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- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 69539990a8152e90dbe1df1124263db126b1e6f3 Author: Matt Caswell <m...@openssl.org> Date: Wed Apr 3 23:13:59 2019 +0100 Correct the documentation about SSL_CIPHER_description() There are some ciphersuites that were introduced in TLSv1.0/TLSv1.1 but are backwards compatible with SSLv3. Fixes #8655 Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.d...@oracle.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/8658) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod index 51c3941..1da3447 100644 --- a/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod +++ b/doc/man3/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod @@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ Textual representation of the cipher name. =item <protocol version> -Protocol version, such as B<TLSv1.2>, when the cipher was first defined. +The minimum protocol version that the ciphersuite supports, such as B<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. =item Kx=<key exchange>