Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-25 Thread spark0102
M, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > >> On 3/31/14, 4:01 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > >>> On 3/18/14, 11:54 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > >>>> All, > > > &

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-09 Thread Kurt Roeckx
Hi Rob, On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 11:25:34AM +0100, Rob Stradling wrote: > On 09/04/14 00:27, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > >The first example, Gandi, does sign certificates for other > >organizations. > > Hi Kurt. > > You seem to be assuming that the Subject organizationName in the > intermediate CA ce

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-09 Thread Moudrick M. Dadashov
On 4/9/2014 2:04 PM, Rob Stradling wrote: On 09/04/14 11:57, Moudrick M. Dadashov wrote: Comodo operate intermediate CAs for several of our partners in a similar fashion. The partner is named in the intermediate certificate's Subject organizationName, but it is Comodo who controls the intermed

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-09 Thread Rob Stradling
On 09/04/14 11:57, Moudrick M. Dadashov wrote: Comodo operate intermediate CAs for several of our partners in a similar fashion. The partner is named in the intermediate certificate's Subject organizationName, but it is Comodo who controls the intermediate CA private key and checks each certifi

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-09 Thread Moudrick M. Dadashov
On 4/9/2014 1:25 PM, Rob Stradling wrote: On 09/04/14 00:27, Kurt Roeckx wrote: The first example, Gandi, does sign certificates for other organizations. Hi Kurt. You seem to be assuming that the Subject organizationName in the intermediate CA certificate ("O=GANDI SAS" in this case) identi

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-09 Thread Rob Stradling
On 09/04/14 00:27, Kurt Roeckx wrote: The first example, Gandi, does sign certificates for other organizations. Hi Kurt. You seem to be assuming that the Subject organizationName in the intermediate CA certificate ("O=GANDI SAS" in this case) identifies the organization that controls the CA

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-08 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 03:34:13PM -0700, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > > > >But I know that we already have such super CAs in the root program > >now. From the top of my head: > >- UTN UserFirst signs Gandi > >- CyberTrust Global signs the Belgian government CA &

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-08 Thread Kathleen Wilson
On 4/8/14, 3:07 PM, Kurt Roeckx wrote: Here's the pending and included Super-CAs that I'm aware of. KISA (Government of Korea, Bug #335197) ICP-Brasil (Government of Brazil, Bug #438825) SUSCERTE (Government of Venezuela, Bug #489240) CCA (Government of India, Bug #557167) US FPKI (

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-08 Thread Kurt Roeckx
per-CA's audit report of each > >>subordinate CA to confirm that the subCA was indeed evaluated according to > >>the stated criteria. > >> > >>Correct? > > > >Those super CAs already need to get an audit. I think what he's > >saying

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-08 Thread David E. Ross
On 4/8/2014 1:25 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > I'm still conflicted about whether a Super-CA can audit their > subordinate CAs. And if they can, then what assurances do we have that > the audit was done in an unbiased manner and according to the criteria > that we require. I expressed the same c

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-08 Thread Kathleen Wilson
being used includes the Baseline Requirements and the WebTrust or ETSI criteria that Mozilla requires, and that the outside auditor reviews the Super-CA's audit report of each subordinate CA to confirm that the subCA was indeed evaluated according to the stated criteria. Correct? Those

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
uditor reviews the Super-CA's audit report of each > subordinate CA to confirm that the subCA was indeed evaluated according to > the stated criteria. > > Correct? Those super CAs already need to get an audit. I think what he's saying is that that

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-07 Thread Kathleen Wilson
On 4/1/14, 8:11 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: On 4/1/14, 11:12 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: On 3/31/14, 4:01 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: On 3/18/14, 11:54 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: All, The only place where we currently describe Super-CAs is here: https://wiki.mozilla.org

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > > > > >> On 3/31/14, 4:01 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > > > > >>> On 3/18/14, 11:54 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > > > > >>>> All, > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> The

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-03 Thread spark0102
>> On 3/18/14, 11:54 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > > >>>> All, > > >>>> > > >>>> The only place where we currently describe Super-CAs is here: > > >>>> > > >>>> https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:SubordinateCA_

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-01 Thread David E. Ross
On 4/1/2014 8:11 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > On 4/1/14, 11:12 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: >> On 3/31/14, 4:01 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: >>> On 3/18/14, 11:54 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: >>>> All, >>>> >>>> The only place where we

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-01 Thread Kathleen Wilson
On 4/1/14, 11:12 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: On 3/31/14, 4:01 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: On 3/18/14, 11:54 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: All, The only place where we currently describe Super-CAs is here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:SubordinateCA_checklist “In the situation where the root CA

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-01 Thread David E. Ross
On 4/1/2014 11:12 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > On 3/31/14, 4:01 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: >> On 3/18/14, 11:54 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> The only place where we currently describe Super-CAs is here: >>> >>> https://w

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-01 Thread Kathleen Wilson
On 3/31/14, 4:01 PM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: On 3/18/14, 11:54 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: All, The only place where we currently describe Super-CAs is here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:SubordinateCA_checklist “In the situation where the root CA functions as a super CA such that their CA

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
licensed by the signing CA. Such signing CAs are called > Super-CAs, and their subordinate CAs must apply for inclusion of their own > certificates until the following has been established and demonstrated: > - The Super-CA's documented policies and audit criteria meet the > requ

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-04-01 Thread Policy Authority PKIoverheid
Hi Kathleen, The new proposed text looks okay to me. I have no comments on it. Thanks. Regards, Mark ___ dev-security-policy mailing list dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security-policy

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-03-31 Thread Kathleen Wilson
On 3/18/14, 11:54 AM, Kathleen Wilson wrote: All, The only place where we currently describe Super-CAs is here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:SubordinateCA_checklist “In the situation where the root CA functions as a super CA such that their CA policies don't apply to the subordinat

Re: "Super" CAs (Kurt Roeckx)

2014-03-20 Thread Brown, Wendy (10421)
From: Kurt Roeckx To: Policy Authority PKIoverheid Cc: dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org Subject: Re: "Super" CAs Message-ID: <20140320181908.gc7...@roeckx.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, I think what we want to accomplish is that all CAs are properly audit

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-03-20 Thread Kurt Roeckx
tification is an ETSI certification with the addional PKIoverheid > requirements taken into account. > > This thread started with the fact that "several national certification > authorities are actually acting as super CAs without complete accountability > for the operations of thei

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-03-20 Thread Policy Authority PKIoverheid
. The CSPs annualy undergo an external audit. This certification is an ETSI certification with the addional PKIoverheid requirements taken into account. This thread started with the fact that "several national certification authorities are actually acting as super CAs without com

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-03-19 Thread Kurt Roeckx
Hi, I have a few questions: - Are all those subordinate CAs part of the government? - Do all audit criteria for approving the subordinate CA match those that are required by Mozilla? If both of those are the case, I see no problem adding it. Kurt On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 07:52:20PM +, Bro

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-03-19 Thread Brown, Wendy (10421)
With full disclosure that I have applied for the US Federal Common Policy CA to be included as a trust anchor (even though we haven't made it thru the process yet). I question the proposal to try and have all the cross-certified or subordinate CAs individually apply to be trust anchors. In the

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-03-18 Thread David E. Ross
The lead paragraph should encompass non-government super CAs, too. Furthermore, the policy should address certification authorities (CAs) and not their root certificates. Consider the following: > Some CAs sign the certificates of subordinate CAs to show that they have > been accredi

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-03-18 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:54:38AM -0700, Kathleen Wilson wrote: > All, > > The only place where we currently describe Super-CAs is here: > > https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:SubordinateCA_checklist > "In the situation where the root CA functions as a super CA such that th

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-03-18 Thread Kathleen Wilson
All, The only place where we currently describe Super-CAs is here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:SubordinateCA_checklist “In the situation where the root CA functions as a super CA such that their CA policies don't apply to the subordinate CAs (including auditing), then the root CA shoul

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-02-21 Thread Ryan Sleevi
w root certificates > >>> that > >>> several national certification authorities are actually acting as > >>> super > >>> CAs without complete accountability for the operations of their > >>> subsidiary CAs. Is the plan to eventually in

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-02-21 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On 2014-02-18 14:28, Ruy Ramos wrote: The brazilian root CA for ICP-Brasil has complete accountability for the operations of its subsidiary CAs. That is achieved by annual audit procedures take into effect by ITI, the federal agency that plays the role of Root CA of ICP-Brasil. Please note that

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-02-20 Thread Kathleen Wilson
On 2/19/14 1:43 PM, Jan Schejbal wrote: Am 2014-02-19 01:52, schrieb Kathleen Wilson: - don't have external, third-party audits I think the current policy for these is "do not let/keep them in the root program", and I think that this policy needs enforcement, not changes. Kind regards, Jan

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-02-20 Thread Ruy Ramos
On 02/18/2014 08:28 PM, Ryan Sleevi wrote: On Tue, February 18, 2014 5:28 am, Ruy Ramos wrote: On 02/15/2014 04:42 PM, David E. Ross wrote: I noticed in the open bug reports for adding new root certificates that several national certification authorities are actually acting as super CAs

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-02-20 Thread Ruy Ramos
authorities are actually acting as super CAs without complete accountability for the operations of their subsidiary CAs. Is the plan to eventually include the roots of the super CAs in the NSS database? Or will only the roots of the subsidiary CAs be included, after the usual Mozilla review process

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-02-19 Thread Jan Schejbal
Am 2014-02-19 01:52, schrieb Kathleen Wilson: > - don't have external, third-party audits I think the current policy for these is "do not let/keep them in the root program", and I think that this policy needs enforcement, not changes. Kind regards, Jan -- Please avoid sending mails, use the gro

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-02-18 Thread Kathleen Wilson
On 2/15/14 10:42 AM, David E. Ross wrote: I noticed in the open bug reports for adding new root certificates that several national certification authorities are actually acting as super CAs without complete accountability for the operations of their subsidiary CAs. Is the plan to eventually

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-02-18 Thread Ryan Sleevi
On Tue, February 18, 2014 5:28 am, Ruy Ramos wrote: > On 02/15/2014 04:42 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > > I noticed in the open bug reports for adding new root certificates that > > several national certification authorities are actually acting as super > > CAs without comple

Re: "Super" CAs

2014-02-18 Thread Ruy Ramos
On 02/15/2014 04:42 PM, David E. Ross wrote: I noticed in the open bug reports for adding new root certificates that several national certification authorities are actually acting as super CAs without complete accountability for the operations of their subsidiary CAs. Is the plan to eventually

"Super" CAs

2014-02-15 Thread David E. Ross
I noticed in the open bug reports for adding new root certificates that several national certification authorities are actually acting as super CAs without complete accountability for the operations of their subsidiary CAs. Is the plan to eventually include the roots of the super CAs in the NSS