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svn commit: r1745231 - in /tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk: ./
webapps/docs/changelog.xml webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml
Author: markt
Date: Mon May 23 16:16:06 2016
New Revision: 1745231
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1745231&view=rev
Log:
Fix https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58891
Update the SSL how-to. Based on a suggestion by Alexander Kj�ll.
Modified:
tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/ (props changed)
tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml
Propchange: tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/
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Modified: tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?rev=1745231&r1=1745230&r2=1745231&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml Mon May 23 16:16:06 2016
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@
Correct a typo in SSL/TLS Configuration How-To.
Issue reported via comments.apache.org. (violetagg)
</fix>
+ <fix>
+ <bug>58891</bug>: Update the SSL how-to. Based on a suggestion by
+ Alexander Kjäll. (markt)
+ </fix>
</changelog>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Other">
Modified: tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml?rev=1745231&r1=1745230&r2=1745231&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml Mon May 23 16:16:06 2016
@@ -109,75 +109,42 @@ for each external interface (IP address)
The theory behind this design is that a server should provide some kind of
reasonable assurance that its owner is who you think it is, particularly
before receiving any sensitive information. While a broader explanation of
-Certificates is beyond the scope of this document, think of a Certificate
-as a "digital driver's license" for an Internet address. It states what
-company the site is associated with, along with some basic contact
-information about the site owner or administrator.</p>
-
-<p>This "driver's license" is cryptographically signed by its owner, and is
-therefore extremely difficult for anyone else to forge. For sites involved
-in e-commerce, or any other business transaction in which authentication of
-identity is important, a Certificate is typically purchased from a well-known
-<em>Certificate Authority</em> (CA) such as VeriSign or Thawte. Such
-certificates can be electronically verified -- in effect, the Certificate
-Authority will vouch for the authenticity of the certificates that it grants,
-so you can believe that that Certificate is valid if you trust the Certificate
-Authority that granted it.</p>
-
-<p>In many cases, however, authentication is not really a concern. An
-administrator may simply want to ensure that the data being transmitted and
-received by the server is private and cannot be snooped by anyone who may be
-eavesdropping on the connection. Fortunately, Java provides a relatively
-simple command-line tool, called <code>keytool</code>, which can easily create
-a "self-signed" Certificate. Self-signed Certificates are simply user
-generated Certificates which have not been officially registered with any
-well-known CA, and are therefore not really guaranteed to be authentic at all.
-Again, this may or may not even be important, depending on your needs.</p>
+Certificates is beyond the scope of this document, think of a Certificate as a
+"digital passport" for an Internet address. It states which organisation the
+site is associated with, along with some basic contact information about the
+site owner or administrator.</p>
+
+<p>This certificate is cryptographically signed by its owner, and is
+therefore extremely difficult for anyone else to forge. For the certificate to
+work in the visitors browsers without warnings, it needs to be signed by a
+trusted third party. These are called <em>Certificate Authorities</em> (CAs). To
+obtain a signed certificate, you need to choose a CA and follow the instructions
+your chosen CA provides to obtain your certificate. A range of CAs is available
+including some that offer certificates at no cost.</p>
+
+<p>Java provides a relatively simple command-line tool, called
+<code>keytool</code>, which can easily create a "self-signed" Certificate.
+Self-signed Certificates are simply user generated Certificates which have not
+been signed by a well-known CA and are, therefore, not really guaranteed to be
+authentic at all. While self-signed certificates can be useful for some testing
+scenarios, they are not suitable for any form of production use.</p>
</section>
<section name="General Tips on Running SSL">
-<p>The first time a user attempts to access a secured page on your site,
-he or she is typically presented with a dialog containing the details of
-the certificate (such as the company and contact name), and asked if he or she
-wishes to accept the Certificate as valid and continue with the transaction.
-Some browsers will provide an option for permanently accepting a given
-Certificate as valid, in which case the user will not be bothered with a
-prompt each time they visit your site. Other browsers do not provide this
-option. Once approved by the user, a Certificate will be considered valid
-for at least the entire browser session.</p>
-
-<p>Also, while the SSL protocol was designed to be as efficient as securely
-possible, encryption/decryption is a computationally expensive process from
-a performance standpoint. It is not strictly necessary to run an entire
-web application over SSL, and indeed a developer can pick and choose which
-pages require a secure connection and which do not. For a reasonably busy
-site, it is customary to only run certain pages under SSL, namely those
-pages where sensitive information could possibly be exchanged. This would
-include things like login pages, personal information pages, and shopping
-cart checkouts, where credit card information could possibly be transmitted.
-Any page within an application can be requested over a secure socket by
-simply prefixing the address with <code>https:</code> instead of
-<code>http:</code>. Any pages which absolutely <strong>require</strong>
-a secure connection should check the protocol type associated with the
-page request and take the appropriate action if <code>https</code> is not
-specified.</p>
-
-<p>Finally, using name-based virtual hosts on a secured connection can be
-problematic. This is a design limitation of the SSL protocol itself. The SSL
-handshake, where the client browser accepts the server certificate, must occur
-before the HTTP request is accessed. As a result, the request information
-containing the virtual host name cannot be determined prior to authentication,
-and it is therefore not possible to assign multiple certificates to a single
-IP address. If all virtual hosts on a single IP address need to authenticate
-against the same certificate, the addition of multiple virtual hosts should not
-interfere with normal SSL operations on the server. Be aware, however, that
-most client browsers will compare the server's domain name against the domain
-name listed in the certificate, if any (applicable primarily to official,
-CA-signed certificates). If the domain names do not match, these browsers will
-display a warning to the client user. In general, only address-based virtual
-hosts are commonly used with SSL in a production environment.</p>
+<p>When securing a website with SSL it's important to make sure that all assets
+that the site uses are served over SSL, so that an attacker can't bypass
+the security by injecting malicious content in a javascript file or similar. To
+further enhance the security of your website, you should evaluate to use the
+HSTS header. It allows you to communicate to the browser that your site should
+always be accessed over https.</p>
+
+<p>Using name-based virtual hosts on a secured connection requires careful
+configuration of the names specfied in a single certificate or Tomcat 8.5
+onwards where Server Name Indication (SNI) support is available. SNI allows
+multiple certificates with different names to be associated with a single TLS
+connector.</p>
</section>
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