NAME
OPENSSL_config,
OPENSSL_no_config —
simple crypto and ssl library
configuration
SYNOPSIS
#include
<openssl/conf.h>
void
OPENSSL_config(const char
*appname);
void
OPENSSL_no_config(void);
DESCRIPTION
OPENSSL_config()
initializes the crypto library and calls
CONF_modules_load_file(3) with the standard configuration
file and the given appname. If
appname is NULL, then the
default name
openssl_conf
is used. Any errors are ignored. Further calls to
OPENSSL_config() have no effect.
OPENSSL_no_config()
suppresses the loading of the standard configuration file, so that any
future calls to OPENSSL_config() or to
OPENSSL_init_crypto(3) will ensure the library is initialized
but no configuration file will be loaded.
Calling these functions is optional. All required initialization of the crypto libraries happens automatically when needed.
To use a non-standard configuration file, refer to CONF_modules_load_file(3).
Internally,
OPENSSL_config()
calls
OPENSSL_init_crypto(3) and
OPENSSL_load_builtin_modules(3).
If an application is compiled with the
preprocessor symbol OPENSSL_LOAD_CONF #define'd,
OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(3) automatically calls
OPENSSL_config().
Applications should free up configuration at application closedown by calling CONF_modules_free(3).
FILES
- /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf
- standard configuration file
SEE ALSO
CONF_modules_free(3), CONF_modules_load_file(3), crypto(3), OPENSSL_load_builtin_modules(3), OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER(3), openssl.cnf(5), x509v3.cnf(5)
HISTORY
OPENSSL_config() and
OPENSSL_no_config() first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7
and have been available since OpenBSD 3.2.