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diff --git a/lib/libssl/man/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.3 b/lib/libssl/man/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c4661c8faf8 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libssl/man/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.3 @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ +.\" +.\" $OpenBSD: SSL_CIPHER_get_name.3,v 1.1 2016/11/05 15:32:19 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 5 2016 $ +.Dt SSL_CIPHER_GET_NAME 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm SSL_CIPHER_get_name , +.Nm SSL_CIPHER_get_bits , +.Nm SSL_CIPHER_get_version , +.Nm SSL_CIPHER_description +.Nd get SSL_CIPHER properties +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In openssl/ssl.h +.Ft const char * +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_get_name "const SSL_CIPHER *cipher" +.Ft int +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_get_bits "const SSL_CIPHER *cipher" "int *alg_bits" +.Ft char * +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_get_version "const SSL_CIPHER *cipher" +.Ft char * +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_description "const SSL_CIPHER *cipher" "char *buf" "int size" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_get_name +returns a pointer to the name of +.Fa cipher . +If the +argument is the +.Dv NULL +pointer, a pointer to the constant value +.Qq NONE +is returned. +.Pp +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_get_bits +returns the number of secret bits used for +.Fa cipher . +If +.Fa alg_bits +is not +.Dv NULL , +it contains the number of bits processed by the +chosen algorithm. +If +.Fa cipher +is +.Dv NULL , +0 is returned. +.Pp +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_get_version +returns a string which indicates the SSL/TLS protocol version that first +defined the cipher. +This is currently +.Qq SSLv2 +or +.Qq TLSv1/SSLv3 . +In some cases it should possibly return +.Qq TLSv1.2 +but the function does not; use +.Xr SSL_CIPHER_description 3 +instead. +If +.Fa cipher +is +.Dv NULL , +.Qq (NONE) +is returned. +.Pp +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_description +returns a textual description of the cipher used into the buffer +.Fa buf +of length +.Fa len +provided. +If +.Fa buf +is +.Dv NULL , +a buffer is allocated using +.Xr asprintf 3 ; +that buffer should be freed using the +.Xr free 3 +function. +If +.Fa len +is too small, or if +.Fa buf +is +.Dv NULL +and the allocation fails, a pointer to the string +.Qq Buffer too small +is returned. +.Sh NOTES +The number of bits processed can be different from the secret bits. +For example, an export cipher like EXP-RC4-MD5 has only 40 secret bits. +The algorithm does use the full 128 bits (which would be returned for +.Fa alg_bits ) , +but 88 bits are fixed. +The search space is hence only 40 bits. +.Pp +The string returned by +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_description +in case of success consists +of cleartext information separated by one or more blanks in the following +sequence: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Aq Ar ciphername +Textual representation of the cipher name. +.It Aq Ar protocol version +Protocol version: +.Em SSLv2 , +.Em SSLv3 , +.Em TLSv1.2 . +The TLSv1.0 ciphers are flagged with SSLv3. +No new ciphers were added by TLSv1.1. +.It Kx= Ns Aq Ar key exchange +Key exchange method: +.Em RSA +(for export ciphers as +.Em RSA(512) +or +.Em RSA(1024) ) , +.Em DH +(for export ciphers as +.Em DH(512) +or +.Em DH(1024) ) , +.Em DH/RSA , +.Em DH/DSS , +.Em Fortezza . +.It Au= Ns Aq Ar authentication +Authentication method: +.Em RSA , +.Em DSS , +.Em DH , +.Em None . +.Em None +is the representation of anonymous ciphers. +.It Enc= Ns Aq Ar symmetric encryption method +Encryption method with number of secret bits: +.Em DES(40) , +.Em DES(56) , +.Em 3DES(168) , +.Em RC4(40) , +.Em RC4(56) , +.Em RC4(64) , +.Em RC4(128) , +.Em RC2(40) , +.Em RC2(56) , +.Em RC2(128) , +.Em IDEA(128) , +.Em Fortezza , +.Em None . +.It Mac= Ns Aq Ar message authentication code +Message digest: +.Em MD5 , +.Em SHA1 . +.It Aq Ar export flag +If the cipher is flagged exportable with respect to old US crypto +regulations, the word +.Dq export +is printed. +.El +.Sh RETURN VALUES +See +.Sx DESCRIPTION +.Sh EXAMPLES +Some examples for the output of +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_description : +.D1 "EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH Au=RSA Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1" +.D1 "EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH Au=DSS Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1" +.D1 "RC4-MD5 SSLv3 Kx=RSA Au=RSA Enc=RC4(128) Mac=MD5" +.D1 "EXP-RC4-MD5 SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA Enc=RC4(40) Mac=MD5 export" +.Pp +A complete list can be retrieved by invoking the following command: +.Pp +.Dl $ openssl ciphers -v ALL +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr openssl 1 , +.Xr ssl 3 , +.Xr SSL_get_ciphers 3 , +.Xr SSL_get_current_cipher 3 +.Sh BUGS +If +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_description +is called with +.Fa cipher +being +.Dv NULL , +the library crashes. +.Pp +If +.Fn SSL_CIPHER_description +cannot handle a built-in cipher, +the according description of the cipher property is +.Qq unknown . +This case should not occur. |