm with a 512-bit blocksize and a 128-bit key and Integrity Check Value (ICV). For use within IPsec, the ICV is truncated to 96 bits. It was a required algorithm for IKEv1 and IPsec-v2. The use of plain MD5 is now deprecated, but RFC4835 states: "Weaknesses have become apparent in MD5; however, these should not affect the use of MD5 with HMAC".

Requirement levels for HMAC-MD5:

 IKEv1 - MAY RFC4109
 IKEv2 - optional RFC4307
 IPsec-v2 - MAY RFC4835
 IPsec-v3 - MAY RFC4835

RFC 4494, The AES-CMAC-96 Algorithm and Its Use with IPsec

    (S, June 2006)

RFC4494 describes AES-CMAC, another variant of CBC-MAC, which is secure for messages of varying lengths. It is an integrity- protection algorithm with a 128-bit blocksize and 128-bit key and ICV. For use within IPsec, the ICV is truncated to 96 bits. RFC4494 includes test data.

Requirement levels for AES-CMAC:

 IKEv1 - undefined (no IANA #)
 IKEv2 - optional
 IPsec-v2 - optional (but no IANA #, so cannot be negotiated by IKE)
 IPsec-v3 - optional

RFC 2857, The Use of HMAC-RIPEMD-160-96 within ESP and AH

    (S, June 2000)

RFC2857 describes HMAC-RIPEMD, an integrity-protection algorithm with a 512-bit blocksize and a 160-bit key and ICV. For use within IPsec, the ICV is truncated to 96 bits.

Requirement levels for HMAC-RIPEMD:

 IKEv1 - undefined (no IANA #)
 IKEv2 - undefined (no IANA #)
 IPsec-v2 - optional
 IPsec-v3 - optional (but no IANA #, so cannot be negotiated by IKE)

RFC 4894, Use of Hash Algorithms in Internet Key Exchange (IKE)

    and IPsec (I, May 2007)

In light of recent attacks on MD5 and SHA-1, RFC4894 examines whether it is necessary to replace the hash functions currently used by IKE and IPsec for key generation, integrity protection, digital signatures, or PKIX certificates. It concludes that the algorithms recommended for IKEv2 RFC4307 and IPsec-v3 RFC4305 are not currently susceptible to any known attacks. Nonetheless, it suggests that implementors add support for AES-XCBC-MAC-96 RFC3566, AES- XCBC-PRF-128 RFC4434, and HMAC-SHA-256, -384, and -512 RFC4868 for future use. It also suggests that IKEv2 implementors add support for PKIX certificates signed with SHA-256, -384, and -512.

Combined Mode Algorithms

IKEv1 and ESP-v2 use separate algorithms to provide encryption and integrity protection, and IKEv1 can negotiate different combinations of algorithms for different SAs. In ESP-v3, a new class of algorithms was introduced, in which a single algorithm can provide both encryption and integrity protection. RFC5996 describes how IKEv2 can negotiate combined mode algorithms to be used in ESP-v3 SAs. RFC5282 adds that capability to IKEv2, enabling IKEv2 to negotiate and use combined mode algorithms for its own traffic. When properly designed, these algorithms can provide increased efficiency in both implementation and execution.

Although ESP-v2 did not originally include combined mode algorithms, some IKEv1 implementations have added the capability to negotiate combined mode algorithms for use in IPsec SAs; these implementations do not include the capability to use combined mode algorithms to protect IKE SAs. IANA numbers for combined mode algorithms have been added to the IKEv1 registry.

RFC 4309, Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) CCM Mode with

    IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) (S, December 2005)

RFC4309 describes how to use AES in counter with CBC-MAC (CCM) mode, a combined algorithm, to encrypt and integrity protect ESP traffic. AES-CCM is a block-mode cipher with a 128-bit blocksize; a random IV that is sent in the packet along with the encrypted data; a 24-bit salt value (1/SA); keysizes of 128, 192, and 256 bits and ICV sizes of 64, 96 and 128 bits. If AES-CCM is implemented, 128-bit keys are MUST; the other sizes are MAY. ICV sizes of 64 and 128 bits are MUST; 96 bits is MAY. The salt value is generated by IKE during the key-generation process. Reuse of the IV with the same key compromises the data's security; thus, AES-CCM should not be used with manual keying. RFC4309 includes IANA values that IKE can use to negotiate ESP-v3 SAs. Each of the three ICV lengths has its own IANA value, but IKE negotiations need to specify the keysize. RFC4309 includes test data. RFC4309 describes how IKE can negotiate the use of AES-CCM to use in an ESP SA. RFC5282 extends this to the use of AES-CCM to protect an IKEv2 SA.

Requirement levels for AES-CCM:

 IKEv1 - N/A
 IKEv2 - optional
 ESP-v2 - N/A
 ESP-v3 - optional RFC4835

NOTE: The IPsec-v2 IANA registry includes values for AES-CCM, but combined mode algorithms are not a feature of IPsec-v2. Although some IKEv1/IPsec-v2 implementations include this capability (see Section 5.4), it is not part of the protocol.

RFC 4106, The Use of Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) in IPsec

    Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) (S, June 2005)

RFC4106 describes how to use AES in Galois/Counter (GCM) mode, a combined algorithm, to encrypt and integrity protect ESP traffic. AES-GCM is a block-mode cipher with a 128-bit blocksize; a random IV that is sent in the packet along with the encrypted data; a 32-bit salt value (1/SA); keysizes of 128, 192, and 256 bits; and ICV sizes of 64, 96, and 128 bits. If AES-GCM is implemented, 128-bit keys are MUST; the other sizes are MAY. An ICV size of 128 bits is a MUST; 64 and 96 bits are MAY. The salt value is generated by IKE during the key-generation process. Reuse of the IV with the same key compromises the data's security; thus, AES-GCM should not be used with manual keying. RFC4106 includes IANA values that IKE can use to negotiate ESP-v3 SAs. Each of the three ICV lengths has its own IANA value, but IKE negotiations need to specify the keysize.

RFC4106 includes test data. RFC4106 describes how IKE can negotiate the use of AES-GCM to use in an ESP SA. RFC5282 extends this to the use of AES-GCM to protect an IKEv2 SA.

Requirement levels for AES-GCM:

 IKEv1 - N/A
 IKEv2 - optional
 ESP-v2 - N/A
 ESP-v3 - optional RFC4835

NOTE: The IPsec-v2 IANA registry includes values for AES-GCM, but combined mode algorithms are not a feature of IPsec-v2. Although some IKEv1/IPsec-v2 implementations include this capability (see Section 5.4), it is not part of the protocol.

RFC 4543, The Use of Galois Message Authentication Code (GMAC)

    in IPsec ESP and AH (S, May 2006)

RFC4543 is the variant of AES-GCM RFC4106 that provides integrity protection without encryption. It has two versions: an integrity- protection algorithm for use within AH, and a combined mode algorithm with null encryption for use within ESP. It can use a key of 128-, 192-, or 256-bits; the ICV is always 128 bits, and is not truncated. AES-GMAC uses a nonce, consisting of a 64-bit IV and a 32-bit salt (1/SA). The salt value is generated by IKE during the key generation process. Reuse of the salt value with the same key compromises the data's security; thus, AES-GMAC should not be used with manual keying. For use within AH, each keysize has its own IANA value, so IKE does not have to negotiate the keysize. For use within ESP, there is only one IANA value, so IKE negotiations must specify the keysize. AES-GMAC cannot be used by IKE to protect its own SAs, since IKE traffic requires encryption.

Requirement levels for AES-GMAC:

 IKEv1 - N/A
 IKEv2 - N/A
 IPsec-v2 - N/A
 IPsec-v3 - optional

NOTE: The IPsec-v2 IANA registry includes values for AES-GMAC, but combined mode algorithms are not a feature of IPsec-v2. Although some IKEv1/IPsec-v2 implementations include this capability (see Section 5.4), it is not part of the protocol.

RFC 5282, Using Authenticated Encryption Algorithms with the

    Encrypted Payload of the Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2)
    Protocol (S, August 2008)

RFC5282 extends RFC4309 and RFC4106 to enable the use of AES- CCM and AES-GCM to provide encryption and integrity protection for IKEv2 messages.

Pseudo-Random Functions (PRFs)

IKE uses pseudorandom functions (PRFs) to generate the secret keys that are used in IKE SAs and IPsec SAs. These PRFs are generally the same algorithms used for integrity protection, but their output is not truncated, since all of the generated bits are generally needed for the keys. If the PRF's output is not long enough to supply the required number of bits of keying material, the PRF is applied iteratively until the requisite amount of keying material is generated.

For each IKEv2 SA, the peers negotiate both a PRF algorithm and an integrity-protection algorithm; the former is used to generate keying material and other values, and the latter is used to provide protection to the IKE SA's traffic.

IKEv1's approach is more complicated. IKEv1 RFC2409 does not specify any PRF algorithms. For each IKEv1 SA, the peers agree on an unkeyed hash function (e.g., SHA-1). IKEv1 uses the HMAC version of this function to generate keying material and to provide integrity protection for the IKE SA. Therefore, PRFs that are not HMACs cannot currently be used in IKEv1.

Requirement levels for PRF-HMAC-SHA1:

 IKEv1 - MUST RFC4109
 IKEv2 - MUST RFC4307

Requirement levels for PRF-HMAC-SHA-256, PRF-HMAC-SHA-384, and PRF- HMAC-SHA-512:

 IKEv1 - optional RFC4868
 IKEv2 - optional RFC4868

RFC 4434, The AES-XCBC-PRF-128 Algorithm for the Internet Key

    Exchange Protocol (IKE) (S, February 2006)

RFC3566 defines AES-XCBC-MAC-96, which is used for integrity protection within IKE and IPsec. RFC4434 enables the use of AES- XCBC-MAC as a PRF within IKE. The PRF differs from the integrity-

protection algorithm in two ways: its 128-bit output is not truncated to 96 bits, and it accepts a variable-length key, which is modified (lengthened via padding or shortened through application of AES-XCBC) to a 128-bit key. RFC4434 includes test data.

Requirement levels for AES-XCBC-PRF:

 IKEv1 - undefined (no RFC)
 IKEv2 - SHOULD+ RFC4307

NOTE: RFC 4109 erroneously classifies AES-XCBC-PRF as SHOULD for IKEv1; this has been corrected in an errata submission for RFC 4109.

RFC 4615, The Advanced Encryption Standard-Cipher-based Message

    Authentication Code-Pseudorandom Function-128 (AES-CMAC-PRF-128)
    Algorithm for the Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE)
    (S, August 2006)

RFC4615 extends RFC4494 to enable the use of AES-CMAC as a PRF within IKEv2, in a manner analogous to that used by RFC4434 for AES-XCBC.

Requirement levels for AES-CMAC-PRF:

 IKEv1 - undefined (no IANA #)
 IKEv2 - optional

Cryptographic Suites

RFC 4308, Cryptographic Suites for IPsec (S, December 2005)

An IKE negotiation consists of multiple cryptographic attributes, both for the IKE SA and for the IPsec SA. The number of possible combinations can pose a challenge to peers trying to find a common policy. To enhance interoperability, RFC4308 defines two pre- defined suites, consisting of combinations of algorithms that comprise typical security policies. IKE/ESP suite "VPN-A" includes use of 3DES, HMAC-SHA-1, and 1024-bit modular exponentiation group (MODP) Diffie-Hellman (DH); IKE/ESP suite "VPN-B" includes AES-CBC, AES-XCBC-MAC, and 2048-bit MODP DH. These suites are intended to be named "single-button" choices in the administrative interface, but do not prevent the use of alternative combinations.

RFC 4869, Suite B Cryptographic Suites for IPsec (I, May 2007)

RFC4869 adds four pre-defined suites, based upon the United States National Security Agency's "Suite B" specifications, to those specified in RFC4308. IKE/ESP suites "Suite-B-GCM-128" and "Suite-

B-GCM-256" include use of AES-CBC, AES-GCM, HMAC-SHA-256, or HMAC- SHA-384, and 256-bit or 384-bit elliptic-curve (EC) DH groups. IKE/AH suites "Suite-B-GMAC-128" and "Suite-B-GMAC-256" include use of AES-CBC, AES-GMAC, HMAC-SHA-256, or HMAC-SHA-384, and 256-bit or 384-bit EC DH groups. While RFC4308 does not specify a peer- authentication method, RFC4869 mandates pre-shared key authentication for IKEv1; public key authentication using ECDSA is recommended for IKEv1 and required for IKEv2.

Diffie-Hellman Algorithms

IKE negotiations include a Diffie-Hellman exchange, which establishes a shared secret to which both parties contributed. This value is used to generate keying material to protect both the IKE SA and the IPsec SA.

IKEv1 RFC2409 contains definitions of two DH MODP groups and two elliptic curve (EC) groups; IKEv2 RFC5996 only references the MODP groups. The requirements levels of these groups are:

Requirement levels for DH MODP group 1:

 IKEv1 - MAY RFC4109
 IKEv2 - optional

Requirement levels for DH MODP group 2:

 IKEv1 - MUST RFC4109
 IKEv2 - MUST- RFC4307

Requirement levels for EC groups 3-4:

 IKEv1 - MAY RFC4109
 IKEv2 - undefined (no IANA #)

RFC 3526, More Modular Exponential (MODP) Diffie-Hellman groups

    for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) (S, May 2003)

RFC2409 and RFC5996 define two MODP DH groups (groups 1 and 2) for use within IKE. RFC3526 adds six more groups (groups 5 and 14-18). Group 14 is a 2048-bit group that is strongly recommended for use in IKE.

Requirement levels for DH MODP group 14:

 IKEv1 - SHOULD RFC4109
 IKEv2 - SHOULD+ RFC4307

Requirement levels for DH MODP groups 5, 15-18:

 IKEv1 - optional RFC4109
 IKEv2 - optional

RFC 4753, ECP Groups For IKE and IKEv2 (I, January 2007)

RFC4753 defines three EC DH groups (groups 19-21) for use within IKE.

The document includes test data.

Requirement levels for DH EC groups 19-21:

 IKEv1 - optional RFC4109
 IKEv2 - optional

RFC 5903, Elliptic Curve Groups modulo a Prime (ECP Groups) for

    IKE and IKEv2 (I, June 2010)

RFC5903 obsoletes RFC4753, fixing an inconsistency in the DH shared secret value.

RFC 5114, Additional Diffie-Hellman Groups for Use with IETF

    Standards (I, January 2008)

RFC5114 defines five additional DH groups (MODP groups 22-24 and EC groups 25-26) for use in IKE. It also includes three EC DH groups (groups 19-21) that were originally defined in RFC4753; however, the current specification for these groups is RFC5903. The IANA group numbers are specific to IKE, but the DH groups are intended for use in multiple IETF protocols, including Transport Layer Security/Secure Socket Layer (TLS/SSL), Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME), and X.509 Certificates.

Requirement levels for DH MODP groups 22-24, EC groups 25-26:

 IKEv1 - optional
 IKEv2 - optional

IPsec/IKE for Multicast

RFC4301 describes IPsec processing for unicast and multicast traffic. However, classical IPsec SAs provide point-to-point protection; the security afforded by IPsec's cryptographic algorithms is not applicable when the SA is one-to-many or many-to-many, the case for multicast. The Multicast Security (msec) Working Group has defined alternatives to IKE and extensions to IPsec for use with

multicast traffic. Different multicast groups have differing characteristics and requirements: number of senders (one-to-many or many-to-many), number of members (few, moderate, very large), volatility of membership, real-time delivery, etc. Their security requirements vary as well. Each solution defined by msec applies to a subset of the large variety of possible multicast groups.

RFC 3740, The Multicast Group Security Architecture

  (I, March 2004)

RFC3740 defines the multicast security architecture, which is used to provide security for packets exchanged by large multicast groups. It defines the components of the architectural framework; discusses Group Security Associations (GSAs), key management, data handling, and security policies. Several existing protocols, including Group DOI (GDOI) RFC3547, Group Secure Association Key Management Protocol (GSAKMP) RFC4535, and Multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY) RFC3830, satisfy the group key management requirements defined in this document. Both the architecture and the components for Multicast Group Security differ from IPsec.

RFC 5374, Multicast Extensions to the Security Architecture for

  the Internet Protocol (S, November 2008)

RFC5374 extends the security architecture defined in RFC4301 to apply to multicast traffic. It defines a new class of SAs (GSAs - Group Security Associations) and additional databases used to apply IPsec protection to multicast traffic. It also describes revisions and additions to the processing algorithms in RFC4301.

RFC 3547, The Group Domain of Interpretation (S, July 2003)

GDOI RFC3547 extends IKEv1 so that it can be used to establish SAs to protect multicast traffic. This document defines additional exchanges and payloads to be used for that purpose.

RFC 4046, Multicast Security (MSEC) Group Key Management

  Architecture (I, April 2005)

RFC4046 sets out the general requirements and design principles for protocols that are used for multicast key management. It does not go into the specifics of an individual protocol that can be used for that purpose.

RFC 4359, The Use of RSA/SHA-1 Signatures within Encapsulating

  Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH)
  (S, January 2006)

RFC4359 describes the use of the RSA digital signature algorithm to provide integrity protection for multicast traffic within ESP and AH. The algorithms used for integrity protection for unicast traffic (e.g., HMAC) are not suitable for this purpose when used with multicast traffic.

Outgrowths of IPsec/IKE

Operational experience with IPsec revealed additional capabilities that could make IPsec more useful in real-world scenarios. These include support for IPsec policy mechanisms, IPsec MIBs, payload compression (IPComp), extensions to facilitate additional peer authentication methods (Better-Than-Nothing Security (BTNS), Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys (KINK), and IPSECKEY), and additional capabilities for VPN clients (IPSRA).

IPsec Policy

The IPsec Policy (ipsp) Working Group originally planned an RFC that would allow entities with no common Trust Anchor and no prior knowledge of each other's security policies to establish an IPsec- protected connection. The solutions that were proposed for gateway discovery and security policy negotiation proved to be overly complex and fragile, in the absence of prior knowledge or compatible configuration policies.

RFC 3586, IP Security Policy (IPSP) Requirements

    (S, August 2003)

RFC3586 describes the functional requirements of a generalized IPsec policy framework, that could be used to discover, negotiate, and manage IPsec policies.

RFC 3585, IPsec Configuration Policy Information Model

    (S, August 2003)

As stated in RFC3585:

  This document presents an object-oriented information model of IP
  Security (IPsec) policy designed to facilitate agreement about the
  content and semantics of IPsec policy, and enable derivations of
  task-specific representations of IPsec policy such as storage
  schema, distribution representations, and policy specification
  languages used to configure IPsec-enabled endpoints.

This RFC has not been widely adopted.

IPsec MIBs

Over the years, several MIB-related Internet Drafts were proposed for IPsec and IKE, but only one progressed to RFC status.

RFC 4807, IPsec Security Policy Database Configuration MIB

    (S, March 2007)

RFC4807 defines a MIB module that can be used to configure the SPD of an IPsec device. This RFC has not been widely adopted.

IPComp (Compression)

The IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) is a protocol that provides lossless compression for IP datagrams. Although IKE can be used to negotiate the use of IPComp in conjunction with IPsec, IPComp can also be used when IPsec is not applied.

The IPComp protocol allows the compression of IP datagrams by supporting different compression algorithms. Three of these algorithms are: DEFLATE RFC2394, LZS RFC2395, and the ITU-T V.44 Packet Method RFC3051, which is based on the LZJH algorithm.

RFC 3173, IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp)

    (S, September 2001)

IP payload compression is especially useful when IPsec-based encryption is applied to IP datagrams. Encrypting the IP datagram causes the data to be random in nature, rendering compression at lower protocol layers ineffective. If IKE is used to negotiate compression in conjunction with IPsec, compression can be performed prior to encryption. RFC3173 defines the payload compression protocol, the IPComp packet structure, the IPComp Association (IPCA), and several methods to negotiate the IPCA.

Better-Than-Nothing Security (BTNS)

One of the major obstacles to widespread implementation of IPsec is the lack of pre-existing credentials that can be used for peer authentication. Better-Than-Nothing Security (BTNS) is an attempt to sidestep this problem by allowing IKE to negotiate unauthenticated (anonymous) IPsec SAs, using credentials such as self-signed certificates or "bare" public keys (public keys that are not connected to a public key certificate) for peer authentication. This ensures that subsequent traffic protected by the SA is conducted with

the same peer, and protects the communications from passive attack. These SAs can then be cryptographically bound to a higher-level application protocol, which performs its own peer authentication.

RFC 5660, IPsec Channels: Connection Latching (S, October 2009)

RFC5660 specifies, abstractly, how to interface applications and transport protocols with IPsec so as to create channels by latching connections (packet flows) to certain IPsec Security Association (SA) parameters for the lifetime of the connections. Connection latching is layered on top of IPsec and does not modify the underlying IPsec architecture.

RFC 5386, Better-Than-Nothing-Security: An Unauthenticated Mode

    of IPsec (S, November 2008)

RFC5386 specifies how to use IKEv2 to set up unauthenticated security associations (SAs) for use with the IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and the IPsec Authentication Header (AH). This document does not require any changes to the bits on the wire, but specifies extensions to the Peer Authorization Database (PAD) and Security Policy Database (SPD).

RFC 5387, Problem and Applicability Statement for Better-Than-

    Nothing Security (BTNS) (I, November 2008)

RFC5387 considers that the need to deploy authentication information and its associated identities is a significant obstacle to the use of IPsec. This document explains the rationale for extending the Internet network security protocol suite to enable use of IPsec security services without authentication.

Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys (KINK)

Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys (KINK) is an attempt to provide an alternative to IKE for IPsec peer authentication. It uses Kerberos, instead of IKE, to establish IPsec SAs. For enterprises that already deploy the Kerberos centralized key management system, IPsec can then be implemented without the need for additional peer credentials. Some vendors have implemented proprietary extensions for using Kerberos in IKEv1, as an alternative to the use of KINK. These extensions, as well as the KINK protocol, apply only to IKEv1, and not to IKEv2.

RFC 3129, Requirements for Kerberized Internet Negotiation of

    Keys (I, June 2001)

RFC3129 considers that peer-to-peer authentication and keying mechanisms have inherent drawbacks such as computational complexity and difficulty in enforcing security policies. This document specifies the requirements for using basic features of Kerberos and uses them to its advantage to create a protocol that can establish and maintain IPsec security associations (RFC2401).

RFC 4430, Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys (KINK)

    (S, March 2006)

RFC4430 defines a low-latency, computationally inexpensive, easily managed, and cryptographically sound protocol to establish and maintain security associations using the Kerberos authentication system. This document reuses the Quick Mode payloads of IKEv1 in order to foster substantial reuse of IKEv1 implementations. This RFC has not been widely adopted.

IPsec Secure Remote Access (IPSRA)

IPsec Secure Remote Access (IPSRA) was an attempt to extend IPsec protection to "road warriors", allowing IKE to authenticate not only the user's device but also the user, without changing IKEv1. The working group defined generic requirements of different IPsec remote access scenarios. An attempt was made to define an IKE-like protocol that would use legacy authentication mechanisms to create a temporary or short-lived user credential that could be used for peer authentication within IKE. This protocol proved to be more cumbersome than standard Public Key protocols, and was abandoned. This led to the development of IKEv2, which incorporates the use of EAP for user authentication.

RFC 3457, Requirements for IPsec Remote Access Scenarios

    (I, January 2003)

RFC3457 explores and enumerates the requirements of various IPsec remote access scenarios, without suggesting particular solutions for them.

RFC 3456, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4)

    Configuration of IPsec Tunnel Mode (S, January 2003)

RFC3456 explores the requirements for host configuration in IPsec tunnel mode, and describes how the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4) may be used for providing such configuration information. This RFC has not been widely adopted.

IPsec Keying Information Resource Record (IPSECKEY)

The IPsec Keying Information Resource Record (IPSECKEY) enables the storage of public keys and other information that can be used to facilitate opportunistic IPsec in a new type of DNS resource record.

RFC 4025, A method for storing IPsec keying material in DNS

    (S, February 2005)

RFC4025 describes a method of storing IPsec keying material in the DNS using a new type of resource record. This document describes how to store the public key of the target node in this resource record. This RFC has not been widely adopted.

Other Protocols That Use IPsec/IKE

IPsec and IKE were designed to provide IP-layer security protection to other Internet protocols' traffic as well as generic communications. Since IPsec is a general-purpose protocol, in some cases, its features do not provide the granularity or distinctive features required by another protocol; in some cases, its overhead or prerequisites do not match another protocol's requirements. However, a number of other protocols do use IKE and/or IPsec to protect some or all of their communications.

Mobile IP (MIPv4 and MIPv6)

RFC 4093, Problem Statement: Mobile IPv4 Traversal of Virtual

    Private Network (VPN) Gateways (I, August 2005)

RFC4093 describes the issues with deploying Mobile IPv4 across virtual private networks (VPNs). IPsec is one of the VPN technologies covered by this document. It identifies and describes practical deployment scenarios for Mobile IPv4 running alongside IPsec in enterprise and operator environments. It also specifies a set of framework guidelines to evaluate proposed solutions for supporting multi-vendor seamless IPv4 mobility across IPsec-based VPN gateways.

RFC 5265, Mobile IPv4 Traversal across IPsec-Based VPN Gateways

    (S, June 2008)

RFC5265 describes a basic solution that uses Mobile IPv4 and IPsec to provide session mobility between enterprise intranets and external networks. The proposed solution minimizes changes to existing firewall/VPN/DMZ deployments and does not require any changes to IPsec or key exchange protocols. It also proposes a mechanism to minimize IPsec renegotiation when the mobile node moves.

RFC 3776, Using IPsec to Protect Mobile IPv6 Signaling Between

    Mobile Nodes and Home Agents (S, June 2004)

This document specifies the use of IPsec in securing Mobile IPv6 traffic between mobile nodes and home agents. It specifies the required wire formats for the protected packets and illustrates examples of Security Policy Database and Security Association Database entries that can be used to protect Mobile IPv6 signaling messages. It also describes how to configure either manually keyed IPsec security associations or IKEv1 to establish the SAs automatically. Mobile IPv6 requires considering the home address destination option and Routing Header in IPsec processing. Also, IPsec and IKE security association addresses can be updated by Mobile IPv6 signaling messages.

RFC 4877, Mobile IPv6 Operation with IKEv2 and the Revised IPsec

    Architecture (S, April 2007)

This document updates RFC3776 in order to work with the revised IPsec architecture RFC4301. Since the revised IPsec architecture expands the list of selectors to include the Mobility Header message type, it becomes much easier to differentiate between different mobility header messages. Since the ICMP message type and code are also newly added as selectors, this document uses them to protect Mobile Prefix Discovery messages. This document also specifies the use of IKEv2 configuration payloads for dynamic home address configuration. Finally, this document describes the use of IKEv2 in order to set up the SAs for Mobile IPv6.

RFC 5026, Mobile IPv6 Bootstrapping in Split Scenario

    (S, October 2007)

RFC5026 extends RFC4877 to support dynamic discovery of home agents and the home network prefix; for the latter purpose, it specifies a new IKEv2 configuration attribute and notification. It describes how a Mobile IPv6 node can obtain the address of its home agent, its home address, and create IPsec security associations with its home agent using DNS lookups and security credentials preconfigured on the Mobile Node. It defines how a mobile node (MN) can request its home address and home prefixes through the Configuration Payload in the IKE_AUTH exchange and what attributes need to be present in the CFG_REQUEST messages in order to do this. It also specifies how the home agent can authorize the credentials used for IKEv2 exchange.

RFC 5213, Proxy Mobile IPv6 (S, August 2008)

RFC5213 describes a network-based mobility management protocol that is used to provide mobility services to hosts without requiring their participation in any mobility-related signaling. It uses IPsec to protect the mobility signaling messages between the two network entities called the mobile access gateway (MAG) and the local mobility anchor (LMA). It also uses IKEv2 in order to set up the security associations between the MAG and the LMA.

RFC 5568, Mobile IPv6 Fast Handovers (S, July 2009)

When Mobile IPv6 is used for a handover, there is a period during which the Mobile Node is unable to send or receive packets because of link switching delay and IP protocol operations. RFC5568 specifies a protocol between the Previous Access Router (PAR) and the New Access Router (NAR) to improve handover latency due to Mobile IPv6 procedures. It uses IPsec ESP in transport mode with integrity protection for protecting the signaling messages between the PAR and the NAR. It also describes the SPD entries and the PAD entries when IKEv2 is used for setting up the required SAs.

RFC 5380, Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 (HMIPv6) Mobility Management

    (S, October 2008)

RFC5380 describes extensions to Mobile IPv6 and IPv6 Neighbor Discovery to allow for local mobility handling in order to reduce the amount of signaling between the mobile node, its correspondent nodes, and its home agent. It also improves handover speed of Mobile IPv6. It uses IPsec for protecting the signaling between the mobile node and a local mobility management entity called the Mobility Anchor Point (MAP). The MAP also uses IPsec Peer Authorization Database (PAD) entries and configuration payloads described in RFC4877 in order to allocate a Regional Care-of Address (RCoA) for mobile nodes.

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

RFC 4552, Authentication/Confidentiality for OSPFv3

    (S, June 2006)

OSPF is a link-state routing protocol that is designed to be run inside a single Autonomous System. OSPFv2 provided its own authentication mechanisms using the AuType and Authentication protocol header fields but OSPFv3 removed these fields and uses IPsec instead. RFC4552 describes how to use IPsec ESP and AH in order to protect OSPFv3 signaling between two routers. It also enumerates the IPsec capabilities the routers require in order to support this specification. Finally, it also describes the operation of OSPFv3

with IPsec over virtual links where the other endpoint is not known at configuration time. Since OSPFv3 exchanges multicast packets as well as unicast ones, the use of IKE within OSPFv3 is not appropriate. Therefore, this document mandates the use of manual keys.

Host Identity Protocol (HIP)

RFC 5201, Host Identity Protocol (E, April 2008)

IP addresses perform two distinct functions: host identifier and locator. This document specifies a protocol that allows consenting hosts to securely establish and maintain shared IP-layer state, allowing separation of the identifier and locator roles of IP addresses. This enables continuity of communications across IP address (locator) changes. It uses public key identifiers from a new Host Identity (HI) namespace for peer authentication. It uses the HMAC-SHA-1-96 and the AES-CBC algorithms with IPsec ESP and AH for protecting its signaling messages.

RFC 5202, Using the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

    Transport Format with the Host Identity Protocol (HIP)
    (E, April 2008)

The HIP base exchange specification RFC5201 does not describe any transport formats or methods for describing how ESP is used to protect user data to be used during the actual communication. RFC5202 specifies a set of HIP extensions for creating a pair of ESP Security Associations (SAs) between the hosts during the base exchange. After the HIP association and required ESP SAs have been established between the hosts, the user data communication is protected using ESP. In addition, this document specifies how the ESP Security Parameter Index (SPI) is used to indicate the right host context (host identity) and methods to update an existing ESP Security Association.

RFC 5206, End-Host Mobility and Multihoming with the Host

    Identity (E, April 2008)

When a host uses HIP, the overlying protocol sublayers (e.g., transport layer sockets) and Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) Security Associations (SAs) are bound to representations of these host identities, and the IP addresses are only used for packet forwarding. RFC5206 defines a generalized LOCATOR parameter for use in HIP messages that allows a HIP host to notify a peer about alternate addresses at which it is reachable. It also specifies how a host can change its IP address and continue to send packets to its peers without necessarily rekeying.

RFC 5207, NAT and Firewall Traversal Issues of Host Identity

    Protocol (HIP) (I, April 2008)

RFC5207 discusses the problems associated with HIP communication across network paths that include network address translators and firewalls. It analyzes the impact of NATs and firewalls on the HIP base exchange and the ESP data exchange. It discusses possible changes to HIP that attempt to improve NAT and firewall traversal and proposes a rendezvous point for letting HIP nodes behind a NAT be reachable. It also suggests mechanisms for NATs to be more aware of the HIP messages.

Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

RFC 3554, On the Use of Stream Control Transmission Protocol

    (SCTP) with IPsec (S, July 2003)

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a reliable transport protocol operating on top of a connection-less packet network such as IP. RFC3554 describes functional requirements for IPsec and IKE to be used in securing SCTP traffic. It adds support for SCTP in the form of a new ID type in IKE RFC2409 and implementation choices in the IPsec processing to account for the multiple source and destination addresses associated with a single SCTP association. This document applies only to IKEv1 and IPsec-v2; it does not apply to IKEv2 AND IPsec-v3.

Robust Header Compression (ROHC)

RFC 3095, RObust Header Compression (ROHC): Framework and four

    profiles: RTP, UDP, ESP, and uncompressed (S, July 2001)

ROHC is a framework for header compression, intended to be used in resource-constrained environments. RFC3095 applies this framework to four protocols, including ESP.

RFC 5225, RObust Header Compression Version 2 (ROHCv2): Profiles

    for RTP, UDP, IP, ESP, and UDP-Lite (S, April 2008)

RFC5225 defines an updated ESP/IP profile for use with ROHC version 2. It analyzes the ESP header and classifies the fields into several classes like static, well-known, irregular, etc., in order to efficiently compress the headers.

RFC 5856, Integration of Robust Header Compression over IPsec

    Security Associations (I, May 2010)

RFC5856 describes a mechanism to compress inner IP headers at the ingress point of IPsec tunnels and to decompress them at the egress point. Since the Robust Header Compression (ROHC) specifications only describe operations on a per-hop basis, this document also specifies extensions to enable ROHC over multiple hops. This document applies only to tunnel mode SAs and does not support transport mode SAs.

RFC 5857, IKEv2 Extensions to Support Robust Header Compression

    over IPsec (S, May 2010)

ROHC requires initial configuration at the compressor and decompressor ends. Since ROHC usually operates on a per-hop basis, this configuration information is carried over link-layer protocols such as PPP. Since RFC5856 operates over multiple hops, a different signaling mechanism is required. RFC5857 describes how to use IKEv2 in order to dynamically communicate the configuration parameters between the compressor and decompressor.

RFC 5858, IPsec Extensions to Support Robust Header Compression

    over IPsec (S, May 2010)

RFC5856 describes how to use ROHC with IPsec. This is not possible without extensions to IPsec. RFC5858 describes the extensions needed to IPsec in order to support ROHC. Specifically, it describes extensions needed to the IPsec SPD, SAD, and IPsec processing including ICV computation and integrity verification.

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

RFC 5566, BGP IPsec Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute

    (S, June 2009)

RFC5566 adds an additional BGP Encapsulation Subsequent Address Family Identifier (SAFI), allowing the use of IPsec and, optionally, IKE to protect BGP tunnels. It defines the use of AH and ESP in tunnel mode and the use of AH and ESP in transport mode to protect IP in IP and MPLS-in-IP tunnels. It also defines how public key fingerprints (hashes) are distributed via BGP and used later to authenticate IKEv2 exchange between the tunnel endpoints.

IPsec Benchmarking

The Benchmarking Methodology WG in the IETF is working on documents that relate to benchmarking IPsec [BMWG-1] [BMWG-2].

Methodology for Benchmarking IPsec Devices (Work in Progress)

[BMWG-1] defines a set of tests that can be used to measure and report the performance characteristics of IPsec devices. It extends the methodology defined for benchmarking network interconnecting devices to include IPsec gateways and adds further tests that can be used to measure IPsec performance of end-hosts. The document focuses on establishing a performance testing methodology for IPsec devices that support manual keying and IKEv1, but does not cover IKEv2.

Terminology for Benchmarking IPsec Devices (Work in Progress)

[BMWG-2] defines the standardized performance testing terminology for IPsec devices that support manual keying and IKEv1. It also describes the benchmark tests that would be used to test the performance of the IPsec devices.

Network Address Translators (NAT)

RFC 2709, Security Model with Tunnel-mode IPsec for NAT domains

    (I, October 1999)

NAT devices provide transparent routing to end-hosts trying to communicate from disparate address realms, by modifying IP and transport headers en route. This makes it difficult for applications to pursue end-to-end application-level security. RFC2709 describes a security model by which tunnel mode IPsec security can be architected on NAT devices. It defines how NATs administer security policies and SA attributes based on private realm addressing. It also specifies how to operate IKE in such scenarios by specifying an IKE-ALG (Application Level Gateway) that translates policies from private realm addressing into public addressing. Although the model presented here uses terminology from IKEv1, it can be deployed within IKEv1, IKEv2, IPsec-v2, and IPsec-v3. This security model has not been widely adopted

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

RFC 3329, Security Mechanism Agreement for the Session

    Initiation Protocol (SIP) (S, January 2003)

RFC3329 describes how a SIP client can select one of the various available SIP security mechanisms. In particular, the method allows secure negotiation to prevent bidding down attacks. It also describes a security mechanism called ipsec-3gpp and its associated parameters (algorithms, protocols, mode, SPIs and ports) as they are used in the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem.

8.10. Explicit Packet Sensitivity Labels

8.10.1. RFC 5570, Common Architecture Label IPv6 Security Option

    (CALIPSO) (I, July 2009)

RFC5570 describes a mechanism used to encode explicit packet Sensitivity Labels on IPv6 packets in Multi-Level Secure (MLS) networks. The method is implemented using an IPv6 hop-by-hop option. This document uses the IPsec Authentication Header (AH) in order to detect any malicious modification of the Sensitivity Label in a packet.

Other Protocols That Adapt IKE for Non-IPsec Functionality

Some protocols protect their traffic through mechanisms other than IPsec, but use IKEv2 as a basis for their key negotiation and key management functionality.

Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)

RFC 5106, The Extensible Authentication Protocol-Internet Key

    Exchange Protocol version 2 (EAP-IKEv2) Method
    (E, February 2008)

RFC5106 specifies an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method that is based on the Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) protocol. EAP-IKEv2 provides mutual authentication and session-key establishment between an EAP peer and an EAP server. It describes the full EAP-IKEv2 message exchange and the composition of the protocol messages.

Fibre Channel

RFC 4595, Use of IKEv2 in the Fibre Channel Security Association

    Management Protocol (I, July 2006)

Fibre Channel (FC) is a gigabit-speed network technology used for Storage Area Networking. The Fibre Channel Security Protocols (FC- SP) standard has adapted the IKEv2 protocol RFC4306 to provide authentication of Fibre Channel entities and setup of security associations. Since IP is transported over Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel is transported over IP, there is the potential for confusion when IKEv2 is used for both IP and FC traffic. RFC4595 specifies identifiers for IKEv2 over FC in a fashion that ensures that any mistaken usage of IKEv2/FC over IP or IKEv2/IP over FC will result in a negotiation failure due to the absence of an acceptable proposal.

Wireless Security

RFC 4705, GigaBeam High-Speed Radio Link Encryption

    (I, October 2006)

RFC4705 describes the encryption and key management used by GigaBeam as part of the WiFiber(tm) family of radio-link products and is intended to serve as a guideline for similar wireless product development efforts to include comparable capabilities. It specifies the algorithms that are used to provide confidentiality and integrity protection of both subscriber and management traffic. It also specifies a custom security protocol that runs between two Gigabeam Radio Control Modules (RCMs).

10. Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Yaron Sheffer, Paul Hoffman, Yoav Nir, Rajeshwar Singh Jenwar, Alfred Hoenes, Al Morton, Gabriel Montenegro, Sean Turner, Julien Laganier, Grey Daley, Scott Moonen, Richard Graveman, Tero Kivinen, Pasi Eronen, Ran Atkinson, David Black, and Tim Polk for reviewing this document and suggesting changes.

11. Security Considerations

This RFC serves as a review of other documents and introduces no new security considerations itself; however, please see each of the individual documents described herein for security considerations related to each protocol.

12. References

12.1. Informative References

[BMWG-1] Kaeo, M. and T. Van Herck, "Methodology for Benchmarking

          IPsec Devices", Work in Progress, July 2009.

[BMWG-2] Kaeo, M., Van Herck T., and M. Bustos, "Terminology for

          Benchmarking IPsec Devices", Work in Progress, July 2009.

[IKE-MODE-CFG]

          Dukes, D. and R. Pereira, "The ISAKMP Configuration
          Method", Work in Progress, September 2001.

[IKE-XAUTH]

          Beaulieu, S. and R. Pereira, "Extended Authentication
          within IKE (XAUTH)", Work in Progress, October 2001.

[ISAKMP-MODE-CFG]

          Pereira, R., Anand, S., and B. Patel, "The ISAKKMP
          Configuration Method", Work in Progress, August 1999.

[ISAKMP-XAUTH]

          Pereira, R. and S. Beaulieu, "Extended Authentication
          within ISAKMP/Oakley (XAUTH)", Work in Progress, December
          1999.

RFC2119 Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate

          Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

RFC2026 Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision

          3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.

RFC2394 Pereira, R., "IP Payload Compression Using DEFLATE", RFC

          2394, December 1998.

RFC2395 Friend, R. and R. Monsour, "IP Payload Compression Using

          LZS", RFC 2395, December 1998.

RFC2401 Kent, S. and R. Atkinson, "Security Architecture for the

          Internet Protocol", RFC 2401, November 1998.

RFC2402 Kent, S. and R. Atkinson, "IP Authentication Header", RFC

          2402, November 1998.

RFC2403 Madson, C. and R. Glenn, "The Use of HMAC-MD5-96 within

          ESP and AH", RFC 2403, November 1998.

RFC2404 Madson, C. and R. Glenn, "The Use of HMAC-SHA-1-96 within

          ESP and AH", RFC 2404, November 1998.

RFC2405 Madson, C. and N. Doraswamy, "The ESP DES-CBC Cipher

          Algorithm With Explicit IV", RFC 2405, November 1998.

RFC2406 Kent, S. and R. Atkinson, "IP Encapsulating Security

          Payload (ESP)", RFC 2406, November 1998.

RFC2407 Piper, D., "The Internet IP Security Domain of

          Interpretation for ISAKMP", RFC 2407, November 1998.

RFC2408 Maughan, D., Schertler, M., Schneider, M., and J. Turner,

          "Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
          (ISAKMP)", RFC 2408, November 1998.

RFC2409 Harkins, D. and D. Carrel, "The Internet Key Exchange

          (IKE)", RFC 2409, November 1998.

RFC2410 Glenn, R. and S. Kent, "The NULL Encryption Algorithm and

          Its Use With IPsec", RFC 2410, November 1998.

RFC2411 Thayer, R., Doraswamy, N., and R. Glenn, "IP Security

          Document Roadmap", RFC 2411, November 1998.

RFC2412 Orman, H., "The OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol", RFC

          2412, November 1998.

RFC2451 Pereira, R. and R. Adams, "The ESP CBC-Mode Cipher

          Algorithms", RFC 2451, November 1998.

RFC2521 Karn, P. and W. Simpson, "ICMP Security Failures

          Messages", RFC 2521, March 1999.

RFC2709 Srisuresh, P., "Security Model with Tunnel-mode IPsec for

          NAT Domains", RFC 2709, October 1999.

RFC2857 Keromytis, A. and N. Provos, "The Use of HMAC-

          RIPEMD-160-96 within ESP and AH", RFC 2857, June 2000.

RFC3051 Heath, J. and J. Border, "IP Payload Compression Using

          ITU-T V.44 Packet Method", RFC 3051, January 2001.

RFC3056 Carpenter, B. and K. Moore, "Connection of IPv6 Domains

          via IPv4 Clouds", RFC 3056, February 2001.

RFC3095 Bormann, C., Burmeister, C., Degermark, M., Fukushima, H.,

          Hannu, H., Jonsson, L-E., Hakenberg, R., Koren, T., Le,
          K., Liu, Z., Martensson, A., Miyazaki, A., Svanbro, K.,
          Wiebke, T., Yoshimura, T., and H. Zheng, "RObust Header
          Compression (ROHC): Framework and four profiles: RTP, UDP,
          ESP, and uncompressed", RFC 3095, July 2001.

RFC3129 Thomas, M., "Requirements for Kerberized Internet

          Negotiation of Keys", RFC 3129, June 2001.

RFC3173 Shacham, A., Monsour, B., Pereira, R., and M. Thomas, "IP

          Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp)", RFC 3173,
          September 2001.

RFC3329 Arkko, J., Torvinen, V., Camarillo, G., Niemi, A., and T.

          Haukka, "Security Mechanism Agreement for the Session
          Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC 3329, January 2003.

RFC3456 Patel, B., Aboba, B., Kelly, S., and V. Gupta, "Dynamic

          Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4) Configuration of
          IPsec Tunnel Mode", RFC 3456, January 2003.

RFC3457 Kelly, S. and S. Ramamoorthi, "Requirements for IPsec

          Remote Access Scenarios", RFC 3457, January 2003.

RFC3526 Kivinen, T. and M. Kojo, "More Modular Exponential (MODP)

          Diffie-Hellman groups for Internet Key Exchange (IKE)",
          RFC 3526, May 2003.

RFC3547 Baugher, M., Weis, B., Hardjono, T., and H. Harney, "The

          Group Domain of Interpretation", RFC 3547, July 2003.

RFC3554 Bellovin, S., Ioannidis, J., Keromytis, A., and R.

          Stewart, "On the Use of Stream Control Transmission
          Protocol (SCTP) with IPsec", RFC 3554, July 2003.

RFC3566 Frankel, S. and H. Herbert, "The AES-XCBC-MAC-96 Algorithm

          and Its Use With IPsec", RFC 3566, September 2003.

RFC3585 Jason, J., Rafalow, L., and E. Vyncke, "IPsec

          Configuration Policy Information Model", RFC 3585, August
          2003.

RFC3586 Blaze, M., Keromytis, A., Richardson, M., and L. Sanchez,

          "IP Security Policy (IPSP) Requirements", RFC 3586, August
          2003.

RFC3602 Frankel, S., Glenn, R., and S. Kelly, "The AES-CBC Cipher

          Algorithm and Its Use with IPsec", RFC 3602, September
          2003.

RFC3686 Housley, R., "Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

          Counter Mode With IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload
          (ESP)", RFC 3686, January 2004.

RFC3706 Huang, G., Beaulieu, S., and D. Rochefort, "A Traffic-

          Based Method of Detecting Dead Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
          Peers", RFC 3706, February 2004.

RFC3715 Aboba, B. and W. Dixon, "IPsec-Network Address Translation

          (NAT) Compatibility Requirements", RFC 3715, March 2004.

RFC3740 Hardjono, T. and B. Weis, "The Multicast Group Security

          Architecture", RFC 3740, March 2004.

RFC3776 Arkko, J., Devarapalli, V., and F. Dupont, "Using IPsec to

          Protect Mobile IPv6 Signaling Between Mobile Nodes and
          Home Agents", RFC 3776, June 2004.

RFC3830 Arkko, J., Carrara, E., Lindholm, F., Naslund, M., and K.

          Norrman, "MIKEY: Multimedia Internet KEYing", RFC 3830,
          August 2004.

RFC3884 Touch, J., Eggert, L., and Y. Wang, "Use of IPsec

          Transport Mode for Dynamic Routing", RFC 3884, September
          2004.

RFC3947 Kivinen, T., Swander, B., Huttunen, A., and V. Volpe,

          "Negotiation of NAT-Traversal in the IKE", RFC 3947,
          January 2005.

RFC3948 Huttunen, A., Swander, B., Volpe, V., DiBurro, L., and M.

          Stenberg, "UDP Encapsulation of IPsec ESP Packets", RFC
          3948, January 2005.

RFC4025 Richardson, M., "A Method for Storing IPsec Keying

          Material in DNS", RFC 4025, March 2005.

RFC4046 Baugher, M., Canetti, R., Dondeti, L., and F. Lindholm,

          "Multicast Security (MSEC) Group Key Management
          Architecture", RFC 4046, April 2005.

RFC4093 Adrangi, F., Ed., and H. Levkowetz, Ed., "Problem

          Statement: Mobile IPv4 Traversal of Virtual Private
          Network (VPN) Gateways", RFC 4093, August 2005.

RFC4106 Viega, J. and D. McGrew, "The Use of Galois/Counter Mode

          (GCM) in IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)", RFC
          4106, June 2005.

RFC4109 Hoffman, P., "Algorithms for Internet Key Exchange version

          1 (IKEv1)", RFC 4109, May 2005.

RFC4196 Lee, H., Yoon, J., Lee, S., and J. Lee, "The SEED Cipher

          Algorithm and Its Use with IPsec", RFC 4196, October 2005.

RFC4301 Kent, S. and K. Seo, "Security Architecture for the

          Internet Protocol", RFC 4301, December 2005.

RFC4302 Kent, S., "IP Authentication Header", RFC 4302, December

          2005.

RFC4303 Kent, S., "IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)", RFC

          4303, December 2005.

RFC4304 Kent, S., "Extended Sequence Number (ESN) Addendum to

          IPsec Domain of Interpretation (DOI) for Internet Security
          Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)", RFC
          4304, December 2005.

RFC4305 Eastlake 3rd, D., "Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation

          Requirements for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and
          Authentication Header (AH)", RFC 4305, December 2005.

RFC4306 Kaufman, C., Ed., "Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2)

          Protocol", RFC 4306, December 2005.

RFC4307 Schiller, J., "Cryptographic Algorithms for Use in the

          Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2)", RFC 4307,
          December 2005.

RFC4308 Hoffman, P., "Cryptographic Suites for IPsec", RFC 4308,

          December 2005.

RFC4309 Housley, R., "Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) CCM

          Mode with IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)", RFC
          4309, December 2005.

RFC4312 Kato, A., Moriai, S., and M. Kanda, "The Camellia Cipher

          Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec", RFC 4312, December
          2005.

RFC4322 Richardson, M. and D. Redelmeier, "Opportunistic

          Encryption using the Internet Key Exchange (IKE)", RFC
          4322, December 2005.

RFC4359 Weis, B., "The Use of RSA/SHA-1 Signatures within

          Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication
          Header (AH)", RFC 4359, January 2006.

RFC4430 Sakane, S., Kamada, K., Thomas, M., and J. Vilhuber,

          "Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys (KINK)", RFC
          4430, March 2006.

RFC4434 Hoffman, P., "The AES-XCBC-PRF-128 Algorithm for the

          Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE)", RFC 4434, February
          2006.

RFC4478 Nir, Y., "Repeated Authentication in Internet Key Exchange

          (IKEv2) Protocol", RFC 4478, April 2006.

RFC4494 Song, JH., Poovendran, R., and J. Lee, "The AES-CMAC-96

          Algorithm and Its Use with IPsec", RFC 4494, June 2006.

RFC4535 Harney, H., Meth, U., Colegrove, A., and G. Gross,

          "GSAKMP: Group Secure Association Key Management
          Protocol", RFC 4535, June 2006.

RFC4543 McGrew, D. and J. Viega, "The Use of Galois Message

          Authentication Code (GMAC) in IPsec ESP and AH", RFC 4543,
          May 2006.

RFC4552 Gupta, M. and N. Melam, "Authentication/Confidentiality

          for OSPFv3", RFC 4552, June 2006.

RFC4555 Eronen, P., "IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming Protocol

          (MOBIKE)", RFC 4555, June 2006.

RFC4595 Maino, F. and D. Black, "Use of IKEv2 in the Fibre Channel

          Security Association Management Protocol", RFC 4595, July
          2006.

RFC4615 Song, J., Poovendran, R., Lee, J., and T. Iwata, "The

          Advanced Encryption Standard-Cipher-based Message
          Authentication Code-Pseudo-Random Function-128 (AES-CMAC-
          PRF-128) Algorithm for the Internet Key Exchange Protocol
          (IKE)", RFC 4615, August 2006.

RFC4621 Kivinen, T. and H. Tschofenig, "Design of the IKEv2

          Mobility and Multihoming (MOBIKE) Protocol", RFC 4621,
          August 2006.

RFC4705 Housley, R. and A. Corry, "GigaBeam High-Speed Radio Link

          Encryption", RFC 4705, October 2006.

RFC4718 Eronen, P. and P. Hoffman, "IKEv2 Clarifications and

          Implementation Guidelines", RFC 4718, October 2006.

RFC4739 Eronen, P. and J. Korhonen, "Multiple Authentication

          Exchanges in the Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol",
          RFC 4739, November 2006.

RFC4753 Fu, D. and J. Solinas, "ECP Groups For IKE and IKEv2", RFC

          4753, January 2007.

RFC4754 Fu, D. and J. Solinas, "IKE and IKEv2 Authentication Using

          the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)",
          RFC 4754, January 2007.

RFC4806 Myers, M. and H. Tschofenig, "Online Certificate Status

          Protocol (OCSP) Extensions to IKEv2", RFC 4806, February
          2007.

RFC4807 Baer, M., Charlet, R., Hardaker, W., Story, R., and C.

          Wang, "IPsec Security Policy Database Configuration MIB",
          RFC 4807, March 2007.

RFC4809 Bonatti, C., Ed., Turner, S., Ed., and G. Lebovitz, Ed.,

          "Requirements for an IPsec Certificate Management
          Profile", RFC 4809, February 2007.

RFC4835 Manral, V., "Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation

          Requirements for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and
          Authentication Header (AH)", RFC 4835, April 2007.

RFC4868 Kelly, S. and S. Frankel, "Using HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-

          SHA-384, and HMAC-SHA-512 with IPsec", RFC 4868, May 2007.

RFC4869 Law, L. and J. Solinas, "Suite B Cryptographic Suites for

          IPsec", RFC 4869, May 2007.

RFC4877 Devarapalli, V. and F. Dupont, "Mobile IPv6 Operation with

          IKEv2 and the Revised IPsec Architecture", RFC 4877, April
          2007.

RFC4891 Graveman, R., Parthasarathy, M., Savola, P., and H.

          Tschofenig, "Using IPsec to Secure IPv6-in-IPv4 Tunnels",
          RFC 4891, May 2007.

RFC4894 Hoffman, P., "Use of Hash Algorithms in Internet Key

          Exchange (IKE) and IPsec", RFC 4894, May 2007.

RFC4945 Korver, B., "The Internet IP Security PKI Profile of

          IKEv1/ISAKMP, IKEv2, and PKIX", RFC 4945, August 2007.

RFC5026 Giaretta, G., Ed., Kempf, J., and V. Devarapalli, Ed.,

          "Mobile IPv6 Bootstrapping in Split Scenario", RFC 5026,
          October 2007.

RFC5106 Tschofenig, H., Kroeselberg, D., Pashalidis, A., Ohba, Y.,

          and F. Bersani, "The Extensible Authentication Protocol-
          Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2 (EAP-IKEv2)
          Method", RFC 5106, February 2008.

RFC5114 Lepinski, M. and S. Kent, "Additional Diffie-Hellman

          Groups for Use with IETF Standards", RFC 5114, January
          2008.

RFC5201 Moskowitz, R., Nikander, P., Jokela, P., Ed., and T.

          Henderson, "Host Identity Protocol", RFC 5201, April 2008.

RFC5202 Jokela, P., Moskowitz, R., and P. Nikander, "Using the

          Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) Transport Format with
          the Host Identity Protocol (HIP)", RFC 5202, April 2008.

RFC5206 Nikander, P., Henderson, T., Ed., Vogt, C., and J. Arkko,

          "End-Host Mobility and Multihoming with the Host Identity
          Protocol", RFC 5206, April 2008.

RFC5207 Stiemerling, M., Quittek, J., and L. Eggert, "NAT and

          Firewall Traversal Issues of Host Identity Protocol (HIP)
          Communication", RFC 5207, April 2008.

RFC5213 Gundavelli, S., Ed., Leung, K., Devarapalli, V.,

          Chowdhury, K., and B. Patil, "Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC
          5213, August 2008.

RFC5225 Pelletier, G. and K. Sandlund, "RObust Header Compression

          Version 2 (ROHCv2): Profiles for RTP, UDP, IP, ESP and
          UDP-Lite", RFC 5225, April 2008.

RFC5265 Vaarala, S. and E. Klovning, "Mobile IPv4 Traversal across

          IPsec-Based VPN Gateways", RFC 5265, June 2008.

RFC5266 Devarapalli, V. and P. Eronen, "Secure Connectivity and

          Mobility Using Mobile IPv4 and IKEv2 Mobility and
          Multihoming (MOBIKE)", BCP 136, RFC 5266, June 2008.

RFC5282 Black, D. and D. McGrew, "Using Authenticated Encryption

          Algorithms with the Encrypted Payload of the Internet Key
          Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) Protocol", RFC 5282, August
          2008.

RFC5380 Soliman, H., Castelluccia, C., ElMalki, K., and L.

          Bellier, "Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 (HMIPv6) Mobility
          Management", RFC 5380, October 2008.

RFC5386 Williams, N. and M. Richardson, "Better-Than-Nothing

          Security: An Unauthenticated Mode of IPsec", RFC 5386,
          November 2008.

RFC5374 Weis, B., Gross, G., and D. Ignjatic, "Multicast

          Extensions to the Security Architecture for the Internet
          Protocol", RFC 5374, November 2008.

RFC5387 Touch, J., Black, D., and Y. Wang, "Problem and

          Applicability Statement for Better-Than-Nothing Security
          (BTNS)", RFC 5387, November 2008.

RFC5406 Bellovin, S., "Guidelines for Specifying the Use of IPsec

          Version 2", BCP 146, RFC 5406, February 2009.

RFC5529 Kato, A., Kanda, M., and S. Kanno, "Modes of Operation for

          Camellia for Use with IPsec", RFC 5529, April 2009.

RFC5566 Berger, L., White, R., and E. Rosen, "BGP IPsec Tunnel

          Encapsulation Attribute", RFC 5566, June 2009.

RFC5568 Koodli, R., Ed., "Mobile IPv6 Fast Handovers", RFC 5568,

          July 2009.

RFC5570 StJohns, M., Atkinson, R., and G. Thomas, "Common

          Architecture Label IPv6 Security Option (CALIPSO)", RFC
          5570, July 2009.

RFC5660 Williams, N., "IPsec Channels: Connection Latching", RFC

          5660, October 2009.

RFC5685 Devarapalli, V. and K. Weniger, "Redirect Mechanism for

          the Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)", RFC
          5685, November 2009.

RFC5723 Sheffer, Y. and H. Tschofenig, "Internet Key Exchange

          Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) Session Resumption", RFC 5723,
          January 2010.

RFC5739 Eronen, P., Laganier, J., and C. Madson, "IPv6

          Configuration in Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2
          (IKEv2)", RFC 5739, February 2010.

RFC5840 Grewal, K., Montenegro, G., and M. Bhatia, "Wrapped

          Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) for Traffic
          Visibility", RFC 5840, April 2010.

RFC5856 Ertekin, E., Jasani, R., Christou, C., and C. Bormann,

          "Integration of Robust Header Compression over IPsec
          Security Associations", RFC 5856, May 2010.

RFC5857 Ertekin, E., Christou, C., Jasani, R., Kivinen, T., and C.

          Bormann, "IKEv2 Extensions to Support Robust Header
          Compression over IPsec", RFC 5857, May 2010.

RFC5858 Ertekin, E., Christou, C., and C. Bormann, "IPsec

          Extensions to Support Robust Header Compression over
          IPsec", RFC 5858, May 2010.

RFC5879 Kivinen, T. and D. McDonald, "Heuristics for Detecting

          ESP-NULL Packets", RFC 5879, May 2010.

RFC5903 Fu, D. and J. Solinas, "Elliptic Curve Groups modulo a

          Prime (ECP Groups) for IKE and IKEv2", RFC 5903, June
          2010.

RFC5930 Shen, S., Mao, Y., and NSS. Murthy, "Using Advanced

          Encryption Standard Counter Mode (AES-CTR) with the
          Internet Key Exchange version 02 (IKEv2) Protocol", RFC
          5930, July 2010.

RFC5996 Kaufman, C., Hoffman, P., Nir, Y., and P. Eronen,

          "Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)", RFC
          5996, September 2010.

RFC5998 Eronen, P., Tschofenig, H., and Y. Sheffer, "An Extension

          for EAP-Only Authentication in IKEv2", RFC 5998, September
          2010.

RFC6027 Nir, Y., "IPsec Cluster Problem Statement", RFC 6027,

          October 2010.

Appendix A. Summary of Algorithm Requirement Levels

               Table 1: Algorithm Requirement Levels

+--------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|         ALGORITHM        |            REQUIREMENT LEVEL           |
|                          | IKEv1     IKEv2     IPsec-v2  IPsec-v3 |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Encryption Algorithms:                                             |
|---------------------                                              |
| ESP-NULL                 | N/A       N/A       MUST      MUST     |
|                          |                                        |
| 3DES-CBC                 | MUST      MUST-     MUST      MUST-    |
|                          |                                        |
| Blowfish/CAST/IDEA/RC5   | optional  optional  optional  optional |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-CBC 128-bit key      | SHOULD    SHOULD+   MUST      MUST     |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-CBC 192/256-bit key  | optional  optional  optional  optional |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-CTR                  | undefined optional  SHOULD    SHOULD   |
|                          |                                        |
| Camellia-CBC             | optional  optional  optional  optional |
|                          |                                        |
| Camellia-CTR             | undefined undefined undefined optional |
|                          |                                        |
| SEED-CBC                 | undefined undefined optional  undefined|
|                          |                                        |
|Integrity-Protection Algorithms:                                   |
|------------------------------                                     |
| HMAC-SHA-1               | MUST      MUST      MUST      MUST     |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-XCBC-MAC             | undefined optional  SHOULD+   SHOULD+  |
|                          |                                        |
| HMAC-SHA-256/384/512     | optional  optional  optional  optional |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-GMAC                 | N/A       N/A       undefined optional |
|                          |                                        |
| HMAC-MD5                 | MAY       optional  MAY       MAY      |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-CMAC                 | undefined optional  undefined optional |
|                          |                                        |
| HMAC-RIPEMD              | undefined undefined optional  undefined|
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------+

       Table 1: Algorithm Requirement Levels (continued)

+--------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|         ALGORITHM        |            REQUIREMENT LEVEL           |
|                          | IKEv1     IKEv2     IPsec-v2  IPsec-v3 |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------+
|Combined Mode Algorithms:                                          |
|------------------------                                           |
| AES-CCM                  | N/A       optional  N/A       optional |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-GCM                  | N/A       optional  N/A       optional |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-GMAC                 | N/A       N/A       undefined optional |
|                          |                                        |
| Camellia-CCM             | N/A       undefined N/A       optional |
|                          |                                        |
|Pseudorandom Functions:                                            |
|-----------------------                                            |
| PRF-HMAC-SHA1            | MUST      MUST                         |
|                          |                                        |
| PRF-HMAC-SHA-256/384/512 | optional  optional                     |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-XCBC-PRF             | undefined SHOULD+                      |
|                          |                                        |
| AES-CMAC-PRF             | undefined optional                     |
|                          |                                        |
|Diffie-Hellman Algorithms:                                         |
|-------------------------                                          |
| DH MODP grp 1            | MAY       optional                     |
|                          |                                        |
| DH MODP grp 2            | MUST      MUST-                        |
|                          |                                        |
| DH MODP grp 5            | optional  optional                     |
|                          |                                        |
| DH MODP grp 14           | SHOULD    SHOULD+                      |
|                          |                                        |
| DH MODP grp 15-18        | optional  optional                     |
|                          |                                        |
| DH MODP grp 22-24        | optional  optional                     |
|                          |                                        |
| DH EC grp 3-4            | MAY       undefined                    |
|                          |                                        |
| DH EC grp 19-21          | optional  optional                     |
|                          |                                        |
| DH EC grp 25-26          | optional  optional                     |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------+

Authors' Addresses

Sheila Frankel NIST Bldg. 223 Rm. B366 Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Phone: 1-301-975-3297 EMail: [email protected]

Suresh Krishnan Ericsson 8400 Decarie Blvd. Town of Mount Royal, QC Canada

Phone: 1-514-345-7900 x42871 EMail: [email protected]