Re: [Jessie-discuss] unknown protocol name: SSLv2Hello

[Casey Marshall]

On Apr 4, 2007, at 9:50 AM, chinmaya wrote:

> From JSEE JDK 1.5 Guide I extracted this as notes for SSLv2Hello
>
> -- snippet --
> Currently, the SSLv3 and TLSv1 protocols allow you to send SSLv3  
> and TLSv1 hellos encapsulated in an SSLv2 format hello. For more  
> details on the reasons for allowing this compatibility in these  
> protocols, see Appendix E in RFC 2246: The TLS Protocol Version 1.0.
> Note that some SSL/TLS servers do not support the v2 hello format  
> and require that client hellos conform to the SSLv3 or TLSv1 client  
> hello formats.
>
> The SSLv2Hello option controls the SSLv2 encapsulation. If  
> SSLv2Hello is disabled on the client, then all outgoing messages  
> will conform to the SSLv3/TLSv1 client hello format. If SSLv2Hello  
> is disabled on the server, then all incoming messages must conform  
> to the SSLv3/TLSv1 client hello format
> -- snippet --
>
>
> Sounds like both IE and Firefox sends Client Hello in SSLv2  
> encapsulation format !!
>
> Is there a way I could get implementation for this please??
> As I have integrated Jessie with Tomcat I need this support  
> desperately !!

Jessie already supports this, and you don't need to specify  
"SSLv2Hello" to enable it. I can add support in Jessie to handle  
SSLv2Hello, to emulate Sun's behavior, but right now it should would  
work as-is.