WebKit 對 HSTS Super Cookie 提出的改法

Twitter 上看到 WebKitHSTS 所產生的 Super Cookie 提出的改善方案:

拿原文的例子來說明,先指定一個隨機數給 user,像是 8396804 (二進位是 100000000010000000000100),所以就存取下面的網址:

https://bit02.example.com
https://bit13.example.com
https://bit23.example.com

在存取這些 HTTPS 網址時都會指定 HSTS,所以之後連到這三個網址的 HTTP request 就不會觸發到 HTTP 版本,會因為 HSTS 被轉到 HTTPS 版本。於是就可以用 32 個 HTTP request 測試 32bits 而判斷出身份。(當然你可以用更多)

WebKit 提出的改善方案大概有幾種,主要是就觀察到的現象來限制。

第一種解法「Mitigation 1: Limit HSTS State to the Hostname, or the Top Level Domain + 1」是因為會看到這樣的設計:

https://a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.example.com
https://a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.example.com
https://a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.example.com
https://a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.example.com
https://a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.example.com
https://a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.example.com
https://a.a.a.a.a.a.a.example.com
…etc...
https://bit00.example.com
https://bit01.example.com
https://bit02.example.com
...etc...
https://bit64.example.com

所以提出的方案是只有目前網站的 domain 以及 top domain + 1 (像是 example.com) 可以被設定 HSTS:

Telemetry showed that attackers would set HSTS across a wide range of sub-domains at once. Because using HSTS in this way does not benefit legitimate use cases, but does facilitate tracking, we revised our network stack to only permit HSTS state to be set for the loaded hostname (e.g., “https://a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.example.com”), or the Top Level Domain + 1 (TLD+1) (e.g., “https://example.com”).

但其實廣告主只需要註冊 32 domains (或是 64) 就可以避開這個問題。

第二種是「Mitigation 2: Ignore HSTS State for Subresource Requests to Blocked Domains」,如果在 HTTPS 頁面上,某個 domain 的 cookie 已經因為某些原因被阻擋 (像是手動設定),那麼就忽略掉 HSTS 的設計:

We modified WebKit so that when an insecure third-party subresource load from a domain for which we block cookies (such as an invisible tracking pixel) had been upgraded to an authenticated connection because of dynamic HSTS, we ignore the HSTS upgrade request and just use the original URL. This causes HSTS super cookies to become a bit string consisting only of zeroes.

後面這點在現在因為 SEO 設計而使得各大網站都往 HTTPS 方向走,應該會有些幫助吧...

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