improved SSL hardening guide

Signed-off-by: Fabian Hauck <hauckfabian@gmail.com>
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Fabian Hauck
2020-05-10 13:59:54 +02:00
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@@ -147,9 +147,12 @@ available SSL ciphers and options depend completely on your environment and
thus giving a generic recommendation is not really possible.
We recommend using the `Mozilla SSL Configuration Generator`_ to generate a
suitable configuration suited for your environment, and the free `Qualys SSL Labs Tests`_
gives good guidance on whether your SSL server is correctly
configured.
suitable configuration suited for your environment. To verify your
configuration you can use the free `Web TLS Profiler`_ service.
This service gives detailed error messages, if your server's TLS settings deviate
from the Mozilla Configuration. Another useful tool to check your server's
TLS configuration is the free `Qualys SSL Labs Test`_ which provides general
information about the TLS settings.
Also ensure that HTTP compression is disabled to mitigate the BREACH attack.
@@ -205,7 +208,8 @@ static resource served by the Web server and verify that the above mentioned
security headers are shipped.
.. _Mozilla SSL Configuration Generator: https://mozilla.github.io/server-side-tls/ssl-config-generator/
.. _Qualys SSL Labs Tests: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
.. _Qualys SSL Labs Test: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
.. _Web TLS Profiler: https://tlsprofiler.danielfett.de/
.. _RFC 4086 ("Randomness Requirements for Security"): https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4086#section-5.2
Connections to remote servers