Update WebSocket examples to set TLS SNI

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version XXX:
 
+* Update WebSocket examples to set TLS SNI.
 * Add handler tracking locations to websocket.
 * Add handler tracking locations to tcp teardown.
 * Eliminate spurious uninitialised variable warning in detect_ssl.

example/websocket/client/async-ssl-system-executor/websocket_client_async_ssl_system_executor.cpp

@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ public:
         // Set a timeout on the operation
         beast::get_lowest_layer(ws_).expires_after(std::chrono::seconds(30));
 
+        // Set SNI Hostname (many hosts need this to handshake successfully)
+        if(! SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(
+            ws_.next_layer().native_handle(),
+            host_.c_str()))
+        {
+          ec = beast::error_code(static_cast<int>(::ERR_get_error()),
+                                 net::error::get_ssl_category());
+          return fail(ec, "connect");
+        }
+
         // Perform the SSL handshake
         ws_.next_layer().async_handshake(
             ssl::stream_base::client,

example/websocket/client/async-ssl/websocket_client_async_ssl.cpp

@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ public:
         // Set a timeout on the operation
         beast::get_lowest_layer(ws_).expires_after(std::chrono::seconds(30));
 
+        // Set SNI Hostname (many hosts need this to handshake successfully)
+        if(! SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(
+                ws_.next_layer().native_handle(),
+                host_.c_str()))
+        {
+            ec = beast::error_code(static_cast<int>(::ERR_get_error()),
+                net::error::get_ssl_category());
+            return fail(ec, "connect");
+        }
+
         // Perform the SSL handshake
         ws_.next_layer().async_handshake(
             ssl::stream_base::client,

example/websocket/client/coro-ssl/websocket_client_coro_ssl.cpp

@@ -71,7 +71,17 @@ do_session(
     if(ec)
         return fail(ec, "connect");
 
-    // Update the host_ string. This will provide the value of the
+    // Set SNI Hostname (many hosts need this to handshake successfully)
+    if(! SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(
+        ws.next_layer().native_handle(),
+        host.c_str()))
+    {
+        ec = beast::error_code(static_cast<int>(::ERR_get_error()),
+            net::error::get_ssl_category());
+        return fail(ec, "connect");
+    }
+
+    // Update the host string. This will provide the value of the
     // Host HTTP header during the WebSocket handshake.
     // See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-5.4
     host += ':' + std::to_string(ep.port());

example/websocket/client/sync-ssl/websocket_client_sync_ssl.cpp

@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         // Make the connection on the IP address we get from a lookup
         auto ep = net::connect(get_lowest_layer(ws), results);
 
+        // Set SNI Hostname (many hosts need this to handshake successfully)
+        if(! SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(ws.next_layer().native_handle(), host.c_str()))
+            throw beast::system_error(
+                beast::error_code(
+                    static_cast<int>(::ERR_get_error()),
+                    net::error::get_ssl_category()),
+                "Failed to set SNI Hostname");
+
         // Update the host_ string. This will provide the value of the
         // Host HTTP header during the WebSocket handshake.
         // See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-5.4