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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
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5BIO_do_handshake,
6BIO_f_ssl, BIO_set_ssl, BIO_get_ssl, BIO_set_ssl_mode,
7BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_bytes,
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8BIO_get_num_renegotiates, BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_timeout, BIO_new_ssl,
9BIO_new_ssl_connect, BIO_new_buffer_ssl_connect, BIO_ssl_copy_session_id,
10BIO_ssl_shutdown - SSL BIO
11
12=head1 SYNOPSIS
13
bb82531f 14=for openssl multiple includes
b97fdb57 15
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16 #include <openssl/bio.h>
17 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
18
04f6b0fd 19 const BIO_METHOD *BIO_f_ssl(void);
32751b8a 20
aebb9aac 21 long BIO_set_ssl(BIO *b, SSL *ssl, long c);
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22 long BIO_get_ssl(BIO *b, SSL **sslp);
23 long BIO_set_ssl_mode(BIO *b, long client);
24 long BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_bytes(BIO *b, long num);
25 long BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_timeout(BIO *b, long seconds);
26 long BIO_get_num_renegotiates(BIO *b);
27
28 BIO *BIO_new_ssl(SSL_CTX *ctx, int client);
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29 BIO *BIO_new_ssl_connect(SSL_CTX *ctx);
30 BIO *BIO_new_buffer_ssl_connect(SSL_CTX *ctx);
91da5e77 31 int BIO_ssl_copy_session_id(BIO *to, BIO *from);
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32 void BIO_ssl_shutdown(BIO *bio);
33
91da5e77 34 long BIO_do_handshake(BIO *b);
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36=head1 DESCRIPTION
37
38BIO_f_ssl() returns the SSL BIO method. This is a filter BIO which
acb5b343 39is a wrapper round the OpenSSL SSL routines adding a BIO "flavour" to
1bc74519 40SSL I/O.
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41
42I/O performed on an SSL BIO communicates using the SSL protocol with
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43the SSLs read and write BIOs. If an SSL connection is not established
44then an attempt is made to establish one on the first I/O call.
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45
46If a BIO is appended to an SSL BIO using BIO_push() it is automatically
47used as the SSL BIOs read and write BIOs.
48
49Calling BIO_reset() on an SSL BIO closes down any current SSL connection
50by calling SSL_shutdown(). BIO_reset() is then sent to the next BIO in
51the chain: this will typically disconnect the underlying transport.
52The SSL BIO is then reset to the initial accept or connect state.
53
54If the close flag is set when an SSL BIO is freed then the internal
55SSL structure is also freed using SSL_free().
56
57BIO_set_ssl() sets the internal SSL pointer of BIO B<b> to B<ssl> using
58the close flag B<c>.
59
60BIO_get_ssl() retrieves the SSL pointer of BIO B<b>, it can then be
61manipulated using the standard SSL library functions.
62
63BIO_set_ssl_mode() sets the SSL BIO mode to B<client>. If B<client>
64is 1 client mode is set. If B<client> is 0 server mode is set.
65
66BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_bytes() sets the renegotiate byte count
1bc74519 67to B<num>. When set after every B<num> bytes of I/O (read and write)
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68the SSL session is automatically renegotiated. B<num> must be at
69least 512 bytes.
70
71BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_timeout() sets the renegotiate timeout to
1e4e5492 72B<seconds>. When the renegotiate timeout elapses the session is
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73automatically renegotiated.
74
75BIO_get_num_renegotiates() returns the total number of session
76renegotiations due to I/O or timeout.
77
78BIO_new_ssl() allocates an SSL BIO using SSL_CTX B<ctx> and using
79client mode if B<client> is non zero.
80
81BIO_new_ssl_connect() creates a new BIO chain consisting of an
82SSL BIO (using B<ctx>) followed by a connect BIO.
83
84BIO_new_buffer_ssl_connect() creates a new BIO chain consisting
85of a buffering BIO, an SSL BIO (using B<ctx>) and a connect
86BIO.
87
1bc74519 88BIO_ssl_copy_session_id() copies an SSL session id between
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89BIO chains B<from> and B<to>. It does this by locating the
90SSL BIOs in each chain and calling SSL_copy_session_id() on
91the internal SSL pointer.
92
93BIO_ssl_shutdown() closes down an SSL connection on BIO
94chain B<bio>. It does this by locating the SSL BIO in the
95chain and calling SSL_shutdown() on its internal SSL
96pointer.
97
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98BIO_do_handshake() attempts to complete an SSL handshake on the
99supplied BIO and establish the SSL connection. It returns 1
100if the connection was established successfully. A zero or negative
101value is returned if the connection could not be established, the
102call BIO_should_retry() should be used for non blocking connect BIOs
103to determine if the call should be retried. If an SSL connection has
104already been established this call has no effect.
105
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106=head1 NOTES
107
108SSL BIOs are exceptional in that if the underlying transport
109is non blocking they can still request a retry in exceptional
110circumstances. Specifically this will happen if a session
b055fceb 111renegotiation takes place during a BIO_read_ex() operation, one
63eab8a6 112case where this happens is when step up occurs.
32751b8a 113
a528d4f0 114The SSL flag SSL_AUTO_RETRY can be
acb5b343 115set to disable this behaviour. That is when this flag is set
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116an SSL BIO using a blocking transport will never request a
117retry.
118
119Since unknown BIO_ctrl() operations are sent through filter
120BIOs the servers name and port can be set using BIO_set_host()
121on the BIO returned by BIO_new_ssl_connect() without having
122to locate the connect BIO first.
123
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124Applications do not have to call BIO_do_handshake() but may wish
125to do so to separate the handshake process from other I/O
126processing.
127
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128BIO_set_ssl(), BIO_get_ssl(), BIO_set_ssl_mode(),
129BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_bytes(), BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_timeout(),
130BIO_get_num_renegotiates(), and BIO_do_handshake() are implemented as macros.
131
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132=head1 RETURN VALUES
133
134BIO_f_ssl() returns the SSL B<BIO_METHOD> structure.
135
136BIO_set_ssl(), BIO_get_ssl(), BIO_set_ssl_mode(), BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_bytes(),
137BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_timeout() and BIO_get_num_renegotiates() return 1 on
138success or a value which is less than or equal to 0 if an error occurred.
139
140BIO_new_ssl(), BIO_new_ssl_connect() and BIO_new_buffer_ssl_connect() return
141a valid B<BIO> structure on success or B<NULL> if an error occurred.
142
143BIO_ssl_copy_session_id() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
144
145BIO_do_handshake() returns 1 if the connection was established successfully.
146A zero or negative value is returned if the connection could not be established.
147
148=head1 EXAMPLES
32751b8a 149
39a117d1 150This SSL/TLS client example attempts to retrieve a page from an
32751b8a 151SSL/TLS web server. The I/O routines are identical to those of the
9b86974e 152unencrypted example in L<BIO_s_connect(3)>.
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153
154 BIO *sbio, *out;
155 int len;
156 char tmpbuf[1024];
157 SSL_CTX *ctx;
158 SSL *ssl;
159
05ea606a 160 /* XXX Seed the PRNG if needed. */
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a27e81ee 162 ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method());
32751b8a 163
05ea606a 164 /* XXX Set verify paths and mode here. */
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165
166 sbio = BIO_new_ssl_connect(ctx);
32751b8a 167 BIO_get_ssl(sbio, &ssl);
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168 if (ssl == NULL) {
169 fprintf(stderr, "Can't locate SSL pointer\n");
170 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
171 exit(1);
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172 }
173
174 /* Don't want any retries */
175 SSL_set_mode(ssl, SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY);
176
05ea606a 177 /* XXX We might want to do other things with ssl here */
32751b8a 178
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179 /* An empty host part means the loopback address */
180 BIO_set_conn_hostname(sbio, ":https");
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181
182 out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
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183 if (BIO_do_connect(sbio) <= 0) {
184 fprintf(stderr, "Error connecting to server\n");
185 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
186 exit(1);
2c281ebb 187 }
05ea606a 188 if (BIO_do_handshake(sbio) <= 0) {
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189 fprintf(stderr, "Error establishing SSL connection\n");
190 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
191 exit(1);
2c281ebb 192 }
32751b8a 193
05ea606a 194 /* XXX Could examine ssl here to get connection info */
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195
196 BIO_puts(sbio, "GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n");
2947af32 197 for (;;) {
05ea606a 198 len = BIO_read(sbio, tmpbuf, 1024);
2f8e53d7 199 if (len <= 0)
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200 break;
201 BIO_write(out, tmpbuf, len);
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202 }
203 BIO_free_all(sbio);
204 BIO_free(out);
205
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206Here is a simple server example. It makes use of a buffering
207BIO to allow lines to be read from the SSL BIO using BIO_gets.
208It creates a pseudo web page containing the actual request from
209a client and also echoes the request to standard output.
210
211 BIO *sbio, *bbio, *acpt, *out;
212 int len;
213 char tmpbuf[1024];
214 SSL_CTX *ctx;
215 SSL *ssl;
216
05ea606a 217 /* XXX Seed the PRNG if needed. */
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a27e81ee 219 ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_server_method());
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220 if (!SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(ctx, "server.pem", SSL_FILETYPE_PEM)
221 || !SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(ctx, "server.pem", SSL_FILETYPE_PEM)
222 || !SSL_CTX_check_private_key(ctx)) {
223 fprintf(stderr, "Error setting up SSL_CTX\n");
224 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
225 exit(1);
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226 }
227
05ea606a 228 /* XXX Other things like set verify locations, EDH temp callbacks. */
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229
230 /* New SSL BIO setup as server */
aebb9aac 231 sbio = BIO_new_ssl(ctx, 0);
2c281ebb 232 BIO_get_ssl(sbio, &ssl);
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233 if (ssl == NULL) {
234 fprintf(stderr, "Can't locate SSL pointer\n");
235 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
236 exit(1);
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237 }
238
2c281ebb 239 SSL_set_mode(ssl, SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY);
2c281ebb 240 bbio = BIO_new(BIO_f_buffer());
2c281ebb 241 sbio = BIO_push(bbio, sbio);
05ea606a 242 acpt = BIO_new_accept("4433");
2c281ebb 243
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244 /*
245 * By doing this when a new connection is established
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246 * we automatically have sbio inserted into it. The
247 * BIO chain is now 'swallowed' by the accept BIO and
1bc74519 248 * will be freed when the accept BIO is freed.
2c281ebb 249 */
05ea606a 250 BIO_set_accept_bios(acpt, sbio);
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251 out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
252
253 /* Setup accept BIO */
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254 if (BIO_do_accept(acpt) <= 0) {
255 fprintf(stderr, "Error setting up accept BIO\n");
256 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
257 exit(1);
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258 }
259
05ea606a 260 /* We only want one connection so remove and free accept BIO */
2c281ebb 261 sbio = BIO_pop(acpt);
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262 BIO_free_all(acpt);
263
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264 if (BIO_do_handshake(sbio) <= 0) {
265 fprintf(stderr, "Error in SSL handshake\n");
266 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
267 exit(1);
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268 }
269
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270 BIO_puts(sbio, "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nContent-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n");
271 BIO_puts(sbio, "\r\nConnection Established\r\nRequest headers:\r\n");
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272 BIO_puts(sbio, "--------------------------------------------------\r\n");
273
2947af32 274 for (;;) {
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275 len = BIO_gets(sbio, tmpbuf, 1024);
276 if (len <= 0)
277 break;
278 BIO_write(sbio, tmpbuf, len);
279 BIO_write(out, tmpbuf, len);
280 /* Look for blank line signifying end of headers*/
281 if (tmpbuf[0] == '\r' || tmpbuf[0] == '\n')
282 break;
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283 }
284
285 BIO_puts(sbio, "--------------------------------------------------\r\n");
5ebdb390 286 BIO_puts(sbio, "\r\n");
2c281ebb 287 BIO_flush(sbio);
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288 BIO_free_all(sbio);
289
e90fc053 290=head1 HISTORY
e30dd20c 291
e90fc053 292In OpenSSL before 1.0.0 the BIO_pop() call was handled incorrectly,
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293the I/O BIO reference count was incorrectly incremented (instead of
294decremented) and dissociated with the SSL BIO even if the SSL BIO was not
295explicitly being popped (e.g. a pop higher up the chain). Applications which
296included workarounds for this bug (e.g. freeing BIOs more than once) should
297be modified to handle this fix or they may free up an already freed BIO.
298
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299=head1 COPYRIGHT
300
61f805c1 301Copyright 2000-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
e2f92610 302
4746f25a 303Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
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304this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
305in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
306L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
307
308=cut