I don't know.  OpenSSL sucks.

I've inquired on twitter, perhaps someone will respond:
https://twitter.com/Ben_Pfaff/status/487291490545065985

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 09:29:31PM +0000, Singhal, Abhinav wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Thanks for the prompt response. I downloaded the latest snapshot of the 
> source today (210ba96.tar.gz) and built it. When this new OVS initiates a SSL 
> connection to the controller, it still uses TLS 1.0 to send the hello. Can 
> you please verify that the fix in place is working correctly?
> 
> Regards,
> Abhinav
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:b...@nicira.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 7:08 PM
> To: Singhal, Abhinav
> Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org
> Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] Problem initiating TLS 1.2 hello from OVS client 
> to NOX controller
> 
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 09:26:42PM +0000, Singhal, Abhinav wrote:
> > I have OVS (1.11.0) and the OpenSSL (1.0.1e-fips) installed on a VM. I 
> > checked the OpenSSL release notes and it says that the version I am 
> > using supports TLS 1.2. My NOX controller is running in passive TLS 
> > mode. Problem is, when my OVS initiates a SSL connection to the 
> > controller, it uses TLS 1.0. My questions are: a). Will OpenSSL always 
> > initiate the TLS handshake using the highest available SSL version 
> > (which ideally means TLS 1.2 in this case)?  b). If no, then what 
> > other changes have to be made in order for the OVS to send out TLS 1.2 
> > hello?
> 
> It's a bug.  I sent out a fix:
>         http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2014-June/041549.html
> 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Abhinav
> > E-mail confidentiality.
> 
> It's a public mailing list, there is no confidentiality.
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