Setting the SSL protocol used on proxy_pass?

I am trying to set up a reverse proxy which handles SSL. This is my
first
time, so I may be doing something stupid.

On the NGINX which is acting as a proxy I get this:

SSL_do_handshake() failed (SSL: error:140770FC:SSL
routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol) while SSL handshaking
to
upstream,

On the NGINX which is upstream I am configured to only accept TLS,
because
of recent SSL security problems.

    ssl_protocols               TLSv1.2 TLSv1.1 TLSv1;

I would guess that the problem here is that NGINX is opening the proxy
connection using the wrong SSL protocol. Is there a way to control
which
protocol it uses for the proxy connection?

Thanks for any help,

Edward

Hello!

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 09:44:17AM +0000, Edward Hibbert wrote:

of recent SSL security problems.

    ssl_protocols               TLSv1.2 TLSv1.1 TLSv1;

I would guess that the problem here is that NGINX is opening the proxy
connection using the wrong SSL protocol. Is there a way to control which
protocol it uses for the proxy connection?

There is the “proxy_ssl_protocols” directive to control which
protocols are allowed while connecting to upstream HTTPS servers,
see Module ngx_http_proxy_module for details. By
default it allows SSLv3 and above, so it should be fine with the
ssl_protocols you configured. The message you are seeing may
appear if you’ve accidentally set “proxy_ssl_protocols SSLv3”
though.


Maxim D.
http://nginx.org/