Provide better documentation for SSL_get_servername()

The behaviour of SSL_get_servername() is quite complicated and depends on
numerous factors such as whether it is called on the client or the server,
whether it is called before or after the handshake, what protocol version
was negotiated, and whether a resumption was attempted or was successful.

We attempt to document the behavior more clearly.

Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10018)
This commit is contained in:
Matt Caswell 2019-11-28 12:03:00 +00:00
parent 49ef3d0719
commit 0dc7c8e831
2 changed files with 115 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SSL_set_tlsext_host_name - handle server name indication (SNI)
#include <openssl/ssl.h>
long SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_servername_callback(SSL_CTX *ctx,
int (*cb)(SSL *, int *, void *));
int (*cb)(SSL *s, int *al, void *arg));
long SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_servername_arg(SSL_CTX *ctx, void *arg);
const char *SSL_get_servername(const SSL *s, const int type);
@ -21,21 +21,106 @@ SSL_set_tlsext_host_name - handle server name indication (SNI)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The functionality provided by the servername callback is superseded by the
ClientHello callback, which can be set using SSL_CTX_set_client_hello_cb().
The servername callback is retained for historical compatibility.
The functionality provided by the servername callback is mostly superseded by
the ClientHello callback, which can be set using SSL_CTX_set_client_hello_cb().
However, even where the ClientHello callback is used, the servername callback is
still necessary in order to acknowledge the servername requested by the client.
SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_servername_callback() sets the application callback B<cb>
used by a server to perform any actions or configuration required based on
the servername extension received in the incoming connection. When B<cb>
is NULL, SNI is not used. The B<arg> value is a pointer which is passed to
the application callback.
is NULL, SNI is not used.
The servername callback should return one of the following values:
=over 4
=item SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_OK
This is used to indicate that the servername requested by the client has been
accepted. Typically a server will call SSL_set_SSL_CTX() in the callback to set
up a different configuration for the selected servername in this case.
=item SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_ALERT_FATAL
In this case the servername requested by the client is not accepted and the
handshake will be aborted. The value of the alert to be used should be stored in
the location pointed to by the B<al> parameter to the callback. By default this
value is initialised to SSL_AD_UNRECOGNIZED_NAME.
=item SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_ALERT_WARNING
If this value is returned then the servername is not accepted by the server.
However the handshake will continue and send a warning alert instead. The value
of the alert should be stored in the location pointed to by the B<al> parameter
as for SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_ALERT_FATAL above. Note that TLSv1.3 does not support
warning alerts, so if TLSv1.3 has been negotiated then this return value is
treated the same way as SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK.
=item SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK
This return value indicates that the servername is not accepted by the server.
No alerts are sent and the server will not acknowledge the requested servername.
=back
SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_servername_arg() sets a context-specific argument to be
passed into the callback for this B<SSL_CTX>.
passed into the callback (via the B<arg> parameter) for this B<SSL_CTX>.
SSL_get_servername() returns a servername extension value of the specified
type if provided in the Client Hello or NULL.
The behaviour of SSL_get_servername() depends on a number of different factors.
In particular note that in TLSv1.3 the servername is negotiated in every
handshake. In TLSv1.2 the servername is only negotiated on initial handshakes
and not on resumption handshakes.
=over 4
=item On the client, before the handshake
If a servername has been set via a call to SSL_set_tlsext_host_name() then it
will return that servername.
If one has not been set, but a TLSv1.2 resumption is being attempted and the
session from the original handshake had a servername accepted by the server then
it will return that servername.
Otherwise it returns NULL.
=item On the client, during or after the handshake and a TLSv1.2 (or below)
resumption occurred
If the session from the orignal handshake had a servername accepted by the
server then it will return that servername.
Otherwise it returns the servername set via SSL_set_tlsext_host_name() or NULL
if it was not called.
=item On the client, during or after the handshake and a TLSv1.2 (or below)
resumption did not occur
It will return the servername set via SSL_set_tlsext_host_name() or NULL if it
was not called.
=item On the server, before the handshake
The function will always return NULL before the handshake
=item On the server, after the servername extension has been processed and a
TLSv1.2 (or below) resumption occurred
If a servername was accepted by the server in the original handshake then it
will return that servername, or NULL otherwise.
=item On the server, after the servername extension has been processed and a
TLSv1.2 (or below) resumption did not occur
The function will return the servername requested by the client in this
handshake or NULL if none was requested.
=back
Note that the ClientHello callback occurs before a servername extension from the
client is processed. The servername, certificate and ALPN callbacks occur after
a servername extension from the client is processed.
SSL_get_servername_type() returns the servername type or -1 if no servername
is present. Currently the only supported type (defined in RFC3546) is
@ -65,6 +150,23 @@ SSL_set_tlsext_host_name() returns 1 on success, 0 in case of error.
L<ssl(7)>, L<SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb(3)>,
L<SSL_get0_alpn_selected(3)>, L<SSL_CTX_set_client_hello_cb(3)>
=head1 HISTORY
SSL_get_servername() historically provided some unexpected results in certain
corner cases. This has been fixed from OpenSSL 1.1.1e.
Prior to 1.1.1e, when the client requested a servername in an initial TLSv1.2
handshake, the server accepted it, and then the client successfully resumed but
set a different explict servername in the second handshake then when called by
the client it returned the servername from the second handshake. This has now
been changed to return the servername requested in the original handshake.
Also prior to 1.1.1e, if the client sent a servername in the first handshake but
the server did not accept it, and then a second handshake occured where TLSv1.2
resumption was successful then when called by the server it returned the
servername requested in the original handshake. This has now been changed to
NULL.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

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@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ SSL_SESSION_set1_alpn_selected
=head1 DESCRIPTION
SSL_SESSION_get0_hostname() retrieves the SNI value that was sent by the
client when the session was created, or NULL if no value was sent.
client when the session was created if it was accepted by the server and TLSv1.2
or below was negotiated. Otherwise NULL is returned. Note that in TLSv1.3 the
SNI hostname is negotiated with each handshake including resumption handshakes
and is therefore never associated with the session.
The value returned is a pointer to memory maintained within B<s> and
should not be free'd.