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Anyone using Safari or IE apparently isn't getting a forward secure connection to https://Lavabit.com . They end up with TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA according to SSLLabs[0].

Since things escalated to the point where Lavabit had to hand over it's key rather than the data on one account the FBI obtained an initial court order for [1], anyone with a transcript of those sessions and access to the key can read them.

The resulting cipher suites:

IE 6 / XP No FS * SSL 3 TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA (0xa) No FS 168

IE 7 / Vista TLS 1.0 TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) No FS 256

IE 8 / XP No FS * TLS 1.0 TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA (0xa) No FS 168

IE 8-10 / Win 7 TLS 1.0 TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) No FS 256

IE 11 / Win 8.1 TLS 1.0 TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) No FS 256

Safari 5.1.9 / OS X 10.6.8 TLS 1.0 TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) No FS 256

Safari 6 / iOS 6.0.1 TLS 1.0 TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) No FS 256

Safari 6.0.4 / OS X 10.8.4 TLS 1.0 TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) No FS 256

Safari 7 / OS X 10.9 TLS 1.0 TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA (0x35) No FS 256

[0]https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=https%3A%2F%2... [1]http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/lavabit_unsealed/




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