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author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2014-05-23 15:50:07 +0100 |
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committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2014-05-23 15:50:07 +0100 |
commit | f2de3a3339ee08778dffb98057f1c19bdcf86374 (patch) | |
tree | 6677b9247fbe0ce879be7022eb87f8e8024b71ff /doc | |
parent | 7437665e6205079041af7f56bcc3bee0a20c6d5c (diff) |
Move OCSP out of EXPERIMENTAL
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 103 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/NewStuff | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt | 91 |
4 files changed, 112 insertions, 93 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 46c83adf9..990df6241 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -13222,6 +13222,7 @@ listed in more than one group. .row &%tls_crl%& "certificate revocation list" .row &%tls_dh_max_bits%& "clamp D-H bit count suggestion" .row &%tls_dhparam%& "DH parameters for server" +.row &%tls_ocsp_file%& "location of server certificate status proof" .row &%tls_on_connect_ports%& "specify SSMTP (SMTPS) ports" .row &%tls_privatekey%& "location of server private key" .row &%tls_remember_esmtp%& "don't reset after starting TLS" @@ -16341,6 +16342,13 @@ prior to the 4.80 release, as Debian used to patch Exim to raise the minimum acceptable bound from 1024 to 2048. +.option tls_ocsp_file main string&!! unset +This option +must if set expand to the absolute path to a file which contains a current +status proof for the server's certificate, as obtained from the +Certificate Authority. + + .option tls_on_connect_ports main "string list" unset This option specifies a list of incoming SSMTP (aka SMTPS) ports that should operate the obsolete SSMTP (SMTPS) protocol, where a TLS session is immediately @@ -23005,6 +23013,18 @@ hard failure if required. See also &%hosts_try_auth%&, and chapter &<<CHAPSMTPAUTH>>& for details of authentication. +.option hosts_request_ocsp smtp "host list&!!" * +.cindex "TLS" "requiring for certain servers" +Exim will request a Certificate Status on a +TLS session for any host that matches this list. +&%tls_verify_certificates%& should also be set for the transport. + +.option hosts_require_ocsp smtp "host list&!!" unset +.cindex "TLS" "requiring for certain servers" +Exim will request, and check for a valid Certificate Status being given, on a +TLS session for any host that matches this list. +&%tls_verify_certificates%& should also be set for the transport. + .option hosts_require_tls smtp "host list&!!" unset .cindex "TLS" "requiring for certain servers" Exim will insist on using a TLS session when delivering to any host that @@ -26164,12 +26184,79 @@ certificate is supplied, &$tls_in_peerdn$& is empty. .cindex "TLS" "revoked certificates" .cindex "revocation list" .cindex "certificate" "revocation list" +.cindex "OCSP" "stapling" Certificate issuing authorities issue Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) when certificates are revoked. If you have such a list, you can pass it to an Exim server using the global option called &%tls_crl%& and to an Exim client using an identically named option for the &(smtp)& transport. In each case, the value of the option is expanded and must then be the name of a file that contains a CRL in PEM format. +The downside is that clients have to periodically re-download a potentially huge +file from every certificate authority the know of. + +The way with most moving parts at query time is Online Certificate +Status Protocol (OCSP), where the client verifies the certificate +against an OCSP server run by the CA. This lets the CA track all +usage of the certs. It requires running software with access to the +private key of the CA, to sign the responses to the OCSP queries. OCSP +is based on HTTP and can be proxied accordingly. + +The only widespread OCSP server implementation (known to this writer) +comes as part of OpenSSL and aborts on an invalid request, such as +connecting to the port and then disconnecting. This requires +re-entering the passphrase each time some random client does this. + +The third way is OCSP Stapling; in this, the server using a certificate +issued by the CA periodically requests an OCSP proof of validity from +the OCSP server, then serves it up inline as part of the TLS +negotiation. This approach adds no extra round trips, does not let the +CA track users, scales well with number of certs issued by the CA and is +resilient to temporary OCSP server failures, as long as the server +starts retrying to fetch an OCSP proof some time before its current +proof expires. The downside is that it requires server support. + +Unless Exim is built with the support disabled, +or with GnuTLS earlier than version 3.1.3, +support for OCSP stapling is included. + +There is a global option called &%tls_ocsp_file%&. +The file specified therein is expected to be in DER format, and contain +an OCSP proof. Exim will serve it as part of the TLS handshake. This +option will be re-expanded for SNI, if the &%tls_certificate%& option +contains &`tls_in_sni`&, as per other TLS options. + +Exim does not at this time implement any support for fetching a new OCSP +proof. The burden is on the administrator to handle this, outside of +Exim. The file specified should be replaced atomically, so that the +contents are always valid. Exim will expand the &%tls_ocsp_file%& option +on each connection, so a new file will be handled transparently on the +next connection. + +When built with OpenSSL Exim will check for a valid next update timestamp +in the OCSP proof; if not present, or if the proof has expired, it will be +ignored. + +For the client to be able to verify the stapled OCSP the server must +also supply, in its stapled information, any intermediate +certificates for the chain leading to the OCSP proof from the signer +of the server certificate. There may be zero or one such. These +intermediate certificates should be added to the server OCSP stapling +file named by &%tls_ocsp_file%&. + +Note that the proof only covers the terminal server certificate, +not any of the chain from CA to it. + +.code + A helper script "ocsp_fetch.pl" for fetching a proof from a CA + OCSP server is supplied. The server URL may be included in the + server certificate, if the CA is helpful. + + One failure mode seen was the OCSP Signer cert expiring before the end + of validity of the OCSP proof. The checking done by Exim/OpenSSL + noted this as invalid overall, but the re-fetch script did not. +.endd + + .section "Configuring an Exim client to use TLS" "SECID185" @@ -26225,6 +26312,19 @@ The &%tls_verify_hosts%& and &%tls_try_verify_hosts%& options restrict certificate verification to the listed servers. Verification either must or need not succeed respectively. +The &(smtp)& transport has two OCSP-related options: +&%hosts_require_ocsp%&; a host-list for which a Certificate Status +is requested and required for the connection to proceed. The default +value is empty. +&%hosts_request_ocsp%&; a host-list for which (additionally) +a Certificate Status is requested (but not necessarily verified). The default +value is "*" meaning that requests are made unless configured +otherwise. + +The host(s) should also be in &%hosts_require_tls%&, and +&%tls_verify_certificates%& configured for the transport, +for OCSP to be relevant. + If &%tls_require_ciphers%& is set on the &(smtp)& transport, it must contain a list of permitted cipher suites. If either of these checks fails, delivery to @@ -26310,6 +26410,9 @@ during TLS session handshake, to permit alternative values to be chosen: .next .vindex "&%tls_verify_certificates%&" &%tls_verify_certificates%& +.next +.vindex "&%tls_ocsp_file%&" +&%tls_verify_certificates%& .endlist Great care should be taken to deal with matters of case, various injection diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index 22be3438e..ee56623ad 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ JH/23 The PRDR feature is moved from being Experimental into the mainline. TL/11 Bug 1119: fix memory allocation in string_printing2(). Patch from Christian Aistleitner. +JH/24 The OCSP stapling feature is moved from Experimental into the mainline. + Exim version 4.82 ----------------- diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index ac06ebfc6..f3e2dc1eb 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ Version 4.83 7. New command-line option -C for exiqgrep to specify alternate exim.conf file when searching the queue. - 8. EXPERIMENTAL_OCSP now supports GnuTLS also, if you have version 3.1.3 - or later of that. + 8. OCSP now supports GnuTLS also, if you have version 3.1.3 or later of that. 9. Support for DNSSEC on outbound connections. @@ -51,6 +50,12 @@ Version 4.83 11. PRDR is now supported dy default. +12. OCSP stapling is now supported by default. + +13. If built with the EXPERIMENTAL_DSN feature enabled, Exim will output + Delivery Status Notification messages in MIME format, and negociate + DSN features per RFC 3461. + Version 4.82 ------------ diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt index 7872f24e2..6657f63c7 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt +++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt @@ -6,97 +6,6 @@ about experimental features, all of which are unstable and liable to incompatible change. -OCSP Stapling support --------------------------------------------------------------- - -X.509 PKI certificates expire and can be revoked; to handle this, the -clients need some way to determine if a particular certificate, from a -particular Certificate Authority (CA), is still valid. There are three -main ways to do so. - -The simplest way is to serve up a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) with -an ordinary web-server, regenerating the CRL before it expires. The -downside is that clients have to periodically re-download a potentially -huge file from every certificate authority it knows of. - -The way with most moving parts at query time is Online Certificate -Status Protocol (OCSP), where the client verifies the certificate -against an OCSP server run by the CA. This lets the CA track all -usage of the certs. This requires running software with access to the -private key of the CA, to sign the responses to the OCSP queries. OCSP -is based on HTTP and can be proxied accordingly. - -The only widespread OCSP server implementation (known to this writer) -comes as part of OpenSSL and aborts on an invalid request, such as -connecting to the port and then disconnecting. This requires -re-entering the passphrase each time some random client does this. - -The third way is OCSP Stapling; in this, the server using a certificate -issued by the CA periodically requests an OCSP proof of validity from -the OCSP server, then serves it up inline as part of the TLS -negotiation. This approach adds no extra round trips, does not let the -CA track users, scales well with number of certs issued by the CA and is -resilient to temporary OCSP server failures, as long as the server -starts retrying to fetch an OCSP proof some time before its current -proof expires. The downside is that it requires server support. - -If Exim is built with EXPERIMENTAL_OCSP and it was built with OpenSSL, -or with GnuTLS 3.1.3 or later, then it gains a new global option: -"tls_ocsp_file". - -The file specified therein is expected to be in DER format, and contain -an OCSP proof. Exim will serve it as part of the TLS handshake. This -option will be re-expanded for SNI, if the tls_certificate option -contains $tls_sni, as per other TLS options. - -Exim does not at this time implement any support for fetching a new OCSP -proof. The burden is on the administrator to handle this, outside of -Exim. The file specified should be replaced atomically, so that the -contents are always valid. Exim will expand the "tls_ocsp_file" option -on each connection, so a new file will be handled transparently on the -next connection. - -Under OpenSSL Exim will check for a valid next update timestamp in the -OCSP proof; if not present, or if the proof has expired, it will be -ignored. - -Also, given EXPERIMENTAL_OCSP, the smtp transport gains two options: -- "hosts_require_ocsp"; a host-list for which an OCSP Stapling -is requested and required for the connection to proceed. The default -value is empty. -- "hosts_request_ocsp"; a host-list for which (additionally) an OCSP -Stapling is requested (but not necessarily verified). The default -value is "*" meaning that requests are made unless configured -otherwise. - -The host(s) should also be in "hosts_require_tls", and -"tls_verify_certificates" configured for the transport. - -For the client to be able to verify the stapled OCSP the server must -also supply, in its stapled information, any intermediate -certificates for the chain leading to the OCSP proof from the signer -of the server certificate. There may be zero or one such. These -intermediate certificates should be added to the server OCSP stapling -file (named by tls_ocsp_file). - -Note that the proof only covers the terminal server certificate, -not any of the chain from CA to it. - -At this point in time, we're gathering feedback on use, to determine if -it's worth adding complexity to the Exim daemon to periodically re-fetch -OCSP files and somehow handling multiple files. - - A helper script "ocsp_fetch.pl" for fetching a proof from a CA - OCSP server is supplied. The server URL may be included in the - server certificate, if the CA is helpful. - - One failure mode seen was the OCSP Signer cert expiring before the end - of validity of the OCSP proof. The checking done by Exim/OpenSSL - noted this as invalid overall, but the re-fetch script did not. - - - - Brightmail AntiSpam (BMI) suppport -------------------------------------------------------------- |