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SSL_free(3)                  OpenSSL                  SSL_free(3)



NAME

       SSL_free - free an allocated SSL structure


LIBRARY

       libcrypto, -lcrypto


SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/ssl.h>

        void SSL_free(SSL *ssl);



DESCRIPTION

       SSL_free() decrements the reference count of ssl, and
       removes the SSL structure pointed to by ssl and frees up
       the allocated memory if the the reference count has
       reached 0.


NOTES

       SSL_free() also calls the free()ing procedures for indi-
       rectly affected items, if applicable: the buffering BIO,
       the read and write BIOs, cipher lists specially created
       for this ssl, the SSL_SESSION.  Do not explicitly free
       these indirectly freed up items before or after calling
       SSL_free(), as trying to free things twice may lead to
       program failure.

       The ssl session has reference counts from two users: the
       SSL object, for which the reference count is removed by
       SSL_free() and the internal session cache. If the session
       is considered bad, because SSL_shutdown(3) was not called
       for the connection and SSL_set_shutdown(3) was not used to
       set the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN state, the session will also be
       removed from the session cache as required by RFC2246.


RETURN VALUES

       SSL_free() does not provide diagnostic information.

       SSL_new(3), SSL_clear(3), SSL_shutdown(3), SSL_set_shutdown(3)
       , ssl(3)

















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