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@title Revoking Credentials
@group fieldmanual
Revoking credentials, tokens, and sessions.
Overview
========
If you've become aware of a security breach that affects you, you may want to
revoke or cycle credentials in case anything was leaked.
You can revoke credentials with the `bin/auth revoke` tool. This document
describes how to use the tool and how revocation works.
bin/auth revoke
===============
The `bin/auth revoke` tool revokes specified sets of credentials from
specified targets. For example, if you believe `@alice` may have had her SSH
key compromised, you can revoke her keys like this:
```
phabricator/ $ ./bin/auth revoke --type ssh --from @alice
```
The flag `--everything` revokes all credential types.
The flag `--everywhere` revokes credentials from all objects. For most
credential types this means "all users", but some credentials (like SSH keys)
can also be associated with other kinds of objects.
Note that revocation can be disruptive (users must choose new passwords,
generate new API tokens, configure new SSH keys, etc) and can not be easily
undone if you perform an excessively broad revocation.
You can use the `--list` flag to get a list of available credential types
which can be revoked. This includes upstream credential types, and may include
third-party credential types if you have extensions installed.
To list all revokable credential types:
```
phabricator/ $ ./bin/auth revoke --list
```
To get details about exactly how a specific revoker works:
```
phabricator/ $ ./bin/auth revoke --list --type ssh
```
Revocation vs Removal
=====================
Generally, `bin/auth revoke` **revokes** credentials, rather than just deleting
or removing them. That is, the credentials are moved to a permanent revocation
list of invalid credentials.
For example, revoking an SSH key prevents users from adding that key back to
their account: they must generate and add a new, unique key. Likewise, revoked
passwords can not be reused.
Although it is technically possible to reinstate credentials by removing them
from revocation lists, there are no tools available for this and you should
treat revocation lists as permanent.
Scenarios
=========
**Network Compromise**: If you believe you may have been affected by a network
compromise (where an attacker may have observed data transmitted over the
network), you should revoke the `password`, `conduit`, `session`, and
`temporary` credentials for all users. This will revoke all credentials which
are normally sent over the network.
You can revoke these credentials by running these commands:
```
phabricator/ $ ./bin/auth revoke --type password --everywhere
phabricator/ $ ./bin/auth revoke --type conduit --everywhere
phabricator/ $ ./bin/auth revoke --type session --everywhere
phabricator/ $ ./bin/auth revoke --type temporary --everywhere
```
Depending on the nature of the compromise you may also consider revoking `ssh`
credentials, although these are usually not sent over the network because
they are asymmetric.
**User Compromise**: If you believe a user's credentials have been compromised
(for example, maybe they lost a phone or laptop) you should revoke
`--everything` from their account. This will revoke all of their outstanding
credentials without affecting other users.
You can revoke all credentials for a user by running this command:
```
phabricator/ $ ./bin/auth revoke --everything --from @alice
```
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