# Presentation: 148686

## The IKE (Internet Key Exchange) Protocol

- Sheila Frankel
- Systems and Network Security Group
- NIST
- sheila.frankel@nist.gov

## IKE Overview

- Negotiate:
- Communication Parameters
- Security Features
- Authenticate Communicating Peer
- Protect Identity
- Generate, Exchange, and Establish Keys in a Secure Manner
- Manage and Delete Security Associations

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## IKE Overview (continued)

- Threat Mitigation
- Denial of Service
- Replay
- Man in Middle
- Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS)
- Usable by IPsec and other domains

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## IKE Overview (continued)

- Components:
- Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)
- RFC 2408
- Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
- <draft-ietf-ipsec-ike-01.txt>
- Oakley Key Determination Protocol
- RFC 2412
- IPSec Domain of Interpretation (IPsec DOI)
- RFC 2407

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## Constructs Underlying IKE

- Security Association (SA)
- Security Association Database (SAD)
- Security Parameter Index (SPI)

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## IKE Negotiations - Phase 1

- Purpose:
- Establish ISAKMP SA (“Secure Channel”)
- Steps (4-6 messages exchanged):
- Negotiate Security Parameters
- Diffie-Hellman Exchange
- Authenticate Identities
- Main Mode vs. Aggressive Mode vs.   Base Mode

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## Phase 1 Attributes

- Authentication Method
- Pre-shared key
- Digital signatures (DSS or RSA)
- Public key encryption (RSA or El-Gamal)
- Group Description (pre-defined)
- Group Type (negotiated)
- MODP (modular exponentiation group)
- ECP (elliptic curve group over GF[P])
- EC2N (elliptic curve group over GF[2^N])

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## Phase 1 Attributes (continued)

- MODP Group Characteristics
- Prime
- Generator
- EC2N Group Characteristics
- Field Size
- Irreducible Polynomial
- Generators (One and Two)
- Curves (A and B)
- Order

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## Phase 1 Attributes (continued)

- Encryption algorithm
- Key Length
- Block size
- Hash algorithm
- Life duration (seconds and/or kilobytes)

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## IKE’s Pre-Defined Groups

- MODP
- Prime: 768-bit, 1024-bit, 1536-bit
- Generator: 2
- EC2N
- GF[2^155], GF[2^185]
- GF[2^163] (2 groups), GF[2^283] (2 groups)

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## Main Mode:Authentication with Pre-Shared Keys

- HDR contains CKY-I | CKY-R
- KE = g^i (Initiator) or g^r (Responder)

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## Main Mode:Authentication with Digital Signatures

- HDR contains CKY-I | CKY-R
- KE = g^i (Initiator) or g^r (Responder)
- SIG_I/SIG_R = digital sig of HASH_I/HASH_R

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## Main Mode:Authentication with Public Key Encryption

- HDR contains CKY-I | CKY-R
- KE = g^I (Initiator) or g^r (Responder)

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## Main Mode: Authentication with Revised Public Key Encryption

- HDR contains CKY-I | CKY-R
- KE = g^I (Initiator) or g^r (Responder)
- Ke_i/r = symmetric key from Ni/r_b and CKY_I/R

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## Key Derivation

- SKEYID
- Pre-shared keys:
- HMAC_H(pre-shared-key, Ni_b | Nr_b
- Digital signatures:
- HMAC_H(H(Ni_b | Nr_b), g^ir)
- Public key encryption:
- HMAC_H(H(Ni_b | Nr_b), CKY-I | CKY-R)

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## Key Derivation (continued)

- SKEYID_d (used to derive keying material for IPsec SA):
- HMAC_H(SKEYID, g^ir | CKY-I | CKY-R | 0)
- SKEYID_a (auth key for ISAKMP SA):
- HMAC_H(SKEYID, SKEYID_a|g^ir|CKY-I|CKY-R|1)
- SKEYID_e (enc key for ISAKMP SA):
- HMAC_H(SKEYID, SKEYID_a|g^ir|CKY-I|CKY-R|2)

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## Hash Calculations

- HASH_I:
- HMAC_H(SKEYID, g^i | g^r | CKY-I | CKY-R | Sai_b | ID_i1_b)
- HASH_R:
- HMAC_H(SKEYID, g^r | g^i | CKY-R | CKY-I | Sai_b | ID_r1_b)

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## IKE Negotiations - Phase 2

- Purpose:
- Establish IPsec SA
- Steps (3-4 messages exchanged):
- Negotiate Security Parameters
- Optional Diffie-Hellman Exchange (for PFS)
- Optional Exchange of Identities
- Final Verification
- Quick Mode
- New Groups Mode

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## Phase 2 Attributes

- Group description (for PFS)
- Encryption algorithm (if any)
- Key length
- Key rounds
- Authentication algorithm (if any)
- Life duration (seconds and/or kilobytes)
- Encapsulation mode (transport or tunnel)

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## Quick Mode

- HDR contains CKY-I | CKY-R
- KE (for PFS) = g^I (Initiator) or g^r (Responder)

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## Key Derivation

- KEYMAT (no PFS):
- HMAC_H(SKEYID_d, protocol | SPI | Ni_b | Nr_b)
- KEYMAT (with PFS):
- HMAC_H(SKEYID_d, g^ir (QM) | protocol | SPI | Ni_b | Nr_b)
- Expanded KEYMAT (if needed):
- K2 = HMAC_H(SKEYID_d, KEYMAT | [g^ir (QM) | ] protocol | SPI | Ni_b | Nr_b)
- K3 = HMAC_H(SKEYID_d, K2 | [g^ir (QM) | ] protocol | SPI | Ni_b | Nr_b)    etc.

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## Hash Calculations

- HASH(1) :
- HMAC_H (SKEYID_a |  Message_ID | contents of Message #1)
- HASH(2) :
- HMAC_H (SKEYID_a |  Message_ID | Ni_b | contents of Message #2)
- HASH(3) :
- HMAC_H (SKEYID_a |  0 | Message_ID | Ni_b | Nr_b)

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## New Groups Mode

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## Contact Information

- For further information, contact:
- Sheila Frankel: sheila.frankel@nist.gov

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