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mod_measure_process: Report the enforced limit The soft limit is what the kernel actually enforces, while the hard limit is is how far you can change the soft limit without privileges. Unless the process dynamically adjusts the soft limit, knowing the hard limit is not as useful as knowing the soft limit. Reporting the soft limit and the number of in-use FDs allows placing alerts on expressions like 'process_open_fds / process_max_fds >= 0.95'
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2 summary: Cipher policy enforcement with application level error reporting
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5 # Introduction
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7 This module arose from discussions at the XMPP Summit about enforcing
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8 better ciphers in TLS. It may seem attractive to disallow some insecure
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9 ciphers or require forward secrecy, but doing this at the TLS level
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10 would the user with an unhelpful "Encryption failed" message. This
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11 module does this enforcing at the application level, allowing better
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14 # Configuration
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16 First, download and add the module to `module_enabled`. Then you can
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17 decide on what policy you want to have.
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19 Requiring ciphers with forward secrecy is the most simple to set up.
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21 ``` lua
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22 tls_policy = "FS" -- allow only ciphers that enable forward secrecy
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23 ```
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25 A more complicated example:
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27 ``` lua
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28 tls_policy = {
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29 c2s = {
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30 encryption = "AES"; -- Require AES (or AESGCM) encryption
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31 protocol = "TLSv1.2"; -- and TLSv1.2
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32 bits = 128; -- and at least 128 bits (FIXME: remember what this meant)
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33 }
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34 s2s = {
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35 cipher = "AESGCM"; -- Require AESGCM ciphers
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36 protocol = "TLSv1.[12]"; -- and TLSv1.1 or 1.2
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37 authentication = "RSA"; -- with RSA authentication
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38 };
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39 }
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40 ```
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42 # Compatibility
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44 Requires LuaSec 0.5
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