Module `Ssl`Source

Functions for making encrypted communications using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL). These are mostly bindings to the openssl library.

author Samuel Mimram

Exceptions and errors

Sourcetype ssl_error =

| Error_none
(*
No error happened. This is never raised and should disappear in future versions.
*)
| Error_ssl
| Error_want_read
(*
The operation did not complete; the same TLS/SSL I/O function should be called again later.
*)
| Error_want_write
(*
The operation did not complete; the same TLS/SSL I/O function should be called again later.
*)
| Error_want_x509_lookup
(*
The operation did not complete because an application callback set by set_client_cert_cb has asked to be called again. The TLS/SSL I/O function should be called again later. Details depend on the application.
*)
| Error_syscall
(*
Some I/O error occurred. The OpenSSL error queue may contain more information on the error.
*)
| Error_zero_return
(*
The TLS/SSL connection has been closed. If the protocol version is SSL 3.0 or TLS 1.0, this result code is returned only if a closure alert has occurred in the protocol, i.e. if the connection has been closed cleanly. Note that in this case Error_zero_return does not necessarily indicate that the underlying transport has been closed.
*)
| Error_want_connect
(*
The operation did not complete; the same TLS/SSL I/O function should be called again later.
*)
| Error_want_accept
(*
The operation did not complete; the same TLS/SSL I/O function should be called again later.
*)

An ssl error has occured (see SSL_get_error(3ssl) for details).

Source

type bigarray =
  (char, Bigarray.int8_unsigned_elt, Bigarray.c_layout) Bigarray.Array1.t

Sourceexception Method_error

The SSL method could not be initalized.

Sourceexception Context_error

Sourceexception Cipher_error

Sourceexception Diffie_hellman_error

Sourceexception Ec_curve_error

Sourceexception Certificate_error

The SSL server certificate could not be initialized.

Sourceexception Private_key_error

The SSL server private key could not be intialized.

Sourceexception Unmatching_keys

The SSL private key does not match the certificate public key.

Sourceexception Invalid_socket

The given socket is invalid.

Sourceexception Handler_error

The SSL handler could not be initialized.

Sourceexception Connection_error of ssl_error

The connection could not be made with the SSL service.

Sourceexception Accept_error of ssl_error

Failed to accept an SSL connection.

Sourceexception Read_error of ssl_error

An error occured while reading data.

Sourceexception Write_error of ssl_error

An error occured while writing data.

Sourcetype verify_error =

| Error_v_unable_to_get_issuer_cert
(*
The issuer certificate could not be found: this occurs if the issuer certificate of an untrusted certificate cannot be found.
*)
| Error_v_unable_to_get_ctl
(*
The CRL of a certificate could not be found.
*)
| Error_v_unable_to_decrypt_cert_signature
(*
The certificate signature could not be decrypted. This means that the actual signature value could not be determined rather than it not matching the expected value, this is only meaningful for RSA keys.
*)
| Error_v_unable_to_decrypt_CRL_signature
(*
The CRL signature could not be decrypted: this means that the actual signature value could not be determined rather than it not matching the expected value. Unused.
*)
| Error_v_unable_to_decode_issuer_public_key
(*
The public key in the certificate SubjectPublicKeyInfo could not be read.
*)
| Error_v_cert_signature_failure
(*
The signature of the certificate is invalid.
*)
| Error_v_CRL_signature_failure
(*
The signature of the certificate is invalid.
*)
| Error_v_cert_not_yet_valid
(*
The certificate is not yet valid: the notBefore date is after the current time.
*)
| Error_v_cert_has_expired
(*
The certificate has expired: that is the notAfter date is before the current time.
*)
| Error_v_CRL_not_yet_valid
(*
The CRL is not yet valid.
*)
| Error_v_CRL_has_expired
(*
The CRL has expired.
*)
| Error_v_error_in_cert_not_before_field
(*
The certificate notBefore field contains an invalid time.
*)
| Error_v_error_in_cert_not_after_field
(*
The certificate notAfter field contains an invalid time.
*)
| Error_v_error_in_CRL_last_update_field
(*
The CRL lastUpdate field contains an invalid time.
*)
| Error_v_error_in_CRL_next_update_field
(*
The CRL nextUpdate field contains an invalid time.
*)
| Error_v_out_of_mem
(*
An error occurred trying to allocate memory. This should never happen.
*)
| Error_v_depth_zero_self_signed_cert
(*
The passed certificate is self signed and the same certificate cannot be found in the list of trusted certificates.
*)
| Error_v_self_signed_cert_in_chain
(*
The certificate chain could be built up using the untrusted certificates but the root could not be found locally.
*)
| Error_v_unable_to_get_issuer_cert_locally
(*
The issuer certificate of a locally looked up certificate could not be found. This normally means the list of trusted certificates is not complete.
*)
| Error_v_unable_to_verify_leaf_signature
(*
No signatures could be verified because the chain contains only one certificate and it is not self signed.
*)
| Error_v_cert_chain_too_long
(*
The certificate chain length is greater than the supplied maximum depth. Unused.
*)
| Error_v_cert_revoked
(*
The certificate has been revoked.
*)
| Error_v_invalid_CA
(*
A CA certificate is invalid. Either it is not a CA or its extensions are not consistent with the supplied purpose.
*)
| Error_v_path_length_exceeded
(*
The basicConstraints pathlength parameter has been exceeded.
*)
| Error_v_invalid_purpose
(*
The supplied certificate cannot be used for the specified purpose.
*)
| Error_v_cert_untrusted
(*
The root CA is not marked as trusted for the specified purpose.
*)
| Error_v_cert_rejected
(*
The root CA is marked to reject the specified purpose.
*)
| Error_v_subject_issuer_mismatch
(*
The current candidate issuer certificate was rejected because its subject name did not match the issuer name of the current certificate.
*)
| Error_v_akid_skid_mismatch
(*
The current candidate issuer certificate was rejected because its subject key identifier was present and did not match the authority key identifier current certificate.
*)
| Error_v_akid_issuer_serial_mismatch
(*
The current candidate issuer certificate was rejected because its issuer name and serial number was present and did not match the authority key identifier of the current certificate.
*)
| Error_v_keyusage_no_certsign
(*
The current candidate issuer certificate was rejected because its keyUsage extension does not permit certificate signing.
*)
| Error_v_application_verification
(*
An application specific error. Unused.
*)

Why did the certificate verification fail?

Sourceexception Verify_error of verify_error

An error occured while verifying the certificate.

Communication

Sourceval init : ?thread_safe:bool -> unit -> unit

Initialize SSL functions. Should be called before calling any other function. The parameter thread_safe should be set to true if you use threads in you application (the same effect can achived by calling Ssl_threads.init first.

Sourceval get_error_string : unit -> string

Retrieve a human-readable message that corresponds to the last error that occurred.

Sourcetype protocol =

| SSLv23
(*
accept all possible protocols (SSLv2 if supported by openssl, SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2)
*)
| SSLv3
(*
only SSL v3 protocol
*)
| TLSv1
(*
only TLS v1 protocol
*)
| TLSv1_1
(*
only TLS v1.1 protocol
*)
| TLSv1_2
(*
only TLS v1.2 protocol
*)

Protocol used by SSL.

Sourcetype socket

An SSL abstract socket.

Threads

You should not have to use those functions. They are only here for internal use (they are needed to make the openssl library thread-safe, see the Ssl_threads module).

Sourceval thread_safe : bool ref

Contexts

Sourcetype context

A context. A context should be created by a server or client once per program life-time and holds mainly default values for the SSL structures which are later created for the connections.

Sourcetype context_type =

| Client_context
(*
Client connections.
*)
| Server_context
(*
Server connections.
*)
| Both_context
(*
Client and server connections.
*)

Type of the context to create.

Sourceval create_context : protocol -> context_type -> context

Create a context.

Sourceval use_certificate : context -> string -> string -> unit

use_certificate ctx cert privkey makes the context ctx use cert as * certificate's file name (in PEM format) and privkey as private key file * name.

Sourceval set_password_callback : context -> (bool -> string) -> unit

Set the callback function called to get passwords for encrypted PEM files. * The callback function takes a boolean argument which indicates if it's used * for reading/decryption (false) or writing/encryption (true).

Sourceval set_client_CA_list_from_file : context -> string -> unit

Set the list of CAs sent to the client when requesting a client certificate.

Sourcetype verify_mode =

| Verify_peer
| Verify_fail_if_no_peer_cert
(*
Implies Verify_peer.
*)
| Verify_client_once
(*
Implies Verify_peer.
*)

Verification modes (see SSL_CTX_set_verify(3)).

Sourcetype verify_callback

A callback function for verification. Warning: this might change in the future.

Sourceval client_verify_callback : verify_callback

Client's verification callback. Warning: this might change in the future.

Sourceval set_client_verify_callback_verbose : bool -> unit

Set verbosity of client_verify_callback

Sourceval set_verify : context -> verify_mode list -> verify_callback option -> unit

Set the verify mode and callback, see SSL_CTX_set_verify(3). * Warning: this might change in the future.

Sourceval set_verify_depth : context -> int -> unit

Set the maximum depth for the certificate chain verification that shall be allowed.

Ciphers

Sourcetype cipher

A cipher. It holds the algorithm information for a particular cipher which * are a core part of the SSL/TLS protocol.

Sourceval disable_protocols : context -> protocol list -> unit

Disable all protocols from the list. * Note that SSLv23 disables both SSLv2 and SSLv3 (as opposed to all the * protocols). *

Sourceval set_cipher_list : context -> string -> unit

Set the list of available ciphers for a context. See man ciphers(1) for the format of the string.

Sourceval honor_cipher_order : context -> unit

When choosing a cipher, use the server's preferences instead of the client * preferences. When not set, the SSL server will always follow the clients * preferences. When set, the SSLv3/TLSv1 server will choose following its * own preferences. Because of the different protocol, for SSLv2 the server * will send its list of preferences to the client and the client chooses.

Sourceval init_dh_from_file : context -> string -> unit

Init DH parameters from file

Sourceval init_ec_from_named_curve : context -> string -> unit

Init EC curve from curve name

Sourceval get_cipher : socket -> cipher

Get the cipher used by a socket.

Sourceval get_cipher_description : cipher -> string

Get a description of a cipher.

Sourceval get_cipher_name : cipher -> string

Get the name of a cipher.

Sourceval get_cipher_version : cipher -> string

Get the version of a cipher.

Certificates

Sourcetype certificate

A certificate.

Sourceval read_certificate : string -> certificate

read_certificate fname reads the certificate in the file fname.

Sourceval write_certificate : string -> certificate -> unit

Sourceval get_certificate : socket -> certificate

Get the certificate used by a socket.

Sourceval get_issuer : certificate -> string

Get the issuer of a certificate.

Sourceval get_subject : certificate -> string

Get the subject of a certificate.

Sourceval load_verify_locations : context -> string -> string -> unit

load_verify_locations ctxt cafile capath specifies the locations for the context ctx, at which CA certificates for verification purposes are located. cafile should be the name of a CA certificates file in PEM format and capath should be the name of a directory which contains CA certificates in PEM format. Empty strings can be used in order not to specify on of the parameters (but not both).

raises Invalid_argument
if both strings are empty or if one of the files given in arguments could not be found.

Sourceval get_verify_result : socket -> int

Get the verification result.

Creating, connecting and closing sockets

Sourceval embed_socket : Unix.file_descr -> context -> socket

Embed a Unix socket into an SSL socket.

Sourceval open_connection : protocol -> Unix.sockaddr -> socket

Open an SSL connection.

Sourceval open_connection_with_context : context -> Unix.sockaddr -> socket

Open an SSL connection with the specified context.

Sourceval shutdown_connection : socket -> unit

Close an SSL connection opened with open_connection.

Sourceval set_client_SNI_hostname : socket -> string -> unit

Set the hostname the client is attempting to connect to using the Server * Name Indication (SNI) TLS extension.

Sourceval connect : socket -> unit

Connect an SSL socket.

Sourceval accept : socket -> unit

Accept an SSL connection.

Sourceval flush : socket -> unit

Flush an SSL connection.

Sourceval shutdown : socket -> unit

Close an SSL connection.

I/O on SSL sockets

Sourceval verify : socket -> unit

Check the result of the verification of the X509 certificate presented by the peer, if any. Raises a verify_error on failure.

Sourceval file_descr_of_socket : socket -> Unix.file_descr

Get the file descriptor associated with a socket. It is primarly useful for selecting on it; you should not write or read on it.

Sourceval read : socket -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int

read sock buf off len receives data from a connected SSL socket.

Sourceval read_into_bigarray : socket -> bigarray -> int -> int -> int

read_into_bigarray sock ba off len receives data from a connected SSL socket. This function releases the runtime while the read takes place.

Sourceval read_into_bigarray_blocking : socket -> bigarray -> int -> int -> int

read_into_bigarray_blocking sock ba off len receives data from a connected SSL socket. This function DOES NOT release the runtime while the read takes place: it must be used with nonblocking sockets.

Sourceval write : socket -> Bytes.t -> int -> int -> int

write sock buf off len sends data over a connected SSL socket.

Sourceval write_substring : socket -> string -> int -> int -> int

write_substring sock str off len sends data over a connected SSL socket.

Sourceval write_bigarray : socket -> bigarray -> int -> int -> int

write_bigarray sock ba off len sends data over a connected SSL socket. This function releases the runtime while the read takes place.

Sourceval write_bigarray_blocking : socket -> bigarray -> int -> int -> int

write_bigarray sock ba off len sends data over a connected SSL socket. This function DOES NOT release the runtime while the read takes place: it must be used with nonblocking sockets.

High-level communication functions

Sourceval input_string : socket -> string

Input a string on an SSL socket.

Sourceval output_string : socket -> string -> unit

Write a string on an SSL socket.

Sourceval input_char : socket -> char

Input a character on an SSL socket.

Sourceval output_char : socket -> char -> unit

Write a char on an SSL socket.

Sourceval input_int : socket -> int

Input an integer on an SSL socket.

Sourceval output_int : socket -> int -> unit

Write an integer on an SSL socket.

package ssl

Module SslSource