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1=pod
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3=head1 NAME
4
5SSL_CTX_dane_enable, SSL_CTX_dane_mtype_set, SSL_dane_enable,
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6SSL_dane_tlsa_add, SSL_get0_dane_authority, SSL_get0_dane_tlsa
7SSL_CTX_dane_set_flags, SSL_CTX_dane_clear_flags,
8SSL_dane_set_flags, SSL_dane_clear_flags -
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9enable DANE TLS authentication of the remote TLS server in the local
10TLS client
11
12=head1 SYNOPSIS
13
14 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
15
16 int SSL_CTX_dane_enable(SSL_CTX *ctx);
17 int SSL_CTX_dane_mtype_set(SSL_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *md,
18 uint8_t mtype, uint8_t ord);
19 int SSL_dane_enable(SSL *s, const char *basedomain);
20 int SSL_dane_tlsa_add(SSL *s, uint8_t usage, uint8_t selector,
21 uint8_t mtype, unsigned char *data, size_t dlen);
22 int SSL_get0_dane_authority(SSL *s, X509 **mcert, EVP_PKEY **mspki);
23 int SSL_get0_dane_tlsa(SSL *s, uint8_t *usage, uint8_t *selector,
24 uint8_t *mtype, unsigned const char **data,
25 size_t *dlen);
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26 unsigned long SSL_CTX_dane_set_flags(SSL_CTX *ctx, unsigned long flags);
27 unsigned long SSL_CTX_dane_clear_flags(SSL_CTX *ctx, unsigned long flags);
28 unsigned long SSL_dane_set_flags(SSL *ssl, unsigned long flags);
29 unsigned long SSL_dane_clear_flags(SSL *ssl, unsigned long flags);
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30
31=head1 DESCRIPTION
32
33These functions implement support for DANE TLSA (RFC6698 and RFC7671)
34peer authentication.
35
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36SSL_CTX_dane_enable() must be called first to initialize the shared state
37required for DANE support.
38Individual connections associated with the context can then enable
39per-connection DANE support as appropriate.
40DANE authentication is implemented in the L<X509_verify_cert(3)> function, and
41applications that override L<X509_verify_cert(3)> via
42L<SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(3)> are responsible to authenticate the peer
43chain in whatever manner they see fit.
44
b9b6a7e5 45SSL_CTX_dane_mtype_set() may then be called zero or more times to adjust the
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46supported digest algorithms.
47This must be done before any SSL handles are created for the context.
48
49The B<mtype> argument specifies a DANE TLSA matching type and the B<md>
50argument specifies the associated digest algorithm handle.
51The B<ord> argument specifies a strength ordinal.
52Algorithms with a larger strength ordinal are considered more secure.
53Strength ordinals are used to implement RFC7671 digest algorithm agility.
919ba009 54Specifying a B<NULL> digest algorithm for a matching type disables
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55support for that matching type.
56Matching type Full(0) cannot be modified or disabled.
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57
58By default, matching type C<SHA2-256(1)> (see RFC7218 for definitions
59of the DANE TLSA parameter acronyms) is mapped to C<EVP_sha256()>
60with a strength ordinal of C<1> and matching type C<SHA2-512(2)>
61is mapped to C<EVP_sha512()> with a strength ordinal of C<2>.
62
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63SSL_dane_enable() must be called before the SSL handshake is initiated with
64L<SSL_connect(3)> if (and only if) you want to enable DANE for that connection.
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65(The connection must be associated with a DANE-enabled SSL context).
66The B<basedomain> argument specifies the RFC7671 TLSA base domain,
67which will be the primary peer reference identifier for certificate
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68name checks.
69Additional server names can be specified via L<SSL_add1_host(3)>.
70The B<basedomain> is used as the default SNI hint if none has yet been
71specified via L<SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(3)>.
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73SSL_dane_tlsa_add() may then be called one or more times, to load each of the
74TLSA records that apply to the remote TLS peer.
919ba009 75(This too must be done prior to the beginning of the SSL handshake).
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76The arguments specify the fields of the TLSA record.
77The B<data> field is provided in binary (wire RDATA) form, not the hexadecimal
78ASCII presentation form, with an explicit length passed via B<dlen>.
79A return value of 0 indicates that "unusable" TLSA records (with invalid or
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80unsupported parameters) were provided.
81A negative return value indicates an internal error in processing the record.
82
83The caller is expected to check the return value of each SSL_dane_tlsa_add()
84call and take appropriate action if none are usable or an internal error
85is encountered in processing some records.
86
87If no TLSA records are added successfully, DANE authentication is not enabled,
88and authentication will be based on any configured traditional trust-anchors;
89authentication success in this case does not mean that the peer was
90DANE-authenticated.
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91
92SSL_get0_dane_authority() can be used to get more detailed information about
93the matched DANE trust-anchor after successful connection completion.
94The return value is negative if DANE verification failed (or was not enabled),
950 if an EE TLSA record directly matched the leaf certificate, or a positive
96number indicating the depth at which a TA record matched an issuer certificate.
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97The complete verified chain can be retrieved via L<SSL_get0_verified_chain(3)>.
98The return value is an index into this verified chain, rather than the list of
99certificates sent by the peer as returned by L<SSL_get_peer_cert_chain(3)>.
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100
101If the B<mcert> argument is not B<NULL> and a TLSA record matched a chain
102certificate, a pointer to the matching certificate is returned via B<mcert>.
103The returned address is a short-term internal reference to the certificate and
104must not be freed by the application.
919ba009 105Applications that want to retain access to the certificate can call
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106L<X509_up_ref(3)> to obtain a long-term reference which must then be freed via
107L<X509_free(3)> once no longer needed.
108
109If no TLSA records directly matched any elements of the certificate chain, but
110a DANE-TA(2) SPKI(1) Full(0) record provided the public key that signed an
111element of the chain, then that key is returned via B<mspki> argument (if not
112NULL).
113In this case the return value is the depth of the top-most element of the
114validated certificate chain.
115As with B<mcert> this is a short-term internal reference, and
116L<EVP_PKEY_up_ref(3)> and L<EVP_PKEY_free(3)> can be used to acquire and
117release long-term references respectively.
118
119SSL_get0_dane_tlsa() can be used to retrieve the fields of the TLSA record that
120matched the peer certificate chain.
121The return value indicates the match depth or failure to match just as with
122SSL_get0_dane_authority().
123When the return value is non-negative, the storage pointed to by the B<usage>,
124B<selector>, B<mtype> and B<data> parameters is updated to the corresponding
125TLSA record fields.
126The B<data> field is in binary wire form, and is therefore not NUL-terminated,
127its length is returned via the B<dlen> parameter.
128If any of these parameters is NULL, the corresponding field is not returned.
129The B<data> parameter is set to a short-term internal-copy of the associated
130data field and must not be freed by the application.
131Applications that need long-term access to this field need to copy the content.
919ba009 132
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133SSL_CTX_dane_set_flags() and SSL_dane_set_flags() can be used to enable
134optional DANE verification features.
135SSL_CTX_dane_clear_flags() and SSL_dane_clear_flags() can be used to disable
136the same features.
137The B<flags> argument is a bitmask of the features to enable or disable.
138The B<flags> set for an B<SSL_CTX> context are copied to each B<SSL> handle
139associated with that context at the time the handle is created.
140Subsequent changes in the context's B<flags> have no effect on the B<flags> set
141for the handle.
142
143At present, the only available option is B<DANE_FLAG_NO_DANE_EE_NAMECHECKS>
144which can be used to disable server name checks when authenticating via
145DANE-EE(3) TLSA records.
146For some applications, primarily web browsers, it is not safe to disable name
147checks due to "unknown key share" attacks, in which a malicious server can
148convince a client that a connection to a victim server is instead a secure
149connection to the malicious server.
150The malicious server may then be able to violate cross-origin scripting
151restrictions.
152Thus, despite the text of RFC7671, name checks are by default enabled for
153DANE-EE(3) TLSA records, and can be disabled in applications where it is safe
154to do so.
155In particular, SMTP and XMPP clients should set this option as SRV and MX
156records already make it possible for a remote domain to redirect client
157connections to any server of its choice, and in any case SMTP and XMPP clients
158do not execute scripts downloaded from remote servers.
159
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160=head1 RETURN VALUES
161
162The functions SSL_CTX_dane_enable(), SSL_CTX_dane_mtype_set(),
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163SSL_dane_enable() and SSL_dane_tlsa_add() return a positive value on success.
164Negative return values indicate resource problems (out of memory, etc.) in the
165SSL library, while a return value of B<0> indicates incorrect usage or invalid
166input, such as an unsupported TLSA record certificate usage, selector or
167matching type.
168Invalid input also includes malformed data, either a digest length that does
169not match the digest algorithm, or a C<Full(0)> (binary ASN.1 DER form)
170certificate or a public key that fails to parse.
171
172The functions SSL_get0_dane_authority() and SSL_get0_dane_tlsa() return a
173negative value when DANE authentication failed or was not enabled, a
174non-negative value indicates the chain depth at which the TLSA record matched a
175chain certificate, or the depth of the top-most certificate, when the TLSA
176record is a full public key that is its signer.
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178The functions SSL_CTX_dane_set_flags(), SSL_CTX_dane_clear_flags(),
179SSL_dane_set_flags() and SSL_dane_clear_flags() return the B<flags> in effect
180before they were called.
181
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182=head1 EXAMPLE
183
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184Suppose "smtp.example.com" is the MX host of the domain "example.com", and has
185DNSSEC-validated TLSA records.
186The calls below will perform DANE authentication and arrange to match either
187the MX hostname or the destination domain name in the SMTP server certificate.
188Wildcards are supported, but must match the entire label.
189The actual name matched in the certificate (which might be a wildcard) is
190retrieved, and must be copied by the application if it is to be retained beyond
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191the lifetime of the SSL connection.
192
193 SSL_CTX *ctx;
194 SSL *ssl;
9f6b22b8 195 int (*verify_cb)(int ok, X509_STORE_CTX *sctx) = NULL;
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196 int num_usable = 0;
197 const char *nexthop_domain = "example.com";
198 const char *dane_tlsa_domain = "smtp.example.com";
199 uint8_t usage, selector, mtype;
200
201 if ((ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method())) == NULL)
202 /* handle error */
203 if (SSL_CTX_dane_enable(ctx) <= 0)
204 /* handle error */
205
206 if ((ssl = SSL_new(ctx)) == NULL)
207 /* handle error */
208
209 if (SSL_dane_enable(ssl, dane_tlsa_domain) <= 0)
210 /* handle error */
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211
212 /*
213 * For many applications it is safe to skip DANE-EE(3) namechecks. Do not
214 * disable the checks unless "unknown key share" attacks pose no risk for
215 * your application.
216 */
217 SSL_dane_set_flags(ssl, DANE_FLAG_NO_DANE_EE_NAMECHECKS);
218
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219 if (!SSL_add1_host(ssl, nexthop_domain))
220 /* handle error */
221 SSL_set_hostflags(ssl, X509_CHECK_FLAG_NO_PARTIAL_WILDCARDS);
222
223 for (... each TLSA record ...) {
224 unsigned char *data;
225 size_t len;
226 int ret;
227
228 /* set usage, selector, mtype, data, len */
229
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230 /*
231 * Opportunistic DANE TLS clients support only DANE-TA(2) or DANE-EE(3).
232 * They treat all other certificate usages, and in particular PKIX-TA(0)
233 * and PKIX-EE(1), as unusable.
234 */
919ba009 235 switch (usage) {
9f6b22b8 236 default:
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237 case 0: /* PKIX-TA(0) */
238 case 1: /* PKIX-EE(1) */
239 continue;
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240 case 2: /* DANE-TA(2) */
241 case 3: /* DANE-EE(3) */
242 break;
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243 }
244
245 ret = SSL_dane_tlsa_add(ssl, usage, selector, mtype, data, len);
63b65834 246 /* free data as appropriate */
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247
248 if (ret < 0)
249 /* handle SSL library internal error */
250 else if (ret == 0)
251 /* handle unusable TLSA record */
252 else
253 ++num_usable;
254 }
255
256 /*
9f6b22b8 257 * At this point, the verification mode is still the default SSL_VERIFY_NONE.
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258 * Opportunistic DANE clients use unauthenticated TLS when all TLSA records
259 * are unusable, so continue the handshake even if authentication fails.
260 */
261 if (num_usable == 0) {
919ba009 262 /* Log all records unusable? */
919ba009 263
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264 /* Optionally set verify_cb to a suitable non-NULL callback. */
265 SSL_set_verify(ssl, SSL_VERIFY_NONE, verify_cb);
266 } else {
267 /* At least one usable record. We expect to verify the peer */
268
269 /* Optionally set verify_cb to a suitable non-NULL callback. */
270
271 /*
272 * Below we elect to fail the handshake when peer verification fails.
273 * Alternatively, use the permissive SSL_VERIFY_NONE verification mode,
274 * complete the handshake, check the verification status, and if not
275 * verified disconnect gracefully at the application layer, especially if
276 * application protocol supports informing the server that authentication
277 * failed.
278 */
279 SSL_set_verify(ssl, SSL_VERIFY_PEER, verify_cb);
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280 }
281
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282 /*
283 * Load any saved session for resumption, making sure that the previous
284 * session applied the same security and authentication requirements that
285 * would be expected of a fresh connection.
286 */
287
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288 /* Perform SSL_connect() handshake and handle errors here */
289
71ccf961 290 if (SSL_session_reused(ssl)) {
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291 if (SSL_get_verify_result(ssl) == X509_V_OK) {
292 /*
293 * Resumed session was originally verified, this connection is
294 * authenticated.
295 */
296 } else {
297 /*
298 * Resumed session was not originally verified, this connection is not
299 * authenticated.
300 */
301 }
302 } else if (SSL_get_verify_result(ssl) == X509_V_OK) {
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303 const char *peername = SSL_get0_peername(ssl);
304 EVP_PKEY *mspki = NULL;
305
80f63d66 306 int depth = SSL_get0_dane_authority(ssl, NULL, &mspki);
919ba009 307 if (depth >= 0) {
80f63d66 308 (void) SSL_get0_dane_tlsa(ssl, &usage, &selector, &mtype, NULL, NULL);
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309 printf("DANE TLSA %d %d %d %s at depth %d\n", usage, selector, mtype,
310 (mspki != NULL) ? "TA public key verified certificate" :
311 depth ? "matched TA certificate" : "matched EE certificate",
312 depth);
313 }
314 if (peername != NULL) {
315 /* Name checks were in scope and matched the peername */
9f6b22b8 316 printf("Verified peername: %s\n", peername);
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317 }
318 } else {
319 /*
320 * Not authenticated, presumably all TLSA rrs unusable, but possibly a
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321 * callback suppressed connection termination despite the presence of
322 * usable TLSA RRs none of which matched. Do whatever is appropriate for
323 * fresh unauthenticated connections.
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324 */
325 }
326
327=head1 NOTES
328
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329It is expected that the majority of clients employing DANE TLS will be doing
330"opportunistic DANE TLS" in the sense of RFC7672 and RFC7435.
331That is, they will use DANE authentication when DNSSEC-validated TLSA records
332are published for a given peer, and otherwise will use unauthenticated TLS or
333even cleartext.
334
335Such applications should generally treat any TLSA records published by the peer
336with usages PKIX-TA(0) and PKIX-EE(1) as "unusable", and should not include
337them among the TLSA records used to authenticate peer connections.
338In addition, some TLSA records with supported usages may be "unusable" as a
339result of invalid or unsupported parameters.
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0517ffc4 341When a peer has TLSA records, but none are "usable", an opportunistic
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342application must avoid cleartext, but cannot authenticate the peer,
343and so should generally proceed with an unauthenticated connection.
344Opportunistic applications need to note the return value of each
345call to SSL_dane_tlsa_add(), and if all return 0 (due to invalid
346or unsupported parameters) disable peer authentication by calling
347L<SSL_set_verify(3)> with B<mode> equal to B<SSL_VERIFY_NONE>.
348
349=head1 SEE ALSO
350
351L<SSL_new(3)>,
352L<SSL_add1_host(3)>,
353L<SSL_set_hostflags(3)>,
354L<SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(3)>,
355L<SSL_set_verify(3)>,
356L<SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(3)>,
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357L<SSL_get0_verified_chain(3)>,
358L<SSL_get_peer_cert_chain(3)>,
359L<SSL_get_verify_result(3)>,
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360L<SSL_connect(3)>,
361L<SSL_get0_peername(3)>,
c0a445a9 362L<X509_verify_cert(3)>,
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363L<X509_up_ref(3)>,
364L<X509_free(3)>,
c0a445a9 365L<EVP_get_digestbyname(3)>,
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366L<EVP_PKEY_up_ref(3)>,
367L<EVP_PKEY_free(3)>
368
369=head1 HISTORY
370
371These functions were first added to OpenSSL 1.1.0.
372
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373=head1 COPYRIGHT
374
375Copyright 2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
376
377Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
378this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
379in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
380L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
381
382=cut