Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-07 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] > On Behalf Of Charles Lindsey > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:29 AM > To: DKIM > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple > 5

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-07 Thread Charles Lindsey
KIM >> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with >> Multiple 5322.From >> >> And note that pious exhortations to ensure that RFC5322 be followed, or >> that MUAs should be fixed to solve this problem, are no solution. We >> live >>

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-06 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] > On Behalf Of Charles Lindsey > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 3:47 AM > To: DKIM > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple > 53

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-06 Thread Charles Lindsey
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:24:11 +0100, Hector Santos wrote: > I propose the following addition text by adding to 48721bis to address > this serious issue; > >Special Consideration for Verifying and Signing From: Header > >As an exception, header hash verification MUST be done for all >53

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Scott Kitterman
t;> Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple >> 5322.From >> >> Nack. DKIM also purports to provide assurance that the signed content >> of the message is unmodified. I think mentioning that all instances of >> a header that is sign

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Julian Mehnle
Hector Santos wrote: > Julian Mehnle wrote: > > > I interpret RFC 4871, section 5.4 (actually, exactly the part you > > quoted originally), such that signing a message that has a dingle > > From field with h=From:From ensures that adding another From field > > will break the signature. If you're

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Hector Santos
Julian Mehnle wrote: > Hector Santos wrote: > >> Julian Mehnle wrote: >> >>> The trick is to list From twice in h=. This ensures more From headers >>> cannot be added without breaking the signature. >> >> Julian, this was explored and it does not matter. You can add N >> number of h=from: and N

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread John Levine
>> It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay >> a message with a 2nd 5322.From header at the top ... A thing with two From: headers isn't a valid RFC 5322 message. You may recall a lengthy argument about what to do with messages with bare carriage returns, with the fin

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] > On Behalf Of Scott Kitterman > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 12:24 PM > To: ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole wit

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Scott Kitterman
"Dave CROCKER" wrote: > > >On 10/5/2010 8:15 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote: >>> It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay >>> > a message with a 2nd 5322.From header at the top which wouldn't break >>> > the DKIM signature validity, but would often be displayed by MUAs to >

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread MH Michael Hammer (5304)
-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple > 5322.From > > > > On 10/5/2010 8:15 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote: > >> It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay > >> > a message with a 2nd 5322.From header at the top which wouldn

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Julian Mehnle
Please don't CC me. I'm subscribed to the list. Hector Santos wrote: > Julian Mehnle wrote: > > > The trick is to list From twice in h=. This ensures more From headers > > cannot be added without breaking the signature. > > Julian, this was explored and it does not matter. You can add N > numb

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] > On Behalf Of Julian Mehnle > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:28 AM > To: ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Mul

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Julian Mehnle
Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: > But the attacker in this scenario is already the signer (or has > compromised the signer), so he/she will just sign the single From:. If the attacker is the signer, they can just as well resign many times. I don't think that's the scenario that Hector meant, though.

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Hector Santos
Ian Eiloart wrote: > > > --On 4 October 2010 18:24:11 -0400 Hector Santos wrote: > >> It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay >> a message with a 2nd 5322.From header at the top which wouldn't break >> the DKIM signature validity, but would often be displayed by MU

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
> -Original Message- > From: ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org [mailto:ietf-dkim-boun...@mipassoc.org] > On Behalf Of Julian Mehnle > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 7:27 AM > To: ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Mul

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Douglas Otis
On 10/5/10 8:45 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: > At a deeper level, there is a continuing problem with casting DKIM as a > mechanism to "protect" a message. That's something that OpenPGP and S/Mime > do; > it's not something DKIM does. DKIM merely tries to do enough to ensure that > the > d= is vali

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Hector Santos
Julian Mehnle wrote: > Hector Santos wrote: > >> It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay >> a message with a 2nd 5322.From header at the top which wouldn't break >> the DKIM signature validity, but would often be displayed by MUAs to >> display the new 5322.From displ

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Hector Santos
Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: >> Ouch. That's nasty. But wouldn't it be better to advise MUA vendors to >> display the signed header? Are there really MUA's that will display the >> unsigned headers *and* assert that it was validated? If so, that's >> surely a bug in the implementation of the MUA. >

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Julian Mehnle
Hector Santos wrote: > It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay > a message with a 2nd 5322.From header at the top which wouldn't break > the DKIM signature validity, but would often be displayed by MUAs to > display the new 5322.From display rather than the signature

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Hector Santos
Dave CROCKER wrote: >> Ian Eiloart wrote: >> >> Ouch. That's nasty. But wouldn't it be better to advise MUA vendors to >> display the signed header? Are there really MUA's that will display the >> unsigned headers*and* assert that it was validated? If so, that's >> surely a bug in the implementa

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
ber 05, 2010 5:15 AM > To: Hector Santos; ietf-dkim@mipassoc.org > Cc: Tim Polk > Subject: Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple > 5322.From > > > It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay > > a message with a 2n

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 10/5/2010 8:15 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote: >> It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay >> > a message with a 2nd 5322.From header at the top which wouldn't break >> > the DKIM signature validity, but would often be displayed by MUAs to >> > display the new 5322.From

Re: [ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-05 Thread Ian Eiloart
--On 4 October 2010 18:24:11 -0400 Hector Santos wrote: > It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay > a message with a 2nd 5322.From header at the top which wouldn't break > the DKIM signature validity, but would often be displayed by MUAs to > display the new 5322.F

[ietf-dkim] ISSUE: 4871bis - Security Loop hole with Multiple 5322.From

2010-10-04 Thread Hector Santos
It has been observed by implementations that is it possible to replay a message with a 2nd 5322.From header at the top which wouldn't break the DKIM signature validity, but would often be displayed by MUAs to display the new 5322.From display rather than the signature bound 5322.From header. F