Re: openssl 0.9.8m-beta1 with modssl patch does not disable renegotiation

2010-01-22 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 04:39:43AM +0100, Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010, fredk2 wrote: > > > > > do I understand this correctly: > > 0.9.8m sends a no_renegotiation alert and apache needs a mod_ssl patch that, > > by default, upon this alert closes the connection? > > > > No

Re: openssl 0.9.8m-beta1 with modssl patch does not disable renegotiation

2010-01-21 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010, fredk2 wrote: > > do I understand this correctly: > 0.9.8m sends a no_renegotiation alert and apache needs a mod_ssl patch that, > by default, upon this alert closes the connection? > No this isn't Apache's fault. OpenSSL 0.9.8m sends the no_renegotiation alert it's just t

Re: openssl 0.9.8m-beta1 with modssl patch does not disable renegotiation

2010-01-21 Thread fredk2
do I understand this correctly: 0.9.8m sends a no_renegotiation alert and apache needs a mod_ssl patch that, by default, upon this alert closes the connection? Thanks - Fred Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010, fredk2 wrote: > >> >> Yes I forgot to mention that I did test with

Re: openssl 0.9.8m-beta1 with modssl patch does not disable renegotiation

2010-01-21 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010, fredk2 wrote: > > Yes I forgot to mention that I did test with the 0.9.8m s_client and that > worked. > The [new] problem 0.9.8m create is that a (old) client can request R and > exhaust all apache threads. > This is a bit of a problem for older clients because the specifi

Re: openssl 0.9.8m-beta1 with modssl patch does not disable renegotiation

2010-01-21 Thread fredk2
Yes I forgot to mention that I did test with the 0.9.8m s_client and that worked. The [new] problem 0.9.8m create is that a (old) client can request R and exhaust all apache threads. Thanks for the reply - Fred Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010, fredk2 wrote: > >> >> Hi, >>

Re: openssl 0.9.8m-beta1 with modssl patch does not disable renegotiation

2010-01-21 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010, fredk2 wrote: > > Hi, > > I have tried to read some of the old posts, but do not understand if the > following is an apache or openssl question. > > I am using the apache 2.2.14 mod_ssl with the patch: > http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/patches/apply_to_2.2.14/CVE-2009-35