NAME

SSL_state_string, SSL_state_string_long − Get textual description of state of an SSL object

SYNOPSIS

#include <openssl/ssl.h>
const char ∗SSL_state_string(
        SSL ∗ssl const char ∗SSL_state_string_long(
        SSL ∗ssl );

DESCRIPTION

The SSL_state_string() function returns a six−− letter string indicating the current state of the SSL object ssl. 

The SSL_state_string_long() function returns a string indicating the current state of the SSL object ssl. 

NOTES

During its use, an SSL objects passes several states. The state is internally maintained. Querying the state information is not very informative before or when a connection has been established. However, it can be of significant interest during the handshake. 

When using non-blocking sockets, the function call performing the handshake might return an SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ or SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE condition, so that the SSL_state_string[_long]() function might be called. 

For both blocking or non-blocking sockets, the details state information can be used within the info_callback() function set with the SSL_set_info_callback() call. 

RETURN VALUES

Detailed description of possible states to be included later. 

SEE ALSO

Functions: ssl(3), SSL_CTX_set_info_callback(3)