SSL_SESSION_PRINT(3)

💅 NAME 💅

okay bestie, this is SSL_SESSION_PRINT(3) from the library functions manual, and it’s giving “print some properties of an SSL_SESSION object” energy ✨

• SSL_SESSION_print, SSL_SESSION_print_fp — print some properties of an SSL_SESSION object 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the synopsis said exactly this, no cap:

library “libssl” libcrypto #include <openssl/ssl.h>

int
SSL_SESSION_print(BIO *bp, const SSL_SESSION *session);

int
SSL_SESSION_print_fp(FILE *fp, const SSL_SESSION *session);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so SSL_SESSION_print() prints some properties of session in a human-readable format to the BIO *bp, and the little lineup includes: protocol version, cipher name, session ID, session ID context, master key, session ticket lifetime hint, session ticket, start time, timeout, and verify return code 🌸

SSL_SESSION_print_fp() does the same as SSL_SESSION_print() except that it prints to the FILE *fp 🎀

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🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

SSL_SESSION_print() and SSL_SESSION_print_fp() return 1 for success or 0 for failure, periodt 💅

in some cases, the reason for failure can be determined with ERR_get_error(3) 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• d2i_SSL_SESSION(3)
• PEM_read_SSL_SESSION(3)
• ssl(3)
• SSL_get_session(3)
• SSL_SESSION_free(3)
• SSL_SESSION_get_ex_new_index(3)
• SSL_SESSION_get_time(3)
• SSL_SESSION_new(3)

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👑 HISTORY 👑

SSL_SESSION_print() first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.2 🦋

SSL_SESSION_print_fp() first appeared in SSLeay 0.6.0 🌟

both functions have been available since OpenBSD 2.4 💖

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mwah 💋 — this page came from Debian, dated June 8, 2025, and its page tag is SSL_SESSION_PRINT(3) ✨🎀