Internet-Draft Hash-based Signatures for X.509 September 2023
Bashiri, et al. Expires 17 March 2024 [Page]
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LAMPS - Limited Additional Mechanisms for PKIX and SMIME
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draft-gazdag-x509-hash-sigs-02
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Authors:
K. Bashiri
BSI
S. Fluhrer
Cisco Systems
S. Gazdag
genua GmbH
D. Van Geest
S. Kousidis
BSI

Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Algorithm Identifiers for Hash-based Signatures

Abstract

This document specifies algorithm identifiers and ASN.1 encoding formats for the Hash-Based Signature (HBS) schemes Hierarchical Signature System (HSS), eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme (XMSS), and XMSS^MT, a multi-tree variant of XMSS, as well as SLH-DSA (formerly SPHINCS+), the latter being the only stateless scheme. This specification applies to the Internet X.509 Public Key infrastructure (PKI) when those digital signatures are used in Internet X.509 certificates and certificate revocation lists.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Hash-Based Signature (HBS) Schemes combine Merkle trees with One/Few Time Signatures (OTS/FTS) in order to provide digital signature schemes that remain secure even when quantum computers become available. Their theoretic security is well understood and depends only on the security of the underlying hash function. As such they can serve as an important building block for quantum computer resistant information and communication technology.

The private key of HSS, XMSS and XMSS^MT is a finite collection of OTS keys, hence only a limited number of messages can be signed and the private key's state must be updated and persisted after signing to prevent reuse of OTS keys. While the right selection of algorithm parameters would allow a private key to sign a virtually unbounded number of messages (e.g. 2^60), this is at the cost of a larger signature size and longer signing time. Due to the statefulness of the private key of HSS, XMSS and XMSS^MT and the limited number of signatures that can be created, these signature algorithms might not be appropriate for use in interactive protocols. However, in some use case scenarios the deployment of these signature algorithms may be appropriate. Such use cases are described and discussed later in Section 3.

The private key of SLH-DSA is a finite but very large collection of FTS keys and hence stateless. This typically comes at the cost of larger signatures compared to the stateful HBS variants. Thus SLH-DSA is suitable for more use cases if the signature sizes fit the requirements.

2. Conventions and Definitions

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

The parameter 'n' is the security parameter, given in bytes. In practice this is typically aligned to the standard output length of the hash function in use, i.e. either 16, 24, 32 or 64 bytes. The height of a single tree is typically given by the parameter 'h'. The number of levels of trees is either called 'L' (HSS) or 'd' (XMSS, XMSS^MT, SLH-DSA).

3. Use Cases of HBS in X.509

As many cryptographic algorithms that are considered to be quantum-resistant, HBS have several pros and cons regarding their practical usage. On the positive side they are considered to be secure against a classical as well as a quantum adversary, and a secure instantiation of HBS may always be built as long as a cryptographically secure hash function exists. Moreover, HBS offer small public key sizes, and, in comparison to other post-quantum signature schemes, the stateful HBS can offer relatively small signature sizes (for certain parameter sets). While key generation and signature generation may take longer than classical alternatives, fast and minimal verification routines can be built. The major negative aspect is the statefulness of several HBS. Private keys always have to be handled in a secure manner, but stateful HBS necessitate a special treatment of the private key in order to avoid security incidents like signature forgery [MCGREW], [NIST-SP-800-208]. Therefore, for stateful HBS, a secure environment MUST be used for key generation and key management.

Note that, in general, root CAs offer such a secure environment and the number of issued signatures (including signed certificates and CRLs) is often moderate due to the fact that many root CAs delegate OCSP services or the signing of end-entity certificates to other entities (such as subordinate CAs) that use stateless signature schemes. Therefore, many root CAs should be able to handle the required state management, and stateful HBS offer a viable solution.

As the above reasoning for root CAs usually does not apply for subordinate CAs, it is NOT RECOMMENDED for subordinate CAs to use stateful HBS for issuing end-entity certificates. Moreover, stateful HBS MUST NOT be used for end-entity certificates.

However, stateful HBS MAY be used for code signing certificates, since they are suitable and recommended in such non-interactive contexts. For example, see the recommendations for software and firmware signing in [CNSA2.0]. Some manufactures use common and well-established key formats like X.509 for their code signing and update mechanisms. Also there are multi-party IoT ecosystems where publicly trusted code signing certificates are useful.

4. Public Key Algorithms

Certificates conforming to [RFC5280] can convey a public key for any public key algorithm. The certificate indicates the algorithm through an algorithm identifier. An algorithm identifier consists of an OID and optional parameters.

In this document, we define new OIDs for identifying the different hash-based signature algorithms. An additional OID is defined in [RFC8708] and repeated here for convenience. For all of the OIDs, the parameters MUST be absent.

4.1. HSS Public Keys

The object identifier and public key algorithm identifier for HSS is defined in [RFC8708]. The definitions are repeated here for reference.

The object identifier for an HSS public key is id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig:

id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs9(9)
   smime(16) alg(3) 17 }

Note that the id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig algorithm identifier is also referred to as id-alg-mts-hashsig. This synonym is based on the terminology used in an early draft of the document that became [RFC8554].

The HSS public key identifier is as follows:

pk-HSS-LMS-HashSig PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig
   KEY HSS-LMS-HashSig-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

The HSS public key is defined as follows:

HSS-LMS-HashSig-PublicKey ::= OCTET STRING

See [NIST-SP-800-208] and [RFC8554] for more information on the contents and format of an HSS public key. Note that the single-tree signature scheme LMS is instantiated as HSS with level L=1.

4.2. XMSS Public Keys

The object identifier for an XMSS public key is id-alg-xmss-hashsig:

id-alg-xmss-hashsig  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   itu-t(0) identified-organization(4) etsi(0) reserved(127)
   etsi-identified-organization(0) isara(15) algorithms(1)
   asymmetric(1) xmss(13) 0 }

The XMSS public key identifier is as follows:

pk-XMSS-HashSig PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-xmss-hashsig
   KEY XMSS-HashSig-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

The XMSS public key is defined as follows:

XMSS-HashSig-PublicKey ::= OCTET STRING

See [NIST-SP-800-208] and [RFC8391] for more information on the contents and format of an XMSS public key.

4.3. XMSS^MT Public Keys

The object identifier for an XMSS^MT public key is id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig:

id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   itu-t(0) identified-organization(4) etsi(0) reserved(127)
   etsi-identified-organization(0) isara(15) algorithms(1)
   asymmetric(1) xmssmt(14) 0 }

The XMSS^MT public key identifier is as follows:

pk-XMSSMT-HashSig PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig
   KEY XMSSMT-HashSig-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

The XMSS^MT public key is defined as follows:

XMSSMT-HashSig-PublicKey ::= OCTET STRING

See [NIST-SP-800-208] and [RFC8391] for more information on the contents and format of an XMSS^MT public key.

4.4. SLH-DSA Public Keys

The object and public key algorithm identifiers for SLH-DSA are defined in [I-D.ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus]. The definitions are repeated here for reference.

id-alg-sphincs-plus-128 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   TBD }

id-alg-sphincs-plus-192 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   TBD }

id-alg-sphincs-plus-256 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   TBD }

The SLH-DSA public key identifier is as follows:

pk-sphincs-plus-128 PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-sphincs-plus-128
   KEY SPHINCS-Plus-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
     { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

pk-sphincs-plus-192 PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-sphincs-plus-192
   KEY SPHINCS-Plus-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
     { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

pk-sphincs-plus-256 PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-sphincs-plus-256
   KEY SPHINCS-Plus-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

The SLH-DSA public key is defined as follows:

SPHINCS-Plus-PublicKey ::= OCTET STRING

See [NIST-FIPS-205] for more information on the contents and format of a SLH-DSA public key.

5. Key Usage Bits

The intended application for the key is indicated in the keyUsage certificate extension [RFC5280].

If the keyUsage extension is present in an end-entity certificate that indicates id-alg-sphincs-plus-128, id-alg-sphincs-plus-192, or id-alg-sphincs-plus-256, then it MUST contain at least one of the following values:

nonRepudiation; or
digitalSignature.

If the keyUsage extension is present in a code signing certificate that indicates id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig, id-alg-xmss-hashsig, id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig, id-alg-sphincs-plus-128, id-alg-sphincs-plus-192, or id-alg-sphincs-plus-256, then it MUST contain at least one of the following values:

nonRepudiation; or
digitalSignature.

If the keyUsage extension is present in a certification authority certificate that indicates id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig, id-alg-xmss-hashsig, id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig, id-alg-sphincs-plus-128, id-alg-sphincs-plus-192, or id-alg-sphincs-plus-256, then it MUST contain at least one of the following values:

nonRepudiation; or
digitalSignature; or
keyCertSign; or
cRLSign.

Note that for certificates that indicate id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig the above definitions are more restrictive than the requirement defined in Section 4 of [RFC8708].

6. Signature Algorithms

This section identifies OIDs for signing using HSS, XMSS, XMSS^MT, and SLH-DSA. When these algorithm identifiers appear in the algorithm field as an AlgorithmIdentifier, the encoding MUST omit the parameters field. That is, the AlgorithmIdentifier SHALL be a SEQUENCE of one component, one of the OIDs defined in the following subsections.

The data to be signed is prepared for signing. For the algorithms used in this document, the data is signed directly by the signature algorithm, the data is not hashed before processing. Then, a private key operation is performed to generate the signature value. For HSS, the signature value is described in section 6.4 of [RFC8554]. For XMSS and XMSS^MT the signature values are described in sections B.2 and C.2 of [RFC8391], respectively. For SLH-DSA the signature values are described in 9.2 of [NIST-FIPS-205]. The octet string representing the signature is encoded directly in the OCTET STRING without adding any additional ASN.1 wrapping. For the Certificate and CertificateList structures, the signature value is wrapped in the "signatureValue" OCTET STRING field.

6.1. HSS Signature Algorithm

The HSS public key OID is also used to specify that an HSS signature was generated on the full message, i.e. the message was not hashed before being processed by the HSS signature algorithm.

id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs9(9)
   smime(16) alg(3) 17 }

The HSS signature is defined as follows:

HSS-LMS-HashSig-Signature ::= OCTET STRING

See [NIST-SP-800-208] and [RFC8554] for more information on the contents and format of an HSS signature.

6.2. XMSS Signature Algorithm

The XMSS public key OID is also used to specify that an XMSS signature was generated on the full message, i.e. the message was not hashed before being processed by the XMSS signature algorithm.

id-alg-xmss-hashsig  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   itu-t(0) identified-organization(4) etsi(0) reserved(127)
   etsi-identified-organization(0) isara(15) algorithms(1)
   asymmetric(1) xmss(13) 0 }

The XMSS signature is defined as follows:

XMSS-HashSig-Signature ::= OCTET STRING

See [NIST-SP-800-208] and [RFC8391] for more information on the contents and format of an XMSS signature.

The signature generation MUST be performed according to 7.2 of [NIST-SP-800-208].

6.3. XMSS^MT Signature Algorithm

The XMSS^MT public key OID is also used to specify that an XMSS^MT signature was generated on the full message, i.e. the message was not hashed before being processed by the XMSS^MT signature algorithm.

id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   itu-t(0) identified-organization(4) etsi(0) reserved(127)
   etsi-identified-organization(0) isara(15) algorithms(1)
   asymmetric(1) xmssmt(14) 0 }

The XMSS^MT signature is defined as follows:

XMSSMT-HashSig-Signature ::= OCTET STRING

See [NIST-SP-800-208] and [RFC8391] for more information on the contents and format of an XMSS^MT signature.

The signature generation MUST be performed according to 7.2 of [NIST-SP-800-208].

6.4. SLH-DSA Signature Algorithm

The SLH-DSA public key OID is also used to specify that a SLH-DSA signature was generated on the full message, i.e. the message was not hashed before being processed by the SLH-DSA signature algorithm.

id-alg-sphincs-plus-128 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   TBD }

id-alg-sphincs-plus-192 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   TBD }

id-alg-sphincs-plus-256 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   TBD }

The SLH-DSA signature is defined as follows:

SPHINCS-Plus-Signature ::= OCTET STRING

See [NIST-FIPS-205] for more information on the contents and format of a SLH-DSA signature.

7. Key Generation

The key generation for XMSS and XMSS^MT MUST be performed according to 7.2 of [NIST-SP-800-208]

8. ASN.1 Module

For reference purposes, the ASN.1 syntax is presented as an ASN.1 module here. This ASN.1 Module builds upon the conventions established in [RFC5911].

--
-- ASN.1 Module
--

<CODE STARTS>

Hashsigs-pkix-0 -- TBD - IANA assigned module OID

DEFINITIONS IMPLICIT TAGS ::= BEGIN

EXPORTS ALL;

IMPORTS
  PUBLIC-KEY, SIGNATURE-ALGORITHM
  FROM AlgorithmInformation-2009
    {iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) security(5)
    mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0) id-mod-algorithmInformation-02(58)} ;

--
-- Object Identifiers
--

-- id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig is defined in [RFC8708]

id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1)
   member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs9(9)
   smime(16) alg(3) 17 }

id-alg-xmss-hashsig  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { itu-t(0)
   identified-organization(4) etsi(0) reserved(127)
   etsi-identified-organization(0) isara(15) algorithms(1)
   asymmetric(1) xmss(13) 0 }

id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { itu-t(0)
   identified-organization(4) etsi(0) reserved(127)
   etsi-identified-organization(0) isara(15) algorithms(1)
   asymmetric(1) xmssmt(14) 0 }

id-alg-sphincs-plus-128 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   TBD }

id-alg-sphincs-plus-192 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   TBD }

id-alg-sphincs-plus-256 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
   TBD }

--
-- Signature Algorithms and Public Keys
--

-- sa-HSS-LMS-HashSig is defined in [RFC8708]

sa-HSS-LMS-HashSig SIGNATURE-ALGORITHM ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig
   PARAMS ARE absent
   PUBLIC-KEYS { pk-HSS-LMS-HashSig }
   SMIME-CAPS { IDENTIFIED BY id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig } }

sa-XMSS-HashSig SIGNATURE-ALGORITHM ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-xmss-hashsig
   PARAMS ARE absent
   PUBLIC-KEYS { pk-XMSS-HashSig }
   SMIME-CAPS { IDENTIFIED BY id-alg-xmss-hashsig } }

sa-XMSSMT-HashSig SIGNATURE-ALGORITHM ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig
   PARAMS ARE absent
   PUBLIC-KEYS { pk-XMSSMT }
   SMIME-CAPS { IDENTIFIED BY id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig } }

-- sa-sphincs-plus-128 is defined in [I-D.ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus]

sa-sphincs-plus-128 SIGNATURE-ALGORITHM ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-sphincs-plus-128
   PARAMS ARE absent
   PUBLIC-KEYS { pk-sphincs-plus-128 }
   SMIME-CAPS { IDENTIFIED BY id-alg-sphincs-plus-128 } }

-- sa-sphincs-plus-192 is defined in [I-D.ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus]

sa-sphincs-plus-192 SIGNATURE-ALGORITHM ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-sphincs-plus-192
   PARAMS ARE absent
   PUBLIC-KEYS { pk-sphincs-plus-192 }
   SMIME-CAPS { IDENTIFIED BY id-alg-sphincs-plus-192 } }

-- sa-sphincs-plus-256 is defined in [I-D.ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus]

sa-sphincs-plus-256 SIGNATURE-ALGORITHM ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-sphincs-plus-256
   PARAMS ARE absent
   PUBLIC-KEYS { pk-sphincs-plus-256 }
   SMIME-CAPS { IDENTIFIED BY id-alg-sphincs-plus-256 } }

-- pk-HSS-LMS-HashSig is defined in [RFC8708]

pk-HSS-LMS-HashSig PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-hss-lms-hashsig
   KEY HSS-LMS-HashSig-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

HSS-LMS-HashSig-PublicKey ::= OCTET STRING

pk-XMSS-HashSig PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-xmss-hashsig
   KEY XMSS-HashSig-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

XMSS-HashSig-PublicKey ::= OCTET STRING

pk-XMSSMT-HashSig PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-xmssmt-hashsig
   KEY XMSSMT-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

XMSSMT-HashSig-PublicKey ::= OCTET STRING

-- pk-sphincs-plus-128 is defined in [I-D.ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus]

pk-sphincs-plus-128 PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-sphincs-plus-128
   KEY SPHINCS-Plus-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

-- pk-sphincs-plus-192 is defined in [I-D.ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus]

pk-sphincs-plus-192 PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-sphincs-plus-192
   KEY SPHINCS-Plus-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

-- pk-sphincs-plus-256 is defined in [I-D.ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus]

pk-sphincs-plus-256 PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
   IDENTIFIER id-alg-sphincs-plus-256
   KEY SPHINCS-Plus-PublicKey
   PARAMS ARE absent
   CERT-KEY-USAGE
      { digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyCertSign, cRLSign } }

SPHINCS-Plus-PublicKey ::= OCTET STRING

END

<CODE ENDS>

9. Security Considerations

The security requirements of [NIST-SP-800-208] and [NIST-FIPS-205] MUST be taken into account.

For the stateful HBS (HSS, XMSS, XMSS^MT) it is crucial to stress the importance of a correct state management. If an attacker were able to obtain signatures for two different messages created using the same OTS key, then it would become computationally feasible for that attacker to create forgeries [BH16]. As noted in [MCGREW] and [ETSI-TR-103-692], extreme care needs to be taken in order to avoid the risk that an OTS key will be reused accidentally. This is a new requirement that most developers will not be familiar with and requires careful handling.

Various strategies for a correct state management can be applied:

10. Backup and Restore Management

Certificate Authorities have high demands in order to ensure the availability of signature generation throughout the validity period of signing key pairs.

Usual backup and restore strategies when using a stateless signature scheme (e.g. SLH-DSA) is to duplicate private keying material and to operate redundant signing devices or to store and safeguard a copy of the private keying material such that it can be used to set up a new signing device in case of technical difficulties.

For stateful HBS such straightforward backup and restore strategies will lead to OTS reuse with high probability as a correct state management is not guaranteed. Strategies for maintaining availability and keeping a correct state are described in 7 of [NIST-SP-800-208].

11. IANA Considerations

IANA is requested to assign a module OID from the "SMI for PKIX Module Identifier" registry for the ASN.1 module in Section 6.

12. References

12.1. Normative References

[I-D.ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus]
Housley, R., Fluhrer, S., Kampanakis, P., and B. Westerbaan, "Use of the SPHINCS+ Signature Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus-02, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lamps-cms-sphincs-plus-02>.
[NIST-FIPS-205]
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), "Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard", , <https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.205.ipd>.
[NIST-SP-800-208]
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), "Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes", , <https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-208>.
[RFC2119]
Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.
[RFC5280]
Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S., Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, DOI 10.17487/RFC5280, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5280>.
[RFC5911]
Hoffman, P. and J. Schaad, "New ASN.1 Modules for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and S/MIME", RFC 5911, DOI 10.17487/RFC5911, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5911>.
[RFC8174]
Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.
[RFC8391]
Huelsing, A., Butin, D., Gazdag, S., Rijneveld, J., and A. Mohaisen, "XMSS: eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme", RFC 8391, DOI 10.17487/RFC8391, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8391>.
[RFC8554]
McGrew, D., Curcio, M., and S. Fluhrer, "Leighton-Micali Hash-Based Signatures", RFC 8554, DOI 10.17487/RFC8554, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8554>.
[RFC8708]
Housley, R., "Use of the HSS/LMS Hash-Based Signature Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)", RFC 8708, DOI 10.17487/RFC8708, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8708>.

12.2. Informative References

[BH16]
Bruinderink, L. and S. Hülsing, "Oops, I did it again – Security of One-Time Signatures under Two-Message Attacks.", , <https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1042.pdf>.
[CNSA2.0]
National Security Agency (NSA), "Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite 2.0 (CNSA 2.0) Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA)", , <https://media.defense.gov/2022/Sep/07/2003071834/-1/-1/0/CSA_CNSA_2.0_ALGORITHMS_.PDF>.
[ETSI-TR-103-692]
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), "State management for stateful authentication mechanisms", , <https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_tr/103600_103699/103692/01.01.01_60/tr_103692v010101p.pdf>.
[MCGREW]
McGrew, D., Kampanakis, P., Fluhrer, S., Gazdag, S., Butin, D., and J. Buchmann, "State Management for Hash-Based Signatures", , <https://tubiblio.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/101633>.
[RFC3279]
Bassham, L., Polk, W., and R. Housley, "Algorithms and Identifiers for the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile", RFC 3279, DOI 10.17487/RFC3279, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3279>.
[RFC8410]
Josefsson, S. and J. Schaad, "Algorithm Identifiers for Ed25519, Ed448, X25519, and X448 for Use in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure", RFC 8410, DOI 10.17487/RFC8410, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8410>.
[RFC8411]
Schaad, J. and R. Andrews, "IANA Registration for the Cryptographic Algorithm Object Identifier Range", RFC 8411, DOI 10.17487/RFC8411, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8411>.

Acknowledgments

Thanks for Russ Housley and Panos Kampanakis for helpful suggestions.

This document uses a lot of text from similar documents [NIST-SP-800-208], ([RFC3279] and [RFC8410]) as well as [RFC8708]. Thanks go to the authors of those documents. "Copying always makes things easier and less error prone" - [RFC8411].

Authors' Addresses

Kaveh Bashiri
BSI
Scott Fluhrer
Cisco Systems
Stefan Gazdag
genua GmbH
Daniel Van Geest
Stavros Kousidis
BSI