[Pkg-haproxy-maintainers] Bug#840735: Bug#840735: haproxy: Default SSL cipher list quotes external source, but is out of date

[Vincent Bernat]

 ❦ 14 octobre 2016 11:56 CEST, Tim Small <tim at seoss.co.uk> :

> The default haproxy.cfg include tls cipher and protocol restrictions.
> They cite an external source:
>
> https://hynek.me/articles/hardening-your-web-servers-ssl-ciphers/
>
> This has now been updated, so the shipping cfg file should probably be
> updated too?
>
>
> That having been said, it might be better to instead (or as well) point
> the reader at:
>
> https://mozilla.github.io/server-side-tls/ssl-config-generator/
>
> ... which gives more extensive and general configuration related to SSL
> security, as well as more options and explicit client compatability.

At the time the default SSL configuration was put in haproxy.cfg, the
Mozilla generator already existed. Hynek's one was preferred mainly
because the configuration was smaller. The minimal configuration from
CloudFlare was also in the balance.

> You could also link the specific haproxy+openssl URL e.g. for sid at the
> moment:
>
> https://mozilla.github.io/server-side-tls/ssl-config-generator/?server=haproxy-1.6.9&openssl=1.0.2j
>
> ... along with a recommendation to maintain security with respect to
> this URL?

I think this is a good idea.
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