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June 26, 2015

Technical Tip: Low rates because of the weak Diffie-Helman(DH) exchange parameters

  • June 26, 2015
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Description

This article addresses an issue where website rates (that is Qualys SSL Labs) give lower rates (B) for websites behind FortiWeb.

This may be caused by the Diffie-Helman(DH) configuration in FortiWeb.


Scope

FortiWeb v5.3.6 and higher.


Solution

In version 5.3.6 a new command was introduced which fixes this issue:
 
# config system global
set dh-params 2048
end
 
After this re-configuration, there should be no problem with DH in SSL tests. 

 

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