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52 .Dd $Mdocdate: December 1 2016 $
57 .Nd reset SSL object to allow another connection
61 .Fn SSL_clear "SSL *ssl"
65 to allow another connection.
66 All settings (method, ciphers, BIOs) are kept.
71 object for a new connection.
72 While all settings are kept,
73 a side effect is the handling of the current SSL session.
76 it is considered bad and will be removed from the session cache,
77 as required by RFC2246.
78 A session is considered open if
80 was not called for the connection or at least
81 .Xr SSL_set_shutdown 3
87 If a session was closed cleanly,
88 the session object will be kept and all settings corresponding.
89 This explicitly means that for example the special method used during the
90 session will be kept for the next handshake.
91 So if the session was a TLSv1 session, a
93 client object will use a TLSv1 client method for the next handshake and a
95 server object will use a TLSv1 server method, even if
97 were chosen on startup.
98 This might lead to connection failures (see
100 for a description of the method's properties.
102 The following return values can occur:
107 operation could not be performed.
108 Check the error stack to find out the reason.
112 operation was successful.
116 .Xr SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb 3 ,
117 .Xr SSL_CTX_set_options 3 ,
120 .Xr SSL_set_shutdown 3 ,
126 object to allow for another connection.
127 The reset operation however keeps several settings of the last sessions
128 (some of these settings were made automatically during the last handshake).
129 It only makes sense for a new connection with the exact same peer that shares
131 and may fail if that peer changes its settings between connections.
133 .Xr SSL_get_session 3 ;
135 .Xr SSL_set_session 3 ;
137 instead to avoid such failures (or simply
140 if session reuse is not desired).