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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2020-06-15 12:11:46 +0100
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2020-06-23 12:46:47 +0100
commit457751fb48d8f6c31f32cdc1bcfcc376db98bacb (patch)
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parentf12dd99170c1bbcd4a503fe2e615d6a3f0900d1d (diff)
downloadopenssl-new-457751fb48d8f6c31f32cdc1bcfcc376db98bacb.tar.gz
Update the SSL_dup documentation to match reality
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/12180)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/man3/SSL_new.pod74
1 files changed, 64 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_new.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_new.pod
index 6dfe021ec7..4d963d10d8 100644
--- a/doc/man3/SSL_new.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/SSL_new.pod
@@ -26,16 +26,9 @@ structure are freed.
SSL_up_ref() increments the reference count for an
existing B<SSL> structure.
-SSL_dup() duplicates an existing B<SSL> structure into a new allocated one
-or just increments the reference count if the connection is active. All
-settings are inherited from the original B<SSL> structure. Dynamic data (i.e.
-existing connection details) are not copied, the new B<SSL> is set into an
-initial accept (server) or connect (client) state.
-
-SSL_dup() allows applications to configure an SSL handle for use in multiple
-SSL connections, and then duplicate it prior to initiating each connection
-with the duplicated handle. Use of SSL_dup() avoids the need to repeat
-the configuration of the handles for each connection.
+The function SSL_dup() creates and returns a new B<SSL> structure from the same
+B<SSL_CTX> that was used to create I<s>. It additionally duplicates a subset of
+the settings in I<s> into the new B<SSL> object.
For SSL_dup() to work, the connection MUST be in its initial state and
MUST NOT have not yet have started the SSL handshake. For connections
@@ -45,6 +38,67 @@ use L<SSL_clear(3)> to recycle an SSL handle that is not in its initial
state for re-use, but this is best avoided. Instead, save and restore
the session, if desired, and construct a fresh handle for each connection.
+The subset of settings in I<s> that are duplicated are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item any session data if configured (including the session_id_context)
+
+=item any tmp_dh settings set via L<SSL_set_tmp_dh(3)>,
+L<SSL_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)>, or L<SSL_set_dh_auto(3)>
+
+=item any configured certificates, private keys or certificate chains
+
+=item any configured signature algorithms, or client signature algorithms
+
+=item any DANE settings
+
+=item any Options set via L<SSL_set_options(3)>
+
+=item any Mode set via L<SSL_set_mode(3)>
+
+=item any minimum or maximum protocol settings set via
+L<SSL_set_min_proto_version(3)> or L<SSL_set_max_proto_version(3)> (Note: Only
+from OpenSSL 1.1.1h and above)
+
+=item any Verify mode, callback or depth set via L<SSL_set_verify(3)> or
+L<SSL_set_verify_depth(3)> or any configured X509 verification parameters
+
+=item any msg callback or info callback set via L<SSL_set_msg_callback(3)> or
+L<SSL_set_info_callback(3)>
+
+=item any default password callback set via L<SSL_set_default_passwd_cb(3)>
+
+=item any session id generation callback set via L<SSL_set_generate_session_id(3)>
+
+=item any configured Cipher List
+
+=item any BIOs configured on I<s> will have new BIO's created and the BIO state
+duplicated via BIO_dup_state().
+
+=item initial accept (server) or connect (client) state
+
+=item the max cert list value set via L<SSL_set_max_cert_list(3)>
+
+=item the read_ahead value set via L<SSL_set_read_ahead(3)>
+
+=item application specific data set via L<SSL_set_ex_data(3)>
+
+=item any CA list or client CA list set via L<SSL_set0_CA_list(3)>,
+SSL_set0_client_CA_list() or similar functions
+
+=item any security level settings or callbacks
+
+=item any configured serverinfo data
+
+=item any configured PSK identity hint
+
+=item any configured custom extensions
+
+=item any client certificate types configured via SSL_set1_client_certificate_types
+
+=back
+
=head1 RETURN VALUES
The following return values can occur: