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--- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/evp.3
+++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/evp.3
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man version 1.15
-.\" Tue Jul 30 09:22:05 2002
+.\" Mon Jan 13 19:29:20 2003
.\"
.\" Standard preamble:
.\" ======================================================================
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
.\" ======================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "evp 3"
-.TH evp 3 "0.9.6e" "2001-02-17" "OpenSSL"
+.TH evp 3 "0.9.7" "2003-01-13" "OpenSSL"
.UC
.SH "NAME"
evp \- high-level cryptographic functions
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@ Symmetric encryption is available with the \fBEVP_Encrypt\fR\fI...\fR
functions. The \fBEVP_Digest\fR\fI...\fR functions provide message digests.
.PP
Algorithms are loaded with \fIOpenSSL_add_all_algorithms\fR\|(3).
+.PP
+All the symmetric algorithms (ciphers) and digests can be replaced by \s-1ENGINE\s0
+modules providing alternative implementations. If \s-1ENGINE\s0 implementations of
+ciphers or digests are registered as defaults, then the various \s-1EVP\s0 functions
+will automatically use those implementations automatically in preference to
+built in software implementations. For more information, consult the \fIengine\fR\|(3)
+man page.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
EVP_DigestInit(3),
@@ -170,4 +177,5 @@ EVP_OpenInit(3),
EVP_SealInit(3),
EVP_SignInit(3),
EVP_VerifyInit(3),
-OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(3)
+OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(3),
+engine(3)
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