[Servercert-wg] Voting begins: Ballot SC3 version 2

[Wayne Thayer]

Mozilla votes Yes on ballot SC3 version 2.

- Wayne


On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 8:48 AM Tim Hollebeek via Servercert-wg <
servercert-wg at cabforum.org> wrote:

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> https://github.com/cabforum/documents/compare/SC3-PasswordChangesDieDieDie?expand=1
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> Ballot SC3: Two-Factor Authentication and Password Improvements
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> Purpose of Ballot: The Network Security Working Group met a number of
> times to
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> improve the Network Security Guidelines requirements around authentication,
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> specifically by requiring two-factor authentication, and improving the
> password
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> requirements in line with more recent NIST guidelines.
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> While CAs are encouraged to improve their password requirements as soon as
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> possible, a two year grace period is being given to allow organizations to
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> develop and implement policies to implement the improved requirements,
> especially
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> since some organizations may have to simultaneously comply with other
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> compliance frameworks that have not been updated yet and are based on
> older NIST
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> guidance about passwords.
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> The following motion has been proposed by Tim Hollebeek of DigiCert and
> endorsed
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> by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of Harica and Neil Dunbar of TrustCor.
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> — MOTION BEGINS –
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> This ballot modifies the “Network and Certificate System Security
> Requirements”
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> as follows, based upon Version 1.1:
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> In the definitions, add a definition for Multi-Factor Authentication:
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> "Multi-Factor Authentication: An authentication mechanism consisting of
> two or
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> more of the following independent categories of credentials (i.e. factors)
> to
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> verify the user’s identity for a login or other transaction: something you
> know
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> (knowledge factor), something you have (possession factor), and something
> you
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> are (inherence factor).  Each factor must be independent.
> Certificate-based
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> authentication can be used as part of Multifactor Authentication only if
> the
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> private key is stored in a Secure Key Storage Device."
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> Capitalize all instances of the defined term "Multi-Factor Authentication".
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> Add a definition for Secure Key Storage Device:
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> "Secure Key Storage Device: A device certified as meeting at least FIPS
> 140-2
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> level 2 overall, level 3 physical, or Common Criteria (EAL 4+)."
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> In section 1.j., capitalize Multi-Factor Authentication, and strike the
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> parenthetical reference to subsection 2.n.(ii).
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> In section 2.f., add "(for accountability purposes, group accounts or
> shared
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> role credentials SHALL NOT be used)" after "authenticate to Certificate
> Systems".
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> Change section 2.g. to read:
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> "g. If an authentication control used by a Trusted Role is a username and
> password,
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>     then, where technically feasible, implement the following controls:
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>   i.           For accounts that are accessible only within Secure Zones
> or High Security
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>                Zones, require that passwords have at least twelve (12)
> characters;
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>   ii.          For authentications which cross a zone boundary into a
> Secure Zone or High
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>                Security Zone, require Multi-Factor Authentication.  For
> accounts accessible
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>                from outside a Secure Zone or High Security Zone require
> passwords that have
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>                at least eight (8) characters and are not be one of the
> user's previous
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>                four (4) passwords; and implement account lockout for
> failed access attempts
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>                in accordance with subsection k;
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>   iii.         When developing password policies, CAs SHOULD take into
> account the password
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>                guidance in NIST 800-63B Appendix A.
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>   iv.          Frequent password changes have been shown to cause users to
> select less
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>                secure passwords.  If the CA has any policy that specifies
> routine periodic
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>                password changes, that period SHOULD NOT be less than two
> years.  Effective
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>                April 1, 2020, if the CA has any policy that requires
> routine periodic password
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>                changes, that period SHALL NOT be less than two years.
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> In section 2.h., change "Require" to "Have a policy that requires"
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> In section 2.i., change "Configure" to "Have a procedure to configure"
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> Change section 2.k. to read:
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> "k. Lockout account access to Certificate Systems after no more than five
> (5) failed
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>     access attempts, provided that this security measure:
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>   i.           is supported by the Certificate System,
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>   ii.          Cannot be leveraged for a denial of service attack, and
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>   iii.        does not weaken the security of this authentication control;"
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> Change section 2.n. to read:
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> "Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication for all Trusted Role accounts on
> Certificate
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> Systems (including those approving the issuance of a Certificate, which
> equally
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> applies to Delegated Third Parties) that are accessible from outside a
> Secure Zone
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> or High Security Zone; and"
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> — MOTION ENDS –
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> The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
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> Discussion (7+ days)
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> Start Time: 2018-07-26  17:45 Eastern
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> End Time: 2018-08-09 11:45 Eastern
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> Vote for approval (7 days)
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> Start Time: 2018-08-09 11:45 Eastern
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> End Time: 2018-08-16 11:45 Eastern
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