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author | simon <simon@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-11-22 18:23:44 +0000 |
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committer | simon <simon@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-11-22 18:23:44 +0000 |
commit | 7a23485c98b888d229c5e0762dbcfcec293fcef6 (patch) | |
tree | 5691801dabb6a06320a55f5ce8ed927af41514f3 /crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod | |
parent | 9c043d590896a77d5d66b978a963573a41d66ad3 (diff) | |
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Merge OpenSSL 0.9.8p into head.
Security: CVE-2010-3864
Security: http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20101116.txt
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod b/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod index ecf3c48..7f1356a 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod +++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_library_init.pod @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SSL_library_init, OpenSSL_add_ssl_algorithms, SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms =head1 DESCRIPTION -SSL_library_init() registers the available ciphers and digests. +SSL_library_init() registers the available SSL/TLS ciphers and digests. OpenSSL_add_ssl_algorithms() and SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms() are synonyms for SSL_library_init(). @@ -26,24 +26,28 @@ SSL_library_init() must be called before any other action takes place. =head1 WARNING -SSL_library_init() only registers ciphers. Another important initialization -is the seeding of the PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator), which has to -be performed separately. +SSL_library_init() adds ciphers and digests used directly and indirectly by +SSL/TLS. =head1 EXAMPLES A typical TLS/SSL application will start with the library initialization, -will provide readable error messages and will seed the PRNG. +and provide readable error messages. SSL_load_error_strings(); /* readable error messages */ SSL_library_init(); /* initialize library */ - actions_to_seed_PRNG(); =head1 RETURN VALUES SSL_library_init() always returns "1", so it is safe to discard the return value. +=head1 NOTES + +OpenSSL 0.9.8o and 1.0.0a and later added SHA2 algorithms to SSL_library_init(). +Applications which need to use SHA2 in earlier versions of OpenSSL should call +OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms() as well. + =head1 SEE ALSO L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<SSL_load_error_strings(3)|SSL_load_error_strings(3)>, |