Friday, November 26, 2013
Vendor survey
Introductory material… What is the intent… WG Charter… etc…
Survey Recipients: (will be removed prior to distribution) - “starting with” means that’s the contact I
have, but they’ll probably pass it off to someone else to complete.
Client (browser/OS):
Microsoft - Anoosh Saboori
Mozilla - Brian Smith
Google - Ryan Sleevi
Apple - Geoff Keating
Opera - Sigbjørn Vik
Blackberry - ?
Servers:
Microsoft - ?
Apache/OpenSSL - starting with Ben Laurie
Nginx - ?
Oracle (WebLogic, Sun Java Server) - starting with Milt Smith
IBM – starting with Tom Gindin
F5 - starting with Don Laursen, Danny Luedke
Citrix - starting with Steve Shah
Coyote Point - starting with Jim McGhee
A10 - starting with Phillip Blatzheim
Riverbed - starting with Raja Srinivasan
Juniper - starting with Kevin Miller
Akamai - starting with Steve Ludin
Cloudflare – starting with Nick Sullivan
RedHat - ?
Cisco - ?
Server (Web server, CDN, load balancer, OCSP Responder)
If you write software that acts as a server in a browser-based SSL/TLS connection, please
answer these questions:
1) As of December 2013, which product versions combined constitute 99% of total usage
of the vendor's products?
[For example:
SecureServer (version 11.2) – 60%
SecureServer (version 11.0) – 30%
SecureServer (version 10.3) – 7%
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SecureServer (version 10.2) – 2% (total of 99%);
2) Certificate request generation:
a. Which cryptographic algorithms/parameters does the product support? Check all
that apply.
__ RSA 1024 bits
__ RSA 2048 bits
__ RSA 3072 bits
__ RSA 4096 bits
__ RSA other key size
__ MD2
__ MD4
__ MD5
__ DSA 1024 bits
__ DSA 2048 bits
__ DSA 3072 bits
__ DSA 4096 bits
__ DSA other
__ SHA1
__ SHA-256
__ SHA-384
__ SHA-512
__ ECC nistp256
__ ECC nistp384
__ ECC nistp521
__ ECC other
__ other
__ SHA-3
b. Does the product support RSASSA-PSS (RFC4055) __ yes __ no
3) Private key protection:
a. Does the product enforce "strong password" requirements? __ yes __ no
i. If yes, what are the requirements?
b. Does the product support crypto hardware? __ yes __ no
i. If yes, what crypto hardware is supported?
4) Certificate installation:
a. Does the product validate the certificate path upon installation? __ yes __ no
b. Does the product allow PKCS#7 import (in which the PKCS#7 file contains
intermediates and end-entity certificates, and the product discerns which is
which?) __ yes __ no
5) Key/certificate renewal: Does the product require a restart in order to change its key
pair? __ yes __ no
6) Does the product allow for the configuration of multiple certificates using different
public key algorithms (RSA, DSA, ECC) but the same Subject DN, and deliver the most
appropriate certificate to each client based on the client’s capabilities as indicated in
the ClientHello message? __ yes __ no
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7) Does the product allow for the configuration of multiple certificates using different
hash algorithms (SHA-1, SHA-2) but the same Subject DN, and deliver the most
appropriate certificate to each client based on the client’s capabilities as indicated in
the ClientHello message? __ yes __ no
8) Which versions of SSL/TLS does the product support:
__ SSL 2
__ SSL 3
__ TLS 1.0
__ TLS 1.1
__ TLS 1.2
9) OCSP Stapling:
a. Does the product support stapling in accordance with RFC6066? __ yes __ no
b. Does the product support multiple-stapling in accordance with RFC6961? __ yes
__ no
c. Does the product check staples before installing them? __ yes __ no
d. How frequently are new staples fetched?
__ hourly
__ daily
__ within a specified time before expiration of the previous staple (please specify
time)
__ other
e. What is the behavior of the server when it has no valid staple?
Client (Browser, OS)
If you write software that acts as a client in a browser-based SSL/TLS connection, please answer
these questions. Please be sure to distinguish between desktop and mobile versions where
applicable.
10) As of December 2013, which product versions combined constitute 99% of total usage
of the vendor's products?
[For example:
SecureBrowser (desktop version 7.1) – 80%
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SecureBrowser (desktop version 7.0) – 10%
SecureBrowser (desktop version 6.3) – 5%
SecureBrowser (desktop version 7.1) – 4% (total of 99%);
SecureBrowser (mobile version 3.8) – 90%
SecureBrowser (mobile version 3.7) – 8%
SecureBrowser (mobile version 3.6) – 1% (total of 99%)]
11) Key store: Does the product implement its own trusted key store? __ yes __ no If no,
skip to Question 12.
a. Is CA conformance with the CAB Forum Baseline Requirements and EV
Guidelines required for a root to be included in your trusted key store? __ yes
__ no
b. What circumstances result in blacklisting/ removal of “EV status”/removal of a
root from the trusted key store?
12) Does the product provide special treatment of EV SSL certificates (different UI or
different behaviour)? __ yes __ no If yes, please detail in any answers to the
following questions where EV behavior differs from non-EV behavior.
13) Path building: If the TLS handshake results in an incomplete certificate path, does the
product use information in the id-ad-caIssuers field of the authorityInfoAccess
extension to build a path?
14) Public-key validation: What aspects of public-key validation does the product enforce?
(from CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements Appendix A)
__ minimum key size
__ maximum validity period
__ RSA exponent checks
__ RSA modulus checks
__ digest algorithm
__ minimum DSA modulus and divisor size
__ DSA domain parameters
__ DSA public key has unique correct representation and range in the field
__ DSA key has the correct order in the subgroup
__ NIST ECC Full Public Key Validation Routine
__ NIST ECC Partial Public Key Validation Routine
15) Path validation: What sub-sections of RFC5280 Section 6 (path validation) does the
product enforce?
a. 6.1.3 (a) (1) Verify the signature on the certificate __ yes __ no
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b. 6.1.3 (b) The subject name is within one of the permitted_subtrees for X.500
distinguished names, and each of the alternative names in the subjectAltName
extension is within one of the permitted_subtrees for that name type __ yes __
no
c. 6.1.3 (c) The subject name is not within any of the excluded_subtrees for X.500
distinguished names, and each of the alternative names in the subjectAltName
extension is not within any of the excluded_subtrees for that name type __ yes
__ no
d. 6.1.3 (d) Verify the certificate policies extension __ yes __ no
16) Server domain name
a. Does the product allow wildcard characters in the certificate subject name? __
yes __ no
b. Does the product support Internationalized Names in the Subject and Issuer
Distinguished Name fields? __ yes __ no
17) Certificate status
a. Which of the following status mechanisms does the product support:
1. __ CRL (where the location of the CRL is obtained via out-of-band means)
2. __ CRLDP (where the location of the CRL is obtained from the CDP extension)
3. __ Delta CRLs
4. __ OCSP (where the location of the OCSP responder is obtained via out-ofband means)
5. __ AIA (where the location of the OCSP responder is obtained from the AIA
extension)
6. __ stapled OCSP
7. __ multiple-stapled OCSP
8. __ CRL Sets
9. __ blacklists
b. What order of priority amongst these mechanisms does the product follow?
c. Does the product require that status values be provided by the issuer of the
subject certificate?
18) If your product does not support CRLs, skip to Question 19
a. Are CRLs cached? __yes __no
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b. May a CRL be used after its nextUpdate time?
c. What is the CRL timeout value? (I’m not sure what Tim means by this)
d. What is the behaviour if a response is not received for an external CRL request?
19) If your product does not support OCSP, skip to Question 20
a. Are OCSP responses cached? __yes __no
b. May an OCSP response be used after its nextUpdate time? __yes __no
c. What is the OCSP timeout value? (I’m not sure what Tim means by this)
d. Does the product include a nonce in the OCSP request? __yes __no
e. If yes, what is the behavior if the response includes a non-matching nonce, or no
nonce?
20) Does your product support CRL Sets? __ yes __ no. If no, skip to Question 21.
a. Does distribution of the CRL Set require a software update? __ yes __ no
b. What reason codes are included in the CRL Set?
__ unspecified
(0),
__ keyCompromise
(1),
__ cACompromise
(2),
__ affiliationChanged (3),
__ superseded
(4),
__ cessationOfOperation (5),
__ certificateHold
(6),
__ removeFromCRL
(8),
__ privilegeWithdrawn (9),
__ aACompromise
(10)
__ other (please specify)
c. Which CRLs are included in the CRL Set?
d. Which CRLs are excluded from the CRL Set?
21) Name constraints: Does the product support the name constraints extension?
__ yes, in accordance with RFC 5280
__ yes, not in accordance with RFC 5280 (please detail discrepancies)
__ no
22) Error behaviour
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a. What SSL/TLS-specific error conditions result in a warning to the user, while
allowing the user to click-through and accept the connection?
__ Expired end-entity certificate
__ Revoked end-entity certificate
__ End-entity Certificate not yet valid
__ Expired intermediate certificate
__ Revoked intermediate certificate
__ Intermediate Certificate not yet valid
__ End-entity Certificate does not chain to a root in the trust store
__ Path validation failure (see Question 13)
b. What visual indication is provided when a warning condition exists but has been
waived by the user?
c. What error conditions result in the connection being terminated?
23) Certificate policy: Does the product UI differentiate between DV/OV and EV
certificates?
__ yes (please specify)
__ no
If yes, are additional validation steps evaluated before granting EV status?
24) Order of processing: in what order does the product process the certificate
information:
__ Chain building & validation
__ Extensions
__ Revocation data
__ CAB Forum requirements
__ Other
b. If multiple errors are detected during processing, what determines which error is
reported to the user?
__ All errors are reported
__ The most severe error is reported
__ The first error encountered is reported
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25) Key Usage: does the product enforce key usage constraints?
__ Yes, via Key Usage
__ Yes, via Extended Key Usage
__ Yes, via metadata associated with the root
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