# from: https://gist.github.com/konklone/6532544 ################################################################################### # Basically the nginx configuration I use at konklone.com. # I check it using https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=konklone.com # # To provide feedback, please tweet at @konklone or email eric@konklone.com. # Comments on gists don't notify the author. # # Thanks to WubTheCaptain (https://wubthecaptain.eu) for his help and ciphersuites. # Thanks to Ilya Grigorik (https://www.igvita.com) for constant inspiration. # Path to certificate and private key. # The .crt may omit the root CA cert, if it's a standard CA that ships with clients. #ssl_certificate /path/to/unified.crt; #ssl_certificate_key /path/to/my-private-decrypted.key; # Tell browsers to require SSL (warning: difficult to change your mind) add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=31536000; # Prefer certain ciphersuites, to enforce Forward Secrecy and avoid known vulnerabilities. # # Forces forward secrecy in all browsers and clients that can use TLS, # but with a small exception (DES-CBC3-SHA) for IE8/XP users. # # Reference client: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; ssl_ciphers 'kEECDH+ECDSA+AES128 kEECDH+ECDSA+AES256 kEECDH+AES128 kEECDH+AES256 kEDH+AES128 kEDH+AES256 DES-CBC3-SHA +SHA !aNULL !eNULL !LOW !MD5 !EXP !DSS !PSK !SRP !kECDH !CAMELLIA !RC4 !SEED'; # Cut out (the old, broken) SSLv3 entirely. # This **excludes IE6 users** and (apparently) Yandexbot. # Just comment out if you need to support IE6, bless your soul. ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.1 TLSv1; # Turn on session resumption, using a 10 min cache shared across nginx processes, # as recommended by http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.html ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m; ssl_session_timeout 10m; keepalive_timeout 70; # Buffer size of 1400 bytes fits in one MTU. # nginx 1.5.9+ ONLY ssl_buffer_size 1400; # SPDY header compression (0 for none, 9 for slow/heavy compression). Preferred is 6. # # BUT: header compression is flawed and vulnerable in SPDY versions 1 - 3. # Disable with 0, until using a version of nginx with SPDY 4. spdy_headers_comp 0; # Now let's really get fancy, and pre-generate a 2048 bit random parameter # for DH elliptic curves. If not created and specified, default is only 1024 bits. # # Generated by OpenSSL with the following command: # openssl dhparam -outform pem -out dhparam2048.pem 2048 # # Note: raising the bits to 2048 excludes Java 6 clients. Comment out if a problem. ssl_dhparam STORAGE_ROOT/ssl/dh2048.pem; # OCSP stapling - means nginx will poll the CA for signed OCSP responses, # and send them to clients so clients don't make their own OCSP calls. # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCSP_stapling # # while the ssl_certificate above may omit the root cert if the CA is trusted, # ssl_trusted_certificate below must point to a chain of **all** certs # in the trust path - (your cert, intermediary certs, root cert) # # 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 below are Google's public IPv4 DNS servers. # nginx will use them to talk to the CA. ssl_stapling on; ssl_stapling_verify on; resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 valid=86400; resolver_timeout 10; #ssl_trusted_certificate /path/to/all-certs-in-chain.crt;