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Manual Chapter : Create a custom Server SSL profile that supports C3D

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Manual Chapter

Create a custom Server SSL profile that supports C3D

With a Server SSL profile, the BIG-IP® system can perform decryption and encryption for server-side SSL traffic.
For detailed information on how to complete the client certificate constrained delegation (C3D) configuration and ensure that your custom server SSL profile is set up properly, see
About client certificate constrained delegation
 before completing your custom profile setup.
  1. On the Main tab, click
    Local Traffic
    Profiles
    SSL
    Server
    .
    The Server SSL profile list screen opens.
  2. Click
    Create
    .
    The New Server SSL Profile screen opens.
  3. In the
    Name
     field, type a unique name for the profile.
  4. From the
    Parent Profile
     list, select
    serverssl
    .
  5. From the
    Configuration
     list, select
    Advanced
    .
  6. Select the
    Custom
     check box.
    The settings become available for change.
  7. From the
    Certificate
     list, select the name of an SSL certificate on the BIG-IP system.
    If the BIG-IP system is part of a DSC Sync-Failover group, always select a non-default certificate name, and ensure that this same certificate name is specified in every instance of this SSL profile in the device group. Taking these actions helps to ensure that SSL handshakes are successful after a failover event.
  8. From the
    Key
     list, select the name of an SSL key on the BIG-IP system.
    If the BIG-IP system is part of a DSC Sync-Failover group, always select a non-default key name, and ensure that this same key name is specified in every instance of this SSL profile in the device group. Taking these actions helps to ensure that SSL handshakes are successful after a failover event.
  9. In the
    Pass Phrase
     field, type a pass phrase that enables access to the certificate/key pair on the BIG-IP system.
  10. From the
    Chain
     list, select the name of an SSL chain on the BIG-IP system.
  11. For the
    Ciphers
     setting, specify a cipher group or cipher string by choosing one of these options.
    If you specified an ECDSA certificate key chain in the
    Certificate Key Chain
     setting, you must include the cipher string
    ECDHE_ECDSA
     in the cipher group or cipher string that you specify in the
    Ciphers
     setting. (At a minimum, you should specify a cipher group or string such as
    DEFAULT:ECDHE_ECDSA
    .) This is necessary to ensure successful cipher negotiation when the BIG-IP system is offered an ECDSA-based certificate only.
    Option
    Description
    Cipher Group
    Select an existing cipher group from the list when you want to use a system-defined or custom cipher group to define the ciphers that the BIG-IP system uses for negotiating SSL connections. Here's an example of the
    Ciphers
     setting where we've selected a custom cipher group that we created earlier.
    Cipher String
    Type a cipher string in the box if you want to manually specify a cipher string instead of selecting a cipher group. For security and performance reasons, consider following these recommendations:
    • Always append ciphers to the
      DEFAULT
       cipher string.
    • Type a cipher string that includes the ECC key type, because its shorter length speeds up encryption and decryption while still offering virtually the same level of security.
    • Disable ADH ciphers but also include the keyword
      HIGH
      . To do this, just include both
      !ADH
       and
      :HIGH
       in your cipher string.
    • For AES, DES, and RC4 encryption types, make sure you specify the DHE key exchange method. DHE uses
      Forward Privacy
      , which creates a key that it throws away after each session so that the same session key never gets used twice. When you use DHE, make sure that the SSL private key isn't being shared with a monitoring system or a security device like an intrusion detection or prevention system. Also, diagnostic tools like
      ssldump
       won't work when you're using Forward Secrecy.
    • Disable EXPORT ciphers by including
      !EXPORT
       in the cipher string.
    • If you can live with removing support for the SSLv3 protocol version, do it. This protocol version is not secure. Simply include
      :!SSLv3
       in any cipher string you type.
    Here's an example of the
    Ciphers
     setting where we have opted to manually type the cipher string
    DEFAULT:ECDHE-RSA-AES-128-GCM-SHA256:!ADH:!EXPORT:HIGH
    :
  12. In the same area of the screen, configure any other settings as needed.
  13. Select the
    Custom
     check box for the Server Authentication area of the screen.
    The settings become available for change.
  14. Change or retain the values for all Server Authentication settings as needed.
  15. If you intend to use OCSP stapling, then from the
    OCSP
     list, select the OCSP object that the BIG-IP system's SSL should use to connect to the OCSP responder and to check the server certificate status. You can click the + icon to open the create-new OCSP object screen.
    The OCSP stapling object can be added in both forward and reverse proxy configurations. When the server
    SSL Forward Proxy
     property is set to
    Enabled
    , the forward proxy OCSP object is used to validate and staple the web server's certificate status. When the server
    SSL Forward Proxy
     property is set to
    Disabled
    , the reverse proxy OCSP object is used to reset the client connection if the web server certificate has been revoked.
  16. Select the
    Custom
     check box for the Client Certificate Constrained Delegation section.
    The settings become available for change.
    See
    About client certificate constrained delegation
     prior to enabling C3D.
  17. From the
    Client Certificate Constrained Delegation
     setting, select
    Advanced
    .
  18. From the
    Client Certificate Constrained Delegation
     list, select
    Enabled
    .
  19. From the
    CA Certificate
     list, select the name of the certificate file that is used as the certification authority certificate.
  20. From the
    CA Key
     list, select the name of the key file that is used as the certification authority key.
  21. In the
    CA Passphrase
     field, type the passphrase of the key file that is used as the certification authority key.
    This should be the passphrase corresponding to the specified
    CA Key
    .
  22. For the
    Confirm CA Passphrase
     field, type the identical passphrase.
  23. For the
    Certificate Lifespan
     fields, type the lifespan of the certificate generated that is using the SSL client certificate constrained delegation.
    The default is
    1
     day,
    0
     hours.
  24. To define the extensions of the client certificates to be included in the generated certificates, from the
    Certificate Extensions
     list, select
    Extensions List
    .
  25. For the
    Certificate Extensions List
     setting, click
    Disable
     or
    Enable
     to add or remove available extensions.
    • Basic Constraints
      : Uses basic constraints to indicate whether the certificate belongs to a CA.
    • Extended Key Usage
      : Uses Extended Key Usage, typically on a leaf certificate, to indicate the purpose of the public key contained in the certificate.
    • Key Usage
      : Provides a bitmap specifying the cryptographic operations that may be performed using the public key contained in the certificate; for example, it could indicate that the key should be used for signature but not for enciphering.
    • Subject Alternative Name
      : Allows identities to be bound to the subject of the certificate. These identities may be included in addition to, or in place of, the identity in the subject field of the certificate.
    You can also add extensions in the
    Custom extension
     field. Type in the extension name and click
    Add
    .
  26. Click
    Finished
    .
To use this profile, you must assign it to a virtual server. See the
Assigning SSL profiles to a virtual server
 section for detailed information.

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