On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 12:29 PM Eric Mill <e...@konklone.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 5:22 PM Wayne Thayer via dev-security-policy <
> dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
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>> Visa has filed a bug [1] requesting removal of the eCommerce root from the
>> Mozilla root store. Visa has also responded to the information requested
>> in
>> the qualified audits bug [2], but it's unclear if or when they will
>> respond
>> to the issues list presented in this thread. Two weeks have passed since I
>> posted the issues list, and I see no reason to delay the complete distrust
>> of Visa's eCommerce root. That is likely to happen in Firefox 64 [3] via
>> removal of the root from NSS version 3.40 . Visa is still welcome to
>> respond to the issues list, but I think the removal of Visa's only
>> included
>> root, and thus Visa, from the Mozilla CA Certificate Program implies that
>> this discussion has reached a conclusion.
>>
>
> Visa also stated in their removal bug:
>
> "Visa’s plan is to remove the SHA1 root and introduce a new SHA2 and ECC
> root."
>
> Were Visa to apply to the Mozilla program with one or more new roots,
> would those be new discussions, or would that cause this discussion about
> Visa's history of issues to be re-opened?
>
> It would be a new discussion in which I think it is safe to assume that
Visa's prior issues would be considered, as well as their response (if any)
to this discussion.

-- Eric
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>
>>
>> - Wayne
>>
>> [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1493822
>> [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1485851#c2
>> [3] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 1:15 PM Ryan Sleevi <r...@sleevi.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 3:26 PM Wayne Thayer via dev-security-policy <
>> > dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Visa recently delivered new qualified audit reports for their eCommerce
>> >> Root that is included in the Mozilla program. I opened a bug [1] and
>> >> requested an incident report from Visa.
>> >>
>> >> Visa was also the subject of a thread [2] earlier this year in which I
>> >> stated that I would look into some of the concerns that were raised.
>> I've
>> >> done that and have compiled the following issues list:
>> >>
>> >> https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:Visa_Issues
>> >>
>> >> While I have attempted to make this list as complete, accurate, and
>> >> factual
>> >> as possible, it may be updated as more information is received from
>> Visa
>> >> and the community.
>> >>
>> >> I would like to request that a representative from Visa engage in this
>> >> discussion and provide responses to these issues.
>> >>
>> >> - Wayne
>> >>
>> >> [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1485851
>> >> [2]
>> >>
>> >>
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.security.policy/NNV3zvX43vE/ns8UUwp8BgAJ
>> >
>> >
>> > I've not seen Visa engage in this discussion. The silence is rather
>> > deafening, and arguably unacceptably so.
>> >
>> > With respect to the Qualified Audit, Visa's response as to the substance
>> > of the issue is particularly unsettling.
>> > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1485851#c3 demonstrates
>> that
>> > they've not actually remediated the qualification, that they've further
>> > failed to meet the BRs requirements on revocations by any reasonable
>> > perspective, and they don't even have a plan yet to remedy this issue.
>> >
>> > Examining the bug itself is fairly disturbing, and the responses likely
>> > reveal further BR violations. For example, the inability to obtain
>> evidence
>> > of domain validation information reveals that there are further issues
>> with
>> > 2-7.3 - namely, maintaining those logs for 7 years. The response to
>> 2-7.3
>> > suggests that there are likely more endemic issues around the issuance.
>> >
>> > Given the past issues, the recently identified issues (that appear to
>> have
>> > been longstanding), and the new issues that Visa's PKI Policy team is
>> > actively engaging in, I believe it would be appropriate and necessary to
>> > consider removing trust in this CA.
>> >
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