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diff --git a/README.080 b/README.080 deleted file mode 100644 index 155ce1c712..0000000000 --- a/README.080 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,147 +0,0 @@ -This version of SSLeay has quite a lot of things different from the -previous version. - -Basically check all callback parameters, I will be producing documentation -about how to use things in th future. Currently I'm just getting 080 out -the door. Please not that there are several ways to do everything, and -most of the applications in the apps directory are hybrids, some using old -methods and some using new methods. - -Have a look in demos/bio for some very simple programs and -apps/s_client.c and apps/s_server.c for some more advanced versions. -Notes are definitly needed but they are a week or so away. - -Anyway, some quick nots from Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com) ---- -Quick porting notes for moving from SSLeay-0.6.x to SSLeay-0.8.x to -get those people that want to move to using the new code base off to -a quick start. - -Note that Eric has tidied up a lot of the areas of the API that were -less than desirable and renamed quite a few things (as he had to break -the API in lots of places anyrate). There are a whole pile of additional -functions for making dealing with (and creating) certificates a lot -cleaner. - -01-Jul-97 -Tim Hudson -tjh@cryptsoft.com - ----8<--- - -To maintain code that uses both SSLeay-0.6.x and SSLeay-0.8.x you could -use something like the following (assuming you #include "crypto.h" which -is something that you really should be doing). - -#if SSLEAY_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x0800 -#define SSLEAY8 -#endif - -buffer.h -> splits into buffer.h and bio.h so you need to include bio.h - too if you are working with BIO internal stuff (as distinct - from simply using the interface in an opaque manner) - -#include "bio.h" - required along with "buffer.h" if you write - your own BIO routines as the buffer and bio - stuff that was intermixed has been separated - out - -envelope.h -> evp.h (which should have been done ages ago) - -Initialisation ... don't forget these or you end up with code that -is missing the bits required to do useful things (like ciphers): - -SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms() -(probably also want SSL_load_error_strings() too but you should have - already had that call in place) - -SSL_CTX_new() - requires an extra method parameter - SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_method()) - SSL_CTX_new(SSLv2_method()) - SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_method()) - - OR to only have the server or the client code - SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_server_method()) - SSL_CTX_new(SSLv2_server_method()) - SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_server_method()) - or - SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method()) - SSL_CTX_new(SSLv2_client_method()) - SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_client_method()) - -SSL_set_default_verify_paths() ... renamed to the more appropriate -SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths() - -If you want to use client certificates then you have to add in a bit -of extra stuff in that a SSLv3 server sends a list of those CAs that -it will accept certificates from ... so you have to provide a list to -SSLeay otherwise certain browsers will not send client certs. - -SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(ctx,SSL_load_client_CA_file(s_cert_file)); - - -X509_NAME_oneline(X) -> X509_NAME_oneline(X,NULL,0) - or provide a buffer and size to copy the - result into - -X509_add_cert -> X509_STORE_add_cert (and you might want to read the - notes on X509_NAME structure changes too) - - -VERIFICATION CODE -================= - -The codes have all be renamed from VERIFY_ERR_* to X509_V_ERR_* to -more accurately reflect things. - -The verification callback args are now packaged differently so that -extra fields for verification can be added easily in future without -having to break things by adding extra parameters each release :-) - -X509_cert_verify_error_string -> X509_verify_cert_error_string - - -BIO INTERNALS -============= - -Eric has fixed things so that extra flags can be introduced in -the BIO layer in future without having to play with all the BIO -modules by adding in some macros. - -The ugly stuff using - b->flags ~= (BIO_FLAGS_RW|BIO_FLAGS_SHOULD_RETRY) -becomes - BIO_clear_retry_flags(b) - - b->flags |= (BIO_FLAGS_READ|BIO_FLAGS_SHOULD_RETRY) -becomes - BIO_set_retry_read(b) - -Also ... BIO_get_retry_flags(b), BIO_set_flags(b) - - - -OTHER THINGS -============ - -X509_NAME has been altered so that it isn't just a STACK ... the STACK -is now in the "entries" field ... and there are a pile of nice functions -for getting at the details in a much cleaner manner. - -SSL_CTX has been altered ... "cert" is no longer a direct member of this -structure ... things are now down under "cert_store" (see x509_vfy.h) and -things are no longer in a CERTIFICATE_CTX but instead in a X509_STORE. -If your code "knows" about this level of detail then it will need some -surgery. - -If you depending on the incorrect spelling of a number of the error codes -then you will have to change your code as these have been fixed. - -ENV_CIPHER "type" got renamed to "nid" and as that is what it actually -has been all along so this makes things clearer. -ify_cert_error_string(ctx->error)); - -SSL_R_NO_CIPHER_WE_TRUST -> SSL_R_NO_CIPHER_LIST - and SSL_R_REUSE_CIPHER_LIST_NOT_ZERO - - |