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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2017-02-13 13:26:37 +0000
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2017-04-27 11:43:55 +0100
commit11ba87f2ff8e2455c6627a83aa458384fe7de70a (patch)
treecd641aa5f04e490b101ff22b287552f05cc48653 /doc/man1/s_client.pod
parent37659ea43053f5db951962bd1100b490bd4f7e5e (diff)
Ensure s_client sends an SNI extension by default
Enforcement of an SNI extension in the initial ClientHello is becoming increasingly common (e.g. see GitHub issue #2580). This commit changes s_client so that it adds SNI be default, unless explicitly told not to via the new "-noservername" option. Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2614)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man1/s_client.pod')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man1/s_client.pod b/doc/man1/s_client.pod
index cc2ad4f1f2..16538567bc 100644
--- a/doc/man1/s_client.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/s_client.pod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ B<openssl> B<s_client>
[B<-4>]
[B<-6>]
[B<-servername name>]
+[B<-noservername>]
[B<-verify depth>]
[B<-verify_return_error>]
[B<-cert filename>]
@@ -156,7 +157,17 @@ Use IPv6 only.
=item B<-servername name>
-Set the TLS SNI (Server Name Indication) extension in the ClientHello message.
+Set the TLS SNI (Server Name Indication) extension in the ClientHello message to
+the given value.
+
+=item B<-noservername>
+
+Suppresses sending of the SNI (Server Name Indication) extension in the
+ClientHello message. Cannot be used in conjunction with the B<-servername> or
+<-dane_tlsa_domain> options. If this option is not given then the hostname
+provided to the B<-connect> option is used in the SNI extension, or "localhost"
+if B<-connect> has not been supplied. Note that an SNI name should normally be a
+DNS name and not an IP address.
=item B<-cert certname>