org.bouncycastle.crypto.agreement.ecjpake

Class ECJPAKEParticipant

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.crypto.agreement.ecjpake.ECJPAKEParticipant

public class ECJPAKEParticipant
extends java.lang.Object

A participant in a Password Authenticated Key Exchange by Juggling (J-PAKE) exchange.

The J-PAKE exchange is defined by Feng Hao and Peter Ryan in the paper "J-PAKE: Authenticated Key Exchange Without PKI."

The J-PAKE protocol is symmetric. There is no notion of a client or server, but rather just two participants. An instance of ECJPAKEParticipant represents one participant, and is the primary interface for executing the exchange.

To execute an exchange, construct a ECJPAKEParticipant on each end, and call the following 7 methods (once and only once, in the given order, for each participant, sending messages between them as described):

1. createRound1PayloadToSend() - and send the payload to the other participant
2. validateRound1PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound1Payload) - use the payload received from the other participant
3. createRound2PayloadToSend() - and send the payload to the other participant
4. validateRound2PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound2Payload) - use the payload received from the other participant
5. calculateKeyingMaterial()
6. createRound3PayloadToSend(BigInteger) - and send the payload to the other participant
7. validateRound3PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound3Payload, BigInteger) - use the payload received from the other participant

Each side should derive a session key from the keying material returned by calculateKeyingMaterial(). The caller is responsible for deriving the session key using a secure key derivation function (KDF).

Round 3 is an optional key confirmation process. If you do not execute round 3, then there is no assurance that both participants are using the same key. (i.e. if the participants used different passwords, then their session keys will differ.)

If the round 3 validation succeeds, then the keys are guaranteed to be the same on both sides.

The symmetric design can easily support the asymmetric cases when one party initiates the communication. e.g. Sometimes the round1 payload and round2 payload may be sent in one pass. Also, in some cases, the key confirmation payload can be sent together with the round2 payload. These are the trivial techniques to optimize the communication.

The key confirmation process is implemented as specified in NIST SP 800-56A Revision 3, Section 5.9.1 Unilateral Key Confirmation for Key Agreement Schemes.

This class is stateful and NOT threadsafe. Each instance should only be used for ONE complete J-PAKE exchange (i.e. a new ECJPAKEParticipant should be constructed for each new J-PAKE exchange).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	STATE_INITIALIZED
static int	STATE_KEY_CALCULATED
static int	STATE_ROUND_1_CREATED
static int	STATE_ROUND_1_VALIDATED
static int	STATE_ROUND_2_CREATED
static int	STATE_ROUND_2_VALIDATED
static int	STATE_ROUND_3_CREATED
static int	STATE_ROUND_3_VALIDATED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ECJPAKEParticipant(java.lang.String participantId, char[] password) Convenience constructor for a new ECJPAKEParticipant that uses the ECJPAKECurves.NIST_P256 elliptic curve, a SHA-256 digest, and a default SecureRandom implementation.
ECJPAKEParticipant(java.lang.String participantId, char[] password, ECJPAKECurve curve) Convenience constructor for a new ECJPAKEParticipant that uses a SHA-256 digest and a default SecureRandom implementation.
ECJPAKEParticipant(java.lang.String participantId, char[] password, ECJPAKECurve curve, Digest digest, java.security.SecureRandom random) Construct a new ECJPAKEParticipant.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.math.BigInteger	calculateKeyingMaterial() Calculates and returns the key material.
ECJPAKERound1Payload	createRound1PayloadToSend() Creates and returns the payload to send to the other participant during round 1.
ECJPAKERound2Payload	createRound2PayloadToSend() Creates and returns the payload to send to the other participant during round 2.
ECJPAKERound3Payload	createRound3PayloadToSend(java.math.BigInteger keyingMaterial) Creates and returns the payload to send to the other participant during round 3.
int	getState() Gets the current state of this participant.
void	validateRound1PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound1Payload round1PayloadReceived) Validates the payload received from the other participant during round 1.
void	validateRound2PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound2Payload round2PayloadReceived) Validates the payload received from the other participant during round 2.
void	validateRound3PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound3Payload round3PayloadReceived, java.math.BigInteger keyingMaterial) Validates the payload received from the other participant during round 3.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

STATE_INITIALIZED

public static final int STATE_INITIALIZED

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STATE_ROUND_1_CREATED

public static final int STATE_ROUND_1_CREATED

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STATE_ROUND_1_VALIDATED

public static final int STATE_ROUND_1_VALIDATED

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STATE_ROUND_2_CREATED

public static final int STATE_ROUND_2_CREATED

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STATE_ROUND_2_VALIDATED

public static final int STATE_ROUND_2_VALIDATED

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STATE_KEY_CALCULATED

public static final int STATE_KEY_CALCULATED

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STATE_ROUND_3_CREATED

public static final int STATE_ROUND_3_CREATED

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STATE_ROUND_3_VALIDATED

public static final int STATE_ROUND_3_VALIDATED

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Constructor Detail

ECJPAKEParticipant

public ECJPAKEParticipant(java.lang.String participantId,
                          char[] password)

Convenience constructor for a new ECJPAKEParticipant that uses the ECJPAKECurves.NIST_P256 elliptic curve, a SHA-256 digest, and a default SecureRandom implementation.

After construction, the state will be STATE_INITIALIZED.

Parameters:

participantId - unique identifier of this participant. The two participants in the exchange must NOT share the same id.

password - shared secret. A defensive copy of this array is made (and cleared once calculateKeyingMaterial() is called). Caller should clear the input password as soon as possible.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if any argument is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if password is empty

ECJPAKEParticipant

public ECJPAKEParticipant(java.lang.String participantId,
                          char[] password,
                          ECJPAKECurve curve)

Convenience constructor for a new ECJPAKEParticipant that uses a SHA-256 digest and a default SecureRandom implementation.

After construction, the state will be STATE_INITIALIZED.

Parameters:

participantId - unique identifier of this participant. The two participants in the exchange must NOT share the same id.

password - shared secret. A defensive copy of this array is made (and cleared once calculateKeyingMaterial() is called). Caller should clear the input password as soon as possible.

curve - elliptic curve See ECJPAKECurves for standard curves.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if any argument is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if password is empty

ECJPAKEParticipant

public ECJPAKEParticipant(java.lang.String participantId,
                          char[] password,
                          ECJPAKECurve curve,
                          Digest digest,
                          java.security.SecureRandom random)

Construct a new ECJPAKEParticipant.

After construction, the state will be STATE_INITIALIZED.

Parameters:

participantId - unique identifier of this participant. The two participants in the exchange must NOT share the same id.

password - shared secret. A defensive copy of this array is made (and cleared once calculateKeyingMaterial() is called). Caller should clear the input password as soon as possible.

curve - elliptic curve. See ECJPAKECurves for standard curves

digest - digest to use during zero knowledge proofs and key confirmation (SHA-256 or stronger preferred)

random - source of secure random data for x1 and x2, and for the zero knowledge proofs

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if any argument is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if password is empty

Method Detail

getState

public int getState()

Gets the current state of this participant. See the STATE_* constants for possible values.

createRound1PayloadToSend

public ECJPAKERound1Payload createRound1PayloadToSend()

Creates and returns the payload to send to the other participant during round 1.

After execution, the state will be STATE_ROUND_1_CREATED.

validateRound1PayloadReceived

public void validateRound1PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound1Payload round1PayloadReceived)
                                   throws CryptoException

Validates the payload received from the other participant during round 1.

Must be called prior to createRound2PayloadToSend().

After execution, the state will be STATE_ROUND_1_VALIDATED.

Throws:

CryptoException - if validation fails.

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if called multiple times.

createRound2PayloadToSend

public ECJPAKERound2Payload createRound2PayloadToSend()

Creates and returns the payload to send to the other participant during round 2.

validateRound1PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound1Payload) must be called prior to this method.

After execution, the state will be STATE_ROUND_2_CREATED.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if called prior to validateRound1PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound1Payload), or multiple times

validateRound2PayloadReceived

public void validateRound2PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound2Payload round2PayloadReceived)
                                   throws CryptoException

Validates the payload received from the other participant during round 2.

Note that this DOES NOT detect a non-common password. The only indication of a non-common password is through derivation of different keys (which can be detected explicitly by executing round 3 and round 4)

Must be called prior to calculateKeyingMaterial().

After execution, the state will be STATE_ROUND_2_VALIDATED.

Throws:

CryptoException - if validation fails.

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if called prior to validateRound1PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound1Payload), or multiple times

calculateKeyingMaterial

public java.math.BigInteger calculateKeyingMaterial()

Calculates and returns the key material. A session key must be derived from this key material using a secure key derivation function (KDF). The KDF used to derive the key is handled externally (i.e. not by ECJPAKEParticipant).

The keying material will be identical for each participant if and only if each participant's password is the same. i.e. If the participants do not share the same password, then each participant will derive a different key. Therefore, if you immediately start using a key derived from the keying material, then you must handle detection of incorrect keys. If you want to handle this detection explicitly, you can optionally perform rounds 3 and 4. See ECJPAKEParticipant for details on how to execute rounds 3 and 4.

The keying material will be in the range [0, n-1].

validateRound2PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound2Payload) must be called prior to this method.

As a side effect, the internal password array is cleared, since it is no longer needed.

After execution, the state will be STATE_KEY_CALCULATED.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if called prior to validateRound2PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound2Payload), or if called multiple times.

createRound3PayloadToSend

public ECJPAKERound3Payload createRound3PayloadToSend(java.math.BigInteger keyingMaterial)

Creates and returns the payload to send to the other participant during round 3.

See ECJPAKEParticipant for more details on round 3.

After execution, the state will be STATE_ROUND_3_CREATED.

Parameters:

keyingMaterial - The keying material as returned from calculateKeyingMaterial().

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if called prior to calculateKeyingMaterial(), or multiple times

validateRound3PayloadReceived

public void validateRound3PayloadReceived(ECJPAKERound3Payload round3PayloadReceived,
                                          java.math.BigInteger keyingMaterial)
                                   throws CryptoException

Validates the payload received from the other participant during round 3.

See ECJPAKEParticipant for more details on round 3.

After execution, the state will be STATE_ROUND_3_VALIDATED.

Parameters:

round3PayloadReceived - The round 3 payload received from the other participant.

keyingMaterial - The keying material as returned from calculateKeyingMaterial().

Throws:

CryptoException - if validation fails.

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if called prior to calculateKeyingMaterial(), or multiple times