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authorTomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>2018-03-19 10:01:39 -0400
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2018-03-19 10:22:49 -0400
commit8a5ed9dce8ee36b4bb05cb928fa7a01aba6d8e41 (patch)
tree3b942fbfeb7c69a11ed45db6993cd39455ea7e0a /doc/man5
parent440bce8f813fa661437ce52378c3df38e2fd073b (diff)
Apply system_default configuration on SSL_CTX_new().
When SSL_CTX is created preinitialize it with system default configuration from system_default section. Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4848)
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@@ -247,6 +247,22 @@ For example:
ECDSA.Certificate = server-ecdsa.pem
Ciphers = ALL:!RC4
+The system default configuration with name B<system_default> if present will
+be applied during any creation of the B<SSL_CTX> structure.
+
+Example of a configuration with the system default:
+
+ ssl_conf = ssl_sect
+
+ [ssl_sect]
+
+ system_default = system_default_sect
+
+ [system_default_sect]
+
+ MinProtocol = TLSv1.2
+
+
=head1 NOTES
If a configuration file attempts to expand a variable that doesn't exist