Where can we found the RFC about this cipher ?

This blog page contain information about cipher order in Windows and the bug

http://blog.ittoby.com/2014/11/microsoft-kb-2992611-winshock-more.html


2014-11-19 10:16 GMT+01:00 Mounir IDRASSI <mounir.idra...@idrix.net>:

> Hi,
>
> The latest Windows update that corrected the "WinShock" SChannel
> vulnerability brought many changes to the way TLS is performed and among
> the changes is the fact that the Supported Point Formats Extension is not
> sent anymore in the ServerHello during the TLS handshake.
>
> In version of OpenSSL prior to 1.0.0c, the Supported Point Formats
> Extension was expected to be present all the time which ofcourse is not
> correct. I have sent a patch for that in 2010 (https://rt.openssl.org/
> Ticket/Display.html?id=2240&user=guest&pass=guest#txn-26841) and the
> correction was subsequently included in 1.0.0c.
>
> This explains why you are starting to receive TLS handshake errors with
> curl client linked with OpenSSL 1.0.0a and 1.0.0b after the SChannel update
> from Microsoft.
>
> If you are not able to upgrade your clients, then the only solution is to
> ask Microsoft how to force the inclusion of the Supported Point Formats
> Extension in the TLS handshake as it was the case before.
> Their SChannel update brought new issues anyway and most certainly
> Microsoft will publish another update to SChannel in order to solve them,
> so there is a possibility for them to restore the old TLS handshake
> behavior unless it causes security issues for them (but I can't imagine
> how).
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Mounir IDRASSI
> IDRIX
> http://www.idrix.fr
>
>
> On 11/14/2014 10:02 PM, Gilles Vollant wrote:
>
>>
>> Microsoft just published a patch on their SChannel component (KB 2992611 )
>>
>>
>> https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS14-066
>>
>>
>> But with this fix, Web server IIS 7.5/8.0 on Windows server 2008R2 or
>> Windows server 2012 did not accept download from curl + OpenSSL 1.0.0a /
>> 1.0.0b !
>>
>>
>> If you compile curl with OpenSSL 1.0.0a or 1.0.0b, curl cannot download
>> anything from IIS 7.5/8.0 webserver using https after patching !
>>
>> OpenSSL 1.0.0c has no problem. But somes clients cannot be updated
>> magically!
>>
>>
>> Curl says:
>> curl: (35) error:1411809D:SSL routines:SSL_CHECK_SERVERHELLO_TLSEXT:tls
>> invalid ecpointformat list
>>
>> I made a report here:
>>
>> http://www.winimage.com/demo_report_openssl_windows/
>>
>> I hope Microsoft can (and will) update their fix to allow curl +
>> openssl1.0.0(a or b) connect !
>>
>> regards
>> Gilles Vollant
>>
>
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