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-rw-r--r--lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml133
-rw-r--r--lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml13
-rw-r--r--lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_protocol.xml2
4 files changed, 461 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml
index 0b28b1ebd4..4349e5a456 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,361 @@
<file>notes.xml</file>
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the SSL application.</p>
- <section><title>SSL 5.3.3</title>
+ <section><title>SSL 5.3.8</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Make sure the clean rule for ssh, ssl, eunit and otp_mibs
+ actually removes generated files.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12200</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Change code to reflect that state data may be secret to
+ avoid breaking dialyzer contracts.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12341</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>SSL 5.3.7</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Handle the fact that servers may send an empty SNI
+ extension to the client.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12198</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>SSL 5.3.6</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Corrected handling of ECC certificates, there where
+ several small issues with the handling of such
+ certificates in the ssl and public_key application. Now
+ ECC signed ECC certificates shall work and not only RSA
+ signed ECC certificates.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12026</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Check that the certificate chain ends with a trusted ROOT
+ CA e.i. a self-signed certificate, but provide an option
+ partial_chain to enable the application to define an
+ intermediat CA as trusted.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12149</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add decode functions for SNI (Server Name Indication)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12048</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>SSL 5.3.5</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ ssl:recv now returns {error, einval} if applied to a non
+ passive socket, the same as gen_tcp:recv. </p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Danil Zagoskin for reporting this issue</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11878</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Corrected handling of default values for
+ signature_algorithms extension in TLS-1.2 and
+ corresponding values used in previous versions that does
+ not support this extension. </p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Danil Zagoskin</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11886</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Handle socket option inheritance when pooling of accept
+ sockets is used</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11897</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Make sure that the list of versions, possibly supplied in
+ the versions option, is not order dependent.</p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Ransom Richardson for reporting this issue</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11912</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Reject connection if the next_protocol message is sent
+ twice.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11926</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Correct options handling when ssl:ssl_accept/3 is called
+ with new ssl options after calling ssl:listen/2</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11950</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Gracefully handle unknown alerts</p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Atul Atri for reporting this issue</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11874</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Gracefully ignore cipher suites sent by client not
+ supported by the SSL/TLS version that the client has
+ negotiated.</p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Danil Zagoskin for reporting this issue</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11875</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Gracefully handle structured garbage, i.e a client sends
+ some garbage in a ssl record instead of a valid fragment.</p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Danil Zagoskin</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11880</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Gracefully handle invalid alerts</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11890</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Generalize handling of default ciphers</p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Andreas Schultz</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11966</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Make sure change cipher spec is correctly handled</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11975</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>SSL 5.3.4</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix incorrect dialyzer spec and types, also enhance
+ documentation. </p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Ayaz Tuncer.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11627</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix possible mismatch between SSL/TLS version and default
+ ciphers. Could happen when you specified SSL/TLS-version
+ in optionlist to listen or accept.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11712</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Application upgrade (appup) files are corrected for the
+ following applications: </p>
+ <p>
+ <c>asn1, common_test, compiler, crypto, debugger,
+ dialyzer, edoc, eldap, erl_docgen, et, eunit, gs, hipe,
+ inets, observer, odbc, os_mon, otp_mibs, parsetools,
+ percept, public_key, reltool, runtime_tools, ssh,
+ syntax_tools, test_server, tools, typer, webtool, wx,
+ xmerl</c></p>
+ <p>
+ A new test utility for testing appup files is added to
+ test_server. This is now used by most applications in
+ OTP.</p>
+ <p>
+ (Thanks to Tobias Schlager)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11744</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Moved elliptic curve definition from the crypto
+ NIF/OpenSSL into Erlang code, adds the RFC-5639 brainpool
+ curves and makes TLS use them (RFC-7027).</p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Andreas Schultz</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11578</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Unicode adaptations</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11620</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Added option honor_cipher_order. This instructs the
+ server to prefer its own cipher ordering rather than the
+ client's and can help protect against things like BEAST
+ while maintaining compatability with clients which only
+ support older ciphers. </p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Andrew Thompson for the implementation, and
+ Andreas Schultz for the test cases.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11621</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Replace boolean checking in validate_option with
+ is_boolean guard. </p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Andreas Schultz.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11634</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Some function specs are corrected or moved and some edoc
+ comments are corrected in order to allow use of edoc.
+ (Thanks to Pierre Fenoll)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11702</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Correct clean up of certificate database when certs are
+ inputed in pure DER format.The incorrect code could cause
+ a memory leek when certs where inputed in DER. Thanks to
+ Bernard Duggan for reporting this.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11733</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Improved documentation of the cacertfile option</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11759 Aux Id: seq12535 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Avoid next protocol negotiation failure due to incorrect
+ option format.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11760</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Handle v1 CRLs, with no extensions and fixes issues with
+ IDP (Issuing Distribution Point) comparison during CRL
+ validation. </p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Andrew Thompson</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11761</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Server now ignores client ECC curves that it does not
+ support instead of crashing. </p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Danil Zagoskin for reporting the issue and
+ suggesting a solution.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11780</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Handle SNI (Server Name Indication) alert
+ unrecognized_name and gracefully deal with unexpected
+ alerts. </p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Masatake Daimon for reporting this.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11815</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add possibility to specify ssl options when calling
+ ssl:ssl_accept</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11837</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>SSL 5.3.3</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
index 4bc1a9a644..249fee5760 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1999</year><year>2014</year>
+ <year>1999</year><year>2015</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
is supplied it will override the certfile option.</item>
<tag>{certfile, path()}</tag>
- <item>Path to a file containing the user's certificate.</item>
+ <item>Path to a file containing the user's PEM encoded certificate.</item>
<tag>{key, {'RSAPrivateKey'| 'DSAPrivateKey' | 'ECPrivateKey' |'PrivateKeyInfo', der_encoded()}}</tag>
<item> The DER encoded users private key. If this option
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
<p>The verification fun should be defined as:</p>
<code>
-fun(OtpCert :: #'OTPCertificate'{}, Event :: {bad_cert, Reason :: atom()} |
+fun(OtpCert :: #'OTPCertificate'{}, Event :: {bad_cert, Reason :: atom() | {revoked, atom()}} |
{extension, #'Extension'{}}, InitialUserState :: term()) ->
{valid, UserState :: term()} | {valid_peer, UserState :: term()} |
{fail, Reason :: term()} | {unknown, UserState :: term()}.
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ fun(OtpCert :: #'OTPCertificate'{}, Event :: {bad_cert, Reason :: atom()} |
always returns {valid, UserState}, the TLS/SSL handshake will
not be terminated with respect to verification failures and
the connection will be established. If called with an
- extension unknown to the user application the return value
+ extension unknown to the user application, the return value
{unknown, UserState} should be used.</p>
<p>The default verify_fun option in verify_peer mode:</p>
@@ -283,9 +283,29 @@ fun(OtpCert :: #'OTPCertificate'{}, Event :: {bad_cert, Reason :: atom()} |
end, []}
</code>
-<p>Possible path validation errors: </p>
+ <p>Possible path validation errors are given on the form {bad_cert, Reason} where Reason is:</p>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag>unknown_ca</tag>
+ <item>No trusted CA was found in the trusted store. The trusted CA is
+ normally a so called ROOT CA that is a self-signed cert. Trust may
+ be claimed for an intermediat CA (trusted anchor does not have to be self signed
+ according to X-509) by using the option <c>partial_chain</c></item>
+
+ <tag>selfsigned_peer</tag>
+ <item>The chain consisted only of one self-signed certificate.</item>
+
+ <tag>PKIX X-509-path validation error</tag>
+ <item> Possible such reasons see <seealso
+ marker="public_key:public_key#pkix_path_validation-3"> public_key:pkix_path_validation/3 </seealso></item>
+ </taglist>
-<p> {bad_cert, cert_expired}, {bad_cert, invalid_issuer}, {bad_cert, invalid_signature}, {bad_cert, unknown_ca},{bad_cert, selfsigned_peer}, {bad_cert, name_not_permitted}, {bad_cert, missing_basic_constraint}, {bad_cert, invalid_key_usage}</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag>{partial_chain, fun(Chain::[DerCert]) -> {trusted_ca, DerCert} | unknown_ca </tag>
+ <item>
+ Claim an intermediat CA in the chain as trusted. TLS will then perform the public_key:pkix_path_validation/3
+ with the selected CA as trusted anchor and the rest of the chain.
</item>
<tag>{versions, [protocol()]}</tag>
@@ -328,11 +348,23 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
</p>
</item>
+ <tag>{padding_check, boolean()}</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p> This option only affects TLS-1.0 connections.
+ If set to false it disables the block cipher padding check
+ to be able to interoperate with legacy software.
+ </p>
+
+ <warning><p> Using this option makes TLS vulnerable to
+ the Poodle attack</p></warning>
+
+ </item>
+
</taglist>
-
+
</section>
-
- <section>
+
+ <section>
<title>SSL OPTION DESCRIPTIONS - CLIENT SIDE</title>
<p>Options described here are client specific or has a slightly different
@@ -518,7 +550,19 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
</p>
</desc>
</func>
-
+
+ <func>
+ <name>clear_pem_cache() -> ok </name>
+ <fsummary> Clears the pem cache</fsummary>
+
+ <desc><p>PEM files, used by ssl API-functions, are cached. The
+ cache is regularly checked to see if any cache entries should be
+ invalidated, however this function provides a way to
+ unconditionally clear the whole cache.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
<func>
<name>connect(Socket, SslOptions) -> </name>
<name>connect(Socket, SslOptions, Timeout) -> {ok, SslSocket}
@@ -768,39 +812,45 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name>ssl_accept(ListenSocket) -> </name>
- <name>ssl_accept(ListenSocket, Timeout) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
- <fsummary>Perform server-side SSL handshake</fsummary>
+ <name>ssl_accept(Socket) -> </name>
+ <name>ssl_accept(Socket, Timeout) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Perform server-side SSL/TLS handshake</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>ListenSocket = sslsocket()</v>
+ <v>Socket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Timeout = integer()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>The <c>ssl_accept</c> function establish the SSL connection
- on the server side. It should be called directly after
- <c>transport_accept</c>, in the spawned server-loop.</p>
+ <p> Performs the SSL/TLS server-side handshake <c>Socket</c> is a socket as returned
+ by <seealso
+ marker="#transport_accept-2">ssl:transport_accept/[1,2]</seealso>
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>ssl_accept(ListenSocket, SslOptions) -> </name>
- <name>ssl_accept(ListenSocket, SslOptions, Timeout) -> {ok, Socket} | {error, Reason}</name>
- <fsummary>Perform server-side SSL handshake</fsummary>
+ <name>ssl_accept(Socket, SslOptions) -> </name>
+ <name>ssl_accept(Socket, SslOptions, Timeout) -> {ok, Socket} | ok | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Perform server-side SSL/TLS handshake</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>ListenSocket = socket()</v>
+ <v>Socket = socket() | sslsocket() </v>
<v>SslOptions = ssloptions()</v>
<v>Timeout = integer()</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p> Upgrades a gen_tcp, or
- equivalent, socket to an ssl socket i.e. performs the
- ssl server-side handshake.</p>
+ <p> If <c>Socket</c> is a socket() - upgrades a gen_tcp, or equivalent, socket to an ssl socket
+ i.e. performs the SSL/TLS server-side handshake and returns the ssl socket.
+ </p>
+
<warning><p>Note that the listen socket should be in {active, false} mode
before telling the client that the server is ready to upgrade
- and calling this function, otherwise the upgrade may
+ by calling this function, otherwise the upgrade may
or may not succeed depending on timing.</p></warning>
+
+ <p> If <c>Socket</c> is an sslsocket() - provides additional SSL/TLS options to those specified in <seealso
+ marker="#listen-2">ssl:listen/2 </seealso> and then performs the SSL/TLS handshake.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -842,33 +892,38 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name>transport_accept(Socket) -></name>
- <name>transport_accept(Socket, Timeout) ->
+ <name>transport_accept(ListenSocket) -></name>
+ <name>transport_accept(ListenSocket, Timeout) ->
{ok, NewSocket} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Accept an incoming connection and
prepare for <c>ssl_accept</c></fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Socket = NewSocket = sslsocket()</v>
+ <v>ListenSocket = NewSocket = sslsocket()</v>
<v>Timeout = integer()</v>
<v>Reason = reason()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Accepts an incoming connection request on a listen socket.
- <c>ListenSocket</c> must be a socket returned from
- <c>listen/2</c>. The socket returned should be passed to
- <c>ssl_accept</c> to complete ssl handshaking and
- establishing the connection.</p>
+ <c>ListenSocket</c> must be a socket returned from
+ <seealso
+ marker="#listen-2"> ssl:listen/2</seealso>.
+ The socket returned should be passed to
+ <seealso marker="#ssl_accept-2"> ssl:ssl_accept[2,3]</seealso>
+ to complete handshaking i.e
+ establishing the SSL/TLS connection.</p>
<warning>
- <p>The socket returned can only be used with <c>ssl_accept</c>,
- no traffic can be sent or received before that call.</p>
+ <p>The socket returned can only be used with
+ <seealso marker="#ssl_accept-2"> ssl:ssl_accept[2,3]</seealso>
+ no traffic can be sent or received before that call.</p>
</warning>
<p>The accepted socket inherits the options set for
- <c>ListenSocket</c> in <c>listen/2</c>.</p>
+ <c>ListenSocket</c> in <seealso
+ marker="#listen-2"> ssl:listen/2</seealso>.</p>
<p>The default
- value for <c>Timeout</c> is <c>infinity</c>. If
- <c>Timeout</c> is specified, and no connection is accepted
- within the given time, <c>{error, timeout}</c> is
- returned.</p>
+ value for <c>Timeout</c> is <c>infinity</c>. If
+ <c>Timeout</c> is specified, and no connection is accepted
+ within the given time, <c>{error, timeout}</c> is
+ returned.</p>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml
index 43cb3934f7..f1377cabda 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<appref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1999</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>1999</year><year>2015</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -82,7 +82,16 @@
callback module, defaults to [].
</p>
</item>
-
+
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[ssl_pem_cache_clean = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Number of milliseconds between PEM cache validations.
+ </p>
+ <seealso
+ marker="ssl#clear_pem_cache-0">ssl:clear_pem_cache/0</seealso>
+
+ </item>
</taglist>
</section>
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_protocol.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_protocol.xml
index cdfafe224b..80d9cc4ee8 100644
--- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_protocol.xml
+++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_protocol.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
<em>subject</em>. The certificate is signed
with the private key of the issuer of the certificate. A chain
of trust is build by having the issuer in its turn being
- certified by an other certificate and so on until you reach the
+ certified by another certificate and so on until you reach the
so called root certificate that is self signed i.e. issued
by itself.</p>