"DESCRIPTION" is required.

[openssl.git] / doc / ssl / SSL_accept.pod

diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod
index d21a391cb87e27b4c46fc66e589aa1832238f9ce..46f95abb2f2283377a7a6fd4e8939cc78101e8e8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_accept.pod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
 
 =head1 NAME
 

-SSL_accept - Wait for a TLS client to initiate a TLS handshake
+SSL_accept - wait for a TLS/SSL client to initiate a TLS/SSL handshake

 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 


@@ -12,22 +12,25 @@ SSL_accept - Wait for a TLS client to initiate a TLS handshake
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 

-SSL_accept() waits for a TLS client to initiate the TLS handshake.
+SSL_accept() waits for a TLS/SSL client to initiate the TLS/SSL handshake.

 The communication channel must already have been set and assigned to the
 The communication channel must already have been set and assigned to the

-B<ssl> by setting an underlying B<BIO>. The behaviour of SSL_accept() depends
-on the underlying BIO. 
+B<ssl> by setting an underlying B<BIO>.

 
 

-If the underlying BIO is B<blocking>, SSL_accept() will only return, once the
-handshake has been finished or an error occured, except for SGC (Server
-Gated Cryptography). For SGC SSL_accept() may return with -1 but
-SSL_get_error() will yield SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ/WRITE and SSL_accept()
+=head1 NOTES
+
+The behaviour of SSL_accept() depends on the underlying BIO. 
+
+If the underlying BIO is B<blocking>, SSL_accept() will only return once the
+handshake has been finished or an error occurred, except for SGC (Server
+Gated Cryptography). For SGC, SSL_accept() may return with -1, but
+SSL_get_error() will yield B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ/WRITE> and SSL_accept()

 should be called again.
 
 should be called again.
 

-If the underlying BIO is B<non-blocking>, SSL_accept() will also return,
+If the underlying BIO is B<non-blocking>, SSL_accept() will also return

 when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the needs of SSL_accept()
 to continue the handshake. In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the
 when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the needs of SSL_accept()
 to continue the handshake. In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the

-return value of SSL_accept() will yield SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ or
-SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE. The calling process then must repeat the call after
+return value of SSL_accept() will yield B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ> or
+B<SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE>. The calling process then must repeat the call after

 taking appropriate action to satisfy the needs of SSL_accept().
 The action depends on the underlying BIO. When using a non-blocking socket,
 nothing is to be done, but select() can be used to check for the required
 taking appropriate action to satisfy the needs of SSL_accept().
 The action depends on the underlying BIO. When using a non-blocking socket,
 nothing is to be done, but select() can be used to check for the required


@@ -42,20 +45,20 @@ The following return values can occur:
 
 =item 1
 
 
 =item 1
 

-The TLS handshake was successfully completed, a TLS connection has been
+The TLS/SSL handshake was successfully completed, a TLS/SSL connection has been

 established.
 
 =item 0
 
 established.
 
 =item 0
 

-The TLS handshake was not successfull but was shut down controlled and
-by the specifications of the TLS protocol. Call SSL_get_error() with the
+The TLS/SSL handshake was not successful but was shut down controlled and
+by the specifications of the TLS/SSL protocol. Call SSL_get_error() with the

 return value B<ret> to find out the reason.
 
 return value B<ret> to find out the reason.
 

-=item -1
+=item E<lt>0

 
 

-The TLS handshake was not successfull, because a fatal error occured either
-at the protocol level or a connection failure occured. The shutdown was
-not clean. It can also occure of action is need to continue the operation
+The TLS/SSL handshake was not successful because a fatal error occurred either
+at the protocol level or a connection failure occurred. The shutdown was
+not clean. It can also occur of action is need to continue the operation

 for non-blocking BIOs. Call SSL_get_error() with the return value B<ret>
 to find out the reason.
 
 for non-blocking BIOs. Call SSL_get_error() with the return value B<ret>
 to find out the reason.