Excerpt from the book : "Network Security with OpenSSL" :
"An SSL_CTX object will be a factory for producing SSL connection objects.
This context allows us to set connection configuration parameters before
the connection is made, such as protocol version, certificate
information, and verification requirements.
It is easiest to think of SSL_CTX objects as the containers for default
values for the SSL connections to be made by a program.
...
In general, an application will create just one SSL_CTX object for all
of the connections it makes."
And Yes, this is also true for multithreaded connections, as long as we
are aware of :
https://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/threads.html
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