Re: Restricting SSL/TLS protocol versions on Dovecot 2.2.22

Am 29.07.2018 um 21:02 schrieb J Doe:

Hello,

I have a question regarding SSL/TLS settings for Dovecot version 2.2.22.

In: 10-ssl.conf there are two parameters:

 ssl_protocols
 ssl_cipher_list

ssl_protocols is commented with “SSL protocol to use” and ssl_cipher_list is commented with “SSL ciphers to use”.

If I want to disable SSLv3, for example, do I need to use both parameters or will disabling SSLv3 ciphers in ssl_cipher_list do the same thing ?

So is:

 ssl_cipher_list = !SSLv3

…equivalent to:

 ssl_protocols = !SSLv3
 ssl_cipher_list = !SSLv3

No. SSLv3 is not a cipher but a protocol.

"ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3" is what you want to specify.

For ciphers you could define by ssl_cipher_list see "openssl ciphers -v"

Thanks,

• J

Alexander