SSLshutdown(3) OpenSSL SSLshutdown(3)

NAME
       SSLshutdown - shut down a TLS/SSL connection

SYNOPSIS
        #include 

        int SSLshutdown(SSL *ssl);

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

NNOOTTEESS
       SSLshutdown() tries to send the "close notify" shutdown alert to the
       peer.  Whether the operation succeeds or not, the SSLSENTSHUTDOWN
       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.

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

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

       It is therefore recommended, to check the return value of
       SSLshutdown() and call SSLshutdown() 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,
       SSLshutdown() will succeed on the first call.

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

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

       If the underlying BIO is nnoonn-bblloocckkiinngg, SSLshutdown() will also return
       when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the needs of SSLshutdown()
       to continue the handshake. In this case a call to SSLgeterror() with
       the return value of SSLshutdown() will yield SSSSLLEERRRROORRWWAANNTTRREEAADD or
       SSSSLLEERRRROORRWWAANNTTWWRRIITTEE. The calling process then must repeat the call
       after taking appropriate action to satisfy the needs of SSLshutdown().
       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.

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

RETURN VALUES
       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.

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

       3.  -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 SSLgeterror(3) with the return value rreett to
           find out the reason.

SEE ALSO
       SSLgeterror(3), SSLconnect(3), SSLaccept(3), SSLsetshutdown(3),
       SSLCTXsetquietshutdown(3), SSLclear(3), SSLfree(3), ssl(3),
       bio(3)

PPOODD EERRRROORRSS
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       Around line 100:
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       Around line 107:
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0.9.7l                            2004-11-14                   SSLshutdown(3)