For DH, use standard primes from RFCs

[exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

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@@ -2991,6 +2991,26 @@ The specified sender is treated as if it were given as the argument to the
 preference to the address taken from the message. The caller of Exim must be a
 trusted user for the sender of a message to be set in this way.
 
 preference to the address taken from the message. The caller of Exim must be a
 trusted user for the sender of a message to be set in this way.
 

+.vitem &%-bmalware%&&~<&'filename'&>
+.oindex "&%-bmalware%&"
+.cindex "testing", "malware"
+.cindex "malware scan test"
+This debugging option causes Exim to scan the given file,
+using the malware scanning framework.  The option of &%av_scanner%& influences
+this option, so if &%av_scanner%&'s value is dependent upon an expansion then
+the expansion should have defaults which apply to this invocation.  ACLs are
+not invoked, so if &%av_scanner%& references an ACL variable then that variable
+will never be populated and &%-bmalware%& will fail.
+
+Exim will have changed working directory before resolving the filename, so
+using fully qualified pathnames is advisable.  Exim will be running as the Exim
+user when it tries to open the file, rather than as the invoking user.
+This option requires admin privileges.
+
+The &%-bmalware%& option will not be extended to be more generally useful,
+there are better tools for file-scanning.  This option exists to help
+administrators verify their Exim and AV scanner configuration.
+

 .vitem &%-bnq%&
 .oindex "&%-bnq%&"
 .cindex "address qualification, suppressing"
 .vitem &%-bnq%&
 .oindex "&%-bnq%&"
 .cindex "address qualification, suppressing"


@@ -3251,26 +3271,6 @@ above concerning senders and qualification do not apply. In this situation,
 Exim behaves in exactly the same way as it does when receiving a message via
 the listening daemon.
 
 Exim behaves in exactly the same way as it does when receiving a message via
 the listening daemon.
 

-.vitem &%-bmalware%&&~<&'filename'&>
-.oindex "&%-bmalware%&"
-.cindex "testing", "malware"
-.cindex "malware scan test"
-This debugging option causes Exim to scan the given file,
-using the malware scanning framework.  The option of &%av_scanner%& influences
-this option, so if &%av_scanner%&'s value is dependent upon an expansion then
-the expansion should have defaults which apply to this invocation.  ACLs are
-not invoked, so if &%av_scanner%& references an ACL variable then that variable
-will never be populated and &%-bmalware%& will fail.
-
-Exim will have changed working directory before resolving the filename, so
-using fully qualified pathnames is advisable.  Exim will be running as the Exim
-user when it tries to open the file, rather than as the invoking user.
-This option requires admin privileges.
-
-The &%-bmalware%& option will not be extended to be more generally useful,
-there are better tools for file-scanning.  This option exists to help
-administrators verify their Exim and AV scanner configuration.
-

 .vitem &%-bt%&
 .oindex "&%-bt%&"
 .cindex "testing" "addresses"
 .vitem &%-bt%&
 .oindex "&%-bt%&"
 .cindex "testing" "addresses"


@@ -6026,16 +6026,16 @@ that it implements the details of the specific authentication mechanism,
 i.e. PLAIN or LOGIN. The &%server_advertise_condition%& setting controls
 when Exim offers authentication to clients; in the examples, this is only
 when TLS or SSL has been started, so to enable the authenticators you also
 i.e. PLAIN or LOGIN. The &%server_advertise_condition%& setting controls
 when Exim offers authentication to clients; in the examples, this is only
 when TLS or SSL has been started, so to enable the authenticators you also

-need to add support for TLS as described in &<<SECTdefconfmain>>&.
+need to add support for TLS as described in section &<<SECTdefconfmain>>&.

 
 The &%server_condition%& setting defines how to verify that the username and
 password are correct. In the examples it just produces an error message.
 To make the authenticators work, you can use a string expansion
 
 The &%server_condition%& setting defines how to verify that the username and
 password are correct. In the examples it just produces an error message.
 To make the authenticators work, you can use a string expansion

-expression like one of the examples in &<<CHAPplaintext>>&.
+expression like one of the examples in chapter &<<CHAPplaintext>>&.

 
 Beware that the sequence of the parameters to PLAIN and LOGIN differ; the
 
 Beware that the sequence of the parameters to PLAIN and LOGIN differ; the

-usercode and password are in different positions.  &<<CHAPplaintext>>&
-covers both.
+usercode and password are in different positions.
+Chapter &<<CHAPplaintext>>& covers both.

 
 .ecindex IIDconfiwal
 
 
 .ecindex IIDconfiwal
 


@@ -15697,19 +15697,52 @@ by Thunderbird, while GnuTLS was suggesting 2432 bits as normal.
 
 If you prefer more security and are willing to break some clients, raise this
 number.
 
 If you prefer more security and are willing to break some clients, raise this
 number.

+
+Note that the value passed to GnuTLS for *generating* a new prime may be a
+little less than this figure, because GnuTLS is inexact and may produce a
+larger prime than requested.

 .wen
 
 
 .option tls_dhparam main string&!! unset
 .cindex "TLS" "D-H parameters for server"
 .wen
 
 
 .option tls_dhparam main string&!! unset
 .cindex "TLS" "D-H parameters for server"

-The value of this option is expanded, and must then be the absolute path to
-a file which contains the server's DH parameter values.
-This is used only for OpenSSL. When Exim is linked with GnuTLS, this option is
-ignored. See section &<<SECTopenvsgnu>>& for further details.
-

 .new
 .new

-If the DH bit-count from loading the file is greater than tls_dh_max_bits then
-it will be ignored.
+The value of this option is expanded and indicates the source of DH parameters
+to be used by Exim.
+
+If it is a filename starting with a &`/`&, then it names a file from which DH
+parameters should be loaded.  If the file exists, it should hold a PEM-encoded
+PKCS#3 representation of the DH prime.  If the file does not exist, for
+OpenSSL it is an error.  For GnuTLS, Exim will attempt to create the file and
+fill it with a generated DH prime.  For OpenSSL, if the DH bit-count from
+loading the file is greater than &%tls_dh_max_bits$& then it will be ignored,
+and treated as though the &%tls_dhparam%& were set to "none".
+
+If this option expands to the string "none", then no DH parameters will be
+loaded by Exim.
+
+If this option expands to the string "historic" and Exim is using GnuTLS, then
+Exim will attempt to load a file from inside the spool directory.  If the file
+does not exist, Exim will attempt to create it.
+See section &<<SECTgnutlsparam>>& for further details.
+
+If Exim is using OpenSSL and this option is empty or unset, then Exim will load
+a default DH prime; the default is the 2048 bit prime described in section
+2.2 of RFC 5114, "2048-bit MODP Group with 224-bit Prime Order Subgroup", which
+in IKE is assigned number 23.
+
+Otherwise, the option must expand to the name used by Exim for any of a number
+of DH primes specified in RFC 2409, RFC 3526 and RFC 5114.  As names, Exim uses
+"ike" followed by the number used by IKE, of "default" which corresponds to
+"ike23".
+
+The available primes are:
+&`ike1`&, &`ike2`&, &`ike5`&,
+&`ike14`&, &`ike15`&, &`ike16`&, &`ike17`&, &`ike18`&,
+&`ike22`&, &`ike23`& (aka &`default`&) and &`ike24`&.
+
+Some of these will be too small to be accepted by clients.
+Some may be too large to be accepted by clients.

 .wen
 
 
 .wen
 
 


@@ -24996,12 +25029,8 @@ There are some differences in usage when using GnuTLS instead of OpenSSL:
 The &%tls_verify_certificates%& option must contain the name of a file, not the
 name of a directory (for OpenSSL it can be either).
 .next
 The &%tls_verify_certificates%& option must contain the name of a file, not the
 name of a directory (for OpenSSL it can be either).
 .next

-The &%tls_dhparam%& option is ignored, because early versions of GnuTLS had no
-facility for varying its Diffie-Hellman parameters.

 .new
 .new

-Since then, the GnuTLS support has been updated to generate parameters upon
-demand, keeping them in the spool directory.  See &<<SECTgnutlsparam>>& for
-details.
+The default value for &%tls_dhparam%& differs for historical reasons.

 .wen
 .next
 .vindex "&$tls_peerdn$&"
 .wen
 .next
 .vindex "&$tls_peerdn$&"


@@ -25070,6 +25099,10 @@ renaming. The relevant commands are something like this:
 # chown exim:exim new-params
 # chmod 0600 new-params
 # certtool --generate-dh-params --bits 2236 >>new-params
 # chown exim:exim new-params
 # chmod 0600 new-params
 # certtool --generate-dh-params --bits 2236 >>new-params

+# openssl dhparam -noout -text -in new-params | head
+[ check the first line, make sure it's not more than 2236;
+  if it is, then go back to the start ("rm") and repeat
+  until the size generated is at most the size requested ]

 # chmod 0400 new-params
 # mv new-params gnutls-params-2236
 .endd
 # chmod 0400 new-params
 # mv new-params gnutls-params-2236
 .endd


@@ -25092,6 +25125,12 @@ The filename and bits used will change as the GnuTLS maintainers change the
 value for their parameter &`GNUTLS_SEC_PARAM_NORMAL`&, as clamped by
 &%tls_dh_max_bits%&.  At the time of writing (mid 2012), GnuTLS 2.12 recommends
 2432 bits, while NSS is limited to 2236 bits.
 value for their parameter &`GNUTLS_SEC_PARAM_NORMAL`&, as clamped by
 &%tls_dh_max_bits%&.  At the time of writing (mid 2012), GnuTLS 2.12 recommends
 2432 bits, while NSS is limited to 2236 bits.

+
+In fact, the requested value will be *lower* than &%tls_dh_max_bits%&, to
+increase the chance of the generated prime actually being within acceptable
+bounds, as GnuTLS has been observed to overshoot.  Note the check step in the
+procedure above.  There is no sane procedure available to Exim to double-check
+the size of the generated prime, so it might still be too large.

 .wen
 
 
 .wen
 
 


@@ -25270,13 +25309,24 @@ this). There is one other option that may be needed in other situations. If
 tls_dhparam = /some/file/name
 .endd
 is set, the SSL library is initialized for the use of Diffie-Hellman ciphers
 tls_dhparam = /some/file/name
 .endd
 is set, the SSL library is initialized for the use of Diffie-Hellman ciphers

-with the parameters contained in the file. This increases the set of cipher
-suites that the server supports. See the command
+with the parameters contained in the file.
+.new
+Set this to &`none`& to disable use of DH entirely, by making no prime
+available:
+.code
+tls_dhparam = none
+.endd
+This may also be set to a string identifying a standard prime to be used for
+DH; if it is set to &`default`& or, for OpenSSL, is unset, then the prime
+used is &`ike23`&.  There are a few standard primes available, see the
+documetnation for &%tls_dhparam%& for the complete list.
+
+See the command

 .code
 openssl dhparam
 .endd
 .code
 openssl dhparam
 .endd

-for a way of generating this data. At present, &%tls_dhparam%& is used only
-when Exim is linked with OpenSSL. It is ignored if GnuTLS is being used.
+for a way of generating file data.
+.wen

 
 The strings supplied for these three options are expanded every time a client
 host connects. It is therefore possible to use different certificates and keys
 
 The strings supplied for these three options are expanded every time a client
 host connects. It is therefore possible to use different certificates and keys