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authorLawrence Teo <lteo@cvs.openbsd.org>2013-03-14 04:03:48 +0000
committerLawrence Teo <lteo@cvs.openbsd.org>2013-03-14 04:03:48 +0000
commita48b59a9d6b2d511bcfdd2d48fae31e80f43fb89 (patch)
treee37192456121d62f3646088a7f8638ad1b694295 /share
parentf187e3607b2dce597d3d340cf4f6eea2b6630d36 (diff)
Remove SSLv2 references from the intro(3) and ssl(8) man pages, and
mention in ssl(8) that SSLv2 was disabled in OpenBSD 5.2. feedback/ok jmc sthen
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man3/intro.38
-rw-r--r--share/man/man8/ssl.816
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man3/intro.3 b/share/man/man3/intro.3
index e2e9fe23d46..91aad065dc4 100644
--- a/share/man/man3/intro.3
+++ b/share/man/man3/intro.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: intro.3,v 1.53 2012/09/25 19:54:02 brad Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: intro.3,v 1.54 2013/03/14 04:03:47 lteo Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: intro.3,v 1.5 1995/05/10 22:46:24 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)intro.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 25 2012 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 14 2013 $
.Dt INTRO 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ See
.Pp
.It libssl Pq Fl lssl
The OpenSSL ssl library implements the Secure Sockets Layer
-.Pq SSL v2/v3
+.Pq SSL v3
and Transport Layer Security
-.Pq TLS \&v1
+.Pq TLS v1
protocols.
See
.Xr ssl 3 .
diff --git a/share/man/man8/ssl.8 b/share/man/man8/ssl.8
index 95d79c8a4e1..85777b50f8c 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/ssl.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/ssl.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssl.8,v 1.54 2013/03/07 13:19:54 sthen Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssl.8,v 1.55 2013/03/14 04:03:47 lteo Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Theo de Raadt, Bob Beck
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 7 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 14 2013 $
.Dt SSL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ the OpenSSL libssl and libcrypto libraries.
This document is intended as an overview of what the libraries do,
and what uses them.
.Pp
-The SSL libraries (libssl and libcrypto) implement the SSL version 2,
-SSL version 3, and TLS version 1 protocols.
-SSL version 2 and 3 are most commonly used by the HTTPS protocol for
-encrypted web transactions, as can be done with
+The SSL libraries (libssl and libcrypto) implement the SSL version 3
+and TLS version 1 protocols.
+SSL and TLS are most commonly used by the HTTPS protocol for encrypted
+web transactions, as can be done with
.Xr httpd 8 .
The libcrypto library is also used by various programs such as
.Xr ssh 1 ,
@@ -284,5 +284,9 @@ libraries ship with the system.
However, this entire debacle is worth remembering when choosing
software and vendors.
.Pp
+Due to multiple flaws in the protocol, SSL version 2 was disabled in
+.Ox 5.2 .
+Users and programs should use SSL version 3 or TLS version 1 instead.
+.Pp
This document first appeared in
.Ox 2.5 .