RE: SSL Compression

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Igor,

 

Great information. I appreciate it!

 

Thanks…

Cathy Fauntleroy, Security+

Van Dyke Technology Group

Email:  cathy.fauntleroy@xxxxxxxx

Office:  (443) 832-4768

 

From: Igor Cicimov [mailto:icicimov@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 5:50 PM
To: users
Subject: Re: SSL Compression

 


On 19/03/2015 2:02 AM, "Daniel" <dferradal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> There is an exception, you can only use that directive in server config, that's why I asked about the context.
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> If you set that up inside a virtualhost, it will probably will give you issues.
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> -- 
> Daniel Ferradal
> IT Specialist
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> email         dferradal@xxxxxxxxx
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> 2015-03-16 5:48 GMT+01:00 Cathy Fauntleroy <cathy.fauntleroy@xxxxxxxx>:
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>> Daniel,
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>> Thanks for the response.  I am running OpenSSL 0.9.8.  I am attempting to secure TLS compression and mitigate the CRIME vulnerability by adding the following directive to the httpd.conf file:
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>> Implementation on Apache HTTP Server (mod_ssl)
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>> The following configuration block can be used in Apache HTTP Server 2.2+/2.4+ with mod_ssl. However, there is an exception of being able to turn off TLS/SSL Compression as this is only possible Apache HTTP Server 2.2.24/2.4.3+ using the SSLCompression directive.
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>> SSLProtocol ALL -SSLv2 -SSLv3
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>> SSLHonorCipherOrder On
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>> SSLCipherSuite ECDH+AESGCM:DH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:DH+AES256:ECDH+AES128:DH+AES:ECDH+3DES:DH+3DES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:RSA+3DES:!aNULL:!MD5
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>> SSLCompression Off
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>> I am
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>> Thanks…
>>
>> Cathy Fauntleroy, Security+
>>
>> Van Dyke Technology Group
>>
>> Email:  cathy.fauntleroy@xxxxxxxx
>>
>> Office:  (443) 832-4768
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>>  
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>> From: Daniel [mailto:dferradal@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 7:24 PM
>> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: SSL Compression
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>> 2015-03-14 15:02 GMT+01:00 Cathy Fauntleroy <cathy.fauntleroy@xxxxxxxx>:
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>>> Hello Everyone,
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>>> I have Apache 2.2.24 installed and I am attempting to disable compression.  I am editing the httpd.conf file and adding ‘SSLCompression Off’.  When I do that, the Apache service does not start.  The system log does not register any meaningful error.  Has anyone encountered this before?
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>>>  
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>>> Thanks…
>>>
>>> Cathy Fauntleroy, Security+
>>>
>>> Van Dyke Technology Group
>>>
>>> Email:  cathy.fauntleroy@xxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> Office:  (443) 832-4768
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>>>  
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>> In which context are you trying to use it? Which openssl version do you use?
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>> --
>>
>> Daniel Ferradal
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>> IT Specialist
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>>  
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>> email         dferradal@xxxxxxxxx
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>> linkedin     es.linkedin.com/in/danielferradal
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Yes you can use that in virtual host context. The problem is that you are trying to use cipher suites not supported by your openssl version. Check by running:

openssl ciphers -v

and check that the ciphers you have included in apache are in the list.

I also recommend you upgrade to openssl-1.0.1


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