openssl/ssl/statem
Matt Caswell 7835e97b6f Don't artificially limit the size of the ClientHello
We were setting a limit of SSL3_RT_MAX_PLAIN_LENGTH on the size of the
ClientHello. AFAIK there is nothing in the standards that requires this
limit.

The limit goes all the way back to when support for extensions was first
added for TLSv1.0. It got converted into a WPACKET max size in 1.1.1. Most
likely it was originally added to avoid the complexity of having to grow
the init_buf in the middle of adding extensions. With WPACKET this is
irrelevant since it will grow automatically.

This issue came up when an attempt was made to send a very large
certificate_authorities extension in the ClientHello.

We should just remove the limit.

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Viktor Dukhovni <viktor@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/7424)
2019-01-08 16:34:28 +00:00
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extensions_clnt.c Following the license change, modify the boilerplates in ssl/ 2018-12-06 14:20:59 +01:00
extensions_cust.c Following the license change, modify the boilerplates in ssl/ 2018-12-06 14:20:59 +01:00
extensions_srvr.c Following the license change, modify the boilerplates in ssl/ 2018-12-06 14:20:59 +01:00
extensions.c Don't complain if we receive the cryptopro extension in the ClientHello 2019-01-07 09:39:10 +00:00
README Add a state machine README 2015-10-30 08:38:18 +00:00
statem_clnt.c Don't artificially limit the size of the ClientHello 2019-01-08 16:34:28 +00:00
statem_dtls.c Following the license change, modify the boilerplates in ssl/ 2018-12-06 14:20:59 +01:00
statem_lib.c Use (D)TLS_MAX_VERSION_INTERNAL internally 2018-12-15 12:52:02 +01:00
statem_locl.h Following the license change, modify the boilerplates in ssl/ 2018-12-06 14:20:59 +01:00
statem_srvr.c Following the license change, modify the boilerplates in ssl/ 2018-12-06 14:20:59 +01:00
statem.c Following the license change, modify the boilerplates in ssl/ 2018-12-06 14:20:59 +01:00
statem.h Following the license change, modify the boilerplates in ssl/ 2018-12-06 14:20:59 +01:00

State Machine Design
====================

This file provides some guidance on the thinking behind the design of the
state machine code to aid future maintenance.

The state machine code replaces an older state machine present in OpenSSL
versions 1.0.2 and below. The new state machine has the following objectives:
    - Remove duplication of state code between client and server
    - Remove duplication of state code between TLS and DTLS
    - Simplify transitions and bring the logic together in a single location
      so that it is easier to validate
    - Remove duplication of code between each of the message handling functions
    - Receive a message first and then work out whether that is a valid
      transition - not the other way around (the other way causes lots of issues
      where we are expecting one type of message next but actually get something
      else)
    - Separate message flow state from handshake state (in order to better
      understand each)
      - message flow state = when to flush buffers; handling restarts in the
        event of NBIO events; handling the common flow of steps for reading a
        message and the common flow of steps for writing a message etc
      - handshake state = what handshake message are we working on now
    - Control complexity: only the state machine can change state: keep all
      the state changes local to the state machine component

The message flow state machine is divided into a reading sub-state machine and a
writing sub-state machine. See the source comments in statem.c for a more
detailed description of the various states and transitions possible.

Conceptually the state machine component is designed as follows:

                        libssl
                           |
---------------------------|-----statem.h--------------------------------------
                           |
                    _______V____________________
                   |                            |
                   |    statem.c                |
                   |                            |
                   |    Core state machine code |
                   |____________________________|
        statem_locl.h     ^          ^
                 _________|          |_______
                |                            |
   _____________|____________   _____________|____________
  |                          | |                          |
  | statem_clnt.c            | | statem_srvr.c            |
  |                          | |                          |
  | TLS/DTLS client specific | | TLS/DTLS server specific |
  | state machine code       | | state machine code       |
  |__________________________| |__________________________|
               |        |_______________|__       |
               |        ________________|  |      |
               |       |                   |      |
   ____________V_______V________   ________V______V_______________
  |                             | |                               |
  | statem_both.c               | | statem_dtls.c                 |
  |                             | |                               |
  | Non core functions common   | | Non core functions common to  |
  | to both servers and clients | | both DTLS servers and clients |
  |_____________________________| |_______________________________|