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<title>ssl</title>
<file>ssl.xml</file>
</header>
<module>ssl</module>
<modulesummary>Interface Functions for Secure Socket Layer</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module contains interface functions to the Secure Socket
Layer.
</p>
</description>
<section>
<title>SSL</title>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>ssl requires the crypto an public_key applications.</item>
<item>Supported SSL/TLS-versions are SSL-3.0 and TLS-1.0 </item>
<item>For security reasons sslv2 is not supported.</item>
<item>Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman cipher suites are supported
but not Diffie Hellman Certificates cipher suites.</item>
<item>Export cipher suites are not supported as the
U.S. lifted its export restrictions in early 2000.</item>
<item>CRL and policy certificate
extensions are not supported yet. </item>
</list>
</section>
<section>
<title>COMMON DATA TYPES</title>
<p>The following data types are used in the functions below:
</p>
<p><c>boolean() = true | false</c></p>
<p><c>property() = atom()</c></p>
<p><c>option() = socketoption() | ssloption() | transportoption()</c></p>
<p><c>socketoption() = [{property(), term()}] - defaults to
[{mode,list},{packet, 0},{header, 0},{active, true}].
</c></p>
<p>For valid options
see <seealso marker="kernel:inet">inet(3) </seealso> and
<seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp">gen_tcp(3) </seealso>.
</p>
<p> <c>ssloption() = {verify, verify_type()} |
{verify_fun, {fun(), term()}} |
{fail_if_no_peer_cert, boolean()}
{depth, integer()} |
{cert, der_bin()}| {certfile, path()} |
{key, der_bin()} | {keyfile, path()} | {password, string()} |
{cacerts, [der_bin()]} | {cacertfile, path()} |
|{dh, der_bin()} | {dhfile, path()} | {ciphers, ciphers()} |
{ssl_imp, ssl_imp()} | {reuse_sessions, boolean()} | {reuse_session, fun()}
</c></p>
<p><c>transportoption() = {CallbackModule, DataTag, ClosedTag}
- defaults to {gen_tcp, tcp, tcp_closed}. Ssl may be
run over any reliable transport protocol that has
an equivalent API to gen_tcp's.</c></p>
<p><c> CallbackModule =
atom()</c>
</p> <p><c> DataTag =
atom() - tag used in socket data message.</c></p>
<p><c> ClosedTag = atom() - tag used in
socket close message.</c></p>
<p><c>verify_type() = verify_none | verify_peer</c></p>
<p><c>path() = string() - representing a file path.</c></p>
<p><c>der_bin() = binary() -Asn1 DER encoded entity as an erlang binary.</c></p>
<p><c>host() = hostname() | ipaddress()</c></p>
<p><c>hostname() = string()</c></p>
<p><c>
ip_address() = {N1,N2,N3,N4} % IPv4
| {K1,K2,K3,K4,K5,K6,K7,K8} % IPv6 </c></p>
<p><c>sslsocket() - opaque to the user. </c></p>
<p><c>protocol() = sslv3 | tlsv1 </c></p>
<p><c>ciphers() = [ciphersuite()] | string() (according to old API)</c></p>
<p><c>ciphersuite() =
{key_exchange(), cipher(), hash()}</c></p>
<p><c>key_exchange() = rsa | dhe_dss | dhe_rsa
</c></p>
<p><c>cipher() = rc4_128 | des_cbc | '3des_ede_cbc'
| aes_128_cbc | aes_256_cbc </c></p>
<p> <c>hash() = md5 | sha
</c></p>
<p><c>ssl_imp() = new | old - default is new.</c></p>
</section>
<section>
<title>SSL OPTION DESCRIPTIONS - COMMON for SERVER and CLIENT</title>
<p>Options described here are options that are have the same
meaning in the client and the server.
</p>
<taglist>
<tag>{cert, der_bin()}</tag>
<item> The DER encoded users certificate. If this option
is supplied it will override the certfile option.</item>
<tag>{certfile, path()}</tag>
<item>Path to a file containing the user's certificate.</item>
<tag>{key, der_bin()}</tag>
<item> The DER encoded users private key. If this option
is supplied it will override the keyfile option.</item>
<tag>{keyfile, path()}</tag>
<item>Path to file containing user's
private PEM encoded key. As PEM-files may contain several
entries this option defaults to the same file as given by
certfile option.</item>
<tag>{password, string()}</tag>
<item>String containing the user's password.
Only used if the private keyfile is password protected.
</item>
<tag>{cacerts, [der_bin()]}</tag>
<item> The DER encoded trusted certificates. If this option
is supplied it will override the cacertfile option.</item>
<tag>{cacertfile, path()}</tag>
<item>Path to file containing PEM encoded
CA certificates (trusted certificates used for verifying a peer
certificate). May be omitted if you do not want to verify
the peer.</item>
<tag>{ciphers, ciphers()}</tag>
<item>The cipher suites that should be supported. The function
<c>ciphers_suites/0</c> can be used to find all available
ciphers.
</item>
<tag>{ssl_imp, ssl_imp()}</tag>
<item>Specify which ssl implementation you want to use. Defaults to
new.
</item>
<tag>{secure_renegotiate, boolean()}</tag>
<item>Specifies if to reject renegotiation attempt that does
not live up to RFC 5746. By default secure_renegotiate is
set to false i.e. secure renegotiation will be used if possible
but it will fallback to unsecure renegotiation if the peer
does not support RFC 5746.
</item>
<tag>{depth, integer()}</tag>
<item>Specifies the maximum
verification depth, i.e. how far in a chain of certificates the
verification process can proceed before the verification is
considered to fail. Peer certificate = 0, CA certificate = 1,
higher level CA certificate = 2, etc. The value 2 thus means
that a chain can at most contain peer cert, CA cert, next CA
cert, and an additional CA cert. The default value is 1.
</item>
<tag>{verify_fun, {Verifyfun :: fun(), InitialUserState :: term()}}</tag>
<item>
<p>The verification fun should be defined as:</p>
<code>
fun(OtpCert :: #'OtpCertificate'{},
Event :: {bad_cert, Reason :: atom()} |
{extension, #'Extension'{}}, InitialUserState :: term()) ->
{valid, UserState :: term()} | {fail, Reason :: term()} |
{unknown, UserState :: term()}.
</code>
<p>The verify fun will be called during the X509-path
validation when an error or an extension unknown to the ssl
application is encountered. See
<seealso marker="public_key:application">public_key(3)</seealso>
for definition of #'OtpCertificate'{} and #'Extension'{}.</p>
<p>If the verify callback fun returns {fail, Reason}, the
verification process is immediately stopped and an alert is
sent to the peer and the TLS/SSL handshake is terminated. If
the verify callback fun returns {valid, UserState}, the
verification process is continued. If the verify callback fun
always returns {valid, UserState}, the TLS/SSL handshake will
not be terminated with respect to verification failures and
the connection will be established. If called with an
extension unknown to the user application the return value
{unknown, UserState} should be used.</p>
<p>The default verify_fun option in verify_peer mode:</p>
<code>
{fun(_,{bad_cert, _} = Reason, _) ->
{fail, Reason};
(_,{extension, _}, UserState) ->
{unknown, UserState}
end, []}
</code>
<p>The default verify_fun option in verify_none mode:</p>
<code>
{fun(_,{bad_cert, unknown_ca}, UserState) ->
{valid, UserState};
(_,{bad_cert, _} = Reason, _) ->
{fail, Reason};
(_,{extension, _}, UserState) ->
{unknown, UserState}
end, []}
</code>
<p> Possible path validation errors:
{bad_cert, cert_expired},
{bad_cert, invalid_issuer},
{bad_cert, invalid_signature},
{bad_cert, unknown_ca},
{bad_cert, name_not_permitted},
{bad_cert, missing_basic_constraint},
{bad_cert, invalid_key_usage},
{bad_cert, invalid_subject_altname}</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
<section>
<title>SSL OPTION DESCRIPTIONS - CLIENT SIDE</title>
<p>Option described here are client specific or has a slightly different
meaning in the client than in the server.</p>
<taglist>
<tag>{verify, verify_type()}</tag>
<item> In verify_none mode the x509-path validation error {bad_cert, unknown_ca}
will automatically be accepted. See also the verify_fun option.
</item>
<tag>{reuse_sessions, boolean()}</tag>
<item>Specifies if client should try to reuse sessions
when possible.
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
<section>
<title>SSL OPTION DESCRIPTIONS - SERVER SIDE</title>
<p>Option described here are server specific or has a slightly different
meaning in the server than in the client.</p>
<taglist>
<tag>{dh, der_bin()}</tag>
<item>The DER encoded Diffie Hellman parameters. If this option
is supplied it will override the dhfile option.
</item>
<tag>{dhfile, path()}</tag>
<item>Path to file containing PEM encoded Diffie Hellman parameters,
for the server to use if a cipher suite using Diffie Hellman key exchange
is negotiated. If not specified default parameters will be used.
</item>
<tag>{verify, verify_type()}</tag>
<item>Servers only do the x509-path validation in verify_peer
mode, as it then will send a certificate request to the client
(this message is not sent if the verify option is verify_none)
and you may then also want to specify the option
fail_if_no_peer_cert.
</item>
<tag>{fail_if_no_peer_cert, boolean()}</tag>
<item>Used together with {verify, verify_peer} by a ssl server.
If set to true, the server will fail if the client does not have
a certificate to send, i.e. sends a empty certificate, if set to
false it will only fail if the client sends a invalid
certificate (an empty certificate is considered valid).
</item>
<tag>{reuse_sessions, boolean()}</tag>
<item>Specifies if the server should agree to reuse sessions
when the clients request to do so. See also the reuse_session
option.
</item>
<tag>{reuse_session, fun(SuggestedSessionId,
PeerCert, Compression, CipherSuite) -> boolean()}</tag>
<item>Enables the ssl server to have a local policy
for deciding if a session should be reused or not,
only meaning full if <c>reuse_sessions</c> is set to true.
SuggestedSessionId is a binary(), PeerCert is a DER encoded
certificate, Compression is an enumeration integer
and CipherSuite of type ciphersuite().
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
<section>
<title>General</title>
<p>When a ssl socket is in active mode (the default), data from the
socket is delivered to the owner of the socket in the form of
messages:
</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>{ssl, Socket, Data}
</item>
<item>{ssl_closed, Socket}
</item>
<item>
{ssl_error, Socket, Reason}
</item>
</list>
<p>A <c>Timeout</c> argument specifies a timeout in milliseconds. The
default value for a <c>Timeout</c> argument is <c>infinity</c>.
</p>
</section>
<funcs>
<func>
<name>cipher_suites() -></name>
<name>cipher_suites(Type) -> ciphers()</name>
<fsummary> Returns a list of supported cipher suites</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Type = erlang | openssl</v>
</type>
<desc><p>Returns a list of supported cipher suites.
cipher_suites() is equivalent to cipher_suites(erlang).
Type openssl is provided for backwards compatibility with
old ssl that used openssl.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>connect(Socket, SslOptions) -> </name>
<name>connect(Socket, SslOptions, Timeout) -> {ok, SslSocket}
| {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary> Upgrades a gen_tcp, or
equivalent, connected socket to a ssl socket. </fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = socket()</v>
<v>SslOptions = [ssloption()]</v>
<v>Timeout = integer() | infinity</v>
<v>SslSocket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc> <p>Upgrades a gen_tcp, or equivalent,
connected socket to a ssl socket i.e. performs the
client-side ssl handshake.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>connect(Host, Port, Options) -></name>
<name>connect(Host, Port, Options, Timeout) ->
{ok, SslSocket} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Opens an ssl connection to Host, Port. </fsummary>
<type>
<v>Host = host()</v>
<v>Port = integer()</v>
<v>Options = [option()]</v>
<v>Timeout = integer() | infinity</v>
<v>SslSocket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc> <p>Opens an ssl connection to Host, Port.</p> </desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>close(SslSocket) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Close a ssl connection</fsummary>
<type>
<v>SslSocket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc><p>Close a ssl connection.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>controlling_process(SslSocket, NewOwner) ->
ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Assigns a new controlling process to the
ssl-socket.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>SslSocket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>NewOwner = pid()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc><p>Assigns a new controlling process to the ssl-socket. A
controlling process is the owner of a ssl-socket, and receives
all messages from the socket.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>connection_info(SslSocket) ->
{ok, {ProtocolVersion, CipherSuite}} | {error, Reason} </name>
<fsummary>Returns the negotiated protocol version and cipher suite.
</fsummary>
<type>
<v>CipherSuite = ciphersuite()</v>
<v>ProtocolVersion = protocol()</v>
</type>
<desc><p>Returns the negotiated protocol version and cipher suite.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>format_error(Reason) -> string()</name>
<fsummary>Return an error string.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Presents the error returned by an ssl function as a printable string.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>getopts(Socket) -> </name>
<name>getopts(Socket, OptionNames) ->
{ok, [socketoption()]} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Get the value of the specified options.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>OptionNames = [property()]</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Get the value of the specified socket options, if no
options are specified all options are returned.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>listen(Port, Options) ->
{ok, ListenSocket} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Creates a ssl listen socket.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Port = integer()</v>
<v>Options = options()</v>
<v>ListenSocket = sslsocket()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Creates a ssl listen socket.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>peercert(Socket) -> {ok, Cert} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Return the peer certificate.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Cert = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>The peer certificate is returned as a DER encoded binary.
The certificate can be decoded with <c>public_key:pkix_decode_cert/2</c>.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>peername(Socket) -> {ok, {Address, Port}} |
{error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Return peer address and port.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Address = ipaddress()</v>
<v>Port = integer()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the address and port number of the peer.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>recv(Socket, Length) -> </name>
<name>recv(Socket, Length, Timeout) -> {ok, Data} | {error,
Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Receive data on a socket.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Length = integer()</v>
<v>Timeout = integer()</v>
<v>Data = [char()] | binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>This function receives a packet from a socket in passive
mode. A closed socket is indicated by a return value
<c>{error, closed}</c>.</p>
<p>The <c>Length</c> argument is only meaningful when
the socket is in <c>raw</c> mode and denotes the number of
bytes to read. If <c>Length</c> = 0, all available bytes are
returned. If <c>Length</c> > 0, exactly <c>Length</c>
bytes are returned, or an error; possibly discarding less
than <c>Length</c> bytes of data when the socket gets closed
from the other side.</p>
<p>The optional <c>Timeout</c> parameter specifies a timeout in
milliseconds. The default value is <c>infinity</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>renegotiate(Socket) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary> Initiates a new handshake.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
</type>
<desc><p>Initiates a new handshake. A notable return value is
<c>{error, renegotiation_rejected}</c> indicating that the peer
refused to go through with the renegotiation but the connection
is still active using the previously negotiated session.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>send(Socket, Data) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Write data to a socket.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Data = iolist() | binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Writes <c>Data</c> to <c>Socket</c>. </p>
<p>A notable return value is <c>{error, closed}</c> indicating that
the socket is closed.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>setopts(Socket, Options) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Set socket options.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Options = [socketoption]()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Sets options according to <c>Options</c> for the socket
<c>Socket</c>. </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>shutdown(Socket, How) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Immediately close a socket</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>How = read | write | read_write</v>
<v>Reason = reason()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Immediately close a socket in one or two directions.</p>
<p><c>How == write</c> means closing the socket for writing,
reading from it is still possible.</p>
<p>To be able to handle that the peer has done a shutdown on
the write side, the <c>{exit_on_close, false}</c> option
is useful.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>ssl_accept(ListenSocket) -> </name>
<name>ssl_accept(ListenSocket, Timeout) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Perform server-side SSL handshake</fsummary>
<type>
<v>ListenSocket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Timeout = integer()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>The <c>ssl_accept</c> function establish the SSL connection
on the server side. It should be called directly after
<c>transport_accept</c>, in the spawned server-loop.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>ssl_accept(ListenSocket, SslOptions) -> </name>
<name>ssl_accept(ListenSocket, SslOptions, Timeout) -> {ok, Socket} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Perform server-side SSL handshake</fsummary>
<type>
<v>ListenSocket = socket()</v>
<v>SslOptions = ssloptions()</v>
<v>Timeout = integer()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Upgrades a gen_tcp, or
equivalent, socket to a ssl socket i.e. performs the
ssl server-side handshake.</p>
<p><warning>Note that the listen socket should be in {active, false} mode
before telling the client that the server is ready to upgrade
and calling this function, otherwise the upgrade may
or may not succeed depending on timing.</warning></p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>sockname(Socket) -> {ok, {Address, Port}} |
{error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Return the local address and port.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Address = ipaddress()</v>
<v>Port = integer()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the local address and port number of the socket
<c>Socket</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>start() -> </name>
<name>start(Type) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Starts the Ssl application. </fsummary>
<type>
<v>Type = permanent | transient | temporary</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Starts the Ssl application. Default type
is temporary.
<seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso></p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>stop() -> ok </name>
<fsummary>Stops the Ssl application.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Stops the Ssl application.
<seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso></p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>transport_accept(Socket) -></name>
<name>transport_accept(Socket, Timeout) ->
{ok, NewSocket} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Accept an incoming connection and
prepare for <c>ssl_accept</c></fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = NewSocket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Timeout = integer()</v>
<v>Reason = reason()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Accepts an incoming connection request on a listen socket.
<c>ListenSocket</c> must be a socket returned from
<c>listen/2</c>. The socket returned should be passed to
<c>ssl_accept</c> to complete ssl handshaking and
establishing the connection.</p>
<warning>
<p>The socket returned can only be used with <c>ssl_accept</c>,
no traffic can be sent or received before that call.</p>
</warning>
<p>The accepted socket inherits the options set for
<c>ListenSocket</c> in <c>listen/2</c>.</p>
<p>The default
value for <c>Timeout</c> is <c>infinity</c>. If
<c>Timeout</c> is specified, and no connection is accepted
within the given time, <c>{error, timeout}</c> is
returned.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>versions() ->
[{SslAppVer, SupportedSslVer, AvailableSslVsn}]</name>
<fsummary>Returns version information relevant for the
ssl application.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>SslAppVer = string()</v>
<v>SupportedSslVer = [protocol()]</v>
<v>AvailableSslVsn = [protocol()]</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>
Returns version information relevant for the
ssl application.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
<section>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<p><seealso marker="kernel:inet">inet(3) </seealso> and
<seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp">gen_tcp(3) </seealso>
</p>
</section>
</erlref>