Title: LS on ITU-T SG17 work on quantum-safe PKI
Submission Date: 2017-09-13
URL of the IETF Web page: https://datatracker.ietf.org/liaison/1541/
From: Jean-Paul Lemaire <jean-paul.lema...@univ-paris-diderot.fr>
To: David Waltermire <david.walterm...@nist.gov>,Tero Kivinen
<kivi...@iki.fi>,Russ Housley <hous...@vigilsec.com>
Cc: David Waltermire <david.walterm...@nist.gov>,IP Security Maintenance and
Extensions Discussion List <ipsec@ietf.org>,itu-t-liai...@iab.org,Limited
Additional Mechanisms for PKIX and SMIME Discussion List <sp...@ietf.org>,Russ
Housley <hous...@vigilsec.com>,Scott Mansfield
<scott.mansfi...@ericsson.com>,Kathleen Moriarty
<kathleen.moriarty.i...@gmail.com>,Tero Kivinen <kivi...@iki.fi>,Eric Rescorla
<e...@rtfm.com>
Response Contacts: jean-paul.lema...@univ-paris-diderot.fr
Technical Contacts:
Purpose: For information
Body: ITU-T Study Group 17 is pleased to inform you that in our
August/September 2017 meeting we agreed to start work on the inclusion of a
proposal to include optional support for multiple public-key algorithms in
Recommendation ITU-T X509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8.
The industry is preparing ICT systems to be resistant to attacks by large-scale
quantum computers in addition to more sophisticated attacks by conventional
computing resources. Proposed was an optional feature to the X.509 certificate
that provides a seamless migration capability to existing PKI systems, and is
completely backwardly compatible with existing systems.
While public-key key establishment algorithms are typically negotiated between
peers and are generally fairly simple to update, the authentication systems
typically rely on a single digital signature algorithm which are more difficult
to update. This is because of the circular dependency between PKI-based
identity systems and the dependent communication protocols. In order to update
a PKI system, one would typically need to create a duplicate PKI system that
utilizes a new digital signature algorithm and then migrate all the dependent
systems one by one.
This proposal eliminates the need to create such duplicate PKI systems by
adding optional extensions to contain alternate public key and alternate
signature, and a method for the CA to sign certificates using a layered
approach to ensure that every attribute is authenticated by both signatures.
The resulting certificate, while containing new quantum safe public key and
signature, can still be used by existing systems relying on the classic public
key and signature.
Attachments:
sp16-sg17-oLS-00068
https://www.ietf.org/lib/dt/documents/LIAISON/liaison-2017-09-13-itu-t-sg-17-ipsecme-lamps-ls-on-itu-t-sg17-work-on-quantum-safe-pki-attachment-1.pdf
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