5 SSL_accept - wait for a TLS/SSL client to initiate a TLS/SSL handshake
9 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
11 int SSL_accept(SSL *ssl);
15 SSL_accept() waits for a TLS/SSL client to initiate the TLS/SSL handshake.
16 The communication channel must already have been set and assigned to the
17 B<ssl> by setting an underlying B<BIO>.
21 The behaviour of SSL_accept() depends on the underlying BIO.
23 If the underlying BIO is B<blocking>, SSL_accept() will only return once the
24 handshake has been finished or an error occurred, except for SGC (Server
25 Gated Cryptography). For SGC, SSL_accept() may return with -1, but
26 SSL_get_error() will yield B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ/WRITE> and SSL_accept()
27 should be called again.
29 If the underlying BIO is B<non-blocking>, SSL_accept() will also return
30 when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the needs of SSL_accept()
31 to continue the handshake, indicating the problem by the return value -1.
32 In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the
33 return value of SSL_accept() will yield B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ> or
34 B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE>. The calling process then must repeat the call after
35 taking appropriate action to satisfy the needs of SSL_accept().
36 The action depends on the underlying BIO. When using a non-blocking socket,
37 nothing is to be done, but select() can be used to check for the required
38 condition. When using a buffering BIO, like a BIO pair, data must be written
39 into or retrieved out of the BIO before being able to continue.
43 The following return values can occur:
49 The TLS/SSL handshake was successfully completed, a TLS/SSL connection has been
54 The TLS/SSL handshake was not successful but was shut down controlled and
55 by the specifications of the TLS/SSL protocol. Call SSL_get_error() with the
56 return value B<ret> to find out the reason.
60 The TLS/SSL handshake was not successful because a fatal error occurred either
61 at the protocol level or a connection failure occurred. The shutdown was
62 not clean. It can also occur of action is need to continue the operation
63 for non-blocking BIOs. Call SSL_get_error() with the return value B<ret>
64 to find out the reason.
70 L<SSL_get_error(3)|SSL_get_error(3)>, L<SSL_connect(3)|SSL_connect(3)>,
71 L<SSL_shutdown(3)|SSL_shutdown(3)>, L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<bio(3)|bio(3)>,
72 L<SSL_set_connect_state(3)|SSL_set_connect_state(3)>,
73 L<SSL_do_handshake(3)|SSL_do_handshake(3)>,
74 L<SSL_CTX_new(3)|SSL_CTX_new(3)>