5 SSL_CTX_set_mode, SSL_set_mode, SSL_CTX_get_mode, SSL_get_mode - manipulate SSL engine mode
9 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
11 long SSL_CTX_set_mode(SSL_CTX *ctx, long mode);
12 long SSL_set_mode(SSL *ssl, long mode);
14 long SSL_CTX_get_mode(SSL_CTX *ctx);
15 long SSL_get_mode(SSL *ssl);
19 SSL_CTX_set_mode() adds the mode set via bitmask in B<mode> to B<ctx>.
20 Options already set before are not cleared.
22 SSL_set_mode() adds the mode set via bitmask in B<mode> to B<ssl>.
23 Options already set before are not cleared.
25 SSL_CTX_get_mode() returns the mode set for B<ctx>.
27 SSL_get_mode() returns the mode set for B<ssl>.
31 The following mode changes are available:
35 =item SSL_MODE_ENABLE_PARTIAL_WRITE
37 Allow SSL_write(..., n) to return r with 0 < r < n (i.e. report success
38 when just a single record has been written). When not set (the default),
39 SSL_write() will only report success once the complete chunk was written.
40 Once SSL_write() returns with r, r bytes have been successfully written
41 and the next call to SSL_write() must only send the n-r bytes left,
42 imitating the behaviour of write().
44 =item SSL_MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER
46 Make it possible to retry SSL_write() with changed buffer location
47 (the buffer contents must stay the same). This is not the default to avoid
48 the misconception that non-blocking SSL_write() behaves like
51 =item SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY
53 Never bother the application with retries if the transport is blocking.
54 If a renegotiation take place during normal operation, a
55 L<SSL_read(3)|SSL_read(3)> or L<SSL_write(3)|SSL_write(3)> would return
56 with -1 and indicate the need to retry with SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ.
57 In a non-blocking environment applications must be prepared to handle
58 incomplete read/write operations.
59 In a blocking environment, applications are not always prepared to
60 deal with read/write operations returning without success report. The
61 flag SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY will cause read/write operations to only
62 return after the handshake and successful completion.
64 =item SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS
66 When we no longer need a read buffer or a write buffer for a given SSL,
67 then release the memory we were using to hold it. Released memory is
68 either appended to a list of unused RAM chunks on the SSL_CTX, or simply
69 freed if the list of unused chunks would become longer than
70 SSL_CTX->freelist_max_len, which defaults to 32. Using this flag can
71 save around 34k per idle SSL connection.
72 This flag has no effect on SSL v2 connections, or on DTLS connections.
74 =item SSL_MODE_SEND_FALLBACK_SCSV
76 Send TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV in the ClientHello.
77 To be set only by applications that reconnect with a downgraded protocol
78 version; see draft-ietf-tls-downgrade-scsv-00 for details.
80 DO NOT ENABLE THIS if your application attempts a normal handshake.
81 Only use this in explicit fallback retries, following the guidance
82 in draft-ietf-tls-downgrade-scsv-00.
88 SSL_CTX_set_mode() and SSL_set_mode() return the new mode bitmask
91 SSL_CTX_get_mode() and SSL_get_mode() return the current bitmask.
95 L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_read(3)|SSL_read(3)>, L<SSL_write(3)|SSL_write(3)>
99 SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY as been added in OpenSSL 0.9.6.