Hi Orie,

I raised a PR https://github.com/tireddy2/Hybrid-KEM-with-COSE-JOSE/pulls
to use "AKP".

Cheers,
-Tiru

On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 at 04:05, Orie Steele <[email protected]> wrote:

> Changing "crv" is indeed not possible at this point.... but we are not
> required to use "crv" to express pqc or hybrid keys.
>
> The document that enables an "alg" to be used in a message can also
> specify which "kty" and other parameters are required to be present when
> that alg is expressed in a key.
>
> We are comparing:
>
> ### Option A
>
> const jwk = {
>     kty: "AKP", // mandatory
>     alg: "X-Wing", // mandatory
>     pub: "4iNrNajCSz...tmrrIzQSQQO9lNA", // mandatory
>     priv: "f5wrpOiP...rPpm7yY", // mandatory
> };
>
> ### Option B
>
> const jwk = {
>     kty: "OKP", // mandatory
>     crv: "X-Wing", // mandatory
>     alg: "X-Wing", // optional
>     x: "4iNrNajCSz...tmrrIzQSQQO9lNA", // mandatory
>     d: "f5wrpOiP...rPpm7yY" // mandatory
> };
>
> I'm saying let's go with Option A.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 4:22 PM Sophie Schmieg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I would really like to avoid a reality where someone uses the separate
>> parts of an X-Wing key in their own primitives, that way lies madness and
>> vulnerabilities. COSE should treat hybrids just like any other algorithm,
>> and pretend to not know anything about how the opaque blob of bytes
>> operates.
>> As for unfortunate naming decisions, there is some precedent here, with
>> TLS calling everything a group. Kind of unfortunate and "algorithm
>> parameter" or similar would have been the far better term for it, but I
>> somewhat assume that changing this name at this point is infeasible. (An
>> overly pendadic person might point out though, that Z[X]/(X^256+1)^3 is, as
>> a module of a number field order, by definition still a group, and that
>> Z[X](X^256+1) has Dedekind dimension one, which means that it would be fair
>> to say that at least Spec Z[X]/(X^256+1) is a curve, so we are still
>> talking about a vector bundle over a curve)
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 6:25 AM tirumal reddy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Orie for valuable inputs, raise PRs for both the drafts, see
>>> https://github.com/tireddy2/Hybrid-KEM-with-COSE-JOSE/pull/4
>>> and https://github.com/ietf-wg-jose/draft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt/pull/11
>>> .
>>>
>>> On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 at 20:08, Orie Steele <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sure, but that is a problem for:
>>>>
>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-cose-hpke/
>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-jose-hpke-encrypt/
>>>>
>>>> Consider what the example you gave above means in a pre-hpke world:
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>>       "kty": "OKP",
>>>>       "crv": "X25519",
>>>>       "algorithms": ["ECDH-ES+A128KW", "ECDH-ES+A256KW"],
>>>>       "x": "KIWi1p4buN7...N8zkhfF8pGs",
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> The algorithms in the key are for key establishment / key wrapping...
>>>> not content encryption.
>>>>
>>>> HPKE is adding the idea of enabling "direct integrated encryption".
>>>> ... and in doing so, enabling you to use a key wrapping algorithm which
>>>> is also a content encryption algorithm and which is an hpke aead.
>>>> If that's a bad idea, we are not making it better by adding PQ/T
>>>> hybrids to it, or enabling multiple HPKE suites to be used for the same KEM
>>>> key.
>>>>
>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9180#name-kem-key-reuse
>>>>
>>>> So while HPKE might allow the same kem key to be used with multiple
>>>> AEADs, there is no reason that JOSE and COSE should allow it...
>>>> *Because this use case is solved for in the 2 layer constructions in
>>>> JOSE and COSE.*
>>>>
>>>> I consider it to be a bad idea to advertise multiple key encryption /
>>>> key wrapping algorithms for a single kem key pair.
>>>>
>>>> Let's look at a complete example of X-Wing in JOSE starting with the
>>>> recipient public key:
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>>     "kty": "AKP",
>>>>     "kid":
>>>> "urn:ietf:params:oauth:jwk-thumbprint:sha-256:S6AXfdU_6Yfzvu0KDDJb0sFuwnIWPk6LMTErYhPb32s",
>>>>     "alg": "HPKE-XWING-SHA256-A256GCM",
>>>>     "pub": "KIWi1p4buN7...N8zkhfF8pGs",
>>>>     "priv": "i20zlCBQr0...JsShVkf3q4qUc"
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> ^ such a key can be used for both integrated encryption and 2 key
>>>> encryption in both JOSE and COSE.
>>>>
>>>> You can encrypt directly to this key using A256GCM,
>>>> and indirectly by using HPKE-XWING-SHA256-A256GCM to encrypt a content
>>>> encryption key, and then using any of the algorithms registered here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.iana.org/assignments/jose/jose.xhtml#web-signature-encryption-algorithms
>>>> ... that support "enc" ... (ChaCha20Poly1305 is not in this registry btw).
>>>>
>>>> ## Integrated Encryption (X-Wing HPKE JWT)
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>>   "protectedHeader": {
>>>>     "alg": "HPKE-XWING-SHA256-A256GCM",
>>>>     "enc": "dir",
>>>>     "kid": "
>>>> urn:ietf:params:oauth:jwk-thumbprint:sha-256:S6AXfdU_6Yfzvu0KDDJb0sFuwnIWPk6LMTErYhPb32s
>>>> "
>>>>   },
>>>>   "payload": {
>>>>     "urn:example:claim": true,
>>>>     "iss": "urn:example:issuer",
>>>>     "aud": "urn:example:audience",
>>>>     "iat": 1729785491,
>>>>     "exp": 1729792691
>>>>   }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> ## Key Encryption (Multiple recipients, using the same content
>>>> encryption algorithm)
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>>   "protected": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4R0NNIn0", // { "enc" : "A128GCM" }
>>>>   "iv": "ZL0HDvZJizA6vyTV",
>>>>   "ciphertext": "Oq26x9vppULrGNzCn2j...BgQpgJPchg0eWNmgv4Ozi5I",
>>>>   "tag": "ULnlOiJRYfCzM_r5j9sLEQ",
>>>>   "aad": "cGF1bCBhdHJlaWRlcw",
>>>>   "recipients": [
>>>>     {
>>>>       "encrypted_key": "G3HmlpOgA4H...w7svDwUqvNR",
>>>>       "header": {
>>>>         "kid": "urn:ietf:params:oauth:jwk-thumbprint:sha-256:
>>>> cxQC_lWt22BIjH5AWSLHCZk_f-mU3-W4Ztcu5-ZbwTk",
>>>>         "alg": "ECDH-ES+A128KW",
>>>>         "epk": {
>>>>           "kty": "OKP",
>>>>           "crv": "X25519",
>>>>           "x": "JnGWSQ90hlt0H7..._Dn_CkLzE",
>>>>         }
>>>>       }
>>>>     },
>>>>     {
>>>>       "encrypted_key": "pn6ED0ijngCiWF8...mRF7QarTVfuWj6dw",
>>>>       "header": {
>>>>         "alg": "HPKE-XWING-SHA256-A256GCM",
>>>>         "kid":
>>>> "urn:ietf:params:oauth:jwk-thumbprint:sha-256:S6AXfdU_6Yfzvu0KDDJb0sFuwnIWPk6LMTErYhPb32s",
>>>>         "ek": "BI41YDnhTTI6jSd7T62rLwzC...X9UXDw_3ylbXTiYWmPXl2fNmr4BeQ"
>>>>       }
>>>>     }
>>>>   ]
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Some comments on kem key reuse:
>>>>
>>>> In the example above, assume the X25519 ECDH-ES+A128KW part is to the
>>>> x25519 component of the X-Wing key.
>>>> When a CRQC breaks ECDH-ES, the encrypted content encryption key is
>>>> broken, and the attacker can ignore x-wing completely, and still recover
>>>> the plaintext.
>>>> This remains true when any recipient in a 2 layer uses any of the
>>>> traditional 2 layer algorithms in the JOSE and COSE registries today
>>>> (except for psk stuff mixed into kdfs).
>>>>
>>>> In the case of direct encryption to the x25519 component of an x-wing
>>>> key, the plaintext is also recovered.
>>>>
>>>> The only way to protect against both modes is to use X-Wing for both
>>>> integrated encryption and key encryption and to always use the full x-wing
>>>> algorithm with a given x-wing key, and in the case of multiple recipients,
>>>> to ensure that each recipient is using a PQ key encryption / key wrapping
>>>> algorithm.... because in 2 layer breaking a single recipient encrypted
>>>> content encryption key recovers plaintext.
>>>>
>>>> OS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 6:57 AM tirumal reddy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Orie for the detailed explanation. I understand your suggestion
>>>>> to use "AKP" instead of "OKP," but "AKP" has limitations, particularly 
>>>>> with
>>>>> the HPKE PQ/T scheme. For example, in the HPKE, a single key agreement
>>>>> mechanism can be paired with multiple AEAD algorithms, resulting in unique
>>>>> cryptographic algorithm identifiers. For instance:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - HPKE-XWING-SHA256-ChaCha20Poly1305
>>>>>    - HPKE-XWING-SHA256-AES256GCM
>>>>>
>>>>> To address this, the key type "AKP" would need to be extended to
>>>>> accommodate multiple algorithms. A possible JSON representation could look
>>>>> like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> {
>>>>>     "kty": "AKP",
>>>>>     "kid": "01",
>>>>>     "algorithms": [
>>>>>         "HPKE-XWING-SHA256-ChaCha20Poly1305",
>>>>>         "HPKE-XWING-SHA256-AES256GCM"
>>>>>     ],
>>>>>     "key_ops": [
>>>>>         "deriveBits",
>>>>>         "wrapKey"
>>>>>     ]}
>>>>>
>>>>> -Tiru
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 at 02:25, Orie Steele <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url1=draft-reddy-cose-jose-pqc-hybrid-hpke-03&url2=draft-reddy-cose-jose-pqc-hybrid-hpke-04&difftype=--hwdiff
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Further comments:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> X-Wing is not an Elliptic Curve.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> X-Wing keys using OKP and (ab)using the "crv" parameter to mean
>>>>>> "curve with parameters + lattice with parameters"... is something I
>>>>>> really hope we can decide not to do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As I said in
>>>>>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/cose/LMh6LpT5aqF5m47dmQ_roWU18eM/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would be nice to agree to use keys for algorithms, and to use AKP
>>>>>> for ML-KEM and ML-DSA, and X-Wing with HPKE, and X-Wing without HPKE... 
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> all of this is possible with the use of the AKP key type with fully
>>>>>> specified algorithms.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-cose-dilithium-04#name-algorithm-key-pair-type
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Obviously I disagree with Ilari on this point.
>>>>>> .... however, I hope we can agree that whatever we do for ML-DSA, it
>>>>>> will work for ML-KEM and X-Wing, and HPKE... or whatever CRFG comes up 
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> next.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *In summary, it's nice that the HPKE algorithms have been added, but
>>>>>> I object to the key representation using OKP.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Motivation for my objection to the use of OKP for ML-KEM keys:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Consider that OKP is commonly considered reserved for "elliptic curve
>>>>>> points", as noted in
>>>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8152#section-12.4.2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8037.html#section-2
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Note: Do not assume that there is an underlying elliptic curve,
>>>>>>    despite the existence of the "crv" and "x" parameters.  (For
>>>>>>    instance, this key type could be extended to represent
>>>>>> Diffie-Hellman
>>>>>>    (DH) algorithms based on hyperelliptic surfaces.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It does not matter how many times I read the note above, the
>>>>>> normative MUST says:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   o  The parameter "crv" MUST be present and contain the subtype of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>       key (from the "JSON Web Elliptic Curve" registry).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This means we are required to put things that are not curves in a
>>>>>> registry for curves....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the algorithm param "alg" is not mandatory for an X-Wing key, can
>>>>>> I use the same key for ML-KEM and X25519 and X-Wing?
>>>>>> Do I have to put "alg" in the key, even though it's optional (in OKP)
>>>>>> to signal a safer use pattern?
>>>>>> If I encrypt with X25519 to an X-Wing key that has no "alg"
>>>>>> parameter, what happens?... is it ok, if I use the X25519 component to
>>>>>> decrypt? it works... is this legal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {
>>>>>>       "kty": "OKP",
>>>>>>       "crv": "X-Wing", // not a curve... just means x and d cannot be
>>>>>> validated... unless you know the intended algorithm
>>>>>>       "alg": "ECDH-ES+A128KW", // HPKE-XWING-SHA256-AES256GCM
>>>>>> // HPKE-X25519-SHA256-CHACHA20POLY1305
>>>>>>       "x": "KIWi1p4buN7...N8zkhfF8pGs", // 2 public keys
>>>>>>       "d": "i20zlCBQr0...JsShVkf3q4qUc" // 2 private keys or a single
>>>>>> seed for both private keys
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The thumbprints will be different ...
>>>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-cose-key-thumbprint-06#name-octet-key-pair-okp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Even if the same private key can decrypt messages to each public key
>>>>>> that contains "somewhere (no validation)" the necessary components....
>>>>>> The thumbprint for a hybrid public key should include the algorithm
>>>>>> used to construct the hybrid, not just the public keys used with any
>>>>>> component algorithms or the hybrid.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Either we should scrap the AKP concept and use OKP as Ilari suggested.
>>>>>> ... or we should not use OKP for new "subtype"s... and especially not
>>>>>> for hybrids.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know if this comment should gate working group adoption, but
>>>>>> it certainly seems it should gate a WGLC for either document that
>>>>>> references ML-KEM / ML-DSA .
>>>>>> Thanks to Russ, Neil and others who gave WGLC feedback on AKP and
>>>>>> ML-DSA for JOSE and COSE, I am tracking your comments here:
>>>>>> https://github.com/cose-wg/draft-ietf-cose-dilithium/issues but have
>>>>>> not yet addressed them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ilari, Hannes and Tiru, please feel free to file a WGLC comment on
>>>>>> the use of AKP in ML-DSA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Whatever the outcome, there should be alignment on seeds, private
>>>>>> keys, public keys and algorithms for lattice and hybrid PQC (ML-DSA /
>>>>>> ML-KEM / X-Wing)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "pub" is better than "x"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "priv" is better than "d"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "alg" should have been mandatory in keys,
>>>>>> ... and forbidden in headers ( a ship that has sailed, and can't be
>>>>>> fixed for EC2 / OKP keys, or JWE / COSE Encrypt envelopes )...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *...things that are not elliptic curves do not belong in a
>>>>>> registry for elliptic curves...*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will die on these hills. If I'm in the rough, it would be good to
>>>>>> know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OS
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 11:11 AM Michael Jones <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ilari, Orie, and Mike P., do you believe that your comments on the
>>>>>>> previous draft have been addressed in this one?  If not, what further
>>>>>>> changes would you suggest?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                                                                 --
>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* tirumal reddy <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, December 2, 2024 5:29 AM
>>>>>>> *To:* Michael Jones <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> *Cc:* [email protected]
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [COSE] Re: Call for adoption of
>>>>>>> draft-reddy-cose-jose-pqc-hybrid-hpke
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The revised draft
>>>>>>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-reddy-cose-jose-pqc-hybrid-hpke-04.html
>>>>>>> addresses all the comments raised during the WG adoption call. Regarding
>>>>>>> Michael's comment on the terms 'traditional' and 'Post-Quantum,' this 
>>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>> has been discussed in the PQUIP WG. However, no decision has been made 
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> change the terminology, and this issue is beyond the scope of this
>>>>>>> document
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Tiru
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 at 22:42, Michael Jones <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only two replies to the call for adoption clearly stated that they
>>>>>>> favored adoption.  Whereas more messages were sent than that with 
>>>>>>> critiques
>>>>>>> of the draft.  Therefore, the draft is not adopted in its present form.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The chairs suggest that the authors update the specification to
>>>>>>> address the feedback from Ilari, Orie, Mike P., and Michael R. and 
>>>>>>> publish
>>>>>>> a new draft, and then ask for feedback on the revised draft on the 
>>>>>>> mailing
>>>>>>> list.  Following that, we can consider a call for adoption of the 
>>>>>>> revised
>>>>>>> draft.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                                                                 For
>>>>>>> the chairs,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                                                                 --
>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* Michael Jones
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, November 8, 2024 7:04 AM
>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Call for adoption of
>>>>>>> draft-reddy-cose-jose-pqc-hybrid-hpke
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Per discussions at the IETF 121 COSE working group meeting, this
>>>>>>> note starts a two-week call for adoption of the PQ/T Hybrid KEM: HPKE 
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> JOSE/COSE specification.  Please let us know whether you are in favor of
>>>>>>> adoption or not by Friday, November 22, 2024.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                                                                 --
>>>>>>> Mike & Ivo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ORIE STEELE
>>>>>> Chief Technology Officer
>>>>>> www.transmute.industries
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://transmute.industries>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ORIE STEELE
>>>> Chief Technology Officer
>>>> www.transmute.industries
>>>>
>>>> <https://transmute.industries>
>>>>
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>>
>>
>
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>
> ORIE STEELE
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>
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