BS ISO/IEC 11770-3:2015 defines key management mechanisms based on asymmetric cryptographic techniques. It specifically addresses the use of asymmetric techniques to achieve the following goals.

• Establish a shared secret key for use in a symmetric cryptographic technique between two entities A and B by key agreement. In a secret key agreement mechanism, the secret key is computed as the result of a data exchange between the two entities A and B. Neither of them should be able to predetermine the value of the shared secret key.
• Establish a shared secret key for use in a symmetric cryptographic technique between two entities A and B via key transport. In a secret key transport mechanism, the secret key is chosen by one entity A and is transferred to another entity B, suitably protected by asymmetric techniques.
• Make an entity's public key available to other entities via key transport. In a public key transport mechanism, the public key of entity A shall be transferred to other entities in an authenticated way, but not requiring secrecy.

Some of the mechanisms of this part of ISO/IEC 11770 are based on the corresponding authentication mechanisms in ISO/IEC 9798-3.[6]

This part of ISO/IEC 11770 does not cover certain aspects of key management, such as

• key lifecycle management,
• mechanisms to generate or validate asymmetric key pairs, and
• mechanisms to store, archive, delete, destroy, etc. keys.

While this part of ISO/IEC 11770 does not explicitly cover the distribution of an entity's private key (of an asymmetric key pair) from a trusted third party to a requesting entity, the key transport mechanisms described can be used to achieve this. A private key can in all cases be distributed with these mechanisms where an existing, non-compromised key already exists. However, in practice the distribution of private keys is usually a manual process that relies on technological means such as smart cards, etc.

This part of ISO/IEC 11770 does not specify the transformations used in the key management mechanisms.

NOTE To provide origin authentication for key management messages, it is possible to make provisions for authenticity within the key establishment protocol or to use a public key signature system to sign the key exchange messages.


Cross References:
ISO/IEC 10118
ISO/IEC 11770-1
ISO/IEC 15946-1
ISO/IEC 18031
ISO 7498-2:1989
ISO/IEC 9594-8:2008
ISO/IEC 9796-2:2010
ISO/IEC 9796-3:2006
ISO/IEC 9797
ISO/IEC 9798-3
ISO/IEC 10181-1:1996
ISO/IEC 11770-6
ISO/IEC 14888
ISO/IEC 18031:2011
ISO/IEC 29150:2011
ANSI X9.42-2001
ANSI X9.63
IEEE 1363
IETF RFC 2246:1999
IETF RFC 6509:2012


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