SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_ticket_key_cb(3)
NAME
SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_ticket_key_cb - set a callback for session ticket
processing
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/tls1.h>
long SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_ticket_key_cb(SSL_CTX sslctx,
int (*cb)(SSL *s, unsigned char key_name[16],
unsigned char iv[EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH],
EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, HMAC_CTX *hctx, int enc));
DESCRIPTION
SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_ticket_key_cb() sets a callback fuction cb for han-
dling session tickets for the ssl context sslctx. Session tickets,
defined in RFC5077 provide an enhanced session resumption capability
where the server implementation is not required to maintain per session
state. It only applies to TLS and there is no SSLv3 implementation.
The callback is available when the OpenSSL library was built without
OPENSSL_NO_TLSEXT being defined.
The callback function cb will be called for every client instigated TLS
session when session ticket extension is presented in the TLS hello
message. It is the responsibility of this function to create or
retrieve the cryptographic parameters and to maintain their state.
The OpenSSL library uses your callback function to help implement a
common TLS ticket construction state according to RFC5077 Section 4
such that per session state is unnecessary and a small set of crypto-
graphic variables needs to be maintained by the callback function
implementation.
In order to reuse a session, a TLS client must send the a session
ticket extension to the server. The client can only send exactly one
session ticket. The server, through the callback function, either
agrees to reuse the session ticket information or it starts a full TLS
handshake to create a new session ticket.
Before the callback function is started ctx and hctx have been ini-
tialised with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init and HMAC_CTX_init respectively.
For new sessions tickets, when the client doesn't present a session
ticket, or an attempted retreival of the ticket failed, or a renew
option was indicated, the callback function will be called with enc
equal to 1. The OpenSSL library expects that the function will set an
arbitary name, initialize iv, and set the cipher context ctx and the
hash context hctx.
The name is 16 characters long and is used as a key identifier.
The iv length is the length of the IV of the corresponding cipher. The
maximum IV length is EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH bytes defined in evp.h.
The initialization vector iv should be a random value. The cipher con-
text ctx should use the initialisation vector iv. The cipher context
can be set using EVP_EncryptInit_ex. The hmac context can be set using
HMAC_Init_ex.
When the client presents a session ticket, the callback function with
be called with enc set to 0 indicating that the cb function should
retreive a set of parameters. In this case name and iv have already
been parsed out of the session ticket. The OpenSSL library expects that
the name will be used to retrieve a cryptographic parameters and that
the cryptographic context ctx will be set with the retreived parameters
and the initialization vector iv. using a function like EVP_Decryp-
tInit_ex. The hctx needs to be set using HMAC_Init_ex.
If the name is still valid but a renewal of the ticket is required the
callback function should return 2. The library will call the callback
again with an arguement of enc equal to 1 to set the new ticket.
The return value of the cb function is used by OpenSSL to determine
what further processing will occur. The following return values have
meaning:
2 This indicates that the ctx and hctx have been set and the session
can continue on those parameters. Additionally it indicates that
the session ticket is in a renewal period and should be replaced.
The OpenSSL library will call cb again with an enc argument of 1 to
set the new ticket (see RFC5077 3.3 paragraph 2).
1 This indicates that the ctx and hctx have been set and the session
can continue on those parameters.
0 This indicates that it was not possible to set/retrieve a session
ticket and the SSL/TLS session will continue by by negiotationing a
set of cryptographic parameters or using the alternate SSL/TLS
resumption mechanism, session ids.
If called with enc equal to 0 the library will call the cb again to
get a new set of parameters.
less than 0
This indicates an error.
NOTES
Session resumption shortcuts the TLS so that the client certificate
negiotation don't occur. It makes up for this by storing client cer-
tificate an all other negotiated state information encrypted within the
ticket. In a resumed session the applications will have all this state
information available exactly as if a full negiotation had occured.
If an attacker can obtain the key used to encrypt a session ticket,
they can obtain the master secret for any ticket using that key and
decrypt any traffic using that session: even if the ciphersuite sup-
ports forward secrecy. As a result applications may wish to use multi-
ple keys and avoid using long term keys stored in files.
Applications can use longer keys to maintain a consistent level of
security. For example if a ciphersuite uses 256 bit ciphers but only a
128 bit ticket key the overall security is only 128 bits because break-
ing the ticket key will enable an attacker to obtain the session keys.
EXAMPLES
Reference Implemention:
SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_ticket_key_cb(SSL,ssl_tlsext_ticket_key_cb);
....
static int ssl_tlsext_ticket_key_cb(SSL *s, unsigned char key_name[16], unsigned char *iv, EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, HMAC_CTX *hctx, int enc)
{
if (enc) { /* create new session */
if (RAND_bytes(iv, EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH) ) {
return -1; /* insufficient random */
}
key = currentkey(); /* something that you need to implement */
if ( !key ) {
/* current key doesn't exist or isn't valid */
key = createkey(); /* something that you need to implement.
* createkey needs to initialise, a name,
* an aes_key, a hmac_key and optionally
* an expire time. */
if ( !key ) { /* key couldn't be created */
return 0;
}
}
memcpy(key_name, key->name, 16);
EVP_EncryptInit_ex(&ctx, EVP_aes_128_cbc(), NULL, key->aes_key, iv);
HMAC_Init_ex(&hctx, key->hmac_key, 16, EVP_sha256(), NULL);
return 1;
} else { /* retrieve session */
key = findkey(name);
if (!key || key->expire < now() ) {
return 0;
}
HMAC_Init_ex(&hctx, key->hmac_key, 16, EVP_sha256(), NULL);
EVP_DecryptInit_ex(&ctx, EVP_aes_128_cbc(), NULL, key->aes_key, iv );
if (key->expire < ( now() - RENEW_TIME ) ) {
/* return 2 - this session will get a new ticket even though the current is still valid */
return 2;
}
return 1;
}
}
RETURN VALUES
returns 0 to indicate the callback function was set.
SEE ALSO
ssl(3), SSL_set_session(3), SSL_session_reused(3), SSL_CTX_add_ses-
sion(3), SSL_CTX_sess_number(3), SSL_CTX_sess_set_get_cb(3),
SSL_CTX_set_session_id_context(3),
HISTORY
This function was introduced in OpenSSL 0.9.8h
1.0.2t 2019-09-1SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_ticket_key_cb(3)
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