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The Drone Remote Identification Protocol (DRIP), plus trust policies and periodic access to registries, augments Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Remote Identification (RID), enabling local real time assessment of trustworthiness of received RID messages and observed UAS, even by Observers lacking Internet access. This document defines DRIP message types and formats to be sent in Broadcast RID Authentication Messages to verify that attached and recent detached messages were signed by the registered owner of the DRIP Entity Tag (DET) claimed.¶
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The initial regulations (e.g., [FAA-14CFR]) and standards (e.g., [F3411]) for Unmanned Aircraft (UA) Systems (UAS) Remote Identification and tracking (RID) do not address trust. However, this is a requirement that needs to be addressed for various different parties that have a stake in the safe operation of National Airspace Systems (NAS). Drone Remote ID Protocol's (DRIP's) goal is to specify how RID can be made trustworthy and available in both Internet and local-only connected scenarios, especially in emergency situations.¶
UAS often operate in a volatile environment. Small UA offer little capacity for computation and communication. UAS RID must also be accessible with ubiquitous and inexpensive devices without modification. This limits options. Most current small UAS are IoT devices even if not typically thought of as such. Thus many IoT considerations apply here. Some DRIP work, currently strongly scoped to UAS RID, is likely to be applicable to some other IoT use-cases.¶
Generally, two communication schemes for UAS RID are considered: Broadcast and Network. This document focuses on adding trust to Broadcast RID (Section 3.2 of [RFC9153] and Section 1.2.2 of [RFC9434]). As defined in [F3411] and outlined in [RFC9153] and [RFC9434], Broadcast RID is a one-way RF transmission of MAC layer messages over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.¶
Senders can make any claims the RID message formats allow. Observers have no standardized means to assess the trustworthiness of message content, nor verify whether the messages were sent by the UA identified therein, nor confirm that the UA identified therein is the one they are visually observing. Indeed, Observers have no way to detect whether the messages were sent by a UA, or spoofed by some other transmitter (e.g., a laptop or smartphone) anywhere in direct wireless broadcast range. Authentication is the primary strategy for mitigating this issue.¶
ASTM [F3411] Authentication Messages (Message Type 0x2), when used with DRIP Entity Tag (DET) [RFC9374] based formats, enable a high level of trust that the content of other ASTM Messages was generated by their claimed registered source. These messages are designed to provide the Observers with trustworthy and immediately actionable information. Appendix A provides a high-level overview of the various states of trustworthiness that may be used along with these formats.¶
This authentication approach also provides some error correction (Section 5) as mandated by the United States (US) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [FAA-14CFR], which is missing from [F3411] over Legacy Transports (Bluetooth 4.x).¶
These DRIP enhancements to ASTM's [F3411] further support the important use case of Observers who may be offline at the time of observation.¶
A summary of DRIP requirements [RFC9153] addressed herein is provided in Section 7.¶
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.¶
This document makes use of the terms (CAA, Observer, USS, UTM, etc.) defined in [RFC9153]. Other terms (such as DIME) are from [RFC9434], while others (HI, DET, RAA, HDA, etc.) are from [RFC9374].¶
In addition, the following terms are defined for this document:¶
Extended Transports:¶
Legacy Transports:¶
Manifest:¶
[F3411] defines Authentication Message framing only. It does not define authentication formats or methods. It explicitly anticipates several signature options but does not fully define those. Annex A1 of [F3411] defines a Broadcast Authentication Verifier Service, which has a heavy reliance on Observer real-time connectivity to the Internet. Fortunately, [F3411] also allows third party standard Authentication Types using Type 5 Specific Authentication Method (SAM), several of which DRIP defines herein.¶
The standardization of specific formats to support the DRIP requirements in UAS RID for trustworthy communications over Broadcast RID is an important part of the chain of trust for a UAS ID. Per Section 5 of [RFC9434], Authentication formats are needed to relay information for Observers to determine trust. No existing formats (defined in [F3411] or other organizations leveraging this feature) provide the functionality to satisfy this goal resulting in the work reflected in this document.¶
Like most aviation matters, the overall objectives here are security and ultimately safety oriented. Since DRIP depends on DNS for some of its functions, DRIP usage of DNS needs to be protected as per best security practices. Many participating nodes will have limited local processing power and/or poor, low bandwidth QoS paths. Appropriate and feasible security techniques will be highly UAS and Observer situation dependent. Therefore specification of particular DNS security options, transports, etc. is outside the scope of this document (see also Section 9.4).¶
In DRIP Observers MUST validate all signatures received. This requires the Host Identity (HI) corresponding to a DET [RFC9374]. HI's MAY be retrieved from a local cache, if present. The local cache is pre-configured with well knowns HIs (such as those of CAA DIMEs) and further populated by received Broadcast Endorsements (BEs) (Section 3.1.2.1) and DNS lookups (when available).¶
The Observer MUST perform a DNS query, when connectivity allows, to obtain an HI not previously known. If a query can not be performed, the message SHOULD be cached by the Observer to be validated once the HI is obtained.¶
A more comprehensive specification of DRIP's use of DNS is out of scope for this document and can be found in [drip-registries].¶
For DRIP, two actions together provide a mechanism for an Observer to trust in UAS RID using Authentication Messages.¶
First is the transmission of an entire trust chain via Broadcast Endorsements (Section 3.1.2.1). This provides a hierarchy of DIMEs down to and including an individual UA's registration of a claimed DET and corresponding HI (public key). This alone cannot be trusted as having any relevance to the observed UA because replay attacks are trivial.¶
After an Observer has gathered such a complete key trust chain (from pre-configured cache entries, Broadcast Endorsements received over the air and/or DNS lookups) and verified all of its links, that device can trust that claimed DET and corresponding public key are properly registered, but the UA has not yet been proven to possess the corresponding private key.¶
It is necessary for the UA to prove possession by dynamically signing data that is unique and unpredictable but easily verified by the Observer (Section 3.1.2.2). Verification of this signed data MUST be performed by the Observer as part of the received UAS RID information trust assessment (Section 6.4.2).¶
Observers receive DRIP Link Authentication Messages (Section 4.2) containing Broadcast Endorsements by DIMEs of child DET registrations. A series of these Endorsements confirms a path through the hierarchy, defined in [drip-registries], from the DET Prefix Owner all the way to an individual UA DET registration.¶
Broadcast Endorsement: Parent, Child will be abbreviated to BE: Parent, Child. For example Broadcast Endorsement: RAA, HDA will be abbreviated to BE: RAA, HDA.¶
To prove possession of the private key associated to the DET, the UA MUST send data that is unique and unpredictable but easily validated by the Observer, that is signed over. The data can be an ASTM Message that fulfills the requirements to be unpredictable but easily validated. An Observer receives this UA-signed Evidence from DRIP-based Authentication Messages (Section 4.3 or Section 4.4).¶
Whether the content is true is a separate question which DRIP cannot address, but validation performed using observable and/or out of band data (Section 6) are possible and encouraged.¶
The Authentication Message (Message Type 0x2) is unique in the ASTM [F3411] Broadcast standard as it is the only message that can be larger than the Legacy Transport size. To address this limitation around transport size, it is defined as a set of "pages", each of which fits into a single Legacy Transport frame. For Extended Transports, pages are still used but all are in a single frame.¶
The following sub-sections are a brief overview of the Authentication Message format defined in [F3411] for better context on how DRIP Authentication fills and uses various fields already defined by ASTM [F3411].¶
This document leverages Authentication Type 0x5, Specific Authentication Method (SAM), as the principal authentication container, defining a set of SAM Types in Section 4. Authentication Type is encoded in every Authentication Page in the Page Header. The SAM Type is defined as a field in the Authentication Payload (see Section 3.2.3.1).¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Page Header | | +---------------+ | | | | | | Authentication Payload | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Page Header: (1 octet)¶
Authentication Payload: (23 octets per page)¶
The Authentication Message is structured as a set of pages per Figure 1. There is a technical maximum of 16 pages (indexed 0 to 15) that can be sent for a single Authentication Message, with each page carrying a maximum 23 octet Authentication Payload. See Section 3.2.4 for more details. Over Legacy Transports, these messages are "fragmented", with each page sent in a separate Legacy Transport frame.¶
Either as a single Authentication Message or a set of fragmented Authentication Message Pages, the structure is further wrapped by outer ASTM framing and the specific link framing.¶
Figure 2 is the source data view of the data fields found in the Authentication Message as defined by [F3411]. This data is placed into Figure 1's Authentication Payload, spanning multiple Authentication Pages.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Authentication Headers | | +---------------+---------------+ | | | +---------------+---------------+ | . . . Authentication Data / Signature . . . | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | ADL | | +---------------+ | . . . Additional Data . . . | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Authentication Headers: (6 octets)¶
Authentication Data / Signature: (0 to 255 octets)¶
Authentication Headers (defined in [F3411]).¶
Additional Data Length (ADL): (1 octet - unsigned)¶
Additional Data. The value of ADL is calculated as the minimum of 361 - Authentication Data / Signature Length and 255. Only present with Additional Data.¶
Additional Data: (ADL octets)¶
Figure 3 is the general format to hold authentication data when using SAM and is placed inside the Authentication Data/Signature field in Figure 2.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | SAM Type | | +---------------+ | . . . SAM Authentication Data . . . | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
SAM Type: (1 octet)¶
| SAM Type | Description |
|---|---|
| 0x01 | DRIP Link (Section 4.2) |
| 0x02 | DRIP Wrapper (Section 4.3) |
| 0x03 | DRIP Manifest (Section 4.4) |
| 0x04 | DRIP Frame (Section 4.5) |
SAM Authentication Data: (0 to 200 octets)¶
A UA has the option of broadcasting using Bluetooth (4.x and 5.x), Wi-Fi NAN, or IEEE 802.11 Beacon, see Section 6. With Bluetooth, FAA and other Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) mandate transmitting simultaneously over both 4.x and 5.x. The same application layer information defined in [F3411] MUST be transmitted over all the physical layer interfaces performing the function of RID. This is because Observer transports may be limited. If an Observer can support multiple transports it should be assumed to use the latest data regardless of the transport received over.¶
Bluetooth 4.x presents a payload size challenge in that it can only transmit 25 octets of payload per frame while other transports can support larger payloads per frame. However, the [F3411] messaging framing dictated by Bluetooth 4.x constraints is inherited by [F3411] over other media.¶
It should be noted that Extended Transports by definition have Error Correction built in, unlike Legacy Transports. For Authentication Messages this means that over Legacy Transport pages could be not received by Observers resulting in incomplete messages during operation, although the use of DRIP FEC (Section 5) reduces the likelihood of this. Authentication Messages sent using Extended Transports do not suffer this issue as the full message (all pages) are sent using a single Message Pack. Furthermore the use of one-way RF broadcasts prohibits the use of any congestion control or loss recovery schemes that require ACKs or NACKs.¶
To keep consistent formatting across the different transports (Legacy and Extended) and their independent restrictions, the authentication data being sent is REQUIRED to fit within the page limit that the most constrained existing transport can support. Under Broadcast RID, the Extended Transport that can hold the least amount of authentication data is Bluetooth 5.x at 9 pages.¶
As such DRIP transmitters are REQUIRED to adhere to the following when using the Authentication Message:¶
Authentication Data / Signature data MUST fit in the first 9 pages (Page Numbers 0 through 8).¶
Length field in the Authentication Headers (which encodes the length in octets of Authentication Data / Signature only) MUST NOT exceed the value of 201. This includes the SAM Type but excludes Additional Data.¶
In ASTM [F3411] timestamps are a Unix-style timestamp with an epoch of 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. For DRIP this format is adopted for Authentication to keep a common time format in Broadcast payloads.¶
Under DRIP there are two timestamps defined Valid Not Before (VNB) and Valid Not After (VNA).¶
Valid Not Before (VNB) Timestamp: (4 octets)¶
Valid Not After (VNA) Timestamp: (4 octets)¶
VNB) to avoid replay attacks. The exact offset is not defined in this document. Best practice identifying an acceptable offset should be used taking into consideration the UA environment, and propagation characteristics of the messages being sent, and clock differences between the UA and Observers. A reasonable time would be to set VNA 2 minutes after VNB.¶
All formats defined in this section are the content of the Authentication Data / Signature field in Figure 2 and use the Specific Authentication Method (SAM, Authentication Type 0x5). The first octet of the Authentication Data / Signature of Figure 2 is used to multiplex among these various formats.¶
When sending data over a medium that does not have underlying FEC, for example Legacy Transports, then Section 5 MUST be used.¶
Examples of Link, Wrapper and Manifest are shown as part of an operational schedule in Appendix B.2.1.¶
The UA Signed Evidence Structure (Figure 4) is used by the UA during flight to sign over information elements using the private key associated with the current UA DET. It is encapsulated by the SAM Authentication Data field of Figure 3.¶
This structure is used by the DRIP Wrapper (Section 4.3), Manifest Section 4.4, and Frame (Section 4.5). DRIP Link (Section 4.2) MUST NOT use it as it will not fit in the ASTM Authentication Message with its intended content (i.e., a Broadcast Endorsement).¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | VNB Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | VNA Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | . . . Evidence . . . | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | UA | | DRIP Entity Tag | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UA Signature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Valid Not Before (VNB) Timestamp by UA: (4 octets)¶
Valid Not After (VNA) Timestamp by UA: (4 octets)¶
Evidence: (0 to 112 octets)¶
evidence section MUST be filled in with data in the form of an opaque object specified in the DRIP Wrapper (Section 4.3), Manifest (Section 4.4), or Frame (Section 4.5).¶
UA DRIP Entity Tag: (16 octets)¶
UA Signature: (64 octets)¶
VNB, VNA, Evidence, and UA DET) using the keypair of the UA DET. The signature algorithm is specified by the HHIT Suite ID of the DET.¶
When using this structure, the UA is minimally self-endorsing its DET. The HI of the UA DET can be looked up by mechanisms described in [drip-registries] or by extracting it from a Broadcast Endorsement (see Section 4.2 and Section 6.3).¶
This SAM Type is used to transmit Broadcast Endorsements. For example, the BE: HDA, UA is sent (see Section 6.3) as a DRIP Link message.¶
DRIP Link is important as its contents are used to provide trust in the DET/HI pair that the UA is currently broadcasting. This message does not require Internet connectivity to perform signature verification of the contents when the DIME DET/HI is in the Observer's cache. It also provides the UA HI, when it is filled with a BE: HDA, UA, so that connectivity is not required when performing signature verification of other DRIP Authentication Messages.¶
Various Broadcast Endorsements are sent during operation to ensure that the full Broadcast Endorsement chain is available offline. See Section 6.3 for further details.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | VNB Timestamp by Parent | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | VNA Timestamp by Parent | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | DET | | of Child | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | HI of Child | | | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | DET | | of Parent | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signature by Parent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
VNB Timestamp by Parent: (4 octets)¶
VNA Timestamp by Parent: (4 octets)¶
DET of Child: (16 octets)¶
HI of Child: (32 octets)¶
DET of Parent: (16 octets)¶
Signature by Parent: (64 octets)¶
VNB, VNA, DET of Child, HI of Child, and DET of Parent) using the keypair of the Parent DET.¶
This DRIP Authentication Message is used in conjunction with other DRIP SAM Types (such as the Manifest or the Wrapper) that contain data (e.g., the ASTM Location/Vector Message, Message Type 0x2) that is guaranteed to be unique, unpredictable, and easily cross-checked by the receiving device.¶
A hash of the final link (BE: HDA on UA) in the Broadcast Endorsement chain MUST be included in each DRIP Manifest Section 4.4.¶
This SAM Type is used to wrap and sign over a list of other [F3411] Broadcast RID messages.¶
The evidence section of the UA Signed Evidence Structure (Section 4.1) is populated with up to four ASTM [F3411] Messages in a contiguous octet sequence. Only ASTM Message Types 0x0, 0x1, 0x3, 0x4, and 0x5 are allowed and must be in Message Type order as defined by [F3411]. These messages MUST include the Message Type and Protocol Version octet and MUST NOT include the Message Counter octet (thus are fixed at 25 octets in length).¶
When decoding a DRIP Wrapper on a receiver, a calculation of the number of messages wrapped and a validation MUST be performed by using the number of octets (defined as wrapperLength) between the VNA Timestamp by UA and the UA DET as shown in Figure 6.¶
<CODE BEGINS>
if (wrapperLength MOD 25) != 0 {
return DECODE_FAILURE;
}
wrappedCount = wrapperLength / 25;
if (wrappedCount == 0) {
// DECODE_SUCCESS; treat as DRIP Wrapper over extended transport
}
else if (wrappedCount > 4) {
return DECODE_FAILURE;
} else {
// DECODE_SUCCESS; treat as standard DRIP Wrapper
}
<CODE ENDS>
When using Extended Transports an optimization can be made to DRIP Wrapper to sign over co-located data in an ASTM Message Pack (Message Type 0xF).¶
To perform this optimization the UA Signed Evidence Structure is filled with the ASTM Messages to be in the ASTM Message Pack, the signature is generated, then the evidence field is cleared leaving the encoded form shown in Figure 7.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | VNB Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | VNA Timestamp by UA | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | UA | | DRIP Entity Tag | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UA Signature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
To verify the signature, the receiver MUST concatenate all the messages in the Message Pack (excluding Authentication Message found in the same Message Pack) in ASTM Message Type order and set the evidence section of the UA Signed Evidence Structure before performing signature verification.¶
The functionality of a Wrapper in this form is equivalent to Message Set Signature (Authentication Type 0x3) when running over Extended Transports. What the Wrapper provides is the same format but over both Extended and Legacy Transports allowing the transports to be similar. Message Set Signature also implies using the ASTM validator system architecture which depends on Internet connectivity for verification which the receiver may not have at the time of receipt of an Authentication Message. This is something the Wrapper, and all DRIP Authentication Formats, avoid when the UA key is obtained via a DRIP Link Authentication Message.¶
The primary limitation of the Wrapper is the bounding of up to 4 ASTM Messages that can be sent within it. Another limitation is that the format cannot be used as a surrogate for messages it is wrapping due to the potential that an Observer on the ground does not support DRIP. Thus, when a Wrapper is being used, the wrapped data must effectively be sent twice, once as a single framed message (as specified in [F3411]) and then again within the Wrapper.¶
This SAM Type is used to create message manifests that contain hashes of previously sent ASTM Messages.¶
By hashing previously sent messages and signing them, we gain trust in a UA's previous reports without re-transmitting them. This is a way to evade the limitation of a maximum of 4 messages in the Wrapper (Section 4.3.3) and greatly reduce overhead.¶
Observers MUST hash all received ASTM Messages and cross-check them against hashes in received Manifests.¶
Judicious use of a Manifest enables an entire Broadcast RID message stream to be strongly authenticated with less than 100% overhead relative to a completely unauthenticated message stream (see Section 6.3 and Appendix B).¶
The evidence section of the UA Signed Evidence Structure (Section 4.1) is populated with 8-octet hashes of [F3411] Broadcast RID messages (up to 11) and three special hashes (Section 4.4.2). All these hashes MUST be concatenated to form a contiguous octet sequence in the evidence section. It is RECOMMENDED the max number of ASTM Message Hashes be used is 10 (see Appendix B.1.1.2).¶
The Previous Manifest Hash, Current Manifest Hash, and DRIP Link (BE: HDA, UA) Hash MUST always come before the ASTM Message Hashes as seen in Figure 8.¶
An Observer MUST use the Manifest to verify each ASTM Message hashed therein that it has previously received. It can do this without having received them all. A Manifest SHOULD typically encompass a single transmission cycle of messages being sent, see Section 6.4 and Appendix B.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Previous Manifest | | Hash | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Current Manifest | | Hash | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | DRIP Link (BE: HDA, UA) | | Hash | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | . . . ASTM Message Hashes . . . | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Previous Manifest Hash: (8 octets)¶
Current Manifest Hash: (8 octets)¶
DRIP Link (BE: HDA, UA): (8 octets)¶
BE: HDA, UA (see Section 4.2).¶
ASTM Message Hash: (8 octets)¶
When decoding a DRIP Manifest on a receiver, a calculation of the number of hashes and a validation can be performed by using the number of octets (defined as manifestLength) between the UA DET and the VNB Timestamp by UA such as shown in Figure 9.¶
<CODE BEGINS>
if (manifestLength MOD 8) != 0 {
return DECODE_FAILURE
}
hashCount = (manifestLength / 8) - 3;
<CODE ENDS>
Three special hashes are included in all Manifests. The Previous Manifest Hash, links to the previous Manifest, and the Current Manifest Hash is of the Manifest in which it appears. These two hashes act as a ledger of provenance to the Manifest that could be traced back if the Observer was present for extended periods of time.¶
The DRIP Link (BE: HDA, UA) is included so there is a direct signature by the UA over the Broadcast Endorsement (see Section 4.2). Typical operation would expect that the list of ASTM Message Hash's contain nonce-link data. To enforce a binding between the BE: HDA, UA and avoid trivial replay attack vectors (see Section 9.1) at least 1 ASTM Message Hash MUST be from an [F3411] message that satisfies the 4th requirement in Section 6.3.¶
The hash algorithm used for the Manifest is the same hash algorithm used in creation of the DET [RFC9374] that is signing the Manifest. This is encoded as part of the DET using the HHIT Suite ID.¶
DET's using cSHAKE128 [NIST.SP.800-185] compute the hash as follows:¶
cSHAKE128(ASTM Message, 64, "", "Remote ID Auth Hash")¶
For OGAs other than "5" [RFC9374], use the construct appropriate for the associated hash. For example, for "2" which is ECDSA/SHA-384:¶
Ltrunc( SHA-384( ASTM Message | "Remote ID Auth Hash" ), 8 )¶
When building the list of hashes, the Previous Manifest Hash is known from the previous Manifest. For the first built Manifest this value is filled with a random nonce. The Current Manifest Hash is null filled while ASTM Messages are hashed and fill the ASTM Messages Hashes section. When all messages are hashed, the Current Manifest Hash is computed over the Previous Manifest Hash, Current Manifest Hash (null filled) and ASTM Messages Hashes. This hash value replaces the null filled Current Manifest Hash and becomes the Previous Manifest Hash for the next Manifest.¶
Under this transport DRIP hashes the full ASTM Message being sent over the Bluetooth Advertising frame. This is the 25-octet object start with the Message Type and Protocol Version octet along with the 24 octets of message data. The hash MUST NOT included the Message Counter octet.¶
For paged ASTM Messages (currently only Authentication Messages) all the pages are concatenated together in Page Number order and hashed as one object.¶
Under this transport DRIP hashes the full ASTM Message Pack (Message Type 0xF) regardless of its content. The hash MUST NOT included the Message Counter octet.¶
This SAM Type is defined to enable the use of Section 4.1 in the future beyond the previously defined formats (Wrapper and Manifest) by the inclusion of a single octet to signal the format of evidence data (up to 111 octets).¶
The content format of Frame Evidence Data is not defined in this document. Other specifications MUST define the contents and register for a Frame Type. At the time of publication there are no defined Frame Types other than an Experimental range.¶
Observers MUST check the signature of the structure (Section 4.1) per Section 3.1.2.2 and MAY, if the specification of Frame Type is known, parse the content in Frame Evidence Data.¶
0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Frame Type | | +---------------+ . . Frame Evidence Data . . . | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Frame Type: (1 octet)¶
Frame Evidence Data. See Section 8.1 for Frame Type allocations.¶
For Broadcast RID, FEC is provided by the lower layers in Extended Transports. The Bluetooth 4.x Legacy Transport does not have supporting FEC, so with DRIP Authentication the following application level scheme is used to add some FEC. When sending data over a medium that does not have underlying FEC, for example Bluetooth 4.x, then this section MUST be used.¶
The Bluetooth 4.x lower layers have error detection but not correction. Any frame in which Bluetooth detects an error is dropped and not delivered to higher layers (in our case, DRIP). Thus it can be treated as an erasure.¶
DRIP standardizes a single page FEC scheme using XOR parity across all page data of an Authentication Message. This allows the correction of single erased page in an Authentication Message. If more than a single page is missing then handling of an incomplete Authentication Message is determined by higher layers.¶
Other FEC schemes, to protect more than a single page of an Authentication Message or multiple [F3411] Messages, is left for future standardization if operational experience proves it necessary and/or practical.¶
The data added during FEC is not included in the Authentication Data / Signature, but instead in the Additional Data field of Figure 2. This may cause the Authentication Message to exceed 9-pages, up to a maximum of 16-pages.¶
When encoding two things are REQUIRED:¶
Additional Data field of Figure 2 with null padding before it to line up with the next page. The Additional Data Length field MUST be set to number of padding octets + number of parity octets.¶
Last Page Index field (in Page 0) MUST be incremented from what it would have been without FEC by the number of pages required for the Additional Data Length field, null padding and FEC.¶
To generate the parity, a simple XOR operation using the previous parity page and current page is used. Only the 23-octet Authentication Payload field of Figure 1 is used in the XOR operations. For Page 0, a 23-octet null pad is used for the previous parity page.¶
Figure 11 shows an example of the last two pages (out of N) of an Authentication Message using DRIP Single Page FEC. The Additional Data Length is set to 33 as there are always 23 octets of FEC data and in this example 10 octets of padding to line it up into Page N.¶
Page N-1: 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Page Header | | +---------------+ | | Authentication Data / Signature | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+ | | ADL=33 | | +---------------+---------------+ | | Null Padding | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ Page N: 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ | Page Header | | +---------------+ | | | | Forward Error Correction | | | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
Frame decoding is independent of the transmit media. However the decoding process can determine from the first Authentication page that there may be a Bluetooth 4.x FEC page at the end. The decoding process MUST test for the presence of FEC and apply it as follows.¶
To determine if FEC has been used, a check of the Last Page Index is performed. In general if the Last Page Index field is one greater than that necessary to hold Length octets of Authentication Data then FEC has been used. Note that if Length octets are exhausted exactly at the end of an Authentication Page, the Additional Data Length field will occupy the first octet of the following page. The remainder of this page will be null padded under DRIP to align the FEC to its own page. In this case the Last Page Index will have been incremented once for initializing the Additional Data Length field and once for FEC page, for a total of two additional pages, as in the last row of Table 5.¶
To decode FEC in DRIP, a rolling XOR is used on each Authentication Page received in the current Authentication Message. A Message Counter, outside of the ASTM Message but specified in [F3411], is used to signal a different Authentication Message and to correlate pages to messages. This Message Counter is only single octet in length, so it will roll over (to 0x00) after reaching its maximum value (0xFF). If only a single page is missing in the Authentication Message the resulting parity octets should be the data of the erased page.¶
Authentication Page 0 contains various important fields, only located on that page, that help decode the full ASTM Authentication Message. If Page 0 has been reconstructed, the Last Page Index and Length fields MUST be validated by DRIP. The pseudo-code in Figure 12 can be used for both checks.¶
<CODE BEGINS>
function decode_check(auth_pages[], decoded_lpi, decoded_length) {
// check decoded_lpi does not exceed maximum value
if (decoded_lpi >= 16) {
return DECODE_FAILURE
}
// check that decoded length does not exceed DRIP maximum value
if (decoded_length > 201) {
return DECODE_FAILURE
}
// grab the page at index where length ends and extract its data
auth_data = auth_pages[(decoded_length - 17) / 23].data
// find the index of last auth byte
last_auth_byte = (17 + (23 * last_auth_page)) - decoded_length
// look for non-nulls after the last auth byte
if (auth_data[(last_auth_byte + 2):] has non-nulls) {
return DECODE_FAILURE
}
// check that byte directly after last auth byte is null
if (auth_data[last_auth_byte + 1] equals null) {
return DECODE_FAILURE
}
// we set our presumed Additional Data Length (ADL)
presumed_adl = auth_data[last_auth_byte + 1]
// use the presumed ADL to calculate a presumed LPI
presumed_lpi = (presumed_adl + decoded_length - 17) / 23
// check that presumed LPI and decoded LPI match
if (presumed_lpi not equal decoded_lpi) {
return DECODE_FAILURE
}
return DECODE_SUCCESS
}
<CODE ENDS>
The worst-case scenario is when the Authentication Data / Signature ends perfectly on a page boundary (Page N-1). This means the Additional Data Length would start the next page (Page N) and have 22 octets worth of null padding to align the FEC to begin at the start of the next page (Page N+1). In this scenario, an entire page (Page N) is being wasted just to carry the Additional Data Length.¶
Under DRIP, the goal is to attempt to bring reliable receipt of the paged Authentication Message using Legacy Transports. FEC (Section 5) MUST be used, per mandated RID rules (for example the US FAA RID Rule [FAA-14CFR]), when using Legacy Transports (such as Bluetooth 4.x).¶
Under [F3411], Authentication Messages are transmitted at the static rate (at least every 3 seconds). Any DRIP Authentication Messages containing dynamic data (such as the DRIP Wrapper) MAY be sent at the dynamic rate (at least every 1 second).¶
Under the ASTM specification, Extended Transports of RID must use the Message Pack (Message Type 0xF) format for all transmissions. Under Message Pack, ASTM Messages are sent together (in Message Type order) in a single frame (up to 9 single frame equivalent messages under Legacy Transports). Message Packs are required by [F3411] to be sent at a rate of 1 per second (like dynamic messages).¶
Message Packs are sent only over Extended Transports that provide FEC. Thus, the DRIP decoders will never be presented with a Message Pack from which a constituent Authentication Page has been dropped; DRIP FEC could never provide a benefit to a Message Pack, only consume its precious payload space. Therefore, DRIP FEC (Section 5) MUST NOT be used in Message Packs.¶
To fulfill the requirements in [RFC9153], a UA:¶
BE: Apex, RAA (partially satisfying GEN-3); at least once per 5 minutes. Apex in this context is the DET prefix owner¶
BE: RAA, HDA (partially satisfying GEN-3); at least once per 5 minutes¶
BE: HDA, UA (satisfying ID-5, GEN-1 and partially satisfying GEN-3); at least once per minute¶
These four transmission requirements collectively satisfy GEN-3.¶
UAS operation may impact the frequency of sending DRIP Authentication messages. When a UA dwells at an approximate location, and the channel is heavily used by other devices, less frequent message authentication may be effective (to minimize RF packet collisions) for an Observer. Contrast this with a UA transiting an area, where authenticated messages SHOULD be sufficiently frequent for an Observer to have a high probability of receiving an adequate number for validation during the transit.¶
A RECOMMENDED operational configuration (in alignment with Section 6.3) with reasoning can be found in Appendix B. It consists of the following recommendations for every second:¶
Under Legacy Transport:¶
Under Extended Transport:¶
If DRIP Wrappers are sent, they MUST be sent in addition to any required ASTM Messages in a given jurisdiction. An implementation MUST NOT send DRIP Wrappers in place of any required ASTM Messages it may encapsulate. Thus, messages within a Wrapper are sent twice: once in the clear and once authenticated within the Wrapper.¶
The DRIP Wrapper has a specific use case for DRIP aware Observers. For an Observer plotting Location Messages (Message Type 0x2) on a map, display an embedded Location Message in a DRIP Wrapper can be marked differently (e.g., via color) to signify trust in the Location data.¶
As described in Section 3.1.2, the Observer MUST perform validation of the data being received in Broadcast RID. This is because trust in a key is different from trust that an observed UA possesses that key.¶
A chain of DRIP Links provides trust in a key. A message containing rapidly changing, not predictable far in advance (relative to typical operational flight times) that can be validated by Observers, signed by that key, provides trust that some agent with access to that data also possesses that key. If the validation involves correlating physical world observations of the UA with claims in that data, then the probability is high that the observed UA is (or is collaborating with or observed in real time by) the agent with the key.¶
After signature verification of any DRIP Authentication Message containing UAS RID information elements (e.g., DRIP Wrapper Section 4.3) the Observer MUST use other sources of information to correlate against and perform validation. An example of another source of information is a visual confirmation of the UA position.¶
When correlation of these different data streams does not match in acceptable thresholds, the data MUST be rejected as if the signature failed to validate. Acceptable thresholds limits and what happens after such a rejection are out of scope for this document.¶
The following [RFC9153] requirements are addressed in this document:¶
ID-5: Non-spoofability¶
GEN-1: Provable Ownership¶
GEN-2: Provable Binding¶
GEN-3: Provable Registration¶
This document requests two new registries, for DRIP SAM Type and DRIP Frame Type, under the DRIP registry group.¶
| SAM Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x01 | DRIP Link | Format to hold Broadcast Endorsements |
| 0x02 | DRIP Wrapper | Authenticate full ASTM Messages |
| 0x03 | DRIP Manifest | Authenticate hashes of ASTM Messages |
| 0x04 | DRIP Frame | Format for future DRIP authentication |
| Frame Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | Reserved | Reserved |
| 0x01 - 0x9F | Reserved | Reserved: Expert Review |
| 0xA0 - 0xEF | Reserved | Reserved: First Come, First Served |
| 0xF0 - 0xFF | Experimental | Experimental Use |
Criteria that should be applied by the designated experts includes determining whether the proposed registration duplicates existing functionality and whether the registration description is clear and fits the purpose of this registry.¶
Registration requests MUST be sent to drip-reg-review@ietf.org and be evaluated within a three-week review period on the advice of one or more designated experts. Within that review period, the designated experts will either approve or deny the registration request, and communicate their decision to the review list and IANA. Denials should include an explanation and, if applicable, suggestions to successfully register the DRIP Frame Type.¶
Registration requests that are undetermined for a period longer than 28 days can be brought to the IESG's attention for resolution.¶
[F3411] (regardless of transport) lacks replay protection, as it more fundamentally lacks fully specified authentication. An attacker can spoof the UA sender MAC address and UAS ID, replaying (with or without modification) previous genuine messages, and/or crafting entirely new messages. Using DRIP in [F3411] Authentication message framing enables verification that messages were signed with registered keys, but when naively used may be vulnerable to replay attacks. Technologies such as Single Emitter Identification can detect such attacks, but are not readily available and can be prohibitively expensive, especially for typical Observer devices such as smartphones.¶
Replay attack detection using DRIP requires Observer devices to combine information from multiple messages and sources other than Broadcast RID. A complete chain of Link messages (Section 4.2), from an Endorsement root of trust to the claimed sender, must be collected and verified by the Observer device to provide trust in a key. Successful signature verification, using that key, of a Wrapper (Section 4.3) or Manifest (Section 4.4) message, authenticating content that is nonce-like, provides trust that the sender actually possesses that key.¶
By "nonce-like" is meant data that is unique, not accurately predictable long in advance, and readily validated by the Observer. This is described in Section 6.3 (requirement 4) and Section 3.1.2.2. The [F3411] Location message reporting precise UA position and velocity at a precise very recent time, to be checked by the Observer against visual observations of the UA within RF and thus typically visual Line Of Sight is the recommended form of this data. For specification of the foregoing, see Section 3.1.2 and Section 6.4.2.¶
Messages that pass signature verification with trusted keys could still be replays if they contain only static information (e.g., Broadcast Endorsements (Section 4.2), [F3411] Basic ID or [F3411] Operator ID) or information that cannot be readily validated (e.g., [F3411] Self-ID). Replay of Link messages is harmless (unless sent so frequently as to cause RF data link congestion) and indeed can increase the likelihood of an Observer device collecting an entire trust chain in a short time window. Replay of other messages ([F3411] Basic ID, [F3411] Operator ID, or [F3411] Self-ID) remains a vulnerability, unless they are combined with messages containing nonce-like data ([F3411] Location or [F3411] System) in a Wrapper or Manifest. For specification of this last requirement, see Section 4.4.2.¶
Implementations have a choice on using Wrapper (Section 4.3), Manifest (Section 4.4), or a combination to satisfy the 4th requirement in Section 6.3.¶
Wrapper is an attached signature of the full content of one or more [F3411] messages, providing strong authentication. However, the size limitation means it can not support such signatures over other Authentication Messages, thus it can not provide a direct binding to any part of the trust chain (Section 3.1.2 and Section 6.4.2).¶
Manifest explicitly provides the binding of the last link in the trust chain (with the inclusion of the hash of the Link containing BE: HDA, UA). The use of hashes and their length also allows for a larger (11 vs 4) number of any [F3411] messages to be authenticated, making it more efficient compared to the Wrapper. However, the detached signature requires additional Observer overhead in storing and comparing hashes of received messages (some that may not be received) of those in a Manifest.¶
Appendix B contains a breakdown of frame counts and an example of a schedule using both Manifest and Wrapper. Typical operation may see (as an example) 2x Basic ID, 2x Location, 2x System, 1x Operator ID and 1x Self ID broadcast per second to comply with jurisdiction mandates. Each of these messages are a single frame in size. A Link message is 8 frames long (including FEC). This is a base frame count of 16 frames.¶
When Wrapper is used, up to 4 of the previous messages (except the Link) can be authenticated. For this comparison, we will sign all the messages we can in two Wrappers. This results in 20 frames (with FEC). Due to not being able to fit, the Link message is left unauthenticated. The total frame count using Wrappers is 36 frames (wrapper frame count + base frame count).¶
When Manifest is used, up to 10 previous messages can be authenticated. For this example all messages (8) are hashed (including the Link) resulting in a single Manifest that is 9 frames (with FEC). The total frame count using Manifest is 25 frames (manifest frame count + base frame count).¶
Note the discussion of VNA Timestamp offsets here is in the context of the DRIP Wrapper (Section 4.3), DRIP Manifest (Section 4.4), and DRIP Frame (Section 4.5). For DRIP Link (Section 4.2) these offsets are set by the DIME and have their own set of considerations in [drip-registries].¶
The offset of the VNA Timestamp by UA is one that needs careful consideration for any implementation. The offset should be shorter than any given flight duration (typically less than an hour) but be long enough to be received and processed by Observers (larger than a few seconds). It is recommended that 3-5 minutes should be sufficient to serve this purpose in any scenario, but is not limited by design.¶
As stated in Section 3.1 specification of particular DNS security options, transports, etc. is outside the scope of this document. [drip-registries] is the main specification for DNS operations in DRIP and as such will specify DRIP usage of best common practices for security (such as [RFC9364]).¶
Thanks to the following reviewers:¶
ASTM Authentication has only three states: None, Invalid, and Valid. This is because, under ASTM, the authentication is done by an external service hosted somewhere on the Internet so it is assumed an authoritative response will always be returned. This classification becomes more complex in DRIP with the support of "offline" scenarios where a Observer does not have Internet connectivity. With the use of asymmetric cryptography this means that the public key (PK) must somehow be obtained. [drip-registries] gets more into detail how these keys are stored on DNS and one use of DRIP Authentication messages is to send PK's over Broadcast RID.¶
There are a few keys of interest: the PK of the UA and the PK's of relevant DIMEs. This document describes how to send the PK of the UA over the Broadcast RID messages. The key of DIMEs are sent over Broadcast RID using the same mechanisms (see Section 4.2 and Section 6.3) but MAY be sent at a far lower rate due to potential operational constraints (such as saturation of limited bandwidth). As such, there are scenarios where part of the key-chain may be unavailable at the moment a full Authentication Message is received and processed.¶
The intent of this informative appendix is to give a recommended way to classify these various states and convey it to the user through colors and state names/text. These states can apply to either a single authentication message, a DET (and its associated public key), and/or a sender.¶
The table below lays out the recommended colors to associate with state and a brief description of each.¶
| State | Color | Details |
|---|---|---|
| None | Black | No Authentication being received (as yet) |
| Partial | Gray | Authentication being received but missing pages |
| Unsupported | Brown | Authentication Type/SAM Type of received message not supported |
| Unverifiable | Yellow | Data needed for signature verification is missing |
| Verified | Green | Valid signature verification and content validation |
| Trusted | Blue | evidence of Verified and DIME is marked as only registering DETs for trusted entities |
| Unverified | Red | Invalid signature verification or content validation |
| Questionable | Orange | evidence of both Verified & Unverified for the same claimed sender |
| Conflicting | Purple | evidence of both Trusted & Unverified for the same claimed sender |
The default state where no authentication information has yet to be received.¶
A pending state where authentication pages are being received but a full authentication message has yet to be compiled.¶
A state wherein authentication data is being or has been received, but cannot be used, as the Authentication Type or SAM Type is not supported by the Observer.¶
A pending state where a full authentication message has been received but other information, such as public keys to verify signatures, is missing.¶
A state where all authentication messages that have been received, up to that point from that claimed sender, pass signature verification and the requirement of Section 6.4.2 has been met.¶
A state where all authentication messages that have been received, up to that point, from that claimed sender, have passed signature verification, the requirement of Section 6.4.2 has been met, and the public key of the sending UA is marked as trusted.¶
The sending UA key will have been marked as trusted if the relevant DIMEs only register DETs (of subordinate DIMEs, UAS operators, and UA) that have been vetted as per their published registration policies, and those DIMEs have been marked, by the owner (individual or organizational) of the Observer, as per that owner's policy, as trusted to register DETs only for trusted parties.¶
A state where there is a mix of authentication messages received that are Verified (Appendix A.5) and Unverified (Appendix A.8).¶
Transition to this state is from Verified if a subsequent message fails verification so would have otherwise been marked Unverified, or from Unverified if a subsequent message passes verification or validation so would otherwise have been marked Verified, or from either of those state upon mixed results on the requirement of Section 6.4.2.¶
A state where all authentication messages that have been received, up to that point, from that claimed sender, failed signature verification or the requirement of Section 6.4.2.¶
A state where there is a mix of authentication messages received that are Trusted (Appendix A.6) and Unverified (Appendix A.8) and the public key of the aircraft is marked as trusted.¶
Transition to this state is from Trusted if a subsequent message fails verification so would have otherwise been marked Unverified, or from Unverified if a subsequent message passes verification or validation and policy checks so would otherwise have been marked Trusted, or from either of those state upon mixed results on the requirement of Section 6.4.2.¶
The recommendations found in Section 6.4 may seem heavy handed and specific. This informative appendix lays out the math and assumptions made to come to the recommendations listed there as well as an example.¶
In many jurisdictions, the required ASTM Messages to be transmitted every second are: Basic ID (0x1), Location (0x2), and System (0x4). Typical implementations will most likely send at a higher rate (2x sets per cycle) resulting in 6 frames sent per cycle. Transmitting this set of message more than once a second is not discouraged but awareness is needed to avoid congesting the RF spectrum, causing further issues.¶
There are two formulas to determine the number of Authentication Pages required, one for Wrapper:¶
<CODE BEGINS> wrapper_struct_size = 89 + (25 * num_astm_messages) wrapper_page_count = ceiling((wrapper_struct_size - 17) / 23) + 1 <CODE ENDS>¶
and one for Manifest:¶
<CODE BEGINS> manifest_struct_size = 89 + (8 * (num_astm_hashes + 3)) manifest_page_count = ceiling((manifest_struct_size - 17) / 23) + 1 <CODE ENDS>¶
A similar formula can be applied to Link as they are of fixed size:¶
<CODE BEGINS> link_page_count = ceiling((137 - 17) / 23) + 1 = 7 <CODE ENDS>¶
Comparing Wrapper and Manifest Authentication Message page counts against total frame counts we have the following:¶
| ASTM Messages | Wrapper (w/FEC) | Manifest (w/FEC) | ASTM Messages + Wrapper (w/FEC) | ASTM Messages + Manifest (w/FEC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5 (6) | 6 (7) | 5 (6) | 6 (7) |
| 1 | 6 (7) | 6 (7) | 7 (8) | 7 (8) |
| 2 | 7 (8) | 6 (7) | 9 (10) | 8 (9) |
| 3 | 8 (9) | 7 (8) | 11 (12) | 10 (11) |
| 4 | 9 (10) | 7 (8) | 13 (14) | 11 (12) |
| 5 | N/A | 7 (8) | N/A | 12 (13) |
| 6 | N/A | 8 (9) | N/A | 14 (15) |
| 7 | N/A | 8 (9) | N/A | 15 (16) |
| 8 | N/A | 8 (9) | N/A | 16 (17) |
| 9 | N/A | 9 (10) | N/A | 18 (19) |
| 10 | N/A | 9 (10) | N/A | 19 (20) |
| 11 | N/A | 9 (11) | N/A | 20 (22) |
Link shares the same page counts as Manifest with 5 ASTM Messages.¶
Zero ASTM Messages in Table 5 is where Extended Wrapper (Section 4.3.2) without FEC is used in Message Packs. With a max of 9 "message slots" in a Message Pack an Extended Wrapper fills 5 slots, thus can authenticate up to 4 ASTM Messages co-located in the same Message Pack.¶
Eleven ASTM Messages in Table 5 is where a Manifest with FEC invokes the situation mentioned in Section 5.3.¶
Eleven is the max number of ASTM Messages Hashes that can be supported resulting in 14 total hashes. This completely fills the evidence section of the structure making its total size 200 octets. This fits on exactly 9 Authentication Pages ((201 - 17) / 23 == 8) so when the ADL is added it is placed on the next page (Page 10). Per rule 1 in Section 5.1 this means that all of Page 10 is null padded (expect the ADL octet) and FEC data fills Page 11, resulting in a plus two page count when FEC is applied.¶
This drives the recommendation is Section 4.4 to only use up to 10 ASTM Message Hashes and not 11.¶
This example is focused on showing that 100% of ASTM Messages can be authenticated over Legacy Transports with up to 125% overhead in Authentication Pages. Extended Transports is not shown as Authentication with DRIP in that case is covered using Extended Wrapper (Section 4.3.2). Two ASTM Message Packs are sent in a given cycle: one containing up to 4 ASTM Messages and an Extended Wrapper (authenticating the pack) and one containing a Link message with a Broadcast Endorsement and up to two other ASTM Messages.¶
This example transmit scheme covers and meets every known regulatory case enabling manufacturers to use the same firmware worldwide.¶
+------------------------------------------------------+
| Frame Slots |
| 00 - 04 | 05 - 07 | 08 - 16 | 17 |
+-------------------+---------------+---------+--------+
| {A|B|C|D},V,S,I,O | {A|B|C|D},V,S | M[0,8] | L/W[0] |
+-------------------+---------------+---------+--------+
| {A|B|C|D},V,S,I,O | {A|B|C|D},V,S | M[0,8] | L/W[1] |
+-------------------+---------------+---------+--------+
| {A|B|C|D},V,S,I,O | {A|B|C|D},V,S | M[0,8] | L/W[2] |
+-------------------+---------------+---------+--------+
| {A|B|C|D},V,S,I,O | {A|B|C|D},V,S | M[0,8] | L/W[3] |
+-------------------+---------------+---------+--------+
| {A|B|C|D},V,S,I,O | {A|B|C|D},V,S | M[0,8] | L/W[4] |
+-------------------+---------------+---------+--------+
| {A|B|C|D},V,S,I,O | {A|B|C|D},V,S | M[0,8] | L/W[5] |
+-------------------+---------------+---------+--------+
| {A|B|C|D},V,S,I,O | {A|B|C|D},V,S | M[0,8] | L/W[6] |
+-------------------+---------------+---------+--------+
| {A|B|C|D},V,S,I,O | {A|B|C|D},V,S | M[0,8] | L/W[7] |
+-------------------+---------------+---------+--------+
A = Basic ID Message (0x0) ID Type 1
B = Basic ID Message (0x0) ID Type 2
C = Basic ID Message (0x0) ID Type 3
D = Basic ID Message (0x0) ID Type 4
V = Location/Vector Message (0x1)
I = Self ID Message (0x3)
S = System Message (0x4)
O = Operator ID Message (0x5)
L[y,z] = DRIP Link Authentication Message (0x2)
W[y,z] = DRIP Wrapper Authentication Message (0x2)
M[y,z] = DRIP Manifest Authentication Message (0x2)
y = Start Page
z = End Page
# = Empty Frame Slot
* = Message in DRIP Manifest Authentication Message
Every common required message (Basic ID, Location and System) is sent twice plus Operator ID and Self ID in a single second. The Manifest is over all messages (8) in slots 00 - 04 and 05 - 07.¶
In two seconds either a Link or Wrapper are sent. The content and order of Links and Wrappers runs as follows:¶
Link: HDA on UA Link: RAA on HDA Link: HDA on UA Link: Apex on RAA Link: HDA on UA Link: RAA on HDA Link: HDA on UA Wrapper: Location (0x1), System (0x4) Link: HDA on UA Link: RAA on HDA Link: HDA on UA Link: Apex on RAA Link: HDA on UA Link: RAA on HDA Link: HDA on UA Wrapper: Location (0x1), System (0x4) Link: IANA on UAS RID Apex¶
With perfect receipt of all messages, in 8 seconds all messages (up to that point then all in future) are authenticated using the Manifest. Within 136 seconds the entire Broadcast Endorsement chain is received and can be validated; interspersed with 4 messages directly signed over via Wrapper.¶
Assuming the following DET and HI:¶
2001:3f:fe00:105:a29b:3ff4:2226:c04e b5fef530d450dedb59ebafa18b00d7f5ed0ac08a81975034297bea2b00041813¶
The following ASTM Messages to be sent in a single second:¶
0240012001003ffe000105a29b3ff42226c04e000000000000 12000000000000000000000000000000000000000060220000 32004578616d706c652053656c662049440000000000000000 420000000000000000000100000000000000000010ea510900 52004578616d706c65204f70657261746f7220494400000000 0240012001003ffe000105a29b3ff42226c04e000000000000 12000000000000000000000000000000000000000060220000 420000000000000000000100000000000000000010ea510900¶
This is Link with FEC that would be spread out over 8 seconds:¶
2250078910ea510904314b8564b17e66662001003ffe000105 2251a29b3ff42226c04eb5fef530d450dedb59ebafa18b00d7 2252f5ed0ac08a81975034297bea2b000418132001003ffe00 22530105b82bf1c99d87273103fc83f6ecd9b91842f205c222 2254dd71d8e165ad18ca91daf9299a73eec850c756a7e9be46 2255f51dddfa0f09db7bfdde14eec07c7a6dd1061c1d5ace94 2256d9ad97940d280000000000000000000000000000000000 2257a03b0f7a6feb0d198167045058cfc49f73129917024d22¶
This is a Wrapper with FEC that would be spread out over 8 seconds:¶
2250078b10ea510902e0dd7c6560115e671200000000000000 22510000000000000000000000000060220000420000000000 2252000000000100000000000000000010ea5109002001003f 2253fe000105a29b3ff42226c04ef0ecad581a030ca790152a 22542f08df5762a463e24a742d1c530ec977bbe0d113697e2b 2255b909d6c7557bdaf1227ce86154b030daadda4a6b8474de 22569a62f6c375020826000000000000000000000000000000 2257f5e8eebcb04f8c2197526053e66c010d5d7297ff7c1fe0¶
This is the Manifest with FEC sent in the same second as the original messages:¶
225008b110ea510903e0dd7c6560115e670000000000000000 2251d57594875f8608b4d61dc9224ecf8b842bd4862734ed01 22522ca2e5f2b8a3e61547b81704766ba3eeb651be7eafc928 22538884e3e28a24fd5529bc2bd4862734ed012ca2e5f2b8a3 2254e61547b81704766ba3eeb62001003ffe000105a29b3ff4 22552226c04efb729846e7d110903797066fd96f49a77c5a48 2256c4c3b330be05bc4a958e9641718aaa31aeabad368386a2 22579ed2dce2769120da83edbcdc0858dd1e357755e7860317 2258e7c06a5918ea62a937391cbfe0983539de1b2e688b7c83¶