Clarify documentation of ssl_set_own_cert()
fixes #507
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 513f24f..149e439 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
invalidated keys of a lifetime of less than a 1s. Fixes #1968.
* Fix failure in hmac_drbg in the benchmark sample application, when
MBEDTLS_THREADING_C is defined. Found by TrinityTonic, #1095
+ * Clarify documentation of mbedtls_ssl_set_own_cert() regarding the absence
+ of check for certificate/key matching. Reported by Attila Molnar, #507.
Changes
* Add tests for session resumption in DTLS.
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
index 83849a5..78db69e 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
@@ -2043,6 +2043,14 @@
* whether it matches those preferences - the server can then
* decide what it wants to do with it.
*
+ * \note The provided \p pk_key needs to match the public key in the
+ * first certificate in \p own_cert, or all handshakes using
+ * that certificate will fail. It is your responsibility
+ * to ensure that; this function will not perform any check.
+ * You may use mbedtls_pk_check_pair() in order to perform
+ * this check yourself, but be aware that this function can
+ * be computationally expensive on some key types.
+ *
* \param conf SSL configuration
* \param own_cert own public certificate chain
* \param pk_key own private key