[db-wg] Signature expiration check proposal

excellent idea, I would even propose the allowed time to be shorter,  
like one day or two (at most)

Joao

On 21 Jul, 2005, at 14:49, Katie Petrusha wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> This is a proposal about changes to how the whois database software  
> checks
> PGP and X.509 signatures on incoming updates.
>
> Currently the software checks that the PGP signature is valid by  
> using Gnu
> Privacy Guard (GnuPG). It verifies X.509 signatures with an OpenSSL  
> (Secure
> Sockets Layer) tool.
>
> We propose to change the software, so that it also checks the  
> signature
> creation date. If the signature is older than one week, it will be  
> rejected
> and the update will fail.
>
> This is to prevent replay attacks on database objects. We became
> aware of this potential threat when we designed the DNSSEC  
> provisioning
> system.
>
> -- 
> Katie Petrusha
> RIPE NCC
>
>