Minor documentation improvements in ssl_parse_record_header()
diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index 135caa0..69abb6a 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -4994,12 +4994,17 @@
MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "Datagram too small to contain record." ) );
return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_INVALID_RECORD );
}
+
+ /* Records from the next epoch are considered for buffering
+ * (concretely: early Finished messages). */
if( rec_epoch == (unsigned) ssl->in_epoch + 1 )
{
- /* Consider buffering the record. */
MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 2, ( "Consider record for buffering" ) );
return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_EARLY_MESSAGE );
}
+ /* Records from other, non-matching epochs are silently discarded.
+ * (The case of same-port Client reconnects must be considered in
+ * the caller). */
else if( rec_epoch != ssl->in_epoch )
{
MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "record from another epoch: "
@@ -5008,7 +5013,8 @@
return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_UNEXPECTED_RECORD );
}
#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_DTLS_ANTI_REPLAY)
- /* Replay detection only works for the current epoch */
+ /* For records from the correct epoch, check whether their
+ * sequence number has been seen before. */
else if( mbedtls_ssl_dtls_replay_check( ssl ) != 0 )
{
MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "replayed record" ) );
