SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod revision 76866
1=pod 2 3=head1 NAME 4 5SSL_CIPHER_get_name, SSL_CIPHER_get_bits, SSL_CIPHER_get_version, SSL_CIPHER_description - get SSL_CIPHER properties 6 7=head1 SYNOPSIS 8 9 #include <openssl/ssl.h> 10 11 const char *SSL_CIPHER_get_name(SSL_CIPHER *cipher); 12 int SSL_CIPHER_get_bits(SSL_CIPHER *cipher, int *alg_bits); 13 char *SSL_CIPHER_get_version(SSL_CIPHER *cipher); 14 char *SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int size); 15 16=head1 DESCRIPTION 17 18SSL_CIPHER_get_name() returns a pointer to the name of B<cipher>. If the 19argument is the NULL pointer, a pointer to the constant value "NONE" is 20returned. 21 22SSL_CIPHER_get_bits() returns the number of secret bits used for B<cipher>. If 23B<alg_bits> is not NULL, it contains the number of bits processed by the 24chosen algorithm. If B<cipher> is NULL, 0 is returned. 25 26SSL_CIPHER_get_version() returns the protocol version for B<cipher>, currently 27"SSLv2", "SSLv3", or "TLSv1". If B<cipher> is NULL, "(NONE)" is returned. 28 29SSL_CIPHER_description() returns a textual description of the cipher used 30into the buffer B<buf> of length B<len> provided. B<len> must be at least 31128 bytes, otherwise a pointer to the the string "Buffer too small" is 32returned. If B<buf> is NULL, a buffer of 128 bytes is allocated using 33OPENSSL_malloc(). If the allocation fails, a pointer to the string 34"OPENSSL_malloc Error" is returned. 35 36=head1 NOTES 37 38The number of bits processed can be different from the secret bits. An 39export cipher like e.g. EXP-RC4-MD5 has only 40 secret bits. The algorithm 40does use the full 128 bits (which would be returned for B<alg_bits>), of 41which however 88bits are fixed. The search space is hence only 40 bits. 42 43The string returned by SSL_CIPHER_description() in case of success consists 44of cleartext information separated by one or more blanks in the following 45sequence: 46 47=over 4 48 49=item <ciphername> 50 51Textual representation of the cipher name. 52 53=item <protocol version> 54 55Protocol version: B<SSLv2>, B<SSLv3>. The TLSv1 ciphers are flagged with SSLv3. 56 57=item Kx=<key exchange> 58 59Key exchange method: B<RSA> (for export ciphers as B<RSA(512)> or 60B<RSA(1024)>), B<DH> (for export ciphers as B<DH(512)> or B<DH(1024)>), 61B<DH/RSA>, B<DH/DSS>, B<Fortezza>. 62 63=item Au=<authentication> 64 65Authentication method: B<RSA>, B<DSS>, B<DH>, B<None>. None is the 66representation of anonymous ciphers. 67 68=item Enc=<symmetric encryption method> 69 70Encryption method with number of secret bits: B<DES(40)>, B<DES(56)>, 71B<3DES(168)>, B<RC4(40)>, B<RC4(56)>, B<RC4(64)>, B<RC4(128)>, 72B<RC2(40)>, B<RC2(56)>, B<RC2(128)>, B<IDEA(128)>, B<Fortezza>, B<None>. 73 74=item Mac=<message authentication code> 75 76Message digest: B<MD5>, B<SHA1>. 77 78=item <export flag> 79 80If the cipher is flagged exportable with respect to old US crypto 81regulations, the word "B<export>" is printed. 82 83=back 84 85=head1 EXAMPLES 86 87Some examples for the output of SSL_CIPHER_description(): 88 89 EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH Au=RSA Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1 90 EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH Au=DSS Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1 91 RC4-MD5 SSLv3 Kx=RSA Au=RSA Enc=RC4(128) Mac=MD5 92 EXP-RC4-MD5 SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA Enc=RC4(40) Mac=MD5 export 93 94=head1 BUGS 95 96If SSL_CIPHER_description() is called with B<cipher> being NULL, the 97library crashes. 98 99If SSL_CIPHER_description() cannot handle a built-in cipher, the according 100description of the cipher property is B<unknown>. This case should not 101occur. 102 103=head1 RETURN VALUES 104 105See DESCRIPTION 106 107=head1 SEE ALSO 108 109L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_get_current_cipher(3)|SSL_get_current_cipher(3)>, 110L<SSL_get_ciphers(3)|SSL_get_ciphers(3)>, L<ciphers(1)|ciphers(1)> 111 112=cut 113