Besides the questions in the subject, a few more. Who initiates the renegotiation? What happens to normal messages already in transit? Does OpenSSL servers have the capability of sending 'Hello request'? Can a client send consecutive client hellos? Will these be considered as renegotiations? My doubts arise out of concern of handling these conditions properly and transparently in my application. And yeah, I am not asking about establishment of new sessions after expiry. Details would be appreciated. Thanks, Amit. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]