a) ssl as listen parameter is preferable.
b) ssl_protocols defaults are better because they do not forbid TLS versions
1.1 and 1.2.
c) ssl_session_timeout has sense only with SSL cache.
# HTTPS server
#
#server {
- # listen 443;
+ # listen 443 ssl;
# server_name localhost;
- # ssl on;
# ssl_certificate cert.pem;
# ssl_certificate_key cert.key;
+ # ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:1m;
# ssl_session_timeout 5m;
- # ssl_protocols SSLv2 SSLv3 TLSv1;
# ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
# ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;