On 17/03/14 11:08, Steffan Karger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gert Doering [mailto:g...@greenie.muc.de]
>> Sent: maandag 17 maart 2014 9:34
>> Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Set SSL_OP_NO_TICKET flag in SSL
>> context for OpenSSL builds, to disable TLS stateless session
>> resumption.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 06:49:36PM -0600, James Yonan wrote:
>>> OpenVPN doesn't want or need SSL session renegotiation or resumption,
>>> as it handles renegotiation on its own.
>>>
>>> For this reason, OpenVPN always disables the SSL session cache:
>>>
>>> SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode (ctx, SSL_SESS_CACHE_OFF)
>>>
>>> However, even with the above code, stateless session resumption is
>>> still possible unless explicitly disabled with the SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
>>> flag.  This patch does this.
>>
>> I assume this should go into all OpenVPN branches, that is, master,
>> 2.3, and if we ever do another 2.2, into that one as well?
>>
>> (not ACKing or NAKing the patch itself, this is not my field of
>> expertise)
> 
> I think this should go into all releases we'll do from now on.
> 
> Also, ACK on the patch. Together with SSL_SESS_CACHE_OFF, this seems
> to fully disable TLS session renegotiation and resumption.

This patch only covers OpenSSL.  Is there an equivalent for PolarSSL as
well?  Or isn't it needed at all on PolarSSL?


-- 
kind regards,

David Sommerseth

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