Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP174 extension proposal (Global Type: PSBT_GLOBAL_XPUB_SIGNATURE)

[Dmitry Petukhov <dp@simplexum.com>]

Oh, I saw that you covered it in another mail:

> The expire / revoke problem is a larger problem than this feature can
> handle.

> In general, if one of the cold keys is stolen, there is rarely a
> situation where you are completely sure the other cold keys haven't
> been compromised... so the best practice would be all signers
> generate new keys and all funds are moved to a completely new
> multisig wallet (no common xpubs).

The setup might not be 'all cold keys', but the keys with different
levels of exposure to possible theft. In this config, compromise of one
of the 'warm' keys might not necessary require changing the 'cold' key.

I'm not sure whether this usecase warrants adding extra 'serial'
field, but on the other hand it is rather simple change, and those who
does not care can always set 0. 

В Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:14:29 +0500
Dmitry Petukhov <dp@simplexum.com> wrote:

> What do you think about adding serial number to the xpub package ?
> 
> The key would be 
> 
> {0x02}|{signing_pubkey}|{serial}|{m}|{xpub}|...|{xpub}
> 
> and if the signer have the ability to store a counter, it can reject
> 'outdated' xpub packages, and only accept those that was signed using
> the serial number that it deems recent. This would allow a limited
> mechanism to 'revoke' previously signed packages that have compromized
> keys in them.
> 
> В Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:16:14 +0900
> Jonathan Underwood <junderwood@bitcoinbank.co.jp> wrote:
> 
> > I see what you mean.
> > 
> > What about this?
> > https://github.com/junderw/bips/commit/57a57b4fae1ae14b77a2eebd99cd719148e3027e?short_path=82656c8#diff-82656c833e31e6751a412ce5e5c70920
> > 
> > Plus side: for single sig case, the key only increases by one byte
> > (0x00 for the {m} value)
> > 
> > This way if it was 2 of 3 like before, you sign the whole "packet"
> > so each key only signs the packet once. Way better than n!
> > 
> > Anywho. Please send your feedback. Thanks.
> > Jonathan
> > 
> > 2019年6月27日(木) 16:27 Dmitry Petukhov <dp@simplexum.com>:
> >   
> > > How would signer know that there _should_ be at least 3 signatures
> > > signed by the key owned by this signer ?
> > >
> > > If it does not know that it should enforce 2of3 multisig, for
> > > example, the attacker that control only one key A can fool signer
> > > B by sending to 1of1 single-sig that is derived from A's xpub, and
> > > providing only sBxA in PSBT.
> > >
> > > If the signer does not have a hardcoded configuration that
> > > will mandate a particular multisig scheme, it will allow sending
> > > to any scheme.
> > >
> > > If the signer has a rich enough state to store updatable
> > > configuration, it can just store the trusted xpubs directly.
> > >
> > > Alternatively, signer can sign not individual xpubs, but whole
> > > xpub packages that correspond to particular multisig
> > > configuration, and enforce that destination addresses correspond
> > > to this configuration.
> > >
> > > But this would not be possible with your PSBT scheme that uses
> > > individual key-xpub pairs.
> > >
> > > В Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:07:47 +0900
> > > Jonathan Underwood <junderwood@bitcoinbank.co.jp> wrote:
> > >    
> > > > Thanks for the reply.
> > > >
> > > > The way we would do it is:
> > > >
> > > > Let's say we have 3 cold keys for multisig: A B and C
> > > >
> > > > Whose xpubs are: xA xB and xC
> > > >
> > > > We all sign each other's xpubs, whose signatures are:
> > > > sAxB
> > > > sAxC
> > > > sBxA
> > > > sBxC
> > > > sCxA
> > > > sCxB
> > > >
> > > > We can then create a wallet that says "when verifying change
> > > > with 0x01 global type proposed by Andrew Chow, if the change is
> > > > multisig, we MUST require the other pubkeys to have signatures
> > > > via my 0x02 proposal"
> > > >
> > > > This way, all my PSBTs for my cold will have:
> > > > 1. an 0x01 entry to tell me how to get my change.
> > > > 2. All 6 of the signatures above.
> > > >
> > > > And the signer will then look at the change, check my pubkey by
> > > > deriving the xpub and checking equality to the BIP_DERIVATION of
> > > > the output... it will then check the OTHER pubkeys via
> > > > BIP32_DERIVATION to master fingerprint, then link that
> > > > fingerprint to a 0x02 sig from MY key, verifying all pubkeys.
> > > >
> > > > So this proposal of mine would not only fix the "send to address
> > > > verification" problem for HD, but also the multisig change
> > > > problem with 0x01.
> > > >
> > > > Cool.
> > > >
> > > > Only thing that is kind of sad is having to include n! (of
> > > > m-of-n) signatures in every PSBT... but tbh, the PSBT size is
> > > > not of much concern.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the reply.
> > > > - Jonathan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2019年6月27日(木) 13:49 Dmitry Petukhov <dp@simplexum.com>:
> > > >    
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > I wonder how your scheme handles multisig ?
> > > > >
> > > > > As I understand, you sign individual xpubs with cold keys, so
> > > > > that cold keys can check destination addresses are trusted.
> > > > >
> > > > > I seems to me that if you sign individual xpubs of a multisig
> > > > > warm wallet, and one key from that multisig is compromized,
> > > > > attackers can then create a single-sig destination address
> > > > > that they control, and move the coins in a chain of two
> > > > > transactions, first to this single-sig address, and then to an
> > > > > address that they independently control.
> > > > >
> > > > > My idea to prevent this [1] is to sign the whole 'xpub
> > > > > package' of the multisig wallet, but there is also an issue
> > > > > of 'partial compromize', where some of the keys in a multisig
> > > > > warm wallet is compromized, and you do not want to regard a
> > > > > particular 'xpub package' as trusted. My idea was [2] to use
> > > > > an auxiliary message that would be signed along with the
> > > > > 'xpub package', and that message can include specific 'epoch'
> > > > > word that hardware wallet can show prominently before
> > > > > signing, or have 'serial number' for xpub packages (but that
> > > > > will require to store last known serial inside hw wallet,
> > > > > making it stateful).
> > > > >
> > > > > I like the idea to extend PSBT to accomodate these schemes,
> > > > > but given that the huge number of possible schemes that each
> > > > > may probably require its own PSBT field type, I think that
> > > > > this is better dealt with outside of PSBT, as 'PSBT
> > > > > metainformation', or using some form of 'vendor-specific', or
> > > > > 'metainformation-specific' PSBT field. This way each usecase
> > > > > can be independently described in its own documentation, that
> > > > > would include the particulars of the format for the
> > > > > metainformation. This would also make it easier to implement
> > > > > PSBT for simple cases, because the 'core specification' would
> > > > > not grow that big.
> > > > >
> > > > > [1]
> > > > >
> > > > >    
> > > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-May/016917.html    
> > > > >
> > > > > [2]
> > > > >
> > > > >    
> > > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-May/016926.html    
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > В Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:11:23 +0900 Jonathan Underwood via
> > > > > bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > >    
> > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just wanted to pick your brains about an idea for PSBT
> > > > > > extension.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One problem we try to solve with cold -> warm and warm ->
> > > > > > hot sends for our exchange wallet is "How do I know that the
> > > > > > address I am sending to is not a hacker's address that was
> > > > > > swapped in between unsigned tx creation and first
> > > > > > signature?"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We have a proprietary JSON based encoding system which we
> > > > > > are looking to move towards PSBT, but PSBT is missing this
> > > > > > key functionality.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > BIP32_DERIVATION does allow us to verify the address is
> > > > > > from a certain XPUB, but, for example, it can not allow us
> > > > > > to verify a signature of that xpub.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have made a rough draft of the proposed key value
> > > > > > specification.   
> > > > >    
> > > https://github.com/junderw/bips/blob/addXpubSig/bip-0174.mediawiki#specification
> > >    
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The signing key path used in the spec is just randomly
> > > > > > chosen 31 x 4 bits shown as numbers with hardened paths.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since this issue seems similar to the change address issue,
> > > > > > I started from that as a base. With the HW wallet case, I
> > > > > > can verify the xpub by just deriving it locally and
> > > > > > comparing equality, however, in our case, we need to verify
> > > > > > an xpub that we do not have access to via derivation from
> > > > > > our cold key(s) (since we don't want to import our warm
> > > > > > private key into our cold signer)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So the flow would be:
> > > > > > 1. Securely verify the xpub of the warm / hot wallet.
> > > > > > 2. Using the airgap signing tool, sign the xpub with all
> > > > > > cold keys. 3. Upload the signature/xpub pairs to the online
> > > > > > unsigned transaction generator.
> > > > > > 4. Include one keyval pair per coldkey/xpub pairing.
> > > > > > 5. When offline signing, if the wallet detects there is a
> > > > > > global keyval XPUB_SIGNATURE with its pubkey in the key, it
> > > > > > must verify that all outputs have BIP32_DERIVATION and that
> > > > > > it can verify the outputs through the derivation, to the
> > > > > > xpub, and to the signature.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In my attempt to fitting this into PSBT, I am slightly
> > > > > > altering our current system, so don't take this as an
> > > > > > indication 100% of how we work in the backend.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > However, I would like to hear any feedback on this proposal.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Jonathan
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