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On Wed, Oct 04, 2023 at 09:39:44PM +0000, Exim Bugzilla via Exim-dev wrote:

> The SSL_OP_NO_EXTENDED_MASTER_SECRET and SSL_OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF options
> were added in OpenSSL 3.0
>
> https://www.openssl.org/docs/man3.0/man3/SSL_CTX_set_options.html
>
> As far as I can see, Exim does not yet support both options
>

However, there's no good reason to disable EMS, it improves security
with no known downside:

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc7627.html

As for SSL_OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF, this should be always turned on
internally in Exim, without users having to do it themselves. SMTP has
application-layer framing and does not need TLS to disambiguate message
boundaries.

Though Postfix precedent may not be entirely compelling here, FWIW:

20230115

Workaround for a breaking change in OpenSSL 3: always turn
on SSL_OP_IGNORE_UNEXPECTED_EOF, to avoid warning messages
and missed opportunities for TLS session reuse. This is
safe because the SMTP protocol implements application-level
framing, and is therefore not affected by TLS truncation
attacks. Fix by Viktor Dukhovni. Files: tls/tls.h, tls_client.c,
tls/tls_server.c.

--
Viktor.

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