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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml | 77 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml | 6 |
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml index bf87644116..d3881ad117 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml @@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ <p>According to old API.</p></item> <tag><c>ciphersuite() =</c></tag> - <item><p><c>{key_exchange(), cipher(), hash()}</c></p></item> + + <item><p><c>{key_exchange(), cipher(), MAC::hash()} | + {key_exchange(), cipher(), MAC::hash(), PRF::hash()}</c></p></item> <tag><c>key_exchange()=</c></tag> <item><p><c>rsa | dhe_dss | dhe_rsa | dh_anon | psk | dhe_psk @@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ | aes_128_cbc | aes_256_cbc | aes_128_gcm | aes_256_gcm</c></p></item> <tag><c>hash() =</c></tag> - <item><p><c>md5 | sha</c></p></item> + <item><p><c>md5 | sha | sha224 | sha256 | sha348 | sha512</c></p></item> <tag><c>prf_random() =</c></tag> <item><p><c>client_random | server_random</c></p></item> @@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5746.txt">RFC 5746</url>. By default <c>secure_renegotiate</c> is set to <c>false</c>, that is, secure renegotiation is used if possible, - but it fallback to unsecure renegotiation if the peer + but it falls back to insecure renegotiation if the peer does not support <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5746.txt">RFC 5746</url>.</p> </item> @@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ atom()}} | <tag><c>unknown_ca</c></tag> <item><p>No trusted CA was found in the trusted store. The trusted CA is normally a so called ROOT CA, which is a self-signed certificate. Trust can - be claimed for an intermediat CA (trusted anchor does not have to be + be claimed for an intermediate CA (trusted anchor does not have to be self-signed according to X-509) by using option <c>partial_chain</c>.</p> </item> @@ -352,7 +354,7 @@ marker="public_key:public_key#pkix_path_validation-3">public_key:pkix_path_valid <tag><c>{http, timeout()}</c></tag> <item><p> Enables fetching of CRLs specified as http URIs in<seealso - marker="public_key:public_key_records"> X509 cerificate extensions.</seealso> + marker="public_key:public_key_records"> X509 certificate extensions.</seealso> Requires the OTP inets application.</p> </item> </taglist> @@ -611,14 +613,14 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) -> <tag><c>{sni_hosts, [{hostname(), ssloptions()}]}</c></tag> <item><p>If the server receives a SNI (Server Name Indication) from the client - matching a host listed in the <c>sni_hosts</c> option, the speicific options for + matching a host listed in the <c>sni_hosts</c> option, the specific options for that host will override previously specified options. The option <c>sni_fun</c>, and <c>sni_hosts</c> are mutually exclusive.</p></item> <tag><c>{sni_fun, SNIfun::fun()}</c></tag> <item><p>If the server receives a SNI (Server Name Indication) from the client, - the given function will be called to retrive <c>ssloptions()</c> for indicated server. + the given function will be called to retrieve <c>ssloptions()</c> for the indicated server. These options will be merged into predefined <c>ssloptions()</c>. The function should be defined as: @@ -632,7 +634,7 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) -> of resources of such an operation is higher for the server than the client. This can act as a vector for denial of service attacks. The SSL application already takes measures to counter-act such attempts, - but client-initiated renegotiation can be stricly disabled by setting + but client-initiated renegotiation can be strictly disabled by setting this option to <c>false</c>. The default value is <c>true</c>. Note that disabling renegotiation can result in long-lived connections becoming unusable due to limits on the number of messages the underlying @@ -748,26 +750,13 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) -> <v>How = timeout() | {NewController::pid(), timeout()} </v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> - <desc><p>Closes or downgrades an SSL connection, in the later case the transport - connection will be handed over to the <c>NewController</c> process after reciving - the TLS close alert from the peer. The retuned transport socket will have - the following options set [{active, false}, {packet, 0}, {mode, binary}].</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name>connection_info(SslSocket) -> - {ok, {ProtocolVersion, CipherSuite}} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Returns the Negotiated Protocol version and cipher suite. - </fsummary> - <type> - <v>CipherSuite = ciphersuite()</v> - <v>ProtocolVersion = protocol()</v> - </type> - <desc><p>Returns the Negotiated Protocol version and cipher suite.</p> + <desc><p>Closes or downgrades an SSL connection. In the latter case the transport + connection will be handed over to the <c>NewController</c> process after receiving + the TLS close alert from the peer. The returned transport socket will have + the following options set: <c>[{active, false}, {packet, 0}, {mode, binary}]</c></p> </desc> </func> - + <func> <name>controlling_process(SslSocket, NewOwner) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> @@ -786,40 +775,36 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) -> <func> <name>connection_information(SslSocket) -> - {ok, Info} | {error, Reason} </name> + {ok, Result} | {error, Reason} </name> <fsummary>Returns all the connection information. </fsummary> <type> - <v>Info = [InfoTuple]</v> - <v>InfoTuple = {protocol, Protocol} | {cipher_suite, CipherSuite} | {sni_hostname, SNIHostname}</v> - <v>CipherSuite = ciphersuite()</v> - <v>ProtocolVersion = protocol()</v> - <v>SNIHostname = string()</v> + <v>Item = protocol | cipher_suite | sni_hostname | 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>Return all the connection information containing negotiated protocol version, cipher suite, and the hostname of SNI extension. - Info will be a proplists containing all the connection information on success, otherwise <c>{error, Reason}</c> will be returned.</p> + <desc><p>Returns all relevant information about the connection, ssl options that + are undefined will be filtered out.</p> </desc> </func> <func> <name>connection_information(SslSocket, Items) -> - {ok, Info} | {error, Reason} </name> + {ok, Result} | {error, Reason} </name> <fsummary>Returns the requested connection information. </fsummary> <type> - <v>Items = [Item]</v> - <v>Item = protocol | cipher_suite | sni_hostname</v> - <v>Info = [InfoTuple]</v> - <v>InfoTuple = {protocol, Protocol} | {cipher_suite, CipherSuite} | {sni_hostname, SNIHostname}</v> - <v>CipherSuite = ciphersuite()</v> - <v>ProtocolVersion = protocol()</v> - <v>SNIHostname = string()</v> + <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>Result = [{Item::atom(), Value::term()}]</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> - <desc><p>Returns the connection information you requested. The connection information you can request contains protocol, cipher_suite, and sni_hostname. - <c>{ok, Info}</c> will be returned if it executes sucessfully. The Info is a proplists containing the information you requested. - Otherwise, <c>{error, Reason}</c> will be returned.</p> + <desc><p>Returns the requested information items about the connection, + if they are defined.</p> + <note><p>If only undefined options are requested the + resulting list can be empty.</p></note> </desc> </func> @@ -1146,7 +1131,7 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) -> <seealso marker="#listen-2"> listen/2</seealso>, and <seealso marker="#ssl_accept-2">ssl_accept/[1,2,3]</seealso>. For the negotiated TLS/SSL version, see <seealso - marker="#connection_info-1">ssl:connection_info/1 + marker="#connection_information-1">ssl:connection_information/1 </seealso>.</item> <tag><c>available</c></tag> 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> |