[jira] [Created] (THRIFT-3165) Improve SSL Security in thrift by requiring TLS v1.2 by default

["James E. King, III (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

James E. King, III created THRIFT-3165:
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             Summary: Improve SSL Security in thrift by requiring TLS v1.2 by default
                 Key: THRIFT-3165
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-3165
             Project: Thrift
          Issue Type: Improvement
    Affects Versions: 0.9.2
            Reporter: James E. King, III


Thrift provides an SSL implementation and as such we need to ensure that thrift as a distribution is not the source of a security risk.  Currently there is no uniformity across the library implementations to require a certain level of security for SSL communications.

It is therefore proposed that the Thrift project require all SSL implementations shipping with the distribution to require TLS 1.2 or later as the accepted ciphers for a server socket.  TLS 1.2 was defined in RFC 5246 in August of 2008.

By shipping thrift with anything less, the finger can potentially be pointed back at thrift as a project for not providing the proper security.  By setting the bar as high as possible on components in the package, the third party using Thrift must make a conscious decision to add other ciphers that are not as strong as TLS 1.2.  Since the third party is making this decision, they are fully accepting the consequences of their action.

Given this affects all SSL implementations, it could be done in one commit or in multiple commits; if the work is to be split up then it should be done with subtasks in Jira.



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