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  1. /**
  2. * @file
  3. * SSL/TLS communication module documentation file.
  4. *
  5. * Copyright (C) 2006-2015, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
  6. * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  7. *
  8. * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
  9. * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  10. * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  11. *
  12. * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  13. *
  14. * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  15. * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
  16. * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  17. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  18. * limitations under the License.
  19. *
  20. * This file is part of mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
  21. */
  22. /**
  23. * @addtogroup ssltls_communication_module SSL/TLS communication module
  24. *
  25. * The SSL/TLS communication module provides the means to create an SSL/TLS
  26. * communication channel.
  27. *
  28. * The basic provisions are:
  29. * - initialise an SSL/TLS context (see \c mbedtls_ssl_init()).
  30. * - perform an SSL/TLS handshake (see \c mbedtls_ssl_handshake()).
  31. * - read/write (see \c mbedtls_ssl_read() and \c mbedtls_ssl_write()).
  32. * - notify a peer that connection is being closed (see \c mbedtls_ssl_close_notify()).
  33. *
  34. * Many aspects of such a channel are set through parameters and callback
  35. * functions:
  36. * - the endpoint role: client or server.
  37. * - the authentication mode. Should verification take place.
  38. * - the Host-to-host communication channel. A TCP/IP module is provided.
  39. * - the random number generator (RNG).
  40. * - the ciphers to use for encryption/decryption.
  41. * - session control functions.
  42. * - X.509 parameters for certificate-handling and key exchange.
  43. *
  44. * This module can be used to create an SSL/TLS server and client and to provide a basic
  45. * framework to setup and communicate through an SSL/TLS communication channel.\n
  46. * Note that you need to provide for several aspects yourself as mentioned above.
  47. */