[HDFS-7391] Renable SSLv2Hello in HttpFS

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.6.0, 2.5.2
• Component/s: webhdfs
• Target Version/s: 2.6.0, 2.5.2
• Assignee: Robert Kanter
• Reporter: Robert Kanter
• Created: 11/Nov/14 22:37
• Updated: 01/Dec/14 03:11
• Resolved: 13/Nov/14 03:03

Description

We should re-enable "SSLv2Hello", which is required for older clients (e.g. Java 6 with openssl 0.9.8x) so they can't connect without it. Just to be clear, it does not mean SSLv2, which is insecure.

I couldn't simply do an addendum patch on HDFS-7274 because it's already been closed.

Issue Links

• requires: HDFS-7274 Disable SSLv3 in HttpFS