Module: ngircd.git Branch: master Commit: cdcf474f159ad0c3c2a652cdbfa5e7f09171667c URL: http://ngircd.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git&a=commit;h=cdcf4...
Author: Alexander Barton alex@barton.de Date: Sun Oct 26 11:55:28 2014 +0100
INSTALL: List the changed SSL CipherList default value.
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INSTALL | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index cf33fa3..0aa853c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -12,12 +12,21 @@ I. Upgrade Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Differences to version 22.x + +- The default value of the SSL "CipherList" variable has been changed to + "HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH:!SSLv3" (OpenSSL) and "SECURE128:-VERS-SSL3.0" + (GnuTLS) to disable the old SSLv3 protocol by default. + To enable connections of clients still requiring the weak SSLv3 protocol, + the "CipherList" must be set to its old value (not recommended!), which + was "HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH" (OpenSSL) and "SECURE128" (GnuTLS), see below. + Differences to version 20.x
- Starting with ngIRCd 21, the ciphers used by SSL are configurable and - default to HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH (OpenSSL) or SECURE128 (GnuTLS). - Previous version were using the OpenSSL or GnuTLS defaults, DEFAULT - and NORMAL respectively. + default to "HIGH:!aNULL:@STRENGTH" (OpenSSL) or "SECURE128" (GnuTLS). + Previous version were using the OpenSSL or GnuTLS defaults, "DEFAULT" + and "NORMAL" respectively.
- When adding GLINE's or KLINE's to ngIRCd 21 (or newer), all clients matching the new mask will be KILL'ed. This was not the case with earlier versions