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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml | 64 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml | 29 |
3 files changed, 102 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml index 29b8e8ff67..d3ab3e9216 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -28,6 +28,70 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the SSL application.</p> +<section><title>SSL 8.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Corrected termination behavior, that caused a PEM cache + bug and sometimes resulted in connection failures.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14100</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug that could hang ssl connection processes when + failing to require more data for very large handshake + packages. Add option max_handshake_size to mitigate DoS + attacks.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14138</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improved support for CRL handling that could fail to work + as intended when an id-ce-extKeyUsage was present in the + certificate. Also improvements where needed to + distributionpoint handling so that all revocations + actually are found and not deemed to be not determinable.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14141</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A TLS handshake might accidentally match old sslv2 format + and ssl application would incorrectly aborted TLS + handshake with ssl_v2_client_hello_no_supported. Parsing + was altered to avoid this problem.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14222</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Correct default cipher list to prefer AES 128 before 3DES</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14235</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Move PEM cache to a dedicated process, to avoid making + the SSL manager process a bottleneck. This improves + scalability of TLS connections.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13874</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>SSL 8.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml index edc7e0d8b2..91c590c247 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml @@ -424,6 +424,14 @@ marker="public_key:public_key#pkix_path_validation-3">public_key:pkix_path_valid </taglist> </item> + + <tag><c>max_handshake_size</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Integer (24 bits unsigned). Used to limit the size of + valid TLS handshake packets to avoid DoS attacks. + Defaults to 256*1024.</p> + </item> + </taglist> </item> @@ -927,13 +935,14 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) -> <fsummary>Returns all the connection information. </fsummary> <type> - <v>Item = protocol | cipher_suite | sni_hostname | ecc | atom()</v> + <v>Item = protocol | cipher_suite | sni_hostname | ecc | session_id | atom()</v> <d>Meaningful atoms, not specified above, are the ssl option names.</d> <v>Result = [{Item::atom(), Value::term()}]</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> - <desc><p>Returns all relevant information about the connection, ssl options that - are undefined will be filtered out.</p> + <desc><p>Returns the most relevant information about the connection, ssl options that + are undefined will be filtered out. Note that values that affect the security of the + connection will only be returned if explicitly requested by connection_information/2.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -944,8 +953,10 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) -> </fsummary> <type> <v>Items = [Item]</v> - <v>Item = protocol | cipher_suite | sni_hostname | atom()</v> - <d>Meaningful atoms, not specified above, are the ssl option names.</d> + <v>Item = protocol | cipher_suite | sni_hostname | ecc | session_id | client_random + | server_random | master_secret | atom()</v> + <d>Note that client_random, server_random and master_secret are values + that affect the security of connection. Meaningful atoms, not specified above, are the ssl option names.</d> <v>Result = [{Item::atom(), Value::term()}]</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml index b85d8fb284..1b41eae89d 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at - + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ </taglist> </section> - - <funcs> + + <funcs> <func> <name>delete(Cache, Key) -> _</name> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ </p> </desc> </func> - + <func> <name>select_session(Cache, PartialKey) -> [session()]</name> <fsummary>Selects sessions that can be reused.</fsummary> @@ -151,6 +151,21 @@ </func> <func> + <name>size(Cache) -> integer()</name> + <fsummary>Returns the number of sessions in the cache.</fsummary> + <type> + <v>Cache = cache_ref()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p>Returns the number of sessions in the cache. If size + exceeds the maximum number of sessions, the current cache + entries will be invalidated regardless of their remaining + lifetime. Is to be callable from any process. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name>terminate(Cache) -> _</name> <fsummary>Called by the process that handles the cache when it is about to terminate.</fsummary> @@ -178,7 +193,7 @@ </p> </desc> </func> - - </funcs> - + + </funcs> + </erlref> |