From 85032506d6ac917130db3dfb7ecb76f4bfaa137e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Caswell Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:32:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update version docs Make it clear that you should not attempt to get the version before the first handshake is complete. Fixes #2893 Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6015) --- doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod index 9ae6f25508..f0c696c90c 100644 --- a/doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod +++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_get_version.pod @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ SSL_get_version - get the protocol version of a connection. =head1 DESCRIPTION SSL_get_version() returns the name of the protocol used for the -connection B. +connection B. It should only be called after the initial handshake has been +completed. Prior to that the results returned from this function may be +unreliable. =head1 RETURN VALUES @@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ The connection uses the TLSv1.2 protocol. =item unknown -This indicates that no version has been set (no connection established). +This indicates an unknown protocol version. =back -- 2.25.1