uot; mode OpenSSL spawns an additional thread which will periodically call <a href="../man3/SSL_handle_events.html">SSL_handle_events(3)</a> automatically, meaning that the application can leave the connection idle safe in the knowledge that the connection will still be maintained in a healthy state. See <a href="#Creating-the-SSL_CTX-and-SSL-objects">&quot;Creating the SSL_CTX and SSL objects&quot;</a> below for further details about this.</p>

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