OneTimeCryptoWorker

ENTERPRISE

Fully qualified class name: org.signserver.module.onetime.cryptoworker.OneTimeCryptoWorker

Overview

This is a specific Crypto Worker used for one-time keys and certificates allowing you to have a large number of individual signing keys and certificates, despite the often limited storage capabilities of HSMs. One-time keys are created on request and are deleted once the signature has been created. For more information on setting up one-time keys using the OneTimeCryptoWorker, see Setting up One-time Keys.

The OneTimeCryptoWorker generates a new key-pair for each signing request, creates a certificate signing request (CSR), and uses a CA Connector to obtain a certificate issued for the CSR. One-time keys are not stored once the signature has been created and the key is deleted from the CryptoToken (i.e. the HSM) after signing.

The OneTimeCryptoWorker internally requires a PKCS11CryptoToken referenced by the CRYPTOTOKEN property to use as the source crypto token.

When using the OneTimeCryptoWorker, enable the CESeCore keystore caching by setting cryptotoken.keystorecache=true in conf/cesecore.properties (by default disabled).

The following displays an overview of the OneTimeCryptoWorker operations:

• The Source Crypto Worker contains a Crypto Token in order to communicate with the HSM and perform key operations. The TLS key is created in the HSM using the Source Crypto Token.

• The One Time Crypto Worker generates a new key-pair for each signing request, creates a certificate signing request (CSR), and uses a CA Connector to obtain a certificate issued for the CSR. One-time keys are not stored once the signature has been created and the key is deleted from the CryptoToken (i.e. the HSM) after signing.

• The One Time Crypto Worker references the Source Crypto Worker to get hold of the TLS key/certificate in order to connect to EJBCA CA and also to perform one time key creation/deletion operations in HSM before/after signing respectively.

• The XAdeSSigner references the One Time Crypto Worker in order to perform a signing operation. The signer is configured with a Username Authorizer to provide the user data used by the CA for certificate issuance.

Worker Properties

Common Properties

CA Connector Properties

EJBCA Peers CA Connector

The EJBCA Peers CA Connector uses EJBCA Peer Systems for issuing certificates. See Peer Systems for information on setting up a peer connection, additionally enabling the Process incoming requests option for the Peer Connector in EJBCA (EJBCA Admin Web>Peer Systems).

This EJBCA Peers CA Connector uses EJBCA Peers in a mode where SignServer acts as the RA and posts certificate signing requests to the CA over the peer connection. The CA Connector also maps the SignServer User Credentials (username) to the user data required by EJBCA to issue the certificate. The mapping can use data forwarded via JWT Bearer token using JWT Authorizer. All claim values of a token accesible via pattern <JWT.Claim_Name1> in the corresponding Subject alternative name, Subject DN and User name patterns.

EJBCA WS CA Connector

The EJBCA WS CA Connector connects to EJBCA using Web Services in the same way as the RenewalWorker.

The CA Connector maps the SignServer User Credentials (username) to the user data required by EJBCA to issue the certificate.

Property	Description
CANAME	CA name. Required.
CERTIFICATESTARTTIME	Certificate start time. Optional.
CERTIFICATEENDTIME	Certificate end time. Optional.
CERTIFICATEPROFILE	Certificate profile. Required.
EJBCAWSURL	EJBCA Web Service URL. Required.
ENDENTITYPROFILE	End entity profile. Required.
CERTSIGNATUREALGORITHM	Signature algorithm used to sign the certificate signing request (CSR). Required.
SUBJECTALTNAME_PATTERN	Subject alternative name pattern used to derive the Subject Alternative Names attribute of the certificate to be issued. Example: dNSName=signservertest. Optional. Example subject alternative names: rfc822Name=<email> dNSName=<host name> uri=<http://host.com/> ipaddress=<address> upn=<MS UPN> guid=<MS globally unique id> directoryName=<LDAP escaped DN> krb5principal=<Krb5 principal name>
SUBJECTDN_PATTERN	Subject DN pattern used to derive the SUBJECT DN (Distinguished Name) of the certificate to be issued. Required. Example: CN=User ${username},UID=${transactionId},O=SignServer Testing,C=SE The username is the name of the SignServer logged-in user, and the transactionId is a SignServer internal random alpha numeric number unique for each signing request.
TLSCLIENTKEY	TLS client key. Required.
TRUSTSTOREPASSWORD	Trust store password.
TRUSTSTOREPATH	Trust store path. Either TRUSTSTOREPATH or TRUSTSTOREVALUE is required.
TRUSTSTOREVALUE	Trust store value. Either TRUSTSTOREPATH or TRUSTSTOREVALUE is required.
TRUSTSTORETYPE	Trust store type. Required. Example: PEM, JKS
USERNAME_PATTERN	User name pattern used to derive the user name for the end entity which is registered before the certificate issuance. Required. Example: onetime-${transactionId} The transactionId is a SignServer internal random alpha numericnumber unique for each signing request.

Self-Signed CA Connector

The Self-Signed CA Connector generates its own self-signed certificate and is suitable for testing the OneTimeCryptoWorker without requiring an actual CA.