if (!(result->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_method())))
goto error;
SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2);
+ SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3);
+ /* Prefer the server's ordering of ciphers: the client's ordering has
+ * historically been chosen for fingerprinting resistance. */
+ SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE);
+
/* Disable TLS1.1 and TLS1.2 if they exist. We need to do this to
* workaround a bug present in all OpenSSL 1.0.1 versions (as of 1
* June 2012), wherein renegotiating while using one of these TLS
* using them can make our perfect forward secrecy a little worse, *and*
* create an opportunity to fingerprint us (since it's unusual to use them
* with TLS sessions turned off).
+ *
+ * In 0.2.4, clients advertise support for them though, to avoid a TLS
+ * distinguishability vector. This can give us worse PFS, though, if we
+ * get a server that doesn't set SSL_OP_NO_TICKET. With luck, there will
+ * be few such servers by the time 0.2.4 is more stable.
*/
#ifdef SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
- SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_NO_TICKET);
+ if (! is_client) {
+ SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_NO_TICKET);
+ }
#endif
+ /* XXX This block is now obsolete. */
if (
#ifdef DISABLE_SSL3_HANDSHAKE
1 ||