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ssl vserver

The following operations can be performed on "ssl vserver":

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set ssl vserver

Sets advanced SSL configuration for an SSL virtual server.

Synopsys

set ssl vserver <vServerName>@ [-clearTextPort <port>] [-dh ( ENABLED | DISABLED ) -dhFile <string>] [-dhCount <positive_integer>] [-dhKeyExpSizeLimit ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-eRSA ( ENABLED | DISABLED ) [-eRSACount <positive_integer>]] [-sessReuse ( ENABLED | DISABLED ) [-sessTimeout <positive_integer>]] [-cipherRedirect ( ENABLED | DISABLED ) [-cipherURL <URL>]] [-sslv2Redirect ( ENABLED | DISABLED ) [-sslv2URL <URL>]] [-clientAuth ( ENABLED | DISABLED ) [-clientCert ( Mandatory | Optional )]] [-sslRedirect ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-redirectPortRewrite ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-nonFipsCiphers ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-ssl2 ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-ssl3 ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-tls1 ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-tls11 ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-tls12 ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-SNIEnable ( ENABLED | DISABLED )] [-pushEncTrigger <pushEncTrigger>] [-sendCloseNotify ( YES | NO )] [-dtlsProfileName <string>] [-sslProfile <string>]

Arguments

vServerName

Name of the SSL virtual server for which to set advanced configuration.

clearTextPort

Port on which clear-text data is sent by the appliance to the server. Do not specify this parameter for SSL offloading with end-to-end encryption.

Default value: 0

dh

State of Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

dhFile

Name of and, optionally, path to the DH parameter file, in PEM format, to be installed. /nsconfig/ssl/ is the default path.

dhCount

Number of interactions, between the client and the NetScaler appliance, after which the DH private-public pair is regenerated. A value of zero (0) specifies infinite use (no refresh).

Minimum value: 0

Maximum value: 65534

dhKeyExpSizeLimit

This option enables the use of NIST recommended (NIST Special Publication 800-56A) bit size for private-key size. For example, for DH params of size 2048bit, the private-key size recommended is 224bits. This is rounded-up to 256bits.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

eRSA

State of Ephemeral RSA (eRSA) key exchange. Ephemeral RSA allows clients that support only export ciphers to communicate with the secure server even if the server certificate does not support export clients. The ephemeral RSA key is automatically generated when you bind an export cipher to an SSL or TCP-based SSL virtual server or service. When you remove the export cipher, the eRSA key is not deleted. It is reused at a later date when another export cipher is bound to an SSL or TCP-based SSL virtual server or service. The eRSA key is deleted when the appliance restarts.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: ENABLED

eRSACount

Refresh count for regeneration of the RSA public-key and private-key pair. Zero (0) specifies infinite usage (no refresh).

Minimum value: 0

Maximum value: 65534

sessReuse

State of session reuse. Establishing the initial handshake requires CPU-intensive public key encryption operations. With the ENABLED setting, session key exchange is avoided for session resumption requests received from the client.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: ENABLED

sessTimeout

Time, in seconds, for which to keep the session active. Any session resumption request received after the timeout period will require a fresh SSL handshake and establishment of a new SSL session.

Default value: 120

Minimum value: 0

Maximum value: 4294967294

cipherRedirect

State of Cipher Redirect. If cipher redirect is enabled, you can configure an SSL virtual server or service to display meaningful error messages if the SSL handshake fails because of a cipher mismatch between the virtual server or service and the client.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

cipherURL

The redirect URL to be used with the Cipher Redirect feature.

sslv2Redirect

State of SSLv2 Redirect. If SSLv2 redirect is enabled, you can configure an SSL virtual server or service to display meaningful error messages if the SSL handshake fails because of a protocol version mismatch between the virtual server or service and the client.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

sslv2URL

URL of the page to which to redirect the client in case of a protocol version mismatch. Typically, this page has a clear explanation of the error or an alternative location that the transaction can continue from.

clientAuth

State of client authentication. If client authentication is enabled, the virtual server terminates the SSL handshake if the SSL client does not provide a valid certificate.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

clientCert

Type of client authentication. If this parameter is set to MANDATORY, the appliance terminates the SSL handshake if the SSL client does not provide a valid certificate. With the OPTIONAL setting, the appliance requests a certificate from the SSL clients but proceeds with the SSL transaction even if the client presents an invalid certificate.

Caution: Define proper access control policies before changing this setting to Optional.

Possible values: Mandatory, Optional

sslRedirect

State of HTTPS redirects for the SSL virtual server.

For an SSL session, if the client browser receives a redirect message, the browser tries to connect to the new location. However, the secure SSL session breaks if the object has moved from a secure site (https://) to an unsecure site (http://). Typically, a warning message appears on the screen, prompting the user to continue or disconnect.

If SSL Redirect is ENABLED, the redirect message is automatically converted from http:// to https:// and the SSL session does not break.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

redirectPortRewrite

State of the port rewrite while performing HTTPS redirect. If this parameter is ENABLED and the URL from the server does not contain the standard port, the port is rewritten to the standard.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

nonFipsCiphers

State of usage of non-FIPS approved ciphers. Valid only for an SSL service bound with a FIPS key and certificate.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

ssl2

State of SSLv2 protocol support for the SSL Virtual Server.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

ssl3

State of SSLv3 protocol support for the SSL Virtual Server.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: ENABLED

tls1

State of TLSv1.0 protocol support for the SSL Virtual Server.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: ENABLED

tls11

State of TLSv1.1 protocol support for the SSL Virtual Server. TLSv1.1 protocol is supported only on the MPX appliance. Support is not available on a FIPS appliance or on a NetScaler VPX virtual appliance. On an SDX appliance, TLSv1.1 protocol is supported only if an SSL chip is assigned to the instance.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: ENABLED

tls12

State of TLSv1.2 protocol support for the SSL Virtual Server. TLSv1.2 protocol is supported only on the MPX appliance. Support is not available on a FIPS appliance or on a NetScaler VPX virtual appliance. On an SDX appliance, TLSv1.2 protocol is supported only if an SSL chip is assigned to the instance.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: ENABLED

SNIEnable

State of the Server Name Indication (SNI) feature on the virtual server and service-based offload. SNI helps to enable SSL encryption on multiple domains on a single virtual server or service if the domains are controlled by the same organization and share the same second-level domain name. For example, *.sports.net can be used to secure domains such as login.sports.net and help.sports.net.

Possible values: ENABLED, DISABLED

Default value: DISABLED

pushEncTrigger

Trigger encryption on the basis of the PUSH flag value. Available settings function as follows:

  • ALWAYS - Any PUSH packet triggers encryption.

  • IGNORE - Ignore PUSH packet for triggering encryption.

  • MERGE - For a consecutive sequence of PUSH packets, the last PUSH packet triggers encryption.

  • TIMER - PUSH packet triggering encryption is delayed by the time defined in the set ssl parameter command or in the Change Advanced SSL Settings dialog box.

Possible values: Always, Merge, Ignore, Timer

sendCloseNotify

Enable sending SSL Close-Notify at the end of a transaction

Possible values: YES, NO

Default value: YES

dtlsProfileName

Name of the DTLS profile whose settings are to be applied to the virtual server.

sslProfile

Name of the SSL profile that contains SSL settings for the virtual server.

Example

1) set ssl vserver sslvip -dh ENABLED -dhFile /siteA/dh1024.pem -dhCount 500The above example set the DH parameters for the SSL virtual server 'sslvip'.3) set ssl vserver sslvip -ssl2 DISABLEDThe above example disables the support for SSLv2 protocol for the SSL virtual server 'sslvip'.

unset ssl vserver

Use this command to remove ssl vserver settings.Refer to the set ssl vserver command for meanings of the arguments.

Synopsys

unset ssl vserver <vServerName>@ [-clearTextPort] [-dh] [-dhFile] [-dhCount] [-dhKeyExpSizeLimit] [-eRSA] [-eRSACount] [-sessReuse] [-sessTimeout] [-cipherRedirect] [-cipherURL] [-sslv2Redirect] [-sslv2URL] [-clientAuth] [-clientCert] [-sslRedirect] [-redirectPortRewrite] [-nonFipsCiphers] [-ssl2] [-ssl3] [-tls1] [-tls11] [-tls12] [-SNIEnable] [-sendCloseNotify] [-dtlsProfileName] [-sslProfile]

bind ssl vserver

Binds an SSL certificate-key pair or an SSL policy to an SSL virtual server.

Synopsys

bind ssl vserver <vServerName>@ ((-policyName <string> [-priority <positive_integer>] [-gotoPriorityExpression <expression>] [-invoke (<labelType> <labelName>) ] ) | ((-certkeyName <string> [(-CA [-crlCheck ( Mandatory | Optional ) | -ocspCheck ( Mandatory | Optional )] [-skipCAName]) | -SNICert] ) | -cipherName <string> | -eccCurveName <eccCurveName>))

Arguments

vServerName

Name of the SSL virtual server.

policyName

Name of the SSL policy to bind to the SSL virtual server.

priority

Integer specifying the policy's priority. The lower the number, the higher the priority.

Minimum value: 0

Maximum value: 64000

gotoPriorityExpression

Expression or other value specifying the next policy to be evaluated if the current policy evaluates to TRUE. Specify one of the following values:

  • NEXT - Evaluate the policy with the next higher priority number.

  • END - End policy evaluation.

  • USE_INVOCATION_RESULT - Applicable if this policy invokes another policy label. If the final goto in the invoked policy label has a value of END, the evaluation stops. If the final goto is anything other than END, the current policy label performs a NEXT.

  • A default syntax or classic expression that evaluates to a number.

If you specify an expression, the number to which it evaluates determines the next policy to evaluate, as follows:

  • If the expression evaluates to a higher numbered priority, the policy with that priority is evaluated next.

  • If the expression evaluates to the priority of the current policy, the policy with the next higher numbered priority is evaluated next.

  • If the expression evaluates to a number that is larger than the largest numbered priority, policy evaluation ends.

An UNDEF event is triggered if:

  • The expression is invalid.

  • The expression evaluates to a priority number that is numerically lower than the current policy's priority.

  • The expression evaluates to a priority number that is between the current policy's priority number (say, 30) and the highest priority number (say, 100), but does not match any configured priority number (for example, the expression evaluates to the number 85). This example assumes that the priority number increments by 10 for every successive policy, and therefore a priority number of 85 does not exist in the policy label.

Default value: "END"

invoke

Invoke policies bound to a virtual server, service, or user-defined policy label. After the invoked policies are evaluated, the flow returns to the policy with the next priority.

labelType

Type of policy label to invoke.

Possible values: vserver, service, policylabel

labelName

Name of the policy label, virtual server, or service to invoke if the current policy rule evaluates to TRUE.

certkeyName

Name of the certificate-key pair.

CA

Name of the CA certificate that issues and signs the intermediate-CA certificate or the end-user client or server certificate.

crlCheck

Rule to use for the CRL corresponding to the CA certificate during client authentication. Available settings function as follows:

  • MANDATORY - Deny SSL clients if the CRL is missing or expired, or the Next Update date is in the past, or the CRL is incomplete.

  • OPTIONAL - Allow SSL clients if the CRL is missing or expired, or the Next Update date is in the past, or the CRL is incomplete, but deny if the client certificate is revoked in the CRL.

Possible values: Mandatory, Optional

Default value: CRLCHECK_OPTIONAL

skipCAName

The flag is used to indicate whether this particular CA certificates CA Name needs to be sent to the SSL client while requesting for client certificate in a SSL handshake

SNICert

Name of the certificate-key pair to bind for use in SNI processing.

ocspCheck

Rule to use for the OCSP responder associated with the CA certificate during client authentication. If MANDATORY is specified, deny all SSL clients if the OCSP check fails because of connectivity issues with the remote OCSP server, or any other reason that prevents the OCSP check. With the OPTIONAL setting, allow SSL clients even if the OCSP check fails except when the client certificate is revoked.

Possible values: Mandatory, Optional

cipherName

Name of the individual cipher, user-defined cipher group, or predefined (built-in) cipher alias.

eccCurveName

Named ECC curve bound to service/vserver.

Possible values: ALL, P_224, P_256, P_384, P_521

Example

  1. bind ssl vserver ssl_vip -certkeyName cert1In the above example the certificate cert1 is bound to the SSL vserver ssl_vip as server certificate.2. bind ssl vserver ssl_vip -certkeyName cert2 -CAIn the above example the certificate cert2 is bound to the SSL vserver ssl_vip as CA certificate.3. bind ssl vserver ssl_vip -certkeyName cert3 -CA -ocspCheck MandatoryIn the above example the certificate cert3 is bound to the SSL vserver ssl_vip as CA certificate, with OCSP check set to Mandatory.4. bind ssl vserver ssl_vip -policyName certInsert_pol -priority 10In the above example the SSL policy certInsert_pol is bound to the SSL vserver ssl_vip with priority 10.

unbind ssl vserver

Unbinds an SSL policy, cipher, and certificate-key pair from an SSL virtual server.

Synopsys

unbind ssl vserver <vServerName>@ ((-policyName <string> [-priority <positive_integer>]) | ((-certkeyName <string> [-CA | -SNICert] ) | -cipherName <string> | -eccCurveName <eccCurveName>))

Arguments

vServerName

Name of the SSL virtual server.

policyName

Name of the SSL policy to unbind from the SSL virtual server.

priority

Priority of the NOPOLICY (built-in policy) to be unbound. Not required if you are unbinding a user-defined policy.

Minimum value: 1

Maximum value: 2147483647

certkeyName

The name of the certificate key pair binding.

CA

CA certificate.

SNICert

Name of the SNI certificate-key pair.

cipherName

Name of the cipher.

eccCurveName

Named ECC curve bound to service/vserver.

Possible values: ALL, P_224, P_256, P_384, P_521

Example

unbind ssl vserver ssl_vip -policyName certInsert_pol

show ssl vserver

Displays SSL specific configuration information for all SSL virtual servers, or displays detailed information for the specified SSL virtual server.

Synopsys

show ssl vserver [<vServerName>] [-cipherDetails]

Arguments

vServerName

Name of the SSL virtual server for which to show detailed information.

cipherDetails

Display details of the individual ciphers bound to the SSL virtual server.

Outputs

clearTextPort

The clearTextPort settings.

dh

The state of Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange support.

dhFile

The file name and path for the DH parameter.

dhCount

The refresh count for the re-generation of DH public-key and private-key from the DH parameter.

dhKeyExpSizeLimit

This option enables the use of NIST recommended (NIST Special Publication 800-56A) bit size for private-key size. For example, for DH params of size 2048bit, the private-key size recommended is 224bits. This is rounded-up to 256bits.

eRSA

The state of Ephemeral RSA key exchange support.Ephemeral RSA is used for export ciphers

eRSACount

The refresh count for the re-generation of RSA public-key and private-key pair.

sessReuse

The state of session re-use support.

sessTimeout

The Session timeout value in seconds.

cipherRedirect

The state of Cipher Redirect feature.Cipher Redirect feature can be used to provide more readable information to SSL clients about mismatch in ciphers between the client and the SSL vserver.

crlCheck

The state of the CRL check parameter. (Mandatory/Optional)

cipherURL

The redirect URL to be used with the Cipher Redirect feature.

sslv2Redirect

The state of SSLv2 Redirect feature. SSLv2 Redirect feature can be used to provide more readable information to SSL client about non-support of SSLv2 protocol on the SSL vserver.

sslv2URL

The redirect URL to be used with SSLv2 Redirect feature.

clientAuth

The state of Client-Authentication support.

clientCert

The rule for client certificate requirement in client authentication.

sslRedirect

The state of HTTPS redirect feature support.

priority

The priority of the policies bound to this SSL service

polinherit

Whether the bound policy is a inherited policy or not

redirectPortRewrite

The state of port rewrite feature support.

nonFipsCiphers

The state of usage of non FIPS approved ciphers.

ssl2

The state of SSLv2 protocol support.

ssl3

The state of SSLv3 protocol support.

tls1

The state of TLSv1.0 protocol support.

tls11

The state of TLSv1.1 protocol support.

tls12

The state of TLSv1.2 protocol support.

SNIEnable

The state of SNI extension.Server Name Indication (SNI) helps to enable SSL encryption on multiple subdomains if the domains are controlled by the same organization and share the same second-level domain name. State of SNI feature on service

cipherAliasName/cipherName/cipherGroupName

The name of the cipher group/alias/individual cipheri bindings.

cipherName

The cipher group/alias/individual cipher configuration

description

The cipher suite description.

service

Service

certkeyName

The name of the certificate key pair binding.

policyName

The name of the SSL policy binding.

invoke

Invoke flag. This attribute is relevant only for ADVANCED policies

labelType

Type of policy label invocation.

labelName

Name of the label to invoke if the current policy rule evaluates to TRUE.

serviceName

Service name.

ocspCheck

The state of the OCSP check parameter. (Mandatory/Optional)

pushEncTrigger

PUSH packet triggering encryption: Always, Ignore, Merge

gotoPriorityExpression

Expression specifying the priority of the next policy which will get evaluated if the current policy rule evaluates to TRUE.

CA

CA certificate.

SNICert

The name of the CertKey. Use this option to bind Certkey(s) which will be used in SNI processing.

eccCurveName

Named ECC curve bound to vserver/service.

stateflag

skipCAName

The flag is used to indicate whether this particular CA certificate's CA_Name needs to be sent to the SSL client while requesting for client certificate in a SSL handshake

sendCloseNotify

Enable sending SSL Close-Notify at the end of a transaction

dtlsProfileName

Name of the DTLS profile whose settings are to be applied to the virtual server.

dtlsFlag

The flag is used to indicate whether DTLS is set or not

sslProfile

Name of the SSL profile that contains SSL settings for the virtual server.

devno

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Example

An example of the output of the show vserver sslvip command is as follows:sh ssl vserver va1 Advanced SSL configuration for VServer va1: DH: DISABLED Ephemeral RSA: ENABLED Refresh Count: 0 Session Reuse: ENABLED Timeout: 120 seconds Cipher Redirect: DISABLED SSLv2 Redirect: DISABLED ClearText Port: 0 Client Auth: DISABLED SSL Redirect: DISABLED Non FIPS Ciphers: DISABLED SSLv2: DISABLED SSLv3: ENABLED TLSv1: ENABLED 1 bound certificate:1) CertKey Name: buy Server Certificate 1 bound CA certificate:1) CertKey Name: rtca CA Certificate 1) Cipher Name: DEFAULT Description: Predefined Cipher Alias

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