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SSL_clear(3)                                       OpenSSL                                      SSL_clear(3)



NAME
       SSL_clear - reset SSL object to allow another connection

SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/ssl.h>

        int SSL_clear(SSL *ssl);

DESCRIPTION
       Reset ssl to allow another connection. All settings (method, ciphers, BIOs) are kept.

NOTES
       SSL_clear is used to prepare an SSL object for a new connection. While all settings are kept, a side
       effect is the handling of the current SSL session.  If a session is still open, it is considered bad
       and will be removed from the session cache, as required by RFC2246. A session is considered open, if
       SSL_shutdown(3) was not called for the connection or at least SSL_set_shutdown(3) was used to set the
       SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN state.

       If a session was closed cleanly, the session object will be kept and all settings corresponding. This
       explicitly means, that e.g. the special method used during the session will be kept for the next
       handshake. So if the session was a TLSv1 session, a SSL client object will use a TLSv1 client method
       for the next handshake and a SSL server object will use a TLSv1 server method, even if
       SSLv23_*_methods were chosen on startup. This will might lead to connection failures (see SSL_new(3))
       for a description of the method's properties.

WARNINGS
       SSL_clear() resets the SSL object to allow for another connection. The reset operation however keeps
       several settings of the last sessions (some of these settings were made automatically during the last
       handshake). It only makes sense when opening a new session (or reusing an old one) with the same peer
       that shares these settings.  SSL_clear() is not a short form for the sequence SSL_free(3);
       SSL_new(3); .

RETURN VALUES
       The following return values can occur:

       0   The SSL_clear() operation could not be performed. Check the error stack to find out the reason.

       1   The SSL_clear() operation was successful.

       SSL_new(3), SSL_free(3), SSL_shutdown(3), SSL_set_shutdown(3), SSL_CTX_set_options(3), ssl(3),
       SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb(3)



0.9.8                                            2009-04-03                                     SSL_clear(3)