TLS module

Peter Griffiths

unknown

Klaus Darilion

enum.at

Edited by

Klaus Darilion

Edited by

Bogdan-Andrei Iancu

Edited by

Cesc Santasusana

Edited by

Klaus Darilion

Edited by

Christian Lahme

Edited by

Ionut-Razvan Ionita


Table of Contents

1. Admin Guide
1.1. Overview
1.2. History
1.3. Scenario
1.4. Dependencies of external libraries
1.5. Exported Functions
1.5.1. is_peer_verified
1.6. OpenSIPS Exported parameters
1.6.1. listen=interface
1.6.2. tls_port (integer)
1.6.3. tls_method [(string):](string)
1.6.4. certificate [(string):](string)
1.6.5. private_key [(string):](string)
1.6.6. ca_list [(string):]((string)
1.6.7. ca_dir [(string):](string)
1.6.8. ciphers_list [(string):](string)
1.6.9. dh_params [(string):](string)
1.6.10. ec_curve[(string):](string)
1.6.11. verify_cert [(string):](string) and require_cert[(string):](string)
1.6.12. tls_handshake_timeout (integer) and tls_send_timeout (integer)
1.6.13. client_domain_avp (integer)
1.6.14. server_domain, client_domain (string)
1.6.15. tls_crlf_pingpong (integer)
1.6.16. tls_crlf_drop (integer)
1.6.17. tls_max_msg_chunks (integer)
1.7. Pseudo-Variables
1.7.1. $tls_version
1.7.2. $tls_description
1.7.3. $tls_cipher_info
1.7.4. $tls_cipher_bits
1.7.5. $tls_[peer|my]_version
1.7.6. $tls_[peer|my]_serial
1.7.7. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]
1.7.8. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_cn
1.7.9. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_locality
1.7.10. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_country
1.7.11. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_state
1.7.12. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_organization
1.7.13. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_unit
1.7.14. $tls_[peer|my]_san_email
1.7.15. $tls_[peer|my]_san_hostname
1.7.16. $tls_[peer|my]_san_uri
1.7.17. $tls_[peer|my]_san_ip
1.7.18. $tls_peer_verified
1.7.19. $tls_peer_revoked
1.7.20. $tls_peer_expired
1.7.21. $tls_peer_selfsigned
1.7.22. $tls_peer_notBefore
1.7.23. $tls_peer_notAfter
1.8. OpenSIPS with TLS - script example
1.9. Debug TLS connections
2. Frequently Asked Questions

List of Examples

1.1. is_peer_verified usage
1.2. Set listen variable
1.3. Set tls_port variable
1.4. Set tls_method variable
1.5. Set certificate variable
1.6. Set private_key variable
1.7. Set ca_list variable
1.8. Set ca_dir variable
1.9. Set ciphers_list variable
1.10. Set dh_params variable
1.11. Set verify_cert & require_cert variable
1.12. Set tls_handshake_timeout & tls_send_timeout variable
1.13. Set tls_client_domain_avp variable
1.14. Usage of tls_client_domain and tls_server_domain block
1.15. Set tls_crlf_pingpong parameter
1.16. Set tls_crlf_drop parameter
1.17. Set tls_max_msg_chunks parameter
1.18. Example of $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]
1.19. Script with TLS support
1.20. Example of TLS logging

Chapter 1. Admin Guide

1.1. Overview

TLS, as defined in SIP RFC 3261, is a mandatory feature for proxies and can be used to secure the SIP signalling on a hop-by-hop basis (not end-to-end). TLS works on top of TCP. DTLS, or TLS over UDP is already defined by IETF and may become available in the future. This module also implements TLS related functions to use in the routing script, and exports pseudo variables with certificate and TLS parameters.

1.2. History

The TLS support was originally developed by Peter Griffiths and posted as a patch on SER development mailing list. Thanks to Cesc Santasusana, several problems were fixed and some improvements were added.

The TLS support was simultaneously added in both projects. In SER, the support was committed in a separate experimental CVS tree, as patch to the main CVS tree. In OpenSIPS, the support was integrated directly into the CVS tree, as a built-in component, and is part of stable OpenSIPS since release >=1.0.0.

1.3. Scenario

By the increased number of providers the SIP world is continuously growing. More users means more calls and more calls means a high probability for a user to receive calls from totally unknown people or, in the worst case, to receive unwanted calls. To prevent this, a defense mechanism must be adopted by the SIP provider. Since only the called user is fully able to classify a call as being unwanted, the SIP server, based on all information regarding the call should notify the user about the desirability of the call. Information like the caller domain, the received source or the incoming protocol can be very useful for a SIP server to establish the nature of the call.

As this information is quite limited, is very improbable for a server to be able detect the unwanted calls - there are many calls that it cannot predict anything about its status (neutral calls). So, instead on alerting the called user about unwanted calls, the server can notify the user about calls that are considered trusted - calls for which the server is 100% sure there are not unwanted.

So, a trust concept must be defined for SIP servers. Which calls are trusted and which are not? A call is trusted if the caller can be identify as a trustable user - a user about we have reliable information.

Since all the user from its domain are authenticated (or should be), a SIP server can consider all the calls generated by its user as trusted. Now we have to extend the trust concept to the multi-domain level. A mutual agreement, between several domains, can establish a trusting relationship. So, a domain (called A) will consider also as trusted calls all the calls generated by user from a different domain (called B) and vice-versa. But just an agreement is not enough; since the authentication information is strictly limited to a domain (a domain can authenticate only its own user, not the user from other domains), there is still the problem of checking the authenticity of the caller - he can impersonate (by a false FROM header) a user from a domain that is trusted.

The answer to this problem is TLS (Transport Layer Security). All calls via domain A and domain B will be done via TLS. Authentication in origin domain plus TLS transport between domains will make the call 100% trusted for the target domain.

For such a mechanism to work, the following requirements must be met:

  • all UA must have set as outbound proxy their home server.

  • all SIP servers must authenticated all the calls generated by their own users.

  • all SIP servers must relay the calls generated be their user to a trusted domain via TLS.

Based on this, a server can classify as trusted a call for one of its user only if the call is also generated by one of its users or is the call is received from a trusted domain ( which is equivalent with a call received via TLS). Untrusted call will be calls received from users belonging to untrusted domains or from users from trusted domains, but whose calls are not routed via their home server (so, they are not authenticated by there home servers).

Once the server is able to tell if the call is trusted or not, the still open issue is about the mechanism used by server to notify the called user about the nature of the incoming call.

One way to do it is by remotely changing the ringing type of the called user's phone. This can be done by inserting special header into the INVITE request. Such feature is supported by now by several hardphones like CISCO ATA, CISCO 7960 and SNOM. This phones can change their ringing tone based on the present or content of the "Alert-Info" SIP header as follows:

  • CISCO ATA - it has 4 pre-defined ringing types. The Alert-Info header must look like Alert-info: Bellcore-drX EOH" where X can be between 1 and 4. Note that 1 is the phone default ringing tone.

  • CISCO 7960 - it has 2 pre-defined ringing types and the possibility of uploading new ones. The Alert-Info header must look like Alert-info: X EOH where X can be whatever number. When this header is present, the phones will not change the ringing tone, but the ringing pattern. Normally, the phone rings like [ring.........ring..........ring] where [ring] is the ringing tone; if the header is present, the ringing pattern will be [ring.ring.........ring.ring........]. So, to be able to hear some difference between the two patterns (and not only as length), its strongly recommended to have a highly asymmetric ringing type (as the pre-defined are not!!).

  • SNOM - The Alert-Info header must look like Alert-info: URL EOH" where URL can be a HTTP URL (for example) from where the phone can retrieve a ringing tone.

A script example which implements this scenario can be found in Section 1.8, “OpenSIPS with TLS - script example”.

1.4. Dependencies of external libraries

OpenSIPS TLS v1.0 support requires the following packages:

  • openssl or libssl >= 0.9.6

  • openssl-dev or libssl-dev

OpenSIPS TLS v1.1/1.2 support requires the following packages:

  • openssl or libssl >= 1.0.1e

  • openssl-dev or libssl-dev

1.5. Exported Functions

1.5.1.  is_peer_verified

Returns 1 if the message is received via TLS and the peer was verified during TLS connection handshake, otherwise it returns -1

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE.

Example 1.1. is_peer_verified usage

...
if (is_peer_verified()) {
        xlog("L_INFO","request from verified TLS peer\n");
} else {
        xlog("L_INFO","request not verified\n");
}
...

1.6. OpenSIPS Exported parameters

All these parameters can be used from the opensips.cfg file, to configure the behavior of OpenSIPS-TLS.

1.6.1. listen=interface

Not specific to TLS. Allows to specify the protocol (udp, tcp, tls), the IP address and the port where the listening server will be.

Example 1.2. Set listen variable

...
listen = tls:1.2.3.4:5061
...
				

1.6.2. tls_port (integer)

Sets the default TLS listening port.

Default value is 5061.

Example 1.3. Set tls_port variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_port", 5062)
...
				

1.6.3. tls_method [(string):](string)

Sets the TLS protocol. The first parameter, if set, represents the id of the domain. TLS method which can be:

  • TLSv1_2 - means OpenSIPS will accept only TLSv1.2 connections (rfc3261 conformant).

  • TLSv1 - means OpenSIPS will accept only TLSv1 connections (rfc3261 conformant).

  • SSLv3 - means OpenSIPS will accept only SSLv3 connections

  • SSLv2 - means OpenSIPS will accept only SSLv2 connections (almost all old clients support this).

  • SSLv23 - means OpenSIPS will accept any of the above methods, but the initial SSL hello must be v2 (in the initial hello all the supported protocols are advertised enabling switching to a higher and more secure version). The initial v2 hello means it will not accept connections from SSLv3 or TLSv1 only clients.

Default value is SSLv23.

Warning

Best is to use SSLv23, for extended compatibility. Using any of the other will restrict the version to just that one version. In fact, SSLv2 is disabled in the source code; to use it, you need to edit tls/tls_init.c

If you want RFC3261 conformance and all your clients support TLSv1 (or you are planning to use encrypted "tunnels" only between different OpenSIPS proxies) use TLSv1. If you want to support older clients use SSLv23 (in fact most of the applications with SSL support use the SSLv23 method).

Example 1.4. Set tls_method variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_method", "TLSv1")
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_method", "dom:TLSv1")
...
				

1.6.4. certificate [(string):](string)

Public certificate file for OpenSIPS. It will be used as server-side certificate for incoming TLS connections, and as a client-side certificate for outgoing TLS connections. The first parameter, if set, represents the id of the domain.

Default value is "CFG_DIR/cert.pem".

Example 1.5. Set certificate variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "certificate", "/mycerts/certs/opensips_server_cert.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "certificate", "dom:/mycerts/certs/opensips_server_cert.pem")
...
				

1.6.5. private_key [(string):](string)

Private key of the above certificate. I must be kept in a safe place with tight permissions! The first parameter, if set, represents the id of the domain.

Default value is "CFG_DIR/cert.pem".

Example 1.6. Set private_key variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "private_key", "/mycerts/private/prik.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "private_key", "dom:/mycerts/private/prik.pem")
...
				

1.6.6. ca_list [(string):]((string)

List of trusted CAs. The file contains the certificates accepted, one after the other. It MUST be a file, not a folder. The first parameter, if set, represents the id of the domain.

Default value is "".

Example 1.7. Set ca_list variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "/mycerts/certs/ca_list.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "dom:/mycerts/certs/ca_list.pem")
...
				

1.6.7. ca_dir [(string):](string)

Directory storing trusted CAs. The path contains the certificates accepted, each as hash which is linked to certificate file. The first parameter, if set, represents the id of the domain.

Default value is "".

Example 1.8. Set ca_dir variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_dir", "/mycerts/certs")
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_dir", "dom:/mycerts/certs")
...
				

1.6.8. ciphers_list [(string):](string)

You can specify the list of algorithms for authentication and encryption that you allow. The first parameter, if set, represents the id of the domain. To obtain a list of ciphers and then choose, use the openssl application:

  • openssl ciphers 'ALL:eNULL:!LOW:!EXPORT'

Warning

Do not use the NULL algorithms (no encryption) ... only for testing!!!

It defaults to the OpenSSL default ciphers.

Example 1.9. Set ciphers_list variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "ciphers_list", "NULL")
modparam("proto_tls", "ciphers_list", "dom:NULL")
...
				

1.6.9. dh_params [(string):](string)

You can specify a file which contains Diffie-Hellman parameters as a PEM-file. This is needed if you would like to specify ciphers including Diffie-Hellman mode. The first parameter, if set, represents the id of the domain.

It defaults to not set a dh param file.

Example 1.10. Set dh_params variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "dh_params", "/etc/pki/CA/dh1024.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "dh_params", "dom:/etc/pki/CA/dh1024.pem")
...
				

1.6.10. ec_curve[(string):](string)

You can specify an elliptic curve which should be used for ciphers which demand an elliptic curve. The first parameter, if set, represents the id of the domain.

It's usable only if TLS v1.1/1.2 support was compiled. A list of curves which can be used you can get by

				openssl ecparam -list_curve
			

It defaults to not set a elliptic curve.

1.6.11. verify_cert [(string):](string) and require_cert[(string):](string)

Technically, verify_cert activates SSL_VERIFY_PEER in the ssl_context. 'require_cert' does the same with SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT, which is only possible if SSL_VERIFY_PEER is also turned on. Since version 2.1, these parameters act have been reduced to only one. They act both on client side and server side if no domain specified, elseway they act on a specific domain, depending on the first parameter.

These two parameters are used for incoming TLS connections, where OpenSIPS acts as server.

It's usable only if TLS support was compiled.

Default value for both is 1.

Example 1.11. Set verify_cert & require_cert variable

...
# turn on the strictest and strongest authentication possible
modparam("proto_tls", "require_cert", "1")
modparam("proto_tls", "require_cert", "1:1")
modparam("proto_tls", "verify_cert", "0")
modparam("proto_tls", "verify_cert", "1:1")
...
				

1.6.12. tls_handshake_timeout (integer) and tls_send_timeout (integer)

Timeouts ... advanced users only

Default value for both is 30.

Example 1.12. Set tls_handshake_timeout & tls_send_timeout variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_handshake_timeout", 119)		# number of seconds
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_send_timeout", 121)			# number of seconds
...
				

1.6.13. client_domain_avp (integer)

This sets the interger AVP used for name based TLS server domains (please see tls_client_domain for more details). Setting the value to 0 disables name based TLS client domains.

It's usable only if TLS support was compiled.

Default value is 0.

Example 1.13. Set tls_client_domain_avp variable

...
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_client_domain_avp", "400")		# only integer named AVPs are supported
...
				

1.6.14. server_domain, client_domain (string)

If you only run one domain, the main one is enough. If you are running several TLS servers (that is, you have more than one listen=tls:ip:port entry in the config file), you can specify some parameters for each of them separately (not all the above).

The wording 'TLS domain' means that this TLS connection will have different parameters than another TLS connection (from another TLS domain). Thus, TLS domains must are not directly related to different SIP domains, although they are often used in common. Depending on the direction of the TLS handshake, a TLS domain is called 'client domain' (=outgouing TLS connection) or 'server domain' (= incoming TLS connection).

For example, TLS domains can be used in virtual hosting scenarios with TLS. OpenSIPS offers SIP service for multiple domains, e.g. atlanta.com and biloxi.com. Altough both domains will be hosted a single SIP proxy, the SIP proxy needs 2 certificates: One for atlanta.com and one for biloxi.com. For incoming TLS connections, the SIP proxy has to present the respective certificate during the TLS handshake. As the SIP proxy does not have received a SIP message yet (this is done after the TLS handshake), the SIP proxy can not retrieve the target domain (which will be usually retrieved from the domain in the request URI). Thus, distinction for these domains must be done by using multiple sockets. The socket on which the TLS connection is received, identifies the respective domain. Thus the SIP proxy is able to present the proper certificate.

For outgoing TLS connections, the SIP proxy usually has to provide a client certificate. In this scenario, socket based distinction is not possible as there is no dedicated outgoing socket. Thus, the certificate selection (selection of the proper TLS client domain) will be name based. For this purpose, TLS client domains can be associated with a name (e.g. the domain can be used as name). If the SIP proxy establishes a new outgoing TLS connection, it checks for the TLS client domain AVP (parameter tls_client_domain_avp). If this AVP is set (e.g. in OpenSIPS.cfg), OpenSIPS searches for a TLS client domain with the same name and uses the certificates defined in the respective tls_client_domain section.

TLS client domains can also be socket based. If name based domains are disabled or no name based AVP is found, OpenSIPS searches for socket based TLS client domains. In this case the mapping between to the TLS client domain is done based on the destination socket of the underlying outgoing TCP connection.

Note: If there is already an existing TLS connection to the remote target, it will be reused wether the TLS client domain AVP matches or not.

NOTE: Make sure to also configure OpenSIPS to listen on the specified IP:port.

NOTE: Except tls_handshake_timeout and tls_send_timeout all TLS parameters can be set per TLS domain. If a parameter is not explicit set, the default value will be used.

It's usable only if TLS support was compiled.

Example 1.14. Usage of tls_client_domain and tls_server_domain block

...
listen=tls:IP_2:port2
listen=tls:IP_3:port3
...
# set the TLS client domain AVP
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_client_domain_avp", "400")
...

# 'atlanta' server domain
modparam("proto_tls", "server_domain", "1=IP_2:port2")

modparam("proto_tls", "certificate", "1:/certs/atlanta.com/cert.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "private_key", "1:/certs/atlanta.com/privkey.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "1:/certs/wellknownCAs")
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_method", "1:tlsv1")
modparam("proto_tls", "verify_cert", "1:1")
modparam("proto_tls", "require_cert", "1:1")

#'biloxy' server domain

modparam("proto_tls", "server_domain", "2=IP_3:port3")

modparam("proto_tls", "certificate", "2:/certs/biloxy.com/cert.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "private_key", "2:/certs/biloxy.com/privkey.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "2:/certs/wellknownCAs")
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_method", "2:tlsv1")
modparam("proto_tls", "verify_cert", "2:1")
modparam("proto_tls", "require_cert", "2:1")

# 'atlanta' client domain
modparam("proto_tls", "client_domain", "3=IP_2:port2")

modparam("proto_tls", "certificate", "3:/certs/atlanta.com/cert.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "private_key", "3:/certs/atlanta.com/privkey.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "3:/certs/wellknownCAs")
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_method", "3:tlsv1")
modparam("proto_tls", "verify_cert", "3:1")
modparam("proto_tls", "require_cert", "3:1")

#'biloxy' client domain
modparam("proto_tls", "client_domain", "4=IP_3:port3")

modparam("proto_tls", "certificate", "4:/certs/biloxy.com/cert.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "private_key", "4:/certs/biloxy.com/privkey.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "4:/certs/wellknownCAs")
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_method", "4:tlsv1")
modparam("proto_tls", "verify_cert", "4:1")
modparam("proto_tls", "require_cert", "4:1")




# socket based TLS server domains (for TLS based downstream from GW provider)
modparam("proto_tls", "client_domain", "5=IP_5:port5")

modparam("proto_tls", "certificate", "5:/certs/atlanta.com/cert.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "private_key", "5:/certs/atlanta.com/privkey.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "5:/certs/wellknownCAs")
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_method", "5:tlsv1")
modparam("proto_tls", "verify_cert", "5:0")

# socket based TLS client domains (for TLS based upstream to GW provider)
# GW IP: 1.2.3.4, GW port: 6677
modparam("proto_tls", "client_domain", "6=1.2.3.4:6677")

modparam("proto_tls", "certificate", "6:/certs/biloxy.com/cert.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "private_key", "6:/certs/biloxy.com/privkey.pem")
modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "6:/certs/wellknownCAs")
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_method", "6:tlsv1")
modparam("proto_tls", "verify_cert", "6:0")

...
route{
...
    # calls to other SIP domains
    # set the proper SSL context (certificate) for local hosted domains
    avp_write("$fd","$avp(fd)");
    t_relay(); # uses NAPTR and SRV lookups
    exit;
...
    # calls to the PSTN GW
    t_relay("tls:1.2.3.4:6677");
    exit;
...
				

1.6.15. tls_crlf_pingpong (integer)

Send CRLF pong (\r\n) to incoming CRLFCRLF ping messages over TLS. By default it is enabled (1).

Default value is 1 (enabled).

Example 1.15. Set tls_crlf_pingpong parameter

...
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_crlf_pingpong", 0)
...

1.6.16. tls_crlf_drop (integer)

Drop CRLF (\r\n) ping messages. When this parameter is enabled, the TLS layer drops packets that contains a single CRLF message. If a CRLFCRLF message is received, it is handled according to the tls_crlf_pingpong parameter.

Default value is 0 (disabled).

Example 1.16. Set tls_crlf_drop parameter

...
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_crlf_drop", 1)
...

1.6.17. tls_max_msg_chunks (integer)

The maximum number of chunks that a SIP message is expected to arrive via TLS. If a packet is received more fragmented than this, the connection is dropped (either the connection is very overloaded and this leads to high fragmentation - or we are the victim of an ongoing attack where the attacker is sending the traffic very fragmented in order to decrease our performance).

Default value is 4.

Example 1.17. Set tls_max_msg_chunks parameter

...
modparam("proto_tls", "tls_max_msg_chunks", 8)
...

1.7. Pseudo-Variables

This module exports the follong pseudo-variables:

Some pseudo variables are available for both, the peer'S certificate and the local certificate. Further, some parameters can be read from the Subject field or the Issuer field.

1.7.1. $tls_version

$tls_version - the TLS/SSL version which is used on the TLS connection from which the message was received. String type.

1.7.2. $tls_description

$tls_description - the TLS/SSL description of the TLS connection from which the message was received. String type.

1.7.3. $tls_cipher_info

$tls_cipher_info - the TLS/SSL cipher which is used on the TLS connection from which the message was received. String type.

1.7.4. $tls_cipher_bits

$tls_cipher_bits - the number of cipher bits which are used on the TLS connection from which the message was received. String and Integer type.

1.7.5. $tls_[peer|my]_version

$tls_[peer|my]_version - the version of the certificate. String type.

1.7.6. $tls_[peer|my]_serial

$tls_[peer|my]_serial - the serial number of the certificate. String and Integer type.

1.7.7. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]

$tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer] - ASCII dump of the fields in the issuer/subject section of the certificate. String type.

Example 1.18. Example of $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]

/C=AT/ST=Vienna/L=Vienna/O=enum.at/CN=enum.at

1.7.8. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_cn

$tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_cn - commonName in the issuer/subject section of the certificate. String type.

1.7.9. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_locality

$tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_locality - localityName in the issuer/subject section of the certificate. String type.

1.7.10. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_country

$tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_country - countryName in the issuer/subject section of the certificate. String type.

1.7.11. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_state

$tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_state - stateOrProvinceName in the issuer/subject section of the certificate. String type.

1.7.12. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_organization

$tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_organization - organizationName in the issuer/subject section of the certificate. String type.

1.7.13. $tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_unit

$tls_[peer|my]_[subject|issuer]_unit - organizationalUnitName in the issuer/subject section of the certificate. String type.

1.7.14. $tls_[peer|my]_san_email

$tls_[peer|my]_san_email - email address in the subject alternative name extension. String type.

1.7.15. $tls_[peer|my]_san_hostname

$tls_[peer|my]_san_hostname - hostname (DNS) in the subject alternative name extension. String type.

1.7.16. $tls_[peer|my]_san_uri

$tls_[peer|my]_san_uri - URI in the subject alternative name extension. String type.

1.7.17. $tls_[peer|my]_san_ip

$tls_[peer|my]_san_ip - ip address in the subject alternative name extension. String type.

1.7.18. $tls_peer_verified

$tls_peer_verified - Returns 1 if the peer's certificate was successful verified. Otherwise it returns 0. String and Integer type.

1.7.19. $tls_peer_revoked

$tls_peer_revoked - Returns 1 if the peer's certificate was revoked. Otherwise it returns 0. String and Integer type.

1.7.20. $tls_peer_expired

$tls_peer_expired - Returns 1 if the peer's certificate is expired. Otherwise it returns 0. String and Integer type.

1.7.21. $tls_peer_selfsigned

$tls_peer_selfsigned - Returns 1 if the peer's certificate is selfsigned. Otherwise it returns 0. String and Integer type.

1.7.22. $tls_peer_notBefore

$tls_peer_notBefore - Returns the notBefore validity date of the peer's certificate. String type.

1.7.23. $tls_peer_notAfter

$tls_peer_notAfter - Returns the notAfter validity date of the peer's certificate. String type.

1.8. OpenSIPS with TLS - script example

IMPORTANT: The TLS support is based on TCP, and for allowing OpenSIPS to use TCP, it must be started in multi-process mode. So, there is a must to have the "fork" parameter set to "yes":

NOTE: Since the TLS engine is quite memory consuming, increase the used memory by the run time parameter "-m" (see OpenSIPS -h for more details).

  • fork = yes

Example 1.19. Script with TLS support

  # ----------- global configuration parameters ------------------------
  debug=3
  fork=yes
  log_stderror=no

  check_via=no
  dns=no
  rev_dns=no
  listen=_your_serv_IP_
  port=5060
  children=4
  fifo="/tmp/opensips_fifo"

  # ------------------ module loading ----------------------------------

  #TLS specific settings
  loadmodule "proto_tls.so"

  modparam("proto_tls", "certificate", "/path/opensipsX_cert.pem")
  modparam("proto_tls", "private_key", "/path/privkey.pem")
  modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "/path/calist.pem")
  modparam("proto_tls", "ca_list", "/path/calist.pem")
  modparam("proto_tls", "require_cert", "1")
  modparam("proto_tls", "verify_cert", "1")

  alias=_DNS_ALIAS_


  loadmodule "modules/sl/sl.so"
  loadmodule "modules/rr/rr.so"
  loadmodule "modules/maxfwd/maxfwd.so"
  loadmodule "modules/mysql/mysql.so"
  loadmodule "modules/usrloc/usrloc.so"
  loadmodule "modules/registrar/registrar.so"
  loadmodule "modules/tm/tm.so"
  loadmodule "modules/auth/auth.so"
  loadmodule "modules/auth_db/auth_db.so"
  loadmodule "modules/textops/textops.so"
  loadmodule "modules/uri_db/uri_db.so"

  # ----------------- setting module-specific parameters ---------------

  # -- auth_db params --
  modparam("auth_db", "db_url", "sql_url")
  modparam("auth_db", "password_column", "password")
  modparam("auth_db", "calculate_ha1", 1)

  # -- registrar params --
  # no multiple registrations
  modparam("registrar", "append_branches", 0)

  # -------------------------  request routing logic -------------------

  # main routing logic

  route{

  # initial sanity checks
  if (!mf_process_maxfwd_header("10")) {
      sl_send_reply("483","Too Many Hops");
      break;
  };

  # if somene claims to belong to our domain in From,
  # challenge him (skip REGISTERs -- we will chalenge them later)
  if (from_uri==myself) {
      setflag(1);
      if ( (method=="INVITE" || method=="SUBSCRIBE" || method=="MESSAGE")
      &&  !(src_ip==myself) ) {
          if  (!(proxy_authorize( "domA.net", "subscriber" ))) {
              proxy_challenge("domA.net","0"/*no-qop*/);
              break;
          };
          if (!db_check_from()) {
              log("LOG: From Cheating attempt in INVITE\n");
              sl_send_reply("403",
                  "That is ugly -- use From=id next time (OB)");
              break;
          };
      }; # non-REGISTER from other domain
  } else if ( method=="INVITE" && uri!=myself ) {
      sl_send_reply("403", "No relaying");
      break;
  };

  /* ********   do record-route and loose-route ******* */
  if (!(method=="REGISTER"))
      record_route();

  if (loose_route()) {
      append_hf("P-hint: rr-enforced\r\n");
      route(1);
      break;
  };

  /* ******* check for requests targeted out of our domain ******* */
  if ( uri!=myself ) {
      append_hf("P-hint: OUTBOUND\r\n");
      if (uri=~".*@domB.net") {
          t_relay_to_tls("domB.net","5061");
      } else if (uri=~".*@domC.net") {
          t_relay_to_tls("domC.net","5061");
      } else {
          route(1);
      };
      break;
  };

  /* ******* divert to other domain according to prefixes ******* */
  if (method!="REGISTER") {
      if ( uri=~"sip:201") {
          strip(3);
          sethost("domB.net");
          t_relay_to_tls("domB.net","5061");
          break;
      } else if ( uri=~"sip:202" ) {
          strip(3);
          sethost("domC.net");
          t_relay_to_tls("domC.net","5061");
          break;
      };
  };

  /* ************ requests for our domain ********** */
  if (method=="REGISTER") {
      if (!www_authorize( "domA.net", "subscriber" )) {
          # challenge if none or invalid credentials
          www_challenge( "domA.net" /* realm */,
              "0" /* no qop -- some phones can't deal with it */);
          break;
      };
      if (!db_check_to()) {
          log("LOG: To Cheating attempt\n");
          sl_send_reply("403", "That is ugly -- use To=id in REGISTERs");
          break;
      };
      # it is an authenticated request, update Contact database now
      if (!save("location")) {
          sl_reply_error();
      };
      break;
  };

  # native SIP destinations are handled using USRLOC DB
  if (!lookup("location")) {
      # handle user which was not found
      sl_send_reply("404", "Not Found");
      break;
  };

  # remove all present Alert-info headers
  remove_hf("Alert-Info");

  if (method=="INVITE" && (proto==tls || isflagset(1))) {
      append_hf("Alert-info: 1\r\n");                     # cisco 7960
      append_hf("Alert-info: Bellcore-dr4\r\n");          # cisco ATA
      append_hf("Alert-info: http://foo.bar/x.wav\r\n");  # snom
  };

  # do forwarding
  if (!t_relay()) {
      sl_reply_error();
  };

  #end of script
  }
		

1.9. Debug TLS connections

If you want to debug TLS connections, put the following log statements into your OpenSIPS.cfg. This will dump all available TLS pseudo variables.

Example 1.20. Example of TLS logging

xlog("L_INFO","==================== start TLS pseudo variables =================='\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_version                    = '$tls_version'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_description                = '$tls_description'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_cipher_info                = '$tls_cipher_info'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_cipher_bits                = '$tls_cipher_bits'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_subject               = '$tls_peer_subject'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_issuer                = '$tls_peer_issuer'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_subject                 = '$tls_my_subject'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_issuer                  = '$tls_my_issuer'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_version               = '$tls_peer_version'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_version                 = '$tls_my_version'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_serial                = '$tls_peer_serial'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_serial                  = '$tls_my_serial'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_subject_cn            = '$tls_peer_subject_cn'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_issuer_cn             = '$tls_peer_issuer_cn'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_subject_cn              = '$tls_my_subject_cn'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_issuer_cn               = '$tls_my_issuer_cn'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_subject_locality      = '$tls_peer_subject_locality'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_issuer_locality       = '$tls_peer_issuer_locality'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_subject_locality        = '$tls_my_subject_locality'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_issuer_locality         = '$tls_my_issuer_locality'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_subject_country       = '$tls_peer_subject_country'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_issuer_country        = '$tls_peer_issuer_country'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_subject_country         = '$tls_my_subject_country'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_issuer_country          = '$tls_my_issuer_country'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_subject_state         = '$tls_peer_subject_state'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_issuer_state          = '$tls_peer_issuer_state'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_subject_state           = '$tls_my_subject_state'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_issuer_state            = '$tls_my_issuer_state'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_subject_organization  = '$tls_peer_subject_organization'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_issuer_organization   = '$tls_peer_issuer_organization'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_subject_organization    = '$tls_my_subject_organization'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_issuer_organization     = '$tls_my_issuer_organization'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_subject_unit          = '$tls_peer_subject_unit'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_issuer_unit           = '$tls_peer_issuer_unit'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_subject_unit            = '$tls_my_subject_unit'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_issuer_unit             = '$tls_my_issuer_unit'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_san_email             = '$tls_peer_san_email'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_san_email               = '$tls_my_san_email'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_san_hostname          = '$tls_peer_san_hostname'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_san_hostname            = '$tls_my_san_hostname'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_san_uri               = '$tls_peer_san_uri'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_san_uri                 = '$tls_my_san_uri'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_san_ip                = '$tls_peer_san_ip'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_my_san_ip                  = '$tls_my_san_ip'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_verified              = '$tls_peer_verified'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_revoked               = '$tls_peer_revoked'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_expired               = '$tls_peer_expired'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_selfsigned            = '$tls_peer_selfsigned'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_notBefore             = '$tls_peer_notBefore'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","$$tls_peer_notAfter              = '$tls_peer_notAfter'\n");
xlog("L_INFO","==================== end TLS pseudo variables =================='\n");

Chapter 2. Frequently Asked Questions

2.1.

Where can I post a question about TLS?

Use one (the most appropriate) of the OpenSIPS mailing lists:

Remember: first at all, check if your question wasn't already answered.

2.2.

How can I report a bug?

Accumulate as much as possible information (OpenSIPS version, opensips -V output, your OS (uname -a), OpenSIPS logs, network dumps, core dump files, configuration file) and send a mail to http://lists.opensips.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel

Also you may try OpenSIPS's bug report web page: http://www.opensips.org/pmwiki.php?n=Development.Tracker

2.3.

How can I debug ssl/tls problems?

Increase the log level in opensips.cfg (debug=4) and watch the log statements in syslog.

Install the ssldump utility and start it. This will give you a trace of the ssl/tls connections.

2.4.

What is the difference between the TLS directory and the TLSOPS module directory?

The code in the TLS directory implements the TLS transport layer. The TLSOPS module implements TLS related functions which can be used in the routing script.

2.5.

Where can I find more about OpenSIPS?

Take a look at http://www.opensips.org/.

2.6.

Where can I post a question about this module?

First at all check if your question was already answered on one of our mailing lists:

E-mails regarding any stable OpenSIPS release should be sent to and e-mails regarding development versions should be sent to .

If you want to keep the mail private, send it to .

2.7.

How can I report a bug?

Please follow the guidelines provided at: https://github.com/OpenSIPS/opensips/issues.