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<dd><a href="#NAME">NAME</a>
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<dd><b>tls</b> - binding to <b>OpenSSL</b> toolkit.</dd>
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<dd><a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a> </dd>
<dd><dl>
<dd><b>package require Tcl</b> <em>?8.4?</em></dd>
<dd><b>package require tls</b></dd>
<dt> </dt>
<dd><b>tls::init</b> <em>?options?</em> </dd>
<dd><b>tls::socket</b> <em>?options? host port</em></dd>
<dd><b>tls::socket</b> <em> ?-server command? ?options? port</em></dd>
<dd><b>tls::handshake</b> <em> channel</em></dd>
<dd><b>tls::status </b> <em>?-local? channel</em></dd>
<dd><b>tls::connection </b> <em>channel</em></dd>
<dd><b>tls::import</b> <em>channel ?options?</em></dd>
<dd><b>tls::unimport</b> <em>channel</em></dd>
<dt> </dt>
<dd><b>tls::ciphers </b> <em>protocol ?verbose? ?supported?</em></dd>
<dd><b>tls::protocols</b></dd>
<dd><b>tls::version</b></dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dd><a href="#COMMANDS">COMMANDS</a></dd>
<dd><a href="#CALLBACK OPTIONS">CALLBACK OPTIONS</a></dd>
<dd><a href="#HTTPS EXAMPLE">HTTPS EXAMPLE</a></dd>
<dd><a href="#SEE ALSO">SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS</a></dd>
<dd><a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></dd>
</dl>
<hr>
<h3><a name="NAME">NAME</a></h3>
<p><strong>tls</strong> - binding to <strong>OpenSSL</strong>
toolkit.</p>
<h3><a name="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h3>
<p><b>package require Tcl 8.4</b><br>
<b>package require tls</b><br>
<br>
<a href="#tls::init"><b>tls::init</b> <i>?options?</i></a><br>
<a href="#tls::socket"><b>tls::socket</b> <i>?options? host port</i><br>
<a href="#tls::socket"><b>tls::socket</b> <i>?-server command? ?options? port</i></a><br>
<a href="#tls::status"><b>tls::status</b> <i>?-local? channel</i></a><br>
<a href="#tls::connection"><b>tls::connection</b> <i>channel</i></a><br>
<a href="#tls::handshake"><b>tls::handshake</b> <i>channel</i></a><br>
<a href="#tls::import"><b>tls::import</b> <i>channel ?options?</i></a><br>
<a href="#tls::unimport"><b>tls::unimport</b> <i>channel</i></a><br>
<br>
<a href="#tls::ciphers"><b>tls::ciphers</b> <i>protocol ?verbose? ?supported?</i></a><br>
<a href="#tls::protocols"><b>tls::protocols</b></a>
<a href="#tls::version"><b>tls::version</b></a>
</p>
<h3><a name="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h3>
<p>This extension provides a generic binding to <a
href="http://www.openssl.org/">OpenSSL</a>, utilizing the
<strong>Tcl_StackChannel</strong>
API for Tcl 8.4 and higher. The sockets behave exactly the same
as channels created using Tcl's built-in <strong>socket</strong>
command with additional options for controlling the SSL session.
</p>
<h3><a name="COMMANDS">COMMANDS</a></h3>
<p>Typically one would use the <strong>tls::socket </strong>command
which provides compatibility with the native Tcl <strong>socket</strong>
command. In such cases <strong>tls::import</strong> should not be
used directly.</p>
<dl>
<dt><a name="tls::init"><b>tls::init </b><i>?options?</i></a></dt>
<dd>Optional function to set the default options used by
<strong>tls::socket</strong>. If you call <strong>tls::import</strong>
directly this routine has no effect. Any of the options
that <strong>tls::socket</strong> accepts can be set
using this command, though you should limit your options
to only TLS related ones.</dd>
<dt> </dt>
<dt><a name="tls::socket"><b>tls::socket </b><em>?options?
host port</em></a></dt>
<dt><b>tls::socket</b><em> ?-server command? ?options? port</em></dt>
<dd>This is a helper function that utilizes the underlying
commands (<strong>tls::import</strong>). It behaves
exactly the same as the native Tcl <strong>socket</strong>
command except that the options can include any of the
applicable <a href="#tls::import"><strong>tls:import</strong></a>
options with one additional option:
<blockquote>
<dl>
<dt><strong>-autoservername</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Automatically send the -servername as the <em>host</em> argument
(default is <em>false</em>)</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<dt><a name="tls::import"><b>tls::import </b><i>channel
?options?</i></a></dt>
<dd>SSL-enable a regular Tcl channel - it need not be a
socket, but must provide bi-directional flow. Also
setting session parameters for SSL handshake.</dd>
<blockquote>
<dl>
<dt><strong>-alpn</strong> <em>list</em></dt>
<dd>List of protocols to offer during Application-Layer
Protocol Negotiation (ALPN). For example: h2, http/1.1, etc.</dd>
<dt><strong>-cadir</strong> <em>dir</em></dt>
<dd>Set the CA certificates path. The default directory is platform
specific and can be set at compile time. This can be overridden
via the <b>SSL_CERT_DIR</b> environment variable.</dd>
<dt><strong>-cafile </strong><em>filename</em></dt>
<dd>Set the certificate authority (CA) certificates file. The default
is the cert.pem file in the OpsnSSL directory. This can also be
overridden via the <b>SSL_CERT_FILE</b> environment variable.</dd>
<dt><strong>-certfile</strong> <em>filename</em></dt>
<dd>Specify the filename with the certificate to use.</dd>
<dt><strong>-cert</strong> <em>filename</em></dt>
<dd>Specify the contents of a certificate to use, as a DER
encoded binary value (X.509 DER).</dd>
<dt><strong>-cipher</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>List of ciphers to use. String is a colon (":") separated list
of ciphers or cipher suites. Cipher suites can be combined
using the <b>+</b> character. Prefixes can be used to permanently
remove ("!"), delete ("-"), or move a cypher to the end of
the list ("+"). Keywords <b>@STRENGTH</b> (sort by algorithm
key length), <b>@SECLEVEL=</b><i>n</i> (set security level to
n), and <b>DEFAULT</b> (use default cipher list, at start only)
can also be specified. See OpenSSL documentation for the full
list of valid values. (TLS 1.2 and earlier only)</dd>
<dt><strong>-ciphersuites</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>List of cipher suites to use. String is a colon (":")
separated list of cipher suite names. (TLS 1.3 only)</dd>
<dt><strong>-command</strong> <em>callback</em></dt>
<dd>Callback to invoke at several points during the handshake.
This is used to pass errors and tracing information, and
it can allow Tcl scripts to perform their own certificate
validation in place of the default validation provided by
OpenSSL. See <a href="#CALLBACK OPTIONS">CALLBACK OPTIONS</a>
for further discussion.</dd>
<dt><strong>-dhparams </strong><em>filename</em></dt>
<dd>Specify the Diffie-Hellman parameters file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-keyfile</strong> <em>filename</em></dt>
<dd>Specify the private key file. (default is
value of -certfile)</dd>
<dt><strong>-key</strong> <em>filename</em></dt>
<dd>Specify the private key to use as a DER encoded value (PKCS#1 DER)</dd>
<dt><strong>-model</strong> <em>channel</em></dt>
<dd>Force this channel to share the same <em><strong>SSL_CTX</strong></em>
structure as the specified <em>channel</em>, and
therefore share callbacks etc.</dd>
<dt><strong>-password</strong> <em>callback</em></dt>
<dd>Callback to invoke when OpenSSL needs to obtain a password,
typically to unlock the private key of a certificate. The
callback should return a string which represents the password
to be used. See <a href="#CALLBACK OPTIONS">CALLBACK OPTIONS</a>
for further discussion.</dd>
<dt><strong>-post_handshake</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Allow post-handshake ticket updates.</dd>
<dt><strong>-request </strong><em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Request a certificate from peer during SSL handshake.
(default is <em>true</em>)</dd>
<dt><strong>-require</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Require a valid certificate from peer during SSL handshake.
If this is set to true, then <strong>-request</strong> must
also be set to true. (default is <em>false</em>)</dd>
<dt><strong>-securitylevel</strong> <em>integer</em></dt>
<dd>Set security level. Must be 0 to 5. The security level affects
cipher suite encryption algorithms, supported ECC curves,
supported signature algorithms, DH parameter sizes, certificate
key sizes and signature algorithms. The default is 1.
Level 3 and higher disable support for session tickets and only
accept cipher suites that provide forward secrecy.</dd>
<dt><strong>-server</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Handshake as server if true, else handshake as
client. (default is <em>false</em>)</dd>
<dt><strong>-servername</strong> <em>host</em></dt>
<dd>Specify server hostname. Only available if the OpenSSL library
the package is linked against supports the TLS hostname extension
for 'Server Name Indication' (SNI). Use to name the logical host
we are talking to and expecting a certificate for.</dd>
<dt><strong>-session_id</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>Session id to resume session.</dd>
<dt><strong>-ssl2</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Enable use of SSL v2. (default is <em>false</em>)</dd>
<dt><strong>-ssl3 </strong><em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Enable use of SSL v3. (default is <em>false</em>)</dd>
<dt>-<strong>tls1</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Enable use of TLS v1. (default is <em>true</em>)</dd>
<dt>-<strong>tls1.1</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Enable use of TLS v1.1 (default is <em>true</em>)</dd>
<dt>-<strong>tls1.2</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Enable use of TLS v1.2 (default is <em>true</em>)</dd>
<dt>-<strong>tls1.3</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
<dd>Enable use of TLS v1.3 (default is <em>true</em>)</dd>
<dt><strong>-validatecommand</strong> <em>callback</em></dt>
<dd>Callback to invoke to verify or validate protocol config
parameters during the protocol negotiation phase. See
<a href="#CALLBACK OPTIONS">CALLBACK OPTIONS</a>
for further discussion.</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<dt><a name="tls::unimport"><b>tls::unimport </b><i>channel</i></a></dt>
<dd>Provided for symmetry to <strong>tls::import</strong>, this
unstacks the SSL-enabling of a regular Tcl channel. An error
is thrown if TLS is not the top stacked channel type.</dd>
<dt> </dt>
<dt><a name="tls::handshake"><strong>tls::handshake</strong> <em>channel</em></a></dt>
<dd>Forces handshake to take place, and returns 0 if
handshake is still in progress (non-blocking), or 1 if
the handshake was successful. If the handshake failed
this routine will throw an error.</dd>
<dt> </dt>
<dt><a name="tls::status"><strong>tls::status</strong>
<em>?-local? channel</em></a></dt>
<dd>Returns the current status of the certificate for an SSL
channel. The result is a list of key-value pairs describing
the certificate. If the result is an empty list then the
SSL handshake has not yet completed. If <em>-local</em> is
specified, then the local certificate is used.</dd>
<blockquote>
<b>SSL Status</b>
<dl>
<dt><strong>alpn</strong> <em>protocol</em></dt>
<dd>The protocol selected after Application-Layer Protocol
Negotiation (ALPN).</dd>
<dt><strong>cipher</strong> <em>cipher</em></dt>
<dd>The current cipher in use between the client and
server channels.</dd>
<dt><strong>peername</strong> <em>name</em></dt>
<dd>The peername from the certificate.</dd>
<dt><strong>protocol</strong> <em>version</em></dt>
<dd>The protocol version used for the connection:
SSL2, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2, TLS1.3, or unknown.</dd>
<dt><strong>sbits</strong> <em>n</em></dt>
<dd>The number of bits used for the session key.</dd>
<dt><strong>signatureHashAlgorithm</strong> <em>algorithm</em></dt>
<dd>The signature hash algorithm.</dd>
<dt><strong>signature_type</strong> <em>type</em></dt>
<dd>The signature type value.</dd>
<dt><strong>verification</strong> <em>result</em></dt>
<dd>Certificate verification result.</dd>
<dt><strong>ca_names</strong> <em>list</em></dt>
<dd>List of the Certificate Authorities used to create the certificate.</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<b>Certificate Status</b>
<dl>
<dt><strong>all</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>Dump of all certificate info.</dd>
<dt><strong>version</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
<dd>The certificate version.</dd>
<dt><strong>serialNumber</strong> <em>n</em></dt>
<dd>The serial number of the certificate as hex string.</dd>
<dt><strong>signature</strong> <em>algorithm</em></dt>
<dd>Cipher algorithm used for certificate signature.</dd>
<dt><strong>issuer</strong> <em>dn</em></dt>
<dd>The distinguished name (DN) of the certificate issuer.</dd>
<dt><strong>notBefore</strong> <em>date</em></dt>
<dd>The begin date for the validity of the certificate.</dd>
<dt><strong>notAfter</strong> <em>date</em></dt>
<dd>The expiration date for the certificate.</dd>
<dt><strong>subject</strong> <em>dn</em></dt>
<dd>The distinguished name (DN) of the certificate subject.
Fields include: Common Name (CN), Organization (O), Locality
or City (L), State or Province (S), and Country Name (C).</dd>
<dt><strong>issuerUniqueID</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>The issuer unique id.</dd>
<dt><strong>subjectUniqueID</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>The subject unique id.</dd>
<dt><strong>num_extensions</strong> <em>n</em></dt>
<dd>Number of certificate extensions.</dd>
<dt><strong>extensions</strong> <em>list</em></dt>
<dd>List of certificate extension names.</dd>
<dt><strong>authorityKeyIdentifier</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>(AKI) Key identifier of the Issuing CA certificate that signed
the SSL certificate as hex string. This value matches the SKI
value of the Intermediate CA certificate.</dd>
<dt><strong>subjectKeyIdentifier</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>(SKI) Hash of the public key inside the certificate as hex
string. Used to identify certificates that contain a particular
public key.</dd>
<dt><strong>subjectAltName</strong> <em>list</em></dt>
<dd>List of all of the alternative domain names, sub domains,
and IP addresses that are secured by the certificate.</dd>
<dt><strong>ocsp</strong> <em>list</em></dt>
<dd>List of all Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) URLs.</dd>
<dt><strong>certificate</strong> <em>cert</em></dt>
<dd>The PEM encoded certificate.</dd>
<dt><strong>signatureAlgorithm</strong> <em>algorithm</em></dt>
<dd>Cipher algorithm used for certificate signature.</dd>
<dt><strong>signatureValue</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>Certificate signature as hex string.</dd>
<dt><strong>signatureDigest</strong> <em>version</em></dt>
<dd>Certificate signing digest.</dd>
<dt><strong>publicKeyAlgorithm</strong> <em>algorithm</em></dt>
<dd>Certificate signature public key algorithm.</dd>
<dt><strong>publicKey</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>Certificate signature public key as hex string.</dd>
<dt><strong>bits</strong> <em>n</em></dt>
<dd>Number of bits used for certificate signature key</dd>
<dt><strong>self_signed</strong> <em>boolean</em></dt>
<dd>Is certificate signature self signed.</dd>
<dt><strong>sha1_hash</strong> <em>hash</em></dt>
<dd>The SHA1 hash of the certificate as hex string.</dd>
<dt><strong>sha256_hash</strong> <em>hash</em></dt>
<dd>The SHA256 hash of the certificate as hex string.</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<dt><a name="tls::connection"><strong>tls::connection</strong>
<em>channel</em></a></dt>
<dd>Returns the current connection status of an SSL channel. The
result is a list of key-value pairs describing the
connected peer.</dd>
<blockquote>
<b>SSL Status</b>
<dl>
<dt><strong>state</strong> <em>state</em></dt>
<dd>State of the connection.</dd>
<dt><strong>servername</strong> <em>name</em></dt>
<dd>The name of the connected to server.</dd>
<dt><strong>protocol</strong> <em>version</em></dt>
<dd>The protocol version used for the connection:
SSL2, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2, TLS1.3, or unknown.</dd>
<dt><strong>renegotiation</strong> <em>boolean</em></dt>
<dd>Whether protocol renegotiation is supported or not.</dd>
<dt><strong>securitylevel</strong> <em>level</em></dt>
<dd>The security level used for selection of ciphers, key size, etc.</dd>
<dt><strong>session_reused</strong> <em>boolean</em></dt>
<dd>Whether the session has been reused or not.</dd>
<dt><strong>is_server</strong> <em>boolean</em></dt>
<dd>Whether the connection is configured as a server (1) or client (0).</dd>
<dt><strong>compression</strong> <em>mode</em></dt>
<dd>Compression method.</dd>
<dt><strong>expansion</strong> <em>mode</em></dt>
<dd>Expansion method.</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<b>Cipher Info</b>
<dl>
<dt><strong>cipher</strong> <em>cipher</em></dt>
<dd>The current cipher in use for the connection.</dd>
<dt><strong>standard_name</strong> <em>name</em></dt>
<dd>The standard RFC name of cipher.</dd>
<dt><strong>bits</strong> <em>n</em></dt>
<dd>The number of processed bits used for cipher.</dd>
<dt><strong>secret_bits</strong> <em>n</em></dt>
<dd>The number of secret bits used for cipher.</dd>
<dt><strong>min_version</strong> <em>version</em></dt>
<dd>The minimum protocol version for cipher.</dd>
<dt><strong>id</strong> <em>id</em></dt>
<dd>The OpenSSL cipher id.</dd>
<dt><strong>description</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
<dd>A text description of the cipher.</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<b>Session Info</b>
<dl>
<dt><strong>alpn</strong> <em>protocol</em></dt>
<dd>The protocol selected after Application-Layer Protocol
Negotiation (ALPN).</dd>
<dt><strong>resumable</strong> <em>boolean</em></dt>
<dd>Can the session be resumed or not.</dd>
<dt><strong>start_time</strong> <em>seconds</em></dt>
<dd>Time since session started in seconds since epoch.</dd>
<dt><strong>timeout</strong> <em>seconds</em></dt>
<dd>Max duration of session in seconds before time-out.</dd>
<dt><strong>lifetime</strong> <em>seconds</em></dt>
<dd>Session ticket lifetime hint in seconds.</dd>
<dt><strong>session_id</strong> <em>binary_string</em></dt>
<dd>Unique session id for use in resuming the session.</dd>
<dt><strong>session_ticket</strong> <em>binary_string</em></dt>
<dd>Unique session ticket for use in resuming the session.</dd>
<dt><strong>ticket_app_data</strong> <em>binary_string</em></dt>
<dd>Unique session ticket application data.</dd>
<dt><strong>master_key</strong> <em>binary_string</em></dt>
<dd>Unique session master key.</dd>
<dt><strong>session_cache_mode</strong> <em>mode</em></dt>
<dd>Server cache mode (client, server, or both).</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<dt><a name="tls::ciphers"><strong>tls::ciphers</strong>
<em>protocol ?verbose? ?supported?</em></a></dt>
<dd>Returns a list of supported ciphers available for <em>protocol</em>,
where protocol must be one of <b>ssl2, ssl3, tls1, tls1.1,
tls1.2,</b> or <b>tls1.3</b>. If <em>verbose</em> is specified as
true then a verbose, human readable list is returned with
additional information on the cipher. If <em>supported</em>
is specified as true, then only the ciphers supported for protocol
will be listed.</dd>
<dt><a name="tls::protocols"><strong>tls::protocols</strong></a></dt>
<dd>Returns a list of supported protocols. Valid values are:
<b>ssl2</b>, <b>ssl3</b>, <b>tls1</b>, <b>tls1.1</b>, <b>tls1.2</b>,
and <b>tls1.3</b>. Exact list depends on OpenSSL version and
compile time flags.</dd>
<dt><a name="tls::version"><strong>tls::version</strong></a></dt>
<dd>Returns the OpenSSL version string.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a name="CALLBACK OPTIONS">CALLBACK OPTIONS</a></h3>
<p>
As indicated above, individual channels can be given their own callbacks
to handle intermediate processing by the OpenSSL library, using the
<strong>-command</strong>, <strong>-password</strong>, and
<strong>-validate_command</strong> options passed to either of
<strong>tls::socket</strong> or <strong>tls::import</strong>.
</p>
<blockquote>
<dl>
<dt><strong>-command</strong> <em>callback</em></dt>
<dd>
Invokes the specified <em>callback</em> script at
several points during the OpenSSL handshake.
Values returned from the callback are ignored.
Arguments appended to the script upon callback take one of the
following forms:
<br>
<br>
<dl>
<dt>
<strong>error</strong> <em>channel message</em>
</dt>
<dd>
The <em>message</em> argument contains an error message generated
by the OpenSSL function <code>ERR_reason_error_string()</code>.
</dd>
<br>
<dt>
<strong>info</strong> <em>channel major minor message type</em>
</dt>
<dd>
This form of callback is invoked by the OpenSSL function
<code>SSL_CTX_set_info_callback()</code>.
<br>
The <em>major</em> and <em>minor</em> arguments are used to
represent the state information bitmask.
<ul>
<li>Possible values for <em>major</em> are:
<code>handshake, alert, connect, accept</code>.</li>
<li>Possible values for <em>minor</em> are:
<code>start, done, read, write, loop, exit</code>.</li>
<li>The <em>message</em> argument is a descriptive string which may
be generated either by <code>SSL_state_string_long()</code> or by
<code>SSL_alert_desc_string_long()</code>, depending on context.</li>
<li>For alerts, the possible values for <em>type</em> are:
<code>warning, fatal, and unknown</code>.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt>
<strong>session</strong> <em>session_id ticket lifetime</em>
</dt>
<dd>
This form of callback is invoked by the OpenSSL function
<code>SSL_CTX_sess_set_new_cb()</code>.
Where <em>session_id</em> is the current session identifier,
<em>ticket</em> is the session ticket info, and <em>lifetime</em>
is the the ticket lifetime in seconds.
</dd>
<br>
</dl>
</dd>
<br>
<dt><strong>-password</strong> <em>callback</em></dt>
<dd>
Invokes the specified <em>callback</em> script when OpenSSL needs to
obtain a password. The callback should return the password as a string.
No arguments are appended to the script upon callback.
</dd>
<br>
<dt><strong>-validatecommand</strong> <em>callback</em></dt>
<dd>
Invokes the specified <em>callback</em> script during handshake in
order to validate the provided value(s).
To reject the value and abort connection, the callback should return 0.
To accept the value, it should return 1. To reject the value, but
continue the connection, it should return 2.
<br>
<br>
<dl>
<dt>
<strong>alpn</strong> <em>protocol</em>
</dt>
<dd>
For servers, this form of callback is invoked when the client ALPN
extension is received and the first <b>-alpn</b> specified protocol common
to the both the client and server is selected. If none, the first
client specified protocol is used.
</dd>
<br>
<dt>
<strong>hello</strong> <em>servername</em>
</dt>
<dd>
For servers, this form of callback is invoked during client hello
message processing. It is used to select an appropriate certificate to
present, and make other configuration adjustments relevant to that
server name and its configuration. Called before SNI and ALPN callbacks.
</dd>
<br>
<dt>
<strong>sni</strong> <em>servername</em>
</dt>
<dd>
For servers, this form of callback is invoked when the SNI extension
from the client is received. This is used when a server supports multiple
names, so the right certificate can be used. Called after hello
callback but before ALPN callback.
</dd>
<br>
<dt>
<strong>verify</strong> <em>channel depth cert status error</em>
</dt>
<dd>
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 chain verification results and choose whether to continue or not.
<ul>
<li>The <em>depth</em> argument is an integer representing the
current depth on the certificate chain, with
<code>0</code> as the peer certificate and higher values going
up to the Certificate Authority (CA).</li>
<li>The <em>cert</em> argument is a list of key-value pairs similar
to those returned by
<a href="#tls::status"><strong>tls::status</strong></a>.</li>
<li>The <em>status</em> argument is an boolean representing the
validity of the current certificate.
A value of <code>0</code> means the certificate is deemed invalid.
A value of <code>1</code> means the certificate is deemed valid.</li>
<li>The <em>error</em> argument supplies the message, if any, generated
by <code>X509_STORE_CTX_get_error()</code>.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<br>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
<p>
Reference implementations of these callbacks are provided in the
distribution as <strong>tls::callback</strong>, <strong>tls::password</strong>,
and <strong>tls::validate_command</strong> respectively. Note that these are
<em>sample</em> implementations only. In a more realistic deployment
you would specify your own callback scripts on each TLS channel using the
<strong>-command</strong>, <strong>-password</strong>, and <strong>-validate_command</strong> options.
</p>
<p>
The default behavior when the <strong>-command</strong> and <strong>-validate_command</strong>
options are not specified is for TLS to process the associated library callbacks
internally. The default behavior when the <strong>-password</strong> option is not
specified is for TLS to process the associated library callbacks by attempting
to call <strong>tls::password</strong>.
The difference between these two behaviors is a consequence of maintaining
compatibility with earlier implementations.
</p>
<p>
The <strong>tls::debug</strong> variable provides some additional
control over these reference callbacks. Its value is zero by default.
Higher values produce more diagnostic output, and will also force the
verify method in <strong>tls::callback</strong> to accept the
certificate, even when it is invalid.
</p>
<p>
<em>
The use of the reference callbacks <strong>tls::callback</strong>,
<strong>tls::password</strong>, and <strong>tls::validate_command</strong>
is not recommended. They may be removed from future releases.
</em>
</p>
<p>
<em>
The use of the variable <strong>tls::debug</strong> is not recommended.
It may be removed from future releases.
</em>
</p>
<h3><a name="DEBUG">DEBUG</a></h3>
TLS key logging can be enabled by setting the environment variable
<b>SSLKEYLOGFILE</b> to the name of the file to log to. Then whenever TLS
key material is generated or received it will be logged to the file. This
is useful for logging key data for network logging tools to use to
decrypt the data.
<h3><a name="HTTPS EXAMPLE">HTTPS EXAMPLE</a></h3>
<p>This example uses a sample server.pem provided with the TLS release,
courtesy of the <strong>OpenSSL</strong> project.</p>
<pre><code>
package require http
package require tls
http::register https 443 [list ::tls::socket -autoservername true -require true -cadir /etc/ssl/certs]
set tok [http::geturl https://www.tcl.tk/]
</code></pre>
<h3><a name="SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS">SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS</a></h3>
<p>The capabilities of this package can vary enormously based upon how your
OpenSSL library was configured and built. New versions may obsolete older
protocol versions, add or remove ciphers, change default values, etc. Use the
<strong>tls::ciphers</strong> and <strong>tls::protocols</strong> commands to
obtain the supported versions.</p>
<h3><a name="SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></h3>
<p><strong>socket</strong>, <strong>fileevent, </strong><a
href="http://www.openssl.org/"><strong>OpenSSL</strong></a></p>
<hr>
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Copyright © 1999 Matt Newman.
Copyright © 2004 Starfish Systems.
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