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CSE484/CSEM584:ComputerSecurityandPrivacy

CertificateAuthoritiesand

SSL/TLS/HTTPS

Fall2016

Ada(Adam)[email protected]

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AuthenticityofPublicKeys

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Problem:HowdoesAliceknowthatthepublickeyshereceivedisreallyBob’spublickey?

privatekey

AliceBob

publickey

Announcements

• Lab2(websecurity)willbecomingoutnextTuesday

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RSAdecryption

•  Basedonfeedbackandinterest,notinlecture

•  I’veaddedaslidetolecture12’sslideswhichexplainsit(it’sslide18)

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RSAdecryption

• Ontheinterestscaleof1-5…– ...someoneanswered0– ...someoneanswered6– …someoneansweredπ– …someoneanswered25

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Securitymindsetanecdote–MiningYourPsandQs

•  A2012studytitled“MiningyourPsandQs:DetectionofWidespreadWeakKeysinNetworkDevices”

Scannedtheentireinternettolookforweakpublickeys

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MiningYourPsandQs

•  TheywereabletodeterminetheRSAprivatekeyfor0.5%ofHTTPSserversand0.03%ofSSHservers

•  How?Insufficientrandomness.0.5%ofkeyssharedaporqwithatleastoneotherkey(butnotboth).

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RSACryptosystem[Rivest,Shamir,Adleman1977]

•  Keygeneration:–  Generaterandomlargeprimesp,q

•  Say,1024bitseach–  Computen=pqandϕ(n)=(p-1)(q-1)–  Choosesmalle,relativelyprimetoϕ(n)

•  Typically,e=216+1=65537–  Computeuniquedsuchthated=1modϕ(n)

•  Modularinverse:d=e-1modϕ(n)

–  Publickey=(e,n);privatekey=(d,n)•  Encryptionofm:c=memodn•  Decryptionofc:cdmodn=(me)dmodn=m

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Certificates

•  Public-keycertificate– Signedstatementspecifyingthekeyandidentity• sigCA(“Bob”,PKB)

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Threat:Man-In-The-Middle(MITM)

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Google.com

Youencounterthiseveryday…

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SSL/TLS:Encryption&authenticationforconnections(Moreonthislater!)

CertificateAuthority

•  Trustedorganizationthatverifieswhoownswhatkeysoutofbandandtellseveryoneelsewhosekeysarewhose

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StrawmanCAdesign

1.  Youbrowsetowww.cs.washington.edu2.  www.cs.washington.edusendsitskeyK3.  YourbrowserasksatrustedCA:“hey,keyK

therightkeyforUWCSE?”4.  CAreplies“yes”or“no”

Whyisthisabadidea?(Q1)

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RealCAdesign

•  Thinkofacertificateasacryptographicallyhard-to-forgepieceofID

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Certificateauthority

(e.g.,VerisignorLet’sEncrypt)

www.cs.washington.edu

<proofthatI’mUWCSEandPKUWCSEismykey>

sigCA(“UWCSE”,PKUWCSE)

ExampleCertificate

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ExampleCertificate

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X.509Certificate

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HierarchicalApproach

•  SingleCAcertifyingeverypublickeyisimpractical

•  Instead,oneormoretrustedrootauthorities–  Everybodymustknowthepublickeyforverifyingrootauthority’ssignatures

•  CAsdelegatetootherauthorities– Whathappensifrootauthorityisevercompromised?

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HierarchicalApproach

•  SingleCAcertifyingeverypublickeyisimpractical•  Instead,useatrustedrootauthority–  Forexample,Verisign–  Everybodymustknowthepublickeyforverifyingroot

authority’ssignatures•  Rootauthoritysignscertificatesforlower-level

authorities,lower-levelauthoritiessigncertificatesforindividualnetworks,andsoon–  Insteadofasinglecertificate,useacertificatechain

•  sigVerisign(“AnotherCA”,PKAnotherCA),sigAnotherCA(“Alice”,PKA)

– Whathappensifrootauthorityisevercompromised?

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ManyChallenges…

•  CAsmakeseriousmistakes– Badsecuritypractices,badoperationalpractices

•  Revocationishard…•  Usersdon’tnoticewhenattackshappen– We’lltalkmoreaboutthislater

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MiningYourPsandQs

•  Apacheshipswitha“snake-oil”certificate--anexamplecertificatefordemonstratinghowtosetupHTTPS

•  Astudyfound>85khostsontheinternet(0.66%ofallTLShostsontheinternet)activelyusingthesekeys!

•  22hostshadcertificatesusingthesekeysTHATWERESIGNEDBYACA!

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AttackingCAsSecurityofDigiNotarservers:•  Allcorecertificate

serverscontrolledbyasingleadminpassword(Pr0d@dm1n)

•  Softwareonpublic-facingserversoutofdate,unpatched

•  Noanti-virus(couldhavedetectedattack)

CollidingCertificates

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serialnumber

validityperiod

realcertdomainname

realcertRSAkey

X.509extensions

signatureidenticalbytes

(copiedfromrealcert)

collisionbits(computed)

chosenprefix(difference)

serialnumber

validityperiod

roguecertdomainname

???

X.509extensions

signature

setbytheCA

HashtothesameMD5value!

Validforbothcertificates!

[Sotirovetal.“RogueCertificates”]

ConsequencesofHackingaCA

•  Attackermakesthemselfafakecertificateforasite(say,mail.yahoo.com): fakeCert=sigCA(“Yahoo”,<attacker’skey>)

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Q2:Man-In-The-Middle(MITM)

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mail.yahoo.com

ConsequencesofHackingaCA

•  Attackermakesthemselvesafakecertificateforasite(say,mail.yahoo.com): fakeCert=sigCA(“Yahoo”,<attacker’skey>)

•  Anattackercanpretendtobeanyrealsite–  Forexample,useDNStopoisonthemappingof

mail.yahoo.comtoanIPaddress

•  …“authenticate”astherealsite•  …decryptalldatasentbyusers–  Email,phoneconversations,Webbrowsing

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MoreRogueCerts

•  InJan2013,arogue*.google.comcertificatewasissuedbyanintermediateCAthatgaineditsauthorityfromtheTurkishrootCATurkTrust–  TurkTrustaccidentallyissuedintermediateCAcertsto

customerswhorequestedregularcertificates–  Ankaratransitauthorityuseditscertificatetoissueafake

*.google.comcertificateinordertofilterSSLtrafficfromitsnetwork

•  Thisrogue*.google.comcertificatewastrustedbyeverybrowserintheworld

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ManyChallenges…

•  CAsmakeseriousmistakes– Badsecuritypractices,badoperationalpractices

•  Revocationishard…•  Usersdon’tnoticewhenattackshappen– We’lltalkmoreaboutthislater

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CertificateRevocation(Q3)

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CertificateRevocation

•  Revocationisveryimportant•  Manyvalidreasonstorevokeacertificate–  Privatekeycorrespondingtothecertifiedpublickeyhas

beencompromised–  UserstoppedpayingtheircertificationfeetothisCAand

CAnolongerwishestocertifyhim–  CA’sprivatekeyhasbeencompromised!

•  Expirationisaformofrevocation,too– Manydeployedsystemsdon’tbotherwithrevocation–  Re-issuanceofcertificatesisabigrevenuesourcefor

certificateauthorities

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CertificateRevocationMechanisms

•  Certificaterevocationlist(CRL)–  CAperiodicallyissuesasignedlistofrevokedcertificates•  Creditcardcompaniesusedtoissuethickbooksofcanceledcreditcardnumbers

–  Canissuea“deltaCRL”containingonlyupdates•  Onlinerevocationservice– Whenacertificateispresented,recipientgoestoaspecialonlineservicetoverifywhetheritisstillvalid•  Likeamerchantdialingupthecreditcardprocessor

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Keybase

•  Basicidea:–  Relyonexistingtrustofaperson’sownershipofother

accounts(e.g.,Twitter,GitHub,website)–  Eachuserpublishessignedproofstotheirlinkedaccount

https://keybase.io/

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SSL/TLS

•  SecureSocketsLayerandTransportLayerSecurity–  Sameprotocol,newversion(TLSiscurrent)

•  DefactostandardforInternetsecurity–  “TheprimarygoaloftheTLSprotocolistoprovide

privacyanddataintegritybetweentwocommunicatingapplications”

•  DeployedineveryWebbrowser;alsoVoIP,paymentsystems,distributedsystems,etc.

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SSL/TLS

•  TLSistypicallyusedontopofaTCPconnection

TLS

•  Canbeusedoverothertransportprotocols

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TLSBasics

•  TLSconsistsoftwoprotocols–  Familiarpatternforkeyexchangeprotocols

•  Handshakeprotocol– Usepublic-keycryptographytoestablishasharedsecretkeybetweentheclientandtheserver

•  Recordprotocol– Usethesecretsymmetrickeyestablishedinthehandshakeprotocoltoprotectcommunicationbetweentheclientandtheserver

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BasicHandshakeProtocol

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C

ClientHello

S

Clientannounces(inplaintext):•  Protocolversionitisrunning•  Cryptographicalgorithmsitsupports•  Fresh,randomnumber


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C

C,versionc,suitesc,Nc

ServerHello

SServerresponds(inplaintext)with:•  Highestprotocolversionsupportedby

boththeclientandtheserver•  Strongestcryptographicsuiteselected

fromthoseofferedbytheclient•  Fresh,randomnumber


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C

versions,suites,Ns,ServerKeyExchange

SServersendshispublic-keycertificatecontainingeitherhisRSA,orhisDiffie-Hellmanpublickey(dependingonchosencryptosuite)



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C

versions,suites,Ns,certificate,“ServerHelloDone”

S


ClientKeyExchange

Theclientgeneratessecretkeymaterialandsendsittotheserverencryptedwiththeserver’spublickey(ifusingRSA)


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C

versions,suites,Ns,certificate,“ServerHelloDone”

S


{Secretc}PKsifusingRSA

switchtokeysderivedfromsecretc,Nc,Ns

CandSsharesecretkeymaterial(secretc)atthispoint


FinishedFinished

Recordofallsentandreceivedhandshakemessages

“Core”SSL3.0Handshake(NotTLS)

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C

versions=3.0,suites,Ns,certificate,“ServerHelloDone”

S

C,versionc=3.0,suitesc,Nc



CandSsharesecretkeymaterial(secretc)atthispoint


FinishedFinished

VersionRollbackAttack

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C

Versions=2.0,suites,Ns,certificate,“ServerHelloDone”

S



CandSendupcommunicatingusingSSL2.0(weakerearlierversionoftheprotocolthat

doesnotinclude“Finished”messages)

ServerisfooledintothinkingheiscommunicatingwithaclientwhosupportsonlySSL2.0

“Chosen-Protocol”Attacks

•  Whydopeoplereleasenewversionsofsecurityprotocols?Becausetheoldversiongotbroken!

•  Newversionmustbebackward-compatible–  Noteverybodyupgradesrightaway

•  Attackercanfoolsomeoneintousingtheold,brokenversionandexploitknownvulnerability–  Similar:foolvictimintousingweakcryptoalgorithms

•  Defenseishard:mustauthenticateversioninearlydesigns•  Manyprotocolshad“versionrollback”attacks

–  SSL,SSH,GSM(cellphones)

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VersionCheckinSSL3.0

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C

versions=3.0,suites,Ns,certificateforPKs,“ServerHelloDone”

S


{versionc,secretc}PKs

CandSsharesecretkeymaterialsecretcatthispoint

“Embed”versionnumberintosecret

CheckthatreceivedversionisequaltotheversioninClientHello

switchtokeyderivedfromsecretc,Nc,Ns

switchtokeyderivedfromsecretc,Nc,Ns

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