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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/eldap/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/eldap/doc/src/eldap.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/eldap/doc/src/eldap.xml b/lib/eldap/doc/src/eldap.xml index bb107822b3..5b81716543 100644 --- a/lib/eldap/doc/src/eldap.xml +++ b/lib/eldap/doc/src/eldap.xml @@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ filter() See present/1, substrings/2, </func> <func> <name>start_tls(Handle, Options) -> ok | {error,Error}</name> - <fsummary>Shutdown the connection.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Upgrade a connection to TLS.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Same as start_tls(Handle, Options, infinity)</p> </desc> </func> <func> <name>start_tls(Handle, Options, Timeout) -> ok | {error,Error}</name> - <fsummary>Shutdown the connection.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Upgrade a connection to TLS.</fsummary> <type> <v>Handle = handle()</v> <v>Options = ssl:ssl_options()</v> @@ -104,12 +104,16 @@ filter() See present/1, substrings/2, </type> <desc> <p>Upgrade the connection associated with <c>Handle</c> to a tls connection if possible.</p> - <p>Among the Error responses we find:</p> + <p>The upgrade is done in two phases: first the server is asked for permission to upgrade. Second, if the request is acknowledged, the upgrade is performed.</p> + <p>Error responese from phase one will not affect the current encryption state of the connection. Those responses are:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>tls_already_started</c></tag> <item>The connection is already encrypted. The connection is not affected.</item> <tag><c>{response,ResponseFromServer}</c></tag> <item>The upgrade was refused by the LDAP server. The <c>ResponseFromServer</c> is an atom delivered byt the LDAP server explained in section 2.3 of rfc 2830. The connection is not affected, so it is still un-encrypted.</item> + </taglist> + <p>Errors in the seconde phase will however end the connection:</p> + <taglist> <tag><c>Error</c></tag> <item>Any error responded from ssl:connect/3</item> </taglist> |