Hey Thanks a lot for the answer David. Sanjay
--- David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I read many posts about multiple threads > accessing > > a single SSL connection for read/write. I am still > > confused about the usage. What exactly is the > truth? > > You cannot access the same SSL connection from more > than one thread at a > time. > > > If I have a client SSL connection that has 3 > to 4 > > threads accessing the same SSL connection for > > read/write to the server, will it cause a > problem?? > > Yes, if they're accessing it at the same time. I > can't imagine how two > writes or two reads would be useful, so the only > issue should be a read and > a write at the same time. While that could be > useful, you must not do that. > > > If > > yes, then can I make use of mutex locks to allow > only > > one thread access the SSL connection (for > read/write) > > at a time??? If no, I am happy :) > > Yes, you can. > > DS > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project > http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List > openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]