<dd>Handshake as server if true, else handshake as
            client. (default is <em>false</em>)</dd>
        <dt><strong>-servername</strong> <em>host</em></dt>
        <dd>Specify server hostname. Only available if the OpenSSL library
	    the package is linked against supports the TLS hostname extension
	    for 'Server Name Indication' (SNI). Use to name the logical host
	    we are talking to and expecting a certificate for.</dd>
        <dt><strong>-session_id</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
        <dd>Session id to resume session.</dd>
        <dt><strong>-ssl2</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
        <dd>Enable use of SSL v2. (default is <em>false</em>)</dd>
        <dt><strong>-ssl3 </strong><em>bool</em></dt>
        <dd>Enable use of SSL v3. (default is <em>false</em>)</dd>
        <dt>-<strong>tls1</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>
        <dd>Enable use of TLS v1. (default is <em>true</em>)</dd>
        <dt>-<strong>tls1.1</strong> <em>bool</em></dt>

        <dd>The number of bits used for the session key.</dd>
        <dt><strong>certificate</strong> <em>cert</em></dt>
        <dd>The PEM encoded certificate.</dd>
        <dt><strong>sha1_hash</strong> <em>hash</em></dt>
        <dd>The SHA1 hash of the certificate.</dd>
        <dt><strong>sha256_hash</strong> <em>hash</em></dt>
        <dd>The SHA256 hash of the certificate.</dd>
        <dt><strong>validation</strong> <em>result</em></dt>
        <dd>Certificate validation result.</dd>
        <dt><strong>alpn</strong> <em>protocol</em></dt>
        <dd>The protocol selected after Application-Layer Protocol
	    Negotiation (ALPN).</dd>
        <dt><strong>version</strong> <em>value</em></dt>
        <dd>The protocol version used for the connection:
	  SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3, or unknown</dd>
    </dl>
</blockquote>

    <dt><a name="tls::connection"><strong>tls::connection</strong>
    <em>channel</em></a></dt>
    <dd>Returns the current connection status of an SSL channel. The
        result is a list of key-value pairs describing the
        connected peer.</dd>

<blockquote>
    <dl>
        <dt><strong>state</strong> <em>state</em></dt>
        <dd>State of the connection: initializing, handshake, established</dd>
        <dt><strong>server</strong> <em>name</em></dt>
        <dt><strong>servername</strong> <em>name</em></dt>
        <dd>The name of the connected to server.</dd>
        <dt><strong>protocol</strong> <em>version</em></dt>
        <dd>The protocol version used for the connection:
	    SSL2, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2, TLS1.3, or unknown.</dd>
        <dt><strong>securitylevel</strong> <em>level</em></dt>
        <dd>The security level used for selection of ciphers, key size, etc.</dd>
        <dt><strong>cipher</strong> <em>cipher</em></dt>

        <dt><strong>renegotiation</strong> <em>state</em></dt>
        <dd>Whether protocol renegotiation is allowed or disallowed.</dd>
        <dt><strong>alpn</strong> <em>protocol</em></dt>
        <dd>The protocol selected after Application-Layer Protocol
	    Negotiation (ALPN).</dd>
        <dt><strong>session_reused</strong> <em>boolean</em></dt>
        <dd>Whether the session has been reused or not.</dd>
        <dt><strong>session_id</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
        <dd>Unique session id for use in resuming the session.</dd>
        <dt><strong>session_ticket</strong> <em>string</em></dt>
        <dd>Unique session ticket for use in resuming the session.</dd>
        <dt><strong>resumable</strong> <em>boolean</em></dt>
        <dd>Can the session be resumed or not.</dd>
        <dt><strong>start_time</strong> <em>seconds</em></dt>
        <dd>Time since session started in seconds since epoch.</dd>
        <dt><strong>timeout</strong> <em>seconds</em></dt>
        <dd>Max duration of session in seconds before time-out.</dd>
    </dl>
</blockquote>

    <dt><a name="tls::ciphers"><strong>tls::ciphers</strong> 
    <em>protocol ?verbose? ?supported?</em></a></dt>
    <dd>Returns a list of supported ciphers available for <em>protocol</em>,
        where protocol must be one of <b>ssl2, ssl3, tls1, tls1.1,

	  The <em>message</em> argument is a descriptive string which may
	  be generated either by
	  <code>SSL_state_string_long()</code> or by
	  <code>SSL_alert_desc_string_long()</code>,
	  depending on context.
	</dd>

	<br>

	<dt>
	  <strong>session</strong> <em>session_id ticket lifetime</em>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	  This form of callback is invoked by the OpenSSL function
	  <code>SSL_CTX_sess_set_new_cb()</code>.
	  Where <em>session_id</em> is the current session identifier,
	  <em>ticket</em> is the session ticket info, and <em>lifetime</em>
	  is the the ticket lifetime in seconds.
	</dd>

	<br>

	<dt>
	  <strong>verify</strong> <em>channel depth cert status error</em>
	</dt>
	<dd>
	  This form of callback is invoked by the OpenSSL function