Try this; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers On; ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; ssl_ciphers ECDH+AESGCM:DH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:DH+AES256:ECDH+AES128:DH+AES:ECDH+3DES:DH+3DES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:RSA+3DES:!aNULL:!eNULL:!MD5:!DSS; Works with IE7/xp, sslabs is ok with this as well. Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,254170,254172#msg-254172