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[PATCH v5] http: add support for specifying an SSL cipher list

From
Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@redhat.com>
Date
May 8, 2015, 13:22 UTC
Message-ID
<1431091335-16455-1-git-send-email-lars@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To
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Teach git about a new option, "http.sslCipherList", which permits one to specify a list of ciphers to use when negotiating SSL connections. The setting can be overwridden by the GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST environment variable.

Signed-off-by: Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@redhat.com>
---
Addressing comments from Gábor and Eric.
 Documentation/config.txt               | 13 +++++++++++++
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |  1 +
 http.c                                 | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 2e5ceaf..e3f95a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1560,6 +1560,19 @@ http.saveCookies::
 	If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
 	http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
 
+http.sslCipherList::
+  A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
+  The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
+  NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
+  library in use.  Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
+  option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
+  of this list.
++
+Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' environment variable.
+To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
+explicit http.sslCipherList option, set 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' to the
+empty string.
+
 http.sslVerify::
 	Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
 	over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 5944c82..43bfc0c 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2123,6 +2123,7 @@ _git_config ()
 		http.noEPSV
 		http.postBuffer
 		http.proxy
+		http.sslCipherList
 		http.sslCAInfo
 		http.sslCAPath
 		http.sslCert
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 4b179f6..f0c5bbc 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ char curl_errorstr[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
 static int curl_ssl_verify = -1;
 static int curl_ssl_try;
 static const char *ssl_cert;
+static const char *ssl_cipherlist;
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070903
 static const char *ssl_key;
 #endif
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@ static int http_options(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		curl_ssl_verify = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp("http.sslcipherlist", var))
+		return git_config_string(&ssl_cipherlist, var, value);
 	if (!strcmp("http.sslcert", var))
 		return git_config_string(&ssl_cert, var, value);
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070903
@@ -361,6 +364,13 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 	if (http_proactive_auth)
 		init_curl_http_auth(result);
 
+	if (getenv("GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST"))
+		ssl_cipherlist = getenv("GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST");
+
+	if (ssl_cipherlist != NULL && *ssl_cipherlist)
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST,
+				ssl_cipherlist);
+
 	if (ssl_cert != NULL)
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, ssl_cert);
 	if (has_cert_password())
-- 
2.4.0
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Lars Kellogg-Stedman
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  1. add support for specifying an SSL cipher listLars Kellogg-Stedman, May 7, 2015
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2015
  3. Lars Kellogg-StedmanMay 7, 2015
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2015
  5. Lars Kellogg-StedmanMay 7, 2015
  6. http: add support for specifying an SSL cipher listLars Kellogg-Stedman, May 7, 2015
  7. Tay Ray ChuanMay 7, 2015
  8. Lars Kellogg-StedmanMay 7, 2015
  9. http: add support for specifying an SSL cipher listLars Kellogg-Stedman, May 7, 2015
  10. Eric SunshineMay 7, 2015
  11. Lars Kellogg-StedmanMay 7, 2015
  12. Eric SunshineMay 7, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2015
  14. http: add support for specifying an SSL cipher listLars Kellogg-Stedman, May 8, 2015
  15. Eric SunshineMay 8, 2015
  16. SZEDER GáborMay 8, 2015
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2015
  18. http: add support for specifying an SSL cipher listLars Kellogg-Stedman, May 8, 2015
  19. Lars Kellogg-StedmanMay 14, 2015
  20. Eric SunshineMay 14, 2015

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