Configuring Apache, Nginx, and OpenSSL for Forward Secrecy | Qualys
Summary: A Qualys blog post, now marked obsolete, laid out detailed Apache, Nginx, and OpenSSL configuration for Forward Secrecy, requiring both the web server and the underlying SSL/TLS library to support Elliptic Curve cryptography. The post notes that Red Hat and CentOS appeared to ship without EC support due to patent issues, so those systems would need key packages recompiled, and it states that only TLS 1.2 with GCM suites offered fully robust security at the time.
Key Takeaway: The post's own guidance was that most traffic still ran on slightly flawed cipher suites, forcing a choice between RC4 (vulnerable to RC4 attacks) and BEAST exposure - and on CentOS, disabling RC4 and DHE left no ciphers at all.
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