Network Working Group L. Dondeti, Ed.
Request for Comments: 5159 QUALCOMM, Inc.
Category: Informational A. Jerichow
Nokia Siemens Networks
March 2008
Session Description Protocol (SDP) Attributes for
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Broadcast (BCAST)
Service and Content Protection
Status of This Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This document provides descriptions of Session Description Protocol
(SDP) attributes used by the Open Mobile Alliance's Broadcast Service
and Content Protection specification.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. New SDP Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5.1. Registration of New SDP Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5.1.1. Registration of the Attribute
bcastversion:<major>.<minor> . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5.1.2. Registration of the Attribute stkmstream:<id of
the stkm stream> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5.1.3. Registration of the Attribute
SRTPAuthentication:<id for SRTP authentication
algorithm value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.1.4. Registration of the Attribute SRTPROCTxRate:<ROC
transmission rate> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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1. Introduction
The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Broadcast (BCAST) group is specifying
service and content protection mechanisms for broadcast services over
wireless networks. As part of that specification, several new SDP
attributes are necessary to allow the broadcast server to signal the
service and content protection parameters to clients.
Section 8.2.4 of RFC 4566 [1] requires that new SDP attributes are
registered through IANA with name, contact information, and
description (and other similar parameters). A standards track
specification is RECOMMENDED if the new attribute(s) will have
widespread use and interoperability considerations.
OMA BCAST specifications are expected to be used by broadcast
wireless systems that are based on 3rd Generation Partnership Project
(3GPP) Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS), 3GPP2 Broadcast
and Multicast Services (BCMCS), and Digital Video Broadcasting -
Handheld (DVB-H). Although this would typically be considered a
"widespread" use, in this case IETF chose to use a non-standards-
track RFC to register the SDP attributes because OMA maintains change
control of the documents that specify the interpretation of the
values in the attributes.
This document provides descriptions of the SDP attributes used in the
OMA BCAST Service and Content Protection specification [2].
2. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [3].
3. New SDP Attributes
The following new SDP attributes have been specified:
o a=bcastversion:<major>.<minor>
o a=stkmstream:<id of the stkm stream>
o a=SRTPAuthentication:<id for SRTP authentication algorithm value>
o a=SRTPROCTxRate:<ROC transmission rate>
See Section 5 for details on IANA considerations.
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4. Security Considerations
In addition to the notes in Section 7 of RFC 4566 [1], the following
considerations may be applicable:
The bcastversion parameter indicates the version of the broadcast
system used for distribution of broadcast content. In case future
versions indicated by this parameter allow for enhanced or additional
security features, the bcastversion parameter, if unprotected, could
be utilized for downgrade attacks.
The stkmstream parameter provides references to relevant key
management streams so that receivers can map the media streams to key
streams and retrieve the necessary keys to decrypt media. As such,
this parameter could be utilized, if unprotected, for denial-of-
service (DoS) attacks.
5. IANA Considerations
Per this document, which follows the guidelines of [5], IANA has
registered a number of SDP attributes.
5.1. Registration of New SDP Attributes
IANA has registered a number of OMA BCAST only attributes in the
Session Description Protocol Parameters registry [1]. The
registration data, according to RFC 4566 [1] follows.
The registration templates below refer to the OMA-TS-
BCAST_SvcCntProtection specification [2].
5.1.1. Registration of the Attribute bcastversion:<major>.<minor>
Contact: Anja Jerichow <anja.jerichow@nsn.com>
Phone: +49 89 636-45868
Attribute name: bcastversion
Long-form attribute name: BCAST version
Type of attribute: session level
This attribute is not dependent on charset.
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Purpose: This attribute specifies the OMA BCAST version
"bcastversion" value in the format x.y.
Specification of attribute values: This attribute has a mandatory
value of the form <major>.<minor>, where <major> and <minor> are
non-negative decimal numbers. The att-value field is of XML data
type decimal. For details, see OMA-TS-BCAST_SvcCntProtection,
Section 10.1.1.
5.1.2. Registration of the Attribute stkmstream:<id of the stkm stream>
Contact: Anja Jerichow <anja.jerichow@nsn.com>
Phone: +49 89 636-45868
Attribute name: stkmstream
Long-form attribute name: Short Term Key Message stream identifier
Type of attribute: session level or media level
The attribute can be at session level, in which case it applies to
all media streams, or it can be at media level, in which case it
only applies to the specified media and would overwrite possible
session-level attributes.
This attribute is not dependent on charset.
Purpose: The stkmstream attribute specifies the mapping of Short
Term Key Message streams to media streams in the SDP.
Each session or media stream can have multiple stkmstream
attributes. By comparing the value of this attribute with the
identifier of each STKM stream, the terminal can figure out which
one to listen to and process. We note that this attribute is
optional and hence would not be there for unencrypted media
streams.
Specification of attribute values: This attribute has a mandatory
value of the form <id of the stkm stream>, a unique non-zero
integer identifying a particular key stream. Numbers are unique
within a particular SDP session, i.e., no global numbering is
required. The att-value field is of XML data type unsignedShort.
For details, see OMA-TS-BCAST_SvcCntProtection, Section 10.1.3.
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5.1.3. Registration of the Attribute SRTPAuthentication:<id for SRTP
authentication algorithm value>
Contact: Anja Jerichow <anja.jerichow@nsn.com>
Phone: +49 89 636-45868
Attribute name: SRTPAuthentication
Long-form attribute name: SRTP authentication algorithm value
identifier
Type of attribute: media level
This attribute is not dependent on charset.
Purpose: When SRTP is used, the attribute SRTPAuthentication states
which authentication algorithm to use.
Specification of attribute values: Based on [4], the identifier is a
transform-independent parameter of the cryptographic context for
SRTP in integer format.
One of the following three integrity transforms registered for the
three modes MUST be used: value "2" for RCCm1, "3" for RCCm2, and
"4" for RCCm3. For details, see OMA-TS-BCAST_SvcCntProtection,
Section 10.4.
5.1.4. Registration of the Attribute SRTPROCTxRate:<ROC transmission
rate>
Contact: Anja Jerichow <anja.jerichow@nsn.com>
Phone: +49 89 636-45868
Attribute name: SRTPROCTxRate
Long-form attribute name: ROC transmission rate
Type of attribute: media level
This attribute is not dependent on charset.
Purpose: When SRTP is used, the attribute SRTPROCTxRate defines the
ROC transmission rate, R.
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Specification of attribute values: The attribute value MUST be a
decimal integer R between 1 and 65535 inclusive, as specified in
[4]. If the ROC transmission rate is not included in the
negotiation, the default value of 1 SHALL be used. For details,
see OMA-TS-BCAST_SvcCntProtection, Section 10.4.
6. Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Hosame Abu-Amara, Francois Ambrosini, David
Castleford, Miguel Garcia, Alfred Hoenes, Charles Lo, and Uwe
Rauschenbach for their help and support.
7. References
7.1. Normative References
[1] Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session
Description Protocol", RFC 4566, July 2006.
[2] Open Mobile Alliance, "Service and Content Protection for Mobile
Broadcast Services", OMA OMA-TS-BCAST_SvcCntProtection-V1_0-
20071218-D, 2007.
[3] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[4] Lehtovirta, V., Naslund, M., and K. Norrman, "Integrity
Transform Carrying Roll-Over Counter for the Secure Real-time
Transport Protocol (SRTP)", RFC 4771, January 2007.
7.2. Informative References
[5] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434, October 1998.
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Authors' Addresses
Lakshminath Dondeti (editor)
QUALCOMM, Inc.
5775 Morehouse Dr
San Diego, CA
USA
Phone: +1 858-845-1267
EMail: ldondeti@qualcomm.com
Anja Jerichow
Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH and Co.KG
Martinstr. 76
81541 Munich
Germany
Phone: +49 89 636-45868
EMail: anja.jerichow@nsn.com
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