[cabfpub] Definition of an SSL certificate

[Mads Egil Henriksveen]

Hi Moudrick

There might not be a real use case for including a domain name in a QC, but as a trusted CA we take the responsibility for the accuracy of information in all certs we issue. And that was my point and why I am not very concerned about the described attack scenario.

Regards
Mads

From: public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] On Behalf Of Moudrick M. Dadashov
Sent: 3. januar 2014 11:51
To: Mads Egil Henriksveen; Jeremy Rowley; public at cabforum.org
Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Definition of an SSL certificate

Mads,

On 1/3/2014 11:49 AM, Mads Egil Henriksveen wrote:

The attack scenario assumes that the QC can be chained to a root cert in a trusted CA root store. This means that the CA should know the root store requirements and should be aware of the risk issuing any cert that could be used as an SSL certificate.

Buypass do issue both QC and SSL certificates and with the DigiNotar attack back in 2011 we realized that the browsers do accept a lot of certificates as SSL certificates. Since then we have had strict controls to ensure that no certificate is issued with an unverified domain name. I guess most of the trusted QC issuers who also issue SSL certificates are aware of this, I would not be very concerned about this attack scenario.
What is the use case when in a QC we'd need a [any/unverified] domain name? (aren't CAs responsible for the accuracy of information in the QCs they issue?).


However, I do support the idea of a technical definition of an SSL certificate and I like the proposal from Ryan Hurst requiring the BR/EV OIDs.
Under ETSI framework compliance assumes two things: compliance with the corresponding requirements plus certificate profile compliance. These two categories exist as separate documents (under their own ETSI IDs).
Ryan's proposal is definitely a  good step forward, I'd vote with my both hands if we go even further, and like ETSI, have separate BR/EV profile specifications.

Thanks,
M.D.
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