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authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-09-16 01:32:42 +0000
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-09-16 01:32:42 +0000
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BIO_f_ssl() docs.
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@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ case of a file BIO some data may be available in the FILE structures
internal buffers but it is not possible to determine this in a
portably way. For other types of BIO they may not be supported.
+Filter BIOs if the do not internally handle a particular BIO_ctrl()
+operation usually pass the operation to the next BIO in the chain.
+This often means there is no need to locate the required BIO for
+a particular operation, it can be called on a chain and it will
+be automatically passed to the relevant BIO.
+
+Source/sink BIOs will return an error if the do not recognise the
+BIO_ctrl() operation.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
TBA