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Limit the certificate signature algorithms that logs are permitted to accept#13

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robstradling opened this issue Feb 2, 2018 · 0 comments

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RFC6962 notes that "In order to avoid logs being spammed into uselessness, it is required that each chain is rooted in a known CA certificate." If a log accepts certificates that are signed with weak signature algorithms (e.g., md2WithRSAEncryption, md5WithRSAEncryption), there may be a risk that an attacker could mint fake certificates (where the hash of the TBSCertificate matches that of an existing certificate) at a rate that's fast enough to spam the log into uselessness.

This issue could be mitigated by policy, perhaps by requiring logs to...

  • not accept certificates signed using certain (weak) signature algorithms (i.e., blacklist).
    or
  • only accept certificates signed using certain (non-weak) signature algorithms (i.e., whitelist).
    or
  • implement rate limiting for certain (weak) signature algorithms.
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