gnutls_bye(3)			    gnutls			 gnutls_bye(3)



NAME
       gnutls_bye - terminate the current TLS/SSL connection.

SYNOPSIS
       #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

       int gnutls_bye(gnutls_session_t session, gnutls_close_request_t how);

ARGUMENTS
       gnutls_session_t session

		   is a gnutls_session_t structure.

       gnutls_close_request_t how

		   is an integer

DESCRIPTION
       Terminates  the	current TLS/SSL connection. The connection should have
       been  initiated	using  gnutls_handshake().   how  should  be  one   of
       GNUTLS_SHUT_RDWR, GNUTLS_SHUT_WR.

       In case of GNUTLS_SHUT_RDWR then the TLS connection gets terminated and
       further receives and sends will be disallowed.  If the return value  is
       zero  you may continue using the connection.  GNUTLS_SHUT_RDWR actually
       sends an alert containing a close request and waits  for  the  peer  to
       reply with the same message.

       In  case  of GNUTLS_SHUT_WR then the TLS connection gets terminated and
       further sends will be disallowed. In order to reuse the connection  you
       should  wait  for  an EOF from the peer.  GNUTLS_SHUT_WR sends an alert
       containing a close request.

       Note that not all implementations will properly terminate a TLS connec-
       tion.   Some  of  them, usually for performance reasons, will terminate
       only the underlying transport layer, thus causing a transmission  error
       to the peer.  This error cannot be distinguished from a malicious party
       prematurely terminating the session, thus this behavior is  not	recom-
       mended.

       This  function  may also return GNUTLS_E_AGAIN or GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED;
       cf.  gnutls_record_get_direction().

RETURNS
       GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS on success, or an error code, see function  documenta-
       tion for entire semantics.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report	 bugs	 to    <bug-gnutls@gnu.org>.	 GnuTLS   home	 page:
       http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/ General help  using	GNU  software:
       http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation.
       Copying	and  distribution  of this file, with or without modification,
       are permitted in any medium  without  royalty  provided	the  copyright
       notice and this notice are preserved.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and gnutls programs are properly installed  at  your  site,
       the command

	      info gnutls

       should give you access to the complete manual.



gnutls				     2.8.3			 gnutls_bye(3)

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