Golang : Use modern ciphers only in secure connection
Problem:
You want to configure your Golang program to establish secure connection with "modern" type of ciphers and exclude the "obsolete" ciphers such as Triple DES standard - TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
Solution:
The configuration in crypto/tls
(see https://golang.org/src/crypto/tls/cipher_suites.go) includes Triple DES ciphers and we can override the configuration in our code to only use "modern" type of ciphers and discard "obsolete" ciphers.
For example, from the code fragments taken from https://www.socketloop.com/references/golang-crypto-tls-config-type-example
config := tls.Config{Certificates : []tls.Certificate{certificate}, ClientAuth: tls.RequireAnyClientCert}
config.CipherSuites = []uint16{
tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
tls.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
tls.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,
tls.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256}
To list out the type of ciphers in use... use this code fragment:
for s := range config.CipherSuites {
ciphersuit := &config.CipherSuites[s]
fmt.Printf("Config.CipherSuite %d : %s\n", s, ciphersuit)
}
Happy coding!
References:
https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/tls/#pkg-constants
https://www.iana.org/assignments/tls-parameters/tls-parameters.xhtml#tls-parameters-4
https://www.socketloop.com/references/golang-crypto-tls-config-type-example
See also : Google Chrome : Your connection to website is encrypted with obsolete cryptography
By Adam Ng
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