SSL_SESSION_GET0_PEER(3ossl)

💅 SSL_SESSION_GET0_PEER ✨

okay bestie so this is the OpenSSL manual page for SSL_SESSION_get0_peer, and honestly? it's a tiny little icon and you're gonna love how simple it is 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SSL_SESSION_get0_peer — get details about peer's certificate for a session 🦋

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

X509 *SSL_SESSION_get0_peer(SSL_SESSION *s);

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So like, SSL_SESSION_get0_peer() returns the peer certificate associated with the session s, or NULL if no peer certificate is available. that's the whole vibe, no cap 🫶

⚠️ okay this part matters bestie: the caller should not free the returned value — unless X509_up_ref(3) has also been called. like, do NOT go freeing it, that's not your moment 💀

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🔥 RETURN VALUES 🔥

SSL_SESSION_get0_peer() returns a pointer to the peer certificate 📜 or NULL if no peer certificate is available. literally it's giving "either you got one or you don't" ✨

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• ssl(7)

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 🌈

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. 💜

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aaaand that's the whole page bestie, short and slay 💅 mwah, this was version 3.5.0 dated 2026-09-25, from the OpenSSL fam — periodt 🧚⭐