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Internet Engineering Task Force                          P. Hallam-Baker
Internet-Draft                                              VeriSign Inc
Intended status: Informational                          November 1, 2007
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                  Cryptographic Algorithm Identifiers
               draft-hallambaker-algorithm-identifiers-00

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Abstract

   Preferred identifiers for cryptographic algorithms currently in use
   in Internet standards.









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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Unkeyed Algorithms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
     2.1.  Digest Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
       2.1.1.  SHA2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
       2.1.2.  RIPEMD-160  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   3.  Symmetric Algorithms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
     3.1.  Encryption Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
       3.1.1.  Block Ciphers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
         3.1.1.1.  Triple Data Encryption Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . 3
         3.1.1.2.  Advanced Encryption Standard  . . . . . . . . . . . 4
       3.1.2.  Stream Ciphers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
         3.1.2.1.  RC4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     3.2.  Message Authentication Codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
       3.2.1.  HMAC  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     3.3.  One Time Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
     3.4.  Combination Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   4.  Asymmetric Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
     4.1.  Key Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
       4.1.1.  Diffie-Hellman  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
       4.1.2.  RSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
     4.2.  Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
       4.2.1.  RSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
     4.3.  Encryption  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
       4.3.1.  RSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   5.  XML Tranformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
     5.1.  Canonicalization  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   6.  Encoding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
     6.1.  Binary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
       6.1.1.  Base 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   9.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements  . . . . . . . . . . 9















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1.  Introduction


2.  Unkeyed Algorithms

2.1.  Digest Algorithms

2.1.1.  SHA2

   Standards Document: FIPS???

   [Identifiers defined in xmldsig-core: XML-Signature Syntax and
   Processing]

   Identifier: [SHA256] [length =256] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256]

   Identifier: [SHA512] [length =512] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512]

   [Identifiers defined in : ]

   Identifier: [DNSSEC Code=2] [length =256]

2.1.2.  RIPEMD-160

   [Identifiers defined in xmldsig-core: XML-Signature Syntax and
   Processing]

   Identifier: [uri =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#ripemd160]


3.  Symmetric Algorithms

3.1.  Encryption Algorithms

3.1.1.  Block Ciphers

3.1.1.1.  Triple Data Encryption Algorithm

   Alias: Triple DES

   Standards Document: 800-67

   Standards Document: X9.52

   [Identifiers defined in xmlenc-core: XML Encryption Syntax and
   Processing]



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   Identifier: [Mode =cbc] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#tripledes-cbc]

   Identifier: [Mode =kw] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-tripledes]

3.1.1.2.  Advanced Encryption Standard

   Standards Document: FIPS 197

   [Identifiers defined in xmlenc-core: XML Encryption Syntax and
   Processing]

   Identifier: [length =128] [Mode =cbc] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes128-cbc]

   Identifier: [length =192] [Mode =cbc] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes192-cbc]

   Identifier: [length =256] [Mode =cbc] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes256-cbc]

   Identifier: [length =128] [Mode =kw] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-aes128]

   Identifier: [length =192] [Mode =kw] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-aes192]

   Identifier: [length =256] [Mode =kw] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-aes256]

3.1.2.   Stream Ciphers

3.1.2.1.  RC4

3.2.  Message Authentication Codes

3.2.1.  HMAC

   Standards Document: RFC2104

   [Identifiers defined in xmldsig-core: XML-Signature Syntax and
   Processing]

   Identifier: [Mode =SHA1] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#hmac-sha1]





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3.3.  One Time Password

   No algorithms registered yet.

3.4.  Combination Modes

   No algorithms registered yet.


4.  Asymmetric Algorithms

4.1.  Key Agreement

4.1.1.  Diffie-Hellman

   Standards Document: RFC2631

   Standards Document: X9.42

   [Identifiers defined in xmlenc-core: XML Encryption Syntax and
   Processing]

   Identifier: [uri =http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#dh]

4.1.2.  RSA

   Standards Document: RFC2437

4.2.  Signature

4.2.1.  RSA

   Standards Document: RFC2437

   [Identifiers defined in xmldsig-core: XML-Signature Syntax and
   Processing]

   Identifier: [Mode =SHA1] [uri
   =http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1]

   [Identifiers defined in : ]

   Identifier: [DNSSEC Code=5] [Mode =sha1]

   Identifier: [DNSSEC Code=1] [Mode =md5]






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4.3.  Encryption

4.3.1.  RSA

   Standards Document: RFC2437


5.  XML Tranformation

5.1.  Canonicalization

   No algorithms registered yet.


6.  Encoding

6.1.  Binary

6.1.1.  Base 64

   Standards Document: Base64

   [Identifiers defined in xmldsig-core: XML-Signature Syntax and
   Processing]

   Identifier: [uri =http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#base64]


7.  Security Considerations

   TBS


8.  IANA Considerations

   TBS


9.  Normative References

   [800-67]   "Recommendation for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm
              (TDEA) Block Cipher", May 2004.

   [CSOR]     "Cryptographic Algorithm Object Registration".

   [FIPS 197]
              "Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)", November 2001.




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   [RFC2104]  "HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication",
              February 1997.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC2437]  "PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.0",
              October 1998.

   [RFC2560]  Myers, M., Ankney, R., Malpani, A., Galperin, S., and C.
              Adams, "X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online
              Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP", RFC 2560, June 1999.

   [RFC2631]  "Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method", June 1999.

   [RFC4034]  "".

   [RFC4509]  "".

   [RFC4868]  "Using HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-384, and HMAC-SHA-512 with
              IPsec".

   [X9.42]    "Agreement of Symmetric Keys Using Discrete Logarithm
              Cryptography".

   [X9.52]    "Triple Data Encryption Algorithm Modes of Operation",
              1998.

   [XML-C14]  "XML Canonicalization".

   [XML-XC14]
              "Exclusive XML Canonicalization".

   [xmldsig-core]
              "XML-Signature Syntax and Processing", February 2002.

   [xmlenc-core]
              "XML Encryption Syntax and Processing".

   [xpath]    "XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0", November 1999.

   [xslt]     "XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0", November 16.









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Author's Address

   Phillip Hallam-Baker
   VeriSign Inc

   Email: pbaker@verisign.com













































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