Documentation about ephemeral key exchange
authorLutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org>
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 11:04:35 +0000 (11:04 +0000)
committerLutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org>
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 11:04:35 +0000 (11:04 +0000)
doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list.pod
doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_options.pod
doc/ssl/ssl.pod

index 84825fb6f51ee176df7493d981f2bc138f8995a8..0fec5682965cf1f1bc2d5539c8a44c1375128a2c 100644 (file)
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ certificate and key.
 A RSA cipher can only be chosen, when a RSA certificate is available.
 RSA export ciphers with a keylength of 512 bits for the RSA key require
 a temporary 512 bit RSA key, as typically the supplied key has a length
-of 1024 bit. RSA ciphers using EDH need a certificate and key and
-additional DH-parameters.
+of 1024 bit (see
+L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)>).
+RSA ciphers using EDH need a certificate and key and additional DH-parameters.
 
 A DSA cipher can only be chosen, when a DSA certificate is available.
 DSA ciphers always use DH key exchange and therefore need DH-parameters.
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ could be selected and 0 on complete failure.
 
 L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_get_ciphers(3)|SSL_get_ciphers(3)>,
 L<SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)|SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)>,
+L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)>,
+L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)>,
 L<ciphers(1)|ciphers(1)>
 
 =cut
index 3dc7cc74ad63f91a1358ac2a4f8a033533586708..04d2aa55a8c6a8c38a05c31f7eedf780f40de3f7 100644 (file)
@@ -122,11 +122,13 @@ The following B<modifying> options are available:
 
 =item SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE
 
-Always create a new key when using temporary DH parameters.
+Always create a new key when using temporary DH parameters
+(see L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)>).
 
 =item SSL_OP_EPHEMERAL_RSA
 
-Also use the temporary RSA key when doing RSA operations.
+Also use ephemeral (temporary) RSA key when doing RSA operations
+(see L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)>).
 
 =item SSL_OP_PKCS1_CHECK_1
 
@@ -174,7 +176,9 @@ SSL_CTX_get_options() and SSL_get_options() return the current bitmask.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_new(3)|SSL_new(3)>, L<SSL_clear(3)|SSL_clear(3)>
+L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_new(3)|SSL_new(3)>, L<SSL_clear(3)|SSL_clear(3)>,
+L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)>,
+L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)>
 
 =head1 HISTORY
 
index a6b7864931d7893b614e60ee1cecf8f8cabf9a65..f7cebe5e4cae6174090da1eae73baca51ffc6713 100644 (file)
@@ -669,6 +669,8 @@ L<SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)|SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)>,
 L<SSL_CTX_set_session_id_context(3)|SSL_CTX_set_session_id_context(3)>,
 L<SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(3)|SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(3)>,
 L<SSL_CTX_set_timeout(3)|SSL_CTX_set_timeout(3)>,
+L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_rsa_callback(3)>,
+L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)|SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)>,
 L<SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)|SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)>,
 L<SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)|SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3)>,
 L<SSL_get_ciphers(3)|SSL_get_ciphers(3)>,