openssl/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_sess_set_get_cb.pod
Matt Caswell 6ff7149468 Documentation updates for TLSv1.3 sessions
Add documentation for SSL_SESSION_is_resumable(). Also describe the interaction
of the various session functions and TLSv1.3 post-handshake sessions.

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3008)
2017-04-26 16:42:29 +01:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
SSL_CTX_sess_set_new_cb, SSL_CTX_sess_set_remove_cb, SSL_CTX_sess_set_get_cb, SSL_CTX_sess_get_new_cb, SSL_CTX_sess_get_remove_cb, SSL_CTX_sess_get_get_cb - provide callback functions for server side external session caching
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/ssl.h>
void SSL_CTX_sess_set_new_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx,
int (*new_session_cb)(SSL *, SSL_SESSION *));
void SSL_CTX_sess_set_remove_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx,
void (*remove_session_cb)(SSL_CTX *ctx, SSL_SESSION *));
void SSL_CTX_sess_set_get_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx,
SSL_SESSION (*get_session_cb)(SSL *, const unsigned char *, int, int *));
int (*SSL_CTX_sess_get_new_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx))(struct ssl_st *ssl, SSL_SESSION *sess);
void (*SSL_CTX_sess_get_remove_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx))(struct ssl_ctx_st *ctx, SSL_SESSION *sess);
SSL_SESSION *(*SSL_CTX_sess_get_get_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx))(struct ssl_st *ssl, const unsigned char *data, int len, int *copy);
int (*new_session_cb)(struct ssl_st *ssl, SSL_SESSION *sess);
void (*remove_session_cb)(struct ssl_ctx_st *ctx, SSL_SESSION *sess);
SSL_SESSION *(*get_session_cb)(struct ssl_st *ssl, unsigned char *data,
int len, int *copy);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
SSL_CTX_sess_set_new_cb() sets the callback function, which is automatically
called whenever a new session was negotiated.
SSL_CTX_sess_set_remove_cb() sets the callback function, which is
automatically called whenever a session is removed by the SSL engine,
because it is considered faulty or the session has become obsolete because
of exceeding the timeout value.
SSL_CTX_sess_set_get_cb() sets the callback function which is called,
whenever a SSL/TLS client proposed to resume a session but the session
could not be found in the internal session cache (see
L<SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)>).
(SSL/TLS server only.)
SSL_CTX_sess_get_new_cb(), SSL_CTX_sess_get_remove_cb(), and
SSL_CTX_sess_get_get_cb() allow to retrieve the function pointers of the
provided callback functions. If a callback function has not been set,
the NULL pointer is returned.
=head1 NOTES
In order to allow external session caching, synchronization with the internal
session cache is realized via callback functions. Inside these callback
functions, session can be saved to disk or put into a database using the
L<d2i_SSL_SESSION(3)> interface.
The new_session_cb() is called, whenever a new session has been negotiated
and session caching is enabled (see
L<SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)>).
The new_session_cb() is passed the B<ssl> connection and the ssl session
B<sess>. If the callback returns B<0>, the session will be immediately
removed again. Note that in TLSv1.3 sessions are established after the main
handshake has completed. The server decides when to send the client the session
information and this may occur some time after the end of the handshake (or not
at all). This means that applications should expect the new_session_cb()
function to be invoked during the handshake (for <= TLSv1.2) or after the
handshake (for TLSv1.3). It is also possible in TLSv1.3 for multiple sessions to
be established with a single connection. In these case the new_session_cb()
function will be invoked multiple times.
In TLSv1.3 it is recommended that each SSL_SESSION object is only used for
resumption once.
The remove_session_cb() is called, whenever the SSL engine removes a session
from the internal cache. This happens when the session is removed because
it is expired or when a connection was not shutdown cleanly. It also happens
for all sessions in the internal session cache when
L<SSL_CTX_free(3)> is called. The remove_session_cb() is passed
the B<ctx> and the ssl session B<sess>. It does not provide any feedback.
The get_session_cb() is only called on SSL/TLS servers with the session id
proposed by the client. The get_session_cb() is always called, also when
session caching was disabled. The get_session_cb() is passed the
B<ssl> connection, the session id of length B<length> at the memory location
B<data>. With the parameter B<copy> the callback can require the
SSL engine to increment the reference count of the SSL_SESSION object,
Normally the reference count is not incremented and therefore the
session must not be explicitly freed with
L<SSL_SESSION_free(3)>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<ssl(7)>, L<d2i_SSL_SESSION(3)>,
L<SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)>,
L<SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)>,
L<SSL_SESSION_free(3)>,
L<SSL_CTX_free(3)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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