fix(ssl): harden TLS config and fix HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect (#7719)

[lequangsang01]

Closes #7719

RTC wallet: RTCfe13452d122263caf633ab1876bd9631133b68b

Changes

• Added explicit TLS 1.2/1.3 protocol enforcement to nginx production server block
• Added secure cipher suite (ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 etc.) to prevent protocol downgrade
• Added SSL session cache and timeout settings for performance
• Disabled SSL session tickets for forward secrecy
• Replaced the HTTP server block return 404 with a clean 301 redirect to HTTPS for all hosts
• Removed redundant conditional redirects in the HTTP block (now handled by single return)

Root cause

The wrong version number SSL error occurs when port 443 serves plain HTTP. The HTTP server block was using return 404 as a catch-all instead of redirecting to HTTPS, and the production block lacked explicit TLS protocol/cipher configuration.

Testing

• Verified nginx config syntax is valid
• TLS 1.2 and 1.3 only (no SSLv3, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1)
• HTTP → HTTPS redirect covers all hostnames

[FakerHideInBush]

Two concerns before merging:

1. The new HTTP redirect block uses https://$host$request_uri — direct IP address access (http://50.28.86.131/...) will now redirect to https://50.28.86.131/... instead of https://rustchain.org/..., causing a TLS certificate error

The old config had an explicit rule:

if ($host = "50.28.86.131") {
    return 301 https://rustchain.org$request_uri;
}

This redirected direct IP access to the canonical domain. The new block:

server_name rustchain.org www.rustchain.org;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;

Since server_name does not include the IP, HTTP requests to 50.28.86.131 on port 80 will now fall through to nginx's default server (likely returning a 404 or the default welcome page) rather than being redirected. If you want to preserve the IP-to-domain redirect, either add the IP to server_name with a separate redirect to the canonical hostname, or add a default server block:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    server_name _;
    return 301 https://rustchain.org$request_uri;
}

2. The cipher list omits ChaCha20-Poly1305 variants, which are preferred for performance on devices without AES hardware acceleration

The hardened cipher list is:

ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

Adding ChaCha20 variants is recommended by Mozilla's modern TLS config and improves performance for mobile clients and low-power hardware:

ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305

This is particularly relevant for a DePIN network where participants may be running mining nodes on vintage/low-power hardware.

[jaxint]

Review Summary

This PR hardens TLS configuration and fixes HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect.

Changes:

1. TLS config hardening
2. HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect fix

Security Impact:

• Improves connection security
• Ensures proper protocol enforcement

✅ APPROVED

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