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SSL_CIPHER_GET_NAME(3)		    OpenSSL		SSL_CIPHER_GET_NAME(3)

NAME
       SSL_CIPHER_get_name, SSL_CIPHER_standard_name, OPENSSL_cipher_name,
       SSL_CIPHER_get_bits, SSL_CIPHER_get_version, SSL_CIPHER_description,
       SSL_CIPHER_get_cipher_nid, SSL_CIPHER_get_digest_nid,
       SSL_CIPHER_get_handshake_digest,	SSL_CIPHER_get_kx_nid,
       SSL_CIPHER_get_auth_nid,	SSL_CIPHER_is_aead, SSL_CIPHER_find,
       SSL_CIPHER_get_id, SSL_CIPHER_get_protocol_id - get SSL_CIPHER
       properties

SYNOPSIS
	#include <openssl/ssl.h>

	const char *SSL_CIPHER_get_name(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
	const char *SSL_CIPHER_standard_name(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
	const char *OPENSSL_cipher_name(const char *stdname);
	int SSL_CIPHER_get_bits(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, int *alg_bits);
	char *SSL_CIPHER_get_version(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
	char *SSL_CIPHER_description(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int size);
	int SSL_CIPHER_get_cipher_nid(const SSL_CIPHER *c);
	int SSL_CIPHER_get_digest_nid(const SSL_CIPHER *c);
	const EVP_MD *SSL_CIPHER_get_handshake_digest(const SSL_CIPHER *c);
	int SSL_CIPHER_get_kx_nid(const	SSL_CIPHER *c);
	int SSL_CIPHER_get_auth_nid(const SSL_CIPHER *c);
	int SSL_CIPHER_is_aead(const SSL_CIPHER	*c);
	const SSL_CIPHER *SSL_CIPHER_find(SSL *ssl, const unsigned char	*ptr);
	uint32_t SSL_CIPHER_get_id(const SSL_CIPHER *c);
	uint32_t SSL_CIPHER_get_protocol_id(const SSL_CIPHER *c);

DESCRIPTION
       SSL_CIPHER_get_name() returns a pointer to the name of cipher. If the
       cipher is NULL, it returns "(NONE)".

       SSL_CIPHER_standard_name() returns a pointer to the standard RFC	name
       of cipher. If the cipher	is NULL, it returns "(NONE)". If the cipher
       has no standard name, it	returns	NULL. If cipher	was defined in both
       SSLv3 and TLS, it returns the TLS name.

       OPENSSL_cipher_name() returns a pointer to the OpenSSL name of stdname.
       If the stdname is NULL, or stdname has no corresponding OpenSSL name,
       it returns "(NONE)". Where both exist, stdname should be	the TLS	name
       rather than the SSLv3 name.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_bits() returns the number	of secret bits used for
       cipher.	If cipher is NULL, 0 is	returned.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_version()	returns	string which indicates the SSL/TLS
       protocol	version	that first defined the cipher.	It returns "(NONE)" if
       cipher is NULL.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_cipher_nid() returns the cipher NID corresponding	to c.
       If there	is no cipher (e.g. for cipher suites with no encryption) then
       NID_undef is returned.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_digest_nid() returns the digest NID corresponding	to the
       MAC used	by c during record encryption/decryption. If there is no
       digest (e.g.  for AEAD cipher suites) then NID_undef is returned.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_handshake_digest() returns an EVP_MD for the digest used
       during the SSL/TLS handshake when using the SSL_CIPHER c. Note that
       this may	be different to	the digest used	to calculate the MAC for
       encrypted records.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_kx_nid() returns the key exchange	NID corresponding to
       the method used by c. If	there is no key	exchange, then NID_undef is
       returned.  If any appropriate key exchange algorithm can	be used	(as in
       the case	of TLS 1.3 cipher suites) NID_kx_any is	returned. Examples
       (not comprehensive):

	NID_kx_rsa
	NID_kx_ecdhe
	NID_kx_dhe
	NID_kx_psk

       SSL_CIPHER_get_auth_nid() returns the authentication NID	corresponding
       to the method used by c.	If there is no authentication, then NID_undef
       is returned.  If	any appropriate	authentication algorithm can be	used
       (as in the case of TLS 1.3 cipher suites) NID_auth_any is returned.
       Examples	(not comprehensive):

	NID_auth_rsa
	NID_auth_ecdsa
	NID_auth_psk

       SSL_CIPHER_is_aead() returns 1 if the cipher c is AEAD (e.g. GCM	or
       ChaCha20/Poly1305), and 0 if it is not AEAD.

       SSL_CIPHER_find() returns a SSL_CIPHER structure	which has the cipher
       ID stored in ptr. The ptr parameter is a	two element array of char,
       which stores the	two-byte TLS cipher ID (as allocated by	IANA) in
       network byte order. This	parameter is usually retrieved from a TLS
       packet by using functions like SSL_client_hello_get0_ciphers(3).
       SSL_CIPHER_find() returns NULL if an error occurs or the	indicated
       cipher is not found.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_id() returns the OpenSSL-specific	ID of the given	cipher
       c. That ID is not the same as the IANA-specific ID.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_protocol_id() returns the	two-byte ID used in the	TLS
       protocol	of the given cipher c.

       SSL_CIPHER_description()	returns	a textual description of the cipher
       used into the buffer buf	of length len provided.	 If buf	is provided,
       it must be at least 128 bytes, otherwise	a buffer will be allocated
       using OPENSSL_malloc().	If the provided	buffer is too small, or	the
       allocation fails, NULL is returned.

       The string returned by SSL_CIPHER_description() consists	of several
       fields separated	by whitespace:

       <ciphername>
	   Textual representation of the cipher	name.

       <protocol version>
	   The minimum protocol	version	that the ciphersuite supports, such as
	   TLSv1.2.  Note that this is not always the same as the protocol
	   version in which the	ciphersuite was	first defined because some
	   ciphersuites	are backwards compatible with earlier protocol
	   versions.

       Kx=<key exchange>
	   Key exchange	method such as RSA, ECDHE, etc.

       Au=<authentication>
	   Authentication method such as RSA, None, etc.. None is the
	   representation of anonymous ciphers.

       Enc=<symmetric encryption method>
	   Encryption method, with number of secret bits, such as AESGCM(128).

       Mac=<message authentication code>
	   Message digest, such	as SHA256.

       Some examples for the output of SSL_CIPHER_description():

	ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA256 TLSv1.2 Kx=ECDH	Au=RSA	Enc=AESGCM(256)	Mac=AEAD
	RSA-PSK-AES256-CBC-SHA384 TLSv1.0 Kx=RSAPSK   Au=RSA  Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA384

RETURN VALUES
       SSL_CIPHER_get_name(), SSL_CIPHER_standard_name(),
       OPENSSL_cipher_name(), SSL_CIPHER_get_version() and
       SSL_CIPHER_description()	return the corresponding value in a null-
       terminated string for a specific	cipher or "(NONE)" if the cipher is
       not found.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_bits() returns a positive	integer	representing the
       number of secret	bits or	0 if an	error occurred.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_cipher_nid(), SSL_CIPHER_get_digest_nid(),
       SSL_CIPHER_get_kx_nid() and SSL_CIPHER_get_auth_nid() return the	NID
       value or	NID_undef if an	error occurred.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_handshake_digest() returns a valid EVP_MD	structure or
       NULL if an error	occurred.

       SSL_CIPHER_is_aead() returns 1 if the cipher is AEAD or 0 otherwise.

       SSL_CIPHER_find() returns a valid SSL_CIPHER structure or NULL if an
       error occurred.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_id() returns a 4-byte integer representing the OpenSSL-
       specific	ID.

       SSL_CIPHER_get_protocol_id() returns a 2-byte integer representing the
       TLS protocol-specific ID.

SEE ALSO
       ssl(7), SSL_get_current_cipher(3), SSL_get_ciphers(3), ciphers(1)

HISTORY
       The SSL_CIPHER_get_version() function was updated to always return the
       correct protocol	string in OpenSSL 1.1.0.

       The SSL_CIPHER_description() function was changed to return NULL	on
       error, rather than a fixed string, in OpenSSL 1.1.0.

       The SSL_CIPHER_get_handshake_digest() function was added	in OpenSSL
       1.1.1.

       The SSL_CIPHER_standard_name() function was globally available in
       OpenSSL 1.1.1.
	Before OpenSSL 1.1.1, tracing (enable-ssl-trace	argument to Configure)
       was required to enable this function.

       The OPENSSL_cipher_name() function was added in OpenSSL 1.1.1.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2000-2019 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>.

1.1.1k				  2021-03-25		SSL_CIPHER_GET_NAME(3)

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