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- Update the update-copyright script to include more contributors as well as correcting a few typos - Correct a copyright address in the source code to now used address (dazo) - Update copyright year to 2021 Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <davids@openvpn.net> Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> Message-Id: <20210609213231.22576-1-openvpn@sf.lists.topphemmelig.net> URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210609213231.22576-1-openvpn@sf.lists.topphemmelig.net URL: https://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/mailman/message/37299719/ Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
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/*
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* OpenVPN -- An application to securely tunnel IP networks
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* over a single TCP/UDP port, with support for SSL/TLS-based
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* session authentication and key exchange,
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* packet encryption, packet authentication, and
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* packet compression.
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*
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* Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Fox Crypto B.V. <openvpn@fox-it.com>
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*
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
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* as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
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* with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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*/
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/**
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* @file
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* Control Channel TLS module documentation file.
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*/
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/**
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* @defgroup control_tls Control Channel TLS module
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*
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* This module provides secure encapsulation of control channel messages
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* exchanged between OpenVPN peers.
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*
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* The Control Channel TLS module uses the Transport Layer Security (TLS)
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* protocol to provide an encrypted communication channel between the
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* local OpenVPN process and a remote peer. This protocol simultaneously
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* offers certificate-based authentication of the communicating parties.
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*
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* @par This module's roles
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* The Control Channel TLS module is essential for the security of any
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* OpenVPN-based system. On the one hand, it performs the security
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* operations necessary to protect control channel messages exchanged
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* between OpenVPN peers. On the other hand, before the control and data
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* channels are even setup, it controls the exchange of certificates and
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* verification of the remote's identity during negotiation of VPN
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* tunnels.
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*
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* @par
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* The former role is described below. The latter is described in the
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* documentation for the \c verify_callback() function.
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*
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* @par
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* In other words, this module takes care of the confidentiality and
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* integrity of data channel communications, and the authentication of
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* both the communicating parties and the control channel messages
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* exchanged.
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*
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* @par Initialization and cleanup
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* Because of the one-to-one relationship between control channel TLS
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* state and \c key_state structures, the initialization and cleanup of an
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* instance of the Control Channel TLS module's state happens within the
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* \c key_state_init() and \c key_state_free() functions. In other words,
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* each \c key_state object contains exactly one OpenSSL SSL-BIO object,
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* which is initialized and cleaned up together with the rest of the \c
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* key_state object.
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*
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* @par Packet processing functions
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* This object behaves somewhat like a black box with a ciphertext and a
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* plaintext I/O port. Its interaction with OpenVPN's control channel
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* during operation takes place within the \c tls_process() function of
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* the \link control_processor Control Channel Processor\endlink. The
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* following functions are available for processing packets:
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* - If ciphertext received from the remote peer is available in the \link
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* reliable Reliability Layer\endlink:
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* - Insert it into the ciphertext-side of the SSL-BIO.
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* - Use function: \c key_state_write_ciphertext()
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* - If ciphertext can be extracted from the ciphertext-side of the
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* SSL-BIO:
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* - Pass it to the \link reliable Reliability Layer\endlink for sending
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* to the remote peer.
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* - Use function: \c key_state_read_ciphertext()
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* - If plaintext can be extracted from the plaintext-side of the SSL-BIO:
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* - Pass it on to the \link control_processor Control Channel
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* Processor\endlink for local processing.
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* - Use function: \c key_state_read_plaintext()
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* - If plaintext from the \link control_processor Control Channel
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* Processor\endlink is available to be sent to the remote peer:
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* - Insert it into the plaintext-side of the SSL-BIO.
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* - Use function: \c key_state_write_plaintext() or \c
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* key_state_write_plaintext_const()
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*
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* @par Transport Layer Security protocol implementation
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* This module uses the OpenSSL library's implementation of the TLS
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* protocol in the form of an OpenSSL SSL-BIO object.
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*
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* @par
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* For more information on the OpenSSL library's BIO objects, please see:
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* - OpenSSL's generic BIO objects:
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* http://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/bio.html
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* - OpenSSL's SSL-BIO object:
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* http://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/BIO_f_ssl.html
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*/
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