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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) T. Hansen Request for Comments: 7677 AT&T Laboratories Updates: 5802 November 2015 Category: Standards Track ISSN: 2070-1721

                SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS
     Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanisms

Abstract

 This document registers the Simple Authentication and Security Layer
 (SASL) mechanisms SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS, provides
 guidance for secure implementation of the original SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS
 mechanism, and updates the SCRAM registration procedures of RFC 5802.

Status of This Memo

 This is an Internet Standards Track document.
 This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
 (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
 received public review and has been approved for publication by the
 Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
 Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
 Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
 and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
 http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7677.

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Table of Contents

 1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
 2.  Key Word Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
 3.  SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS  . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
 4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
 5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.1.  Updates to SCRAM-* Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.2.  SASL-SCRAM Family Mechanisms Registration Procedure . . .   4
 6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
 Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
 Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8

1. Introduction

 This document registers the SASL mechanisms SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-
 SHA-256-PLUS.  SHA-256 has stronger security properties than SHA-1,
 and it is expected that SCRAM mechanisms based on it will have
 greater predicted longevity than the SCRAM mechanisms based on SHA-1.
 The registration form for the SCRAM family of algorithms is also
 updated from [RFC5802].
 After publication of [RFC5802], it was discovered that Transport
 Layer Security (TLS) [RFC5246] does not have the expected properties
 for the "tls-unique" channel binding to be secure [RFC7627].
 Therefore, this document contains normative text that applies to both
 the original SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS and the newly introduced SCRAM-SHA-
 256-PLUS mechanism.

2. Key Word Definitions

 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].

3. SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS

 The SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS SASL mechanisms are defined
 in the same way that SCRAM-SHA-1 and SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS are defined in
 [RFC5802], except that the hash function for HMAC() and H() uses
 SHA-256 instead of SHA-1 [RFC6234].
 For the SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS SASL mechanisms, the
 hash iteration-count announced by a server SHOULD be at least 4096.

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 The GSS-API mechanism OID for SCRAM-SHA-256 is 1.3.6.1.5.5.18 (see
 Section 5).
 This is a simple example of a SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication exchange
 when the client doesn't support channel bindings.  The username
 'user' and password 'pencil' are being used.
 C: n,,n=user,r=rOprNGfwEbeRWgbNEkqO
 S: r=rOprNGfwEbeRWgbNEkqO%hvYDpWUa2RaTCAfuxFIlj)hNlF$k0,
    s=W22ZaJ0SNY7soEsUEjb6gQ==,i=4096
 C: c=biws,r=rOprNGfwEbeRWgbNEkqO%hvYDpWUa2RaTCAfuxFIlj)hNlF$k0,
    p=dHzbZapWIk4jUhN+Ute9ytag9zjfMHgsqmmiz7AndVQ=
 S: v=6rriTRBi23WpRR/wtup+mMhUZUn/dB5nLTJRsjl95G4=

4. Security Considerations

 The security considerations from [RFC5802] still apply.
 To be secure, either SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS and SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS MUST be
 used over a TLS channel that has had the session hash extension
 [RFC7627] negotiated, or session resumption MUST NOT have been used.
 See [RFC4270] and [RFC6194] for reasons to move from SHA-1 to a
 strong security mechanism like SHA-256.
 The strength of this mechanism is dependent in part on the hash
 iteration-count, as denoted by "i" in [RFC5802].  As a rule of thumb,
 the hash iteration-count should be such that a modern machine will
 take 0.1 seconds to perform the complete algorithm; however, this is
 unlikely to be practical on mobile devices and other relatively low-
 performance systems.  At the time this was written, the rule of thumb
 gives around 15,000 iterations required; however, a hash iteration-
 count of 4096 takes around 0.5 seconds on current mobile handsets.
 This computational cost can be avoided by caching the ClientKey
 (assuming the Salt and hash iteration-count is stable).  Therefore,
 the recommendation of this specification is that the hash iteration-
 count SHOULD be at least 4096, but careful consideration ought to be
 given to using a significantly higher value, particularly where
 mobile use is less important.

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5. IANA Considerations

5.1. Updates to SCRAM-* Registration

 The IANA registry for SCRAM-* (the SCRAM family of SASL mechanisms)
 in the SASL mechanism registry ([RFC4422]) has been updated as
 follows.  The email address for reviews has been updated, and the
 note at the end changed.
    To: iana@iana.org
    Subject: Registration of a new SASL family SCRAM
    SASL mechanism name (or prefix for the family): SCRAM-*
    Security considerations: Section 7 of [RFC5802]
    Published specification (optional, recommended): RFC 7677
    Person & email address to contact for further information:
       IETF KITTEN WG <kitten@ietf.org>
    Intended usage: COMMON
    Owner/Change controller: IESG <iesg@ietf.org>
    Note: Members of this family MUST be explicitly registered using
       the "IETF Review" [RFC5226] registration procedure.  Reviews
       MUST be requested on the KITTEN mailing list kitten@ietf.org
       (or a successor designated by the responsible Security AD).
    Note to future SCRAM-mechanism designers: each new SASL SCRAM
    mechanism MUST be explicitly registered with IANA within the SASL
    SCRAM Family Mechanisms registry.

5.2. SASL-SCRAM Family Mechanisms Registration Procedure

 A new IANA registry has been added for members of the SCRAM family of
 SASL mechanisms, named "SASL SCRAM Family Mechanisms".  It adds two
 new fields to the existing SCRAM mechanism registry: Minimum
 iteration-count and Associated OID.  Below is the template for
 registration of a new SASL family SCRAM.  (Note that the string
 "TBD-BY-IANA" should be left as is, so that it may be filled in at
 registration time by IANA.)

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    To: iana@iana.org
    Subject: Registration of a new SASL SCRAM family mechanism
    SASL mechanism name (or prefix for the family): SCRAM-<NAME>
    Security considerations: Section 7 of [RFC5802]
    Published specification (optional, recommended): RFC 7677
    Minimum iteration-count: The minimum hash iteration-count that
       servers SHOULD announce
    Associated OID: TBD-BY-IANA
    Person & email address to contact for further information:
       IETF KITTEN WG <kitten@ietf.org>
    Intended usage: COMMON
    Owner/Change controller: IESG <iesg@ietf.org>
    Note: Members of this family MUST be explicitly registered using
    the "IETF Review" [RFC5226] registration procedure.  Reviews MUST
    be requested on the KITTEN mailing list kitten@ietf.org (or a
    successor designated by the responsible Security Area Director).
    Note: At publication of a new SASL SCRAM Family Mechanism, IANA
    SHOULD assign a GSS-API mechanism OID for this mechanism from the
    iso.org.dod.internet.security.mechanisms prefix (see the "SMI
    Security for Mechanism Codes" registry) and fill in the value for
    "TBD-BY-IANA" above.  Only one OID needs to be assigned for a
    SCRAM-<NAME> and SCRAM-<NAME>-PLUS pair.  The same OID should be
    assigned to both entries in the registry.
    Note to future SASL SCRAM mechanism designers: each new SASL SCRAM
    mechanism MUST be explicitly registered with IANA and MUST comply
    with the SCRAM-mechanism naming convention defined in Section 4 of
    [RFC5802].
 The existing entries for SASL SCRAM-SHA-1 and SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS have
 been moved from the existing SASL mechanism registry to the "SASL
 SCRAM Family Mechanisms" registry.  At that time, the following
 values were added:
    Minimum iteration-count: 4096
    OID: 1.3.6.1.5.5.14 (from [RFC5802])

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 The following new SASL SCRAM mechanisms have been added to the "SASL
 SCRAM Family Mechanisms" registry:
    To: iana@iana.org
    Subject: Registration of a new SASL SCRAM Family mechanism
       SCRAM-SHA-256
    SASL mechanism name (or prefix for the family): SCRAM-SHA-256
    Security considerations: Section 4 of RFC 7677
    Published specification (optional, recommended): RFC 7677
    Minimum iteration-count: 4096
    OID: 1.3.6.1.5.5.18
    Person & email address to contact for further information:
       IETF KITTEN WG <kitten@ietf.org>
    Intended usage: COMMON
    Owner/Change controller: IESG <iesg@ietf.org>
    Note:
    To: iana@iana.org
    Subject: Registration of a new SASL SCRAM Family mechanism
       SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS
    SASL mechanism name (or prefix for the family): SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS
    Security considerations: Section 4 of RFC 7677
    Published specification (optional, recommended): RFC 7677
    Minimum iteration-count: 4096
    OID: 1.3.6.1.5.5.18
    Person & email address to contact for further information:
       IETF KITTEN WG <kitten@ietf.org>
    Intended usage: COMMON
    Owner/Change controller: IESG <iesg@ietf.org>
    Note:

6. References

6.1. Normative References

 [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
            Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
 [RFC4422]  Melnikov, A., Ed. and K. Zeilenga, Ed., "Simple
            Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)", RFC 4422,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC4422, June 2006,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4422>.

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 [RFC5802]  Newman, C., Menon-Sen, A., Melnikov, A., and N. Williams,
            "Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism
            (SCRAM) SASL and GSS-API Mechanisms", RFC 5802,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC5802, July 2010,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5802>.
 [RFC6234]  Eastlake 3rd, D. and T. Hansen, "US Secure Hash Algorithms
            (SHA and SHA-based HMAC and HKDF)", RFC 6234,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC6234, May 2011,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6234>.
 [RFC7627]  Bhargavan, K., Ed., Delignat-Lavaud, A., Pironti, A.,
            Langley, A., and M. Ray, "Transport Layer Security (TLS)
            Session Hash and Extended Master Secret Extension",
            RFC 7627, DOI 10.17487/RFC7627, September 2015,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7627>.

6.2. Informative References

 [RFC4270]  Hoffman, P. and B. Schneier, "Attacks on Cryptographic
            Hashes in Internet Protocols", RFC 4270,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC4270, November 2005,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4270>.
 [RFC5226]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
            IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5226>.
 [RFC6194]  Polk, T., Chen, L., Turner, S., and P. Hoffman, "Security
            Considerations for the SHA-0 and SHA-1 Message-Digest
            Algorithms", RFC 6194, DOI 10.17487/RFC6194, March 2011,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6194>.
 [RFC5246]  Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
            (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246,
            DOI 10.17487/RFC5246, August 2008,
            <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5246>.

Acknowledgements

 This document benefited from discussions on the KITTEN WG mailing
 list.  The author would like to specially thank Russ Allbery, Dave
 Cridland, Shawn Emery, Stephen Farrell, Simon Josefsson, Pearl Liang,
 Alexey Melnikov, Peter Saint-Andre, Robert Sparks, Martin Thompson,
 and Nico Williams for their comments on this topic.

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Author's Address

 Tony Hansen
 AT&T Laboratories
 200 Laurel Ave. South
 Middletown, NJ  07748
 United States
 Email: tony+scramsha256@maillennium.att.com

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