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51 .Dd $Mdocdate: March 21 2018 $
52 .Dt SSL_GET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 3
55 .Nm SSL_get_default_timeout
56 .Nd get default session timeout value
60 .Fn SSL_get_default_timeout "const SSL *ssl"
62 .Fn SSL_get_default_timeout
63 returns the default timeout value assigned to
65 objects negotiated for the protocol valid for
68 Whenever a new session is negotiated, it is assigned a timeout value,
69 after which it will not be accepted for session reuse.
70 If the timeout value was not explicitly set using
71 .Xr SSL_CTX_set_timeout 3 ,
72 the hardcoded default timeout for the protocol will be used.
74 .Fn SSL_get_default_timeout
75 return this hardcoded value, which is 300 seconds for all currently supported
76 protocols (SSLv2, SSLv3, and TLSv1).
79 .Xr SSL_CTX_flush_sessions 3 ,
80 .Xr SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode 3 ,
81 .Xr SSL_SESSION_get_time 3
83 .Fn SSL_get_default_timeout
84 appeared before SSLeay 0.8 and has been available since