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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod b/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod index eb772b55de4a..2e113be6065c 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod +++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod @@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ SSL_CIPHER_get_bits() returns the number of secret bits used for B<cipher>. If B<alg_bits> is not NULL, it contains the number of bits processed by the chosen algorithm. If B<cipher> is NULL, 0 is returned. -SSL_CIPHER_get_version() returns the protocol version for B<cipher>, currently -"SSLv2", "SSLv3", or "TLSv1". If B<cipher> is NULL, "(NONE)" is returned. +SSL_CIPHER_get_version() returns string which indicates the SSL/TLS protocol +version that first defined the cipher. +This is currently B<SSLv2> or B<TLSv1/SSLv3>. +In some cases it should possibly return "TLSv1.2" but does not; +use SSL_CIPHER_description() instead. +If B<cipher> is NULL, "(NONE)" is returned. SSL_CIPHER_description() returns a textual description of the cipher used into the buffer B<buf> of length B<len> provided. B<len> must be at least @@ -52,7 +56,8 @@ Textual representation of the cipher name. =item <protocol version> -Protocol version: B<SSLv2>, B<SSLv3>. The TLSv1 ciphers are flagged with SSLv3. +Protocol version: B<SSLv2>, B<SSLv3>, B<TLSv1.2>. The TLSv1.0 ciphers are +flagged with SSLv3. No new ciphers were added by TLSv1.1. =item Kx=<key exchange> @@ -91,6 +96,10 @@ Some examples for the output of SSL_CIPHER_description(): RC4-MD5 SSLv3 Kx=RSA Au=RSA Enc=RC4(128) Mac=MD5 EXP-RC4-MD5 SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA Enc=RC4(40) Mac=MD5 export +A comp[lete list can be retrieved by invoking the following command: + + openssl ciphers -v ALL + =head1 BUGS If SSL_CIPHER_description() is called with B<cipher> being NULL, the |