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PKI 10.5 TMS External Registration Examples

Endi S. Dewata edited this page Jun 6, 2022 · 3 revisions

Overview

This page shows my developer’s example test scenarios that I have used for testing Ticket 2892 - TPS incorrectly assigns "tokenOrigin" and "tokenType" certificate attribute for recovered certificates.

Note that my example test scenarios are mostly dependent on them being executed in the order presented on this page.

Since the fix touched areas in the External Registration in a way that might affect related operations (for the better, I hope!), I tried to cover as many scenarios as possible to ensure no breakage.

For ease of presenting the test procedures, I have created a new TPS enrollment profile called externalRegISEtoken. It is very much like the default userKey profile where three certificates are to be generated: Authentication, Signing, and Encryption. At the time of this writing, it has been checked in and should be in the next build.

Note: when I wrote the following examples, I forgot that the keyID (3rd element in the 4-tupple) can be replaced with a "0" as by default the key search is now by certificate not by key. The configuration of the certsToAdd attribute should be more simplified.

Test Preparation

During TPS installation, make sure the following is set in the pkispawn [TPS] section:

pki_enable_server_side_keygen=True
pki_authdb_basedn=dc=example,dc=com

Once installed, make sure the following in the TPS CS.cfg are set:

externalReg.enable=true
externalReg.delegation.enable=true
auths.instance.ldap1.ldapStringAttributes=mail,cn,uid,edipi,pcc,firstname,lastname,exec-edipi,exec-pcc,exec-mail,certsToAdd,tokenCUID,tokenType

I created two users: user1a and user1b, where each user initially has the following attributes in their corresponding ldap record:

user1a

dn: uid=user1a,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetorgperson
objectClass: top
objectClass: extensibleobject
cn: user1a
sn: user1a
uid: user1a
givenName: user1a
mail: [email protected]
firstname: user1a
edipi: 123456789
pcc: AA
exec-edipi: 999999999
exec-pcc: BB
exec-mail: [email protected]
tokenType: externalRegISEtoken

user1b

dn: uid=user1b,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetorgperson
objectClass: top
objectClass: extensibleobject
cn: user1b
sn: user1b
uid: user1b
givenName: user1b
mail: [email protected]
firstname: user1b
edipi: 999999999
pcc: BB
tokenType: externalRegISEtoken

Prepare two tokens, one for each user.

Test Scenario: enroll via externalRegISEtoken

This test is simply testing the externalRegISEtoken straight out of the default profile for user1a;

Enroll user1a’s token

  • Use ESC to format user1a’s token

  • Use ESC to enroll user1a’s token

The expected result should be 3 fresh certificates; Check various places):

  • Check the smart card: click on "View Certificates" on the ESC; In my example, I see:

    • cert with serial F9

    • cert with serial FA

    • cert with serial FB (decimal 251) - is an encryption cert, so it should have its key archived.

  • Check TPS admin UI:

    • Click "tokens", then "Show Certificates"; You should see the matching three certificates; Now the serial numbers should match those on the token

  • Check DRM to see the archived cert:

    • Find the encryption cert on CA (in my case, it’s FB), copy the Base64

    • Go on DRM agent, click "Search for Keys"; select and enter the Base64 cert into the certificate box and click "Show Key"

    • if the key is found, then the archival is successful

    • This extra step is for next test scenario: While you are there, click on "Details" then hover over the "Key" display to see the decimal key id; Mark that down.

Test scenario: enroll via externalRegISEtoken; add one cert (and its key)

This test demonstrates that an externalReg "recovery" can accompany an enrollment via the externalRegISEtoken profile.

Setup user1b’s ldap entry

Perform the following to setup user1b’s ldap entry in preparation for the said enrollment and "recovery":

create an ldif file (e.g. mod1b.ldif):

dn: uid=user1b,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: certsToAdd
certstoadd: 251,ca1,89,kra1

run ldapmodify

$ ldapmodify -H ldap://host.example.com -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w yourPassWord -f mod1b.ldif

check user1b entry

$ ldapsearch -H ldap://host.example.com -x -LLL -b "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" uid=user1b
dn: uid=user1b,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetorgperson
objectClass: top
objectClass: extensibleobject
cn: user1b
sn: user1b
uid: user1b
givenName: user1b
mail: [email protected]
firstname: user1b
edipi: 999999999
pcc: BB
tokenType: externalRegISEtoken
certstoadd: 251,ca1,89,kra1

Enroll user1b’s token

  • Use ESC to format user1b’s token

  • Use ESC to enroll user1b’s token

The expected result should be a total of 4 certificates: 3 fresh certificates plus one "recovered" certificate; Check various places):

  • Check the smart card: click on "View Certificates" on the ESC; In my example, I see:

    • cert with serial FC

    • cert with serial FD

    • cert with serial FE

    • cert with serial FB (This is the "recovered" cert)

  • Check TPS admin UI:

    • Click "tokens", then "Show Certificates"; You should see the four certificates matching what’s on the token; Note: * the serial numbers should match

      • the keyTypes should be correct

      • status should show "active" for all certs

    • Click on the certificate ID of the "recovered" cert (in my case, it’s 0xfb):

      • Note the Origin is different from user1b’s tokenID; Check that against user1a’s tokenID, it should match, as that’s where the cert was originally created for.

Test scenario: enroll use1b again via externalRegISEtoken; retain one cert (and its key)

This test demonstrates that an externalReg "deletion" and "retention" can accompany an enrollment via the externalRegISEtoken profile.

Note the following "certsToAdd" attrbute syntax:

  • To retain a cert on the token, make sure ONLY the serial # and CA id is present in the certsToAdd attribute. e.g.

    • certstoadd: 251,ca1

  • If an existing certificate is not listed in certstoadd, then it will be deleted

In this scenario, we are going to re-generate all three certs and retain the cert that was "recovered" from user1a — ert serial 215 (0xFB).

Setup user1b’s ldap entry

Perform the following to setup user1b’s ldap entry in preparation for the said enrollment, "deletion", and "retention":

create an ldif file (e.g. mod1b.ldif):

dn: uid=user1b,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
delete: certsToAdd
certstoadd: 251,ca1,89,kra1
-
add: certsToAdd
certstoadd: 251,ca1

run ldapmodify

$ ldapmodify -H ldap://host.example.com -x -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w yourPassWord -f mod1b.ldif

check user1b entry

$ ldapsearch -H ldap://host.example.com -x -LLL -b "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" uid=user1b
dn: uid=user1b,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetorgperson
objectClass: top
objectClass: extensibleobject
cn: user1b
sn: user1b
uid: user1b
givenName: user1b
mail: [email protected]
firstname: user1b
edipi: 999999999
pcc: BB
tokenType: externalRegISEtoken
certstoadd: 251,ca1

Enroll user1b’s token

  • DO NOT Format!!!

  • Use ESC to enroll user1b’s token The expected result should be a total of 4 certificates: 3 fresh certificates plus one "retained" certificate; Check various places):

  • Check the smart card: click on "View Certificates" on the ESC; In my example, I see:

    • cert with serial 0xFF

    • cert with serial 0x100

    • cert with serial 0x101

    • cert with serial 0xFB (This is the "retained" cert)

  • Also note that the previously enrolled three certificates are no longer on the token (deleted)

  • Check TPS admin UI:

    • Click "tokens", then "Show Certificates"; You should see the four certificates matching what’s on the token; Note:

      • the serial numbers should match

      • the keyTypes should be correct

      • status should show "active" for all certs

    • Click on the certificate ID of the "retained" cert (in my case, it’s 0xfb):

      • Note the Origin is different from user1b’s tokenID; Check that against user1a’s tokenID, it should match, as that’s where the cert was originally created for.

Test scenario: Token Termination

This test demonstrates how when a token (user1a’s token) is terminated, the shared certificate is not revoked until the last token holding the same cert is also terminated.

Terminate user1a’s token

  • Go to TPS Admin UI

  • Click on user1a’s token

  • Click on "Change Status"

  • Select "this token has been terminated"; "Save"

  • Check the following:

    • Click on "Show Certificates"; Note the status of all certificates of user1a’s token

      • Note how the "shared" certificate (from previous exercises) remains "active" while others are now "revoked"

    • Go back to Tokens and select user1b’s token

    • Click on "Show Certificates"; Note the status of all certificates

      • Note how all the certificates are still "active", including the "shared certificate (in my case, 0xfb)

    • Now check on the CA to be sure the shared certificate is still active

terminate user1b’s token

Now we are going to demonstrate that when the last holder of the "shared certificate" terminates, the shared certificate will be revoked.

  • Click on user1b’s token

  • Click on "Change Status"

  • Select "this token has been terminated"; "Save"

  • Check the following:

    • Click on "Show Certificates"; Note the status of all certificates of user1b’s token

      • Note how the "shared" certificate is now "revoked"

    • Go back to Tokens and select user1b’s token

    • Click on "Show Certificates"; Note the status of all certificates

      • Note how all the certificates are now "revoked", including the "shared certificate (in my case, 0xfb)

    • Now check on the CA to be sure the all certificates on both tokens are revoked

Test Scenario: recover, and retain

This test demonstrates the scenario that a "recovery" could occur with "retention".

Reset the test tokens

At the last exercise, we have terminated both tokens. Let’s reset them by first marking the tokens to be "reused", then format them.

Reusing a terminated token

Note that if you don’t do the following, any actions against the terminated token (e.g. format, enroll) would not be allowed. (Try it!). Here is how to "reuse" a terminated token:

  • Go to TPS admin UI; click Tokens

  • For each token

    • Select the token, click "Change Status"

    • Select "Reuse this token"; click "Save"

    • Format the token from ESC

Enroll user1a’s token using externalRegISEtoken again

See the matching instruction from above. You shall have 3 fresh certificates at the end of the enrollment.

Since user1a’s ldap entry did not change from later exercises, it can be used as is to enroll via externalRegISEtoken.

Enroll user1b’s token using externalRegISEtoken

Enroll user1b’s token using the same instruction.

Since user1b’s ldap entry was last modified to do retention, we need to remove that certsToAdd attribute.

First, let me show you what I have now on user1b’s entry:

dn: uid=user1b,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetorgperson
objectClass: top
objectClass: extensibleobject
cn: user1b
sn: user1b
uid: user1b
givenName: user1b
mail: [email protected]
firstname: user1b
edipi: 999999999
pcc: BB
tokenType: externalRegISEtoken
certstoadd: 251,ca1

To remove the certstoadd, I crafted the following mod1b.ldif file:

dn: uid=user1b,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
delete: certsToAdd
certstoadd: 251,ca1

Run ldapmodify against it, and ldapsearch to display:

dn: uid=user1b,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetorgperson
objectClass: top
objectClass: extensibleobject
cn: user1b
sn: user1b
uid: user1b
givenName: user1b
mail: [email protected]
firstname: user1b
edipi: 999999999
pcc: BB
tokenType: externalRegISEtoken

Now just enroll user1b’s token from ESC. You should find 3 fresh certificates. In my case, I have the following certs:

  • 0x14c

  • 0x14d

  • 0x14e

Enroll user1b’s token using externalRegAddToToken to demonstrate retention, and recovery in one shot

Gather information

  • In this test scenario, I’d like to "recover" user1a’s encryption cert onto user1b’s

    • the serial number of the cert is 0x107 (decimal 263)

    • the key id of the key on drm is 0x5d (decimal 93)

  • In this test scenario, I’d like to "retain" user1b’s Auth and ID certs

    • The serial numbers of these certs are 0x14c (decimal 332) and 0x14d (decimal 333)

Update user1b’s ldap entry

Now we are going to update user1b’s ldap entry so that it will retain certs 332 and 333, and "recover" 263.

I am updating user1b’s entry to look like the following (I’m leaving that as an exercise for you on how to get there:

tokenType: externalRegAddToToken
certstoadd: 263,ca1,93,kra1
certstoadd: 332,ca1
certstoadd: 323,ca1

Enroll user1b’s token using externalRegAddToToken

Now just enroll user1b’s token from ESC. You should find 3 certificates on the token, two "retained" and one "recovered".

Test Scenario: retain

A follow up test scenario is to just retain a couple certs from last enrollment. in my case, I’d like to retain 332 and 263, so I changed usre1b’s ldap record to contain the following:

tokenType: externalRegAddToToken
certstoadd: 332,ca1
certstoadd: 263,ca1

Enroll user1b’s token using externalRegAddToToken

Now ust enroll user1b’s token from ESC. You should find 2 certificates on the token, both are retained from last enrollment, though one of them was "recovered" from previous exercise.

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