directly by the application or automatically (see
L<SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)|SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)>)
-The default value for session timeout is 300 seconds.
+The default value for session timeout is decided on a per protocol
+basis, see L<SSL_get_default_timeout(3)|SSL_get_default_timeout(3)>.
+All currently supported protocols have the same default timeout value
+of 300 seconds.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>,
L<SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)|SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(3)>,
L<SSL_SESSION_get_time(3)|SSL_SESSION_get_time(3)>,
-L<SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)|SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)>
+L<SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)|SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(3)>,
+L<SSL_get_default_timeout(3)|SSL_get_default_timeout(3)>
=cut
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>,
-L<SSL_CTX_set_timeout(3)|SSL_CTX_set_timeout(3)>
+L<SSL_CTX_set_timeout(3)|SSL_CTX_set_timeout(3)>,
+L<SSL_get_default_timeout(3)|SSL_get_default_timeout(3)>
=cut
L<SSL_get_SSL_CTX(3)|SSL_get_SSL_CTX(3)>,
L<SSL_get_ciphers(3)|SSL_get_ciphers(3)>,
L<SSL_get_client_CA_list(3)|SSL_get_client_CA_list(3)>,
+L<SSL_get_default_timeout(3)|SSL_get_default_timeout(3)>,
L<SSL_get_error(3)|SSL_get_error(3)>,
L<SSL_get_ex_data_X509_STORE_CTX_idx(3)|SSL_get_ex_data_X509_STORE_CTX_idx(3)>,
L<SSL_get_ex_new_index(3)|SSL_get_ex_new_index(3)>,