Open bluegate010 opened 3 days ago
We'll implement SVN-specific keys using a hash chain. However, to make this FIPS compliant, each link in the chain will need to be a KDF. Hopefully a future version of SP 800-133 will allow cryptographic keys to be chained together via hashes.
We will have to anchor the hash chain to the min-SVN-since-cold-boot value, instead of simply the current SVN. The reason being:
In short: if we update-reset from an older SVN to a newer SVN, the hash chain will remain where it is. If we update-reset from a newer SVN to an older SVN, ROM will crank the hash chain until it corresponds with the older SVN, before it allows that older firmware to boot.
This is because the only secret available across update-resets from which we could restart the hash chain is mingled with the FMC hash, and therefore is not suitable for anchoring Stable Identity.
This supports Stable Identity. Requirements: