Fix RT 3193

[oweals/openssl.git] / doc / ssl / SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list.pod

diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list.pod
index c2c349f65e7b6c2fea47715f8f8bad111858d31c..8b41917334b7bf95c654a23c7224eba48491372c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list.pod
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ of 512 bits and the server is not configured to use temporary RSA
 keys), the "no shared cipher" (SSL_R_NO_SHARED_CIPHER) error is generated
 and the handshake will fail.
 
+If the cipher list does not contain any SSLv2 cipher suites (this is the
+default) then SSLv2 is effectively disabled and neither clients nor servers
+will attempt to use SSLv2.
+
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
 SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list() and SSL_set_cipher_list() return 1 if any cipher