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author | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2001-08-20 14:34:16 +0000 |
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committer | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2001-08-20 14:34:16 +0000 |
commit | d93eb21c7c1e39db098a7f1331a75cc95a783c2a (patch) | |
tree | cbf9558be88e1cc24ed820c22b8c54afb6c77d70 /doc/ssl/SSL_set_shutdown.pod | |
parent | a403188f92101512d4d3e45bc7b8e047d283d9d2 (diff) |
More interdependencies with respect to shutdown behaviour.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/ssl/SSL_set_shutdown.pod')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ssl/SSL_set_shutdown.pod | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_set_shutdown.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_set_shutdown.pod index 119bb83c55..6289e635d9 100644 --- a/doc/ssl/SSL_set_shutdown.pod +++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_set_shutdown.pod @@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ The shutdown state of the connection is used to determine the state of the ssl session. If the session is still open, when L<SSL_clear(3)|SSL_clear(3)> or L<SSL_free(3)|SSL_free(3)> is called, it is considered bad and removed according to RFC2246. -The actual condition for a correctly closed session is SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN. +The actual condition for a correctly closed session is SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN +(according to the TLS RFC, it is acceptable to only send the "close notify" +alert but to not wait for the peer's answer, when the underlying connection +is closed). SSL_set_shutdown() can be used to set this state without sending a close alert to the peer (see L<SSL_shutdown(3)|SSL_shutdown(3)>). |