[cabfpub] Directory of abuse reporting contacts for CAs?

Wayne Thayer wthayer at mozilla.com
Tue Feb 20 15:51:56 UTC 2018


Mozilla ha published a list of problem reporting mechanisms (mostly email
addresses) for all root CAs in our program. It is the first link under
'Information for the Public' at
https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA#Information_for_the_Public

Wayne

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Kirk Hall via Public <public at cabforum.org>
wrote:

> John and Peter – this issue has actually come up recently – I think you
> have a very good idea.
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> We’ll add to our agenda for the next Forum Teleconference call.   Thanks.
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> Kirk
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> *From:* John LaCour [mailto:jal at phishlabs.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 19, 2018 2:45 PM
> *To:* questions at cabforum.org
> *Cc:* peter at apwg.org
> *Subject:* Directory of abuse reporting contacts for CAs?
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> Dear CA Representative:
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> The CA/Browser Forum’s Baseline Requirements Section 4.9.3 says in part:
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> “The CA SHALL provide Subscribers, Relying Parties, Application Software
> Suppliers, and other third parties with clear instructions for reporting
> suspected Private Key Compromise, Certificate misuse, or other types of
> fraud, compromise, misuse, inappropriate conduct, or any other matter
> related to Certificates. The CA SHALL publicly disclose the instructions
> through a readily accessible online means.”
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> However, we sometimes find it difficult to instructions on how and where
> to submit reports to issuing CAs to request certification revocation due to
> malicious use.
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> Would it be possible for the Forum and/or the browser community to create
> a list of reporting email addresses for each CA in the browser root
> programs, and post the list to an obvious page on the Forum’s website, and
> maybe also on the CCADB website (Resources tab)?
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> If for whatever reason, the Forum decides not to make a consolidated
> listing available as a public resource, we would be grateful if the CAs
> would provide this information directly so that we may provide a
> consolidated list to the anti-phishing community via the Anti-Phishing
> Working Group (APWG).
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> Also, we would like to make you aware of an APWG program, AmDoS (1) ,
> which facilitates the suspension of malicious domain names.   The program
> introduces a vetting program for reporters to submit takedown requests to
> participating domain registries.  This may potentially be a useful model to
> facilitate revocation requests between the anti-phishing community and CAs.
> Better, it is built and working and ready to update for the Forum’s needs.
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> We thank you in advance for your help in this effort. We look forward to
> collaborating with the Forum soon.
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> Sincerely,
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> John LaCour
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> CTO, PhishLabs
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> jal at phishlabs.com
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> Peter Cassidy
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> Secretary General, APWG
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> pcassidy at apwg.org
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> (1)  https://www.antiphishing.org/apwg-news-center/amdos/
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> --
>
> John LaCour
>
> Founder and Chief Technology Officer
>
> M: +1.415.425.5646 <(415)%20425-5646>
>
> jal at phishlabs.com
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