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Diffstat (limited to 'src/lib/libcrypto/man/ENGINE_new.3')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/ENGINE_new.3 b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/ENGINE_new.3 index ab875ce662..dce7e59f6a 100644 --- a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/ENGINE_new.3 +++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/ENGINE_new.3 | |||
| @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ | |||
| 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ENGINE_new.3,v 1.1 2018/04/15 17:02:03 schwarze Exp $ | 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ENGINE_new.3,v 1.2 2018/04/15 17:44:59 schwarze Exp $ |
| 2 | .\" content checked up to: | 2 | .\" content checked up to: |
| 3 | .\" OpenSSL ENGINE_add 1f13ad31 Dec 25 17:50:39 2017 +0800 | 3 | .\" OpenSSL ENGINE_add 1f13ad31 Dec 25 17:50:39 2017 +0800 |
| 4 | .\" | 4 | .\" |
| @@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ | |||
| 52 | .Fa "const ENGINE *e" | 52 | .Fa "const ENGINE *e" |
| 53 | .Fc | 53 | .Fc |
| 54 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | 54 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 55 | .Vt ENGINE | ||
| 56 | objects can be used to provide alternative implementations of | ||
| 57 | cryptographic algorithms, to support additional algorithms, to | ||
| 58 | support cryptographic hardware, and to switch among alternative | ||
| 59 | implementations of algorithms at run time. | ||
| 60 | LibreSSL generally avoids engines and prefers providing | ||
| 61 | cryptographic functionality in the crypto library itself. | ||
| 62 | .Pp | ||
| 55 | .Fn ENGINE_new | 63 | .Fn ENGINE_new |
| 56 | allocates and initializes an empty | 64 | allocates and initializes an empty |
| 57 | .Vt ENGINE | 65 | .Vt ENGINE |