Thanks for the reply. However I got more questions after seeing the response:
1. Does SSL_CTX keeps the session object for future reuse (or session resumption)? 2. How many of session objects does SSL_CTX try to keep (max bound of unfreed session objects)? 2. What (harm) will happen if I do explicit SSL_SESSION_free() after I call SSL_free() to get rid of the session object? Thanks. Aslam wrote: > > one reference is hold by SSL_CTX's lhash, if I'm not wrong, so when u call > SSL_CTX_free, session object get freed. Its required for session lookup on > SSL_CTX basis.. > > Aslam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Haihong Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: reference count of SSL session > > Hi, all, I am writing some programs using openssl 0.9.6 and get some > puzzling > questions about reference count in the SSL session. Basically, I am looking > into > the internal data structure of SSL_SESSION: > > ... > int references; > } SSL_SESSION; > > as defined in openssl/ssl.h > > And from my understanding of ssl source code, the field is indeed used for > reference counting purpose (if it drops to zero, the whole structure is > freed). > What is puzzling is that when a fresh SSL_connect() succeeds, I use > SSL_get_session() to retrieve the SSL_SESSION point, and prints the > references > field, it is 2. After I call SSL_free(), it is 1. There is no sharing of > session > whatsoever (one connection in my program). > > Does this mean there is memory leak for the session object? Or there is some > magic somewhere else? Or my understanding is not correct? > > Any suggestion/help is welcomed. Thanks. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Haihong Wang Software Engineer > Voice: 408-853-6974 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cisco Systems, Inc. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haihong Wang Software Engineer Voice: 408-853-6974 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cisco Systems, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
