Production instances must use SSL to protect user data and shopping transactions. But the security of SSL encryption changes over time. It’s good to review the SSL configuration of a server from time to time and update the configuration if necessary.
You can test your server with: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
You can get best practise configurations from: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS
If you are wondering which versions you run:
$ nginx -v
# nginx version: nginx/1.8.1
$ openssl version
# OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012
For example, some Australian servers had an old setup rated C. Changing the used protocols and ciphers resulted in a grade B:
# /etc/nginx/sites-available/openfoodnetwork
# moderate setup still supporting WindowsXP with IE8, but not IE6
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS';
Generating a 4096 bit key as DH key resulted in grade A+.
$ openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem 4096
# /etc/nginx/sites-available/openfoodnetwork
ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem;