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Decrypt SSL traffic with certificates and private keys

You can decrypt forwarded SSL traffic by uploading the private key and server certificate associated with that traffic. The certificate and key are uploaded over an HTTPS connection from a web browser to the ExtraHop system.

After upload, private keys are encrypted and stored on the ExtraHop system. To ensure that private keys are not transferable to other systems, they are encrypted with an internal key that has information specific to the system to which it was uploaded.

Separation of privileges is enforced so that only the SSL decryption process on the system can access the private keys. While you can add new private keys through the Administration settings, you cannot access stored private keys.

Note:Your traffic must be encrypted with a supported cipher suite. Learn more about SSL/TLS decryption.

Upload a PEM certificate and RSA private key

Tip:You can export a password-protected key to add to your ExtraHop system by running the following command on a program such as OpenSSL:
openssl rsa -in yourcert.pem -out new.key
  1. Log in to the Administration settings on the ExtraHop system through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>/admin.
  2. In the System Configuration section, click Capture.
  3. Click SSL Decryption.
  4. In the Private Key Decryption section, select the checkbox for Require Private Keys.
  5. Click Save.
  6. In the Private Keys section, click Add Keys.
  7. In the Name field, type a descriptive name to identify this certificate and key.
  8. Clear the Enabled checkbox if you want to disable this SSL certificate.
  9. In the Certificate field, paste the public key certificate.
  10. In the Private Key field, paste the RSA private key.
  11. Click Add.

Next steps

Add the encrypted protocols you want to decrypt with this certificate.

Upload a PKCS#12/PFX file

PKCS#12/PFX files are archived in a secure container on the ExtraHop system and contains both public and private key pairs, which can only be accessed with a password.

Tip:To export private keys from a Java KeyStore to a PKCS#12 file, run the following command on your server, where javakeystore.jks is the path of your Java KeyStore:
keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore javakeystore.jks -destkeystore 
pkcs.p12 -srcstoretype jks -deststoretype pkcs12
  1. Log in to the Administration settings on the ExtraHop system through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>/admin.
  2. In the System Configuration section, click Capture.
  3. Click SSL Decryption.
  4. In the Private Key Decryption section, select the checkbox for Require Private Keys.
  5. Click Save.
  6. In the Private Keys section, click Add Keys.
  7. In the Add PKCS#12/PFX File With Password section, in the Description field, type a descriptive name to identify this certificate and key.
  8. Clear the Enabled checkbox if you want to disable this SSL certificate.
  9. For PKCS#12/PFX file, click Browse.
  10. Browse to the file and select it, then click Open.
  11. In the Password field, type the password for the PKCS#12/PFX file.
  12. Click Add.
  13. Click OK.

Next steps

Add the encrypted protocols you want to decrypt with this certificate.

Add encrypted protocols

You must add each protocol that you want to decrypt for each uploaded certificate.

  1. Log in to the Administration settings on the ExtraHop system through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>/admin.
  2. In the System Configuration section, click Capture.
  3. Click SSL Decryption.
  4. In the Protocol to Port Mapping by Key section, click Add Protocol.
  5. From the Protocol drop-down list, select the protocol you want to decrypt.
  6. From the Key drop-down list, select an uploaded private key.
  7. In the Port field, type the source port for the protocol.
    The default value is 443, which specifies HTTP traffic. Specify 0 to decrypt all protocol traffic.
  8. Click Add.

Supported SSL/TLS cipher suites

The ExtraHop system can decrypt SSL/TLS traffic that has been encrypted with PFS or RSA cipher suites. All supported cipher suites can be decrypted by installing the session key forwarder on a server and configuring the ExtraHop system.

Cipher suites for RSA can also decrypt the traffic with a certificate and private key—with or without session key forwarding.

Decryption methods

The table below provides a list of cipher suites that the ExtraHop system can decrypt along with the supported decryption options.
Hex Value Name (IANA) Name (OpenSSL) Supported Decryption
0x04 TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5 RC4-MD5 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert RSA + Cert
0x05 TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA RC4-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert RSA + Cert
0x0A TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA DES-CBC3-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert RSA + Cert
0x16 TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0x2F TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA AES128-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert RSA + Cert
0x33 TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0x35 TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA AES256-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert RSA + Cert
0x39 TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0x3C TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 AES128-SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert RSA + Cert
0x3D TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 AES256-SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert RSA + Cert
0x67 TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0x6B TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0x9C TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 AES128-GCM-SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert RSA + Cert
0x9D TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 AES256-GCM-SHA384 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert RSA + Cert
0x9E TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0x9F TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0x1301 TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0x1302 TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0x1303 TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xC007 TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA ECDHE-ECDSA-RC4-SHA PFS + GPP
0xC008 TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA PFS + GPP
0xC009 TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA PFS + GPP
0xC00A TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA PFS + GPP
0xC011 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xC012 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xC013 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xC014 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xC023 TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256 PFS + GPP
0xC024 TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384 PFS + GPP
0xC027 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xC028 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xC02B TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 PFS + GPP
0xC02C TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 PFS + GPP
0xC02F TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xC030 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xCCA8 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
0xCCA9 TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 PFS + GPP
0xCCAA TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 PFS + GPP PFS + Cert
Last modified 2024-07-16