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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-02-05 20:17:10 +0000
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-02-05 20:47:36 +0000
commita9052bed9e485a614dd44c6ae8f8c0e84c3205df (patch)
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parentce0865d8dcf4ed088a9e9ae3aa2310b7bd8c295e (diff)
downloadopenssl-a9052bed9e485a614dd44c6ae8f8c0e84c3205df.tar.gz
Update DTLSv1_listen documentation
Make it clear that if we are unable to get hold of the peer address then *peer is cleared and the family set to AF_UNSPEC. Reviewed-by: Viktor Dukhovni <viktor@openssl.org>
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-rw-r--r--doc/ssl/DTLSv1_listen.pod8
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diff --git a/doc/ssl/DTLSv1_listen.pod b/doc/ssl/DTLSv1_listen.pod
index 62913de56d..741669395d 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/DTLSv1_listen.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/DTLSv1_listen.pod
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ When a ClientHello is received that contains a cookie that has been verified,
then DTLSv1_listen() will return with the B<ssl> parameter updated into a state
where the handshake can be continued by a call to (for example) SSL_accept().
Additionally the B<BIO_ADDR> pointed to by B<peer> will be filled in with
-details of the peer that sent the ClientHello. Typically user code is expected
-to "connect" the underlying socket to the peer and continue the handshake in a
-connected state.
+details of the peer that sent the ClientHello. If the underlying BIO is unable
+to obtain the B<BIO_ADDR> of the peer (for example because the BIO does not
+support this), then B<*peer> will be cleared and the family set to AF_UNSPEC.
+Typically user code is expected to "connect" the underlying socket to the peer
+and continue the handshake in a connected state.
Prior to calling DTLSv1_listen() user code must ensure that cookie generation
and verification callbacks have been set up using