libressl-SSL_get_default_timeout(3)

libressl-SSL_get_default_timeout3

Get default session timeout value

Usage

SSL Library (libssl, -lssl) libcrypto

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

long

SSL_get_default_timeout(const SSL *ssl);

Overview

SSL_get_default_timeout() returns the default timeout value assigned to SSL_SESSION objects negotiated for the protocol valid for ssl.

Whenever a new session is negotiated, it is assigned a timeout value, after which it will not be accepted for session reuse. If the timeout value was not explicitly set using SSL_CTX_set_timeout(3), the hardcoded default timeout for the protocol will be used.

SSL_get_default_timeout() return this hardcoded value, which is 300 seconds for all currently supported protocols (SSLv2, SSLv3, and TLSv1).

History

SSL_get_default_timeout() first appeared in SSLeay 0.8.0 and has been available since OpenBSD 2.4.

From libressl 4.4.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.