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 Secure RTP (SRTP) and UST Reference Implementations
 David A. McGrew
 Cisco Systems, Inc.
 mcgrew@cisco.com


 This package provides an implementation of the Secure Real-time
 Transport Protocol (SRTP), the Universal Security Transform (UST), and
 a supporting cryptographic kernel.  These mechanisms are documented in
 the Internet Drafts in the doc/ subdirectory.  The SRTP API is
 documented in include/srtp.h, and the library is in libsrtp.a (after
 compilation).


 Installation:

 ./configure [ options ]       # GNU autoconf script
 make                          # or gmake if needed; use GNU make

 The configure script accepts the following options:

    --help              provides a usage summary
    --disable-debug     compile without the runtime debugging system
    --enable-syslog     use syslog for error reporting
    --disable-stdout    use stdout for error reporting
    --enable-console    use /dev/console for error reporting
    --gdoi              use GDOI key management (disabled at present)

 By default, debbuging is enabled and stdout is used for debugging.
 You can use the above configure options to have the debugging output
 sent to syslog or the system console.  Alternatively, you can define
 ERR_REPORTING_FILE in include/conf.h to be any other file that can be
 opened by libSRTP, and debug messages will be sent to it.

 This package has been tested on Mac OS X (powerpc-apple-darwin1.4),
 Cygwin (i686-pc-cygwin), and Sparc (sparc-sun-solaris2.6).  Previous
 versions have been tested on Linux and OpenBSD on both x86 and sparc
 platforms.

 A quick tour of this package:

 Makefile		targets: all, clean, ...
 README			this file
 CHANGES                 change log
 VERSION			version number of this package
 LICENSE                 legal details (it's a BSD-like license)
 crypto/ciphers/		ciphers (null, aes_icm, ...)
 crypto/math/		crypto math routines
 crypto/hash/            crypto hashing (hmac, tmmhv2, ...)
 crypto/replay/		replay protection
 doc/			documentation: rfcs, apis, and suchlike
 include/		include files for all code in distribution
 srtp/			secure real-time transport protocol implementation
 tables/                 apps for generating tables (useful in porting)
 test/			test drivers


 Applications

   Several test drivers and a simple and portable srtp application
   are included in the test/ subdirectory.

   test driver	function tested
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   kernel_driver crypto kernel (ciphers, auth funcs, rng)
   srtp_driver	srtp in-memory tests (does not use the network)
   rdbx_driver	rdbx (extended replay database)
   roc_driver	extended sequence number functions
   replay_driver	replay database (n.b. not used in libsrtp)
   cipher_driver	ciphers
   auth_driver	hash functions

   The app rtpw is a simple rtp application which reads words from
   /usr/dict/words and then sends them out one at a time using [s]rtp.
   Manual srtp keying uses the -k option; automated key management
   using gdoi will be added later.

 usage: rtpw [-d <debug>]* [-k <key> [-a][-e]] [-s | -r] dest_ip dest_port
 or     rtpw -l

   Either the -s (sender) or -r (receiver) option must be chosen.

   The values dest_ip, dest_port are the ip address and udp port to
   which the dictionary will be sent, respectively.

   options:

   -s		(s)rtp sender - causes app to send words

   -r		(s)rtp receive - causes app to receve words

   -k <key>      use srtp master key <key>, where the
 		key is a hexadecimal value (without the
                 leading "0x")

   -e            encrypt/decrypt (for data confidentiality)
                 (requires use of -k option as well)

   -a            message authentication
                 (requires use of -k option as well)

   -l            list debug modules

   -d <debug>    turn on debugging for module <debug>


 In order to get random 30-byte values for use as key/salt pairs , you
 can use the following bash function to format the output of
 /dev/random (where that device is available).

 function randhex() {
    cat /dev/random | od --read-bytes=32 --width=32 -x | awk '{ print $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 $10 $11 $12 $13 $14 $15 $16 }'
 }


 An example of an SRTP session using two rtpw programs follows:

 set k=c1eec3717da76195bb878578790af71c4ee9f859e197a414a78d5abc7451

 [sh1]$ test/rtpw -s -k $k -ea 0.0.0.0 9999
 Security services: confidentiality message authentication
 set master key/salt to C1EEC3717DA76195BB878578790AF71C/4EE9F859E197A414A78D5ABC7451
 setting SSRC to 2078917053
 sending word: A
 sending word: a
 sending word: aa
 sending word: aal
 ...

 [sh2]$ test/rtpw -r -k $k -ea 0.0.0.0 9999
 security services: confidentiality message authentication
 set master key/salt to C1EEC3717DA76195BB878578790AF71C/4EE9F859E197A414A78D5ABC7451
 19 octets received from SSRC 2078917053 word: A
 19 octets received from SSRC 2078917053 word: a
 20 octets received from SSRC 2078917053 word: aa
 21 octets received from SSRC 2078917053 word: aal
 ...

 Implementation Notes

   * The srtp_protect() function assumes that the buffer holding the
     rtp packet has enough storage allocated that the authentication
     tag can be written to the end of that packet.  If this assumption
     is not valid, memory corruption will ensue.

   * Automated tests for the crypto functions are provided through
     the cipher_type_self_test() and auth_type_self_test() functions.
     These functions should be used to test each port of this code
     to a new platform.

   * Replay protection is contained in the crypto engine, and
     tests for it are provided.

   * This implementation provides calls to initialize, protect, and
     unprotect RTP packets, and makes as few as possible assumptions
     about how these functions will be called.  For example, the
     caller is not expected to provide packets in order (though if
     they're called more than 65k out of sequence, synchronization
     will be lost).

   * The sequence number in the rtp packet is used as the low 16 bits
     of the sender's local packet index. Note that RTP will start its
     sequence number in a random place, and the SRTP layer just jumps
     forward to that number at its first invocation.  An earlier
     version of this library used initial sequence numbers that are
     less than 32,768; this trick is no longer required as the
     rdbx_estimate_index(...) function has been made smarter.

   * The replay window is 128 bits in length, and is hard-coded to this
     value for now.
	Secure RTP (SRTP) and UST Reference Implementations
	David A. McGrew
	Cisco Systems, Inc.
	mcgrew@cisco.com


	This package provides an implementation of the Secure Real-time
	Transport Protocol (SRTP), the Universal Security Transform (UST), and
	a supporting cryptographic kernel. These mechanisms are documented in
	the Internet Drafts in the doc/ subdirectory. The SRTP API is
	documented in include/srtp.h, and the library is in libsrtp.a (after
	compilation).


	Installation:

	./configure [ options ] # GNU autoconf script
	make # or gmake if needed; use GNU make

	The configure script accepts the following options:

	--help provides a usage summary
	--disable-debug compile without the runtime debugging system
	--enable-syslog use syslog for error reporting
	--disable-stdout use stdout for error reporting
	--enable-console use /dev/console for error reporting
	--gdoi use GDOI key management (disabled at present)

	By default, debbuging is enabled and stdout is used for debugging.
	You can use the above configure options to have the debugging output
	sent to syslog or the system console. Alternatively, you can define
	ERR_REPORTING_FILE in include/conf.h to be any other file that can be
	opened by libSRTP, and debug messages will be sent to it.

	This package has been tested on Mac OS X (powerpc-apple-darwin1.4),
	Cygwin (i686-pc-cygwin), and Sparc (sparc-sun-solaris2.6). Previous
	versions have been tested on Linux and OpenBSD on both x86 and sparc
	platforms.

	A quick tour of this package:

	Makefile targets: all, clean, ...
	README this file
	CHANGES change log
	VERSION version number of this package
	LICENSE legal details (it's a BSD-like license)
	crypto/ciphers/ ciphers (null, aes_icm, ...)
	crypto/math/ crypto math routines
	crypto/hash/ crypto hashing (hmac, tmmhv2, ...)
	crypto/replay/ replay protection
	doc/ documentation: rfcs, apis, and suchlike
	include/ include files for all code in distribution
	srtp/ secure real-time transport protocol implementation
	tables/ apps for generating tables (useful in porting)
	test/ test drivers


	Applications

	Several test drivers and a simple and portable srtp application
	are included in the test/ subdirectory.

	test driver function tested
	-------------------------------------------------------------
	kernel_driver crypto kernel (ciphers, auth funcs, rng)
	srtp_driver srtp in-memory tests (does not use the network)
	rdbx_driver rdbx (extended replay database)
	roc_driver extended sequence number functions
	replay_driver replay database (n.b. not used in libsrtp)
	cipher_driver ciphers
	auth_driver hash functions

	The app rtpw is a simple rtp application which reads words from
	/usr/dict/words and then sends them out one at a time using [s]rtp.
	Manual srtp keying uses the -k option; automated key management
	using gdoi will be added later.

	usage: rtpw [-d <debug>]* [-k <key> [-a][-e]] [-s \| -r] dest_ip dest_port
	or rtpw -l

	Either the -s (sender) or -r (receiver) option must be chosen.

	The values dest_ip, dest_port are the ip address and udp port to
	which the dictionary will be sent, respectively.

	options:

	-s (s)rtp sender - causes app to send words

	-r (s)rtp receive - causes app to receve words

	-k <key> use srtp master key <key>, where the
	key is a hexadecimal value (without the
	leading "0x")

	-e encrypt/decrypt (for data confidentiality)
	(requires use of -k option as well)

	-a message authentication
	(requires use of -k option as well)

	-l list debug modules

	-d <debug> turn on debugging for module <debug>


	In order to get random 30-byte values for use as key/salt pairs , you
	can use the following bash function to format the output of
	/dev/random (where that device is available).

	function randhex() {
	cat /dev/random \| od --read-bytes=32 --width=32 -x \| awk '{ print $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 $10 $11 $12 $13 $14 $15 $16 }'
	}


	An example of an SRTP session using two rtpw programs follows:

	set k=c1eec3717da76195bb878578790af71c4ee9f859e197a414a78d5abc7451

	[sh1]$ test/rtpw -s -k $k -ea 0.0.0.0 9999
	Security services: confidentiality message authentication
	set master key/salt to C1EEC3717DA76195BB878578790AF71C/4EE9F859E197A414A78D5ABC7451
	setting SSRC to 2078917053
	sending word: A
	sending word: a
	sending word: aa
	sending word: aal
	...

	[sh2]$ test/rtpw -r -k $k -ea 0.0.0.0 9999
	security services: confidentiality message authentication
	set master key/salt to C1EEC3717DA76195BB878578790AF71C/4EE9F859E197A414A78D5ABC7451
	19 octets received from SSRC 2078917053 word: A
	19 octets received from SSRC 2078917053 word: a
	20 octets received from SSRC 2078917053 word: aa
	21 octets received from SSRC 2078917053 word: aal
	...

	Implementation Notes

	* The srtp_protect() function assumes that the buffer holding the
	rtp packet has enough storage allocated that the authentication
	tag can be written to the end of that packet. If this assumption
	is not valid, memory corruption will ensue.

	* Automated tests for the crypto functions are provided through
	the cipher_type_self_test() and auth_type_self_test() functions.
	These functions should be used to test each port of this code
	to a new platform.

	* Replay protection is contained in the crypto engine, and
	tests for it are provided.

	* This implementation provides calls to initialize, protect, and
	unprotect RTP packets, and makes as few as possible assumptions
	about how these functions will be called. For example, the
	caller is not expected to provide packets in order (though if
	they're called more than 65k out of sequence, synchronization
	will be lost).

	* The sequence number in the rtp packet is used as the low 16 bits
	of the sender's local packet index. Note that RTP will start its
	sequence number in a random place, and the SRTP layer just jumps
	forward to that number at its first invocation. An earlier
	version of this library used initial sequence numbers that are
	less than 32,768; this trick is no longer required as the
	rdbx_estimate_index(...) function has been made smarter.

	* The replay window is 128 bits in length, and is hard-coded to this
	value for now.