Message-ID: <5519ADE9.105@...1856...> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:11:21 +0200 From: Steffan Karger MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1427745294-31041-1-git-send-email-matthias.andree@...68...> In-Reply-To: <1427745294-31041-1-git-send-email-matthias.andree@...68...> Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Manual page update for Re-enabled TLS version negotiation. List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net ACK -Steffan On 30-03-15 21:54, Matthias Andree wrote: > Signed-off-by: Matthias Andree > --- > doc/openvpn.8 | 13 ++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8 > index a95d353..1420bdd 100644 > --- a/doc/openvpn.8 > +++ b/doc/openvpn.8 > @@ -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 >