On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:41:42AM -0700, Darren Shepherd wrote: > Technicality here, can we call the functionality SSL termination? > While technically we are "offloading" ssl from the VM, offloading > typically carries a connotation that its being done in hardware. So > we are really talking about SSL termination.
+1 - completely agree. There's certainly the possibility of an *implementation* being true offloading, but I'd generalize to "termination" to account for a non-hardware offload of the crypto processing. > > Couple comments. I wouldn't want to assume anything about SSL based > on port numbers. So instead specify the protocol (http/https/ssl/tcp) > for the front and back side of the load balancer. Additionally, I'd > prefer the chain not be in the cert. When configuring some backends > you need the cert and chain separate. It would be easier if they were > stored that way. Otherwise you have to do logic of parsing all the > certs in the "keystore" and look for the one that matches the key. Also +1 to this. Cert chains may be optional, certainly, but should actually be separate from the actual cert in the configuration. The implementation may need to combine them into one document, but that's implementation specific. > > Otherwise, awesome feature. I'll tell you, from an impl perspective, > parsing and validating the SSL certs is a pain. I can probably find > some java code to help out here on this as I've done this before in > the past. Yes, this is a sorely needed feature. I'm happy to see this be added to the Netscaler plugin, and await a time when HA proxy has a stable release that includes SSL term. > > Darren > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Syed Ahmed <sah...@cloudops.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been working on adding SSL offload functionality to cloudstack and > > make it work for Netscaler. I have an initial design documented at > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/SSL+Offloading+Support > > and I would really love your feedback. The bug for this is > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-4821 . > > > > Thanks, > > -Syed > > > > >
