Bluecoat SSL Visibility "Traffic between Google Chrome and Google services, such as Gmail, can no longer be decrypted by SSLV and result in an Invalid MAC error. "
2 years ago
Originally Published: 2015-11-19
Article Number
000043919
Applies To
RSA Product Set: Security Analytics
Platform: Bluecoat SSL Visibility
Issue
Traffic between Google Chrome and Google services, such as Gmail, can no longer be decrypted by SSLV and result in an Invalid MAC error. 

The user sees the Chrome browser report This webpage is not available, with an ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED message.

This issue affects both Windows and MAC versions of Chrome. Safari and Firefox do not appear to be affected.

 
Cause
This change in behavior is due to Google enabling new TLS extensions not supported by SSL v3, specifically signed_cert_timestamp and extended_master_secret
Resolution
The issue has now been addressed as part of the 3.8.6 release available on the BTO.
Workaround
A cut-through rule should be added in the appliance's policy for *.google.com to allow for successful connections to Google services.
Notes
Bluecoat SSL visibility is used to decrypt encrypted traffic before it is sent to the packet decoder for capturing.

RSA used to sell the SSL visibility appliance to customers so we support issues that happen to the SSL Visibility.