Re: Preventing account takeovers through expired domains

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On 2/20/22 05:00, Mattia Verga via devel wrote:
> Il 19/02/22 19:38, Björn Persson ha scritto:
>> Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
>>> I think it'd be better to check the status weekly and only require
>>> account reconfirmation if the quarantine status is detected ⌊N / 7 - 1⌋
>>> times in a row (where N=quarantine length in days).
>> It will be fine as long as it's done before the domain is released for
>> registration. Let's just not make it so tight that a little unscheduled
>> downtime can open an attack window.
>>
> But this covers just the case where a domain is expired and free to take.
> 
> I agree this would be the easiest attack vector, but what about if it's
> the user email only to expire and free to take? There are (at least, I'm
> sure there were) some free email services that expire email addresses
> not used for a year or so. Also, in a previous comment in this thread,
> someone pointed out that also email addresses from universities or other
> institutions can be "recycled". These are harder attack cases, but
> they're possible.
> 
> That's why I proposed a check against user activity rather than a check
> against domain or email reachability.
> 
> Mattia

I think we should also require security key-based 2fa for all
packagers.  Security keys are the only form of 2fa that is immune to
phishing attacks.  In the future, I would like to see a requirement
that uploads be digitally signed, which Debian already enforces.
I would also like to see certificate pinning implemented for all Fedora
Project infrastructure.
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)

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