Nginx SSL/TLS configuration for "A+" Qualys SSL Labs rating

nginx-tls.conf

#
# Name: nginx-tls.conf
# Auth: Gavin Lloyd <gavinhungry@gmail.com>
# Desc: Nginx SSL/TLS configuration for "A+" Qualys SSL Labs rating
#
# Enables SPDY, PFS, HSTS and OCSP stapling. Configuration options not related
# to SSL/TLS are omitted here.
#
# Example: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=gavinhungry.io
#

server {
  listen [::]:80;
  listen      80;
  server_name domain.tld www.domain.tld;

  # Redirect all non-https requests
  rewrite ^ https://$host$request_uri? permanent;
}

server {
  listen [::]:443 default_server ssl spdy;
  listen      443 default_server ssl spdy;

  server_name domain.tld www.domain.tld;

  # Certificate(s) and private key
  ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/domain.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/domain.key;

  # openssl dhparam 4096 -out /etc/ssl/dhparam.pem
  ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/dhparam.pem;

  ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.1 TLSv1;
  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
  ssl_ciphers EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA512:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256:ECDH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:DH+AESGCM:DH+AES256:RSA+AESGCM:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!RC4:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS;

  ssl_session_cache shared:TLS:2m;

  # OCSP stapling
  ssl_stapling on;
  ssl_stapling_verify on;
  resolver 8.8.8.8;

  # Set HSTS to 365 days
  add_header Strict-Transport-Security 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains';
}