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diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml
index ab6e112a35..69298759bd 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB.
</legalnotice>
-
<title>ssl</title>
<prepared>Ingela Anderton Andin</prepared>
<responsible>Ingela Anderton Andin</responsible>
@@ -83,11 +82,15 @@
meaningless pid.</item>
<item>New API functions are
ssl:shutdown/2, ssl:cipher_suites/[0,1] and
- ssl:versions/0</item>
+ ssl:versions/0, ssl:renegotiate/1</item>
<item>CRL and policy certificate
extensions are not supported yet. </item>
<item>Supported SSL/TLS-versions are SSL-3.0 and TLS-1.0 </item>
<item>For security reasons sslv2 is not supported.</item>
+ <item>Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman cipher suites are supported
+ but not Diffie Hellman Certificates cipher suites.</item>
+ <item>Export cipher suites are not supported as the
+ U.S. lifted its export restrictions in early 2000.</item>
</list>
</section>
@@ -148,25 +151,20 @@
<p><c>protocol() = sslv3 | tlsv1 </c></p>
- <p><c>ciphers() = [ciphersuite()] | sting() (according to old API)</c></p>
+ <p><c>ciphers() = [ciphersuite()] | string() (according to old API)</c></p>
<p><c>ciphersuite() =
- {key_exchange(), cipher(), hash(), exportable()}</c></p>
+ {key_exchange(), cipher(), hash()}</c></p>
- <p><c>key_exchange() = rsa | dh_dss | dh_rsa | dh_anon | dhe_dss
- | dhe_rsa | krb5 | KeyExchange_export
+ <p><c>key_exchange() = rsa | dhe_dss | dhe_rsa
</c></p>
- <p><c>cipher() = rc4_128 | idea_cbc | des_cbc | '3des_ede_cbc'
- des40_cbc | dh_dss | aes_128_cbc | aes_256_cbc |
- rc2_cbc_40 | rc4_40 </c></p>
+ <p><c>cipher() = rc4_128 | des_cbc | '3des_ede_cbc'
+ | aes_128_cbc | aes_256_cbc </c></p>
<p> <c>hash() = md5 | sha
</c></p>
- <p> <c>exportable() = export | no_export | ignore
- </c></p>
-
<p><c>ssl_imp() = new | old - default is old.</c></p>
</section>
@@ -409,6 +407,17 @@ end
</desc>
</func>
+ <func>
+ <name>format_error(Reason) -> string()</name>
+ <fsummary>Return an error string.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Presents the error returned by an ssl function as a printable string.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
<func>
<name>getopts(Socket) -> </name>
<name>getopts(Socket, OptionNames) ->