openssl/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb.pod
Benjamin Kaduk 8313a787d7 Allow an ALPN callback to pretend to not exist
RFC 7301 mandates that the server SHALL respond with a fatal
"no_application_protocol" alert when there is no overlap between
the client's supplied list and the server's list of supported protocols.
In commit 062178678f we changed from
ignoring non-success returns from the supplied alpn_select_cb() to
treating such non-success returns as indicative of non-overlap and
sending the fatal alert.

In effect, this is using the presence of an alpn_select_cb() as a proxy
to attempt to determine whether the application has configured a list
of supported protocols.  However, there may be cases in which an
application's architecture leads it to supply an alpn_select_cb() but
have that callback be configured to take no action on connections that
do not have ALPN configured; returning SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK from
the callback would be the natural way to do so.  Unfortunately, the
aforementioned behavior change also treated SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK as
indicative of no overlap and terminated the connection; this change
supplies special handling for SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK returns from the
callback.  In effect, it provides a way for a callback to obtain the
behavior that would have occurred if no callback was registered at
all, which was not possible prior to this change.

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2570)
2017-04-10 11:57:37 -04:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
SSL_CTX_set_alpn_protos, SSL_set_alpn_protos, SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb,
SSL_select_next_proto, SSL_get0_alpn_selected - handle application layer
protocol negotiation (ALPN)
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/ssl.h>
int SSL_CTX_set_alpn_protos(SSL_CTX *ctx, const unsigned char *protos,
unsigned int protos_len);
int SSL_set_alpn_protos(SSL *ssl, const unsigned char *protos,
unsigned int protos_len);
void SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx,
int (*cb) (SSL *ssl,
const unsigned char **out,
unsigned char *outlen,
const unsigned char *in,
unsigned int inlen,
void *arg), void *arg);
int SSL_select_next_proto(unsigned char **out, unsigned char *outlen,
const unsigned char *server,
unsigned int server_len,
const unsigned char *client,
unsigned int client_len)
void SSL_get0_alpn_selected(const SSL *ssl, const unsigned char **data,
unsigned int *len);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
SSL_CTX_set_alpn_protos() and SSL_set_alpn_protos() are used by the client to
set the list of protocols available to be negotiated. The B<protos> must be in
protocol-list format, described below. The length of B<protos> is specified in
B<protos_len>.
SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb() sets the application callback B<cb> used by a
server to select which protocol to use for the incoming connection. When B<cb>
is NULL, ALPN is not used. The B<arg> value is a pointer which is passed to
the application callback.
B<cb> is the application defined callback. The B<in>, B<inlen> parameters are a
vector in protocol-list format. The value of the B<out>, B<outlen> vector
should be set to the value of a single protocol selected from the B<in>,
B<inlen> vector. The B<out> buffer may point directly into B<in>, or to a
buffer that outlives the handshake. The B<arg> parameter is the pointer set via
SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb().
SSL_select_next_proto() is a helper function used to select protocols. It
implements the standard protocol selection. It is expected that this function
is called from the application callback B<cb>. The protocol data in B<server>,
B<server_len> and B<client>, B<client_len> must be in the protocol-list format
described below. The first item in the B<server>, B<server_len> list that
matches an item in the B<client>, B<client_len> list is selected, and returned
in B<out>, B<outlen>. The B<out> value will point into either B<server> or
B<client>, so it should be copied immediately. If no match is found, the first
item in B<client>, B<client_len> is returned in B<out>, B<outlen>. This
function can also be used in the NPN callback.
SSL_get0_alpn_selected() returns a pointer to the selected protocol in B<data>
with length B<len>. It is not NUL-terminated. B<data> is set to NULL and B<len>
is set to 0 if no protocol has been selected. B<data> must not be freed.
=head1 NOTES
The protocol-lists must be in wire-format, which is defined as a vector of
non-empty, 8-bit length-prefixed, byte strings. The length-prefix byte is not
included in the length. Each string is limited to 255 bytes. A byte-string
length of 0 is invalid. A truncated byte-string is invalid. The length of the
vector is not in the vector itself, but in a separate variable.
Example:
unsigned char vector[] = {
6, 's', 'p', 'd', 'y', '/', '1',
8, 'h', 't', 't', 'p', '/', '1', '.', '1'
};
unsigned int length = sizeof(vector);
The ALPN callback is executed after the servername callback; as that servername
callback may update the SSL_CTX, and subsequently, the ALPN callback.
If there is no ALPN proposed in the ClientHello, the ALPN callback is not
invoked.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
SSL_CTX_set_alpn_protos() and SSL_set_alpn_protos() return 0 on success, and
non-0 on failure. WARNING: these functions reverse the return value convention.
SSL_select_next_proto() returns one of the following:
=over 4
=item OPENSSL_NPN_NEGOTIATED
A match was found and is returned in B<out>, B<outlen>.
=item OPENSSL_NPN_NO_OVERLAP
No match was found. The first item in B<client>, B<client_len> is returned in
B<out>, B<outlen>.
=back
The ALPN select callback B<cb>, must return one of the following:
=over 4
=item SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_OK
ALPN protocol selected.
=item SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_ALERT_FATAL
There was no overlap between the client's supplied list and the server
configuration.
=item SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK
ALPN protocol not selected, e.g., because no ALPN protocols are configured for
this connection.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<ssl(7)>, L<SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_servername_callback(3)>,
L<SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_servername_arg(3)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 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>.
=cut