[erlang-questions] SSL Out of Order Cert Chain Question (9.2)

Michael Viveros michaelviveros@REDACTED
Thu Nov 21 03:22:20 CET 2019


Any update about next steps, Ingela?

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 5:47 PM Michael Viveros <michaelviveros@REDACTED>
wrote:

> Just confirmed your fix worked!
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 6:16 PM Michael Viveros <michaelviveros@REDACTED>
> wrote:
>
>> Great news, thanks Ingela! I tried confirming the fix on my end but I'm
>> an Erlang noob so it's taking me awhile, will try again tomorrow.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 5:17 AM Ingela Andin <ingela.andin@REDACTED>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I have a patch that solves the problem.  I have pushed it to my gitrepo
>>> https://github.com/IngelaAndin/otp/tree/ingela/ssl/unorded-chain
>>>
>>> I had to set the options {depth, 2} and {customize_hostname_check,
>>> [{match_fun, CustomFun}]
>>> where CustomFun = public_key:pkix_verify_hostname_match_fun(https)  as
>>> the peer certificate is a wildcard cert.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regard Ingela Erlang/OTP team
>>>
>>>
>>> Den fre 8 nov. 2019 kl 21:46 skrev Curtis J Schofield <curtis@REDACTED>:
>>>
>>>> Oh this is wonderful news!! Glad you were able to identify the code not
>>>> reached !!
>>>>
>>>> Deeply appreciate your support and expertise!
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Curtis
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 12:15 PM, Ingela Andin <ingela.andin@REDACTED>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I think I am on to the problem, we have only  whitebox tested the
>>>> unorded chain functionality (we intend to create a blackbox but that is a
>>>> bigger job as we need to find some introp software that can create such
>>>> chains or create a simulation modle),
>>>> so I am positive  I found that we do not reach the code for sorting the
>>>> chain.  I will try to fix it next week. It is easier now that I at least I
>>>> got a server that I can manually blackbox  test with :)
>>>>
>>>> Regards Ingela Erlang/OTP Team - Ericsson AB
>>>>
>>>> Den tors 7 nov. 2019 kl 20:53 skrev Ingela Andin <
>>>> ingela.andin@REDACTED>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> Den tors 7 nov. 2019 kl 19:35 skrev Michael Viveros <
>>>>> michaelviveros@REDACTED>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Ingela,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Curtis' example server from his first message, hooks.glip.com,
>>>>>> presents its certificates out-of-order. The correct order is Peer ->
>>>>>> Intermediate CA 1 - > Intermediate CA 2 -> Root CA but they get presented
>>>>>> as Peer -> Root CA -> Intermediate CA 2 -> Intermediate CA 1 and this
>>>>>> returns the "Unknown CA" error. You can confirm this by running `openssl
>>>>>> s_client -connect hooks.glip.com:443`.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yes I agree that this is an out of order chain, in contrast to the
>>>>> social.fluffel.io.   I will look into it at work tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards Ingela Erlang/OTP Team - Ericsson AB
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 1:23 PM Curtis J Schofield <curtis@REDACTED>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Ingela
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for your attention- perhaps Micheal can explain this
>>>>>>> better..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from ProtonMail Mobile
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 6:55 AM, Ingela Andin <ingela.andin@REDACTED>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried this out and it is not out of order, it sends the peer cert
>>>>>>> followed by the intermediate cert repeated, that is the chain looks like
>>>>>>> [Peer, CA1, CA1].
>>>>>>> Looking at TLS-1.3 RFC it looks like extra certs should ignored too,
>>>>>>> so I suppose we need to add that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards Ingela Erlang/OTP team - Ericsson AB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Den lör 2 nov. 2019 kl 15:24 skrev Mark Reynolds <beastie@REDACTED>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I confirm that out of order certs does not seems to be fixed, and
>>>>>>>> it fails with 'Unknown CA' error:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> iex(2)> :hackney.get("https://social.fluffel.io")
>>>>>>>> {:error,
>>>>>>>> {:tls_alert, {:unknown_ca, 'received CLIENT ALERT: Fatal - Unknown
>>>>>>>> CA'}}}
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the only issue with this server TLS certificates is the chain order
>>>>>>>> (CA is Letsencrypt):
>>>>>>>> https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=social.fluffel.io
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 2, 2019, at 01:12, Curtis J Schofield wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just curious if there is an update on out of order certs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The example has id0, id1, id2, id3  certs with id1 being the natural
>>>>>>>> root of id2 who is the root of id3, who is the root of id0.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We can correct the out of order problem by including id1,id2,id3
>>>>>>>> certs
>>>>>>>> in our chain.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It would be nice to hear from the erlang maintainers around what
>>>>>>>> kind of
>>>>>>>> "out of order" erlang can handle nicely and if there is planned
>>>>>>>> support for
>>>>>>>> our case!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you again,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Curtis.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Channel.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, October 19, 2019 4:34 PM, Curtis J Schofield
>>>>>>>> <curtis@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi! Thank you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I included the root cert in the example. The root cert is id1 in
>>>>>>>> cert chain - this is evident in the other file.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It seems because the root cert is out of order - the cert chain is
>>>>>>>> invalid - IIRC this may be true for tls1.2 - however the negotiation is at
>>>>>>>> TLS1.2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for your consideration!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from ProtonMail Mobile
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:51 AM, Ingela Andin <
>>>>>>>> ingela.andin@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Unknown CA"  means that you did not have the ROOT certificate of
>>>>>>>> the chian in your   "trusted store" (cacerts option).
>>>>>>>> If you do not own the ROOT certificate you can not trust the chain.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards Ingela Erlang/OTP Team - Ericsson AB
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Den fre 18 okt. 2019 kl 21:52 skrev Curtis J Schofield
>>>>>>>> <curtis@REDACTED>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Erlang Questions:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SSL 9.0.2 mentions a patch to fix out of order cert chains
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In SSL 9.2 we have a root CA and an out of order cert chain
>>>>>>>> for host hooks.glip.com.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When we try to verify peer with the out of order cert
>>>>>>>> chain we get 'Unknown CA'.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is this expected behaviour for Erlang SSL 9.2 with verify_peer ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The http://erlang.org/doc/apps/ssl/notes.html#ssl-9.0.2 notes
>>>>>>>> mention that other care may need to be taken to ensure
>>>>>>>> compatibility.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Reproduce error:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/robotarmy/out-of-order-ssl
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>> Curtis and Team DevEco
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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