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Cryptography Pitfalls at GOTO Chicago 2016

Cryptography Pitfalls at GOTO Chicago 2016

John Downey

May 25, 2016
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  1. Cryptography Pitfalls
    John Downey | @jtdowney
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  2. @jtdowney 2

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  3. Chicago
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  4. The views expressed in this presentation are my own,
    and not those of PayPal or any of its affiliates.
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  5. @jtdowney 5

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  6. Confidentiality
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  7. Authentication
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  8. Identification
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  9. Rigorous Science
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  10. Peer Review
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  11. @jtdowney 11

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  12. You have probably seen the door to a bank vault, at least in
    the movies. You know, 10-inch-thick, hardened steel, with huge
    bolts to lock it in place. It certainly looks impressive. We
    often find the digital equivalent of such a vault door installed
    in a tent. The people standing around it are arguing over how
    thick the door should be, rather than spending their time
    looking at the tent.
    — Cryptography Engineering by Niels Ferguson, Bruce
    Schneier, and Tadayoshi Kohno
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  13. • For data in transit
    • Use TLS (née SSL), SSH, or VPN/IPsec
    • For data at rest
    • Use GnuPG
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  14. • Avoid low level libraries
    • OpenSSL
    • PyCrypto
    • Bouncy Castle
    • Use a high level library
    • NaCL/libsodium (C, Ruby, etc)
    • Keyczar (Python and Java)
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  15. @jtdowney 15

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  16. Random Number
    Generation
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  17. • Randomness is a central part of any crypto system
    • Used to generate:
    • Encryption keys
    • API keys
    • Session tokens
    • Password reset tokens
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  18. Pitfalls
    1. Not using a cryptographically strong random number
    generator
    2. Broken random random number generators
    3. Not using random data when it is required
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  19. @jtdowney 19

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  20. @jtdowney 20

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  21. Pitfalls
    1. Not using the right random number generator
    2. Broken random random number generators
    3. Not using random data when it is required
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  23. MD_Update(&m,buf,j);
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  24. Don't add uninitialised data to the random number generator.
    This stop valgrind from giving error messages in unrelated
    code. (Closes: #363516)
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  25. /* DO NOT REMOVE THE FOLLOWING CALL TO MD_Update()! */
    MD_Update(&m,buf,j);
    /* We know that line may cause programs such as
    purify and valgrind to complain about use of
    uninitialized data. The problem is not, it's
    with the caller. Removing that line will make
    sure you get really bad randomness and thereby
    other problems such as very insecure keys. */
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  27. @jtdowney 27

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  28. @jtdowney 28

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  29. Pitfalls
    1. Not using the right random number generator
    2. Broken random random number generators
    3. Not using random data when it is required
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  30. @jtdowney 30

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  31. Recommendations
    • Unix-like
    • Read from /dev/urandom
    • Windows
    • RandomNumberGenerator.Create() (.NET)
    • CryptGenRandom (Windows)
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  32. Hash Functions
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  33. • Often called a fingerprint
    • One way
    • Not reversible (can’t find person without fingerprint DB)
    • Ideally, no two people with same fingerprint (no two inputs)
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  34. Pitfalls
    1. Using weak/old algorithms
    2. Misunderstanding checksums
    3. Length extension attacks
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  35. @jtdowney 35

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  36. @jtdowney 36

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  37. @jtdowney 37

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  38. @jtdowney 38

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  39. 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A
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  40. mission = """
    USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts
    activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified
    Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when
    directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order
    to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action
    in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries.
    """
    md5(mission)
    # => 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A
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  41. Pitfalls
    1. Using weak/old algorithms
    2. Misunderstanding checksums
    3. Length extension attacks
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  42. @jtdowney 42

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  43. Pitfalls
    1. Using weak/old algorithms
    2. Misunderstanding checksums
    3. Length extension attacks
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  44. Length Extension Attacks
    secret = "my-secret-key"
    value = "buy 10 units at $1"
    signature = sha256(secret + "|" + value)
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  45. Length Extension Attacks
    secret = "my-secret-key"
    value = "buy 10 units at $1actually make that at $0"
    signature = sha256(secret + "|" + value)
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  46. Length Extension Attacks
    secret = "my-secret-key"
    value = "buy 10 units at $1"
    signature = hmac_sha256(secret, value)
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  47. Message Authentication Code
    (MAC)
    tag = hmac_sha256(key, value)
    • key - shared secret
    • value - value to protected integrity of
    • tag - value that represents the integrity
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  48. @jtdowney 48

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  49. @jtdowney 49

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  50. Recommendations
    • Use SHA-256 (SHA-2 family)
    • Choose HMAC-SHA-256 if you want a signature
    • Stop using MD5
    • Don't use SHA-1 in new projects
    • Phase it out for uses that require collision resistance
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  51. Password Storage
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  52. @jtdowney 52

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  53. @jtdowney 53

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  54. @jtdowney 54

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  55. @jtdowney 55

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  56. @jtdowney 56

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  57. @jtdowney 57

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  58. sha1(password)
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  59. 1. One-way
    • Value can be used for verification
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  60. sha1(salt + password)
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  61. 1. One-way
    • Value can be used for verification
    2. Randomized
    • Can largely defeat pre-computed tables
    • Forces attackers to focus on one password
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  62. Hash functions are fast
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  63. 1. One-way
    • Value can be used for verification
    2. Randomized
    • Can largely defeat pre-computed tables
    • Forces attackers to focus on one password
    3. Slow
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  64. Adaptive Hashing
    bcrypt, scrypt, or PBKDF2
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  65. Recommendations
    • Delegate authentication if possible
    • Facebook, Twitter, Google, Github
    • Store one-way verifiers using bcrypt, scrypt, or PBDKF2
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  66. So your password
    storage is bad
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  67. It will be ok,
    you can fix it
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  68. Example:
    password_hash column is sha1(salt || password)
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  69. • Don't wait for user to login and silently upgrade
    • Wrap bcrypt around existing scheme
    • Use bcrypt(sha1(salt || password)
    • Upgrade all passwords in place
    • This does require you're previous password scheme wasn't
    atrociously bad (e.g. DES crypt)
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  70. Now:
    password_hash column is bcrypt(sha1(salt || password))
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  71. Ciphers
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  72. Pitfalls
    1. Using old/weak algorithms
    2. Using ECB mode
    3. Not using authenticated encryption
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  73. @jtdowney 73

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  74. @jtdowney 74

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  75. @jtdowney 75

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  76. Pitfalls
    1. Using old/weak algorithms
    2. Using ECB mode
    3. Not using authenticated encryption
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  77. AES - primitive
    ciphertext = AES_Encrypt(key, plaintext)
    plaintext = AES_Decrypt(key, ciphertext)
    • Function over:
    • key - 128, 192, or 256 bit value
    • plaintext - 128 bit value
    • ciphertext - 128 bit value
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  78. ECB Encrypt
    while (remaining blocks) {
    block = ... # next 16 byte (128 bit chunk)
    ouput.append(AES_Encrypt(key, block))
    }
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  80. @jtdowney 80

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  81. Pitfalls
    1. Using old/weak algorithms
    2. Using ECB mode
    3. Not using authenticated encryption
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  82. @jtdowney 82

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  83. @jtdowney 83

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  84. @jtdowney 84

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  85. @jtdowney 85

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  86. World of hurt
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  87. Recommendations
    • Prefer to use box/secret box from NaCL/libsodium
    • Stop using DES
    • Stop building your own on top of AES
    • Stop encrypting without protecting integrity
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  88. What if you have to use AES
    • Do not use ECB mode
    • Be sure to use authenticated encryption
    • GCM mode would be a good first choice
    • Verify the tag/MAC first
    • Still easy to mess up in a critical way
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  89. TLS/SSL Verification
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  91. Pitfalls
    1. Not verifying the certificate chain
    2. Not verifying the hostname
    3. Using a broken library
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  93. $ curl -k https://example.com
    or
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
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  94. Pitfalls
    1. Not verifying the certificate chain
    2. Not verifying the hostname
    3. Using a broken library
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  95. • Hostname verification is protocol dependent
    • OpenSSL doesn't have it built in
    • Also, some people just turn it off:
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
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  96. Pitfalls
    1. Not verifying the certificate chain
    2. Not verifying the hostname
    3. Using a broken library
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  97. @jtdowney 97

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  98. @jtdowney 98

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  99. Recommendations
    • Do ensure you're validating connections
    • Lean on a framework/library if possible
    • But check that it also does the right thing
    • Setup and automated test to validate this setting
    (badssl.com)
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  100. TLS Server Settings
    https://mozilla.github.io/server-side-tls/ssl-config-generator/
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  101. Trust
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  102. The authenticity of host 'apollo.local (10.0.2.56)' can't be established.
    RSA key fingerprint is 04:63:c1:ba:c7:31:04:12:14:ff:b6:c4:32:cf:44:ec.
    Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
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  103. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
    @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
    IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
    Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
    It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
    The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
    04:63:c1:ba:c7:31:04:12:14:ff:b6:c4:32:cf:44:ec.
    Please contact your system administrator.
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  105. Certificate Pinning
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  106. @jtdowney 106

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  107. Recommendations
    • Think about what organizations you really trust
    • Investigate certificate pinning for your apps
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  108. @jtdowney 108

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  109. Stanford Crypto Class
    http://crypto-class.com
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  110. Matasano Crypto Challenges
    http://cryptopals.com
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  111. Questions
    John Downey | @jtdowney
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