[MESOS-7792] Add support for ECDH ciphers

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Done
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: libprocess
• Labels: security
• Target Version/s: 1.4.0
• Sprint: Mesosphere Sprint 59, Mesosphere Sprint 60
• Story Points: 5
• Assignee: Alexander Rojas
• Reporter: Alexander Rojas
• Shepherd: Till Toenshoff
• Created: 13/Jul/17 13:27
• Updated: 27/Jul/17 00:58
• Resolved: 27/Jul/17 00:58

Description

Elliptic curve ciphers are a family of ciphers supported by OpenSSL. They allow to have smaller keys, but require an extra configuration parameter, the actual curve to be used, which can't be done through libprocess as it is.