Manual page update for Re-enabled TLS version negotiation.
PATCH 1/1 Manual page update for Re-enabled TLS version negotiation.
Signed-off-by Matthias Andree <[email protected]...>
--- doc/openvpn.8 | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
doc/openvpn.8 +8 -5
@@ -4286,16 +4286,19 @@ include "1.0", "1.1", or "1.2". If 'or-highest' is specified and version is not recognized, we will only accept the highest TLS version supported by the local SSL implementation. -If this options is not set, the code in OpenVPN 2.3.4 will default -to using TLS 1.0 only, without any version negotiation. This reverts -the beaviour to what OpenVPN versions up to 2.3.2 did, as it turned -out that TLS version negotiation can lead to handshake problems due -to new signature algorithms in TLS 1.2. +Also see +.B \-\-tls-version-max +below, for information on compatibility. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-tls-version-max version Set the maximum TLS version we will use (default is the highest version supported). Examples for version include "1.0", "1.1", or "1.2". + +If and only if this is set to 1.0, and OpenSSL is used (not PolarSSL), +then OpenVPN will set up OpenSSL to use a fixed TLSv1 handshake. All +other configurations will autonegotiate in the given limits, and the +choice of handshake versions is left to the SSL implementation. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-pkcs12 file
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Signed-off-by Matthias Andree <[email protected]...>--- doc/openvpn.8 | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)doc/openvpn.8 +8
-5@@ -4286,16 +4286,19 @@ include "1.0", "1.1", or "1.2". If 'or-highest' is specified and version is not recognized, we will only accept the highest TLS version supported by the local SSL implementation. -If this options is not set, the code in OpenVPN 2.3.4 will default -to using TLS 1.0 only, without any version negotiation. This reverts -the beaviour to what OpenVPN versions up to 2.3.2 did, as it turned -out that TLS version negotiation can lead to handshake problems due -to new signature algorithms in TLS 1.2. +Also see +.B \-\-tls-version-max +below, for information on compatibility. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-tls-version-max version Set the maximum TLS version we will use (default is the highest version supported). Examples for version include "1.0", "1.1", or "1.2". + +If and only if this is set to 1.0, and OpenSSL is used (not PolarSSL), +then OpenVPN will set up OpenSSL to use a fixed TLSv1 handshake. All +other configurations will autonegotiate in the given limits, and the +choice of handshake versions is left to the SSL implementation. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-pkcs12 file
Your patch has been applied to the release/2.3 branch.
commit ca32c1551b05bf4cead7dceae62c412886fded55
Author: Matthias Andree Date: Mon Mar 30 21:54:54 2015 +0200
Manual page update for Re-enabled TLS version negotiation.
Signed-off-by: Matthias Andree <[email protected]...>
Acked-by: Steffan Karger <[email protected]...>
Message-Id: <[email protected]...>
URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/9562
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]...>--
kind regards,
Gert Doering