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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5SSL_set_bio, SSL_set0_rbio, SSL_set0_wbio - connect the SSL object with a BIO
6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
10
11 void SSL_set_bio(SSL *ssl, BIO *rbio, BIO *wbio);
12 void SSL_set0_rbio(SSL *s, BIO *rbio);
13 void SSL_set0_wbio(SSL *s, BIO *wbio);
14
15=head1 DESCRIPTION
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17SSL_set0_rbio() connects the BIO B<rbio> for the read operations of the B<ssl>
18object. The SSL engine inherits the behaviour of B<rbio>. If the BIO is
19nonblocking then the B<ssl> object will also have nonblocking behaviour. This
20function transfers ownership of B<rbio> to B<ssl>. It will be automatically
21freed using L<BIO_free_all(3)> when the B<ssl> is freed. On calling this
22function, any existing B<rbio> that was previously set will also be freed via a
23call to L<BIO_free_all(3)> (this includes the case where the B<rbio> is set to
24the same value as previously).
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26If using a custom BIO, B<rbio> must implement either
27L<BIO_meth_set_read_ex(3)> or L<BIO_meth_set_read(3)>.
28
29SSL_set0_wbio() works in the same as SSL_set0_rbio() except that it connects
30the BIO B<wbio> for the write operations of the B<ssl> object. Note that if the
31rbio and wbio are the same then SSL_set0_rbio() and SSL_set0_wbio() each take
32ownership of one reference. Therefore, it may be necessary to increment the
33number of references available using L<BIO_up_ref(3)> before calling the set0
34functions.
35
36If using a custom BIO, B<wbio> must implement
37L<BIO_meth_set_write_ex(3)> or L<BIO_meth_set_write(3)>. It additionally must
38implement L<BIO_flush(3)> using B<BIO_CTRL_FLUSH> and L<BIO_meth_set_ctrl(3)>.
39If flushing is unnecessary with B<wbio>, L<BIO_flush(3)> should return one and
40do nothing.
41
42SSL_set_bio() is similar to SSL_set0_rbio() and SSL_set0_wbio() except
43that it connects both the B<rbio> and the B<wbio> at the same time, and
44transfers the ownership of B<rbio> and B<wbio> to B<ssl> according to
45the following set of rules:
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47=over 2
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49=item *
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51If neither the B<rbio> or B<wbio> have changed from their previous values
52then nothing is done.
53
54=item *
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56If the B<rbio> and B<wbio> parameters are different and both are different
57to their
58previously set values then one reference is consumed for the rbio and one
59reference is consumed for the wbio.
60
61=item *
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63If the B<rbio> and B<wbio> parameters are the same and the B<rbio> is not
64the same as the previously set value then one reference is consumed.
65
66=item *
67
68If the B<rbio> and B<wbio> parameters are the same and the B<rbio> is the
69same as the previously set value, then no additional references are consumed.
70
71=item *
72
73If the B<rbio> and B<wbio> parameters are different and the B<rbio> is the
74same as the
75previously set value then one reference is consumed for the B<wbio> and no
76references are consumed for the B<rbio>.
77
78=item *
79
80If the B<rbio> and B<wbio> parameters are different and the B<wbio> is the
81same as the previously set value and the old B<rbio> and B<wbio> values
82were the same as each other then one reference is consumed for the B<rbio>
83and no references are consumed for the B<wbio>.
84
85=item *
86
87If the B<rbio> and B<wbio> parameters are different and the B<wbio>
88is the same as the
89previously set value and the old B<rbio> and B<wbio> values were different
90to each other, then one reference is consumed for the B<rbio> and one
91reference is consumed for the B<wbio>.
92
93=back
94
95Because of this complexity, this function should be avoided;
96use SSL_set0_rbio() and SSL_set0_wbio() instead.
97
98Where a new BIO is set on a QUIC connection SSL object, blocking mode will be
99disabled on that SSL object if the BIO cannot support blocking mode. If another
100BIO is subsequently set on the SSL object which can support blocking mode,
101blocking mode will not be automatically re-enabled. For more information, see
102L<SSL_set_blocking_mode(3)>.
103
104=head1 RETURN VALUES
105
106SSL_set_bio(), SSL_set0_rbio() and SSL_set0_wbio() cannot fail.
107
108=head1 SEE ALSO
109
110L<SSL_get_rbio(3)>,
111L<SSL_connect(3)>, L<SSL_accept(3)>,
112L<SSL_shutdown(3)>, L<ssl(7)>, L<bio(7)>
113
114=head1 HISTORY
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116SSL_set0_rbio() and SSL_set0_wbio() were added in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
117
118=head1 COPYRIGHT
119
120Copyright 2000-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
121
122Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
123this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
124in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
125L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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127=cut
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