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riyad_fami_1308's avatar
riyad_fami_1308
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Oct 30, 2016

custom SSL cipher suite

Hi, We have F5 LTM software version 10.2.3 and we are trying to setup Vmware Identity Manager load balanced through the LTM. The VIP uses server ssl profile serverssl-insecure-compatible. Apparently ...
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Vijay_E's avatar
Vijay_E
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Oct 31, 2016

As per SOL7815, 10.2.x code version's default cipher suite is:

!SSLv2:ALL:!DH:!ADH:!EDH:!MD5:!EXPORT:!DES:@SPEED

 

As per SOL13171 default ciphers for 11.5.x is

!SSLv2:!EXPORT:RSA+AES:RSA+3DES:RSA+RC4:ECDHE+AES:ECDHE+3DES:ECDHE+RC4:!MD5:!SSLv3

 

Normally, the recent code versions tend to support the newer cipher suites like the ECDHE. I am not sure if that can be made to work in 10.x code version.

I would recommend the following:

  1. 10.x code version will be End of Support December 31, 2016. If this is a new set up, you may want to consider upgrading your code before setting it up as you will be looking at a code migration quite soon.

  2. If you don't want to upgrade code, provide the cipher suite available in 10.2.x code version and make sure that it is supported. Even if all the ciphers suites are not supported, some will be supported and that should suffice for your setup to work.