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52.Dd $Mdocdate: March 18 2019 $
53.Dt SSL_GET_VERSION 3
54.Os
55.Sh NAME
56.Nm SSL_get_version ,
57.Nm SSL_version
58.\" The following are intentionally undocumented because
59.\" - the longer term plan is to remove them
60.\" - nothing appears to be using them in the wild
61.\" - and they have the wrong namespace prefix
62.\" Nm TLS1_get_version
63.\" Nm TLS1_get_client_version
64.Nd get the protocol version of a connection
65.Sh SYNOPSIS
66.In openssl/ssl.h
67.Ft const char *
68.Fn SSL_get_version "const SSL *ssl"
69.Ft int
70.Fn SSL_version "const SSL *ssl"
71.Sh DESCRIPTION
72.Fn SSL_get_version
73returns the name of the protocol used for the connection
74.Fa ssl .
75.Pp
76.Fn SSL_version
77returns an integer constant representing that protocol.
78.Pp
79These functions only return reliable results
80after the initial handshake has been completed.
81.Sh RETURN VALUES
82The following strings or integers can be returned:
83.Bl -tag -width Ds
84.It Qo TLSv1 Qc No or Dv TLS1_VERSION
85The connection uses the TLSv1.0 protocol.
86.It Qo TLSv1.1 Qc No or Dv TLS1_1_VERSION
87The connection uses the TLSv1.1 protocol.
88.It Qo TLSv1.2 Qc No or Dv TLS1_2_VERSION
89The connection uses the TLSv1.2 protocol.
90.It Qo TLSv1.3 Qc No or Dv TLS1_3_VERSION
91The connection uses the TLSv1.3 protocol.
92.It Qo DTLSv1 Qc No or Dv DTLS1_VERSION
93The connection uses the Datagram Transport Layer Security 1.0 protocol.
94.It Qq unknown
95This indicates an unknown protocol version;
96it cannot currently happen with LibreSSL.
97.El
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr ssl 3
100.Sh HISTORY
101.Fn SSL_get_version
102and
103.Fn SSL_version
104first appeared in SSLeay 0.8.0 and have been available since
105.Ox 2.4 .
106