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How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

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    How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

    I have ssl running on Alpha five v11 server and need to disable ssl2 for compliance reasons.

    Any Ideas?

    #2
    Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

    Wilson:

    Take a look at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187498 - you must edit the windows registry on the server. I do not believe you can restrict from within A5.

    Another discussion with example is at http://geekswithblogs.net/dchristian...ersoniis6.aspx

    Hope this helps.

    Brad

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      #3
      Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

      Brad, The V11 Application Server is not IIS, so changing settings for IIS will have no impact on the Application Server.

      The SSL tab of the Application Server Settings allows an SSL Cipher List to be specified. A list such as the following will disable SSL v2
      Code:
      SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!SSLv2:!ADH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!NULL
      This setting uses the same syntax as Apache with mod_ssl, so any Apache setting could be used here. This specific value for the cipher list came from http://adamyoung.net/Disable-SSLv2-System-Wide

      Lenny Forziati
      Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
      Alpha Software Corporation

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        #4
        Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

        Lenny:

        Thanks for the heads up - I use Windows Server 2008 r2 which by default does not connect sslv2. But you make a great point that at this time A5 is not under IIS (even if IIS is on the server for other ports). Since I restrict IP access and have control over the individual clients I always use high 256 bit encryption. I am going to edit the A5 server per your suggestion.

        Brad

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          #5
          Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

          Lenny,

          My "SSL_CipherList" already contains a long string of characters. Do I append the suggested string you suggested, or replace the existing string? Here is a portion of what I have already:

          SSL_CipherList = "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-...
          Steve Wood
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            #6
            Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

            Steve, take a look at the announcement from yesterday: OpenSSL update to address DROWN now available. You will want this update for a number of reasons, and one of the changes it makes is to permanently disable SSLv2, regardless of your cipher list.

            But to more directly answer your question, you would just add :!SSLv2 to your existing list to turn off SSLv2.

            Lenny Forziati
            Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
            Alpha Software Corporation

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              #7
              Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

              Thanks - I will have to take the alternate route, my client will not allow me to install a beta (the pre-release) version on their server.
              Steve Wood
              See my profile on IADN

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                #8
                Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

                There is no need to install a prerelease

                Lenny Forziati
                Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
                Alpha Software Corporation

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                  #9
                  Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

                  Got it. I misread this statement: "These DLLs are compatible with Alpha Anywhere and Alpha Five V11 only."
                  Steve Wood
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                    #10
                    Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

                    Back on the question of cipher string. My client now wants to disable TLS protocol in the cipher string. Would that be done by adding :!TLS, or perhaps :TLSv1 to the cipher string?
                    Steve Wood
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                      Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

                      TLS cannot be fully disabled in the cipher string. What you can do is remove all ciphers used by TLS v1, which effectively turns it off. However the server will still offer a TLS v1 handshake, which will never be able to be completed since no ciphers are there.

                      Lenny Forziati
                      Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
                      Alpha Software Corporation

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                        Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

                        Originally posted by Lenny Forziati View Post
                        TLS cannot be fully disabled in the cipher string. What you can do is remove all ciphers used by TLS v1, which effectively turns it off. However the server will still offer a TLS v1 handshake, which will never be able to be completed since no ciphers are there.
                        Thank you Lenny. I got that part about TLS being set in the Windows server. But I don't know how to tell if my cipher string does or does not "turn TLS' off. Is it as simple as not seeing any part of the cipher string with the letters "TLS" or do I need to append something to my string to specifically turn it off, like ":!TLS", or similar?
                        Steve Wood
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                          #13
                          Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

                          You would need to identify all of the ciphers potentially used and remove them. I do not have a complete list of them.

                          You may want to review https://www.alphasoftware.com/docume...rted%20SSL.xml to see an expanded discussion of configurations, as well as the details of obtaining an A+ rating on the Qualys SSL Labs server test.

                          You will also want to be aware of the impact of disabling TLS v1 - specifically this will cause older clients to be unable to connect. This may or may not be acceptable depending on your specific needs.

                          Lenny Forziati
                          Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
                          Alpha Software Corporation

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                            #14
                            Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

                            Thanks Lenny. Client is happy with prohibiting those older versions from secure access.
                            Steve Wood
                            See my profile on IADN

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                              Re: How Can I Disable SSL V2 in alpha v11 server?

                              While this is the V11 server area, I think it is worth noting that the Alpha Anywhere Application Server now allows the server administrator to very easily disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 if desired. Beginning with build 4243 of Alpha Anywhere, this is as simple as selecting the minimum version you'd like to enable from the drop-down list shown below

                              TLSVersion.png

                              Lenny Forziati
                              Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
                              Alpha Software Corporation

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