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authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2001-05-02 09:09:04 +0000
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2001-05-02 09:09:04 +0000
commit6ef9d8328bd09d3b6a19be83bf46724c806cb1ce (patch)
tree69d41b8bec58f00e593b1aa419a3eb378321ff32 /doc
parent5a9c441c6e739ef0e3585e7aaa544fdf074a1ad4 (diff)
downloadopenssl-6ef9d8328bd09d3b6a19be83bf46724c806cb1ce.tar.gz
Merge in changes from the 0.9.6-stable branch.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apps/rsautl.pod4
-rw-r--r--doc/apps/s_server.pod2
-rw-r--r--doc/crypto/bio.pod2
-rw-r--r--doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod14
-rw-r--r--doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list.pod24
-rw-r--r--doc/ssl/SSL_get_peer_certificate.pod9
-rw-r--r--doc/ssl/SSL_shutdown.pod2
7 files changed, 34 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/rsautl.pod b/doc/apps/rsautl.pod
index 7a334bc8d6..a7c1681d98 100644
--- a/doc/apps/rsautl.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/rsautl.pod
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ Sign some data using a private key:
Recover the signed data
- openssl rsautl -sign -in sig -inkey key.pem
+ openssl rsautl -verify -in sig -inkey key.pem
Examine the raw signed data:
- openssl rsautl -sign -in file -inkey key.pem -raw -hexdump
+ openssl rsautl -verify -in file -inkey key.pem -raw -hexdump
0000 - 00 01 ff ff ff ff ff ff-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
0010 - ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................
diff --git a/doc/apps/s_server.pod b/doc/apps/s_server.pod
index 419383b55d..313116ab66 100644
--- a/doc/apps/s_server.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/s_server.pod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ s_server - SSL/TLS server program
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<openssl> B<s_client>
+B<openssl> B<s_server>
[B<-accept port>]
[B<-context id>]
[B<-verify depth>]
diff --git a/doc/crypto/bio.pod b/doc/crypto/bio.pod
index 24f61dfb56..f9239226ff 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/bio.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/bio.pod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ BIO).
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<BIO_ctrl(3)|BIO_ctrl(3)>,
-L<BIO_f_base64(3)|BIO_f_base64(3)>,
+L<BIO_f_base64(3)|BIO_f_base64(3)>, L<BIO_f_buffer(3)|BIO_f_buffer(3)>,
L<BIO_f_cipher(3)|BIO_f_cipher(3)>, L<BIO_f_md(3)|BIO_f_md(3)>,
L<BIO_f_null(3)|BIO_f_null(3)>, L<BIO_f_ssl(3)|BIO_f_ssl(3)>,
L<BIO_find_type(3)|BIO_find_type(3)>, L<BIO_new(3)|BIO_new(3)>,
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod
index 88f18bd5ff..0f63537e78 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ which can be used e.g. for descriptions of the certificates.
The B<CAfile> is processed on execution of the SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations()
function.
-If on an TLS/SSL server no special setting is performed using *client_CA_list()
-functions, the certificates contained in B<CAfile> are listed to the client
-as available CAs during the TLS/SSL handshake.
-
If B<CApath> is not NULL, it points to a directory containing CA certificates
in PEM format. The files each contain one CA certificate. The files are
looked up by the CA subject name hash value, which must hence be available.
@@ -50,9 +46,6 @@ The certificates in B<CApath> are only looked up when required, e.g. when
building the certificate chain or when actually performing the verification
of a peer certificate.
-On a server, the certificates in B<CApath> are not listed as available
-CA certificates to a client during a TLS/SSL handshake.
-
When looking up CA certificates, the OpenSSL library will first search the
certificates in B<CAfile>, then those in B<CApath>. Certificate matching
is done based on the subject name, the key identifier (if present), and the
@@ -62,6 +55,13 @@ matching the parameters is found, the verification process will be performed;
no other certificates for the same parameters will be searched in case of
failure.
+In server mode, when requesting a client certificate, the server must send
+the list of CAs of which it will accept client certificates. This list
+is not influenced by the contents of B<CAfile> or B<CApath> and must
+explicitely be set using the
+L<SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(3)|SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(3)>
+family of functions.
+
When building its own certificate chain, an OpenSSL client/server will
try to fill in missing certificates from B<CAfile>/B<CApath>, if the
certificate chain was not explicitly specified (see
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list.pod
index 81e312761e..632b556d12 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list.pod
@@ -36,25 +36,23 @@ the chosen B<ssl>, overriding the setting valid for B<ssl>'s SSL_CTX object.
When a TLS/SSL server requests a client certificate (see
B<SSL_CTX_set_verify_options()>), it sends a list of CAs, for which
-it will accept certificates, to the client. If no special list is provided,
-the CAs available using the B<CAfile> option in
-L<SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3)|SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3)>
-are sent.
+it will accept certificates, to the client.
-This list can be explicitly set using the SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list() for
+This list must explicitly be set using SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list() for
B<ctx> and SSL_set_client_CA_list() for the specific B<ssl>. The list
specified overrides the previous setting. The CAs listed do not become
trusted (B<list> only contains the names, not the complete certificates); use
L<SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3)|SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3)>
to additionally load them for verification.
+If the list of acceptable CAs is compiled in a file, the
+L<SSL_load_client_CA_file(3)|SSL_load_client_CA_file(3)>
+function can be used to help importing the necessary data.
+
SSL_CTX_add_client_CA() and SSL_add_client_CA() can be used to add additional
items the list of client CAs. If no list was specified before using
SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list() or SSL_set_client_CA_list(), a new client
-CA list for B<ctx> or B<ssl> (as appropriate) is opened. The CAs implicitly
-specified using
-L<SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3)|SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3)>
-are no longer used automatically.
+CA list for B<ctx> or B<ssl> (as appropriate) is opened.
These functions are only useful for TLS/SSL servers.
@@ -80,11 +78,17 @@ to find out the reason.
=back
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+Scan all certificates in B<CAfile> and list them as acceptable CAs:
+
+ SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(ctx,SSL_load_client_CA_file(CAfile));
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>,
L<SSL_get_client_CA_list(3)|SSL_get_client_CA_list(3)>,
-L<SSL_load_client_CA_file(3)|SSL_load_client_CA_file(3)>
+L<SSL_load_client_CA_file(3)|SSL_load_client_CA_file(3)>,
L<SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3)|SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3)>
=cut
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_get_peer_certificate.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_get_peer_certificate.pod
index 1102c7fba9..18d1db5183 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_get_peer_certificate.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_get_peer_certificate.pod
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ peer presented. If the peer did not present a certificate, NULL is returned.
=head1 NOTES
+Due to the protocol definition, a TLS/SSL server will always send a
+certificate, if present. A client will only send a certificate when
+explicitely requested to do so by the server (see
+L<SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)|SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)>). If an anonymous cipher
+is used, no certificates are sent.
+
That a certificate is returned does not indicate information about the
verification state, use L<SSL_get_verify_result(3)|SSL_get_verify_result(3)>
to check the verification state.
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ The return value points to the certificate presented by the peer.
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_get_verify_result(3)|SSL_get_verify_result(3)>
+L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_get_verify_result(3)|SSL_get_verify_result(3)>,
+L<SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)|SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)>
=cut
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_shutdown.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_shutdown.pod
index 7988dd3c90..c4ae6704e7 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_shutdown.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_shutdown.pod
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Call SSL_get_error() with the return value B<ret> to find out the reason.
L<SSL_get_error(3)|SSL_get_error(3)>, L<SSL_connect(3)|SSL_connect(3)>,
L<SSL_accept(3)|SSL_accept(3)>, L<SSL_set_shutdown(3)|SSL_set_shutdown(3)>,
-L<SSL_clear(3)|SSL_clear(3), L<SSL_free(3)|SSL_free(3)>,
+L<SSL_clear(3)|SSL_clear(3)>, L<SSL_free(3)|SSL_free(3)>,
L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<bio(3)|bio(3)>
=cut