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| author | marha <marha@users.sourceforge.net> | 2015-02-22 14:43:31 +0100 |
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| committer | marha <marha@users.sourceforge.net> | 2015-02-22 14:43:31 +0100 |
| commit | c9aad1ae6227c434d480d1d3aa8eae3c3c910c18 (patch) | |
| tree | 94b917df998c3d547e191b3b9c58bbffc616470e /openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod | |
| parent | f1c2db43dcf35d2cf4715390bd2391c28e42a8c2 (diff) | |
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Upgraded to openssl-1.0.2
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod b/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod index 2e113be60..c598f4d4c 100644 --- a/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod +++ b/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod @@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ If SSL_CIPHER_description() cannot handle a built-in cipher, the according description of the cipher property is B<unknown>. This case should not occur. +The standard terminology for ephemeral Diffie-Hellman schemes is DHE +(finite field) or ECDHE (elliptic curve). This version of OpenSSL +idiosyncratically reports these schemes as EDH and EECDH, even though +it also accepts the standard terminology. + +It is recommended to use the standard terminology (DHE and ECDHE) +during configuration (e.g. via SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list) for clarity of +configuration. OpenSSL versions after 1.0.2 will report the standard +terms via SSL_CIPHER_get_name and SSL_CIPHER_description. + =head1 RETURN VALUES See DESCRIPTION @@ -116,6 +126,7 @@ See DESCRIPTION =head1 SEE ALSO L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_get_current_cipher(3)|SSL_get_current_cipher(3)>, -L<SSL_get_ciphers(3)|SSL_get_ciphers(3)>, L<ciphers(1)|ciphers(1)> +L<SSL_get_ciphers(3)|SSL_get_ciphers(3)>, L<ciphers(1)|ciphers(1)>, +L<SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(3)|SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(3)> =cut |