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@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
<title>SSL/TLS Strong Encryption: How-To - Apache HTTP Server</title>
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<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</p>
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@@ -32,26 +35,25 @@ before progressing to the advanced techniques.</p>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ciphersuites">Cipher Suites and Enforcing Strong Security</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#accesscontrol">Client Authentication and Access Control</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#logging">Logging</a></li>
-</ul></div>
+</ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
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<div class="section">
<h2><a name="configexample" id="configexample">Basic Configuration Example</a></h2>
-<p>Your SSL configuration will need to contain, at a minumum, the
+<p>Your SSL configuration will need to contain, at minimum, the
following directives.</p>
-<div class="example"><p><code>
- Listen 443<br />
- &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;<br />
- <span class="indent">
- ServerName www.example.com<br />
- SSLEngine on<br />
- SSLCertificateFile /path/to/www.example.com.cert<br />
- SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/www.example.com.key<br />
- </span>
- &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
-</code></p></div>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+Listen 443
+&lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;
+ ServerName www.example.com
+ SSLEngine on
+ SSLCertificateFile /path/to/www.example.com.cert
+ SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/www.example.com.key
+&lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
+</pre>
+
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<div class="section">
@@ -67,18 +69,20 @@ requires a strong cipher for access to a particular URL?</a></li>
only?</a></h3>
<p>The following enables only the strongest ciphers:</p>
- <div class="example"><h3>httpd.conf</h3><p><code>
- SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5<br />
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+ SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5
+ </pre>
+
<p>While with the following configuration you specify a preference
for specific speed-optimized ciphers (which will be selected by
mod_ssl, provided that they are supported by the client):</p>
- <div class="example"><h3>httpd.conf</h3><p><code>
- SSLCipherSuite RC4-SHA:AES128-SHA:HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5<br />
- SSLHonorCipherOrder on
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+SSLCipherSuite RC4-SHA:AES128-SHA:HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5
+SSLHonorCipherOrder on
+ </pre>
+
<h3><a name="strongurl" id="strongurl">How can I create an SSL server which accepts all types of ciphers
@@ -91,16 +95,17 @@ URL?</a></h3>
blocks, to give a per-directory solution, and can automatically force
a renegotiation of the SSL parameters to meet the new configuration.
This can be done as follows:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- # be liberal in general<br />
- SSLCipherSuite ALL:!aNULL:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL<br />
- <br />
- &lt;Location /strong/area&gt;<br />
- # but https://hostname/strong/area/ and below<br />
- # requires strong ciphers<br />
- SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5<br />
- &lt;/Location&gt;
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+# be liberal in general
+SSLCipherSuite ALL:!aNULL:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+EXP:+eNULL
+
+&lt;Location /strong/area&gt;
+# but https://hostname/strong/area/ and below
+# requires strong ciphers
+SSLCipherSuite HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5
+&lt;/Location&gt;
+ </pre>
+
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
@@ -125,13 +130,14 @@ Intranet website, for clients coming from the Internet?</a></li>
need to do is to create client certificates signed by your own CA
certificate (<code>ca.crt</code>) and then verify the clients against this
certificate.</p>
- <div class="example"><h3>httpd.conf</h3><p><code>
- # require a client certificate which has to be directly<br />
- # signed by our CA certificate in ca.crt<br />
- SSLVerifyClient require<br />
- SSLVerifyDepth 1<br />
- SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+# require a client certificate which has to be directly
+# signed by our CA certificate in ca.crt
+SSLVerifyClient require
+SSLVerifyDepth 1
+SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt
+ </pre>
+
<h3><a name="arbitraryclients" id="arbitraryclients">How can I force clients to authenticate using certificates for a
@@ -142,15 +148,16 @@ Intranet website, for clients coming from the Internet?</a></li>
you can use the per-directory reconfiguration features of
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code>:</p>
- <div class="example"><h3>httpd.conf</h3><p><code>
- SSLVerifyClient none<br />
- SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt<br />
- <br />
- &lt;Location /secure/area&gt;<br />
- SSLVerifyClient require<br />
- SSLVerifyDepth 1<br />
- &lt;/Location&gt;<br />
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+SSLVerifyClient none
+SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt
+
+&lt;Location /secure/area&gt;
+SSLVerifyClient require
+SSLVerifyDepth 1
+&lt;/Location&gt;
+ </pre>
+
<h3><a name="certauthenticate" id="certauthenticate">How can I allow only clients who have certificates to access a
@@ -169,22 +176,24 @@ Intranet website, for clients coming from the Internet?</a></li>
you should establish a password database containing <em>all</em>
clients allowed, as follows:</p>
- <div class="example"><h3>httpd.conf</h3><pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
SSLVerifyClient none
-&lt;Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/secure/area&gt;
-
-SSLVerifyClient require
-SSLVerifyDepth 5
SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt
SSLCACertificatePath conf/ssl.crt
-SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth
-SSLRequireSSL
-AuthName "Snake Oil Authentication"
-AuthType Basic
-AuthBasicProvider file
-AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.passwd
-Require valid-user
-&lt;/Directory&gt;</pre></div>
+
+&lt;Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/secure/area&gt;
+ SSLVerifyClient require
+ SSLVerifyDepth 5
+ SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth
+ SSLRequireSSL
+ AuthName "Snake Oil Authentication"
+ AuthType Basic
+ AuthBasicProvider file
+ AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.passwd
+ Require valid-user
+&lt;/Directory&gt;
+ </pre>
+
<p>The password used in this example is the DES encrypted string "password".
See the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html#ssloptions">SSLOptions</a></code> docs for more
@@ -199,19 +208,21 @@ Require valid-user
into the DN, you can match them more easily using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html#sslrequire">SSLRequire</a></code>, as follows:</p>
- <div class="example"><h3>httpd.conf</h3><pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
SSLVerifyClient none
-&lt;Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/secure/area&gt;
+SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt
+SSLCACertificatePath conf/ssl.crt
+&lt;Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/secure/area&gt;
SSLVerifyClient require
SSLVerifyDepth 5
- SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt
- SSLCACertificatePath conf/ssl.crt
SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth
SSLRequireSSL
SSLRequire %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_O} eq "Snake Oil, Ltd." \
and %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_OU} in {"Staff", "CA", "Dev"}
-&lt;/Directory&gt;</pre></div>
+&lt;/Directory&gt;
+ </pre>
+
<h3><a name="intranet" id="intranet">How can I require HTTPS with strong ciphers, and either basic
@@ -226,49 +237,51 @@ plain HTTP access for clients on the Intranet.</a></h3>
This configuration should remain outside of your HTTPS virtual host, so
that it applies to both HTTPS and HTTP.</p>
- <div class="example"><h3>httpd.conf</h3><pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
SSLCACertificateFile conf/ssl.crt/company-ca.crt
&lt;Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs&gt;
-# Outside the subarea only Intranet access is granted
-Order deny,allow
-Deny from all
-Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
+ # Outside the subarea only Intranet access is granted
+ Order deny,allow
+ Deny from all
+ Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
&lt;/Directory&gt;
&lt;Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/subarea&gt;
-# Inside the subarea any Intranet access is allowed
-# but from the Internet only HTTPS + Strong-Cipher + Password
-# or the alternative HTTPS + Strong-Cipher + Client-Certificate
-
-# If HTTPS is used, make sure a strong cipher is used.
-# Additionally allow client certs as alternative to basic auth.
-SSLVerifyClient optional
-SSLVerifyDepth 1
-SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth +StrictRequire
-SSLRequire %{SSL_CIPHER_USEKEYSIZE} &gt;= 128
-
-# Force clients from the Internet to use HTTPS
-RewriteEngine on
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^192\.168\.1\.[0-9]+$
-RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
-RewriteRule . - [F]
-
-# Allow Network Access and/or Basic Auth
-Satisfy any
-
-# Network Access Control
-Order deny,allow
-Deny from all
-Allow 192.168.1.0/24
-
-# HTTP Basic Authentication
-AuthType basic
-AuthName "Protected Intranet Area"
-AuthBasicProvider file
-AuthUserFile conf/protected.passwd
-Require valid-user
-&lt;/Directory&gt;</pre></div>
+ # Inside the subarea any Intranet access is allowed
+ # but from the Internet only HTTPS + Strong-Cipher + Password
+ # or the alternative HTTPS + Strong-Cipher + Client-Certificate
+
+ # If HTTPS is used, make sure a strong cipher is used.
+ # Additionally allow client certs as alternative to basic auth.
+ SSLVerifyClient optional
+ SSLVerifyDepth 1
+ SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth +StrictRequire
+ SSLRequire %{SSL_CIPHER_USEKEYSIZE} &gt;= 128
+
+ # Force clients from the Internet to use HTTPS
+ RewriteEngine on
+ RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^192\.168\.1\.[0-9]+$
+ RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
+ RewriteRule . - [F]
+
+ # Allow Network Access and/or Basic Auth
+ Satisfy any
+
+ # Network Access Control
+ Order deny,allow
+ Deny from all
+ Allow 192.168.1.0/24
+
+ # HTTP Basic Authentication
+ AuthType basic
+ AuthName "Protected Intranet Area"
+ AuthBasicProvider file
+ AuthUserFile conf/protected.passwd
+ Require valid-user
+&lt;/Directory&gt;
+ </pre>
+
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@@ -285,7 +298,28 @@ Require valid-user
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