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user9371654

Reputation: 2408

How to prevent older versions of the TLS protocl in python openssl client

I need my python TLS client to offer only version TLS 1.2 (disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, SSLv3, SSLV2).

I am using python 3.6.5 and the openssl library under Windows 10. According to the official documentation here, these two lines should prevent TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1:

ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1

Prevents a TLSv1 connection. This option is only applicable in conjunction with PROTOCOL_TLS. It prevents the peers from choosing TLSv1 as the protocol version.

New in version 3.2.

ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1_1

Prevents a TLSv1.1 connection. This option is only applicable in conjunction with PROTOCOL_TLS. It prevents the peers from choosing TLSv1.1 as the protocol version. Available only with openssl version 1.0.1+.

New in version 3.4.

And the above doucumentation says they are only applicable with the newly introduced:

PROTOCL_TLS

However, in practice, I tried to disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 and test connecting to a TLS 1.0 (ONLY version supported in the test server) and my script still able to connect to it.

Am I doing something wrong? how the above two lines syntax in using them in conjunction with PROTOCOL_TLS?

This is the script I'm running:

import socket, ssl


context = ssl.SSLContext()

context.protocol = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS  
context.protocol = ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1 # prevents TLS 1.0
context.protocol = ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1_1 # prevents TLS 1.1

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

#note: the IP below is for private testing server not a public address
sslSocket = context.wrap_socket(s, server_hostname = '192.168.56.7')
sslSocket.connect((domain, 443))

print("connection succeeded")
sslSocket.close()

NOTE: for testing a live TLS 1.0 server, you can find any TLS 1.0 server by searching or use this link but I think they are using a different port than 443.

NOTE: I did not add: ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2 nor ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3because they are disabled by default when using context.protocol = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7723

Answers (1)

Steffen Ullrich
Steffen Ullrich

Reputation: 123541

The documentation for SSLContext clearly states:

SSLContext.protocol
The protocol version chosen when constructing the context. This attribute is read-only.

Thus, any attempts to set the protocol using this attribute will fail. Instead you need to modify the SSLContext.options:

context.options |= ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1
context.options |= ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1_1

Upvotes: 5

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