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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
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14=for comment multiple includes
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);
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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 EXAMPLE
133
134This SSL/TLS client example, attempts to retrieve a page from an
135SSL/TLS web server. The I/O routines are identical to those of the
9b86974e 136unencrypted example in L<BIO_s_connect(3)>.
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137
138 BIO *sbio, *out;
139 int len;
140 char tmpbuf[1024];
141 SSL_CTX *ctx;
142 SSL *ssl;
143
05ea606a 144 /* XXX Seed the PRNG if needed. */
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a27e81ee 146 ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method());
32751b8a 147
05ea606a 148 /* XXX Set verify paths and mode here. */
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149
150 sbio = BIO_new_ssl_connect(ctx);
32751b8a 151 BIO_get_ssl(sbio, &ssl);
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152 if (ssl == NULL) {
153 fprintf(stderr, "Can't locate SSL pointer\n");
154 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
155 exit(1);
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156 }
157
158 /* Don't want any retries */
159 SSL_set_mode(ssl, SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY);
160
05ea606a 161 /* XXX We might want to do other things with ssl here */
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163 /* An empty host part means the loopback address */
164 BIO_set_conn_hostname(sbio, ":https");
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165
166 out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
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167 if (BIO_do_connect(sbio) <= 0) {
168 fprintf(stderr, "Error connecting to server\n");
169 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
170 exit(1);
2c281ebb 171 }
05ea606a 172 if (BIO_do_handshake(sbio) <= 0) {
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173 fprintf(stderr, "Error establishing SSL connection\n");
174 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
175 exit(1);
2c281ebb 176 }
32751b8a 177
05ea606a 178 /* XXX Could examine ssl here to get connection info */
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179
180 BIO_puts(sbio, "GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n");
2947af32 181 for (;;) {
05ea606a 182 len = BIO_read(sbio, tmpbuf, 1024);
2f8e53d7 183 if (len <= 0)
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184 break;
185 BIO_write(out, tmpbuf, len);
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186 }
187 BIO_free_all(sbio);
188 BIO_free(out);
189
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190Here is a simple server example. It makes use of a buffering
191BIO to allow lines to be read from the SSL BIO using BIO_gets.
192It creates a pseudo web page containing the actual request from
193a client and also echoes the request to standard output.
194
195 BIO *sbio, *bbio, *acpt, *out;
196 int len;
197 char tmpbuf[1024];
198 SSL_CTX *ctx;
199 SSL *ssl;
200
05ea606a 201 /* XXX Seed the PRNG if needed. */
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a27e81ee 203 ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_server_method());
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204 if (!SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file(ctx, "server.pem", SSL_FILETYPE_PEM)
205 || !SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(ctx, "server.pem", SSL_FILETYPE_PEM)
206 || !SSL_CTX_check_private_key(ctx)) {
207 fprintf(stderr, "Error setting up SSL_CTX\n");
208 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
209 exit(1);
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210 }
211
05ea606a 212 /* XXX Other things like set verify locations, EDH temp callbacks. */
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213
214 /* New SSL BIO setup as server */
aebb9aac 215 sbio = BIO_new_ssl(ctx, 0);
2c281ebb 216 BIO_get_ssl(sbio, &ssl);
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217 if (ssl == NULL) {
218 fprintf(stderr, "Can't locate SSL pointer\n");
219 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
220 exit(1);
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221 }
222
2c281ebb 223 SSL_set_mode(ssl, SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY);
2c281ebb 224 bbio = BIO_new(BIO_f_buffer());
2c281ebb 225 sbio = BIO_push(bbio, sbio);
05ea606a 226 acpt = BIO_new_accept("4433");
2c281ebb 227
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228 /*
229 * By doing this when a new connection is established
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230 * we automatically have sbio inserted into it. The
231 * BIO chain is now 'swallowed' by the accept BIO and
1bc74519 232 * will be freed when the accept BIO is freed.
2c281ebb 233 */
05ea606a 234 BIO_set_accept_bios(acpt, sbio);
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235 out = BIO_new_fp(stdout, BIO_NOCLOSE);
236
237 /* Setup accept BIO */
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238 if (BIO_do_accept(acpt) <= 0) {
239 fprintf(stderr, "Error setting up accept BIO\n");
240 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
241 exit(1);
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242 }
243
05ea606a 244 /* We only want one connection so remove and free accept BIO */
2c281ebb 245 sbio = BIO_pop(acpt);
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246 BIO_free_all(acpt);
247
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248 if (BIO_do_handshake(sbio) <= 0) {
249 fprintf(stderr, "Error in SSL handshake\n");
250 ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
251 exit(1);
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252 }
253
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254 BIO_puts(sbio, "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\nContent-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n");
255 BIO_puts(sbio, "\r\nConnection Established\r\nRequest headers:\r\n");
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256 BIO_puts(sbio, "--------------------------------------------------\r\n");
257
2947af32 258 for (;;) {
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259 len = BIO_gets(sbio, tmpbuf, 1024);
260 if (len <= 0)
261 break;
262 BIO_write(sbio, tmpbuf, len);
263 BIO_write(out, tmpbuf, len);
264 /* Look for blank line signifying end of headers*/
265 if (tmpbuf[0] == '\r' || tmpbuf[0] == '\n')
266 break;
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267 }
268
269 BIO_puts(sbio, "--------------------------------------------------\r\n");
5ebdb390 270 BIO_puts(sbio, "\r\n");
2c281ebb 271 BIO_flush(sbio);
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272 BIO_free_all(sbio);
273
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274=head1 RETURN VALUES
275
276BIO_f_ssl() returns the SSL B<BIO_METHOD> structure.
277
278BIO_set_ssl(), BIO_get_ssl(), BIO_set_ssl_mode(), BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_bytes(),
279BIO_set_ssl_renegotiate_timeout() and BIO_get_num_renegotiates() return 1 on
280success or a value which is less than or equal to 0 if an error occurred.
281
282BIO_new_ssl(), BIO_new_ssl_connect() and BIO_new_buffer_ssl_connect() return
283a valid B<BIO> structure on success or B<NULL> if an error occurred.
284
285BIO_ssl_copy_session_id() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
286
287BIO_do_handshake() returns 1 if the connection was established successfully.
288A zero or negative value is returned if the connection could not be established.
289
e90fc053 290=head1 HISTORY
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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.
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302
303Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
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