Defused That SAN Flag!

In May, Microsoft has fixed a bug that allowed normal users to impersonate Domain Controllers. This bug allowed non-privileged users to obtain a logon certificate issued to a domain controller, because users can write to the Active Directory attribute dnsHostNameof a computer they have joined to the domain. If a machine can enroll for a…

How to Add a Subject Alternative Name Safely

I am writing about that PKI stuff again. I am running out of ideas for catchy introductions. So, here is a new post with old code! In Active Directory a UPN is mapped to a user automatically if it matches a user’s LDAP attribute userPrincipalName (and a DNS SAN is mapped to dnsHostName).  A Windows…