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Documented ciphers used by default in modern nginx versions (closes #177).
author Ruslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com>
date Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:39:03 +0000
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153 </directive> 153 </directive>
154 154
155 155
156 <directive name="ssl_ciphers"> 156 <directive name="ssl_ciphers">
157 <syntax><value>ciphers</value></syntax> 157 <syntax><value>ciphers</value></syntax>
158 <default>HIGH:!ADH:!MD5</default> 158 <default>HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5</default>
159 <context>http</context> 159 <context>http</context>
160 <context>server</context> 160 <context>server</context>
161 161
162 <para> 162 <para>
163 Specifies the enabled ciphers. 163 Specifies the enabled ciphers.
164 The ciphers are specified in the format understood by the 164 The ciphers are specified in the format understood by the
165 OpenSSL library, for example: 165 OpenSSL library, for example:
166 <example> 166 <example>
167 ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP; 167 ssl_ciphers ALL:!aNULL:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP;
168 </example> 168 </example>
169 </para> 169 </para>
170 170
171 <para> 171 <para>
172 The full list can be viewed using the 172 The full list can be viewed using the
173 “<command>openssl ciphers</command>” command. 173 “<command>openssl ciphers</command>” command.
174 </para>
175
176 <para>
177 <note>
178 The previous versions of nginx used
179 <link doc="configuring_https_servers.xml" id="compatibility">different</link>
180 ciphers by default.
181 </note>
174 </para> 182 </para>
175 183
176 </directive> 184 </directive>
177 185
178 186