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authorIngela Anderton Andin <[email protected]>2015-03-05 09:21:52 +0100
committerIngela Anderton Andin <[email protected]>2015-03-05 09:21:52 +0100
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Merge branch 'maint'
Conflicts: lib/ssl/src/ssl_cipher.erl lib/ssl/test/ssl_basic_SUITE.erl
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@@ -427,6 +427,23 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
Indication extension will be sent if possible, this option may also be
used to disable that behavior.</p>
</item>
+ <tag>{fallback, boolean()}</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p> Send special cipher suite TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV to avoid undesired TLS version downgrade.
+ Defaults to false</p>
+ <warning><p>Note this option is not needed in normal TLS usage and should not be used
+ to implement new clients. But legacy clients that that retries connections in the following manner</p>
+
+ <p><c> ssl:connect(Host, Port, [...{versions, ['tlsv2', 'tlsv1.1', 'tlsv1', 'sslv3']}])</c></p>
+ <p><c> ssl:connect(Host, Port, [...{versions, [tlsv1.1', 'tlsv1', 'sslv3']}, {fallback, true}])</c></p>
+ <p><c> ssl:connect(Host, Port, [...{versions, ['tlsv1', 'sslv3']}, {fallback, true}]) </c></p>
+ <p><c> ssl:connect(Host, Port, [...{versions, ['sslv3']}, {fallback, true}]) </c></p>
+
+ <p>may use it to avoid undesired TLS version downgrade. Note that TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV must also
+ be supported by the server for the prevention to work.
+ </p></warning>
+ </item>
+
</taglist>
</section>