SSL_CTX_SET1_CURVES(3SSL)

NAME
SSL_CTX_set1_curves, SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list, SSL_set1_curves, SSL_set1_curves_list, SSL_get1_curves, SSL_get_shared_curve - EC supported curve functions

SYNOPSIS
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>

 int SSL_CTX_set1_curves(SSL_CTX *ctx, int *clist, int clistlen);
 int SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list(SSL_CTX *ctx, char *list);

 int SSL_set1_curves(SSL *ssl, int *clist, int clistlen);
 int SSL_set1_curves_list(SSL *ssl, char *list);

 int SSL_get1_curves(SSL *ssl, int *curves);
 int SSL_get_shared_curve(SSL *s, int n);

DESCRIPTION
SSL_CTX_set1_curves() sets the supported curves for ctx to clistlen curves in the array clist. The array consist of all NIDs of curves in preference order. For a TLS client the curves are used directly in the supported curves extension. For a TLS server the curves are used to determine the set of shared curves.

SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list() sets the supported curves for ctx to string list. The string is a colon separated list of curve NIDs or names, for example "P-521:P-384:P-256".

SSL_set1_curves() and SSL_set1_curves_list() are similar except they set supported curves for the SSL structure ssl.

SSL_get1_curves() returns the set of supported curves sent by a client in the supported curves extension. It returns the total number of supported curves. The curves parameter can be NULL to simply return the number of curves for memory allocation purposes. The curves array is in the form of a set of curve NIDs in preference order. It can return zero if the client did not send a supported curves extension.

SSL_get_shared_curve() returns shared curve n for a server-side SSL ssl. If n is -1 then the total number of shared curves is returned, which may be zero. Other than for diagnostic purposes, most applications will only be interested in the first shared curve so n is normally set to zero. If the value n is out of range, NID_undef is returned.

All these functions are implemented as macros.

NOTES
If an application wishes to make use of several of these functions for configuration purposes either on a command line or in a file it should consider using the SSL_CONF interface instead of manually parsing options.

RETURN VALUES
SSL_CTX_set1_curves(), SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list(), SSL_set1_curves() and SSL_set1_curves_list(), return 1 for success and 0 for failure.

SSL_get1_curves() returns the number of curves, which may be zero.

SSL_get_shared_curve() returns the NID of shared curve n or NID_undef if there is no shared curve n; or the total number of shared curves if n is -1.

When called on a client ssl, SSL_get_shared_curve() has no meaning and returns -1.

SEE ALSO
SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3)

HISTORY
These functions were first added to OpenSSL 1.0.2.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2013-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.