From 82b7f378b6907ab315a6e50322d2a0a8794a0aa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bentley <> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:33:04 +0000 Subject: Convert libssl manpages from pod to mdoc(7). libcrypto has not been started yet. ok schwarze@ miod@ --- src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_CTX_set_timeout.3 | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_CTX_set_timeout.3 (limited to 'src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_CTX_set_timeout.3') diff --git a/src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_CTX_set_timeout.3 b/src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_CTX_set_timeout.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c8aaee24e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_CTX_set_timeout.3 @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 12 2014 $ +.Dt SSL_CTX_SET_TIMEOUT 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm SSL_CTX_set_timeout , +.Nm SSL_CTX_get_timeout +.Nd manipulate timeout values for session caching +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In openssl/ssl.h +.Ft long +.Fn SSL_CTX_set_timeout "SSL_CTX *ctx" "long t" +.Ft long +.Fn SSL_CTX_get_timeout "SSL_CTX *ctx" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn SSL_CTX_set_timeout +sets the timeout for newly created sessions for +.Fa ctx +to +.Fa t . +The timeout value +.Fa t +must be given in seconds. +.Pp +.Fn SSL_CTX_get_timeout +returns the currently set timeout value for +.Fa ctx . +.Sh NOTES +Whenever a new session is created, it is assigned a maximum lifetime. +This lifetime is specified by storing the creation time of the session and the +timeout value valid at this time. +If the actual time is later than creation time plus timeout, +the session is not reused. +.Pp +Due to this realization, all sessions behave according to the timeout value +valid at the time of the session negotiation. +Changes of the timeout value do not affect already established sessions. +.Pp +The expiration time of a single session can be modified using the +.Xr SSL_SESSION_get_time 3 +family of functions. +.Pp +Expired sessions are removed from the internal session cache, whenever +.Xr SSL_CTX_flush_sessions 3 +is called, either directly by the application or automatically (see +.Xr SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode 3 ) . +.Pp +The default value for session timeout is decided on a per-protocol basis; see +.Xr SSL_get_default_timeout 3 . +All currently supported protocols have the same default timeout value of 300 +seconds. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn SSL_CTX_set_timeout +returns the previously set timeout value. +.Pp +.Fn SSL_CTX_get_timeout +returns the currently set timeout value. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ssl 3 , +.Xr SSL_CTX_flush_sessions 3 , +.Xr SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode 3 , +.Xr SSL_get_default_timeout 3 , +.Xr SSL_SESSION_get_time 3 -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb