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authorIngela Anderton Andin <[email protected]>2018-01-12 16:04:26 +0100
committerIngela Anderton Andin <[email protected]>2018-02-05 15:03:53 +0100
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ssl: Add new API functions for cipher suite handling
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml')
-rw-r--r--lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml95
1 files changed, 84 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
index 8fcda78ed5..70bb4f759b 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
@@ -138,17 +138,20 @@
<tag><c>sslsocket() =</c></tag>
<item><p>opaque()</p></item>
- <tag><marker id="type-protocol"/><c>protocol() =</c></tag>
+ <tag><marker id="type-protocol"/><c>protocol_version() =</c></tag>
<item><p><c>sslv3 | tlsv1 | 'tlsv1.1' | 'tlsv1.2'</c></p></item>
<tag><c>ciphers() =</c></tag>
- <item><p><c>= [ciphersuite()] | string()</c></p>
- <p>According to old API.</p></item>
+ <item><p><c>= [ciphersuite()]</c></p>
+ <p>Tuples and string formats accepted by versions
+ before ssl-8.2.4 will be converted for backwards compatibility</p></item>
<tag><c>ciphersuite() =</c></tag>
-
- <item><p><c>{key_exchange(), cipher(), MAC::hash()} |
- {key_exchange(), cipher(), MAC::hash(), PRF::hash()}</c></p></item>
+ <item><p><c>
+ #{key_exchange := key_exchange(),
+ cipher := cipher(),
+ mac := MAC::hash() | aead,
+ prf := PRF::hash() | default_prf} </c></p></item>
<tag><c>key_exchange()=</c></tag>
<item><p><c>rsa | dhe_dss | dhe_rsa | dh_anon | psk | dhe_psk
@@ -165,6 +168,12 @@
<tag><c>prf_random() =</c></tag>
<item><p><c>client_random | server_random</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>cipher_filters() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c> [{key_exchange | cipher | mac | prf, algo_filter()}])</c></p></item>
+
+ <tag><c>algo_filter() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p>fun(key_exchange() | cipher() | hash() | aead | default_prf) -> true | false </p></item>
+
<tag><c>srp_param_type() =</c></tag>
<item><p><c>srp_1024 | srp_1536 | srp_2048 | srp_3072
| srp_4096 | srp_6144 | srp_8192</c></p></item>
@@ -456,7 +465,7 @@ marker="public_key:public_key#pkix_path_validation-3">public_key:pkix_path_valid
marker="public_key:public_key#pkix_path_validation-3">public_key:pkix_path_validation/3</seealso>
with the selected CA as trusted anchor and the rest of the chain.</p></item>
- <tag><c>{versions, [protocol()]}</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>{versions, [protocol_version()]}</c></tag>
<item><p>TLS protocol versions supported by started clients and servers.
This option overrides the application environment option
<c>protocol_version</c>. If the environment option is not set, it defaults
@@ -829,14 +838,34 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
</section>
<funcs>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>append_cipher_suites(Deferred, Suites) -> ciphers() </name>
+ <fsummary></fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Deferred = ciphers() | cipher_filters() </v>
+ <v>Suites = ciphers() </v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><p>Make <c>Deferred</c> suites become the least preferred
+ suites, that is put them at the end of the cipher suite list
+ <c>Suites</c> after removing them from <c>Suites</c> if
+ present. <c>Deferred</c> may be a list of cipher suits or a
+ list of filters in which case the filters are use on <c>Suites</c> to
+ extract the Deferred cipher list.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
<func>
<name>cipher_suites() -></name>
- <name>cipher_suites(Type) -> ciphers()</name>
+ <name>cipher_suites(Type) -> old_ciphers()</name>
<fsummary>Returns a list of supported cipher suites.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Type = erlang | openssl | all</v>
</type>
- <desc><p>Returns a list of supported cipher suites.
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a list of supported cipher suites.
+ This function will become deprecated in OTP 21, and replaced
+ by <seealso marker="#cipher_suites-2">ssl:cipher-suites/2</seealso>
<c>cipher_suites()</c> is equivalent to <c>cipher_suites(erlang).</c>
Type <c>openssl</c> is provided for backwards compatibility with the
old SSL, which used OpenSSL. <c>cipher_suites(all)</c> returns
@@ -844,12 +873,25 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
in <c>cipher_suites(erlang)</c> but included in
<c>cipher_suites(all)</c> are not used unless explicitly configured
by the user.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>cipher_suites(Supported, Version) -> ciphers()</name>
+ <fsummary>Returns a list of all default or
+ all supported cipher suites.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v> Supported = default | all </v>
+ <v> Version = protocol_version() </v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><p>Returns all default or all supported cipher suites for a
+ TLS version</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>eccs() -></name>
- <name>eccs(protocol()) -> [named_curve()]</name>
+ <name>eccs(protocol_version()) -> [named_curve()]</name>
<fsummary>Returns a list of supported ECCs.</fsummary>
<desc><p>Returns a list of supported ECCs. <c>eccs()</c>
@@ -1008,6 +1050,21 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
</desc>
</func>
+ <func>
+ <name>filter_cipher_suites(Suites, Filters) -> ciphers()</name>
+ <fsummary></fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v> Suites = ciphers()</v>
+ <v> Filters = cipher_filters()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><p>Removes cipher suites if any of the filter functions
+ returns false for any part of the cipher suite. This function
+ also calls default filter functions to make sure the cipher
+ suites are supported by crypto. If no filter function is supplied for some
+ part the default behaviour is fun(Algorithm) -> true.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
<func>
<name>format_error(Reason) -> string()</name>
<fsummary>Returns an error string.</fsummary>
@@ -1105,6 +1162,22 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
<p>Returns the address and port number of the peer.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>prepend_cipher_suites(Preferred, Suites) -> ciphers()</name>
+ <fsummary></fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Preferred = ciphers() | cipher_filters() </v>
+ <v>Suites = ciphers() </v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><p>Make <c>Preferred</c> suites become the most preferred
+ suites that is put them at the head of the cipher suite list
+ <c>Suites</c> after removing them from <c>Suites</c> if
+ present. <c>Preferred</c> may be a list of cipher suits or a
+ list of filters in which case the filters are use on <c>Suites</c> to
+ extract the preferred cipher list. </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
<func>
<name>prf(Socket, Secret, Label, Seed, WantedLength) -> {ok, binary()} | {error, reason()}</name>
@@ -1332,7 +1405,7 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
<fsummary>Returns version information relevant for the
SSL application.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>versions_info() = {app_vsn, string()} | {supported | available, [protocol()] </v>
+ <v>versions_info() = {app_vsn, string()} | {supported | available, [protocol_version()] </v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns version information relevant for the SSL