[openssl-commits] [openssl] master update

Matt Caswell matt at openssl.org
Fri Apr 27 09:11:20 UTC 2018


The branch master has been updated
       via  ddba302a0fa3b11d8cfa01d590ace853229e8f35 (commit)
      from  ff25dd1a47525c88500dd61cdeb27faaea6ee599 (commit)


- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit ddba302a0fa3b11d8cfa01d590ace853229e8f35
Author: Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org>
Date:   Thu Apr 19 13:32:45 2018 +0100

    Update version docs
    
    Make it clear that you should not attempt to get the version before the
    first handshake is complete.
    
    Fixes #2893
    
    Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte at openssl.org>
    (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6013)

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Summary of changes:
 doc/man3/SSL_get_version.pod | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_get_version.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_get_version.pod
index f8dd85e..c649c29 100644
--- a/doc/man3/SSL_get_version.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/SSL_get_version.pod
@@ -20,15 +20,14 @@ protocol information of a connection
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 SSL_client_version() returns the protocol version used by the client when
-initiating the connection.
-
-SSL_get_version() returns the name of the protocol used for the
-connection.
+initiating the connection. SSL_get_version() returns the name of the protocol
+used for the connection. SSL_version() returns the protocol version used for the
+connection. They should only be called after the initial handshake has been
+completed. Prior to that the results returned from these functions may be
+unreliable.
 
 SSL_is_dtls() returns one if the connection is using DTLS, zero if not.
 
-SSL_version() returns the protocol version used for the connection.
-
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
 SSL_get_version() returns one of the following strings:
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ The connection uses the TLSv1.3 protocol.
 
 =item unknown
 
-This indicates that no version has been set (no connection established).
+This indicates an unknown protocol version.
 
 =back
 


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