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Network Working Group                                       D. Wing, Ed.Request for Comments: 5479                                         CiscoCategory: Informational                                         S. Fries                                                              Siemens AG                                                           H. Tschofenig                                                  Nokia Siemens Networks                                                                F. Audet                                                                  Nortel                                                              April 2009Requirements and Analysis of Media Security Management ProtocolsStatus of This Memo   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this   memo is unlimited.Copyright Notice   Copyright (c) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the   document authors.  All rights reserved.   This document is subject toBCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents in effect on the date of   publication of this document (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).   Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights   and restrictions with respect to this document.Abstract   This document describes requirements for a protocol to negotiate a   security context for SIP-signaled Secure RTP (SRTP) media.  In   addition to the natural security requirements, this negotiation   protocol must interoperate well with SIP in certain ways.  A number   of proposals have been published and a summary of these proposals is   in the appendix of this document.Wing, et al.                 Informational                      [Page 1]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009Table of Contents1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33.  Attack Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.  Call Scenarios and Requirements Considerations . . . . . . . .74.1.  Clipping Media before Signaling Answer . . . . . . . . . .74.2.  Retargeting and Forking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84.3.  Recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114.4.  PSTN Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124.5.  Call Setup Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124.6.  Transcoding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134.7.  Upgrading to SRTP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134.8.  Interworking with Other Signaling Protocols  . . . . . . .144.9.  Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145.  Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145.1.  Key Management Protocol Requirements . . . . . . . . . . .155.2.  Security Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165.3.  Requirements outside of the Key Management Protocol  . . .196.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Appendix A.  Overview and Evaluation of Existing Keying                Mechanisms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24A.1.  Signaling Path Keying Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . .25A.1.1.  MIKEY-NULL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25A.1.2.  MIKEY-PSK  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25A.1.3.  MIKEY-RSA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25A.1.4.  MIKEY-RSA-R  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25A.1.5.  MIKEY-DHSIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26A.1.6.  MIKEY-DHHMAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26A.1.7.  MIKEY-ECIES and MIKEY-ECMQV (MIKEY-ECC)  . . . . . . .26A.1.8.  SDP Security Descriptions with SIPS  . . . . . . . . .26A.1.9.  SDP Security Descriptions with S/MIME  . . . . . . . .27A.1.10. SDP-DH (Expired) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27A.1.11. MIKEYv2 in SDP (Expired) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27A.2.  Media Path Keying Technique  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27A.2.1.  ZRTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27A.3.  Signaling and Media Path Keying Techniques . . . . . . . .28A.3.1.  EKT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28A.3.2.  DTLS-SRTP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28A.3.3.  MIKEYv2 Inband (Expired) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29A.4.  Evaluation Criteria - SIP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29A.4.1.  Secure Retargeting and Secure Forking  . . . . . . . .29A.4.2.  Clipping Media before SDP Answer . . . . . . . . . . .31A.4.3.  SSRC and ROC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Wing, et al.                 Informational                      [Page 2]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009A.5.  Evaluation Criteria - Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35       A.5.1.  Distribution and Validation of Persistent Public               Keys and Certificates  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35A.5.2.  Perfect Forward Secrecy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38A.5.3.  Best Effort Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39A.5.4.  Upgrading Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Appendix B.  Out-of-Scope  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42B.1.  Shared Key Conferencing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421.  Introduction   The work on media security started when the Session Initiation   Protocol (SIP) was still in its infancy.  With the increased SIP   deployment and the availability of new SIP extensions and related   protocols, the need for end-to-end security was re-evaluated.  The   procedure of re-evaluating prior protocol work and design decisions   is not an uncommon strategy and, to some extent, considered necessary   to ensure that the developed protocols indeed meet the previously   envisioned needs for the users on the Internet.   This document summarizes media security requirements, i.e.,   requirements for mechanisms that negotiate security context such as   cryptographic keys and parameters for SRTP.   The organization of this document is as follows:Section 2 introduces   terminology,Section 3 describes various attack scenarios against the   signaling path and media path,Section 4 provides an overview about   possible call scenarios, andSection 5 lists requirements for media   security.  The main part of the document concludes with the security   considerationsSection 6, and acknowledgements inSection 7.Appendix A lists and compares available solution proposals.  The   followingAppendix A.4 compares the different approaches regarding   their suitability for the SIP signaling scenarios described inAppendix A, whileAppendix A.5 provides a comparison regarding   security aspects.Appendix B lists non-goals for this document.2.  Terminology   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], with the   important qualification that, unless otherwise stated, these terms   apply to the design of the media security key management protocol,   not its implementation or application.   Furthermore, the terminology described in SIP [RFC3261] regarding   functions and components are used throughout the document.Wing, et al.                 Informational                      [Page 3]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   Additionally, the following items are used in this document:   AOR (Address-of-Record):   A SIP or SIPS URI that points to a domain      with a location service that can map the URI to another URI where      the user might be available.  Typically, the location service is      populated through registrations.  An AOR is frequently thought of      as the "public address" of the user.   SSRC:  The 32-bit value that defines the synchronization source, used      in RTP.  These are generally unique, but collisions can occur.   two-time pad:  The use of the same key and the same keystream to      encrypt different data.  For SRTP, a two-time pad occurs if two      senders are using the same key and the same RTP SSRC value.   Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS):  The property that disclosure of the      long-term secret keying material that is used to derive an agreed      ephemeral key does not compromise the secrecy of agreed keys from      earlier runs.   active adversary:  An active adversary is able to alter data      communication to affect its operation (see also [RFC4949]).   passive adversary:  A passive adversary is able to learn information      from data communication, but not alter that data communication      (see also [RFC4949]).   signaling path:  The signaling path is the route taken by SIP      signaling messages transmitted between the calling and called user      agents.  This can be either direct signaling between the calling      and called user agents or, more commonly, involves the SIP proxy      servers that were involved in the call setup.   media path:  The media path is the route taken by media packets      exchanged by the endpoints.  In the simplest case, the endpoints      exchange media directly, and the "media path" is defined by a      quartet of IP addresses and TCP/UDP ports, along with an IP route.      In other cases, this path may include RTP relays, mixers,      transcoders, session border controllers, NATs, or media gateways.   Moreover, as this document discusses requirements for media security,   the nomenclature R-XXX is used to mark requirements, where XXX is the   requirement, which needs to be met.Wing, et al.                 Informational                      [Page 4]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 20093.  Attack Scenarios   The discussion in this section relates to requirements R-ASSOC   (specified inSection 5.1) R-PASS-MEDIA, R-PASS-SIG, R-SIG-MEDIA,   R-ACT-ACT, and R-ID-BINDING (specified inSection 5.2).   This document classifies adversaries according to their access and   their capabilities.  An adversary might have access:   1.  only to the media path,   2.  only to the signaling path,   3.  to the media path and to the signaling path.   An attacker that can solely be located along the signaling path, and   does not have access to media (item 2), is not considered in this   document.   There are two different types of adversaries: active and passive.  An   active adversary may need to be active with regard to the key   exchange relevant information traveling along the media path or   traveling along the signaling path.   Based on their robustness against the adversary capabilities   described above, we can group security mechanisms using the following   labels.  This list is generally ordered from easiest to compromise   (at the top) to more difficult to compromise:    +---------------+---------+--------------------------------------+    | SIP signaling |  media  |             abbreviation             |    +---------------+---------+--------------------------------------+    |      none     | passive |      no-signaling-passive-media      |    |      none     |  active |       no-signaling-active-media      |    |    passive    | passive |    passive-signaling-passive-media   |    |    passive    |  active |    passive-signaling-active-media    |    |     active    | passive |    active-signaling-passive-media    |    |     active    |  active |     active-signaling-active-media    |    |     active    |  active | active-signaling-active-media-detect |    +---------------+---------+--------------------------------------+   no-signaling-passive-media:      Access only to the media path is sufficient to reveal the content      of the media traffic.   passive-signaling-passive-media:      Passive attack on the signaling and passive attack on the media      path is necessary to reveal the content of the media traffic.Wing, et al.                 Informational                      [Page 5]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   passive-signaling-active-media:      Passive attack on the signaling and active attack on the media      path is necessary to reveal the content of the media traffic.   active-signaling-passive-media:      Active attack on the signaling path and passive attack on the      media path is necessary to reveal the content of the media      traffic.   no-signaling-active-media:      Active attack on the media path is sufficient to reveal the      content of the media traffic.   active-signaling-active-media:      Active attack on both the signaling path and the media path is      necessary to reveal the content of the media traffic.   active-signaling-active-media-detect:      Active attack on both signaling and media path is necessary to      reveal the content of the media traffic (as with active-signaling-      active-media), and the attack is detectable by protocol messages      exchanged between the endpoints.   For example, unencrypted RTP is vulnerable to no-signaling-passive-   media.   As another example, SDP Security Descriptions [RFC4568], when   protected by TLS (as it is commonly implemented and deployed), belong   in the passive-signaling-passive-media category since the adversary   needs to learn the SDP Security Descriptions key by seeing the SIP   signaling message at a SIP proxy (assuming that the adversary is in   control of the SIP proxy).  The media traffic can be decrypted using   that learned key.   As another example, DTLS-SRTP (Datagram Transport Layer Security   Extension for SRTP) falls into active-signaling-active-media category   when DTLS-SRTP is used with a public-key-based ciphersuite with self-   signed certificates and without SIP Identity [RFC4474].  An adversary   would have to modify the fingerprint that is sent along the signaling   path and subsequently to modify the certificates carried in the DTLS   handshake that travel along the media path.  If DTLS-SRTP is used   with both SIP Identity [RFC4474] and SIP Connected Identity   [RFC4916], theRFC-4474 signature protects both the offer and the   answer, and such a system would then belong to the active-signaling-   active-media-detect category (provided, of course, the signaling path   to theRFC-4474 authenticator and verifier is secured as perRFC4474, and theRFC-4474 authenticator and verifier are behaving as perRFC 4474).Wing, et al.                 Informational                      [Page 6]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   The above discussion of DTLS-SRTP demonstrates how a single security   protocol can be in different classes depending on the mode in which   it is operated.  Other protocols can achieve a similar effect by   adding functions outside of the on-the-wire key management protocol   itself.  Although it may be appropriate to deploy lower-classed   mechanisms in some cases, the ultimate security requirement for a   media security negotiation protocol is that it have a mode of   operation available in which is detect-attack, which provides   protection against the passive and active attacks and provides   detection of such attacks.  That is, there must be a way to use the   protocol so that an active attack is required against both the   signaling and media paths, and so that such attacks are detectable by   the endpoints.4.  Call Scenarios and Requirements Considerations   The following subsections describe call scenarios that pose the most   challenge to the key management system for media data in cooperation   with SIP signaling.   Throughout the subsections, requirements are stated by using the   nomenclature R- to state an explicit requirement.  All of the stated   requirements are explained in detail inSection 5.  They are listed   according to their association to the key management protocol, to   attack scenarios, and requirements that can be met inside the key   management protocol or outside of the key management protocol.4.1.  Clipping Media before Signaling Answer   The discussion in this section relates to requirements R-AVOID-   CLIPPING and R-ALLOW-RTP.   Per the Session Description Protocol (SDP) Offer/Answer Model   [RFC3264]:      Once the offerer has sent the offer, it MUST be prepared to      receive media for any recvonly streams described by that offer.      It MUST be prepared to send and receive media for any sendrecv      streams in the offer, and send media for any sendonly streams in      the offer (of course, it cannot actually send until the peer      provides an answer with the needed address and port information).   To meet this requirement with SRTP, the offerer needs to know the   SRTP key for arriving media.  If either endpoint receives encrypted   media before it has access to the associated SRTP key, it cannot play   the media -- causing clipping.Wing, et al.                 Informational                      [Page 7]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   For key exchange mechanisms that send the answerer's key in SDP, a   SIP provisional response [RFC3261], such as 183 (session progress),   is useful.  However, the 183 messages are not reliable unless both   the calling and called endpoint support Provisional Response   ACKnowledgement (PRACK) [RFC3262], use TCP across all SIP proxies,   implement Security Preconditions [RFC5027], or both ends implement   Interactive Connectivity Establishment [ICE] and the answerer   implements the reliable provisional response mechanism described in   ICE.  Unfortunately, there is not wide deployment of any of these   techniques and there is industry reluctance to require these   techniques to avoid the problems described in this section.   Note that the receipt of an SDP answer is not always sufficient to   allow media to be played to the offerer.  Sometimes, the offerer must   send media in order to open up firewall holes or NAT bindings before   media can be received (for details, see [MIDDLEBOX]).  In this case,   even a solution that makes the key available before the SDP answer   arrives will not help.   Preventing the arrival of early media (i.e., media that arrives at   the SDP offerer before the SDP answer arrives) might obsolete the   R-AVOID-CLIPPING requirement, but at the time of writing such early   media exists in many normal call scenarios.4.2.  Retargeting and Forking   The discussion in this section relates to requirements R-FORK-   RETARGET, R-DISTINCT, R-HERFP, and R-BEST-SECURE.   In SIP, a request sent to a specific AOR but delivered to a different   AOR is called a "retarget".  A typical scenario is a "call   forwarding" feature.  In Figure 1, Alice sends an INVITE in step 1   that is sent to Bob in step 2.  Bob responds with a redirect (SIP   response code 3xx) pointing to Carol in step 3.  This redirect   typically does not propagate back to Alice but only goes to a proxy   (i.e., the retargeting proxy) that sends the original INVITE to Carol   in step 4.Wing, et al.                 Informational                      [Page 8]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009                                +-----+                                |Alice|                                +--+--+                                   |                                   | INVITE (1)                                   V                              +----+----+                              |  proxy  |                              ++-+-----++                               | ^     |                    INVITE (2) | |     | INVITE (4)                & redirect (3) | |     |                               V |     V                              ++-++   ++----+                              |Bob|   |Carol|                              +---+   +-----+                           Figure 1: Retargeting   Using retargeting might lead to situations where the User Agent   Client (UAC) does not know where its request will be going.  This   might not immediately seem like a serious problem; after all, when   one places a telephone call on the Public Switched Telephone Network   (PSTN), one never really knows if it will be forwarded to a different   number, who will pick up the line when it rings, and so on.  However,   when considering SIP mechanisms for authenticating the called party,   this function can also make it difficult to differentiate an   intermediary that is behaving legitimately from an attacker.  From   this perspective, the main problems with retargeting are:   Not detectable by the caller:   The originating user agent has no      means of anticipating that the condition will arise, nor any means      of determining that it has occurred until the call has already      been set up.   Not preventable by the caller:  There is no existing mechanism that      might be employed by the originating user agent in order to      guarantee that the call will not be retargeted.   The mechanism used by SIP for identifying the calling party is SIP   Identity [RFC4474].  However, due to the nature of retargeting, SIP   Identity can only identify the calling party (that is, the party that   initiated the SIP request).  Some key exchange mechanisms predate SIP   Identity and include their own identity mechanism (e.g., Multimedia   Internet KEYing (MIKEY)).  However, those built-in identity mechanism   also suffer from the SIP retargeting problem.  While Connected   Identity [RFC4916] allows positive identification of the called   party, the primary difficulty still remains that the calling partyWing, et al.                 Informational                      [Page 9]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   does not know if a mismatched called party is legitimate (i.e., due   to authorized retargeting) or illegitimate (i.e., due to unauthorized   retargeting by an attacker above to modify SIP signaling).   In SIP, 'forking' is the delivery of a request to multiple locations.   This happens when a single AOR is registered more than once.  An   example of forking is when a user has a desk phone, PC client, and   mobile handset all registered with the same AOR.                               +-----+                               |Alice|                               +--+--+                                  |                                  | INVITE                                  V                            +-----+-----+                            |   proxy   |                            ++---------++                             |         |                      INVITE |         | INVITE                             V         V                          +--+--+   +--+--+                          |Bob-1|   |Bob-2|                          +-----+   +-----+                         Figure 2: Forking   With forking, both Bob-1 and Bob-2 might send back SDP answers in SIP   responses.  Alice will see those intermediate (18x) and final (200)   responses.  It is useful for Alice to be able to associate the SIP   response with the incoming media stream.  Although this association   can be done with ICE [ICE], and ICE is useful to make this   association with RTP, it is not desirable to require ICE to   accomplish this association.   Forking and retargeting are often used together.  For example, a boss   and secretary might have both phones ring (forking) and rollover to   voice mail if neither phone is answered (retargeting).   To maintain the security of the media traffic, only the endpoint that   answers the call should know the SRTP keys for the session.  Forked   and retargeted calls only reveal sensitive information to non-   responders when the signaling messages contain sensitive information   (e.g., SRTP keys) that is accessible by parties that receive the   offer, but may not respond (i.e., the original recipients in a   retargeted call, or non-answering endpoints in a forked call).  For   key exchange mechanisms that do not provide secure forking or secure   retargeting, one workaround is to rekey immediately after forking orWing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 10]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   retargeting.  However, because the originator may not be aware that   the call forked this mechanism requires rekeying immediately after   every session is established.  This doubles the number of messages   processed by the network.   Further compounding this problem is a unique feature of SIP that,   when forking is used, there is always only one final error response   delivered to the sender of the request: the forking proxy is   responsible for choosing which final response to choose in the event   where forking results in multiple final error responses being   received by the forking proxy.  This means that if a request is   rejected, say with information that the keying information was   rejected and providing the far end's credentials, it is very possible   that the rejection will never reach the sender.  This problem, called   the Heterogeneous Error Response Forking Problem (HERFP) [RFC3326],   is difficult to solve in SIP.  Because we expect the HERFP to   continue to be a problem in SIP for the foreseeable future, a media   security system should function even in the presence of HERFP   behavior.4.3.  Recording   The discussion in this section relates to requirement R-RECORDING.   Some business environments, such as stock brokerages, banks, and   catalog call centers, require recording calls with customers.  This   is the familiar "this call is being recorded for quality purposes"   heard during calls to these sorts of businesses.  In these   environments, media recording is typically performed by an   intermediate device (with RTP, this is typically implemented in a   'sniffer').   When performing such call recording with SRTP, the end-to-end   security is compromised.  This is unavoidable, but necessary because   the operation of the business requires such recording.  It is   desirable that the media security is not unduly compromised by the   media recording.  The endpoint within the organization needs to be   informed that there is an intermediate device and needs to cooperate   with that intermediate device.   This scenario does not place a requirement directly on the key   management protocol.  The requirement could be met directly by the   key management protocol (e.g., MIKEY-NULL or [RFC4568]) or through an   external out-of-band mechanism (e.g., [SRTP-KEY]).Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 11]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 20094.4.  PSTN Gateway   The discussion in this section relates to requirement R-PSTN.   It is desirable, even when one leg of a call is on the PSTN, that the   IP leg of the call be protected with SRTP.   A typical case of using media security where two entities are having   a Voice over IP (VoIP) conversation over IP-capable networks.   However, there are cases where the other end of the communication is   not connected to an IP-capable network.  In this kind of setting,   there needs to be some kind of gateway at the edge of the IP network   that converts the VoIP conversation to a format understood by the   other network.  An example of such a gateway is a PSTN gateway   sitting at the edge of IP and PSTN networks (such as the architecture   described in [RFC3372]).   If media security (e.g., SRTP protection) is employed in this kind of   gateway-setting, then media security and the related key management   is terminated at the PSTN gateway.  The other network (e.g., PSTN)   may have its own measures to protect the communication, but this   means that from media security point of view the media security is   not employed truly end-to-end between the communicating entities.4.5.  Call Setup Performance   The discussion in this section relates to requirement R-REUSE.   Some devices lack sufficient processing power to perform public key   operations or Diffie-Hellman operations for each call, or prefer to   avoid performing those operations on every call.  The ability to   reuse previous public key or Diffie-Hellman operations can vastly   decrease the call setup delay and processing requirements for such   devices.   In certain devices, it can take a second or two to perform a Diffie-   Hellman operation.  Examples of these devices include handsets, IP   Multimedia Services Identity Modules (ISIMs), and PSTN gateways.   PSTN gateways typically utilize a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) that   is not yet involved with typical DSP operations at the beginning of a   call; thus, the DSP could be used to perform the calculation, so as   to avoid having the central host processor perform the calculation.   However, not all PSTN gateways use DSPs (some have only central   processors or their DSPs are incapable of performing the necessary   public key or Diffie-Hellman operation), and handsets lack a   separate, unused processor to perform these operations.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 12]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   Two scenarios where R-REUSE is useful are calls between an endpoint   and its voicemail server or its PSTN gateway.  In those scenarios,   calls are made relatively often and it can be useful for the   voicemail server or PSTN gateway to avoid public key operations for   subsequent calls.   Storing keys across sessions often interferes with perfect forward   secrecy (R-PFS).4.6.  Transcoding   The discussion in this section relates to requirement R-TRANSCODER.   In some environments, it is necessary for network equipment to   transcode from one codec (e.g., a highly compressed codec that makes   efficient use of wireless bandwidth) to another codec (e.g., a   standardized codec to a SIP peering interface).  With RTP, a   transcoding function can be performed with the combination of a SIP   back-to-back user agent (B2BUA) to modify the SDP and a processor to   perform the transcoding between the codecs.  However, with end-to-end   secured SRTP, a transcoding function implemented the same way is a   man-in-the-middle attack, and the key management system prevents its   use.   However, such a network-based transcoder can still be realized with   the cooperation and approval of the endpoint, and can provide end-to-   transcoder and transcoder-to-end security.4.7.  Upgrading to SRTP   The discussion in this section relates to the requirement R-ALLOW-   RTP.   Legitimate RTP media can be sent to an endpoint for announcements,   colorful ringback tones (e.g., music), advertising, or normal call   progress tones.  The RTP may be received before an associated SDP   answer.  For details on various scenarios, see [EARLY-MEDIA].   While receiving such RTP exposes the calling party to a risk of   receiving malicious RTP from an attacker, SRTP endpoints will need to   receive and play out RTP media in order to be compatible with   deployed systems that send RTP to calling parties.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 13]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 20094.8.  Interworking with Other Signaling Protocols   The discussion in this section relates to the requirement R-OTHER-   SIGNALING.   In many environments, some devices are signaled with protocols other   than SIP that do not share SIP's offer/answer model (e.g., [H.248.1]   or do not utilize SDP (e.g., H.323).  In other environments, both   endpoints may be SIP, but may use different key management systems   (e.g., one uses MIKEY-RSA, the other MIKEY-RSA-R).   In these environments, it is desirable to have SRTP -- rather than   RTP -- between the two endpoints.  It is always possible, although   undesirable, to interwork those disparate signaling systems or   disparate key management systems by decrypting and re-encrypting each   SRTP packet in a device in the middle of the network (often the same   device performing the signaling interworking).  This is undesirable   due to the cost and increased attack area, as such an SRTP/SRTP   interworking device is a valuable attack target.   At the time of this writing, interworking is considered important.   Interworking without decryption/encryption of the SRTP, while useful,   is not yet deemed critical because the scale of such SRTP deployments   is, to date, relatively small.4.9.  Certificates   The discussion in this section relates to R-CERTS.   On the Internet and on some private networks, validating another   peer's certificate is often done through a trust anchor -- a list of   Certificate Authorities that are trusted.  It can be difficult or   expensive for a peer to obtain these certificates.  In all cases,   both parties to the call would need to trust the same trust anchor   (i.e., "certificate authority").  For these reasons, it is important   that the media plane key management protocol offer a mechanism that   allows end-users who have no prior association to authenticate to   each other without acquiring credentials from a third-party trust   point.  Note that this does not rule out mechanisms in which servers   have certificates and attest to the identities of end-users.5.  Requirements   This section is divided into several parts: requirements specific to   the key management protocol (Section 5.1), attack scenarios   (Section 5.2), and requirements that can be met inside the key   management protocol or outside of the key management protocol   (Section 5.3).Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 14]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 20095.1.  Key Management Protocol Requirements   SIP Forking and Retargeting, fromSection 4.2:   R-FORK-RETARGET:                     The media security key management protocol MUST                     securely support forking and retargeting when all                     endpoints are willing to use SRTP without causing                     the call setup to fail.  This requirement means the                     endpoints that did not answer the call MUST NOT                     learn the SRTP keys (in either direction) used by                     the answering endpoint.   R-DISTINCT:                The media security key management protocol MUST be                capable of creating distinct, independent cryptographic                contexts for each endpoint in a forked session.   R-HERFP:             The media security key management protocol MUST function             securely even in the presence of HERFP behavior, i.e., the             rejection of key information does not reach the sender.   Performance considerations:   R-REUSE:             The media security key management protocol MAY support the             reuse of a previously established security context.         Note: reuse of the security context does not imply reuse of RTP               parameters (e.g., payload type or SSRC).   Media considerations:   R-AVOID-CLIPPING:                      The media security key management protocol SHOULD                      avoid clipping media before SDP answer without                      requiring Security Preconditions [RFC5027].  This                      requirement comes fromSection 4.1.   R-RTP-CHECK:                 If SRTP key negotiation is performed over the media                 path (i.e., using the same UDP/TCP ports as media                 packets), the key negotiation packets MUST NOT pass the                 RTP validity check defined inAppendix A.1 of                 [RFC3550], so that SRTP negotiation packets can be                 differentiated from RTP packets.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 15]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   R-ASSOC:             The media security key management protocol SHOULD include a             mechanism for associating key management messages with both             the signaling traffic that initiated the session and with             protected media traffic.  It is useful to associate key             management messages with call signaling messages, as this             allows the SDP offerer to avoid performing CPU-consuming             operations (e.g., Diffie-Hellman or public key operations)             with attackers that have not seen the signaling messages.             For example, if using a Diffie-Hellman keying technique             with security preconditions that forks to 20 endpoints, the             call initiator would get 20 provisional responses             containing 20 signed Diffie-Hellman key pairs.  Calculating             20 Diffie-Hellman secrets and validating signatures can be             a difficult task for some devices.  Hence, in the case of             forking, it is not desirable to perform a Diffie-Hellman             operation with every party, but rather only with the party             that answers the call (and incur some media clipping).  To             do this, the signaling and media need to be associated so             the calling party knows which key management exchange needs             to be completed.  This might be done by using the transport             address indicated in the SDP, although NATs can complicate             this association.         Note: due to RTP's design requirements, it is expected that               SRTP receivers will have to perform authentication of any               received SRTP packets.   R-NEGOTIATE:                 The media security key management protocol MUST allow a                 SIP User Agent to negotiate media security parameters                 for each individual session.  Such negotiation MUST NOT                 cause a two-time pad (Section 9.1 of [RFC3711]).   R-PSTN:            The media security key management protocol MUST support            termination of media security in a PSTN gateway.  This            requirement is fromSection 4.4.5.2.  Security Requirements   This section describes overall security requirements and specific   requirements from the attack scenarios (Section 3).Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 16]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   Overall security requirements:   R-PFS:           The media security key management protocol MUST be able to           support perfect forward secrecy.   R-COMPUTE:               The media security key management protocol MUST support               offering additional SRTP cipher suites without incurring               significant computational expense.   R-CERTS:             The key management protocol MUST NOT require that end-users             obtain credentials (certificates or private keys) from a             third- party trust anchor.   R-FIPS:            The media security key management protocol SHOULD use            algorithms that allow FIPS 140-2 [FIPS-140-2] certification            or similar country-specific certification (e.g.,            [AISITSEC]).            The United States Government can only purchase and use            crypto implementations that have been validated by the            FIPS-140 [FIPS-140-2] process:         The FIPS-140 standard is applicable to all Federal agencies               that use cryptographic-based security systems to protect               sensitive information in computer and telecommunication               systems, including voice systems.  The adoption and use               of this standard is available to private and commercial               organizations.         Some commercial organizations, such as banks and defense         contractors, require or prefer equipment that has received the         same validation.   R-DOS:           The media security key management protocol MUST NOT introduce           any new significant denial-of-service vulnerabilities (e.g.,           the protocol should not request the endpoint to perform CPU-           intensive operations without the client being able to           validate or authorize the request).Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 17]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   R-EXISTING:                The media security key management protocol SHOULD allow                endpoints to authenticate using pre-existing                cryptographic credentials, e.g., certificates or                pre-shared keys.   R-AGILITY:               The media security key management protocol MUST provide               crypto- agility, i.e., the ability to adapt to evolving               cryptography and security requirements (update of               cryptographic algorithms without substantial disruption               to deployed implementations).   R-DOWNGRADE:                 The media security key management protocol MUST protect                 cipher suite negotiation against downgrading attacks.   R-PASS-MEDIA:                  The media security key management protocol MUST have a                  mode that prevents a passive adversary with access to                  the media path from gaining access to keying material                  used to protect SRTP media packets.   R-PASS-SIG:                The media security key management protocol MUST have a                mode in which it prevents a passive adversary with                access to the signaling path from gaining access to                keying material used to protect SRTP media packets.   R-SIG-MEDIA:                 The media security key management protocol MUST have a                 mode in which it defends itself from an attacker that                 is solely on the media path and from an attacker that                 is solely on the signaling path.  A successful attack                 refers to the ability for the adversary to obtain                 keying material to decrypt the SRTP encrypted media                 traffic.   R-ID-BINDING:                  The media security key management protocol MUST enable                  the media security keys to be cryptographically bound                  to an identity of the endpoint.         Note: This allows domains to deploy SIP Identity [RFC4474].Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 18]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   R-ACT-ACT:               The media security key management protocol MUST support a               mode of operation that provides               active-signaling-active-media-detect robustness, and MAY               support modes of operation that provide lower levels of               robustness (as described inSection 3).         Note: Failing to meet R-ACT-ACT indicates the protocol cannot               provide secure end-to-end media.5.3.  Requirements outside of the Key Management Protocol   The requirements in this section are for an overall VoIP security   system.  These requirements can be met within the key management   protocol itself, or can be solved outside of the key management   protocol itself (e.g., solved in SIP or in SDP).   R-BEST-SECURE:                   Even when some endpoints of a forked or retargeted                   call are incapable of using SRTP, a solution MUST be                   described that allows the establishment of SRTP                   associations with SRTP-capable endpoints and/or RTP                   associations with non-SRTP-capable endpoints.   R-OTHER-SIGNALING:                       A solution SHOULD be able to negotiate keys for                       SRTP sessions created via different call                       signaling protocols (e.g., between Jabber, SIP,                       H.323, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP).   R-RECORDING:                 A solution SHOULD be described that supports recording                 of decrypted media.  This requirement comes fromSection 4.3.   R-TRANSCODER:                  A solution SHOULD be described that supports                  intermediate nodes (e.g., transcoders), terminating or                  processing media, between the endpoints.   R-ALLOW-RTP:  A solution SHOULD be described that allows RTP media to                 be received by the calling party until SRTP has been                 negotiated with the answerer, after which SRTP is                 preferred over RTP.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 19]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 20096.  Security Considerations   This document lists requirements for securing media traffic.  As   such, it addresses security throughout the document.7.  Acknowledgements   For contributions to the requirements portion of this document, the   authors would like to thank the active participants of the RTPSEC BoF   and on the RTPSEC mailing list, and a special thanks to Steffen Fries   and Dragan Ignjatic for their excellent MIKEY comparison [RFC5197]   document.   The authors would furthermore like to thank the following people for   their review, suggestions, and comments: Flemming Andreasen, Richard   Barnes, Mark Baugher, Wolfgang Buecker, Werner Dittmann, Lakshminath   Dondeti, John Elwell, Martin Euchner, Hans-Heinrich Grusdt, Christer   Holmberg, Guenther Horn, Peter Howard, Leo Huang, Dragan Ignjatic,   Cullen Jennings, Alan Johnston, Vesa Lehtovirta, Matt Lepinski, David   McGrew, David Oran, Colin Perkins, Eric Raymond, Eric Rescorla, Peter   Schneider, Frank Shearar, Srinath Thiruvengadam, Dave Ward, Dan York,   and Phil Zimmermann.8.  References8.1.  Normative References   [FIPS-140-2]   NIST, "Security Requirements for Cryptographic                  Modules", June 2005, <http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips140-2/fips1402.pdf>.   [RFC2119]      Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate                  Requirement Levels",BCP 14,RFC 2119, March 1997.   [RFC3261]      Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G.,                  Johnston, A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M.,                  and E. Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol",RFC 3261, June 2002.   [RFC3262]      Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "Reliability of                  Provisional Responses in Session Initiation Protocol                  (SIP)",RFC 3262, June 2002.   [RFC3264]      Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer                  Model with Session Description Protocol (SDP)",RFC 3264, June 2002.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 20]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   [RFC3711]      Baugher, M., McGrew, D., Naslund, M., Carrara, E., and                  K. Norrman, "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol                  (SRTP)",RFC 3711, March 2004.8.2.  Informative References   [AISITSEC]     Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik                  [Federal Office of Information Security - Germany],                  "Anwendungshinweise und Interpretationen (AIS) zu                  ITSEC", January 2002,                  <http://www.bsi.de/zertifiz/zert/interpr/aisitsec.htm>.   [DTLS-SRTP]    McGrew, D. and E. Rescorla, "Datagram Transport Layer                  Security (DTLS) Extension to Establish Keys for Secure                  Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)", Work                  in Progress, October 2008.   [EARLY-MEDIA]  Stucker, B., "Coping with Early Media in the Session                  Initiation Protocol (SIP)", Work in Progress,                  October 2006.   [EKT]          McGrew, D.,"Encrypted Key Transport for Secure RTP",                  Work in Progress, July 2007.   [H.248.1]      ITU, "Gateway control protocol", Recommendation H.248,                  June 2000, <http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.248/e>.   [ICE]          Rosenberg, J., "Interactive Connectivity Establishment                  (ICE): A Protocol for Network Address  Translator                  (NAT) Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols", Work                  in Progress, October 2007.   [MIDDLEBOX]    Stucker, B. and H. Tschofenig, "Analysis of Middlebox                  Interactions for Signaling Protocol Communication                  along the Media Path", Work in Progress, July 2008.   [MIKEY-ECC]    Milne, A.,"ECC Algorithms for MIKEY", Work                  in Progress, June 2007.   [MIKEYv2]      Dondeti, L., "MIKEYv2: SRTP Key Management using                  MIKEY, revisited", Work in Progress, March 2007.   [MULTIPART]    Wing, D. and C. Jennings, "Session Initiation Protocol                  (SIP) Offer/Answer with Multipart Alternative", Work                  in Progress, March 2006.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 21]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   [RFC3326]      Schulzrinne, H., Oran, D., and G. Camarillo, "The                  Reason Header Field for the Session Initiation                  Protocol (SIP)",RFC 3326, December 2002.   [RFC3372]      Vemuri, A. and J. Peterson, "Session Initiation                  Protocol for Telephones (SIP-T): Context and                  Architectures",BCP 63,RFC 3372, September 2002.   [RFC3550]      Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V.                  Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time                  Applications", STD 64,RFC 3550, July 2003.   [RFC3830]      Arkko, J., Carrara, E., Lindholm, F., Naslund, M., and                  K. Norrman, "MIKEY: Multimedia Internet KEYing",RFC 3830, August 2004.   [RFC4474]      Peterson, J. and C. Jennings, "Enhancements for                  Authenticated Identity Management in the Session                  Initiation Protocol (SIP)",RFC 4474, August 2006.   [RFC4492]      Blake-Wilson, S., Bolyard, N., Gupta, V., Hawk, C.,                  and B. Moeller, "Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)                  Cipher Suites for Transport Layer Security (TLS)",RFC 4492, May 2006.   [RFC4568]      Andreasen, F., Baugher, M., and D. Wing, "Session                  Description Protocol (SDP) Security Descriptions for                  Media Streams",RFC 4568, July 2006.   [RFC4650]      Euchner, M., "HMAC-Authenticated Diffie-Hellman for                  Multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY)",RFC 4650,                  September 2006.   [RFC4738]      Ignjatic, D., Dondeti, L., Audet, F., and P. Lin,                  "MIKEY-RSA-R: An Additional Mode of Key Distribution                  in Multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY)",RFC 4738,                  November 2006.   [RFC4771]      Lehtovirta, V., Naslund, M., and K. Norrman,                  "Integrity Transform Carrying Roll-Over Counter for                  the Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)",RFC 4771, January 2007.   [RFC4916]      Elwell, J., "Connected Identity in the Session                  Initiation Protocol (SIP)",RFC 4916, June 2007.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 22]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   [RFC4949]      Shirey, R., "Internet Security Glossary, Version 2",                  FYI 36,RFC 4949, August 2007.   [RFC5027]      Andreasen, F. and D. Wing, "Security Preconditions for                  Session Description Protocol (SDP) Media Streams",RFC 5027, October 2007.   [RFC5197]      Fries, S. and D. Ignjatic, "On the Applicability of                  Various Multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY) Modes and                  Extensions",RFC 5197, June 2008.   [RFC5246]      Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer                  Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2",RFC 5246,                  August 2008.   [SDP-CAP]      Andreasen, F.,"SDP Capability Negotiation", Work                  in Progress, July 2008.   [SDP-DH]       Baugher, M. and D. McGrew, "Diffie-Hellman Exchanges                  for Multimedia Sessions", Work in Progress,                  February 2006.   [SIP-CERTS]    Jennings, C. and J. Fischl, "Certificate Management                  Service for The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)",                  Work in Progress, November 2008.   [SIP-DTLS]     Fischl, J., "Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)                  Protocol for Protection of Media Traffic Established                  with the Session Initiation Protocol", Work                  in Progress, July 2007.   [SRTP-KEY]     Wing, D., Audet, F., Fries, S., Tschofenig, H., and A.                  Johnston, "Secure Media Recording and Transcoding with                  the Session Initiation Protocol", Work in Progress,                  October 2008.   [ZRTP]         Zimmermann, P., Johnston, A., and J. Callas, "ZRTP:                  Media Path Key Agreement for Secure RTP", Work                  in Progress, February 2009.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 23]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009Appendix A.  Overview and Evaluation of Existing Keying Mechanisms   Based on how the SRTP keys are exchanged, each SRTP key exchange   mechanism belongs to one general category:   signaling path:                    All the keying is carried in the call signaling (SIP                    or SDP) path.   media path:                All the keying is carried in the SRTP/SRTCP media path,                and no signaling whatsoever is carried in the call                signaling path.   signaling and media path:                              Parts of the keying are carried in the                              SRTP/SRTCP media path, and parts are                              carried in the call signaling (SIP or SDP)                              path.   One of the significant benefits of SRTP over other end-to-end   encryption mechanisms, such as for example IPsec, is that SRTP is   bandwidth efficient and SRTP retains the header of RTP packets.   Bandwidth efficiency is vital for VoIP in many scenarios where access   bandwidth is limited or expensive, and retaining the RTP header is   important for troubleshooting packet loss, delay, and jitter.   Related to SRTP's characteristics is a goal that any SRTP keying   mechanism to also be efficient and not cause additional call setup   delay.  Contributors to additional call setup delay include network   or database operations: retrieval of certificates and additional SIP   or media path messages, and computational overhead of establishing   keys or validating certificates.   When examining the choice between keying in the signaling path,   keying in the media path, or keying in both paths, it is important to   realize the media path is generally "faster" than the SIP signaling   path.  The SIP signaling path has computational elements involved   that parse and route SIP messages.  The media path, on the other   hand, does not normally have computational elements involved, and   even when computational elements such as firewalls are involved, they   cause very little additional delay.  Thus, the media path can be   useful for exchanging several messages to establish SRTP keys.  A   disadvantage of keying over the media path is that interworking   different key exchange requires the interworking function be in the   media path, rather than just in the signaling path; in practice, this   involvement is probably unavoidable anyway.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 24]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009A.1.  Signaling Path Keying TechniquesA.1.1.  MIKEY-NULL   MIKEY-NULL [RFC3830] has the offerer indicate the SRTP keys for both   directions.  The key is sent unencrypted in SDP, which means the SDP   must be encrypted hop-by-hop (e.g., by using TLS (SIPS)) or end-to-   end (e.g., by using Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions   (S/MIME)).   MIKEY-NULL requires one message from offerer to answerer (half a   round trip), and does not add additional media path messages.A.1.2.  MIKEY-PSK   MIKEY-PSK (pre-shared key) [RFC3830] requires that all endpoints   share one common key.  MIKEY-PSK has the offerer encrypt the SRTP   keys for both directions using this pre-shared key.   MIKEY-PSK requires one message from offerer to answerer (half a round   trip), and does not add additional media path messages.A.1.3.  MIKEY-RSA   MIKEY-RSA [RFC3830] has the offerer encrypt the keys for both   directions using the intended answerer's public key, which is   obtained from a mechanism outside of MIKEY.   MIKEY-RSA requires one message from offerer to answerer (half a round   trip), and does not add additional media path messages.  MIKEY-RSA   requires the offerer to obtain the intended answerer's certificate.A.1.4.  MIKEY-RSA-R   MIKEY-RSA-R [RFC4738] is essentially the same as MIKEY-RSA but   reverses the role of the offerer and the answerer with regards to   providing the keys.  That is, the answerer encrypts the keys for both   directions using the offerer's public key.  Both the offerer and   answerer validate each other's public keys using a standard X.509   validation techniques.  MIKEY-RSA-R also enables sending certificates   in the MIKEY message.   MIKEY-RSA-R requires one message from offerer to answer, and one   message from answerer to offerer (full round trip), and does not add   additional media path messages.  MIKEY-RSA-R requires the offerer   validate the answerer's certificate.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 25]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009A.1.5.  MIKEY-DHSIGN   In MIKEY-DHSIGN [RFC3830], the offerer and answerer derive the key   from a Diffie-Hellman (DH) exchange.  In order to prevent an active   man-in-the-middle, the DH exchange itself is signed using each   endpoint's private key and the associated public keys are validated   using standard X.509 validation techniques.   MIKEY-DHSIGN requires one message from offerer to answerer, and one   message from answerer to offerer (full round trip), and does not add   additional media path messages.  MIKEY-DHSIGN requires the offerer   and answerer to validate each other's certificates.  MIKEY-DHSIGN   also enables sending the answerer's certificate in the MIKEY message.A.1.6.  MIKEY-DHHMAC   MIKEY-DHHMAC [RFC4650] uses a pre-shared secret to HMAC the Diffie-   Hellman exchange, essentially combining aspects of MIKEY-PSK with   MIKEY-DHSIGN, but without MIKEY-DHSIGN's need for certificate   authentication.   MIKEY-DHHMAC requires one message from offerer to answerer, and one   message from answerer to offerer (full round trip), and does not add   additional media path messages.A.1.7.  MIKEY-ECIES and MIKEY-ECMQV (MIKEY-ECC)   ECC Algorithms For MIKEY [MIKEY-ECC] describes how ECC can be used   with MIKEY-RSA (using Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm   (ECDSA) signature) and with MIKEY-DHSIGN (using a new DH-Group code),   and also defines two new ECC-based algorithms, Elliptic Curve   Integrated Encryption Scheme (ECIES) and Elliptic Curve Menezes-Qu-   Vanstone (ECMQV) .   With this proposal, the ECDSA signature, MIKEY-ECIES, and MIKEY-ECMQV   function exactly like MIKEY-RSA, and the new DH-Group code function   exactly like MIKEY-DHSIGN.  Therefore, these ECC mechanisms are not   discussed separately in this document.A.1.8.  SDP Security Descriptions with SIPS   SDP Security Descriptions [RFC4568] have each side indicate the key   they will use for transmitting SRTP media, and the keys are sent in   the clear in SDP.  SDP Security Descriptions rely on hop-by-hop (TLS   via "SIPS:") encryption to protect the keys exchanged in signaling.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 26]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   SDP Security Descriptions requires one message from offerer to   answerer, and one message from answerer to offerer (full round trip),   and does not add additional media path messages.A.1.9.  SDP Security Descriptions with S/MIME   This keying mechanism is identical toAppendix A.1.8 except that,   rather than protecting the signaling with TLS, the entire SDP is   encrypted with S/MIME.A.1.10.  SDP-DH (Expired)   SDP Diffie-Hellman [SDP-DH] exchanges Diffie-Hellman messages in the   signaling path to establish session keys.  To protect against active   man-in-the-middle attacks, the Diffie-Hellman exchange needs to be   protected with S/MIME, SIPS, or SIP Identity [RFC4474] and SIP   Connected Identity [RFC4916].   SDP-DH requires one message from offerer to answerer, and one message   from answerer to offerer (full round trip), and does not add   additional media path messages.A.1.11.  MIKEYv2 in SDP (Expired)   MIKEYv2 [MIKEYv2] adds mode negotiation to MIKEYv1 and removes the   time synchronization requirement.  It therefore now takes 2 round   trips to complete.  In the first round trip, the communicating   parties learn each other's identities, agree on a MIKEY mode, crypto   algorithm, SRTP policy, and exchanges nonces for replay protection.   In the second round trip, they negotiate unicast and/or group SRTP   context for SRTP and/or SRTCP.   Furthermore, MIKEYv2 also defines an in-band negotiation mode as an   alternative to SDP (seeAppendix A.3.3).A.2.  Media Path Keying TechniqueA.2.1.  ZRTP   ZRTP [ZRTP] does not exchange information in the signaling path   (although it's possible for endpoints to exchange a hash of the ZRTP   Hello message with "a=zrtp-hash" in the initial offer if sent over an   integrity-protected signaling channel.  This provides some useful   correlation between the signaling and media layers).  In ZRTP, the   keys are exchanged entirely in the media path using a Diffie-Hellman   exchange.  The advantage to this mechanism is that the signaling   channel is used only for call setup and the media channel is used to   establish an encrypted channel -- much like encryption devices on theWing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 27]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   PSTN.  ZRTP uses voice authentication of its Diffie-Hellman exchange   by having each person read digits or words to the other person.   Subsequent sessions with the same ZRTP endpoint can be authenticated   using the stored hash of the previously negotiated key rather than   voice authentication.  ZRTP uses four media path messages (Hello,   Commit, DHPart1, and DHPart2) to establish the SRTP key, and three   media path confirmation messages.  These initial messages are all   sent as non-RTP packets.      Note: that when ZRTP probing is used, unencrypted RTP can be      exchanged until the SRTP keys are established.A.3.  Signaling and Media Path Keying TechniquesA.3.1.  EKT   EKT [EKT] relies on another SRTP key exchange protocol, such as SDP   Security Descriptions or MIKEY, for bootstrapping.  In the initial   phase, each member of a conference uses an SRTP key exchange protocol   to establish a common key encryption key (KEK).  Each member may use   the KEK to securely transport its SRTP master key and current SRTP   rollover counter (ROC), via RTCP, to the other participants in the   session.   EKT requires the offerer to send some parameters (EKT_Cipher, KEK,   and security parameter index (SPI)) via the bootstrapping protocol   such as SDP Security Descriptions or MIKEY.  Each answerer sends an   SRTCP message that contains the answerer's SRTP Master Key, rollover   counter, and the SRTP sequence number.  Rekeying is done by sending a   new SRTCP message.  For reliable transport, multiple RTCP messages   need to be sent.A.3.2.  DTLS-SRTP   DTLS-SRTP [DTLS-SRTP] exchanges public key fingerprints in SDP   [SIP-DTLS] and then establishes a DTLS session over the media   channel.  The endpoints use the DTLS handshake to agree on crypto   suites and establish SRTP session keys.  SRTP packets are then   exchanged between the endpoints.   DTLS-SRTP requires one message from offerer to answerer (half round   trip), and one message from the answerer to offerer (full round trip)   so the offerer can correlate the SDP answer with the answering   endpoint.  DTLS-SRTP uses four media path messages to establish the   SRTP key.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 28]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   This document assumes DTLS will use TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA as   its cipher suite, which is the mandatory-to-implement cipher suite in   TLS [RFC5246].A.3.3.  MIKEYv2 Inband (Expired)   As defined inAppendix A.1.11, MIKEYv2 also defines an in-band   negotiation mode as an alternative to SDP (seeAppendix A.3.3).  The   details are not sorted out in the document yet on what in-band   actually means (i.e., UDP, RTP, RTCP, etc.).A.4.  Evaluation Criteria - SIP   This section considers how each keying mechanism interacts with SIP   features.A.4.1.  Secure Retargeting and Secure Forking   Retargeting and forking of signaling requests is described withinSection 4.2.  The following builds upon this description.   The following list compares the behavior of secure forking, answering   association, two-time pads, and secure retargeting for each keying   mechanism.      MIKEY-NULL         Secure Forking: No, all AORs see offerer's and answerer's keys.         Answer is associated with media by the SSRC in MIKEY.         Additionally, a two-time pad occurs if two branches choose the         same 32-bit SSRC and transmit SRTP packets.         Secure Retargeting: No, all targets see offerer's and         answerer's keys.  Suffers from retargeting identity problem.      MIKEY-PSK         Secure Forking: No, all AORs see offerer's and answerer's keys.         Answer is associated with media by the SSRC in MIKEY.  Note         that all AORs must share the same pre-shared key in order for         forking to work at all with MIKEY-PSK.  Additionally, a two-         time pad occurs if two branches choose the same 32-bit SSRC and         transmit SRTP packets.         Secure Retargeting: Not secure.  For retargeting to work, the         final target must possess the correct PSK.  As this is likely         in scenarios where the call is targeted to another device         belonging to the same user (forking), it is very unlikely that         other users will possess that PSK and be able to successfully         answer that call.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 29]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009      MIKEY-RSA         Secure Forking: No, all AORs see offerer's and answerer's keys.         Answer is associated with media by the SSRC in MIKEY.  Note         that all AORs must share the same private key in order for         forking to work at all with MIKEY-RSA.  Additionally, a two-         time pad occurs if two branches choose the same 32-bit SSRC and         transmit SRTP packets.         Secure Retargeting: No.      MIKEY-RSA-R         Secure Forking: Yes, answer is associated with media by the         SSRC in MIKEY.         Secure Retargeting: Yes.      MIKEY-DHSIGN         Secure Forking: Yes, each forked endpoint negotiates unique         keys with the offerer for both directions.  Answer is         associated with media by the SSRC in MIKEY.         Secure Retargeting: Yes, each target negotiates unique keys         with the offerer for both directions.      MIKEYv2 in SDP         The behavior will depend on which mode is picked.      MIKEY-DHHMAC         Secure Forking: Yes, each forked endpoint negotiates unique         keys with the offerer for both directions.  Answer is         associated with media by the SSRC in MIKEY.         Secure Retargeting: Yes, each target negotiates unique keys         with the offerer for both directions.  Note that for the keys         to be meaningful, it would require the PSK to be the same for         all the potential intermediaries, which would only happen         within a single domain.      SDP Security Descriptions with SIPS         Secure Forking: No, each forked endpoint sees the offerer's         key.  Answer is not associated with media.         Secure Retargeting: No, each target sees the offerer's key.      SDP Security Descriptions with S/MIME         Secure Forking: No, each forked endpoint sees the offerer's         key.  Answer is not associated with media.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 30]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009         Secure Retargeting: No, each target sees the offerer's key.         Suffers from retargeting identity problem.      SDP-DH         Secure Forking: Yes, each forked endpoint calculates a unique         SRTP key.  Answer is not associated with media.         Secure Retargeting: Yes, the final target calculates a unique         SRTP key.      ZRTP         Secure Forking: Yes, each forked endpoint calculates a unique         SRTP key.  With the "a=zrtp-hash" attribute, the media can be         associated with an answer.         Secure Retargeting: Yes, the final target calculates a unique         SRTP key.      EKT         Secure Forking: Inherited from the bootstrapping mechanism (the         specific MIKEY mode or SDP Security Descriptions).  Answer is         associated with media by the SPI in the EKT protocol.  Answer         is associated with media by the SPI in the EKT protocol.         Secure Retargeting: Inherited from the bootstrapping mechanism         (the specific MIKEY mode or SDP Security Descriptions).      DTLS-SRTP         Secure Forking: Yes, each forked endpoint calculates a unique         SRTP key.  Answer is associated with media by the certificate         fingerprint in signaling and certificate in the media path.         Secure Retargeting: Yes, the final target calculates a unique         SRTP key.      MIKEYv2 Inband         The behavior will depend on which mode is picked.A.4.2.  Clipping Media before SDP Answer   Clipping media before receiving the signaling answer is described   withinSection 4.1.  The following builds upon this description.   Furthermore, the problem of clipping gets compounded when forking is   used.  For example, if using a Diffie-Hellman keying technique with   security preconditions that forks to 20 endpoints, the call initiator   would get 20 provisional responses containing 20 signed Diffie-   Hellman half keys.  Calculating 20 DH secrets and validatingWing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 31]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   signatures can be a difficult task depending on the device   capabilities.   The following list compares the behavior of clipping before SDP   answer for each keying mechanism.      MIKEY-NULL         Not clipped.  The offerer provides the answerer's keys.      MIKEY-PSK         Not clipped.  The offerer provides the answerer's keys.      MIKEY-RSA         Not clipped.  The offerer provides the answerer's keys.      MIKEY-RSA-R         Clipped.  The answer contains the answerer's encryption key.      MIKEY-DHSIGN         Clipped.  The answer contains the answerer's Diffie-Hellman         response.      MIKEY-DHHMAC         Clipped.  The answer contains the answerer's Diffie-Hellman         response.      MIKEYv2 in SDP         The behavior will depend on which mode is picked.      SDP Security Descriptions with SIPS         Clipped.  The answer contains the answerer's encryption key.      SDP Security Descriptions with S/MIME         Clipped.  The answer contains the answerer's encryption key.      SDP-DH         Clipped.  The answer contains the answerer's Diffie-Hellman         response.      ZRTP         Not clipped because the session initially uses RTP.  While RTP         is flowing, both ends negotiate SRTP keys in the media path and         then switch to using SRTP.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 32]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009      EKT         Not clipped, as long as the first RTCP packet (containing the         answerer's key) is not lost in transit.  The answerer sends its         encryption key in RTCP, which arrives at the same time (or         before) the first SRTP packet encrypted with that key.            Note: RTCP needs to work, in the answerer-to-offerer            direction, before the offerer can decrypt SRTP media.      DTLS-SRTP         No clipping after the DTLS-SRTP handshake has completed.  SRTP         keys are exchanged in the media path.  Need to wait for SDP         answer to ensure DTLS-SRTP handshake was done with an         authorized party.            If a middlebox interferes with the media path, there can be            clipping [MIDDLEBOX].      MIKEYv2 Inband         Not clipped.  Keys are exchanged in the media path without         relying on the signaling path.A.4.3.  SSRC and ROC   In SRTP, a cryptographic context is defined as the SSRC, destination   network address, and destination transport port number.  Whereas RTP,   a flow is defined as the destination network address and destination   transport port number.  This results in a problem -- how to   communicate the SSRC so that the SSRC can be used for the   cryptographic context.   Two approaches have emerged for this communication.  One, used by all   MIKEY modes, is to communicate the SSRCs to the peer in the MIKEY   exchange.  Another, used by SDP Security Descriptions, is to apply   "late binding" -- that is, any new packet containing a previously   unseen SSRC (which arrives at the same destination network address   and destination transport port number) will create a new   cryptographic context.  Another approach, common amongst techniques   with media-path SRTP key establishment, is to require a handshake   over that media path before SRTP packets are sent.  MIKEY's approach   changes RTP's SSRC collision detection behavior by requiring RTP to   pre-establish the SSRC values for each session.   Another related issue is that SRTP introduces a rollover counter   (ROC), which records how many times the SRTP sequence number has   rolled over.  As the sequence number is used for SRTP's default   ciphers, it is important that all endpoints know the value of the   ROC.  The ROC starts at 0 at the beginning of a session.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 33]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   Some keying mechanisms cause a two-time pad to occur if two endpoints   of a forked call have an SSRC collision.   Note: A proposal has been made to send the ROC value on every Nth   SRTP packet[RFC4771].  This proposal has not yet been incorporated   into this document.   The following list examines handling of SSRC and ROC:      MIKEY-NULL         Each endpoint indicates a set of SSRCs and the ROC for SRTP         packets it transmits.      MIKEY-PSK         Each endpoint indicates a set of SSRCs and the ROC for SRTP         packets it transmits.      MIKEY-RSA         Each endpoint indicates a set of SSRCs and the ROC for SRTP         packets it transmits.      MIKEY-RSA-R         Each endpoint indicates a set of SSRCs and the ROC for SRTP         packets it transmits.      MIKEY-DHSIGN         Each endpoint indicates a set of SSRCs and the ROC for SRTP         packets it transmits.      MIKEY-DHHMAC         Each endpoint indicates a set of SSRCs and the ROC for SRTP         packets it transmits.      MIKEYv2 in SDP         Each endpoint indicates a set of SSRCs and the ROC for SRTP         packets it transmits.      SDP Security Descriptions with SIPS         Neither SSRC nor ROC are signaled.  SSRC "late binding" is         used.      SDP Security Descriptions with S/MIME         Neither SSRC nor ROC are signaled.  SSRC "late binding" is         used.      SDP-DH         Neither SSRC nor ROC are signaled.  SSRC "late binding" is         used.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 34]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009      ZRTP         Neither SSRC nor ROC are signaled.  SSRC "late binding" is         used.      EKT         The SSRC of the SRTCP packet containing an EKT update         corresponds to the SRTP master key and other parameters within         that packet.      DTLS-SRTP         Neither SSRC nor ROC are signaled.  SSRC "late binding" is         used.      MIKEYv2 Inband         Each endpoint indicates a set of SSRCs and the ROC for SRTP         packets it transmits.A.5.  Evaluation Criteria - Security   This section evaluates each keying mechanism on the basis of their   security properties.A.5.1.  Distribution and Validation of Persistent Public Keys and        Certificates   Using persistent public keys for confidentiality and authentication   can introduce requirements for two types of systems, often   implemented using certificates: (1) a system to distribute those   persistent public keys certificates, and (2) a system for validating   those persistent public keys.  We refer to the former as a key   distribution system and the latter as an authentication   infrastructure.  In many cases, a monolithic public key   infrastructure (PKI) is used to fulfill both of these roles.   However, these functions can be provided by many other systems.  For   instance, key distribution may be accomplished by any public   repository of keys.  Any system in which the two endpoints have   access to trust anchors and intermediate CA certificates that can be   used to validate other endpoints' certificates (including a system of   self-signed certificates) can be used to support certificate   validation in the below schemes.   With real-time communications, it is desirable to avoid fetching or   validating certificates that delay call setup.  Rather, it is   preferable to fetch or validate certificates in such a way that call   setup is not delayed.  For example, a certificate can be validated   while the phone is ringing or can be validated while ring-back tones   are being played or even while the called party is answering theWing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 35]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   phone and saying "hello".  Even better is to avoid fetching or   validating persistent public keys at all.   SRTP key exchange mechanisms that require a particular authentication   infrastructure to operate (whether for distribution or validation)   are gated on the deployment of a such an infrastructure available to   both endpoints.  This means that no media security is achievable   until such an infrastructure exists.  For SIP, something like sip-   certs [SIP-CERTS] might be used to obtain the certificate of a peer.      Note: Even if sip-certs [SIP-CERTS] were deployed, the retargeting      problem (Appendix A.4.1) would still prevent successful deployment      of keying techniques which require the offerer to obtain the      actual target's public key.   The following list compares the requirements introduced by the use of   public-key cryptography in each keying mechanism, both for public key   distribution and for certificate validation.      MIKEY-NULL         Public-key cryptography is not used.      MIKEY-PSK         Public-key cryptography is not used.  Rather, all endpoints         must have some way to exchange per-endpoint or per-system         pre-shared keys.      MIKEY-RSA         The offerer obtains the intended answerer's public key before         initiating the call.  This public key is used to encrypt the         SRTP keys.  There is no defined mechanism for the offerer to         obtain the answerer's public key, although [SIP-CERTS] might be         viable in the future.         The offer may also contain a certificate for the offerer, which         would require an authentication infrastructure in order to be         validated by the receiver.      MIKEY-RSA-R         The offer contains the offerer's certificate, and the answer         contains the answerer's certificate.  The answerer uses the         public key in the certificate to encrypt the SRTP keys that         will be used by the offerer and the answerer.  An         authentication infrastructure is necessary to validate the         certificates.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 36]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009      MIKEY-DHSIGN         An authentication infrastructure is used to authenticate the         public key that is included in the MIKEY message.      MIKEY-DHHMAC         Public-key cryptography is not used.  Rather, all endpoints         must have some way to exchange per-endpoint or per-system         pre-shared keys.      MIKEYv2 in SDP         The behavior will depend on which mode is picked.      SDP Security Descriptions with SIPS         Public-key cryptography is not used.      SDP Security Descriptions with S/MIME         Use of S/MIME requires that the endpoints be able to fetch and         validate certificates for each other.  The offerer must obtain         the intended target's certificate and encrypts the SDP offer         with the public key contained in target's certificate.  The         answerer must obtain the offerer's certificate and encrypt the         SDP answer with the public key contained in the offerer's         certificate.      SDP-DH         Public-key cryptography is not used.      ZRTP         Public-key cryptography is used (Diffie-Hellman), but without         dependence on persistent public keys.  Thus, certificates are         not fetched or validated.      EKT         Public-key cryptography is not used by itself, but might be         used by the EKT bootstrapping keying mechanism (such as certain         MIKEY modes).      DTLS-SRTP         Remote party's certificate is sent in media path, and a         fingerprint of the same certificate is sent in the signaling         path.      MIKEYv2 Inband         The behavior will depend on which mode is picked.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 37]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009A.5.2.  Perfect Forward Secrecy   In the context of SRTP, Perfect Forward Secrecy is the property that   SRTP session keys that protected a previous session are not   compromised if the static keys belonging to the endpoints are   compromised.  That is, if someone were to record your encrypted   session content and later acquires either party's private key, that   encrypted session content would be safe from decryption if your key   exchange mechanism had perfect forward secrecy.   The following list describes how each key exchange mechanism provides   PFS.      MIKEY-NULL         Not applicable; MIKEY-NULL does not have a long-term secret.      MIKEY-PSK         No PFS.      MIKEY-RSA         No PFS.      MIKEY-RSA-R         No PFS.      MIKEY-DHSIGN         PFS is provided with the Diffie-Hellman exchange.      MIKEY-DHHMAC         PFS is provided with the Diffie-Hellman exchange.      MIKEYv2 in SDP         The behavior will depend on which mode is picked.      SDP Security Descriptions with SIPS         Not applicable; SDP Security Descriptions does not have a long-         term secret.      SDP Security Descriptions with S/MIME         Not applicable; SDP Security Descriptions does not have a long-         term secret.      SDP-DH         PFS is provided with the Diffie-Hellman exchange.      ZRTP         PFS is provided with the Diffie-Hellman exchange.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 38]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009      EKT         No PFS.      DTLS-SRTP         PFS is provided if the negotiated cipher suite uses ephemeral         keys (e.g., Diffie-Hellman (DHE_RSA [RFC5246]) or Elliptic         Curve Diffie-Hellman [RFC4492]).      MIKEYv2 Inband         The behavior will depend on which mode is picked.A.5.3.  Best Effort Encryption   With best effort encryption, SRTP is used with endpoints that support   SRTP, otherwise RTP is used.   SIP needs a backwards-compatible best effort encryption in order for   SRTP to work successfully with SIP retargeting and forking when there   is a mix of forked or retargeted devices that support SRTP and don't   support SRTP.      Consider the case of Bob, with a phone that only does RTP and a      voice mail system that supports SRTP and RTP.  If Alice calls Bob      with an SRTP offer, Bob's RTP-only phone will reject the media      stream (with an empty "m=" line) because Bob's phone doesn't      understand SRTP (RTP/SAVP).  Alice's phone will see this rejected      media stream and may terminate the entire call (BYE) and      re-initiate the call as RTP-only, or Alice's phone may decide to      continue with call setup with the SRTP-capable leg (the voice mail      system).  If Alice's phone decided to re-initiate the call as RTP-      only, and Bob doesn't answer his phone, Alice will then leave      voice mail using only RTP, rather than SRTP as expected.   Currently, several techniques are commonly considered as candidates   to provide opportunistic encryption:   multipart/alternative      [MULTIPART] describes how to form a multipart/alternative body      part in SIP.  The significant issues with this technique are (1)      that multipart MIME is incompatible with existing SIP proxies,      firewalls, Session Border Controllers, and endpoints and (2) when      forking, the Heterogeneous Error Response Forking Problem (HERFP)      [RFC3326] causes problems if such non-multipart-capable endpoints      were involved in the forking.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 39]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   session attribute      With this technique, the endpoints signal their desire to do SRTP      by signaling RTP (RTP/AVP), and using an attribute ("a=") in the      SDP.  This technique is entirely backwards compatible with      non-SRT-aware endpoints, but doesn't use the RTP/SAVP protocol      registered by SRTP [RFC3711].   SDP Capability Negotiation      SDP Capability Negotiation [SDP-CAP] provides a backwards-      compatible mechanism to allow offering both SRTP and RTP in a      single offer.  This is the preferred technique.   Probing      With this technique, the endpoints first establish an RTP session      using RTP (RTP/AVP).  The endpoints send probe messages, over the      media path, to determine if the remote endpoint supports their      keying technique.  A disadvantage of probing is an active attacker      can interfere with probes, and until probing completes (and SRTP      is established) the media is in the clear.   The preferred technique, SDP Capability Negotiation [SDP-CAP], can be   used with all key exchange mechanisms.  What remains unique is ZRTP,   which can also accomplish its best effort encryption by probing   (sending ZRTP messages over the media path) or by session attribute   (see "a=zrtp-hash" in [ZRTP]).  Current implementations of ZRTP use   probing.A.5.4.  Upgrading Algorithms   It is necessary to allow upgrading SRTP encryption and hash   algorithms, as well as upgrading the cryptographic functions used for   the key exchange mechanism.  With SIP's offer/answer model, this can   be computationally expensive because the offer needs to contain all   combinations of the key exchange mechanisms (all MIKEY modes, SDP   Security Descriptions), all SRTP cryptographic suites (AES-128,   AES-256) and all SRTP cryptographic hash functions (SHA-1, SHA-256)   that the offerer supports.  In order to do this, the offerer has to   expend CPU resources to build an offer containing all of this   information that becomes computationally prohibitive.   Thus, it is important to keep the offerer's CPU impact fixed so that   offering multiple new SRTP encryption and hash functions incurs no   additional expense.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 40]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   The following list describes the CPU effort involved in using each   key exchange technique.      MIKEY-NULL         No significant computational expense.      MIKEY-PSK         No significant computational expense.      MIKEY-RSA         For each offered SRTP crypto suite, the offerer has to perform         RSA operation to encrypt the TGK (TEK Generation Key).      MIKEY-RSA-R         For each offered SRTP crypto suite, the offerer has to perform         public key operation to sign the MIKEY message.      MIKEY-DHSIGN         For each offered SRTP crypto suite, the offerer has to perform         Diffie-Hellman operation, and a public key operation to sign         the Diffie-Hellman output.      MIKEY-DHHMAC         For each offered SRTP crypto suite, the offerer has to perform         Diffie-Hellman operation.      MIKEYv2 in SDP         The behavior will depend on which mode is picked.      SDP Security Descriptions with SIPS         No significant computational expense.      SDP Security Descriptions with S/MIME         S/MIME requires the offerer and the answerer to encrypt the SDP         with the other's public key, and to decrypt the received SDP         with their own private key.      SDP-DH         For each offered SRTP crypto suite, the offerer has to perform         a Diffie-Hellman operation.      ZRTP         The offerer has no additional computational expense at all, as         the offer contains no information about ZRTP or might contain         "a=zrtp-hash".Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 41]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009      EKT         The offerer's computational expense depends entirely on the EKT         bootstrapping mechanism selected (one or more MIKEY modes or         SDP Security Descriptions).      DTLS-SRTP         The offerer has no additional computational expense at all, as         the offer contains only a fingerprint of the certificate that         will be presented in the DTLS exchange.      MIKEYv2 Inband         The behavior will depend on which mode is picked.Appendix B.  Out-of-Scope   The compromise of an endpoint that has access to decrypted media   (e.g., SIP user agent, transcoder, recorder) is out of scope of this   document.  Such a compromise might be via privilege escalation,   installation of a virus or trojan horse, or similar attacks.B.1.  Shared Key Conferencing   The consensus on the RTPSEC mailing list was to concentrate on   unicast, point-to-point sessions.  Thus, there are no requirements   related to shared key conferencing.  This section is retained for   informational purposes.   For efficient scaling, large audio and video conference bridges   operate most efficiently by encrypting the current speaker once and   distributing that stream to the conference attendees.  Typically,   inactive participants receive the same streams -- they hear (or see)   the active speaker(s), and the active speakers receive distinct   streams that don't include themselves.  In order to maintain the   confidentiality of such conferences where listeners share a common   key, all listeners must rekeyed when a listener joins or leaves a   conference.Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 42]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   An important use case for mixers/translators is a conference bridge:                                         +----+                             A --- 1 --->|    |                               <-- 2 ----| M  |                                         | I  |                             B --- 3 --->| X  |                               <-- 4 ----| E  |                                         | R  |                             C --- 5 --->|    |                               <-- 6 ----|    |                                         +----+                       Figure 3: Centralized Keying   In the figure above, 1, 3, and 5 are RTP media contributions from   Alice, Bob, and Carol, and 2, 4, and 6 are the RTP flows to those   devices carrying the "mixed" media.   Several scenarios are possible:   a.  Multiple inbound sessions: 1, 3, and 5 are distinct RTP sessions,   b.  Multiple outbound sessions: 2, 4, and 6 are distinct RTP       sessions,   c.  Single inbound session: 1, 3, and 5 are just different sources       within the same RTP session,   d.  Single outbound session: 2, 4, and 6 are different flows of the       same (multi-unicast) RTP session.   If there are multiple inbound sessions and multiple outbound sessions   (scenarios a and b), then every keying mechanism behaves as if the   mixer were an endpoint and can set up a point-to-point secure session   between the participant and the mixer.  This is the simplest   situation, but is computationally wasteful, since SRTP processing has   to be done independently for each participant.  The use of multiple   inbound sessions (scenario a) doesn't waste computational resources,   though it does consume additional cryptographic context on the mixer   for each participant and has the advantage of data origin   authentication.   To support a single outbound session (scenario d), the mixer has to   dictate its encryption key to the participants.  Some keying   mechanisms allow the transmitter to determine its own key, and others   allow the offerer to determine the key for the offerer and answerer.   Depending on how the call is established, the offerer might be aWing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 43]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009   participant (such as a participant dialing into a conference bridge)   or the offerer might be the mixer (such as a conference bridge   calling a participant).  The use of offerless INVITEs may help some   keying mechanisms reverse the role of offerer/answerer.  A   difficulty, however, is knowing a priori if the role should be   reversed for a particular call.  The significant advantage of a   single outbound session is the number of SRTP encryption operations   remains constant even as the number of participants increases.   However, a disadvantage is that data origin authentication is lost,   allowing any participant to spoof the sender (because all   participants know the sender's SRTP key).Wing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 44]

RFC 5479              Media Security Requirements             April 2009Authors' Addresses   Dan Wing (editor)   Cisco Systems, Inc.   170 West Tasman Drive   San Jose, CA  95134   USA   EMail: dwing@cisco.com   Steffen Fries   Siemens AG   Otto-Hahn-Ring 6   Munich, Bavaria  81739   Germany   EMail: steffen.fries@siemens.com   Hannes Tschofenig   Nokia Siemens Networks   Linnoitustie 6   Espoo,   02600   Finland   Phone: +358 (50) 4871445   EMail: Hannes.Tschofenig@nsn.com   URI:http://www.tschofenig.priv.at   Francois Audet   Nortel   4655 Great America Parkway   Santa Clara, CA  95054   USA   EMail: audet@nortel.comWing, et al.                 Informational                     [Page 45]

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