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diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml index b2a774adf0..673431ed0a 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>1999</year><year>2017</year> + <year>1999</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -27,6 +27,312 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the SSL application.</p> +<section><title>SSL 9.0.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Correct alert handling with new TLS sender process, from + ssl-9.0.2. CLOSE ALERTS could under some circumstances be + encoded using an incorrect cipher state. This would cause + the peer to regard them as unknown messages.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15337 Aux Id: ERL-738 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct handling of socket packet option with new TLS + sender process, from ssl-9.0.2. When changing the socket + option {packet, 1|2|3|4} with ssl:setopts/2 the option + must internally be propagated to the sender process as + well as the reader process as this particular option also + affects the data to be sent.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15348 Aux Id: ERL-747 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>SSL 9.0.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Use separate processes for sending and receiving + application data for TLS connections to avoid potential + deadlock that was most likely to occur when using TLS for + Erlang distribution. Note does not change the API.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15122</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct handling of empty server SNI extension</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15168</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct PSK cipher suite handling and add + selected_cipher_suite to connection information</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15172</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Adopt to the fact that cipher suite sign restriction are + relaxed in TLS-1.2</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15173</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Enhance error handling of non existing PEM files</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15174</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct close handling of transport accepted sockets in + the error state</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15216</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct PEM cache to not add references to empty entries + when PEM file does not exist.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15224</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct handling of all PSK cipher suites</p> + <p> + Before only some PSK suites would be correctly negotiated + and most PSK ciphers suites would fail the connection.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15285</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + TLS will now try to order certificate chains if they + appear to be unordered. That is prior to TLS 1.3, + “certificate_list” ordering was required to be + strict, however some implementations already allowed for + some flexibility. For maximum compatibility, all + implementations SHOULD be prepared to handle potentially + extraneous certificates and arbitrary orderings from any + TLS version.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12983</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + TLS will now try to reconstructed an incomplete + certificate chains from its local CA-database and use + that data for the certificate path validation. This + especially makes sense for partial chains as then the + peer might not send an intermediate CA as it is + considered the trusted root in that case.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15060</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Option keyfile defaults to certfile and should be trumped + with key. This failed for engine keys.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15193</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Error message improvement when own certificate has + decoding issues, see also issue ERL-668.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15234</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct dialyzer spec for key option</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15281</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>SSL 9.0.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Correct cipher suite handling for ECDHE_*, the incorrect + handling could cause an incorrrect suite to be selected + and most likly fail the handshake.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15203</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>SSL 9.0</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Correct handling of ECDH suites.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14974</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Proper handling of clients that choose to send an empty + answer to a certificate request</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15050</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Distribution over SSL (inet_tls) has, to improve + performance, been rewritten to not use intermediate + processes and ports.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14465</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add suport for ECDHE_PSK cipher suites</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14547</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + For security reasons no longer support 3-DES cipher + suites by default</p> + <p> + *** INCOMPATIBILITY with possibly ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14768</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + For security reasons RSA-key exchange cipher suites are + no longer supported by default</p> + <p> + *** INCOMPATIBILITY with possible ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14769</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The interoperability option to fallback to insecure + renegotiation now has to be explicitly turned on.</p> + <p> + *** INCOMPATIBILITY with possibly ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14789</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Drop support for SSLv2 enabled clients. SSLv2 has been + broken for decades and never supported by the Erlang + SSL/TLS implementation. This option was by default + disabled and enabling it has proved to sometimes break + connections not using SSLv2 enabled clients.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14824</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Remove CHACHA20_POLY1305 ciphers form default for now. We + have discovered interoperability problems, ERL-538, that + we believe needs to be solved in crypto.</p> + <p> + *** INCOMPATIBILITY with possibly ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14882</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Generalize DTLS packet multiplexing to make it easier to + add future DTLS features and uses.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14888</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use uri_string module instead of http_uri.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14902</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The SSL distribution protocol <c>-proto inet_tls</c> has + stopped setting the SSL option + <c>server_name_indication</c>. New verify funs for client + and server in <c>inet_tls_dist</c> has been added, not + documented yet, that checks node name if present in peer + certificate. Usage is still also yet to be documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14969 Aux Id: OTP-14465, ERL-598 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Deprecate ssl:ssl_accept/[1,2,3] in favour of + ssl:handshake/[1,2,3]</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15056</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Customizes the hostname verification of the peer + certificate, as different protocols that use TLS such as + HTTP or LDAP may want to do it differently</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15102 Aux Id: ERL-542, OTP-14962 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add utility function for converting erlang cipher suites + to a string represenation (ERL-600).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15106</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + First version with support for DTLS</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15142</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>SSL 8.2.6.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |