On Wed, Dec 24, 2008, Barnhill, William CTR USAF AFMC AFRL/RIGC wrote:

>  
> 
> Something that's recently come up on another list is support in OpenSSL
> for the Server Name Indicator (SNI) TLS extension. I understand that Dr.
> Henson backported code slated for 0.9.9 into v0.9.8f as an optional
> feature not enabled by default.  I tried finding documentation on
> support for SNI or other TLS extensions and didn't other than a couple
> brief mentions on SNI changes and the email I mentioned. 
> 
>  
> 
> Is there anything I can use to bring me up to speed quickly on the
> following)?
> 
> .. which extensions are supported, 
> 

0.9.8 support SNI, session ticket, OCSP status request extensions.

The unreleased 0.9.9 in addition supports EC point formats.

> .. what ./configure switch options are, 
> 

In 0.9.8 the option "enable-tlsext" adds support for the above extensions.

> .. level of SNI support that can be expected from a 'default' OpenSSL
> install of the latest version
> 

The latest release does not include any extension support by default.

Steve.
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