This section describes viewing cipher specifications for
secure transactions and for a specific HTTP request.
About this task
To see which cipher specifications the server uses for secure
transactions or for a specific HTTP request, complete one of the following
steps.
Procedure
- To see which cipher specifications the server uses for secure transactions. Specify
LogLevel info in the configuration file to include informational messages in
the error log using the LogLevel
directive. The error log is specified by the ErrorLog directive in the http configuration file. The
location is set by the ErrorLog directive, which can be configured. Review the error log for messages in this format: TimeStamp info_message mod_ibm_ssl:
Using Version 2/3 Cipher:longname|shortname. The order that the cipher specifications are displayed in the error log from start to
finish represents the attempted order of the cipher specifications.
- To see which cipher specification was negotiated with
a specific client for a specific request. Change the LogFormat directive to include the cipher specification
as part of the information logged for each request. The format string %{HTTPS_CIPHER}e will
log the name of the cipher (for example, "TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA").
Be sure that the LogFormat directive you change is for the format
used on the CustomLog directive. Here is
an example:
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b %{HTTPS_CIPHER}e" common
CustomLog logs/access_log common
Check the access log to find the cipher
used. The position of the cipher will depend on where the %{HTTPS_CIPHER}e format
string was placed in the LogFormat directive. Following are some
example access_log entries, using the previous example for the LogFormat
directive: 9.48.108.152 - - [17/Feb/2005:15:37:39 -0500] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 1507 SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA
9.48.108.152 - - [17/Feb/2005:15:37:40 -0500] "GET /httpTech.view1.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 1814 SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA
9.48.108.152 - - [17/Feb/2005:15:37:40 -0500] "GET /httpTech.masthead.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 11844 SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA
9.48.108.152 - - [17/Feb/2005:15:37:41 -0500] "GET /httpTech.visit1.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 1457 SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA
For non-secure requests, "-" will be logged for
the cipher specification.
You can log other
SSL environment variables in the same manner as HTTPS_CIPHER.