SSL_GET_SSL_CTX(3ossl)

💖 SSL_GET_SSL_CTX 💖

okay bestie, welcome to SSL_GET_SSL_CTX(3ossl) — part of the OpenSSL manual pages, and honestly? This one is a lil baby page. Short. Sweet. Zero drama. But we're still gonna do it right, because that's the vibe. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

SSL_get_SSL_CTX — get the SSL_CTX from which an SSL is created

Like... the whole point is "hey, you have this SSL, where did it come from?" and this function tells you. It's giving find your roots. 🌱

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

SSL_CTX *SSL_get_SSL_CTX(const SSL *ssl);

yes bestie, that's it, that's the whole thing, she's a one-liner, an icon, a legend. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

SSL_get_SSL_CTX() returns a pointer to the SSL_CTX object, from which ssl was created with SSL_new(3).

So like, real talk: every SSL object out there got born from an SSL_CTX. That's its mother. Its origin story. Its main character backstory. 💅 And this function is literally just handing you the pointer back to that parent SSL_CTX. No cap, no plot twist, no extra steps.

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🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

The pointer to the SSL_CTX object is returned.

That's it. That's the return value. You get the pointer. She delivers. Periodt. 💖

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• ssl(7)
• SSL_new(3)

go read those too bestie, they're the supporting cast, they ate. 🫶

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright 2001-2016 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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and that's the whole page bestie, we did it, we read a manpage together, that's basically a friendship milestone 💜

this lil gem is from OpenSSL 3.5.9, dated 2026-09-29, and it's titled SSL_GET_SSL_CTX(3ossl) — mwah, iconic, no notes. 🎀✨