Improve --show-ciphers to show if a cipher can be used in static key mode

Also remove the bulky warning from init_key_type() and add the information
to the --show-ciphers output.

Signed-off-by: Steffan Karger <steffan@karger.me>
Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Message-Id: <53BAEF65.2070509@karger.me>
URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/8852
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>

diff --git a/src/openvpn/crypto.c b/src/openvpn/crypto.c
index 2a863b9608e227afc23a88c7be728b80274af7d6..ef2bde1d57a990707bd4f79e55c7a23f91d4befe 100644 (file)
--- a/src/openvpn/crypto.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/crypto.c
@@ -434,11 +434,7 @@ init_key_type (struct key_type *kt, const char *ciphername,
              || (cfb_ofb_allowed && cipher_kt_mode_ofb_cfb(kt->cipher))
 #endif
              ))
-#ifdef ENABLE_SMALL
          msg (M_FATAL, "Cipher '%s' mode not supported", ciphername);
-#else
-         msg (M_FATAL, "Cipher '%s' uses a mode not supported by " PACKAGE_NAME " in your current configuration.  CBC mode is always supported, while CFB and OFB modes are supported only when using SSL/TLS authentication and key exchange mode, and when " PACKAGE_NAME " has been built with ALLOW_NON_CBC_CIPHERS.", ciphername);
-#endif
       }
     }
   else

diff --git a/src/openvpn/crypto_openssl.c b/src/openvpn/crypto_openssl.c
index 11592991bc2bff141237e3fdeba37e4cfb507191..0ac89a19f238076c05b3be96b5ac396580f58ca7 100644 (file)
--- a/src/openvpn/crypto_openssl.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/crypto_openssl.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "basic.h"
 #include "buffer.h"
 #include "integer.h"
+#include "crypto.h"
 #include "crypto_backend.h"
 #include <openssl/objects.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ show_available_ciphers ()
          "used as a parameter to the --cipher option.  The default\n"
          "key size is shown as well as whether or not it can be\n"
           "changed with the --keysize directive.  Using a CBC mode\n"
-         "is recommended.\n\n");
+         "is recommended. In static key mode only CBC mode is allowed.\n\n");
 #endif
 
   for (nid = 0; nid < 10000; ++nid)    /* is there a better way to get the size of the nid list? */
@@ -266,11 +267,17 @@ show_available_ciphers ()
              || cipher_kt_mode_ofb_cfb(cipher)
 #endif
              )
-           printf ("%s %d bit default key (%s)\n",
-                   OBJ_nid2sn (nid),
-                   EVP_CIPHER_key_length (cipher) * 8,
-                   ((EVP_CIPHER_flags (cipher) & EVP_CIPH_VARIABLE_LENGTH) ?
-                    "variable" : "fixed"));
+           {
+             const char *var_key_size =
+                 (EVP_CIPHER_flags (cipher) & EVP_CIPH_VARIABLE_LENGTH) ?
+                      "variable" : "fixed";
+             const char *ssl_only = cipher_kt_mode_ofb_cfb(cipher) ?
+                 " (TLS client/server mode)" : "";
+
+             printf ("%s %d bit default key (%s)%s\n", OBJ_nid2sn (nid),
+                     EVP_CIPHER_key_length (cipher) * 8, var_key_size,
+                     ssl_only);
+           }
        }
     }
   printf ("\n");