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52.Dd $Mdocdate: May 12 2021 $
53.Dt SSL_SESSION_GET0_CIPHER 3
54.Os
55.Sh NAME
56.Nm SSL_SESSION_get0_cipher
57.Nd retrieve the SSL cipher associated with a session
58.Sh SYNOPSIS
59.In openssl/ssl.h
60.Ft const SSL_CIPHER *
61.Fo SSL_SESSION_get0_cipher
62.Fa "const SSL_SESSION *session"
63.Fc
64.Sh DESCRIPTION
65.Fn SSL_SESSION_get0_cipher
66retrieves the cipher that was used by the connection when the session
67was created, or
68.Dv NULL
69if it cannot be determined.
70.Pp
71The value returned is a pointer to an object maintained within
72.Fa session
73and should not be released.
74.Sh RETURN VALUES
75.Fn SSL_SESSION_get0_cipher
76returns the
77.Vt SSL_CIPHER
78associated with
79.Fa session
80or
81.Dv NULL
82if it cannot be determined.
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr ssl 3 ,
85.Xr SSL_CIPHER_get_name 3 ,
86.Xr SSL_get_current_cipher 3 ,
87.Xr SSL_get_session 3 ,
88.Xr SSL_SESSION_new 3
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Fn SSL_SESSION_get0_cipher
92function first appeared in OpenSSL 1.1.0
93and has been available since
94.Ox 7.0 .
95