SL_CTX</b> that we already created each time. There is no need to repeat those steps. In fact it is best not to since certain internal resources are cached in the <b>SSL_CTX</b>. You will get better performance by reusing an existing <b>SSL_CTX</b> instead of creating a new one each time.</p>

<p>Creating the <b>SSL</b> object is a simple matter of calling the <b>SSL_new(3)</b> function and passing the <b>SSL_CTX</b> we created as an argument.</p>

<pre><code>/* Create an SSL object to represent the TLS con