You're draft submissions look good to me, Ian.

What code and distributions have we reviewed so far?

Gale

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM Ian Dunlop <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Here is my attempt at the xml snippet for
>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/infrastructure/site/trunk/content/licenses/exports/index.page/eccnmatrix.xml
>
>   <Project href="http://taverna.incubator.apache.org/";>
>   <Name>Apache Taverna Project</Name>
>   <Contact><Name>Ian Dunlop</Name></Contact>
>   <Product>
>     <Name>Credential Manager</Name>
>     <Version>
>       <Names>3.1.0-incubating</Names>
>       <ECCN>5D002</ECCN>
>       <ControlledSource href="
>
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-engine/blob/master/taverna-credential-manager-impl/
> ">
>         <Manufacturer>ASF</Manufacturer>
>         <Why>designed for use with encryption library (bouncy castle)</Why>
>       </ControlledSource>
>       <ControlledSource href="
> http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk16/1.46";>
>         <Manufacturer>Bouncy Castle</Manufacturer>
>         <Why>General-purpose encryption library for Java 1.6</Why>
>       </ControlledSource>
>     </Version>
>   </Product>
>  </Project>
>
> None of the bouncy castle downloads for previous releases seem to work so I
> put the maven link in. Their ftp site ftp://ftp.bouncycastle.org/pub
> linked
> from https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html is broken or
> password protected.
>
> Before we add this snippet we have to send the notification to the US Gvt,
> something like:
>
>
> SUBMISSION TYPE:      TSU
>
> SUBMITTED BY:         ianwdunlop-at-apache.org
>
> SUBMITTED FOR:        Apache Software Foundation
>
> POINT OF CONTACT:     Secretary, Apache Software Foundation
>
> FAX:                  +1-919-573-9199
>
> MANUFACTURER(S)       Apache Software Foundation.
>
>                       Bouncy Castle.
>
> PRODUCT NAME/MODEL #: Apache Taverna Credential Manager
>
>
> ECCN:                 5D002
>
> NOTIFICATION:         http://www.apache.org/licenses/exports/
>
>
> Then we also add the notice at
> http://www.apache.org/dev/crypto.html#inform
> to the README.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
>
>
> On 6 April 2016 at 14:09, Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Agree that it should be sufficient to say we use BouncyCastle like the
> > other projects and link to our Git repositories.
> >
> >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-engine/blob/master/taverna-credential-manager-impl/pom.xml
> >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-maven-parent/blob/master/pom.xml#L353
> >
> > We use BouncyCastle version 1.46 - we should probably try to upgrade it
> for
> > the next release if that is ancient, avoid too many security holes!
> > (Although I think the US government would be happy if we used an insecure
> > older version ;)
> >
> > It should be sufficient to add the same property to
> taverna-engine/pom.xml
> > with newer version and see if unit tests pass. We are lucky in that for
> T3
> > we don't need to keep the keychain file compatible - although we might
> want
> > to check how the Taverna Server makes a keychain file as well.. Does that
> > also use BouncyCastle?
> > On 6 Apr 2016 11:07, "Ian Dunlop" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I think you are correct Gale. I don't think it's too difficult a
> process
> > > though. Seems that you need to update
> > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/exports/ with the links to source code
> > and
> > > send some details to the US gvt
> > > http://www.apache.org/dev/crypto.html#notify.
> > > So it's an administrative pain but should not stop Apache Taverna
> > including
> > > the crytpo code. The bouncy castle links seem to be a download that no
> > > longer exists, there are a bunch of releases on
> > > https://bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html. I'm sure one of them
> will
> > > suffice.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Ian
> > >
> > > On 4 April 2016 at 18:10, Gale Naylor (JIRA) <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >     [
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAVERNA-959?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15224530#comment-15224530
> > > > ]
> > > >
> > > > Gale Naylor commented on TAVERNA-959:
> > > > -------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Since we use BouncyCastle and it appears on the ASF Product
> > > Classification
> > > > List for other Apache products (
> > http://www.apache.org/licenses/exports/
> > > ),
> > > > doesn't that mean the reporting requirements apply to us? This FAQ (
> > > > http://www.apache.org/dev/crypto.html#faq-public) seems to imply we
> > need
> > > > to report now: "In other words, a project should send out a
> > notification
> > > > email just after making the decision to include code that is
> specially
> > > > designed to work with crypto APIs but before actually committing such
> > > > code." Am I misunderstanding something? It doesn't look like we need
> to
> > > be
> > > > specific about exactly where it is used and can just say
> "development"
> > > > rather than a specific version.
> > > >
> > > > One thing: I did a spot check of the classification list (
> > > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/exports/) and all the links I tried
> > > worked
> > > > except the ones for BouncyCastle: all the BouncyCastle links I tried
> > were
> > > > broken. Seems strange.
> > > >
> > > > > Crypto review and reporting
> > > > > ---------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > >                 Key: TAVERNA-959
> > > > >                 URL:
> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAVERNA-959
> > > > >             Project: Apache Taverna
> > > > >          Issue Type: Task
> > > > >          Components: Taverna Common Activities, Taverna Engine
> > > > >            Reporter: Stian Soiland-Reyes
> > > > >            Priority: Critical
> > > > >              Labels: security
> > > > >             Fix For: engine 3.1.0, common activities 2.1.0
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > while stumbling over http://www.apache.org/dev/crypto.html
> > > > > I come to think about our Credential Manager:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-engine/tree/master/taverna-credential-manager
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-engine/tree/master/taverna-credential-manager-impl
> > > > > and the WSDL SSL support in
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-taverna-common-activities/tree/master/taverna-wsdl-activity/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/activities/wsdl/security
> > > > > While we don't have our own encryption code (puh!) we certainly
> have
> > a
> > > > fair share of plumbing that uses it.
> > > > > Credential Manager uses BouncyCastle to keep an encrypted
> > user/password
> > > > and certificate store in the Taverna user home directory - based on a
> > > > password the user provides.
> > > > > Obviously we also generally support https:// through Java's normal
> > SSL
> > > > support - the Credential Manager has UI support for managing
> additional
> > > > client and server certificates and for asking for username/password
> on
> > > > connections.
> > > > > The WSDL activity has support for using WS Security authentication
> > and
> > > > also works with https.
> > > > > Looking over the policy at http://www.apache.org/dev/crypto.html I
> > > > realize now that when  we distribute the Taverna Command Line (and
> > > > Workbench) binary distribution it would be bundling and using the
> > Bouncy
> > > > Castle library - which would be covered by US Export restrictions.
> > > > > Thus this task to review what of our code and distributions would
> be
> > > > covered by US Export restrictions - if any - and perform the required
> > > > reporting if needed.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> >
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