reating <b>SSL</b> objects. You can create a single <b>SSL_CTX</b> object and then create multiple connections (i.e. <b>SSL</b> objects) from it. Typically you can set up common configuration options on the <b>SSL_CTX</b> so that all the <b>SSL</b> object created from it inherit the same configuration options.</p>

<p>Note that internally to OpenSSL various items that are shared between multiple <b>SSL</b> objects are cached in the <b>SSL_CTX</b> for performance reasons. Therefore it is considered best prac