SSL_GET_SSL_CTX(3)

✨ NAME ✨

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SSL_get_SSL_CTX — get the SSL_CTX from which an SSL is created 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the synopsis is literally this exact little ritual:

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

SSL_CTX *
SSL_get_SSL_CTX(const SSL *ssl);

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so SSL_get_SSL_CTX() returns a pointer to the SSL_CTX object — the one that ssl was created from with SSL_new(3). that's the whole lore, no cap 🫶

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🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

the pointer to the SSL_CTX object is returned. periodt 💫

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• ssl(3)
• SSL_new(3)

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🌈 HISTORY 🌈

SSL_get_SSL_CTX() first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.1 and has been available since OpenBSD 2.4. vintage behavior, honestly 👑

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this cutie was served up by Debian on June 8, 2025, and it's the SSL_GET_SSL_CTX(3) page — bye bestie, hydrate and read your man pages 💖🎀