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CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems. Authentication . Authentication. Identity Groups and Roles Network Identities Authentication Biometrics UNIX Authentication. What is Identity?. Method to determine whether a subject is who he claims to be. Example:

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CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

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  1. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems Authentication CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  2. Authentication • Identity • Groups and Roles • Network Identities • Authentication • Biometrics • UNIX Authentication CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  3. What is Identity? • Method to determine whether a subject is who he claims to be. • Example: • username expresses your identity. (identification) • password verifies the person typing has that identity. (authentication) CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  4. Purpose of Identity Access Control • Most systems base access rights on identity of principal executing the process. Accountability • Logging and auditing functions. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  5. Groups and Roles An “entity” may be a set of entities referred to by a single identifier. Principals often need to share access to files, and thus are taken as groups. Can be a member of more than one group. • Computer Science Faculty Group • Computer Information Technology Student Group CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  6. Role Based Access Method • Access depends on role within the company. • If you change roles, your access rights change. • Easier for computer administrators to manage role access than individual access rights. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  7. Network Identity Ethernet (MAC) Address • 48-bit data link level identifier • example: 00:0B:DB:78:39:8A IP Address • 32-bit network level identifier • ex: 10.17.0.101 IPv6 Address • 128-bit network level identifier • ex: fe80::2a0:c9ff:fe97:153d/64 Hostname (DNS name) • string application level identifier • ex: www.nku.edu CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  8. What is Authentication? Binding of an identity to a subject Based on: • What the entity knows (e.g., passwords) • What the entity has (e.g., access card) • What the entity is (e.g., fingerprints) • Where the entity is (e.g., local terminal) CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  9. Two-factor authentication • US Bank • Password, Security Question (Paternal Grandmother’s name), Preselected image with caption • Chase Bank • Password, cookie on computer CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  10. What You Know • Passwords • Pass Phrases • PINs CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  11. What You Have • Smart Cards • USB Token • RFID RFID used for toll collection CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  12. USB Tokens and Smart Cards • Small device with storage and processor. • USB tokens tend to focus on storage. • Smart cards on processor + small storage. • Differences are growing smaller. • Methods of use • By Hand (read card and type one-time password) • USB • Wireless CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  13. RFID • Radio Frequency Identification • Types of Tags • Passive: use power from reader signal • Active: internal power source • Applications • Product tracking (EPC barcode replacement) • Transportation payment • Automotive (embedded in car keys) • Passports • Human implants EPC RFID Tag CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  14. What You Are: Biometrics Identification by human characteristics: • Physiological • Behavioral A biometric characteristic should be: • universal: everyone should have it • unique: no two people should share it • permanent: it should not change with time • quantifiable: it must be practically measurable CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  15. How Biometrics Work • User submits sample. • Software turns sample into digital template. • Software compares template against stored reference template. • Authentication based on how closely templates match. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

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  18. Biometric Measurement Possible Outcomes: • Correct person accepted • Imposter rejected • Correct person rejected (False Rejection) • Imposter accepted (False Acceptance) CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  19. False Positives and Negatives Tradeoff between • False Accept Rate • False Reject Rate • Crossover Error Rate CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  20. Fingerprints Capacitive measurement, using differences in electrical charges of whorls on finger to detect those parts touching chip and those raised. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  21. Brandon Mayfield • Fingerprints found in 2004 Madrid bombing. • Brandon arrested May 6, 2004. • FBI claimed “100 percent positive” match. • Held under a false name. • Then transferred to unidentified location. • Spanish police identify fingerprint as belonging to an Algerian man May 21, 2004. • Brandon released May 25, 2004. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  22. Eye Biometrics • Iris Scan • Lowest false accept/reject rates of any biometric. • Person must hold head still and look into camera. • Retinal Scan • Cataracts and pregnancy change retina pattern. • Lower false accept/reject rates than fingerprints. • Intrusive and slow. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  23. Physiological DNA Face recognition Hand geometric Scent detection Voice recognition Behavioral Gait recognition Keyboard dynamics Mouse dynamics Signatures Other Types of Biometrics CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  24. Biometrics are not infallible What are False Accept and Reject Rates? Do the characteristics change over time? • Retina changes during pregnancy. • Fingerprint damage due to work/pipe smoking. • Young and old people have fainter fingerprints. Is it accurate in the installed environment? • Is someone observing fingerprint or voiceprint checks? • i.e., did you collect biometric from the person? CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  25. Biometrics can be compromised. Unique identifiers, not secrets. • You can change a password. • You can’t change your iris scan. Examples: • You leave your fingerprints every place. • It’s easy to take a picture of your face. Other compromises. • Use faux ATM-style devices to collect biometrics. • Obtain all biometric templates from server. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  26. Use and Misuse of Biometrics Employee identification. • Employee enters login name. • System uses fingerprint to verify employee is who he claims to be. • Problem: Does biometric match the employee? Criminal search (Superbowl 2001) • System uses face recognition to search for criminals in public places. • Problem: Does any biometric in database match anyone in a crowd of people? • Assume system is 99.99% accurate and 1 in 10million people is a terrorist. Result: 1000 false positives for each terrorist. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  27. Location Classic: only allow access from a particular terminal or a particular set of remote hosts. Modern: GPS-based • Location Signature Sensor (LSS) for host and user. • Access rules permit user only to access host with specific LSS values. • Cell-phones track location, and some states use them to track drivers’ speed and locations. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  28. UNIX Authentication • UNIX identifies user with a UID • Username is for humans, UID for computers. • 15-bit to 32-bit unsigned integer. • UID=0 is the superuser, root. • Identity and authentication data stored in • /etc/passwd • /etc/shadow • /etc/group CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  29. /etc/passwd Username UID Default GID GCOS Home directory Login shell /etc/shadow Username Encrypted password Date of last pw change. Days ‘til change allowed. Days `til change required. Expiration warning time. Expiration date. /etc/{passwd,shadow} Central file(s) describing UNIX user accounts. ::: CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  30. /etc/{passwd,shadow} • student:x:1000:1000:Example User,,555-1212,:/home/student:/bin/bash • student:$1$w/UuKtLF$otSSvXtSN/xJzUOGFElNz0:13226:0:99999:7 CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  31. Groups and GIDs • GIDs are 32-bit non-negative integers. • Each user has a default GID. • File group ownership set to default GID. • Temporarily change default GID: newgrp. • Groups are described in /etc/group • Users may belong to multiple groups. • Format: group name, pw, GID, user list. • wheel:x:10:root,waldenj,bergs CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  32. Superuser can Read any file. Modify any file. Add / remove users. Become any user. Kill any process. Reprioritize processes. Configure network. Set date/time. Shutdown / reboot. Superuser can’t Change read-only filesystem. Decrypt hashed passwords. Modify NFS-mounted filesystems. Read or modify SELinux protected files. Superuser Powers CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  33. Switching Users The su command allows you to switch users. > id uid=102(wj) gid=102(wj) groups=102(wj) > su Password: # id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm), 6(disk),10(wheel) # su john john$ id uid=1995(john) gid=1995(john) groups=1995(john) john$ exit # exit > id uid=102(wj) gid=102(wj) groups=102(wj) CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  34. Real and Effective UIDs • Real UID • The UID matching the username you logged in as. • Effective UID • The UID that is checked for access control. • The su command changes your EUID. • SUID programs • A SUID program executes with an EUID of the owner of the program instead of yours. • /usr/bin/passwd is SUID root. Why? CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  35. Key Points • Access control is based on identity. • Authentication consists of an entity, the user, attempting to convince another entity, the verifier, of the user’s identity • something you know • something you have • something you are • Authentication Types • Passwords • Security Tokens • Biometrics CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

  36. References • Phil Agre. “Your Face is not a Bar Code,” http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/bar-code.html, 2003. • Ross Anderson, Security Engineering, Wiley, 2001. • Matt Bishop, Introduction to Computer Security, Addison-Wesley, 2005. • DigitalPersona, http://www.digitalpersona.com/company/news/pressKit.php, 2006. • Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, and Alan Schwartz, Practical UNIX and Internet Security, 3/e O’Reilly, 2003. • Ben Mook, “Md. pilot program tracks drivers’ speed, location via cell phones,” The Daily Record, October 21, 2005, http://www.mddailyrecord.com/pub/5_398_friday/businessnews/172883-1.html • Bruce Schneier, “Biometrics: Truths and Fictions,” Cryptogram, http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9808.html#biometrics, 1998. • Bruce Schneier, “The Curse of the Secret Question,” http://www.schneier.com/essay-081.html, 2005. • Ed Skoudis, Counter Hack Reloaded, Prentice Hall, 2006. • Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics, 2006. • Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint, 2006. • Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_%28anatomy%29, 2006. • Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID, 2006. • Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_token, 2006. • Orville Wilson, “Privacy & Identity - Security and Usability: The viability of Passwords & Biometrics,” http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/research/vc/CIPLIT2004/ppt/Orville_Wilson.ppt, 2004. • “Simple Anatomy of the Retina,” http://webvision.med.utah.edu/sretina.html, 2006. CIT 380: Securing Computer Systems

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