Re: [TLS] I-D Action: draft-ietf-tls-negotiated-ff-dhe-10.txt

Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@hotmail.com> Wed, 03 June 2015 06:15 UTC

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These older versions of Java don't support FF-DHE, and the server can send a different weaker DHE key to older clients.

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> From: bascule@gmail.com 
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 23:00:14 -0700 
> To: hkario@redhat.com 
> CC: tls@ietf.org 
> Subject: Re: [TLS] I-D Action: draft-ietf-tls-negotiated-ff-dhe-10.txt 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:54 AM, Hubert Kario 
> <hkario@redhat.com<mailto:hkario@redhat.com>> wrote: 
> as it was pointed out many times: adding support for this extension and 
> groups 
> to implementations that already support FF DHE is rather trivial, adding 
> support for ECC is complex (both because of compexity of ECC and because it's 
> a completely new set of algorithms) 
> 
> This allows us to move away from defaulting to 1024bit or 2048bit on server 
> side in fear of breaking, for example, Java based clients 
> 
> Hi there, 
> 
> Some context. I typically don't go "full blowhard". That's something I 
> actively avoid. But I feel it's warranted here. 
> 
> I am responsible for the external ciphersuites configuration for a site 
> that moves over a hundred million dollars per day supporting millions 
> of users. 
> 
> I have also spent what I feel are undue amounts of my own time 
> (probably at least 10 hours in the past month) chasing down DHE 
> problems with Java stacks, trying to solve problems where entire 
> language ecosystems had a total outage of their packaging systems due 
> to Java DHE issues. 
> 
> My opinion is DHE diediedie. I am sorry if I didn't participate when it 
> was "pointed out many times". But this is a draft, and I feel like now 
> isn't an undue time to make a counterargument? 
> 
> Even having DHE enabled when 4096-bit DHE ciphersuites are configured 
> completely blocks Java from completing a TLS handshake. Depending on 
> what Java version, having 2048-bit DHE ciphersuites enabled does the 
> same thing. 
> 
> There were two solutions: get the upstream service to eliminate the 
> problematic ciphersuites, or have the Java client disable DHE. In hopes 
> of getting traffic flowing again, I have told both sides to shut off 
> DHE, and as soon as either side complied, the handshake could complete. 
> 
> What problem do you think this draft is solving? How will it fix older 
> Java clients? 
> 
> So far my experience has been that shutting off DHE solves the problem. 
> If you want ECC, use BouncyCastle as your JCE provider. 
> 
> Anyway, I am responsible for supporting legacy Java 7 (and Java 6!) 
> clients and my opinion is that DHE is actively detrimental to the TLS 
> ecosystem, *especially* where Java is involved. 
> 
> So I am very, very, very confused about what argument you're trying to 
> make about Java here. As far as I'm concerned the *only* workable 
> solution for older Java clients is to shut DHE off. 
> 
> Can you please explain to me where in this draft I can locate the part 
> about how it will help older Java clients better participate in the TLS 
> ecosystem, because I can't find it. 
> 
> -- 
> Tony Arcieri 
> 
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