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+Network Working Group M. Horowitz
+Request for Comments: 2228 Cygnus Solutions
+Updates: 959 S. Lunt
+Category: Standards Track Bellcore
+ October 1997
+
+ FTP Security Extensions
+
+Status of this Memo
+
+ This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
+ Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
+ improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
+ Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
+ and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
+
+Copyright Notice
+
+ Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1997). All Rights Reserved.
+
+Abstract
+
+ This document defines extensions to the FTP specification STD 9, RFC
+ 959, "FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (FTP)" (October 1985). These extensions
+ provide strong authentication, integrity, and confidentiality on both
+ the control and data channels with the introduction of new optional
+ commands, replies, and file transfer encodings.
+
+ The following new optional commands are introduced in this
+ specification:
+
+ AUTH (Authentication/Security Mechanism),
+ ADAT (Authentication/Security Data),
+ PROT (Data Channel Protection Level),
+ PBSZ (Protection Buffer Size),
+ CCC (Clear Command Channel),
+ MIC (Integrity Protected Command),
+ CONF (Confidentiality Protected Command), and
+ ENC (Privacy Protected Command).
+
+ A new class of reply types (6yz) is also introduced for protected
+ replies.
+
+ None of the above commands are required to be implemented, but
+ interdependencies exist. These dependencies are documented with the
+ commands.
+
+ Note that this specification is compatible with STD 9, RFC 959.
+
+
+
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+RFC 2228 FTP Security Extensions October 1997
+
+
+1. Introduction
+
+ The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) currently defined in STD 9, RFC 959
+ and in place on the Internet uses usernames and passwords passed in
+ cleartext to authenticate clients to servers (via the USER and PASS
+ commands). Except for services such as "anonymous" FTP archives,
+ this represents a security risk whereby passwords can be stolen
+ through monitoring of local and wide-area networks. This either aids
+ potential attackers through password exposure and/or limits
+ accessibility of files by FTP servers who cannot or will not accept
+ the inherent security risks.
+
+ Aside from the problem of authenticating users in a secure manner,
+ there is also the problem of authenticating servers, protecting
+ sensitive data and/or verifying its integrity. An attacker may be
+ able to access valuable or sensitive data merely by monitoring a
+ network, or through active means may be able to delete or modify the
+ data being transferred so as to corrupt its integrity. An active
+ attacker may also initiate spurious file transfers to and from a site
+ of the attacker's choice, and may invoke other commands on the
+ server. FTP does not currently have any provision for the encryption
+ or verification of the authenticity of commands, replies, or
+ transferred data. Note that these security services have value even
+ to anonymous file access.
+
+ Current practice for sending files securely is generally either:
+
+ 1. via FTP of files pre-encrypted under keys which are manually
+ distributed,
+
+ 2. via electronic mail containing an encoding of a file encrypted
+ under keys which are manually distributed,
+
+ 3. via a PEM message, or
+
+ 4. via the rcp command enhanced to use Kerberos.
+
+ None of these means could be considered even a de facto standard, and
+ none are truly interactive. A need exists to securely transfer files
+ using FTP in a secure manner which is supported within the FTP
+ protocol in a consistent manner and which takes advantage of existing
+ security infrastructure and technology. Extensions are necessary to
+ the FTP specification if these security services are to be introduced
+ into the protocol in an interoperable way.
+
+
+
+
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+
+ Although the FTP control connection follows the Telnet protocol, and
+ Telnet has defined an authentication and encryption option [TELNET-
+ SEC], [RFC-1123] explicitly forbids the use of Telnet option
+ negotiation over the control connection (other than Synch and IP).
+
+ Also, the Telnet authentication and encryption option does not
+ provide for integrity protection only (without confidentiality), and
+ does not address the protection of the data channel.
+
+2. FTP Security Overview
+
+ At the highest level, the FTP security extensions seek to provide an
+ abstract mechanism for authenticating and/or authorizing connections,
+ and integrity and/or confidentiality protecting commands, replies,
+ and data transfers.
+
+ In the context of FTP security, authentication is the establishment
+ of a client's identity and/or a server's identity in a secure way,
+ usually using cryptographic techniques. The basic FTP protocol does
+ not have a concept of authentication.
+
+ Authorization is the process of validating a user for login. The
+ basic authorization process involves the USER, PASS, and ACCT
+ commands. With the FTP security extensions, authentication
+ established using a security mechanism may also be used to make the
+ authorization decision.
+
+ Without the security extensions, authentication of the client, as
+ this term is usually understood, never happens. FTP authorization is
+ accomplished with a password, passed on the network in the clear as
+ the argument to the PASS command. The possessor of this password is
+ assumed to be authorized to transfer files as the user named in the
+ USER command, but the identity of the client is never securely
+ established.
+
+ An FTP security interaction begins with a client telling the server
+ what security mechanism it wants to use with the AUTH command. The
+ server will either accept this mechanism, reject this mechanism, or,
+ in the case of a server which does not implement the security
+ extensions, reject the command completely. The client may try
+ multiple security mechanisms until it requests one which the server
+ accepts. This allows a rudimentary form of negotiation to take
+ place. (If more complex negotiation is desired, this may be
+ implemented as a security mechanism.) The server's reply will
+ indicate if the client must respond with additional data for the
+
+
+
+
+
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+ security mechanism to interpret. If none is needed, this will
+ usually mean that the mechanism is one where the password (specified
+ by the PASS command) is to be interpreted differently, such as with a
+ token or one-time password system.
+
+ If the server requires additional security information, then the
+ client and server will enter into a security data exchange. The
+ client will send an ADAT command containing the first block of
+ security data. The server's reply will indicate if the data exchange
+ is complete, if there was an error, or if more data is needed. The
+ server's reply can optionally contain security data for the client to
+ interpret. If more data is needed, the client will send another ADAT
+ command containing the next block of data, and await the server's
+ reply. This exchange can continue as many times as necessary. Once
+ this exchange completes, the client and server have established a
+ security association. This security association may include
+ authentication (client, server, or mutual) and keying information for
+ integrity and/or confidentiality, depending on the mechanism in use.
+
+ The term "security data" here is carefully chosen. The purpose of
+ the security data exchange is to establish a security association,
+ which might not actually include any authentication at all, between
+ the client and the server as described above. For instance, a
+ Diffie-Hellman exchange establishes a secret key, but no
+ authentication takes place. If an FTP server has an RSA key pair but
+ the client does not, then the client can authenticate the server, but
+ the server cannot authenticate the client.
+
+ Once a security association is established, authentication which is a
+ part of this association may be used instead of or in addition to the
+ standard username/password exchange for authorizing a user to connect
+ to the server. A username specified by the USER command is always
+ required to specify the identity to be used on the server.
+
+ In order to prevent an attacker from inserting or deleting commands
+ on the control stream, if the security association supports
+ integrity, then the server and client must use integrity protection
+ on the control stream, unless it first transmits a CCC command to
+ turn off this requirement. Integrity protection is performed with
+ the MIC and ENC commands, and the 63z reply codes. The CCC command
+ and its reply must be transmitted with integrity protection.
+ Commands and replies may be transmitted without integrity (that is,
+ in the clear or with confidentiality only) only if no security
+ association is established, the negotiated security association does
+ not support integrity, or the CCC command has succeeded.
+
+
+
+
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+
+ Once the client and server have negotiated with the PBSZ command an
+ acceptable buffer size for encapsulating protected data over the data
+ channel, the security mechanism may also be used to protect data
+ channel transfers.
+
+ Policy is not specified by this document. In particular, client and
+ server implementations may choose to implement restrictions on what
+ operations can be performed depending on the security association
+ which exists. For example, a server may require that a client
+ authorize via a security mechanism rather than using a password,
+ require that the client provide a one-time password from a token,
+ require at least integrity protection on the command channel, or
+ require that certain files only be transmitted encrypted. An
+ anonymous ftp client might refuse to do file transfers without
+ integrity protection in order to insure the validity of files
+ downloaded.
+
+ No particular set of functionality is required, except as
+ dependencies described in the next section. This means that none of
+ authentication, integrity, or confidentiality are required of an
+ implementation, although a mechanism which does none of these is not
+ of much use. For example, it is acceptable for a mechanism to
+ implement only integrity protection, one-way authentication and/or
+ encryption, encryption without any authentication or integrity
+ protection, or any other subset of functionality if policy or
+ technical considerations make this desirable. Of course, one peer
+ might require as a matter of policy stronger protection than the
+ other is able to provide, preventing perfect interoperability.
+
+3. New FTP Commands
+
+ The following commands are optional, but dependent on each other.
+ They are extensions to the FTP Access Control Commands.
+
+ The reply codes documented here are generally described as
+ recommended, rather than required. The intent is that reply codes
+ describing the full range of success and failure modes exist, but
+ that servers be allowed to limit information presented to the client.
+ For example, a server might implement a particular security
+ mechanism, but have a policy restriction against using it. The
+ server should respond with a 534 reply code in this case, but may
+ respond with a 504 reply code if it does not wish to divulge that the
+ disallowed mechanism is supported. If the server does choose to use
+ a different reply code than the recommended one, it should try to use
+ a reply code which only differs in the last digit. In all cases, the
+ server must use a reply code which is documented as returnable from
+ the command received, and this reply code must begin with the same
+ digit as the recommended reply code for the situation.
+
+
+
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+
+ AUTHENTICATION/SECURITY MECHANISM (AUTH)
+
+ The argument field is a Telnet string identifying a supported
+ mechanism. This string is case-insensitive. Values must be
+ registered with the IANA, except that values beginning with "X-"
+ are reserved for local use.
+
+ If the server does not recognize the AUTH command, it must respond
+ with reply code 500. This is intended to encompass the large
+ deployed base of non-security-aware ftp servers, which will
+ respond with reply code 500 to any unrecognized command. If the
+ server does recognize the AUTH command but does not implement the
+ security extensions, it should respond with reply code 502.
+
+ If the server does not understand the named security mechanism, it
+ should respond with reply code 504.
+
+ If the server is not willing to accept the named security
+ mechanism, it should respond with reply code 534.
+
+ If the server is not able to accept the named security mechanism,
+ such as if a required resource is unavailable, it should respond
+ with reply code 431.
+
+ If the server is willing to accept the named security mechanism,
+ but requires security data, it must respond with reply code 334.
+
+ If the server is willing to accept the named security mechanism,
+ and does not require any security data, it must respond with reply
+ code 234.
+
+ If the server is responding with a 334 reply code, it may include
+ security data as described in the next section.
+
+ Some servers will allow the AUTH command to be reissued in order
+ to establish new authentication. The AUTH command, if accepted,
+ removes any state associated with prior FTP Security commands.
+ The server must also require that the user reauthorize (that is,
+ reissue some or all of the USER, PASS, and ACCT commands) in this
+ case (see section 4 for an explanation of "authorize" in this
+ context).
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+ AUTHENTICATION/SECURITY DATA (ADAT)
+
+ The argument field is a Telnet string representing base 64 encoded
+ security data (see Section 9, "Base 64 Encoding"). If a reply
+ code indicating success is returned, the server may also use a
+ string of the form "ADAT=base64data" as the text part of the reply
+ if it wishes to convey security data back to the client.
+
+ The data in both cases is specific to the security mechanism
+ specified by the previous AUTH command. The ADAT command, and the
+ associated replies, allow the client and server to conduct an
+ arbitrary security protocol. The security data exchange must
+ include enough information for both peers to be aware of which
+ optional features are available. For example, if the client does
+ not support data encryption, the server must be made aware of
+ this, so it will know not to send encrypted command channel
+ replies. It is strongly recommended that the security mechanism
+ provide sequencing on the command channel, to insure that commands
+ are not deleted, reordered, or replayed.
+
+ The ADAT command must be preceded by a successful AUTH command,
+ and cannot be issued once a security data exchange completes
+ (successfully or unsuccessfully), unless it is preceded by an AUTH
+ command to reset the security state.
+
+ If the server has not yet received an AUTH command, or if a prior
+ security data exchange completed, but the security state has not
+ been reset with an AUTH command, it should respond with reply code
+ 503.
+
+ If the server cannot base 64 decode the argument, it should
+ respond with reply code 501.
+
+ If the server rejects the security data (if a checksum fails, for
+ instance), it should respond with reply code 535.
+
+ If the server accepts the security data, and requires additional
+ data, it should respond with reply code 335.
+
+ If the server accepts the security data, but does not require any
+ additional data (i.e., the security data exchange has completed
+ successfully), it must respond with reply code 235.
+
+ If the server is responding with a 235 or 335 reply code, then it
+ may include security data in the text part of the reply as
+ specified above.
+
+
+
+
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+ If the ADAT command returns an error, the security data exchange
+ will fail, and the client must reset its internal security state.
+ If the client becomes unsynchronized with the server (for example,
+ the server sends a 234 reply code to an AUTH command, but the
+ client has more data to transmit), then the client must reset the
+ server's security state.
+
+ PROTECTION BUFFER SIZE (PBSZ)
+
+ The argument is a decimal integer representing the maximum size,
+ in bytes, of the encoded data blocks to be sent or received during
+ file transfer. This number shall be no greater than can be
+ represented in a 32-bit unsigned integer.
+
+ This command allows the FTP client and server to negotiate a
+ maximum protected buffer size for the connection. There is no
+ default size; the client must issue a PBSZ command before it can
+ issue the first PROT command.
+
+ The PBSZ command must be preceded by a successful security data
+ exchange.
+
+ If the server cannot parse the argument, or if it will not fit in
+ 32 bits, it should respond with a 501 reply code.
+
+ If the server has not completed a security data exchange with the
+ client, it should respond with a 503 reply code.
+
+ Otherwise, the server must reply with a 200 reply code. If the
+ size provided by the client is too large for the server, it must
+ use a string of the form "PBSZ=number" in the text part of the
+ reply to indicate a smaller buffer size. The client and the
+ server must use the smaller of the two buffer sizes if both buffer
+ sizes are specified.
+
+ DATA CHANNEL PROTECTION LEVEL (PROT)
+
+ The argument is a single Telnet character code specifying the data
+ channel protection level.
+
+ This command indicates to the server what type of data channel
+ protection the client and server will be using. The following
+ codes are assigned:
+
+ C - Clear
+ S - Safe
+ E - Confidential
+ P - Private
+
+
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+ The default protection level if no other level is specified is
+ Clear. The Clear protection level indicates that the data channel
+ will carry the raw data of the file transfer, with no security
+ applied. The Safe protection level indicates that the data will
+ be integrity protected. The Confidential protection level
+ indicates that the data will be confidentiality protected. The
+ Private protection level indicates that the data will be integrity
+ and confidentiality protected.
+
+ It is reasonable for a security mechanism not to provide all data
+ channel protection levels. It is also reasonable for a mechanism
+ to provide more protection at a level than is required (for
+ instance, a mechanism might provide Confidential protection, but
+ include integrity-protection in that encoding, due to API or other
+ considerations).
+
+ The PROT command must be preceded by a successful protection
+ buffer size negotiation.
+
+ If the server does not understand the specified protection level,
+ it should respond with reply code 504.
+
+ If the current security mechanism does not support the specified
+ protection level, the server should respond with reply code 536.
+
+ If the server has not completed a protection buffer size
+ negotiation with the client, it should respond with a 503 reply
+ code.
+
+ The PROT command will be rejected and the server should reply 503
+ if no previous PBSZ command was issued.
+
+ If the server is not willing to accept the specified protection
+ level, it should respond with reply code 534.
+
+ If the server is not able to accept the specified protection
+ level, such as if a required resource is unavailable, it should
+ respond with reply code 431.
+
+ Otherwise, the server must reply with a 200 reply code to indicate
+ that the specified protection level is accepted.
+
+ CLEAR COMMAND CHANNEL (CCC)
+
+ This command does not take an argument.
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+ It is desirable in some environments to use a security mechanism
+ to authenticate and/or authorize the client and server, but not to
+ perform any integrity checking on the subsequent commands. This
+ might be used in an environment where IP security is in place,
+ insuring that the hosts are authenticated and that TCP streams
+ cannot be tampered, but where user authentication is desired.
+
+ If unprotected commands are allowed on any connection, then an
+ attacker could insert a command on the control stream, and the
+ server would have no way to know that it was invalid. In order to
+ prevent such attacks, once a security data exchange completes
+ successfully, if the security mechanism supports integrity, then
+ integrity (via the MIC or ENC command, and 631 or 632 reply) must
+ be used, until the CCC command is issued to enable non-integrity
+ protected control channel messages. The CCC command itself must
+ be integrity protected.
+
+ Once the CCC command completes successfully, if a command is not
+ protected, then the reply to that command must also not be
+ protected. This is to support interoperability with clients which
+ do not support protection once the CCC command has been issued.
+
+ This command must be preceded by a successful security data
+ exchange.
+
+ If the command is not integrity-protected, the server must respond
+ with a 533 reply code.
+
+ If the server is not willing to turn off the integrity
+ requirement, it should respond with a 534 reply code.
+
+ Otherwise, the server must reply with a 200 reply code to indicate
+ that unprotected commands and replies may now be used on the
+ command channel.
+
+ INTEGRITY PROTECTED COMMAND (MIC) and
+ CONFIDENTIALITY PROTECTED COMMAND (CONF) and
+ PRIVACY PROTECTED COMMAND (ENC)
+
+ The argument field of MIC is a Telnet string consisting of a base
+ 64 encoded "safe" message produced by a security mechanism
+ specific message integrity procedure. The argument field of CONF
+ is a Telnet string consisting of a base 64 encoded "confidential"
+ message produced by a security mechanism specific confidentiality
+ procedure. The argument field of ENC is a Telnet string
+ consisting of a base 64 encoded "private" message produced by a
+ security mechanism specific message integrity and confidentiality
+ procedure.
+
+
+
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+ The server will decode and/or verify the encoded message.
+
+ This command must be preceded by a successful security data
+ exchange.
+
+ A server may require that the first command after a successful
+ security data exchange be CCC, and not implement the protection
+ commands at all. In this case, the server should respond with a
+ 502 reply code.
+
+ If the server cannot base 64 decode the argument, it should
+ respond with a 501 reply code.
+
+ If the server has not completed a security data exchange with the
+ client, it should respond with a 503 reply code.
+
+ If the server has completed a security data exchange with the
+ client using a mechanism which supports integrity, and requires a
+ CCC command due to policy or implementation limitations, it should
+ respond with a 503 reply code.
+
+ If the server rejects the command because it is not supported by
+ the current security mechanism, the server should respond with
+ reply code 537.
+
+ If the server rejects the command (if a checksum fails, for
+ instance), it should respond with reply code 535.
+
+ If the server is not willing to accept the command (if privacy is
+ required by policy, for instance, or if a CONF command is received
+ before a CCC command), it should respond with reply code 533.
+
+ Otherwise, the command will be interpreted as an FTP command. An
+ end-of-line code need not be included, but if one is included, it
+ must be a Telnet end-of-line code, not a local end-of-line code.
+
+ The server may require that, under some or all circumstances, all
+ commands be protected. In this case, it should make a 533 reply
+ to commands other than MIC, CONF, and ENC.
+
+4. Login Authorization
+
+ The security data exchange may, among other things, establish the
+ identity of the client in a secure way to the server. This identity
+ may be used as one input to the login authorization process.
+
+
+
+
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+ In response to the FTP login commands (AUTH, PASS, ACCT), the server
+ may choose to change the sequence of commands and replies specified
+ by RFC 959 as follows. There are also some new replies available.
+
+ If the server is willing to allow the user named by the USER command
+ to log in based on the identity established by the security data
+ exchange, it should respond with reply code 232.
+
+ If the security mechanism requires a challenge/response password, it
+ should respond to the USER command with reply code 336. The text
+ part of the reply should contain the challenge. The client must
+ display the challenge to the user before prompting for the password
+ in this case. This is particularly relevant to more sophisticated
+ clients or graphical user interfaces which provide dialog boxes or
+ other modal input. These clients should be careful not to prompt for
+ the password before the username has been sent to the server, in case
+ the user needs the challenge in the 336 reply to construct a valid
+ password.
+
+5. New FTP Replies
+
+ The new reply codes are divided into two classes. The first class is
+ new replies made necessary by the new FTP Security commands. The
+ second class is a new reply type to indicate protected replies.
+
+ 5.1. New individual reply codes
+
+ 232 User logged in, authorized by security data exchange.
+ 234 Security data exchange complete.
+ 235 [ADAT=base64data]
+ ; This reply indicates that the security data exchange
+ ; completed successfully. The square brackets are not
+ ; to be included in the reply, but indicate that
+ ; security data in the reply is optional.
+
+ 334 [ADAT=base64data]
+ ; This reply indicates that the requested security mechanism
+ ; is ok, and includes security data to be used by the client
+ ; to construct the next command. The square brackets are not
+ ; to be included in the reply, but indicate that
+ ; security data in the reply is optional.
+ 335 [ADAT=base64data]
+ ; This reply indicates that the security data is
+ ; acceptable, and more is required to complete the
+ ; security data exchange. The square brackets
+ ; are not to be included in the reply, but indicate
+ ; that security data in the reply is optional.
+
+
+
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+ 336 Username okay, need password. Challenge is "...."
+ ; The exact representation of the challenge should be chosen
+ ; by the mechanism to be sensible to the human user of the
+ ; system.
+
+ 431 Need some unavailable resource to process security.
+
+ 533 Command protection level denied for policy reasons.
+ 534 Request denied for policy reasons.
+ 535 Failed security check (hash, sequence, etc).
+ 536 Requested PROT level not supported by mechanism.
+ 537 Command protection level not supported by security mechanism.
+
+ 5.2. Protected replies.
+
+ One new reply type is introduced:
+
+ 6yz Protected reply
+
+ There are three reply codes of this type. The first, reply
+ code 631 indicates an integrity protected reply. The
+ second, reply code 632, indicates a confidentiality and
+ integrity protected reply. the third, reply code 633,
+ indicates a confidentiality protected reply.
+
+ The text part of a 631 reply is a Telnet string consisting
+ of a base 64 encoded "safe" message produced by a security
+ mechanism specific message integrity procedure. The text
+ part of a 632 reply is a Telnet string consisting of a base
+ 64 encoded "private" message produced by a security
+ mechanism specific message confidentiality and integrity
+ procedure. The text part of a 633 reply is a Telnet string
+ consisting of a base 64 encoded "confidential" message
+ produced by a security mechanism specific message
+ confidentiality procedure.
+
+ The client will decode and verify the encoded reply. How
+ failures decoding or verifying replies are handled is
+ implementation-specific. An end-of-line code need not be
+ included, but if one is included, it must be a Telnet end-
+ of-line code, not a local end-of-line code.
+
+ A protected reply may only be sent if a security data
+ exchange has succeeded.
+
+ The 63z reply may be a multiline reply. In this case, the
+ plaintext reply must be broken up into a number of
+ fragments. Each fragment must be protected, then base 64
+
+
+
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+ encoded in order into a separate line of the multiline
+ reply. There need not be any correspondence between the
+ line breaks in the plaintext reply and the encoded reply.
+ Telnet end-of-line codes must appear in the plaintext of the
+ encoded reply, except for the final end-of-line code, which
+ is optional.
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+ The multiline reply must be formatted more strictly than the
+ continuation specification in RFC 959. In particular, each
+ line before the last must be formed by the reply code,
+ followed immediately by a hyphen, followed by a base 64
+ encoded fragment of the reply.
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+ For example, if the plaintext reply is
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+ 123-First line
+ Second line
+ 234 A line beginning with numbers
+ 123 The last line
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+ then the resulting protected reply could be any of the
+ following (the first example has a line break only to fit
+ within the margins):
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+ 631 base64(protect("123-First line\r\nSecond line\r\n 234 A line
+ 631-base64(protect("123-First line\r\n"))
+ 631-base64(protect("Second line\r\n"))
+ 631-base64(protect(" 234 A line beginning with numbers\r\n"))
+ 631 base64(protect("123 The last line"))
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+ 631-base64(protect("123-First line\r\nSecond line\r\n 234 A line b"))
+ 631 base64(protect("eginning with numbers\r\n123 The last line\r\n"))
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+6. Data Channel Encapsulation
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+ When data transfers are protected between the client and server (in
+ either direction), certain transformations and encapsulations must be
+ performed so that the recipient can properly decode the transmitted
+ file.
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+ The sender must apply all protection services after transformations
+ associated with the representation type, file structure, and transfer
+ mode have been performed. The data sent over the data channel is,
+ for the purposes of protection, to be treated as a byte stream.
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+ When performing a data transfer in an authenticated manner, the
+ authentication checks are performed on individual blocks of the file,
+ rather than on the file as a whole. Consequently, it is possible for
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+ insertion attacks to insert blocks into the data stream (i.e.,
+ replays) that authenticate correctly, but result in a corrupted file
+ being undetected by the receiver. To guard against such attacks, the
+ specific security mechanism employed should include mechanisms to
+ protect against such attacks. Many GSS-API mechanisms usable with
+ the specification in Appendix I, and the Kerberos mechanism in
+ Appendix II do so.
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+ The sender must take the input byte stream, and break it up into
+ blocks such that each block, when encoded using a security mechanism
+ specific procedure, will be no larger than the buffer size negotiated
+ by the client with the PBSZ command. Each block must be encoded,
+ then transmitted with the length of the encoded block prepended as a
+ four byte unsigned integer, most significant byte first.
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+ When the end of the file is reached, the sender must encode a block
+ of zero bytes, and send this final block to the recipient before
+ closing the data connection.
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+ The recipient will read the four byte length, read a block of data
+ that many bytes long, then decode and verify this block with a
+ security mechanism specific procedure. This must be repeated until a
+ block encoding a buffer of zero bytes is received. This indicates
+ the end of the encoded byte stream.
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+ Any transformations associated with the representation type, file
+ structure, and transfer mode are to be performed by the recipient on
+ the byte stream resulting from the above process.
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+ When using block transfer mode, the sender's (cleartext) buffer size
+ is independent of the block size.
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+ The server will reply 534 to a STOR, STOU, RETR, LIST, NLST, or APPE
+ command if the current protection level is not at the level dictated
+ by the server's security requirements for the particular file
+ transfer.
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+ If any data protection services fail at any time during data transfer
+ at the server end (including an attempt to send a buffer size greater
+ than the negotiated maximum), the server will send a 535 reply to the
+ data transfer command (either STOR, STOU, RETR, LIST, NLST, or APPE).
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+ While there are no restrictions on client and server policy, there
+ are a few recommendations which an implementation should implement.
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+ - Once a security data exchange takes place, a server should require
+ all commands be protected (with integrity and/or confidentiality),
+ and it should protect all replies. Replies should use the same
+ level of protection as the command which produced them. This
+ includes replies which indicate failure of the MIC, CONF, and ENC
+ commands. In particular, it is not meaningful to require that
+ AUTH and ADAT be protected; it is meaningful and useful to require
+ that PROT and PBSZ be protected. In particular, the use of CCC is
+ not recommended, but is defined in the interest of
+ interoperability between implementations which might desire such
+ functionality.
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+ - A client should encrypt the PASS command whenever possible. It is
+ reasonable for the server to refuse to accept a non-encrypted PASS
+ command if the server knows encryption is available.
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+ - Although no security commands are required to be implemented, it
+ is recommended that an implementation provide all commands which
+ can be implemented, given the mechanisms supported and the policy
+ considerations of the site (export controls, for instance).
+
+8. Declarative specifications
+
+ These sections are modelled after sections 5.3 and 5.4 of RFC 959,
+ which describe the same information, except for the standard FTP
+ commands and replies.
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+ 8.1. FTP Security commands and arguments
+
+ AUTH <SP> <mechanism-name> <CRLF>
+ ADAT <SP> <base64data> <CRLF>
+ PROT <SP> <prot-code> <CRLF>
+ PBSZ <SP> <decimal-integer> <CRLF>
+ MIC <SP> <base64data> <CRLF>
+ CONF <SP> <base64data> <CRLF>
+ ENC <SP> <base64data> <CRLF>
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+ <mechanism-name> ::= <string>
+ <base64data> ::= <string>
+ ; must be formatted as described in section 9
+ <prot-code> ::= C | S | E | P
+ <decimal-integer> ::= any decimal integer from 1 to (2^32)-1
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+ 8.2. Command-Reply sequences
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+ Security Association Setup
+ AUTH
+ 234
+ 334
+ 502, 504, 534, 431
+ 500, 501, 421
+ ADAT
+ 235
+ 335
+ 503, 501, 535
+ 500, 501, 421
+ Data protection negotiation commands
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+ 503
+ 500, 501, 421, 530
+ PROT
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+ 504, 536, 503, 534, 431
+ 500, 501, 421, 530
+ Command channel protection commands
+ MIC
+ 535, 533
+ 500, 501, 421
+ CONF
+ 535, 533
+ 500, 501, 421
+ ENC
+ 535, 533
+ 500, 501, 421
+ Security-Enhanced login commands (only new replies listed)
+ USER
+ 232
+ 336
+ Data channel commands (only new replies listed)
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+ 534, 535
+ STOU
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+ RETR
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+ NLST
+ 534, 535
+ APPE
+ 534, 535
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+ In addition to these reply codes, any security command can return
+ 500, 501, 502, 533, or 421. Any ftp command can return a reply
+ code encapsulated in a 631, 632, or 633 reply once a security data
+ exchange has completed successfully.
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+ This section includes a state diagram which demonstrates the flow of
+ authentication and authorization in a security enhanced FTP
+ implementation. The rectangular blocks show states where the client
+ must issue a command, and the diamond blocks show states where the
+ server must issue a response.
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+ ,------------------, USER
+ __\| Unauthenticated |_________\
+ | /| (new connection) | /|
+ | `------------------' |
+ | | |
+ | | AUTH |
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+ | / \ |
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+ | \ / | |
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+ | | 334 | |
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+ | | Need Security Data |<--. | |
+ | `--------------------' | | |
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+ ,---------------. | |
+ ,--->| Authenticated |<--------' | After the client and server
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+ | | | cation, command must be
+ | | USER | integrity-protected if
+ | | | integrity is available. The
+ | |<-------------------' CCC command may be issued to
+ | V relax this restriction.
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+ | 4yz,5yz / \ 2yz
+ |<--------< >------------->.
+ | \ / |
+ | \_/ |
+ | | |
+ | | 3yz |
+ | V |
+ | ,---------------. |
+ | | Need Password | |
+ | `---------------' |
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+ | 4yz,5yz / \ 2yz |
+ |<--------< >------------->|
+ | \ / |
+ | \_/ |
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+ | | 3yz |
+ | V |
+ | ,--------------. |
+ | | Need Account | |
+ | `--------------' |
+ | | |
+ | | ACCT |
+ | V |
+ | / \ |
+ | 4yz,5yz / \ 2yz |
+ `<--------< >------------->|
+ \ / |
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+ | 3yz |
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+ ,-------------. |
+ | Authorized |/________|
+ | (Logged in) |\
+ `-------------'
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+10. Base 64 Encoding
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+ Base 64 encoding is the same as the Printable Encoding described in
+ Section 4.3.2.4 of [RFC-1421], except that line breaks must not be
+ included. This encoding is defined as follows.
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+ Proceeding from left to right, the bit string resulting from the
+ mechanism specific protection routine is encoded into characters
+ which are universally representable at all sites, though not
+ necessarily with the same bit patterns (e.g., although the character
+ "E" is represented in an ASCII-based system as hexadecimal 45 and as
+ hexadecimal C5 in an EBCDIC-based system, the local significance of
+ the two representations is equivalent).
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+ A 64-character subset of International Alphabet IA5 is used, enabling
+ 6 bits to be represented per printable character. (The proposed
+ subset of characters is represented identically in IA5 and ASCII.)
+ The character "=" signifies a special processing function used for
+ padding within the printable encoding procedure.
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+ The encoding process represents 24-bit groups of input bits as output
+ strings of 4 encoded characters. Proceeding from left to right
+ across a 24-bit input group output from the security mechanism
+ specific message protection procedure, each 6-bit group is used as an
+ index into an array of 64 printable characters, namely "[A-Z][a-
+ z][0-9]+/". The character referenced by the index is placed in the
+ output string. These characters are selected so as to be universally
+ representable, and the set excludes characters with particular
+ significance to Telnet (e.g., "<CR>", "<LF>", IAC).
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+ Special processing is performed if fewer than 24 bits are available
+ in an input group at the end of a message. A full encoding quantum
+ is always completed at the end of a message. When fewer than 24
+ input bits are available in an input group, zero bits are added (on
+ the right) to form an integral number of 6-bit groups. Output
+ character positions which are not required to represent actual input
+ data are set to the character "=". Since all canonically encoded
+ output is an integral number of octets, only the following cases can
+ arise: (1) the final quantum of encoding input is an integral
+ multiple of 24 bits; here, the final unit of encoded output will be
+ an integral multiple of 4 characters with no "=" padding, (2) the
+ final quantum of encoding input is exactly 8 bits; here, the final
+ unit of encoded output will be two characters followed by two "="
+ padding characters, or (3) the final quantum of encoding input is
+ exactly 16 bits; here, the final unit of encoded output will be three
+ characters followed by one "=" padding character.
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+ Implementors must keep in mind that the base 64 encodings in ADAT,
+ MIC, CONF, and ENC commands, and in 63z replies may be arbitrarily
+ long. Thus, the entire line must be read before it can be processed.
+ Several successive reads on the control channel may be necessary. It
+ is not appropriate to for a server to reject a command containing a
+ base 64 encoding simply because it is too long (assuming that the
+ decoding is otherwise well formed in the context in which it was
+ sent).
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+ Case must not be ignored when reading commands and replies containing
+ base 64 encodings.
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+11. Security Considerations
+
+ This entire document deals with security considerations related to
+ the File Transfer Protocol.
+
+ Third party file transfers cannot be secured using these extensions,
+ since a security context cannot be established between two servers
+ using these facilities (no control connection exists between servers
+ over which to pass ADAT tokens). Further work in this area is
+ deferred.
+
+12. Acknowledgements
+
+ I would like to thank the members of the CAT WG, as well as all
+ participants in discussions on the "cat-ietf@mit.edu" mailing list,
+ for their contributions to this document. I would especially like to
+ thank Sam Sjogren, John Linn, Ted Ts'o, Jordan Brown, Michael Kogut,
+ Derrick Brashear, John Gardiner Myers, Denis Pinkas, and Karri Balk
+ for their contributions to this work. Of course, without Steve Lunt,
+ the author of the first six revisions of this document, it would not
+ exist at all.
+
+13. References
+
+ [TELNET-SEC] Borman, D., "Telnet Authentication and Encryption
+ Option", Work in Progress.
+
+ [RFC-1123] Braden, R., "Requirements for Internet Hosts --
+ Application and Support", STD 3, RFC 1123, October 1989.
+
+ [RFC-1421] Linn, J., "Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic
+ Mail: Part I: Message Encryption and Authentication Procedures",
+ RFC 1421, February 1993.
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+14. Author's Address
+
+ Marc Horowitz
+ Cygnus Solutions
+ 955 Massachusetts Avenue
+ Cambridge, MA 02139
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+ Phone: +1 617 354 7688
+ EMail: marc@cygnus.com
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+Appendix I: Specification under the GSSAPI
+
+ In order to maximise the utility of new security mechanisms, it is
+ desirable that new mechanisms be implemented as GSSAPI mechanisms
+ rather than as FTP security mechanisms. This will enable existing
+ ftp implementations to support the new mechanisms more easily, since
+ little or no code will need to be changed. In addition, the
+ mechanism will be usable by other protocols, such as IMAP, which are
+ built on top of the GSSAPI, with no additional specification or
+ implementation work needed by the mechanism designers.
+
+ The security mechanism name (for the AUTH command) associated with
+ all mechanisms employing the GSSAPI is GSSAPI. If the server
+ supports a security mechanism employing the GSSAPI, it must respond
+ with a 334 reply code indicating that an ADAT command is expected
+ next.
+
+ The client must begin the authentication exchange by calling
+ GSS_Init_Sec_Context, passing in 0 for input_context_handle
+ (initially), and a targ_name equal to output_name from
+ GSS_Import_Name called with input_name_type of Host-Based Service and
+ input_name_string of "ftp@hostname" where "hostname" is the fully
+ qualified host name of the server with all letters in lower case.
+ (Failing this, the client may try again using input_name_string of
+ "host@hostname".) The output_token must then be base 64 encoded and
+ sent to the server as the argument to an ADAT command. If
+ GSS_Init_Sec_Context returns GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED, then the client
+ must expect a token to be returned in the reply to the ADAT command.
+ This token must subsequently be passed to another call to
+ GSS_Init_Sec_Context. In this case, if GSS_Init_Sec_Context returns
+ no output_token, then the reply code from the server for the previous
+ ADAT command must have been 235. If GSS_Init_Sec_Context returns
+ GSS_S_COMPLETE, then no further tokens are expected from the server,
+ and the client must consider the server authenticated.
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+ The server must base 64 decode the argument to the ADAT command and
+ pass the resultant token to GSS_Accept_Sec_Context as input_token,
+ setting acceptor_cred_handle to NULL (for "use default credentials"),
+ and 0 for input_context_handle (initially). If an output_token is
+ returned, it must be base 64 encoded and returned to the client by
+ including "ADAT=base64string" in the text of the reply. If
+ GSS_Accept_Sec_Context returns GSS_S_COMPLETE, the reply code must be
+ 235, and the server must consider the client authenticated. If
+ GSS_Accept_Sec_Context returns GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED, the reply code
+ must be 335. Otherwise, the reply code should be 535, and the text
+ of the reply should contain a descriptive error message.
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+ The chan_bindings input to GSS_Init_Sec_Context and
+ GSS_Accept_Sec_Context should use the client internet address and
+ server internet address as the initiator and acceptor addresses,
+ respectively. The address type for both should be GSS_C_AF_INET. No
+ application data should be specified.
+
+ Since GSSAPI supports anonymous peers to security contexts, it is
+ possible that the client's authentication of the server does not
+ actually establish an identity.
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+ The procedure associated with MIC commands, 631 replies, and Safe
+ file transfers is:
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+ GSS_Wrap for the sender, with conf_flag == FALSE
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+ GSS_Unwrap for the receiver
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+ The procedure associated with ENC commands, 632 replies, and Private
+ file transfers is:
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+ GSS_Wrap for the sender, with conf_flag == TRUE
+ GSS_Unwrap for the receiver
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+ CONF commands and 633 replies are not supported.
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+ Both the client and server should inspect the value of conf_avail to
+ determine whether the peer supports confidentiality services.
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+ When the security state is reset (when AUTH is received a second
+ time, or when REIN is received), this should be done by calling the
+ GSS_Delete_sec_context function.
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+Appendix II: Specification under Kerberos version 4
+
+ The security mechanism name (for the AUTH command) associated with
+ Kerberos Version 4 is KERBEROS_V4. If the server supports
+ KERBEROS_V4, it must respond with a 334 reply code indicating that an
+ ADAT command is expected next.
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+ The client must retrieve a ticket for the Kerberos principal
+ "ftp.hostname@realm" by calling krb_mk_req(3) with a principal name
+ of "ftp", an instance equal to the first part of the canonical host
+ name of the server with all letters in lower case (as returned by
+ krb_get_phost(3)), the server's realm name (as returned by
+ krb_realmofhost(3)), and an arbitrary checksum. The ticket must then
+ be base 64 encoded and sent as the argument to an ADAT command.
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+ If the "ftp" principal name is not a registered principal in the
+ Kerberos database, then the client may fall back on the "rcmd"
+ principal name (same instance and realm). However, servers must
+ accept only one or the other of these principal names, and must not
+ be willing to accept either. Generally, if the server has a key for
+ the "ftp" principal in its srvtab, then that principal only must be
+ used, otherwise the "rcmd" principal only must be used.
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+ The server must base 64 decode the argument to the ADAT command and
+ pass the result to krb_rd_req(3). The server must add one to the
+ checksum from the authenticator, convert the result to network byte
+ order (most significant byte first), and sign it using
+ krb_mk_safe(3), and base 64 encode the result. Upon success, the
+ server must reply to the client with a 235 code and include
+ "ADAT=base64string" in the text of the reply. Upon failure, the
+ server should reply 535.
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+ Upon receipt of the 235 reply from the server, the client must parse
+ the text of the reply for the base 64 encoded data, decode it,
+ convert it from network byte order, and pass the result to
+ krb_rd_safe(3). The client must consider the server authenticated if
+ the resultant checksum is equal to one plus the value previously
+ sent.
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+ The procedure associated with MIC commands, 631 replies, and Safe
+ file transfers is:
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+ krb_mk_safe(3) for the sender
+ krb_rd_safe(3) for the receiver
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+ The procedure associated with ENC commands, 632 replies, and Private
+ file transfers is:
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+ krb_mk_priv(3) for the sender
+ krb_rd_priv(3) for the receiver
+
+ CONF commands and 633 replies are not supported.
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+ Note that this specification for KERBEROS_V4 contains no provision
+ for negotiating alternate means for integrity and confidentiality
+ routines. Note also that the ADAT exchange does not convey whether
+ the peer supports confidentiality services.
+
+ In order to stay within the allowed PBSZ, implementors must take note
+ that a cleartext buffer will grow by 31 bytes when processed by
+ krb_mk_safe(3) and will grow by 26 bytes when processed by
+ krb_mk_priv(3).
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