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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2018-08-23 14:37:01 +0100
committerPaul Yang <yang.yang@baishancloud.com>2018-09-01 09:06:10 +0800
commit354e010757b95d27fb36d364412ee7a5e7111963 (patch)
tree7dc364d8ee3280ad5d52b8da783ea64f911a30e4 /doc
parentd6c46adf180aa3e29d5dac075fb673bbc273ae08 (diff)
Add a note in the docs about sharing PSKs between TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3
Fixes #6490 Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Yang <yang.yang@baishancloud.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/7044)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_psk_client_callback.pod8
-rw-r--r--doc/man3/SSL_CTX_use_psk_identity_hint.pod10
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_psk_client_callback.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_psk_client_callback.pod
index 6d1a9b57b7..eb4e4f5fa4 100644
--- a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_psk_client_callback.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_psk_client_callback.pod
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ Note that parameter B<hint> given to the callback may be B<NULL>.
A connection established via a TLSv1.3 PSK will appear as if session resumption
has occurred so that L<SSL_session_reused(3)> will return true.
+There are no known security issues with sharing the same PSK between TLSv1.2 (or
+below) and TLSv1.3. However the RFC has this note of caution:
+
+"While there is no known way in which the same PSK might produce related output
+in both versions, only limited analysis has been done. Implementations can
+ensure safety from cross-protocol related output by not reusing PSKs between
+TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2."
+
=head1 RETURN VALUES
Return values from the B<SSL_psk_client_cb_func> callback are interpreted as
diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_use_psk_identity_hint.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_use_psk_identity_hint.pod
index 2b2bc3e20d..c8f7526610 100644
--- a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_use_psk_identity_hint.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_use_psk_identity_hint.pod
@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@ completely.
The B<SSL_psk_find_session_cb_func> callback should return 1 on success or 0 on
failure. In the event of failure the connection setup fails.
+=head1 NOTES
+
+There are no known security issues with sharing the same PSK between TLSv1.2 (or
+below) and TLSv1.3. However the RFC has this note of caution:
+
+"While there is no known way in which the same PSK might produce related output
+in both versions, only limited analysis has been done. Implementations can
+ensure safety from cross-protocol related output by not reusing PSKs between
+TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2."
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<SSL_CTX_set_psk_use_session_callback(3)>,