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+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+SSL_free - free an allocated SSL structure
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/ssl.h>
+
+ void SSL_free(SSL *ssl);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+SSL_free() decrements the reference count of B<ssl>, and removes the SSL
+structure pointed to by B<ssl> and frees up the allocated memory if the
+reference count has reached 0.
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+SSL_free() also calls the free()ing procedures for indirectly affected items, if
+applicable: the buffering BIO, the read and write BIOs,
+cipher lists specially created for this B<ssl>, the B<SSL_SESSION>.
+Do not explicitly free these indirectly freed up items before or after
+calling SSL_free(), as trying to free things twice may lead to program
+failure.
+
+The ssl session has reference counts from two users: the SSL object, for
+which the reference count is removed by SSL_free() and the internal
+session cache. If the session is considered bad, because
+L<SSL_shutdown(3)|SSL_shutdown(3)> was not called for the connection
+and L<SSL_set_shutdown(3)|SSL_set_shutdown(3)> was not used to set the
+SSL_SENT_SHUTDOWN state, the session will also be removed
+from the session cache as required by RFC2246.
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+SSL_free() does not provide diagnostic information.
+
+L<SSL_new(3)|SSL_new(3)>, L<SSL_clear(3)|SSL_clear(3)>,
+L<SSL_shutdown(3)|SSL_shutdown(3)>, L<SSL_set_shutdown(3)|SSL_set_shutdown(3)>,
+L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>
+
+=cut