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+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+SSL_get_current_cipher, SSL_get_cipher, SSL_get_cipher_name,
+SSL_get_cipher_bits, SSL_get_cipher_version - get SSL_CIPHER of a connection
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/ssl.h>
+
+ SSL_CIPHER *SSL_get_current_cipher(const SSL *ssl);
+ #define SSL_get_cipher(s) \
+                SSL_CIPHER_get_name(SSL_get_current_cipher(s))
+ #define SSL_get_cipher_name(s) \
+                SSL_CIPHER_get_name(SSL_get_current_cipher(s))
+ #define SSL_get_cipher_bits(s,np) \
+                SSL_CIPHER_get_bits(SSL_get_current_cipher(s),np)
+ #define SSL_get_cipher_version(s) \
+                SSL_CIPHER_get_version(SSL_get_current_cipher(s))
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+SSL_get_current_cipher() returns a pointer to an SSL_CIPHER object containing
+the description of the actually used cipher of a connection established with
+the B<ssl> object.
+
+SSL_get_cipher() and SSL_get_cipher_name() are identical macros to obtain the
+name of the currently used cipher. SSL_get_cipher_bits() is a
+macro to obtain the number of secret/algorithm bits used and 
+SSL_get_cipher_version() returns the protocol name.
+See L<SSL_CIPHER_get_name(3)|SSL_CIPHER_get_name(3)> for more details.
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+SSL_get_current_cipher() returns the cipher actually used or NULL, when
+no session has been established.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_CIPHER_get_name(3)|SSL_CIPHER_get_name(3)>
+
+=cut