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illusoryTLS

Alfonso De Gregorio

An elliptic-curve asymmetric backdoor of the Young-Yung kind planted in the RSA key generation behind a single CA certificate. The backdoored public key is computationally indistinguishable from a genuine one, yet its designer can recover the private key and, because the Web PKI cross-certifies universally, impersonate any HTTPS site, tamper with messages and decrypt traffic.

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Researcher

Alfonso De Gregorio

In the archive

• Ranked #6 in the 2015 Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques

Related sources

• HITB 2015 slides
• DeepSEC 2015 slides
• ZeroNights 2015 slides
• Whitepaper
• Design notes
• Research implementation
• Talk recording
• Talk recording

Tags

• tls
• https
• supply-chain
• auth-bypass
• info-leak
• owasp-a01-2021
• owasp-a02-2021
• owasp-a06-2021

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