logging which SSL cipher a client is using

[Calomel Org]

Igor,

Thanks again. I see now that the variables in the ngx_http_ssl_module
can be used in logging. Works perfectly.

http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpSslModule#Built-in_variables

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On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 02:09:42PM -0400, Igor Sysoev wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 01:21:42PM -0400, Calomel Org wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of a way to log which SSL cipher a remote client
>> connects with?
>> 
>> For example, if a Firefox v3.6.x client connects and uses AES256 with
>> Diffie-Hellman then I could log the cipher string
>> "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA".
>> 
>> The Googlebot does not use AES or DH so they would connect using 3TDES
>> and log the cipher as DES-CBC3-SHA.
>> 
>> 
>> It would be good to know which ciphers client use and which they do
>> not. Then a web server admin would be able to get rid of unused and
>> possibly weak cipher suites.
>> 
>> Any ideas are welcome.
>
>$ssl_cipher
>
>
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