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Re: [PATCH] Disable Anonymous ECDH ciphersuites by default

Rob Stradling
June 14, 2011 08:20AM
On Tuesday 14 Jun 2011 13:04:18 António P. P. Almeida wrote:
> On 14 Jun 2011 09h58 WEST, rob.stradling@comodo.com wrote:
<snip>
> > -#define NGX_DEFAULT_CIPHERS "HIGH:!ADH:!MD5"
> > +#define NGX_DEFAULT_CIPHERS "HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5"
<snip>
> Shouldn't there be some sort of check for the OpenSSH version?
>
> #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x100000000
> (after 1.x code)
> #else
> (before 1.x code)
> #endif
>
> If I understood correctly this is something that appeared in 1.x. not
> existing in 0.9.x.
>
> Is it so?

Yes, the behaviour changed between OpenSSL 0.9.x and 1.x: the ECC ciphersuites
are now included in the ALL, DEFAULT, HIGH, etc, cipher strings. However,
there is no need for any check on the OpenSSL version number. Changing !ADH
to !aNULL is also appropriate for 0.9.x.

Rob Stradling
Senior Research & Development Scientist
COMODO - Creating Trust Online

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[PATCH] Disable Anonymous ECDH ciphersuites by default

Rob Stradling 6182 June 14, 2011 05:02AM

Re: [PATCH] Disable Anonymous ECDH ciphersuites by default

António P. P. Almeida 1436 June 14, 2011 08:06AM

Re: [PATCH] Disable Anonymous ECDH ciphersuites by default

Rob Stradling 1386 June 14, 2011 08:20AM

Re: [PATCH] Disable Anonymous ECDH ciphersuites by default

Maxim Dounin 1435 June 14, 2011 04:48PM

Re: [PATCH] Disable Anonymous ECDH ciphersuites by default Attachments

António P. P. Almeida 1957 June 17, 2011 02:46PM



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