Greetings, I have been working on an application that uses SSL as part of the transport mechanism. I have gotten it to work rather nicely, and am working toward "fine tuning" it. I noticed that in the demo apps (the ones I followed) that they simply make a SSL connection, then SSL_read/SSL_write. I later noticed in "s_server" and "s_client" that there is some use of the SSL_state commands. Thus my questions are this: * How important are the "state" commands during a SSL session? * Will implementing the "state" commands increase the reliability/robustness of my application? If there is any documentation that describes how to write "good" SSL apps, please kindly point me in the right direction. I have searched high and low but can't seem to turn up any useful documentation. Thanks in advance, - Bennett ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]