SSL_set_connect_state(3)

NAME
SSL_set_connect_state, SSL_get_accept_state - prepare SSL object to work in client or server mode

SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 void SSL_set_connect_state(SSL *ssl);
 void SSL_set_accept_state(SSL *ssl);

DESCRIPTION
SSL_set_connect_state() ssl to work in client mode.

SSL_set_accept_state() ssl to work in server mode.

NOTES
When the SSL_CTX object was created with SSL_CTX_new(3), it was either assigned a dedicated client method, a dedicated server method, or a generic method, that can be used for both client and server connections. (The method might have been changed with SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(3) or SSL_set_ssl_method().)

In order to successfully accomplish the handshake, the SSL routines need to know whether they should act in server or client mode. If the generic method was used, this is not clear from the method itself and must be set with either SSL_set_connect_state() or SSL_set_accept_state(). If these routines are not called, the default value set when SSL_new(3) is called is server mode.

RETURN VALUES
SSL_set_connect_state() and SSL_set_accept_state() do not return diagnostic information.

SEE ALSO
ssl(3), SSL_new(3), SSL_CTX_new(3), SSL_CTX_set_ssl_version(3)