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I tried setup SSL cert without SSLv3 in my nginx, but SSL Labs say, my server have SSLv3 how to disable it.

My config:

    add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=31536000;
    add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;

    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_ciphers "EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EDH+aRSA+SHA256:EDH+aRSA:EECDH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!MEDIUM:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS:!RC4:!SEED";
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains';
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  • Have you restarted nginx after updating the configuration? If you've tested the same site with SSL labs do they cache the results of the test, so you're getting a false positive?
    – SamR.
    Oct 31, 2014 at 7:59
  • Yes. I restarted nginx. I think i have wrong ciphers.
    – Rinat Mukhamedgaliev
    Oct 31, 2014 at 8:13

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Here is a good Tutorial how to configure nginx with the best settings.

https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Strong_SSL_Security_On_nginx.html

Your configuration for SSLv3 is correct.

ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;

In the post is a section for your ciphers.

ssl_ciphers 'AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH';
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  • How to exclude all ciphers with 128 bit and all low quality as RC4?
    – Rinat Mukhamedgaliev
    Oct 31, 2014 at 8:57
  • Read the post ;) the system takes only the ciphers your write into your config
    – René Höhle
    Oct 31, 2014 at 9:17
  • very strange. I tried connect from console openssl s_client -connect my_site.com:443 -ssl3 and have response SSL-Session: Protocol : SSLv3 Cipher : ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA My suite "AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH:!ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA:!EECDH+aRSA+RC4:!RC4:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS" Where wrong?
    – Rinat Mukhamedgaliev
    Oct 31, 2014 at 9:37
  • Have you changed all config files? Perhaps there is another file that is not correct.
    – René Höhle
    Oct 31, 2014 at 9:38
  • grep -slir "ssl_ciphers" /etc/nginx/
    – René Höhle
    Oct 31, 2014 at 9:38
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I had set my ssl_protocols correctly and could not get it to disable SSLv3, according to https://www.tinfoilsecurity.co... or ssllabs.com 's tests. Eventually I discovered

https://disablessl3.com/#test which mentions trying:

openssl s_client -connect <hostname:443> -ssl3

as the command to test it with. When I did that, I discovered that nginx was using another virtualhost's SSL cert for the initial handshake, rather than the one set up in this specific virtualhost. Once I added in the ssl_protocols line in all virtualhosts that use SSL, it suddenly started working.

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  • Upvote because I had another config too that was causing the problem.
    – Danny
    Jun 3, 2015 at 15:46
  • This is VERY important. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out what was going on!
    – akohlsmith
    Dec 8, 2015 at 4:41
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Great i fix it! This is my config

ssl on;
ssl_ciphers 'AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH::!EECDH+aRSA+RC4:!RC4:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS';
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;

ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
resolver 8.8.4.4 8.8.8.8 valid=300s;
resolver_timeout 10s;

ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=63072000;
add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;

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