If this option is set this functionality is disabled and tickets will
not be used by clients or servers.
-=item SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION
+=item SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION, SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT
See the B<SECURE RENEGOTIATION> section for a discussion of the purpose of
-this option
+these options.
=back
=head1 SECURE RENEGOTIATION
OpenSSL 0.9.8m and later always attempts to use secure renegotiation as
-described in draft-ietf-tls-renegotiation (FIXME: replace by RFC). This
-counters a prefix attack described in the draft and elsewhere (FIXME: need full
-reference).
+described in RFC5746. This counters the prefix attack described in
+CVE-2009-3555 and elsewhere.
+
+The deprecated and highly broken SSLv2 protocol does not support
+renegotiation at all: its use is B<strongly> discouraged.
This attack has far reaching consequences which application writers should be
aware of. In the description below an implementation supporting secure
renegotiation is referred to as I<patched>. A server not supporting secure
renegotiation is referred to as I<unpatched>.
-If an unpatched client attempts to connect to a patched OpenSSL server then
-the attempt will succeed but renegotiation is not permitted. As required
-by the standard a B<no_renegotiation> alert is sent back to the client if
-the TLS v1.0 protocol is used. If SSLv3.0 is used then renegotiation results
-in a fatal B<handshake_failed> alert.
+The following sections describe the operations permitted by OpenSSL's secure
+renegotiation implementation.
+
+=head2 Patched client and server
+
+Connections and renegotiation are always permitted by OpenSSL implementations.
+
+=head2 Unpatched client and patched OpenSSL server
+
+The initial connection suceeds but client renegotiation is denied by the
+server with a B<no_renegotiation> warning alert if TLS v1.0 is used or a fatal
+B<handshake_failure> alert in SSL v3.0.
+
+If the patched OpenSSL server attempts to renegotiate a fatal
+B<handshake_failure> alert is sent. This is because the server code may be
+unaware of the unpatched nature of the client.
-If a patched OpenSSL client attempts to connect to an unpatched server
-then the connection will fail because it is not possible to determine
-whether an attack is taking place.
+If the option B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> is set then
+renegotiation B<always> succeeds.
-If the option B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> is set then the
-above restrictions are relaxed. Renegotiation is permissible and initial
-connections to unpatched servers will succeed.
+B<NB:> a bug in OpenSSL clients earlier than 0.9.8m (all of which are
+unpatched) will result in the connection hanging if it receives a
+B<no_renegotiation> alert. OpenSSL versions 0.9.8m and later will regard
+a B<no_renegotiation> alert as fatal and respond with a fatal
+B<handshake_failure> alert. This is because the OpenSSL API currently has
+no provision to indicate to an application that a renegotiation attempt
+was refused.
-This option should be used with caution because it leaves both clients and
-servers vulnerable. However unpatched servers and clients are likely to be
-around for some time and refusing to connect to unpatched servers or denying
-renegotion altogether may be unacceptable. So applications may be forced to
-tolerate unsafe renegotiation for the immediate future.
+=head2 Patched OpenSSL client and unpatched server.
-The function SSL_get_secure_renegotiation_support() indicates whether the peer
-supports secure renegotiation.
+If the option B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> is set then initial connections
+and renegotiation between patched OpenSSL clients and unpatched servers
+succeeds.
-The deprecated SSLv2 protocol does not support secure renegotiation at all.
+This option is currently set by default even though it has security
+implications: otherwise it would be impossible to connect to unpatched servers
+(i.e. all of them initially) and this is clearly not acceptable. Renegotiation
+is permitted because this does not add any additional security issues: during
+an attack clients do not see any renegotiations anyway.
+
+As more servers become patched the option B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> will
+B<not> be set by default in a future version of OpenSSL.
+
+OpenSSL client applications wishing to ensure they can connect to unpatched
+servers should always B<set> B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT>
+
+OpenSSL client applications that want to ensure they can B<not> connect to
+unpatched servers (and thus avoid any security issues) should always B<clear>
+B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT> using SSL_CTX_clear_options() or
+SSL_clear_options().
+
+As in the previous case if the option
+B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> is set then renegotiation
+B<always> succeeds.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
SSL_CTX_clear_options() and SSL_clear_options() were first added in OpenSSL
0.9.8m.
-B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION> was first added in OpenSSL
-0.9.8m.
+B<SSL_OP_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LEGACY_RENEGOTIATION>, B<SSL_OP_LEGACY_SERVER_CONNECT>
+and the function SSL_get_secure_renegotiation_support() were first added in
+OpenSSL 0.9.8m.
=cut
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