OK, thank you.

Yoshihiro Ohba

On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 09:43:57PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yes.  To ensure uniqueness, you might want to start each label with "IETF 
> PANA".
> 
> So it could be "IETF PANA AUTH_KEY", "IETF PANA PEMK", etc.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Yoshihiro Ohba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 6:31 PM
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: PANA document errata
> 
> >Bernard,
> >
> >Yes, thank you very much for catching up this.  I agree that a key
> >label is needed for PANA_AUTH_KEY and this can be fixed in AUTH48.
> >
> >I am trying to explain a bit more.  draft-ohba-pana-pemk-01.txt
> >defines PEMK (PaC-EP-Master Key) to bootstrap lower-layer specific
> >master key for each lower-layer in a media-independent way:
> >
> >MSK---+----PANA_AUTH_KEY
> >     |
> >     +----PEMK----+----- PEMK for IKE (draft-ietf-pana-ipsec)
> >                  |
> >                  +----- PEMK for IEEE 802 family technologies
> >                  |
> >                  +----- PEMK for other technologies
> >
> >Using differenct key labels for PANA_AUTH_KEY and PEMK will guarantee
> >the uniqueness of the keys under MSK branch, i.e.,
> >
> >PANA_AUTH_KEY = prf+(MSK, "IETF PANA", 
> >I_PAR|I_PAN|PaC_nonce|PAA_nonce|Key_ID)
> >
> >PEMK = prf+(MSK, "PaC-EP master key" | SID | KID | EPDID)
> >
> >Regards,
> >Yoshihiro Ohba
> >
> >
> >On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 06:44:51AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>I mentioned that I found an errata in the PANA draft.
> >>
> >>The formula given for the PANA_AUTH_KEY is:
> >>
> >>  PANA_AUTH_KEY = prf+(MSK, I_PAR|I_PAN|PaC_nonce|PAA_nonce|Key_ID)
> >>
> >>This formula is missing a key label, such as "IETF PANA".  Other users
> >>of the MSK, such as IEEE 802.11, 802.11r, IEEE 802.1af, include
> >>labels when deriving keys from the MSK, in order to guarantee uniqueness
> >>of key branches.
> >>
> >>Perhaps this could be fixed in AUTH48?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> 

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