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Webserver Security Verification
General Information
Verifying security settings on web servers.
Checklist
- Apache HTTPD or Nginx
Verify SSL Ciphers
Ciphers - Check what will be used by openssl
openssl ciphers -v 'HIGH:!MEDIUM:!3DES:!ADH:!AECDH:!DHE:!EDH:!RC4'
Ciphers - Perform a SSL Scan on the web server
sslscan --no-failed 192.168.1.123:443
- Look for “Supported Server Cipher(s)” and “Preferred Server Cipher(s)”
Ciphers - Perform a SSL Scan on the web server, get just the Accepted lines
sslscan --no-failed 192.168.1.123:443 | grep Accepted
Verify HTTP Headers
Verify set HTTP headers, HSTS and others.
curl --head https://mysite.domain.com/