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diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_shutdown.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_shutdown.pod index efbff5a0a323..e2a776cf1c73 100644 --- a/doc/ssl/SSL_shutdown.pod +++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_shutdown.pod @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Whether the operation succeeds or not, the SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN flag is set and a currently open session is considered closed and good and will be kept in the session cache for further reuse. +Note that SSL_shutdown() must not be called if a previous fatal error has +occurred on a connection i.e. if SSL_get_error() has returned SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL +or SSL_ERROR_SSL. + The shutdown procedure consists of 2 steps: the sending of the "close notify" shutdown alert and the reception of the peer's "close notify" shutdown alert. According to the TLS standard, it is acceptable for an application |