CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

Features implemented / improvements in 3.2

• Rating (SSL Labs, not complete)
• Extend Server (cipher) preference: always now in wide mode instead of running all ciphers in the end (per default)
• Remove "negotiated cipher / protocol"
• Provide a better verdict wrt to server order: Now per protocol and ciphers are weighted for each protocol
• Switched to multi-stage docker image with opensuse base to avoid musl libc issues, performance gain also
• Improved compatibility with OpenSSL 3.0
• Improved compatibility with Open/LibreSSL versions not supporting TLS 1.0-1.1 anymore
• Renamed PFS/perfect forward secrecy --> FS/forward secrecy
• Cipher list straightening
• Improved mass testing
• Better align colors of ciphers with standard cipherlists
• Save a few cycles for ROBOT
• Several ciphers more colorized
• Percent output char problem fixed
• Several display/output fixes
• BREACH check: list all compression methods and add brotli
• Test for old winshock vulnerability
• Test for STARTTLS injection vulnerabilities (SMTP, POP3, IMAP)
• STARTTLS: XMPP server support, plus new set of OpenSSL-bad binaries
• Several code improvements to STARTTLS, also better detection when no STARTTLS is offered
• STARTTLS on active directory service support
• Security fixes: DNS and other input from servers
• Don't penalize missing trust in rating when CA not in Java store
• Added support for certificates with EdDSA signatures and public keys
• Extract CA list shows supported certification authorities sent by the server
• TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 sig algs added
• Check for ffdhe groups
• Show server supported signature algorithms
• --add-ca can also now be a directory with *.pem files
• Warning of 398 day limit for certificates issued after 2020/9/1
• Added environment variable for amount of attempts for ssl renegotiation check
• Added --user-agent argument to support using a custom User Agent
• Added --overwrite argument to support overwriting output files without warning
• Headerflag X-XSS-Protection is now labeled as INFO
• Strict parser for HSTS
• DNS via proxy improvements
• Client simulation runs in wide mode which is even better readable
• Added --reqheader to support custom headers in HTTP requests
• Test for support for RFC 8879 certificate compression
• Deprecating --fast and --ssl-native (warning but still av)
• Compatible to GNU grep 3.8
• Don't use external pwd command anymore
• Doesn't hang anymore when there's no local resolver
• Added --mtls feature to support client authentication
• If a TLS 1.3 host is tested and e.g. /usr/bin/openssl supports it, it'll automagically will switch to it

Features implemented / improvements in 3.0

• Full support of TLS 1.3, shows also drafts supported
• Extended protocol downgrade checks
• ROBOT check
• Better TLS extension support
• Better OpenSSL 1.1.1 and higher versions support as well as LibreSSL >3
• More robustness for OpenBSD
• DNS over Proxy and other proxy improvements
• Decoding of unencrypted BIG IP cookies
• Initial client certificate support
• Warning of 825 day limit for certificates issued after 2018/3/1
• Socket timeouts (--connect-timeout)
• IDN/IDN2 servername/URI + emoji support, supposed libidn/idn2 is installed and DNS resolver is recent) support
• Initial support for certificate compression
• Better JSON output: renamed IDs and findings shorter/better parsable, also includes certificate
• JSON output now valid also for non-responding servers
• Testing now per default 370 ciphers
• Further improving the robustness of TLS sockets (sending and parsing)
• Support of supplying timeout value for openssl connect -- useful for batch/mass scanning
• File input for serial or parallel mass testing can be also in nmap grep(p)able (-oG) format
• LOGJAM: now checking also for DH and FFDHE groups (TLS 1.2)
• PFS: Display of elliptical curves supported, DH and FFDHE groups (TLS 1.2 + TLS 1.3)
• Check for session resumption (Ticket, ID)
• TLS Robustness check GREASE and more
• Server preference distinguishes between TLS 1.3 and lower protocols
• Mark TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 as deprecated
• Does a few startup checks which make later tests easier and faster (determine_optimal_\*())
• Expect-CT Header Detection
• --phone-out does certificate revocation checks via OCSP (LDAP+HTTP) and with CRL
• --phone-out checks whether the private key has been compromised via https://pwnedkeys.com/
• Missing SAN warning
• Added support for private CAs
• Way better handling of connectivity problems (counting those, if threshold exceeded -> bye)
• Fixed TCP fragmentation
• Added --ids-friendly switch
• Exit codes better: 0 for running without error, 1+n for small errors, >240 for major errors.
• Better error msg suppression (not fully installed OpenSSL)
• Better parsing of HTTP headers & better output of longer HTTP headers
• Display more HTTP security headers
• HTTP Basic Auth support for HTTP header
• experimental "eTLS" detection
• Dockerfile and repo @ docker hub with that file (see above)
• Java Root CA store added
• Better support for XMPP via STARTTLS & faster
• Certificate check for to-name in stream of XMPP
• Support for NNTP and LMTP via STARTTLS, fixes for MySQL and PostgresQL
• Support for SNI and STARTTLS
• More robustness for any STARTTLS protocol (fall back to plaintext while in TLS caused problems)
• Renegotiation checks improved, also no false positive for Node.js anymore
• Major update of client simulations with self-collected up-to-date data
• Update of CA certificate stores
• Lots of bug fixes
• More travis/CI checks -- still place for improvements
• Man page reviewed

Features implemented / improvements in 2.9.5

• Way better coverage of ciphers as most checks are done via bash sockets where ever possible
• Further tests via TLS sockets and improvements (handshake parsing, completeness, robustness)
• Testing 359 default ciphers (testssl.sh -e/-E) with a mixture of sockets and openssl. Same speed as with openssl only but additional ciphers such as post-quantum ciphers, new CHAHA20/POLY1305, CamelliaGCM etc.
• TLS 1.2 protocol check via sockets in production
• Finding more TLS extensions via sockets
• TLS Supported Groups Registry (RFC 7919), key shares extension
• Non-flat JSON output support
• File output (CSV, JSON flat, JSON non-flat) supports a minimum severity level (only above supplied level there will be output)
• Native HTML support instead going through 'aha'
• LUCKY13 and SWEET32 checks
• Ticketbleed check
• LOGJAM: now checking also for known DH parameters
• Support of supplying timeout value for openssl connect -- useful for batch/mass scanning
• Parallel mass testing
• Check for CAA RR
• Check for OCSP must staple
• Check for Certificate Transparency
• Check for session resumption (Ticket, ID)
• Better formatting of output (indentation)
• Choice showing the RFC naming scheme only
• File input for mass testing can be also in nmap grep(p)able (-oG) format
• Postgres und MySQL STARTTLS support
• Man page

New in 2.8

• Trust chain check against certificate stores from Apple (OS), Linux (OS), Microsoft (OS), Mozilla (Firefox Browser), works for openssl >=1.0.1
• IPv6 (status: 80% working, details see drwetter#11
• works now on servers requiring a x509 certificate for authentication
• extensive CN <--> hostname check
• SSL Session ID check
• Avahi/mDNS based name resolution
• HTTP2/ALPN protocol check
• Logging to a file / dir
• Logging to (flat) JSON + CSV
• HPKP checks now also for Root, intermediate SPKIs
• Check for multiple server certificates
• Browser cipher simulation: what client will connect with which cipher + protocol
• GOST cipher+certificate improvements
• Assistance for color-blind users
• Even more compatibility improvements for FreeBSD, NetBSD, Gentoo, RH-ish, F5 and Cisco systems
• Considerable speed improvements for each cipher runs (-e/-E)
• More robust SSLv2 + TLS socket interface
• separate check for curves
• OpenSSL 1.1.0 compliant
• check for DROWN
• Whole number of bugs squashed

New in 2.6

• Display matching host key (HPKP)
• LOGJAM 1: check DHE_EXPORT cipher
• LOGJAM 2: displays DH(/ECDH) bits in wide mode on negotiated ciphers
• "wide mode" option for checks like RC4, BEAST. PFS. Displays hexcode, kx, strength, DH bits, RFC name
• binary directory provides out of the box better binaries (Linux 32+64 Bit, Darwin 64 bit, FreeBSD 64 bit)
• OS X binaries (@jvehent, new builds: @jpluimers)
• ARM binary (@f-s)
• FreeBSD binary
• TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV check -- thx @JonnyHightower
• (HTTP) proxy support! Also with sockets -- thx @jnewbigin
• Extended validation certificate detection
• Run in default mode through all ciphers at the end of a default run
• will test multiple IP addresses of one supplied server name in one shot, --ip= restricts it accordingly
• new mass testing file option --file option where testssl.sh commands are being read from, see https://twitter.com/drwetter/status/627619848344989696
• TLS time and HTTP time stamps
• TLS time displayed also for STARTTLS protocols
• support of sockets for STARTTLS protocols
• TLS 1.0-1.1 as socket checks per default in production
• further detection of security relevant headers (reverse proxy, IPv4 addresses), proprietary banners (OWA, Liferay etc.)
• can scan STARTTLS+XMPP by also supplying the XMPP domain (to-option in XML streams).
• quite some LibreSSL fixes, still not recommended to use though (see https://testssl.sh/)
• lots of fixes, code improvements, even more robust

Full log @ https://github.com/drwetter/testssl.sh/commits/2.6/testssl.sh

New in 2.4

• "only one cmd line option at a time" is completely gone
• several tuning parameters on the cmd line (only available through environment variables b4): --assuming-http, --ssl-native, --sneaky, --warnings, --color, -- debug, --long
• certificate information
• more HTTP header infos (cookies+security headers)
• protocol check via bash sockets for SSLv2+v3
• debug handling significantly improved (verbosity/each function leaves files in $TEMPDIR)
• BEAST check
• FREAK check
• check for Secure Client-Initiated Renegotiation
• lots of cosmetic and maintainability code cleanups
• bugfixing

Full changelog: https://github.com/drwetter/testssl.sh/commits/2.4/testssl.sh

2.2. new features:

• Works fully under FreeBSD (openssl >=1.0)
• single cipher check (-x) with pattern of hexcode/cipher
• check for POODLE SSL
• HPKP check
• OCSP stapling
• GOST and CHACHA20 POLY1305 cipher support
• service detection (HTTP, IMAP, POP, SMTP)
• runs now with all colors, b/w screen, no escape codes at all
• protocol check better
• job control removes stalling
• RFC <---> OpenSSL name space mapping of ciphers everywhere
• includes a lot of fixes

Full changelog @ https://github.com/drwetter/testssl.sh/commits/2.2/testssl.sh

2.0 major release, new features:

• SNI
• STARTTLS fully supported
• RC4 check
• (P)FS check
• SPDY check
• color codes make more sense now
• cipher hexcodes are shown
• tests ciphers per protocol
• HSTS
• web and application server banner
• server preferences
• TLS server extensions
• server key size
• cipher suite mapping from openssl to RFC
• heartbleed check
• CCS injection check

Historical releases

1.112

• IPv6 display fix

1.111

• NEW: tested under FreeBSD (works with exception of xxd in CCS)
• getent now works under Linux and FreeBSD
• sed -i in hsts sacrificed for compatibility
• removed query for IP for finishing banner, is now called once in parse_hn_port
• GOST warning after banner
• empty build date is not displayed anymore
• long build date strings minimized
• FIXED: IPv6 address are displayed again

1.110

• NEW: adding Russian GOST cipher support by providing a config file on the fly
• adding the compile date of openssl in the banner

1.109

• minor IPv6 fixes

1.108

• NEW: Major rewrite of output functions. Now using printf instead of "echo -e" for BSD and MacOSX compatibility

1.107

• improved IP address stuff

1.106

• minor fixes

1.105

• NEW: working prototype for CCS injection

1.104

• NEW: everywhere also RFC style ciphers -- if the mapping file is found
• unitary calls to display cipher suites

1.103

• NEW: telnet support for STARTTLS (works only with a patched openssl version) --> not tested (lack of server)

1.102

• NEW: test for BREACH (experimental)

.101

• BUGFIX: muted too verbose output of which on CentOS/RHEL
• BUGFIX: muted too verbose output of netcat/nc on CentOS/RHEL+Debian

1.100

• further cleanup
  • starttls now tests allciphers() instead of cipher_per_proto (normal use case makes most sense here)
  • ENV J_POSITIV --> SHOW_EACH_C
• finding mapping-rfc.txt is now a bit smarter
• preparations for ChaCha20-Poly1305 (would have provided binaries but "openssl s_client -connect" with that ciphersuite fails currently with a handshake error though client and server hello succeeded!)

1.99

• BUGFIX: now really really everywhere testing the IP with supplied name
• locking out openssl < 0.9.8f, new function called "old_fart" ;-)
• FEATURE: displaying PTR record of IP
• FEATURE: displaying further IPv4/IPv6 addresses
• bit of a cleanup

1.98

• http_header is in total only called once
• better parsing of default protocol (FIXME shouldn't appear anymore)

1.97

• reduced sleep time for server hello and payload reply (heartbleed)

1.96

• NEW: (experimental) heartbleed support with bash sockets (shell only SSL handshake!) see also https://testssl.sh/bash-heartbleed.sh

1.95 (2.0rc3)

• changed cmdline options for CRIME and renego vuln to uppercase
• NEW: displays server key size now
• NEW: displays TLS server extensions (might kill old openssl versions)
• brown warning if HSTS < 180 days
• brown warning if SSLv3 is offered as default protocol

1.94

• NEW: prototype of mapping to RFC cipher suite names, needed file mapping-rfc.txt in same dir as of now only used for 'testssl.sh -V'
• internal renaming: it was supposed to be "cipherlists" instead of "ciphersuites"
• additional tests for cipherlists DES, 3DES, ADH

1.93

• BUGFIX: removed space in Server banner fixed (at the expense of showing just nothing if Server string is empty)

1.92

• BUGFIX: fixed error of faulty detected empty server string

1.91

• replaced most lcyan to brown (=not really bad but somehow)
• empty server string better displayed
• preferred CBC TLS 1.2 cipher is now brown (lucky13)

1.90

• fix for netweaver banner (server is lowercase)
• no server banner is no disadvantage (color code)

1.89

• reordered! : protocols + cipher come first
• colorized preferred server preference (e.g. CBC+RC4 is light red now, TLSv1.2 green)
• SSLv3 is now light cyan
• NEW: -P|--preference now in help menu
• light cyan is more appropriate than red for HSTS

1.88

• NEW: prototype for protocol and cipher preference
• prototype for session ticket

1.87

• changed just the version string to rc1

1.86

• NEW: App banner now production, except 2 liners
• DEBUG: 1 is now true as everywhere else
• CRIME+Renego prettier
• last optical polish for RC4, PFS

1.85

• NEW: appbanner (also 2 lines like asp.net)
• OSSL_VER_MAJOR/MINOR/APPENDIX
• less bold because bold headlines as bold should be reserved for emphasize findings
• tabbed output also for protocols and cipher classes
• unify neat printing

1.84

• NEW: deprecating openssl version <0.98
• displaying a warning >= 0.98 < 1.0
• NEW: neat print also for all ciphers (-E,-e)

1.83

• BUGFIX: results from unit test: logical error in PFS+RC4 fixed
• headline of -V / PFS+RC4 ciphers unified

1.82

• NEW: output for -V now better (bits separate, spacing improved)

1.81

• output for RC4+PFS now better (with headline, bits separate, spacing improved)
• both also sorted by encr. strength .. umm ..err bits!

1.80

• order of finding supplied binary extended (first one wins):
  1. use supplied variable $OPENSSL
  2. use "openssl" in same path as testssl.sh
  3. use "openssl.uname -m" in same path as testssl.sh
  4. use anything in system $PATH (return value of "which"

1.79

• STARTTLS options w/o trailing 's' now (easier)
• commented code for CRIME SPDY
• issue a warning for openssl < 0.9.7 ( that version won't work anyway probably)

1.78

• -E, -e now sorted by encryption strength (note: it's only encr key length)
• -V now pretty prints all local ciphers
• -V now pretty prints all local ciphers matching pattern (plain string, no regex)
• bugfix: SSLv2 cipher hex codes has 3 bytes!

1.77

• removed legacy code (PROD_REL var)

1.76

• bash was gone!! disaster for Ubuntu, fixed
• starttls+rc4 check: bottom line was wrong
• starttls had too much output (certificate) at first a/v check

1.75

• location is now https://testssl.sh
• be nice: banner, version, help also works for BSD folks (on dash)
• bug in server banner fixed
• sneaky referer and user agent possible

1.74

• Debian 7 fix
• ident obsoleted

1.72

• removed obsolete GREP
• SWURL/SWCONTACT
• output for positive RC4 better

1.71

• workaround for buggy bash (RC4)
• colors improved
  • blue is now reserved for headline
  • magenta for local probs
  • in RC4 removal of SSL protocol provided by openssl

1.70

• DEBUG in http_headers now as expected

1.69

• HTTP 1.1 header
• removed in each cipher the proto openssl is returning

• NEW: cipher_per_proto

1.68

• header parser for openssl
• HSTS

[..]

1.36

• fixed issue while connecting to non-webservers

1.35

• fixed portability issue on Ubuntu

1.34

• ip(v4) address in output, helps to tell different systems apart later on
• local hostname in output

1.31 (Halloween Release)

• bugfix: SSLv2 was kind of borken
• now it works for sure but ssl protocol are kind of ugly

1.30b (25.10.2012)

• bugfix: TLS 1.1/1.2 may lead to false negatives
• bugfix: CMDLINE -a/-e was misleading, now similar to help menu

1.3 (10/13/2012)

• can test now for cipher suites only
• can test now for protocols suites only
• tests for tls v1.1/v1.2 of local openssl supports it
• commandline "all "is rename to "each-cipher"
• banner when it's done

1.21a (10/4/2012)

• tests whether openssl has support for zlib compiled so that it avoids a false negative

1.21 (10/4/2012)

• CRIME support

1.20b

• bugfixed release

1.20a

• code cleanup
• showciphers variable introduced: only show ciphers if this is set (it is by default now and there's a comment
• openssl version + path to it in the banner

1.20

• bugfix (ssl in ssl handshake failure is sometimes too much)
• date in output
• autodetection of CVS version removed

1.19

• bugfix 1.18
• Rearrangement of arguments: URL comes now always last!
• small code cleanups for readability
• individual cipher test is now with bold headline, not blue
• NOPARANOID flag tells whether medium grade ciphers are ok. NOW they are (=<1.17 was paranoid)

1.17

• SSL tests now for renegotiation vulnerability!
• version detection of testssl.sh
• program has a banner
• fixed bug leading to a file named "1"
• comment for 128Bit ciphers

1.16

• major code cleanups
• cmd line options: port is now in first argument!!
• help is more verbose
• check whether on other server side is ssl server listening
• https:// can be now supplied also on the command line
• test all ciphers now
• new cleanup routine
• -a does not do standard test afterward, you need to run testssl a second time w/o -a if you want this

1.12

• tests also medium grade ciphers (which you should NOT use)
• tests now also high grade ciphers which you SHOULD ONLY use
• switch for more verbose output of cipher for those cryptographically interested . in rows: SSL version, Key eXchange, Authentication, Encryption and Message Authentication Code
• this is per default enabled (provide otherwise "" as VERB_CLIST)
• as a courtesy I am providing 64+32 Linux binaries for testing 56 Bit ciphers

1.11

• Hint for howto enable 56 Bit ciphers for testing
• possible to specify where openssl is (hardcoded, $ENV, last resort: auto)
• warns if netcat is not there

1.10

• somewhat first released version