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diff --git a/openssl/doc/apps/s_server.pod b/openssl/doc/apps/s_server.pod new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fdcc170e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/openssl/doc/apps/s_server.pod @@ -0,0 +1,348 @@ + +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +s_server - SSL/TLS server program + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<openssl> B<s_server> +[B<-accept port>] +[B<-context id>] +[B<-verify depth>] +[B<-Verify depth>] +[B<-crl_check>] +[B<-crl_check_all>] +[B<-cert filename>] +[B<-certform DER|PEM>] +[B<-key keyfile>] +[B<-keyform DER|PEM>] +[B<-pass arg>] +[B<-dcert filename>] +[B<-dcertform DER|PEM>] +[B<-dkey keyfile>] +[B<-dkeyform DER|PEM>] +[B<-dpass arg>] +[B<-dhparam filename>] +[B<-nbio>] +[B<-nbio_test>] +[B<-crlf>] +[B<-debug>] +[B<-msg>] +[B<-state>] +[B<-CApath directory>] +[B<-CAfile filename>] +[B<-nocert>] +[B<-cipher cipherlist>] +[B<-quiet>] +[B<-no_tmp_rsa>] +[B<-ssl2>] +[B<-ssl3>] +[B<-tls1>] +[B<-no_ssl2>] +[B<-no_ssl3>] +[B<-no_tls1>] +[B<-no_dhe>] +[B<-bugs>] +[B<-hack>] +[B<-www>] +[B<-WWW>] +[B<-HTTP>] +[B<-engine id>] +[B<-tlsextdebug>] +[B<-no_ticket>] +[B<-id_prefix arg>] +[B<-rand file(s)>] + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The B<s_server> command implements a generic SSL/TLS server which listens +for connections on a given port using SSL/TLS. + +=head1 OPTIONS + +=over 4 + +=item B<-accept port> + +the TCP port to listen on for connections. If not specified 4433 is used. + +=item B<-context id> + +sets the SSL context id. It can be given any string value. If this option +is not present a default value will be used. + +=item B<-cert certname> + +The certificate to use, most servers cipher suites require the use of a +certificate and some require a certificate with a certain public key type: +for example the DSS cipher suites require a certificate containing a DSS +(DSA) key. If not specified then the filename "server.pem" will be used. + +=item B<-certform format> + +The certificate format to use: DER or PEM. PEM is the default. + +=item B<-key keyfile> + +The private key to use. If not specified then the certificate file will +be used. + +=item B<-keyform format> + +The private format to use: DER or PEM. PEM is the default. + +=item B<-pass arg> + +the private key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg> +see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>. + +=item B<-dcert filename>, B<-dkey keyname> + +specify an additional certificate and private key, these behave in the +same manner as the B<-cert> and B<-key> options except there is no default +if they are not specified (no additional certificate and key is used). As +noted above some cipher suites require a certificate containing a key of +a certain type. Some cipher suites need a certificate carrying an RSA key +and some a DSS (DSA) key. By using RSA and DSS certificates and keys +a server can support clients which only support RSA or DSS cipher suites +by using an appropriate certificate. + +=item B<-dcertform format>, B<-dkeyform format>, B<-dpass arg> + +addtional certificate and private key format and passphrase respectively. + +=item B<-nocert> + +if this option is set then no certificate is used. This restricts the +cipher suites available to the anonymous ones (currently just anonymous +DH). + +=item B<-dhparam filename> + +the DH parameter file to use. The ephemeral DH cipher suites generate keys +using a set of DH parameters. If not specified then an attempt is made to +load the parameters from the server certificate file. If this fails then +a static set of parameters hard coded into the s_server program will be used. + +=item B<-no_dhe> + +if this option is set then no DH parameters will be loaded effectively +disabling the ephemeral DH cipher suites. + +=item B<-no_tmp_rsa> + +certain export cipher suites sometimes use a temporary RSA key, this option +disables temporary RSA key generation. + +=item B<-verify depth>, B<-Verify depth> + +The verify depth to use. This specifies the maximum length of the +client certificate chain and makes the server request a certificate from +the client. With the B<-verify> option a certificate is requested but the +client does not have to send one, with the B<-Verify> option the client +must supply a certificate or an error occurs. + +=item B<-crl_check>, B<-crl_check_all> + +Check the peer certificate has not been revoked by its CA. +The CRL(s) are appended to the certificate file. With the B<-crl_check_all> +option all CRLs of all CAs in the chain are checked. + +=item B<-CApath directory> + +The directory to use for client certificate verification. This directory +must be in "hash format", see B<verify> for more information. These are +also used when building the server certificate chain. + +=item B<-CAfile file> + +A file containing trusted certificates to use during client authentication +and to use when attempting to build the server certificate chain. The list +is also used in the list of acceptable client CAs passed to the client when +a certificate is requested. + +=item B<-state> + +prints out the SSL session states. + +=item B<-debug> + +print extensive debugging information including a hex dump of all traffic. + +=item B<-msg> + +show all protocol messages with hex dump. + +=item B<-nbio_test> + +tests non blocking I/O + +=item B<-nbio> + +turns on non blocking I/O + +=item B<-crlf> + +this option translated a line feed from the terminal into CR+LF. + +=item B<-quiet> + +inhibit printing of session and certificate information. + +=item B<-ssl2>, B<-ssl3>, B<-tls1>, B<-no_ssl2>, B<-no_ssl3>, B<-no_tls1> + +these options disable the use of certain SSL or TLS protocols. By default +the initial handshake uses a method which should be compatible with all +servers and permit them to use SSL v3, SSL v2 or TLS as appropriate. + +=item B<-bugs> + +there are several known bug in SSL and TLS implementations. Adding this +option enables various workarounds. + +=item B<-hack> + +this option enables a further workaround for some some early Netscape +SSL code (?). + +=item B<-cipher cipherlist> + +this allows the cipher list used by the server to be modified. When +the client sends a list of supported ciphers the first client cipher +also included in the server list is used. Because the client specifies +the preference order, the order of the server cipherlist irrelevant. See +the B<ciphers> command for more information. + +=item B<-tlsextdebug> + +print out a hex dump of any TLS extensions received from the server. + +=item B<-no_ticket> + +disable RFC4507bis session ticket support. + +=item B<-www> + +sends a status message back to the client when it connects. This includes +lots of information about the ciphers used and various session parameters. +The output is in HTML format so this option will normally be used with a +web browser. + +=item B<-WWW> + +emulates a simple web server. Pages will be resolved relative to the +current directory, for example if the URL https://myhost/page.html is +requested the file ./page.html will be loaded. + +=item B<-HTTP> + +emulates a simple web server. Pages will be resolved relative to the +current directory, for example if the URL https://myhost/page.html is +requested the file ./page.html will be loaded. The files loaded are +assumed to contain a complete and correct HTTP response (lines that +are part of the HTTP response line and headers must end with CRLF). + +=item B<-engine id> + +specifying an engine (by it's unique B<id> string) will cause B<s_server> +to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine, +thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default +for all available algorithms. + +=item B<-id_prefix arg> + +generate SSL/TLS session IDs prefixed by B<arg>. This is mostly useful +for testing any SSL/TLS code (eg. proxies) that wish to deal with multiple +servers, when each of which might be generating a unique range of session +IDs (eg. with a certain prefix). + +=item B<-rand file(s)> + +a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number +generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>). +Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character. +The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for +all others. + +=back + +=head1 CONNECTED COMMANDS + +If a connection request is established with an SSL client and neither the +B<-www> nor the B<-WWW> option has been used then normally any data received +from the client is displayed and any key presses will be sent to the client. + +Certain single letter commands are also recognized which perform special +operations: these are listed below. + +=over 4 + +=item B<q> + +end the current SSL connection but still accept new connections. + +=item B<Q> + +end the current SSL connection and exit. + +=item B<r> + +renegotiate the SSL session. + +=item B<R> + +renegotiate the SSL session and request a client certificate. + +=item B<P> + +send some plain text down the underlying TCP connection: this should +cause the client to disconnect due to a protocol violation. + +=item B<S> + +print out some session cache status information. + +=back + +=head1 NOTES + +B<s_server> can be used to debug SSL clients. To accept connections from +a web browser the command: + + openssl s_server -accept 443 -www + +can be used for example. + +Most web browsers (in particular Netscape and MSIE) only support RSA cipher +suites, so they cannot connect to servers which don't use a certificate +carrying an RSA key or a version of OpenSSL with RSA disabled. + +Although specifying an empty list of CAs when requesting a client certificate +is strictly speaking a protocol violation, some SSL clients interpret this to +mean any CA is acceptable. This is useful for debugging purposes. + +The session parameters can printed out using the B<sess_id> program. + +TLS extensions are only supported in OpenSSL 0.9.8 if they are explictly +enabled at compile time using for example the B<enable-tlsext> switch. + +=head1 BUGS + +Because this program has a lot of options and also because some of +the techniques used are rather old, the C source of s_server is rather +hard to read and not a model of how things should be done. A typical +SSL server program would be much simpler. + +The output of common ciphers is wrong: it just gives the list of ciphers that +OpenSSL recognizes and the client supports. + +There should be a way for the B<s_server> program to print out details of any +unknown cipher suites a client says it supports. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<sess_id(1)|sess_id(1)>, L<s_client(1)|s_client(1)>, L<ciphers(1)|ciphers(1)> + +=cut |