Opened 9 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

#2877 new defect

Prevent TLS state from accumulating in Tor Browser

Reported by: mikeperry Owned by: tbb-team
Priority: Medium Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser Version:
Severity: Normal Keywords: tbb-newnym, tbb-linkability
Cc: gk, lunar@… Actual Points:
Parent ID: Points:
Reviewer: Sponsor:

Description (last modified by mikeperry)

We've been accumulating a few TLS issues with Torbutton (#2482). In particular, we need to figure out how to handle user-stored certificates, the intermediate cert store, and STS. Perhaps we just want to block all of these by default for TorBrowser? Perhaps we want an extra confirmation dialog?

STS and the intermediate cert store should definitely be cleared by the New Identity button, though (#523). We currently lack direct Firefox APIs for either of these. ​https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435159 might help with the latter.

Ticket Component Owner Summary Priority Points
#2741 TorBrowserButton mikeperry Clear STS in FF4 High 6
#2951 Firefox Patch Issues mikeperry Review permissions manager and certdb source High 1
#2739 Applications/Tor Browser tbb-team Clear Memory-Only Intermeditate Cert Store Medium
#2949 Applications/Tor Browser mikeperry Make Intermediate Cert Store Memory-Only for TorBrowser Medium 3
#2950 Firefox Patch Issues mikeperry Make Permissions-Manager memory-only in TorBrowser Medium 2


Child Tickets

TicketStatusOwnerSummaryComponent
#2739newtbb-teamClear Memory-Only Intermeditate Cert StoreApplications/Tor Browser
#2741closedmikeperryClear STS in FF4TorBrowserButton
#2949closedmikeperryMake Intermediate Cert Store Memory-Only for TorBrowserApplications/Tor Browser
#2950closedmikeperryMake Permissions-Manager memory-only in TorBrowserFirefox Patch Issues
#2951closedmikeperryReview permissions manager and certdb sourceFirefox Patch Issues

Change History (16)

comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by mikeperry

Type: defect → enhancement

comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by gk

Cc: g.koppen@… added

comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by mikeperry

Points: → ?

This has a lot of child tickets and sub-issues. More investigation into the source is needed. We also need to think about the best approaches for each component..

comment:4 Changed 9 years ago by mikeperry

Component: Tor bundles/installation → Tor Browser

comment:5 Changed 9 years ago by mikeperry

Description: modified (diff)
Type: enhancement → defect

comment:6 Changed 9 years ago by lunar

Cc: lunar@… added

comment:7 Changed 8 years ago by mikeperry

Milestone: → TorBrowserBundle 2.2.x-stable

comment:8 Changed 8 years ago by mikeperry

Milestone: TorBrowserBundle 2.2.x-stable

comment:9 Changed 7 years ago by mikeperry

Parent ID: #2871

comment:10 Changed 7 years ago by mikeperry

Keywords: tbb-linkability added

comment:11 Changed 6 years ago by arma

Keywords: tbb-newnym added

comment:12 Changed 5 years ago by erinn

Keywords: tbb-firefox-patch added

comment:13 Changed 5 years ago by erinn

Component: Firefox Patch Issues → Tor Browser
Owner: changed from mikeperry to tbb-team

comment:14 Changed 3 years ago by bugzilla

Keywords: tbb-linkability tbb-firefox-patch removed
Points: ?
Severity: → Normal
Summary: Prevent TLS state from accumulating in TorBrowser → Prevent TLS state from accumulating in Tor Browser

comment:15 Changed 3 years ago by gk

Cc: gk added; g.koppen@… removed
Keywords: tbb-linkability added

Please, don't mess with the keywords. Thanks.

comment:16 in reply to:  15 Changed 3 years ago by bugzilla

Replying to gk:

Please, don't mess with the keywords. Thanks.

Copied from ticket:2739#comment:13. No mess.

Cc gk added; g.koppen@… removed
Keywords tbb-newnym added; tbb-linkability removed
Severity set to Normal

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