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authorPaul Yang <paulyang.inf@gmail.com>2017-06-13 20:18:55 +0800
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-06-13 08:39:06 -0400
commit481afe2ad1325caf4beb0b9dee89cf69e7825e99 (patch)
treec9357722f30a4e9501f3a71f46ce1b95eb0d815a
parent979874a208e2244e1e65533aaa31d7aa0cf00cc5 (diff)
downloadopenssl-481afe2ad1325caf4beb0b9dee89cf69e7825e99.tar.gz
Make SNI behavior more clear in s_client doc & help
Update s_client -help and pod file. Signed-off-by: Paul Yang <paulyang.inf@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3654)
-rw-r--r--apps/s_client.c2
-rw-r--r--doc/man1/s_client.pod14
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/apps/s_client.c b/apps/s_client.c
index 663ab49f51..8af3853e4b 100644
--- a/apps/s_client.c
+++ b/apps/s_client.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ const OPTIONS s_client_options[] = {
"CA file for certificate verification (PEM format)"},
{"nocommands", OPT_NOCMDS, '-', "Do not use interactive command letters"},
{"servername", OPT_SERVERNAME, 's',
- "Set TLS extension servername in ClientHello"},
+ "Set TLS extension servername (SNI) in ClientHello (default)"},
{"noservername", OPT_NOSERVERNAME, '-',
"Do not send the server name (SNI) extension in the ClientHello"},
{"tlsextdebug", OPT_TLSEXTDEBUG, '-',
diff --git a/doc/man1/s_client.pod b/doc/man1/s_client.pod
index 5414ffa41e..9f6084d53e 100644
--- a/doc/man1/s_client.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/s_client.pod
@@ -159,16 +159,20 @@ Use IPv6 only.
=item B<-servername name>
Set the TLS SNI (Server Name Indication) extension in the ClientHello message to
-the given value.
+the given value. If both this option and the B<-noservername> are not given, the
+TLS SNI extension is still set to the hostname provided to the B<-connect> option,
+or "localhost" if B<-connect> has not been supplied. This is default since OpenSSL
+1.1.1.
+
+Even though SNI name should normally be a DNS name and not an IP address, this
+option will not make the distinction when parsing B<-connect> and will send
+IP address if one passed.
=item B<-noservername>
Suppresses sending of the SNI (Server Name Indication) extension in the
ClientHello message. Cannot be used in conjunction with the B<-servername> or
-<-dane_tlsa_domain> options. If this option is not given then the hostname
-provided to the B<-connect> option is used in the SNI extension, or "localhost"
-if B<-connect> has not been supplied. Note that an SNI name should normally be a
-DNS name and not an IP address.
+<-dane_tlsa_domain> options.
=item B<-cert certname>