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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                          R. Yount
Request for Comments: 6448                    Carnegie Mellon University
Category: Standards Track                                  November 2011
ISSN: 2070-1721

          The Unencrypted Form of Kerberos 5 KRB-CRED Message

Abstract

   The Kerberos 5 KRB-CRED message is used to transfer Kerberos
   credentials between applications.  When used with a secure transport,
   the unencrypted form of the KRB-CRED message may be desirable.  This
   document describes the unencrypted form of the KRB-CRED message.

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RFC 6448 Kerberos 5 Unencrypted KRB-CRED November 2011 1. Introduction There are applications that need to transfer Kerberos credentials between them without having a prior relationship with established Kerberos keys. When transferred over a transport that provides confidentiality and integrity, the unencrypted form of the KRB-CRED message MAY be used. One application employing this method is the Kerberos attribute transport mechanism, described in Section 2.7 of the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0 Kerberos Attribute Profile [SAMLv2-KRB-ATTRIB]. In the SAML application, the Identity Provider (IdP) somehow obtains a Kerberos service ticket from the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) when required by the SAML system and transfers the credential to a Service Provider (SP) within an attribute statement. The SP can then use the credential to access a Kerberos protected service. The Kerberos 5 specification as described in [RFC 4120] mentions the non-standard legacy use of unencrypted KRB-CRED messages with the Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) [RFC 1964] by the MIT, Heimdal, and Microsoft Kerberos implementations. This document provides a formal specification of the unencrypted form of the KRB-CRED message to enable its continued use in new applications. 2. 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 [RFC 2119]. 3. The Unencrypted Form of the KRB-CRED Message The unencrypted form of the KRB-CRED message contains EncryptedData as defined in Section 5.2.9 of [RFC 4120]. The encryption type (etype) MUST be specified as 0. The optional key version number (kvno) SHOULD NOT be present and MUST be ignored by the recipient if present. The ciphertext (cipher) is a copy of the EncKrbCredPart, which is in cleartext, as defined in Section 5.8.1 of [RFC 4120]. 4. Kerberos Encryption Type 0 Is Not an Encryption System The Kerberos Encryption Type 0 is an invalid value [RFC 3961]. This means that no encryption type with value 0 will ever be defined; no encryption or key management operations will use this value. Layers above the encryption layer often transport encryption types as integer values. These layers are free to use a 0 in an encryption Yount Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 6448 Kerberos 5 Unencrypted KRB-CRED November 2011 type integer as a flag or sentinel value, or for other context- specific purposes. For example, Section 3 of this specification defines the semantics of a 0 carried in the KRB-CRED message's encryption type field. In the context of the KRB-CRED message, it is a message-specific indicator to be interpreted as the message is not encrypted. This approach was chosen due to existing Kerberos implementations that conform to this specification. 5. Security Considerations The KRB-CRED message contains sensitive information related to Kerberos credentials being transferred, such as their secret session keys, client and server principal names, and validity period. Possession of this information, along with the ticket itself, would allow an attacker to impersonate the client named in the ticket. The possibility of modification of the KRB-CRED message enables the attacker to substitute the credentials. This can result in the recipient using the credentials of a client that was not intended. As a result, the KRB-CRED message must be carefully safeguarded. The use of an unencrypted form of the KRB-CRED message MUST only be used with a transport where sender and recipient identities can be established to be known to each other. The transport MUST also provide confidentiality, integrity, and mutual authentication. Examples of transports that MAY be securely used to transport an unencrypted KRB-CRED message would include Transport Layer Security (TLS) [RFC 5246], where mutual authentication has been established, or the use of messages where the KRB-CRED is encoded within an encrypted and signed SAML 2.0 [OASIS-SAMLv2] statement. 6. Acknowledgements The following individuals have contributed to the development of this specification. Thomas Hardjono, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Josh Howlett, Individual Jeffrey Hutzelman, Carnegie Mellon University 7. IANA Considerations The reference for Kerberos Encryption Type 0 has been updated to point to this document. Yount Standards Track [Page 3]
RFC 6448 Kerberos 5 Unencrypted KRB-CRED November 2011 8. References 8.1. Normative References [OASIS-SAMLv2] Cantor, S., Ed., Kemp, J., Ed., Philpott, R., Ed., and E. Maler, Ed., "Assertions and Protocol for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0", OASIS Standard saml-core-2.0-os, March 2005. [RFC 1964] Linn, J., "The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism", RFC 1964, June 1996. [RFC 2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC 4120] Neuman, C., Yu, T., Hartman, S., and K. Raeburn, "The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)", RFC 4120, July 2005. [RFC 5246] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246, August 2008. 8.2. Informative References [RFC 3961] Raeburn, K., "Encryption and Checksum Specifications for Kerberos 5", RFC 3961, February 2005. [SAMLv2-KRB-ATTRIB] Howlett, J., Ed., and T. Hardjono, Ed., "SAML V2.0 Kerberos Attribute Profile Version 1.0", sstc-saml-attribute-kerberos.odt, August 2011. Author's Address Russell J. Yount Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 US Phone: +1 412 268 8391 EMail: rjy@cmu.edu Yount Standards Track [Page 4]