RFC 5272
Certificate Management over CMS (CMC)
Network Working Group J. Schaad Request for Comments: 5272 Soaring Hawk Consulting Obsoletes: 2797 M. Myers Category: Standards Track TraceRoute Security, Inc. June 2008 Certificate Management over CMS (CMC) Status of This Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.Abstract
This document defines the base syntax for CMC, a Certificate Management protocol using the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). This protocol addresses two immediate needs within the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) community: 1. The need for an interface to public key certification products and services based on CMS and PKCS #10 (Public Key Cryptography Standard), and 2. The need for a PKI enrollment protocol for encryption only keys due to algorithm or hardware design. CMC also requires the use of the transport document and the requirements usage document along with this document for a full definition.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1. Protocol Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2. Requirements Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.3. Changes since RFC 2797 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. Protocol Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2. Protocol Requests/Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. PKI Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.1. Simple PKI Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.2. Full PKI Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.2.1. PKIData Content Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.2.1.1. Control Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.2.1.2. Certification Request Formats . . . . . . . . . . 15 3.2.1.2.1. PKCS #10 Certification Syntax . . . . . . . . 16 3.2.1.2.2. CRMF Certification Syntax . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.2.1.2.3. Other Certification Request . . . . . . . . . 18 3.2.1.3. Content Info Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.2.1.3.1. Authenticated Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.2.1.3.2. Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.2.1.3.3. Enveloped Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.2.1.3.4. Signed Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.2.1.4. Other Message Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.2.2. Body Part Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.2.3. CMC Unsigned Data Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4. PKI Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4.1. Simple PKI Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4.2. Full PKI Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.2.1. PKIResponse Content Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5. Application of Encryption to a PKI Request/Response . . . . . 25 6. Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6.1. CMC Status Info Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6.1.1. Extended CMC Status Info Control . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6.1.2. CMC Status Info Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6.1.3. CMCStatus Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.1.4. CMCFailInfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 6.2. Identification and Identity Proof Controls . . . . . . . . 33 6.2.1. Identity Proof Version 2 Control . . . . . . . . . . . 33 6.2.2. Identity Proof Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 6.2.3. Identification Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 6.2.4. Hardware Shared-Secret Token Generation . . . . . . . 36 6.3. Linking Identity and POP Information . . . . . . . . . . . 36 6.3.1. Cryptographic Linkage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 6.3.1.1. POP Link Witness Version 2 Controls . . . . . . . 37 6.3.1.2. POP Link Witness Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6.3.1.3. POP Link Random Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6.3.2. Shared-Secret/Subject DN Linking . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.3.3. Renewal and Rekey Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.4. Data Return Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6.5. RA Certificate Modification Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6.5.1. Modify Certification Request Control . . . . . . . . . 41
6.5.2. Add Extensions Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
6.6. Transaction Identifier Control and Sender and
Recipient Nonce Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.7. Encrypted and Decrypted POP Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6.8. RA POP Witness Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.9. Get Certificate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.10. Get CRL Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.11. Revocation Request Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.12. Registration and Response Information Controls . . . . . . 52
6.13. Query Pending Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.14. Confirm Certificate Acceptance Control . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.15. Publish Trust Anchors Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.16. Authenticated Data Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.17. Batch Request and Response Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.18. Publication Information Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.19. Control Processed Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7. Registration Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
7.1. Encryption Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
7.2. Signature Layer Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
10. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Appendix A. ASN.1 Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Appendix B. Enrollment Message Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
B.1. Request of a Signing Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
B.2. Single Certification Request, But Modified by RA . . . . . 75
B.3. Direct POP for an RSA Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Appendix C. Production of Diffie-Hellman Public Key
Certification Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
C.1. No-Signature Signature Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
1. Introduction
This document defines the base syntax for CMC, a Certificate Management protocol using the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). This protocol addresses two immediate needs within the Internet PKI community: 1. The need for an interface to public key certification products and services based on CMS and PKCS #10, and 2. The need for a PKI enrollment protocol for encryption only keys due to algorithm or hardware design. A small number of additional services are defined to supplement the core certification request service.1.1. Protocol Requirements
The protocol must be based as much as possible on the existing CMS, PKCS #10 [PKCS10] and CRMF (Certificate Request Message Format) [CRMF] specifications. The protocol must support the current industry practice of a PKCS #10 certification request followed by a PKCS#7 "certs-only" response as a subset of the protocol. The protocol must easily support the multi-key enrollment protocols required by S/MIME and other groups. The protocol must supply a way of doing all enrollment operations in a single round-trip. When this is not possible the number of round-trips is to be minimized. The protocol must be designed such that all key generation can occur on the client. Support must exist for the mandatory algorithms used by S/MIME. Support should exist for all other algorithms cited by the S/MIME core documents. The protocol must contain Proof-of-Possession (POP) methods. Optional provisions for multiple-round-trip POP will be made if necessary. The protocol must support deferred and pending responses to enrollment requests for cases where external procedures are required to issue a certificate.
The protocol must support arbitrary chains of Registration Authorities (RAs) as intermediaries between certification requesters and Certification Authorities (CAs).1.2. Requirements Terminology
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].1.3. Changes since RFC 2797
We have done a major overhaul on the layout of the document. This included two different steps. Firstly we removed some sections from the document and moved them to two other documents. Information on how to transport our messages are now found in [CMC-TRANS]. Information on which controls and sections of this document must be implemented along with which algorithms are required can now be found in [CMC-COMPL]. A number of new controls have been added in this version: Extended CMC Status Info Section 6.1.1 Publish Trust Anchors Section 6.15 Authenticate Data Section 6.16 Batch Request and Response Processing Section 6.17 Publication Information Section 6.18 Modify Certification Request Section 6.5.1 Control Processed Section 6.19 Identity Proof Section 6.2.2 Identity POP Link Witness V2 Section 6.3.1.12. Protocol Overview
A PKI enrollment transaction in this specification is generally composed of a single round-trip of messages. In the simplest case a PKI enrollment request, henceforth referred to as a PKI Request, is sent from the client to the server and a PKI enrollment response, henceforth referred to as a PKI Response, is then returned from the
server to the client. In more complicated cases, such as delayed
certificate issuance, more than one round-trip is required.
This specification defines two PKI Request types and two PKI Response
types.
PKI Requests are formed using either the PKCS #10 or CRMF structure.
The two PKI Requests are:
Simple PKI Request: the bare PKCS #10 (in the event that no other
services are needed), and
Full PKI Request: one or more PKCS #10, CRMF or Other Request
Messages structures wrapped in a CMS encapsulation as part of a
PKIData.
PKI Responses are based on SignedData or AuthenticatedData [CMS].
The two PKI Responses are
Simple PKI Response: a "certs-only" SignedData (in the event no
other services are needed), or
Full PKI Response: a PKIResponse content type wrapped in a
SignedData.
No special services are provided for either renewal (i.e., a new
certificate with the same key) or rekey (i.e., a new certificate with
a new key) of client certificates. Instead renewal and rekey
requests look the same as any certification request, except that the
identity proof is supplied by existing certificates from a trusted
CA. (This is usually the same CA, but could be a different CA in the
same organization where naming is shared.)
No special services are provided to distinguish between a rekey
request and a new certification request (generally for a new
purpose). A control to unpublish a certificate would normally be
included in a rekey request, and be omitted in a new certification
request. CAs or other publishing agents are also expected to have
policies for removing certificates from publication either based on
new certificates being added or the expiration or revocation of a
certificate.
A provision exists for RAs to participate in the protocol by taking
PKI Requests, wrapping them in a second layer of PKI Request with
additional requirements or statements from the RA and then passing
this new expanded PKI Request on to the CA.
This specification makes no assumptions about the underlying transport mechanism. The use of CMS does not imply an email-based transport. Several different possible transport methods are defined in [CMC-TRANS]. Optional services available through this specification are transaction management, replay detection (through nonces), deferred certificate issuance, certificate revocation requests and certificate/certificate revocation list (CRL) retrieval.2.1. Terminology
There are several different terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in this document. These are defined here, in no particular order, for convenience and consistency of usage: End-Entity (EE) refers to the entity that owns a key pair and for whom a certificate is issued. Registration Authority (RA) or Local RA (LRA) refers to an entity that acts as an intermediary between the EE and the CA. Multiple RAs can exist between the end-entity and the Certification Authority. RAs may perform additional services such as key generation or key archival. This document uses the term RA for both RA and LRA. Certification Authority (CA) refers to the entity that issues certificates. Client refers to an entity that creates a PKI Request. In this document, both RAs and EEs can be clients. Server refers to the entities that process PKI Requests and create PKI Responses. In this document, both CAs and RAs can be servers. PKCS #10 refers to the Public Key Cryptography Standard #10 [PKCS10], which defines a certification request syntax. CRMF refers to the Certificate Request Message Format RFC [CRMF]. CMC uses this certification request syntax defined in this document as part of the protocol. CMS refers to the Cryptographic Message Syntax RFC [CMS]. This document provides for basic cryptographic services including encryption and signing with and without key management.
PKI Request/Response refers to the requests/responses described in
this document. PKI Requests include certification requests,
revocation requests, etc. PKI Responses include certs-only
messages, failure messages, etc.
Proof-of-Identity refers to the client proving they are who they say
that they are to the server.
Enrollment or certification request refers to the process of a
client requesting a certificate. A certification request is a
subset of the PKI Requests.
Proof-of-Possession (POP) refers to a value that can be used to
prove that the private key corresponding to a public key is in the
possession and can be used by an end-entity. The different types
of POP are:
Signature provides the required POP by a signature operation over
some data.
Direct provides the required POP operation by an encrypted
challenge/response mechanism.
Indirect provides the required POP operation by returning the
issued certificate in an encrypted state. (This method is not
used by CMC.)
Publish provides the required POP operation by providing the
private key to the certificate issuer. (This method is not
currently used by CMC. It would be used by Key Generation or
Key Escrow extensions.)
Attested provides the required POP operation by allowing a
trusted entity to assert that the POP has been proven by one of
the above methods.
Object IDentifier (OID) is a primitive type in Abstract Syntax
Notation One (ASN.1).
2.2. Protocol Requests/Responses
Figure 1 shows the Simple PKI Requests and Responses. The contents of Simple PKI Request and Response are detailed in Sections 3.1 and 4.1. Simple PKI Request Simple PKI Response ------------------------- -------------------------- +----------+ +------------------+ | PKCS #10 | | CMS ContentInfo | +----------+--------------+ +------------------+------+ | Certification Request | | CMS Signed Data, | | | | no SignerInfo | | Subject Name | | | Subject Public Key Info | | SignedData contains one | | (K_PUB) | | or more certificates in | | Attributes | | the certificates field | | | | Relevant CA certs and | +-----------+-------------+ | CRLs can be included | | signed with | | as well. | | matching | | | | K_PRIV | | encapsulatedContentInfo | +-------------+ | is absent. | +--------------+----------+ | unsigned | +----------+ Figure 1: Simple PKI Requests and Responses
Figure 2 shows the Full PKI Requests and Responses. The contents of the Full PKI Request and Response are detailed in Sections 3.2 and 4.2. Full PKI Request Full PKI Response ----------------------- ------------------------ +----------------+ +----------------+ | CMS ContentInfo| | CMS ContentInfo| | CMS SignedData | | CMS SignedData | | or Auth Data | | or Auth Data | | object | | object | +----------------+--------+ +----------------+--------+ | | | | | PKIData | | PKIResponseBody | | | | | | Sequence of: | | Sequence of: | | <enrollment control>* | | <enrollment control>* | | <certification request>*| | <CMS object>* | | <CMS object>* | | <other message>* | | <other message>* | | | | | | where * == zero or more | | where * == zero or more | | | | | | All certificates issued | | Certification requests | | as part of the response | | are CRMF, PKCS #10, or | | are included in the | | Other. | | "certificates" field | | | | of the SignedData. | +-------+-----------------+ | Relevant CA certs and | | signed (keypair | | CRLs can be included as | | used may be pre-| | well. | | existing or | | | | identified in | +---------+---------------+ | the request) | | signed by the | +-----------------+ | CA or an LRA | +---------------+ Figure 2: Full PKI Requests and Responses3. PKI Requests
Two types of PKI Requests exist. This section gives the details for both types.3.1. Simple PKI Request
A Simple PKI Request uses the PKCS #10 syntax CertificationRequest [PKCS10].
When a server processes a Simple PKI Request, the PKI Response
returned is:
Simple PKI Response on success.
Full PKI Response on failure. The server MAY choose not to return a
PKI Response in this case.
The Simple PKI Request MUST NOT be used if a proof-of-identity needs
to be included.
The Simple PKI Request cannot be used if the private key is not
capable of producing some type of signature (i.e., Diffie-Hellman
(DH) keys can use the signature algorithms in [DH-POP] for production
of the signature).
The Simple PKI Request cannot be used for any of the advanced
services specified in this document.
The client MAY incorporate one or more X.509v3 extensions in any
certification request based on PKCS #10 as an ExtensionReq attribute.
The ExtensionReq attribute is defined as:
ExtensionReq ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Extension
where Extension is imported from [PKIXCERT] and ExtensionReq is
identified by:
id-ExtensionReq OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {iso(1) member-body(2) us(840)
rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs-9(9) 14}
Servers MUST be able to process all extensions defined, but not
prohibited, in [PKIXCERT]. Servers are not required to be able to
process other X.509v3 extensions transmitted using this protocol, nor
are they required to be able to process private extensions. Servers
are not required to put all client-requested extensions into a
certificate. Servers are permitted to modify client-requested
extensions. Servers MUST NOT alter an extension so as to invalidate
the original intent of a client-requested extension. (For example,
changing key usage from keyAgreement to digitalSignature.) If a
certification request is denied due to the inability to handle a
requested extension and a PKI Response is returned, the server MUST
return a PKI Response with a CMCFailInfo value with the value
unsupportedExt.
3.2. Full PKI Request
The Full PKI Request provides the most functionality and flexibility. The Full PKI Request is encapsulated in either a SignedData or an AuthenticatedData with an encapsulated content type of id-cct-PKIData (Section 3.2.1). When a server processes a Full PKI Request, a PKI Response MUST be returned. The PKI Response returned is: Simple PKI Response if the enrollment was successful and only certificates are returned. (A CMCStatusInfoV2 control with success is implied.) Full PKI Response if the enrollment was successful and information is returned in addition to certificates, if the enrollment is pending, or if the enrollment failed. If SignedData is used, the signature can be generated using either the private key material of an embedded signature certification request (i.e., included in the TaggedRequest tcr or crm fields) or a previously certified signature key. If the private key of a signature certification request is used, then: a. The certification request containing the corresponding public key MUST include a Subject Key Identifier extension. b. The subjectKeyIdentifier form of the signerIdentifier in SignerInfo MUST be used. c. The value of the subjectKeyIdentifier form of SignerInfo MUST be the Subject Key Identifier specified in the corresponding certification request. (The subjectKeyIdentifier form of SignerInfo is used here because no certificates have yet been issued for the signing key.) If the request key is used for signing, there MUST be only one SignerInfo in the SignedData. If AuthenticatedData is used, then: a. The Password Recipient Info option of RecipientInfo MUST be used. b. A randomly generated key is used to compute the Message Authentication Code (MAC) value on the encapsulated content. c. The input for the key derivation algorithm is a concatenation of the identifier (encoded as UTF8) and the shared-secret.
When creating a PKI Request to renew or rekey a certificate:
a. The Identification and Identity Proof controls are absent. The
same information is provided by the use of an existing
certificate from a CA when signing the PKI Request. In this
case, the CA that issued the original certificate and the CA the
request is made to will usually be the same, but could have a
common operator.
b. CAs and RAs can impose additional restrictions on the signing
certificate used. They may require that the most recently issued
signing certificate for a client be used.
c. Some CAs may prevent renewal operations (i.e., reuse of the same
keys). In this case the CA MUST return a PKI Response with
noKeyReuse as the CMCFailInfo failure code.
3.2.1. PKIData Content Type
The PKIData content type is used for the Full PKI Request. A PKIData
content type is identified by:
id-cct-PKIData ::= {id-pkix id-cct(12) 2 }
The ASN.1 structure corresponding to the PKIData content type is:
PKIData ::= SEQUENCE {
controlSequence SEQUENCE SIZE(0..MAX) OF TaggedAttribute,
reqSequence SEQUENCE SIZE(0..MAX) OF TaggedRequest,
cmsSequence SEQUENCE SIZE(0..MAX) OF TaggedContentInfo,
otherMsgSequence SEQUENCE SIZE(0..MAX) OF OtherMsg
}
The fields in PKIData have the following meaning:
controlSequence is a sequence of controls. The controls defined in
this document are found in Section 6. Controls can be defined by
other parties. Details on the TaggedAttribute structure can be
found in Section 3.2.1.1.
reqSequence is a sequence of certification requests. The
certification requests can be a CertificationRequest (PKCS #10), a
CertReqMsg (CRMF), or an externally defined PKI request. Full
details are found in Section 3.2.1.2. If an externally defined
certification request is present, but the server does not
understand the certification request (or will not process it), a
CMCStatus of noSupport MUST be returned for the certification
request item and no other certification requests are processed.
cmsSequence is a sequence of [CMS] message objects. See Section 3.2.1.3 for more details. otherMsgSequence is a sequence of arbitrary data objects. Data objects placed here are referred to by one or more controls. This allows for controls to use large amounts of data without the data being embedded in the control. See Section 3.2.1.4 for more details. All certification requests encoded into a single PKIData SHOULD be for the same identity. RAs that batch process (see Section 6.17) are expected to place the PKI Requests received into the cmsSequence of a PKIData. Processing of the PKIData by a recipient is as follows: 1. All controls should be examined and processed in an appropriate manner. The appropriate processing is to complete processing at this time, to ignore the control, or to place the control on a to-do list for later processing. Controls can be processed in any order; the order in the sequence is not significant. 2. Items in the reqSequence are not referenced by a control. These items, which are certification requests, also need to be processed. As with controls, the appropriate processing can be either immediate processing or addition to a to-do list for later processing. 3. Finally, the to-do list is processed. In many cases, the to-do list will be ordered by grouping specific tasks together. No processing is required for cmsSequence or otherMsgSequence members of PKIData if they are present and are not referenced by a control. In this case, the cmsSequence and otherMsgSequence members are ignored.3.2.1.1. Control Syntax
The actions to be performed for a PKI Request/Response are based on the included controls. Each control consists of an object identifier and a value based on the object identifier.
The syntax of a control is:
TaggedAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
bodyPartID BodyPartID,
attrType OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
attrValues SET OF AttributeValue
}
AttributeValue ::= ANY
The fields in TaggedAttribute have the following meaning:
bodyPartID is a unique integer that identifies this control.
attrType is the OID that identifies the control.
attrValues is the data values used in processing the control. The
structure of the data is dependent on the specific
control.
The final server MUST fail the processing of an entire PKIData if any
included control is not recognized, that control is not already
marked as processed by a Control Processed control (see Section 6.19)
and no other error is generated. The PKI Response MUST include a
CMCFailInfo value with the value badRequest and the bodyList MUST
contain the bodyPartID of the invalid or unrecognized control(s). A
server is the final server if and only if it is not passing the PKI
Request on to another server. A server is not considered to be the
final server if the server would have passed the PKI Request on, but
instead it returned a processing error.
The controls defined by this document are found in Section 6.
3.2.1.2. Certification Request Formats
Certification Requests are based on PKCS #10, CRMF, or Other Request
formats. Section 3.2.1.2.1 specifies the requirements for clients
and servers dealing with PKCS #10. Section 3.2.1.2.2 specifies the
requirements for clients and servers dealing with CRMF.
Section 3.2.1.2.3 specifies the requirements for clients and servers
dealing with Other Request.
TaggedRequest ::= CHOICE {
tcr [0] TaggedCertificationRequest,
crm [1] CertReqMsg,
orm [2] SEQUENCE {
bodyPartID BodyPartID,
requestMessageType OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
requestMessageValue ANY DEFINED BY requestMessageType
}
}
The fields in TaggedRequest have the following meaning:
tcr is a certification request that uses the PKCS #10 syntax.
Details on PKCS #10 are found in Section 3.2.1.2.1.
crm is a certification request that uses the CRMF syntax. Details
on CRMF are found in Section 3.2.1.2.2.
orm is an externally defined certification request. One example is
an attribute certification request. The fields of this structure
are:
bodyPartID is the identifier number for this certification
request. Details on body part identifiers are found in
Section 3.2.2.
requestMessageType identifies the other request type. These
values are defined outside of this document.
requestMessageValue is the data associated with the other request
type.
3.2.1.2.1. PKCS #10 Certification Syntax
A certification request based on PKCS #10 uses the following ASN.1
structure:
TaggedCertificationRequest ::= SEQUENCE {
bodyPartID BodyPartID,
certificationRequest CertificationRequest
}
The fields in TaggedCertificationRequest have the following meaning:
bodyPartID is the identifier number for this certification request.
Details on body part identifiers are found in Section 3.2.2.
certificationRequest contains the PKCS-#10-based certification
request. Its fields are described in [PKCS10].
When producing a certification request based on PKCS #10, clients
MUST produce the certification request with a subject name and public
key. Some PKI products are operated using a central repository of
information to assign subject names upon receipt of a certification
request. To accommodate this mode of operation, the subject field in
a CertificationRequest MAY be NULL, but MUST be present. CAs that
receive a CertificationRequest with a NULL subject field MAY reject
such certification requests. If rejected and a PKI Response is
returned, the CA MUST return a PKI Response with the CMCFailInfo
value with the value badRequest.
3.2.1.2.2. CRMF Certification Syntax
A CRMF message uses the following ASN.1 structure (defined in [CRMF]
and included here for convenience):
CertReqMsg ::= SEQUENCE {
certReq CertRequest,
popo ProofOfPossession OPTIONAL,
-- content depends upon key type
regInfo SEQUENCE SIZE(1..MAX) OF AttributeTypeAndValue OPTIONAL }
CertRequest ::= SEQUENCE {
certReqId INTEGER, -- ID for matching request and reply
certTemplate CertTemplate, --Selected fields of cert to be issued
controls Controls OPTIONAL } -- Attributes affecting issuance
CertTemplate ::= SEQUENCE {
version [0] Version OPTIONAL,
serialNumber [1] INTEGER OPTIONAL,
signingAlg [2] AlgorithmIdentifier OPTIONAL,
issuer [3] Name OPTIONAL,
validity [4] OptionalValidity OPTIONAL,
subject [5] Name OPTIONAL,
publicKey [6] SubjectPublicKeyInfo OPTIONAL,
issuerUID [7] UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
subjectUID [8] UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
extensions [9] Extensions OPTIONAL }
The fields in CertReqMsg are explained in [CRMF].
This document imposes the following additional restrictions on the
construction and processing of CRMF certification requests:
When a Full PKI Request includes a CRMF certification request,
both the subject and publicKey fields in the CertTemplate MUST be
defined. The subject field can be encoded as NULL, but MUST be
present.
When both CRMF and CMC controls exist with equivalent
functionality, the CMC control SHOULD be used. The CMC control
MUST override the CRMF control.
The regInfo field MUST NOT be used on a CRMF certification
request. Equivalent functionality is provided in the CMC regInfo
control (Section 6.12).
The indirect method of proving POP is not supported in this
protocol. One of the other methods (including the direct method
described in this document) MUST be used. The value of encrCert
in SubsequentMessage MUST NOT be used.
Since the subject and publicKeyValues are always present, the
POPOSigningKeyInput MUST NOT be used when computing the value for
POPSigningKey.
A server is not required to use all of the values suggested by the
client in the CRMF certification request. Servers MUST be able to
process all extensions defined, but not prohibited in [PKIXCERT].
Servers are not required to be able to process other X.509v3
extensions transmitted using this protocol, nor are they required to
be able to process private extensions. Servers are permitted to
modify client-requested extensions. Servers MUST NOT alter an
extension so as to invalidate the original intent of a client-
requested extension. (For example, change key usage from
keyAgreement to digitalSignature.) If a certification request is
denied due to the inability to handle a requested extension, the
server MUST respond with a Full PKI Response with a CMCFailInfo value
with the value of unsupportedExt.
3.2.1.2.3. Other Certification Request
This document allows for other certification request formats to be
defined and used as well. An example of an other certification
request format is one for Attribute Certificates. These other
certification request formats are defined by specifying an OID for
identification and the structure to contain the data to be passed.
3.2.1.3. Content Info Objects
The cmsSequence field of the PKIData and PKIResponse messages contains zero or more tagged content info objects. The syntax for this structure is: TaggedContentInfo ::= SEQUENCE { bodyPartID BodyPartID, contentInfo ContentInfo } The fields in TaggedContentInfo have the following meaning: bodyPartID is a unique integer that identifies this content info object. contentInfo is a ContentInfo object (defined in [CMS]). The four content types used in cmsSequence are AuthenticatedData, Data, EnvelopedData, and SignedData. All of these content types are defined in [CMS].3.2.1.3.1. Authenticated Data
The AuthenticatedData content type provides a method of doing pre- shared-secret-based validation of data being sent between two parties. Unlike SignedData, it does not specify which party actually generated the information. AuthenticatedData provides origination authentication in those circumstances where a shared-secret exists, but a PKI-based trust has not yet been established. No PKI-based trust may have been established because a trust anchor has not been installed on the client or no certificate exists for a signing key. AuthenticatedData content type is used by this document for: The id-cmc-authData control (Section 6.16), and The top-level wrapper in environments where an encryption-only key is being certified. This content type can include both PKIData and PKIResponse as the encapsulated content types. These embedded content types can contain additional controls that need to be processed.
3.2.1.3.2. Data
The Data content type allows for general transport of unstructured data. The Data content type is used by this document for: Holding the encrypted random value y for POP proof in the encrypted POP control (see Section 6.7).3.2.1.3.3. Enveloped Data
The EnvelopedData content type provides for shrouding of data. The EnvelopedData content type is the primary confidentiality method for sensitive information in this protocol. EnvelopedData can provide encryption of an entire PKI Request (see Section 5). EnvelopedData can also be used to wrap private key material for key archival. If the decryption on an EnvelopedData fails, a Full PKI Response is returned with a CMCFailInfo value of badMessageCheck and a bodyPartID of 0.3.2.1.3.4. Signed Data
The SignedData content type provides for authentication and integrity. The SignedData content type is used by this document for: The outer wrapper for a PKI Request. The outer wrapper for a PKI Response. As part of processing a PKI Request/Response, the signature(s) MUST be verified. If the signature does not verify and the PKI Request/ Response contains anything other than a CMC Status Info control, a Full PKI Response containing a CMC Status Info control MUST be returned using a CMCFailInfo with a value of badMessageCheck and a bodyPartID of 0. For the PKI Response, SignedData allows the server to sign the returning data, if any exists, and to carry the certificates and CRLs corresponding to the PKI Request. If no data is being returned beyond the certificates and CRLs, the EncapsulatedInfo and SignerInfo fields are not populated.
3.2.1.4. Other Message Bodies
The otherMsgSequence field of the PKI Request/Response allows for arbitrary data objects to be carried as part of a PKI Request/ Response. This is intended to contain a data object that is not already wrapped in a cmsSequence field (Section 3.2.1.3). The data object is ignored unless a control references the data object by bodyPartID. OtherMsg ::= SEQUENCE { bodyPartID BodyPartID, otherMsgType OBJECT IDENTIFIER, otherMsgValue ANY DEFINED BY otherMsgType } The fields in OtherMsg have the following meaning: bodyPartID is the unique id identifying this data object. otherMsgType is the OID that defines the type of message body. otherMsgValue is the data.3.2.2. Body Part Identification
Each element of a PKIData or PKIResponse has an associated body part identifier. The body part identifier is a 4-octet integer using the ASN.1 of: bodyIdMax INTEGER ::= 4294967295 BodyPartID ::= INTEGER(0..bodyIdMax) Body part identifiers are encoded in the certReqIds field for CertReqMsg objects (in a TaggedRequest) or in the bodyPartID field of the other objects. The body part identifier MUST be unique within a single PKIData or PKIResponse. Body part identifiers can be duplicated in different layers (for example, a PKIData embedded within another). The bodyPartID value of 0 is reserved for use as the reference to the current PKIData object. Some controls, such as the Add Extensions control (Section 6.5.2), use the body part identifier in the pkiDataReference field to refer to a PKI Request in the current PKIData. Some controls, such as the Extended CMC Status Info control (Section 6.1.1), will also use body part identifiers to refer to elements in the previous PKI Request/
Response. This allows an error to be explicit about the control or PKI Request to which the error applies. A BodyPartList contains a list of body parts in a PKI Request/ Response (i.e., the Batch Request control in Section 6.17). The ASN.1 type BodyPartList is defined as: BodyPartList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF BodyPartID A BodyPartPath contains a path of body part identifiers moving through nesting (i.e., the Modify Certification Request control in Section 6.5.1). The ASN.1 type BodyPartPath is defined as: BodyPartPath ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF BodyPartID3.2.3. CMC Unsigned Data Attribute
There is sometimes a need to include data in a PKI Request designed to be removed by an RA during processing. An example of this is the inclusion of an encrypted private key, where a Key Archive Agent removes the encrypted private key before sending it on to the CA. One side effect of this desire is that every RA that encapsulates this information needs to move the data so that it is not covered by that RA's signature. (A client PKI Request encapsulated by an RA cannot have a signed control removed by the Key Archive Agent without breaking the RA's signature.) The CMC Unsigned Data attribute addresses this problem. The CMC Unsigned Data attribute contains information that is not directly signed by a client. When an RA encounters this attribute in the unsigned or unauthenticated attribute field of a request it is aggregating, the CMC Unsigned Data attribute is removed from the request prior to placing the request in a cmsSequence and placed in the unsigned or unauthenticated attributes of the RA's signed or authenticated data wrapper. The CMC Unsigned Data attribute is identified by: id-aa-cmc-unsignedData OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-aa 34} The CMC Unsigned Data attribute has the ASN.1 definition: CMCUnsignedData ::= SEQUENCE { bodyPartPath BodyPartPath, identifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER, content ANY DEFINED BY identifier }
The fields in CMCUnsignedData have the following meaning:
bodyPartPath is the path pointing to the control associated with
this data. When an RA moves the control in an unsigned or
unauthenticated attribute up one level as part of wrapping the
data in a new SignedData or AuthenticatedData, the body part
identifier of the embedded item in the PKIData is prepended to the
bodyPartPath sequence.
identifier is the OID that defines the associated data.
content is the data.
There MUST be at most one CMC Unsigned Data attribute in the
UnsignedAttribute sequence of a SignerInfo or in the
UnauthenticatedAttribute sequence of an AuthenticatedData.
UnsignedAttribute consists of a set of values; the attribute can have
any number of values greater than zero in that set. If the CMC
Unsigned Data attribute is in one SignerInfo or AuthenticatedData, it
MUST appear with the same values(s) in all SignerInfo and
AuthenticatedData items.
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