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Internet drip Working Group Internet-Draft This document creates the DRIP DET registration and discovery ecosystem. This includes all components in the ecosystem (e.g., RAA, HDA, UA, GCS, USS). The registration process will use the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) and other protocols. The discovery process will leverage DNS and DNSSEC and related technology. The DETs can be registered with as their "raw public keys" or in X.509 certificates.

Introduction Registries are fundamental to RID. Only very limited information can be Broadcast, but extended information is sometimes needed. The most essential element of information sent is the UAS ID itself, the unique key for lookup of extended information in registries. While it is expected that registry functions will be integrated with USS, who will provide them is not yet determined in most, and is expected to vary between, jurisdictions. However this evolves, the essential registry functions, starting with management of identifiers, are expected to remain the same, so are specified herein. While most data to be sent via Broadcast or Network RID is public, much of the extended information in registries will be private. Thus AAA for registries is essential, not just to ensure that access is granted only to strongly authenticated, duly authorized parties, but also to support subsequent attribution of any leaks, audit of who accessed information when and for what purpose, etc. As specific AAA requirements will vary by jurisdictional regulation, provider philosophy, customer demand, etc., they are left to specification in policies, which should be human readable to facilitate analysis and discussion, and machine readable to enable automated enforcement, using a language amenable to both, e.g., XACML. The intent of the negative and positive access control requirements on registries is to ensure that no member of the public would be hindered from accessing public information, while only duly authorized parties would be enabled to access private information. Mitigation of Denial of Service attacks and refusal to allow database mass scraping would be based on those behaviors, not on identity or role of the party submitting the query per se, but querant identity information might be gathered (by security systems protecting DRIP implementations) on such misbehavior. Registration under DRIP is vital as the worry of collisions in the hash portion of the DET. Forgery of the DET is still possible, but including it as a part of a public registration mitigates a lot of the risk. This document creates the DRIP DET registration and discovery ecosystem. This includes all components in the ecosystem (e.g., RAA, HDA, UA, GCS, USS). The registration process will use the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) and other protocols. The discovery process will leverage DNS and DNSSEC and related technology. The DETs can be registered with as their "raw public keys" or in X.509 certificates.

Abstract Process & Reasoning In DRIP each entity (registry, operator and aircraft) is expected to generate a full DRIP Entity ID on the local device their key is expected to be used. These are registered with a Public Information Registry within the hierarchy along with whatever data is required by the cognizant CAA and the registry. Any PII is stored in a Private Information Registry protected through industry practice AAA or better. In response, the entity will obtain an attestation or certificate from the registry proving such registration. Manufacturers that wish to participate in DRIP should not only support DRIP as a Session ID type for their aircraft but also generate a DET then encode it as a Serial Number. This would allow aircraft under CAA mandates to fly only ID Type 1 (Serial Number) could still use DRIP and most of its benefits. Even if DRIP is not supported for Serial Numbers by a Manufacturer it is hoped that they would still run a registry to store their Serial Numbers and allow look ups for generic model information. This look up could be especially helpful in UTM for Situational Awareness when an aircraft flying with a Serial Number is detected and allow for an aircraft profile to be displayed. Operators are registered with a number of registries or their regional RAA. This acts as a verification check when a user performs other registration operations; such as provisioning an aircraft with a new Session ID. It is an open question if an Operator registers to their CAA (the RAA) or multiple USS's (HDA's). PII of the Operator would vary based on the CAA they are under and the registry. Finally aircraft that support using a DET would provision per flight to a USS, proposing a DET to the registry to generate a binding between the aircraft (Session ID, Serial Number and Operational Intent), operator and registry. Aircraft then follow to meet various during flight.

Terminology

Required Terminology 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 when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

Definitions See for common DRIP terms.

HDA:

Hierarchial HIT Domain Authority. The 16 bit field identifying the HIT Domain Authority under a RAA.

HID:

Hierarchy ID. The 32 bit field providing the HIT Hierarchy ID.

RAA:

Registered Assigning Authority. The 16 bit field identifying the Hierarchical HIT Assigning Authority.

Registries

Classes Under DRIP there 3 classes of registries, with specific variants in each.

Registry Hierarchy

Root This is a special registry holding the RAA value of 0 and HDA value of 0. It delegates out RAA values only to registries that wish to act as an RAA.

Registered Assigning Authorities RAA's are the upper hierarchy in DRIP (denoted by a 14-bit field (16,384 RAAs) of a DET). An RAA is a business or organization that manages a registry of HDAs (). Most are contemplated to be Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA), such as the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), that then delegate HDAs to manage their NAS. This is does not preclude other entities to operate an RAA if the Root server allows it. The ICAO registration process will be available from ICAO. Once ICAO accepts an RAA, it will assign a number and create a zone delegation under the uas.icao.int. DNS zone for the RAA. As HHITs may be used in many different domains, RAA should be allocated in blocks with consideration on the likely size of a particular usage. Alternatively, different prefixes can be used to separate different domains of use of HHITs. An RAA must provide a set of services to allocate HDAs to organizations. It must have a public policy on what is necessary to obtain an HDA. It must maintain a DNS zone minimally for discovering HID RVS servers. All RAA's use an HDA value of 0 and have their RAA value delegated to them by the Root.

ICAO Registry of Manufacturer's (IRM) A special RAA that hands out HDA values to participating Manufacturer's that hold an ICAO Manufacturer Code used in ANSI CTA2063-A Serial Numbers. It is holds the RAA value of 1 and HDA value of 0.

Hierarchial HIT Domain Authorities An HDA may be an ISP or any third party that takes on the business to provide RVS and other needed services such as those required for HIP-enabled devices. The HDA is an 14-bit field (16,384 HDAs per RAA) of a DET assigned by an RAA. An HDA should maintain a set of RVS servers for UAS clients that may use HIP. How this is done and scales to the potentially millions of customers are outside the scope of this document. This service should be discoverable through the DNS zone maintained by the HDA's RAA. An RAA may assign a block of values to an individual organization. This is completely up to the individual RAA's published policy for delegation. Such policy is out of scope.

Manufacturer's Registry of Aircraft (MRA) A registry (HDA) run by a manufacturer of UAS systems that participate in Remote ID. Stores UAS Serial Numbers under a specific ICAO Manufacturer Code (assigned to the manufacturer by ICAO). A DET can be encoded into a Serial Number (see ) and this registry would hold a mapping from the Serial Number to the DET and its artifacts. Hold RAA value of 1 and HDA values of 1+.

Remote ID Registries (RIDR) Registry that holds the binding between a UAS Session ID (for DRIP the DET) and the UA Serial Number. The Serial Number MUST have its access protected to allow only authorized parties to obtain. The Serial Number SHOULD be encrypted in a way only the authorized party can decrypt. As part of the UTM system they also hold a binding between a UAS ID (Serial Number or Session ID) and an Operational Intent. Hold RAA values of 2+ and HDA values of 1+.

Key Rollover & Federation During key rollover the entity MUST inform all children and parents of the change - using best standard practices of a key rollover. At time of writing this is signing over the new key with the previous key in a secure fashion and it being validated by others before changing any links (in DRIPs case the NS RRs in the parent registry). A DET has a natural ability for a single entity to hold different cryptographic identities under the same HID values. This is due to the lower 64-bits of the DET being a hash of the public key and the HID of the DET being generated. As such during key rollover, only the lower 64-bits would change and a check for a collision would be required. This attribute of the DET to have different identities could also allow for a single registry to be "federated" across them if they share the same HID value. This method of deployment has not been thoroughly studied at this time.

DRIP Fully Qualified Domain Names Under DRIP there are a number of FQDN forms used to allow lookups to take place. The individual DETs may be potentially too numerous (e.g., 60 - 600M) and dynamic (e.g., new DETs every minute for some HDAs) to store in a signed, DNS zone. The HDA SHOULD provide DNS service for its zone and provide the HHIT detail response. A secure connection (e.g., DNS over TLS) to the authoritative zone may be a viable alternative to DNSSEC.

Serial Number

DET The DET reverse lookup can be a standard IPv6 reverse look up, or it can leverage off the HHIT structure. If we assume a prefix of 2001:30::/28: When building a DET FQDN the following two things must be done:

1. The RAA and HDA values MUST be converted from hexadecimal to decimal form
2. The FQDN must be built using the expanded form of the IPv6 address

The prefix is included in the FQDN form to support other potential prefixes being used.

Reverse DET

Supported DNS Records DRIP requires a number of resource records, some specific to certain registries to function.

HIP RR All registries will have their own DET associated with them and their respective DNS server will hold a HIP RR that is pointed to by their DET FQDN. MRA and RIDR servers will also have HIP RRs for their registered parties (aircraft and operators).

CERT RR Most attestations can be placed into DNS. An exception to this is the Attestation Certificate made during Session ID registration. This is as this particular certificate acts similar to a car registration and should be held safe by the operator.

NS RR Along with their associated "glue" record (A/AAAA) supports the traversal in DNS across the tree.

1. <mfr.remoteid.aero> on Root points to specific DET FQDN of IRM
2. <icao_mfr_code>.mfr.remoteid.aero on IRM points to specific DET FQDN of MRA
3. <raa_value>.det.remoteid.aero on Root pointing to DET FQDN of matching RAA
4. <hda_value>.<raa_value>.det.remoteid.aero on RAA pointing to DET FQDN of matching HDA

AAAA RR DRIP requires the use of IPv6.

SVR RR The SVR RR for DRIP always is populated at the "local" registry level. That is an HDA's DNS would hold the SVR RR that points to that HDAs private registry for all data it manages. This data includes data being stored on its children. The best example of this is RIDR would have a SVR RR that points to a database that contains any extra information of a Session ID it has registered. Another example is the MRA has a SVR RR pointing to where the metadata of a UA registered in the MRA can be located. In all cases the server being pointed to MUST be protected using AAA, specifically using RDAP.

TLSA RR This RR is mainly used to support DTLS deployments where the DET is used in Network RID and the wider UTM system.

Registry Operations As a general rule the following processing performed for any registration operation:

1. Verify input Attestations from registering party
2. Check for collision of DET and HI
3. Populate DNS with required/optional records
4. Populate Database with PII and other info
5. Generate and return required/optional Attestations/Certificates

Registering a Registry DRIP defines two levels of hierarchy maintained by the Registration Assigning Authority (RAA) and HHIT Domain Authority (HDA). The authors anticipate that an RAA is owned and operated by a regional CAA (or a delegated party by an CAA in a specific airspace region) with HDAs being contracted out. As such a chain of trust for registries is required to ensure trustworthiness is not compromised. More information on the registries can be found in . Both the parent and child generate their own keypairs and self-signed attestations if not generated previously. The child sends to the parent its self-signed attestation to be added into the parent DNS. The parent confirms the attestation received is valid and that no DET collisions occur before adding a NS RR (and CERT RRs) to its DNS for the new child. An attestation, parent on child, is sent as a confirmation that provisioning was successful. The child is now a valid member of the registry tree and uses its keypair and Self-Attestation with all provisioning requests towards it. The HIP RR for the child is populated into the local DNS along with any CERT RRs.

Registering an RAA Specifically handled by the Root ().

Inputs (Optional)	DNS Entries (Optional)	Outputs (Optional)
IP Address of RAA	Root: <raa_value>.det.remoteid.aero NS <raa_det_fqdn>	Attestation: Root, RAA
RAA Self-Attestation	Root: <raa_det_fqdn> AAAA <raa_ip>	(Concise Attestation: Root, RAA)
	RAA: <raa_det_fqdn> HIP <hip_rr_data>	(Broadcast Attestation: Root, RAA)
	RAA: <raa_det_fqdn> CERT <raa_self_attestation>
	(Root: <raa_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_root_raa>)
	(Root: <raa_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_root_raa>)
	(Root: <raa_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_root_raa>)
	(RAA: <raa_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_root_raa>)
	(RAA: <raa_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_root_raa>)
	(RAA: <raa_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_root_raa>)

Registering an IRM Specifically handled by the Root ().

Inputs (Optional)	DNS Entries (Optional)	Outputs (Optional)
IP Address of IRM	Root: mfr.remoteid.aero NS <irm_det_fqdn>	Attestation: Root, IRM
IRM Self-Attestation	Root: 1.det.remoteid.aero NS <irm_det_fqdn>	(Concise Attestation: Root, IRM)
	Root: <irm_det_fqdn> AAAA <irm_ip>	(Broadcast Attestation: Root, IRM)
	IRM: <irm_det_fqdn> HIP <hip_rr_data>
	IRM: <irm_det_fqdn> CERT <irm_self_attestation>
	(Root: <irm_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_root_irm>)
	(Root: <irm_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_root_irm>)
	(Root: <irm_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_root_irm>)
	(IRM: <irm_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_root_irm>)
	(IRM: <irm_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_root_irm>)
	(IRM: <irm_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_root_irm>)

Registering an HDA Specifically handled by an RAA ().

Inputs (Optional)	DNS Entries (Optional)	Outputs (Optional)
IP Address of HDA	RAA: <hda_value>.<raa_value>.det.remoteid.aero NS <hda_det_fqdn>	Attestation: RAA, HDA
HDA Self-Attestation	RAA: <hda_det_fqdn> AAAA <hda_ip>	(Concise Attestation: RAA, HDA)
	RAA: <hda_det_fqdn> HIP <hip_rr_data>	(Broadcast Attestation: RAA, HDA)
	HDA: <hda_det_fqdn> CERT <hda_self_attestation>
	(RAA: <hda_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_raa_hda>)
	(RAA: <hda_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_raa_hda>)
	(RAA: <hda_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_raa_hda>)
	(HDA: <hda_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_raa_hda>)
	(HDA: <hda_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_raa_hda>)
	(HDA: <hda_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_raa_hda>)

Registering an MRA Specifically handled by the IRM ().

Inputs (Optional)	DNS Entries (Optional)	Outputs (Optional)
IP Address of MRA	IRM: <icao_mfr_code>.mfr.remoteid.aero NS <mra_det_fqdn>	Attestation: IRM, MRA
MRA Self-Attestation	IRM: <hda_value>.1.det.remoteid.aero NS <mra_det_fqdn>	(Concise Attestation: IRM, MRA)
ICAO Manufacturer Code	IRM: <mra_det_fqdn> AAAA <mra_ip>	(Broadcast Attestation: IRM, MRA)
	MRA: <mra_det_fqdn> HIP <hip_rr_data>
	MRA: <mra_det_fqdn> CERT <mra_self_attestation>
	(IRM: <mra_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_irm_mra>)
	(IRM: <mra_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_irm_mra>)
	(IRM: <mra_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_irm_mra>)
	(MRA: <mra_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_irm_mra>)
	(MRA: <mra_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_irm_mra>)
	(MRA: <mra_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_irm_mra>)

Registering a Serial Number Specifically handled by an MRA ().

Inputs (Optional)	DNS Entries (Optional)	Outputs (Optional)
Serial Number	(<sn_det_fqdn> HIP <hip_rr_data>)	(Attestation: MRA, UA)
(UA Self-Attestation)	(<sn_det_fqdn> CERT <sn_self_attestation>)	(Broadcast Attestation: MRA, UA
UA Metadata	(<sn_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_mra_sn>)	(Concise Attestation: MRA, UA)
	(<sn_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_mra_sn>)
	(<sn_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_mra_sn>)

Manufacturer Provision | Manufacturer CA | +--------------+ A-ma0 +-----------------+ ^ | | | | | SA-a0a0 | | A-ma0 | | | v +----------+ | Aircraft | +----------+ ]]>

During the initial configuration and production at the factory the Aircraft MUST be configured to have a serial number. ASTM defines this to be an ANSI/CTA-2063A Serial Number for UAS. Under DRIP a DET can be encoded as such to be able to convert back and forth between them. This is covered in . Under DRIP the Manufacturer SHOULD be using DETs and have their own keypair and Self-Attestation: Manufacturer (SA-m). (Ed. Note: some words on aircraft keypair and certs here?). Self-Attestation: Aircraft 0 on Aircraft 0 (SA-a0a0) is extracted by the manufacturer and sent to their Certificate Authority (CA) to be verified and added. A resulting attestation (Attestation: Manufacturer on Aircraft 0 [A-ma0]) SHOULD be a DRIP Attestation - however this could be a X.509 certificate binding the serial number to the manufacturer.

Registering an Operator Specifically handled by a RIDR ().

Inputs (Optional)	DNS Entries (Optional)	Outputs (Optional)
Operator Self-Attestation	<op_det_fqdn> HIP <hip_rr_data>	Attestation: RIDR, Operator
Operator PII	(<op_det_fqdn> CERT <op_self_attestation>)	Broadcast Attestation: RIDR, Operator
	(<op_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_ridr_op>)	(Concise Attestation: RIDR, Operator)
	(<op_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_ridr_op>)
	(<op_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_ridr_op>)

Operator Provision | HDA DNS | +----------+ [HIP RR] +---------+ ^ | | | | | Coo | | Aro | | | v +----------+ | Operator | +----------+ ]]>

The Operator generates a keypair and DET as specified in DRIP UAS RID. A self-signed attestation (Self-Attestation: Operator on Operator [SA-oo]) is generated and sent to the desired registry (HDA). Other relevant information and possibly personally identifiable information needed may also be required to be sent to the registry (all over a secure channel - the method of which is out of scope for this document). The registry cross checks any personally identifiable information as required. Certificate: Operator on Operator is verified (both using the expiration timestamp and signature). The DET is searched in the Registries database to confirm that no collision occurs. A new attestation is generated (Attestation: Registry on Operator) and sent securely back to the Operator. Optionally the DET/HI pairing can be added to the Registries DNS in to form of a HIP Resource Record (RR). Other RRs, such as CERT and TXT, may also be used to hold public information. With the receipt of Attestation: Registry on Operator (A-ro) the provisioning of an Operator is complete.

Registering a Session ID Specifically handled by a RIDR ().

Inputs (Optional)	DNS Entries (Optional)	Outputs (Optional)
Attestation: RIDR, Operator	<session_det_fqdn> HIP <hip_rr_data>	Attestation: RIDR, Operator
Attestation: Operator, UA	<session_det_fqdn> CERT <session_self_attestation>	Broadcast Attestation: RIDR, Operator
Serial Number	<session_det_fqdn> CERT <broadcast_attestation_ridr_session>	Attestation Certificate: RIDR, Operator, UA
(Concise Attestation: Operator, UA)	(<session_det_fqdn> CERT <attestation_ridr_session>)	(Concise Attestation: RIDR, Operator)
(Mutual Attestation: Operator, UA)	(<session_det_fqdn> CERT <concise_attestation_ridr_session>)	(Mutual Certificate: RIDR, Operator, UA)
(Link Attestation: Operator, UA)		(Concise Certificate: RIDR, Operator, UA)
(Operational Intent)		(Link Certificate: RIDR, Operator, UA)
		(Broadcast Attestation: RAA, RIDR)
		(Broadcast Attestation: Root, RAA)

Standard Provisioning Under standard provisioning the Aircraft has its own connectivity to the registry, the method which is out of scope for this document.

Standard Provision: Step 1

Through mechanisms not specified in this document the Operator should have methods to instruct the Aircraft onboard systems to generate a keypair and certificate. This certificate is chained to the factory provisioned certificate (Self-Attestation: Aircraft 0 on Aircraft 0 [SA-a0a0]). This new attestation (Attestation: Aircraft 0 on Aircraft N [A-a0aN]) is securely extracted by the Operator. With A-a0aN the sub-attestation (Self-Attestation: Aircraft N on Aircraft N [SA-aNaN]) is used by the Operator to generate Attestation: Operator on Aircraft N (A-oaN). This along with Attestation: Registry on Operator (A-ro) is sent to the registry.

Standard Provision: Step 2 | Aircraft | +----------+ Token +----------+ ]]>

On the registry, A-ro is verified and used as confirmation that the Operator is already registered. A-oaN also undergoes a validation check and used to generate a token to return to the Operator to continue provisioning. Upon receipt of this token, the Operator injects it into the Aircraft and its used to form a secure connection to the registry. The Aircraft then sends Attestation: Manufacturer on Aircraft 0 (A-ma0) and Attestation: Aircraft 0 to Aircraft N (A-a0aN).

Standard Provision: Step 3

The registry uses Attestation: Manufacturer on Aircraft 0 (with an external database if supported) to confirm the validity of the Aircraft. Attestation: Aircraft 0 on Aircraft N is correlated with Attestation: Operator on Aircraft N and Attestation: Manufacturer on Aircraft 0 to see the chain of ownership. The new DET tied to Aircraft N is then checked for collisions in the HDA. With the information the registry generates two items: Attestation Certificate: Registry on Operator on Aircraft N (AC-roaN) and Broadcast Attestation: Registry on Aircraft N (BA-raN). A HIP RR (and other RR types as needed) are generated and inserted into the HDA. AC-roaN is sent via a secure channel back to the Operator to be stored. BA-raN is sent to the Aircraft to be used in Broadcast RID as specified in .

Operator Assisted Provisioning This provisioning scheme is for when the Aircraft is unable to connect to the registry itself or does not have the hardware required to generate keypairs and attestations.

Operator Assisted Provision: Step 1 | Aircraft | +----------+ aN, SA-aNaN +----------+ ]]>

To start the Operator generates on behalf of the Aircraft a new keypair and Attestation: Aircraft N on Aircraft N (SA-aNaN). This keypair and certificate are injected into the Aircraft for it to generate Attestation: Aircraft 0 on Aircraft N (A-a0aN). After injecting the keypair and certificate, the Operator MUST destroy all copies of the keypair.

Operator Assisted Provision: Step 2

Attestation: Manufacturer on Aircraft 0 (A-ma0) and Attestation: Aircraft 0 on Aircraft N (A-a0aN) is extracted by the Operator and the following data items are sent to the Registry; Attestation: Registry on Operator (A-ro), Attestation: Manufacturer on Aircraft 0 (A-ma0), Attestation: Aircraft 0 on Aircraft N (A-a0aN), Attestation: Operator on Aircraft N (A-oaN).

Operator Assisted Provision: Step 3 | HDA DNS | +----------+ HIP RR +---------+ | | | | AC-roaN, BA-raN | v +----------+ +----------+ | Operator | ---------------------> | Aircraft | +----------+ BA-raN +----------+ ]]>

On the registry validation checks are done on all attestations as per the previous sections. Once complete then the registry checks for a DET collision, adding to the HDA if clear and generates Attestation Certificate: Registry on Operator on Aircraft N (AC-roaN) and Broadcast Attestation: Registry on Aircraft N (BA-raN). Both are sent back to the Operator. The Operator securely inject BA-raN and securely stores AC-roaN of Aircraft N.

Initial Provisioning A special form of provisioning is used when the Aircraft is first sold to an Operator. Instead of generating a new keypair, the built in keypair and certificate done by the Manufacturer is used to provision and register the aircraft to the owner. For this either Standard or Operator Assisted methods can be used.

EPP Command Mappings

Common Attributes There are a number of common attributes between the various EPP commands under DRIP that has specific encoding rules.

• The hi attribute is a Base64 encoding of the Host Identity.
• The det attribute is a string from of the DET.

EPP Query Commands

EPP <check> Command

Registry

Operator

Aircraft Serial Number

Aircraft Session ID

EPP <info> Command

Registry

Operator

Aircraft Serial Number

Aircraft Session ID

EPP <transfer> Command Transfer semantics do not apply in DRIP, so there is no mapping defined for the EPP <transfer> command.

EPP Transform Commands

EPP <create> Command

Registry The abbreviation field has a max of 6 characters, and is used by RID receivers to display a short decoded form for display of a received DET in the form of {RAA Abbreviation} {HDA Abbreviation} {Last 4 of DET Hash}. An example of this would be US FAA FE23. If the abbreviation is unknown then the receiver SHOULD use the hexadecimal encoding of the respective RAA/HDA field of the HID as the value in the form. For example if the HDA is unknown and the HDA value is 20 then the decoded display would be: DE 14 FE23. Typically for RAAs the abbreviation is RECOMMENDED to be set to the ISO 3166 country code (either Alpha-2 or Alpha-3) for the CAA. Dashes or underscores should be used in place of spaces. The mfrCode field is only used by an MRA () when registering with an IRM () and holds the ICAO assigned Manufacturer Code for ANSI CTA2063-A Serial Numbers. It has a max of 4 characters. Example: 2001:0030:00a0:0145:a3ad:1952:0ad0:a69e 10 20 FAA MFR0 Federal Aviation Administration Orville Wright Federal Building 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington DC 20591 US 1 (866) 835-5322 stephen.dickson@faa.gov ADD-REGIS ]]>

Operator Example: John Doe 123 Example Dr. Suite 100 Dulles VA 20166-6503 US 123 Example Dr. Suite 100 Dulles VA 20166-6503 US +1.7035555555 jdoe@example.com some_faa_account 123456 ADD-OPER ]]>

Aircraft Serial Number Example: 0000F000000000000000 Drones R Us Fast Drone 9000 White Plastic 12.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 4 2.0 5000 12 5.2 Lithium-Ion 15 25 10 15 35 90 55 ADD-AIRCRFT ]]>

Aircraft Session ID Example: 0000F000000000000000 uss.example.com NOP123456 N1232456 ADD-SID ]]>

EPP <delete> Command

Registry Example: 2001:0030:00a0:0145:a3ad:1952:0ad0:a69e DEL-REGIS ]]>

Operator Example: DEL-OPER ]]>

Aircraft Serial Number Example: 0000F000000000000000 DEL-AIRCRFT ]]>

Aircraft Session ID Example: DEL-SID ]]>

EPP <renew> Command Renewal semantics do not apply in DRIP, so there is no mapping defined for the EPP <renew> command.

EPP <transfer> Command Transfer semantics do not apply in DRIP, so there is no mapping defined for the EPP <transfer> command.

EPP <update> Command

Registry

Operator

Aircraft Serial Number

Aircraft Session ID

RDAP Definitions

IANA Considerations

Security Considerations

DET Generation Under the FAA , it is expecting that IDs for UAS are assigned by the UTM and are generally one-time use. The methods for this however are unspecified leaving two options.

1

The entity generates its own DET, discovering and using the RAA and HDA for the target registry. The method for discovering a registry's RAA and HDA is out of scope here. This allows for the device to generate an DET to send to the registry to be accepted (thus generating the required Self-Attestation) or denied.

2

The entity sends to the registry its HI for it to be hashed and result in the DET. The registry would then either accept (returning the DET to the device) or deny this pairing.

Keypairs are expected to be generated on the device hardware it will be used on. Due to hardware limitations (see ) and connectivity it is acceptable under DRIP to generate keypairs for the Aircraft on Operator devices and later securely inject them into the Aircraft (as defined in ). The methods to securely inject and store keypair information in a "secure element" of the Aircraft is out of scope of this document. In either case the registry must decide on if the HI/DET pairing is valid. This in its simplest form is checking the current registry for a collision on the DET and HI. Upon accepting a HI/DET pair the registry MUST populate the required the DNS serving the HDA with the HIP RR and other relevant RR types (such as TXT and CERT). The registry MUST also generate the appropriate attestations/certificates for the given operation. If the registry denied the HI/DET pair, because there was a DET collision or any other reason, the registry MUST signal back to the device being provisioned that a new HI needs to be generated.

Acknowledgements

• Scott Hollenbeck for his guidance with EPP/RDAP

Contributors

• Andrei Gurtov for his insights as a pilot

References Normative References In many standards track documents several words are used to signify the requirements in the specification. These words are often capitalized. This document defines these words as they should be interpreted in IETF documents. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. RFC 2119 specifies common key words that may be used in protocol specifications. This document aims to reduce the ambiguity by clarifying that only UPPERCASE usage of the key words have the defined special meanings. Informative References JSON Web Token (JWT) is a compact, URL-safe means of representing claims to be transferred between two parties. The claims in a JWT are encoded as a JSON object that is used as the payload of a JSON Web Signature (JWS) structure or as the plaintext of a JSON Web Encryption (JWE) structure, enabling the claims to be digitally signed or integrity protected with a Message Authentication Code (MAC) and/or encrypted. CBOR Web Token (CWT) is a compact means of representing claims to be transferred between two parties. The claims in a CWT are encoded in the Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR), and CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE) is used for added application-layer security protection. A claim is a piece of information asserted about a subject and is represented as a name/value pair consisting of a claim name and a claim value. CWT is derived from JSON Web Token (JWT) but uses CBOR rather than JSON. This document defines terminology and requirements for solutions produced by the Drone Remote Identification Protocol (DRIP) Working Group. These solutions will support Unmanned Aircraft System Remote Identification and tracking (UAS RID) for security, safety, and other purposes (e.g., initiation of identity-based network sessions supporting UAS applications). DRIP will facilitate use of existing Internet resources to support RID and to enable enhanced related services, and it will enable online and offline verification that RID information is trustworthy. AX Enterprize AX Enterprize HTT Consulting Tencent Linköping University This document describes an architecture for protocols and services to support Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Remote Identification (RID) and tracking, plus UAS RID-related communications. This architecture adheres to the requirements listed in the DRIP Requirements document (RFC9153). HTT Consulting AX Enterprize AX Enterprize Linköping University This document describes the use of Hierarchical Host Identity Tags (HHITs) as a self-asserting and thereby trustable Identifier for use as the UAS Remote ID. HHITs include explicit hierarchy to provide Registrar discovery for 3rd-party ID attestation. HTT Consulting AX Enterprize AX Enterprize This document describes using the registration protocol and registries to support hierarchical HITs (HHITs). New and existing HIP parameters are used to communicate Registry Policies and data about the HHIT device and the Registries. Further Registries are expected to provide RVS services for registered HHIT devices. AX Enterprize, LLC AX Enterprize, LLC HTT Consulting This document describes how to include trust into the ASTM Remote ID specification defined in ASTM F3411 under Broadcast Remote ID (RID). It defines a few message schemes (sent within the Authentication Message) that can be used to authenticate past messages sent by a unmanned aircraft (UA) and provide proof of UA trustworthiness even in the absence of Internet connectivity at the receiving node.

DRIP Attestations & Certificates See for definitions of claim, assertion, attestation and certificate as used in this document.

Attestation Structure All Attestations () and Certificates () under DRIP share the following format structure:

Attestation Structure

Attestor Identity Information This can be either of the following:

1. Attestor DET: 16-bytes
2. Attestor Self-Attestation: 120-bytes

A specific definition of an Attestation () or Certificate () defines which of these are used.

Attestation Data The data being attested to. It can be one of the following forms:

1. Claims
2. Assertions
3. Attestations

This field is variable length with no limit and specific definitions of an Attestation () or Certificate () indicate the fields, size and ordering of any subfields.

Expiration Timestamp A UTC timestamp set some time into the future to indicate a point the Attestation Structure should not be trusted. The time delta into the future is of important concern as replay attacks on during flight could compromise the goals of DRIP. Attestations and certificates intended for public use and lower in the tree (importantly any generated for a Session ID ()). For this reason deltas SHOULD be kept as short as possible for the given use-case to avoid issues with replays.

Signing Timestamp A UTC timestamp set to the time when the Attestation Structure was signed.

Signature An EdDSA25519 signature using the signing parties private key over the preceding fields in the Attestation Structure.

• • Note: the preceding fields of the Attestation Structure actually form an Assertion, with all fields acting as Claims

Attestations

Self-Attestation (SA-x) The only attestation to use a claim (the Host Identity) in the Attestation Data with the DET acting as the Attestor Identity Information.

DRIP Self-Attestation

Attestation (A-x.y) The standard first level DRIP Attestation form using a Self-Attestations of the signer and of the data being signed.

DRIP Attestation

Concise Attestation (CA-x.y) In constrained environments and when there is the guarantee of being able to lookup the DETs to obtain HIs this attestation can be used.

DRIP Concise Attestation

Mutual Attestation (MA-x.y) An attestation that perform a sign over an existing Attestation where the signer is the second party of the embedded attestation. The DET of party Y is used as the Attestor Identity Information ().

DRIP Mutual Attestation

Link Attestation (LA-x.y) An attestations that perform a sign over an existing Concise Attestation where the signer is the second party of the embedded attestation. The DET of party Y is used as the Attestor Identity Information ().

DRIP Link Attestation

Broadcast Attestation (BA-x.y) Required by DRIP Authentication Formats for Broadcast RID () to satisfy GEN-1 and GEN-3.

DRIP Broadcast Attestation

Certificates In DRIP certificates are signed by a third party that has no stake in the claims/assertions/attestations being attested to. It is analogous to a third party in legal system that signs a document as a "witness" and bears no responsibility in the document.

Attestation Certificate (AC-z.x.y)

DRIP Attestation Certificate

Concise Certificate (CC-z.x.y)

DRIP Concise Certificate

Link Certificate (LC-z.x.y)

DRIP Link Certificate

Mutual Certificate (MC-z.x.y)

DRIP Mutual Certificate

Abbreviations & File Naming Conventions The names of attestation and certificates can become quite long and tedious to write out. As such this section provides a guide to a somewhat standardized way they are written in text.

In Text Abbreviation In a long form the name of a particular attestation/certification can be written as follows:

• Self-Attestation: Unmanned Aircraft
• Attestation: Operator on Aircraft or Attestation: Operator, Aircraft
• Attestation Certificate: Registry on Operator on Aircraft or Attestation Certificate: Registry, Operator, Aircraft

When multiple entities are listed they can be separated by either on or by ,. These long forms can be shortened:

• SA(Unmanned Aircraft) or SA-ua
• A(Operator, Unmanned Aircraft) or A-op.ua
• AC(Registry, Operator, Aircraft) or AC-reg.op.ua

Typical abbreviations for the entity can be used such as Unmanned Aircraft being shorthanded to ua.

File Naming For file naming of various certificates a similar format to the short form is used:

• sa-{hash of entity}
• a-{hash of entity x}_{hash of entity y}
• ac-{hash of entity z}_{hash of entity x}_{hash of entity y}

Some examples of file names:

• sa-79d8a404d48f2ef9.cert
• a-120b8f25b198c1e1_79d8a404d48f2ef9.cert
• ac-aac6b00abba268b7_120b8f25b198c1e1_79d8a404d48f2ef9.cert

X.509 Certificates

Blockchain-based Registries The implementation of the registries and Network Remote Identification (Network RID; identify a UA through the network) in DRIP is yet to be determined. Blockchain, being synonymous with ledger, is a technology that could naturally fulfil the role of a registry, while simultaneously offering its benefits such as auditability, persistency and decentralization. We suggest that blockchain is an ample candidate to be used as registry within DRIP. We also show that it can be used to effectively leverage Network RID in certain scenarios. Thus 1) We propose a novel drone ID architecture based on Hyperledger Iroha and describe its proof-of-concept implementation with DRIP. 2) Its performance and scalability is empirically evaluated. 3) We perform an informal security analysis of the system against various types of attacks [Secure Drone Identification with Hyperledger Iroha]. Figure 1: Architecture using blockchain as registry for DRIP The proposed architecture is presented in Fig. 1. It consists of the usual actors in a UAS network, along with the blockchain registry based on Hyperledger Iroha. Key components: o Authorized users (administrators) can register new UAs to the network, and store with them any relevant data such as public keys and certificates. Drones can either send location updates directly to the blockchain, given that they are connected to the Internet, or send location updates to their connected Ground Control Station (GCS) that forwards it on behalf of the drones. o Observers can receive drone messages either through bluetooth and WiFi broadcasts from drones, or by polling the blockchain. They can also fetch the public key associated with a drone in order to validate its messages. o The blockchain network and its nodes are an entirely separate entity, no other actor participates in the consensus of new blocks. Actors within DRIP (except observers) will be registered as accounts on the blockchain network. Each of these accounts will have their DRIP identities, certificates and public keys stored and available so that they can be validated and used for validation by any account on the blockchain. Note that DRIP crypto key-pairs are separate from the blockchain crypto key-pairs. DRIP key-pairs are used to sign, verify and validate DRIP identities and messages, while the blockchain key-pairs are used to sign, verify and validate transactions on the blockchain. The DRIP requirements for a registry are the following: (1) REG-1: Public lookup (2) REG-2: Private lookup (3) REG-3: Provisioning (of static/dynamic data of UAs) (4) REG-4: AAA Policy REG-1 & REG-2. In Hyperledger Iroha, accounts are created on domains. The same account name can be used for multiple domains, and these are seen as separate accounts on Iroha. PII for an account can therefore be stored on a separate account (with the same account name) existing on a separate domain, that only allows certain accounts to view its account details. Accordingly, a registry using Iroha would need at least two domains associated with it for any given account, one for public lookup and one for private lookup. REG-3 & REG-4. The details for an account are set with a key/value pair. Key/value pairs can not be removed once they are set, values can only be modified through the corresponding key. Furthermore, the account that sets a key/value pair is included in the account details as a key/value pair itself, meaning one account can not modify details set by another account. See Listing 1 for clarification. Notice that both accounts have set the same key but contain different values. This sort of implementation supports both non-repudiation, but also trust in the sense that a drone (assuming the drone is not compromised) can always trust its own data, and does not have to interpret data coming from other accounts. Similarly, other accounts accessing another account's data can trust that it is set by the corresponding account (e.g. fetching gps data).