SSLlibraryinit(3) OpenSSL SSLlibraryinit(3)

NAME
       SSLlibraryinit, OpenSSLaddsslalgorithms, SSLeayaddsslalgorithms
       - initialize SSL library by registering algorithms

SYNOPSIS
        #include 

        int SSLlibraryinit(void);
        #define OpenSSLaddsslalgorithms()    SSLlibraryinit()
        #define SSLeayaddsslalgorithms()     SSLlibraryinit()

DESCRIPTION
       SSLlibraryinit() registers the available ciphers and digests.

       OpenSSLaddsslalgorithms() and SSLeayaddsslalgorithms() are
       synonyms for SSLlibraryinit().

NNOOTTEESS
       SSLlibraryinit() must be called before any other action takes place.

WWAARRNNIINNGG
       SSLlibraryinit() only registers ciphers. Another important
       initialization is the seeding of the PRNG (Pseudo Random Number
       Generator), which has to be performed separately.

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
       A typical TLS/SSL application will start with the library
       initialization, will provide readable error messages and will seed the
       PRNG.

        SSLloaderrorstrings();                /* readable error messages */
        SSLlibraryinit();                      /* initialize library */
        actionstoseedPRNG();

RETURN VALUES
       SSLlibraryinit() always returns "1", so it is safe to discard the
       return value.

SEE ALSO
       ssl(3), SSLloaderrorstrings(3), RANDadd(3)



0.9.7l                            2000-09-21               SSLlibraryinit(3)