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-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml5
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml35
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml22
4 files changed, 55 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml
index bd31ae42d2..d9e8587bbf 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2012</year><year>2012</year>
+ <year>2012</year><year>2013</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ string() = list of ASCII characters
<p>For more information about URI, see RFC 3986. </p>
<code type="none"><![CDATA[
-uri() = string() - Syntax according to the URI definition in rfc 3986, ex: "http://www.erlang.org/"
+uri() = string() - Syntax according to the URI definition in rfc 3986,
+ e.g.: "http://www.erlang.org/"
user_info() = string()
scheme() = atom() - Example: http, https
host() = string()
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml
index 14ce3cbe7f..741f2abaef 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@
cookies and other options that can be applied to more than one
request. </p>
- <p>If the scheme
- https is used the ssl application needs to be started.</p>
+ <p>If the scheme https is used the ssl application needs to be
+ started. When https links needs to go through a proxy the
+ CONNECT method extension to HTTP-1.1 is used to establish a
+ tunnel and then the connection is upgraded to TLS,
+ however "TLS upgrade" according to RFC 2817 is not
+ supported.</p>
<p>Also note that pipelining will only be used if the pipeline
timeout is set, otherwise persistent connections without
@@ -449,7 +453,8 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
<type>
<v>Options = [Option]</v>
<v>Option = {proxy, {Proxy, NoProxy}} |
- {max_sessions, MaxSessions} |
+ {https_proxy, {Proxy, NoProxy}} |
+ {max_sessions, MaxSessions} |
{max_keep_alive_length, MaxKeepAlive} |
{keep_alive_timeout, KeepAliveTimeout} |
{max_pipeline_length, MaxPipeline} |
@@ -460,25 +465,23 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
{port, Port} |
{socket_opts, socket_opts()} |
{verbose, VerboseMode} </v>
+
<v>Proxy = {Hostname, Port}</v>
<v>Hostname = string() </v>
<d>ex: "localhost" or "foo.bar.se"</d>
<v>Port = integer()</v>
<d>ex: 8080 </d>
- <v>socket_opts() = [socket_opt()]</v>
- <d>The options are appended to the socket options used by the
- client. </d>
- <d>These are the default values when a new request handler
- is started (for the initial connect). They are passed directly
- to the underlying transport (gen_tcp or ssl) <em>without</em>
- verification! </d>
<v>NoProxy = [NoProxyDesc]</v>
<v>NoProxyDesc = DomainDesc | HostName | IPDesc</v>
<v>DomainDesc = "*.Domain"</v>
<d>ex: "*.ericsson.se"</d>
<v>IpDesc = string()</v>
<d>ex: "134.138" or "[FEDC:BA98" (all IP-addresses starting with 134.138 or FEDC:BA98), "66.35.250.150" or "[2010:836B:4179::836B:4179]" (a complete IP-address).</d>
- <v>MaxSessions = integer() </v>
+
+ <d>proxy defaults to {undefined, []} e.i. no proxy is configured and https_proxy defaults to
+ the value of proxy.</d>
+
+ <v>MaxSessions = integer() </v>
<d>Default is <c>2</c>.
Maximum number of persistent connections to a host.</d>
<v>MaxKeepAlive = integer() </v>
@@ -520,6 +523,13 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
<v>Port = integer() </v>
<d>Specify which local port number to use.
See <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp#connect">gen_tcp:connect/3,4</seealso> for more info. </d>
+ <v>socket_opts() = [socket_opt()]</v>
+ <d>The options are appended to the socket options used by the
+ client. </d>
+ <d>These are the default values when a new request handler
+ is started (for the initial connect). They are passed directly
+ to the underlying transport (gen_tcp or ssl) <em>without</em>
+ verification! </d>
<v>VerboseMode = false | verbose | debug | trace </v>
<d>Default is <c>false</c>.
This option is used to switch on (or off)
@@ -554,7 +564,8 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
<fsummary>Gets the currently used options.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>OptionItems = all | [option_item()]</v>
- <v>option_item() = proxy |
+ <v>option_item() = proxy |
+ https_proxy
max_sessions |
keep_alive_timeout |
max_keep_alive_length |
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml
index 7e21229fcf..3fced5dfcd 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -178,7 +178,13 @@
<p>Note that this option is only used when the option
<c>socket_type</c> has the value <c>ip_comm</c>. </p>
</item>
-
+ <marker id="prop_minimum_bytes_per_second"></marker>
+ <tag>{minimum_bytes_per_second, integer()}</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>If given, sets a minimum bytes per second value for connections.</p>
+ <p>If the value is not reached, the socket will close for that connection.</p>
+ <p>The option is good for reducing the risk of "slow dos" attacks.</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
<marker id="props_api_modules"></marker>
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml
index 3aae1ff70a..e0d6ae3454 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,27 @@
</header>
- <section>
+ <section><title>Inets 5.9.2</title>
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Minimum bytes per second</p>
+ <p>
+ New option to http server, {minimum_bytes_per_second,
+ integer()}, for a connection, if it is not reached the
+ socket will close for that specific connection. Can be
+ used to prevent hanging requests from faulty clients.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10392</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section>
<title>Inets 5.9.1</title>
<section>