quot;set up&quot; phase. The endpoint creates the <b>SSL_CTX</b> (if one has not already been created) and configures it.</p>

<p>A client then creates an <b>SSL</b> object to represent the new TLS connection. Any connection specific configuration parameters are then applied and the underlying socket is created and associated with the <b>SSL</b> via <b>BIO</b> objects.</p>

<p>A server will create a socket for listening for incoming connection attempts from clients. Once a connection attempt is made the ser