Law Enforcement Appliance Subverts SSL

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  1. Searching_ _ _

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    Law Enforcement Appliance Subverts SSL
     
  2. dw426

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    I'm thinking they've had that ability for some time now. It's a great way to bust illegal websites, and, of course, a great way to do some general spying. I'm quite sure it'll find its way into the hands of hackers, if it already hasn't (which is unlikely). Another day, another security threat. Welcome to the Internet!
     
  3. CloneRanger

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    @Searching

    Thanks for posting

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    http://www.packetforensics.com/govt.safe

    Wonder what SteveTX ZeroBank will make of it and similar type methods ? I'd like to know :thumb: as i'm sure so too would others.

    @dw426

    A lot more than just general spying from Searchings link :ouch:
     
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    As Matt Blaze said on one of the links posted above, the whole SSL model is severely broken. Why? Because it relies on a third-party "authority" to be trust-worthy. This means we must trust them not to spoof certificates or give out fake ones to malicious people. Moreover, there are hundreds of such authorities, which makes keeping track of them almost impossible.

    In the midst of these hundreds of authorities it is theorized that at least a few of them are ran by intelligence agencies. Therein lies the problem. Encryption is only as good as the key is trustworthy. This is why I like PGP's web of trust model better -- you don't trust a key unless you have met the key owner in person.
     
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    @mvario

    Thanks for adding to the thread, glad you did, good info etc :thumb:

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    Yeah you can't trust many in "so called" authority, especially .GOV etc :(

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    Well there doesn't seem to be many certificate authorities that come preinstalled in Opera, and, besides that Opera alerts to anything new. With what I use, There would be nothing infecting my browser to begin with. So whatever floats their boat I suppose.
     
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    I was asked by CloneRanger to discuss how XeroBank defeats MITM attacks. In this case, our certificates are pre-shared with the client inside our software, so *any* deviation from the certificate expected will send a warning to the user and prevent a connection from being created.
     
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    @SteveTX

    Well that's brilliant news :)

    Not being funny, but have you had anyone test/try a MITM attack between endpoints, and anywhere inbetween with XB ever.

    If so what were the results ?

    If not will you soon, and publish here please ?

    TIA :thumb:
     
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