From ed2a8b6f9dd5a0e857a5e06ca1f7509173ebd38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jarrod Johnson Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:45:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Provide an example to name constrain a CA It's imperfect, and abetter procedure should be written up for the more security conscious. --- misc/makealtca.py | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/makealtca.py diff --git a/misc/makealtca.py b/misc/makealtca.py new file mode 100644 index 00000000..644cc9ad --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/makealtca.py @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +# This creates a locked down variant of a confluent CA + +# The confluent CA naturally doesn't have any name constraints, which +# is great for flexibility. + +# However, if actually being imported into a web browser, it is likely +# to want to limit the CA to apply to cluster resources rather +# than having a blank check to vouch for any and all subjects. + +# This particular approach causes a certificate authority that +# can be imported and vouch for the subset of certificates +# that were issued by the normal CA that match name constraints + +# Unfortunately, *ALL* names are checked, whether they are relevant +# to the conversation or not, so we reproduce the logic and the resultant +# CA is fragile to IP addresses. + +# The better approach would be to issue a separate, full name only certificate +# and have a simpler alt CA. The same CA can be used to sign both certificates, +# and still import the limited one + + +import subprocess +import socket +import confluent.certutil as certutil +import sys +def create_alt_ca(certout, permitdomains): + # This is to create a constrained variant of the existing authority + # this will allow a client browser to only trust it for select domains + # while the nodes can more broadly trust it (e.g. to vouch for IP addresses) + sslcfg = certutil.get_openssl_conf_location() + newcfg = '/etc/confluent/tls/ca-alt/openssl-alt.cfg' + subj = subprocess.check_output( + ['openssl', 'x509', '-subject', '-noout', '-in', '/etc/confluent/tls/ca/cacert.pem'] + ).decode().replace('subject=', '') + serial = subprocess.check_output( + ['openssl', 'x509', '-serial', '-noout', '-in', '/etc/confluent/tls/ca/cacert.pem'] + ).decode().replace('serial=', '') + with open('/etc/confluent/tls/ca-alt/serial', 'w') as srl: + srl.write(serial) + settings = { + 'dir': '/etc/confluent/tls/ca-alt', + 'certificate': '$dir/cacert.pem', + 'private_key': '$dir/private/cakey.pem', + 'countryName': 'optional', + 'stateOrProvinceName': 'optional', + 'organizationName': 'optional', + } + keyin = '/etc/confluent/tls/ca/private/cakey.pem' + csrin = '/etc/confluent/tls/ca/ca.csr' + + shortname = 'r3u20' + + + ipaddrs = list(certutil.get_ip_addresses()) + san = [] # 'IP:{0}'.format(x) for x in ipaddrs] + # It is incorrect to put IP addresses as DNS type. However + # there exists non-compliant clients that fail with them as IP + # san.extend(['DNS:{0}'.format(x) for x in ipaddrs]) + dnsnames = set(ipaddrs) + dnsnames.add(shortname) + for currip in ipaddrs: + dnsnames.add(socket.getnameinfo((currip, 0), 0)[0]) + for currname in dnsnames: + san.append('DNS:{0}'.format(currname)) + + + + if permitdomains[0] == '': + permitdomains = [] + nameconstraints = ['permitted;DNS:{}'.format(x) for x in permitdomains] + nameconstraints.extend(['permitted;{}'.format(x) for x in san]) + nameconstraints = ','.join(nameconstraints) + if nameconstraints: + nameconstraints = f'nameConstraints = critical,{nameconstraints}\n' + certutil.mkdirp('/etc/confluent/tls/ca-alt/newcerts') + with open('/etc/confluent/tls/ca-alt/index.txt', 'w') as idx: + pass + + with open(sslcfg, 'r') as cfgin: + with open(newcfg, 'w') as cfgfile: + for line in cfgin.readlines(): + cfg = line.split('#')[0] + if '=' in cfg: + key, val = cfg.split('=', 1) + for stg in settings: + if certutil.substitute_cfg(stg, key, val, settings[stg], cfgfile, line): + break + else: + cfgfile.write(line.strip() + '\n') + continue + cfgfile.write(line.strip() + '\n') + cfgfile.write(f'\n[CACert]\nbasicConstraints = CA:true\n{nameconstraints}[ca_confluent]\n') + subprocess.check_call( + ['openssl', 'ca', '-config', newcfg, '-batch', '-selfsign', + '-extensions', 'CACert', '-extfile', newcfg, + '-notext', '-startdate', + '19700101010101Z', '-enddate', '21000101010101Z', '-keyfile', + keyin, '-out', certout, '-in', csrin] + ) +if __name__ == '__main__': + create_alt_ca(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2].split(',')) +