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Increase SSL and TLS security on nginx and Apache by enabling PFS and HSTS
The default configuration of SSL is fine on most Linux distributions (you will get an A-Rating at SSL Labs), but still could be done a lot better and more secure. Goals we want to achieve: Enable Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) Disable SSLv2 and SSLv3 PCI compliant FIPS-ready (optional) Don’t break IE… NOTE: the configuration below will … Continue reading