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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Couldn’t this “automatic remote access” be proxied such that there is no direct connection from the outside?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> public-bounces@cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces@cabforum.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ryan Sleevi<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 25, 2015 12:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> CABFPub<br><b>Subject:</b> [cabfpub] Remote access clarification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Peter Bowen</b> <<a href="mailto:pzbowen@gmail.com">pzbowen@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 3:58 PM<br>Subject: Remote access clarification<br><br><br>The Network and Certificate System Security Requirements set forth by<br>the CA/Browser Forum discuss "remote" access to Certificate Management<br>Systems. Ben Wilson kindly suggested that remote is essentially when<br>the access to the system occurs without needing physical access to the<br>system. The security requirements say says that remote access must be<br>from a pre-approved IP address, via an intermediary device, and<br>authenticated via multi-factor authentication.<br><br>I'm having a hard time squaring this with what I've observed. Most<br>CAs appear to have some sort of web interface or API that allows<br>customers to request certificates containing pre-approved or<br>automatically validated domain names. The latency from request to<br>receipt of certificates is usually low latency, usually well under 10<br>minutes, and is available around the clock. This strongly suggests<br>that there is automatic remote access involved.<br><br>Additionally some CAs offer OCSP service which supports nonces in<br>responses or signed unknown responses for anonymous requests. The<br>response latency is usually a few seconds at most. This also strongly<br>suggests that there is remote access to the OCSP signing service with<br>no authentication.<br><br>How does this observed behavior square with the remote access security<br>requirements?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Peter<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>