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commit 9737a38f34b49487223625a77860e957095cae13
Author: Matt Caswell <[email protected]>
Date: Thu Apr 19 13:32:45 2018 +0100
Update version docs
Make it clear that you should not attempt to get the version before the
first handshake is complete.
Fixes #2893
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6014)
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Summary of changes:
doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod
index 23b6497..3c2f825 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ SSL_get_version, SSL_is_dtls - get the protocol information
of a connection
=head1 DESCRIPTION
SSL_get_version() returns the name of the protocol used for the
-connection B<ssl>.
+connection B<ssl>. It should only be called after the initial handshake has
been
+completed. Prior to that the results returned from this function may be
+unreliable.
SSL_is_dtls() returns one if the connection is using DTLS, zero if not.
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ The connection uses the TLSv1.2 protocol.
=item unknown
-This indicates that no version has been set (no connection established).
+This indicates an unknown protocol version.
=back
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