SSL_clear(3)

     SSL_clear(3)           0.9.6h (2002-02-27)           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:

          o   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),

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          SSL_CTX_set_client_cert_cb(3)

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