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In: IESG_Evaluation_-_Defer
Network Working Group J. Mattsson
Internet-Draft M. Sethi
Updates: 5216 (if approved) Ericsson
Intended status: Standards Track February 2, 2021
Expires: August 6, 2021
Using EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3
draft-ietf-emu-eap-tls13-14
Abstract
The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), defined in RFC 3748,
provides a standard mechanism for support of multiple authentication
methods. This document specifies the use of EAP-Transport Layer
Security (EAP-TLS) with TLS 1.3 while remaining backwards compatible
with existing implementations of EAP-TLS. TLS 1.3 provides
significantly improved security, privacy, and reduced latency when
compared to earlier versions of TLS. EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 further
improves security and privacy by always providing forward secrecy,
never disclosing the peer identity, and by mandating use of
revocation checking. This document also provides guidance on
authorization and resumption for EAP-TLS in general (regardless of
the underlying TLS version used). This document updates RFC 5216.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Requirements and Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Protocol Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Overview of the EAP-TLS Conversation . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.1. Mutual Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.2. Ticket Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.3. Resumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1.4. Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.5. No Peer Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.6. Hello Retry Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.1.7. Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.1.8. Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.9. Fragmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2. Identity Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3. Key Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.4. Parameter Negotiation and Compliance Requirements . . . . 19
2.5. EAP State Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3. Detailed Description of the EAP-TLS Protocol . . . . . . . . 20
4. IANA considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.1. Security Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.2. Peer and Server Identities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.3. Certificate Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.4. Certificate Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.5. Packet Modification Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.6. Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.7. Resumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.8. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.9. Pervasive Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.10. Discovered Vulnerabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.2. Informative references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Appendix A. Updated references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1. Introduction
The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), defined in [RFC3748],
provides a standard mechanism for support of multiple authentication
methods. EAP-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) [RFC5216] specifies
an EAP authentication method with certificate-based mutual
authentication utilizing the TLS handshake protocol for cryptographic
algorithms and protocol version negotiation, mutual authentication,
and establishment of shared secret keying material. EAP-TLS is
widely supported for authentication and key establishment in IEEE
802.11 [IEEE-802.11] (Wi-Fi) and IEEE 802.1AE [IEEE-802.1AE] (MACsec)
networks using IEEE 802.1X [IEEE-802.1X] and it's the default
mechanism for certificate based authentication in 3GPP 5G [TS.33.501]
and MulteFire [MulteFire] networks. Many other EAP methods such as
EAP-FAST [RFC4851], EAP-TTLS [RFC5281], TEAP [RFC7170], and PEAP
[PEAP] depend on TLS and EAP-TLS.
EAP-TLS [RFC5216] references TLS 1.0 [RFC2246] and TLS 1.1 [RFC4346],
but can also work with TLS 1.2 [RFC5246]. TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are
formally deprecated and prohibited to negotiate and use
[I-D.ietf-tls-oldversions-deprecate]. Weaknesses found in TLS 1.2,
as well as new requirements for security, privacy, and reduced
latency has led to the specification of TLS 1.3 [RFC8446], which
obsoletes TLS 1.2 [RFC5246]. TLS 1.3 is in large parts a complete
remodeling of the TLS handshake protocol including a different
message flow, different handshake messages, different key schedule,
different cipher suites, different resumption, different privacy
protection, and record padding. This means that significant parts of
the normative text in the previous EAP-TLS specification [RFC5216]
are not applicable to EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 (or higher). Therefore,
aspects such as resumption, privacy handling, and key derivation need
to be appropriately addressed for EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 (or higher).
This document defines how to use EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 (or higher) and
does not change how EAP-TLS is used with older versions of TLS. It
does however provide additional guidance on authorization and
resumption for EAP-TLS in general (regardless of the underlying TLS
version used). While this document updates EAP-TLS [RFC5216], it
remains backwards compatible with it and existing implementations of
EAP-TLS. This document only describes differences compared to
[RFC5216]. All message flow are specific to TLS 1.3 and do not apply
to TLS 1.2.
In addition to the improved security and privacy offered by TLS 1.3,
there are other significant benefits of using EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3.
Privacy, which in EAP-TLS means that the peer username is not
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disclosed, is mandatory and achieved without any additional round-
trips. Revocation checking is mandatory and simplified with OCSP
stapling, and TLS 1.3 introduces more possibilities to reduce
fragmentation when compared to earlier versions of TLS.
1.1. Requirements and Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
Readers are expected to be familiar with the terms and concepts used
in EAP-TLS [RFC5216] and TLS [RFC8446]. The term EAP-TLS peer is
used for the entity acting as EAP peer and TLS client. The term EAP-
TLS server is used for the entity acting as EAP server and TLS
server.
2. Protocol Overview
2.1. Overview of the EAP-TLS Conversation
This section updates Section 2.1 of [RFC5216].
TLS 1.3 changes both the message flow and the handshake messages
compared to earlier versions of TLS. Therefore, much of Section 2.1
of [RFC5216] does not apply for TLS 1.3 (or higher).
After receiving an EAP-Request packet with EAP-Type=EAP-TLS as
described in [RFC5216] the conversation will continue with the TLS
handshake protocol encapsulated in the data fields of EAP-Response
and EAP-Request packets. When EAP-TLS is used with TLS version 1.3
or higher, the formatting and processing of the TLS handshake SHALL
be done as specified in that version of TLS. This document only
lists additional and different requirements, restrictions, and
processing compared to [RFC8446] and [RFC5216].
2.1.1. Mutual Authentication
This section updates Section 2.1.1 of [RFC5216].
The EAP-TLS server MUST authenticate with a certificate and SHOULD
require the EAP-TLS peer to authenticate with a certificate.
Certificates can be of any type supported by TLS including raw public
keys. Pre-Shared Key (PSK) authentication SHALL NOT be used except
for resumption. The full handshake in EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 always
provide forward secrecy by exchange of ephemeral "key_share"
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extentions in the ClientHello and ServerHello (e.g. containing
ephemeral ECDHE public keys). SessionID is deprecated in TLS 1.3,
see Sections 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 of [RFC8446]. TLS 1.3 introduced early
application data which like all other application data is not used in
EAP-TLS, see Section 4.2.10 of [RFC8446] for additional information
of the "early_data" extension. Resumption is handled as described in
Section 2.1.3. TLS 1.3 introduced the Post-Handshake KeyUpdate
message which is not useful and not expected in EAP-TLS. The EAP-TLS
server always commits to not send any more handshake messages by
sending a TLS close_notify alert. After the EAP-TLS server has
received an empty EAP-Response to the EAP-Request containing the TLS
close_notify alert, the EAP-TLS server sends EAP-Success.
In the case where EAP-TLS with mutual authentication is successful
(and neither HelloRetryRequest nor Post-Handshake messages are sent)
the conversation will appear as shown in Figure 1.
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EAP-TLS Peer EAP-TLS Server
EAP-Request/
<-------- Identity
EAP-Response/
Identity (Privacy-Friendly) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Start)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ServerHello,
TLS EncryptedExtensions,
TLS CertificateRequest,
TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
<-------- TLS Finished)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
TLS Finished) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS close_notify)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS -------->
<-------- EAP-Success
Figure 1: EAP-TLS mutual authentication
2.1.2. Ticket Establishment
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216].
To enable resumption when using EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3, the EAP-TLS
server MUST send one or more NewSessionTicket messages (each
containing a PSK, a PSK identity, a ticket lifetime, and other
parameters) in the initial authentication. Note that TLS 1.3
[RFC8446] limits the ticket lifetime to a maximum of 604800 seconds
(7 days) and EAP-TLS servers MUST respect this upper limit when
issuing tickets. The NewSessionTicket is sent after the EAP-TLS
server has received the client Finished message in the initial
authentication. The PSK associated with the ticket depends on the
client Finished and cannot be pre-computed in handshakes with client
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authentication. The NewSessionTicket message MUST NOT include an
"early_data" extension. A mechanism by which clients can specify the
desired number of tickets needed for future connections is defined in
[I-D.ietf-tls-ticketrequests].
In the case where EAP-TLS with mutual authentication and ticket
establishment with two tickets is successful, the conversation will
appear as shown in Figure 2.
EAP-TLS Peer EAP-TLS Server
EAP-Request/
<-------- Identity
EAP-Response/
Identity (Privacy-Friendly) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Start)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ServerHello,
TLS EncryptedExtensions,
TLS CertificateRequest,
TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
<-------- TLS Finished)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
TLS Finished) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS NewSessionTicket,
TLS NewSessionTicket,
<-------- TLS close_notify)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS -------->
<-------- EAP-Success
Figure 2: EAP-TLS ticket establishment
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2.1.3. Resumption
This section updates Section 2.1.2 of [RFC5216].
TLS 1.3 replaces the session resumption mechanisms in earlier
versions of TLS with a new PSK exchange. When EAP-TLS is used with
TLS version 1.3 or higher, EAP-TLS SHALL use a resumption mechanism
compatible with that version of TLS.
For TLS 1.3, resumption is described in Section 2.2 of [RFC8446]. If
the client has received a NewSessionTicket message from the EAP-TLS
server, the client can use the PSK identity received in the ticket to
negotiate the use of the associated PSK. If the EAP-TLS server
accepts it, then the security context of the new connection is tied
to the original connection and the key derived from the initial
handshake is used to bootstrap the cryptographic state instead of a
full handshake. It is up to the EAP-TLS peer whether to offer
resumption, ut it is RECOMMENDED that the EAP-TLS peer offer
resumption if it has a valid ticket that has not been used before.
It is left to the EAP-TLS server whether to accept resumption, but it
is RECOMMENDED that the EAP-TLS server accept resumption if the
ticket that it issued is still valid. However, the EAP-TLS server
MAY choose to require a full handshake. As in a full handshake,
sending a NewSessionTicket is optional. As described in Appendix C.4
of [RFC8446], reuse of a ticket allows passive observers to correlate
different connections. EAP-TLS peers and EAP-TLS servers SHOULD
follow the client tracking preventions in Appendix C.4 of [RFC8446].
It is RECOMMENDED to use a Network Access Identifiers (NAIs) with the
same realm in the resumption and the original full handshake. This
requirement allows EAP packets to be routable to the same destination
as the original full handshake. If this recommendation is not
followed, resumption is likely to be impossible. When NAI reuse can
be done without privacy implications, it is RECOMMENDED to use the
same anonymous NAI in the resumption, as was used in the original
full handshake [RFC7542]. For example, the NAI @realm can safely be
reused since it does not provide any specific information to
associate a user's resumption attempt with the original full
handshake. However, reusing the NAI
P2ZIM2F+OEVAO21nNWg2bVpgNnU=@realm enables an on-path attacker to
associate a resumption attempt with the original full handshake. The
TLS PSK identity is typically derived by the TLS implementation and
may be an opaque blob without a routable realm. The TLS PSK identity
is therefore in general unsuitable for deriving a NAI to use in the
Identity Response.
A subsequent successful resumption handshake where both sides
authenticate via a PSK provisioned via an earlier NewSessionTicket
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and where the server provisions a single new ticket is shown in
Figure 3.
EAP-TLS Peer EAP-TLS Server
EAP-Request/
<-------- Identity
EAP-Response/
Identity (Privacy-Friendly) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Start)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ServerHello,
TLS EncryptedExtensions,
<-------- TLS Finished)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS Finished) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS NewSessionTicket,
<-------- TLS close_notify)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS -------->
<-------- EAP-Success
Figure 3: EAP-TLS resumption
A subsequent successful resumption handshake where both sides
authenticate via a PSK provisioned via an earlier NewSessionTicket
and where the server does not provision any new tickets is shown in
Figure 4.
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EAP-TLS Peer EAP-TLS Server
EAP-Request/
<-------- Identity
EAP-Response/
Identity (Privacy-Friendly) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Start)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ServerHello,
TLS EncryptedExtensions,
<-------- TLS Finished)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS Finished) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS close_notify)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS -------->
<-------- EAP-Success
Figure 4: EAP-TLS resumption
As specified in Section 2.2 of [RFC8446], the EAP-TLS peer SHOULD
supply a "key_share" extension when attempting resumption, which
allows the EAP-TLS server to potentially decline resumption and fall
back to a full handshake. If the EAP-TLS peer did not supply a
"key_share" extension when attempting resumption, the EAP-TLS server
needs to send HelloRetryRequest to signal that additional information
is needed to complete the handshake, and the EAP-TLS peer needs to
send a second ClientHello containing that information. Providing a
"key_share" and using the "psk_dhe_ke" pre-shared key exchange mode
is also important in order to limit the impact of a key compromise.
When using "psk_dhe_ke", TLS 1.3 provides forward secrecy meaning
that key leakage does not compromise any earlier connections. It is
RECOMMMENDED to use "psk_dhe_ke" for resumption.
2.1.4. Termination
This section updates Section 2.1.3 of [RFC5216].
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TLS 1.3 changes both the message flow and the handshake messages
compared to earlier versions of TLS. Therefore, some normative text
in Section 2.1.3 of [RFC5216] does not apply for TLS 1.3 or higher.
The two paragraphs below replaces the corresponding paragraphs in
Section 2.1.3 of [RFC5216] when EAP-TLS is used with TLS 1.3 or
higher. The other paragraphs in Section 2.1.3 of [RFC5216] still
apply with the exception that SessionID is deprecated.
If the EAP-TLS peer authenticates successfully, the EAP-TLS server
MUST send an EAP-Request packet with EAP-Type=EAP-TLS containing
TLS records conforming to the version of TLS used. The message
flow ends with the EAP-TLS server sending an EAP-Success message.
If the EAP-TLS server authenticates successfully, the EAP-TLS peer
MUST send an EAP-Response message with EAP-Type=EAP-TLS containing
TLS records conforming to the version of TLS used.
Figures 5, 6, and 7 illustrate message flows in several cases where
the EAP-TLS peer or EAP-TLS server sends a TLS fatal alert message.
In earlier versions of TLS, error alerts could be warnings or fatal.
In TLS 1.3, error alerts are always fatal and the only alerts sent at
warning level are "close_notify" and "user_cancelled", both of which
indicate that the connection is not going to continue normally, see
[RFC8446].
In the case where the EAP-TLS server rejects the ClientHello with a
fatal error, the conversation will appear as shown in Figure 5. The
EAP-TLS server can also partly reject the ClientHello with a
HelloRetryRequest, see Section 2.1.6.
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EAP-TLS Peer EAP-TLS Server
EAP-Request/
<-------- Identity
EAP-Response/
Identity (Privacy-Friendly) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Start)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Fatal Alert)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS -------->
<-------- EAP-Failure
Figure 5: EAP-TLS server rejection of ClientHello
In the case where EAP-TLS server authentication is unsuccessful, the
conversation will appear as shown in Figure 6.
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EAP-TLS Peer EAP-TLS Server
EAP-Request/
<-------- Identity
EAP-Response/
Identity (Privacy-Friendly) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Start)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ServerHello,
TLS EncryptedExtensions,
TLS CertificateRequest,
TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
<-------- TLS Finished)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS Fatal Alert)
-------->
<-------- EAP-Failure
Figure 6: EAP-TLS unsuccessful EAP-TLS server authentication
In the case where the EAP-TLS server authenticates to the EAP-TLS
peer successfully, but the EAP-TLS peer fails to authenticate to the
EAP-TLS server, the conversation will appear as shown in Figure 7.
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EAP-TLS Peer EAP-TLS Server
EAP-Request/
<-------- Identity
EAP-Response/
Identity (Privacy-Friendly) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Start)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ServerHello,
TLS EncryptedExtensions,
TLS CertificateRequest,
TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
<-------- TLS Finished)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
TLS Finished) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Fatal Alert)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS -------->
<-------- EAP-Failure
Figure 7: EAP-TLS unsuccessful client authentication
2.1.5. No Peer Authentication
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216].
In the case where EAP-TLS is used without peer authentication (e.g.,
emergency services, as described in [RFC7406]) the conversation will
appear as shown in Figure 8.
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EAP-TLS Peer EAP-TLS Server
EAP-Request/
<-------- Identity
EAP-Response/
Identity (Privacy-Friendly) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Start)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ServerHello,
TLS EncryptedExtensions,
TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
<-------- TLS Finished)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS Finished) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS close_notify)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS -------->
<-------- EAP-Success
Figure 8: EAP-TLS without peer authentication
2.1.6. Hello Retry Request
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216].
As defined in TLS 1.3 [RFC8446], EAP-TLS servers can send a
HelloRetryRequest message in response to a ClientHello if the EAP-TLS
server finds an acceptable set of parameters but the initial
ClientHello does not contain all the needed information to continue
the handshake. One use case is if the EAP-TLS server does not
support the groups in the "key_share" extension (or there is no
"key_share" extension), but supports one of the groups in the
"supported_groups" extension. In this case the client should send a
new ClientHello with a "key_share" that the EAP-TLS server supports.
The case of a successful EAP-TLS mutual authentication after the EAP-
TLS server has sent a HelloRetryRequest message is shown in Figure 9.
Note the extra round-trip as a result of the HelloRetryRequest.
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EAP-TLS Peer EAP-TLS Server
EAP-Request/
<-------- Identity
EAP-Response/
Identity (Privacy-Friendly) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS Start)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS HelloRetryRequest)
<--------
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ClientHello) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS ServerHello,
TLS EncryptedExtensions,
TLS CertificateRequest,
TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
TLS Finished)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
(TLS Certificate,
TLS CertificateVerify,
TLS Finished) -------->
EAP-Request/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS
<-------- (TLS close_notify)
EAP-Response/
EAP-Type=EAP-TLS -------->
<-------- EAP-Success
Figure 9: EAP-TLS with Hello Retry Request
2.1.7. Identity
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216].
It is RECOMMENDED to use anonymous NAIs [RFC7542] in the Identity
Response as such identities are routable and privacy-friendly. While
opaque blobs are allowed by [RFC3748], such identities are NOT
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RECOMMENDED as they are not routable and should only be considered in
local deployments where the EAP-TLS peer, EAP authenticator, and EAP-
TLS server all belong to the same network. Many client certificates
contain an identity such as an email address, which is already in NAI
format. When the client certificate contains a NAI as subject name
or alternative subject name, an anonymous NAI SHOULD be derived from
the NAI in the certificate, see Section 2.1.8. More details on
identities are described in Sections 2.1.3, 2.1.8, 2.2, and 5.8.
2.1.8. Privacy
This section updates Section 2.1.4 of [RFC5216].
TLS 1.3 significantly improves privacy when compared to earlier
versions of TLS by forbidding cipher suites without confidentiality
and encrypting large parts of the TLS handshake including the
certificate messages.
EAP-TLS peer and server implementations supporting TLS 1.3 or higher
MUST support anonymous NAIs (Network Access Identifiers) (Section 2.4
in [RFC7542]) and a client supporting TLS 1.3 MUST NOT send its
username in cleartext in the Identity Response. Following [RFC7542],
it is RECOMMENDED to omit the username (i.e., the NAI is @realm), but
other constructions such as a fixed username (e.g. anonymous@realm)
or an encrypted username (e.g.,
xCZINCPTK5+7y81CrSYbPg+RKPE3OTrYLn4AQc4AC2U=@realm) are allowed.
Note that the NAI MUST be a UTF-8 string as defined by the grammar in
Section 2.2 of [RFC7542].
As the certificate messages in TLS 1.3 are encrypted, there is no
need to send an empty certificate_list and perform a second handshake
for privacy (as needed by EAP-TLS with earlier versions of TLS).
When EAP-TLS is used with TLS version 1.3 or higher the EAP-TLS peer
and EAP-TLS server SHALL follow the processing specified by the used
version of TLS. For TLS 1.3 this means that the EAP-TLS peer only
sends an empty certificate_list if it does not have an appropriate
certificate to send, and the EAP-TLS server MAY treat an empty
certificate_list as a terminal condition.
EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 is always used with privacy. This does not add
any extra round-trips and the message flow with privacy is just the
normal message flow as shown in Figure 1.
2.1.9. Fragmentation
This section updates Section 2.1.5 of [RFC5216].
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Including ContentType (1 byte), ProtocolVersion (2 bytes), and length
(2 bytes) headers a single TLS record may be up to 16645 octets in
length. EAP-TLS fragmentation support is provided through addition
of a flags octet within the EAP-Response and EAP-Request packets, as
well as a TLS Message Length field of four octets. Implementations
MUST NOT set the L bit in unfragmented messages, but MUST accept
unfragmented messages with and without the L bit set.
Some EAP implementations and access networks may limit the number of
EAP packet exchanges that can be handled. To avoid fragmentation, it
is RECOMMENDED to keep the sizes of EAP-TLS peer, EAP-TLS server, and
trust anchor certificates small and the length of the certificate
chains short. In addition, it is RECOMMENDED to use mechanisms that
reduce the sizes of Certificate messages. For a detailed discussion
on reducing message sizes to prevent fragmentation, see
[I-D.ietf-emu-eaptlscert].
2.2. Identity Verification
This section updates Section 2.2 of [RFC5216].
The identity provided in the EAP-Response/Identity is not
authenticated by EAP-TLS. Unauthenticated information SHALL NOT be
used for accounting purposes or to give authorization. The
authenticator and the EAP-TLS server MAY examine the identity
presented in EAP-Response/Identity for purposes such as routing and
EAP method selection. EAP-TLS servers MAY reject conversations if
the identity does not match their policy. Note that this also
applies to resumption, see Sections 2.1.3, 5.6, and 5.7.
2.3. Key Hierarchy
This section updates Section 2.3 of [RFC5216].
TLS 1.3 replaces the TLS pseudorandom function (PRF) used in earlier
versions of TLS with HKDF and completely changes the Key Schedule.
The key hierarchies shown in Section 2.3 of [RFC5216] are therefore
not correct when EAP-TLS is used with TLS version 1.3 or higher. For
TLS 1.3 the key schedule is described in Section 7.1 of [RFC8446].
When EAP-TLS is used with TLS version 1.3 or higher the Key_Material,
IV, and Method-Id SHALL be derived from the exporter_master_secret
using the TLS exporter interface [RFC5705] (for TLS 1.3 this is
defined in Section 7.5 of [RFC8446]).
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Type-Code = 0x0D
MSK = TLS-Exporter("EXPORTER_EAP_TLS_MSK_"+Type-Code,
"",64)
EMSK = TLS-Exporter("EXPORTER_EAP_TLS_EMSK_"+Type-Code,
"",64)
Method-Id = TLS-Exporter("EXPORTER_EAP_TLS_Method-Id_"+Type-Code,
"",64)
Session-Id = Type-Code || Method-Id
A zero-length context (indicated by "") is used in the TLS exporter
interface. The EAP-TLS Type-Code of '0D' (in hexadecimal) is
appended to the label strings. Other TLS based EAP methods can use
exporters in a similar fashion by replacing the EAP-TLS Type-Code
with their own Type-Code (encoded as a hexadecimal string).
[RFC5247] deprecates the use of IV. Thus, RECV-IV and SEND-IV are
not exported in EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3. As noted in [RFC5247], lower
layers use the MSK in a lower-layer dependent manner. EAP-TLS with
TLS 1.3 exports the MSK and does not specify how it used by lower
layers.
Note that the key derivation MUST use the length values given above.
While in TLS 1.2 and earlier it was possible to truncate the output
by requesting less data from the TLS-Exporter function, this practice
is not possible with TLS 1.3. If an implementation intends to use
only a part of the output of the TLS-Exporter function, then it MUST
ask for the full output and then only use the desired part. Failure
to do so will result in incorrect values being calculated for the
above keying material.
By using the TLS exporter, EAP-TLS can use any TLS 1.3 implementation
without having to extract the Master Secret, ClientHello.random, and
ServerHello.random in a non-standard way.
2.4. Parameter Negotiation and Compliance Requirements
This section updates Section 2.4 of [RFC5216].
TLS 1.3 cipher suites are defined differently than in earlier
versions of TLS (see Section B.4 of [RFC8446]), and the cipher suites
discussed in Section 2.4 of [RFC5216] can therefore not be used when
EAP-TLS is used with TLS version 1.3 or higher.
When EAP-TLS is used with TLS version 1.3 or higher, the EAP-TLS
peers and EAP-TLS servers MUST comply with the compliance
requirements (mandatory-to-implement cipher suites, signature
algorithms, key exchange algorithms, extensions, etc.) for the TLS
version used. For TLS 1.3 the compliance requirements are defined in
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Section 9 of [RFC8446]. In EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3, only cipher suites
with confidentiality SHALL be supported.
While EAP-TLS does not protect any application data except for the
Commitment Message, the negotiated cipher suites and algorithms MAY
be used to secure data as done in other TLS-based EAP methods.
2.5. EAP State Machines
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216].
TLS 1.3 [RFC8446] introduces Post-Handshake messages. These Post-
Handshake messages use the handshake content type and can be sent
after the main handshake. One such Post-Handshake message is
NewSessionTicket. The NewSessionTicket can be used for resumption.
After sending TLS Finished, the EAP-TLS server may send any number of
Post-Handshake messages in separate EAP-Requests. To decrease the
uncertainty for the EAP-TLS peer, the following procedure MUST be
followed:
When an EAP-TLS server has sent its last handshake message (Finished
or a Post-Handshake), it commits to not sending any more handshake
messages by sending a TLS close_notify alert. After sending the
alert, the EAP-TLS server may only send an EAP-Success or an EAP-
Failure. Using the TLS close_notify however results in an extra EAP-
Request and EAP-Response exchange between the peer and the server.
3. Detailed Description of the EAP-TLS Protocol
No updates to Section 3 of [RFC5216].
4. IANA considerations
This section provides guidance to the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) regarding registration of values related to the EAP-
TLS 1.3 protocol in accordance with [RFC8126].
This memo requires IANA to add the following labels to the TLS
Exporter Label Registry defined by [RFC5705]. These labels are used
in derivation of Key_Material, IV and Method-Id as defined in
Section 2.3:
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+-----------------------------+---------+-------------+------+
| Value | DTLS-OK | Recommended | Note |
+-----------------------------+---------+-------------+------+
| EXPORTER_EAP_TLS_MSK_ | N | Y | |
| | | | |
| EXPORTER_EAP_TLS_EMSK_ | N | Y | |
| | | | |
| EXPORTER_EAP_TLS_Method-Id_ | N | Y | |
+-----------------------------+---------+-------------+------+
Table 1: TLS Exporter Label Registry
5. Security Considerations
5.1. Security Claims
Using EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 does not change the security claims for
EAP-TLS as given in Section 5.1 of [RFC5216]. However, it
strengthens several of the claims as described in the following
updates to the notes given in Section 5.1 of [RFC5216].
[1] Mutual authentication: By mandating revocation checking of
certificates, the authentication in EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 is stronger
as authentication with revoked certificates will always fail.
[2] Confidentiality: The TLS 1.3 handshake offers much better
confidentiality than earlier versions of TLS. EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3
mandates use of cipher suites that ensure confidentiality. TLS 1.3
also encrypts certificates and some of the extensions. When using
EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3, the use of privacy is mandatory and does not
cause any additional round-trips.
[3] Cryptographic strength: TLS 1.3 only define strong algorithms
without major weaknesses and EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3 always provide
forward secrecy, see [RFC8446]. Weak algorithms such as 3DES, CBC
mode, RC4, SHA-1, MD5, P-192, and RSA-1024 can therefore not be
negotiated.
[4] Cryptographic Negotiation: TLS 1.3 increases the number of
cryptographic parameters that are negotiated in the handshake. When
EAP-TLS is used with TLS 1.3, EAP-TLS inherits the cryptographic
negotiation of AEAD algorithm, HKDF hash algorithm, key exchange
groups, and signature algorithm, see Section 4.1.1 of [RFC8446].
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5.2. Peer and Server Identities
No updates to section 5.2 of [RFC5216].
5.3. Certificate Validation
No updates to section 5.3 of [RFC5216].
5.4. Certificate Revocation
This section updates Section 5.4 of [RFC5216].
While certificates may have long validity periods, there are a number
of reasons (e.g., key compromise, CA compromise, privilege withdrawn,
etc.) why EAP-TLS peer, EAP-TLS server, or sub-CA certificates have
to be revoked before their expiry date. Revocation of the EAP-TLS
server's certificate is complicated by the fact that the EAP-TLS peer
may not have Internet connectivity until authentication completes.
When EAP-TLS is used with TLS 1.3, the revocation status of all the
certificates in the certificate chains MUST be checked (except the
trust anchor). An implementation may use Certificate Revocation List
(CRL) Online Certificate Status Protocol (OSCP) or other standardized
or proprietary methods for revocation checking. Examples of
proprietary methods are non-standard formats and distribution of
revocation lists as well as certificates with very short lifetime.
EAP-TLS servers supporting TLS 1.3 MUST implement Certificate Status
Requests (OCSP stapling) as specified in [RFC6066] and
Section 4.4.2.1 of [RFC8446]. It is RECOMMENDED that EAP-TLS peers
and EAP-TLS servers use OCSP stapling for verifying the status of the
EAP-TLS server's certificate chain. When an EAP-TLS peer uses
Certificate Status Requests to check the revocation status of the
EAP-TLS server's certificate chain it MUST treat a CertificateEntry
(except the trust anchor) without a valid CertificateStatus extension
as invalid and abort the handshake with an appropriate alert. The
OCSP status handling in TLS 1.3 is different from earlier versions of
TLS, see Section 4.4.2.1 of [RFC8446]. In TLS 1.3 the OCSP
information is carried in the CertificateEntry containing the
associated certificate instead of a separate CertificateStatus
message as in [RFC6066]. This enables sending OCSP information for
all certificates in the certificate chain (except the trust anchor).
To enable revocation checking in situations where EAP-TLS peers do
not implement or use OCSP stapling, and where network connectivity is
not available prior to authentication completion, EAP-TLS peer
implementations MUST also support checking for certificate revocation
after authentication completes and network connectivity is available.
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An implementation MAY enforce limited authorization before revocation
checking has been done.
5.5. Packet Modification Attacks
No updates to Section 5.5 of [RFC5216].
5.6. Authorization
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216]. The guidance in
this section is relevant for EAP-TLS in general (regardless of the
underlying TLS version used).
EAP-TLS is typically encapsulated in other protocols, such as PPP
[RFC1661], RADIUS [RFC2865], Diameter [RFC6733], or PANA [RFC5191].
The encapsulating protocols can also provide additional, non-EAP
information to an EAP-TLS server. This information can include, but
is not limited to, information about the authenticator, information
about the EAP-TLS peer, or information about the protocol layers
above or below EAP (MAC addresses, IP addresses, port numbers, WiFi
SSID, etc.). EAP-TLS Servers implementing EAP-TLS inside those
protocols can make policy decisions and enforce authorization based
on a combination of information from the EAP-TLS exchange and non-EAP
information.
As noted in Section 2.2, the identity presented in EAP-Response/
Identity is not authenticated by EAP-TLS and is therefore trivial for
an attacker to forge, modify, or replay. Authorization and
accounting MUST be based on authenticated information such as
information in the certificate or the PSK identity and cached data
provisioned for resumption as described in Section 5.7. Note that
the requirements for Network Access Identifiers (NAIs) specified in
Section 4 of [RFC7542] still apply and MUST be followed.
EAP-TLS servers MAY reject conversations based on non-EAP information
provided by the encapsulating protocol, for example, if the MAC
address of the authenticator does not match the expected policy.
5.7. Resumption
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216]. The guidance in
this section is relevant for EAP-TLS in general (regardless of the
underlying TLS version used).
There are a number of security issues related to resumption that are
not described in [RFC5216]. The problems, guidelines, and
requirements in this section therefore applies to all version of TLS.
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When resumption occurs, it is based on cached information at the TLS
layer. To perform resumption in a secure way, the EAP-TLS peer and
EAP-TLS server need to be able to securely retrieve authorization
information such as certificate chains from the initial full
handshake. We use the term "cached data" to describe such
information. Authorization during resumption MUST be based on such
cached data. The EAP-TLS peer and EAP-TLS server MAY perform fresh
revocation checks on the cached certificate data. Any security
policies for authorization MUST be followed also for resumption. The
certificates may have been revoked since the initial full handshake
and the authorizations of the other party may have been reduced. If
the cached revocation data is not sufficiently current, the EAP-TLS
peer or EAP-TLS server MAY force a full TLS handshake.
There are two ways to retrieve the cached data from the original full
handshake. The first method is that the EAP-TLS server and client
cache the information locally. The cached information is identified
by an identifier. For TLS versions before 1.3, the identifier can be
the session ID, for TLS 1.3, the identifier is the PSK identity. The
second method for retrieving cached information is via [RFC5077] or
[RFC8446], where the EAP-TLS server avoids storing information
locally and instead encapsulates the information into a ticket or PSK
which is sent to the client for storage. This ticket or PSK is
encrypted using a key that only the EAP-TLS server knows. Note that
the client still needs to cache the original handshake information
locally and will use the session ID or PSK identity to lookup this
information during resumption. However, the EAP-TLS server is able
to decrypt the ticket or PSK to obtain the original handshake
information.
If the EAP-TLS server or EAP client do not apply any authorization
policies, they MAY allow resumption where no cached data is
available. In all other cases, they MUST cache data during the
initial full handshake to enable resumption. The cached data MUST be
sufficient to make authorization decisions during resumption. If
cached data cannot be retrieved in a secure way, resumption MUST NOT
be done.
The above requirements also apply if the EAP-TLS server expects some
system to perform accounting for the session. Since accounting must
be tied to an authenticated identity, and resumption does not supply
such an identity, accounting is impossible without access to cached
data. Therefore systems which expect to perform accounting for the
session SHOULD cache an identifier which can be used in subsequent
accounting.
As suggested in [RFC8446], EAP-TLS peers MUST NOT store resumption
PSKs or tickets (and associated cached data) for longer than 7 days,
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regardless of the PSK or ticket lifetime. The EAP-TLS peer MAY
delete them earlier based on local policy. The cached data MAY also
be removed on the EAP-TLS server or EAP-TLS peer if any certificate
in the certificate chain has been revoked or has expired. In all
such cases, an attempt at resumption results in a full TLS handshake
instead.
Information from the EAP-TLS exchange (e.g., the identity provided in
EAP-Response/Identity) as well as non-EAP information (e.g., IP
addresses) may change between the initial full handshake and
resumption. This change creates a "time-of-check time-of-use"
(TOCTOU) security vulnerability. A malicious or compromised user
could supply one set of data during the initial authentication, and a
different set of data during resumption, potentially allowing them to
obtain access that they should not have.
If any authorization, accounting, or policy decisions were made with
information that has changed between the initial full handshake and
resumption, and if change may lead to a different decision, such
decisions MUST be reevaluated. It is RECOMMENDED that authorization,
accounting, and policy decisions are reevaluated based on the
information given in the resumption. EAP-TLS servers MAY reject
resumption where the information supplied during resumption does not
match the information supplied during the original authentication.
If a safe decision is not possible, EAP-TLS servers SHOULD reject the
resumption and continue with a full handshake.
Section 2.2 and 4.2.11,[RFC8446] provides security considerations for
resumption.
5.8. Privacy Considerations
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216].
TLS 1.3 offers much better privacy than earlier versions of TLS as
discussed in Section 2.1.8. In this section, we only discuss the
privacy properties of EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3. For privacy properties
of TLS 1.3 itself, see [RFC8446].
EAP-TLS sends the standard TLS 1.3 handshake messages encapsulated in
EAP packets. Additionally, the EAP-TLS peer sends an identity in the
first EAP-Response. The other fields in the EAP-TLS Request and the
EAP-TLS Response packets do not contain any cleartext privacy
sensitive information.
Tracking of users by eavesdropping on identity responses or
certificates is a well-known problem in many EAP methods. When EAP-
TLS is used with TLS 1.3, all certificates are encrypted, and the
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username part of the identity response is always confidentiality
protected (e.g., using anonymous NAIs). Note that even though all
certificates are encrypted, the server's identity is only protected
against passive attackers while client's identity is protected
against both passive and active attackers. As with other EAP
methods, even when privacy-friendly identifiers or EAP tunneling is
used, the domain name (i.e., the realm) in the NAI is still typically
visible. How much privacy sensitive information the domain name
leaks is highly dependent on how many other users are using the same
domain name in the particular access network. If all EAP-TLS peers
have the same domain, no additional information is leaked. If a
domain name is used by a small subset of the EAP-TLS peers, it may
aid an attacker in tracking or identifying the user.
Without padding, information about the size of the client certificate
is leaked from the size of the EAP-TLS packets. The EAP-TLS packets
sizes may therefore leak information that can be used to track or
identify the user. If all client certificates have the same length,
no information is leaked. EAP-TLS peers SHOULD use record padding,
see Section 5.4 of [RFC8446] to reduce information leakage of
certificate sizes.
If anonymous NAIs are not used, the privacy-friendly identifiers need
to be generated with care. The identities MUST be generated in a
cryptographically secure way so that that it is computationally
infeasible for an attacker to differentiate two identities belonging
to the same user from two identities belonging to different users in
the same realm. This can be achieved, for instance, by using random
or pseudo-random usernames such as random byte strings or ciphertexts
and only using the pseudo-random usernames a single time. Note that
the privacy-friendly usernames also MUST NOT include substrings that
can be used to relate the identity to a specific user. Similarly,
privacy-friendly username MUST NOT be formed by a fixed mapping that
stays the same across multiple different authentications.
An EAP-TLS peer with a policy allowing communication with EAP-TLS
servers supporting only TLS 1.2 without privacy and with a static RSA
key exchange is vulnerable to disclosure of the EAP-TLS peer
username. An active attacker can in this case make the EAP-TLS peer
believe that an EAP-TLS server supporting TLS 1.3 only supports TLS
1.2 without privacy. The attacker can simply impersonate the EAP-TLS
server and negotiate TLS 1.2 with static RSA key exchange and send an
TLS alert message when the EAP-TLS peer tries to use privacy by
sending an empty certificate message. Since the attacker
(impersonating the EAP-TLS server) does not provide a proof-of-
possession of the private key until the Finished message when a
static RSA key exchange is used, an EAP-TLS peer may inadvertently
disclose its identity (username) to an attacker. Therefore, it is
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RECOMMENDED for EAP-TLS peers to not use EAP-TLS with TLS 1.2 and
static RSA based cipher suites without privacy. This implies that an
EAP-TLS peer SHOULD NOT continue the handshake if a TLS 1.2 EAP-TLS
server sends an EAP-TLS/Request with a TLS alert message in response
to an empty certificate message from the peer.
5.9. Pervasive Monitoring
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216].
Pervasive monitoring refers to widespread surveillance of users. In
the context of EAP-TLS, pervasive monitoring attacks can target EAP-
TLS peer devices for tracking them (and their users) as and when they
join a network. By encrypting more information, mandating the use of
privacy, and always providing forward secrecy, EAP-TLS with TLS 1.3
offers much better protection against pervasive monitoring. In
addition to the privacy attacks discussed above, surveillance on a
large scale may enable tracking of a user over a wider geographical
area and across different access networks. Using information from
EAP-TLS together with information gathered from other protocols
increases the risk of identifying individual users.
5.10. Discovered Vulnerabilities
This is a new section when compared to [RFC5216].
Over the years, there have been several serious attacks on earlier
versions of Transport Layer Security (TLS), including attacks on its
most commonly used ciphers and modes of operation. [RFC7457]
summarizes the attacks that were known at the time of publishing and
BCP 195 [RFC7525] provides recommendations for improving the security
of deployed services that use TLS. However, many of the attacks are
less serious for EAP-TLS as EAP-TLS only uses the TLS handshake and
does not protect any application data. EAP-TLS implementations MUST
mitigate known attacks. EAP-TLS implementations need to monitor and
follow new EAP and TLS related security guidance and requirements
such as [RFC8447], [I-D.ietf-tls-oldversions-deprecate],
[I-D.ietf-tls-md5-sha1-deprecate].
6. References
6.1. 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>.
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[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>.
[RFC5216] Simon, D., Aboba, B., and R. Hurst, "The EAP-TLS
Authentication Protocol", RFC 5216, DOI 10.17487/RFC5216,
March 2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5216>.
[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>.
[RFC5705] Rescorla, E., "Keying Material Exporters for Transport
Layer Security (TLS)", RFC 5705, DOI 10.17487/RFC5705,
March 2010, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5705>.
[RFC6066] Eastlake 3rd, D., "Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Extensions: Extension Definitions", RFC 6066,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6066, January 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6066>.
[RFC6960] Santesson, S., Myers, M., Ankney, R., Malpani, A.,
Galperin, S., and C. Adams, "X.509 Internet Public Key
Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP",
RFC 6960, DOI 10.17487/RFC6960, June 2013,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6960>.
[RFC7542] DeKok, A., "The Network Access Identifier", RFC 7542,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7542, May 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7542>.
[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>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.
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6.2. Informative references
[I-D.ietf-emu-eaptlscert]
Sethi, M., Mattsson, J., and S. Turner, "Handling Large
Certificates and Long Certificate Chains in TLS-based EAP
Methods", draft-ietf-emu-eaptlscert-08 (work in progress),
November 2020.
[I-D.ietf-tls-md5-sha1-deprecate]
Velvindron, L., Moriarty, K., and A. Ghedini, "Deprecating
MD5 and SHA-1 signature hashes in TLS 1.2", draft-ietf-
tls-md5-sha1-deprecate-04 (work in progress), October
2020.
[I-D.ietf-tls-oldversions-deprecate]
Moriarty, K. and S. Farrell, "Deprecating TLSv1.0 and
TLSv1.1", draft-ietf-tls-oldversions-deprecate-12 (work in
progress), January 2021.
[I-D.ietf-tls-ticketrequests]
Pauly, T., Schinazi, D., and C. Wood, "TLS Ticket
Requests", draft-ietf-tls-ticketrequests-07 (work in
progress), December 2020.
[IEEE-802.11]
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, "IEEE
Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications
and information exchange between systems Local and
metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements - Part
11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical
Layer (PHY) Specifications", IEEE Std 802.11-2016
(Revision of IEEE Std 802.11-2012) , December 2016.
[IEEE-802.1AE]
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, "IEEE
Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks -- Media
Access Control (MAC) Security", IEEE Standard
802.1AE-2018 , December 2018.
[IEEE-802.1X]
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, "IEEE
Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks -- Port-
Based Network Access Control", IEEE Standard 802.1X-2020 ,
January 2020.
[MulteFire]
MulteFire, "MulteFire Release 1.1 specification", 2019.
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[PEAP] Microsoft Corporation, "[MS-PEAP]: Protected Extensible
Authentication Protocol (PEAP)", 2018.
[RFC1661] Simpson, W., Ed., "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)",
STD 51, RFC 1661, DOI 10.17487/RFC1661, July 1994,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1661>.
[RFC2246] Dierks, T. and C. Allen, "The TLS Protocol Version 1.0",
RFC 2246, DOI 10.17487/RFC2246, January 1999,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2246>.
[RFC2560] Myers, M., Ankney, R., Malpani, A., Galperin, S., and C.
Adams, "X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online
Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP", RFC 2560,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2560, June 1999,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2560>.
[RFC2865] Rigney, C., Willens, S., Rubens, A., and W. Simpson,
"Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)",
RFC 2865, DOI 10.17487/RFC2865, June 2000,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2865>.
[RFC3280] Housley, R., Polk, W., Ford, W., and D. Solo, "Internet
X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and
Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile", RFC 3280,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3280, April 2002,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3280>.
[RFC4282] Aboba, B., Beadles, M., Arkko, J., and P. Eronen, "The
Network Access Identifier", RFC 4282,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4282, December 2005,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4282>.
[RFC4346] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
(TLS) Protocol Version 1.1", RFC 4346,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4346, April 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4346>.
[RFC4851] Cam-Winget, N., McGrew, D., Salowey, J., and H. Zhou, "The
Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling Extensible
Authentication Protocol Method (EAP-FAST)", RFC 4851,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4851, May 2007,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4851>.
[RFC5077] Salowey, J., Zhou, H., Eronen, P., and H. Tschofenig,
"Transport Layer Security (TLS) Session Resumption without
Server-Side State", RFC 5077, DOI 10.17487/RFC5077,
January 2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5077>.
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[RFC5191] Forsberg, D., Ohba, Y., Ed., Patil, B., Tschofenig, H.,
and A. Yegin, "Protocol for Carrying Authentication for
Network Access (PANA)", RFC 5191, DOI 10.17487/RFC5191,
May 2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5191>.
[RFC5246] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
(TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5246, August 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5246>.
[RFC5247] Aboba, B., Simon, D., and P. Eronen, "Extensible
Authentication Protocol (EAP) Key Management Framework",
RFC 5247, DOI 10.17487/RFC5247, August 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5247>.
[RFC5281] Funk, P. and S. Blake-Wilson, "Extensible Authentication
Protocol Tunneled Transport Layer Security Authenticated
Protocol Version 0 (EAP-TTLSv0)", RFC 5281,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5281, August 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5281>.
[RFC6733] Fajardo, V., Ed., Arkko, J., Loughney, J., and G. Zorn,
Ed., "Diameter Base Protocol", RFC 6733,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6733, October 2012,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6733>.
[RFC7170] Zhou, H., Cam-Winget, N., Salowey, J., and S. Hanna,
"Tunnel Extensible Authentication Protocol (TEAP) Version
1", RFC 7170, DOI 10.17487/RFC7170, May 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7170>.
[RFC7406] Schulzrinne, H., McCann, S., Bajko, G., Tschofenig, H.,
and D. Kroeselberg, "Extensions to the Emergency Services
Architecture for Dealing With Unauthenticated and
Unauthorized Devices", RFC 7406, DOI 10.17487/RFC7406,
December 2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7406>.
[RFC7457] Sheffer, Y., Holz, R., and P. Saint-Andre, "Summarizing
Known Attacks on Transport Layer Security (TLS) and
Datagram TLS (DTLS)", RFC 7457, DOI 10.17487/RFC7457,
February 2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7457>.
[RFC7525] Sheffer, Y., Holz, R., and P. Saint-Andre,
"Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer
Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security
(DTLS)", BCP 195, RFC 7525, DOI 10.17487/RFC7525, May
2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7525>.
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[RFC8447] Salowey, J. and S. Turner, "IANA Registry Updates for TLS
and DTLS", RFC 8447, DOI 10.17487/RFC8447, August 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8447>.
[TS.33.501]
3GPP, "Security architecture and procedures for 5G
System", 3GPP TS 33.501 17.0.0, December 2020.
Appendix A. Updated references
All the following references in [RFC5216] are updated as specified
below when EAP-TLS is used with TLS 1.3 or higher.
All references to [RFC2560] are updated with [RFC6960].
All references to [RFC3280] are updated with [RFC5280].
All references to [RFC4282] are updated with [RFC7542].
Acknowledgments
The authors want to thank Bernard Aboba, Jari Arkko, Terry Burton,
Alan DeKok, Ari Keraenen, Benjamin Kaduk, Jouni Malinen, Oleg Pekar,
Eric Rescorla, Jim Schaad, Joseph Salowey, Martin Thomson, Vesa
Torvinen, and Hannes Tschofenig for comments and suggestions on the
draft.
Contributors
Alan DeKok, FreeRADIUS
Authors' Addresses
John Preuss Mattsson
Ericsson
Stockholm 164 40
Sweden
Email: john.mattsson@ericsson.com
Mohit Sethi
Ericsson
Jorvas 02420
Finland
Email: mohit@piuha.net
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