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27 <div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_ssl_ct</h1>
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31 <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Implementation of Certificate Transparency (RFC 6962)
33 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
34 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>ssl_ct_module</td></tr>
35 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct.c</td></tr></table>
39 <p>This module provides an implementation of Certificate Transparency, in
40 conjunction with <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> and command-line tools from the
41 <a href="https://code.google.com/p/certificate-transparency/">certificate-transparency</a>
42 open source project. The goal of Certificate Transparency is to expose the
43 use of server certificates which are trusted by browsers but were mistakenly
44 or maliciously issued. More information about Certificate Transparency is
45 available at <a href="http://www.certificate-transparency.org/">
46 http://www.certificate-transparency.org/</a>. Key terminology used in
47 this documentation:</p>
50 <dt>Certificate log</dt>
51 <dd>A certificate log, referred to simply as <q>log</q> in this documentation,
52 is a network service to which server certificates have been submitted. A
53 user agent can confirm that the certificate of a server which it accesses
54 has been submitted to a log which it trusts, and that the log itself has
55 not been tampered with.</dd>
57 <dt>Signed Certificate Timestamp (SCT)</dt>
58 <dd>This is an acknowledgement from a log that it has accepted a valid
59 certificate. It is signed with the log's public key. One or more SCTs
60 is passed to clients during the handshake, either in the ServerHello
61 (TLS extension), certificate extension, or in a stapled OCSP response.</dd>
64 <p>This implementation for Apache httpd provides these features for TLS
65 servers and proxies:</p>
68 <li>Signed Certificate Timestamps (SCTs) can be obtained from logs
69 automatically and, in conjunction with any statically configured SCTs, sent
70 to aware clients in the ServerHello (during the handshake).</li>
71 <li>SCTs can be received by the proxy from origin servers in the ServerHello,
72 in a certificate extension, and/or within stapled OCSP responses; any SCTs
73 received can be partially validated on-line and optionally queued for off-line
75 <li>The proxy can be configured to disallow communication with an origin
76 server which does not provide an SCT which passes on-line validation.</li>
79 <p>Configuration information about logs can be defined statically in the web
80 server configuration or maintained in a SQLite3 database. In the latter case,
81 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl_ct.html">mod_ssl_ct</a></code> will reload the database periodically, so any
82 site-specific infrastructure for maintaining and propagating log configuration
83 information does not have to also restart httpd to make it take effect.</p>
85 <div class="note">This module is experimental for the following reasons:
87 <li>Insufficient test and review</li>
88 <li>Reliance on an unreleased version of OpenSSL (1.0.2, Beta 3 or later) for
90 <li>Incomplete <a href="#audit">off-line audit capability</a></li>
93 <p>Configuration mechanisms, format of data saved for off-line audit, and
94 other characteristics are subject to change based on further feedback and
98 <div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3>
100 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#server">Server processing overview</a></li>
101 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#proxy">Proxy processing overview</a></li>
102 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#logconf">Log configuration</a></li>
103 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#static">Storing SCTs in a form consumable by mod_ssl_ct</a></li>
104 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#logging">Logging CT status in the access log</a></li>
105 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#audit">Off-line audit for proxy</a></li>
106 </ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
108 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ctauditstorage">CTAuditStorage</a></li>
109 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ctlogclient">CTLogClient</a></li>
110 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ctlogconfigdb">CTLogConfigDB</a></li>
111 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ctmaxsctage">CTMaxSCTAge</a></li>
112 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ctproxyawareness">CTProxyAwareness</a></li>
113 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ctsctstorage">CTSCTStorage</a></li>
114 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ctserverhellosctlimit">CTServerHelloSCTLimit</a></li>
115 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ctstaticlogconfig">CTStaticLogConfig</a></li>
116 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ctstaticscts">CTStaticSCTs</a></li>
118 <ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
119 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
120 <div class="section">
121 <h2><a name="server" id="server">Server processing overview</a></h2>
124 <p>Servers need to send SCTs to their clients. SCTs in a certificate
125 extension or stapled OCSP response will be sent without any special program
126 logic. This module handles sending SCTs configured by the administrator or
127 received from configured logs.</p>
129 <p>The number of SCTs sent in the ServerHello (i.e., not including those in a
130 certificate extension or stapled OCSP response) can be limited by the
131 <code class="directive"><a href="#ctserverhellosctlimit">CTServerHelloSCTLimit</a></code>
134 <p>For each server certificate, a daemon process maintains an SCT list to be
135 sent in the ServerHello, created from statically configured SCTs as well as
136 those received from logs. Logs marked as untrusted or with a maximum valid
137 timestamp before the present time will be ignored. Periodically the daemon
138 will submit certificates to a log as necessary (due to changed log
139 configuration or age) and rebuild the concatenation of SCTs.</p>
141 <p>The SCT list for a server certificate will be sent to any client that
142 indicates awareness in the ClientHello when that particular server certificate
145 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
146 <div class="section">
147 <h2><a name="proxy" id="proxy">Proxy processing overview</a></h2>
150 <p>The proxy indicates Certificate Transparency awareness in the ClientHello
151 by including the <em>signed_certificate_timestamp</em> extension. It can
152 recognize SCTs received in the ServerHello, in an extension in the certificate
153 for an origin server, or in a stapled OCSP response.</p>
155 <p>On-line verification is attempted for each received SCT:</p>
158 <li>For any SCT, the timestamp can be checked to see if it is not yet valid
159 based on the current time as well as any configured valid time interval for
161 <li>For an SCT from a log for which a public key is configured, the server
162 signature will be checked.</li>
165 <p>If verification fails for at least one SCT and verification was not
166 successful for at least one SCT, the connection is aborted if
167 <code class="directive"><a href="#ctproxyawareness">CTProxyAwareness</a></code> is set to
168 <em>require</em>.</p>
170 <p>Additionally, the server certificate chain and SCTs are stored for off-line
171 verification if the <code class="directive"><a href="#ctauditstorage">CTAuditStorage</a></code>
172 directive is configured.</p>
174 <p>As an optimization, on-line verification and storing of data from the
175 server is only performed the first time a web server child process receives
176 the data. This saves some processing time as well as disk space. For typical
177 reverse proxy setups, very little processing overhead will be required.</p>
179 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
180 <div class="section">
181 <h2><a name="logconf" id="logconf">Log configuration</a></h2>
184 <p>Servers and proxies use different information about logs for their processing.
185 This <em>log configuration</em> can be set in two ways:</p>
188 <li>Create a log configuration database using <code class="program"><a href="../programs/ctlogconfig.html">ctlogconfig</a></code>,
189 and configure the path to that database using the <code class="directive"><a href="#ctlogconfig">
190 CTLogConfig</a></code> directive. This method of configuration supports
191 dynamic updates; <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl_ct.html">mod_ssl_ct</a></code> will re-read the database at
192 intervals. Additionally, the off-line audit program <code>ctauditscts</code>
193 can use this configuration to find the URL of logs.</li>
195 <li>Configure information about logs statically using the <code class="directive"><a href="#ctstaticlogconfig">CTStaticLogConfig</a></code> directive. As with all other
196 directives, the server must be restarted in order to pick up changes to the
200 <p>The information that can be configured about a log using either mechanism is
205 <dd>The log id is the SHA-256 hash of the log's public key, and is part of
206 every SCT. This is a convenient way to identify a particular log when
207 configuring valid timestamp ranges or certain other information.</dd>
209 <dt>public key of the log</dt>
210 <dd>A proxy must have the public key of the log in order to check the
211 signature in SCTs it receives which were obtained from the log.
213 A server must have the public key of the log in order to submit certificates
216 <dt>general trust/distrust setting</dt>
217 <dd>This is a mechanism to distrust or restore trust in a particular log,
218 for whatever reason (including simply avoiding interaction with the
219 log in situations where it is off-line).</dd>
221 <dt>minimum and/or maximum valid timestamps</dt>
222 <dd>When configured, the proxy will check that timestamps from SCTs
223 are within the valid range.</dd>
226 <dd>The URL of the log (for its API) is required by a server in order to
227 submit server certificates to the log. The server will submit
228 each server certificate in order to obtain an SCT for each log with a
229 configured URL, except when the log is also marked as distrusted or the
230 current time is not within any configured valid timestamp range.
232 The log URL is also needed by off-line auditing of SCTs received by a
236 <p>Generally, only a small subset of this information is configured for a
237 particular log. Refer to the documentation for the <code class="directive"><a href="#ctstaticlogconfig">CTStaticLogConfig</a></code> directive and the
238 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/ctlogconfig.html">ctlogconfig</a></code> command for more specific information.</p>
240 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
241 <div class="section">
242 <h2><a name="static" id="static">Storing SCTs in a form consumable by mod_ssl_ct</a></h2>
245 <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl_ct.html">mod_ssl_ct</a></code> allows you to configure SCTs statically
246 using the <code class="directive">CTStaticSCTs</code> directive. These must be
247 in binary form, ready to send to a client.</p>
249 <p>Sample code in the form of a Python script to build an SCT in the correct
250 format from data received from a log can be found in
251 <a href="https://github.com/tomrittervg/ct-tools">Tom Ritter's ct-tools
252 repository</a>. Refer to <code>write-sct.py</code></p>
253 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
254 <div class="section">
255 <h2><a name="logging" id="logging">Logging CT status in the access log</a></h2>
258 <p>Proxy and server modes set the <code>SSL_CT_PROXY_STATUS</code> and
259 <code>SSL_CT_CLIENT_STATUS</code> variables, respectively, to indicate
260 if the corresponding peer is CT-aware.</p>
262 <p>Proxy mode sets the <code>SSL_CT_PROXY_SCT_SOURCES</code> variable to
263 indicate whether and where SCTs were obtained (ServerHello, certificate
264 extension, etc.).</p>
266 <p>These variables can be logged with the <code>%{<em>varname</em>}e</code>
267 format of <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_log_config.html">mod_log_config</a></code>.</p>
268 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
269 <div class="section">
270 <h2><a name="audit" id="audit">Off-line audit for proxy</a></h2>
273 <p>Experimental support for this is implemented in the <code>ctauditscts</code>
274 command, which itself relies on the <code>verify_single_proof.py</code> tool in the
275 <em>certificate-transparency</em> open source project. <code>ctauditscts</code>
276 can parse data for off-line audit (enabled with the <code class="directive"><a href="#ctauditstorage">
277 CTAuditStorage</a></code> directive) and invoke <code>verify_single_proof.py</code>.
280 <p>Here are rough notes for using <code>ctauditscts</code>:</p>
283 <li>Create a <em>virtualenv</em> using the <code>requirements.txt</code> file
284 from the <em>certificate-transparency</em> project and run the following steps
285 with that <em>virtualenv</em> activated.</li>
286 <li>Set <code>PYTHONPATH</code> to include the <code>python</code>
287 directory within the <em>certificate-transparency</em> tools.</li>
288 <li>Set <code>PATH</code> to include the <code>python/ct/client/tools</code>
290 <li>Run <code>ctauditscts</code>, passing the value of the
291 <code class="directive">CTAuditStorage</code> directive and, optionally, the path to
292 the log configuration database. The latter will be used to look up log URLs
296 <p>The data saved for audit can also be used by other programs; refer to the
297 <code>ctauditscts</code> source code for details on processing the data.</p>
299 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
300 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CTAuditStorage" id="CTAuditStorage">CTAuditStorage</a> <a name="ctauditstorage" id="ctauditstorage">Directive</a></h2>
301 <table class="directive">
302 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Existing directory where data for off-line audit will be stored</td></tr>
303 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CTAuditStorage <em>directory</em></code></td></tr>
304 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
305 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
306 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
307 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct</td></tr>
309 <p>The <code class="directive">CTAuditStorage</code> directive sets the name of a
310 directory where data will be stored for off-line audit. If <em>directory</em>
311 is not absolute then it is assumed to be relative to <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaultruntimedir">
312 DefaultRuntimeDir</a></code>.</p>
314 <p>If this directive is not specified, data will not be stored for off-line
317 <p>The directory will contain files named <code><em>PID</em>.tmp</code> for
318 active child processes and files named <code><em>PID</em>.out</code> for exited
319 child processes. These <code>.out</code> files are ready for off-line audit.
320 The experimental command <code>ctauditscts</code> (in the httpd source tree, not
321 currently installed) interfaces with <em>certificate-transparency</em> tools to
322 perform the audit.</p>
325 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
326 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CTLogClient" id="CTLogClient">CTLogClient</a> <a name="ctlogclient" id="ctlogclient">Directive</a></h2>
327 <table class="directive">
328 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Location of certificate-transparency log client tool</td></tr>
329 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CTLogClient <em>executable</em></code></td></tr>
330 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
331 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
332 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
333 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct</td></tr>
335 <p><em>executable</em> is the full path to the log client tool, which is
336 normally file <code>cpp/client/ct</code> (or <code>ct.exe</code>) within the
338 <a href="https://code.google.com/p/certificate-transparency/">
339 certificate-transparency</a> open source project.</p>
341 <p>An alternative implementation could be used to retrieve SCTs for a
342 server certificate as long as the command-line interface is equivalent.</p>
344 <p>If this directive is not configured, server certificates cannot be
345 submitted to logs in order to obtain SCTs; thus, only admin-managed
346 SCTs or SCTs in certificate extensions will be provided to clients.</p>
349 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
350 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CTLogConfigDB" id="CTLogConfigDB">CTLogConfigDB</a> <a name="ctlogconfigdb" id="ctlogconfigdb">Directive</a></h2>
351 <table class="directive">
352 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Log configuration database supporting dynamic updates</td></tr>
353 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CTLogConfigDB <em>filename</em></code></td></tr>
354 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
355 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
356 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
357 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct</td></tr>
359 <p>The <code class="directive">CTLogConfigDB</code> directive sets the name of a database
360 containing configuration about known logs. If <em>filename</em> is not absolute
361 then it is assumed to be relative to
362 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</p>
364 <p>Refer to the documentation for the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/ctlogconfig.html">ctlogconfig</a></code> program,
365 which manages the database.</p>
368 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
369 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CTMaxSCTAge" id="CTMaxSCTAge">CTMaxSCTAge</a> <a name="ctmaxsctage" id="ctmaxsctage">Directive</a></h2>
370 <table class="directive">
371 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maximum age of SCT obtained from a log, before it will be
373 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CTMaxSCTAge <em>num-seconds</em></code></td></tr>
374 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>1 day</code></td></tr>
375 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
376 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
377 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct</td></tr>
379 <p>Server certificates with SCTs which are older than this maximum age will
380 be resubmitted to configured logs. Generally the log will return the same SCT
381 as before, but that is subject to log operation. SCTs will be refreshed as
382 necessary during normal server operation, with new SCTs returned to clients
383 as they become available.</p>
386 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
387 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CTProxyAwareness" id="CTProxyAwareness">CTProxyAwareness</a> <a name="ctproxyawareness" id="ctproxyawareness">Directive</a></h2>
388 <table class="directive">
389 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Level of CT awareness and enforcement for a proxy
391 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CTProxyAwareness <em>oblivious|aware|require</em></code></td></tr>
392 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>aware</code></td></tr>
393 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
394 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
395 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct</td></tr>
397 <p>This directive controls awareness and checks for valid SCTs for a
398 proxy. Several options are available:</p>
402 <dd>The proxy will neither ask for nor examine SCTs. Certificate
403 Transparency processing for the proxy is completely disabled.</dd>
406 <dd>The proxy will perform all appropriate Certificate Transparency
407 processing, such as asking for and examining SCTs. However, the
408 proxy will not disallow communication if the origin server does
409 not provide any valid SCTs.</dd>
412 <dd>The proxy will abort communication with the origin server if it
413 does not provide at least one SCT which passes on-line validation.</dd>
418 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
419 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CTSCTStorage" id="CTSCTStorage">CTSCTStorage</a> <a name="ctsctstorage" id="ctsctstorage">Directive</a></h2>
420 <table class="directive">
421 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Existing directory where SCTs are managed</td></tr>
422 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CTSCTStorage <em>directory</em></code></td></tr>
423 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
424 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
425 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
426 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct</td></tr>
428 <p>The <code class="directive">CTSCTStorage</code> directive sets the name of a
429 directory where SCTs and SCT lists will be stored. If <em>directory</em>
430 is not absolute then it is assumed to be relative to <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaultruntimedir">
431 DefaultRuntimeDir</a></code>.</p>
433 <p>A subdirectory for each server certificate contains information relative
434 to that certificate; the name of the subdirectory is the SHA-256 hash of the
437 <p>The certificate-specific directory contains SCTs retrieved from configured
438 logs, SCT lists prepared from statically configured SCTs and retrieved SCTs,
439 and other information used for managing SCTs.</p>
442 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
443 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CTServerHelloSCTLimit" id="CTServerHelloSCTLimit">CTServerHelloSCTLimit</a> <a name="ctserverhellosctlimit" id="ctserverhellosctlimit">Directive</a></h2>
444 <table class="directive">
445 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Limit on number of SCTs that can be returned in
446 ServerHello</td></tr>
447 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CTServerHelloSCTLimit <em>limit</em></code></td></tr>
448 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>100</code></td></tr>
449 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
450 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
451 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct</td></tr>
453 <p>This directive can be used to limit the number of SCTs which can be
454 returned by a TLS server in ServerHello, in case the number of configured
455 logs and statically-defined SCTs is relatively high.</p>
457 <p>Typically only a few SCTs would be available, so this directive is only
458 needed in special circumstances.</p>
460 <p>The directive does not take into account SCTs which may be provided in
461 certificate extensions or in stapled OCSP responses.</p>
464 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
465 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CTStaticLogConfig" id="CTStaticLogConfig">CTStaticLogConfig</a> <a name="ctstaticlogconfig" id="ctstaticlogconfig">Directive</a></h2>
466 <table class="directive">
467 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Static configuration of information about a log</td></tr>
468 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CTStaticLogConfig <em>log-id|-</em> <em>public-key-file|-</em>
469 <em>1|0|-</em> <em>min-timestamp|-</em> <em>max-timestamp|-</em>
470 <em>log-URL|-</em></code></td></tr>
471 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
472 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
473 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
474 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct</td></tr>
476 <p>This directive is used to configure information about a particular log.
477 This directive is appropriate when configuration information changes rarely.
478 If dynamic configuration updates must be supported, refer to the
479 <code class="directive"><a href="#ctlogconfigdb">CTLogConfigDB</a></code> directive.</p>
481 <p>Each of the six fields must be specified, but usually only a small
482 amount of information must be configured for each log; use <em>-</em> when no
483 information is available for the field. For example, in support of a
484 server-only configuration (i.e., no proxy), the administrator might
485 configure only the log URL to be used when submitting server certificates
486 and obtaining a Signed Certificate Timestamp.</p>
488 <p>The fields are defined as follows:</p>
491 <dt><em>log-id</em></dt>
492 <dd>This is the id of the log, which is the SHA-256 hash of the log's
493 public key, provided in hexadecimal format. This string is 64 characters
496 This field should be omitted when <em>public-key-file</em> is provided.</dd>
498 <dt><em>public-key-file</em></dt>
499 <dd>This is the name of a file containing the PEM encoding of the log's
500 public key. If the name is not absolute, then it is assumed to be relative
501 to <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</dd>
503 <dt><em>trust/distrust</em></dt>
504 <dd>Set this field to <em>1</em> to distrust this log, or to otherwise avoid
505 using it for server certificate submission. Set this to <em>-</em> or
506 <em>0</em> (the default) to treat the log normally.</dd>
508 <dt><em>min-timestamp</em> and <em>max-timestamp</em></dt>
509 <dd>A timestamp is a time as expressed in the number of milliseconds since the
510 epoch, ignoring leap seconds. This is the form of time used in Signed Certificate
511 Timestamps. This must be provided as a decimal number.
513 Specify <strong><code>-</code></strong> for one of the timestamps if it is unknown.
514 For example, when configuring the minimum valid timestamp for a log which remains
515 valid, specify <strong><code>-</code></strong> for <em>max-timestamp</em>.
517 SCTs received from this log by the proxy are invalid if the timestamp
518 is older than <em>min-timestamp</em> or newer than <em>max-timestamp</em>.</dd>
520 <dt><em>log-URL</em></dt>
521 <dd>This is the URL of the log, for use in submitting server certificates
522 and in turn obtaining an SCT to be sent to clients.</dd>
527 <li><a href="#logconf">Log configuration</a> contains more general information
528 about the fields which can be configured with this directive.</li>
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532 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CTStaticSCTs" id="CTStaticSCTs">CTStaticSCTs</a> <a name="ctstaticscts" id="ctstaticscts">Directive</a></h2>
533 <table class="directive">
534 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Static configuration of one or more SCTs for a server certificate
536 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CTStaticSCTs <em>certificate-pem-file</em> <em>sct-directory</em></code></td></tr>
537 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>none</code></td></tr>
538 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
539 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
540 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ssl_ct</td></tr>
542 <p>This directive is used to statically define one or more SCTs corresponding
543 to a server certificate. This mechanism can be used instead of or in
544 addition to dynamically obtaining SCTs from configured logs. Any changes to
545 the set of SCTs for a particular server certificate will be adopted dynamically
546 without the need to restart the server.</p>
548 <p><em>certificate-pem-file</em> refers to the server certificate in PEM
549 format. If the name is not absolute, then it is assumed to be relative to
550 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</p>
552 <p><em>sct-directory</em> should contain one or more files with extension
553 <code>.sct</code>, representing one or more SCTs corresponding to the
554 server certificate. If <em>sct-directory</em> is not absolute, then it is
555 assumed to be relative to <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</p>
557 <p>If <em>sct-directory</em> is empty, no error will be raised.</p>
559 <p>This directive could be used to identify directories of SCTs maintained by
560 other infrastructure, provided that they are saved in binary format with
561 file extension <em>.sct</em></p>
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