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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
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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
2c281ebb 98BIO_do_handshake() attempts to complete an SSL handshake on the
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99-supplied BIO and establish the SSL connection.
100For non-SSL BIOs the connection is done typically at TCP level.
101If domain name resolution yields multiple IP addresses all of them are tried
102after connect() failures.
103The function returns 1 if the connection was established successfully.
104A zero or negative value is returned if the connection could not be established.
490c8711 105The call BIO_should_retry() should be used for nonblocking connect BIOs
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106to determine if the call should be retried.
107If a connection has already been established this call has no effect.
2c281ebb 108
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109=head1 NOTES
110
111SSL BIOs are exceptional in that if the underlying transport
112is non blocking they can still request a retry in exceptional
113circumstances. Specifically this will happen if a session
b055fceb 114renegotiation takes place during a BIO_read_ex() operation, one
63eab8a6 115case where this happens is when step up occurs.
32751b8a 116
a528d4f0 117The SSL flag SSL_AUTO_RETRY can be
acb5b343 118set to disable this behaviour. That is when this flag is set
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119an SSL BIO using a blocking transport will never request a
120retry.
121
122Since unknown BIO_ctrl() operations are sent through filter
123BIOs the servers name and port can be set using BIO_set_host()
124on the BIO returned by BIO_new_ssl_connect() without having
125to locate the connect BIO first.
126
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127Applications do not have to call BIO_do_handshake() but may wish
128to do so to separate the handshake process from other I/O
129processing.
130
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131BIO_set_ssl(), BIO_get_ssl(), BIO_set_ssl_mode(),
132BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_bytes(), BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_timeout(),
133BIO_get_num_renegotiates(), and BIO_do_handshake() are implemented as macros.
134
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135=head1 RETURN VALUES
136
137BIO_f_ssl() returns the SSL B<BIO_METHOD> structure.
138
139BIO_set_ssl(), BIO_get_ssl(), BIO_set_ssl_mode(), BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_bytes(),
140BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_timeout() and BIO_get_num_renegotiates() return 1 on
141success or a value which is less than or equal to 0 if an error occurred.
142
143BIO_new_ssl(), BIO_new_ssl_connect() and BIO_new_buffer_ssl_connect() return
144a valid B<BIO> structure on success or B<NULL> if an error occurred.
145
146BIO_ssl_copy_session_id() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
147
148BIO_do_handshake() returns 1 if the connection was established successfully.
149A zero or negative value is returned if the connection could not be established.
150
151=head1 EXAMPLES
32751b8a 152
39a117d1 153This SSL/TLS client example attempts to retrieve a page from an
32751b8a 154SSL/TLS web server. The I/O routines are identical to those of the
9b86974e 155unencrypted example in L<BIO_s_connect(3)>.
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156
157 BIO *sbio, *out;
158 int len;
159 char tmpbuf[1024];
160 SSL_CTX *ctx;
161 SSL *ssl;
162
05ea606a 163 /* XXX Seed the PRNG if needed. */
2c281ebb 164
a27e81ee 165 ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method());
32751b8a 166
05ea606a 167 /* XXX Set verify paths and mode here. */
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168
169 sbio = BIO_new_ssl_connect(ctx);
32751b8a 170 BIO_get_ssl(sbio, &ssl);
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171 if (ssl == NULL) {
172 fprintf(stderr, "Can't locate SSL pointer\n");
173 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
174 exit(1);
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175 }
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 }
32751b8a 188
05ea606a 189 /* XXX Could examine ssl here to get connection info */
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190
191 BIO_puts(sbio, "GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n");
2947af32 192 for (;;) {
05ea606a 193 len = BIO_read(sbio, tmpbuf, 1024);
2f8e53d7 194 if (len <= 0)
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195 break;
196 BIO_write(out, tmpbuf, len);
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197 }
198 BIO_free_all(sbio);
199 BIO_free(out);
200
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201Here is a simple server example. It makes use of a buffering
202BIO to allow lines to be read from the SSL BIO using BIO_gets.
203It creates a pseudo web page containing the actual request from
204a client and also echoes the request to standard output.
205
206 BIO *sbio, *bbio, *acpt, *out;
207 int len;
208 char tmpbuf[1024];
209 SSL_CTX *ctx;
210 SSL *ssl;
211
05ea606a 212 /* XXX Seed the PRNG if needed. */
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a27e81ee 214 ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_server_method());
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215 if (!SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(ctx, "server.pem", SSL_FILETYPE_PEM)
216 || !SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(ctx, "server.pem", SSL_FILETYPE_PEM)
217 || !SSL_CTX_check_private_key(ctx)) {
218 fprintf(stderr, "Error setting up SSL_CTX\n");
219 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
220 exit(1);
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221 }
222
05ea606a 223 /* XXX Other things like set verify locations, EDH temp callbacks. */
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224
225 /* New SSL BIO setup as server */
aebb9aac 226 sbio = BIO_new_ssl(ctx, 0);
2c281ebb 227 BIO_get_ssl(sbio, &ssl);
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228 if (ssl == NULL) {
229 fprintf(stderr, "Can't locate SSL pointer\n");
230 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
231 exit(1);
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232 }
233
2c281ebb 234 bbio = BIO_new(BIO_f_buffer());
2c281ebb 235 sbio = BIO_push(bbio, sbio);
05ea606a 236 acpt = BIO_new_accept("4433");
2c281ebb 237
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238 /*
239 * By doing this when a new connection is established
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240 * we automatically have sbio inserted into it. The
241 * BIO chain is now 'swallowed' by the accept BIO and
1bc74519 242 * will be freed when the accept BIO is freed.
2c281ebb 243 */
05ea606a 244 BIO_set_accept_bios(acpt, sbio);
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245 out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
246
247 /* Setup accept BIO */
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248 if (BIO_do_accept(acpt) <= 0) {
249 fprintf(stderr, "Error setting up accept BIO\n");
250 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
251 exit(1);
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252 }
253
05ea606a 254 /* We only want one connection so remove and free accept BIO */
2c281ebb 255 sbio = BIO_pop(acpt);
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256 BIO_free_all(acpt);
257
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258 if (BIO_do_handshake(sbio) <= 0) {
259 fprintf(stderr, "Error in SSL handshake\n");
260 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
261 exit(1);
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262 }
263
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264 BIO_puts(sbio, "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nContent-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n");
265 BIO_puts(sbio, "\r\nConnection Established\r\nRequest headers:\r\n");
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266 BIO_puts(sbio, "--------------------------------------------------\r\n");
267
2947af32 268 for (;;) {
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269 len = BIO_gets(sbio, tmpbuf, 1024);
270 if (len <= 0)
271 break;
272 BIO_write(sbio, tmpbuf, len);
273 BIO_write(out, tmpbuf, len);
274 /* Look for blank line signifying end of headers*/
275 if (tmpbuf[0] == '\r' || tmpbuf[0] == '\n')
276 break;
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277 }
278
279 BIO_puts(sbio, "--------------------------------------------------\r\n");
5ebdb390 280 BIO_puts(sbio, "\r\n");
2c281ebb 281 BIO_flush(sbio);
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282 BIO_free_all(sbio);
283
e90fc053 284=head1 HISTORY
e30dd20c 285
e90fc053 286In OpenSSL before 1.0.0 the BIO_pop() call was handled incorrectly,
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287the I/O BIO reference count was incorrectly incremented (instead of
288decremented) and dissociated with the SSL BIO even if the SSL BIO was not
289explicitly being popped (e.g. a pop higher up the chain). Applications which
290included workarounds for this bug (e.g. freeing BIOs more than once) should
291be modified to handle this fix or they may free up an already freed BIO.
292
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293=head1 COPYRIGHT
294
3c2bdd7d 295Copyright 2000-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
e2f92610 296
4746f25a 297Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
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298this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
299in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
300L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
301
302=cut