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SSL Ciphers – Modern vs Legacy

Foldr appliance update 4.10.0.1 (26th August 2018) switches to a ‘modern‘ SSL cipher configuration by default for the appliance web server.  This disables weaker SSL ciphers and only permits clients to connect using TLS 1.2.

Older appliance builds use a legacy configuration by default which enables TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 along with various ciphers for each protocol. There may be compatibility reasons for requiring older TLS protocols to be enabled, such as when using an older / deprecated web publishing service such as Microsoft TMG/ISA.

It is always recommended, where possible, to use the default modern cipher configuration.

Changing the Cipher Mode

To change the cipher mode, log into the appliance console as fadmin and issue the following command

LEGACY ciphers

set-ciphers legacy

MODERN ciphers

set-ciphers modern

‘Modern’ mode Cipher Suites in Detail

TLS 1.2

TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (0xc030) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS 256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (0xc02f) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS 128

‘Legacy’ mode Cipher Suites in Detail

TLS 1.2 (suites in server-preferred order)

TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (0xc02f) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS 128
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (0xc030) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS 256
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (0x9e) DH 4096 bits FS 128
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (0x9f) DH 4096 bits FS 256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 (0xc027) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS WEAK 128
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA (0xc013) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS WEAK 128
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 (0xc028) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS WEAK 256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0xc014) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS WEAK 256
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 (0x67) DH 4096 bits FS WEAK 128
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 (0x6b) DH 4096 bits FS WEAK 256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (0x9c) WEAK 128
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (0x9d) WEAK 256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 (0x3c) WEAK 128
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 (0x3d) WEAK 256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA (0x2f) WEAK 128
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) WEAK 256
TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA (0xa) WEAK 112

TLS 1.1 (suites in server-preferred order)

TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA (0xc013) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS WEAK 128
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0xc014) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS WEAK 256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA (0x2f) WEAK 128
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) WEAK 256
TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA (0xa) WEAK 112

TLS 1.0 (suites in server-preferred order)

TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA (0xc013) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS WEAK 128
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0xc014) ECDH secp256r1 (eq. 3072 bits RSA) FS WEAK 256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA (0x2f) WEAK 128
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) WEAK 256
TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA (0xa) WEAK 112

 

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