initial update of ciphers doc
authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:42:38 +0000 (00:42 +0000)
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:42:38 +0000 (00:42 +0000)
doc/apps/ciphers.pod

index f44aa00a2fdb5ffd5e5979a5641c6bcc10279166..2151be944d2c9c0697449a9caa2bcc29d5ab9416 100644 (file)
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ B<openssl> B<ciphers>
 [B<-ssl2>]
 [B<-ssl3>]
 [B<-tls1>]
+[B<-stdnames>]
 [B<cipherlist>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ SSL v2 and for SSL v3/TLS v1.
 
 =item B<-V>
 
-Like B<-V>, but include cipher suite codes in output (hex format).
+Like B<-v>, but include cipher suite codes in output (hex format).
 
 =item B<-ssl3>
 
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ only include SSL v2 ciphers.
 
 only include TLS v1 ciphers.
 
+=item B<-stdname>
+
+precede each ciphersuite by its standard name: only available is OpenSSL
+is built with tracing enabled (B<enable-ssl-trace> argument to Configure).
+
 =item B<-h>, B<-?>
 
 print a brief usage message.
@@ -130,17 +136,18 @@ the cipher suites not enabled by B<ALL>, currently being B<eNULL>.
 
 =item B<HIGH>
 
-"high" encryption cipher suites. This currently means those with key lengths larger
-than 128 bits, and some cipher suites with 128-bit keys.
+"high" encryption cipher suites. This currently means those with key lengths
+larger than 128 bits, and some cipher suites with 128-bit keys.
 
 =item B<MEDIUM>
 
-"medium" encryption cipher suites, currently some of those using 128 bit encryption.
+"medium" encryption cipher suites, currently some of those using 128 bit
+encryption.
 
 =item B<LOW>
 
-"low" encryption cipher suites, currently those using 64 or 56 bit encryption algorithms
-but excluding export cipher suites.
+"low" encryption cipher suites, currently those using 64 or 56 bit encryption
+algorithms but excluding export cipher suites.
 
 =item B<EXP>, B<EXPORT>
 
@@ -168,22 +175,18 @@ the cipher suites offering no authentication. This is currently the anonymous
 DH algorithms. These cipher suites are vulnerable to a "man in the middle"
 attack and so their use is normally discouraged.
 
-=item B<kRSA>, B<RSA>
+=item B<kRSA>, B<aRSA>, B<RSA>
 
-cipher suites using RSA key exchange.
+cipher suites using RSA key exchange, authentication or either respectively.
 
 =item B<kEDH>
 
 cipher suites using ephemeral DH key agreement.
 
-=item B<kDHr>, B<kDHd>
+=item B<kDHr>, B<kDHd>, B<kDH>
 
 cipher suites using DH key agreement and DH certificates signed by CAs with RSA
-and DSS keys respectively. Not implemented.
-
-=item B<aRSA>
-
-cipher suites using RSA authentication, i.e. the certificates carry RSA keys.
+and DSS keys or either respectively.
 
 =item B<aDSS>, B<DSS>
 
@@ -192,32 +195,39 @@ cipher suites using DSS authentication, i.e. the certificates carry DSS keys.
 =item B<aDH>
 
 cipher suites effectively using DH authentication, i.e. the certificates carry
-DH keys.  Not implemented.
+DH keys.
 
 =item B<kFZA>, B<aFZA>, B<eFZA>, B<FZA>
 
 ciphers suites using FORTEZZA key exchange, authentication, encryption or all
 FORTEZZA algorithms. Not implemented.
 
-=item B<TLSv1>, B<SSLv3>, B<SSLv2>
+=item B<TLSv1.2>, B<TLSv1>, B<SSLv3>, B<SSLv2>
 
-TLS v1.0, SSL v3.0 or SSL v2.0 cipher suites respectively.
+TLS v1.2, TLS v1.0, SSL v3.0 or SSL v2.0 cipher suites respectively. Note:
+there are no ciphersuites specific to TLS v1.1.
 
 =item B<DH>
 
-cipher suites using DH, including anonymous DH.
+cipher suites using DH, including anonymous DH, ephemeral DH and fixed DH.
 
 =item B<ADH>
 
 anonymous DH cipher suites.
 
-=item B<AES>
+=item B<AES128>, B<AES256>, B<AES>
+
+cipher suites using 128 bit AES, 256 bit AES or either 128 or 256 bit AES.
+
+=item B<AESGCM>
 
-cipher suites using AES.
+AES in Galois Counter Mode (GCM): these ciphersuites are only supported
+in TLS v1.2.
 
-=item B<CAMELLIA>
+=item B<CAMELLIA128>, B<CAMELLIA256>, B<CAMELLIA>
 
-cipher suites using Camellia.
+cipher suites using 128 bit CAMELLIA, 256 bit CAMELLIA or either 128 or 256 bit
+CAMELLIA.
 
 =item B<3DES>
 
@@ -251,6 +261,10 @@ cipher suites using MD5.
 
 cipher suites using SHA1.
 
+=item B<SHA256>, B<SHA384>
+
+ciphersuites using SHA256 or SHA384.
+
 =item B<aGOST> 
 
 cipher suites using GOST R 34.10 (either 2001 or 94) for authenticaction
@@ -277,6 +291,21 @@ cipher suites, using HMAC based on GOST R 34.11-94.
 
 cipher suites using GOST 28147-89 MAC B<instead of> HMAC.
 
+=item B<PSK>
+
+cipher suites using pre-shared keys (PSK).
+
+=item B<SUITEB128>, B<SUITEB128ONLY>, B<SUITEB192>
+
+enables suite B mode operation using 128 (permitting 192 bit mode by peer)
+128 bit (not permitting 192 bit by peer) or 192 bit level of security
+respectively. If used these cipherstrings should appear first in the cipher
+list and anything after them is ignored. Setting Suite B mode has additional
+consequences required to comply with RFC6460. In particular the supported
+signature algorithms is reduced to support only ECDSA and SHA256 or SHA384,
+only the elliptic curves P-256 and P-384 can be used and only the two suite B
+compliant ciphersuites (ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 and
+ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384) are permissible.
 
 =back
 
@@ -423,7 +452,100 @@ Note: these ciphers can also be used in SSL v3.
  TLS_DHE_DSS_EXPORT1024_WITH_RC4_56_SHA  EXP1024-DHE-DSS-RC4-SHA
  TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_RC4_128_SHA            DHE-DSS-RC4-SHA
 
-=head2 SSL v2.0 cipher suites.
+=head2 Elliptic curve cipher suites.
+ TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA              ECDH-RSA-NULL-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA           ECDH-RSA-RC4-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA      ECDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA       ECDH-RSA-AES128-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA       ECDH-RSA-AES256-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_NULL_SHA            ECDH-ECDSA-NULL-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA         ECDH-ECDSA-RC4-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA    ECDH-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA     ECDH-ECDSA-AES128-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA     ECDH-ECDSA-AES256-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA             ECDHE-RSA-NULL-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA          ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA     ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA      ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA      ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_NULL_SHA           ECDHE-ECDSA-NULL-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA        ECDHE-ECDSA-RC4-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA   ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA    ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA
+ TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA    ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_NULL_SHA             AECDH-NULL-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_RC4_128_SHA          AECDH-RC4-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA     AECDH-DES-CBC3-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA      AECDH-AES128-SHA
+ TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA      AECDH-AES256-SHA
+
+=head2 TLS v1.2 cipher suites
+
+ TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA256                  NULL-SHA256
+
+ TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256           AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256           AES256-SHA256
+ TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256           AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384           AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+ TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256        DH-RSA-AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256        DH-RSA-AES256-SHA256
+ TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256        DH-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384        DH-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+ TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256        DH-DSS-AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256        DH-DSS-AES256-SHA256
+ TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256        DH-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384        DH-DSS-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+ TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256       DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256       DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256
+ TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256       DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384       DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+ TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256       DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256       DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA256
+ TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256       DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384       DHE-DSS-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+ TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256      ECDH-RSA-AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384      ECDH-RSA-AES256-SHA384
+ TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256      ECDH-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384      ECDH-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+ TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256    ECDH-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384    ECDH-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384
+ TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256    ECDH-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384    ECDH-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+ TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256     ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384     ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384
+ TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256     ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384     ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+ TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256   ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384   ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384
+ TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256   ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384   ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+ TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256       ADH-AES128-SHA256
+ TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256       ADH-AES256-SHA256
+ TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256       ADH-AES128-GCM-SHA256
+ TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384       ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+
+=head2 Pre shared keying (PSK) cipheruites
+
+ TLS_PSK_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA              PSK-AES256-CBC-SHA
+ TLS_PSK_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA             PSK-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA
+ TLS_PSK_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA              PSK-AES128-CBC-SHA
+ TLS_PSK_WITH_RC4_128_SHA                  PSK-RC4-SHA
+
+=head2 Deprecated SSL v2.0 cipher suites.
 
  SSL_CK_RC4_128_WITH_MD5                 RC4-MD5
  SSL_CK_RC4_128_EXPORT40_WITH_MD5        EXP-RC4-MD5
@@ -433,10 +555,8 @@ Note: these ciphers can also be used in SSL v3.
  SSL_CK_DES_64_CBC_WITH_MD5              DES-CBC-MD5
  SSL_CK_DES_192_EDE3_CBC_WITH_MD5        DES-CBC3-MD5
 
-=head1 NOTES
 
-The non-ephemeral DH modes are currently unimplemented in OpenSSL
-because there is no support for DH certificates.
+=head1 NOTES
 
 Some compiled versions of OpenSSL may not include all the ciphers
 listed here because some ciphers were excluded at compile time.