Bug 1295490

Summary:

[RFE] Add server-side Server Name Indication (SNI) support

Product:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Reporter:

Robert Bost <rbost>

Component:

mod_nss

Assignee:

Matthew Harmsen <mharmsen>

Status:

CLOSED ERRATA

QA Contact:

Kaleem <ksiddiqu>

Severity:

high

Docs Contact:

Aneta Šteflová Petrová <apetrova>

Priority:

high

Version:

6.6

CC:

akasurde, aogburn, arubin, brian, cww, dpal, emaldona, eparis, jorton, kengert, mharmsen, mhernon, nkinder, qe-baseos-security, rbost, rcritten, rrelyea, salmy

Target Milestone:

Keywords:

FutureFeature

Target Release:

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Hardware:

Unspecified

OS:

Linux

Whiteboard:

Fixed In Version:

mod_nss-1.0.10-5.el6

Doc Type:

Release Note

Doc Text:

mod_nss now supports server-side SNI This update adds server-side Server Name Indication (SNI) support to the *mod_nss* package.

Story Points:

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Clone Of:

1053327

Clones:

1400745 (view as bug list)

Environment:

Last Closed:

2016-05-10 19:41:23 UTC

Type:

Bug

Regression:

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Embargoed:

Bug Depends On:

1053327

Bug Blocks:

101652

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Configuration file diff to add an SNI virtualhost	none
console.log	none

Comment 10 Matthew Harmsen 2016-01-19 04:19:57 UTC

I applied the patches and configuration file changes per the procedure in the email, and built and installed the SNI-aware mod_nss.

I returned the email with more "verbose" instructions to make it easier for developers and QE to replicate the test.

If the question regarding the two "HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden" errors are the expected error codes for the two examples, then ACK.

Comment 11 Rob Crittenden 2016-01-19 15:45:22 UTC

Instructions for testing.

Set up a separate location to serve the SNI data:

# mkdir /var/www/sni1
# vi /var/www/sni1/index.html
<html>
<body>
<h1>SNI Works!</h1>
</body>
</html>

Create basic content for the web server:

# vi /var/www/html/index.html
<html>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to Apache</h1>
</body>
</html>

Update /etc/hosts and add in www1.example.com and www2.example.com as an alias for your host IP (or use DNS if you'd rather).

# service httpd stop

Generate a new cert. You can add -z </path/to/some/file> to not require user interaction:

# certutil -d /etc/httpd/alias -S -n "Server-Cert-www1.example.com" -s "CN=www1.example.com,O=example.com,C=US" -c "cacert" -t "u,u,u" --nsCertType sslServer --keyUsage keyEncipherment -8 www1.example.com

Create a PEM copy of the CA:
# certutil -d /etc/httpd/alias -L -n cacert -a > /etc/httpd/alias/ca.pem

Apply the attached diff to /etc/httpd/conf.d/nss.conf to add in the SNI configuration.

# service httpd start

Test basic SSL support:

# curl --cacert /etc/httpd/alias/ca.pem -v https://`hostname`:8443/

Your output should be a 200 status and contain "Welcome to Apache"

Logs should be something like:

[date] [debug] nss_engine_init.c(1883): SNI: Found nickname Server-Cert for vhost: somehost
[date] [debug] nss_engine_init.c(1905): SNI: Successfully paired vhost somehost with nickname: Server-Cert
[date] [debug] nss_engine_kernel.c(93): SNI request for somehost

Test SNI:

# curl --cacert /etc/httpd/alias/ca.pem -v https://www1.example.com:8443/

Your output should be a 200 status and contain "SNI Works!"

Logs should be something like:

[date] [debug] nss_engine_init.c(1883): SNI: Found nickname Server-Cert-www1.example.com for vhost: www1.example.com
[date] [debug] nss_engine_init.c(1905): SNI: Successfully paired vhost www1.example.com with nickname: Server-Cert-www1.example.com

Test an SNI request for a VH that isn't configured:

# curl -kv https://www2.example.com:8443/

You should get "Welcome to Apache" as it should fall back to the default VH.

Logs should look something like:

[date] [debug] nss_engine_init.c(1860): SNI: No matching SSL virtual host for servername www2.example.com found (using default/first virtual host)
[date] [debug] nss_engine_kernel.c(93): SNI request for www2.example.com
[Tue Jan 19 10:35:04 2016] [info] Initial (No.1) HTTPS request received for child 4 (server somehost:8443)

Most of the SNI-related logging with SNI: so it should be easy to pull out of the logs

Comment 12 Rob Crittenden 2016-01-19 15:46:14 UTC

Created attachment 1116259 [details]
Configuration file diff to add an SNI virtualhost

Comment 14 Abhijeet Kasurde 2016-02-18 08:52:16 UTC

Verified using mod_nss version::
mod_nss-1.0.10-5.el6.x86_64

See attachment for steps and console log.

Comment 15 Abhijeet Kasurde 2016-02-18 08:52:50 UTC

Created attachment 1128165 [details]
console.log

Comment 22 errata-xmlrpc 2016-05-10 19:41:23 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0751.html