SSL_GET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(3SSL)

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version 4.0.3 · 14 versions
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💖 SSL_GET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(3SSL) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SSL_get_default_timeout page, part of the OpenSSL fam 💅

✨ NAME ✨

SSL_get_default_timeout — get the default session timeout value, no cap 🕐

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

long SSL_get_default_timeout(const SSL *ssl);

literal two lines of setup and you're in, love that for us 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so SSL_get_default_timeout() hands you back the default timeout value that gets slapped onto SSL_SESSION objects — the ones negotiated for whatever protocol is valid for ssl. that's it. that's the function. it's giving "one job, does it well" 👑

🌈 NOTES 🌈

here's the tea 🍓 every time a new session gets negotiated, it gets assigned a timeout value. and after that timeout? it will not be accepted for session reuse. bye bye 👋

if that timeout was never explicitly set using SSL_CTX_set_timeout(3), then the hardcoded default timeout for the protocol is what you get instead. no notes, it just vibes 💀

and yes — SSL_get_default_timeout() returns that hardcoded value, which is 300 seconds for all currently supported protocols. three hundo. five minutes. iconic ⏳✨

👑 RETURN VALUES 👑

see description bestie, it's all up there 💜 (fr fr, that's where the answer lives)

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

go read those when you're done here, iykyk 📚💅

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aaaand that's the whole page, bestie!! this was version 4.0.3, dated 2026-09-29, and it lives under the name SSL_GET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(3SSL) 🌟 mwah, go forth and timeout responsibly 💖🦋✨

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