xref: /freebsd/crypto/openssl/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_options.pod (revision dd41de95a84d979615a2ef11df6850622bf6184e)
1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5SSL_CTX_set_options, SSL_set_options, SSL_CTX_clear_options,
6SSL_clear_options, SSL_CTX_get_options, SSL_get_options,
7SSL_get_secure_renegotiation_support - manipulate SSL options
8
9=head1 SYNOPSIS
10
11 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
12
13 long SSL_CTX_set_options(SSL_CTX *ctx, long options);
14 long SSL_set_options(SSL *ssl, long options);
15
16 long SSL_CTX_clear_options(SSL_CTX *ctx, long options);
17 long SSL_clear_options(SSL *ssl, long options);
18
19 long SSL_CTX_get_options(SSL_CTX *ctx);
20 long SSL_get_options(SSL *ssl);
21
22 long SSL_get_secure_renegotiation_support(SSL *ssl);
23
24=head1 DESCRIPTION
25
26SSL_CTX_set_options() adds the options set via bit mask in B<options> to B<ctx>.
27Options already set before are not cleared!
28
29SSL_set_options() adds the options set via bit mask in B<options> to B<ssl>.
30Options already set before are not cleared!
31
32SSL_CTX_clear_options() clears the options set via bit mask in B<options>
33to B<ctx>.
34
35SSL_clear_options() clears the options set via bit mask in B<options> to B<ssl>.
36
37SSL_CTX_get_options() returns the options set for B<ctx>.
38
39SSL_get_options() returns the options set for B<ssl>.
40
41SSL_get_secure_renegotiation_support() indicates whether the peer supports
42secure renegotiation.
43Note, this is implemented via a macro.
44
45=head1 NOTES
46
47The behaviour of the SSL library can be changed by setting several options.
48The options are coded as bit masks and can be combined by a bitwise B<or>
49operation (|).
50
51SSL_CTX_set_options() and SSL_set_options() affect the (external)
52protocol behaviour of the SSL library. The (internal) behaviour of
53the API can be changed by using the similar
54L<SSL_CTX_set_mode(3)> and SSL_set_mode() functions.
55
56During a handshake, the option settings of the SSL object are used. When
57a new SSL object is created from a context using SSL_new(), the current
58option setting is copied. Changes to B<ctx> do not affect already created
59SSL objects. SSL_clear() does not affect the settings.
60
61The following B<bug workaround> options are available:
62
63=over 4
64
65=item SSL_OP_SAFARI_ECDHE_ECDSA_BUG
66
67Don't prefer ECDHE-ECDSA ciphers when the client appears to be Safari on OS X.
68OS X 10.8..10.8.3 has broken support for ECDHE-ECDSA ciphers.
69
70=item SSL_OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS
71
72Disables a countermeasure against a SSL 3.0/TLS 1.0 protocol
73vulnerability affecting CBC ciphers, which cannot be handled by some
74broken SSL implementations.  This option has no effect for connections
75using other ciphers.
76
77=item SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING
78
79Adds a padding extension to ensure the ClientHello size is never between
80256 and 511 bytes in length. This is needed as a workaround for some
81implementations.
82
83=item SSL_OP_ALL
84
85All of the above bug workarounds plus B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> as
86mentioned below.
87
88=back
89
90It is usually safe to use B<SSL_OP_ALL> to enable the bug workaround
91options if compatibility with somewhat broken implementations is
92desired.
93
94The following B<modifying> options are available:
95
96=over 4
97
98=item SSL_OP_TLS_ROLLBACK_BUG
99
100Disable version rollback attack detection.
101
102During the client key exchange, the client must send the same information
103about acceptable SSL/TLS protocol levels as during the first hello. Some
104clients violate this rule by adapting to the server's answer. (Example:
105the client sends a SSLv2 hello and accepts up to SSLv3.1=TLSv1, the server
106only understands up to SSLv3. In this case the client must still use the
107same SSLv3.1=TLSv1 announcement. Some clients step down to SSLv3 with respect
108to the server's answer and violate the version rollback protection.)
109
110=item SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE
111
112When choosing a cipher, use the server's preferences instead of the client
113preferences. When not set, the SSL server will always follow the clients
114preferences. When set, the SSL/TLS server will choose following its
115own preferences.
116
117=item SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1,
118SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_3, SSL_OP_NO_DTLSv1, SSL_OP_NO_DTLSv1_2
119
120These options turn off the SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2 or TLSv1.3 protocol
121versions with TLS or the DTLSv1, DTLSv1.2 versions with DTLS,
122respectively.
123As of OpenSSL 1.1.0, these options are deprecated, use
124L<SSL_CTX_set_min_proto_version(3)> and
125L<SSL_CTX_set_max_proto_version(3)> instead.
126
127=item SSL_OP_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION_ON_RENEGOTIATION
128
129When performing renegotiation as a server, always start a new session
130(i.e., session resumption requests are only accepted in the initial
131handshake). This option is not needed for clients.
132
133=item SSL_OP_NO_COMPRESSION
134
135Do not use compression even if it is supported.
136
137=item SSL_OP_NO_QUERY_MTU
138
139Do not query the MTU. Only affects DTLS connections.
140
141=item SSL_OP_COOKIE_EXCHANGE
142
143Turn on Cookie Exchange as described in RFC4347 Section 4.2.1. Only affects
144DTLS connections.
145
146=item SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
147
148SSL/TLS supports two mechanisms for resuming sessions: session ids and stateless
149session tickets.
150
151When using session ids a copy of the session information is
152cached on the server and a unique id is sent to the client. When the client
153wishes to resume it provides the unique id so that the server can retrieve the
154session information from its cache.
155
156When using stateless session tickets the server uses a session ticket encryption
157key to encrypt the session information. This encrypted data is sent to the
158client as a "ticket". When the client wishes to resume it sends the encrypted
159data back to the server. The server uses its key to decrypt the data and resume
160the session. In this way the server can operate statelessly - no session
161information needs to be cached locally.
162
163The TLSv1.3 protocol only supports tickets and does not directly support session
164ids. However, OpenSSL allows two modes of ticket operation in TLSv1.3: stateful
165and stateless. Stateless tickets work the same way as in TLSv1.2 and below.
166Stateful tickets mimic the session id behaviour available in TLSv1.2 and below.
167The session information is cached on the server and the session id is wrapped up
168in a ticket and sent back to the client. When the client wishes to resume, it
169presents a ticket in the same way as for stateless tickets. The server can then
170extract the session id from the ticket and retrieve the session information from
171its cache.
172
173By default OpenSSL will use stateless tickets. The SSL_OP_NO_TICKET option will
174cause stateless tickets to not be issued. In TLSv1.2 and below this means no
175ticket gets sent to the client at all. In TLSv1.3 a stateful ticket will be
176sent. This is a server-side option only.
177
178In TLSv1.3 it is possible to suppress all tickets (stateful and stateless) from
179being sent by calling L<SSL_CTX_set_num_tickets(3)> or
180L<SSL_set_num_tickets(3)>.
181
182=item SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION
183
184Allow legacy insecure renegotiation between OpenSSL and unpatched clients or
185servers. See the B<SECURE RENEGOTIATION> section for more details.
186
187=item SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT
188
189Allow legacy insecure renegotiation between OpenSSL and unpatched servers
190B<only>: this option is currently set by default. See the
191B<SECURE RENEGOTIATION> section for more details.
192
193=item SSL_OP_NO_ENCRYPT_THEN_MAC
194
195Normally clients and servers will transparently attempt to negotiate the
196RFC7366 Encrypt-then-MAC option on TLS and DTLS connection.
197
198If this option is set, Encrypt-then-MAC is disabled. Clients will not
199propose, and servers will not accept the extension.
200
201=item SSL_OP_NO_RENEGOTIATION
202
203Disable all renegotiation in TLSv1.2 and earlier. Do not send HelloRequest
204messages, and ignore renegotiation requests via ClientHello.
205
206=item SSL_OP_ALLOW_NO_DHE_KEX
207
208In TLSv1.3 allow a non-(ec)dhe based key exchange mode on resumption. This means
209that there will be no forward secrecy for the resumed session.
210
211=item SSL_OP_PRIORITIZE_CHACHA
212
213When SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE is set, temporarily reprioritize
214ChaCha20-Poly1305 ciphers to the top of the server cipher list if a
215ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher is at the top of the client cipher list. This helps
216those clients (e.g. mobile) use ChaCha20-Poly1305 if that cipher is anywhere
217in the server cipher list; but still allows other clients to use AES and other
218ciphers. Requires B<SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE>.
219
220=item SSL_OP_ENABLE_MIDDLEBOX_COMPAT
221
222If set then dummy Change Cipher Spec (CCS) messages are sent in TLSv1.3. This
223has the effect of making TLSv1.3 look more like TLSv1.2 so that middleboxes that
224do not understand TLSv1.3 will not drop the connection. Regardless of whether
225this option is set or not CCS messages received from the peer will always be
226ignored in TLSv1.3. This option is set by default. To switch it off use
227SSL_clear_options(). A future version of OpenSSL may not set this by default.
228
229=item SSL_OP_NO_ANTI_REPLAY
230
231By default, when a server is configured for early data (i.e., max_early_data > 0),
232OpenSSL will switch on replay protection. See L<SSL_read_early_data(3)> for a
233description of the replay protection feature. Anti-replay measures are required
234to comply with the TLSv1.3 specification. Some applications may be able to
235mitigate the replay risks in other ways and in such cases the built in OpenSSL
236functionality is not required. Those applications can turn this feature off by
237setting this option. This is a server-side opton only. It is ignored by
238clients.
239
240=back
241
242The following options no longer have any effect but their identifiers are
243retained for compatibility purposes:
244
245=over 4
246
247=item SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG
248
249=item SSL_OP_MICROSOFT_BIG_SSLV3_BUFFER
250
251=item SSL_OP_SSLEAY_080_CLIENT_DH_BUG
252
253=item SSL_OP_TLS_D5_BUG
254
255=item SSL_OP_TLS_BLOCK_PADDING_BUG
256
257=item SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING
258
259=item SSL_OP_SSLREF2_REUSE_CERT_TYPE_BUG
260
261=item SSL_OP_MICROSOFT_SESS_ID_BUG
262
263=item SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_CHALLENGE_BUG
264
265=item SSL_OP_PKCS1_CHECK_1
266
267=item SSL_OP_PKCS1_CHECK_2
268
269=item SSL_OP_SINGLE_DH_USE
270
271=item SSL_OP_SINGLE_ECDH_USE
272
273=item SSL_OP_EPHEMERAL_RSA
274
275=back
276
277=head1 SECURE RENEGOTIATION
278
279OpenSSL always attempts to use secure renegotiation as
280described in RFC5746. This counters the prefix attack described in
281CVE-2009-3555 and elsewhere.
282
283This attack has far reaching consequences which application writers should be
284aware of. In the description below an implementation supporting secure
285renegotiation is referred to as I<patched>. A server not supporting secure
286renegotiation is referred to as I<unpatched>.
287
288The following sections describe the operations permitted by OpenSSL's secure
289renegotiation implementation.
290
291=head2 Patched client and server
292
293Connections and renegotiation are always permitted by OpenSSL implementations.
294
295=head2 Unpatched client and patched OpenSSL server
296
297The initial connection succeeds but client renegotiation is denied by the
298server with a B<no_renegotiation> warning alert if TLS v1.0 is used or a fatal
299B<handshake_failure> alert in SSL v3.0.
300
301If the patched OpenSSL server attempts to renegotiate a fatal
302B<handshake_failure> alert is sent. This is because the server code may be
303unaware of the unpatched nature of the client.
304
305If the option B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> is set then
306renegotiation B<always> succeeds.
307
308=head2 Patched OpenSSL client and unpatched server.
309
310If the option B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> or
311B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> is set then initial connections
312and renegotiation between patched OpenSSL clients and unpatched servers
313succeeds. If neither option is set then initial connections to unpatched
314servers will fail.
315
316The option B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> is currently set by default even
317though it has security implications: otherwise it would be impossible to
318connect to unpatched servers (i.e. all of them initially) and this is clearly
319not acceptable. Renegotiation is permitted because this does not add any
320additional security issues: during an attack clients do not see any
321renegotiations anyway.
322
323As more servers become patched the option B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> will
324B<not> be set by default in a future version of OpenSSL.
325
326OpenSSL client applications wishing to ensure they can connect to unpatched
327servers should always B<set> B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT>
328
329OpenSSL client applications that want to ensure they can B<not> connect to
330unpatched servers (and thus avoid any security issues) should always B<clear>
331B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> using SSL_CTX_clear_options() or
332SSL_clear_options().
333
334The difference between the B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> and
335B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> options is that
336B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> enables initial connections and secure
337renegotiation between OpenSSL clients and unpatched servers B<only>, while
338B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> allows initial connections
339and renegotiation between OpenSSL and unpatched clients or servers.
340
341=head1 RETURN VALUES
342
343SSL_CTX_set_options() and SSL_set_options() return the new options bit mask
344after adding B<options>.
345
346SSL_CTX_clear_options() and SSL_clear_options() return the new options bit mask
347after clearing B<options>.
348
349SSL_CTX_get_options() and SSL_get_options() return the current bit mask.
350
351SSL_get_secure_renegotiation_support() returns 1 is the peer supports
352secure renegotiation and 0 if it does not.
353
354=head1 SEE ALSO
355
356L<ssl(7)>, L<SSL_new(3)>, L<SSL_clear(3)>,
357L<SSL_CTX_set_tmp_dh_callback(3)>,
358L<SSL_CTX_set_min_proto_version(3)>,
359L<dhparam(1)>
360
361=head1 HISTORY
362
363The attempt to always try to use secure renegotiation was added in
364OpenSSL 0.9.8m.
365
366The B<SSL_OP_PRIORITIZE_CHACHA> and B<SSL_OP_NO_RENEGOTIATION> options
367were added in OpenSSL 1.1.1.
368
369=head1 COPYRIGHT
370
371Copyright 2001-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
372
373Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
374this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
375in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
376L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
377
378=cut
379