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diff --git a/doc/crypto/OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms.pod b/doc/crypto/OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms.pod deleted file mode 100644 index 486c903430..0000000000 --- a/doc/crypto/OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -=pod - -=head1 NAME - -OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms, OpenSSL_add_all_ciphers, OpenSSL_add_all_digests - -add algorithms to internal table - -=head1 SYNOPSIS - - #include <openssl/evp.h> - - void OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(void); - void OpenSSL_add_all_ciphers(void); - void OpenSSL_add_all_digests(void); - - void EVP_cleanup(void); - -=head1 DESCRIPTION - -OpenSSL keeps an internal table of digest algorithms and ciphers. It uses -this table to lookup ciphers via functions such as EVP_get_cipher_byname(). - -OpenSSL_add_all_digests() adds all digest algorithms to the table. - -OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms() adds all algorithms to the table (digests and -ciphers). - -OpenSSL_add_all_ciphers() adds all encryption algorithms to the table including -password based encryption algorithms. - -EVP_cleanup() removes all ciphers and digests from the table. - -=head1 RETURN VALUES - -None of the functions return a value. - -=head1 NOTES - -A typical application will will call OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms() initially and -EVP_cleanup() before exiting. - -An application does not need to add algorithms to use them explicitly, for example -by EVP_sha1(). It just needs to add them if it (or any of the functions it calls) -needs to lookup algorithms. - -The cipher and digest lookup functions are used in many parts of the library. If -the table is not initialized several functions will misbehave and complain they -cannot find algorithms. This includes the PEM, PKCS#12, SSL and S/MIME libraries. -This is a common query in the OpenSSL mailing lists. - -Calling OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms() links in all algorithms: as a result a -statically linked executable can be quite large. If this is important it is possible -to just add the required ciphers and digests. - -=head1 BUGS - -Although the functions do not return error codes it is possible for them to fail. -This will only happen as a result of a memory allocation failure so this is not -too much of a problem in practice. - -=head1 SEE ALSO - -L<evp(3)|evp(3)>, L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>, -L<EVP_EncryptInit(3)|EVP_EncryptInit(3)> - -=cut |