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27.0.50; The NSM should warn about more TLS problems

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 31946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31946: 27.0.50; The NSM should warn about more TLS problems
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:38:03 +0200

This bug report is mostly just to remind myself, but if somebody else
wants to implement it -- go ahead.  :-)

I meant to refactor the protocol checks in nsm.el so that they're more
easily extensible and also allow the user more fine-grained control of
what protocol issues they care about.  Something like

(defvar network-security-tls-problems
        '((low-diffie-hellman-prime-bits medium)
          (rc4 low)
          (dh-small-subgroup high)))

or something, and then a separate function for each of these tests to
avoid an ever-growing huge function with a `cond' in it, and also allow
users to add their own tests.

---

There are also more protocol stuff we should warn about on various
levels.  These should be on `high':


>            "https://3des.badssl.com/"                     ;; fail
>            "https://mozilla-old.badssl.com/"              ;; fail
>            "https://dh-small-subgroup.badssl.com/"        ;; fail
>            "https://dh-composite.badssl.com/"             ;; fail
>            "https://invalid-expected-sct.badssl.com/"     ;; fail, a bit
> concerning

These should be on `medium':

>            "https://dh480.badssl.com/"                    ;; fail
>            "https://dh512.badssl.com/"                    ;; fail



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