- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- RETURN VALUES
- NOTES
- SEE ALSO
- COPYRIGHT

# NAME

SSL_get_current_cipher, SSL_get_cipher_name, SSL_get_cipher, SSL_get_cipher_bits, SSL_get_cipher_version - get SSL_CIPHER of a connection

# SYNOPSIS

     #include <openssl/ssl.h>

     SSL_CIPHER *SSL_get_current_cipher(const SSL *ssl);

     const char *SSL_get_cipher_name(const SSL *s);
     const char *SSL_get_cipher(const SSL *s);
     int SSL_get_cipher_bits(const SSL *s, int *np) \
     const char *SSL_get_cipher_version(const SSL *s);

# DESCRIPTION

SSL_get_current_cipher() returns a pointer to an SSL_CIPHER object containing the description of the actually used cipher of a connection established with the ssl object. See SSL_CIPHER_get_name(3) for more details.

SSL_get_cipher_name() obtains the name of the currently used cipher. SSL_get_cipher() is identical to SSL_get_cipher_name(). SSL_get_cipher_bits() is a macro to obtain the number of secret/algorithm bits used and SSL_get_cipher_version() returns the protocol name.

# RETURN VALUES

SSL_get_current_cipher() returns the cipher actually used, or NULL if no session has been established.

# NOTES

These are implemented as macros.

# SEE ALSO

ssl(3), SSL_CIPHER_get_name(3)

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.