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+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+SSL_CTX_set_generate_session_id, SSL_set_generate_session_id, SSL_has_matching_session_id - manipulate generation of SSL session IDs (server only)
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/ssl.h>
+
+ typedef int (*GEN_SESSION_CB)(const SSL *ssl, unsigned char *id,
+ unsigned int *id_len);
+
+ int SSL_CTX_set_generate_session_id(SSL_CTX *ctx, GEN_SESSION_CB cb);
+ int SSL_set_generate_session_id(SSL *ssl, GEN_SESSION_CB, cb);
+ int SSL_has_matching_session_id(const SSL *ssl, const unsigned char *id,
+ unsigned int id_len);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+SSL_CTX_set_generate_session_id() sets the callback function for generating
+new session ids for SSL/TLS sessions for B<ctx> to be B<cb>.
+
+SSL_set_generate_session_id() sets the callback function for generating
+new session ids for SSL/TLS sessions for B<ssl> to be B<cb>.
+
+SSL_has_matching_session_id() checks, whether a session with id B<id>
+(of length B<id_len>) is already contained in the internal session cache
+of the parent context of B<ssl>.
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+When a new session is established between client and server, the server
+generates a session id. The session id is an arbitrary sequence of bytes.
+The length of the session id is 16 bytes for SSLv2 sessions and between
+1 and 32 bytes for SSLv3/TLSv1. The session id is not security critical
+but must be unique for the server. Additionally, the session id is
+transmitted in the clear when reusing the session so it must not contain
+sensitive information.
+
+Without a callback being set, an OpenSSL server will generate a unique
+session id from pseudo random numbers of the maximum possible length.
+Using the callback function, the session id can be changed to contain
+additional information like e.g. a host id in order to improve load balancing
+or external caching techniques.
+
+The callback function receives a pointer to the memory location to put
+B<id> into and a pointer to the maximum allowed length B<id_len>. The
+buffer at location B<id> is only guaranteed to have the size B<id_len>.
+The callback is only allowed to generate a shorter id and reduce B<id_len>;
+the callback B<must never> increase B<id_len> or write to the location
+B<id> exceeding the given limit.
+
+If a SSLv2 session id is generated and B<id_len> is reduced, it will be
+restored after the callback has finished and the session id will be padded
+with 0x00. It is not recommended to change the B<id_len> for SSLv2 sessions.
+The callback can use the L<SSL_get_version(3)|SSL_get_version(3)> function
+to check, whether the session is of type SSLv2.
+
+The location B<id> is filled with 0x00 before the callback is called, so the
+callback may only fill part of the possible length and leave B<id_len>
+untouched while maintaining reproducibility.
+
+Since the sessions must be distinguished, session ids must be unique.
+Without the callback a random number is used, so that the probability
+of generating the same session id is extremely small (2^128 possible ids
+for an SSLv2 session, 2^256 for SSLv3/TLSv1). In order to assure the
+uniqueness of the generated session id, the callback must call
+SSL_has_matching_session_id() and generate another id if a conflict occurs.
+If an id conflict is not resolved, the handshake will fail.
+If the application codes e.g. a unique host id, a unique process number, and
+a unique sequence number into the session id, uniqueness could easily be
+achieved without randomness added (it should however be taken care that
+no confidential information is leaked this way). If the application can not
+guarantee uniqueness, it is recommended to use the maximum B<id_len> and
+fill in the bytes not used to code special information with random data
+to avoid collisions.
+
+SSL_has_matching_session_id() will only query the internal session cache,
+not the external one. Since the session id is generated before the
+handshake is completed, it is not immediately added to the cache. If
+another thread is using the same internal session cache, a race condition
+can occur in that another thread generates the same session id.
+Collisions can also occur when using an external session cache, since
+the external cache is not tested with SSL_has_matching_session_id()
+and the same race condition applies.
+
+When calling SSL_has_matching_session_id() for an SSLv2 session with
+reduced B<id_len>, the match operation will be performed using the
+fixed length required and with a 0x00 padded id.
+
+The callback must return 0 if it cannot generate a session id for whatever
+reason and return 1 on success.
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+The callback function listed will generate a session id with the
+server id given, and will fill the rest with pseudo random bytes:
+
+ const char session_id_prefix = "www-18";
+
+ #define MAX_SESSION_ID_ATTEMPTS 10
+ static int generate_session_id(const SSL *ssl, unsigned char *id,
+ unsigned int *id_len)
+ {
+ unsigned int count = 0;
+ const char *version;
+
+ version = SSL_get_version(ssl);
+ if (!strcmp(version, "SSLv2"))
+ /* we must not change id_len */;
+
+ do {
+ RAND_pseudo_bytes(id, *id_len);
+ /* Prefix the session_id with the required prefix. NB: If our
+ * prefix is too long, clip it - but there will be worse effects
+ * anyway, eg. the server could only possibly create 1 session
+ * ID (ie. the prefix!) so all future session negotiations will
+ * fail due to conflicts. */
+ memcpy(id, session_id_prefix,
+ (strlen(session_id_prefix) < *id_len) ?
+ strlen(session_id_prefix) : *id_len);
+ }
+ while(SSL_has_matching_session_id(ssl, id, *id_len) &&
+ (++count < MAX_SESSION_ID_ATTEMPTS));
+ if(count >= MAX_SESSION_ID_ATTEMPTS)
+ return 0;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+SSL_CTX_set_generate_session_id() and SSL_set_generate_session_id()
+always return 1.
+
+SSL_has_matching_session_id() returns 1 if another session with the
+same id is already in the cache.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_get_version(3)|SSL_get_version(3)>
+
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+SSL_CTX_set_generate_session_id(), SSL_set_generate_session_id()
+and SSL_has_matching_session_id() have been introduced in
+OpenSSL 0.9.7.
+
+=cut
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