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draft-pala-eap-creds







Network Working Group                                            M. Pala
Internet-Draft                                                 CableLabs
Intended status: Standards Track                            June 3, 2020
Expires: December 5, 2020


      Credentials Provisioning and Management via EAP (EAP-CREDS)
                        draft-pala-eap-creds-07

Abstract

   With the increase number of devices, protocols, and applications that
   rely on strong credentials (e.g., digital certificates, keys, or
   tokens) for network access, the need for a standardized credentials
   provisioning and management framework is paramount.  The 802.1x
   architecture allows for entities (e.g., devices, applications, etc.)
   to authenticate to the network by providing a communication channel
   where different methods can be used to exchange different types of
   credentials.  However, the need for managing these credentials (i.e.,
   provisioning and renewal) is still a hard problem to solve.

   EAP-CREDS, if implemented in Managed Networks (e.g., Cable Modems),
   could enable our operators to offer a registration and credentials
   management service integrated in the home WiFi thus enabling
   visibility about registered devices.  During initialization, EAP-
   CREDS also allows for MUD files or URLs to be transferred between the
   EAP Peer and the EAP Server, thus giving detailed visibility about
   devices when they are provisioned with credentials for accessing the
   networks.  The possibility provided by EAP-CREDS can help to secure
   home or business networks by leveraging the synergies of the security
   teams from the network operators thanks to the extended knowledge of
   what and how is registered/authenticated.

   This specifications define how to support the provisioning and
   management of authentication credentials that can be exploited in
   different environments (e.g., Wired, WiFi, cellular, etc.) to users
   and/or devices by using EAP together with standard provisioning
   protocols.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Requirements notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Overview of existing solutions  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.2.  Scope Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.3.  EAP-CREDS as tunneled mechanism only  . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.4.  Fragmentation Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.5.  Encapsulating Provisioning Protocols in EAP-CREDS . . . .   5
     2.6.  Algorithm Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.7.  Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   3.  EAP-CREDS Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.1.  Message Flow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.2.  Phase Transitioning Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.3.  Phase One: Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     3.4.  Phase Two: Provisioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     3.5.  Phase Three: Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   4.  EAP-CREDS Message Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     4.1.  Message Header  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     4.2.  Message Payload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     4.3.  EAP-CREDS defined TLVs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       4.3.1.  The Action TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       4.3.2.  The Certificate-Data TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       4.3.3.  The Challenge-Data TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
       4.3.4.  The Challenge-Response TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       4.3.5.  The Credentials-Information TLV . . . . . . . . . . .  21



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       4.3.6.  The Credentials-Data TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       4.3.7.  The Error TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
       4.3.8.  The Network-Usage TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
       4.3.9.  The Profile TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
       4.3.10. The Protocol TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
       4.3.11. The Provisioning-Data TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
       4.3.12. The Provisioning-Headers TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
       4.3.13. The Provisioning-Params TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
       4.3.14. The Token-Data TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
       4.3.15. The Version TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
   5.  EAP-CREDS Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     5.1.  The EAP-CREDS-Init Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
       5.1.1.  EAP Server's Init Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
       5.1.2.  EAP Peer's Init Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
         5.1.2.1.  Bootstrapping Peer's Trustworthiness  . . . . . .  36
       5.1.3.  The EAP-CREDS-Provisioning Message  . . . . . . . . .  37
       5.1.4.  The EAP-CREDS-Validate Message  . . . . . . . . . . .  38
   6.  Error Handling in EAP-CREDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
     7.1.  Provisioning Protocols  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
     7.2.  Token Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
     7.3.  Credentials Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
     7.4.  Credentials Algorithms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
     7.5.  Credentials Datatypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     7.6.  Challenge Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     7.7.  Network Usage Datatypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
     7.8.  Credentials Encoding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
     7.9.  Action Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
     7.10. Usage Metadata Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
   9.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44
   10. Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45

1.  Requirements notation

   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].

2.  Introduction

   Many environments are, today, moving towards requiring strong
   authentication when it comes to gain access to networks.  The 802.1x
   architecture provides network administrators with the possibility to
   check credentials presented by a device even before providing any
   connectivity or IP services to it.




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   However, the provisioning and management of these credentials is a
   hard problem to solve and many vendors opt for long-lived credentials
   that can not be easily revoked, replaced, or simply renewed.

   This specification addresses the problem of providing a simple-to-use
   and simple-to-deploy conduit for credentials management by extending
   the EAP protocol to support credentials provisioning and management
   functionality.  In particular, the EAP-CREDS method defined here
   provides a generic framework that can carry the messages for
   provisioning different types of credentials.  EAP-CREDS cannot be
   used as a stand-alone method, it is required that EAP-CREDS is used
   as an inner method of EAP-TLS, EAP-TEAP, or any other tunneling
   method that can provide the required secrecy and (at minimum) server-
   side authentication to make sure that the communication is protected
   and with the right server.

2.1.  Overview of existing solutions

   Currently there are many protocols that address credentials lifecycle
   management.  In particular, when it comes to digital certificates,
   some of the most deployed management protocols are: Certificate
   Management Protocol (CMP) [RFC4210], Certificate Management over CMS
   (CMC) [RFC5272][RFC6402], Enrollment over Secure Transport (EST)
   [RFC7030], and Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) .
   However, none of these protocols provide native support for client
   that do not have IP connectivity yet (e.g., because they do not have
   network-access credentials, yet).  EAP-CREDS provides the possibility
   to use such protocols (i.e., message-based) by defining a series of
   messages that can be used to encapsulate the provisioning messages
   for the selected provisioning protocol.

2.2.  Scope Statement

   This document focuses on the definition of the EAP-CREDS method to
   convey credentials provisioning and managing messages between the
   client and the AAA server.  Moreover, the document defines how to
   encode messages for the main IETF provisioning protocols.

   This document, however, does not provide specifications for how and
   where the credentials are generated.  In particular, the credentials
   could be generated directly within the AAA server or at a different
   location (i.e., the Certificate Service Provider or CSP) site.
   Different authentication mechanisms (e.g., TLS, etc.) can be used to
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2.3.  EAP-CREDS as tunneled mechanism only

   EAP-CREDS requires that an outer mechanism is in place between the
   Peer and the Server in order to provide authentication and
   confidentiality of the messages exchanged via EAP-CREDS.  In other
   words, EAP-CREDS assumes that an appropriately encrypted and
   authenticated channel has been established to prevent the possibility
   to leak information or to allow man-in-the-middle attacks.

   This choice was taken to simplify the message flow between Peer and
   Server, and to abstract EAP-CREDS from the secure-channel
   establishment mechanism.  EAP-TLS, or EAP-TEAP are examples of such
   mechanisms.s

2.4.  Fragmentation Support

   EAP does not directly support handling fragmented packets and it
   requires the outer method to provide fragmentation support.

   Because of the outer method requirements in particular, removing any
   support for fragmented messages in EAP-CREDS removes the duplication
   of packets (e.g., Acknowledgment Packets) sent across the Peer and
   the Server, thus resulting in a smaller number of exchanged messages

2.5.  Encapsulating Provisioning Protocols in EAP-CREDS

   In order to use EAP-CREDS together with your favorite provisioning
   protocol, the messages from the provisioning protocol need to be sent
   to the other party.  In EAP-CREDS, this is done by encoding the
   provisioning protocol messages inside the ('Provisioning-Data') TLV.
   In case the provisioning protocol uses additional data for its
   operations (e.g., uses HTTP Headers), this data can be encoded in a
   separate ('Provisioning-Headers') TLV.

   Since the implementation of the provisioning endpoint could happen in
   a (logically or physically) different component, a method is needed
   to identify when a provisioning protocol has actually ended.  In EAP-
   CREDS, the 'D' bit in the message headers is used for this purpose.

   In the first message of Phase Two, the Server provides the client
   with all the selected parameters for one specific credential that
   needs attention (or for a new credential) to be managed by the
   network.  In particular, the server provides, at minimum, the
   ('Protocol') TLV, the ('Action') TLV, and the ('Provisioning-Params')
   or the ('Credentials-Info') TLV.

   After checking the parameters sent by the Server, if the Peer does
   not support any of the proposed ones, it MUST send a message with one



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   single ('Error') TLV with the appropriate error code(s).  The server,
   can then decide if to manage a different set of credentials (if more
   where reported by the Peer in its Phase One message) or if to
   terminate the EAP session with an error.

   The Peer and the Server exchange Provisioning messages until an error
   is detected (and the appropriate error message is sent to the other
   party) or until Phase Two is successfully completed.

2.6.  Algorithm Requirements

   EAP-CREDS uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm to verify credentials in
   phase three of the protocol.  Peers and Servers MUST support SHA-256
   for this purpose.

2.7.  Notation

   In this document we use the following notation in the diagrams to
   provide information about the cardinality of the data structures
   (TLVs) within EAP-CREDS messages:

   +--------+------------+---------------------------------------------+
   | Symbol |  Example   | Usage                                       |
   +--------+------------+---------------------------------------------+
   |  { }   |   {TLV1}   | Curly Brackets are used to indicate a set   |
   |  [ ]   |  {[TLV2]}  | Square Brackets are used to indicate that a |
   |        |            | field is optional                           |
   |  ( )   | {TLV1(=V)} | Round Squares are used to specify a value   |
   |    +   |  {TLV_2+}  | The Plus character indicates that one or    |
   |        |            | more instances are allowed                  |
   +--------+------------+---------------------------------------------+

                        Table 1: EAP-CREDS Notation

3.  EAP-CREDS Protocol

   In a nutshell, EAP-CREDS provides the abstraction layer on top of
   which credentials provisioning/managing protocols can be deployed
   thus enabling their use even before provisioning IP services.

   This section outlines the operation of the protocol and message
   flows.  The format of the CREDS messages is given in Section 4.

3.1.  Message Flow

   EAP-CREDS message flow is logically subdivided into three different
   phases: Initialization, Provisioning, and Validation.  EAP-CREDS




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   enforces the order of phases, i.e. it is not possible to move to an
   earlier phase.

   Phase transitioning is controlled by the Server.  In particular, the
   server, after the last message of a phase, it can decide to either
   (a) start the next phase by sending the first message of the next
   phase, or (b) continue the same phase by sending another "first"
   message of the phase (e.g., managing a second set of credentials) -
   this is allowed only in Phase Two and Phase Three but NOT in Phase
   One, or (c) terminate the EAP session.

   Phase One (Required).  Initialization.  During this phase the Peer
      and the Server exchange the information needed to select the
      appropriate credentials management protocol.  Phase One flow is
      composed by only messages.  In particular, the Sever sends its
      initial message of type ('EAP-CREDS-Init').  The Peer replies with
      the details about which provisioning protocols are supported, and
      additional information such as the list of installed credentials
      and, optionally, authorization data (for new credentials
      registration).

   Phase Two (Optional).  Provisioning Protocol Flow.  In this phase,
      the Peer and the Server exchange the provisioning protocol's
      messages encapsulated in a EAP-CREDS message of type Provisioning.
      The messages use two main TLVs.  The first one is the
      ('Provisioning-Headers') TLV which is optional and carries
      information that might be normally conveyed via the transport
      protocol (e.g., HTTP headers).  The second one is the
      ('Provisioning-Data'), which is required and carries the
      provisioning protocol's messages.  The server can decide to repeat
      phase two again to register new credentials or to renew a separate
      set of credentials by issuing a new ('Provisioning') message for
      the new target.  When no more credentials have to be managed, the
      Server can start phase three or simply terminate the EAP session.

   Phase Three (Optional).  Credentials Validation.  This optional phase
      can be initiated by the server and it is used to validate that the
      Peer has properly installed the credentials and can use them to
      authenticate itself.  Depending on the credentials' type, the
      messages can carry a challenge/nonce, the value of the secret/
      token, or other information.  The format of the credentials is
      supposed to be known by the provider and the device.

3.2.  Phase Transitioning Rules

   In order to keep track of starting and ending a phase, EAP-CREDS
   defines several bits and fields in the EAP-CREDS message headers.  In
   particular, as described in Section 4.1, the 'S' bit is used to



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   indicate the beginning (or Start) of a phase, while the 'Phase' field
   (4 bits) is used to indicate the phase for this message.

   In EAP-CREDS, phase transitioning is under the sole control of the
   Server, therefore the value of the 'S' bit is meaningful only in
   messages sent by the Server.  The value of the 'S' bit in Peer's
   messages SHALL be set to '0x0' and SHALL be ignored by the server.

   When starting a new phase, the Server MUST set the 'S' bit to '1' and
   the 'Phase' field to the current phase number (e.g., one, two, or
   three).

   In case the first message of a phase is to be repeated (e.g., because
   of processing multiple credentials), the 'S' bit SHALL be set to '0'
   (i.e., it should be set to '1' only on the first occurrence and set
   to '0' in subsequent messages).

3.3.  Phase One: Initialization

   The following figure provides the message flow for Phase One:


           ,--------.                              ,----------.
           |EAP Peer|                              |EAP Server|
           `---+----'                              `----+-----'
              |        Outer Tunnel Established        |
              | <-------------------------------------->
              |                                        |
              |  [1] EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Init)  |  ,---------!.
              |      { [ Version+ ], [ Challenge ] }   |  |Phase One|_\
              | <---------------------------------------  |Begins     |
              |                                        |  `-----------'
              | [2] EAP-Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Init)  |
              |     { Protocol+, [ Encoding+ ],        |
              |       [ Format+ ] , [  Version  ]      |  ,---------!.
              |       [ Creds-Info+ ], [ Storage-Info ]|  |Phase One|_\
              |       [ Net-Usage], [ Token ],         |  |Ends       |
              |       [ Challenge-Rsp ], [ Profile+ ] }|  `-----------'
              | --------------------------------------->
              |                                        |
              |                                        |


                     EAP-CREDS Phase One Message Flow

   [1] Server sends EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Init):





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      After the establishment of the outer mechanism (e.g., EAP-TLS,
      EAP-TEAP, EAP-TTLS, etc.), the server MAY decide to start a
      credentials management session.  In order to do that, the Server
      sends an EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Init) message to the Peer with
      one ('Phase-Control') TLV with the 'S' bit set to '1' and the
      value set to '1' (thus indicating the beginning of Phase One).
      Also, the Server MAY use one or more ('Version') TLVs to indicate
      the supported versions.

      The Server MAY also specify which versions of EAP-CREDS are
      supported by adding one or more ('Version') TLVs.  If no
      ('Version') TLV is added to the message, the Peer SHOULD assume
      the supported version is 1 ('0x1').

   [2] The Peer sends EAP-Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Init)

      The Peer, sends back a message that carries one ('Version') TLV to
      indicate the selected version of EAP-CREDS (i.e.  from the list
      provided by the server) (optional).  If the client does not
      include the ('Version') TLV, the Server MUST use the most recent
      supported version of EAP-CREDS.  Moreover, the Server includes one
      or more ('Protocol') TLVs to indicate the list of supported
      provisioning protocols, followed by one ('Credentials-Info') TLVs
      for each installed credentials to provide their status to the
      server (i.e., if multiple credentials are configured on the Peer
      for this Network, then the Peer MUST include one ('Credentials-
      Info') TLV for each of them).

      The Peer also provides the list of supported Encodings and Formats
      by adding one or more ('Supported-Encodings') and ('Supported-
      Formats') TLVs.  The Peer MAY also provide the Server with
      information about the Peer's credentials storage by using the
      'Storage-Status' TLV.

      When there are no available credentials, the Peer MAY include an
      authorization token that can be consumed by the Server for
      registering new credentials.  In particular, the Peer can include
      the ('Token-Data') TLV to convey the value of the token.  The
      ('Challenge-Data') and ('Challenge-Response') TLVs, instead, can
      be used to convey a challenge and its response based on the
      authorization information (e.g., maybe a public key hash is
      present in the Token, then the peer can generate some random data
      - or use the one from the Server - and generate a signature on
      that value: the signature SHALL be encoded in the ('Challenge-
      Response') TLV and it should be calculated over the concatenation
      of values inside the ('Challenge-Data') TLV and the ('Token-Data')
      TLV.




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      Also, the Peer MAY add one or more ('Profile') TLVs to indicate to
      the Server which profiles are requested/supported (e.g., a pre-
      configuration MAY exist on the Peer with these ecosystem-specific
      identifiers).

      Ultimately, the Peer MAY include additional metadata regarding the
      status of the Peer.  To this end, the Peer can use a ('Storage-
      Info') TLV to provide the server with additional data about the
      Peer's capabilities and resources.  Also, the ('Network-Usage')
      TLV can be used to provide the Server with the indication of which
      network resources are needed by the Peer and what is its intended
      utilization pattern(s).

      The server checks that the Peer's selected protocol, version, and
      parameters are supported and, if not (or if the server detects an
      error), it can (a) send a non-recoverable error message to the
      peer, notify the outer (tunneling) layer, and terminate the EAP-
      CREDS session, or (b) start phase one again by sending a new
      ('EAP-CREDS-Init') message that will also carry an ERROR TLV that
      provides the Peer with the reason the initial response was not
      acceptable.  In this case, the ('Phase-Control') TLV MUST be
      omitted since it is not the first message of phase one.  The
      server and the peer can repeat phase one until they reach an
      agreement or the session is terminated by the Server.

      NOTE WELL: The determination of the need to start phase two or not
      is based on the contents of the ('Credentials-Info') TLV sent by
      the Peer (e.g., a credential is about to expire or a credential is
      simply missing).

3.4.  Phase Two: Provisioning

   The following figure provides the message flow for Phase 2:


















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        ,--------.                                     ,----------.
        |EAP Peer|                                     |EAP Server|
        `---+----'                                     `----+-----'
         |  [1] EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Provisioning) |
         |      { Protocol, Action,                      |  ,---------!.
         |        [ CredInfo  ], [ Params ],             |  |Phase Two|_\
         |        [ ProtoData ], [ ProtoHeaders ] }      |  |Begins     |
         | <----------------------------------------------  `-----------'
         |                                               |
         | [2] EAP-Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Provisioning) |
         |     { ProtoData, [ ProtoHeaders ] }           |
         | ---------------------------------------------->
         |                                               |
         .                                               .
         .                                               .
         .                                               .
         .                                               .
         | [N] EAP-Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Provisioning) |
         |     { [ CredInfo ], [ ProtoData ],            |
         |       [ ProtoHeaders ] }                      |
         | <----------------------------------------------
         |                                               |
         | [N+1] EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Provisioning)|  ,---------!.
         |     { [ ProtoData ], [ ProtoHeaders ] }       |  |Phase Two|_\
         | ---------------------------------------------->  |Ends       |
         |                                               |  `-----------'
         |                                               |


                     EAP-CREDS Phase Two Message Flow

   [1] The Server sends EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Init)

      The first message of Phase Two indicates that the Server is ready
      to initiate the selected provisioning protocol.

   [2] The Peer sends EAP-Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Init)

      After that, the Peer sends its first message to the Server by
      sending the EAP-Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Provisioning) message.
      This message contains the selected provisioning protocol's message
      data and some extra fields (e.g., transport-protocol headers) in
      the ('Provisioning-Data') and ('Protocol-Headers') TLVs
      respectively.

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      The Server replies to the Peer's message with EAP-Request/EAP-
      CREDS(Type=Provisioning) messages until the provisioning protocol
      reaches an end or an error condition arise (non-recoverable).

   [N] The Server sends EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Provisioning)

      When the provisioning protocol has been executed for the specific
      set of credentials, the server sends a last message that MUST
      include the description of the provisioned credentials in a
      ('Credentials-Info') TLV and MUST set the 'D' bit in the EAP-CREDS
      message header to '1' to indicates that the server does not have
      any more ('Provisioning') messages for this credenital.  The final
      message does not need to be an empty one, i.e. other TLVs are
      still allowed in the same message (e.g., the 'Provisioning-Data'
      and the 'Provisioning-Headers' ones).

   [N+1] The Peer sends EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Provisioning)

      The Peer MUST reply to the server with a ('Provisioning') message
      that MUST have the 'D' bit in the EAP-CREDS message header set to
      '1', thus indicating that the credentials have been installed
      correctly.  In case of errors, the Peer MUST include the
      appropriate ('Error') TLV.  Also in this case, the final message
      does not need to be an empty one, i.e. other TLVs are still
      allowed in the same message (e.g., the 'Provisioning-Data' and the
      'Provisioning-Headers' ones).

   At this point, the Server can decide to provision (or manage) another
   set of credentials by issuing a new ('Provisioning') message, or it
   can decide to start Phase Three by sending its first ('Validate')
   message, or it can terminate the EAP session.

3.5.  Phase Three: Validation

   The following figure provides the message flow for Phase 3:
















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          ,--------.                                ,----------.
          |EAP Peer|                                |EAP Server|
          `---+----'                                `----+-----'
           | [1] EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Validate) |  ,-----------!.
           |     { Cred-Info, Challenge }             |  |Phase Three|_\
           | <-----------------------------------------  |Begins       |
           |                                          |  `-------------'
           | [2] EAP-Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Validate)|  ,-----------!.
           |     { Challenge-Response }               |  |Phase Three|_\
           | ----------------------------------------->  |Ends         |
           |                                          |  `-------------'
           |                                          |


                    EAP-CREDS Phase Three Message Flow

   Phase three is optional and it is used by the server to request the
   client to validate (proof) that the new credentials have been
   installed correctly before issuing the final Success message.

      NOTE WELL: Phase Three introduces a dependency on the selected
      hashing algorithm to provide common and easy way to check the
      integrity and functionality of a newly installed set of
      credentials.

   [1] The Server sends EAP-Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Validate)

      In order to start Phase Three, the Server sends an EAP-Request/
      EAP-CREDS(Type=Validate) message to the Peer.  The Server MUST
      include the ('Credentials-Info') TLV to provide the indication
      about which set of credentials the Server intends to validate.
      The Server MUST also include a randomly generated challenge in the
      message to the client.  The type of challenge determines how the
      ('Challenge-Response') is calculated.  EAP-CREDS defines the
      asymmetric and symmetric challenges in Section 7.6 and others can
      be defined according to the specified rules.

      As usual, the Server MUST set, in the headers, the 'S' bit to '1'
      in its first message of Phase Three and the 'Phase' value shall be
      set to '3' (beginning of Phase Three).

   [2] The Peer sends EAP-Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Validate)

      When the client receives the Validate message from the server, it
      calculates the response to the challenge and sends the response
      back to the server in a EAP-Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Validate)
      message.  When the EAP-CREDS-ASYMMETRIC-CHALLENGE and EAP-CREDS-




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      SYMMETRIC-CHALLENGE values are used in the Challenge type, the
      Peer MUST calculate the response as follows:

         Public-Key

            For any public-key based credentials (e.g., certificates or
            raw key pairs), the response to the challenge is calculated
            by generating a signature over the hashed value of the
            challenge.  The hashing algorithm to be used for this
            purpose is specified in Section 2.6.  The format of the
            signature in the ('Challenge-Response') TLV is the
            concatenation of:

            -  The signatureAlgorithm (DER encoded) which contains the
               identifier for the cryptographic algorithm used by the
               Peer to generate the signature.  [RFC3279], [RFC4055],
               and [RFC4491] list supported signature algorithms, but
               other signature algorithms MAY also be supported.  The
               definition of the signatureAlgorithm is provided in
               Section 4.1.1.2 of [RFC5280].

            -  The signatureValue (DER encoded) which contains the
               digital signature itself.  The signature value is encoded
               as a BIT STRING and the details of how to generate the
               signatures' structures can be found in Section 4.1.1.3 of
               [RFC5280] and referenced material.

         Symmetric Secret

            For any symmetric based credentials (e.g., password or Key),
            the response to the challenge is calculated by using the
            selected hash function (see Section 2.6) on the
            concatenation of (a) the value carried in the server-
            provided ('Challenge-Data') TLV, and (b) the secret value
            itself (salted hash).

      The initial values for the type of challenges are described in the
      Section 7.6.  Other types of challenges MAY be defined according
      to the specified procedures.

      In case of issues with the validation of newly deployed
      credentials, both the Server and the Peer should consider those
      credentials invalid (or unusable) and should issue the required
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4.  EAP-CREDS Message Format

   The EAP-CREDS defines the following message types:

   1.  EAP-CREDS/Init

   2.  EAP-CREDS/Provisioning

   3.  EAP-CREDS/Validate

   Each of these message types have the basic structure as identified in
   Section 4.1.  EAP-CREDS messages contain zero, one, or more TLVs.
   The internal structure of the different types of TLVs is described in
   Section 4.2, while a detailed description of the EAP-CREDS message
   types is provided in Section 5.

4.1.  Message Header

   The EAP-CREDS messages consist of the standard EAP header (see
   Section 4 of [RFC3748]), followed by the version of the EAP-CREDS (4
   bits) and a field (4 bits) reserved for future use.  The header has
   the following structure:


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Code      |  Identifier   |             Length            |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Type      |J|S|F|D| Phase |         Message Length        |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |         Message Length        |               Data           ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-.


   Where the Code, Identifier, Length, and Type fields are all part of
   the EAP header as defined in [RFC3748].  Since EAP-CREDS can only be
   used as a tunneled mechanism, the presence of these fields is only
   for backward compatibility with existing parsers.  In particular, the
   'Length' field is not used (can be ignored): the message length is
   carried in the 'Message Length' field instead.

   The Type field in the EAP header is <TBD> for EAP-CREDS.

   The Flags bitfield is used to convey status information (e.g., extra
   long message, phase number, phase transitioning state).  The
   transition-control bit (i.e., the 'S' bit) are set in Server's
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   that unilaterally controls the phase transition process).  The
   meanings of the bits in the 'Flags' field are as follows:

      Bit 'J' (Jumbo Message) - If set, it indicates the presence of the
      'Message Length' field.  This bit SHALL be used only when the size
      of the message exceeds the maximum value allowed in the 'Length'
      field.  In this case, the 'Message Length' field is added to the
      message and set to the whole message size and the 'Length' field
      is used for the current fragment length.  If not set, the 'Message
      Length' field is not present in the Message and the 'Length' field
      is used for the message size (and the 'F' bit MUST be set to '0').

      Bit 'S' (Start) - If set, this message is the first one of a new
      EAP-CREDS phase.  The value of the new phase is encoded in the
      'Phase' field.

      Bit 'F' - If set, this message is a fragment of a message.  In
      this case, the 'Data' field is to be concatenated with all
      messages with the 'F' bit set to '1' until the message with the
      'F' bit set to '0' that indicates the end of the message.  If the
      message is not fragmented, the 'F' bit MUST be set to '0'.  The
      use of this bit is required when the tunneling method does not
      provide support for messages up to 2^32 bits in size.

      Bit 'D' - This bit is used in Phase Two and Phase Three to
      indicate that the specific operation for the identified credential
      is over.  For example, when multiple credentials exist on the Peer
      and the Server needs to manage and validate one of them.  In its
      last message, when the provisioning protocol is done, the server
      sets the 'D' (Done) bit to indicate that it is done.  The Peer, in
      its reply, sets the bit to indicate the end of provisioning for
      this credentials is also over.  After that, the Server can
      continue Phase Two, transition to Phase Three, or terminate the
      EAP session.

   The Phase field is a 4-bits value and identifies the EAP-CREDS phase
   for the current message.  The version of EAP-CREDS described in this
   document supports three values for this field:

      0x01 - Phase One

      0x02 - Phase Two

      0x03 - Phase Three

   A detailed explanation of the 'Phase' and 'Flags' fields of the
   message headers is provided in Section 3.2.




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   The Data field is the message payload.  The full description of this
   field is provided in the next section.

4.2.  Message Payload

   The Data part of the message is organized as zero, one, or more TLV
   objects whose structure is defined in this section.

   Each TLV object has the same basic structure that is defined as
   follows:


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                   TLV Length                  |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                       TLV Value                              ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   Where:

   TLV-Type (uint8)

      This field is used to indicate the type of data that the TLV
      carries.  The type of TLV determines its internal structure.  The
      supported values for this fields are provided in the following
      table:

   Length (uint24)

      This field carries the size of the value of the TLV.  In
      particular, the overall size of a TLV (i.e., the header plus the
      value) can be calculated by adding the size of the header (6
      octets) to the value of the Length field (i.e., the size of the
      TLV's value).














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     +----------+--------------------------+------------------------+
     | TLV Name | TLV Type                 |      Scope/Usage       |
     +----------+--------------------------+------------------------+
     |  <TBD>   | Action TLV               |       Phase Two        |
     |  <TBD>   | Certificate-Data TLV     |       Phase Two        |
     |  <TBD>   | Challenge-Data TLV       | Phase Two, Phase Three |
     |  <TBD>   | Challenge-Response TLV   | Phase Two, Phase Three |
     |  <TBD>   | Credentials-Data TLV     |       Phase Two        |
     |  <TBD>   | Credentials-Info TLV     | Phase Two, Phase Three |
     |  <TBD>   | Error TLV                |       All Phases       |
     |  <TBD>   | Network-Usage TLV        |       Phase One        |
     |  <TBD>   | Profile TLV              |       Phase Two        |
     |  <TBD>   | Protocol TLV             |  Phase One, Phase Two  |
     |  <TBD>   | Provisioning-Data TLV    |       Phase Two        |
     |  <TBD>   | Provisioning-Headers TLV |       Phase Two        |
     |  <TBD>   | Provisioning-Params TLV  |       Phase Two        |
     |  <TBD>   | Token-Data TLV           |       Phase One        |
     |  <TBD>   | Version TLV              |       Phase One        |
     +----------+--------------------------+------------------------+

                  Table 2: EAP-CREDS Supported TLVs Types

   TLV Value ( > 1 octet )

      This field carries data for the identified TLV.  The internal
      structure is determined by the TLV Type field.

   The rest of this section describes the structure of the different
   supported TLVs and their usage in the different messages.

4.3.  EAP-CREDS defined TLVs

   EAP-CREDS messages's payload comprises zero, one, or more TLVs that
   are encoded in a single EAP-CREDS message.  The values for the TLV
   Type that are supported by this specifications are listed in Table 2.

4.3.1.  The Action TLV


          0                   1                   2                   3
          0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         |   TLV Type    |                 TLV Length                    |
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         |     Flags     |  Action Type  |
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+





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   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Action TLV

   TLV Length (uint24)

      Fixed value (=2)

   Flags (uint8)

      Reserved

4.3.2.  The Certificate-Data TLV


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Flags     |    Encoding     |            Value           ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Certificate-Data TLV

   Length (uint24)

      Provides the length of the TLV (> 3 octets)

   Flags (uint8)

      Provides a BITMASK that can be used to provide additional
      information related to the encapsulated certificate.  The bits
      have the following meaning:

         Bit 0 - If set, the certificate is trusted (Trust Anchor)

         Bit 1 - If set, the certificate is a CA certificate

         Bit 2 - If set, the certificate is self-signed

         Bit 3 - If set, the certificate is a proxy certificate

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         Bit 5 - Reserved

         Bit 6 - Reserved

         Bit 7 - Reserved

   For a Trusted Root CA, the value of the flags shall be 0x7 (0000
   0111).  For an intermediate CA certificate that is not implicitly
   trusted, the value of the flags field should be set to 0x02 (0000
   0010).  For an End-Entity certificate, the value of the Flags will be
   0x0 (0000 0000).

   Format (uint8)

      Provides the indication of the Format the certificate is in.  The
      allowed values for this field are listed in Section 7.5.

   Encoding (uint8)

      Provides the indication of the Encoding the certificate is in.
      The allowed values for this field are listed in Section 7.8.

   Value (octet string)

      This field carries the data for the certificate.

4.3.3.  The Challenge-Data TLV


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   Ch. Type    |           Challenge Data                     ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Challenge-Data TLV

   Length (uint24)

      3 octets

   Challenge Type (uint8)




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      This field carries the type of Challenge.  In particular, the
      challenge type determines how the Peer MUST calculate the
      ('Challenge-Response').  The initial values for this field are
      listed in Section 7.6.  Please refer to Section 3.5 for a detailed
      explanation of how to calculate the response to the challenge for
      the challenge types defined in this document.

   Challenge Data (> 1 octet)

      This field carries the data to be used as a challenge when
      validating newly deployed credentials.

4.3.4.  The Challenge-Response TLV


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                       Challenge Response                     ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Challenge-Response TLV

   Length (uint24)

      3 octets

   Challenge Response (> 1 octet)

      This field carries the data that resulted from the use of the
      credentials to be validated.

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     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     Flags     |   CredsType   |             ProtoID           |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                                                               |
    |                         IssuedOn (GMT)                        |
    |                                                               |
    |                                                               |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                                                               |
    |                        Expires On (GMT)                       |
    |                                                               |
    |                                                               |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                       Credentials Length                      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                           CredIDValue                        ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   The Credential-Information TLV is used by the Peer to provide a
   description of the installed credentials that are relevant for the
   network that is being accessed.

   For example, when a set of credentials need to be renewed, the server
   checks the ('Credentials-Info') from the Peer and eventually selects
   the right one for renewal.  The TLV structure is as follows:

   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Credentials-Information TLV

   Length (uint24)

      Provides the total length of the body of the Credential-
      Information TLV.

   Flags (uint8)

      Provides a BITMASK that can be used to provide information about
      the status of the credentials (e.g., if the use marks the
      credentials to be compromised).  The bits have the following
      meaning:

         Bit 0 - If set, the credential is marked as compromised



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         Bit 1 - If set, the credential is immutable and cannot be
         updated

         Bit 2 - Private Key or Secret Immutable, the public part of the
         credential (e.g., a certificate) can still be updated

         Bit 3 - If set, the credential cannot be updated (both public
         and private parts)

         Bit 4 - If set, the credential is ready to be used

         Bit 5 - If set, the credential was generated on the server

         Bit 6 - If set, the Peer would like to update the credential
         even if they are not expired

         Bit 7 - Reserved

   CredType (uint8)

      This field provides the description of the type of credential.
      The type of credentials are listed in Section 7.3

   ProtoID (uint16)

      This field indicates the protocol that was used to retrieve the
      target credential.  When the TLV is used in a Request by the
      Server, this field is ignored.  The values for this field are
      listed in Section 7.1.

   IssuedOn (16 octets)

      This field carries the GMT date for when this credential was
      issued.  This field is 16 bytes long (the last byte must be set to
      '0x00') and contains the NULL-terminated ASCII string that
      represents the timestamp where the credential was issued.  When
      the value is not set, the field should be set to { 0x00 }. The
      format of the string is as follows:



         YYYYMMDDHHmmssZ

      Where:

         YYYY - is the 4 digits representation of the year

         MM - is the 2 digits representation of the month



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         DD - is the 2 digits representation of the day of the month

         HH - is the 2 digits representation of the hour of the day (24
         hour format)

         mm - is the 2 digits representation of the minutes of the hour

         ss - is the 2 digits representation of the seconds of the
         minute

         Z - is the character 'Z'

   ExpiresOn (16 octets)

      This field carries the GMT date for when this credential is to be
      considered expired.  This field is 16 bytes long (the last byte
      must be set to '0x00') and contains the NULL-terminated ASCII
      string that represents the timestamp where the credential was
      issued.  The format is the same as the ('IssuedOn') field.  When
      the value is not set, the field should be set to { 0x00 }.

   Credentials Length (uint16)

      Length (in bytes) of the Credentials value.  When used with a
      public-key type of credentials, this is the size of the key (e.g.,
      for an RSA 2048 bit keys, this field should carry the value of
      256).  When used with a symmetric secret, this field carries the
      size of the secret (in bytes).

   CredIDValue (> 1 octet)

      The binary value of the credentials' identifier.  This identifier
      can be the binary value of the SHA-256 calculated over the
      certificate, a username, or it could be a random handle.  As long
      as the ID allows the peer and the server to uniquely (in its
      context) identify the credentials, the value of this field can be
      calculated in any way.

4.3.6.  The Credentials-Data TLV












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     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   Cred Type   |     Format    |    Encoding     |     Value  ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Credentials-Data TLV

   Length (uint24)

      Provides the length of the TLV (> 3 octets)

   Cred Type (uint8)

      Provides the indication of the type of credentials.  The allowed
      values for this field are listed in Section 7.3.

   Format (uint8)

      Provides the indication of the Format the credentials are in.  The
      allowed values for this field are listed in Section 7.5.

   Encoding (uint8)

      Provides the indication of the Encoding the credentials are in.
      The allowed values for this field are listed in Section 7.8.

   Value (octet string)

      This field carries the data for the credentials.

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     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |     EAP-CREDS Error Code      |      Secondary Error Code     |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                          Description                         ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Challenge-Response-Data TLV

   Length (uint24)

      3 octets

   EAP-CREDS Error Code (2 octets)

      This field carries the EAP-CREDS error code.  These code are
      related to the EAP-CREDS operations only and it should not be used
      to carry the Provisioning-Protocol specific error codes.

      The error codes supported by this specifications are listed in
      Section 4.3.7.

   Secondary Error Code (2 octets)

      This field is used to convey an error at the encapsulation layer
      (i.e., the provisioning protocol error).  For example, this field
      can be used to convey a transport protocol error code (e.g., HTTP
      status code).  Do not use this field to convery EAP-CREDS specific
      errors.

   Description ( > 1 octet)

      The Description field is optional (i.e., when the Description Size
      is set to zero) and carries information about the error that
      occurred.  The message may or may not be used by a user or an
      automated process for debugging purposes.

4.3.8.  The Network-Usage TLV







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     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |U| Desc Format |   Encoding    |   Network-Usage Data         ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Network-Usage TLV

   Length (uint24)

      Variable Length TLV (Value must be > 2 )

   Description Format (uint8)

      The Type of data encoded in the Peer Description Data.  The
      initial values for this field are listed in Section 7.10.

   Encoding (uint8)

      Provides the indication of the Encoding the network usage
      description data is in.  The allowed values for this field are
      listed in Section 7.8.

   The 'U' field (1 bit)

      The 'URL' bit ('U') is used to indicate if the value of the
      Network-Usage Data field is to be interpreted as a URL or as the
      actual data.  In particular, if the value in the 'URL' bit is '1',
      then the value in the Network-Usage Data field is to be
      interpreted as the URL where the actual data can be downloaded
      from.  Otherwise, if the 'URL' bit is set to '0', then the value
      in the Network-Usage Data field is to be interpreted as the actual
      data (not a URL referencing it).

      An example use of this bit is when the Peer wants to convey the
      URL of the MUD file [RFC8520].  In this case, the Peer can set the
      Network-Usage Data field to the Url of the MUD file related to the
      Peer.

   Desc Format (7 bits)

      This field provide the expected data format for the Network-Usage
      Data.  For example, the value in this field could be set to 'MUD'



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      and have the 'U' bit set to '1' to provide the MUD-related
      information at credentials management time instead of at network-
      provisioning time (DHCP option).  This possibility could help the
      Network controller to decide if the device shall be allowed to
      register its credentials or not.

      The list of initial values for this field is provided in
      Section 7.7.

   Network-Usage Data (octet string)

      This is additional information related to the device.  In
      particular, this TLV can be used by the Peer to provide the Server
      with the description of the intended network usage or a URL that
      points to the same information.

      For example, this field can be used to convey a MUD file
      (Manufacturer Usage Description) or the latest firmware-update
      manifest.

4.3.9.  The Profile TLV


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                    Profile Identifier                        ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Profile Identifying Data TLV

   Length (uint24)

      Length value should be >= 1

   Profile Identifier (octet string)

      The Profile Identifier is used to provide indication to the other
      party about which profiles are supported when requesting
      credentials management.

      Also in this case, the data used in this field is left to be
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      CREDS data types.  This could be a raw byte value, a string, or a
      more complex structured data (e.g., an OID).

      An example of values for this field, an end-point could use the
      string representation (i.e., dotted representation) of the Object
      Identifier (OID) of the specific profile supported (e.g., could be
      defined in the Certificate Policy of the credentials' provider).

4.3.10.  The Protocol TLV


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |         Protocol ID           |             Version           |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Protocol TLV

   TLV Length (uint24)

      Fixed TLV Length value of 4.

   Protocol ID (uint16)

      The Protocol ID value carries the id of a supported provisioning
      protocol.  The initial list of values for the provisioning
      protocol identifiers can be found in Section 7.1.

   Version (uint16)

      The Version (Protocol Version) value represents the specific
      version of the identified provisioning protocol.  When no version
      is specified for a protocol (i.e., either it does not support
      multiple versions or it does not matter), the value of this field
      should be set to '0x0'.

4.3.11.  The Provisioning-Data TLV








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     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                         Provisioning Data                    ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Provisioning-Data TLV

   Length (uint24)

      3 octets

   Headers Data (> 1 octet)

      This field carries the provisioning protocol's messages.

4.3.12.  The Provisioning-Headers TLV


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                           Headers Data                       ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Provisioning-Headers TLV

   Length (uint24)

      3 octets

   Headers Data (> 1 octet)

      This field carries the meta-data (if any) that might be associated
      with the transport-layer normally used with the provisioning
      protocol.  For example, this TLV can carry the set of HTTP headers
      required by EST or ACME.




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4.3.13.  The Provisioning-Params TLV


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |            Min Length         |          Max Length           |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   Algorithm   |     Flags     |     OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DER)  ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Provisioning-Params TLV

   Length (uint24)

      Provides the length of the TLV (>= 6 octets)

   Min Length (uint16)

      Provides the minimum allowed size size for the credentials.  This
      value has meaning depending on the context of the credentials,
      however sizes are always expressed in bytes.

      For example, when used with a symmetric key or a password, the
      ('Min Length') and ('Max Length') refer to the minimum and maximum
      size of the password data.  The ('Algor OID') field can be omitted
      in this case.

      On the other hand, when referring public-key credentials, this
      field should carry the size of the modulus of the key.  For
      example, for an RSA 2048 bit keys, the field should carry the
      value of 256.  For an ECDSA that uses the prime256r1 curve, this
      field should carry the value of 32 and the Algor OID should be the
      DER representation of the specific value of the curve (i.e., the
      DER representation of '1.2.840.10045.3.1.7').

   Max Length (uint16)

      Provides the indication maximum size of the credentials.  This
      value has meaning depending on the context of the credentials,
      however sizes are always expressed in bytes.





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      The same considerations apply to this field as well as the ('Min
      Length') one discussed above.

   Flags (uint8)

      Provides a BITMASK that can be used to provide information about
      the status of the credentials (e.g., if the use marks the
      credentials to be compromised).  The bits have the following
      meaning:

         Bit 0 - Credentials (or part of it) are to be generated on the
         server

         Bit 1 - Credentials (or part of it) are to be generated on the
         peer

         Bit 2 - Credentials are to be generated on dedicated hardware

         Bit 3 - Reserved

         Bit 4 - Reserved

         Bit 5 - Reserved

         Bit 6 - Reserved

         Bit 7 - Reserved

      When using public-key based credentials, the bits 0 and 1 are
      mutually exclusive.

      When using passwords or shared secrets, if bit 0 is set, then the
      secret is generated by the server and then sent to the client.  On
      the other hand, if bit 1 is set, then the secret is generated by
      the peer and then sent to the server.  Ultimately, if both bits
      are set, then the Server generates the first part of the password
      and sends it to the Peer, while the Peer generates the second part
      of the password and sends it to the Server.  The password to be
      used for future authentication is the concatenation of the two
      shares of the password: first the one from the Server, then the
      one from the Client.



         NOTE WELL: Last but not least, since these passwords/secrets
         are meant to be used in a automated fashion, there is no
         restriction around the character set to use or their
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         random pass-phrases that use the full 8-bit character set (on
         client and server) to maximize the secret's search space.

   Algorithm (uint8)

      Provides the indication of the algorithm used for the generation
      of the credentials.  The allowed values for this field are listed
      in Section 7.4.

   Object Identifier (binary; > 1 octet)

      Provides the indication of additional parameters that are needed
      to be encoded for the credentials.  This value is used only when
      the credentials use public-key cryptography - this field carries
      additional information about the generation algorithm to be used.
      We provide some useful values that can be used as reference:

   +----------------+----------------------+---------------------------+
   | OID Name       |        Dotted        |      Binary Encoding      |
   |                |    Representation    |                           |
   +----------------+----------------------+---------------------------+
   | secp256r1      | 1.2.840.10045.3.1.7  |  06 08 2A 86 48 CE 3D 03  |
   | curve          |                      |           01 07           |
   | secp384r1      | 1.2.840.10045.3.1.34 |  06 08 2A 86 48 CE 3D 03  |
   | curve          |                      |           01 22           |
   | secp521r1      | 1.2.840.10045.3.1.35 |  06 08 2A 86 48 CE 3D 03  |
   | curve          |                      |           01 23           |
   | X25519 curve   |     1.3.101.110      |       06 03 2B 65 6E      |
   | X25519 curve   |     1.3.101.110      |       06 03 2B 65 6E      |
   | X448 curve     |     1.3.101.111      |       06 03 2B 65 6F      |
   | Ed25519 curve  |     1.3.101.112      |       06 03 2B 65 70      |
   | Ed448 curve    |     1.3.101.113      |       06 03 2B 65 71      |
   +----------------+----------------------+---------------------------+

                   Table 3: Object Identifiers Examples

4.3.14.  The Token-Data TLV


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |  Token Type   |    Encoding   |             Value            ...
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+





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   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Token-Data TLV

   TLV Length (uint24)

      Provides the length of the TLV (> 3 octets)

   Token Type (uint8)

      Provides the indication of the type of credentials.  The allowed
      values for this field are listed in Section 7.2.

   Encoding (uint8)

      Provides the indication of the Encoding the credentials are in.
      The allowed values for this field are listed in Section 7.8.

   Value (octet string)

      This field carries the data for the credentials.

4.3.15.  The Version TLV


     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   TLV Type    |                  TLV Length                   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   Version     |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   TLV Type (uint8)

      <TBD> - Version TLV

   TLV Length (uint24)

      Provides the length of the TLV.  The field has a fixed value of 1.

   Version (uint8)

      The Version field represents the specific version of the EAP-CREDS
      protocol that are supported by the end point.  When multiple
      versions of EAP-CREDS are supported, multiple ('Version') TLVs can
      be used.



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      When no version is specified (i.e., either it does not support
      multiple versions or it does not matter), the value of this field
      should be set to '0x0' (any version).

5.  EAP-CREDS Messages

   This section describes each message and what TLVs are allowed or
   required.  EAP-CREDS defines the following values for the Message
   Type (Type):

   +-----------+------------------------+------------------------------+
   |  Message  | Name                   | Description                  |
   |    Type   |                        |                              |
   +-----------+------------------------+------------------------------+
   |     0     | EAP-CREDS-Init         | Initialization Phase         |
   |     1     | EAP-CREDS-Provisioning | Carries Provisioning         |
   |           |                        | Protocol Messages            |
   |     2     | EAP-CREDS-Validate     | Validates newly installed    |
   |           |                        | credentials                  |
   +-----------+------------------------+------------------------------+

                     Table 4: EAP-CREDS Message Types

5.1.  The EAP-CREDS-Init Message

   The EAP-CREDS-Init message type is used in Phase One only of EAP-
   CREDS.  The message flow is depicted in Section 3.3.  This message
   supports the following TLVs: Version, Protocol, Credentials-Info, and
   Error.

5.1.1.  EAP Server's Init Message

   EAP-CREDS starts with an ('EAP-CREDS-Init') message from the server.
   This message MAY contain zero, one, or more ('Version') TLVs and,
   optionally, a ('Challenge-Data') TLV.

   The first message from the server is the one that starts Phase One,
   therefore the Server MUST set the headers' 'S' bit to '1' (Start) and
   the headers' 'Phase' value to '1' (Phase One).

   The Server uses one or more ('Version') TLVs in the EAP-Request/EAP-
   CREDS(Type=Init) message to provide the Peer with the list of EAP-
   CREDS versions supported.  If omitted, the implicit version of EAP-
   CREDS used in the session is one ('0x1').  If the Server detects
   multiple occurrences of this TLV in the reply from the Peer, an error
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   In case Token-Based registration is enabled on the Server, the Server
   MUST include, in its Init message, a ('Challenge-Data') field that
   can be used by the client to provide challenge data for proof-of-
   possession of secrets.

5.1.2.  EAP Peer's Init Message

   The Peer MUST reply to the Server's ('EAP-CREDS-Init') message with
   its own ('EAP-CREDS-Init') one.  The Peer SHOULD include one
   ('Version') TLV in its first message to indicate the version of EAP-
   CREDS that the client wants to use for the session.  The Peer MUST
   also provide the list of supported provisioning protocols (via one or
   more the 'Protocol' TLV), the list and status of the installed
   credentials (via the 'Credentials-Info' TLV).  The Peer MAY include
   authorization data when registering new credentials (e.g., an
   authorization token or a device certificate) via the ('Token-Data')
   and ('Challenge-Response') TLV.

   The Peer MUST include one ('Credentials-Info') TLV for each
   credential the Network is authorized to manage.  Typically, a Peer
   will include only one ('Credentials-Info') TLV in its ('EAP-CREDS-
   Init') message, but there might be cases where multiple types of
   credentials are available and selected depending on the location and
   other factors (e.g., X.509 certificate and username/password
   combination).

   In case the Peer does not have any credentials available yet, it does
   not add any ('Credentials-Info') TLV - leaving the Server with the
   only action possible: Registration.  In this case, the Peer SHOULD
   include authorization information via the ('Token-Data') TLV as
   described in Section 5.1.2.1.  Additionally, the Peer can add the
   ('Profile') TLV to indicate a preferred profile for the credentials.

5.1.2.1.  Bootstrapping Peer's Trustworthiness

   When the Peer does not have any valid credentials for the Network
   that it is authenticating to, it does not provide any ('Credentials-
   Info') TLV.  This indicates to the Server that new credentials MUST
   be registered before the Peer is allowed on the network.

   The Registration process might rely on information exchanged during
   the Provisioning Process in Phase Two. However, if an authorization
   mechanism is not available from the supported provisioning protocol
   and no credentials are available on the Peer, EAP-CREDS provides a
   simple mechanism for the Peer to leverage an out-of-band
   token/passphrase/ott that may be already available on the Peer (e.g.,
   a device certificate or a 'spendable' credentials token like a




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   kerberos ticket or a crypto-currency transaction) and that can be
   verified by the Server.

   In particular, when the Peer wants to register new credentials (and
   the Server requires the use of additional authorization data) it may
   need to provide (a) a Token, (b) a challenge value, and (c) a
   response to the challenge value.  To do so, the Peer MUST encode the
   token in a ('Token-Data') TLV, the challenge value in a ('Challenge-
   Data') TLV, and, finally, the response to the challenge in the
   ('Challenge-Response') TLV.

   The use of ('Challenge-Data') and ('Challenge-Response') TLVs is
   optional, however it is suggested that if a token is used for
   bootstrapping the trust, it should provide a way to verify a secret
   associated with it.

   It is also very important that the authorization token is disclosed
   only to authorized servers - the Peer MUST NOT disclose authorization
   tokens that are not meant for the network that is being accessed.
   This can be done, usually, by verifying the identity of the Server
   first (in the outer mechanism) and then verify that the target of the
   Token is the Server the Client is talking to.

5.1.3.  The EAP-CREDS-Provisioning Message

   The EAP-CREDS-Provisioning message type is used in Phase Two only of
   EAP-CREDS.  The message flow is depicted in Section 3.4.  This
   message type supports the following TLVs: Protocol, Profile,
   Credentials-Info, Provisioning-Headers, Provisioning-Data, Token-
   Data, and Error.

   After the exchange of phase one messages, the Server MAY start phase
   two by issuing an ('EAP-CREDS-Provisioning') message for the Peer
   where it encodes all the required details for starting the
   provisioning process.  In particular, the server sends the selected
   ('Action'), ('Protocol'), and metadata to the client in a EAP-
   Request/EAP-CREDS(Type=Provisioning) message.  The header's 'S' bit
   MUST be set to '1' (Start) and the 'Phase' value set to '2' (Phase
   Two begins).

      NOTE WELL: After the initial message, the only TLVs that are
      allowed in messages coming from the server are the usual
      ('Provisioning-Headers') ('Provisioning-Data'), and ('Error').

   The client checks that all the selected parameters are supported for
   the selected credentials and, if no errors are detected, it sends its
   first ('EAP-CREDS-Provisioning') message to the Server with the
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   From now on, the conversation between the Peer and the Server
   continues until an error is detected or the provisioning protocol
   completes successfully.

   If no other actions, the server MAY continue with phase three or
   issue a success message and terminate the EAP session.

5.1.4.  The EAP-CREDS-Validate Message

   The EAP-CREDS-Validate message type is used in Phase Three only of
   EAP-CREDS.  The message flow is depicted in Section 3.5.  This
   message type supports the following TLVs: Protocol, Credentials-Info,
   Provisioning-Headers, Provisioning-Data, Token-Data, and Error.

   After Phase One (and/or Phase Two) ends, the Server MAY start phase
   three by issuing an ('EAP-CREDS-Validate') message for the Peer where
   it encodes all the required details for starting the validation
   process.  In particular, the server sends the ('Credentials-Info'), a
   ('Challenge'), and the ('Phase-Control') TLVs in a EAP-Request/EAP-
   CREDS(Type=Validate) message.  The ('Phase-Control') TLV should carry
   the '1' value for the 'S' bit (Start) and the number '3' for its
   value (Phase Three begins).

   The Peer generates the answer to the Challenge and sends back a EAP-
   Response/EAP-CREDS(Type=Validate) message with the ('Challenge-
   Response') and an optional ('Challenge') field (only for server-side
   validation of the symmetric credentials).  If the Peer requested
   server-side validation of the credentials, the Server MUST include
   (if a symmetric secret) the response to the Peer-issued ('Challenge')
   TLV by computing the response and adding it to the ('Challenge-
   Response') TLV in its reply.

   Finally, in the last message, the Server (if Phase Three is to be
   ended) SHALL include the ('Phase-Control') TLV with the 'S' bit set
   to '0' (end of phase) and the value set to '3' (Phase Three ended).

   At this point, EAP-CREDS has terminated all possible operations and
   can be terminated.  The Server can now terminate the EAP session
   successfully.  In case the Peer was not authenticated during the
   tunnel establishment (i.e., no credentials were already available on
   the Peer), the Server should terminate the EAP session with a Failure
   (thus requiring the device to re-attach and authenticate to the
   network - phase two should have provided the Peer with the
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6.  Error Handling in EAP-CREDS

   This section provides a description of the error handling by using
   the CREDS-Error-TLV in a CREDS message.

7.  IANA Considerations

   This document uses a new EAP type, EAP-CREDS, whose value (TBD) MUST
   be allocated by IANA from the EAP TYPEs sub-registry of the RADIUS
   registry.  This section provides guidance to the Internet Assigned
   Numbers Authority (IANA) regarding registration of values related to
   the EAP-CREDS protocol, in accordance with [RFC8126].

   The EAP Method Type number for EAP-CREDS needs to be assigned.

   This document also requires IANA to create new registries as defined
   in the following subsections.

7.1.  Provisioning Protocols

   +-----------------+-------------------------------------------------+
   |   Message Type  | Purpose                                         |
   +-----------------+-------------------------------------------------+
   |        0        | Unspecified                                     |
   |        1        | Simple Provisioning Protocol (SPP)              |
   |        2        | Basic Certificate Management Protocol (CMP-S)   |
   |        3        | Full Certificate Management Protocol (CMP-F)    |
   |        4        | Enrollment over Secure Transport (EST)          |
   |        5        | Certificate Management over CMS (CMC)           |
   |        6        | Automatic Certificate Management Environment    |
   |                 | (ACME)                                          |
   |       ...       | ...                                             |
   | 49141 ... 65534 | Vendor Specific                                 |
   +-----------------+-------------------------------------------------+

               Table 5: EAP-CREDS Inner Protocol Identifiers

   Assignment of new values for new cryptosuites MUST be done through
   IANA with "Specification Required" and "IESG Approval" as defined in
   [RFC8126].

7.2.  Token Types









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                     +------------+-----------------+
                     | Token Type | Description     |
                     +------------+-----------------+
                     |     0      | Unspecified     |
                     |     1      | JWT             |
                     |     2      | Kerberos        |
                     |     3      | OAuth           |
                     |     4      | Certificate     |
                     |  200..254  | Vendor Specific |
                     +------------+-----------------+

                           Table 6: Token Types

   Assignment of new values for new Message Types MUST be done through
   IANA with "Expert Review" as defined in [RFC8126].

7.3.  Credentials Types

               +------------------+-----------------------+
               | Credentials Type | Description           |
               +------------------+-----------------------+
               |        0         | X.509 Certificate     |
               |        1         | Public Key            |
               |        2         | Symmetric Key         |
               |        3         | Username and Password |
               |        4         | AKA Subscriber Key    |
               |        5         | Bearer Token          |
               |        6         | One-Time Token        |
               |        7         | API Key               |
               +------------------+-----------------------+

                        Table 7: Credentials Types

   Assignment of new values for new Message Types MUST be done through
   IANA with "Expert Review" as defined in [RFC8126].

7.4.  Credentials Algorithms














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                     +---------+--------------------+
                     |    ID   | Algorithm          |
                     +---------+--------------------+
                     |    0    | None               |
                     |    1    | RSA                |
                     |    2    | ECDSA              |
                     |    3    | XMMS               |
                     |    4    | AKA Subscriber Key |
                     |    5    | OAuth              |
                     |    6    | Kerberos4          |
                     |    7    | Kerberos5          |
                     | 200-254 | Reserved           |
                     +---------+--------------------+

                      Table 8: Credentials Algorithms

   Assignment of new values for new Message Types MUST be done through
   IANA with "Expert Review" as defined in [RFC8126].

7.5.  Credentials Datatypes

                        +---------+---------------+
                        |    ID   | Data Type     |
                        +---------+---------------+
                        |    0    | None (Binary) |
                        |    1    | PKCS#8        |
                        |    2    | PKCS#10       |
                        |    3    | PKCS#12       |
                        |    4    | PublicKeyInfo |
                        | 200-254 | Reserved      |
                        +---------+---------------+

                      Table 9: Credentials Datatypes

   Assignment of new values for new Message Types MUST be done through
   IANA with "Expert Review" as defined in [RFC8126].

7.6.  Challenge Types

                       +----+----------------------+
                       | ID | Data Type            |
                       +----+----------------------+
                       | 0  | Not Specified        |
                       | 1  | EAP-CREDS-ASYMMETRIC |
                       | 2  | EAP-CREDS-SYMMETRIC  |
                       +----+----------------------+

                         Table 10: Challenge Type



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   Assignment of new values for new Message Types MUST be done through
   IANA with "Expert Review" as defined in [RFC8126].

7.7.  Network Usage Datatypes

           +--------+------------------------------------------+
           |   ID   | Data Type                                |
           +--------+------------------------------------------+
           |   0    | Vendor-Specific                          |
           |   1    | Manufacturer Usage Description [RFC8520] |
           |   2    | Network Access Granting System           |
           |   3    | Firmware Manifest                        |
           | 4..127 | Reserved for Future Use                  |
           +--------+------------------------------------------+

                     Table 11: Network Usage Datatypes

   Assignment of new values for new Message Types MUST be done through
   IANA with "Expert Review" as defined in [RFC8126].

7.8.  Credentials Encoding

                         +---------+------------+
                         |    ID   | Encoding   |
                         +---------+------------+
                         |    0    | None (Raw) |
                         |    1    | DER        |
                         |    2    | PEM        |
                         |    3    | Base64     |
                         |    4    | JSON       |
                         |    5    | XML        |
                         |    6    | ASCII      |
                         |    7    | UTF-8      |
                         | 200-254 | Reserved   |
                         +---------+------------+

                      Table 12: Credentials Encoding

   Assignment of new values for new Message Types MUST be done through
   IANA with "Expert Review" as defined in [RFC8126].

7.9.  Action Types









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        +---------+--------------+--------------------------------+
        |    ID   | Data Type    | Description                    |
        +---------+--------------+--------------------------------+
        |    0    | Registration | Registers New Credentials      |
        |    1    | Renewal      | Renew an Existing Credential   |
        |    2    | Remove       | Removes an Existing Credential |
        | 200-254 | n/a          | Reserved                       |
        +---------+--------------+--------------------------------+

                          Table 13: Action Types

   Assignment of new values for new Message Types MUST be done through
   IANA with "Expert Review" as defined in [RFC8126].

7.10.  Usage Metadata Types

                      +------+----------------------+
                      | Type | Description          |
                      +------+----------------------+
                      |  0   | Binary (Unspecified) |
                      |  1   | MUD File             |
                      |  2   | TEEP Manifest        |
                      +------+----------------------+

                      Table 14: Usage Metadata Types

   Assignment of new values for new Message Types MUST be done through
   IANA with "Expert Review" as defined in [RFC8126].

8.  Security Considerations

   Several security considerations need to be explicitly considered for
   the system administrators and application developers to understand
   the weaknesses of the overall architecture.

   The most important security consideration when deploying EAP-CREDS is
   related to the security of the outer channel.  In particular, EAP-
   CREDS assumes that the communication channel has been properly
   authenticated and that the information exchanged between the Peer and
   the Server are protected (i.e., confidentiality and integrity).

   For example, if certificate-based authentication is used, the server
   presents a certificate to the peer as part of the trust establishment
   (or negotiation).  The peer SHOULD verify the validity of the EAP
   server certificate and SHOULD also examine the EAP server name
   presented in the certificate in order to determine whether the EAP
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   validation, implementations MUST provide support for the rules in
   [RFC5280] for validating certificates against a known trust anchor.

9.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank everybody who provided insightful
   comments and helped in the definition of the deployment
   considerations.

10.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3748]  Aboba, B., Blunk, L., Vollbrecht, J., Carlson, J., and H.
              Levkowetz, Ed., "Extensible Authentication Protocol
              (EAP)", RFC 3748, DOI 10.17487/RFC3748, June 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3748>.

   [RFC4210]  Adams, C., Farrell, S., Kause, T., and T. Mononen,
              "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate
              Management Protocol (CMP)", RFC 4210,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4210, September 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4210>.

   [RFC5272]  Schaad, J. and M. Myers, "Certificate Management over CMS
              (CMC)", RFC 5272, DOI 10.17487/RFC5272, June 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5272>.

   [RFC5280]  Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S.,
              Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key
              Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List
              (CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, DOI 10.17487/RFC5280, May 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5280>.

   [RFC6402]  Schaad, J., "Certificate Management over CMS (CMC)
              Updates", RFC 6402, DOI 10.17487/RFC6402, November 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6402>.

   [RFC7030]  Pritikin, M., Ed., Yee, P., Ed., and D. Harkins, Ed.,
              "Enrollment over Secure Transport", RFC 7030,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7030, October 2013,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7030>.






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   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

   [RFC8520]  Lear, E., Droms, R., and D. Romascanu, "Manufacturer Usage
              Description Specification", RFC 8520,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8520, March 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8520>.

Author's Address

   Massimiliano Pala
   CableLabs
   858 Coal Creek Cir
   Louisville, CO  80027
   US

   Email: m.pala@openca.org
   URI:   http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpala































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