Wondering how I can effectively disable SSLv3 n TLSv1 from rhel5.11 Apache web 
server?

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> On Mar 17, 2015, at 8:48 AM, Fernando Lozano <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Versha,
>>  
>> Brief context from our side:
>> We are basically using RHEL6 for our build infrastructure, and as a part of 
>> Vulnerability management we found  that Subversion1.6 is no longer supported 
>> by Apache and we need to upgrade it to a higher version like 1.7 or 1.8 . 
>> That is why I was looking forward for some authentic information to proceed 
>> with a proper reason in this area.
> Subversion 1.6 may not be supported anymore by Apache Foundation, but it is 
> supported by Red Hat itself. If there's any security or stability fix 
> released for newer Subversion, Red Hat has a contractual agreement with you 
> to backport those fixes to the older Subversion included in RHEL. This is 
> part of your subscription.
> 
> From a legal standpoint Red Hat support is better than Apache support because 
> the first is assured by a contract (your subscription agreement) and comes 
> with well defined SLA terms. Apache support provides no assurances. Do you 
> have a support contract with Apache Foundation? You as a Red Hat customer can 
> open support tickets for subversion and Red Hat may well develop fixes and 
> patches itself, before Apache. Those patches will later be submitted to 
> Apache so they become part of the upstream Subversion.
> 
> You can check if you downloaded the lastest Subversion updated released by 
> Red Hat and use:
> # rpm -i --changelog subversion | grep -i cve 
> to look for specific vulnerabilities fixed and so you can prove you already 
> have vulnerabilities fixed by newer Subversion from Apache.
> 
>>  
>> Also, do you have any idea when Redhat  is going to have a higher version of 
>> apache Subversion in near future? J
> As someone already explained, the stability / compability / certification 
> assurance from your RHEL subscription implies Red Hat will only update major 
> versions of most packages on a new RHEL series. So you'd have to move to 
> RHEL7 if you really need a newer subversion, but If your problem is just 
> satisfying a security audit you should be fine with RHEL6 updates.
> 
> Someone also already explained you can get a (free?) subscription to software 
> collections to get newer releases for some packages, but I don't know if 
> those include Subversion and if those are subject to the same support terms 
> as regular RHEL packages.
> 
> 
> []s, Fernando Lozano
> 
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