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_connect.3 | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_connect.3 (limited to 'src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_connect.3') diff --git a/src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_connect.3 b/src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_connect.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4f8428c3c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/lib/libssl/doc/SSL_connect.3 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 12 2014 $ +.Dt SSL_CONNECT 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm SSL_connect +.Nd initiate the TLS/SSL handshake with an TLS/SSL server +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In openssl/ssl.h +.Ft int +.Fn SSL_connect "SSL *ssl" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn SSL_connect +initiates the TLS/SSL handshake with a server. +The communication channel must already have been set and assigned to the +.Fa ssl +by setting an underlying +.Vt BIO . +.Sh NOTES +The behaviour of +.Fn SSL_connect +depends on the underlying +.Vt BIO. +.Pp +If the underlying +.Vt BIO +is +.Em blocking , +.Fn SSL_connect +will only return once the handshake has been finished or an error occurred. +.Pp +If the underlying +.Vt BIO +is +.Em non-blocking , +.Fn SSL_connect +will also return when the underlying +.Vt BIO +could not satisfy the needs of +.Fn SSL_connect +to continue the handshake, indicating the problem with the return value \(mi1. +In this case a call to +.Xr SSL_get_error 3 +with the return value of +.Fn SSL_connect +will yield +.Dv SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ +or +.Dv SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE . +The calling process then must repeat the call after taking appropriate action +to satisfy the needs of +.Fn SSL_connect . +The action depends on the underlying +.Vt BIO . +When using a non-blocking socket, nothing is to be done, but +.Xr select 2 +can be used to check for the required condition. +When using a buffering +.Vt BIO , +like a +.Vt BIO +pair, data must be written into or retrieved out of the +.Vt BIO +before being able to continue. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The following return values can occur: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It 0 +The TLS/SSL handshake was not successful but was shut down controlled and +by the specifications of the TLS/SSL protocol. +Call +.Xr SSL_get_error 3 +with the return value +.Fa ret +to find out the reason. +.It 1 +The TLS/SSL handshake was successfully completed, +and a TLS/SSL connection has been established. +.It <0 +The TLS/SSL handshake was not successful, because either a fatal error occurred +at the protocol level or a connection failure occurred. +The shutdown was not clean. +It can also occur if action is needed to continue the operation for +non-blocking +.Vt BIO Ns s. +Call +.Xr SSL_get_error 3 +with the return value +.Fa ret +to find out the reason. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bio 3 , +.Xr ssl 3 , +.Xr SSL_accept 3 , +.Xr SSL_CTX_new 3 , +.Xr SSL_do_handshake 3 , +.Xr SSL_get_error 3 , +.Xr SSL_set_connect_state 3 , +.Xr SSL_shutdown 3 -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb