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diff --git a/doc/UCSPI-SSL b/doc/UCSPI-SSL new file mode 100644 index 0000000..69bd25e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/UCSPI-SSL @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +SSL UCSPI protocol definition +Copyright 2001 +SuperScript Technology, Inc. sst@superscript.com + +This document defines the SSL protocol for UCSPI-1996 tools. An SSL +client communicates with an SSL server, on the same machine or on a +different machine, via the TCP/IP protocol through an Internet-domain +socket. The descriptors passed to a SSL UCSPI application are copies of +that socket, dup()ed from a single connect() or accept(). + +[address] consists of two arguments: [hostname] [port]. + +There are three possibilities for [hostname]: the number 0, referring to +the local host; a dotted-decimal IP address, such as 192.48.96.5; or a +name understood by the system's resolver, such as mail.uu.net. SSL UCSPI +servers use only the first IP address from the resolver; SSL UCSPI +clients try each address in turn. + +There are three possibilities for [port]: a positive numeric TCP port +number, such as 25; the number 0, which permits selection of any port +number; or a name understood by the system's getservbyname(), such as +smtp. + +The client and server set up the following environment variables: + + PROTO: the string SSL + SSLLOCALIP: the dotted-decimal IP address of the local host + SSLLOCALPORT: the local SSL port number, in decimal + SSLREMOTEIP: the dotted-decimal IP address of the remote host + SSLREMOTEPORT: the remote SSL port number, in decimal + SSLLOCALHOST, if possible: the resolver's name for SSLLOCALIP + SSLREMOTEHOST, if possible: the resolver's name for SSLREMOTEIP + SSLREMOTEINFO, if possible: the result of a 931/1413/IDENT/TAP query + +Uppercase letters in SSLLOCALHOST and SSLREMOTEHOST are converted to +lowercase. SSLREMOTEINFO is a connection-specific string supplied by the +remote host via 931/1413/IDENT/TAP. + +SSL UCSPI tools take a -R option to turn off 931/1413/IDENT/TAP +querying, and a -r option to turn it back on. SSL UCSPI tools take a -I +option to turn off checking for a client certificate, and a -i option to +turn it back on. SSL UCSPI clients take a -p [locport] option to +require a particular TCP port on the local side of the connection. SSL +UCSPI servers take a -1 option to print the local port number (in +decimal, followed by a newline) to descriptor 1 before closing +descriptor 1 and after preparing to receive connections. SSL UCSPI +servers and clients take a -3 option to read a null-terminated key +password from file descriptor 3. |