SSL_CIPHER_description

SSL_CIPHER_get_name(3)              OpenSSL             SSL_CIPHER_get_name(3)



NAME
       SSL_CIPHER_get_name, SSL_CIPHER_get_bits, SSL_CIPHER_get_version,
       SSL_CIPHER_description - get SSL_CIPHER properties

SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/ssl.h>

        const char *SSL_CIPHER_get_name(SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
        int SSL_CIPHER_get_bits(SSL_CIPHER *cipher, int *alg_bits);
        char *SSL_CIPHER_get_version(SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
        char *SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int size);

DESCRIPTION
       SSL_CIPHER_get_name() returns a pointer to the name of cipher. If the
       argument is the NULL pointer, a pointer to the constant value "NONE" is
       returned.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_bits() returns the number of secret bits used for
       cipher. If alg_bits is not NULL, it contains the number of bits pro-
       cessed by the chosen algorithm. If cipher is NULL, 0 is returned.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_version() returns the protocol version for cipher, cur-
       rently "SSLv2", "SSLv3", or "TLSv1". If cipher is NULL, "(NONE)" is
       returned.

       SSL_CIPHER_description() returns a textual description of the cipher
       used into the buffer buf of length len provided. len must be at least
       128 bytes, otherwise a pointer to the the string "Buffer too small" is
       returned. If buf is NULL, a buffer of 128 bytes is allocated using
       OPENSSL_malloc(). If the allocation fails, a pointer to the string
       "OPENSSL_malloc Error" is returned.

NOTES
       The number of bits processed can be different from the secret bits. An
       export cipher like e.g. EXP-RC4-MD5 has only 40 secret bits. The algo-
       rithm does use the full 128 bits (which would be returned for
       alg_bits), of which however 88bits are fixed. The search space is hence
       only 40 bits.

       The string returned by SSL_CIPHER_description() in case of success con-
       sists of cleartext information separated by one or more blanks in the
       following sequence:

       <ciphername>
           Textual representation of the cipher name.

       <protocol version>
           Protocol version: SSLv2, SSLv3. The TLSv1 ciphers are flagged with
           SSLv3.

       Kx=<key exchange>
           Key exchange method: RSA (for export ciphers as RSA(512) or
           RSA(1024)), DH (for export ciphers as DH(512) or DH(1024)), DH/RSA,
           DH/DSS, Fortezza.

       Au=<authentication>
           Authentication method: RSA, DSS, DH, None. None is the representa-
           tion of anonymous ciphers.

       Enc=<symmetric encryption method>
           Encryption method with number of secret bits: DES(40), DES(56),
           3DES(168), RC4(40), RC4(56), RC4(64), RC4(128), RC2(40), RC2(56),
           RC2(128), IDEA(128), Fortezza, None.

       Mac=<message authentication code>
           Message digest: MD5, SHA1.

       <export flag>
           If the cipher is flagged exportable with respect to old US crypto
           regulations, the word "export" is printed.

EXAMPLES
       Some examples for the output of SSL_CIPHER_description():

        EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA    SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=RSA  Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1
        EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA    SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=DSS  Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1
        RC4-MD5                 SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=MD5
        EXP-RC4-MD5             SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(40)   Mac=MD5  export

BUGS
       If SSL_CIPHER_description() is called with cipher being NULL, the
       library crashes.

       If SSL_CIPHER_description() cannot handle a built-in cipher, the
       according description of the cipher property is unknown. This case
       should not occur.

RETURN VALUES
       See DESCRIPTION

SEE ALSO
       ssl(3), SSL_get_current_cipher(3), SSL_get_ciphers(3), ciphers(1)



0.9.7a                            2001-02-15            SSL_CIPHER_get_name(3)