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TLS_CONNECT(3) Library Functions Manual TLS_CONNECT(3)

tls_connect, tls_connect_fds, tls_connect_servername, tls_connect_socket, tls_connect_cbsinstruct a TLS client to establish a connection

#include <tls.h>

int
tls_connect(struct tls *ctx, const char *host, const char *port);

int
tls_connect_fds(struct tls *ctx, int fd_read, int fd_write, const char *servername);

int
tls_connect_servername(struct tls *ctx, const char *host, const char *port, const char *servername);

int
tls_connect_socket(struct tls *ctx, int s, const char *servername);

int
tls_connect_cbs(struct tls *ctx, ssize_t (*tls_read_cb)(struct tls *ctx, void *buf, size_t buflen, void *cb_arg), ssize_t (*tls_write_cb)(struct tls *ctx, const void *buf, size_t buflen, void *cb_arg), void *cb_arg, const char *servername);

After creating a TLS client context with tls_client(3) and configuring it with tls_configure(3), a client connection is initiated by calling (). This function will create a new socket, connect to the specified host and port, and then establish a secure connection. The port may be numeric or a service name. If it is NULL, then a host of the format "hostname:port" is permitted. The name to use for verification is inferred from the host value.

The () function has the same behaviour, however the name to use for verification is explicitly provided, for the case where the TLS server name differs from the DNS name.

An already existing socket can be upgraded to a secure connection by calling ().

Alternatively, a secure connection can be established over a pair of existing file descriptors by calling ().

Calling () allows read and write callback functions to handle data transfers. The specified cb_arg parameter is passed back to the functions, and can contain a pointer to any caller-specified data.

These functions return 0 on success or -1 on error.

tls_accept_socket(3), tls_client(3), tls_close(3), tls_config_ocsp_require_stapling(3), tls_configure(3), tls_handshake(3), tls_init(3)

tls_connect() and tls_connect_socket() appeared in OpenBSD 5.6 and got their final names in OpenBSD 5.7.

tls_connect_fds() and tls_connect_servername() appeared in OpenBSD 5.7 and tls_connect_cbs() in OpenBSD 6.1.

Joel Sing <jsing@openbsd.org>
Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org>

tls_connect_cbs() was written by Tobias Pape <tobias@netshed.de>.

July 9, 2018 OpenBSD-6.7