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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_clear.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_clear.pod | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_clear.pod b/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_clear.pod index aeb0b5c..8b735d8 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_clear.pod +++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_clear.pod @@ -13,8 +13,17 @@ SSL_clear - reset SSL object to allow another connection =head1 DESCRIPTION Reset B<ssl> to allow another connection. All settings (method, ciphers, -BIOs) are kept. A completely negotiated B<SSL_SESSION> is not freed but left -untouched for the underlying B<SSL_CTX>. +BIOs) are kept. + +=head1 NOTES + +SSL_clear is used to prepare an SSL object for a new connection. While all +settings are kept, a side effect is the handling of the current SSL session. +If a session is still B<open>, it is considered bad and will be removed +from the session cache, as required by RFC2246. A session is considered open, +if L<SSL_shutdown(3)|SSL_shutdown(3)> was not called for the connection +or at least L<SSL_set_shutdown(3)|SSL_set_shutdown(3)> was used to +set the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN state. =head1 RETURN VALUES @@ -34,6 +43,7 @@ The SSL_clear() operation was successful. =back L<SSL_new(3)|SSL_new(3)>, L<SSL_free(3)|SSL_free(3)>, +L<SSL_shutdown(3)|SSL_shutdown(3)>, L<SSL_set_shutdown(3)|SSL_set_shutdown(3)>, L<SSL_CTX_set_options(3)|SSL_CTX_set_options(3)>, L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)> =cut |
