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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml | 118 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml | 23 |
3 files changed, 145 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml index 61d1c8355a..e5070bc247 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -28,6 +28,124 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the SSL application.</p> +<section><title>SSL 7.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Make sure there is only one poller validator at a time + for validating the session cache.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13185</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A timing related issue could cause ssl to hang, + especially happened with newer versions of OpenSSL in + combination with ECC ciphers.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13253</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Work around a race condition in the TLS distribution + start.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13268</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Big handshake messages are now correctly fragmented in + the TLS record layer.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13306</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improve portability of ECC tests in Crypto and SSL for + "exotic" OpenSSL versions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13311</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Certificate extensions marked as critical are ignored + when using verify_none</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13377</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + If a certificate doesn't contain a CRL Distribution + Points extension, and the relevant CRL is not in the + cache, and the <c>crl_check</c> option is not set to + <c>best_effort</c> , the revocation check should fail.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13378</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Enable TLS distribution over IPv6</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13391</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Improve error reporting for TLS distribution</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13219</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Include options from connect, listen and accept in + <c>connection_information/1,2</c></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13232</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow adding extra options for outgoing TLS distribution + connections, as supported for plain TCP connections.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13285</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use loopback as server option in TLS-distribution module</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13300</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Verify certificate signature against original certificate + binary.</p> + <p> + This avoids bugs due to encoding errors when re-encoding + a decode certificate. As there exists several decode step + and using of different ASN.1 specification this is a risk + worth avoiding.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13334</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use <c>application:ensure_all_started/2</c> instead of + hard-coding dependencies</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13363</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>SSL 7.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml index 6c82e32a74..d05ece3971 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ <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>For security reasons DES cipher suites are 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 @@ -55,8 +57,8 @@ 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> + <item>'Server Name Indication' extension + (<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc6066.txt">RFC 6066</url>) is supported.</item> </list> </description> diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml index a347ce5ae6..dc04d446b0 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_distribution.xml @@ -271,4 +271,27 @@ Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) <p>The <c>init:get_arguments()</c> call verifies that the correct arguments are supplied to the emulator.</p> </section> + + <section> + <title>Using SSL distribution over IPv6</title> + <p>It is possible to use SSL distribution over IPv6 instead of + IPv4. To do this, pass the option <c>-proto_dist inet6_tls</c> + instead of <c>-proto_dist inet_tls</c> when starting Erlang, + either on the command line or in the <c>ERL_FLAGS</c> environment + variable.</p> + + <p>An example command line with this option would look like this:</p> + <code type="none"> +$ erl -boot /home/me/ssl/start_ssl -proto_dist inet6_tls + -ssl_dist_opt server_certfile "/home/me/ssl/erlserver.pem" + -ssl_dist_opt server_secure_renegotiate true client_secure_renegotiate true + -sname ssl_test +Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.0 [source] + +Eshell V5.0 (abort with ^G) +(ssl_test@myhost)1> </code> + + <p>A node started in this way will only be able to communicate with + other nodes using SSL distribution over IPv6.</p> + </section> </chapter> |