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On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 10:21:56PM -0600, Peter Dennis Bartok wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a (hopefully) simple question:
> 
> In a server that supports TLS (e.g. a imap server), when the server receives
> the STARTTLS command, should the method that the SSL_CTX is created with be
> SSLv23_method() or TLSv1_method()? I was under the impression that it should
> be TLSv1_method(), thus the START>TLS< command, but I cannot find any
> documentation to proof it.

There is a man-page about SSL_CTX_new() which was however added at the
0.9.6 release of openssl. It contains some explanations on this matter.

Best regards,
        Lutz
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