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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml | 28 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml index 32c80b3f00..bf87644116 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml @@ -31,37 +31,13 @@ <module>ssl</module> <modulesummary>Interface Functions for Secure Socket Layer</modulesummary> <description> - <p>This module contains interface functions for the SSL.</p> + <p> + This module contains interface functions for the SSL/TLS protocol. + For detailed information about the supported standards see + <seealso marker="ssl_app">ssl(6)</seealso>. + </p> </description> - - <section> - <title>SSL</title> - - <list type="bulleted"> - <item>For application dependencies see <seealso marker="ssl_app"> ssl(6)</seealso> </item> - <item>Supported SSL/TLS-versions are SSL-3.0, TLS-1.0, - TLS-1.1, and TLS-1.2.</item> - <item>For security reasons SSL-2.0 is not supported.</item> - <item>For security reasons SSL-3.0 is no longer supported by default, - but can be configured.</item> - <item>Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman cipher suites are supported, - but not Diffie Hellman Certificates cipher suites.</item> - <item>Elliptic Curve cipher suites are supported if the Crypto - application supports it and named curves are used. - </item> - <item>Export cipher suites are not supported as the - U.S. lifted its export restrictions in early 2000.</item> - <item>IDEA cipher suites are not supported as they have - become deprecated by the latest TLS specification so it is not - motivated to implement them.</item> - <item>CRL validation is supported.</item> - <item>Policy certificate extensions are not supported.</item> - <item>'Server Name Indication' extension client side - (RFC 6066, Section 3) is supported.</item> - </list> - - </section> - + <section> <title>DATA TYPES</title> <p>The following data types are used in the functions for SSL:</p> diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml index 1e3a1101ed..6c82e32a74 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml @@ -33,7 +33,33 @@ <appsummary>The ssl application provides secure communication over sockets.</appsummary> - <description></description> + <description> + <p> + The ssl application is an implementation of the SSL/TLS protocol in Erlang. + </p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item>Supported SSL/TLS-versions are SSL-3.0, TLS-1.0, + TLS-1.1, and TLS-1.2.</item> + <item>For security reasons SSL-2.0 is not supported.</item> + <item>For security reasons SSL-3.0 is no longer supported by default, + but can be configured.</item> + <item>Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman cipher suites are supported, + but not Diffie Hellman Certificates cipher suites.</item> + <item>Elliptic Curve cipher suites are supported if the Crypto + application supports it and named curves are used. + </item> + <item>Export cipher suites are not supported as the + U.S. lifted its export restrictions in early 2000.</item> + <item>IDEA cipher suites are not supported as they have + become deprecated by the latest TLS specification so it is not + motivated to implement them.</item> + <item>CRL validation is supported.</item> + <item>Policy certificate extensions are not supported.</item> + <item>'Server Name Indication' extension client side + (RFC 6066, Section 3) is supported.</item> + </list> + </description> + <section> <title>DEPENDENCIES</title> <p>The SSL application uses the <c>public_key</c> and |