Cipher suite rule conditions

The system provides predefined cipher suites you can add to a cipher suite rule condition for Block or Block WITH Reset rule actions. You can also add cipher suite list objects containing multiple cipher suites.

Important

Cipher suite rule conditions should be used only to block traffic, they should not be used to decrypt traffic.

Note

You cannot add new cipher suites. You can neither modify nor delete predefined cipher suites.

You can add a maximum of 50 cipher suites and cipher suite lists to the Selected Cipher Suites in a single cipher suite condition. The system supports adding these cipher suites to a cipher suite condition:

  • SSL_RSA_FIPS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA

  • SSL_RSA_FIPS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_DH_Anon_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

  • TLS_DH_Anon_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

  • TLS_DH_Anon_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_DH_anon_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_DH_Anon_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_DH_anon_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_NULL_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_128_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_CAMELLIA_256_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_MD5

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5

  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

Note these considerations:

  • If you add cipher suites not supported for your deployment, you cannot deploy your configuration. For example, passive deployments do not support decrypting traffic with the any of the ephemeral Diffie-Hellman (DHE) or ephemeral elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDHE) cipher suites. Creating a rule with these cipher suites prevents you from deploying your access control policy.

  • You can add an anonymous cipher suite to the Cipher Suite condition in decryption policy. To use the rule, you must also configure your settings in an order that prevents ClientHello processing. For more information, refer to Best practice for Decryption policy rule order.

  • When you specify a cipher suite as a rule condition, the rule matches the negotiated cipher suite in the ServerHello message, not the entire list from the ClientHello message. During ClientHello processing, the managed device removes unsupported cipher suites from the ClientHello message. If all specified cipher suites are removed, the system retains the original list. If the system keeps unsupported cipher suites, it cannot decrypt the session during subsequent evaluation.