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1 <!--
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2 Copyright (C) Igor Sysoev
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3 Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc.
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8 <article name="Configuring HTTPS servers"
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9 link="/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.html"
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10 lang="en"
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12 author="Igor Sysoev"
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13 editor="Brian Mercer">
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15 <section>
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18 To configure an HTTPS server, the <literal>ssl</literal> parameter
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19 must be enabled on
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20 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="listen">listening sockets</link>
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21 in the <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="server"/> block,
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22 and the locations of the server certificate
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25 <programlisting>
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26 server {
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27 listen 443 <b>ssl</b>;
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28 server_name www.example.com;
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29 ssl_certificate <b>www.example.com.crt</b>;
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30 ssl_certificate_key <b>www.example.com.key</b>;
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31 ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
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32 ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
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33 ...
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34 }
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35 </programlisting>
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37 The server certificate is a public entity.
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38 It is sent to every client that connects to the server.
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39 The private key is a secure entity and should be stored in a file with
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40 restricted access, however, it must be readable by nginx’s master process.
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41 The private key may alternately be stored in the same file as the certificate:
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43 <programlisting>
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44 ssl_certificate www.example.com.cert;
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45 ssl_certificate_key www.example.com.cert;
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46 </programlisting>
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48 in which case the file access rights should also be restricted.
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49 Although the certificate and the key are stored in one file,
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50 only the certificate is sent to a client.
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51 </para>
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53 <para>
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54 The directives <link doc="ngx_http_ssl_module.xml" id="ssl_protocols"/> and
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55 <link doc="ngx_http_ssl_module.xml" id="ssl_ciphers"/>
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56 can be used to limit connections
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57 to include only the strong versions and ciphers of SSL/TLS.
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58 Since version 1.0.5, nginx uses
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59 “<literal>ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1</literal>”
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61 so configuring them explicitly only makes sense for the earlier nginx versions.
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63 “<literal>ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2</literal>” by default.
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67 CBC-mode ciphers might be vulnerable to a number of attacks and to
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68 the BEAST attack in particular (see
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69 <link url="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3389">CVE-2011-3389</link>).
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70 Configuration of ciphers can be adjusted to prefer RC4-SHA as the following:
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72 <programlisting>
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73 ssl_ciphers RC4:HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
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74 ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
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76 </para>
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81 <section id="optimization" name="HTTPS server optimization">
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83 <para>
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84 SSL operations consume extra CPU resources.
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86 no less than the number of available CPU cores.
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87 The most CPU-intensive operation is the SSL handshake.
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88 There are two ways to minimize the number of these operations per client:
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89 the first is by enabling keepalive connections to send several
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90 requests via one connection and the second is to reuse SSL session
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91 parameters to avoid SSL handshakes for parallel and subsequent connections.
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92 The sessions are stored in an SSL session cache shared between workers
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93 and configured by the
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94 <link doc="ngx_http_ssl_module.xml" id="ssl_session_cache"/>
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95 directive.
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96 One megabyte of the cache contains about 4000 sessions.
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97 The default cache timeout is 5 minutes.
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98 It can be increased by using the
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99 <link doc="ngx_http_ssl_module.xml" id="ssl_session_timeout"/>
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100 directive.
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101 Here is a sample configuration optimized for a multi-core system
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104 <programlisting>
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105 <b>worker_processes auto</b>;
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107 http {
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108 <b>ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m</b>;
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109 <b>ssl_session_timeout 10m</b>;
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111 server {
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112 listen 443 ssl;
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113 server_name www.example.com;
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114 <b>keepalive_timeout 70</b>;
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116 ssl_certificate www.example.com.crt;
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117 ssl_certificate_key www.example.com.key;
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118 ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
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119 ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
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121 </programlisting>
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122 </para>
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124 </section>
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127 <section id="chains" name="SSL certificate chains">
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129 <para>
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130 Some browsers may complain about a certificate signed by a well-known
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131 certificate authority, while other browsers may accept the certificate
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132 without issues.
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133 This occurs because the issuing authority has signed the server certificate
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134 using an intermediate certificate that is not present in the certificate
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135 base of well-known trusted certificate authorities which is distributed
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136 with a particular browser.
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137 In this case the authority provides a bundle of chained certificates
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138 which should be concatenated to the signed server certificate.
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139 The server certificate must appear before the chained certificates
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142 <programlisting>
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143 $ cat www.example.com.crt bundle.crt > www.example.com.chained.crt
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144 </programlisting>
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146 The resulting file should be used in the
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147 <link doc="ngx_http_ssl_module.xml" id="ssl_certificate"/> directive:
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149 <programlisting>
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150 server {
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151 listen 443 ssl;
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152 server_name www.example.com;
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153 ssl_certificate www.example.com.chained.crt;
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154 ssl_certificate_key www.example.com.key;
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155 ...
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156 }
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157 </programlisting>
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159 If the server certificate and the bundle have been concatenated in the wrong
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160 order, nginx will fail to start and will display the error message:
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162 <programlisting>
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163 SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(" ... /www.example.com.key") failed
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164 (SSL: error:0B080074:x509 certificate routines:
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165 X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch)
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166 </programlisting>
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167
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169 first certificate instead of the server certificate.
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170 </para>
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172 <para>
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173 Browsers usually store intermediate certificates which they receive
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174 and which are signed by trusted authorities, so actively used browsers
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176 may not complain about a certificate sent without a chained bundle.
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177 To ensure the server sends the complete certificate chain,
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178 the <command>openssl</command> command-line utility may be used, for example:
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180 <programlisting>
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181 $ openssl s_client -connect www.godaddy.com:443
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182 ...
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183 Certificate chain
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184 0 s:/C=US/ST=Arizona/L=Scottsdale/1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US
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185 /1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=AZ/O=GoDaddy.com, Inc
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186 /OU=MIS Department/<b>CN=www.GoDaddy.com</b>
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187 /serialNumber=0796928-7/2.5.4.15=V1.0, Clause 5.(b)
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188 i:/C=US/ST=Arizona/L=Scottsdale/O=GoDaddy.com, Inc.
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189 /OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository
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190 /CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority
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191 /serialNumber=07969287
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192 1 s:/C=US/ST=Arizona/L=Scottsdale/O=GoDaddy.com, Inc.
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193 /OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository
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194 /CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority
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195 /serialNumber=07969287
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196 i:/C=US/O=The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
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197 /OU=Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority
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198 2 s:/C=US/O=The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
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199 /OU=Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority
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200 i:/L=ValiCert Validation Network/O=<b>ValiCert, Inc.</b>
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201 /OU=ValiCert Class 2 Policy Validation Authority
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202 /CN=http://www.valicert.com//emailAddress=info@valicert.com
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203 ...
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204 </programlisting>
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205
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206 In this example the subject (“<i>s</i>”) of the
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207 <literal>www.GoDaddy.com</literal> server certificate #0 is signed by an issuer
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208 (“<i>i</i>”) which itself is the subject of the certificate #1,
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209 which is signed by an issuer which itself is the subject of the certificate #2,
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210 which signed by the well-known issuer <i>ValiCert, Inc.</i>
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211 whose certificate is stored in the browsers’ built-in
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212 certificate base (that lay in the house that Jack built).
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213 </para>
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214
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215 <para>
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216 If a certificate bundle has not been added, only the server certificate #0
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217 will be shown.
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218 </para>
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220 </section>
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223 <section id="single_http_https_server" name="A single HTTP/HTTPS server">
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224
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225 <para>
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226 It is possible to configure a single server that handles both HTTP
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227 and HTTPS requests:
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229 <programlisting>
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230 server {
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231 listen 80;
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232 listen 443 ssl;
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233 server_name www.example.com;
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234 ssl_certificate www.example.com.crt;
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235 ssl_certificate_key www.example.com.key;
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236 ...
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237 }
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238 </programlisting>
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239
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240 <note>
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241 Prior to 0.7.14 SSL could not be enabled selectively for
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242 individual listening sockets, as shown above.
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243 SSL could only be enabled for the entire server using the
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244 <link doc="ngx_http_ssl_module.xml" id="ssl"/> directive,
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245 making it impossible to set up a single HTTP/HTTPS server.
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246 The <literal>ssl</literal> parameter of the
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247 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="listen"/> directive
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248 was added to solve this issue.
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249 The use of the
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250 <link doc="ngx_http_ssl_module.xml" id="ssl"/> directive
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251 in modern versions is thus discouraged.
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252 </note>
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253 </para>
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255 </section>
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258 <section id="name_based_https_servers" name="Name-based HTTPS servers">
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260 <para>
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261 A common issue arises when configuring two or more HTTPS servers
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262 listening on a single IP address:
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264 <programlisting>
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265 server {
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266 listen 443 ssl;
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267 server_name www.example.com;
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268 ssl_certificate www.example.com.crt;
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269 ...
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270 }
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272 server {
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273 listen 443 ssl;
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274 server_name www.example.org;
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275 ssl_certificate www.example.org.crt;
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277 }
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278 </programlisting>
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279
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280 With this configuration a browser receives the default server’s certificate,
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281 i.e. <literal>www.example.com</literal> regardless of the requested server name.
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282 This is caused by SSL protocol behaviour.
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283 The SSL connection is established before the browser sends an HTTP request
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284 and nginx does not know the name of the requested server.
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285 Therefore, it may only offer the default server’s certificate.
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286 </para>
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288 <para>
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289 The oldest and most robust method to resolve the issue
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292 <programlisting>
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293 server {
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294 listen 192.168.1.1:443 ssl;
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295 server_name www.example.com;
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296 ssl_certificate www.example.com.crt;
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298 }
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300 server {
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301 listen 192.168.1.2:443 ssl;
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302 server_name www.example.org;
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303 ssl_certificate www.example.org.crt;
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304 ...
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305 }
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306 </programlisting>
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307 </para>
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310 <section id="certificate_with_several_names"
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311 name="An SSL certificate with several names">
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313 <para>
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315 between several HTTPS servers.
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316 However, all of them have their drawbacks.
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317 One way is to use a certificate with several names in
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318 the SubjectAltName certificate field, for example,
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319 <literal>www.example.com</literal> and <literal>www.example.org</literal>.
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320 However, the SubjectAltName field length is limited.
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321 </para>
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322
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323 <para>
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324 Another way is to use a certificate with a wildcard name, for example,
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325 <literal>*.example.org</literal>.
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326 A wildcard certificate secures all subdomains of the specified domain,
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327 but only on one level.
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328 This certificate matches <literal>www.example.org</literal>, but does not match
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329 <literal>example.org</literal> and <literal>www.sub.example.org</literal>.
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330 These two methods can also be combined.
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331 A certificate may contain exact and wildcard names in the
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332 SubjectAltName field, for example,
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333 <literal>example.org</literal> and <literal>*.example.org</literal>.
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334 </para>
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335
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336 <para>
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337 It is better to place a certificate file with several names and
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338 its private key file at the <i>http</i> level of configuration
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339 to inherit their single memory copy in all servers:
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340
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341 <programlisting>
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342 ssl_certificate common.crt;
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343 ssl_certificate_key common.key;
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344
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345 server {
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346 listen 443 ssl;
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347 server_name www.example.com;
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348 ...
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349 }
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350
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351 server {
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352 listen 443 ssl;
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353 server_name www.example.org;
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354 ...
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355 }
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356 </programlisting>
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357 </para>
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358
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359 </section>
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360
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361
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362 <section id="sni" name="Server Name Indication">
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363
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364 <para>
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365 A more generic solution for running several HTTPS servers on a single
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366 IP address is
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367 <link url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication">TLS
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368 Server Name Indication extension</link> (SNI, RFC 6066),
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369 which allows a browser to pass a requested server name during the SSL handshake
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370 and, therefore, the server will know which certificate it should use
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371 for the connection.
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372 However, SNI has limited browser support.
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373 Currently it is supported starting with the following browsers versions:
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374 </para>
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375
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376 <para>
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377 <list type="bullet">
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379 <listitem>
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380 Opera 8.0;
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381 </listitem>
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382
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383 <listitem>
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384 MSIE 7.0 (but only on Windows Vista or higher);
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385 </listitem>
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386
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387 <listitem>
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388 Firefox 2.0 and other browsers using Mozilla Platform rv:1.8.1;
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389 </listitem>
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391 <listitem>
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392 Safari 3.2.1 (Windows version supports SNI on Vista or higher);
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393 </listitem>
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394
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395 <listitem>
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396 and Chrome (Windows version supports SNI on Vista or higher, too).
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397 </listitem>
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399 </list>
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400 <note>
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401 Only domain names can be passed in SNI,
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402 however some browsers may erroneously pass an IP address of the server
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404 One should not rely on this.
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405 </note>
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406 </para>
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408 <para>
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409 In order to use SNI in nginx, it must be supported in both the
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410 OpenSSL library with which the nginx binary has been built as well as
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411 the library to which it is being dynamically linked at run time.
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412 OpenSSL supports SNI since 0.9.8f version if it was built with config option
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413 <nobr>“--enable-tlsext”.</nobr>
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414 Since OpenSSL 0.9.8j this option is enabled by default.
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415 If nginx was built with SNI support, then nginx will show this
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416 when run with the “-V” switch:
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417
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418 <programlisting>
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419 $ nginx -V
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420 ...
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421 TLS SNI support enabled
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422 ...
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423 </programlisting>
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424
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425 However, if the SNI-enabled nginx is linked dynamically to
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426 an OpenSSL library without SNI support, nginx displays the warning:
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427
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428 <programlisting>
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429 nginx was built with SNI support, however, now it is linked
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430 dynamically to an OpenSSL library which has no tlsext support,
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431 therefore SNI is not available
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432 </programlisting>
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433 </para>
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434
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435 </section>
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436
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437 </section>
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438
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439
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440 <section id="compatibility" name="Compatibility">
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441
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442 <para>
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443 <list type="bullet">
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444
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445 <listitem>
660
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446 The SNI support status has been shown by the “-V” switch
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447 since 0.8.21 and 0.7.62.
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448 </listitem>
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449
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450 <listitem>
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451 The <literal>ssl</literal> parameter of the
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452 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="listen"/>
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453 directive has been supported since 0.7.14.
801
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454 Prior to 0.8.21 it could only be specified along with the
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455 <literal>default</literal> parameter.
461
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456 </listitem>
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457
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458 <listitem>
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459 SNI has been supported since 0.5.32.
461
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460 </listitem>
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461
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462 <listitem>
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463 The shared SSL session cache has been supported since 0.5.6.
461
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464 </listitem>
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465
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466 </list>
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467 </para>
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468
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469 <para>
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470 <list type="bullet">
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471
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472 <listitem>
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473 Version 0.7.65, 0.8.19 and later: the default SSL protocols are SSLv3, TLSv1,
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474 TLSv1.1, and TLSv1.2 (if supported by the OpenSSL library).
461
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475 </listitem>
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477 <listitem>
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478 Version 0.7.64, 0.8.18 and earlier: the default SSL protocols are SSLv2,
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479 SSLv3, and TLSv1.
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480 </listitem>
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481
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482 </list>
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483 </para>
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484
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485 <para>
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486 <list type="bullet">
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487
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488 <listitem>
43
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489 Version 1.0.5 and later: the default SSL ciphers are
271
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490 “<literal>HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5</literal>”.
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491 </listitem>
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492
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493 <listitem>
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494 Version 0.7.65, 0.8.20 and later: the default SSL ciphers are
271
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495 “<literal>HIGH:!ADH:!MD5</literal>”.
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496 </listitem>
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497
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498 <listitem>
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499 Version 0.8.19: the default SSL ciphers are
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500 “<literal>ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM</literal>”.
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501 </listitem>
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503 <listitem>
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504 Version 0.7.64, 0.8.18 and earlier: the default SSL ciphers are<br/>
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505 “<literal>ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP</literal>”.
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506 </listitem>
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508 </list>
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509 </para>
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512 </section>
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515 </article>