Merge pull request #290 from smallstep/max/profileLimit

Update profileLimitDuration validator ...

authority/provisioner/sign_options.go

@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ func (v profileDefaultDuration) Option(so Options) x509util.WithOption {
 // profileLimitDuration is an x509 profile option that modifies an x509 validity
 // period according to an imposed expiration time.
 type profileLimitDuration struct {
-	def      time.Duration
+	def                 time.Duration
-	notAfter time.Time
+	notBefore, notAfter time.Time
 }
 
 // Option returns an x509util option that limits the validity period of a
@@ -236,15 +236,17 @@ func (v profileLimitDuration) Option(so Options) x509util.WithOption {
 			notBefore = n
 			backdate = -1 * so.Backdate
 		}
-		if notBefore.After(v.notAfter) {
+		if notBefore.Before(v.notBefore) {
-			return errors.Errorf("provisioning credential expiration (%s) is before "+
+			return errors.Errorf("requested certificate notBefore (%s) is before "+
-				"requested certificate notBefore (%s)", v.notAfter, notBefore)
+				"the active validity window of the provisioning credential (%s)",
+				notBefore, v.notBefore)
 		}
 
 		notAfter := so.NotAfter.RelativeTime(notBefore)
 		if notAfter.After(v.notAfter) {
-			return errors.Errorf("provisioning credential expiration (%s) is before "+
+			return errors.Errorf("requested certificate notAfter (%s) is after "+
-				"requested certificate notAfter (%s)", v.notAfter, notBefore)
+				"the expiration of the provisioning credential (%s)",
+				notAfter, v.notAfter)
 		}
 		if notAfter.IsZero() {
 			t := notBefore.Add(v.def)

authority/provisioner/sign_options_test.go

@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func Test_profileDefaultDuration_Option(t *testing.T) {
 				cert: new(x509.Certificate),
 				valid: func(cert *x509.Certificate) {
 					n := now()
-					assert.True(t, n.After(cert.NotBefore), fmt.Sprintf("expected now = %s to be after cert.NotBefore = %s", n, cert.NotBefore))
+					assert.True(t, n.Add(3*time.Second).After(cert.NotBefore), fmt.Sprintf("expected now = %s to be after cert.NotBefore = %s", n.Add(3*time.Second), cert.NotBefore))
 					assert.True(t, n.Add(-1*time.Minute).Before(cert.NotBefore))
 
 					assert.Equals(t, cert.NotAfter, na)
@@ -530,14 +530,14 @@ func Test_profileLimitDuration_Option(t *testing.T) {
 		err   error
 	}
 	tests := map[string]func() test{
-		"fail/notBefore-after-limit": func() test {
+		"fail/notBefore-before-active-window": func() test {
-			d, err := ParseTimeDuration("8h")
+			d, err := ParseTimeDuration("6h")
 			assert.FatalError(t, err)
 			return test{
-				pld:  profileLimitDuration{def: 4 * time.Hour, notAfter: n.Add(6 * time.Hour)},
+				pld:  profileLimitDuration{def: 4 * time.Hour, notBefore: n.Add(8 * time.Hour)},
 				so:   Options{NotBefore: d},
 				cert: new(x509.Certificate),
-				err:  errors.New("provisioning credential expiration ("),
+				err:  errors.New("requested certificate notBefore ("),
 			}
 		},
 		"fail/requested-notAfter-after-limit": func() test {
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ func Test_profileLimitDuration_Option(t *testing.T) {
 				pld:  profileLimitDuration{def: 4 * time.Hour, notAfter: n.Add(6 * time.Hour)},
 				so:   Options{NotBefore: NewTimeDuration(n.Add(3 * time.Hour)), NotAfter: d},
 				cert: new(x509.Certificate),
-				err:  errors.New("provisioning credential expiration ("),
+				err:  errors.New("requested certificate notAfter ("),
 			}
 		},
 		"ok/valid-notAfter-requested": func() test {

authority/provisioner/x5c.go

@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ func (p *X5C) AuthorizeSign(ctx context.Context, token string) ([]SignOption, er
 	return []SignOption{
 		// modifiers / withOptions
 		newProvisionerExtensionOption(TypeX5C, p.Name, ""),
-		profileLimitDuration{p.claimer.DefaultTLSCertDuration(), claims.chains[0][0].NotAfter},
+		profileLimitDuration{p.claimer.DefaultTLSCertDuration(),
+			claims.chains[0][0].NotBefore, claims.chains[0][0].NotAfter},
 		// validators
 		commonNameValidator(claims.Subject),
 		defaultPublicKeyValidator{},