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author | Geoff Thorpe <geoff@openssl.org> | 2002-10-29 03:33:04 +0300 |
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committer | Geoff Thorpe <geoff@openssl.org> | 2002-10-29 03:33:04 +0300 |
commit | e0db2eed8df76d0732839910e90882ee7266c46d (patch) | |
tree | 760983fb2188c3200a79901942bdd1dbbba1ec4a /doc | |
parent | 00a357ab203b4153eee970ffb33f0f22ef59f734 (diff) |
Correct and enhance the behaviour of "internal" session caching as it
relates to SSL_CTX flags and the use of "external" session caching. The
existing flag, "SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_LOOKUP" remains but is
supplemented with a complimentary flag, "SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_STORE".
The bitwise OR of the two flags is also defined as
"SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL" and is the flag that should be used by most
applications wanting to implement session caching *entirely* by its own
provided callbacks. As the documented behaviour contradicted actual
behaviour up until recently, and since that point behaviour has itself been
inconsistent anyway, this change should not introduce any compatibility
problems. I've adjusted the relevant documentation to elaborate about how
this works.
Kudos to "Nadav Har'El" <nyh@math.technion.ac.il> for diagnosing these
anomalies and testing this patch for correctness.
PR: 311
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_add_session.pod | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode.pod | 47 |
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_add_session.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_add_session.pod index af326c2f73..82676b26b2 100644 --- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_add_session.pod +++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_add_session.pod @@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ removed and replaced by the new session. If the session is actually identical (the SSL_SESSION object is identical), SSL_CTX_add_session() is a no-op, and the return value is 0. +If a server SSL_CTX is configured with the SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_STORE +flag then the internal cache will not be populated automatically by new +sessions negotiated by the SSL/TLS implementation, even though the internal +cache will be searched automatically for session-resume requests (the +latter can be surpressed by SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_LOOKUP). So the +application can use SSL_CTX_add_session() directly to have full control +over the sessions that can be resumed if desired. + =head1 RETURN VALUES diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode.pod index 9aa6c6b2e3..79c9ff5793 100644 --- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode.pod +++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode.pod @@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ SSL_CTX object is being maintained, the sessions are unique for each SSL_CTX object. In order to reuse a session, a client must send the session's id to the -server. It can only send exactly one id. The server then decides whether it -agrees in reusing the session or starts the handshake for a new session. +server. It can only send exactly one id. The server then either +agrees to reuse the session or it starts a full handshake (to create a new +session). -A server will lookup up the session in its internal session storage. If -the session is not found in internal storage or internal storage is -deactivated, the server will try the external storage if available. +A server will lookup up the session in its internal session storage. If the +session is not found in internal storage or lookups for the internal storage +have been deactivated (SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_LOOKUP), the server will try +the external storage if available. Since a client may try to reuse a session intended for use in a different context, the session id context must be set by the server (see @@ -57,9 +59,10 @@ function. This option is not activated by default. =item SSL_SESS_CACHE_SERVER Server sessions are added to the session cache. When a client proposes a -session to be reused, the session is looked up in the internal session cache. -If the session is found, the server will try to reuse the session. -This is the default. +session to be reused, the server looks for the corresponding session in (first) +the internal session cache (unless SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_LOOKUP is set), +then (second) in the external cache if available. If the session is found, the +server will try to reuse the session. This is the default. =item SSL_SESS_CACHE_BOTH @@ -77,12 +80,31 @@ explicitly by the application. =item SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_LOOKUP -By setting this flag sessions are cached in the internal storage but -they are not looked up automatically. If an external session cache -is enabled, sessions are looked up in the external cache. As automatic -lookup only applies for SSL/TLS servers, the flag has no effect on +By setting this flag, session-resume operations in an SSL/TLS server will not +automatically look up sessions in the internal cache, even if sessions are +automatically stored there. If external session caching callbacks are in use, +this flag guarantees that all lookups are directed to the external cache. +As automatic lookup only applies for SSL/TLS servers, the flag has no effect on clients. +=item SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_STORE + +Depending on the presence of SSL_SESS_CACHE_CLIENT and/or SSL_SESS_CACHE_SERVER, +sessions negotiated in an SSL/TLS handshake may be cached for possible reuse. +Normally a new session is added to the internal cache as well as any external +session caching (callback) that is configured for the SSL_CTX. This flag will +prevent sessions being stored in the internal cache (though the application can +add them manually using L<SSL_CTX_add_session(3)|SSL_CTX_add_session(3)>). Note: +in any SSL/TLS servers where external caching is configured, any successful +session lookups in the external cache (ie. for session-resume requests) would +normally be copied into the local cache before processing continues - this flag +prevents these additions to the internal cache as well. + +=item SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL + +Enable both SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_LOOKUP and +SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL_STORE at the same time. + =back The default mode is SSL_SESS_CACHE_SERVER. @@ -98,6 +120,7 @@ SSL_CTX_get_session_cache_mode() returns the currently set cache mode. L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_set_session(3)|SSL_set_session(3)>, L<SSL_session_reused(3)|SSL_session_reused(3)>, +L<SSL_CTX_add_session(3)|SSL_CTX_add_session(3)>, L<SSL_CTX_sess_number(3)|SSL_CTX_sess_number(3)>, L<SSL_CTX_sess_set_cache_size(3)|SSL_CTX_sess_set_cache_size(3)>, L<SSL_CTX_sess_set_get_cb(3)|SSL_CTX_sess_set_get_cb(3)>, |