Client usage¶

        # Import the module
        use POE::Component::SSLify qw( Client_SSLify );
        # Create a normal SocketFactory wheel and connect to a SSL-enabled server
        my $factory = POE::Wheel::SocketFactory->new;
        # Time passes, SocketFactory gives you a socket when it connects in SuccessEvent
        # Convert the socket into a SSL socket POE can communicate with
        my $socket = shift;
        eval { $socket = Client_SSLify( $socket ) };
        if ( $@ ) {
                # Unable to SSLify it...
        }
        # Now, hand it off to ReadWrite
        my $rw = POE::Wheel::ReadWrite->new(
                Handle  =>      $socket,
                # other options as usual
        );

Server usage¶

        # !!! Make sure you have a public key + certificate
        # excellent howto: http://www.akadia.com/services/ssh_test_certificate.html
        # Import the module
        use POE::Component::SSLify qw( Server_SSLify SSLify_Options );
        # Set the key + certificate file
        eval { SSLify_Options( 'server.key', 'server.crt' ) };
        if ( $@ ) {
                # Unable to load key or certificate file...
        }
        # Create a normal SocketFactory wheel to listen for connections
        my $factory = POE::Wheel::SocketFactory->new;
        # Time passes, SocketFactory gives you a socket when it gets a connection in SuccessEvent
        # Convert the socket into a SSL socket POE can communicate with
        my $socket = shift;
        eval { $socket = Server_SSLify( $socket ) };
        if ( $@ ) {
                # Unable to SSLify it...
        }
        # Now, hand it off to ReadWrite
        my $rw = POE::Wheel::ReadWrite->new(
                Handle  =>      $socket,
                # other options as usual
        );

Client_SSLify¶

This function sslifies a client-side socket. You can pass several options to it:

        my $socket = shift;
        $socket = Client_SSLify( $socket, $version, $options, $ctx, $callback );
                $socket is the non-ssl socket you got from somewhere ( required )
                $version is the SSL version you want to use
                $options is the SSL options you want to use
                $ctx is the custom SSL context you want to use
                $callback is the callback hook on success/failure of sslification
                # This is an example of the callback and you should pass it as Client_SSLify( $socket, ... , \&callback );
                sub callback {
                        my( $socket, $status, $errval ) = @_;
                        # $socket is the original sslified socket in case you need to play with it
                        # $status is either 1 or 0; with 1 signifying success and 0 failure
                        # $errval will be defined if $status == 0; it's the numeric SSL error code
                        # check http://www.openssl.org/docs/ssl/SSL_get_error.html for the possible error values ( and import them from Net::SSLeay! )
                        # The return value from the callback is discarded
                }

If $ctx is defined, SSLify will ignore $version and $options. Otherwise, it will be created from the $version and $options parameters. If all of them are undefined, it will follow the defaults in "SSLify_ContextCreate".

BEWARE: If you passed in a CTX, SSLify will do Net::SSLeay::CTX_free( $ctx ) when the socket is destroyed. This means you cannot reuse contexts!

NOTE: The way to have a client socket with proper certificates set up is:

        my $socket = shift;     # get the socket from somewhere
        my $ctx = SSLify_ContextCreate( 'server.key', 'server.crt' );
        $socket = Client_SSLify( $socket, undef, undef, $ctx );

NOTE: You can pass the callback anywhere in the arguments, we'll figure it out for you! If you want to call a POE event, please look into the postback/callback stuff in POE::Session.

        # we got this from POE::Wheel::SocketFactory
        sub event_SuccessEvent {
                my $socket = $_[ARG0];
                $socket = Client_SSLify( $socket, $_[SESSION]->callback( 'sslify_result' ) );
                $_[HEAP]->{client} = POE::Wheel::ReadWrite->new(
                        Handle => $socket,
                        ...
                );
                return;
        }
        # the callback event
        sub event_sslify_result {
                my ($creation_args, $called_args) = @_[ARG0, ARG1];
                my( $socket, $status, $errval ) = @$called_args;
                if ( $status ) {
                        print "Yay, SSLification worked!";
                } else {
                        print "Aw, SSLification failed with error $errval";
                }
        }

Server_SSLify¶

This function sslifies a server-side socket. You can pass several options to it:

        my $socket = shift;
        $socket = Server_SSLify( $socket, $ctx, $callback );
                $socket is the non-ssl socket you got from somewhere ( required )
                $ctx is the custom SSL context you want to use; overrides the global ctx set in SSLify_Options
                $callback is the callback hook on success/failure of sslification

BEWARE: "SSLify_Options" must be called first if you aren't passing a $ctx. If you want to set some options per-connection, do this:

        my $socket = shift;     # get the socket from somewhere
        my $ctx = SSLify_ContextCreate();
        # set various options on $ctx as desired
        $socket = Server_SSLify( $socket, $ctx );

NOTE: You can use "SSLify_GetCTX" to modify the global, and avoid doing this on every connection if the options are the same...

Please look at "Client_SSLify" for more details on the callback hook.

SSLify_ContextCreate¶

Accepts some options, and returns a brand-new Net::SSLeay context object ( $ctx )

        my $ctx = SSLify_ContextCreate( $key, $cert, $version, $options );
                $key is the certificate key file
                $cert is the certificate file
                $version is the SSL version to use
                $options is the SSL options to use

You can then call various Net::SSLeay methods on the context

        my $mode = Net::SSLeay::CTX_get_mode( $ctx );

By default we don't use the SSL key + certificate files

By default we use the version: default. Known versions of the SSL connection - look at <http://www.openssl.org/docs/ssl/SSL_CTX_new.html> for more info.

        * sslv2
        * sslv3
        * tlsv1
        * sslv23
        * default ( sslv23 )

By default we don't set any options - look at <http://www.openssl.org/docs/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_options.html> for more info.

SSLify_Options¶

Call this function to initialize the global server-side context object. This will be the default context whenever you call "Server_SSLify" without passing a custom context to it.

        SSLify_Options( $key, $cert, $version, $options );
                $key is the certificate key file ( required )
                $cert is the certificate file ( required )
                $version is the SSL version to use
                $options is the SSL options to use

By default we use the version: default

By default we use the options: Net::SSLeay::OP_ALL

Please look at "SSLify_ContextCreate" for more info on the available versions/options.

SSLify_GetCTX¶

Returns the actual Net::SSLeay context object in case you wanted to play with it :)

If passed in a socket, it will return that socket's $ctx instead of the global.

        my $ctx = SSLify_GetCTX();                      # get the one set via SSLify_Options
        my $ctx = SSLify_GetCTX( $sslified_sock );      # get the one in the object

SSLify_GetCipher¶

Returns the cipher used by the SSLified socket

        print "SSL Cipher is: " . SSLify_GetCipher( $sslified_sock ) . "\n";

NOTE: Doing this immediately after Client_SSLify or Server_SSLify will result in "(NONE)" because the SSL handshake is not done yet. The socket is nonblocking, so you will have to wait a little bit for it to get ready.

        apoc@blackhole:~/mygit/perl-poe-sslify/examples$ perl serverclient.pl
        got connection from: 127.0.0.1 - commencing Server_SSLify()
        SSLified: 127.0.0.1 cipher type: ((NONE))
        Connected to server, commencing Client_SSLify()
        SSLified the connection to the server
        Connected to SSL server
        Input: hola
        got input from: 127.0.0.1 cipher type: (AES256-SHA) input: 'hola'
        Got Reply: hola
        Input: ^C
        stopped at serverclient.pl line 126.

SSLify_GetSocket¶

Returns the actual socket used by the SSLified socket, useful for stuff like getpeername()/getsockname()

        print "Remote IP is: " . inet_ntoa( ( unpack_sockaddr_in( getpeername( SSLify_GetSocket( $sslified_sock ) ) ) )[1] ) . "\n";

SSLify_GetSSL¶

Returns the actual Net::SSLeay object so you can call methods on it

        print Net::SSLeay::dump_peer_certificate( SSLify_GetSSL( $sslified_sock ) );

SSLify_GetStatus¶

Returns the status of the SSL negotiation/handshake/connection. See <http://www.openssl.org/docs/ssl/SSL_connect.html#RETURN_VALUES> for more info.

        my $status = SSLify_GetStatus( $socket );
                -1 = still in negotiation stage ( or error )
                 0 = internal SSL error, connection will be dead
                 1 = negotiation successful

Socket methods doesn't work¶

The new socket this module gives you actually is tied socket magic, so you cannot do stuff like getpeername() or getsockname(). The only way to do it is to use "SSLify_GetSocket" and then operate on the socket it returns.

Dying everywhere...¶

This module will die() if Net::SSLeay could not be loaded or it is not the version we want. So, it is recommended that you check for errors and not use SSL, like so:

        eval { use POE::Component::SSLify };
        if ( $@ ) {
                $sslavailable = 0;
        } else {
                $sslavailable = 1;
        }
        # Make socket SSL!
        if ( $sslavailable ) {
                eval { $socket = POE::Component::SSLify::Client_SSLify( $socket ) };
                if ( $@ ) {
                        # Unable to SSLify the socket...
                }
        }

$IGNORE_SSL_ERRORS

As of SSLify v1.003 you can override this variable to temporarily ignore some SSL errors. This is useful if you are doing crazy things with the underlying Net::SSLeay stuff and don't want to die. However, it won't ignore all errors as some is still considered fatal. Here's an example:

        {
                local $POE::Component::SSLify::IGNORE_SSL_ERRORS=1;
                my $ctx = SSLify_CreateContext(...);
                #Some more stuff
        }

OpenSSL functions¶

Theoretically you can do anything that Net::SSLeay exports from the OpenSSL libs on the socket. However, I have not tested every possible function against SSLify, so use them carefully!

Net::SSLeay::renegotiate

This function has been tested ( it's in "t/2_renegotiate_client.t" ) but it doesn't work on FreeBSD! I tracked it down to this security advisory: <http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:15.ssl.asc> which explains it in detail. The test will skip this function if it detects that you're on a broken system. However, if you have the updated OpenSSL library that fixes this you can use it.

NOTE: Calling this means the callback function you passed in "Client_SSLify" or "Server_SSLify" will not fire! If you need this please let me know and we can come up with a way to make it work.

Upgrading a non-ssl socket to SSL¶

You can have a normal plaintext socket, and convert it to SSL anytime. Just keep in mind that the client and the server must agree to sslify at the same time, or they will be waiting on each other forever! See "t/3_upgrade.t" for an example of how this works.

Downgrading a SSL socket to non-ssl¶

As of now this is unsupported. If you need this feature please let us know and we'll work on it together!

MSWin32 is not supported¶

This module doesn't work on MSWin32 platforms at all ( XP, Vista, 7, etc ) because of some weird underlying fd issues. Since I'm not a windows developer, I'm unable to fix this. However, it seems like Cygwin on MSWin32 works just fine! Please help me fix this if you can, thanks!

LOAD_SSL_ENGINES¶

OpenSSL supports loading ENGINEs to accelerate the crypto algorithms. SSLify v1.004 automatically loaded the engines, but there was some problems on certain platforms that caused coredumps. A big shout-out to BinGOs and CPANTesters for catching this! It's now disabled in v1.007 and you would need to explicitly enable it.

        sub POE::Component::SSLify::LOAD_SSL_ENGINES () { 1 }
        use POE::Component::SSLify qw( Client::SSLify );

Perldoc¶

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

  perldoc POE::Component::SSLify

Websites¶

The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

• MetaCPAN

  A modern, open-source CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

  <http://metacpan.org/release/POE-Component-SSLify>

• Search CPAN

  The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

  <http://search.cpan.org/dist/POE-Component-SSLify>

• RT: CPAN's Bug Tracker

  The RT ( Request Tracker ) website is the default bug/issue tracking system for CPAN.

  <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=POE-Component-SSLify>

• AnnoCPAN

  The AnnoCPAN is a website that allows community annotations of Perl module documentation.

  <http://annocpan.org/dist/POE-Component-SSLify>

• CPAN Ratings

  The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and reviews of Perl modules.

  <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/POE-Component-SSLify>

• CPAN Forum

  The CPAN Forum is a web forum for discussing Perl modules.

  <http://cpanforum.com/dist/POE-Component-SSLify>

• CPANTS

  The CPANTS is a website that analyzes the Kwalitee ( code metrics ) of a distribution.

  <http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/overview/POE-Component-SSLify>

• CPAN Testers

  The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on uploaded CPAN distributions.

  <http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/P/POE-Component-SSLify>

• CPAN Testers Matrix

  The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview of the test results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.

  <http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=POE-Component-SSLify>

• CPAN Testers Dependencies

  The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the test results of all dependencies for a distribution.

  <http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=POE::Component::SSLify>

Email¶

You can email the author of this module at "APOCAL at cpan.org" asking for help with any problems you have.

Internet Relay Chat¶

You can get live help by using IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ). If you don't know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat>. Please be courteous and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can join those networks/channels and get help:

• irc.perl.org

  You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org' and join this channel: #perl-help then talk to this person for help: Apocalypse.

• irc.freenode.net

  You can connect to the server at 'irc.freenode.net' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Apocal.

• irc.efnet.org

  You can connect to the server at 'irc.efnet.org' and join this channel: #perl then talk to this person for help: Ap0cal.

Bugs / Feature Requests¶

Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "bug-poe-component-sslify at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=POE-Component-SSLify>. You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.

Source Code¶

The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :)

<https://github.com/apocalypse/perl-poe-sslify>

  git clone https://github.com/apocalypse/perl-poe-sslify.git