Transcript Data source authentication

IP security
Ge Zhang
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Packet-switched network is not
Secure!
• The protocols were designed in the late
70s to early 80s
– Very small network (closed environment)
• All hosts are assumed to be trusted
• So are the users
• Therefore, security was not an issue
Message transfer over the Internet
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Alice
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OSI security architecture
• Security attacks: any action that
compromises the security of information.
• Security mechanism: A method that is
designed to detect, prevent or recover
from a security attack
• Security service: A service that enhances
the security of a system
Scenario
Alice
Attacker
Bob
Passive attacks
Read contents
of message
from Alice to
Bob
Attacker
Alice
Bob
Attacker
Alice
Observe who
communicated
whom
Bob
Active attacks
Message from
attacker that
appears to be
from Alice
Attacker
Attacker
disrupts service
provided by
server
Attacker
Alice
Alice
Bob
Attacker
modifies
message from
Attacker Alice to Bob
Capture message
from Bob to Alice;
later replay
message
to Alice
Attacker
Alice
Bob
Alice
Bob
Security services
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Data origin authentication
Data confidentiality
Anonymity
Data intergrity
Non-repudiation
Security mechanism
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Encipherment
Digital signature
Trusted functionality
Detection and prevention
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Layered TCP/IP model
• IPSec is working in IP layer
• Protect IP packets
Goals of IPSec
• to verify sources of IP packets
– Data source authentication
• to prevent replaying of old packets
• to protect integrity and/or confidentiality of
packets
– Data Integrity/Data Encryption
IPSec subprotocols
ESP
Encapsulating Security
Payload
AH
Authentication Header
IPSec Security Policy
IKE
The Internet Key Exchange
IPSec—IP Security
• Provide encryption and integrity
protection to IP packets (and
authentication of two peers).
– AH (Authentication Header)
• An additional header, provides integrity protection
– ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload)
• Also an addition header, provides encryption and
integrity protection
– IKE (Internet Key Exchange)
• Establishing session keys (used for AH & ESP) as
well as authentication.
IPSec
• A collection of protocols (RFC 2401)
– Authentication Header (AH)
• RFC 2402
– Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
• RFC 2406
– Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
• RFC 2409
– IP Payload Compression (IPcomp)
• RFC 3137
Transport mode and tunnel mode
A->B
Payload
Transport mode
R2
R1
A
A->B
Payload
B
Tunnel mode
R1->R2 A->B
Payload
A->B
Payload
Authentication Header (AH)
• Provides source authentication
– Protects against source spoofing
• Provides data integrity
• Protects against replay attacks
– Use monotonically increasing sequence numbers
• NO support for confidentiality!
AH Details
• Use 32-bit increasing sequence number to
avoid replay attacks
• Use cryptographically strong hash
algorithms to protect data integrity (96-bit)
– Use symmetric key cryptography
– HMAC-SHA-96, HMAC-MD5-96
AH Protocol (transport & tunnel
mode in IPv4)
Authenticated except
for mutable fields
IP header
AH header
data (e.g., TCP, UDP segment)
Authenticated except
for mutable fields
New IP header AH header
IP header data (e.g., TCP, UDP segment)
IPSec Authentication Header
Encapsulating Security Payload
(ESP)
• Provides most that AH offers, and
• in addition provides data confidentiality
– Uses symmetric key encryption
ESP Details
• Same as AH:
– Use 32-bit sequence number to counter
replaying attacks
– Use integrity check algorithms
• Only in ESP:
– Data confidentiality:
• Uses symmetric key encryption algorithms to
encrypt packets
ESP Protocol (transport & tunnel
mode in IPv4)
authenticated
encrypted
IP header
ESP
ESP
ESP
TCP, UDP segment
header
trailer authent.
authenticated
encrypted
ESP
New IP header
header
ESP
ESP
TCP,
UDP
segment
IP header
trailer authent.
ESP in fact puts information both before and after the protected data.
For encryption, DATA, padding, padding length and next header are encrypted.
For authentication, all fields are included.
IPSec ESP Format
Anti-replay service
• Sequence number (from 0 to 232-1)
• The sender increments the sequence number
for each generated packet.
• How to detect replayed packet?
– The receiver maintains an array with 232 units to mark
which packets have been received.
– The receiver only accepts the packets with larger
sequence number than the previous one.
Both are not good methods, why?
Slide window scheme
• A windows of size W (default W = 64)
• N: highest √sequence number of successfully received
packets
• Three cases
– Packets in the window
– Packets to the right of the window
– Packets to the left of the window
A
59
54
64
B
53
55 56
√ 54 √
√ 57
√ 58
√ 59
√ 60
√ 61 62
√ 63 64
√ 65 66
Security Associations (SA)
• A SA is a one-way relationship between a sender and
a receiver that affords security services to the traffic
carried on it.
– Two ends (from one end  the other end)
– A SA is identified by:
• Security Parameters Index (SPI): a local identifier points to a
SA
• IP destination address
• Security protocol identifier: AH? Or ESP?
– SA parameters:
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Sequence number counter
Anti-replay window
AH information (key, algorithms)
ESP information (key, algorithms)
IPSEc protocol mode (Tunnel, transport)
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Internet Key Exchange Protocol
• SA could be created manually, but…
• Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE)
– Exchange and negotiate security policies
– Establish security sessions
• Identified as Security Associations
– Key exchange
– Key management
– Can be used outside IPsec as well
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
• Virtual
– It is not a physically distinct network
• Private
– Tunnels are encrypted to provide confidentiality
• Using VPN while traveling
Tunnel
Intranet server
Mail server
Discussion
• IPSec is not the only solution!
– Security features can be added on top of IP!
• e.g. Kerberos, SSL
• Confused?
– IP, IPSec protocols are very complex!
• Two modes, three sub protocols
– Complexity is the biggest enemy of security
Discussion
• Has it been used?
– Yes—primarily used by some VPN
vendors
• But not all routers support it
– No—it is not really an end-to-end solution
• Authentication is too coarse (host based)
• Default encryption algorithm too weak (DES)
• Too complex for applications to use
Key points
• Security attack, mechanism and service
• Classical attacks in the internet
• IPSec encompasses : authentication,
confidentiality and key management
• AH and ESP
• Transport mode and tunnel mode
• Slide window to defend against replay attack
• VPN