Configure Transport Level Security¶
Given below are the various transport-level security configurations that are required for WSO2 Identity Server.
Enabling SSL protocols in the WSO2 IS¶
Follow the instructions given below to enable SSL protocols in the WSO2 Identity Server.
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Add the following configurations in the
<IS_HOME>/repository/conf/deployment.toml
file.[transport.https.sslHostConfig.properties] protocols="+TLSv1, +TLSv1.1, +TLSv1.2, +TLSv1.3"
You can configure multiple TLS versions or a single TLS version according to your preference. To achieve high security, use the latest TLS version by removing
+TLSv1
,+TLSv1.1
, and+TLSv1.2
from theprotocols
property of the configuration. -
Restart the server.
Disable weak ciphers¶
A cipher is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption. When the sslprotocol
is set to TLS
, only the TLS and default ciphers are enabled by default. However, note that the strength of the ciphers will not be considered when they are enabled.
This is a security risk as weak ciphers, also known as EXPORT ciphers, can make your system vulnerable to attacks such as the Logjam attack on Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
Therefore, to disable the weak ciphers, you must ensure that only the ciphers you want your server to support are entered as the ciphers
attribute in the comma-separated list. Also, if you do not add this cipher attribute or keep it blank, all SSL ciphers by JSSE will be supported by your server, thereby enabling the weak ciphers.
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Navigate to the
deployment.toml
file in the<IS_HOME>/repository/conf
directory. -
Take a backup of the
deployment.toml
file and stop the WSO2 IS server. -
Add the following configuration to the
deployment.toml
file by adding the list of ciphers that you want your server to support as follows:Note
For a list of cipher suites that are secure and functional in Tomcat for the TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3 protocols, see the list of ciphers provided in the secure configuration generator, which the Mozilla Foundation provides.
[transport.https.sslHostConfig.properties] ciphers="<cipher-name>,<cipher-name>"
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Start the server.
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To verify that the configurations are all set correctly, download and run the TestSSLServer.jar.
$ java -jar TestSSLServer.jar localhost 9443
Note
Note the following when you run
TestSSLServer.jar
:-
The "Supported cipher suites" section in the output does not contain any EXPORT ciphers.
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When you use the supported cipher suites, the BEAST attack status will be shown as vulnerable. This is a client-side vulnerability caused by the TLSv1 protocol. You can protect the BEAST status by removing TLSv1, which will make clients with TLSv1 unusable. Therefore, it is recommended to resolve this on the client side.
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From Firefox 39.0 onwards, the browser does not allow access to websites that support DHE with keys less than 1023
bits (not just DHE\_EXPORT
). 768/1024
bits are considered too small and vulnerable to attacks if the hacker has enough computing resources.
Tip
To use AES-256, the Java JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files need to be installed. Download them from here.
From Java 7, you must set the jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms
property in the <JAVA_HOME>/jre/lib/security/java.security
file to jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, DSA, RSA keySize < 2048
. It rejects all algorithms that have key sizes less than 2048
for MD2
, DSA
and RSA
.
Note
This tip is not applicable when disabling weak ciphers in WSO2 Identity Server.
Enable SSL protocols and ciphers in ThriftAuthenticationService¶
Follow the instructions given below to enable SSL protocols and ciphers in ThriftAuthenticationService
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Add the following configurations by adding the supported cipher suites as a comma-separated list in the
<CARBON_SERVER>/repository/conf/identity/thrift-authentication.xml
file as sub-elements of the root<Server>
element.Note
For a list of cipher suites that are secure and functional in Tomcat for the TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3 protocols, see the list of ciphers provided in the secure configuration generator, which the Mozilla Foundation provides.
<SSLEnabledProtocols>TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2</SSLEnabledProtocols> <Ciphers>Ciphername1, Ciphername2</Ciphers>
Tip
You can add the following cipher suites to the
<Ciphers>
property if JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy is enabled in Java.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,TLS_DHE_RSA_WIT
If you wish to remove
TLSv1
orTLSv1.1
, you can do so by removing them as values from the<SSLEnabledProtocols>
property. -
Restart the server.
Change the server name in HTTP response headers¶
By default, WSO2 Identity Server pass WSO2 WSO2 IS server
as the server value in HTTP headers when sending HTTP responses. This means that information about the WSO2 Identity Server stack will be exposed through HTTP responses. It is recommended to change this by configuring the server name in the deployment.toml
file.
- Open the
<IS_HOME>/repository/conf/deployment.toml
file. -
Add a new server name by adding the following property under the relevant Tomcat connector configuration.
[transport.https.properties] server="WSO2 WSO2 IS server" [transport.http.properties] server="WSO2 WSO2 IS server"
Enable/disable http/https transport¶
By default, both the http and https connectors are enabled. To disable either the http or https connector, add the corresponding configuration to <IS-HOME>/repository/conf/deployment.toml
as shown below.
[transport]
http.enabled=false
[transport]
https.enabled=false
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