SSL_get_rbio(3ssl)

SSL_get_rbio3ssl

Get bio linked to an ssl object

Usage

 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 BIO *SSL_get_rbio(SSL *ssl);
 BIO *SSL_get_wbio(SSL *ssl);

Overview

SSL_get_rbio() and SSL_get_wbio() return pointers to the BIOs for the read or the write channel, which can be different. The reference count of the BIO is not incremented.

Return values

The following return values can occur:

NULL

No BIO was connected to the SSL object

Any other pointer

The BIO linked to ssl.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 12 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0
  4. 5.0
  5. 6.0
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. Arch

From openssl 3.6.5-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.