</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="section1" class="doctools_section"><h2><a name="section1">Description</a></h2>
<p>This extension provides TCL script access to secure socket communications
using the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. It provides a generic
binding to <a href="https://www.openssl.org/">OpenSSL</a>, utilizing the
<b class="syscmd">Tcl_StackChannel</b> API in TCL 8.4 and higher.
These sockets behave exactly the same as channels created using the built-in
<b class="syscmd">socket</b> command, but provide additional options for controlling
the SSL/TLS session.</p>
</div>
<div id="section2" class="doctools_section"><h2><a name="section2">Compatibility</a></h2>
<p>This extension is compatible with OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later. It requires Tcl
version 8.5 or later and will work with Tcl 9.0.</p>
</div>
<div id="section3" class="doctools_section"><h2><a name="section3">Commands</a></h2>
<p>The following are the commands provided by the TcLTLS package. See the
<span class="sectref"><a href="#section7">Examples</a></span> for example usage and the &quot;<b class="file">demos</b>&quot; directory for
more example usage.</p>
<dl class="doctools_definitions">
<dt><a name="1"><b class="cmd">tls::init</b> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">-option</i>?</span> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">value</i>?</span> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">-option value ...</i>?</span></a></dt>
<dd><p>Optional function to set the default options used by <b class="cmd">tls::socket</b>. If you
call <b class="cmd">tls::import</b> directly, the values set by this command have no effect.
This command supports all of the same options as the <b class="cmd">tls::socket</b> command,
though you should limit your options to only TLS related ones.</p></dd>
<dt><a name="2"><b class="cmd">tls::socket</b> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">-option</i>?</span> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">value</i>?</span> <span class="opt">?<i class="arg">-option value ...</i>?</span> <i class="arg">host</i> <i class="arg">port</i></a></dt>
<dd><p>This is a helper function that utilizes the underlying commands <b class="syscmd">socket</b>
and <b class="cmd">tls::import</b> to create the connection. It behaves the same as the
native TCL <b class="syscmd">socket</b> command, but also supports the <b class="cmd">tls:import</b>
command options with one additional option. It returns the channel handle id
for the new socket.</p>
<dl class="doctools_options">
<dt><b class="option">-autoservername</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>If <b class="const">true</b>, automatically set the <b class="option">-servername</b> argument to the
<em>host</em> argument. Prior to TclTLS 2.0, the default is <b class="const">false</b>.
Starting in TclTLS 2.0, the default is <b class="const">true</b> unless <b class="option">-servername</b>

<dd><p>Specifies the callback command to be invoked at several points during the
handshake to pass errors, tracing information, and protocol messages.
See <span class="sectref"><a href="#section5">Callback Options</a></span> for more info.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-dhparams</b> <i class="arg">filename</i></dt>
<dd><p>Specifies the Diffie-Hellman (DH) parameters file.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-keyfile</b> <i class="arg">filename</i></dt>
<dd><p>Specifies the private key file. The default is to use the file
specified by the <i class="arg">-certfile</i> option.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-key</b> <i class="arg">string</i></dt>
<dd><p>Specifies the private key to use as a DER encoded string (PKCS#1 DER).</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-model</b> <i class="arg">channel</i></dt>
<dd><p>Force this channel to share the same <i class="term">SSL_CTX</i> structure as the
specified <i class="arg">channel</i>, and therefore share config, callbacks, etc.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-password</b> <i class="arg">callback</i></dt>
<dd><p>Specifies the callback command to invoke when OpenSSL needs to obtain a
password. This is typically used to unlock the private key of a certificate.
The callback should return a password string. This option has changed for
TclTLS 1.8. See <span class="sectref"><a href="#section5">Callback Options</a></span> for more info.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-post_handshake</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Allow post-handshake session ticket updates. This option is new for TclTLS 1.8.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-request</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Request a certificate from the peer during the SSL handshake. This is needed
to do Certificate Validation. Starting in TclTLS 1.8, the default is
<b class="const">true</b>. Starting in TclTLS 2.0, If set to <b class="const">false</b> and
<b class="option">-require</b> is <b class="const">true</b>, then this will be overridden to <b class="const">true</b>.
See <span class="sectref"><a href="#section4">Certificate Validation</a></span> for more details.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-require</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Require a valid certificate from the peer during the SSL handshake. If this is
set to true, then <b class="option">-request</b> must also be set to true and a either
<b class="option">-cadir</b>, <b class="option">-cafile</b>, <b class="option">-castore</b>, or a platform default
must be provided in order to validate against. The default in TclTLS 1.8 and

<dt><b class="option">-ssl3</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Enable use of SSL v3. The default is <b class="const">false</b>. Starting in TclTLS 1.8,
use of SSL v3 if only available via a compile time option.
See the <b class="cmd">tls::protocols</b> command for supported protocols.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-tls1</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Enable use of TLS v1. Starting in TclTLS 2.0, the default is <b class="const">false</b>.
Note: TLS 1.0 needs SHA1 to operate, which is only available in security level
0 for Open SSL 3.0+. See the <i class="arg">-security_level</i> option.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-tls1.1</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Enable use of TLS v1.1. Starting in TclTLS 2.0, the default is <b class="const">false</b>.
Note: TLS 1.1 needs SHA1 to operate, which is only available in security level
0 for Open SSL 3.0+. See the <i class="arg">-security_level</i> option.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-tls1.2</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Enable use of TLS v1.2. The default is <b class="const">true</b>.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-tls1.3</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Enable use of TLS v1.3. The default is <b class="const">true</b>. This is only available
starting with OpenSSL 1.1.1 and TclTLS 1.7.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-validatecommand</b> <i class="arg">callback</i></dt>
<dd><p>Specifies the callback command to invoke to validate the peer certificates

<p>In order to provide authentication, i.e. ensuring someone is who they say they
are, the public key and user identification info is stored in a X.509
certificate and that certificate is authenticated (i.e. signed) by a Certificate
Authority (CA). Users can then exchange these certificates during the TLS
initialization process and check them against the root CA certificates to ensure
they are valid. This is handled by OpenSSL via the <b class="option">-request</b> and
<b class="option">-require</b> options. See the <b class="option">-cadir</b>, <b class="option">-cadir</b>, and
<b class="option">-castore</b> options for how tp specify where to find the CA certificates.
Optionally, in a future release, they can also be checked against the Certificate
Revocation List (CRL) of revoked certificates. Certificates can also be
self-signed, but they are by default not trusted unless you add them to your
certificate store.</p>
<p>Typically when visiting web sites, only the client needs to check the server's
certificate to ensure it is valid. The server doesn't need to check the client
certificate unless you need to authenticate with them to login, etc. See the

variable.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-castore</b> <i class="arg">URI</i></dt>
<dd><p>Specifies the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for the Certificate Authority
(CA) store, which may be a single container or a catalog of containers.
Starting with OpenSSL 3.2 on MS Windows, set to &quot;<b class="const">org.openssl.winstore://</b>&quot;
to use the built-in MS Windows Certificate Store. Starting in TclTLS 2.0, this
is the default if <b class="option">-cadir</b>, <b class="option">-cadir</b>, and <b class="option">-castore</b> are
not specified. This store only supports root certificate stores. See
<span class="sectref"><a href="#section4">Certificate Validation</a></span> for more details.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-request</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Request a certificate from the peer during the SSL handshake. This is needed
to do Certificate Validation. Starting in TclTLS 1.8, the default is
<b class="const">true</b>. Starting in TclTLS 2.0, If set to <b class="const">false</b> and
<b class="option">-require</b> is <b class="const">true</b>, then this will be overridden to <b class="const">true</b>.
In addition, the client can manually inspect and accept or reject
each certificate using the <i class="arg">-validatecommand</i> option.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">-require</b> <i class="arg">bool</i></dt>
<dd><p>Require a valid certificate from the peer during the SSL handshake. If this is
set to true, then <b class="option">-request</b> must also be set to true and a either
<b class="option">-cadir</b>, <b class="option">-cafile</b>, <b class="option">-castore</b>, or a platform default
must be provided in order to validate against. The default in TclTLS 1.8 and
earlier versions is <b class="const">false</b> since not all platforms have certificates to
validate against in a form compatible with OpenSSL. Starting in TclTLS 2.0,

continue the connection, it should return 2. This callback is new for TclTLS 1.8.</p>
<dl class="doctools_options">
<dt><b class="option">alpn</b> <i class="arg">channelId protocol match</i></dt>
<dd><p>For servers, this form of callback is invoked when the client ALPN extension is
received. If <i class="arg">match</i> is true, then <i class="arg">protocol</i> is the first
<b class="option">-alpn</b> protocol option in common to both the client and server.
If not, the first client specified protocol is used. This callback is called
after the Hello and ALPN callbacks.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">hello</b> <i class="arg">channelId servername</i></dt>
<dd><p>For servers, this form of callback is invoked during client hello message
processing. The purpose is so the server can select the appropriate certificate
to present to the client, and to make other configuration adjustments relevant
to that server name and its configuration. It is called before the SNI and ALPN
callbacks.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">sni</b> <i class="arg">channelId servername</i></dt>
<dd><p>For servers, this form of callback is invoked when the Server Name Indication
(SNI) extension is received. The <i class="arg">servername</i> argument is the client
provided server name specified in the <b class="option">-servername&lt;/b&gt;</b> option. The
purpose is so when a server supports multiple names, the right certificate
can be used. It is called after the hello callback but before the ALPN
callback.</p></dd>
<dt><b class="option">verify</b> <i class="arg">channelId depth cert status error</i></dt>
<dd><p>This form of callback is invoked by OpenSSL when a new certificate is received
from the peer. It allows the client to check the certificate verification
results and choose whether to continue or not. It is called for each
certificate in the certificate chain. This callback was moved from
<b class="option">-command</b> in TclTLS 1.8. The arguments are:</p>

::http::cleanup $token
</pre>
</div>
<div id="section8" class="doctools_section"><h2><a name="section8">Special Considerations</a></h2>
<p>The capabilities of this package can vary enormously based upon how the
linked to OpenSSL library was configured and built. New versions may obsolete
older protocol versions, add or remove ciphers, change default values, etc.
Use the <b class="cmd">tls::protocols</b> commands to obtain the supported
protocol versions.</p>
</div>
<div id="see-also" class="doctools_section"><h2><a name="see-also">See Also</a></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.openssl.org/">OpenSSL</a>, http, socket</p>
</div>
<div id="keywords" class="doctools_section"><h2><a name="keywords">Keywords</a></h2>
<p>I/O, IP Address, OpenSSL, SSL, TCP, TLS, TclTLS, asynchronous I/O, bind, certificate, channel, connection, domain name, host, https, network, network address, socket, tls</p>