Re: How to timeout a SSL_connect?

[Bodo Moeller]

Alice Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I am getting some problems with SSL_Connect.

> v. Initiate an SSLConnection
>     SSL_connect(ssl);
> 
> This call doesn't return at times and 'gdb' shows it's in read() called
> by ssl_read().
> 
> How do I timeout this SSL_connect() call?

Use sockets in non-blocking mode (O_NONBLOCK).  You'll need a
SSL_connect/select loop then (or poll if you prefer it).
select can take a time-out; book-keeping the time used up so far
is left to your application.
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