[openssl-users] Disable a cipher suite in openssl.cnf?

Viktor Dukhovni openssl-users at dukhovni.org
Sun Sep 25 02:48:34 UTC 2016


> On Sep 24, 2016, at 7:16 PM, Salz, Rich <rsalz at akamai.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Mr. Neugroschl's quest for a simple solution does bring up -- in my user-oriented opinion -- a very good follow-on question: "Why cannot a config file be utilized by openssl to simply give access based on an allow/deny mechanism that would give users system-wide control in a single place?".
> 
> We just haven't gotten around to it yet.

The SSL_CONF API (IIRC also in 1.0.2, definitely in 1.1.0) allows
for shared settings in applications that use that API to set the
defaults.  Most applications are not using this yet...

-- 
	Viktor.



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