The possibility to configure hostname verification is available for WSO2 products from Carbon 4.4.6 onwards. If hostname verification is disabled for your product, the hostnames (that are accessed by a particular client) will not be verified against the hostnames specified in the product's SSL certificate. If hostname verification is enabled, you will be able to configure how hostnames are filtered during the verification process.
See the following topics for details:
Important!
Be sure to enable hostname verification for your production environment. This is necessary to avoid security issues in production. See the full list of security recommendations for production environments.
Prerequisites
Note that this configuration is only available as a /wiki/spaces/updates/pages/16318500 for the following product versions:
- WSO2 Enterprise Integrator (WSO2 EI) version 6.1.1 can use this feature with WUM updates obtained after the 4th of February, 2018.
- WSO2 API Manager (WSO2 AM) versions 2.0.0 and 2.1.0 can use this feature with WUM updates obtained after the 28th of July, 2017.
- WSO2 Identity Server (WSO2 IS) version 5.2.0 can use this feature with WUM updates obtained after the 28th of July, 2017.
- WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus version 5.0.0 can use this feature with WUM updates obtained after the 2nd of October, 2017.
See /wiki/spaces/updates/pages/16318503 for more instructions on how to get updates. If you have already got the WUM updates, see the topic below on Configuring hostname verification (Carbon 4.4.17 onwards) for instructions on how to apply this configuration.
For all other product versions (that are not listed above), this configuration will apply based on the Carbon version. Therefore, check the Carbon version of your WSO2 product, and then following the instructions given below.
Configuring hostname verification (Carbon 4.4.6 to Carbon 4.4.16)
Before you begin, be sure to check the prerequisites.
If you are using a WSO2 product that is based on a Carbon version between 4.4.6 and 4.4.16, hostname verification is disabled by default. This setting is disabled using the org.wso2.ignoreHostnameVerification property in the product startup script (wso2server.sh for Linux, or wso2server.bat for Windows) that is stored in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin/ directory.
-Dorg.wso2.ignoreHostnameVerification=true
Configuring hostname verification (Carbon 4.4.17 onwards)
Before you begin, be sure to check the prerequisites.
If you are using a WSO2 product that is based on Carbon 4.4.17 or a later version, hostname verification is enabled by default. This is done using the httpclient.hostnameVerifier property in the product's startup script (wso2server.sh for Linux and wso2server.bat for Windows) as shown below. The product startup script is stored in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin directory. This property will be effective during server startup.
-Dhttpclient.hostnameVerifier="DefaultAndLocalhost"
The values you can use with this property are explained below. Note that these values will behave the same as synapse hostname verification options.
DefaultAndLocalhost: This is the value that is enabled, by default. This means that all hostnames, except the ones listed below, will be verified against the hostnames specified in the product's SSL certificate. That is, the following hostnames will be allowed regardless of the server's certificate.
localhost
localhost.localdomain
127.0.0.1
::1
Note that if the wildcard symbol is used to specify a hostname in the SSL certificate (such as *.foo.com), all the subdomains of *.foo.com are also included. That is, a hostname that matches a subdomain of *.foo.com will also be allowed access.
Strict: When this mode is enabled, hostnames will be strictly verified against the hostname specified in the product's SSL certificate. For example, if "*.foo.com" is specified as the hostname in the certificate, only the hostnames at the same level will be authorized by the server. That is, subdomains such as "a.b.foo.com" will not be authorized.
AllowAll: This option turns off hostname verification for the server. Note that this is not recommended in a production setup and should only be used for demonstrations and testing.
Important!
If you are disabling hostname verification for WSO2 AM 2.0.0 or 2.1.0, you need to use both system properties listed below.
-Dorg.wso2.ignoreHostnameVerification=true \ -Dhttpclient.hostnameVerifier=AllowAll \
If you are disabling hostname verification for WSO2 EI 6.1.1, you need to use both system properties listed below.
-Dhttpclient.hostnameVerifier=AllowAll \ -Dorg.opensaml.httpclient.https.disableHostnameVerification=true \
If you are disabling hostname verification for WSO2 IS, use the following system properties.
-Dorg.opensaml.httpclient.https.disableHostnameVerification=true \ -Dhttpclient.hostnameVerifier="AllowAll" \