Re: [Pound Mailing List] SSL Parameter

Scott McKeown <scott-Oteo70RhwZ77w/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.pound.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I'm guessing that the SSLNoFragment & SSLNoCompression options didn't make
it into the latest build or got a name change.
You should be alright to remove these two options as they do what the name
suggests.

I've not built a 2.7 version yet but it is on my to-do-list.

On 21 May 2015 at 12:48, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i just updated it to :
>
> Version 2.7f
>   Configuration switches:
>     --enable-cert1l
>     --with-dh=2048
>
>
> But when i use this Options
>
> DisableSSLv2 DisableSSLv3 SSLNoFragment 0 SSLNoCompression 1
>
> it shows this error : unknown directive
>
> thanks
>
>
>
> 2015-05-21 13:17 GMT+02:00 Scott McKeown <scott-Oteo70RhwZ77w/[email protected]>:
>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> First off what version on Pound are you running?
>>
>> There were a few patch files written a while back that should resolve
>> most of these issues and if I remember correctly are in the latest build:
>>
>> Try adding the following options into your configuration file:
>> SSLHonorCipherOrder 1 SSLAllowClientRenegotiation 0 DisableSSLv2
>> DisableSSLv3 SSLNoFragment 0 SSLNoCompression 1
>>
>> You may also need to change your Cipher List to some thing like:
>>
>> ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:RC4:HIGH:!MD5:!aNULL:!EDH
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21 May 2015 at 11:54, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> i just made a test via ssllabs.com. And i got a grade F for my SSL
>>> connection.
>>>
>>> The issues are :
>>>
>>> This server supports insecure Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange
>>> parameters. Grade set to F.
>>> This server supports 512-bit export suites and might be vulnerable to
>>> the FREAK attack. Grade set to F.
>>> This server is vulnerable to the POODLE attack. If possible, disable SSL
>>> 3 to mitigate. Grade capped to C.
>>> This server accepts the RC4 cipher, which is weak. Grade capped to B.
>>>
>>> My pound.cfg is this in the https section:
>>>
>>> ListenHTTPS
>>>     HeadRemove "X-Forwarded-Proto"
>>>     AddHeader  "X-Forwarded-Proto: https"
>>>     Address    0.0.0.0
>>>     Port       443
>>>     Cert       "/etc/ssl/mydomain.com/mydomain.com.pem"
>>>     Ciphers
>>>  "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA:AES128-SHA:KRB5-DES-CBC3-MD5:KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA"/"ALL:!SSLv2:!SSLv3"
>>>     Service
>>>         HeadRequire "Host: mydomain.com"
>>>         Redirect "https://www.mydomain.com"
>>>     End
>>>     Service
>>>         BackEnd
>>>             Address 127.0.0.1
>>>             Port    6081
>>>         End
>>>     End
>>> End
>>>
>>> Can anyone advise what i need to change to get a better rating and make
>>> it more secure?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> With Kind Regards.
>>
>> Scott McKeown
>> Loadbalancer.org
>> http://www.loadbalancer.org
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>>
>
>


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Scott McKeown
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