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index 5094c5737663..621d68d552d6 100644
--- a/secure/lib/libssl/man/SSL_CTX_new.3
+++ b/secure/lib/libssl/man/SSL_CTX_new.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.25 (Pod::Simple 3.23)
+.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.27 (Pod::Simple 3.28)
.\"
.\" Standard preamble:
.\" ========================================================================
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
. ds PI \(*p
. ds L" ``
. ds R" ''
+. ds C`
+. ds C'
'br\}
.\"
.\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform.
@@ -48,17 +50,24 @@
.\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index
.\" entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process the
.\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion.
-.ie \nF \{\
-. de IX
-. tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2"
+.\"
+.\" Avoid warning from groff about undefined register 'F'.
+.de IX
..
-. nr % 0
-. rr F
-.\}
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-. de IX
+.nr rF 0
+.if \n(.g .if rF .nr rF 1
+.if (\n(rF:(\n(.g==0)) \{
+. if \nF \{
+. de IX
+. tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2"
..
+. if !\nF==2 \{
+. nr % 0
+. nr F 2
+. \}
+. \}
.\}
+.rr rF
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@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "SSL_CTX_new 3"
-.TH SSL_CTX_new 3 "2013-02-11" "1.0.1e" "OpenSSL"
+.TH SSL_CTX_new 3 "2015-01-15" "1.0.1l" "OpenSSL"
.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
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@@ -172,20 +181,34 @@ compatibility reasons, see SSLv23_*\fI_method()\fR. It will also not understand
SSLv3 client hello messages.
.IP "SSLv23_method(void), SSLv23_server_method(void), SSLv23_client_method(void)" 4
.IX Item "SSLv23_method(void), SSLv23_server_method(void), SSLv23_client_method(void)"
-A \s-1TLS/SSL\s0 connection established with these methods will understand the SSLv2,
-SSLv3, and TLSv1 protocol. A client will send out SSLv2 client hello messages
-and will indicate that it also understands SSLv3 and TLSv1. A server will
-understand SSLv2, SSLv3, and TLSv1 client hello messages. This is the best
-choice when compatibility is a concern.
+A \s-1TLS/SSL\s0 connection established with these methods may understand the SSLv2,
+SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 protocols.
+.Sp
+If the cipher list does not contain any SSLv2 ciphersuites (the default
+cipher list does not) or extensions are required (for example server name)
+a client will send out TLSv1 client hello messages including extensions and
+will indicate that it also understands TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2 and permits a
+fallback to SSLv3. A server will support SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2
+protocols. This is the best choice when compatibility is a concern.
+.Sp
+If any SSLv2 ciphersuites are included in the cipher list and no extensions
+are required then SSLv2 compatible client hellos will be used by clients and
+SSLv2 will be accepted by servers. This is \fBnot\fR recommended due to the
+insecurity of SSLv2 and the limited nature of the SSLv2 client hello
+prohibiting the use of extensions.
.PP
The list of protocols available can later be limited using the SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2,
-SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1 options of the \fB\f(BISSL_CTX_set_options()\fB\fR or
-\&\fB\f(BISSL_set_options()\fB\fR functions. Using these options it is possible to choose
-e.g. \fISSLv23_server_method()\fR and be able to negotiate with all possible
-clients, but to only allow newer protocols like SSLv3 or TLSv1.
+SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 and SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2
+options of the \fISSL_CTX_set_options()\fR or \fISSL_set_options()\fR functions.
+Using these options it is possible to choose e.g. \fISSLv23_server_method()\fR and
+be able to negotiate with all possible clients, but to only allow newer
+protocols like TLSv1, TLSv1.1 or \s-1TLS\s0 v1.2.
+.PP
+Applications which never want to support SSLv2 (even is the cipher string
+is configured to use SSLv2 ciphersuites) can set SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2.
.PP
\&\fISSL_CTX_new()\fR initializes the list of ciphers, the session cache setting,
-the callbacks, the keys and certificates, and the options to its default
+the callbacks, the keys and certificates and the options to its default
values.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"