feat(ssl): enable hostname verification by default for OpenSSL

Additionally disables SSLv2 and SSLv3, as those are universally considered
unsafe.

Closes #472

Author: seanmonstar

Cargo.toml

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ default-features = false
 version = "0.7"
 optional = true
 
+[dependencies.openssl-verify]
+version = "0.1"
+optional = true
+
 [dependencies.security-framework]
 version = "0.1.4"
 optional = true
@@ -49,6 +53,6 @@ env_logger = "0.3"
 
 [features]
 default = ["ssl"]
-ssl = ["openssl", "cookie/secure"]
+ssl = ["openssl", "openssl-verify", "cookie/secure"]
 serde-serialization = ["serde", "mime/serde"]
 nightly = []

src/lib.rs

@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ extern crate time;
 #[macro_use] extern crate url;
 #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
 extern crate openssl;
+#[cfg(feature = "openssl-verify")]
+extern crate openssl_verify;
 #[cfg(feature = "security-framework")]
 extern crate security_framework;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]

src/net.rs

@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ mod openssl {
     use std::sync::Arc;
     use std::time::Duration;
 
-    use openssl::ssl::{Ssl, SslContext, SslStream, SslMethod, SSL_VERIFY_NONE};
+    use openssl::ssl::{Ssl, SslContext, SslStream, SslMethod, SSL_VERIFY_NONE, SSL_VERIFY_PEER, SSL_OP_NO_SSLV2, SSL_OP_NO_SSLV3};
     use openssl::ssl::error::StreamError as SslIoError;
     use openssl::ssl::error::SslError;
     use openssl::x509::X509FileType;
@@ -651,11 +651,10 @@ mod openssl {
 
     impl Default for OpensslClient {
         fn default() -> OpensslClient {
-            OpensslClient(SslContext::new(SslMethod::Sslv23).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-                // if we cannot create a SslContext, that's because of a
-                // serious problem. just crash.
-                panic!("{}", e)
-            }))
+            let mut ctx = SslContext::new(SslMethod::Sslv23).unwrap();
+            ctx.set_default_verify_paths().unwrap();
+            ctx.set_options(SSL_OP_NO_SSLV2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLV3);
+            OpensslClient(ctx)
         }
     }
 
@@ -664,8 +663,10 @@ mod openssl {
         type Stream = SslStream<T>;
 
         fn wrap_client(&self, stream: T, host: &str) -> ::Result<Self::Stream> {
-            let ssl = try!(Ssl::new(&self.0));
+            let mut ssl = try!(Ssl::new(&self.0));
             try!(ssl.set_hostname(host));
+            let host = host.to_owned();
+            ssl.set_verify_callback(SSL_VERIFY_PEER, move |p, x| ::openssl_verify::verify_callback(&host, p, x));
             SslStream::connect(ssl, stream).map_err(From::from)
         }
     }