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Date:      Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:23:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Chris H" <chris#@1command.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SSL appears to be broken in 8-STABLE/RELEASE
Message-ID:  <0edc3b334fc301f51193354f7a0da61b.HRCIM@webmail.1command.com>
In-Reply-To: <20091219111339.GH43547@mdounin.ru>
References:  <f7206c210912190058u36222a04ge474279af10c9990@mail.gmail.com> <20091219111339.GH43547@mdounin.ru>

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On Sat, December 19, 2009 3:13 am, Maxim Dounin wrote:
> Hello!
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 09:58:49AM +0100, H. Ingow wrote:
>
>
> [...]
>
>
>> Please try to compile your application against the version of openssl
>> available in the ports tree.
>>
>> As you already mentioned (SA-09:15) breaks renegotiation with base system's
>> openssl by fixing a security issue ( it actually does).
>>
>> Prerequisite for the following is, of course, to install
>> /usr/ports/security/openssl which will give you
>> openssl 0.9.8l . (You do not necessarily have to remove the base openssl)
>
> OpenSSL 0.9.8l has renegotiation disabled too, this won't help.
>
>
> The only difference is that 0.9.8l has some means to re-enable
> legacy renegotiation which may be utilized by applications which are aware of the
> problem.
Which is exactly what's required to implement your previous suggestion. :)

--Chris H
>
> Maxim Dounin
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