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Diffstat (limited to 'openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod | 13 |
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 |