When Certificate Transparency Is Too Transparent: Analyzing Information Leakage in HTTPS Domain Names
When Certificate Transparency Is Too Transparent: Analyzing Information Leakage in HTTPS Domain Names
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当证书透明度过于透明时:HTTPS域名信息泄露分析
DOI:
10.1145/3338498.3358655
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2019
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通讯作者:
Levin, Dave
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Roberts, Richard;Levin, Dave
Certificate Transparency (CT) is a recent initiative to log all publicly available certificates, thereby adding an extra layer of accountability and auditability to certificate authorities. Unbeknownst to most users and website administrators, CT logs make all data in all certificates available publicly and permanently. Although certificates are ostensibly intended to be public (after all, their main purpose is to convey an entity's public key), administrators may inadvertently include information that can be mined by anyone. For instance, CT logs contain certificates for subdomains, which naturally facilitates subdomain enumeration. This paper asks: is there other, more sensitive information included in certificates?We identify several types of user and enterprise information embedded within the domain names of certificates in CT logs. We provide queries for obtaining information such as users' names, usernames, and email addresses. We also find that CT logs can leak private enterprise information, such as business relationships, user growth measurements, and the existence of internal projects prior to their public announcements. We report initial results on how often and across how many domains information is leaked. Finally, we discuss areas of future work and potential countermeasures that administrators can take.
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2016
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G. Dhillon;Lemuria D. Carter;Javad Abed
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Javad Abed
DOI:
10.4135/9781412952415.n271
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2020
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Federal Regulatory Guide
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作者:
Patrick DeGraba;Patrick Greenlee;Daniel P. O’Brien;Maureen K. Ohlhausen;Terrell McSweeny;Michael Vita;J. Pappalardo;Aileen J. Thompson;Stephanie Beckett;Geoffrey Greene;Matthew Mandelberg;Jim Mongoven
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Patrick DeGraba;Patrick Greenlee;Daniel P. O’Brien;Maureen K. Ohlhausen;Terrell McSweeny;Michael Vita;J. Pappalardo;Aileen J. Thompson;Stephanie Beckett;Geoffrey Greene;Matthew Mandelberg;Jim Mongoven