On Thu, Mar 27, 2014, Salz, Rich wrote:

> > I am not an OpenSSL developer, but it seems to me that system default 
> > cipherlists are not a good idea.
> 
> +1
> 
> I'd rather see the ability to add a new section openssl.cnf, like
>       [ cipher-profile ]
>       redhat-recommended = AES256-CGM-SHA384
> 
> and then you could do things like
>       -ciphers profile@redhat-recommended:RC4-SHA128
> 

Yes I agree. There is an existing method for adding configuration in
openssl.cnf for vaious purposes (ENGINE, OIDs, FIPS) and instead of a new
configuration file a configuration module could be added instead. It could be
extended beyone just cipher strings, for example expressing some SSL_CONF
commands which would be used whenever that section is referenced.

Steve.
--
Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer.
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