OpenSSL 0.9.7 stable 2002 05 08 merge

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod b/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod
index b0dfefae20d..dfa42e9aeef 100644
--- a/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod
+++ b/lib/libssl/src/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ the SSL_write() operation. The behaviour of SSL_write() depends on the
 underlying BIO. 
 
 For the transparent negotiation to succeed, the B<ssl> must have been
-initialized to client or server mode. This is not the case if a generic
-method is being used (see L<SSL_CTX_new(3)|SSL_CTX_new(3)>, so that
+initialized to client or server mode. This is being done by calling
 L<SSL_set_connect_state(3)|SSL_set_connect_state(3)> or SSL_set_accept_state()
-must be used before the first call to an L<SSL_read(3)|SSL_read(3)>
-or SSL_write() function.
+before the first call to an L<SSL_read(3)|SSL_read(3)> or SSL_write() function.
 
 If the underlying BIO is B<blocking>, SSL_write() will only return, once the
 write operation has been finished or an error occurred, except when a
@@ -80,8 +78,14 @@ bytes actually written to the TLS/SSL connection.
 
 =item 0
 
-The write operation was not successful. Call SSL_get_error() with the return
-value B<ret> to find out, whether an error occurred.
+The write operation was not successful. Probably the underlying connection
+was closed. Call SSL_get_error() with the return value B<ret> to find out,
+whether an error occurred or the connection was shut down cleanly
+(SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN).
+
+SSLv2 (deprecated) does not support a shutdown alert protocol, so it can
+only be detected, whether the underlying connection was closed. It cannot
+be checked, why the closure happened.
 
 =item E<lt>0