Dear,
I am running Apache 2.2.14.
I also applied the patch to enforce SSL renegotiation from server only.
Testing the proposed solution in SSL mutual authentication context, the full
renegotiation is done once but I noticed that the handshake is done for every
request.
The test web page is made of 30 request/responses and we can see from the LOG
that 30 handshakes are done even though session is found in cache.
Below, extract of the LOG files:
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: Performing full renegotiation: complete handshake
protocol
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Handshake: start
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSL renegotiate ciphers
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 write hello request A
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 flush data
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 write hello request C
...
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: Inter-Process Session Cache: request=SET status=OK
id=D893868C1224CF057AFE1C604B7C7725E23E92F22CB6EE338997038F95533213
timeout=3600s (session caching)
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Handshake: done
...
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Handshake: start
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: before/accept initialization
...
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: Inter-Process Session Cache: request=GET status=FOUND
id=D893868C1224CF057AFE1C604B7C7725E23E92F22CB6EE338997038F95533213 (session
reuse)
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 read client hello A
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 write server hello A
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 write certificate A
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 write server done A
...
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Handshake: start
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: before/accept initialization
...
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: Inter-Process Session Cache: request=GET status=FOUND
id=D893868C1224CF057AFE1C604B7C7725E23E92F22CB6EE338997038F95533213 (session
reuse)
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 read client hello A
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 write server hello A
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 write certificate A
' ssl_engine_kernel.c: OpenSSL: Loop: SSLv3 write server done A
...
- What is the reason of the handshake for every request?
- What is the purpose of the cache?
- Is the new handshake conveyed under the existing ssl session?
- How to avoid theses handshakes if not required?
Thanks.
Regards,
Ben.
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