= nng_tls(7) // // Copyright 2018 Staysail Systems, Inc. // Copyright 2018 Capitar IT Group BV // // This document is supplied under the terms of the MIT License, a // copy of which should be located in the distribution where this // file was obtained (LICENSE.txt). A copy of the license may also be // found online at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT. // == NAME nng_tls - TLS transport for nng == SYNOPSIS [source,c] ---------- #include int nng_tls_register(void); ---------- == DESCRIPTION The _nng_tls_ transport provides communication support between _nng_ sockets across a TCP/IP network using https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5246[TLS v1.2] on top of https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc793[TCP]. Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported when the underlying platform also supports it. The protocol details are documented in http://nanomsg.org/rfcs/sp-tls-v1.html[TLS Mapping for Scalability Protocols]. === Registration Depending upon how the library was built, it may be necessary to register the transport by calling `nng_tls_register`. This function returns zero on success, or an nng error value if the transport cannot be initialized for any reason. === Availability The _tls_ transport depends on the use of an external library. As of this writing, https://tls.mbed.org/[mbed TLS] version 2.0 or later is required. TIP: Applications may need to add this library (or libraries) to their link line, particularly when using a statically built _nng_ library. NOTE: The mbed TLS library uses different licensing terms than _nng_ itself; as of this writing it is offered under either https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0[Apache License 2.0] or https://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license[GNU GPL] terms. You are responsible for understanding and adhering to the license terms of any libraries you make use of. === URI Format This transport uses URIs using the scheme `tls+tcp://`, followed by an IP address or hostname, followed by a colon and finally a TCP port number. For example, to contact port 4433 on the localhost either of the following URIs could be used: `tls+tcp://127.0.0.1:4433` or `tls+tcp://localhost:4433`. When specifying IPv6 addresses, the address must be enclosed in square brackets (`[]`) to avoid confusion with the final colon separating the port. For example, the same port 4433 on the IPv6 loopback address ('::1') would be specified as `tls+tcp://[::1]:4433`. NOTE: When using symbolic names, the name is resolved when the name is first used. _nng_ won't become aware of changes in the name resolution until restart, usually.footnote:[This is a bug and will likely be fixed in the future.] TIP: Certificate validation generally works when using names rather than IP addresses. This transport automatically uses the name supplied in the URL when validating the certificate supplied by the server. The special value of 0 (`INADDR_ANY`) can be used for a listener to indicate that it should listen on all interfaces on the host. A short-hand for this form is to either omit the address, or specify the asterisk (`*`) character. For example, the following three URIs are all equivalent, and could be used to listen to port 9999 on the host: 1. `tls+tcp://0.0.0.0:9999` 2. `tls+tcp://*:9999` 3. `tls+tcp://:9999` The entire URI must be less than `NNG_MAXADDRLEN` bytes long. === Socket Address When using an `nng_sockaddr` structure, the actual structure is either of type `nng_sockaddr_in` (for IPv4) or `nng_sockaddr_in6` (for IPv6). These are `struct` types with the following definitions: [source,c] -------- #define NNG_AF_INET 3 <1> #define NNG_AF_INET6 4 #define NNG_MAXADDRLEN 128 typedef struct { // ... <2> uint16_t sa_family; // must be NNG_AF_INET uint16_t sa_port; // TCP port number uint32_t sa_addr; // ... } nng_sockaddr_in; typedef struct { // ... <2> uint16_t sa_family; // must be NNG_AF_INET6 uint16_t sa_port; // TCP port number uint8_t sa_addr[16]; // ... } nng_sockaddr_in6; -------- <1> The values of these macros may change, so applications should avoid depending upon their values and instead use them symbolically. <2> Other members may be present, but only those listed here are suitable for application use. The `sa_family` member will have the value `NNG_AF_INET` or `NNG_AF_INET6`. The `sa_port` and `sa_addr` are the TCP port number and address, both in network byte order (most significant byte is first). === Transport Options The following transport options are available. Note that setting these must be done before the transport is started. `NNG_OPT_TLS_CONFIG`:: This option is used on an endpoint to access the underlying TLS configuration object. The value is of type `nng_tls_config *`. TIP: Use this option when advanced TLS configuration is required. `NNG_OPT_TLS_CA_FILE`:: This is a write-only option used to load certificates associated associated private key from a file. See <> for more information. `NNG_OPT_TLS_CERT_KEY_FILE`:: This is a write-only option used to load the local certificate and associated private key from a file. The private key used must be unencrypted. (Use the `NNG_OPT_TLS_CONFIG` option to access the underlying TLS configuration if more advanced configuration is needed.) See <> for more information. `NNG_OPT_TLS_AUTH_MODE`:: This is a write-only option used to configure the authentication mode used. It can take an integer with value `NNG_TLS_AUTH_MODE_NONE`, `NNG_TLS_AUTH_MODE_REQUIRED`, or `NNG_TLS_AUTH_MODE_OPTIONAL`. See <> for more details. `NNG_OPT_TLS_VERIFIED`:: This is a read-only option which returns a boolean value (integer 0 or 1). It will true (1) if the remote peer has been properly verified using TLS authentication, or false (0) otherwise. This option may return incorrect results if peer authentication is disabled with `NNG_TLS_AUTH_MODE_NONE`. == SEE ALSO <>, <>