TLS handshake problems

[Sebastien Decugis]

Hello,

This is not an answer to your TLS problem, but I'd like to highlight
that in Diameter if the TLS handshake fails you don't have to send a
DPR. Here is an extract from draft-ietf-dime-rfc3588bis-14 section 5.6:

"   If the TLS handshake is successful, all further messages
   will be sent via TLS.  If the handshake fails, both ends move to the
   closed state."


I believe this provides you a workaround for your problem, since if the
connection is simply closed, your client will exit the handshake routine.

Best regards,
Sebastien.


Metzler, Richard a écrit :
>
> Hello,
>
> currently I am testing a TLS connection using Gnu TLS 2.2.5.on server
> and client side. For the TCP communication Diameter is used.
>
> There are situations that on both sides the TLS handshake fails, e.g.
> due to a wrong client certificate (Gnu TLS error code
> NO_CERTIFICATE_FOUND). But in this special case the server finishes
> the handshake with error and the client is still waiting in the handshake.
>
> Now the server announces closing the connection to the client by
> sending the Diameter disconnect message (DPR). This message is
> received by the client Gnu TLS when expecting a TLS message,
> preventing a correct shut down of the connection.
>
> To avoid this problem I added a call to gnutls_alert_send_appropriate
> in case the server finishes the handshake with errors. This helps to
> finish the handshake on the client side in this case, but there are
> situations when the handshake is finished on both sides with an error.
> Then the additional alert message would be interpreted on the client
> side as Diameter message which also is not correct.
>
> My question is, is there a way for the server to decide whether the
> alert has to be sent or not, i.e. to detect the state of the client –
> maybe by evaluating the result code of the handshake?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
>
>
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Sebastien Decugis
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Network Architecture Group
NICT (nict.go.jp)