SSL_SESSION_GET0_HOSTNAME(3ssl)

NAME
SSL_SESSION_get0_hostname, SSL_SESSION_set1_hostname, SSL_SESSION_get0_alpn_selected, SSL_SESSION_set1_alpn_selected - get and set SNI and ALPN data associated with a session

SYNOPSIS
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>

 const char *SSL_SESSION_get0_hostname(const SSL_SESSION *s);
 int SSL_SESSION_set1_hostname(SSL_SESSION *s, const char *hostname);

 void SSL_SESSION_get0_alpn_selected(const SSL_SESSION *s,
                                     const unsigned char **alpn,
                                     size_t *len);
 int SSL_SESSION_set1_alpn_selected(SSL_SESSION *s, const unsigned char *alpn,
                                    size_t len);

DESCRIPTION
SSL_SESSION_get0_hostname() retrieves the Server Name Indication (SNI) value that was sent by the client when the session was created if the server acknowledged the client's SNI extension by including an empty SNI extension in response. Otherwise NULL is returned.

The value returned is a pointer to memory maintained within s and should not be free'd.

SSL_SESSION_set1_hostname() sets the SNI value for the hostname to a copy of the string provided in hostname.

SSL_SESSION_get0_alpn_selected() retrieves the selected ALPN protocol for this session and its associated length in bytes. The returned value of *alpn is a pointer to memory maintained within s and should not be free'd.

SSL_SESSION_set1_alpn_selected() sets the ALPN protocol for this session to the value in alpn which should be of length len bytes. A copy of the input value is made, and the caller retains ownership of the memory pointed to by alpn.

RETURN VALUES
SSL_SESSION_get0_hostname() returns the SNI string if available, or NULL if not.

SSL_SESSION_set1_hostname() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.

SSL_SESSION_set1_alpn_selected() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.

SEE ALSO
ssl(7), d2i_SSL_SESSION(3), SSL_SESSION_get_time(3), SSL_SESSION_free(3)

HISTORY
The SSL_SESSION_set1_hostname(), SSL_SESSION_get0_alpn_selected() and SSL_SESSION_set1_alpn_selected() functions were added in OpenSSL 1.1.1.

COPYRIGHT
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Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (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>.