Securing Internet Communication: TLS CS 161: Computer Security Prof. Vern Paxson TAs: Paul Bramsen, Apoorva Dornadula, David Fifield, Mia Gil Epner, David Hahn, Warren He, Grant Ho, Frank Li, Nathan Malkin, Mitar Milutinovic, Rishabh Poddar, Rebecca Portnoff, Nate Wang https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs161 / April 6, 2017
Today’s Lecture • Finish discussion of Denial-of-Service (DoS) • Begin discussion of crypto technology in practice • Goal #1: overview of the most prominent Internet security protocol – SSL/TLS: transport-level (process-to-process) on top of TCP • Secures the web via HTTPS – (Next lecture: DNSSEC, securing domain name lookups) • Goal #2: cement understanding of crypto building blocks & how they’re used together
Practical Defense: SYN Cookies • Server: when SYN arrives, encode critical state entirely within SYN-ACK’s sequence # y ! – y = encoding of necessary state, using server secret • When ACK of SYN-ACK arrives, server only creates state if value of y from it agrees w/ secret Server Client (initiator) SYN, SeqNum = x 1 + x = cookie y = <t, m, S> k c A y , = m u N q e S K , C A d n a N t = 5-bit 2mestamp that advances every 64 seconds Y S Server only creates m = 3 bits for encoding TCP op2ons state here if y validates ACK, Ack = y + 1 S = boCom 24 bits of SHA-1(4-tuple, t, server secret )
Cookies: Discussion • Illustrates general strategy: rather than holding state, encode it so that it is returned when needed • For SYN cookies, attacker must complete 3-way handshake in order to burden server – Can’t use spoofed source addresses • Note #1: strategy requires that you have enough bits to encode all the critical state – (This is just barely the case for SYN cookies) • Note #2: if it’s expensive to generate or check the cookie, then it’s not a win
TCP SYN Flooding, con’t • Approach #4: spread service across lots of different physical servers – This is a general defense against a wide range of DoS threats (including application-layer) – If servers are at different places around the network, protects against network-layer DoS too • But: costs $$ • And: some services are not easy to divide up – Such as when need to modify common database • E.g. a multi-player real-time game
Application-Layer DoS • Rather than exhausting network or memory resources, attacker can overwhelm a service’s processing capacity • There are many ways to do so, often at little expense to attacker compared to target ( asymmetry )
The link sends a request to the web server that requires heavy processing by its backend database.
Application-Layer DoS, con’t • Rather than exhausting network or memory resources, attacker can overwhelm a service’s processing capacity • There are many ways to do so, often at little expense to attacker compared to target (asymmetry) • Defenses against such attacks? • Approach #1: Only let legit users to issue expensive requests – Relies on being able to identify/authenticate them – Note: that this itself might be expensive ! • Approach #2: Look for clusters of similar activity – Arms race w/ attacker AND costs collateral damage • Approach #3: distribute service across multiple physical servers ($$$)
Securing Internet Communication
Channel vs. Object Security • Channel security = securing a means of communication • Object security = securing data values • CIA applies to both of them – But with different design implications • TLS provides channel security
Building Secure End-to-End Channels • End-to-end = communication protections achieved all the way from originating client to intended server – With no need to trust intermediaries • Dealing with threats: – Eavesdropping? • Encryption (including session keys) – Manipulation (injection, MITM)? • Integrity (use of a MAC); replay protection – Impersonation? What's missing? ( ) • Signatures Availability …
Building A Secure End-to-End Channel: SSL/TLS • SSL = Secure Sockets Layer (predecessor) • TLS = Transport Layer Security (standard) – Both terms used interchangeably • Notion: provide means to secure any application that uses TCP
SSL/TLS In Network Layering 7 Application 7 SSL / TLS 7 Application 4 Transport (TCP) 4 Transport 3 (Inter)Network 3 (Inter)Network 2 2 Link Link 1 1 Physical Physical
Building A Secure End-to-End Channel: SSL/TLS • SSL = Secure Sockets Layer (predecessor) • TLS = Transport Layer Security (standard) – Both terms used interchangeably • Notion: provide means to secure any application that uses TCP – Secure = encryption/confidentiality + integrity + authentication (of server, but typ. not of client) – E.g., puts the ‘s’ in “ https ”
Regular web surfing – http: URL
Web surfing with TLS/SSL – https: URL Note: site needs to make sure that all of its images, links, etc., are now also fetched via https: URLs. Doing so gives the web page full integrity, in keeping with end-to-end security. (Browsers do not provide this “ promotion ” automatically.)
Building A Secure End-to-End Channel: SSL / TLS • SSL = Secure Sockets Layer (predecessor) • TLS = Transport Layer Security (standard) – Both terms used interchangeably • Notion: provide means to secure any application that uses TCP – Secure = encryption/confidentiality + integrity + authentication (of server, but typ. not of client) – E.g., puts the ‘s’ in “ https ” • API similar to “ socket ” interface used for regular network programming – Fairly easy to convert an app to be secured
HTTPS Connection (SSL / TLS) Amazon • Browser (client) connects via Browser Server TCP to Amazon's HTTPS server SYN • Client picks 256-bit random K C A N Y S number R B , sends over list of crypto protocols it supports A C K H • Server picks 256-bit random e l l o . M ( y T r L n S d + # R number R S , selects cipher suite = S ( S A R B S + L A . + E I D S s u H 1 2 p + 8 p 3 + o to use for this session D S r t E H S A + 2 M 5 D 6 ) 5 o ) r o r … • Server sends over its certificate . Let ' s use TLS+RSA+AES128+SHA256 My rnd # = R S • (all of this is in the clear) Here ' s my cert a t • Client now validates cert a d f o B K 3 - 2 ~
HTTPS Connection (SSL / TLS), con’t Amazon • For RSA, browser constructs long Browser Server (368 bits) “ Premaster Secret ” PS Here ' s my cert • Browser sends PS encrypted using a t a d f o B Amazon's public RSA key K Amazon K 3 - 2 ~ • Using PS, R B , and R S , browser & PS { P S } server derive symm. cipher keys K Amazon (C B , C S ) & MAC integrity keys (I B , I S ) PS – One pair to use in each direction
HTTPS Connection (SSL / TLS), con’t Amazon • For RSA, browser constructs long Browser Server (368 bits) “ Premaster Secret ” PS Here ' s my cert • Browser sends PS encrypted using a t a d f o B Amazon's public RSA key K Amazon K 3 - 2 ~ • Using PS, R B , and R S , browser & PS { P S } server derive symm. cipher keys K Amazon (C B , C S ) & MAC integrity keys (I B , I S ) PS – One pair to use in each direction PS is used as the key for iterative HMAC invocations on R B || R S . Browser & server use the output to generate C B , C S , etc .
HTTPS Connection (SSL / TLS), con’t Amazon • For RSA, browser constructs long Browser Server (368 bits) “ Premaster Secret ” PS Here ' s my cert • Browser sends PS encrypted using a t a d f o Amazon's public RSA key K Amazon B K 3 - 2 ~ • Using PS, R B , and R S , browser & PS { P S } server derive symm. cipher keys K Amazon (C B , C S ) & MAC integrity keys (I B , I S ) MAC( dialog ,I B ) PS – One pair to use in each direction • Browser & server exchange MACs ) I , g o l a i S d ( C A computed over entire dialog so far M • If good MAC, Browser displays {M 1 , MAC(M 1 ,I B )} CB • All subsequent communication encrypted w/ symmetric cipher (e.g., AES128) cipher keys, MACs } ) I , CS M ( C S A M 2 , – Messages also numbered to thwart M { 2 replay attacks
Alternative: Key Exchange via Diffie-Hellman Amazon • For Diffie-Hellman, server Browser Server generates random a, sends Here ' s my cert public params and g a mod p a t a d – Signed with server’s public key f o B K 3 - 2 ~ -1 • Browser verifies signature } p Amazon d o K m a g , p , g { • Browser generates random b, PS computes PS = g ab mod p, sends g b m o d p to server MAC( dialog ,I B ) PS • Server also computes PS = g ab mod p ) I , g o l a • Remainder is as before: from i S d ( C A M PS, R B , and R S , browser & server derive symm. cipher keys {M 1 , MAC(M 1 ,I B )} CB (C B , C S ) and MAC integrity keys (I B , I S ), etc … …
5 Minute Break Questions Before We Proceed?
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