I'm working on Jboss 5 and WAS 7.
I was able to run my application via Mutual Authentication on Jboss following this doc,
https://community.jboss.org/wiki/SSLSetup/
Following the above doc I created server.keystore and server.truststore files that I injected into the Jboss server and everything works fine.
Now, I want to run the same application via Mutual Auth on WAS.
On WAS, the trust store and keystore are specified by navigating to
Security > SSL certificate and key management > SSL configurations > New > Key
stores and certificates
But there I don't see any type related to .keystore and .truststore.(snap below)
My question - what is the equivalent of .keystore and .truststore that can be used in WAS OR what's the way to set up a Browser based Mutual Authentication on a WAS server.
I'm using WAS 7.0.0.21.
Keystores and truststores are the same format in WebSphere. You choose the file format, but any of those formats can be used for either store.
You then point a configuration at specific files.
Security > SSL certificate and key management > Manage endpoint security configurations
Alternatively, what has been simpler for us is to use the existing default stores WebSphere already has and add our certificates to those.
Security > SSL certificate and key management > Key stores and certificates > CellDefaultKeyStore
Or CellDefaultTrustStore or NodeDefaultKeyStore, etc.
The link helped me setup SSL on WAS. I just had to add a couple of steps to enable it for Browser based Mutual Authentication.
Since, I had to do a POC hence I'm using Self Signed Certificates.
In a ideal scenario Certificates will be signed by a Certificate Authority and the Certificate of Certificate Authority will be imported to the Trust Store of a WAS Server.
Here are the steps,
Change the password for Default KeyStore and Default TrustStore in WAS
Create a Client Certificate in WAS
Create a Server Certificate in WAS
Export the Client Certificate in PKCS format, e.g. client.p12
Export the Server Certificate in PKCS format, e.g. server.p12
Import the Client Certificate to Default TrustStore
Import the Server Certificate to Default TrustStore
Enable SSL on WAS.
i. Make sure the to select server certificate for both Default server certificate alias and the Default client certificate alias.
ii. In the Quality of protection (QoP) settings, choose Client Authentication as Required.
Create a Web Container Transport Chain with a new SSL port, e.g. 9444.
Add the newly created SSL port to the virtual Host.
Restart the Server.
Import the Client Certificate created in Step 4 client.p12 to the Browser.
Related
How do I install a signing certificate in Keycloak when using Keycloak as a Service Provider (SP) that should connect to a (non-Keycloak) Identity Provider (IdP)?
To be more precise, Keycloak should be used as an Identity Broker (as described in the Keycloak documentation) and the communication between the Keycloak SP and the IdP is going to be facilitated via the SAML 2.0 protocol.
The Keycloak documentation contains information on how to install SSL certificates for doing "normal" HTTPS communication e.g. in the browser, but I cannot find anything regarding the installation of signing certificates to be used in the backend-to-backend SAML communication with the IdP. Does anyone know how to do this?
(Maybe only one certificate is installed into Keycloak, i.e. this certificate is used for both SAML communication and other non-SAML Keycloak HTTPS communication?)
How do you see which Certificate is used by your SP for signing/encrypting SAML messages for/to the external IDP?
Go to Identity Providers -> your configured SAML IDP -> Export. The export contains the certificate which is used for signing/encryption. There must be at least one activated signing/encryption config in your IDP, otherwise you will not see a cert in the export
How can I change the Certificate used by my configured IDP?
When creating a realm, keycloak generates a RSA-SHA256 Cert which will by default be used by your configured IDP-Brokering Settings.
Go to Realm Settings -> Keys and you will see this one RS256 (RSA) with the provider (rsa-generated)
If you need another cert, switch to Providers Tab, Add Keystore e.g. rsa. Import your private key and certificate (both as PEM format!)
Back on the overview, disable the rsa-generated provider, your new generated provider should be the only active one with type RS256
If you now check the Export of your IDP again, the imported cert should be used inside the XML
Good day,
My web application need to connect to IBM third party to get some response. Thus, IBM give me a .p12 file which contain of client certificate.
At first I import this .p12 file into my existing CellDefaultKeyStore, and it will hit certificate chain error.
com.ibm.jsse2.util.j: PKIX path building failed: java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException: PKIXCertPathBuilderImpl could not build a valid CertPath.; internal cause is:
java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: The certificate issued by xxx is not trusted; internal cause is:
java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Certificate chaining error
Then I go import this .p12 file into NodeDefaultKeyStore, and surprisingly its work. My application able to call to the third party and get reponse code 200.
I am not understand how to explain to my client on this.
As my understanding, management scope in CellDefaultKeyStore is bigger because its in cell, NodeDefaultKeyStore should consider part of cell only, suppose CellDefaultKeyStore should work.
Anyone can advise on this?
Just to shortly explain few concepts:
CellDefaultTrustStore - is store for signer certificates, for the servers that you connect to, to be trusted. It is shared by all the nodes and servers by default
NodeDefaultKeyStore - is store for private certs, so the certs that are used for client authentication. Each node by default has its own store and private cert to authenticate.
CellDefaultKeyStore - is store for private certs associated with the cell. Used by deployment manager, not nodes serving apps. It is NOT used by federated nodes.
NodeDefaultSSLSettings - this manages SSL config for the given node, you can check it. By default it is using NodeDefaultKeyStore (not CellDefaultKeyStore), and CellDefaultTrustStore
But back to your question.
If you need to connect to some service using client certificate authentication, what you should do is:
create new keystore with cert from the p12 file
create new truststore with all signer certs required to connect to that service
create new SSL Config that will point to these stores
create Dynamic outbound endpoint SSL configuration settings, pointing to your ssl config, select correct client cert, and specify connection info in the form protocol,host,port
This configuration will be picked up when you will be doing outbound ssl connection that matches info you entered.
I am trying to wrap my head around how this should be set up correctly. I have two certificates, a client certificate and a service certificate. I've placed these in the MMC, on the service account for the host instance that handles the send port. So the client certificate is placed in the Personal folder and the service certificate is placed in the Trusted People folder.
I've tried using several "Find" methods to locate these certificates, such as thumbrprint and serial number, but I always get a "Certificate not found" exception back.
My current settings on the adapter.
Client certificate:
Service certificate:
My settings for Authentication:
SSL Certificate Authentication settings:
What is the correct way to add the certificates to the different stores, so that they can be located by Biztalk? I've found the MSDN documentation on the topic, but it doesn't really provide any answers: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/configure-apps/file-schema/wcf/clientcertificate-of-clientcredentials-element
You have to be logged in as the BizTalk Service Account to manage Certificates. Run As doesn't typically work.
Other than that, the instructions should be correct.
We're using Fabric secure cluster and need client certificate for CI/CD tools.
I've created both Cluster primary certificate and client certificate with this script https://gist.github.com/kagarlickij/d63a4061a1066d3a85abcc658f0856f5
so both have been uploaded to the same Kay vault and both have been installed to local keystore on my machine.
I've added client certificate to my Fabric security settings (Authentication type = Admin client, Authorization method = Certificate thumbprint).
The problem is that I can connect (I'm using Connect-ServiceFabricCluster in PowerShell) to Fabric cluster with Cluster primary certificate but can't with Client certificate.
I'm getting this error: Connect-ServiceFabricCluster : FABRIC_E_SERVER_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED: 0x800b0109
Please advice what can be done?
Based on this link the corresponding error code for 0x800b0109 is:
A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate
which is not trusted by the trust provider.
You're using a self-signed certificate as client cert. I'm not sure it's supported as explained in the Service Fabric Security documentation, moreover you'll have to make sure the SSL certificate has been added inside your local Store.
Client X.509 certificates
Client certificates typically are not issued by a third-party CA.
Instead, the Personal store of the current user location typically
contains client certificates placed there by a root authority, with an
Intended Purposes value of Client Authentication. The client can use
this certificate when mutual authentication is required. Note
All management operations on a Service Fabric cluster require server certificates. Client certificates cannot be used for management.
I had the same issue managing my cluster through powershell, I only had 1 cert on the cluster (the one azure generates when creating the cluster) and I believe it is a client cert since I have to select it in my browser when managing the cluster.
Ultimately I had to add the self signed cert to my Root certificate store (in addition to my personal store where I already had it) to get the powershell module to stop complaining about it.
When I login to my bank account using https, it's only a server side SSL authentication before I enter my login info. My browser does the server authentication based on the certificate info from the server during SSL session. I did not have to do any manual import of server certificate as a trusted cert into my browser. It just happens at runtime during SSL exchange.
On the other hand, I have also seen applications where one has to manually import the certificate (using keytool for e.g.) when you look into their install guide.
Question is: If the certificate info is exchanged in the beginning of SSL session, each side has enough info to authenticate the other side. Why would some apps require manual import of certs from each other between client and server. Be it either or both side authentication.
ADDITIONAL INFO based on the responses below:
I was referring the scenario where I was installing a commercial software based on client-server model with client side SSL authentication turned ON. I installed the server on machine A and 2 clients on different machines all in my private network. During install, server generates a self-signed certificate locally. So do the 2 clients. Once installation is complete, I was asked to copy the clients' certs to server machine and manually import them as trusted certs. Also, copy the server cert to client machines and do the import into their trusted store. They provided a wrapper tool on top of java keytool to perform the cert import. Why is this manual import necessary here? The client and server will anyway exchange certificate info during SSL handshake and perform the authentication. Again, these are self-signed certs and CA involved here.
Note that a certificate is signed by a certificate authority so it depends on which certificate authorities your browser trusts. If the Web server sends a certificate signed by a certificate authority that’s trusted by the browser/application and the certificate is valid, you shouldn’t get any warnings whatsoever.
On the other hand, if the browser receives a certificate from the Web server and it doesn’t trust the certificate authority that signed that certificate, the browser will take some action — at the very least, it should warn you about this. When you import a certificate from a Web site, you’re essentially telling your browser that you have decided to trust that certificate independently of who signed it.
Edit: The same reasoning applies: The keystore keeps a list of trusted certificate authorities and their corresponding certificates. The whole concept of PKI is to have a hierarchy of trusted CAs that emit signed certificates for other parties. If a certificate is self-signed, there’s no valid trust chain — how will Java know that the certificate hasn’t been forged by an attacker?
You’re assuming that a connection between a client and a Web server is implicitly trusted just because certificates are exchanged during the SSL handshake. What if a man in the middle poses as the Web server and, instead of sending the server certificate, sends his own certificate instead? How would clients know that the certificate received by the man in the middle is not to be trusted? If the certificate is signed by a trusted CA, or if the certificate has been manually added to the keystore as a trusted certificate, the client can check whether it should trust the certificate or not.
An SSL server's certificate has to be "vouched for" by a certificate authority (CA). Your browser (or other program) contains a list of CAs it trusts. If you're using a site that is not certified by one of the standard CAs, then you'd have to import its CA in order for the verification to succeed.
No legitimate site (especially for online banking) should require you to use an "alternative" CA. Only do this for sites where you're not sending super-sensitive data.