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iOS 9 App Transport Security
posted by Dov FrankelSTAFFMOD on August 31, 2015 at 6:21 PM
I'm working on an app that will launch on iOS 9, and in order to talk to the TMDb API, I need to disable App Transport Security (a new security feature). It looks (from the headers CURL returns) that your servers support TLSv1.2, correct? That's the main requirement that's catching people. I'm connecting over https, and this is the error I get back:
Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1200 "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made." UserInfo={NSURLErrorFailingURLPeerTrustErrorKey=<SecTrustRef: 0x7fe438442330>, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Would you like to connect to the server anyway?, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9802, NSErrorPeerCertificateChainKey=<CFArray 0x7fe43a406250 [0x10c1447b0]>{type = immutable, count = 3, values = (
0 : <cert(0x7fe438436890) s: *.themoviedb.org i: RapidSSL CA>
1 : <cert(0x7fe4384364b0) s: RapidSSL CA i: GeoTrust Global CA>
2 : <cert(0x7fe438441870) s: GeoTrust Global CA i: Equifax Secure Certificate Authority>
)}, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fe43a2026b0 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1200 "(null)" UserInfo={_kCFStreamPropertySSLClientCertificateState=0, kCFStreamPropertySSLPeerTrust=<SecTrustRef: 0x7fe438442330>, _kCFNetworkCFStreamSSLErrorOriginalValue=-9802, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9802, kCFStreamPropertySSLPeerCertificates=<CFArray 0x7fe43a406250 [0x10c1447b0]>{type = immutable, count = 3, values = (
0 : <cert(0x7fe438436890) s: *.themoviedb.org i: RapidSSL CA>
1 : <cert(0x7fe4384364b0) s: RapidSSL CA i: GeoTrust Global CA>
2 : <cert(0x7fe438441870) s: GeoTrust Global CA i: Equifax Secure Certificate Authority>
)}}}, NSLocalizedDescription=An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made., NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://api.themoviedb.org/3/person/287?api_key=9e***********************9faa, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://api.themoviedb.org/3/person/287?api_key=9e*************************9faa, NSErrorClientCertificateStateKey=0}
Any ideas what is wrong? Has a certificate expired or something?
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 1, 2015 at 10:03 AM
Hi dovfrankel,
I've heard about this, it was discussed a here. I don't think it's TLS 1.2 (we do support this) but rather the signing of the certificate. Ours was signed using SHA-1 where I believe Chrome and now the new transport in iOS wants it to be SHA-2.
We do have plans to re-sign/renew our certificates but haven't yet. I am not sure on an exact timeline.
Reply by Dov Frankel
on September 1, 2015 at 10:08 AM
Oh okay, thanks for the prompt reply. It would be awesome if you could re-sign before iOS 9 goes public, as it may break any apps that haven't been updated. As for myself, I'll temporarily be exempting your domain from App Transport Security. If anyone else is looking into how to do this, add this to your app's plist:
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 1, 2015 at 10:17 AM
Yes, that was going to be my next suggestion. Exempting our domain should work too 😉
We will get to it.
Thanks.
Reply by AlexNorway
on September 14, 2015 at 9:01 PM
Any update on this issue as iOS 9 goes public today?
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 16, 2015 at 4:46 PM
Hi Alex,
No updates right now, re-signing our SSL certificates hasn't been something that is very high on our priority list. As per Apple's own technote, adding the domain as an exemption is the only way to get around it in iOS 9 for now.
Cheers.
Reply by AlexNorway
on September 16, 2015 at 6:15 PM
Yeah, i know how to whitelist and have already done it... but as long as you sign the cert using SHA-2 before Apple one day decides to turn off the whitelist option then Im happy! Thanks for the quick answer.
Reply by tmdb40840574
on March 31, 2016 at 9:17 AM
Hi all, I'm working on a iOS app and it's the first time I try to connect to API via HTTPS. This is the error I get back:
NSURLSession/NSURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9802) Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1200 "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Would you like to connect to the server anyway?, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, NSUnderlyingError=0x7bb6ad20 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1200 "(null)" UserInfo={_kCFStreamPropertySSLClientCertificateState=0, _kCFNetworkCFStreamSSLErrorOriginalValue=-9802, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9802, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, kCFStreamPropertySSLPeerTrust=, …
I've resolved with the domain exception, as suggested by the useful Dov's post.
I'm just asking if someone know others solution. I'm working with Swift 2 and Xcode 7.3.
Tks, Alessio.
Reply by AlexNorway
on March 31, 2016 at 10:51 AM
Alessio, there is no other way until he has time to re-sign their SSL certificates. Whitelisting (domain exception) is the only way.
Reply by tmdb40840574
on March 31, 2016 at 10:56 AM
Hi Alex, ok, it's clear.
Thank you for your rapid answer.
Alessio.
Reply by Travis Bell
on June 16, 2016 at 10:51 PM
P.S. We rolled out SHA2 SSL last night, the domain exception shouldn't be necessary anymore.
Reply by tmdb40840574
on June 17, 2016 at 3:18 AM
I've just tried with Xcode Simulator (no real iPhone) and it seems to be working.
Thank you, Alessio.