# net/connect-tls
Create an outbound TLS client connection (mbedTLS).
## Syntax
[net/connect-tls $host $port]
## Parameters
- `$host` — hostname (used for SNI and certificate verification)
- `$port` — port number
## Examples
set conn [net/connect-tls "irc.libera.chat" 6697] [net/on-line $conn {|m| echo $m~line}]
## Returns
`tcp_conn` resource. Once the TLS handshake completes, `net/send`, `net/on-line`, etc. transparently use the encrypted channel.
## See Also
`net/connect`, `net/on-line`, `net/send`