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1)Segregating mbedtls API into seperate file and cleaned esp_tls.c 2)Added support for wolfssl for CMake and make 3)Added support for debug_wolfssl (with menuconfig option) 4)Added info on wolfssl in ESP-TLS docs
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ESP-TLS
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Overview
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--------
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The ESP-TLS component provides a simplified API interface for accessing the commonly used TLS functionality.
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It supports common scenarios like CA certification validation, SNI, ALPN negotiation, non-blocking connection among others.
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All the configuration can be specified in the ``esp_tls_cfg_t`` data structure. Once done, TLS communication can be conducted using the following APIs:
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* :cpp:func:`esp_tls_conn_new`: for opening a new TLS connection.
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* :cpp:func:`esp_tls_conn_read`: for reading from the connection.
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* :cpp:func:`esp_tls_conn_write`: for writing into the connection.
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* :cpp:func:`esp_tls_conn_delete`: for freeing up the connection.
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Any application layer protocol like HTTP1, HTTP2 etc can be executed on top of this layer.
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Application Example
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Simple HTTPS example that uses ESP-TLS to establish a secure socket connection: :example:`protocols/https_request`.
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Tree structure for ESP-TLS component
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.. highlight:: none
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├── esp_tls.c
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├── esp_tls.h
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├── esp_tls_mbedtls.c
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├── esp_tls_wolfssl.c
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└── private_include
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├── esp_tls_mbedtls.h
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└── esp_tls_wolfssl.h
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The ESP-TLS component has a file :component_file:`esp-tls/esp_tls.h` which contain the public API headers for the component. Internally ESP-TLS component uses one
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of the two SSL/TLS Libraries between mbedtls and wolfssl for its operation. API specific to mbedtls are present in :component_file:`esp-tls/private_include/esp_tls_mbedtls.h` and API
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specific to wolfssl are present in :component_file:`esp-tls/private_include/esp_tls_wolfssl.h`.
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Underlying SSL/TLS Library Options
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The ESP-TLS component has an option to use mbedtls or wolfssl as their underlying SSL/TLS library. By default only mbedtls is available and is
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used, wolfssl SSL/TLS library is available publicly at https://github.com/espressif/esp-wolfssl. The repository provides wolfssl component in binary format, it
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also provides few examples which are useful for understanding the API. Please refer the repository README.md for
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information on licensing and other options. Please see below option for using wolfssl in your project.
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.. note:: `As the library options are internal to ESP-TLS, switching the libries will not change ESP-TLS specific code for a project.`
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How to use wolfssl with ESP-IDF
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There are two ways to use wolfssl in your project
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1) Directly add wolfssl as a component in your project with following three commands.::
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(First change directory (cd) to your project directory)
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mkdir components
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cd components
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git clone https://github.com/espressif/esp-wolfssl.git
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2) Add wolfssl as an extra component in your project.
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* Download wolfssl with::
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git clone https://github.com/espressif/esp-wolfssl.git
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* Include esp-wolfssl in ESP-IDF with setting EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS in CMakeLists.txt/Makefile of your project as done in `wolfssl/examples <https://github.com/espressif/esp-wolfssl/tree/master/examples>`_. For reference see Optional Project variables in :doc:`build-system.</api-guides/build-system>`
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After above steps, you will have option to choose wolfssl as underlying SSL/TLS library in configuration menu of your project as follows::
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idf.py/make menuconfig -> ESP-TLS -> choose SSL/TLS Library -> mbedtls/wolfssl
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Comparison between mbedtls and wolfssl
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The following table shows a typical comparison between wolfssl and mbedtls when :example:`protocols/https_request` example `(which has server authentication)` was run with both
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SSL/TLS libraries and with all respective configurations set to default.
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`(mbedtls IN_CONTENT length and OUT_CONTENT length were set to 16384 bytes and 4096 bytes respectively)`
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| Property | Wolfssl | Mbedtls |
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+=====================+============+===========+
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| Total Heap Consumed | ~19 Kb | ~37 Kb |
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+---------------------+------------+-----------+
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| Task Stack Used | ~2.2 Kb | ~3.6 Kb |
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+---------------------+------------+-----------+
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| Bin size | ~858 Kb | ~736 Kb |
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+---------------------+------------+-----------+
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.. note:: `These values are subject to change with change in configuration options and version of respective libraries`.
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API Reference
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.. include:: /_build/inc/esp_tls.inc
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