Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byJune Barker Modified over 9 years ago
1
K. Stoeckigt (ksto033@ec.auckland.ac.nz) Password interception in a SSL/TLS channel Brice Canvel LASEC Memo 02/2003 http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/memo_ssl.shtml
2
K. Stoeckigt (ksto033@ec.auckland.ac.nz) Password interception in a SSL/TLS channel Summary/Overview Combine two attacks, a man-in-the-middle-attack and a side-attack and take the opportunity to get someone’s email password.
3
K. Stoeckigt (ksto033@ec.auckland.ac.nz) Password interception in a SSL/TLS channel Memo is not uniform about the assumption the reader already knows about security and/or networking, computer science → Information gap –“SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and TLS stands for Transport Layer Security. These are methods for hiding the information two parties send to each other,…” –“Then, when using a block cipher in CBC mode, the concatenated string MES|MAC is padded with padding PAD such that MES|MAC|PAD|LEN is of…” Critical Comments
4
K. Stoeckigt (ksto033@ec.auckland.ac.nz) Password interception in a SSL/TLS channel The connection between the explanation of the Timing- Attack and the Dictionary and Brute Force method in comparison to the Attack in practice is not obvious –Neither timing data nor Dictionary and Brute Force method is mentioned in the “final” explanation Attack is possible, but very complex –Man-in-the-middle attack; hacker must be able to intercept the connection between Client and Server → this is not easy Critical Comments (II)
5
K. Stoeckigt (ksto033@ec.auckland.ac.nz) Password interception in a SSL/TLS channel No further explanation to the graph (What is 0 – 800 ? What kind of diagram is it ?) Critical Comments (III)
6
K. Stoeckigt (ksto033@ec.auckland.ac.nz) Password interception in a SSL/TLS channel Client, running MS Outlook Express 6.x IMAP Mail Server Hacker The Attack in Practice User checks email using a secure connection (Outlook checks mail every 5 minutes → Hacker has a free sessions every 5 minutes) Hacker intercepts the connection (connection is redirected (DNS spoofing), man-in-the-middle-attack) Email client sends login/password to server XXXX LOGIN “username” “password” Hacker tries to decrypt authentication method using a multisession version of CBC-PAD (side-attack)
7
K. Stoeckigt (ksto033@ec.auckland.ac.nz) Password interception in a SSL/TLS channel It is just a Memo → many information are missing Attack is possible, but it costs a huge amount of effort to attack the system “Full report available soon” → not until June Counteractive measures have been released (for OpenSSL) Conclusion
8
K. Stoeckigt (ksto033@ec.auckland.ac.nz) Password interception in a SSL/TLS channel ? What else do you need to know to determine if your system is vulnerable ? Do you think this vulnerability is also a MS-Problem ? Question
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.