diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h b/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h
index 88aca63c..8f33ee41 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace ix
         virtual void close();
 
         virtual ssize_t send(char* buffer, size_t length);
-        virtual ssize_t send(const std::string& buffer);
+        ssize_t send(const std::string& buffer);
         virtual ssize_t recv(void* buffer, size_t length);
 
         // Blocking and cancellable versions, working with socket that can be set
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.cpp
index 13aa9022..ad557583 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.cpp
@@ -112,45 +112,10 @@ namespace ix
 
     OSStatus SocketAppleSSL::writeToSocket(SSLConnectionRef connection,
                                            const void* data,
-                                           size_t* dataLength)
+                                           size_t* len)
     {
-#if 1
-        int sock = (int) (long) connection;
-        if (sock < 0) return errSSLInternal;
-
-        size_t bytesSent = 0;
-
-        ssize_t length;
-        size_t dataLen = *dataLength;
-        const UInt8 *dataPtr = (UInt8 *)data;
-        OSStatus ortn;
-        int theErr;
-
-        *dataLength = 0;
-
-        do {
-            length = write(sock,
-                    (char *)dataPtr + bytesSent,
-                    dataLen - bytesSent);
-        } while((length > 0) &&
-                ( (bytesSent += length) < dataLen) );
-
-        if(length <= 0) {
-            theErr = errno;
-            if(theErr == EAGAIN) {
-                ortn = errSSLWouldBlock;
-            }
-            else {
-                ortn = errSecIO;
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            ortn = noErr;
-        }
-        *dataLength = bytesSent;
-        return ortn;
-        
-#else
+        int fd = (int) (long) connection;
+        if (fd < 0) return errSSLInternal;
 
         assert(data != nullptr);
         assert(len != nullptr);
@@ -190,7 +155,6 @@ namespace ix
                 default: return errSecIO;
             }
         }
-#endif
     }
 
 
@@ -274,29 +238,31 @@ namespace ix
 
     ssize_t SocketAppleSSL::send(char* buf, size_t nbyte)
     {
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
-
-        size_t processed = 0;
-        OSStatus status = SSLWrite(_sslContext, buf, nbyte, &processed);
-
-        if (status == noErr)
+        OSStatus status = errSSLWouldBlock;
+        while (status == errSSLWouldBlock)
         {
-            return processed;
-        }
-        else if (status == errSSLWouldBlock)
-        {
-            errno = EWOULDBLOCK;
-            return -1;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return -1;
-        }
-    }
+            size_t processed = 0;
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
+            status = SSLWrite(_sslContext, buf, nbyte, &processed);
 
-    ssize_t SocketAppleSSL::send(const std::string& buffer)
-    {
-        return send((char*) &buffer[0], buffer.size());
+            if (processed > 0) return (ssize_t) processed;
+
+            // The connection was reset, inform the caller that this
+            // Socket should close
+            if (status == errSSLClosedGraceful || status == errSSLClosedNoNotify ||
+                status == errSSLClosedAbort)
+            {
+                errno = ECONNRESET;
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            if (status == errSSLWouldBlock)
+            {
+                errno = EWOULDBLOCK;
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
     }
 
     // No wait support
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.h b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.h
index 1dc91938..ef81b09a 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketAppleSSL.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ namespace ix
         virtual void close() final;
 
         virtual ssize_t send(char* buffer, size_t length) final;
-        virtual ssize_t send(const std::string& buffer) final;
         virtual ssize_t recv(void* buffer, size_t length) final;
 
     private:
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp
index 4303943e..0077dba7 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.cpp
@@ -249,11 +249,6 @@ namespace ix
         }
     }
 
-    ssize_t SocketMbedTLS::send(const std::string& buffer)
-    {
-        return send((char*) &buffer[0], buffer.size());
-    }
-
     ssize_t SocketMbedTLS::recv(void* buf, size_t nbyte)
     {
         while (true)
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.h b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.h
index 2bcadac1..ec761f63 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketMbedTLS.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace ix
         virtual void close() final;
 
         virtual ssize_t send(char* buffer, size_t length) final;
-        virtual ssize_t send(const std::string& buffer) final;
         virtual ssize_t recv(void* buffer, size_t length) final;
 
     private:
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp
index 5048a289..d73bc5d3 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp
@@ -629,11 +629,6 @@ namespace ix
         }
     }
 
-    ssize_t SocketOpenSSL::send(const std::string& buffer)
-    {
-        return send((char*) &buffer[0], buffer.size());
-    }
-
     ssize_t SocketOpenSSL::recv(void* buf, size_t nbyte)
     {
         while (true)
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.h b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.h
index dec75cd6..905a5a90 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ namespace ix
         virtual void close() final;
 
         virtual ssize_t send(char* buffer, size_t length) final;
-        virtual ssize_t send(const std::string& buffer) final;
         virtual ssize_t recv(void* buffer, size_t length) final;
 
     private: