Merge pull request #3104 from Diapolo/rpcssl-defaultciphers

update default -rpcsslciphers to include TLSv1.2

src/bitcoinrpc.cpp

@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ void StartRPCThreads()
         if (filesystem::exists(pathPKFile)) rpc_ssl_context->use_private_key_file(pathPKFile.string(), ssl::context::pem);
         else LogPrintf("ThreadRPCServer ERROR: missing server private key file %s\n", pathPKFile.string().c_str());
 
-        string strCiphers = GetArg("-rpcsslciphers", "TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH");
+        string strCiphers = GetArg("-rpcsslciphers", "TLSv1.2+HIGH:TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!3DES:@STRENGTH");
         SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(rpc_ssl_context->impl(), strCiphers.c_str());
     }
 

src/init.cpp

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage()
     strUsage += "  -rpcssl                                  " + _("Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON-RPC connections") + "\n";
     strUsage += "  -rpcsslcertificatechainfile=<file.cert>  " + _("Server certificate file (default: server.cert)") + "\n";
     strUsage += "  -rpcsslprivatekeyfile=<file.pem>         " + _("Server private key (default: server.pem)") + "\n";
-    strUsage += "  -rpcsslciphers=<ciphers>                 " + _("Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!AH:!3DES:@STRENGTH)") + "\n";
+    strUsage += "  -rpcsslciphers=<ciphers>                 " + _("Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1.2+HIGH:TLSv1+HIGH:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!eNULL:!3DES:@STRENGTH)") + "\n";
 
     return strUsage;
 }