 with an alert message containing the reason for the verification failure. If no server certificate is sent, because an anonymous cipher is used, SSL_VERIFY_PEER is ignored.</p>

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<dt id="SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT">SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT</dt>
<dd>

<p><b>Server mode:</b> if the client did not return a certificate, the TLS/SSL handshake is immediately terminated with a &quot;handshake failure&quot; alert. This flag must be used together with SSL_VERIFY_PEER.</p>

<p><b>Client mode:</b> ig