SSL default changes?

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:37:37PM -0700, Grant wrote:

> >> It looks like these changes from default are required for SSL session
> >> resumption and to mitigate the BEAST SSL vulnerability:
> >>
> >> ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
> >> ssl_ciphers RC4:HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
> >> ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
> >>
> >> Should the defaults be changed to these?
> >
> > The BEAST attack could be mitigated by various means, including
> > switching to TLS 1.1/1.2 (you probably do not want to due to
> > compatibility reasons) and/or fixing it on a client side (which is
> > considered to be right solution and already implemented by all
> > modern browsers).
> >
> > Use of the RC4 cipher is more a workaround than a permanent
> > solution, and hence there are no plans to make it the default.
> 
> OK, why not enable SSL session resumption by default?
> 
> ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;

E.g. because it won't work on some platforms.

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