Details
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Improvement
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Status: Resolved
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Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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4.5.7
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None
Description
SSLConnectionSocketFactory filters out insecure SSL protocols if a used didn't explicitly enable them
But it doesn't filter out insecure cipher suites which use weak algorithms such as SHA-1, RC4, DES, 3DES, etc. In fact, insecure cipher suites may be blocked by TLS implementation like JSSE if a user uses modern versions of JDK. But if the user doesn't upgrade JDK or the JDK is not supported anymore by the vendor, then it insecure cipher suites may be used for TLS connections. Implementing such a filter for weak TLS cipher suites may be an additional defense-in-depth measure which may help users to use HttpClient in a safe way.
I am attaching a patch (draft) for SSLConnectionSocketFactory which adds such a filtering mechanism. If no objections, I'll finalize it and create a pull request.