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[Replicant 4.2] TLS 1.2 as a default protocol

Added by Grim Kriegor over 7 years ago

Good evening gentlemen.

During the weekend, while trying to chat via XMPP with friends, I realized Conversations was unable to do HTTP Upload to the server patchcord.be.
The sysadmin of the server informed me TLS 1.2 was required and I later realized Replicant 4.2, as well as the equivalent CyanogenMod and AOSP versions, do not have TLS 1.2 listed as a default protocol, even though it is supported.

By simply hacking replicant-4.2/libcore and adding TLS 1.2 as a default protocol, Conversations was able to communicate with the HTTP server.

diff --git a/luni/src/main/java/org/apache/harmony/xnet/provider/jsse/NativeCrypto.java b/luni/src/main/java/org/apache/harmony/xnet/provider/jsse/NativeCrypto.java
index 65373ff..6b7edd3 100644
--- a/luni/src/main/java/org/apache/harmony/xnet/provider/jsse/NativeCrypto.java
+++ b/luni/src/main/java/org/apache/harmony/xnet/provider/jsse/NativeCrypto.java
@@ -463,16 +463,20 @@ public final class NativeCrypto {
     public static native long SSL_clear_options(int ssl, long options);

     public static String[] getDefaultProtocols() {
-        return new String[] { SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_SSLV3,
+        return new String[] {
+                              SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_TLSV1_2,
+                              SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_TLSV1_1,
                               SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_TLSV1,
+                              SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_SSLV3,
         };
     }

     public static String[] getSupportedProtocols() {
-        return new String[] { SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_SSLV3,
-                              SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_TLSV1,
-                              SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_TLSV1_1,
+        return new String[] {
                               SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_TLSV1_2,
+                              SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_TLSV1_1,
+                              SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_TLSV1,
+                              SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_SSLV3,
         };
     }

Does this change have any downsides? Hope it proves useful for someone.

Build with this and other changes: https://github.com/GrimKriegor/replicant


Replies (2)

RE: [Replicant 4.2] TLS 1.2 as a default protocol - Added by Wolfgang Wiedmeyer over 7 years ago

Quite some time ago, I already submitted some patches that fix TLS/SSL related issues: http://lists.osuosl.org/pipermail/replicant/Week-of-Mon-20150921/000810.html

Besides enabling TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.1, the patches also fix some other security issues like weak ciphers or the Logjam vulnerability.

I also patched multiple known security issues in the Openssl version that Replicant 4.2 is using: https://code.fossencdi.org/replicant_openssl.git/.

RE: [Replicant 4.2] TLS 1.2 as a default protocol - Added by Grim Kriegor over 7 years ago

Should have checked your repos for juicy changes beforehand, thanks a lot for your work, great stuff as always!

Simply cloned your openssl repository, applied your changes to libcore regarding the weak ciphers and everything seems to be working perfectly.

Awesome!

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