| Internet-Draft | DRIP DKI | April 2025 |
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The DRIP Entity Tag (DET) public Key Infrastructure (DKI) is a specific variant of classic Public Key Infrastructures (PKI) where the organization is around the DET, in place of X.520 Distinguished Names. Further, the DKI uses DRIP Endorsements in place of X.509 certificates for establishing trust within the DKI.¶
There are two X.509 profiles for shadow PKI behind the DKI, with many of their X.509 fields mirroring content in the DRIP Endorsements. These PKIs can at times be used where X.509 is expected and non-constrained communication links are available that can handle their larger size. It is recommended that a DRIP deployment implement both of these along side the Endorsement trees.¶
C509 (CBOR) encoding of all X.509 certificates are also provided as an alternative for where there are gains in reduced object size.¶
Author's note: This draft is a partial update of all the additions needed for the PKIX-like PKI to be ICAO ACCP compliant.¶
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A DRIP Entity Tag (DET, [RFC9374]) public Key Infrastructure (DKI) is designed as a strict hierarchy, governed by the administrator of the DET prefix [IPv6-SPECIAL] and having the authority to authorize RAAs. RAAs in turn authorize HDAs within their domain. This authorization is managed via a set of DETs whose sole use is to define the DKI. The RAA Authorization DETs MUST reside in HID = RAA#|0 (Apex Authorization DET in HID = 0|0).¶
There are three main classifications/types of DETs:¶
All DETs exist in DET-Endorsements (Appendix B of [drip-registries]). These DET-Endorsements provide the proof of registration and thus trust. These DETs, through chained Endorsements define the DKI as follows:¶
+----------+
| Auth |
+-o------o-+
| |
| +-o-----+
Apex | +--o----+|
| | Issue |+
| +---o---+
| |
| +-o-----+
| +--o----+|
| |CRL,Srv|+
| +-------+
|
******************|************************************
+-o--------+
+-o--------+|
| Auth |+
+--o-----o-+
| |
| +-o-----+
RAAs | +--o----+|
| | Issue |+
| +---o---+
| |
| +-o--------+
| +--o-------+|
| | CRL,Srv ||
| |Oper,Pilot|+
| +----------+
|
******************|************************************
+-o--------+
+-o--------+|
| Auth |+
+----o-----+
|
+-o-------+
HDAs +--o------+|
| Issue |+
+---o-----+
| |
| +-o--------+
| +--o-------+|
| | CRL,Srv ||
| |Oper,Pilot||
| | UAS |+
| +----------+
*******************************************************
The Authorization DETs exist in a set of DET-Authorization-Endorsements. The lifetime of these endorsements SHOULD be no less than 1 year, recommended 5 years, and should not exceed 10 years. Endorsements SHOULD be reissued prior to expiry (may be for a new DET). DETs used to define this authorization are replaced per undetermined policy (note these DETs do very little signing, see Section 8.1).¶
This separation of DET type roles reduce the risk of private key loss for the critical Authentication DETs by making them infrequently used and only used in offline operations. It does make the chain of trust for a HDA customers' Operational DETs to be 4 Endorsements.¶
The hierarchical design of the DKI is the most efficient possible with the least data transmission overhead. But it requires the participation of an Entity, in the role of the Apex, trusted by all the RAAs. The logical Entity for this role is the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO), but the processes for ICAO to take on this role are complex. Work is ongoing with the ICAO, but timing is indeterminate and immediately implementable alternatives are needed.¶
The DKI can work by the RAAs establishing mutual trust within a geographic region. It is envisioned that the initial RAA assignments will follow Section 6.2.1 of [drip-registries], Table 1. Without an Apex, each RAA self-endorses its Authentication DET, acting as its own apex. However, RAAs issued DETs (via their HDAs) will not exist in the air by themselves (except perhaps for some small island nations), thus a geographic regional consortium of RAAs will need to deploy some mechanism for mutual trust for their End Entities to fly together.¶
There are three reasonable approaches for RAAs to manage their mutual trust and it is likely that all will occur:¶
It is recommended that the RAA Trust List be used during initial DKI testing. The cross-endorsing options will need their own testing to work out how best to deploy them.¶
A consortium of RAAs MAY choose to maintain a list of RAAs they trust. It is recommended that this list consist of the RAA's Authentication DET and HI. Each RAA in the consortium SHOULD maintain its own list, signed with its Authentication DET.¶
This Trust List MAY contain each RAA's Authentication DET self-endorsement validity dates. If a trusted RAA has more than one self-endorsement (most likely to support key rollover), including these dates makes it easier to have an RAA duplicated in the list.¶
How the RAAs communicate between themselves to maintain these lists is out of scope here. Each RAA SHOULD include validity dates in its Trust List. Frequency of Trust List updates is also out of scope here.¶
Trust Lists is the simplest method to implement, but may not be the simplest to maintain over time.¶
There is a natural Trust List of ALL RAAs, based on what is allocated in the DRIP DNS tree.¶
A consortium of RAAs MAY choose to cross-endorse each's Authentication DET. This is done by one RAA endorsing for its community, an other's Authentication DET. This establishes one-way trust; thus, in practice, each RAA needs to cross-endorse each RAA's Authentication DET within the consortium.¶
RAA Cross-endorsements definitely has a scaling (n^2) problem. It works for a starting point or for a very small group of RAAs.¶
How these RAA Cross-endorsements are discovered has not been defined at this point. One potential is via a to-be-defined DNS HHIT RR within the endorsing RAA's zone. This information would need to be cached by any potential offline entity.¶
A consortium of RAAs MAY select one RAA to function as a "Bridge" between all members of the consortium. In this approach, the "Bridge RAA" does not authorize any sub-HDAs. Its sole purpose is the cross-endorse to member RAAs. The Bridge and each RAA cross endorse as in Section 1.1.2.¶
Bridge RAA Cross-endorsementing reduces the scaling challenge to only the number of RAAs in the consortium. Plus there is little need to communicate any changes in the cross-endorsementing to the various parties within the consortium. Thus this option scales the best out of the three alternatives to DKI Apex hierarchy.¶
How these RAA Cross-endorsements are discovered has not been defined at this point. The Bridge RAA will have to be known to all parties within the consortium. One potential, as above, is via a to-be-defined DNS HHIT RR (Appendix A of [drip-registries]) within the endorsing RAA's zone. This information would need to be cached by any potential offline entity.¶
The Drip Architecture [RFC9434] does not use or need X.509 certificates or the associated Certificate Authories. However, there is considerable value for the Apex, RAAs, and HDAs to deploy the CAs described herein. Of considerable note is the inclusion of the ICAO Level of Assurance (LOA) policy OIDs, Section 6.1, that inform trust behind the DRIP Endorsement tree and the associated CAs.¶
A signing entity MUST follow the same LOA for all 3 objects: Endorsements, DRIP-Lite, and DRIP-PKIX certificates.¶
There may be other UAS applications that will just work with X.509 certificates, but would have to be customized to use DIRP Endorsements.¶
A price in object size is paid in the ASN.1 encoding of X.509 certificates. This is often a barrier for use over constrained links and even storage demands on constrained processing platforms. The [C509-Certificates] provides an alternative encoding in two different manners:¶
The invertible CBOR encoding is recommended for use here. This can be readily implemented through libraries that do the translation, as needed, between X.509 and c509.¶
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.¶
This document uses the terms defined in Section 2.2 of Drip Requirements and Terminology [RFC9153] and in Section 2 of Drip Architecture [RFC9434]. The following new terms are used in the document:¶
The Apex Authorization DET is used to endorse RAA Authorization DETs and its own Apex Issuing DETs; it has no other use. This is the case for all Authorization DETs. Apex Issuing DETs are used to endorse DETs, with HID= 0|0, used by Apex services.¶
The DET Apex may be only theoretical if no Entity steps forward to provide this role.¶
Each RAA use its Authorization DET (HID = RAA#|0) to endorse its RAA Issuing DET(s) (also HID = RAA#|0) and for signing its HDA Authorization DETs (HID = RAA#|HDA#).¶
An RAA may have multiple Issuing DETs (HID = RAA#|0), each for a different use (e.g. CRL signing, RAA server signing). It is expected that, over time, an RAA will rollover its Issuing DETs, thus at times there will be more than ONE Issuing DET per role in use.¶
These Issuing DETs, like those at the Apex level, constitute an implicit HDA. There is no Authorization DET for this implicit HDA, but other than only signing for entities like servers needed by the RAA, it should be considered as an HDA in terms of policies.¶
An RAA may directly issue DETs for Operators/Pilots, but it is recommended that if the RAA has this responsiblity, it runs an HDA specifically for this function. This allows separation of the RAA role from the HDA. It is recommended that the RAA only offer Endorsing/Signing services for the functions of running the RAA.¶
The initial RAA range assignments are defined in Section 6.2.1 of [drip-registries], Table 1. It is anticipated that DRIP usage will expand to use into General/Civil Aviation. Thus at some point a block of RAAs will be set aside much like for the CTA-2063A [CTA2063A] range.¶
Each HDA use its Authorization DET to endorse its HDA Issuing DETs (e.g. RAA=267, HDA=567).¶
An HDA Issuing DET is used to endorse Operational DETs; those used by the HDA for its services (e.g. USS) and for Devices (e.g. UA, GCS, ground infrastructure) partaking in the HDA's services.¶
If the Operational DET is a Manufacturer DET, the "valid not after" date (vna) MUST be 99991231235959Z.¶
An HDA may directly issue DETs for Operators/Pilots. It is recommended that different Issuing HDAs be used for devices and people. They may be under the same Authentication HDA. Of importance is that there are different LOAs for CAs for people and devices per Section 6.1.¶
The Authentication DETs private keys MUST NEVER be on a system with any network connectivity. Also efforts MUST be taken to limit any external digital media connections to these offline systems. Compromise of an Authentication DET compromises its and all lower hierarchy levels. Such a compromise could result in a major re-signing effort with a new Authentication DET. Also, during the time of compromise, fraudulent additions to the DKI could have occurred.¶
This means that the process whereby the Authentication DET is used to sign the Endorsement/X.509 certificate of its level's Issuing DET(s) and lower level Authentication DETs MUST be conducted in an offline manner (e.g. Section 6).¶
This offline process need not be onerous. For example, QR codes could be used to pass CSR objects to the offline Authentication DET system, and this system could produce QR codes containing the Endorsements and X.509 certificates it signed (Section 6.4).¶
A video conference between the parties could have one side show its QR code and the other copy and print it to move between the video conferencing system and the offline system. This is a simplification of a larger signing operation, but shows how such a signing need not require travel and expensive hand-off methodologies.¶
It should be noted that the endorsement of Issuing DETs follow the same restriction, as it is done with the Authentication DET. It MUST be conducted in an offline manner.¶
The primary view of the DKI is within DNS. This is in the 3.0.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa zone (Apex level of the DRIP IPv6 DET format).¶
In the DET DNS structure, only the Apex and RAA levels MUST be DNSSEC signed. The HDA level may be too dynamic for DNSSEC signing (e.g. hundreds of new EE Operational DETs per hour); trust in the EE Operational DETs within the HDA level comes through inclusion of the HDA Endorsement of EE object. A slow-churn HDA MAY use DNSSEC. The RAA and HDA levels MUST contain their Endorsement by higher object; this provides the needed trust in the Endorsement of EE objects. The Apex level Endorsement is self-signed, thus trust in it is only possible via DNSSEC.¶
Endorsements are stored in the DNS BRID RR (Section 5.2 of [drip-registries]). X.509 certificates in the DNS HHIT RR (Section 5.1 of [drip-registries]).¶
Authors note: These RR will only be available once [drip-registries] is published. Until then, [RFC3597] will be used to encode these RR Types.¶
Other RR within these levels will vary. There also may be HIP, TLSA, and/or URI RR.¶
Each level continues on down the 3.0.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa zone for its Authorization DET and Issuing DET(s). RR with FQDNs for services offered may also be present in various forms (e.g. a URI for the commercial FQDN for the DKI Entity). TLSA RR of DET SPKI may be directly included here. Same with HIP RR. The Authorization Endorsement SHOULD be present, as SHOULD be Issuing Endorsements.¶
For Operational DETs, there is no direct concept of DET revocation. Operational DETs are either discoverable via DNS or not valid despite being in a non-expired Endorsement signed an Issuing DET. Thus if an Issuing Entity needs to "revoke" an Operational DET it removes all entries for it from DNS, so a short TTL on those records is recommended.¶
Authorization and Issuing DETs are not so easily "revoked"; something akin to an X.509 CRL mechanism is needed. This could best be dealt with by Endorsements managed in the new DET RR that includes revocation status. Thus Section 5.2 of [drip-registries] defines the specific RR for Endorsements that will be used here. Minimally, at least the revocation status and revocation date(s) need to be in this RR. Until this RR is available, there is no mechanism, other than removal for Authorization and Issuing DET revocations.¶
The Offline cache of HDA Issuing Endorsements, used to verify various EE signed objects without needing DNS access, SHOULD consist of the HDA Authentication DET Endorsements of the HDA Issuing DETs. Thus the receiver has a trusted source of the HDA Issuing DET Public Key (HI) in a DRIP standard object (136 bytes). If the DKI DNS tree includes GEO location data and coverage, a receiver could query some service for a trusted cache within some radius of its location. Such as, please tell me of all HDAs within 100KM of...¶
This cache MAY contain the full chain up to the Apex. This could be helpful in limited connectivity environments when encountering an HDA Issuing DET under a unknown Authenticated HDA or RAA. The needed trust chain could be shorter.¶
There are situations where a list of specific HDAs for an entity to trust for some application is needed. This can best be met by maintaining a cache as above but only of the trusted HDA Issuing Endorsements. How a list of this limited trust is maintain and distributed is out of scope of this document and is left to those needing this specific feature.¶
The following defines the components of a DKI's shadow PKI built from X.509 certificates with content that mirrors that in the DKI Endorsements. There are two profiles provided, Lite-PKI and PKIX-like. Both may be used, or the community may select one for deployment. In both cases, the PKI tree mirrors that of the DKI levels (Section 3.1).¶
It is recommended that at least the PKIX-like Section 4.2 be deployed, as its CA certificates contain ICAO policy OIDs the reflect on the whole DKI deployment.¶
A server MUST implement the generation of the DRIP Endorsement object. It SHOULD also generate both the PKI profiles. In this document, Endorsing Server and CA interchangeably.¶
At this point in defining the shadow PKIs, alternatives to a strict hierarchy is still an open work item. This work will follow the pattern set in Section 1.1.¶
The Lite-PKI is designed to fully mirror the DKI in the smallest reasonable X.509 certificates (e.g. 240 bytes for DER), but still adhere to [RFC5280] MUST field usage.¶
The following is the profile for the DRIP X.509 Lite certificates¶
Certificate:
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number:
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN =
Validity
Not Before:
Not After :
Subject: {CN = or Empty}
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
X509v3 extensions: {Operation Certs ONLY}
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical
IP Address:
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
The following detail the Mandatory to include content in all DRIP Lite certificates.¶
The Serial Number is a MUST field, but it has no usage in this Lite-PKI. It is 1-byte in size and thus duplicates are guaranteed. To drop this field could make many X.509 parsing libraries fail.¶
However, CA certificate's Serial Number MAY be the common 20 bytes. This is to avoid possible issues with general software expecting this size Serial Numbers for CAs.¶
If Serial Numbers are incrementally assigned, 31 bits are sufficient for an Issuing CA with 2B DETs active. A CA should determine its best-used Serial Number field size to limit the impact of this field on the certificate size.¶
The Subject field is only used in Authentication and Issuing Certificates. For Entity Certificates, the Subject is Empty and the DET will be in Subject Alternative Name (SAN). In the SAN, the DET can be properly encoded as an IPv6 address.¶
The Subject field in Authentication and Issuing Certificates uses the following format:¶
DRIP-{APEX|RAA|HDA}-{A|I}[-RAA#][-HDA#]
Examples:
DRIP-RAA-A-16376
DRIP-HDA-I-16376-16376
The CA Subject Name serves a duo purpose: foremostly, to place the CA within the DKI tree, but secondly for outside of DRIP usage to tag that this CA's function is to serve DRIP Entities.¶
Subject Alternative Name is only used in Operational (End Entity) certificates. It is used to provide the DET as an IP address with an Empty Subject (SAN MUST be flagged as Critical).¶
The Subject Alternative Name is also used in Manufacturer DET certificates. These may contain the hardwareModuleName as described in [IEEE 802.1AR] that references [RFC4108].¶
Per [RFC5280] and [IEEE 802.1AR], Manufacturer DET certificates with hardwareModuleName MUST have the notAfter date as 99991231235959Z.¶
The Issuer MUST be the higher level's DET.¶
The Issuer for the Apex Authentication certificate MUST be its DET (indicating self-signed). If the RAA Authentication certificate is self-signed (i.e., no Apex), its Issuer is its DET.¶
The Issuer content of its DET assists in finding this specific Issuer in the DRIP ip6.arpa. DNS tree and any additional information.¶
The following detail the Mandatory content for DRIP Lite CA certificates.¶
CA certificates MUST contain the CA=True object, flagged Critical as a Basic Constraint.¶
The following detail the Optional content for DRIP Lite CA certificates. Inclusion of these objects are based on the policies of the CA using them and CAs higher in the trust chain.¶
This is the one exception to Section 4.1.2.3. A CA certificate MAY have a SAN URI, containing a pointer where additional information on the CA and certificates under its control. For example, an authorized authority may access EE PII like an Operator phone number through this URI link.¶
The CA certificate MAY contain the keyUsage extension. For example, it may assert Certificate Signing and flag this as Critical.¶
The CA MAY have policy OIDs defining rules for EEs within its domain. The OIDs used here will tend to be within ICAO's arc of 1.3.27.16.¶
The test DKI and Lite PKI, (Appendix A/Appendix B), were created using the python scripts at [drip_scripts]. First csr-gen.py is used to create an X.509 CSR (and optionally the EdDSA keypair). This CSR is minimal in content. For example, a UA might only have knowledge of its Manufacturer Serial Number and can generate its keypair. Per [drip-registration-cwt], this CSR may be sent to the CA with additional information provided by the Operator, for example desired validityDates. The raa-endorse.py and hda-endorse.py scripts are provided to produce the DRIP Endorsements and X.509 certificates.¶
At this time, with no Apex level, each RAA Authorization CA is self-signed. These are created using the RAA's CSR and its own keypair as input to the raa-endorse.py script. Normally, the raa-endorse.py script is used to create the HDA's Authorization and Issuing CAs and the hda-endorse.py script for the End Entity certificates.¶
The X.509 certificates are minimalistic (less than 400 bytes for DER). Any DRIP specific OIDs should come from the ICAO arc (e.g. 1.3.27.16.1).¶
The following is the profile for the DRIP X.509 certificates¶
Certificate:
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number:
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN =
Validity
Not Before:
Not After :
Subject: {CN = or Empty}
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical {in EE}
IP Address:
X509v3 Subject Key Identifier: {not in EE}
X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
X509v3 Key Usage: critical
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
The following detail the Mandatory to include content in all DRIP Lite certificates.¶
The certificates will contain a 20-byte randomly generated Serial Number, compliant with CABForum recommendations. Serial Numbers are included for CRL functionality.¶
The Subject field is only used in Authentication and Issuing Certificates. For Entity Certificates, the Subject is Empty and the DET will be in Subject Alternative Name (SAN). In the SAN, the DET can be properly encoded as an IPv6 address.¶
The Subject field in Authentication and Issuing Certificates uses the following format:¶
DRIP-{APEX|RAA|HDA}-{A|I}[-RAA#][-HDA#]
Examples:
DRIP-RAA-A-16376
DRIP-HDA-I-16376-16376
The CA Subject Name serves a duo purpose: foremostly, to place the CA within the DKI tree, but secondly for outside of DRIP usage to tag that this CA's function is to serve DRIP Entities.¶
Subject Alternative Name is only used in Operational (End Entity) certificates. It is used to provide the DET as an IP address with an Empty Subject (SAN MUST be flagged as Critical).¶
The Subject Alternative Name is also used in Manufacturer DET certificates. These may contain the hardwareModuleName as described in [IEEE 802.1AR] that references [RFC4108].¶
Per [RFC5280] and [IEEE 802.1AR], Manufacturer DET certificates with hardwareModuleName MUST have the notAfter date as 99991231235959Z.¶
The Issuer MUST be the higher level's DET.¶
The Issuer for the Apex Authentication certificate MUST be its DET (indicating self-signed). If the RAA Authentication certificate is self-signed (i.e., no Apex), its Issuer is its DET.¶
The Issuer content of its DET assists in finding this specific Issuer in the DRIP ip6.arpa. DNS tree and any additional information.¶
The Subject Key Identifier MUST be the DET. This is a major deviation from "standard" X.509 certificates that hash (normally with SHA2) the Public Key to fill the Subject Key Identifier.¶
The Subject Key Identifier is NOT included in EE certificates. If needed by some application, it is identical with SAN.¶
The Authority Key Identifier MUST be the higher level's Subject Key Identifier (i.e. DET). This partially follows standard practice to chain up the Authority Key Identifier' from the Subject Key Identifier, except for how the Subject Key Identifiers are populated.¶
The Authority Key Identifier for the Apex Authentication (or self-signed RAA Authentication ) certificate MUST be the Subject Key Identifier (indicating self-signed).¶
The following detail the Mandatory content for DRIP PKIX CA certificates.¶
CA certificates MUST contain the CA=True object, flagged Critical as a Basic Constraint.¶
The following detail the Optional content for DRIP PKIX CA certificates. Inclusion of these objects are based on the policies of the CA using them and CAs higher in the trust chain.¶
This is the one exception to Section 4.2.2.3. A CA certificate MAY have a SAN URI, containing a pointer where additional information on the CA and certificates under its control. For example, an authorized authority may access EE PII like an Operator phone number through this URI link.¶
The CA certificate SHOULD contain the keyUsage extension. For example, it may assert Certificate Signing and flag this as Critical.¶
It is recommended that a CA have policy OIDs defining rules for EEs within its domain. The OIDs used here will tend to be within ICAO's arc of 1.3.27.16.¶
If the CA certificate has policy OIDs, it MUST include an ICAO LOA OID defining "the confidence in the security measures that protect the private key and manage the certificate lifecycle". Currently defined OIDs [ICAO-Doc-10169] in ICAO's LOA arc of 1.3.27.16.1.1.0:¶
| OID | Description | Applicability |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low |
This level is relevant to environments where Risks and consequences of data Compromise are low.¶ Subscriber Private Keys shall be stored in software at this Identity Assurance Level (IAL).¶ |
| 2 | LowDevice | TBD |
| 3 | Low-TSP Mediated Signature | This policy is identical to that defined for the Low Assurance policy (above) with the exception that the Private key is not in the possession of the user, but rather by a Trust Service Provider. |
| 4 | Medium |
This level is relevant to environments where Risks and consequences of data Compromise are moderate. This may include transactions having substantial monetary value or Risk of fraud or involving access to private information where the likelihood of malicious access is substantial.¶ Subscriber Private Keys shall be stored in software at this IAL.¶ |
| 5 | MediumDevice | This policy is identical to that defined for the Medium Assurance policy (above) with the exception of identity proofing, re-key, and Activation Data. |
| 6 | Medium-TSP Mediated Signature | This policy is identical to that defined for the Medium Assurance policy (above) with the exception that the Private key is not in the possession of the user, but rather by a Trust Service Provider. |
| 7 | MediumHardware | This policy is identical to that defined for the Medium Assurance policy (above) with the exception of Subscriber Cryptographic Module requirements described in [ICAO-Doc-10169]. |
| 8 | MediumDeviceHardware | This policy is identical to that defined for the Medium Hardware Assurance policy (above) with the exception of identity proofing, re-key, and Activation Data. |
| 9 | High |
This level is relevant to environments where Risks and consequences of data Compromise are high.¶ Certificates issued at the High-cardAuth IAL shall only be issued for Card Authentication, as defined by NIST SP 800-73 or equivalent standard.¶ Further, this policy is identical to that defined for the identical to the MediumHardware IAL except where specifically noted in [ICAO-Doc-10169].¶ |
| 10 | High-CardAuth |
This level is relevant to environments where Risks and consequences of data Compromise are high.¶ Certificates issued at the High-cardAuth IAL shall only be issued for Card Authentication, as defined by NIST SP 800-73 or equivalent standard.¶ |
| 11 | High-ContentSigning |
This level is relevant to environments where Risks and consequences of data Compromise are High. This may include transactions having substantial monetary value or Risk of fraud or involving access to private information where the likelihood of malicious access is substantial.¶ Certificates issued at the High IAL shall only be issued to human Subscribers.¶ Certificates issued at the High-contentSigning IAL shall only be issued to the CMS for signing the HIGH card security objects (e.g. Certificates, CRLs, OCSP responses).¶ Further, this policy is identical to that defined for the identical to the MediumHardware IAL except where specifically noted in [ICAO-Doc-10169].¶ |
In this document, the term “Device” is defined as a Non-Person Entity, i.e., an entity with a digital identity that acts in cyberspace but is not a human actor. This can include Organizations, hardware devices (e.g. a UA), software applications, and information artifacts.¶
End Entity Certificates issued to Devices shall assert policies mapped to LowDevice, MediumDevice, MediumDeviceHardware, or High Content Signing policies. All other policies defined here should be reserved for human Subscribers when used in End Entity Certificates. Thus it is recommended that Issuing CAs/HDAs should be segregated by device and human subscribers so policy can be stated at the CA level rather in individual certificates.¶
Author's note: The applicability statement for LowDevice is not yet defined in 10169. This is still an open item. The Author has commented to IACO that this should be the similar to MediumDevice. That is as MediumDevice is to Medium, LowDevice is to Device.¶
Author's Note: At this time, the following PKIX-like test PKI and Appendix B.2 is is a work-in-progress. The content has not been updated from prior work, and may not reflect current needs.¶
The PKIX-like test PKI, following the test DKI, was built with openSSL using the "req" command to create a CSR and the "ca" command to sign the CSR, making the certificate.¶
It should be noted that these CSRs have all the content, less the validityDates, for making a DRIP Endorsement, such that a registrar may prefer to receive CSRs and use it to make both structures. The registrar, per CA practices will provide the validityDates per its policy.¶
The self-signed certificates created by "req -x509" does not allow selection of the validity dates, only the number of days from NOW. The hack used around this limitation is to create a throw-away self-signed certificate as above with the Apex's (or RAA's) DET. Then create a CSR with that DET and sign it with the throw-away certificate, setting the validity dates as desired. This now becomes the actual Apex (or RAA's) self-signed Authentication certificate and the throw-away certificate can now be thrown away.¶
ICAO advocates for a federated implementation model of individual PKIs based on common standards, the total of which can be considered an international aviation trust framework. This is embodied in Aviation Common Certificate Policy (ACCP) [ICAO-Doc-10169]. A test of a compliant PKI is rolling out for testing the Aviation System Wide Information Management (SWIM) environment.¶
Currently, this PKI is using ECDSA P-256 in its certificates. This is equivalent to DET SuiteID of "3". The subjectNames in use can readily by mapped to RAAs (Section 6.2.1 of [drip-registries], Table 1) and HDAs. Thus it is a potential straight-forward technical work item to add DET support into the PKI.¶
The DETs can readily be stored in subjectAltName or more interestingly in subjectKeyIdentifier (and thus authorityKeyIdentifier).¶
There are a number of advantages for SWIM to have DETs and the matching DNS available. For example, the "cost" of adding DETs to these certificates could result in moving much of their content into DNS SRV RR and potentially reduce their size by 1/3rd. DETs as the authorityKeyIdentifier would enable DNS for Trust Chain discovery.¶
Another approach is direct inclusion in this PKI of the DET "Lite" EE certificates for constrained A2A communications.¶
Discussions are ongoing with those involved with the ACCP and this could open up DET usage into General/Civil Aviation.¶
The DRIP architecture [RFC9434] anticipates thousands of CAs for the thousands of administrative entities involved in the DRIP ecosystem. Current business models for deploying public-facing CAs are just not practical or affordable at this volume. Yet these DRIP CAs need to provide an acceptable LOA (Section 4.2.4.3).¶
In-depth analysis of the CA needs for the DKI have resulted in a Tamper Evident CA design as described here. This Tamper Evident design SHOULD meet the Medium and MediumDevice LOAs in Section 4.2.4.3.¶
If all data into and out from the DRIP CAs are strictly controlled, the sole hard-to-detect risk is are the keypairs for the CA really generated by the CA and not an artifact of corrupted code.¶
For the Apex, RAA Auth, and HDA Auth CAs they need to have as input the next level down CSR and associated data and output the resultant DRIP Endorsements and X.509 certificates. These CAs are basically kept locked away except during these occasional signing operations. A CA with all data ports sealed and only the camera to read QR encoded data and the screen to display similarly QR encoded data can provide this Tamper Evident CA design.¶
The HDA Issuing CA (and any other Issuing CA) will be too heavily used to be locked away. But if it is connected via USB to a USS provider server and ONLY the same data objects as above are processed via that USB connection, almost the same assurance level can be shown.¶
Apex and RAA CA servers SHOULD meet at least the Medium LOA. They MAY meet the High LOA.¶
HDA Authentication CA servers SHOULD also meet at least the Medium LOA. They MAY meet the High LOA. If they only support Devices, they MAY assert the appropriate Device LOA.¶
HDA Issuing CA servers SHOULD also meet at least the Medium LOA. They MAY meet the High LOA. It is recommended that CAs separately service Devices and People and assert the appropriate LOA.¶
Here, Tamper Evident means that any unofficial access to the CA is recorded and steps can be taken to mitigate any damages.¶
Start with a system with a known software build and all needed applications. This part of the setup MUST be done without any Internet connectivity. Perhaps from known CD/DVD images. During this setup, all data ports, other than that used for the CD/DVD reader are sealed with security tape. After the build, that port is also so sealed.¶
The only remaining input devices to the system is its camera and keyboard. The only output device is the integral display.¶
A notebook is best for this purpose, as once closed, security tape can seal it closed thus any attempt to access the keyboard will be evident. Any use of this CA is videoed and the time from the security seal broken to a new one attached is logged.¶
Thus any tampering with the system can be detected, as security seals will have been removed to gain access.¶
Issuing CAs present a special case and a serious challenge. These servers could be signing thousands of DETs per day; their use MUST be an automated, always accessible service to the USS.¶
One approach would be these CAs are hardwired to a USS server via a USB null-modem cable that has security tape on both end connectors. The application controlling this USB port on the CA ONLY accepts, and outputs, a set of expected X.509 and related objects. Any other data sent over this USB to the server will return an error. Any attempt to attach a different device other than the USS server will cause a fault.¶
By using a serial interface, there are significant limitations on what the OS can be tricked to do. Since this cable has security tape on the connectors, any changing of the cable should be evident. There might be other approaches to using a serial interface.¶
The full extent of this exchange is a work-in-progress. It will be modeled after the exchanges covered in [drip-registration-cwt].¶
The data used by the CA can be grouped into three catagories:¶
Its keypair¶
Its RRA, HDA, and SuiteID (DET generated)¶
Its ICAO LOA¶
Its serialNumber length in bits¶
Does it sign CAs or Entities¶
Signee CSR file¶
Validity dates¶
Is HDA (if different from its CA's)¶
Is request to create a CA of for an Entity¶
If for CA, CA's name¶
DET, Endorsements and Certificates¶
This breakdown will advise the development of the CA operation. Still missing, and needing work, is signing a trust list.¶
QR codes can encode up to 3KB of data. There are programs that can monitor the server's camera (e.g. zbarcam), producing a data file that can then be reviewed for correctness and processed.¶
Likewise, there are programs (e.g. qrencode) that can accept a data file to create a QR code. If the data file is larger than 3KB, it MUST be fragmented and then generate multiple QR codes.¶
These QR codes can be passed between DRIP administrators in a verifiable manner (to mitigate fraudulent activities) so that there may not be a need for in-person key signing. The HDA operator can express a paper with the CSR QR code. So proofing by the RAA operator can validate this paper and the code really came from the HDA operator. After using this CSR, the RAA operator takes pictures of the generated output QR codes and gets those to the HDA operator who inputs them to their server as needed.¶
The USB exchange applications are both simpler and more demanding than the QR code approach. There are standard libraries for accepting data over USB and many ways to build this. The application monitors data coming in over USB and sends back data as appropriate.¶
The challenge comes in ensuring that any attempts to alter the USB connection, as in unplugging the USS server and attaching a bootable USB drive, are detected and blocked. Only the exchange program has access, at the system level, to the USB port, and only expected data is accepted and returned.¶
Using a serial null-modem inline on the USB connection may be the simplest way to enforce the USB behavior so that an attack on the USS side could not get the CA side to accept attack code. It would take a physical cable change that would be visibly evident.¶
Risks in the DKI are similar to those in any X.509 PKI. The methodologies to mitigate risk in PKI management should be considered and implemented as appropriate.¶
The DKI presents a tree-breath problem that is rarely seen in PKIs and needs practical solutions to minimize cost of operations and not introduce risks needlessly. Consider that there can be 16,384 RAAs. Assume only 10,000 RAAs, each of which Authentication DET Endorsement has a 10 year validity period. This means that, on average, 1,000 RAAs per year need to rekey their Authentication DET Endorsement, or on average, 3 per day. Current witnessed key signing processes will not scale to this volume. Some virtual method (like in Section 3.2) is needed.¶
There is always a risk of key compromise that could be a major setback to the operation of a PKI and likewise the DRIP DKI. To mitigate this risk, the Authentication DETs MUST only be used in offline signing operations. They MUST NEVER be used on connected systems. The information needed to create the Endorsements and X.509 certificates are brought to them on media that cannot transfer code, for example in a QR code. The objects that are created are then transferred away from the offline system to be used where needed.¶
It should be noted that this offline process MUST be followed down the DKI/PKI tree. That is, the Apex has offline operations that include signing the RAA Authentication DET that will be used in the RAA's set up.¶
The following are test DETs and Endorsements for the test DKI. This testing environment is open to all. There are 4 RAAs available for others to build out. HDAs under the 4 preset RAAs, or under any of the 4, built out by others, are available. Finally the test HDA is available for setting up a handful of entities. Any tester wanting more than a few DETs for entities should plan on doing that under their own HDA.¶
The following are the test values and objects. They were generated using the csr-gen.py and endorse.py scripts available at [drip_scripts]. The endorse script currently creates all three objects: Endorsement, Lite-cert, and PKIX-cert.¶
Note, that as there is no APEX level at this time, the RAA Endorsement is self-signed.¶
raa16376
Authorizing DET (HID=16376|0)
# SN is there just because script needs it.
python csr-gen.py --keyname=raa16376 --serialnumber=0 --raa=16376/
--hda=0
cat raa16376-server-self.dat
raa = 16376
hda = 0
suiteid = 5
serialnumberbits = 15
cakey = "raa16376"
LOA_str = "1.3.27.16.1.1.0.1"
selfsign = True
cat raa16376-self.dat
hda = 0
vnb = "03/01/2025"
vna = "03/01/2027"
caname = "RAA-A-16376"
clientcsr = "raa16376"
clientpem = "raa16376"
entitycert = False
python endorse.py --serverdat=raa16376-server-self/
--commandfile=raa16376-self
CA
DET: 2001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af
DET: 2001:003f:fe00:0005:f885:c8ee:6ad2:a7af
Client
DET: 2001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af
DET: 2001:003f:fe00:0005:f885:c8ee:6ad2:a7af
Client HI: 9229539f2ae6a961d1c24977455da98162e53efc98df9eb30f72537
6993a7275
Client Endorsement by CA( 136.0 bytes): 67c294506b84fb502001003ff
e000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af9229539f2ae6a961d1c24977455da98162e53ef
c98df9eb30f725376993a72752001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7afc8d8c
f7eafe60e2ef99fc185521c4f59612cb961fcff24557ca51c66207c293bcc5
5849238401318c6781acdfebadbb2255fa1bdba376493a7c7f1fa66939c01
client SN: x2344
hda16376-16376
Authorizing DET (HID=16376|16376)
# SN is there just because script needs it.
python csr-gen.py --keyname=hda16376-16376A --serialnumber=0
cat raa16376-server.dat
raa = 16376
hda = 0
suiteid = 5
serialnumberbits = 15
cakey = "raa16376"
LOA_str = "1.3.27.16.1.1.0.1"
selfsign = False
cat hda16376-16376A.dat
hda = 16376
vnb = "03/02/2025"
vna = "03/30/2026"
caname = "HDA-A-16376-16376"
clientcsr = "hda16376-16376A"
clientpem = "hda16376-16376A"
entitycert = False
python endorse.py --serverdat=raa16376-server/
--commandfile=hda16376-16376A
CA
DET: 2001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af
DET: 2001:003f:fe00:0005:f885:c8ee:6ad2:a7af
Client
DET: 2001003ffe00000505cacfa11e780bd5
DET: 2001:003f:fe00:0005:05ca:cfa1:1e78:0bd5
Client HI: b82b27f86b013468fe48d85b54f01bf65385f302ab2e136dc51a3b9
29c88ce5a
Client Endorsement by CA( 136.0 bytes): 67c3e5d069c9f5402001003ff
e00000505cacfa11e780bd5b82b27f86b013468fe48d85b54f01bf65385f30
2ab2e136dc51a3b929c88ce5a2001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af59789
8999ff2718e701681d4044a853cae8d9bb3b26e7a7cf934ff55f78bcfe6054
c544f249ec2b751022b7ff2bb53f28f7e012a2780cc5b3b3b01f85737cd09
client SN: x5589
Issuing DET (HID=16376|16376)
# SN is there just because script needs it.
python csr-gen.py --keyname=hda16376-16376I --serialnumber=0
cat hda16376-16376A-server.dat
raa = 16376
hda = 16376
suiteid = 5
serialnumberbits = 15
cakey = "hda16376-16376A"
LOA_str = "1.3.27.16.1.1.0.2"
selfsign = False
cat hda16376-16376I.dat
vnb="03/02/2025"
vna="02/27/2026"
caname = "HDA-I-16376-16376"
clientcsr = "hda16376-16376I"
clientpem = "hda16376-16376I"
entitycert = False
python endorse.py --serverdat=hda16376-16376A-server/
--commandfile=hda16376-16376I
CA
DET: 2001003ffe3ff805234fa4afcc22b5b4
DET: 2001:003f:fe3f:f805:234f:a4af:cc22:b5b4
Client
DET: 2001003ffe3ff8056dcf2c1a98a46c42
DET: 2001:003f:fe3f:f805:6dcf:2c1a:98a4:6c42
Client HI: cc75d75df778734d2e5b682f6ff938abf10a1026f788dca99945cbd
dacf3d723
Client Endorsement by CA( 136.0 bytes): 67c3e5d069a124d02001003ff
e3ff8056dcf2c1a98a46c42cc75d75df778734d2e5b682f6ff938abf10a102
6f788dca99945cbddacf3d7232001003ffe3ff805234fa4afcc22b5b46fb4b
40adc6892e306da23322947a04e8119f22b82df3faff4ff995a740131ac47f
7d76d94f86fc750b82c7a88bd7cf77ab67d4e93ce64b7e2b9200ab93ed40a
client SN: x5789
UA DET in 16376.16376
python csr-gen.py --keyname=ua1-16376-16376/
--serialnumber=x1224AABBCCDDEE56789
cat hda16376-16376I-server.dat
raa = 16376
hda = 16376
suiteid = 5
serialnumberbits = 23
cakey = "hda16376-16376I"
selfsign = False
cat ua1-16376-16376.dat
vnb="03/04/2025"
vna="02/25/2026"
clientcsr = "ua1-16376-16376"
clientpem = "ua1-16376-16376"
entitycert = True
python endorse.py --serverdat=hda16376-16376I-server/
--commandfile=ua1-16376-16376
CA
DET: 2001003ffe3ff8056dcf2c1a98a46c42
DET: 2001:003f:fe3f:f805:6dcf:2c1a:98a4:6c42
Client
DET: 2001003ffe3ff80560ac736574d2c466
DET: 2001:003f:fe3f:f805:60ac:7365:74d2:c466
Client HI: 8a7a47db44c6582f0e1f995d55fe5eddff0b9712445b6368e1a55f6
0381b4cb7
Client Endorsement by CA( 136.0 bytes): 67c688d0699e81d02001003ff
e3ff80560ac736574d2c4668a7a47db44c6582f0e1f995d55fe5eddff0b971
2445b6368e1a55f60381b4cb72001003ffe3ff8056dcf2c1a98a46c4249c43
a994531b3562159583e53592032acda4e400ddda58ba303b5a2a2f4d248756
d314bd9fa7d1dc379714316f47ef5448f5b2495e5a49e160ec104dd5f0408
client SN: x1224AABBCCDDEE56789
The DNS tree(s) for the above test data is still in limbo and will be added in a later version of this draft with the proposed DET RR from [drip-registries].¶
The following the test DRIP X.509 certificates that mirror the test Endorsements.¶
raa16376.pem (der is 300 bytes)
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBKDCB26ADAgECAgJltTAFBgMrZXAwKzEpMCcGA1UEAwwgMjAwMTAwM2ZmZTAw
MDAwNWY4ODVjOGVlNmFkMmE3YWYwHhcNMjUwMzAxMDAwMTAwWhcNMjcwMzAxMjM1
OTAwWjAbMRkwFwYDVQQDDBBEUklQLVJBQS1BLTE2Mzc2MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAkilT
nyrmqWHRwkl3RV2pgWLlPvyY356zD3JTdpk6cnWjMzAxMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMB
Af8wHgYDVR0RAQH/BBQwEocQIAEAP/4AAAX4hcjuatKnrzAFBgMrZXADQQDF/Nbb
cqZ0Ij96JWnru7APhPw1g+Ozfg2AvA02EbKX6J807TkfdOaar9jXdCYg5ekGVF1e
lir13hHReY0U1AAO
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Certificate: 461 bytes
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number: 26037 (0x65b5)
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN=2001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af
Validity
Not Before: Mar 1 00:01:00 2025 GMT
Not After : Mar 1 23:59:00 2027 GMT
Subject: CN=DRIP-RAA-A-16376
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
92:29:53:9f:2a:e6:a9:61:d1:c2:49:77:45:5d:a9:
81:62:e5:3e:fc:98:df:9e:b3:0f:72:53:76:99:3a:
72:75
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
CA:TRUE
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical
IP Address:2001:3F:FE00:5:F885:C8EE:6AD2:A7AF
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
c5:fc:d6:db:72:a6:74:22:3f:7a:25:69:eb:bb:b0:0f:84:fc:
35:83:e3:b3:7e:0d:80:bc:0d:36:11:b2:97:e8:9f:34:ed:39:
1f:74:e6:9a:af:d8:d7:74:26:20:e5:e9:06:54:5d:5e:96:2a:
f5:de:11:d1:79:8d:14:d4:00:0e
Authentication hda16376-16376A.pem (der is 306 bytes)
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBLjCB4aADAgECAgJ4bDAFBgMrZXAwKzEpMCcGA1UEAwwgMjAwMTAwM2ZmZTAw
MDAwNWY4ODVjOGVlNmFkMmE3YWYwHhcNMjUwMzAyMDAwMTAwWhcNMjYwMzMwMjM1
OTAwWjAhMR8wHQYDVQQDDBZEUklQLUhEQS1BLTE2Mzc2LTE2Mzc2MCowBQYDK2Vw
AyEAuCsn+GsBNGj+SNhbVPAb9lOF8wKrLhNtxRo7kpyIzlqjMzAxMA8GA1UdEwEB
/wQFMAMBAf8wHgYDVR0RAQH/BBQwEocQIAEAP/4AAAUFys+hHngL1TAFBgMrZXAD
QQBb26M21AgqKPYFjZlXhDzqnYMHn5cUSPOHeeEb0vJDb5u7OxxcJ/zIDbdN1lLr
KBhMSTmcvLBCKEimOuBrmqEC
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Certificate: 469 bytes
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number: 30828 (0x786c)
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN=2001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af
Validity
Not Before: Mar 2 00:01:00 2025 GMT
Not After : Mar 30 23:59:00 2026 GMT
Subject: CN=DRIP-HDA-A-16376-16376
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
b8:2b:27:f8:6b:01:34:68:fe:48:d8:5b:54:f0:1b:
f6:53:85:f3:02:ab:2e:13:6d:c5:1a:3b:92:9c:88:
ce:5a
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
CA:TRUE
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical
IP Address:2001:3F:FE00:5:5CA:CFA1:1E78:BD5
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
5b:db:a3:36:d4:08:2a:28:f6:05:8d:99:57:84:3c:ea:9d:83:
07:9f:97:14:48:f3:87:79:e1:1b:d2:f2:43:6f:9b:bb:3b:1c:
5c:27:fc:c8:0d:b7:4d:d6:52:eb:28:18:4c:49:39:9c:bc:b0:
42:28:48:a6:3a:e0:6b:9a:a1:02
Issuing hda16376-16376I.pem (der is 306 bytes)
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBLjCB4aADAgECAgJEwjAFBgMrZXAwKzEpMCcGA1UEAwwgMjAwMTAwM2ZmZTNm
ZjgwNTIzNGZhNGFmY2MyMmI1YjQwHhcNMjUwMzAyMDAwMTAwWhcNMjYwMjI3MjM1
OTAwWjAhMR8wHQYDVQQDDBZEUklQLUhEQS1JLTE2Mzc2LTE2Mzc2MCowBQYDK2Vw
AyEAzHXXXfd4c00uW2gvb/k4q/EKECb3iNypmUXL3azz1yOjMzAxMA8GA1UdEwEB
/wQFMAMBAf8wHgYDVR0RAQH/BBQwEocQIAEAP/4/+AVtzywamKRsQjAFBgMrZXAD
QQCVRoDFK8uZ9NzxcF+p42gfiBvBtA17b98VMYtKMJ7I80BddtxGWFha++x4IW7P
d7oLtxv75oHYcGqNyuzt23kI
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Certificate: 493 bytes
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number: 17602 (0x44c2)
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN=2001003ffe3ff805234fa4afcc22b5b4
Validity
Not Before: Mar 2 00:01:00 2025 GMT
Not After : Feb 27 23:59:00 2026 GMT
Subject: CN=DRIP-HDA-I-16376-16376
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
cc:75:d7:5d:f7:78:73:4d:2e:5b:68:2f:6f:f9:38:
ab:f1:0a:10:26:f7:88:dc:a9:99:45:cb:dd:ac:f3:
d7:23
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
CA:TRUE
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical
IP Address:2001:3F:FE3F:F805:6DCF:2C1A:98A4:6C42
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
95:46:80:c5:2b:cb:99:f4:dc:f1:70:5f:a9:e3:68:1f:88:1b:
c1:b4:0d:7b:6f:df:15:31:8b:4a:30:9e:c8:f3:40:5d:76:dc:
46:58:58:5a:fb:ec:78:21:6e:cf:77:ba:0b:b7:1b:fb:e6:81:
d8:70:6a:8d:ca:ec:ed:db:79:08
ua1-16376-16376csr.pem 290 bytes
Certificate Request:
Data:
Version: 1 (0x0)
Subject: serialNumber=x1224AABBCCDDEE56789
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
8a:7a:47:db:44:c6:58:2f:0e:1f:99:5d:55:fe:5e:
dd:ff:0b:97:12:44:5b:63:68:e1:a5:5f:60:38:1b:
4c:b7
Attributes:
(none)
Requested Extensions:
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
2b:73:a9:6a:e7:07:3c:95:b4:71:95:06:43:ee:fc:3d:27:88:
54:46:68:42:76:c7:7b:e9:1b:4b:6e:e1:4a:37:be:5f:79:e2:
b8:6d:60:75:ea:49:13:54:75:e6:47:6a:14:8d:90:52:e1:32:
58:f1:06:29:f6:b1:7d:24:d7:05
ua1-16376-16376.pem (der is 256 bytes)
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIH9MIGwoAMCAQICAxMuRTAFBgMrZXAwKzEpMCcGA1UEAwwgMjAwMTAwM2ZmZTNm
ZjgwNTZkY2YyYzFhOThhNDZjNDIwHhcNMjUwMzA0MDAwMTAwWhcNMjYwMjI1MjM1
OTAwWjAAMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAinpH20TGWC8OH5ldVf5e3f8LlxJEW2No4aVfYDgb
TLejIjAgMB4GA1UdEQEB/wQUMBKHECABAD/+P/gFYKxzZXTSxGYwBQYDK2VwA0EA
tgNfDC2SyxjynnVchise4K3vSg7bDXg7hxoFn86Dcw3dOESaq7+N9cqO2PHOs9dP
y2vpKm5S54Vb+0XJocgWCA==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Certificate Request: 404 bytes
Data:
Version: 1 (0x0)
Serial Number: 1257029 (0x132e45)
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN=2001003ffe3ff8056dcf2c1a98a46c42
Validity
Not Before: Mar 4 00:01:00 2025 GMT
Not After : Feb 25 23:59:00 2026 GMT
Subject:
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
8a:7a:47:db:44:c6:58:2f:0e:1f:99:5d:55:fe:5e:
dd:ff:0b:97:12:44:5b:63:68:e1:a5:5f:60:38:1b:
4c:b7
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical
IP Address:2001:3F:FE3F:F805:60AC:7365:74D2:C466
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
b6:03:5f:0c:2d:92:cb:18:f2:9e:75:5c:86:2b:1e:e0:ad:ef:
4a:0e:db:0d:78:3b:87:1a:05:9f:ce:83:73:0d:dd:38:44:9a:
ab:bf:8d:f5:ca:8e:d8:f1:ce:b3:d7:4f:cb:6b:e9:2a:6e:52:
e7:85:5b:fb:45:c9:a1:c8:16:08
The following the test DRIP PKIX-like X.509 certificates that mirror the test Endorsements of prior drafts. These certificates are now generated by the endorse.py script. Thus the same CSRs are used in creating all the endorsement objects.¶
raa16376pkix.pem (der is 350 bytes)
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBWjCCAQygAwIBAgICK1owBQYDK2VwMCsxKTAnBgNVBAMMIDIwMDEwMDNmZmUw
MDAwMDVmODg1YzhlZTZhZDJhN2FmMB4XDTI1MDMwMTAwMDEwMFoXDTI3MDMwMTIz
NTkwMFowGzEZMBcGA1UEAwwQRFJJUC1SQUEtQS0xNjM3NjAqMAUGAytlcAMhAJIp
U58q5qlh0cJJd0VdqYFi5T78mN+esw9yU3aZOnJ1o2QwYjAPBgNVHRMBAf8EBTAD
AQH/MBQGA1UdIAQNMAswCQYHKxsQAQEAATAeBgNVHREBAf8EFDAShxAgAQA//gAA
BfiFyO5q0qevMBkGA1UdDgQSBBAgAQA//gAABfiFyO5q0qevMAUGAytlcANBAMCs
CvrMjSK/UpCX7xN02ueRWSwpGQcPWLw3Wnr9MOrMzayEMXRcdXRh89VEa6LD3lmC
tDf7yBxt3L4Z+hLSkA4=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Certificate:
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number: 11098 (0x2b5a)
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN=2001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af
Validity
Not Before: Mar 1 00:01:00 2025 GMT
Not After : Mar 1 23:59:00 2027 GMT
Subject: CN=DRIP-RAA-A-16376
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
92:29:53:9f:2a:e6:a9:61:d1:c2:49:77:45:5d:a9:
81:62:e5:3e:fc:98:df:9e:b3:0f:72:53:76:99:3a:
72:75
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
CA:TRUE
X509v3 Certificate Policies:
Policy: 1.3.27.16.1.1.0.1
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical
IP Address:2001:3F:FE00:5:F885:C8EE:6AD2:A7AF
X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:
20:01:00:3F:FE:00:00:05:F8:85:C8:EE:6A:D2:A7:AF
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
c0:ac:0a:fa:cc:8d:22:bf:52:90:97:ef:13:74:da:e7:91:59:
2c:29:19:07:0f:58:bc:37:5a:7a:fd:30:ea:cc:cd:ac:84:31:
74:5c:75:74:61:f3:d5:44:6b:a2:c3:de:59:82:b4:37:fb:c8:
1c:6d:dc:be:19:fa:12:d2:90:0e
Authentication hda16376-16376Apkix.pem (der is 386 bytes)
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBfjCCATCgAwIBAgICWRswBQYDK2VwMCsxKTAnBgNVBAMMIDIwMDEwMDNmZmUw
MDAwMDVmODg1YzhlZTZhZDJhN2FmMB4XDTI1MDMwMjAwMDEwMFoXDTI2MDMzMDIz
NTkwMFowITEfMB0GA1UEAwwWRFJJUC1IREEtQS0xNjM3Ni0xNjM3NjAqMAUGAytl
cAMhALgrJ/hrATRo/kjYW1TwG/ZThfMCqy4TbcUaO5KciM5ao4GBMH8wDwYDVR0T
AQH/BAUwAwEB/zAUBgNVHSAEDTALMAkGBysbEAEBAAEwHgYDVR0RAQH/BBQwEocQ
IAEAP/4AAAUFys+hHngL1TAZBgNVHQ4EEgQQIAEAP/4AAAUFys+hHngL1TAbBgNV
HSMEFDASgBAgAQA//gAABfiFyO5q0qevMAUGAytlcANBAAGTWI4Iuq7LLjZeMboU
HGM+Fxn240wny6pkhWjVreWLF86IGO8nOWT7e6Z3mi2ZHHsFZ+JZYDgXhzpJ0KbX
JgY=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Certificate:
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number: 22811 (0x591b)
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN=2001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af
Validity
Not Before: Mar 2 00:01:00 2025 GMT
Not After : Mar 30 23:59:00 2026 GMT
Subject: CN=DRIP-HDA-A-16376-16376
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
b8:2b:27:f8:6b:01:34:68:fe:48:d8:5b:54:f0:1b:
f6:53:85:f3:02:ab:2e:13:6d:c5:1a:3b:92:9c:88:
ce:5a
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
CA:TRUE
X509v3 Certificate Policies:
Policy: 1.3.27.16.1.1.0.1
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical
IP Address:2001:3F:FE00:5:5CA:CFA1:1E78:BD5
X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:
20:01:00:3F:FE:00:00:05:05:CA:CF:A1:1E:78:0B:D5
X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
20:01:00:3F:FE:00:00:05:F8:85:C8:EE:6A:D2:A7:AF
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
01:93:58:8e:08:ba:ae:cb:2e:36:5e:31:ba:14:1c:63:3e:17:
19:f6:e3:4c:27:cb:aa:64:85:68:d5:ad:e5:8b:17:ce:88:18:
ef:27:39:64:fb:7b:a6:77:9a:2d:99:1c:7b:05:67:e2:59:60:
38:17:87:3a:49:d0:a6:d7:26:06
Issuing hda16376-16376Ipkix.pem (der is 386 bytes)
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Certificate:
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number: 23534 (0x5bee)
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN=2001003ffe3ff805234fa4afcc22b5b4
Validity
Not Before: Mar 2 00:01:00 2025 GMT
Not After : Feb 27 23:59:00 2026 GMT
Subject: CN=DRIP-HDA-I-16376-16376
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
cc:75:d7:5d:f7:78:73:4d:2e:5b:68:2f:6f:f9:38:
ab:f1:0a:10:26:f7:88:dc:a9:99:45:cb:dd:ac:f3:
d7:23
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
CA:TRUE
X509v3 Certificate Policies:
Policy: 1.3.27.16.1.1.0.2
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical
IP Address:2001:3F:FE3F:F805:6DCF:2C1A:98A4:6C42
X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:
20:01:00:3F:FE:3F:F8:05:6D:CF:2C:1A:98:A4:6C:42
X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
20:01:00:3F:FE:3F:F8:05:23:4F:A4:AF:CC:22:B5:B4
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
1d:0c:72:27:28:d5:13:e1:3e:a6:0b:0c:97:99:a0:39:d4:63:
f5:3f:7a:a4:07:df:f2:08:13:24:d5:bc:1d:59:4b:7d:02:01:
db:93:08:55:6a:d4:1e:c6:d1:50:f7:1c:61:ef:74:f7:a7:8f:
4b:c6:a5:a6:a4:f8:e5:30:d2:04
ua1-16376-16376pkix.pem (der is 286 bytes)
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBGjCBzaADAgECAgMpQEAwBQYDK2VwMCsxKTAnBgNVBAMMIDIwMDEwMDNmZmUz
ZmY4MDU2ZGNmMmMxYTk4YTQ2YzQyMB4XDTI1MDMwNDAwMDEwMFoXDTI2MDIyNTIz
NTkwMFowADAqMAUGAytlcAMhAIp6R9tExlgvDh+ZXVX+Xt3/C5cSRFtjaOGlX2A4
G0y3oz8wPTAeBgNVHREBAf8EFDAShxAgAQA//j/4BWCsc2V00sRmMBsGA1UdIwQU
MBKAECABAD/+P/gFbc8sGpikbEIwBQYDK2VwA0EAOpsCcwdgW8A8PysqQxZoZulw
e2OnUpjPUeBx29A/EjRuGOmI1rMzPfFSuTV9VJ+hfUUhc9UgdnTfoF0CPEwSBw==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Certificate:
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number: 2703424 (0x294040)
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Issuer: CN=2001003ffe3ff8056dcf2c1a98a46c42
Validity
Not Before: Mar 4 00:01:00 2025 GMT
Not After : Feb 25 23:59:00 2026 GMT
Subject:
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: ED25519
ED25519 Public-Key:
pub:
8a:7a:47:db:44:c6:58:2f:0e:1f:99:5d:55:fe:5e:
dd:ff:0b:97:12:44:5b:63:68:e1:a5:5f:60:38:1b:
4c:b7
X509v3 extensions:
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name: critical
IP Address:2001:3F:FE3F:F805:60AC:7365:74D2:C466
X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
20:01:00:3F:FE:3F:F8:05:6D:CF:2C:1A:98:A4:6C:42
Signature Algorithm: ED25519
Signature Value:
3a:9b:02:73:07:60:5b:c0:3c:3f:2b:2a:43:16:68:66:e9:70:
7b:63:a7:52:98:cf:51:e0:71:db:d0:3f:12:34:6e:18:e9:88:
d6:b3:33:3d:f1:52:b9:35:7d:54:9f:a1:7d:45:21:73:d5:20:
76:74:df:a0:5d:02:3c:4c:12:07
The CBOR Encoded X.509 Certificates (C509 Certificates) [C509-Certificates] provides a standards-based approach to reduce the size of X.509 certificates both on-the-wire and in storage.¶
These C509 certificates MAY be stored in the DET RR, but are more likely to by used in over-the-air protocols and exist only for transmission, being converted from/to their source X.509 certificates.¶
Test Rust code for X.509 to c509 conversion is available at [cbor_c509_code]. The CBOR hex was converted to readable format at http://cbor.me.¶
Author's Note: This section is still a Work in Progress. Note that we think there is a bug in the c509 code, making the certificate version = 1, not 3.¶
The following are examples of a C509 cert.¶
raa16376.cert CBOR: COSE_X509 (191 bytes) 8B 01 42 65 B5 78 20 32 30 30 31 30 30 33 66 66 65 30 30 30 30 30 35 66 38 38 35 63 38 65 65 36 61 64 32 61 37 61 66 1A 67 C2 4E 3C 1A 6B 86 06 44 70 44 52 49 50 2D 52 41 41 2D 41 2D 31 36 33 37 36 0A 58 20 92 29 53 9F 2A E6 A9 61 D1 C2 49 77 45 5D A9 81 62 E5 3E FC 98 DF 9E B3 0F 72 53 76 99 3A 72 75 84 23 20 22 82 07 50 20 01 00 3F FE 00 00 05 F8 85 C8 EE 6A D2 A7 AF 0C 58 40 C5 FC D6 DB 72 A6 74 22 3F 7A 25 69 EB BB B0 0F 84 FC 35 83 E3 B3 7E 0D 80 BC 0D 36 11 B2 97 E8 9F 34 ED 39 1F 74 E6 9A AF D8 D7 74 26 20 E5 E9 06 54 5D 5E 96 2A F5 DE 11 D1 79 8D 14 D4 00 0E [1, h'65B5', "2001003ffe000005f885c8ee6ad2a7af", 1740787260, 1803945540, "DRIP-RAA-A-16376", 10, h'9229539F2AE6A961D1C24977455DA98162E53EFC98DF9EB30F725376993A7275', [-4, -1, -3, [7, h'2001003FFE000005F885C8EE6AD2A7AF']], 12, h'C5FCD6DB72A674223F7A2569EBBBB00F84FC3583E3B37E0D80BC0D3611B297E 89F34ED391F74E69AAFD8D7742620E5E906545D5E962AF5DE11D1798D14D4000E']
ua1-16376-16376pkix CBOR: COSE_X509 (192 bytes) 8B 01 43 29 40 40 78 20 32 30 30 31 30 30 33 66 66 65 33 66 66 38 30 35 36 64 63 66 32 63 31 61 39 38 61 34 36 63 34 32 1A 67 C6 42 BC 1A 69 9F 8C C4 80 0A 58 20 8A 7A 47 DB 44 C6 58 2F 0E 1F 99 5D 55 FE 5E DD FF 0B 97 12 44 5B 63 68 E1 A5 5F 60 38 1B 4C B7 84 22 82 07 50 20 01 00 3F FE 3F F8 05 60 AC 73 65 74 D2 C4 66 07 50 20 01 00 3F FE 3F F8 05 6D CF 2C 1A 98 A4 6C 42 0C 58 40 3A 9B 02 73 07 60 5B C0 3C 3F 2B 2A 43 16 68 66 E9 70 7B 63 A7 52 98 CF 51 E0 71 DB D0 3F 12 34 6E 18 E9 88 D6 B3 33 3D F1 52 B9 35 7D 54 9F A1 7D 45 21 73 D5 20 76 74 DF A0 5D 02 3C 4C 12 07 [1, h'294040', "2001003ffe3ff8056dcf2c1a98a46c42", 1741046460, 1772063940, [], 10, h'8A7A47DB44C6582F0E1F995D55FE5EDDFF0B9712445B6368E1A55F60381B4CB7', [-3, [7, h'2001003FFE3FF80560AC736574D2C466'], 7, h'2001003FFE3FF 8056DCF2C1A98A46C42'], 12, h'3A9B027307605BC03C3F2B2A43166866E970 7B63A75298CF51E071DBD03F12346E18E988D6B3333DF152B9357D549FA17D452 173D5207674DFA05D023C4C1207']
Many people assisted in creating the python scripts for making DETs and DRIP Endorsements. Any roughness in the scripts is all my doing.¶
The COSE C509 authors are providing active help in creating the C509 equivalent objects.¶