CA: Difference between revisions

From MozillaWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(179 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
== CA-related Documents ==
__NOTOC__
= Mozilla's CA Certificate Program =


'''Note: This page and related pages contain unofficial documents related to Mozilla and Certification Authorities, including draft policies, notes, and related information.''' The www.mozilla.org site contains all official CA-related Mozilla documents, including the [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/policy/ Mozilla CA Certificate Policy], the list of [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/pending/ pending CA requests], and the list of [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/included/ included CAs].
Mozilla’s CA Certificate Program governs inclusion of root [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Security/x509_Certificates certificates] in [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS Network Security Services (NSS),] a set of open source libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. The NSS root certificate store is not only used in Mozilla products such as the Firefox browser, but is also used by other companies in a variety of products. The program is overseen by the module owner and peers of the [[Modules/Activities#CA_Certificates|CA Certificates Module]];  the policy itself is overseen by the module owner and peers of the [[Modules/Activities#Mozilla_CA_Certificate_Policy|CA Certificate Policy Module]].


=== Useful Information for CAs ===
== Policy ==
* [[CA:How_to_apply|A guide for CAs]] wishing to apply for inclusion of their root CA certificates.
* [[CA:Information_checklist|Checklist of CA information]] required to process a CA's application
* [[CA:Recommended_Practices|Recommended practices for CAs]] wishing to have their root CA certificates included in Mozilla products
* [[CA:Problematic_Practices|Potentially problematic CA practices]]. This discusses CA practices that are not explicitly forbidden by the Mozilla CA policy, and do not necessarily pose security issues, but that some people have expressed concerns about and that may cause delays in evaluating and approving CA applications. Some of these practices may be addressed in future versions of the Mozilla CA policy.
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=ttwCVzDVuWzZYaDosdU6e3w&single=true&gid=0&output=html List of included root certificates]
* [[CA:Schedule|Queue for Public Discussion]] of CA evaluations
* [[CA:EV_Revocation_Checking|EV certificates and revocation checking]]. This discusses how revocation checking via OCSP or CRLs affects the UI treatment of EV certificates.
* [[CA:Glossary|Glossary of CA- and Mozilla-related terms]]. Useful for following Mozilla CA-related discussions.
* [[CA:Certificate Download Specification|Certificate download specification]]. This document describes the data formats used by Mozilla products for installing certificates.
* [[CA:Recommendations_for_Roots|Technical recommendations for root certificates]]. This is a very first-cut attempt to outline what root certificates should contain, based on the relevant RFCs as supplemented by existing practices.
* [[CA:SubordinateCA_checklist|Checklist for Subordinate CAs and CSPs]] Information needed when subordinate CAs are operated by third parties.
* [[CA:Root_Change_Process|Root Change Process]]. This wiki page describes how to change a root certificate that is currently included in NSS. This includes the process for disabling or removing a root certificate from NSS.
* [[CA:UserCertDB|User Root Certificate Settings]]. This wiki page describes how to override the default root settings in Mozilla products.
* [[CA:MD5and1024|Dates for Phasing out MD5-based signatures and 1024-bit moduli]]
* [[CA:CertPolicyUpdates|Updating Mozilla CA Certificate Policy:]] Working document to identify things to discuss in regards to updating the Mozilla CA Certificate Policy.
* [[PSM:EV_Testing_Easy_Version | EV Testing in Firefox:]] Explains how you can test that your CA certificate (that you want to enable for EV) and your OCSP infrastructure is working correctly according to the expectations of Mozilla, Firefox, the NSS library, and conforms to the SSL protocol specifications (as interpreted by Mozilla/NSS software).
* [[NSS:Release_Versions | Mapping of NSS versions to Mozilla Product Releases]]
* [[CA:Communications | Communications sent to CAs]]
* [[NSS:BurnDownList | SSL Burn Down List -- collecting/prioritizing bugs]]
* [[NSS:CAInclusionProcessIssues | Sandbox for identifying and resolving issues with the CA Inclusion Process]]


=== Discussion forums ===
* [https://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/policy/ Root Store Policy] (current stable version: 2.9)
* [[CA/Communications | CA Communications]] and their responses. Such communications may also set policy in advance of it being included in the Root Store Policy.
* [[CA/Root_Store_Policy_Archive|Root Store Policy Archive]]
* [[CA/Updating_Root_Store_Policy|Process for updating the Root Store Policy]]
** [https://github.com/mozilla/pkipolicy/issues Root Store Policy Issue Tracker]
** [https://github.com/mozilla/pkipolicy/blob/master/rootstore/policy.md Latest draft of Root Store Policy] (will become the next version)
* [[CA/Transition_SMIME_BRs|Transition to S/MIME BRs]]


The following Mozilla public forums are relevant to CA evaluation and related issues. Note that each forum can be accessed either as a mailing list or a  newsgroup (using an NNTP-newsreader or the Google Groups service).
== Lists of CAs and Certificates ==
* Policy forum. This forum is used for discussions of Mozilla policies related to security in general and CAs in particular; among other things, it is the preferred forum for the public comment phase of CA evaluation.
* [https://www.ccadb.org/rootstores/usage#ccadb-data-usage-terms Data Usage Terms]
** newsgroup: [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.security.policy/topics?pli=1 mozilla.dev.security.policy]
* [[CA/Included_CAs|Included CAs]] (in the Root Program and in Firefox)
** mailing list: [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security dev-security-policy@mozilla.org]
* [[CA/Included_Certificates|Included CA Certificates]]
* Crypto forum. This forum is used for discussions of the [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ NSS] cryptographic library used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products, as well as the [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/psm/ PSM] module that implements higher-level security protocols for Firefox, et.al. Note that this forum was previously used to discuss CA request, but such discussions should now be moved to the policy forum.
* [[CA/Intermediate_Certificates|Intermediate Certificates]]
** newsgroup: [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.crypto/topics?pli=1 mozilla.dev.tech.crypto]
* [[CA/Removed_Certificates|Removed CA Certificates]]
** mailing list: [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto dev-tech-crypto@mozilla.org]
* [[NSS:Release_Versions|NSS Release Versions]] - shows in which version of Mozilla products each root certificate was first available
* Security forum. This forum is used for discussions of Mozilla security issues in general. Crypto-related discussions should be moved to mozilla.dev.tech.crypto.
* [[CA/Additional_Trust_Changes| Additional Trust Policies ]] - describes trust policies enforced by PSM in Firefox and Thunderbird, but not represented in the NSS root store.
** newsgroup: [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.security/topics?pli=1 mozilla.dev.security]
** mailing list: [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security dev-security@mozilla.org]


=== Templates ===
== Program Administration ==


The following are templates created by Gerv Markham for use by the Mozilla representative(s) responsible for working on CA requests. Except as noted the templates are used in creating comments for the bug report associated with a CA request.
Most information relating to the administration of our program is stored either in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ Bugzilla] or in the [https://ccadb.org/ Common CA Database].


* [[CA:Information_template|CA information]]
* [[CA/Dashboard|Certificate Change Request Dashboard]] - tracks applications and trust changes through the process in Bugzilla
* [[CA:Nonenglish_template|Documents not in English]]
** [[CA/Prioritization|Certificate Change Prioritization]]  
* [[CA:Confirm_template|Please confirm information]]
* [[CA/Certificate_Change_Requests|Certificate Change Requests]] as tracked in the CCADB
* [[CA:Tentative_approval_template|Tentative approval]]
* [[CA/Incident_Dashboard|Incident and Compliance Dashboard]]
* [[CA:Tentative_approval_post_template|Tentative approval (newsgroup post)]]
** [[CA/Maintenance_and_Enforcement#Issues_Lists|CA Issues Lists]]
* [[CA:Inclusion_template|Inclusion in NSS]]
* [[CA/CCADB_Dashboard|CCADB Dashboard]]
* [[CA/Bug_Triage|Bugzilla Bug Triage Process]] - also lists whiteboard tags
* [[CA/Email_templates|Email Templates used by CCADB]]


=== Obsolete ===
====crt.sh====


The following items are obsolete, and have been replaced by other links provided above.
* [https://crt.sh/mozilla-disclosures Disclosure status of all certificates known to CT]
* [https://crt.sh/?cablint=issues Problematic certificates issued in the past week known to CT]


* [[CA:Root_Certificate_Requests|Applying for inclusion of CA root certificates]]. This wiki page has been replaced by [[CA:How_to_apply|A guide for CAs]].
== Information for CAs ==
* [[CA:Root_Removal_Policy_Notes|Root Removal Policy Discussion]]. This wiki page is used to review and comment on the proposed policy and process for removing a CA root certificate.
* [https://ccadb.org/cas/ CCADB Login]
* [[CA/Audit_Statements|Audit_Statements]]
* [[CA/Responding_To_An_Incident|Responding to an Incident]] (such as a misissuance)
* [[CA/Vulnerability_Disclosure|Disclosing a Vulnerability or Security Incident]]
* [[CA/Application_Process|Application Process for Mozilla's Root Program]]
** [[CA/Quantifying_Value|Quantifying Value: Information Expected of New Applicants]]
** [[CA/Compliance_Self-Assessment|Compliance Self Assessment]]
*** [[CA/CPS_Review|Previous reviews of CP/CPS documents]]
** [[CA/Information_Checklist|CA Information Checklist]]
** [[CA/Subordinate_CA_Checklist|Subordinate CA Information Checklist]]
* [[CA/External_Sub_CAs|Approval Process for Externally Operated Subordinate CAs]]
* [[CA/Certificate_Change_Process|Change or Remove an Included Root Certificate]]
* [[CA/Root_CA_Lifecycles|Root CA Lifecycles]]
* [[CA/Required_or_Recommended_Practices|Required or Recommended CA Practices]]
* [[CA/Root_Inclusion_Considerations|Root Inclusion Considerations]] -- This page is intended to be used as a tool for identifying when a CA Operator's root inclusion request should be denied, or when a CA's root certificate should be removed from Mozilla's root store.
** [[CA/Forbidden_or_Problematic_Practices|Forbidden or Problematic CA Practices]]
** [[CA/Maintenance_and_Enforcement|Maintenance and Enforcement]]
* [[SecurityEngineering/Certificate_Verification|How Firefox Performs Certificate Verification]] and path construction
* [[CA/EV_Processing_for_CAs | How Firefox Processes EV Certificates]]
* Revocation
** [[CA/Revocation_Checking_in_Firefox|How Firefox Performs Revocation Checking]]
** [[CA/Revocation_Reasons|Revocation Reasons for TLS Server Certificates]]
* [[PSM:EV_Testing_Easy_Version|EV Readiness Test]]
 
* [https://github.com/digicert/pkilint PKI Lint Tool for TLS & S/MIME] - source code download
* [https://github.com/certlint/certlint BR Lint Certificate Test] - source code download
* [https://github.com/zmap/zlint ZLint - Certificate Test of Mozilla's and others' requirements] - source code download
* [https://github.com/kroeckx/x509lint X.509 Lint Certificate Test] - source code download
* [[CA:TestErrors|Common Test Errors]]
 
== Information for Auditors ==
* [[CA/Audit_Statements#Auditor_Qualifications|Auditor Qualifications]]
* [[CA/Auditor_Compliance|Auditor Compliance Dashboard]]
* [[CA/BR_Audit_Guidance|Guidance on doing Baseline Requirements audits]]
* [[CA/Auditor_Mistakes|Mistakes we have seen auditors make]] and their consequences
 
== Information for the Public ==
* [https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2019/02/14/why-does-mozilla-maintain-our-own-root-certificate-store/ Why Does Mozilla Maintain Our Own Root Certificate Store?]
* [https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2019/04/15/common-ca-database-ccadb/ What is the Common CA Database (CCADB)?]
* [[CA/FAQ|FAQ About Certificates and CAs]]
* [https://ccadb.my.salesforce-sites.com/mozilla/ProblemReportingMechanismsReport List of CA problem reporting mechanisms (email, etc.)] (use this to report a certificate problem directly to the CA)
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=CA%20Program&component=CA%20Certificate%20Compliance Report an Incident to Mozilla] (be sure to click the "Security" checkbox if it is a [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/#For_Developers security-sensitive incident])
* [[CA/Terminology|Glossary of CA and Certificate Terminology]]
* [[CA/Changing_Trust_Settings|Changing Certificate Trust Settings in Firefox]]
** [[CA/Changing_Trust_Settings#Trusting_an_Additional_Root_Certificate|Manually import a root certificate into Firefox]]
* [https://certviewer-dot-ccadb-231121.appspot.com/certviewer Certificate Viewer] -- can also be installed/run locally (see [https://github.com/mozilla/CCADB-Tools/tree/master/certViewer ReadMe])
* [https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html Qualys SSL Server Quality Checker]
* [https://observatory.mozilla.org/ Mozilla SSL Server Quality Checker]
* [[CA/Revocation_Checking_in_Firefox|How Firefox performs revocation checking]]
* [https://certificate.revocationcheck.com/ Certificate Revocation Checker] (also checks CRL and OCSP server quality and compliance)
* [https://ccadb.my.salesforce-sites.com/mozilla/CAAIdentifiersReport List of CAA Identifiers] (used to restrict issuance of certificates to specific CAs via a [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6844 DNS Certification Authority Authorization Resource Record])
* [[CA/AddRootToFirefox|How to install your own root certificate in Firefox]]
 
== Discussion Forums ==
 
The following public forums are relevant to CA evaluation and related issues.
 
===== CCADB =====
* '''[https://groups.google.com/a/ccadb.org/g/public CCADB Public mailing list''' is used to conduct a six-week public discussion of CA root inclusion requests and to discuss important lessons learned from CA incident reports. See https://www.ccadb.org/cas/public-group for more information.
 
===== MDSP =====
* '''[https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy Mozilla's dev-security-policy (MDSP)] mailing list''' is used for discussions of Mozilla policies related to security in general and CAs in particular, and for wider discussions about the WebPKI. If you are a regular participant in MDSP, then please add your name to the [[CA/Policy_Participants|Policy Participants]] page.
 
===== Other MDSP Mail Archives =====
* '''New MDSP Messages''' (since August 2021)
 
(HTML): https://www.mail-archive.com/dev-security-policy@mozilla.org/
 
(RSS): https://www.mail-archive.com/dev-security-policy@mozilla.org/maillist.xml
 
* '''Old MDSP Messages''' (until April 2021)
 
(HTML): https://www.mail-archive.com/dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org/
 
(RSS): https://www.mail-archive.com/dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org/maillist.xml
 
===== Other Forums =====
* [https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-tech-crypto Mozilla's dev-tech-crypto] mailing list is used for discussions of the [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS NSS] cryptographic library used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products, as well as the [https://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/psm/ PSM] module that implements higher-level security protocols for Firefox.
* For other discussions of Mozilla security issues:
** [https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/security/ Mozilla's Security Web forum] is a place to discuss information security work in the open source space, where Mozilla is empowering users to build and curate a Healthy Internet.
** [https://discourse.mozilla.org/tags/c/firefox-development/privacy-and-security Mozilla's privacy-and-security forum] is a place to discuss issues and questions specific to privacy and security.
** [https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#security:mozilla.org chat on Matrix] may also be used

Latest revision as of 16:35, 8 May 2024

Mozilla's CA Certificate Program

Mozilla’s CA Certificate Program governs inclusion of root certificates in Network Security Services (NSS), a set of open source libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. The NSS root certificate store is not only used in Mozilla products such as the Firefox browser, but is also used by other companies in a variety of products. The program is overseen by the module owner and peers of the CA Certificates Module; the policy itself is overseen by the module owner and peers of the CA Certificate Policy Module.

Policy

Lists of CAs and Certificates

Program Administration

Most information relating to the administration of our program is stored either in Bugzilla or in the Common CA Database.

crt.sh

Information for CAs

Information for Auditors

Information for the Public

Discussion Forums

The following public forums are relevant to CA evaluation and related issues.

CCADB
MDSP
  • Mozilla's dev-security-policy (MDSP) mailing list is used for discussions of Mozilla policies related to security in general and CAs in particular, and for wider discussions about the WebPKI. If you are a regular participant in MDSP, then please add your name to the Policy Participants page.
Other MDSP Mail Archives
  • New MDSP Messages (since August 2021)

(HTML): https://www.mail-archive.com/dev-security-policy@mozilla.org/

(RSS): https://www.mail-archive.com/dev-security-policy@mozilla.org/maillist.xml

  • Old MDSP Messages (until April 2021)

(HTML): https://www.mail-archive.com/dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org/

(RSS): https://www.mail-archive.com/dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org/maillist.xml

Other Forums
  • Mozilla's dev-tech-crypto mailing list is used for discussions of the NSS cryptographic library used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products, as well as the PSM module that implements higher-level security protocols for Firefox.
  • For other discussions of Mozilla security issues:
Retrieved from "https://wiki.allizom.org/index.php?title=CA&oldid=1250732"