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GNUTLS

a Transport Layer Security Library
This document applies to GNUTLS 0.2.9


By Nikos Mavroyanopoulos and Fabio Fiorina


Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the chapter entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".


Contents

The Library

Introduction

GNUTLS is a portable library which implements the TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 protocols. TLS stands for 'Transport Layer Security' and is the sucessor of SSL1.1. TLS 1.01.2 is an Internet protocol, defined by IETF1.3that provides confidentiality, and authentication layers over a reliable transport layer1.4. GNUTLS implements the above protocols in reentrant way in order to be used in multiple threads of execution (without the need for Critical Sections and locks).

Currently GNUTLS implements:

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is provided by using symmetric encryption algorithms like 3DES, AES1.5, or stream algorithms like ARCFOUR1.6. A symmetric encryption algorithm uses a single (secret) key to encrypt and decrypt data. Block algorithms in TLS also provide protection against statistical analysis of the data. GNUTLS makes use of this property thus, if you're operating in TLS 1.0 mode, a random number of blocks will be appended to the data. This will prevent eavesdroppers from guessing the actual data size.

Authentication

The following authentication schemas are supported in GNUTLS :

  1. X509 Public Key Infrastructure
  2. Anonymous authentication
  3. SRP authentication

TLS Cipher suites

TLS 1.0 supports ciphersuites like TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_CBC_SHA. These ciphersuites contain three parameters:

The key exchange algorithms currently in the TLS protocol are:

RSA The RSA algorithm is used to encrypt a key and send it to the peer. The certificate must allow the key to be used for encryption.
DHE_RSA The RSA algorithm is used to sign Ephemeral Diffie Hellman parameters which are send to the peer. The key in the certificate must allow the key to be used for signing
DHE_DSS The DSS1.8 algorithm is used to sign Ephemeral Diffie Hellman parameters which are send to the peer. Currently GNUTLS does not support this ciphersuite.
DH_DSS Static Diffie Hellman parameters signed by a DSS certificate. Currently GNUTLS does not support this ciphersuite.
DH_RSA Static Diffie Hellman parameters signed by an RSA certificate. Currently GNUTLS does not support this ciphersuite.
DH_ANON Diffie Hellman parameters not signed. This key exchange method is vulnerable to man in the middle attack.
SRP1.9 Authentication using the SRP1.10protocol

The Bulk Cipher algorithms used in GNUTLS are:

3DES_CBC 3DES_CBC is the DES block cipher algorithm used with multiple (triple) encryption (EDE). Has 64 bits block size and is used in CBC mode.
ARCFOUR ARCFOUR1.11 is a fast stream cipher.
AES_CBC AES or RIJNDAEL is the block cipher algorithm that replaces the old (and insecure1.12) DES algorithm. Has 128 bits block size and is used in CBC mode.
TWOFISH_CBC TWOFISH is a block cipher algorithm by Counterpane. Has 128 bits block size and is used in CBC mode.

The MAC1.13 algorithms used in GNUTLS are:

MAC_MD5 MD5 is a hash algorithm by Ron Rivest. Outputs 128 bits of data.
MAC_SHA SHA is a hash algorithm by NSA. Outputs 160 bits of data.

Resuming Sessions

The gnutls_handshake() function, is expensive since a lot of calculations are performed. In order to support many fast connections to the same server a client may use session resuming. Session resuming is a feature of the TLS protocol which allows a client to connect to a server, after a successful handshake, without the expensive calculations (by using the previously established keys). GNUTLS supports this feature, and the example resume client illustrates a typical use of it (This is a modification of the simple client example).

Keep in mind that sessions are expired after some time (for security reasons), thus it may be normal for a server not to resume a session even if you requested that. Also note that you must enable (using the priority functions), the algorithms used in the last session.

Resuming internals

The resuming capability (mostly in the server side) is one of the problems of a thread-safe TLS implementations. The problem is that all threads must share information in order to be able to resume sessions. The gnutls approach is, in case of a client, to leave all the burden of resuming to the client (ie. copy and keep the nesessary parameters etc.).

The server side is different1.14. Here the server only specifies a DB file to be used. This DB file is used to store the sessions' required parameters for resuming (and this means that this file contains very sensitive information, such as encryption keys). In a multi-threaded application every thread can read from the DB file and access all previously established sessions, but only one thread can write at a time. The current behaviour of gnutls is not to block and wait for the DB to be ready for writing, but continue the process normally (and do not save the parameters).

Transport Layer

GNUTLS can be used above any transport layer. To do this you will only need to set up the gnutls_global_set_push_func() and gnutls_global_set_pull_func() functions. These functions will then be used by gnutls in order to send and receive data. The functions specified should return -1 on error and probably set errno appropriately. GNUTLS supports EINTR and EAGAIN errno values (This means that appropriate values will be sent to the call of the gnutls function).

By default (if the above functions are not called), gnutls will use the berkeley sockets functions recv() and send(). In this case gnutls will use some hacks in order for select() to work, thus making easy to add TLS support to existing servers.

Client Examples

This section contains examples of TLS and SSL clients, using GNUTLS .

Simple Client example with X509 Authentication

Let's assume now that we want to create a client which communicates with servers using the X509 authentication schema. The following client is a very simple TLS client, it does not support session resuming nor any other fancy features.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <gnutls.h>

#define MAX_BUF 1024
#define CRLFILE "crl.pem"
#define CAFILE "ca.pem"
#define SA struct sockaddr
#define MSG "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"

int main()
{
   const char *PORT = "443";
   const char *SERVER = "127.0.0.1";
   int err, ret;
   int sd, ii;
   struct sockaddr_in sa;
   GNUTLS_STATE state;
   char buffer[MAX_BUF + 1];
   X509PKI_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS xcred;

   if (gnutls_global_init() < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "global state initialization error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   /* X509 stuff */
   if (gnutls_allocate_x509_client_sc(&xcred, 0) < 0) {  /* no client private key */
      fprintf(stderr, "memory error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   /* set's the trusted cas file
    */
   gnutls_set_x509_client_trust(xcred, CAFILE, CRLFILE);

   /* connects to server 
    */
   sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

   memset(&sa, '\0', sizeof(sa));
   sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
   sa.sin_port = htons(atoi(PORT));
   inet_pton(AF_INET, SERVER, &sa.sin_addr);

   err = connect(sd, (SA *) & sa, sizeof(sa));
   if (err < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Connect error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   /* Initialize TLS state 
    */
   gnutls_init(&state, GNUTLS_CLIENT);

   /* allow both SSL3 and TLS1
    */
   gnutls_set_protocol_priority(state, GNUTLS_TLS1, GNUTLS_SSL3, 0);

   /* allow only ARCFOUR and 3DES ciphers
    * (3DES has the highest priority)
    */
   gnutls_set_cipher_priority(state, GNUTLS_3DES_CBC, GNUTLS_ARCFOUR, 0);

   /* only allow null compression
    */
   gnutls_set_compression_priority(state, GNUTLS_NULL_COMPRESSION, 0);

   /* use GNUTLS_KX_RSA
    */
   gnutls_set_kx_priority(state, GNUTLS_KX_RSA, 0);

   /* allow the usage of both SHA and MD5
    */
   gnutls_set_mac_priority(state, GNUTLS_MAC_SHA, GNUTLS_MAC_MD5, 0);


   /* put the x509 credentials to the current state
    */
   gnutls_set_cred(state, GNUTLS_X509PKI, xcred);


   /* Perform the TLS handshake
    */
   ret = gnutls_handshake(sd, state);

   if (ret < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "*** Handshake failed\n");
      gnutls_perror(ret);
      goto end;
   } else {
      printf("- Handshake was completed\n");
   }

   gnutls_write(sd, state, MSG, strlen(MSG));

   ret = gnutls_read(sd, state, buffer, MAX_BUF);
   if (gnutls_is_fatal_error(ret) == 1 || ret == 0) {
      if (ret == 0) {
         printf("- Peer has closed the GNUTLS connection\n");
         goto end;
      } else {
         fprintf(stderr, "*** Received corrupted data(%d) - server has terminated the connection abnormally\n",
                 ret);
         goto end;
      }
   } else {
      if (ret == GNUTLS_E_WARNING_ALERT_RECEIVED || ret == GNUTLS_E_FATAL_ALERT_RECEIVED)
         printf("* Received alert [%d]\n", gnutls_get_last_alert(state));
      if (ret == GNUTLS_E_REHANDSHAKE)
         printf("* Received HelloRequest message (server asked to rehandshake)\n");
   }

   if (ret > 0) {
      printf("- Received %d bytes: ", ret);
      for (ii = 0; ii < ret; ii++) {
         fputc(buffer[ii], stdout);
      }
      fputs("\n", stdout);
   }
   gnutls_bye(sd, state, GNUTLS_SHUT_RDWR);

 end:

   shutdown(sd, SHUT_RDWR);     /* no more receptions */
   close(sd);

   gnutls_deinit(state);

   gnutls_free_x509_client_sc(xcred);

   gnutls_global_deinit();

   return 0;
}

Getting peer's information

The above example was the simplest form of a client, it didn't even check the result of the peer's certificate verification function (ie. if we have an authenticated connection). The following function does check the peer's X509 Certificate, and prints some information about the current state.

This function should be called after a successful gnutls_handshake()

#define PRINTX(x,y) if (y[0]!=0) printf(" -   %s %s\n", x, y)
#define PRINT_DN(X) PRINTX( "CN:", X->common_name); \
	PRINTX( "OU:", X->organizational_unit_name); \
	PRINTX( "O:", X->organization); \
	PRINTX( "L:", X->locality_name); \
	PRINTX( "S:", X->state_or_province_name); \
	PRINTX( "C:", X->country); \
	PRINTX( "E:", X->email); \
	PRINTX( "SAN:", gnutls_x509pki_client_get_subject_dns_name( state))

int print_info(GNUTLS_STATE state)
{
   const char *tmp;
   const gnutls_DN* dn;

   /* print the key exchange's algorithm name
    */
   tmp = gnutls_kx_get_name(gnutls_get_current_kx(state));
   printf("- Key Exchange: %s\n", tmp);

   /* in case of X509 PKI
    */
   if (gnutls_get_auth_type(state) == GNUTLS_X509PKI) {
      CertificateStatus status;
      KXAlgorithm kx;

      kx = gnutls_get_current_kx(state);

      /* Check if we have been using ephemeral Diffie Hellman.
       */
      if (kx == GNUTLS_KX_DHE_RSA || kx == GNUTLS_KX_DHE_DSS) {
         printf("\n- Ephemeral DH using prime of %d bits\n",
            gnutls_x509pki_server_get_dh_bits( state));
      }


      status = gnutls_x509pki_client_get_peer_certificate_status( state);

      switch( status) {
         case GNUTLS_CERT_NOT_TRUSTED:
           printf("- Peer's X509 Certificate was NOT verified\n");
           break;
         case GNUTLS_CERT_EXPIRED:
           printf("- Peer's X509 Certificate was verified but is expired\n");
           break;
         case GNUTLS_CERT_TRUSTED:
           printf("- Peer's X509 Certificate was verified\n");
           break;
         case GNUTLS_CERT_NONE:
           printf("- Peer did not send any certificate.\n");
           break;
         case GNUTLS_CERT_INVALID:
           printf("- Peer's X509 Certificate was invalid\n");
           break;
      }
		
      if (status!=GNUTLS_CERT_NONE && status!=GNUTLS_CERT_INVALID) {

         printf(" - Certificate info:\n");
         printf(" - Certificate version: #%d\n", gnutls_x509pki_client_get_peer_certificate_version( state));

         dn = gnutls_x509pki_client_get_peer_dn( state);
         PRINT_DN(dn);

         printf(" - Certificate Issuer's info:\n");
         dn = gnutls_x509pki_client_get_issuer_dn( state);
         PRINT_DN(dn);
      }
   }

   tmp = gnutls_version_get_name(gnutls_get_current_version(state));
   printf("- Version: %s\n", tmp);

   tmp = gnutls_compression_get_name(gnutls_get_current_compression_method(state));
   printf("- Compression: %s\n", tmp);

   tmp = gnutls_cipher_get_name(gnutls_get_current_cipher(state));
   printf("- Cipher: %s\n", tmp);

   tmp = gnutls_mac_get_name(gnutls_get_current_mac_algorithm(state));
   printf("- MAC: %s\n", tmp);

   return 0;
}


Client with Resume capability example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <gnutls.h>

#define MAX_BUF 1024
#define CRLFILE "crl.pem"
#define CAFILE "ca.pem"
#define SA struct sockaddr
#define MSG "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"

int main()
{
   const char *PORT = "443";
   const char *SERVER = "127.0.0.1";
   int err, ret;
   int sd, ii;
   struct sockaddr_in sa;
   GNUTLS_STATE state;
   char buffer[MAX_BUF + 1];
   X509PKI_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS xcred;
   /* variables used in session resuming */
   int t;
   char *session;
   char *session_id;
   int session_size;
   int session_id_size;
   char *tmp_session_id;
   int tmp_session_id_size;

   if (gnutls_global_init() < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "global state initialization error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   /* X509 stuff */
   if (gnutls_allocate_x509_client_sc(&xcred, 0) < 0) {  /* no client private key */
      fprintf(stderr, "memory error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   gnutls_set_x509_client_trust(xcred, CAFILE, CRLFILE);

   for (t = 0; t < 2; t++) {    /* connect 2 times to the server */

      sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
      memset(&sa, '\0', sizeof(sa));
      sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
      sa.sin_port = htons(atoi(PORT));
      inet_pton(AF_INET, SERVER, &sa.sin_addr);

      err = connect(sd, (SA *) & sa, sizeof(sa));
      if (err < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Connect error");
         exit(1);
      }
      gnutls_init(&state, GNUTLS_CLIENT);
      gnutls_set_protocol_priority(state, GNUTLS_TLS1, GNUTLS_SSL3, 0);
      gnutls_set_cipher_priority(state, GNUTLS_3DES_CBC, GNUTLS_ARCFOUR, 0);
      gnutls_set_compression_priority(state, GNUTLS_NULL_COMPRESSION, 0);
      gnutls_set_kx_priority(state, GNUTLS_KX_RSA, 0);
      gnutls_set_mac_priority(state, GNUTLS_MAC_SHA, GNUTLS_MAC_MD5, 0);


      gnutls_set_cred(state, GNUTLS_X509PKI, xcred);

      if (t > 0) { /* if this is not the first time we connect */
         gnutls_set_current_session(state, session, session_size);
         free(session);
      }
      /* Perform the TLS handshake
       */
      ret = gnutls_handshake(sd, state);

      if (ret < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "*** Handshake failed\n");
         gnutls_perror(ret);
         goto end;
      } else {
         printf("- Handshake was completed\n");
      }

      if (t == 0) { /* the first time we connect */
         /* get the session data size */
         gnutls_get_current_session(state, NULL, &session_size);
         session = malloc(session_size);

         /* put session data to the session variable */
         gnutls_get_current_session(state, session, &session_size);

         /* keep the current session ID. This is only needed
          * in order to check if the server actually resumed this
          * connection.
          */
         gnutls_get_current_session_id(state, NULL, &session_id_size);
         session_id = malloc(session_id_size);
         gnutls_get_current_session_id(state, session_id, &session_id_size);

      } else { /* the second time we connect */

         /* check if we actually resumed the previous session */
         gnutls_get_current_session_id(state, NULL, &tmp_session_id_size);
         tmp_session_id = malloc(tmp_session_id_size);
         gnutls_get_current_session_id(state, tmp_session_id, &tmp_session_id_size);

         if (memcmp(tmp_session_id, session_id, session_id_size) == 0) {
            printf("- Previous session was resumed\n");
         } else {
            fprintf(stderr, "*** Previous session was NOT resumed\n");
         }
         free(tmp_session_id);
         free(session_id);
      }

      /* This function was defined in a previous example
       */
      print_info(state);

      gnutls_write(sd, state, MSG, strlen(MSG));

      ret = gnutls_read(sd, state, buffer, MAX_BUF);
      if (gnutls_is_fatal_error(ret) == 1 || ret == 0) {
         if (ret == 0) {
            printf("- Peer has closed the GNUTLS connection\n");
            goto end;
         } else {
            fprintf(stderr, "*** Received corrupted data(%d) - server has terminated the connection abnormally\n",
                    ret);
            goto end;
         }
      } else {
         if (ret == GNUTLS_E_WARNING_ALERT_RECEIVED || ret == GNUTLS_E_FATAL_ALERT_RECEIVED)
            printf("* Received alert [%d]\n", gnutls_get_last_alert(state));
         if (ret == GNUTLS_E_REHANDSHAKE)
            printf("* Received HelloRequest message (server asked to rehandshake)\n");
      }

      if (ret > 0) {
         printf("- Received %d bytes: ", ret);
         for (ii = 0; ii < ret; ii++) {
            fputc(buffer[ii], stdout);
         }
         fputs("\n", stdout);
      }
      gnutls_bye(sd, state, GNUTLS_SHUT_RDWR);

    end:

      shutdown(sd, SHUT_RDWR);  /* no more receptions */
      close(sd);

      gnutls_deinit(state);

   }  /* for() */

   gnutls_free_x509_client_sc(xcred);

   gnutls_global_deinit();

   return 0;
}

Simple Client example with SRP Authentication

Although SRP is not part of the TLS standard, GNUTLS implements David Taylor's1.15 proposal for using the SRP algorithm within the TLS handshake protocol. The following client is a very simple SRP-TLS client which connects to a server and authenticates using username and password.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <gnutls.h>

#define MAX_BUF 1024
#define USERNAME "user"
#define PASSWORD "pass"
#define SA struct sockaddr
#define MSG "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"

int main()
{
   const char *PORT = "443";
   const char *SERVER = "127.0.0.1";
   int err, ret;
   int sd, ii;
   struct sockaddr_in sa;
   GNUTLS_STATE state;
   char buffer[MAX_BUF + 1];
   SRP_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS xcred;

   if (gnutls_global_init() < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "global state initialization error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   if (gnutls_allocate_srp_client_sc(&xcred) < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "memory error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   gnutls_set_srp_client_cred(xcred, USERNAME, PASSWORD);

   /* connects to server 
    */
   sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

   memset(&sa, '\0', sizeof(sa));
   sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
   sa.sin_port = htons(atoi(PORT));
   inet_pton(AF_INET, SERVER, &sa.sin_addr);

   err = connect(sd, (SA *) & sa, sizeof(sa));
   if (err < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Connect error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   /* Initialize TLS state 
    */
   gnutls_init(&state, GNUTLS_CLIENT);

   /* allow both SSL3 and TLS1
    */
   gnutls_set_protocol_priority(state, GNUTLS_TLS1, GNUTLS_SSL3, 0);

   /* allow only ARCFOUR and 3DES ciphers
    * (3DES has the highest priority)
    */
   gnutls_set_cipher_priority(state, GNUTLS_3DES_CBC, GNUTLS_ARCFOUR, 0);

   /* only allow null compression
    */
   gnutls_set_compression_priority(state, GNUTLS_NULL_COMPRESSION, 0);

   /* use GNUTLS_KX_RSA
    */
   gnutls_set_kx_priority(state, GNUTLS_KX_SRP, 0);

   /* allow the usage of both SHA and MD5
    */
   gnutls_set_mac_priority(state, GNUTLS_MAC_SHA, GNUTLS_MAC_MD5, 0);


   /* put the SRP credentials to the current state
    */
   gnutls_set_cred(state, GNUTLS_SRP, xcred);


   /* Perform the TLS handshake
    */
   ret = gnutls_handshake(sd, state);

   if (ret < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "*** Handshake failed\n");
      gnutls_perror(ret);
      goto end;
   } else {
      printf("- Handshake was completed\n");
   }

   gnutls_write(sd, state, MSG, strlen(MSG));

   ret = gnutls_read(sd, state, buffer, MAX_BUF);
   if (gnutls_is_fatal_error(ret) == 1 || ret == 0) {
      if (ret == 0) {
         printf("- Peer has closed the GNUTLS connection\n");
         goto end;
      } else {
         fprintf(stderr, "*** Received corrupted data(%d) - server has terminated the connection abnormally\n",
                 ret);
         goto end;
      }
   } else {
      if (ret == GNUTLS_E_WARNING_ALERT_RECEIVED || ret == GNUTLS_E_FATAL_ALERT_RECEIVED)
         printf("* Received alert [%d]\n", gnutls_get_last_alert(state));
      if (ret == GNUTLS_E_REHANDSHAKE)
         printf("* Received HelloRequest message (server asked to rehandshake)\n");
   }

   if (ret > 0) {
      printf("- Received %d bytes: ", ret);
      for (ii = 0; ii < ret; ii++) {
         fputc(buffer[ii], stdout);
      }
      fputs("\n", stdout);
   }
   gnutls_bye(sd, state, 0);

 end:

   shutdown(sd, SHUT_RDWR);     /* no more receptions */
   close(sd);

   gnutls_deinit(state);

   gnutls_free_srp_client_sc(xcred);

   gnutls_global_deinit();

   return 0;
}

Server Examples

This section contains examples of TLS and SSL servers, using GNUTLS .

Echo Server with X509 and SRP authentication

The following example is a server which supports both SRP and X509 authentication. This server also supports session resuming.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <gnutls.h>

#define KEYFILE "key.pem"
#define CERTFILE "cert.pem"
#define CAFILE "ca.pem"
#define CRLFILE NULL

#define SRP_PASSWD "tpasswd"
#define SRP_PASSWD_CONF "tpasswd.conf"


/* This is a sample TCP echo server.
 */


#define SA struct sockaddr
#define ERR(err,s) if(err==-1) {perror(s);return(1);}
#define MAX_BUF 1024
#define PORT 5556               /* listen to 5556 port */

/* These are global */
SRP_SERVER_CREDENTIALS srp_cred;
X509PKI_SERVER_CREDENTIALS x509_cred;

GNUTLS_STATE initialize_state()
{
   GNUTLS_STATE state;
   int ret;

   gnutls_init(&state, GNUTLS_SERVER);

   /* in order to support session resuming:
    */
   if ((ret = gnutls_set_db_name(state, "gnutls-rsm.db")) < 0)
      fprintf(stderr, "*** DB error (%d)\n\n", ret);

   gnutls_set_cipher_priority(state, GNUTLS_RIJNDAEL_CBC, GNUTLS_3DES_CBC, 0);
   gnutls_set_compression_priority(state, GNUTLS_ZLIB, GNUTLS_NULL_COMPRESSION, 0);
   gnutls_set_kx_priority(state, GNUTLS_KX_RSA, GNUTLS_KX_SRP, 0);
   gnutls_set_protocol_priority(state, GNUTLS_TLS1, GNUTLS_SSL3, 0);
   gnutls_set_mac_priority(state, GNUTLS_MAC_SHA, GNUTLS_MAC_MD5, 0);

   gnutls_set_cred(state, GNUTLS_SRP, srp_cred);
   gnutls_set_cred(state, GNUTLS_X509PKI, x509_cred);

   /* request client certificate if any.
    */
   gnutls_x509pki_set_cert_request( state, GNUTLS_CERT_REQUEST);
   
   return state;
}

void print_info(GNUTLS_STATE state)
{
   const char *tmp;
   unsigned char sesid[32];
   int sesid_size, i;

   /* print session_id specific data */
   gnutls_get_current_session_id(state, sesid, &sesid_size);
   printf("\n- Session ID: ");
   for (i = 0; i < sesid_size; i++)
      printf("%.2X", sesid[i]);
   printf("\n");

   /* print srp specific data */
   if (gnutls_get_auth_type(state) == GNUTLS_SRP) {
         printf("\n- User '%s' connected\n",
                gnutls_srp_server_get_username( state));
   }

   /* print state information */
   tmp = gnutls_version_get_name(gnutls_get_current_version(state));
   printf("- Version: %s\n", tmp);

   tmp = gnutls_kx_get_name(gnutls_get_current_kx(state));
   printf("- Key Exchange: %s\n", tmp);

   tmp =
       gnutls_compression_get_name
       (gnutls_get_current_compression_method(state));
   printf("- Compression: %s\n", tmp);

   tmp = gnutls_cipher_get_name(gnutls_get_current_cipher(state));
   printf("- Cipher: %s\n", tmp);

   tmp = gnutls_mac_get_name(gnutls_get_current_mac_algorithm(state));
   printf("- MAC: %s\n", tmp);

}



int main()
{
   int err, listen_sd, i;
   int sd, ret;
   struct sockaddr_in sa_serv;
   struct sockaddr_in sa_cli;
   int client_len;
   char topbuf[512];
   GNUTLS_STATE state;
   char buffer[MAX_BUF + 1];
   int optval = 1;
   int http = 0;
   char name[256];

   strcpy(name, "Echo Server");

   /* this must be called once in the program
    */
   if (gnutls_global_init() < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "global state initialization error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   if (gnutls_allocate_x509_server_sc(&x509_cred, 1) < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "memory error\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   if (gnutls_set_x509_server_trust(x509_cred, CAFILE, CRLFILE) < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "X509 PARSE ERROR\nDid you have ca.pem?\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   if (gnutls_set_x509_server_key(x509_cred, CERTFILE, KEYFILE) < 0) {
      fprintf(stderr, "X509 PARSE ERROR\nDid you have key.pem and cert.pem?\n");
      exit(1);
   }
   /* SRP_PASSWD a password file (created with the included crypt utility) 
    * Read README.crypt prior to using SRP.
    */
   gnutls_allocate_srp_server_sc(&srp_cred);
   gnutls_set_srp_server_cred(srp_cred, SRP_PASSWD, SRP_PASSWD_CONF);


   /* Socket operations
    */
   listen_sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
   ERR(listen_sd, "socket");

   memset(&sa_serv, '\0', sizeof(sa_serv));
   sa_serv.sin_family = AF_INET;
   sa_serv.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
   sa_serv.sin_port = htons(PORT);  /* Server Port number */

   setsockopt(listen_sd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &optval, sizeof(int));

   err = bind(listen_sd, (SA *) & sa_serv, sizeof(sa_serv));
   ERR(err, "bind");
   err = listen(listen_sd, 1024);
   ERR(err, "listen");

   printf("%s ready. Listening to port '%d'.\n\n", name, PORT);

   client_len = sizeof(sa_cli);
   for (;;) {
      state = initialize_state();

      sd = accept(listen_sd, (SA *) & sa_cli, &client_len);

      printf("- connection from %s, port %d\n",
             inet_ntop(AF_INET, &sa_cli.sin_addr, topbuf,
                       sizeof(topbuf)), ntohs(sa_cli.sin_port));


      ret = gnutls_handshake(sd, state);
      if (ret < 0) {
         close(sd);
         gnutls_deinit(state);
         fprintf(stderr, "*** Handshake has failed (%s)\n\n",
                 gnutls_strerror(ret));
         continue;
      }
      printf("- Handshake was completed\n");

      print_info(state);

      i = 0;
      for (;;) {
         bzero(buffer, MAX_BUF + 1);
         ret = gnutls_read(sd, state, buffer, MAX_BUF);

         if (gnutls_is_fatal_error(ret) == 1 || ret == 0) {
            if (ret == 0) {
               printf
                   ("\n- Peer has closed the GNUTLS connection\n");
               break;
            } else {
               fprintf(stderr,
                       "\n*** Received corrupted data(%d). Closing the connection.\n\n",
                       ret);
               break;
            }

         }
         if (ret > 0) {
            /* echo data back to the client
             */
            gnutls_write(sd, state, buffer,
                         strlen(buffer));
         }
         if (ret == GNUTLS_E_WARNING_ALERT_RECEIVED || ret == GNUTLS_E_FATAL_ALERT_RECEIVED) {
            ret = gnutls_get_last_alert(state);
            printf("* Received alert '%d'.\n", ret);
         }
      }
      printf("\n");
      gnutls_bye(sd, state, 1); /* do not wait for
                                 * the peer to close the connection.
                                 */

      close(sd);
      gnutls_deinit(state);

   }
   close(listen_sd);

   gnutls_free_x509_server_sc(x509_cred);
   gnutls_free_srp_server_sc(srp_cred);

   gnutls_global_deinit();

   return 0;

}

Function Reference


gnutls_set_lowat

int gnutls_set_lowat ( GNUTLS_STATE state , int num )

Arguments

Description

Used to set the lowat value in order for select to check if there are pending data to socket buffer. Used only if you have changed the default low water value (default is 1). Normally you will not need that function. This function is only usefull if using berkeley style sockets. Otherwise it does nothing.


gnutls_init

int gnutls_init ( GNUTLS_STATE * state , ConnectionEnd con_end )

Arguments

Description

This function initializes the current state to null. Every state must be initialized before use, so internal structures can be allocated. This function allocates structures which can only be free'd by calling gnutls_deinit(). Returns zero on success.


gnutls_deinit

int gnutls_deinit ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function clears all buffers associated with the &state.


gnutls_send_alert

int gnutls_send_alert ( SOCKET cd , GNUTLS_STATE state , AlertLevel level , AlertDescription desc )

Arguments

Description

This function will send an alert to the peer in order to inform him of something important (eg. his Certificate could not be verified). If the alert level is Fatal then the peer is expected to close the connection, otherwise he may ignore the alert and continue. Returns 0 on success.


gnutls_bye

int gnutls_bye ( SOCKET cd , GNUTLS_STATE state , CloseRequest how )

Arguments

Description

Terminates the current TLS/SSL connection. The connection should have been initiated using gnutls_handshake(). 'how' should be one of GNUTLS_SHUT_RDWR, GNUTLS_SHUT_WR.

in case of GNUTLS_SHUT_RDWR then the connection gets terminated and further receives and sends will be disallowed. If the return value is zero you may continue using the TCP connection.

in case of GNUTLS_SHUT_WR then the connection gets terminated and further sends will be disallowed. In order to reuse the TCP connection you should wait for an EOF from the peer.


gnutls_get_current_cipher

BulkCipherAlgorithm gnutls_get_current_cipher ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

Returns the currently used cipher.


gnutls_get_current_kx

KXAlgorithm gnutls_get_current_kx ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

Returns the key exchange algorithm used in the last handshake.


gnutls_get_current_mac_algorithm

MACAlgorithm gnutls_get_current_mac_algorithm ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

Returns the currently used mac algorithm.


gnutls_get_current_compression_method

CompressionMethod gnutls_get_current_compression_method ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

Returns the currently used compression method.


gnutls_get_last_alert

AlertDescription gnutls_get_last_alert ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

Returns the last alert number received. This function should be called if GNUTLS_E_WARNING_ALERT_RECEIVED or GNUTLS_E_FATAL_ALERT_RECEIVED has been returned by a gnutls function. The peer may send alerts if he thinks some things were not right. Check gnutls.h for the available alert descriptions.


gnutls_write

ssize_t gnutls_write ( SOCKET cd , GNUTLS_STATE state , const void * data , size_t sizeofdata )

Arguments

Description

This function has the same semantics as write() has. The only difference is that is accepts a GNUTLS state.

If the EINTR is returned by the internal push function (write()) then GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED, will be returned. If GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED or GNUTLS_E_AGAIN is returned you must call this function again, with the same (exactly) parameters. Otherwise the write operation will be corrupted and the connection will be terminated.

Returns the number of bytes received, zero on EOF, or a negative error code.


gnutls_read

ssize_t gnutls_read ( SOCKET cd , GNUTLS_STATE state , void * data , size_t sizeofdata )

Arguments

Description

This function has the same semantics as read() has. The only difference is that is accepts a GNUTLS state. Returns the number of bytes received, zero on EOF, or a negative error code.


gnutls_check_pending

int gnutls_check_pending ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function checks if there are any data to receive in the gnutls buffers. Returns the size of that data or 0. Notice that you may also use select() to check for data in the TCP connection, instead of this function. (gnutls leaves some data in the tcp buffer in order for select to work).


gnutls_rehandshake

int gnutls_rehandshake ( SOCKET cd , GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will renegotiate security parameters with the client. This should only be called in case of a server.

This message informs the peer that we want to renegotiate parameters (perform a handshake).

If this function succeeds (returns 0), you must call the gnutls_handshake() function in order to negotiate the new parameters.

If the client does not wish to renegotiate parameters he will reply with an alert message, thus the return code will be GNUTLS_E_WARNING_ALERT_RECEIVED and the alert will be GNUTLS_NO_RENEGOTIATION.


gnutls_handshake

int gnutls_handshake ( SOCKET cd , GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function does the handshake of the TLS/SSL protocol, and initializes the TLS connection. Here the identity of the peer is checked automatically. This function will fail if any problem is encountered, and the connection should be terminated.


gnutls_set_max_handshake_data_buffer_size

void gnutls_set_max_handshake_data_buffer_size ( GNUTLS_STATE state , int max )

Arguments

Description

This function will set the maximum size of the handshake message sequence. Since the handshake messages are kept into memory until the handshake is successful this function allows you to set the maximum number of bytes that will be kept. The default value is 128kb which is large enough. Set this to 0 if you do not want to set an upper limit.


gnutls_is_fatal_error

int gnutls_is_fatal_error ( int error )

Arguments

Description

If a function returns a negative value you may feed that value to this function to see if it is fatal. Returns 1 for a fatal error 0 otherwise. However you may want to check the error code manualy, since some non-fatal errors to the protocol may be fatal for you (your program).


gnutls_perror

void gnutls_perror ( int error )

Arguments

Description

This function is like perror(). However it accepts an error returned by a gnutls function.


gnutls_strerror

const char* gnutls_strerror ( int error )

Arguments

Description

This function is similar to strerror(). The only difference is that it accepts an error (number) returned by a gnutls function.


gnutls_mac_get_name

const char * gnutls_mac_get_name ( MACAlgorithm algorithm )

Arguments

Description

Returns a string that contains the name of the specified MAC algorithm.


gnutls_compression_get_name

const char * gnutls_compression_get_name ( CompressionMethod algorithm )

Arguments

Description

Returns a pointer to a string that contains the name of the specified compression algorithm.


gnutls_cipher_get_name

const char * gnutls_cipher_get_name ( BulkCipherAlgorithm algorithm )

Arguments

Description

Returns a pointer to a string that contains the name of the specified cipher.


gnutls_kx_get_name

const char * gnutls_kx_get_name ( KXAlgorithm algorithm )

Arguments

Description

Returns a pointer to a string that contains the name of the specified key exchange algorithm.


gnutls_version_get_name

const char * gnutls_version_get_name ( GNUTLS_Version version )

Arguments

Description

Returns a string that contains the name of the specified TLS version.


gnutls_set_cipher_priority

int gnutls_set_cipher_priority ( GNUTLS_STATE state , LIST )

Arguments

Description

Sets the priority on the ciphers supported by gnutls. Priority is higher for ciphers specified before others. After specifying the ciphers you want, you should add 0. Note that the priority is set on the client. The server does not use the algorithm's priority except for disabling algorithms that were not specified.


gnutls_set_kx_priority

int gnutls_set_kx_priority ( GNUTLS_STATE state , LIST )

Arguments

Description

Sets the priority on the key exchange algorithms supported by gnutls. Priority is higher for algorithms specified before others. After specifying the algorithms you want, you should add 0. Note that the priority is set on the client. The server does not use the algorithm's priority except for disabling algorithms that were not specified.


gnutls_set_mac_priority

int gnutls_set_mac_priority ( GNUTLS_STATE state , LIST )

Arguments

Description

Sets the priority on the mac algorithms supported by gnutls. Priority is higher for algorithms specified before others. After specifying the algorithms you want, you should add 0. Note that the priority is set on the client. The server does not use the algorithm's priority except for disabling algorithms that were not specified.


gnutls_set_compression_priority

int gnutls_set_compression_priority ( GNUTLS_STATE state , LIST )

Arguments

Description

Sets the priority on the compression algorithms supported by gnutls. Priority is higher for algorithms specified before others. After specifying the algorithms you want, you should add 0. Note that the priority is set on the client. The server does not use the algorithm's priority except for disabling algorithms that were not specified.


gnutls_set_protocol_priority

int gnutls_set_protocol_priority ( GNUTLS_STATE state , LIST )

Arguments

Description

Sets the priority on the protocol versions supported by gnutls. Priority is higher for protocols specified before others. After specifying the protocols you want, you should add 0. Note that the priority is set on the client. The server does not use the protocols's priority except for disabling protocols that were not specified.


gnutls_get_current_session

int gnutls_get_current_session ( GNUTLS_STATE state , opaque* session , int * session_size )

Arguments

Description

Returns all session parameters - in order to support resuming. The client should call this - and keep the returned session - if he wants to resume that current version later by calling gnutls_set_current_session() This function must be called after a successful handshake.

Resuming sessions is really useful and speedups connections after a succesful one.


gnutls_get_current_session_id

int gnutls_get_current_session_id ( GNUTLS_STATE state , void* session , int * session_size )

Arguments

Description

Returns the current session id. This can be used if you want to check if the next session you tried to resume was actually resumed. (resumed sessions have the same sessionID with the first session)

Session id is some data set by the server, that identify the current session. In TLS 1.0 session id should not be more than 32 bytes.


gnutls_set_current_session

int gnutls_set_current_session ( GNUTLS_STATE state , opaque* session , int session_size )

Arguments

Description

Sets all session parameters - in order to support resuming session must be the one returned by gnutls_get_current_session(); This function should be called before gnutls_handshake(). Keep in mind that session resuming is advisory. The server may choose not to resume the session, thus a full handshake will be performed.


gnutls_set_cache_expiration

int gnutls_set_cache_expiration ( GNUTLS_STATE state , int seconds )

Arguments

Description

Sets the expiration time for resumed sessions. The default is 3600 (one hour) at the time writing this.


gnutls_set_db_name

int gnutls_set_db_name ( GNUTLS_STATE state , char* filename )

Arguments

Description

Sets the name of the (gdbm) database to be used to keep the sessions to be resumed. This function also creates the database - if it does not exist - and opens it for reading.


gnutls_clean_db

int gnutls_clean_db ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function Deletes all expired records in the resumed sessions' database. This database may become huge if this function is not called. (this function is also quite expensive)


gnutls_set_cred

int gnutls_set_cred ( GNUTLS_STATE state , CredType type , void* cred )

Arguments

Description

Sets the needed credentials for the specified type. Eg username, password - or public and private keys etc. The (void* cred) parameter is a structure that depends on the specified type and on the current state (client or server). [ In order to minimize memory usage, and share credentials between several threads gnutls keeps a pointer to cred, and not the whole cred structure. Thus you will have to keep the structure allocated until you call gnutls_deinit(). ]

For GNUTLS_ANON cred should be NULL in case of a client. In case of a server it should be ANON_SERVER_CREDENTIALS.

For GNUTLS_SRP cred should be SRP_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS in case of a client, and SRP_SERVER_CREDENTIALS, in case of a server.

For GNUTLS_X509PKI cred should be X509PKI_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS in case of a client, and X509PKI_SERVER_CREDENTIALS, in case of a server.


gnutls_get_auth_type

CredType gnutls_get_auth_type ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

Returns type of credentials for the current authentication schema. The returned information is to be used to distinguish the function used to access authentication data.

Eg. for X509PKI ciphersuites (key exchange algorithms: KX_RSA, KX_DHE_RSA), the same function are to be used to access the authentication data.


gnutls_free_srp_client_sc

void gnutls_free_srp_client_sc ( SRP_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS sc )

Arguments

Description

This structure is complex enough to manipulate directly thus this helper function is provided in order to free (deallocate) the structure.


gnutls_allocate_srp_client_sc

int gnutls_allocate_srp_client_sc ( SRP_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS * sc )

Arguments

Description

This structure is complex enough to manipulate directly thus this helper function is provided in order to allocate the structure.


gnutls_set_srp_client_cred

int gnutls_set_srp_client_cred ( SRP_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS res , char * username , char * password )

Arguments


gnutls_free_srp_server_sc

void gnutls_free_srp_server_sc ( SRP_SERVER_CREDENTIALS sc )

Arguments

Description

This structure is complex enough to manipulate directly thus this helper function is provided in order to free (deallocate) the structure.


gnutls_allocate_srp_server_sc

int gnutls_allocate_srp_server_sc ( SRP_SERVER_CREDENTIALS * sc )

Arguments

Description

This structure is complex enough to manipulate directly thus this helper function is provided in order to allocate the structure.


gnutls_set_srp_server_cred

int gnutls_set_srp_server_cred ( SRP_SERVER_CREDENTIALS res , char * password_file , char * password_conf_file )

Arguments


gnutls_ext_get_name_ind

const void* gnutls_ext_get_name_ind ( GNUTLS_STATE state , GNUTLS_NAME_IND ind )

Arguments

Description

This function will allow you to get the name indication (if any), a client has sent. The name indication may be any of the enumeration GNUTLS_NAME_IND.

If 'ind' is GNUTLS_DNSNAME, then this function is to be used by servers that support virtual hosting. The client may give the server the dnsname they connected to.

The return value depends on the 'ind' type. In case of GNUTLS_DNSNAME, it is a null terminated string. If no name indication was given (maybe the client does not support this extension) this function returns NULL.


gnutls_ext_set_name_ind

int gnutls_ext_set_name_ind ( GNUTLS_STATE state , GNUTLS_NAME_IND ind , const void* name )

Arguments

Description

This function is to be used by clients that want to inform ( via a TLS extension mechanism) the server of the name they connected to. This should be used by clients that connect to servers that do virtual hosting.

The value of 'name' depends on the 'ind' type. In case of GNUTLS_DNSNAME, a null terminated string is expected.


gnutls_free_x509_sc

void gnutls_free_x509_sc ( X509PKI_CREDENTIALS sc )

Arguments

Description

This structure is complex enough to manipulate directly thus this helper function is provided in order to free (deallocate) the structure.


gnutls_allocate_x509_sc

int gnutls_allocate_x509_sc ( X509PKI_CREDENTIALS * res , int ncerts )

Arguments

Description

This structure is complex enough to manipulate directly thus this helper function is provided in order to allocate the structure.


gnutls_set_x509_key

int gnutls_set_x509_key ( X509PKI_CREDENTIALS res , char * CERTFILE , char * KEYFILE )

Arguments

Description

This function sets a certificate/private key pair in the X509PKI_CREDENTIALS structure. This function may be called more than once (in case multiple keys/certificates exist for the server).

Currently only PKCS-1 PEM encoded RSA private keys are accepted by this function.


gnutls_set_x509_trust

int gnutls_set_x509_trust ( X509PKI_CREDENTIALS res , char * CAFILE , char * CRLFILE )

Arguments

Description

This function sets the trusted CAs in order to verify client certificates.


gnutls_set_x509_dh_bits

int gnutls_set_x509_dh_bits ( X509PKI_CREDENTIALS res , int bits )

Arguments

Description

This function sets the number of bits, for use in a Diffie Hellman key exchange. This will only occur in a DHE ciphersuite.


gnutls_x509pki_set_cert_request

int gnutls_x509pki_set_cert_request ( GNUTLS_STATE state , CertificateRequest req )

Arguments

Description

This function specifies if we (in case of a server) are going to send a certificate request message to the client. If 'req' is GNUTLS_CERT_REQUIRE then the server will return an error if the peer does not provide a certificate. If you do not call this function then the client will not be asked to send a certificate.


gnutls_set_x509_cert_callback

int gnutls_set_x509_cert_callback ( X509PKI_CREDENTIALS cred , x509_cert_callback_func* func )

Arguments

Description

The callback's function form is: int (*callback)(gnutls_DN *client_cert, gnutls_DN *issuer_cert, int ncerts, gnutls_DN* req_ca_cert, int nreqs);

'client_cert' contains 'ncerts' gnutls_DN structures which hold DN data from the client certificate. 'issuer_cert' holds DN data for the issuer of the certificate. Ie. issuer_cert[i] is the issuer of client_cert[i]. (i < ncerts)

'req_ca_cert' contains a list with the CA certificates that the server considers trusted. Normaly we should send a certificate that is signed by one of these CAs.

This function specifies what we (in case of a client) are going to do when we have to send a certificate. If this callback function is not provided then gnutls will automaticaly try to find an appropriate certificate to send.

If the callback function is provided then gnutls will call it once with NULL parameters. If the callback function returns a positive or zero number then gnutls will attempt to automaticaly choose the appropriate certificate. If gnutls fails to find an appropriate certificate, then it will call the callback function again with the appropriate parameters.

In case the callback returned a negative number then gnutls will not attempt to choose the appropriate certificate and will call again the callback function with the appropriate parameters, and rely only to the return value of the callback function.

The callback function should return the index of the certificate choosen by the user (or -1 to indicate that the user does not want to use client authentication).

This function returns 0 on success.


gnutls_global_set_pull_func

void gnutls_global_set_pull_func ( PULL_FUNC pull_func )

Arguments

Description

This is the function where you set a function for gnutls to receive data. Normaly, if you use berkeley style sockets, you may not use this function since the default (recv(2)) will probably be ok. This function should be called once and after gnutls_global_init(). PULL_FUNC is of the form, ssize_t (*PULL_FUNC)(SOCKET, const void*, size_t);


gnutls_global_set_push_func

void gnutls_global_set_push_func ( PUSH_FUNC push_func )

Arguments

Description

This is the function where you set a push function for gnutls to use in order to send data. If you are going to use berkeley style sockets, you may not use this function since the default (send(2)) will probably be ok. Otherwise you should specify this function for gnutls to be able to send data.

This function should be called once and after gnutls_global_init(). PUSH_FUNC is of the form, ssize_t (*PUSH_FUNC)(SOCKET, const void*, size_t);


gnutls_global_set_log_func

void gnutls_global_set_log_func ( LOG_FUNC log_func )

Arguments

Description

This is the function were you set the logging function gnutls is going to use. This function only accepts a character array. Normaly you may not use this function since it is only used for debugging reasons. LOG_FUNC is of the form, void (*LOG_FUNC)( const char*);


gnutls_global_init

int gnutls_global_init ( )

Arguments

Description

This function initializes the global state to defaults. Every gnutls application has a global state which holds common parameters shared by gnutls state structures. You must call gnutls_global_deinit() when gnutls usage is no longer needed Returns zero on success.

If signals are supported in your system, this function sets SIGPIPE, to SIG_IGN. The old signal handler will be restored when calling gnutls_global_deinit().


gnutls_global_deinit

void gnutls_global_deinit ( )

Arguments

Description

This function deinitializes the global state.


gnutls_free_anon_server_sc

void gnutls_free_anon_server_sc ( ANON_SERVER_CREDENTIALS sc )

Arguments

Description

This structure is complex enough to manipulate directly thus this helper function is provided in order to free (deallocate) the structure.


gnutls_allocate_anon_server_sc

int gnutls_allocate_anon_server_sc ( ANON_SERVER_CREDENTIALS * sc )

Arguments

Description

This structure is complex enough to manipulate directly thus this helper function is provided in order to allocate the structure.


gnutls_set_anon_server_cred

int gnutls_set_anon_server_cred ( ANON_SERVER_CREDENTIALS res , int dh_bits )

Arguments


gnutls_srp_server_get_username

const char* gnutls_srp_server_get_username ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the username of the peer. This should only be called in case of SRP authentication and in case of a server. Returns NULL in case of an error.


gnutls_anon_server_get_dh_bits

int gnutls_anon_server_get_dh_bits ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the bits used in the Diffie Hellman authentication with the peer. This should only be called in case of a server. Returns a negative value in case of an error.


gnutls_anon_client_get_dh_bits

int gnutls_anon_client_get_dh_bits ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the bits used in the Diffie Hellman authentication with the peer. This should only be called in case of a client. Returns a negative value in case of an error.


gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_dn

const gnutls_DN* gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_dn ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the name of the peer. The name is gnutls_DN structure and is a obtained by the peer's certificate. If the certificate send by the peer is invalid, or in any other failure this function returns NULL. Returns NULL in case of an error.


gnutls_x509pki_get_issuer_dn

const gnutls_DN* gnutls_x509pki_get_issuer_dn ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the name of the peer's certificate issuer. The name is gnutls_DN structure and is a obtained by the peer's certificate. If the certificate send by the peer is invalid, or in any other failure this function returns NULL. Returns NULL in case of an error.


gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_certificate_status

CertificateStatus gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_certificate_status ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the peer's certificate status (TRUSTED, EXPIRED etc.). This is the output of the certificate verification function. However you must also check the peer's name in order to check if the verified certificate belongs to the actual peer. Returns GNUTLS_CERT_NONE in case of an error, or if no certificate was sent.


gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_certificate_version

int gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_certificate_version ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the peer's certificate version (1, 2, 3). This is obtained by the X509 Certificate Version field. If the certificate is invalid then version will be zero. Returns a negative value in case of an error.


gnutls_x509pki_get_dh_bits

int gnutls_x509pki_get_dh_bits ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the number of bits used in a Diffie Hellman Handshake. This will only occur in case of DHE_* ciphersuites. The return value may be zero if no applicable ciphersuite was used. Returns a negative value in case of an error.


gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_certificate_activation_time

time_t gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_certificate_activation_time ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the peer's certificate activation time in UNIX time (ie seconds since

00

00:00 UTC January 1, 1970). Returns a (time_t) -1 in case of an error.


gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_certificate_expiration_time

time_t gnutls_x509pki_get_peer_certificate_expiration_time ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the peer's certificate expiration time in UNIX time (ie seconds since

00

00:00 UTC January 1, 1970). Returns a (time_t) -1 in case of an error.


gnutls_x509pki_get_key_usage

unsigned char gnutls_x509pki_get_key_usage ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the peer's certificate key usage. This is specified in X509v3 Certificate Extensions and is an 8bit string. Returns zero in case of an error.


gnutls_x509pki_get_certificate_request_status

int gnutls_x509pki_get_certificate_request_status ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return 0 if the peer (server) did not request client authentication or 1 otherwise. Returns a negative value in case of an error.


gnutls_x509pki_get_subject_dns_name

const char* gnutls_x509pki_get_subject_dns_name ( GNUTLS_STATE state )

Arguments

Description

This function will return the peer's alternative name (the dns part of it). This is specified in X509v3 Certificate Extensions. GNUTLS will only return the dnsName of the Alternative name, or a null string. Returns NULL in case of an error.


gnutls_dh_replace_params

int gnutls_dh_replace_params ( gnutls_datum prime , gnutls_datum generator , int bits )

Arguments

Description

This function will replace the pair of prime and generator for use in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange. The new parameters should be stored in the appropriate gnutls_datum. This function should not be called while a key exchange is in progress.

Note that the bits value should be one of 1024, 2048, 3072 or 4096.


gnutls_dh_generate_params

int gnutls_dh_generate_params ( gnutls_datum* prime , gnutls_datum* generator , int bits )

Arguments

Description

This function will generate a new pair of prime and generator for use in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange. The new parameters will be stored in the appropriate gnutls_datum. This function is normally very slow. An other function (gnutls_dh_replace_params()) should be called in order to replace the included DH primes in the gnutls library.

Note that the bits value should be one of 1024, 2048, 3072 or 4096. Also note that the generation of new DH parameters is only usefull to servers. Clients use the parameters sent by the server, thus it's no use calling this in client side.

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Footnotes

... SSL1.1
SSL or Secure Sockets Layer is a protocol designed by Netscape. TLS 1.0 is based on SSL 3.0 protocol. SSL 2.0 is a very old protocol which is vulnerable to several attacks. SSL 2.0 is not implemented in GNUTLS
... 1.01.2
described in RFC 2246
... IETF1.3
IETF or Internet Engineering Task Force is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.
... layer1.4
TLS is mostly used over TCP/IP although this is not restrictive, you may use it over any reliable transport layer.
...AES1.5
AES or Advanced Encryption Standard is actually the RIJNDAEL algorithm. This is the algorithm that will replace DES.
...ARCFOUR1.6
ARCFOUR is a compatible algorithm with RSA's RC4 algorithm.
... MAC1.7
MAC stands for Message Authentication Code. It can be described as a keyed hash algorithm
... DSS1.8
DSS stands for Digital Signature Standard
... SRP1.9
The SRP key exchange is not a part of the TLS 1.0 protocol
... SRP1.10
SRP stands for Secure Remote Password protocol
... ARCFOUR1.11
A compatible cipher with RC4 of RSADSI
... insecure1.12
due to small key length
... MAC1.13
see RFC2104
... different1.14
Future versions of gnutls may be different
... Taylor's1.15
Work in progress.

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