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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml | 128 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/src/ssl_dist_sup.erl | 65 |
2 files changed, 170 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml index 61f88e3860..7f8a08f704 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2000</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2000</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -180,10 +180,96 @@ Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) <section> <title>Specifying SSL Options</title> - <p>For SSL to work, at least - a public key and a certificate must be specified for the server - side. In the following example, the PEM-files consist of two - entries, the server certificate and its private key.</p> + + <p> + The SSL distribution options can be written into a file + that is consulted when the node is started. This file name + is then specified with the command line argument + <c>-ssl_dist_optfile</c>. + </p> + <p> + Any available SSL option can be specified in an options file, + but note that options that take a <c>fun()</c> has to use + the syntax <c>fun Mod:Func/Arity</c> since a function + body can not be compiled when consulting a file. + </p> + <p> + Do not tamper with the socket options + <c>list</c>, <c>binary</c>, <c>active</c>, <c>packet</c>, + <c>nodelay</c> and <c>deliver</c> since they are used + by the distribution protocol handler itself. + Other raw socket options such as <c>packet_size</c> may + interfere severely, so beware! + </p> + <p> + For SSL to work, at least a public key and a certificate + must be specified for the server side. + In the following example, the PEM file + <c>"/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem"</c> contains both + the server certificate and its private key. + </p> + <p> + Create a file named for example + <c>"/home/me/ssl/[email protected]"</c>: + </p> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ +[{server, + [{certfile, "/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem"}, + {secure_renegotiate, true}]}, + {client, + [{secure_renegotiate, true}]}].]]> + </code> + <p> + And then start the node like this + (line breaks in the command are for readability, + and shall not be there when typed): + </p> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ +$ erl -boot /home/me/ssl/start_ssl -proto_dist inet_tls + -ssl_dist_optfile "/home/me/ssl/[email protected]" + -sname ssl_test]]> + </code> + <p> + The options in the <c>{server, Opts}</c> tuple are used + when calling <c>ssl:ssl_accept/3</c>, and the options in the + <c>{client, Opts}</c> tuple are used when calling + <c>ssl:connect/4</c>. + </p> + <p> + For the client, the option + <c>{server_name_indication, atom_to_list(TargetNode)}</c> + is added when connecting. + This makes it possible to use the client option + <c>{verify, verify_peer}</c>, + and the client will verify that the certificate matches + the node name you are connecting to. + This only works if the the server certificate is issued + to the name <c>atom_to_list(TargetNode)</c>. + </p> + <p> + For the server it is also possible to use the option + <c>{verify, verify_peer}</c> and the server will only accept + client connections with certificates that are trusted by + a root certificate that the server knows. + A client that presents an untrusted certificate will be rejected. + This option is preferably combined with + <c>{fail_if_no_peer_cert, true}</c> or a client will + still be accepted if it does not present any certificate. + </p> + <p> + A node started in this way is fully functional, using SSL + as the distribution protocol. + </p> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Specifying SSL Options (Legacy)</title> + + <p> + As in the previous section the PEM file + <c>"/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem"</c> contains both + the server certificate and its private key. + </p> <p>On the <c>erl</c> command line you can specify options that the SSL distribution adds when creating a socket.</p> @@ -226,24 +312,26 @@ Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) SSL options and their values. Argument <c>-ssl_dist_opt</c> can be repeated any number of times.</p> - <p>An example command line can now look as follows + <p> + An example command line doing the same as the example + in the previous section can now look as follows (line breaks in the command are for readability, - and are not be there when typed):</p> - <code type="none"> + and shall not be there when typed): + </p> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ $ erl -boot /home/me/ssl/start_ssl -proto_dist inet_tls - -ssl_dist_opt server_certfile "/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem" + -ssl_dist_opt server_certfile "/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem" -ssl_dist_opt server_secure_renegotiate true client_secure_renegotiate true -sname ssl_test Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.0 [source] - + Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) -(ssl_test@myhost)1> </code> - <p>A node started in this way is fully functional, using SSL - as the distribution protocol.</p> +(ssl_test@myhost)1>]]> + </code> </section> <section> - <title>Setting up Environment to Always Use SSL</title> + <title>Setting up Environment to Always Use SSL (Legacy)</title> <p>A convenient way to specify arguments to Erlang is to use environment variable <c>ERL_FLAGS</c>. All the flags needed to use the SSL distribution can be specified in that variable and are @@ -285,15 +373,11 @@ Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) variable.</p> <p>An example command line with this option would look like this:</p> - <code type="none"> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ $ erl -boot /home/me/ssl/start_ssl -proto_dist inet6_tls - -ssl_dist_opt server_certfile "/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem" - -ssl_dist_opt server_secure_renegotiate true client_secure_renegotiate true - -sname ssl_test -Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.0 [source] - -Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) -(ssl_test@myhost)1> </code> + -ssl_dist_optfile "/home/me/ssl/[email protected]" + -sname ssl_test]]> + </code> <p>A node started in this way will only be able to communicate with other nodes using SSL distribution over IPv6.</p> diff --git a/lib/ssl/src/ssl_dist_sup.erl b/lib/ssl/src/ssl_dist_sup.erl index c241a9bced..bea67935d8 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/src/ssl_dist_sup.erl +++ b/lib/ssl/src/ssl_dist_sup.erl @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ %% Supervisor callback -export([init/1]). +%% Debug +-export([consult/1]). + %%%========================================================================= %%% API %%%========================================================================= @@ -37,7 +40,18 @@ -spec start_link() -> {ok, pid()} | ignore | {error, term()}. start_link() -> - supervisor:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, []). + case init:get_argument(ssl_dist_optfile) of + {ok, [File]} -> + DistOpts = consult(File), + TabOpts = [set, protected, named_table], + Tab = ets:new(ssl_dist_opts, TabOpts), + true = ets:insert(Tab, DistOpts), + supervisor:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, []); + {ok, BadArg} -> + error({bad_ssl_dist_optfile, BadArg}); + error -> + supervisor:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, []) + end. %%%========================================================================= %%% Supervisor callback @@ -68,3 +82,52 @@ ssl_connection_sup() -> Modules = [ssl_connection_sup], Type = supervisor, {Name, StartFunc, Restart, Shutdown, Type, Modules}. + +consult(File) -> + case erl_prim_loader:get_file(File) of + {ok, Binary, _FullName} -> + Encoding = + case epp:read_encoding_from_binary(Binary) of + none -> latin1; + Enc -> Enc + end, + case unicode:characters_to_list(Binary, Encoding) of + {error, _String, Rest} -> + error( + {bad_ssl_dist_optfile, {encoding_error, Rest}}); + {incomplete, _String, Rest} -> + error( + {bad_ssl_dist_optfile, {encoding_incomplete, Rest}}); + String when is_list(String) -> + consult_string(String) + end; + error -> + error({bad_ssl_dist_optfile, File}) + end. + +consult_string(String) -> + case erl_scan:string(String) of + {error, Info, Location} -> + error({bad_ssl_dist_optfile, {scan_error, Info, Location}}); + {ok, Tokens, _EndLocation} -> + consult_tokens(Tokens) + end. + +consult_tokens(Tokens) -> + case erl_parse:parse_exprs(Tokens) of + {error, Info} -> + error({bad_ssl_dist_optfile, {parse_error, Info}}); + {ok, [Expr]} -> + consult_expr(Expr); + {ok, Other} -> + error({bad_ssl_dist_optfile, {parse_error, Other}}) + end. + +consult_expr(Expr) -> + {value, Value, Bs} = erl_eval:expr(Expr, erl_eval:new_bindings()), + case erl_eval:bindings(Bs) of + [] -> + Value; + Other -> + error({bad_ssl_dist_optfile, {bindings, Other}}) + end. |