[openssl-commits] [openssl] master update
Richard Levitte
levitte at openssl.org
Thu Apr 19 13:36:33 UTC 2018
The branch master has been updated
via c190506cd827221a861c3207ae2496ea1ec7a1fd (commit)
from 918388b5a02351ef2c5f560cd9369e928e8a1cd0 (commit)
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commit c190506cd827221a861c3207ae2496ea1ec7a1fd
Author: Alois Mahdal <amahdal at redhat.com>
Date: Wed Feb 21 16:49:33 2018 +0100
Reflect special `DEFAULT` behavior in ciphers(1)
Actual behavior of DEFAULT is different than currently described.
Rather than actinf as cipher string, DEFAULT cannot be combined using
logical operators, etc.
Fixes #5420.
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz at openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte at openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5428)
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Summary of changes:
doc/man1/ciphers.pod | 15 ++++++++-------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/man1/ciphers.pod b/doc/man1/ciphers.pod
index 9616e8e..3786e9a 100644
--- a/doc/man1/ciphers.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/ciphers.pod
@@ -168,19 +168,20 @@ The cipher string B<@SECLEVEL=n> can be used at any point to set the security
level to B<n>, which should be a number between zero and five, inclusive.
See L<SSL_CTX_set_security_level> for a description of what each level means.
+The cipher list can be prefixed with the B<DEFAULT> keyword, which enables
+the default cipher list as defined below. Unlike cipher strings,
+this prefix may not be combined with other strings using B<+> character.
+For example, B<DEFAULT+DES> is not valid.
+
+The content of the default list is determined at compile time and normally
+corresponds to B<ALL:!COMPLEMENTOFDEFAULT:!eNULL>.
+
=head1 CIPHER STRINGS
The following is a list of all permitted cipher strings and their meanings.
=over 4
-=item B<DEFAULT>
-
-The default cipher list.
-This is determined at compile time and is normally
-B<ALL:!COMPLEMENTOFDEFAULT:!eNULL>.
-When used, this must be the first cipherstring specified.
-
=item B<COMPLEMENTOFDEFAULT>
The ciphers included in B<ALL>, but not enabled by default. Currently
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