const char *SSL_CIPHER_get_name(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
int SSL_CIPHER_get_bits(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, int *alg_bits);
char *SSL_CIPHER_get_version(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
- char *SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int size);
+ char *SSL_CIPHER_description(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int size);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
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
-128 bytes, otherwise a pointer to the the string "Buffer too small" is
+128 bytes, otherwise a pointer to the string "Buffer too small" is
returned. If B<buf> is NULL, a buffer of 128 bytes is allocated using
OPENSSL_malloc(). If the allocation fails, a pointer to the string
"OPENSSL_malloc Error" is returned.
=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>
Some examples for the output of SSL_CIPHER_description():
- EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH Au=RSA Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1
- EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH Au=DSS Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1
+ DHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH Au=RSA Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1
+ DHE-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH Au=DSS Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1
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