diff --git a/install-freedombone.sh b/install-freedombone.sh
index 35ed4c60..a4f9db8f 100755
--- a/install-freedombone.sh
+++ b/install-freedombone.sh
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ MAX_PHP_MEMORY=32
 # default MariaDB password
 MARIADB_PASSWORD=
 
+#list of encryption protocols
+SSL_PROTOCOLS="TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2"
+
 # list of ciphers to use
 SSL_CIPHERS="EDH+CAMELLIA:EDH+aRSA:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EECDH:+CAMELLIA256:+AES256:+CAMELLIA128:+AES128:+SSLv3:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!DSS:!RC4:!SEED:!ECDSA:CAMELLIA256-SHA:AES256-SHA:CAMELLIA128-SHA:AES128-SHA"
 
@@ -1636,7 +1639,7 @@ function install_owncloud {
 
   echo '    ssl_session_timeout 5m;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
-  echo '    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # not possible to do exclusive' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
+  echo '    ssl_protocols $SSL_PROTOCOLS; # not possible to do exclusive' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo "    ssl_ciphers '$SSL_CIPHERS';" >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME
@@ -1987,7 +1990,7 @@ function install_wiki {
   echo '    ssl_session_timeout 5m;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    ssl_session_cache  builtin:1000  shared:SSL:10m;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME
-  echo '    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # not possible to do exclusive' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME
+  echo '    ssl_protocols $SSL_PROTOCOLS; # not possible to do exclusive' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo "    ssl_ciphers '$SSL_CIPHERS';" >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$WIKI_DOMAIN_NAME
@@ -2364,7 +2367,7 @@ quit" > $INSTALL_DIR/batch.sql
   echo '    ssl_session_timeout 5m;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    ssl_session_cache  builtin:1000  shared:SSL:10m;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME
-  echo '    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # not possible to do exclusive' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME
+  echo '    ssl_protocols $SSL_PROTOCOLS; # not possible to do exclusive' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo "    ssl_ciphers '$SSL_CIPHERS';" >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME
@@ -2573,7 +2576,7 @@ quit" > $INSTALL_DIR/batch.sql
   echo '    ssl_session_timeout 5m;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    ssl_session_cache  builtin:1000  shared:SSL:10m;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME
-  echo '    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # not possible to do exclusive' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME
+  echo '    ssl_protocols $SSL_PROTOCOLS; # not possible to do exclusive' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo "    ssl_ciphers '$SSL_CIPHERS';" >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME
   echo '    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;' >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/$REDMATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME