me function as their SSL_CTX counterparts, but using an SSL object.</p>

<p>The password callback, which must be provided by the application, hands back the password to be used during decryption. On invocation a pointer to userdata is provided. The function must store the password into the provided buffer <b>buf</b> which is of size <b>size</b>. The actual length of the password must be returned to the calling function. <b>rwflag</b> indicates whether the callback is used for reading/decryption (rwflag=0) o