We have a ssl profile with a very limited ciphers suite (TLS1.2, TLS1.3 and other limitations).
Is it possible to display a warning message on a browser when there is no match between browser cipher suite and our VS SSL profile cipher suite (via irule, policy, ...) ?
For example when client uses TLS 1.0, we want its browser to display a "please update your browser" or a "your cipher is not permited on our site" message.
When you use an HTTPS scheme in your browser, you are asking the browser to perform a TLS handshake before sending any HTTP traffic. If both ciphers don't match, you will receive a TLS Alert during the TLS handshake and the connection will be interrupted.
To respond with a specific message, you should send somehow an HTTP traffic response without encryption, but you cannot respond with an HTTP packet because: 1. Your TLS handshake was finished abruptly 2. In HTTP, you only respond to queries that were initiated by the client, and you didn't send any query to the server because the TLS was interrupted.
So, this is technically restricted by the protocol.
When you use an HTTPS scheme in your browser, you are asking the browser to perform a TLS handshake before sending any HTTP traffic. If both ciphers don't match, you will receive a TLS Alert during the TLS handshake and the connection will be interrupted.
To respond with a specific message, you should send somehow an HTTP traffic response without encryption, but you cannot respond with an HTTP packet because: 1. Your TLS handshake was finished abruptly 2. In HTTP, you only respond to queries that were initiated by the client, and you didn't send any query to the server because the TLS was interrupted.
So, this is technically restricted by the protocol.
There is an option. You can create less strong SSL profile, that supports, let's say, TLSv1, but response with a sorry page for users who use TLSv1. In that case you have to allow unwanted chiper suites, but you don't process this unsecure traffic to an application.
Example Irule below
when CLIENTSSL_HANDSHAKE {
if { ( [SSL::cipher version] equals "TLSv1" ) } {
set Invalid_SSL 1
} else {
set Invalid_SSL 0
}
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { $Invalid_SSL == 1 } {
HTTP::respond 200 content "<html><head><title>HTTP Request denied</title></head><body>Please update your browser</body></html>"
return
}
}
