On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 02:53:32AM +0100, Dr S N Henson wrote:
> > PS. I can provide some more as it seems to be useful to integrate as much
> > as possible _before_ 0.9.6 comes out.
> > I have collected some experiences with BIO-pairs and related stuff.
>
> Well I'm just writing about the bits I've direct experience of or can
> quickly find out. BIO pairs doesn't come into that category (yet) so
> feel free.
Ok, I will prepare some more over the next days..
> Oh BTW, SSL_read() and SSL_write() can I believe return -1 and request a
> retried read or write even if the underlying BIO is blocking if the
> session is renegotiated. That problem has bitten a lot of people because
> it can cause problems with SGC, which renegotiates a session
> immediately.
>
> Why should it do this? I've no idea but I'd always regarded it as
> anomalous and wouldn't be sorry to see this changed.
I am not sure whether my knowledge of this part of the code is intimate
enough to propose a change. I will have a look into the source anyway.
Best regards,
Lutz
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