1SSL_shutdown(3) OpenSSL SSL_shutdown(3)
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6 SSL_shutdown - shut down a TLS/SSL connection
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9 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
10 int SSL_shutdown(SSL *ssl);
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14 SSL_shutdown() shuts down an active TLS/SSL connection. It sends the
15 "close notify" shutdown alert to the peer.
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18 SSL_shutdown() tries to send the "close notify" shutdown alert to the
19 peer. Whether the operation succeeds or not, the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN
20 flag is set and a currently open session is considered closed and good
21 and will be kept in the session cache for further reuse.
22 The shutdown procedure consists of 2 steps: the sending of the "close
24 notify" shutdown alert and the reception of the peer's "close notify"
25 shutdown alert. According to the TLS standard, it is acceptable for an
26 application to only send its shutdown alert and then close the underly‐
27 ing connection without waiting for the peer's response (this way
28 resources can be saved, as the process can already terminate or serve
29 another connection). When the underlying connection shall be used for
30 more communications, the complete shutdown procedure (bidirectional
31 "close notify" alerts) must be performed, so that the peers stay syn‐
32 chronized.
33 SSL_shutdown() supports both uni- and bidirectional shutdown by its 2
35 step behaviour.
36 When the application is the first party to send the "close notify"
38 alert, SSL_shutdown() will only send the alert and then set the
39 SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN flag (so that the session is considered good and will
40 be kept in cache). SSL_shutdown() will then return with 0. If a unidi‐
41 rectional shutdown is enough (the underlying connection shall be closed
42 anyway), this first call to SSL_shutdown() is sufficient. In order to
43 complete the bidirectional shutdown handshake, SSL_shutdown() must be
44 called again. The second call will make SSL_shutdown() wait for the
45 peer's "close notify" shutdown alert. On success, the second call to
46 SSL_shutdown() will return with 1.
47 If the peer already sent the "close notify" alert and it was already
48 processed implicitly inside another function (SSL_read(3)), the
49 SSL_RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN flag is set. SSL_shutdown() will send the "close
50 notify" alert, set the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN flag and will immediately
51 return with 1. Whether SSL_RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN is already set can be
52 checked using the SSL_get_shutdown() (see also SSL_set_shutdown(3)
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54 It is therefore recommended, to check the return value of SSL_shut‐
56 down() and call SSL_shutdown() again, if the bidirectional shutdown is
57 not yet complete (return value of the first call is 0). As the shutdown
58 is not specially handled in the SSLv2 protocol, SSL_shutdown() will
59 succeed on the first call.
60 The behaviour of SSL_shutdown() additionally depends on the underlying
62 BIO.
63 If the underlying BIO is blocking, SSL_shutdown() will only return once
65 the handshake step has been finished or an error occurred.
66 If the underlying BIO is non-blocking, SSL_shutdown() will also return
68 when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the needs of SSL_shutdown()
69 to continue the handshake. In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with
70 the return value of SSL_shutdown() will yield SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ or
71 SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE. The calling process then must repeat the call
72 after taking appropriate action to satisfy the needs of SSL_shutdown().
73 The action depends on the underlying BIO. When using a non-blocking
74 socket, nothing is to be done, but select() can be used to check for
75 the required condition. When using a buffering BIO, like a BIO pair,
76 data must be written into or retrieved out of the BIO before being able
77 to continue.
78 SSL_shutdown() can be modified to only set the connection to "shutdown"
80 state but not actually send the "close notify" alert messages, see
81 SSL_CTX_set_quiet_shutdown(3). When "quiet shutdown" is enabled,
82 SSL_shutdown() will always succeed and return 1.
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85 The following return values can occur:
86 1 The shutdown was successfully completed. The "close notify" alert
88 was sent and the peer's "close notify" alert was received.
89 0 The shutdown is not yet finished. Call SSL_shutdown() for a second
91 time, if a bidirectional shutdown shall be performed. The output
92 of SSL_get_error(3) may be misleading, as an erroneous
93 SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL may be flagged even though no error occurred.
94 -1 The shutdown was not successful because a fatal error occurred
96 either at the protocol level or a connection failure occurred. It
97 can also occur if action is need to continue the operation for non-
98 blocking BIOs. Call SSL_get_error(3) with the return value ret to
99 find out the reason.
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102 SSL_get_error(3), SSL_connect(3), SSL_accept(3), SSL_set_shutdown(3),
103 SSL_CTX_set_quiet_shutdown(3), SSL_clear(3), SSL_free(3), ssl(3),
104 bio(3)
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