Re: [PATCH v3] http: add support for specifying the SSL version

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2015-08-13 18:24 GMT+02:00 Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 06:10:48PM +0200, Elia Pinto wrote:
>> 2015-08-13 18:01 GMT+02:00 Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx>:
>> >> +
>> > from
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#SSL_1.0.2C_2.0_and_3.0
>> > sslv2 and sslv3 are deprecated.
>> > Should there be a motivation in the commit message why we want to support them ?
>> They are those provided by the documentation (TLS in particular). We
>> let the underlying library to say what is deprecated or not. In this
>> case the call fail.
>
> The statement from the relevant SDO is much stronger than "deprecated",
> it is "not to be used under any cirmumstances".
>
> Option like this looks only useful for connecting to really broken
> servers, damn security.
I know very well this topic.
https://securitypitfalls.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/july-2015-scan-results/
I prefer that the decision is from the libray not us.


>
> It could be useful for connecting to buggy servers after TLS 1.3
> comes out and is implemented, as there are lots of servers (IIRC, on
> order of 10%) that can't deal with TLS 1.3 properly (but very few, IIRC
> <<0.1%, that can't deal with TLS 1.2 correctly[1]).
>
> Also, is this option settable globally for all HTTP servers? One
> definitely does not want that to be possible. Configurations like
> this need to be per-server if they exist at all.
>
>
>
> [1] Where correctly includes secure downnegotiation, as TLS
> is intended to do when faced with version mismatch.
>
>
> -Ilari
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