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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2013-09-07 20:40:59 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2013-09-16 13:44:10 -0400 |
| commit | 4af793036f6ef4f0a1078e5d7155426a98d50e37 (patch) | |
| tree | 610acd22f68d760448939691b2603fb8c5e8a082 /ssl/s3_clnt.c | |
| parent | 46ebd9e3bb623d3c15ef2203038956f3f7213620 (diff) | |
Do not include a timestamp in the ClientHello Random field.
Instead, send random bytes.
While the gmt_unix_time record was added in an ostensible attempt to
mitigate the dangers of a bad RNG, its presence leaks the host's view
of the current time in the clear. This minor leak can help
fingerprint TLS instances across networks and protocols... and what's
worse, it's doubtful thet the gmt_unix_time record does any good at
all for its intended purpose, since:
* It's quite possible to open two TLS connections in one second.
* If the PRNG output is prone to repeat itself, ephemeral
* handshakes (and who knows what else besides) are broken.
Diffstat (limited to 'ssl/s3_clnt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | ssl/s3_clnt.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ssl/s3_clnt.c b/ssl/s3_clnt.c index 344e2eb1af..1b54011252 100644 --- a/ssl/s3_clnt.c +++ b/ssl/s3_clnt.c @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ int ssl3_client_hello(SSL *s) unsigned char *buf; unsigned char *p,*d; int i; - unsigned long Time,l; + unsigned long l; #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_COMP int j; SSL_COMP *comp; @@ -680,9 +680,7 @@ int ssl3_client_hello(SSL *s) /* else use the pre-loaded session */ p=s->s3->client_random; - Time=(unsigned long)time(NULL); /* Time */ - l2n(Time,p); - if (RAND_pseudo_bytes(p,SSL3_RANDOM_SIZE-4) <= 0) + if (RAND_pseudo_bytes(p,SSL3_RANDOM_SIZE) <= 0) goto err; /* Do the message type and length last */ |