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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml | 41 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_crl_cache_api.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml | 10 |
4 files changed, 48 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml index 3a541ed162..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> @@ -480,8 +456,8 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) -> <p>The negotiated protocol can be retrieved using the <c>negotiated_protocol/1</c> function.</p> </item> - <tag><c>{client_preferred_next_protocols, {Precedence :: server | client, ClientPrefs :: [binary()]}}</c></tag> - <tag><c>{client_preferred_next_protocols, {Precedence :: server | client, ClientPrefs :: [binary()], Default :: binary()}}</c></tag> + <tag><c>{client_preferred_next_protocols, {Precedence :: server | client, ClientPrefs :: [binary()]}}</c><br/> + <c>{client_preferred_next_protocols, {Precedence :: server | client, ClientPrefs :: [binary()], Default :: binary()}}</c></tag> <item> <p>Indicates that the client is to try to perform Next Protocol Negotiation.</p> @@ -538,7 +514,6 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) -> be supported by the server for the prevention to work. </p></warning> </item> - </taglist> </section> diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_app.xml index 24b0f5300e..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 @@ -58,7 +84,7 @@ <p><c>erl -ssl protocol_version "['tlsv1.2', 'tlsv1.1']"</c></p> <taglist> - <tag><c> protocol_version = <seealso marker="ssl#type-protocol">ssl:protocol()</seealso> <![CDATA[<optional>]]></c></tag> + <tag><c>protocol_version = </c><seealso marker="ssl#type-protocol">ssl:protocol()</seealso><c><![CDATA[<optional>]]></c></tag> <item><p>Protocol supported by started clients and servers. If this option is not set, it defaults to all protocols currently supported by the SSL application. @@ -78,8 +104,8 @@ <item><p>List of extra user-defined arguments to the <c>init</c> function in the session cache callback module. Defaults to <c>[]</c>.</p></item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[session_cache_client_max = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag> - <tag><c><![CDATA[session_cache_server_max = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag> + <tag><c><![CDATA[session_cache_client_max = integer() <optional>]]></c><br/> + <c><![CDATA[session_cache_server_max = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag> <item><p>Limits the growth of the clients/servers session cache, if the maximum number of sessions is reached, the current cache entries will be invalidated regardless of their remaining lifetime. Defaults to 1000. diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_crl_cache_api.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_crl_cache_api.xml index 71c1c61fe8..03ac010bfe 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_crl_cache_api.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_crl_cache_api.xml @@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ <v> CRLs = [<seealso marker="public_key:public_key">public_key:der_encoded()</seealso>] </v> </type> - <desc> <p>Lookup the CRLs belonging to the distribution point <c> Distributionpoint</c>. </p> + <desc> <p>Lookup the CRLs belonging to the distribution point <c> Distributionpoint</c>. This function may choose to only look in the cache or to follow distribution point - links depending on how the cache is administrated. + links depending on how the cache is administrated. </p> </desc> </func> @@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ </desc> </func> </funcs> -</erlref>
\ No newline at end of file +</erlref> diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml index bd9330056d..b85d8fb284 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl_session_cache_api.xml @@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ <module>ssl_session_cache_api</module> <modulesummary>TLS session cache API</modulesummary> - <description>Defines the API for the TLS session cache so - that the data storage scheme can be replaced by - defining a new callback module implementing this API.</description> + <description> + <p> + Defines the API for the TLS session cache so + that the data storage scheme can be replaced by + defining a new callback module implementing this API. + </p> + </description> <section> <title>DATA TYPES</title> |