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| <manualpage metafile="ssl_howto.xml.meta"> |
| <parentdocument href="./">SSL/TLS</parentdocument> |
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| <title>SSL/TLS Strong Encryption: How-To</title> |
| |
| <summary> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p>The solution to this problem is trivial |
| and is left as an exercise for the reader.</p> |
| |
| <p class="cite">-- <cite>Standard textbook cookie</cite></p> |
| </blockquote> |
| |
| <p>How to solve particular security problems for an SSL-aware |
| webserver is not always obvious because of the interactions between SSL, |
| HTTP and Apache's way of processing requests. This chapter gives |
| instructions on how to solve some typical situations. Treat it as a first |
| step to find out the final solution, but always try to understand the |
| stuff before you use it. Nothing is worse than using a security solution |
| without knowing its restrictions and how it interacts with other systems.</p> |
| </summary> |
| |
| <section id="ciphersuites"> |
| <title>Cipher Suites and Enforcing Strong Security</title> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="#realssl">How can I create a real SSLv2-only server?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#onlystrong">How can I create an SSL server which accepts strong encryption only?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#upgradeenc">How can I create an SSL server which accepts strong encryption only, but allows |
| export browsers to upgrade to stronger encryption?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#strongurl">How can I create an SSL server which accepts all types of ciphers in general, but |
| requires a strong cipher for access to a particular URL?</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <section id="realssl"> |
| <title>How can I create a real SSLv2-only server?</title> |
| <p>The following creates an SSL server which speaks only the SSLv2 protocol and |
| its ciphers.</p> |
| |
| <example><title>httpd.conf</title> |
| SSLProtocol -all +SSLv2<br /> |
| SSLCipherSuite SSLv2:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+EXP<br /> |
| </example> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="onlystrong"> |
| <title>How can I create an SSL server which accepts strong encryption |
| only?</title> |
| <p>The following enables only the seven strongest ciphers:</p> |
| <example><title>httpd.conf</title> |
| SSLProtocol all<br /> |
| SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM<br /> |
| </example> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="upgradeenc"> |
| <title>How can I create an SSL server which accepts strong encryption |
| only, but allows export browsers to upgrade to stronger encryption?</title> |
| <p>This facility is called Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) and requires |
| a Global ID server certificate, signed by a special CA certificate |
| from Verisign. This enables strong encryption in 'export' versions of |
| browsers, which traditionally could not support it (because of US export |
| restrictions).</p> |
| <p>When a browser connects with an export cipher, the server sends its Global |
| ID certificate. The browser verifies this, and can then upgrade its |
| cipher suite before any HTTP communication takes place. The problem |
| lies in allowing browsers to upgrade in this fashion, but still requiring |
| strong encryption. In other words, we want browsers to either start a |
| connection with strong encryption, or to start with export ciphers but |
| upgrade to strong encryption before beginning HTTP communication.</p> |
| <p>This can be done as follows:</p> |
| <example><title>httpd.conf</title> |
| # allow all ciphers for the initial handshake,<br /> |
| # so export browsers can upgrade via SGC facility<br /> |
| SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL<br /> |
| <br /> |
| <Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs><br /> |
| # but finally deny all browsers which haven't upgraded<br /> |
| SSLRequire %{SSL_CIPHER_USEKEYSIZE} >= 128<br /> |
| </Directory> |
| </example> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="strongurl"> |
| <title>How can I create an SSL server which accepts all types of ciphers |
| in general, but requires a strong ciphers for access to a particular |
| URL?</title> |
| <p>Obviously, a server-wide <directive |
| module="mod_ssl">SSLCipherSuite</directive> which restricts |
| ciphers to the strong variants, isn't the answer here. However, |
| <module>mod_ssl</module> can be reconfigured within <code>Location</code> |
| blocks, to give a per-directory solution, and can automatically force |
| a renegotiation of the SSL parameters to meet the new configuration. |
| This can be done as follows:</p> |
| <example> |
| # be liberal in general<br /> |
| SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL<br /> |
| <br /> |
| <Location /strong/area><br /> |
| # but https://hostname/strong/area/ and below<br /> |
| # requires strong ciphers<br /> |
| SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM<br /> |
| </Location> |
| </example> |
| </section> |
| </section> |
| <!-- /ciphersuites --> |
| |
| <section id="accesscontrol"> |
| <title>Client Authentication and Access Control</title> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="#allclients">How can I force clients to authenticate using certificates?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#arbitraryclients">How can I force clients to authenticate using certificates for a |
| particular URL, but still allow arbitrary clients to access the rest of the server?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#certauthenticate">How can I allow only clients who have certificates to access a |
| particular URL, but allow all clients to access the rest of the server?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#intranet">How can I require HTTPS with strong ciphers, and either |
| basic authentication or client certificates, for access to part of the |
| Intranet website, for clients coming from the Internet?</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <section id="allclients"> |
| <title>How can I force clients to authenticate using certificates?</title> |
| |
| <p>When you know all of your users (eg, as is often the case on a corporate |
| Intranet), you can require plain certificate authentication. All you |
| need to do is to create client certificates signed by your own CA |
| certificate (<code>ca.crt</code>) and then verify the clients against this |
| certificate.</p> |
| <example><title>httpd.conf</title> |
| # require a client certificate which has to be directly<br /> |
| # signed by our CA certificate in ca.crt<br /> |
| SSLVerifyClient require<br /> |
| SSLVerifyDepth 1<br /> |
| SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt |
| </example> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="arbitraryclients"> |
| <title>How can I force clients to authenticate using certificates for a |
| particular URL, but still allow arbitrary clients to access the rest of the server?</title> |
| |
| <p>To force clients to authenticate using certificates for a particular URL, |
| you can use the per-directory reconfiguration features of |
| <module>mod_ssl</module>:</p> |
| |
| <example><title>httpd.conf</title> |
| SSLVerifyClient none<br /> |
| SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt<br /> |
| <br /> |
| <Location /secure/area><br /> |
| SSLVerifyClient require<br /> |
| SSLVerifyDepth 1<br /> |
| </Location><br /> |
| </example> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="certauthenticate"> |
| <title>How can I allow only clients who have certificates to access a |
| particular URL, but allow all clients to access the rest of the server?</title> |
| |
| <p>The key to doing this is checking that part of the client certificate |
| matches what you expect. Usually this means checking all or part of the |
| Distinguished Name (DN), to see if it contains some known string. |
| There are two ways to do this, using either <module>mod_auth_basic</module> or |
| <directive module="mod_ssl">SSLRequire</directive>.</p> |
| |
| <p>The <module>mod_auth_basic</module> method is generally required when |
| the certificates are completely arbitrary, or when their DNs have |
| no common fields (usually the organisation, etc.). In this case, |
| you should establish a password database containing <em>all</em> |
| clients allowed, as follows:</p> |
| |
| <example><title>httpd.conf</title><pre> |
| SSLVerifyClient none |
| <Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/secure/area> |
| |
| SSLVerifyClient require |
| SSLVerifyDepth 5 |
| SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt |
| SSLCACertificatePath conf/ssl.crt |
| SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth |
| SSLRequireSSL |
| AuthName "Snake Oil Authentication" |
| AuthType Basic |
| AuthBasicProvider file |
| AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.passwd |
| Require valid-user |
| </Directory></pre> |
| </example> |
| |
| <p>The password used in this example is the DES encrypted string "password". |
| See the <directive module="mod_ssl">SSLOptions</directive> docs for more |
| information.</p> |
| |
| <example><title>httpd.passwd</title><pre> |
| /C=DE/L=Munich/O=Snake Oil, Ltd./OU=Staff/CN=Foo:xxj31ZMTZzkVA |
| /C=US/L=S.F./O=Snake Oil, Ltd./OU=CA/CN=Bar:xxj31ZMTZzkVA |
| /C=US/L=L.A./O=Snake Oil, Ltd./OU=Dev/CN=Quux:xxj31ZMTZzkVA</pre> |
| </example> |
| |
| <p>When your clients are all part of a common hierarchy, which is encoded |
| into the DN, you can match them more easily using <directive module="mod_ssl" |
| >SSLRequire</directive>, as follows:</p> |
| |
| |
| <example><title>httpd.conf</title><pre> |
| SSLVerifyClient none |
| <Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/secure/area> |
| |
| SSLVerifyClient require |
| SSLVerifyDepth 5 |
| SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt |
| SSLCACertificatePath conf/ssl.crt |
| SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth |
| SSLRequireSSL |
| SSLRequire %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_O} eq "Snake Oil, Ltd." \ |
| and %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_OU} in {"Staff", "CA", "Dev"} |
| </Directory></pre> |
| </example> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id="intranet"> |
| <title>How can I require HTTPS with strong ciphers, and either basic |
| authentication or client certificates, for access to part of the |
| Intranet website, for clients coming from the Internet? I still want to allow |
| plain HTTP access for clients on the Intranet.</title> |
| |
| <p>These examples presume that clients on the Intranet have IPs in the range |
| 192.168.1.0/24, and that the part of the Intranet website you want to allow |
| internet access to is <code>/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/subarea</code>. |
| This configuration should remain outside of your HTTPS virtual host, so |
| that it applies to both HTTPS and HTTP.</p> |
| |
| <example><title>httpd.conf</title><pre> |
| SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/company-ca.crt |
| |
| <Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs> |
| # Outside the subarea only Intranet access is granted |
| Order deny,allow |
| Deny from all |
| Allow from 192.168.1.0/24 |
| </Directory> |
| |
| <Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/subarea> |
| # Inside the subarea any Intranet access is allowed |
| # but from the Internet only HTTPS + Strong-Cipher + Password |
| # or the alternative HTTPS + Strong-Cipher + Client-Certificate |
| |
| # If HTTPS is used, make sure a strong cipher is used. |
| # Additionally allow client certs as alternative to basic auth. |
| SSLVerifyClient optional |
| SSLVerifyDepth 1 |
| SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth +StrictRequire |
| SSLRequire %{SSL_CIPHER_USEKEYSIZE} >= 128 |
| |
| # Force clients from the Internet to use HTTPS |
| RewriteEngine on |
| RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^192\.168\.1\.[0-9]+$ |
| RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on |
| RewriteRule .* - [F] |
| |
| # Allow Network Access and/or Basic Auth |
| Satisfy any |
| |
| # Network Access Control |
| Order deny,allow |
| Deny from all |
| Allow 192.168.1.0/24 |
| |
| # HTTP Basic Authentication |
| AuthType basic |
| AuthName "Protected Intranet Area" |
| AuthBasicProvider file |
| AuthUserFile conf/protected.passwd |
| Require valid-user |
| </Directory></pre> |
| </example> |
| </section> |
| </section> |
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| </manualpage> |
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