Making sure SSLv2 is disabled in Apache (and Nginx)

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:06:38 +0000

Edit Jan 24, 2012: Deleted all the crap from this story and just left the recommended Apache and Nginx SSL cipher suites for maximum security without SSLv2 and without BEAST vulnerability (at least according to Qualys). Apache httpd

SSLProtocol -ALL +SSLv3 +TLSv1
SSLCipherSuite ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:RC4:HIGH:!MD5:!aNULL:!EDH:!AESGCM;
SSLHonorCipherOrder on

nginx

ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;
 ssl_ciphers ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:AES256-SHA256:RC4:HIGH:!MD5:!aNULL:!EDH:!AESGCM;
 ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

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Logging RT username in Apache access_log

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:34:18 +0000

RT has its own internal accounting & tracking system for logging activity, but I was interested in even more granular stuff, like seeing who looked at which tickets. I figured it wouldn’t be that hard to log this in Apache. Well, I was kind of right, in that it wasn’t “hard,” but it took me a long time to find the right place to do it. I did finally get it though.

Httpd on Evan Hoffman

Making sure SSLv2 is disabled in Apache (and Nginx)

Logging RT username in Apache access_log