[Mono-dev] Still stuck in a bad place with TLS 1.2 support

[Rodrigo Kumpera]

BoringTLS support in mono has not shipped anywhere.

Right now you need to build from source to get access to it.



On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:58 PM, gsemones <guerry at traxia.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've posted before about this, but I've been away trying new approaches
> which also did not work. I'm back to see if my new approaches have any
> answers. My project is at a complete stand still and has been for several
> months.
>
> I have a OS X console app that is hosting Owin as a web service and
> SignalR.
> I need TLS 1.2 to work serving a certificate bound to a port on the Mac, as
> well as for HTTP clients used in the service. The Mono Legacy TLS 1.0
> Provider does not work, particularly with our certificate, which is
> currently generated by LetsEncrypt, and which I believe is only authentic
> for TLS 1.1 and 1.2. I guess I should try a certificate with TLS 1.0
> support?
>
> Miguel and others have been very helpful, but no combination of things I've
> tried up through last month worked. Then came the announcement that Boring
> TLS was available in the latest Mono bits, and so I shifted gears.
>
> I built Mono and could see lots of references to Boring TLS. I built my
> Mono
> project (not Xamarin.Mac) using the latest Mono and targeting .NET
> Framework
> 4.6, and ran it using the same. No matter what I did, I could only get the
> Legacy TLS provider, or if I specified "btls" it would fail with an
> exception because Boring SSL was not found. I could not find any docs about
> whether I need to build/install Boring separately or if the bundled copy in
> Mono was supposed to get built. Is the Mono Boring TLS stuff only for
> Android?
>
> I next read again about Apple TLS and Xamarin.Mac. I made a new Xamarin.Mac
> project and ported my code to it. I found that Owin and other packages were
> not available on Nuget for Xamarin.Mac Mobile Framework" but I had success
> with Xamarin.Mac .NET 4.5 Framework. However, the Apple TLS Provider does
> not appear available and will not load. I only get the Legacy Provider.
> Does
> the Apple TLS Provider only work with Xamarin.Mac Mobile Framework?
>
> I feel like I'm in a twisty maze of passages all alike.
>
> Is there a document somewhere that points up which TLS options are
> available
> for which frameworks?
>
> Much thanks in advance,
>
> Guerry
>
>
>
>
>
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