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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       SSL_shutdown - shut down a TLS/SSL connection

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

        #include <openssl/ssl.h>

        int SSL_shutdown(SSL *ssl);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       SSL_shutdown() shuts down an active TLS/SSL connection. It
       sends the "close notify" shutdown alert to the peer.

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

       SSL_shutdown() tries to send the "close notify" shutdown
       alert to the peer.  Whether the operation succeeds or not,
       the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN flag is set and a currently open
       session is considered closed and good and will be kept in
       the session cache for further reuse.

       The shutdown procedure consists of 2 steps: the sending of
       the "close notify" shutdown alert and the reception of the
       peer's "close notify" shutdown alert. According to the TLS
       standard, it is acceptable for an application to only send
       its shutdown alert and then close the underlying connection
 without waiting for the peer's response (this way
       resources can be saved, as the process can already terminate
 or serve another connection).  When the underlying
       connection shall be used for more communications, the complete
 shutdown procedure (bidirectional "close notify"
       alerts) must be performed, so that the peers stay synchronized.


       SSL_shutdown() supports both uni- and bidirectional shutdown
 by its 2 step behaviour.

       When the application is the first party to send the "close
       notify" alert, SSL_shutdown() will only send the alert and
       the set the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN flag (so that the session is
       considered good and will be kept in cache). SSL_shutdown()
       will then return with 0. If a unidirectional shutdown is
       enough (the underlying connection shall be closed anyway),
       this first call to SSL_shut- down() is sufficient. In
       order to complete the bidirectional shutdown handshake,
       SSL_shutdown() must be called again. The sec- ond call
       will make SSL_shutdown() wait for the peer's "close
       notify" shutdown alert. On success, the second call to
       SSL_shut- down() will return with 1.
       If the peer already sent the "close notify" alert and it
       was already processed implicitly inside another function
       (SSL_read(3)), the SSL_RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN flag is set.
       SSL_shut- down() will send the "close notify" alert, set
       the SSL_SENT_SHUT- DOWN flag and will immediately return
       with 1. Whether SSL_RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN is already set can
       be checked using the SSL_get_shutdown() (see also
       SSL_set_shutdown(3) call.

       It is therefore recommended, to check the return value of
       SSL_shutdown() and call SSL_shutdown() again, if the bidirectional
 shutdown is not yet complete (return value of
       the first call is 0). As the shutdown is not specially
       handled in the SSLv2 protocol, SSL_shutdown() will succeed
       on the first call.

       The behaviour of SSL_shutdown() additionally depends on
       the underlying BIO.

       If the underlying BIO is blocking, SSL_shutdown() will
       only return once the handshake step has been finished or
       an error occurred.

       If the underlying BIO is non-blocking, SSL_shutdown() will
       also return when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the
       needs of SSL_shutdown() to continue the handshake. In this
       case a call to SSL_get_error() with the return value of
       SSL_shutdown() will yield SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ or
       SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE. The calling process then must repeat
       the call after taking appropriate action to satisfy the
       needs of SSL_shutdown().  The action depends on the underlying
 BIO. When using a non-blocking socket, nothing is to
       be done, but select() can be used to check for the
       required condition. When using a buffering BIO, like a BIO
       pair, data must be written into or retrieved out of the
       BIO before being able to continue.

       SSL_shutdown() can be modified to only set the connection
       to "shutdown" state but not actually send the "close
       notify" alert messages, see SSL_CTX_set_quiet_shutdown(3).
       When "quiet shutdown" is enabled, SSL_shutdown() will
       always succeed and return 1.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The following return values can occur:

       1   The shutdown was successfully completed. The "close
           notify" alert was sent and the peer's "close notify"
           alert was received.

       0   The shutdown is not yet finished. Call SSL_shutdown()
           for a second time, if a bidirectional shutdown shall
           be performed.  The output of SSL_get_error(3) may be
           misleading, as an erroneous SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL may be
           flagged even though no error occurred.

       -1  The shutdown was not successful because a fatal error
           occurred either at the protocol level or a connection
           failure occurred. It can also occur if action is need
           to continue the operation for non-blocking BIOs.  Call
           SSL_get_error(3) with the return value ret to find out
           the reason.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
       SSL_get_error(3), SSL_connect(3), SSL_accept(3),
       SSL_set_shutdown(3), SSL_CTX_set_quiet_shutdown(3),
       SSL_clear(3), SSL_free(3), ssl(3), bio(3)


OpenBSD 3.6                 2002-05-14                          3
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