Knowledge Base

Cipher Suite

F

TLS_­GOSTR341094_­WITH_­28147_­CNT_­IMIT

Summary

Name:
TLS_GOSTR341094_WITH_28147_CNT_IMIT
IANA Name:
TLS_GOSTR341094_WITH_28147_CNT_IMIT
Code:
(0x00, 0x80)
OpenSSL Name:
GOST94-GOST89-GOST89
Protocol Versions:
TLS 1.0,TLS 1.1,TLS 1.2

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Components

B
Key Exchange Method
Name

GOST_R3410_94

Security

The GOST R 34.10-94[438] is a variant of Diffie-Hellman[99][100][101][102][103] key exchange based on elliptic-curve cryptography[118][119][120][121]. The algorithm creates a key encryption key (KEK) using the sender's private key and the recipient's public key (or vice versa). Exchange key KEK is a hash of the shared secret that is generated using Diffie-Hellman key agreement. Key exchange method has forward secrecy[127][128][129][130], and does protect past sessions against future compromises. If long-term secret keys or passwords are compromised, encrypted communications and sessions recorded in the past cannot be retrieved and decrypted. Leading client applications do not use this algorithm. Unless your application or requirements specifically call for their use, it is generally safer to avoid cipher suites that are not adopted and supported by a critical mass of the industry.

Recommendations

Always prefer cipher suites with PFS property over the non-PFS ones. Note that performance considerations implies preferring Ephemeral Elliptic-curve Diffie–Hellman[432][433] over Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman[405][406][407][408].

C
Authentication Method
Name

GOST R 34.10-94

Security

The GOST R 34.11-94[274] is a digital signature[107][108][109][110] algorithm, part of the Russian GOST[566][567][568][569] standard, replaced by GOST R 34.10-2001[272]. Leading client applications do not use this algorithm. Unless your application or requirements specifically call for their use, it is generally safer to avoid cipher suites that are not adopted and supported by a critical mass of the industry.

Recommendations

Remove the cipher suite from the list of cipher suites supported by your server.

F
Encryption Type
Name

GOST 28147-89

Security

Encryption algorithm GOST 28147-89[344][345] is a block cipher[78][79][80][81] which was originally designed by the KGB[469], now part of the GOST[566][567][568][569] standards maintained by the Euro Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification[464]. The encryption algorithm is considered insecure[346][347][348][349], but leading client applications do not use this algorithm. Unless your application or requirements specifically call for their use, it is generally safer to avoid cipher suites that are not adopted and supported by a critical mass of the industry.

Recommendations

Remove the cipher suite from the list of cipher suites supported by your server.

D
Encryption Key Size
Name

64

Security

Any symmetric key[185][186][187] with key size[184] less than 128 bits are disallowed by National Institute of Standards and Technology[470][471] as it is vulnerable to preimage attack[67] in theory. It cannot reliably prove that message came from the stated sender (its authenticity) and has not been changed, so connection is open for a man-in-the-middle attack[61].

Recommendations

Remove the cipher suite from the list of cipher suites supported by your server.

A+
Encryption Block Size
Name

256

Security

The block cipher[78][79][80][81] uses a block size[87] larger than 64 bits, so it is not vulnerable to sweet32 attack[22][23][24][25].

C
Message Authentication Code
Name

MAC GOST 28147-89

Security

message authentication code[135][136][137][138] is a hashed message authentication code[139][140][141][142][143][144][145] which is considered secure. The underlaying cryptographic hash function[94][95][96][97] (GOST 28147-89 "imitovstavka"[195] has weaknesses in it's design principles[196], however it is vulnerable to collision attack[57] and to preimage attack[67] in theory. It does not provide authenticated encryption[74] which simultaneously assure the confidentiality[91][92][93] and authenticity[75][76][77] of data.

Recommendations

Leading client applications do not use this type of message authentication code[135][136][137][138]. Unless your application or requirements specifically call for their use, it is generally safer to avoid cipher suites that are not adopted and supported by a critical mass of the industry. If your application or requirements specifically call for the use of that encryption algorithm prefer a message authentication code[135][136][137][138] that does provide authenticated encryption[74] prefer cipher suites that are adopted and supported by a critical mass of the industry, like message authentication code[135][136][137][138] Poly1305[458][459] that proved authenticated encryption or block cipher mode of operation[82][83][84][85][86] counter with CBC-MAC[32][33][34] or Galois/Counter Mode[46][47][48][49] or which also provides authenticated encryption[74]. In case of a hashed message authentication code[139][140][141][142][143][144][145] prefer message authentication code[135][136][137][138] based on Secure Hash Algorithm 2[212][213][214] over the ones based on other cryptographic hash function[94][95][96][97].