# [PATCH] http: add support for specifying the SSL version

3 messages from 2015-08-12 to 2015-08-12. Participants: Elia Pinto, Remi Galan Alfonso.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/40068

## Elia Pinto, 2015-08-12 13:00

Subject: [PATCH] http: add support for specifying the SSL version
Message-ID: <1439384456-16335-1-git-send-email-gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1439384456-16335-1-git-send-email-gitter.spiros%40gmail.com

```
Teach git about a new option, "http.sslVersion", which permits one to
specify the SSL version  to use when negotiating SSL connections.  The
setting can be overridden by the GIT_SSL_VERSION environment
variable.

Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt               | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |  1 +
 http.c                                 | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 315f271..76a4f2b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1595,6 +1595,27 @@ 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.sslVersion::
+	The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
+	want to force the default.  The available and default version 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_VERSION'
+	option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
+	of this option and for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values
+	of this option are:
+
+	- sslv2
+	- sslv3
+	- tlsv1
+	- tlsv1.0
+	- tlsv1.1
+	- tlsv1.2
++
+Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' environment variable.
+To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
+explicit http.sslversion option, set 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' to the
+empty string.
+
 http.sslCipherList::
   A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
   The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index c97c648..6e9359c 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2118,6 +2118,7 @@ _git_config ()
 		http.postBuffer
 		http.proxy
 		http.sslCipherList
+		http.sslVersion
 		http.sslCAInfo
 		http.sslCAPath
 		http.sslCert
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index e9c6fdd..a7401b1 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ static int curl_ssl_verify = -1;
 static int curl_ssl_try;
 static const char *ssl_cert;
 static const char *ssl_cipherlist;
+static const char *ssl_version;
+static long sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_DEFAULT;
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070903
 static const char *ssl_key;
 #endif
@@ -190,6 +192,8 @@ static int http_options(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	}
 	if (!strcmp("http.sslcipherlist", var))
 		return git_config_string(&ssl_cipherlist, var, value);
+	if (!strcmp("http.sslversion", var))
+		return git_config_string(&ssl_version, var, value);
 	if (!strcmp("http.sslcert", var))
 		return git_config_string(&ssl_cert, var, value);
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070903
@@ -364,13 +368,36 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 	if (http_proactive_auth)
 		init_curl_http_auth(result);
 
+
+	if (getenv("GIT_SSL_VERSION"))
+		ssl_version = getenv("GIT_SSL_VERSION");
+	if (ssl_version != NULL && *ssl_version) {
+		if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1")) {
+			sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"sslv2")) {
+			sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv2;
+		} else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"sslv3")) {
+			sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3;
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072200
+		} else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1.0")) {
+			sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0;
+		} else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1.1")) {
+			sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1;
+		} else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1.2")) {
+			sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2;
+                } else {
+			warning("unsupported ssl version %s : using default",
+			ssl_version);
+#endif
+		}
+        }
+	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION,
+				sslversion);
 	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())
-- 
2.5.0.234.gefc8a62

```

## Remi Galan Alfonso, 2015-08-12 13:33

Subject: Re: [PATCH] http: add support for specifying the SSL version
Message-ID: <950187984.739852.1439386399510.JavaMail.zimbra@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/950187984.739852.1439386399510.JavaMail.zimbra%40ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr
In-Reply-To: <1439384456-16335-1-git-send-email-gitter.spiros@gmail.com>

```
Hello, Elia

Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> writes:
> +        if (ssl_version != NULL && *ssl_version) {
> +                if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1")) {
> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1;
> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"sslv2")) {
> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv2;
> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"sslv3")) {
> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3;
> +#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072200
> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1.0")) {
> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0;
> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1.1")) {
> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1;
> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1.2")) {
> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2;
> +                } else {
> +                        warning("unsupported ssl version %s : using default",
> +                        ssl_version);
> +#endif
> +                }
> +        }

I'm curious about what would happen should 'sslVersion' be set to
'tlsv1.0' (or a value that doesn't belong to the possible values) and
'LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM' be inferior to '0x072200'.
Since we wouldn't go through any 'if' and would also skip the 'else'
case, wouldn't we have a silent 'unsupported ssl version: using
default' ?

So I think that the 'else' case should be outside of the '#if [...]
#endif'.

Thanks,
Rémi

```

## Elia Pinto, 2015-08-12 14:10

Subject: Re: [PATCH] http: add support for specifying the SSL version
Message-ID: <CA+EOSBn8xXHEXSwZ3sqcs8AaLQfDNw-5bSJSv-gwwGpaH4VW9w@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CA%2BEOSBn8xXHEXSwZ3sqcs8AaLQfDNw-5bSJSv-gwwGpaH4VW9w%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <950187984.739852.1439386399510.JavaMail.zimbra@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>

```
2015-08-12 15:33 GMT+02:00 Remi Galan Alfonso
<remi.galan-alfonso@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>:
> Hello, Elia
>
> Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> writes:
>> +        if (ssl_version != NULL && *ssl_version) {
>> +                if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1")) {
>> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1;
>> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"sslv2")) {
>> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv2;
>> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"sslv3")) {
>> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3;
>> +#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072200
>> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1.0")) {
>> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0;
>> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1.1")) {
>> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1;
>> +                } else if (!strcmp(ssl_version,"tlsv1.2")) {
>> +                        sslversion = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2;
>> +                } else {
>> +                        warning("unsupported ssl version %s : using default",
>> +                        ssl_version);
>> +#endif
>> +                }
>> +        }
>
> I'm curious about what would happen should 'sslVersion' be set to
> 'tlsv1.0' (or a value that doesn't belong to the possible values) and
> 'LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM' be inferior to '0x072200'.
> Since we wouldn't go through any 'if' and would also skip the 'else'
> case, wouldn't we have a silent 'unsupported ssl version: using
> default' ?
You are right. I will resend. Thank you very much
>
> So I think that the 'else' case should be outside of the '#if [...]
> #endif'.
>
> Thanks,
> Rémi

```
