[cabfpub] Ballot 144 - Validation rules for .onion names
Tom Ritter
tom at ritter.vg
Fri Feb 13 16:55:20 UTC 2015
I'll voice my support for this. =)
-tom
On 12 February 2015 at 20:26, Jeremy Rowley <jeremy.rowley at digicert.com> wrote:
> DigiCert votes "Yes"
>
>
>
> From: public-bounces at cabforum.org [mailto:public-bounces at cabforum.org] On
> Behalf Of Jeremy Rowley
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:39 AM
> To: public at cabforum.org
> Subject: [cabfpub] Ballot 144 - Validation rules for .onion names
>
>
>
> Here's the ballot with the two typos fixed:
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>
>
> Applicants want a CA-signed .onion address for several reasons, including:
>
> - Powerful web platform features are restricted to secure
> origins, which are currently not available to onion names (in part, because
> of the lack of IANA registration). Permitting EV certs for onion names will
> help provide a secure origin for the service, moving onion towards use of
> powerful web platform features.
>
> - Currently, access to .onion names over https from a standard
> browser results in the standard existing 'Invalid Certificate' warning.
> Training users to click through security warnings lowers the value of these
> warnings and will cause users to miss important security information.
> Removing these warnings for the user, through use of a digital certificate,
> will help users recognize and avoid real MITM attacks.
>
> - The public needs attribution of ownership of the .onion
> address to differentiate onion services, including potential phishing
> services. Because onion names are not easily recognizable strings, providing
> the public with additional information about the operator has significant
> security improvements, especially in regions where use of the incorrect name
> could have lethal consequences.
>
>
>
> The following motion has been proposed by Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert and
> endorsed by Ryan Sleevi of Google and Wayne Thayer of GoDaddy.
>
>
>
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>
> Motion Starts
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>
> 1) Amend Section 9.2.1 of the Baseline Requirements v. 1.2.3 as follows:
>
> 9.2.1 Subject Alternative Name Extension
>
> Certificate Field: extensions:subjectAltName
>
> Required/Optional: Required
>
> Contents: This extension MUST contain at least one entry. Each entry MUST be
> either a dNSName containing the Fully-Qualified Domain Name or an iPAddress
> containing the IP address of a server. The CA MUST confirm that the
> Applicant controls the Fully-Qualified Domain Name or IP address or has been
> granted the right to use it by the Domain Name Registrant or IP address
> assignee, as appropriate.
>
>
>
> Wildcard FQDNs are permitted. As of the Effective Date of these
> Requirements, prior to the issuance of a Certificate with a
> subjectAlternativeName extension or Subject commonName field containing a
> Reserved IP Address or Internal Name, the CA SHALL notify the Applicant that
> the use of such Certificates has been deprecated by the CA / Browser Forum
> and that the practice will be eliminated by October 2016. Also as of the
> Effective Date, the CA SHALL NOT issue a certificate with an Expiry Date
> later than 1 November 2015 with a subjectAlternativeName extension or
> Subject commonName field containing a Reserved IP Address or Internal Name.
> Effective 1 October 2016, CAs SHALL revoke all unexpired Certificates whose
> subjectAlternativeName extension or Subject commonName field contains a
> Reserved IP Address or Internal Name. Effective May 1, 2015, each CA SHALL
> revoke all unexpired Certificates with an Internal Name using onion as the
> right-most label in an entry in the subjectAltName Extension or commonName
> field unless such Certificate was issued in accordance with Appendix F of
> the EV Guidelines.
>
>
>
> 2) Amend Section 9.2.2 and 11.7.1 of the Guidelines for the Issuance and
> Management of Extended Validation Certificates v1.5.2 as follows:
>
>
>
> 9.2.2. Subject Alternative Name Extension Certificate field:
> subjectAltName:dNSName
>
> Required/Optional: Required
>
> Contents: This extension MUST contain one or more host Domain Name(s) owned
> or controlled by the Subject and to be associated with the Subject's server.
> Such server MAY be owned and operated by the Subject or another entity
> (e.g., a hosting service). Wildcard certificates are not allowed for EV
> Certificates except as permitted under Appendix F.
>
>
>
> 11.7 Verification of Applicant's Domain Name
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>
>
> 11.7.1. Verification Requirements
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>
>
> (1) For each Fully-Qualified Domain Name listed in a Certificate, other than
> a Domain Name with .onion in the right-most label of the Domain Name, the CA
> SHALL confirm that, as of the date the Certificate was issued, the Applicant
> (or the Applicant's Parent Company, Subsidiary Company, or Affiliate,
> collectively referred to as "Applicant" for the purposes of this section)
> either is the Domain Name Registrant or has control over the FQDN using a
> procedure specified in Section 11.1.1 of the Baseline Requirements, except
> that a CA MAY NOT verify a domain using the procedure described 11.1.1(7).
> For a Certificate issued to a Domain Name with .onion in the right-most
> label of the Domain Name, the CA SHALL confirm that, as of the date the
> Certificate was issued, the Applicant's control over the .onion Domain Name
> in accordance with Appendix F.
>
>
>
> (2) Mixed Character Set Domain Names: EV Certificates MAY include Domain
> Names containing mixed character sets only in compliance with the rules set
> forth by the domain registrar. The CA MUST visually compare any Domain Names
> with mixed character sets with known high risk domains. If a similarity is
> found, then the EV Certificate Request MUST be flagged as High Risk. The CA
> must perform reasonably appropriate additional authentication and
> verification to be certain beyond reasonable doubt that the Applicant and
> the target in question are the same organization.
>
>
>
> 3) Add a new Appendix F to the Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of
> Extended Validation Certificates v1.5.2:
>
>
>
> Appendix F - Issuance of Certificates for .onion Domain Names
>
>
>
> A CA may issue an EV Certificate with .onion in the right-most label of the
> Domain Name provided that issuance complies with the requirements set forth
> in this Appendix:
>
> 1. CAB Forum Tor Service Descriptor Hash extension (2.23.140.1.31)
>
> The CAB Forum has created an extension of the TBSCertificate for use in
> conveying hashes of keys related to .onion addresses. The Tor Service
> Descriptor Hash extension has the following format:
>
>
>
> cabf-TorServiceDescriptor OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { 2.23.140.1.31 }
>
>
>
> TorServiceDescriptorSyntax ::=
>
> SEQUENCE ( 1..MAX ) of TorServiceDescriptorHash
>
>
>
> TorServiceDescriptorHash:: = SEQUENCE {
>
> onionURI UTF8String
>
> algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier
>
> subjectPublicKeyHash BIT STRING }
>
>
>
> Where the AlgorithmIdentifier is a hashing algorithm (defined in RFC 6234)
> performed over the DER-encoding of an ASN.1 SubjectPublicKey of the .onion
> service and SubjectPublicKeyHash is the hash output.
>
>
>
> 2. The CA MUST verify the Applicant's control over the .onion Domain
> Name using one of the following:
>
>
>
> a. The CA MAY verify the Applicant's control over the .onion service by
> posting a specific value at a well-known URL under RFC5785.
>
>
>
> b. The CA MAY verify the Applicant's control over the .onion service by
> having the Applicant provide a Certificate Request signed using the .onion
> public key if the Attributes section of the certificationRequestInfo
> contains:
>
>
>
> (i) A caSigningNonce attribute that 1) contains a single value
> with at least 64-bits of entropy, 2) is generated by the CA, and 3)
> delivered to the Applicant through a Verified Method of Communication and
>
> (ii) An applicantSigningNonce attribute that 1) contains a single
> value with at least 64-bits of entropy and 2) is generated by the Applicant.
>
>
>
> The signing nonce attributes have the following format:
>
>
>
> caSigningNonce ATTRIBUTE ::= {
>
> WITH SYNTAX OCTET STRING
>
> EQUALITY MATCHING RULE octetStringMatch
>
> SINGLE VALUE TRUE
>
> ID {
> cabf-caSigningNonce }
>
> }
>
>
>
> cabf-caSigningNonce OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { cabf 41 }
>
>
>
> applicantSigningNonce ATTRIBUTE ::= {
>
> WITH SYNTAX OCTET STRING
>
> EQUALITY MATCHING RULE octetStringMatch
>
> SINGLE VALUE TRUE
>
> ID {
> cabf-applicantSigningNonce }
>
> }
>
>
>
> cabf-applicantSigningNonce OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { cabf 42 }
>
>
>
> 4. Each Certificate that includes a Domain Name where .onion is in the
> right-most label of the Domain Name MUST conform to the requirements of
> these Guidelines, including the content requirements in Section 9 and
> Appendix B of the Baseline Requirements, except that the CA MAY include a
> wildcard character in the Subject Alternative Name Extension and Subject
> Common Name Field as the left-most character in the .onion Domain Name
> provided inclusion of the wildcard character complies with Section 11.1.3 of
> the Baseline Requirements.
>
>
>
> 5. CAs MUST NOT issue a Certificate that includes a Domain Name where
> .onion is in the right-most label of the Domain Name with a validity period
> longer than 15 months. Despite Section 9.2.1 of the Baseline Requirements
> deprecating the use of Internal Names, a CA MAY issue a Certificate
> containing an .onion name with an expiration date later than 1 November 2015
> after (and only if) .onion is officially recognized by the IESG as a
> reserved TLD.
>
>
>
> 6. On or before May 1, 2015, each CA MUST revoke all Certificates issued
> with the Subject Alternative Name extension or Common Name field that
> includes a Domain Name where .onion is in the right-most label of the Domain
> Name unless the Certificate was issued in compliance with this Appendix F.
>
>
>
> ----
>
> Motion Ends
>
> -----
>
> The review period for this ballot shall commence at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 4
> February 2015, and will close at 2200 UTC on Thursday, 11 February 2015.
> Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review period, the voting period
> will start immediately thereafter and will close at 2200 UTC on Monday, 18
> February 2015. Votes must be cast by posting an on-list reply to this
> thread.
>
> A vote in favor of the motion must indicate a clear 'yes' in the response. A
> vote against must indicate a clear 'no' in the response. A vote to abstain
> must indicate a clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear responses will not
> be counted. The latest vote received from any representative of a voting
> member before the close of the voting period will be counted. Voting members
> are listed here: https://cabforum.org/members/
>
> In order for the motion to be adopted, two thirds or more of the votes cast
> by members in the CA category and greater than 50% of the votes cast by
> members in the browser category must be in favor. Quorum is currently nine
> (9) members- at least nine members must participate in the ballot, either by
> voting in favor, voting against, or abstaining.
>
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