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author | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2001-03-15 12:42:04 +0000 |
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committer | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2001-03-15 12:42:04 +0000 |
commit | eb272ac0b07423a33f78e960dbe2c8abff06fdc6 (patch) | |
tree | 89d79db2428d2998eeb46a741b192e8c79aa28d6 | |
parent | 63c43dcc5953a98c14fef2e381bb159ede883a5c (diff) | |
download | openssl-eb272ac0b07423a33f78e960dbe2c8abff06fdc6.tar.gz |
Forgot "cvs add", so only the surrounding changes made it... sigh.
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diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_set_connect_state.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_set_connect_state.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a8c4463c64 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_set_connect_state.pod @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +SSL_set_connect_state, SSL_get_accept_state - prepare SSL object to work in client or server mode + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include <openssl/ssl.h> + + void SSL_set_connect_state(SSL *ssl); + + void SSL_set_accept_state(SSL *ssl); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +SSL_set_connect_state() B<ssl> to work in client mode. + +SSL_set_accept_state() B<ssl> to work in server mode. + +=head1 NOTES + +When the SSL_CTX object was created with L<SSL_CTX_new(3)|SSL_CTX_new(3)>, +it was either assigned a dedicated client method, a dedicated server +method, or a generic method, that can be used for both client and +server connections. (The method might have been changed with +L<SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(3)|SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(3)> or +SSL_set_ssl_method().) + +In order to successfully accomplish the handshake, the SSL routines need +to know whether they should act in server or client mode. If the generic +method was used, this is not clear from the method itself and must be set +with either SSL_set_connect_state() or SSL_set_accept_state(). If these +routines are not called, the default value set when L<SSL_new(3)|SSL_new(3)> +is called is server mode. + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +SSL_set_connect_state() and SSL_set_accept_state() do not return diagnostic +information. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_new(3)|SSL_new(3)>, L<SSL_CTX_new(3)|SSL_CTX_new(3)>, +L<SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(3)|SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(3)> + +=cut |