Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-22 Thread Nancy Cam-Winget (ncamwing)
pect those with appropriate use cases to employ these ciphers. So, procedurally, I think some review of (and authors updating) the draft would be warranted? Warm regards, Nancy From: TLS on behalf of Eric Rescorla Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 11:20 To: "" Subject: Re: [TLS] EXT

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Peter Gutmann
Jack Visoky writes: >What we did in ODVA was to add TLS (and DTLS in some cases) to protect this >communication. What about using LoRa security?  That's actually a really nice design for a lot of SCADA environments (particularly for something that came from a behind- closed-doors background), an

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL
No they should not be recommended (as a typical TLS use case includes confidentiality requirement). Yes this WG should review them and make a security statement, e.g., like "we reviewed these suites and found that they do provide authentication and integrity protection. No other protection such

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Eric Rescorla
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > > > On Aug 21, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Ted Lemon wrote: > > > > You're going to have to change what you do anyway—rather than arguing > with us why not bypass us entirely? > > TLS is not just a WWW protocol. Other transport security use-c

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Aug 21, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Ted Lemon wrote: > > You're going to have to change what you do anyway—rather than arguing with > us why not bypass us entirely? TLS is not just a WWW protocol. Other transport security use-cases should not have to justify their existence. It is, of course,

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Jack Visoky
and Best Regards, --Jack From: Ted Lemon [mailto:mel...@fugue.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 1:56 PM To: Jack Visoky Cc: Salz, Rich ; Fries, Steffen ; ncamwing=40cisco@dmarc.ietf.org; tls@ietf.org Subject: Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites What kind of bandwidth are

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Jack Visoky
@ietf.org Subject: Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites Ø I’m not sure if I’m following the question, but what was meant was that these ciphers are generally NOT used for browser access. Machine to machine communication usually does not involve a browser. Apologies if I’ve

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Ted Lemon
; --Jack > > > > *From:* Ted Lemon [mailto:mel...@fugue.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 21, 2018 1:39 PM > *To:* Jack Visoky > *Cc:* Salz, Rich ; Fries, Steffen < > steffen.fr...@siemens.com>; ncamwing=40cisco@dmarc.ietf.org; > tls@ietf.org > *Subject:* Re: [TLS]

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Jack Visoky
and Best Regards, --Jack From: Ted Lemon [mailto:mel...@fugue.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 1:39 PM To: Jack Visoky Cc: Salz, Rich ; Fries, Steffen ; ncamwing=40cisco@dmarc.ietf.org; tls@ietf.org Subject: Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites If the device implements the

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Salz, Rich
* I’m not sure if I’m following the question, but what was meant was that these ciphers are generally NOT used for browser access. Machine to machine communication usually does not involve a browser. Apologies if I’ve misunderstood the question. You understood me. So the devices (or rath

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Ted Lemon
If the device implements the cipher so as to talk to the browser, it's clearly capable of implementing the cipher... On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Jack Visoky wrote: > Hi Rich, > > > > I’m not sure if I’m following the question, but what was meant was that > these ciphers are generally NOT us

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Jack Visoky
Hi Rich, I’m not sure if I’m following the question, but what was meant was that these ciphers are generally NOT used for browser access. Machine to machine communication usually does not involve a browser. Apologies if I’ve misunderstood the question. Thanks and Best Regards, --Jack From:

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Ted Lemon
So rather than upgrading to TLS 1.3, why not just upgrade to IPsec? You're going to have to change what you do anyway—rather than arguing with us why not bypass us entirely? On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Jack Visoky wrote: > Just to pile on what Steffen is saying, the motivation for this is

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Jack Visoky
Just to pile on what Steffen is saying, the motivation for this is mainly around device communication that happens at high speeds (sub millisecond is not uncommon for an update rate). The communications is generally not HTTP, but rather industrial protocols built on TCP and UDP. Thanks and Bes

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Jack Visoky
Message- From: Stephen Farrell [mailto:stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 12:38 PM To: Ted Lemon ; Jack Visoky Cc: ncamwing=40cisco@dmarc.ietf.org; tls@ietf.org Subject: Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites On 21/08/18 17:15, Ted Lemon wrote: > I as

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 21/08/18 17:15, Ted Lemon wrote: > I asked you if you have any specific devices for which this is an issue. > Do you? How did you determine that it was an issue? Do you have A/B > testing results on power consumption and/or performance of a null cipher > suite versus encryption? If doing

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Ted Lemon
needed. > > > > Thanks and Best Regards, > > > > --Jack > > > > *From:* Ted Lemon [mailto:mel...@fugue.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 21, 2018 10:58 AM > *To:* Jack Visoky > *Cc:* Andreas Walz ; tls@ietf.org; ncamwing= > 40cisco@dmarc.ietf.or

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Jack Visoky
, August 21, 2018 10:58 AM To: Jack Visoky Cc: Andreas Walz ; tls@ietf.org; ncamwing=40cisco@dmarc.ietf.org Subject: Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites Thanks, Jack, but could you respond to the specific questions that we asked you? Earlier you were saying that your motivation

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Ted Lemon
Thanks, Jack, but could you respond to the specific questions that we asked you? Earlier you were saying that your motivation for using NULL ciphers was that you had specific hardware that couldn't implement encryption due to lack of horsepower or memory. Now you seem to be saying something com

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-21 Thread Jack Visoky
(I’m responding a few different points made here) In general, although this seems like a niche application, there are actually millions of Industrial Ethernet nodes, with the numbers trending upward. As mentioned, many of these are relying on older protocols designed without security in mind.

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-20 Thread Judson Wilson
Inventing your own null cipher security opens up the door for replay, withhold and reorder styles of attacks. On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 9:20 PM Peter Gutmann wrote: > Lyndon Nerenberg writes: > > >By law, we are forbidden from transmitting encrypted traffic, yet there > are > >use cases where in

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-20 Thread Peter Gutmann
Lyndon Nerenberg writes: >By law, we are forbidden from transmitting encrypted traffic, yet there are >use cases where integrity protection in the absence of data content >protection would be of benefit. I've worked a lot with a set of authentication-only channels that can't be encrypted but nee

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-20 Thread Judson Wilson
FWIW HAM might require public key signing rather than MACs, since MACs are meaningless without a key. On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 5:02 PM Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > There is one other -- admittedly esoteric! -- place where a NULL > cipher would he useful: Amateur Radio applications. > > By law, we a

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-20 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
There is one other -- admittedly esoteric! -- place where a NULL cipher would he useful: Amateur Radio applications. By law, we are forbidden from transmitting encrypted traffic, yet there are use cases where integrity protection in the absence of data content protection would be of benefit. A ve

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-20 Thread Ted Lemon
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 5:36 PM, Jack Visoky wrote: > 2. In some cases the code size is quite important. It’s not uncommon for > hardware to be in the field in Industrial Automation for 15 or more years, > so in some cases the hardware is already stretched pretty thin and might > not be able to

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-20 Thread Eric Rescorla
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Jack Visoky wrote: > Hi Eric, > > Thanks for your feedback. Just a few points to add: > > 1. There really are some applications where confidentiality isn’t > important, for example some motion control that might involve very simple > move instructions (e.g. go to

Re: [TLS] EXTERNAL: Re: integrity only ciphersuites

2018-08-20 Thread Jack Visoky
Hi Eric, Thanks for your feedback. Just a few points to add: 1. There really are some applications where confidentiality isn’t important, for example some motion control that might involve very simple move instructions (e.g. go to X, go to Y, go to Z, repeat). Certainly there are also applic