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  <li><a href="#NAME">NAME</a></li>
  <li><a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
  <li><a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
  <li><a href="#NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
  <li><a href="#RETURN-VALUES">RETURN VALUES</a></li>
  <li><a href="#SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
  <li><a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a></li>
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<h1 id="NAME">NAME</h1>

<p>SSL_accept - wait for a TLS/SSL client to initiate a TLS/SSL handshake</p>

<h1 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h1>

<pre><code>#include &lt;openssl/ssl.h&gt;

int SSL_accept(SSL *ssl);</code></pre>

<h1 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h1>

<p>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 <b>ssl</b> by setting an underlying <b>BIO</b>.</p>

<h1 id="NOTES">NOTES</h1>

<p>The behaviour of SSL_accept() depends on the underlying BIO.</p>

<p>If the underlying BIO is <b>blocking</b>, SSL_accept() will only return once the handshake has been finished or an error occurred.</p>

<p>If the underlying BIO is <b>nonblocking</b>, SSL_accept() will also return when the underlying BIO could not satisfy the needs of SSL_accept() to continue the handshake, indicating the problem by the return value -1. In this case a call to SSL_get_error() with the return value of SSL_accept() will yield <b>SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ</b> or <b>SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE</b>. 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 nonblocking socket, nothing is to be done, but select() can be used to check for the required condition. When using a buffering BIO, like a BIO pair, data must be written into or retrieved out of the BIO before being able to continue.</p>

<h1 id="RETURN-VALUES">RETURN VALUES</h1>

<p>The following return values can occur:</p>

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<dt id="pod0">0</dt>
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<p>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</b> to find out the reason.</p>

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<dt id="pod1">1</dt>
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<p>The TLS/SSL handshake was successfully completed, a TLS/SSL connection has been established.</p>

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<dt id="pod01">&lt;0</dt>
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<p>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 if action is needed to continue the operation for nonblocking BIOs. Call SSL_get_error() with the return value <b>ret</b> to find out the reason.</p>

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<h1 id="SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</h1>

<p><a href="../man3/SSL_get_error.html">SSL_get_error(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/SSL_connect.html">SSL_connect(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/SSL_shutdown.html">SSL_shutdown(3)</a>, <a href="../man7/ssl.html">ssl(7)</a>, <a href="../man7/bio.html">bio(7)</a>, <a href="../man3/SSL_set_connect_state.html">SSL_set_connect_state(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/SSL_do_handshake.html">SSL_do_handshake(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/SSL_CTX_new.html">SSL_CTX_new(3)</a></p>

<h1 id="COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</h1>

<p>Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.</p>

<p>Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the &quot;License&quot;). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <a href="https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html">https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html</a>.</p>


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