[Steve Henson]
*) Add option SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT which will allow clients to
- connect (but not renegotiate) with servers which do not support RI.
+ connect and renegotiate with servers which do not support RI.
Until RI is more widely deployed this option is enabled by default.
[Steve Henson]
described in RFC5746. This counters the prefix attack described in
CVE-2009-3555 and elsewhere.
-The deprecated and highly broken SSLv2 protocol does not support secure
+The deprecated and highly broken SSLv2 protocol does not support
renegotiation at all: its use is B<strongly> discouraged.
This attack has far reaching consequences which application writers should be
=head2 Patched OpenSSL client and unpatched server.
If the option B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> is set then initial connections
-between patched OpenSSL clients and unpatched servers succeed. This option
-is currently set by default even though it has security implications: otherwise
-it would be impossible to connect to unpatched servers (i.e. all of them
-initially) and this is clearly not acceptable.
+and renegotiation between patched OpenSSL clients and unpatched servers
+succeeds.
+
+This option is currently set by default even though it has security
+implications: otherwise it would be impossible to connect to unpatched servers
+(i.e. all of them initially) and this is clearly not acceptable. Renegotiation
+is permitted because this does not add any additional security issues: during
+an attack clients do not see any renegotiations anyway.
As more servers become patched the option B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> will
B<not> be set by default in a future version of OpenSSL.
B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> using SSL_CTX_clear_options() or
SSL_clear_options().
-Renegotiation between a patched OpenSSL client and unpatched server follows
-the same scheme as between an unpatched client and a patched OpenSSL server:
-i.e. it is not permitted unless the option
-B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> is set.
+As in the previous case if the option
+B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> is set then renegotiation
+B<always> succeeds.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
* which doesn't support RI so for the immediate future tolerate RI
* absence on initial connect only.
*/
- if (!renegotiate_seen &&
- (s->new_session || !(s->options & SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT))
+ if (!renegotiate_seen
+ && !(s->options & SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT)
&& !(s->options & SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION))
{
*al = SSL_AD_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE;