> If the scenario mentioned above is possible, then the server > will be blocked in the SSL_accept() (until the underlying tcp > connection is broken) and hence wont be able to service other > clients' connection requests
This is the Toyota Principle, "you asked for it, you got it." If you don't want to block, don't use blocking sockets. The only mechanism that can assure that a socket operation will not block is non-blocking sockets. DS ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]