OPENSSL_config, OPENSSL_no_config - simple OpenSSL configuration functions
#include <openssl/conf.h>
void OPENSSL_config(const char *config_name); void OPENSSL_no_config(void);
OPENSSL_config()
configures OpenSSL using the standard openssl.cnf
configuration file name using config_name. If config_name is NULL then
the file specified in the environment variable OPENSSL_CONF will be used,
and if that is not set then a system default location is used.
Errors are silently ignored.
Multiple calls have no effect.
OPENSSL_no_config()
disables configuration. If called before OPENSSL_config()
no configuration takes place.
The OPENSSL_config()
function is designed to be a very simple ``call it and
forget it'' function.
It is however much better than nothing. Applications which need finer
control over their configuration functionality should use the configuration
functions such as CONF_modules_load()
directly. This function is deprecated
and its use should be avoided.
Applications should instead call CONF_modules_load()
during
initialization (that is before starting any threads).
There are several reasons why calling the OpenSSL configuration routines is
advisable. For example new ENGINE functionality was added to OpenSSL 0.9.7.
In OpenSSL 0.9.7 control functions can be supported by ENGINEs, this can be
used (among other things) to load dynamic ENGINEs from shared libraries (DSOs).
However very few applications currently support the control interface and so
very few can load and use dynamic ENGINEs. Equally in future more sophisticated
ENGINEs will require certain control operations to customize them. If an
application calls OPENSSL_config()
it doesn't need to know or care about
ENGINE control operations because they can be performed by editing a
configuration file.
Applications should free up configuration at application closedown by calling CONF_modules_free().
The OPENSSL_config()
function is designed to be a very simple ``call it and
forget it'' function. As a result its behaviour is somewhat limited. It ignores
all errors silently and it can only load from the standard configuration file
location for example.
It is however much better than nothing. Applications which need finer
control over their configuration functionality should use the configuration
functions such as CONF_load_modules()
directly.
Neither OPENSSL_config()
nor OPENSSL_no_config()
return a value.
conf, CONF_load_modules_file, CONF_modules_free
OPENSSL_config()
and OPENSSL_no_config()
first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7