Re: [Anima] creating iDevID certs with openssl

[Robert Moskowitz <[e-mail]>]

Making some progress.


On 08/14/2017 01:44 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I have just joined this list.  So if this is covered in the archives 
> anywhere, my weak search foo did not uncover it...
>
> Has anyone created iDevID certs with openssl including subjectAltName 
> with hardwareModuleName?
>
> I have been working on this for a few days and have worked out HOW to 
> even get certs to contain SAN, particularly going the csr route. I 
> have learned on the openssl list that HMN is not directly supported 
> and that you have to use othername.  Something like
>
> [ req_ext ]
> subjectAltName = otherName:1.3.6.1.5.5.7.8.4;SEQ:hmodname
>
> [ hmodname ]
> hwType = OID:1.2.3.4 # Whatever OID you want.
> hwSerialNum = FORMAT:HEX,OCT:01020304 # Some hex

This produces a subjectAltName content of:

     0:d=0  hl=2 l=  27 cons: SEQUENCE
     2:d=1  hl=2 l=  25 cons:  cont [ 0 ]
     4:d=2  hl=2 l=   8 prim:   OBJECT            :1.3.6.1.5.5.7.8.4
    14:d=2  hl=2 l=  13 cons:   cont [ 0 ]
    16:d=3  hl=2 l=  11 cons:    SEQUENCE
    18:d=4  hl=2 l=   3 prim:     OBJECT            :1.2.3.4
    23:d=4  hl=2 l=   4 prim:     OCTET STRING      [HEX DUMP]:01020304


I suspect that hwtype is a full vendor OID for registering this device.  
Say my company, HTT Consulting makes sensor widgets.  The OID for that 
could be:

1.3.6.1.4.1.6715.10.1 (where 10 is HTT's devices and 1 is the sensor 
widget).

> But I am not sure what exactly to do with hwType and hwSerialNum
>
> Are there any extant examples?

So googling around for examples and not finding any.  But then my search 
foo has always been weak.

>
> Currently there is no way to feed any SAN value in at the command like 
> 'openssl req'.  It has to go into the config file, so once I work out 
> WHAT to but into these fields, I will have to do some kludgly stuff to 
> stuff values into the config then run the command. There are examples 
> of this around for SANs of IP, DNS, etc.
>
> BTW, so far I have a simple guide for making a pki of ECDSA certs 
> using openssl.  I would be willing to share what I have done todate.  
> The 802.1AR cert section is understandably incomplete...
>
> Bob