6TSCH S. Chasko Internet-Draft L+G Intended status: Informational S. Das Expires: December 26, 2013 ACS R. Marin-Lopez University of Murcia Y. Ohba, Ed. Toshiba P. Thubert cisco A. Yegin Samsung June 24, 2013 Security Framework and Key Management Protocol Requirements for 6TSCH draft-ohba-6tsch-security-00 Abstract Since 6TSCH forms layer 3 meshes over IPv6, PANA model matches the target architecture so PANA can apply for the process by a new device of joining the mesh to extend it. This document details that particular operation within the whole 6TSCH architecture. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Security Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. KMP requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.1. Phase-1 KMP requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.2. Phase-2 KMP requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5. KMP candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.1. Phase-1 KMP candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.2. Phase-2 KMP candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8.3. External Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1. Introduction The emergence of radio technology enabled a large variety of new types of devices to be interconnected, at a very low marginal cost compared to wire, at any range from Near Field to interplanetary distances, and in circumstances where wiring could be less than practical, for instance rotating devices. At the same time, a new breed of Time Sensitive Networks is being developed to enable traffic that is highly sensitive to jitter and quite sensitive to latency. Such traffic is not limited to voice and video, but also includes command and control operations such as found in industrial automation or in-vehicular sensors and actuators. Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 2] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 6TSCH builds on a series of semi-proprietary wireless protocols that provide adequate Time Sensitive behaviors for low speed control loops, protocols that are rapidly gaining acceptance in the automation industry for mission critical Process Control applications. For such applications, security is not an option and a power efficient authentication mechanism is strictly required. Following Metcalf's law, value of using radios augments with the square of the number of devices connected, and this implies the capability to form autonomic mesh networks be it only for reasons of spatial reuse of the spectrum. Since 6TSCH forms layer 3 meshes over IPv6, the PANA model matches the target architecture so PANA can apply for the process by a new device of joining the mesh to extend it. ZigBee IP [ZigBeeIP] ("ZigBee" is a registered trademark of the ZigBee Alliance) is a standard for IPv6-based wireless mesh networks using PANA for network access authentication and secure distribution of a link-layer group key called Network Key to authenticated mesh nodes. Each mesh node in the same ZigBee IP network derives the same MAC key from the Network Key to protect IEEE 802.15.4 MAC frames exchanged between adjacent mesh nodes. While sharing the same MAC key among all mesh nodes can make the required key state maintained by each mesh node compact, a compromise of a mesh node can lead to MAC key leakage in the entire ZigBee IP network. Also, the cost of updating the MAC key can be high as the key needs to be updated at all mesh nodes whenever the frame counter at any single node wraps up or the key is considered to be weak. This document introduces a more secure and scalable key management framework for 6TSCH networks using PANA as the boostrapping mechansim and identifies requirements for key management protocols to be used in the framework. 2. Acronyms 6TSCH: TBD (Editor's note: what is the expansion of 6TSCH?) KMP: Key Managment Protocol PANA: Protocol for carrying Authentication for Network Access SA: Security Association MAC: Media Access Control 3. Security Framework Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 3] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 This section describes a security framework consisting of three phases as shown in Figure 1. The architecture is applicable to not only 6TSCH networks but also non-time synchronized mesh networks. Each node in a mesh network runs through the following phases: o Phase-1 (Bootstrapping Phase): In this phase, a node (re)installs credentials used for subsequent phases from an authentication server. The credentials include Phase-2 credentials and Phase-3 credentials, and may also include long-term Phase-1 credentials if the initial Phase-1 credentials are intended for one-time use such as a temporal PIN. An authentication and key establishment protocol called a Phase-1 KMP is conducted between the node and the authentication server using Phase-1 credentials. The Phase-1 credentials have longer lifetime than Phase-2 and Phase-3 credentials so that Phase-2 and Phase-3 credentials can be renewed using the Phase-1 credentials. Both symmetric and asymmetric key credentials can be used as Phase-1 credentials. A symmetric key that is established as a result of successful Phase-1 KMP is used for encrypting the Phase-2 and Phase-3 credentials distributed from the authentication server to the node. When the authentication server is multiple hops away from the node, mutual authentication between the node and the authentication server is conducted via a neighboring node acting as an authentication relay. There may be no link-layer security available between the node and its neighboring node in this phase. An authentication server is typically (but is not necessarily) located in the coordinator of the mesh network. o Phase-2 (Link Establishment Phase): In this phase, the node performs mutual authentication with its neighboring node using the Phase-2 credentials to establish SAs between adjacent nodes for protecting 802.15.4 MAC frames. The authentication and key establishment protocol used in this phase is referred as a Phase-2 KMP or a link establishment KMP. For highly scalable mesh networks consisting of thousands of mesh nodes, asymmetric key credentials are used as the Phase-2 credentials. The SA of a link between node i and node j maintains MAC keys. K_i denotes a MAC key for protecting broadcast MAC frames originated at node i. K_ij denotes a MAC key for protecting unicast MAC frames originated at node i and destined for node j. There are several variations of forming MAC keys. 1. K_ij=K_i for all j, K_i!=K_j for all i, j (i!=j) 2. K_ij=K_ji, K_i!=K_j for all i,j (i!=j) 3. K_ij!=K_ji, K_i!=K_j for all i,j (i!=j) Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 4] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 In model 1, unicast and broadcast keys for protecting MAC frames originated at a given node are the same. In models 2 and 3, unicast and broadcast keys originated at a given node are distinct. The difference between models 2 and 3 is that unicast keys are bi-directinal in model 2 while they are uni-directinal in model 3. One model may be chosen among three depending on required security level and the number of keys maintained by each node. o Phase-3 (Operational Phase): In this phase, the node is able to run various higher-layer protocols over IP over an established secure link. Additional authentication and key establishment may take place for the higher-layer protocols using Phase-3 credentials. A node in Phase-3 is able to process Phase-1 and Phase-2 KMPs. Example use cases are: * A Phase-3 node can initiate a Phase-1 KMP to update its Phase-2 or Phase-3 credentials. * A Phase-3 node can forward Phase-1 KMP messages originated from or destined for a Phase-1 node that is joining the mesh network through the Phase-3 node. * A Phase-3 node can initiate a Phase 2 KMP to establish a new link with a newly discovered neighbor node. +---------------------------------+ | Phase-1 (Bootstrap) | +---------------------------------+ | v +---------------------------------+ | Phase-2 (Link Establishment) | +---------------------------------+ | v +---------------------------------+ | Phase-3 (Operational) | +---------------------------------+ Figure 1: 3-Phase Key Management Model N)s - Node N is running Phase-1 KMP as a server N)c - Node N is running Phase-1 KMP as a client N)r - Node N is running Phase-1 KMP as a relay N)) - Node N is running Phase-2 KMP . .. ... N, N, N - Node N is in Phase-1, -2 and -3, respectively Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 5] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 . . .. ... ... ... A A)s A)) A)s A A / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ . . . . .. .. ... ... ... ... ... ... B C B)c C)c B)) C)) B)r C B)) C)) B C / \ / / \ / / \ / . . . . . . . . .. .. ... ... D E D E D E D)c E)c D)) E)) D E (0) -> (1) -> (2) -> (3) -> (4) -> (5) (0) Initially all nodes but Node A (i.e., the authentication server) are in Phase-1. (1) Nodes B and C run Phase-1 KMP with Node A to obtain Phase-2 and Phase-3 credentials. (2) Nodes B and C run Phase-2 KMP with Node A. (3) Nodes D and E run Phase-1 KMP using Node B as an authentication relay. (Alternatively, Node E may use Node C as an authentication relay.) (4) Node D runs Phase-2 KMP with Node B. Node E runs Phase-2 KMP with Nodes B and C. (5) All nodes are operational. Figure 2: Example Sequence Since we already identified PANA as the Phase-1 KMP due to its authentication relay and secure credential distribution capabilities, and Phase-3 KMP requirements would depend on application protocols, we focus on Phase-2 KMP requirements in the next seciton. 4. KMP requirements 4.1. Phase-1 KMP requirements Requirements on Phase-1 KMP are listed below. R1-1: Phase-1 KMP MUST support mutual authentication. R1-2: Phase-1 KMP MUST support stateless authentication relay operation. R1-3:s Phase-1 KMP MUST support secure credential distribution. 4.2. Phase-2 KMP requirements Requirements on Phase-2 KMP are listed below. R2-1: Phase-2 KMP Nodes MUST mutually authenticate each other before establishing a link and forming a mesh network. No authentication server is involved in the Phase-2 authentication. Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 6] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 R2-2: Phase-2 KMP authentication credentials MAY be pre-provisioned or MAY be obtained via Phase-1 KMP. R2-3: Phase-2 KMP authentication credentials MUST have a lifetime. R2-4: Phase-2 KMP MUST support asymmetric key-based credentials for scalable operation. R2-5: Phase-2 KMP message exchanges MUST be integrity and reply protected after successful authentication. R2-6: Phase-2 KMP MUST have the capability to establish security association and unicast session keys after successful authentication to protect unicast MAC frames between nodes. R2-7: Phase-2 KMP MUST have the capability to establish security association and broadcast session keys after successful authentication to protect broadcast MAC frames between nodes. R2-8: Phase-2 KMP MUST have the capability to distribute the broadcast session keys securely. 5. KMP candidates 5.1. Phase-1 KMP candidates PANA [RFC5191] is the Phase-1 KMP candidate since it supports mutual authenticatio, stateless authentication relay function [RFC6345] and encrypted distribution of attributes [RFC6786]. The PANA Authentication Agent (PAA) is located in the coordinator of the mesh network. 5.2. Phase-2 KMP candidates Once Phase-1 is complete by using PANA, it is assumed that node will have a certified public key (and associated private key). A candiate Phase 2 KMP must use this certified public key to perform an authentication process. As a consequence of a successful authentication some cryptographic material for unicast and multicast link protection between nodes must be generated. A list of candidate protocols may provide the requirements defined in Section 4.2 (this is a preliminary list that may be extended in the future): o HIP DEX [I-D.moskowitz-hip-rg-dex]. The Host Identity Protocol Diet EXchange (HIP DEX) is a lighter version of the HIP Base Exchange (HIP BEX) [I-D.ietf-hip-rfc5201-bis] specifically Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 7] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 designed to be used in constrained devices (e.g sensor networks). In particular, HIP DEX may be used to authenticate two IEEE 802.15.4 nodes and provide key material for a MAC layer security protocol as supported in IEEE 802.15.4. However, by just using the value of the public key and the private key is not enough to carry out the authentication between nodes. In particular, a node A and node B should not be able to successfully finish HIP DEX execution if they both have not been authenticated in Phase-1. Thus, HIP DEX will require the inclusion of the certificate of each node to achieve full mutual authentication. The information in the certificate must ensure that the node was authenticated in Phase-1. In consequence, HIP DEX must include a CERT parameter for carrying this certificate. Once the HIP DEX protocol has succesfully finished a Pair-Wise Key SA is derived. This SA is used to secure and authenticate user data, thus it can be used to provide the required keys for protecting IEEE 802.15.4 unicast MAC frames. The same message is used to refresh the Pair-Wise Key SA. So far HIP DEX only specifies how this key material is used for protecting data traffic with ESP. To distribute multicast keys HIP DEX may also use UPDATE message. For less resource- constrained devices, HIP-BEX (Basic Exchange) is more suitable than HIP-DEX since HIP-BEX has better security properties (such as use of ephemeral Diffie-Hellman) than HIP-DEX at the cost of increased complexity. o PANA [RFC5191] and some certificate-based EAP method. Another candidate is to use PANA between node A and node B. In this case, one of the nodes (e.g. node A) acts as PaC while the other (e.g. node B) is acting as PAA. Moreover the PAA will operate in standalone mode [RFC4137]. That is, the EAP server is placed on the PAA and not in a backend authentication server. Finally, the selected EAP method must work with public key/private key cryptography. Once the PAA authentication is complete, the PaC and PAA can derive cryptographic material (for instance, from the MSK) which can be used to protect unicast MAC frames. Futhermore, by using the extension defined in [RFC6345] is possible to distribute a multicast key encrypted with the PANA SA. It is worth noting that, though this candidate solution leverages the PaC implementation from Phase-1, each node needs to deploy a PAA implementation, an EAP server and a specific EAP method, which may be different from the one used for Phase-1. o DTLS[RFC6347]. Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) is being considered in constrained devices for protecting application data traffic (e.g. CoAP). It is not only being considered for unicast application data traffic but also for multicast data traffic [I-D.keoh-tls-multicast-security]. In particular, a multicast key is distributed over an unicast DTLS channel established between Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 8] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 two nodes (node A and node B). This multicast key is used to protect multicast traffic by using TLS records. The Phase2-KMP should be able to export this key material to the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer so that the protection is carried out at link layer. In [RFC5705], a mechanism for exporting key material after a TLS/DTLS execution is defined. Nevertheless, the exported key material is intended to be used in unicast communications for upper layers or protocols at upper layers. However, multicast key exportation is not specified. In principle, this exported key material may be used for protecting unicast IEEE 802.15.4 MAC frames. However, this usage and the multicast key exportation for multicast IEEE 802.15.4 protection need further investigation. 6. Security Considerations In this section, security issues that can potentially impact the operation of IEEE 802.15.4e TSCH MAC are described. In TSCH MAC, time synchronization and channel hopping information are advertised in Enhanced Beacon (EB) frames. The advertised information is used by mesh nodes to determine the timeslots available for transmission and reception of MAC frames. A rogue node can inject forged EB frames and can cause replay and DoS attacks to TSCH MAC operation. To mitigate such attacks, all EB frames MUST be integrity protected. While it is possible to use a pre-installed static key for protecting EB frames to every node, the static key becomes vulnerable when the associated MAC frame counter continues to be used after the frame counter wraps. Therefore, the 6TSCH solution MUST provide a mechanism by which mesh nodes can use the available time slots to run an authentication and key exchange protocol and provide intergrity protection to EB frames. 7. IANA Considerations There is no IANA action required for this document. 8. References 8.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC5191] Forsberg, D., Ohba, Y., Patil, B., Tschofenig, H., and A. Yegin, "Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA)", RFC 5191, May 2008. Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 9] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 [RFC6345] Duffy, P., Chakrabarti, S., Cragie, R., Ohba, Y., and A. Yegin, "Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA) Relay Element", RFC 6345, August 2011. [RFC6347] Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer Security Version 1.2", RFC 6347, January 2012. [RFC6786] Yegin, A. and R. Cragie, "Encrypting the Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA) Attribute-Value Pairs", RFC 6786, November 2012. [I-D.moskowitz-hip-rg-dex] Moskowitz, R., "HIP Diet EXchange (DEX)", draft-moskowitz- hip-rg-dex-06 (work in progress), May 2012. 8.2. Informative References [RFC4137] Vollbrecht, J., Eronen, P., Petroni, N., and Y. Ohba, "State Machines for Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Peer and Authenticator", RFC 4137, August 2005. [RFC4944] Montenegro, G., Kushalnagar, N., Hui, J., and D. Culler, "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks", RFC 4944, September 2007. [RFC5705] Rescorla, E., "Keying Material Exporters for Transport Layer Security (TLS)", RFC 5705, March 2010. [RFC6550] Winter, T., Thubert, P., Brandt, A., Hui, J., Kelsey, R., Levis, P., Pister, K., Struik, R., Vasseur, JP., and R. Alexander, "RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks", RFC 6550, March 2012. [I-D.keoh-tls-multicast-security] Keoh, S., Kumar, S., and E. Dijk, "DTLS-based Multicast Security for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs)", draft- keoh-tls-multicast-security-00 (work in progress), October 2012. [I-D.ietf-hip-rfc5201-bis] Moskowitz, R., Heer, T., Jokela, P., and T. Henderson, "Host Identity Protocol Version 2 (HIPv2)", draft-ietf- hip-rfc5201-bis-11 (work in progress), February 2013. [I-D.draft-palattella-6tsch-terminology] Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 10] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 Palattella, MR., Ed., Thubert, P., Watteyne, T., and Q. Wang, "Terminology in IPv6 over Time Slotted Channel Hopping. draft-palattella-6tsch-terminology-00 (work in progress) ", March 2013. [I-D.draft-thubert-6tsch-architecture] Thubert, P., Ed., Assimiti, R., and T. Watteyne, "An Architecture for IPv6 over Time Synchronized Channel Hopping. draft-thubert-6tsch-architecture-00 (work in progress) ", March 2013. 8.3. External Informative References [IEEE802154e] IEEE standard for Information Technology, "IEEE std. 802.15.4e, Part. 15.4: Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs) Amendament 1: MAC sublayer", April 2012. [IEEE802154] IEEE standard for Information Technology, "IEEE std. 802.15.4, Part. 15.4: Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks", June 2011. [ZigBeeIP] ZigBee Public Document 15-002r00, "ZigBee IP Specification", 2013. Authors' Addresses Stephen Chasko Landis+Gyr 3000 Mill Creek Ave. Alpharetta, GA 30022 USA Email: Stephen.Chasko@landisgyr.com Subir Das Applied Communication Sciences 1 Telcordia Drive Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA Email: sdas@appcomsci.com Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 11] Internet-Draft 6tsch-security June 2013 Rafa Marin-Lopez University of Murcia Campus de Espinardo S/N, Faculty of Computer Science Murcia 30100 Spain Phone: +34 868 88 85 01 Email: rafa@um.es Yoshihiro Ohba (editor) Toshiba Corporate Research and Development Center 1 Komukai-Toshiba-cho Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 212-8582 Japan Phone: +81 44 549 2127 Email: yoshihiro.ohba@toshiba.co.jp Pascal Thubert Cisco Systems, Inc Village d'Entreprises Green Side 400, Avenue de Roumanille Batiment T3 Biot - Sophia Antipolis 06410 FRANCE Phone: +33 497 23 26 34 Email: pthubert@cisco.com Alper Yegin Samsung Istanbul Turkey Email: alper.yegin@yegin.org Chasko, et al. Expires December 26, 2013 [Page 12]