SSL_SET_SSL_CTX(3)

💖 SSL_set_SSL_CTX(3) — Library Functions Manual 💖

okay bestie, this is the Library Functions Manual page for one tiny but iconic function. no cap, let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

SSL_set_SSL_CTX — modify an SSL connection object to use another context

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

SSL_CTX *
SSL_set_SSL_CTX(SSL *ssl, SSL_CTX* ctx);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so SSL_set_SSL_CTX() causes ssl to use the context ctx. it's giving "swap the vibe of this connection" energy ✨

if ctx is NULL, then ssl reverts to using the context that it was initially created from with SSL_new(3). yes bestie, it reverts — no cap 🙈

if ssl already uses ctx, then no action occurs. no action, no drama, periodt 💅

🎀 RETURN VALUES 🎀

SSL_set_SSL_CTX() returns an internal pointer to the context that ssl is using as a result of the call. iconic.

but if memory allocation fails, it returns NULL. so yeah, watch for that 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• ssl(3)
• SSL_clear(3)
• SSL_CTX_new(3)
• SSL_get_SSL_CTX(3)
• SSL_new(3)
• SSL_set_security_level(3)

👑 HISTORY 👑

SSL_set_SSL_CTX() first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.8f and has been available since OpenBSD 4.5. history really said "I was there" 💀✨

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