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diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml
index 83e5ed82bb..bd2cb70e3f 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>
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
<item>ssl requires the crypto and public_key applications.</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 sslv2 is not supported.</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 may 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 crypto
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ fun(OtpCert :: #'OTPCertificate'{}, Event :: {bad_cert, Reason :: atom() | {revo
</item>
- <tag>{partial_chain, fun(Chain::[DerCert]) -> {trusted_ca, DerCert} | unknown_ca </tag>
+ <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.
@@ -311,7 +313,7 @@ fun(OtpCert :: #'OTPCertificate'{}, Event :: {bad_cert, Reason :: atom() | {revo
<tag>{versions, [protocol()]}</tag>
<item>TLS protocol versions that will be supported by started clients and servers.
This option overrides the application environment option <c>protocol_version</c>. If the
- environment option is not set it defaults to all versions supported by the SSL application. See also
+ environment option is not set it defaults to all versions, except SSL-3.0, supported by the SSL application. See also
<seealso marker="ssl:ssl_app">ssl(6)</seealso>
</item>
@@ -904,19 +906,37 @@ fun(srp, Username :: string(), UserState :: term()) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name>versions() ->
- [{SslAppVer, SupportedSslVer, AvailableSslVsn}]</name>
+ <name>versions() -> [versions_info()]</name>
<fsummary>Returns version information relevant for the
ssl application.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>SslAppVer = string()</v>
- <v>SupportedSslVer = [protocol()]</v>
- <v>AvailableSslVsn = [protocol()]</v>
+ <v>versions_info() = {app_vsn, string()} | {supported | available, [protocol()] </v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>
Returns version information relevant for the
- ssl application.</p>
+ ssl application.
+ </p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag>app_vsn</tag>
+ <item> The application version of the OTP ssl application.</item>
+
+ <tag>supported</tag>
+
+ <item>TLS/SSL versions supported by default.
+ Overridden by a versions option on
+ <seealso marker="#connect-2"> connect/[2,3,4]</seealso>, <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
+ </seealso></item>
+
+ <tag>available</tag>
+ <item>All TLS/SSL versions that the Erlang ssl application
+ can support. Note that TLS 1.2 requires sufficient support
+ from the crypto application. </item>
+ </taglist>
</desc>
</func>
<func>